Look at how SHORT I am! True, undoctored shot with 2.0m tall Derek of Oracle. Oh man.. I barely reach the middle of his chest!

The Chinatown Gate on Grant Ave

Corner of a Chinatown street

Per at the Andrews Hotel, 624 Post St. Great place to stay!

Kirkland Ranch Winery

a failed artistic shot of a waterglass

under the boardwalk.. ta da da da da.. it's actually under the staircase lah, sorry. Kirkland Ranch Winery.

so classic! so small town USA! so National Geographic! Hire me, NGS!

the vine-covered Madonna winery

the old sonoma mission

the market town of sonoma

the skies over the hills with their rows of green

exterior of Viansa, under the Tuscan-like sun

the wine cellar of the Viansa winery

sunset in the wine country of sonoma

trying to exhale a cloud of fog. succeeding only in appearing stupid. LOL.

small town bakery. fronting the ocean; backed by little houses with no fences and neat lawns.

more beautiful aquarium interiors

small shack in small town america

a three-storey high tank. I love the juxtaposition of the shark and starfish.

even the inside is poetically beautiful

more exterior of aquarium

starfishies

more jellies! This is a fried-egg jelly.

beautiful jellies

the exterior of Monterey Bay Aquarium

a beautiful seaside house in a beautiful seaside town

the thinkquest shirt and jacket. weixiang ah.. so free..

posing at the awards dinner

five in thinktank

us at golden gate bridge. I like! I am having a good hair day for once!

more awards ceremony.. i turned the photo but i still dunno why it comes out like this! oh well..

the awards ceremony. trying to look hot in a strappy dress and only succeeding in becoming really cold. bleah.

I know this is a bit off, but a group shot before leaving Singapore at Changi. Hey, would anyone be able to pick me out from amongst my students? Hee.. Anyway, to solve the mystery, front row L to R: Yijin, QY, Yang, Suhan, Ryan. Back row L to R: Pua, Ningky, Weixiang, Denn, Wenxiang, Xizzy and me.

Me at Yerba Buena (dun ask me how to pronounce!) Gardens on a bad hair day.

Suhan sLacked!

The stairwell of the Levi's store. Three floors of Levi's, beginning from USD 19.90 up! Anyone tempted??

Another street view which I love.

The flags outside Moscone Convention Center. Hey, not particularlu stunning, but artistic OK? *hmphs*

Five at Oracle Open World..

Weixiang, Wenxiang and Suhan slacking away

Ying4 Shi2 Can1 Ting1 ie. Hard Rock Cafe. Yay!

The HUGE Christmas tree at the Pier! America is really into the Christmas spirit - huge trees everywhere, a radio station DEDICATED to playing Christmas songs. It's such a warm and fuzzy-all-over feeling.. awww..

A romantic, by-the-seaside house in Pier 39. Well, perhaps not a house, but heck, romantic anyway! *aww!*

Pier 39. Perfectly touristy, perfectly romantic and absolutely useless for shopping. But a good place to spend time to stroll. And eat hot donuts! yeah!

freaking freeezing cold wind on Alcatraz Island! Now I understand why most angmohs have so much *insulation* (ahem) to cope with the cold! Urgh!

a ventilation corridor in Alcatraz.

bounding on the inverted bungee ropes. No, of course it's not me!

the boats at the pier

me in the freezing wind