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I have planned this… I will shop for my eldest preschooler niece.

I have been noticing that her clothes are a little outdated. I cannot blame her, my sister is really not into fashion.

I tagged my niece along the mall. I really had no plans of getting myself anything except for the spluging on Wendy’s Shrimp sandwich combo with free biggie upsize (Thanks to PayPass!). My 6-year-old niece has a big appetite as mine.

I am so happy that I got her complete wardrobe from head to foot.

I saw how her face glowed when she was trying on the clothes and shoes at the mall and how she was  excited trying them on again at home making a mini fashion show infront of her parens.

Now  she can, sashay along side with her cousins.

A precious as it sounds this after meal treat is more than just a guilty pleasure. It costs $1000! No wonder is it dubbed as the world’s most expensive sundae.

While filling my bucket list of must-try gastromomic delights, I saw this on Travel and Living Channel

It was created to celebrate Serendipity’s 50th Anniversay in 2006. Yeah, 50 = gold!

So what it is made of? Let me break it down for you:

“5 scoops of the richest Tahitian vanilla bean ice cream infused with Madagascar vanilla and covered in 23K edible gold leaf, the sundae is drizzled with the world’s most expensive chocolate, Amedei Porceleana, and covered with chunks of rare Chuao chocolate, which is from cocoa beans harvested by the Caribbean Sea on Venezuela’s coast. The masterpiece is suffused with exotic candied fruits from Paris, gold dragets, truffles and Marzipan Cherries. It is topped with a tiny glass bowl of Grand Passion Caviar, an exclusive dessert caviar, made of salt-free American Golden caviar, known for its sparkling golden color. It’s sweetened and infused with fresh passion fruit, orange and Armagnac. The sundae is served in a baccarat Harcourt crystal goblet with an 18K gold spoon to partake in the indulgence served with a petite mother of pearl spoon and topped with a gilded sugar flower by Ron Ben-Israel.”  (source: www.boingboing.net)

Imagine yourself slipping gold down to your throat while thinking of $1000 that could pay your rent for four months. Would not you feel guilty after?

I have been away from this site primarily because I had hibernated to focus on my stateboard exam review.

I started the intensive review in February and ended unti I took the exam on August 19.

I am so thankful that it all paid off.

I passed the exam. I got the notice from California Board of Registered Nursing well not to congratulate me but just to inform me that I passed the NCLEX and I have three years to provide them my Social Secuirty Number (SSN) before I could get my license.

Yaiks… I need to have a work permit in the land of milk and honey. Will somebody help me?