You know what’s the next best thing after a heated house, and alcohol on a rainy miserably cold day?

STEAMBOAT!

The timing of the steamboat cannot have been anywhere better. Winter just hit and it was raining last night!

There were lots and lots of food! This is just about one third of them. I ate so much I felt like a bloated puffer fish after that. I can still remember the food vividly even now!

Chin Ting and I had a conversation about the difference between Asians and Caucasians when it comes to dinner time. The asians will talk about very random things from what’s cheaper where to where’s cheaper what; while the Caucasians will normally talk about their day at the dinner table. But Caucasians or Asians, I don’t care so as long as there is good food and lots of laughs; although sometimes when you laugh too hard, it’s hard to eat.

Danielle bought a Nintendo Wii recently, so after steamboat, it was time for some workout!

Meet ehon, my alter ego.

You wouldn’t imagine it but some games can be VERY tiring, like boxing!

I’m not a fan of games be it computer or TV, but Wii is probably the most brilliant game machine ever created! It’s exercise in a fun way. And it’s surreal, like when you play tennis on it, you can even feel the pressure of the ball against your racket when you hit it.

But I think the most interesting thing about the game is when you watch people playing it!

It’s as if everyone is in the game itself fighting for their life! You just have to watch it to believe it!

How the machine works? It has a sensor on the consoles and nupchuk (an add on console), and near a receiver which is plugged into the wii, thus when you move the console, the receiver picks it up and does what you do. It’s an intelligent design I tell you!

I am so hooked I am so tempted to get one myself now.

Plus, it’s good work out. After two games of boxing, I have burned at least 500 calories! Ok, maybe not, but definitely some calories!