Kolen family visit
yesterday i went to a family visit after my senior, Yew Zhen jioed me there for a weekend getaway. we booked a car and headed down to Westchester where they stayed. We were late. we were supposed to go there to watch their son, Billy Kolen play a baseball match. We tried calling them but their phone was down so we couldn't inform them that we would be late. When we reached their house, we were afraid that they could have left but luckily they weren't. they were at home because the match was cancelled due to the rain. lucky! the kids were playing in the pool when we drove up the drivwway. When we came out of the car, we were warmly welcomed by Jill Kolen, the mistress of the house. Bill was not at home that time, i think he was out riding his Harley Davidsons which he just bought =p
I had lotsa fun in their house. first, me and the kids, Arielle (6yrs old) and Billy (9yrs old), played with the table disc (the one u find in arcades), taking turns.. dun really know what it's real name is called, but it's like a table tennis table, but the surface of the table got lotsa holes with wind blowing out. on either side, there will be a hole for the disc (the goal) and each of us will have a plastic handle to hit the disc and try to get it into the opponent's goal. i love that game. it's so cool that they actually have it at home! ^_^
next, i went to play in the pool with the kids. It was pretty chilly, but at least it stopped raining. they had lotsa pool toys like giant killer whale float, and all other kinds of floats. We had fun, especially with Arielle screaming everytime Billy comes to attack her haha..
after the pool, we had a late lunch. boy, the food was simply sooo delicious! there were potato salad (yum! my personal favourite), baked beans (the best voted among all of us, i like that too! =p), fruit salad (I LOVE FRUITS!!! got blueberries, strawberries, cantalopes and grapes, and they are extremely fresh!! ^_^), grilled chicken, hot dog, beef burger and jelly cake. *salivates~~ haha.. i ate so much i think i gained 2 pounds in that meal lol..
the family has a lot of pets. they have a big dog, Mex, 2 cats, buttons and buttercups,a rabbit, a toad and 2 frogs haha.. i love her cats! so cute~~ =D
after the lunch, we did a lot of other things like playing the monkey bar, go cart, shooting copper bullets with bebe gun and even archery!
Arielle is very strong, she could do monkey bar very very well. She even became our teacher, teaching us how to train our arm muscles and doing different tricks haha.. both Arielle and Billy have a go cart. they have a very big field outside their house that they can drive the go cart around. Arielle took me for a lot of rides on the go cart and it was so exciting! she was driving extremely fast and because the ground was uneven, the ride was super bumpy which made it more exciting with the go cart flying up and down lol.. i think i had the most rides on the go cart compared to the rest. i took 3 rides with Arielle while the rest of the girls only had 1 ride with her. for my last ride, it was also extremely long because Billy was chasing her so we were in the go cart for a long chase by Billy. All i can say is that they both can drive very well.. who knows, they can become real profesional racers next time with their standard man! if only i have go cart like that man.. while we were riding the go cart, Mex, the dog, will also run along with us. pretty interesting to see it running side by side hee..
i also had a chance to play with the bebe gun and archery which belongs to Billy. i would say i shoot badly haha.. but u gotta give me credits for it being my 1st time >.<
Bill and his friend, Chuck, came back while we were playing with the kids and we went to look at the gardens where they plant the vegetables. they plant corn, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, parsley.. dunno wad else haha.. so cool! get to eat fresh home grown vegetables! ^_^ after that, he took each of us on a ride on his Harley!! ooooo sooo exciting too!! feel like a biker man, ultra kewl~ and for me, Bill even rode up to 85mph! oo hoo!! boy, i love the wind ^_^
bill has lotsa hobbies. he plays baseball, hunts wild boars and all kinds of other animals, go fishing, rides his boat and so many things which i cant recall right now haha..
after that we prepared dinner. dinner was sumptious man.. we had fresh salad from the garden, pork ribs, beef and chicken steak, potato salad, baked beans and BBQ prawns prepared by Billy.. yum!~~ that's another 3 pounds to my weight >.< while i was eating, buttercups keep purring and rubbing me to get me to give him some food haha.. he sure was insistent! =p and the cats really love me XD
after dinner we still had other activities... we went to make SMORES!!! bwahahahaha... i have AUTHENTIC SMORES to eat!!! whee~~~~ what we did was that we had marshmellows, hershey's chocolate bars and graham crackers. we went to barbecue the marshmellow until they melted then put them on top of the chocolate bar which will melt. the graham cracker is put below the chocolate bar. vuala! smores sandwich!! ^_^ the melted marshmellows and chocolate plus the graham crakers together was simply heaven~ it tastes so good that i ate ALOT! think that put another 5 pounds to my weight T.T we had so much fun, laughing and joking together. after that, Bill also played the electric guitar while blasting the music.. haha.. bill is charming =D actually he wasn't really playing.. he was strumming, but the guitar wasn't plugged in haha.. but he can play. he used to play for some rock stars. he's got drums too!
even later that day, we had the finale.. we went to set fireworks! wow.. it was soooo beautiful. i'm really really touched that they had spent so much on us! Billy and Bill together set the fireworks. i think this is such a memorable day for me. it's really a great experience to see what an american family is like and i'm touched to see how nice these people are.
if Bill hadn't just shouted to tzeling they all last year (during their halloween roadtrip to the corn maze) to go over to their house for dinner, we would most probably may never meet each other at all. it's interesting how fate brings people together.. but most of all, it's amazing how just a nice simple gesture to invite strangers to their house would make such a wonderful experience for all of us and create lasting friendships.
check out my photo album to see my day at their house ^_^
I had lotsa fun in their house. first, me and the kids, Arielle (6yrs old) and Billy (9yrs old), played with the table disc (the one u find in arcades), taking turns.. dun really know what it's real name is called, but it's like a table tennis table, but the surface of the table got lotsa holes with wind blowing out. on either side, there will be a hole for the disc (the goal) and each of us will have a plastic handle to hit the disc and try to get it into the opponent's goal. i love that game. it's so cool that they actually have it at home! ^_^
next, i went to play in the pool with the kids. It was pretty chilly, but at least it stopped raining. they had lotsa pool toys like giant killer whale float, and all other kinds of floats. We had fun, especially with Arielle screaming everytime Billy comes to attack her haha..
after the pool, we had a late lunch. boy, the food was simply sooo delicious! there were potato salad (yum! my personal favourite), baked beans (the best voted among all of us, i like that too! =p), fruit salad (I LOVE FRUITS!!! got blueberries, strawberries, cantalopes and grapes, and they are extremely fresh!! ^_^), grilled chicken, hot dog, beef burger and jelly cake. *salivates~~ haha.. i ate so much i think i gained 2 pounds in that meal lol..
the family has a lot of pets. they have a big dog, Mex, 2 cats, buttons and buttercups,a rabbit, a toad and 2 frogs haha.. i love her cats! so cute~~ =D
after the lunch, we did a lot of other things like playing the monkey bar, go cart, shooting copper bullets with bebe gun and even archery!
Arielle is very strong, she could do monkey bar very very well. She even became our teacher, teaching us how to train our arm muscles and doing different tricks haha.. both Arielle and Billy have a go cart. they have a very big field outside their house that they can drive the go cart around. Arielle took me for a lot of rides on the go cart and it was so exciting! she was driving extremely fast and because the ground was uneven, the ride was super bumpy which made it more exciting with the go cart flying up and down lol.. i think i had the most rides on the go cart compared to the rest. i took 3 rides with Arielle while the rest of the girls only had 1 ride with her. for my last ride, it was also extremely long because Billy was chasing her so we were in the go cart for a long chase by Billy. All i can say is that they both can drive very well.. who knows, they can become real profesional racers next time with their standard man! if only i have go cart like that man.. while we were riding the go cart, Mex, the dog, will also run along with us. pretty interesting to see it running side by side hee..
i also had a chance to play with the bebe gun and archery which belongs to Billy. i would say i shoot badly haha.. but u gotta give me credits for it being my 1st time >.<
Bill and his friend, Chuck, came back while we were playing with the kids and we went to look at the gardens where they plant the vegetables. they plant corn, tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, parsley.. dunno wad else haha.. so cool! get to eat fresh home grown vegetables! ^_^ after that, he took each of us on a ride on his Harley!! ooooo sooo exciting too!! feel like a biker man, ultra kewl~ and for me, Bill even rode up to 85mph! oo hoo!! boy, i love the wind ^_^
bill has lotsa hobbies. he plays baseball, hunts wild boars and all kinds of other animals, go fishing, rides his boat and so many things which i cant recall right now haha..
after that we prepared dinner. dinner was sumptious man.. we had fresh salad from the garden, pork ribs, beef and chicken steak, potato salad, baked beans and BBQ prawns prepared by Billy.. yum!~~ that's another 3 pounds to my weight >.< while i was eating, buttercups keep purring and rubbing me to get me to give him some food haha.. he sure was insistent! =p and the cats really love me XD
after dinner we still had other activities... we went to make SMORES!!! bwahahahaha... i have AUTHENTIC SMORES to eat!!! whee~~~~ what we did was that we had marshmellows, hershey's chocolate bars and graham crackers. we went to barbecue the marshmellow until they melted then put them on top of the chocolate bar which will melt. the graham cracker is put below the chocolate bar. vuala! smores sandwich!! ^_^ the melted marshmellows and chocolate plus the graham crakers together was simply heaven~ it tastes so good that i ate ALOT! think that put another 5 pounds to my weight T.T we had so much fun, laughing and joking together. after that, Bill also played the electric guitar while blasting the music.. haha.. bill is charming =D actually he wasn't really playing.. he was strumming, but the guitar wasn't plugged in haha.. but he can play. he used to play for some rock stars. he's got drums too!
even later that day, we had the finale.. we went to set fireworks! wow.. it was soooo beautiful. i'm really really touched that they had spent so much on us! Billy and Bill together set the fireworks. i think this is such a memorable day for me. it's really a great experience to see what an american family is like and i'm touched to see how nice these people are.
if Bill hadn't just shouted to tzeling they all last year (during their halloween roadtrip to the corn maze) to go over to their house for dinner, we would most probably may never meet each other at all. it's interesting how fate brings people together.. but most of all, it's amazing how just a nice simple gesture to invite strangers to their house would make such a wonderful experience for all of us and create lasting friendships.
check out my photo album to see my day at their house ^_^
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