Cheap Ice Cream!!!

This time it's Baskin & Robbins promotion time, it's cheap - $0.31 - but not free!

http://www.baskinrobbins.com/Promotion/31cent.aspx

It's Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 from 5pm to 10pm!

Err4?

Talking about being married to a skinny husband. Two nights ago, after his shower, DH (Dear Husband) was looking forward to play with our new scale... He stepped on it happily and was astonished to receive an "Err4"... "Error 4?", he expressed out loud. "Don't weigh yourself until we find out what error 4 is", he said to me. He pulls out the instruction manual and here is the explanation:

Display Err4 Body fat percentage is beyond the range (4% to 50%).

Ok... So I weighed myself and got a normal result to confirm the scale is working fine, then DH weighed himself again and gets the same Err4.

Today, for the 3rd night in a row, DH is still Err4. (He used to be slightly less than 5%, in the 4ish%.)

My sister is coming... Again!!

My sister is coming this weekend... again!!! She was here just 2 weekends ago, the company she interviewed for is making her come in again for a second and final round of interviews. It will be another weekend of eating and drinking...

Another trip for cheap!!!

Hey all, remember my trip to Napa Valley? We stayed at a resort offered by those timeshare presentations? Here is another one... for Honolulu, Hawaii!!!!

Early last week, my husband got a letter from snail mail. It talked about a trip for two including airfare to Honolulu and 2-night stay for $100!!! That sounded too good to be true!!! So, my husband called and asked if there were other fees and the lady confirmed that the $100 was to cover the taxes, no other fee!! We quickly booked an appointment to listen to the timeshare presentation and went in on Saturday morning.

This company (RCI) sounded like much a better deal than the last timeshare presentation (Shell Vacations) we listened to. It was so attractive that we did spend 30 mins to think about it and finally turn them down... hehehe This one is really cheap, only $8350 for 21,000 points which is enough for 3 weeks of stay per year in one of their 3,800 condoes they own across the world, HOA (Homeowner Association) fee is only $273. Also, being a preferred member, we could get 30-50% off airfare since they are wholesaler. Since we are planning a trip to Hong Kong this year, we thought maybe we can make use of it and resale it next year... We should come out cheaper or we might just break even... I also thought I would have a place for my parents to stay if they visit the Bay Area. But at the end, the choice was easy - they don't own condoes in Hong Kong or San Jose, so, not good for us... BUT WE GOT A TRIP FOR $100 and for listening and considering!!! hahahahaha

New Toy!!!

We got a new toy!! It's a scale with percentage body-fat analyzer!! It was a deal on amazon.com, regularly priced at $99 and down to $17.99. Amazon doesn't charge sales tax for item shipped to California and shipping fee was waived because we signed up for Amazon Prime membership (free trial for the first 90 days).

I knew how much body-fat I had, but it was my husband's body-fat that I was curious about! That guy can eat, he doesn't exercise much, but remains fairly slim, so I always wondered... Maybe he has a lot of body-fat and he doesn't even know!!!

Ok... the verdict? 0_O He has the lowest level of the healthy range for body-fat percentage for men (which is about 5%-8%)... He's not even 5%... *sigh* some people can just afford to eat without having to worry...

Lunch at Google!!

My brother's good friend happens to be living in the Bay Area and working for Google. We bumped into him and his family and he invited us to visit Google and have lunch there. So, last Monday, after we drove my sister off to the airport (she was in town for the previous weekend), we went to Mountain View and met the friend at his work. I guess you all heard about free meals at Google and how they have chefs cooking for them. We had to check it out!

We got there around 11:30AM and visited the friend's office, two of their cafeterias, and a few of their mini-kitchen. It was still early, we had the chance seeing the happy cooks working hard preparing lunch with love and attention. Wow, lots choice of food!!! and all healthy choices!! Their milk is organic and their snacks are healthy choices like yogourt, apple crisps (made from dehydrated organic fuji apple), nuts, smoothies... As for lunch, one of the cafeteria served tuna steak (rare in the middle, just like tuna sashimi!) and New York steak... oh yum!!! But we didn't eat at that one, we settled for a second cafeteria where we had sole fillet stuffed with chunky crab meat... :D~ and for dessert lava chocolate cake and lemon strawberry shortcake!!! HAHAHA... my husband was so happy, he can eat and he was running out of space on his tray!!!

Hmm... We need to go back ;)

Free Ice Cream!

Today is Free Scoop Day at Ben & Jerry!!!

Quote from their website: "On Tuesday April 17th from 12pm until 8pm participating Ben & Jerry’s scoop shops around the world will be hosting Ben & Jerry’s Annual Free Cone Day."

I'm going home!

Hey!! I just booked for my flight back home in June with a stop-over in Vancouver. My maid of honour is getting married in mid-July and my other friends are getting married on July 1st, so I'm going back for a whole month!

I redeemed my flight using my Air Canada's Aeroplan points and it's costing me a whole $155 in taxes!!! That is so expensive and they don't even give the break down of the taxes!!! The taxes are more expensive when you cross the USA-Canada border. I remember redeeming for flight from Ottawa to Vancouver and it only cost me ~$30-40 depending on how many and which airport I stop over.

This is the 4th North-America flight I redeem using Aeroplan points (25,000 points). I have been member of Aeroplan since May 2000, so 4 flights in 7 years, not bad at all! My last trip was paid using my 30,000 points of Diners Club, which took me about 2 years to accumulate. I also have about 41,000 points with NorthWest Airlines' WorldPerks' and about 15,000 points with United Airlines' Mileage Plus.

I think my favorite points-to-air system is Diners Club. It is really easy to book a flight through their travel agent and there's no blackout dates. I will drop Air Canada (at least not focus on it) and will collect UA's Mileage Plus for all Star Alliances flights because AC charges too much taxes. I'm not liking NWA's WorldPerks' points as there are very little or no availability for flights at 25,000. As for Delta's SkyMiles, it is also a pain to find a good flight back to East Canada because their hub is in Atlanta, GA and flying to Montreal would mean having to deal with a detour.

Hehehe... that was my 2 cents regarding redeeming points... :)