{"id":2583,"date":"2010-01-09T11:59:57","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2010\/01\/09\/our-usa-trip-day-01\/"},"modified":"2010-01-09T11:59:57","modified_gmt":"2010-01-09T03:59:57","slug":"our-usa-trip-day-01","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lowsweetling.com\/mylife\/2010\/01\/09\/our-usa-trip-day-01\/","title":{"rendered":"Our USA Trip Day 01 – The Beginning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: <\/strong>11 Dec 2009 Friday<\/p>\n

Morning to 16:00 PM<\/strong><\/p>\n

Our monthly Cognos meeting for Dec was “sweet” and short this morning. It ended at 11+ AM which left me some time to clear some of my work before rushing off at 12:30 PM. JR picked me up from work and got our lunch from McDonald’s. Alice came over to our house to move our dogs over to my parents in laws’ place.<\/p>\n

16:00 PM On the way to Singapore Changi Airport<\/strong><\/p>\n

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16:30 PM Singapore Changi Airport T3<\/strong><\/p>\n

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We passed by the Butterfly Garden. Decided to pop in for photo taking.<\/p>\n

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Changed to the Macro lens…<\/p>\n

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Look at its eyes.<\/p>\n

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Left the Butterfly Garden for Gate B8.<\/p>\n

17:50 PM On board SQ002<\/strong><\/p>\n

Boarded SQ002 and soon we were in the air. The plane was estimated to arrive at Hong Kong at 21:35 PM.<\/p>\n

19:30 PM Time for dinner!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Perch fillet in herb sauce with roasted vegetables and potatoes<\/p>\n

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Marinated seafood with penne pasta salad<\/p>\n

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Cornetto Ice Cream<\/p>\n

21:45 PM Hong Kong International Airport<\/strong><\/p>\n

We reached Hong Kong shortly and were required to alight the plane. There wasn’t much time for us to shop at the airport as the boarding time for our HKG-SFO flight was at 22:15 PM and we need to give some time to clear the security check points.<\/p>\n

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Long queue while boarding the plane for our 22:45 PM flight to San Francisco – where we eat & sleep, eat & sleep…<\/p>\n

00:35 PM Supper Time <\/strong><\/p>\n

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Panfried chicken in basil sauce with roasted vegetables and potatoes<\/p>\n

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Potato salad with tuna<\/p>\n

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Haagen Dazs Ice Cream!<\/p>\n

09:00 AM Breakfast<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Cheese omelette with ham, grilled tomato, sauteed mushrooms and potatoes<\/p>\n

11 Dec 2009, 07:50 PM San Francisco<\/strong><\/p>\n

California is 16 hours behind Singapore. It was actually 12 Dec 2009 11:50 AM in Singapore.<\/p>\n

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Let’s hurry to check into the hotel first.<\/p>\n

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Waiting for our cab. It was drizzling.<\/p>\n

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Us in the cab queue.<\/p>\n

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Our cab 8L98624.<\/p>\n

20:30 PM Hilton San Francisco Union Square<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Christmas decoration at hotel lobby.<\/p>\n

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Free candy canes for us.<\/p>\n

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Our King Tower Room Cityview on the 30th floor.<\/p>\n

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Night cityview<\/p>\n

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21:30 PM San Francisco Union Square<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A – Hilton San Francisco Union Square at O’Farrell Street.
\nB – Macy’s Building in Union Square, downtown San Francisco<\/p>\n

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The Great Tree – Macy’s Gift to the City of San Francisco<\/p>\n

Standing 85-foot tall, the Shasta White Fir from the Carlton Tree Farm in Mount Shasta is adorned with thousands of twinkling lights and 1,500 red and gold ornaments.<\/p>\n

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Union Square Ice Skating Rink – will be opened until 18 Jan 2010.<\/p>\n

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Beautiful yellow bell flowers hanging from the trees.<\/p>\n

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21:45 PM Macy’s Union Square<\/strong><\/p>\n

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South Park Christmas tree ornaments.<\/p>\n

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San Francisco Cable Car ornaments<\/p>\n

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22:10 PM Cheesecake Factory<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cheesecake Factory is located on the 8th floor of the Macy’s Building.<\/p>\n

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JR selecting his cake.<\/p>\n

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Our “The Original Cheesecake” and “Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake”.<\/p>\n

Snapped this blurry photo before the cakes were packed into the plastic bag.<\/p>\n

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22:25 PM Returning to Hilton San Francisco Union Square<\/strong><\/p>\n

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JR looking for other attractions nearby. We took a walk around Union Square.<\/p>\n

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We visited Walgreen along Powell Street to get some mineral water before heading back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

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Location of Walgreen (from Google Map)<\/p>\n

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A – Macy’s Building in Union Square, downtown San Francisco
\nB – Walgreen on Powell Street
\nC – Hilton San Francisco Union Square at O’Farrell Street<\/p>\n

23:00 PM Hilton San Francisco Union Square<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Oops.. The Original Cheesecake melted!<\/p>\n

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Chocolate Truffle Cheesecake<\/p>\n

View my entire TRAVEL list<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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