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April 2011

Yuri Alekseyevich GagarinRussian: Ю́рий Алексе́евич Гага́рин, Russian pronunciation: [ˈjurʲɪj ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ ɡɐˈɡarʲɪn]; (who am I kidding?) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human being to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.

Source: Wikipedia

If you are a first timer here on our blog, get to know us more. I’ve done some blog post on our previous visits to Kennedy Space Center:

Albeit still in disbelief for being selected as one of Nasa’s 150 TweetUp participants to watch Endeavour’s final shuttle launch into space, I am just as excited as Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor would’ve been, when he was the first Malaysian selected to go into space.

Yesterday’s morning begin with a frantic drive to Kennedy Space Center. Frantic for the obvious reasons – I’ve never driven more than 50 miles away from my home, alone. While I thought blasting music while driving would substantially muster enough courage to brave the dreaded driving, exciting thoughts of finally realizing my dream of seeing a live shuttle launch made me even braver to conquer the journey.

Made it at the Press Site just in the nick of time, and ran into wonderful tweeps that are just as excited as me. Can you tell? 🙂

Of course, had to pleasure of running into (literally!) Seth Green! No introduction needed, but he is an American actor 🙂 First Michael Jordan, now Seth Green? How are the lucky stars in my favor, I can never fathom.

Signing off as official Nasa’s STS-134 TweetUp participant and don’t forget to catch my live shenanigans at Twitter & Facebook.

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“You know you’re in love when you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” — Dr. Seuss

As I was looking through the blog archives, I realized there aren’t any marriage anniversary post ever since I started blogging. Yikes! There’s no need to justify beside the fact that I was super busy with MBA. Blogging at that time was never a priority, so let’s start setting it now. I don’t want to disappoint my guy, if you know what I mean 😉

Fast-rewind to the time we were married till now.

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First up, the winners of Shutterfly’s “Share your Spring celebration announcement” giveaway goes to:

Congratulations Holli & Rach. Send me an email to claim your loot.

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Spring is here! How could I tell? Well, these photos were taken in my garden. Booyah! I could hear birds chirping and ducks swimming in the pond. Almost contemplated for a swim, until I spotted an alligator. Shivers me’ whiskers!

Not only colorful flowers are blossoming every where, but everyone’s mailbox is surely chock filled with Spring announcements this time of the year. If you have a Spring celebration to announce, Shutterfly is where you need to shop to create customized announcements whether it’s for the birth of your baby, recent graduation or even save a date!

If you are like me *cough* without a baby just yet, move, graduation or even save a date announcements, Shutterfly offers the flexibility of creating your very own, personalized photo books. Now this is what I would love for my photos, recipes, cards and personal notes. Might just be the best birthday or anniversary gift. It’s still crafty and hand made right? Just not made by me, per say 😉

Our wedding day - without an album 🙁

Giveaway!

Shutterfly is giving away 2 coupon codes for two Shutterfly 8” x 8” photo books to 2 of our readers 🙂

How to Win?

Very simple, there are a few ways to win:

  1. Leave a comment telling me, What’s your Spring celebration announcement?” if there aren’t any, be creative 😉
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This post is part of a series sponsored by Shutterfly. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do.

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As part of continuing my “Living Abroad” series, I thought I would share some of the pros and cons of living abroad. I am sure many of our families and friends back home just wonders or assumes of an amazing life we both are having here in the States. Well, sometimes is great. Other times, not so much.

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