Getting to Know Me

My friend Sarah sent this to me so I decided to put it on my blog instead of sending out a mass email. I would have to spend all night typing email addresses.

Welcome to the 2008 edition of getting to know your Friends.
Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to your friends including the person who sent it to you.
The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends that you might not have known!

1. What time did you get up this morning? 9:00

2. Diamonds or pearls? Diamonds

3. What was the last film you saw at the cinema? "Sex and the City"

4. What is your favorite TV show? "Gilmore Girls"

5. What do you usually have for breakfast? Lately, it's been Bagelfuls - and in my opinion, one of the greatest inventions EVER

6. What is your star sign? Virgo

7. What food do you dislike? Never been a big fan of peas. And now apparently sea cucumber

8. What is your favorite CD at moment? LEONA!!! And I'm obsessed with two songs, "Incredible" by Madonna and "Let Me Think About It" by Ida Corr. SICK

9. What kind of car do you drive? 2001 Honda Civic

10. Favorite sandwich? California Turkey wrap from Roly Poly

11. What characteristic do you despise? Hypocrisy

12. Favorite item of clothing? gold booty shorts I got as a joke in Malaysia

13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would you go? Hawaii or Fiji

14. Favorite brand of clothing? Most everything from Urban Outfitters

15. Where would you retire? Raleigh, NC

16. What was your most recent memorable birthday? mmmmm 21 is just too good to die. ended with extreme drunkness and a bloody nose.

17. Favorite sport to watch? Basketball, gymnastics, figure skating

18. Furthest place you are sending this? N/A

19. Person you expect to send it back first? Ashley

20. When is your birthday? August 29th.

21. Are you a morning person or a night person? ummm I'm still trying to pull my timezones back together so probably morning

22. What is your shoe size? 8.5

23. Pets? Rocko - a pimp ass cat

24. Any new and exciting news you'd like to share with us? Moving on Sunday to DC!

25. What did you want to be when you were little? Pediatrician

26. How are you today? A little overwhelmed........got some big things on my mind.

27. What is your favorite flower? Orchids, even though they are hard to take care of.

28. What is a day on the calendar you are looking forward to? August 29th - it's my birthday

29. What is your full name? Amanda Elizabeth Ting

30. What are you listening to right now? "America's Next Top Model" on TV

31. What was the last thing you ate? Bagelful

32. Do you wish on stars? I wish whenever I get the chance

33. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Turquoise

34. How is the weather right now? Sunny :)

35. Last person you spoke to on the phone? Michele

36. Favorite soft drink? currently obsessed with Coke Zero

37. Favorite restaurant? Carraba's

38. Hair color? Black

39. What was your favorite toy as a child? Cabbage Patch Kids, Sylvanian Families, American Girl dolls - still obsessed

40. Summer or winter? Summer

41. Hugs or kisses? Hugs

42. Chocolate or Vanilla? Vanilla

43. Coffee or tea? Both

44. Do you want your friends to email you back? I don't care either way - it's whatever....hahaha

45. When was the last time you cried? Tuesday - scary stuff

46. What is under your bed? nothing!

47. What did you do last night? Took two dance classes and watched SYTYCD with Candice

48. What are you afraid of? As of right now, leaving home.

50. How many keys on your key ring? 9, i think

51. How many years at your current job? No job, getting ready to start school again

52. Favorite day of the week? Friday

53. How many towns have you lived in? ONE!!!!!! will be two by the end of the month

54. Do you make friends easily? Yes.........and it's kind of ridiculous

55. How many people will you send this to? N/A

56. How many will respond? Toss-up

57. Do you like finding out all this stuff about your friends? Yes.

tilting while i was gone

Ashley and Jessica: Marco Island and Segways! TILT

Jazz Class: We love Leona! TILT

Rebecca: Jonas Brothers Concert! TILT


Nicole: JO-BROS, YESSSSSSS!!! TILT

Thanks to everyone for the TILT pictures! I love them ALL!!! Keep TILTING!!!

guess who's biiiizack!

I'm back in AMERICA!!!! Yay!!!!!! We got back on Thursday night after a few mishaps. Our genius travel agent had booked our flights so that in Minneapolis we only had an hour and a half to go through customs and make our connection to Raleigh. Of course we missed it and and had to take a different flight. Then after we got home, my car wouldn't start........LOVELY. It was a great trip, but I'm glad to be home. Here are some pictures from our last few days in Sibu and some from the journey back.

We went running here!

Another fantastic sign.....it says "Birthmarks Removing Service"


My brother and I were obsessed with this naked pregnant lady statue when we were little.


One of the cat figures in Kuching.


Awesome pool at the Crowne Plaza in Singapore!

to miri, to brunei and back

Tilting on the beach in Miri

Hello!!! The past few days we have been in Miri visiting another one of my dad's brothers. On Thursday we arrived and went around the town, seeing the sites and ate lunch at a nice restaurant. We went to a little beach area to see the ocean and got to see part of the sunset! On Friday, we went to Brunei to visit a lady that used to work for my grandmother. She and her husband took us to eat lunch and then to the Brunei historical museum. Afterwards, we visited the Sultan's museum and then we went to The Empire Hotel. 7-stars.......PIMP. I could spend a week there by their pool and not think twice. Everything there is plated in GOLLLLLLLDDD. On Saturday, we went to a local artist's house to look at some of his watercolor paintings and did some more shopping, of course. We are now back in Sibu for a couple days. We leave for Singapore on Wednesday and then for the US of A on Thursday! Thanks for the emails and comments from everyone!!!

One of the pools at The Empire

a sunny day in sibu

Sorry for the delay in posting. It has been harder to post while in Sibu. Most days we have been getting up by 8AM, having breakfast and then heading into to town to do some shopping. Everything is super cheap here so we have been buying lots of things. It has been uncharacteristically mild in temperature due to the rain, but I’m not complaining. On Wednesday, it was really sunny and pretty hot. Here are some highlights from the past few days.

Monday: We went to the open market where they sell fruits and vegetables amongst other things. I won’t post a picture, but we did stop by the pork shop where various cuts of meat where hanging……….and I remind you that they do not waste much of the pig. We also saw the river, which is very dirty from logging.

Tuesday: Spent the morning at home and went to the bank after lunch. Afterwards, we went to the newer mall and I bought some new towels and some gifts. For dinner, we went to Sushi Tie with my aunt, cousin and his fiancée.

Wednesday: We had dim sum for breakfast………YUMMY!!! And then we had to have some papers notarized, and of course some shopping in between. There was this really cute store near the restaurant and we came back just to look there. I wanted to try on this shirt that was in the window. The lady took the shirt off the mannequin and everything and then told me I couldn’t try it on because she thought I would stretch it out!!!! So of course I wasn’t going to buy anything from her now. She imported Hollister…….should have known better. I was like “LEMME TRY-ON THAT TOP………YOU’RE NOT EVEN WEARING IT!” We stayed home in the evening to help with some yard work and to pack for Miri, where we will be staying with another uncle (number 6 of 8 children, my Dad is the youngest) until Sunday.

Hope all is well in the States!!!! Much love to everyone!!!