2013 09 03 NEW TRIP PLANS TO ASIA

SO ITS OFFICIAL.
JUST BOOKED MY FLIGHT TO ASIA FOR LATE OCTOBER AND I AM STOKED! PASSPORT IS GOOD THROUGH 2015, SO BETTER MAKE SOME USE OF IT NOW.
EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NEVER OFFICIALLY TRIED AIRBNB, I MAY HAVE TO ACTUALLY TRY TO GO THROUGH THEM THIS TIME AND HOPEFULLY BE SUCCESSFUL! 

THIS WILL BE MY SECOND TRIP TO ASIA AND HAPPY TO NOTE THAT I WILL BE VISITING NEW COUNTRIES IN ASIA.  WHERE AM I GOING?  HONG KONG AND MAYBE THAILAND!
THE LAST TIME I WAS IN ASIA, I VISITED MAINLAND, CHINA THROUGH A TRAVEL AGENCY TOUR GROUP.  THEY HELPED WITH MY VISA.  THANK GOODNESS A VISA IS NOT NEEDED IN HONG KONG NOR THAILAND.  CHINA IS RUNNING SOME $99 TOUR/DEAL PROMOTIONS WHERE HOTEL, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION AND TOUR GUIDE ARE PROVIDED.  BUT I FIGURED, ITS TIME TO HIT SOME NEW "HAPPENING" AREAS.

TOOK A FEW DAYS TO COMPARE FLIGHTS AND THROUGH A FAMILY FRIEND, RECOMMENDED A TRAVEL AGENT.  I WAS SUGGESTED TO ASK FOR THE "BULK RATE" WHEN SPEAKING TO THIS TRAVEL AGENT IF I DID NOT CARE TO COLLECT REWARD POINTS.   I ALSO NOTICED THAT YOU CAN ALSO HAGGLE WITH THEM TOO! ABLE TO KNOCK OF $42 OFF A TICKET COMPARED WITH WHAT I WAS SEEING ONLINE.  FLYING UNITED AIR.    SEARCHING THIS FLIGHT 50 DAYS BEFORE THE FLIGHT DATE AND THE CURRENT RUNNING PRICE FOR THIS PRICE IS $1112 PER TICKET ON THE UNITED AIR SITE.

ALSO REMEMBERED THAT I STILL HAVE THIS UNIVERSAL POWER PLUG ADAPTER THAT I BOUGHT FOR MY SPAIN TRIP.  HOPEFULLY I CAN STILL USE THIS UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC PLUG IN HONG KONG AND THAILAND!

2013 02.27 ZOMBIE APP

ITS TOO EARLY FOR HALLOWEEN, BUT NEVER TO EARLY TO BE ZOMBIE-FIED! EVEN THOUGH I WAS NOT TOO KEEN ON THE EATING HABITS OF A ZOMBIE, NOR THE ROTTING OF THE SKIN.....LOOKING AT THE PHOTO OF YOURSELF IN ZOMBIE MODE IS PRETTY NEAT!  

THANKS KW FOR MAKING ME A ZOMBIE WITH YOUR APP.

THIS IS THE "WALKING DEAD. DEAD YOURSELF APP."

ME

ERICA

KW                          

KW

KW

FLOYD

2013 02 01 TO GET OR NOT TO GET

WANDERING IN A SHOE STORE NEAR SEMORAN, I FIND A LIGHTER COLOR BOOTS.
NOT THAT I HAVE LOTS OF BOOTS IN MY COLLECTION, BUT OVERALL I DONT NEED ANOTHER PAIR. ALTHOUGH THE PRICE AND FITTING IS WELL ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, WHAT TO DO?  COUPLE PEOPLE SAID IT LOOKS GOOD.

ONE PET PEEVE I HAVE IS THAT I LIKE THE SIDE ANGLE BUT SLIGHTLY DISLIKE THE FRONT UPPER PART THAT IS UNDER MY KNEE AREA.  WANT TO SAY THAT PART DOES NOT GIVE MY LEG ANY CURVE.

WHAT TO DO?

2013 01.25 AUTO GOOGLE HAPPY BIRTHDAY SURPRISE

SUCH SWEET VISUALS WHEN LOGGED ONTO GOOGLE.

AND I THINK IT IS SO COOL THAT GOOGLE SAVES YOUR BIRTH DATE AND SHOWS YOU THIS WHEN YOU SIGN ON.

DIDN'T SEE THIS IN PREVIOUS YEARS BUT I MAY HAVE BEEN OBLIVIOUS WHEN LOGGING ON.  

2012 11 22 TURKISH COFFEE, ANYONE?

ALWAYS INTRIGUED WITH THE TASTE OF THE WORLD, MY EYES CAUGHT THIS IN THE COFFEE AISLE AT THE INTERNATIONAL FOOD CLUB STORE (4300 L B McLeod Road  Orlando, FL 32811.  

AND I QUESTIONED WHAT TURKISH COFFEE TASTED LIKE.

AND I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IT WAS REALLY DISGUSTING.  IT TASTED LIKE NASTY WATER THAT HAS NOT GONE THROUGH THE FILTER WAS MIXED IN WITH SOME COFFEE TASTING DISASTER, BLENDED WITH SOME TASTE THAT WAS RELEVANT TO NUTS.  IT MADE ME WONDER IF THE WATER THAT I HAD JUST BOILED WAS THE PROBLEM TO THIS DISGUSTING TASTE.

POUR THE FRESH BOILED WATER IN ANOTHER CUP AND DECIDED THAT WAS NOT THE CASE.  REGARDLESS OF THE BRAND OR THE FACT THAT THIS WAS INSTANT COFFEE, I'M GLAD THAT I DID NOT SPEND MORE THAN $1.50 FOR THIS INSTANT COFFEE PACKET.

MY TASTE BUDS HATED IT!