LotusFairy @ Mandai Orchid Garden - Practice Shots

LotusFairy, "It was raining heavily when we reached Mandai Orchid Garden. There were about 25 of us...crammed under the shelter. Finally stopped raining after an hour, we started our venture around the garden.

I nearly fall flat on my butts at least twice as the grass/mud are very slippery. My crocs shoes din really help leh...

All practice shots. For the Orchids Lovers."

USA - North Dakota, Fargo

This is my (Elindra) first trip to the USA. Was a business trip but it was totally fun. Everything was so flat and it's the first time I have seen the horizon inland and not at the beach *lol*

I was there from 13 September 2007 to 19 September 2007. Didn't think of taking pics of the airport or the hotel. The airport is really very small compared to our Changi Airport. It's a domestic airport so you can't really compare with the International Airports. We flew from Singapore to Los Angeles than to Denver before flying to Fargo -_-" Almost missed the plane to Fargo in Denver due to some plane fault. Thank fully, our flight wasn't delayed for long!

Oh yeah, the guy at Immigrations @ LAX asked me so many questions >.<" Is this your first trip to USA? Why are you going to Fargo of all places on your first trip? Oh, it's for work? What do you work as? You mean they grow soybeans in Fargo? Wow you speak very good English. Did you live in Singapore all your life? .................... anyway you get the picture.... btw there was this horrendeously long queue of people behind me. I really don't have much scenery pics as they are really alot of field trips and I mean it literally and lots of pics were taken from a moving vehicle so forgive me for blurry pics and it's lots of corn and soybean fields. Lots of sugar beet and some sunflower fields as well.

Corn Fields

Soybean Plant

Combine Harvester. Yes I was standing in front of it while it is moving (BTW I bought back a Combine Harvester Model too!!)

Sprayer (For spraying fertilizers and herbicide)

We have sugarcane, they have the sugar beet. I tell you it taste disgusting raw


I took these pics at a farmhouse. Lovely garden, lovely cats too :)





Little Bird House on a tree at a farm house

When I was in the farmhouse and I saw this Ginger Cat (name's Ginger Ale) outside in the garden so I went out wanting to play with it. However it disappeared when I went out into the garden.

And then I saw this kitty cat with only 3 legs, name is Badger, but he ignored me
Badger the aloof 3 legged cat

Then out of the blue Fluffy Puffz came out running wanting to play. Her paw got caughtin my sweater I had a hard time removing it . Very cute and playful cat that loves having her tummy rubbed. Fluffy Puffz

And off we were to tour more farms...........
Row of Soybean Silos

Silo with pipes and all

Ever wonder what it is like in a silo?

This is cool. It's practically an antique. It's a non-digital scale for weighing the container. Have you seen a scale this size before?

It was all fun
I should have taken a picture of Kohl's and the malls I shopped at too *blush*

Lai Huat Belachan Fish

@Heng was in Singapore and we decided to go out for dinner! We decided on 'Lai Huat Belachan Fish' !

Place of Gluttony: Lai Huat Belachan Fish
Address: Along Tyrwhitt Road

Gluttons:
1. @Heng
2. Bear (Photographer of the night using his phone camera)
3. Elindra
4. Kuali Baba
5. True_Xerion
6. the_don
7. @Heng's friend....also from sgforums but I forgot his nick >.<" (Sorry!) THE FOOD!!!!!!


Some Healthy Stir-Fried Veggies with Garlic


I think it's Kun-Pao Frog Legs


Very Yummy Braised Duck Feet with Sea Cucumbers and Pacific Clams


Prawn Paste Chicken Wings (It was a tad over-fried that night)


The Star Attraction: Belachan Fish!!!

Not much pictures since it was to catch up about the Good Ol' Days and we just talked non-stop and a little reluctant to go home at the end of it all.



Written By: Elindra (Posted on 21 Nov 2007)

PS. We did promise ourselves for another outing to Lai Huat!