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Perhaps I had done The Emerald City a grave injustice. There is nothing Seattle here in this page (if you are out looking for information on Seattle, you should probably get out of here).

Contrary to my 24-hour adventure in Narita, my 2nd visit to Seattle (in 2 months) can be considered as relatively uneventful. Stayed in the same old expensive hotel (Marriot Courtyard Southcenter), attended the usual meetings with my vendors and walked along the streets of Southcenter during whatever hours there was after work. Doesn't really make sense to go down town after work because by the time I get there, most shops are already closed apart from some restaurants and pubs (thus, no touristy Space Needle visits again). Period. To be very frank, I'm really struggling on what to type next. Perhaps, it is just plain writer's block; that is if I ever consider myself to be a writer. Haha.

The weather in Seattle is probably the best at this time of the year. Long hours of sunny weather during the day and yet none of the humidity that can ever reminds me so well of Sillypore. While summer slowly fades away, autumn takes center stage. I suppose you don't need a rocket scientist to tell you that this is just a phenomenon called Change. We all know that this is there and
no one can do a damn thing about it.

BUT, who could have anticipated that things will change? And who could have ever thought that just a week after I headed back home, I will be whisked off to another part of this vast wide world?

   
Saw a cross-like shadow (with the help of the evening sun) formed on a patch of lushy grass. This is one of my best pictures that I had took for this trip.

My collegaues and I was waiting for my table at the Claim Jumper Restaurant, Southcenter, Seattle.

Pike Place Market revisited. Had dinner with my vendors till 11pm. Thought that the white Halibut was just so-so, but the hospitality provided (by my Seattle vendors) was really great.
Just a cheeky shot taken in the carpark of the Southcenter mall.

I was probably too bored at that time.

As I was walking back to my hotel after finding the first 7-eleven in Southcenter, I saw this buidling (it was probably a motel) basking in the evening summer sun of Seattle.
The stars and stripes forever! The land of the free, and the home of the brave!
This was the 6666th picture that I had taken with my Canon S3i since I got the camera in Jul 07. And just for that, this picture gets to stay in this travel blog.

The Ultimate Cheese Burger (US$3.71) rules in America (at least in the outlets of Jack In The Box)!
Juicy patties, fresh sesame seeds sprinkled on a fresh bun and a slice of melting cheese. Can someone tell me how not to reject such a heavenly (yet sinful and junky) creation of life?
This says it all. No one should ever make burgers simply for the sake of doing it.
I always wondered how can someone eat potato chips for lunch and yet I'm eating it like I am a Caucasian.

- Lunch was a plate of salad (US$3.50, self-created at the salad bar) and a pack of potato chips (US$0.90, Salt n Vinegar).
Though this was not taken in the White House or the Pentagon, peace activists won't probably be too impressed by this.

- Taken at the traffic junction near to the Borders outlet at Southcenter
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