Thursday, September 27, 2007
yum yum yum yum yum yum
Dan and i went to Spaggo's last night with 2 physicians and a rep. yum yum yum yum. so i had 2 appetizers, because the lady physician was equally excited about the food. 1 was fig slices (yum) with burrata fresh mozzerella (my fav kind - yum) with a mint (yum) and aged balsamic (yum yum) sauce over it. oh my gooooodness. and THEN i had a sweet corn pasta (yum) filled with marscapone (yum) cheese (mm...cheese). for the main course i had this veggie platter, which doesn't sound interesting but was to DIE for. 4 squares of little dishes, each tasting so different but stil complementing each other (mmmm....complementing). 1 tasted indian food like, 1 was south asian like with raisins and pine nuts, 1 was chinese like, and 1 was some other country like. yum. yum yum yum. then i topped it off with jasmine tea. perfect.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Yea, I can't keep him
so i talked to Boy last night. we're just chatting, and then it comes out that he wants to pledge for a frat. a nerdy frat, but a frat nonetheless. it was then i realized it - he's not only 23, but he acts like he's 19! a FRAT? you've got to be kidding me. he says it's a great way to get internships because of the alum connection, which i can believe, but still. he says he's been lazy with classes and hasn't really taken school seriously. awesome. he's a winner. and he says he's comfortable in school...and he doesn't really want to enter the real working world. yup, definitely a winner. i'm thinking rich parents. but come ON. 23. seriously. oh well. totally lost the novelty for me.
on another note, i'm sad that my friend is sad. but seriously, girls that are nice (and boys that are nice) deserve to be treated well and appreciated. so good riddance, ok? keep your head up~
work has been crazy lately. i'm not getting along with my boss either. he went on vacation today, and was completely stressed out yesterday. so he was on edge and kind of treating me badly and rudely! =( it's sad too because we usually get along so well. last time i checked, when i had too much work, i couldn't GO on vacation. ugh. oh well, roll with the punches as they say.
the band's going well. practice was cancelled last night and tonight because everyone's sick. but we need to go into the studio next weekend. to record a song. my first song! in a studio! a real live studio! haha. should be fun.
on another note, i'm sad that my friend is sad. but seriously, girls that are nice (and boys that are nice) deserve to be treated well and appreciated. so good riddance, ok? keep your head up~
work has been crazy lately. i'm not getting along with my boss either. he went on vacation today, and was completely stressed out yesterday. so he was on edge and kind of treating me badly and rudely! =( it's sad too because we usually get along so well. last time i checked, when i had too much work, i couldn't GO on vacation. ugh. oh well, roll with the punches as they say.
the band's going well. practice was cancelled last night and tonight because everyone's sick. but we need to go into the studio next weekend. to record a song. my first song! in a studio! a real live studio! haha. should be fun.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
i AM sad and single
So I’m writing this in word because I am too lazy to write the email I’m really supposed to write. I went to tahoe this weekend for Sam’s bachelor party. Ok, real quick – here is a funny IM I’m having right now…
Doe, John [10:10 AM]:
cool. can probably try to go after work. but there is a stupud class at 7 at the pool on thursdays. i went a few weeks back and wasnt able to swim. didnt have my glases and walked into the womens locker room too
me [10:11 AM]:
no way!
me [10:11 AM]:
HILARIOUS
Doe, John [10:11 AM]:
dont tell anyone.
me [10:11 AM]:
oh, don't worry, i won't. what happened?
Doe, John [10:12 AM]:
i was looking down and walked in, looked up and saw like 5 girls
Doe, John [10:12 AM]:
busted out of theresadly didnt have my contacts on!!!!!!!! but if i did, wouldnt have gone in there in the first place
Hilarious. Love it.
Anyway, so I went to Tahoe for Sam’s bachelor party. I flew into Oakland and Chulho (CC) picked me up at the airport. It was SOOOO good to see him again. First thing he says to me…”You look different. You look like a girl now.” Awesome. We stopped in Berkeley to get Blondie’s pizza (YUM) and drove over to Tahoe, chatting and catching up on the 4 hour drive. Spammo and his buddies (Alex the music guy, Chung the harmonizing arguer, and Abe the underwater guy) come about 30 minutes later, by when I had to pee and did so on the neighbor’s lawn. This house that we rented was BEAUTIFUL. It was on the Tahoe keys, which led to the lake. We had our own dock and hot tub and 4 bedrooms and a huge kitchen and living room. Loved it. we just played poker and talked and played pool until 3 in the morning. We found a great radio station, and all the songs Chung harmonized to. He was awesome! Then Chung and I get into this discussion about law and cardiac device companies etc. etc. (thus earning the other half of his nickname). I learned patience from the discussion which didn’t end until 5.
Spammo and I woke up at 11 and cooked breakfast while everyone else woke up. We went into town to pick up some veggies (boys went shopping and only bought meat. And 17 garden burgers for me) and other things. I wanted to make salsa and heuvos rancheros for the next morning. I rode with Alex in his awesome car and listened to great new music (hence his nickname). We found a canoe in the garage of the home we were staying in and decided to take it out. it was a little rickety but didn’t sink. Abe, CC, Spammo, and I were the first. we canoed around the keys, into the lake, and I must say I might be getting over my fear of canoes and kayaks. It was GORGEOUS. CC and Abe bonded over their respective underwater sports (free diving and underwater hockey). We hung out in the hot tub and barbequed when we got back. Alex and Chung went out in the canoe, and got lost for 2 hours – sooooo funny. But they made it back so I guess all’s well that ends well.
That night we played a game we made up. each person gets 10 poker chips. 5 blue ones and 5 of the color their team is using (a team is made of 2 people). The blue chips had to be stacked in a tower and used as defense. The other 5 chips were your “army men.” Spammo and I were a team. So each team had 2 towers and 10 men. We cleared the whole table to create this battlefield. Basically you had to set up your towers as your defense. The other 10 men were placed strategically around the table. The object of the game was to use your man to flick another team’s man off the table without sending yours off the table. SO MUCH FUN. I created an awesome defense and Spammo sent 3 of the black chips (Abe and CC) off the table. We did pretty well, and both games we played ended up with 1 of each of our chips on the table. The first game we won and the second one I accidentally sent our last man off the table. I’ll post a pic once Spammo sends them. I wanted to call the game Battle Chips but the boys decided Flicker was better. we even thought of ways to market it. oh man the ways we thought of to better our chances. It was great fun. Best game EVER.
The next morning I made my huevos rancheros and Alex and Chung had to leave. The rest of us went hiking nearby and took fun pics (I’ll post them soon). CC dropped me off at my bus stop that I was taking to Reno, and that was the end of my first bachelor party. I cried when I had to say bye to CC. Sigh. Too short. I need to find a way to move back up north. So many of my closest friends are there. And nothing to hold me here anymore. I miss them so much!
I went to dinner with the engineer and my coworker that night in Reno, and spent from 6-3pm the next morning in cases with Rocky, the physician I went to Kitana with. Last night Hellen brought over Simba and we hung out.
Sigh…and now here I am, back at work.
Doe, John [10:10 AM]:
cool. can probably try to go after work. but there is a stupud class at 7 at the pool on thursdays. i went a few weeks back and wasnt able to swim. didnt have my glases and walked into the womens locker room too
me [10:11 AM]:
no way!
me [10:11 AM]:
HILARIOUS
Doe, John [10:11 AM]:
dont tell anyone.
me [10:11 AM]:
oh, don't worry, i won't. what happened?
Doe, John [10:12 AM]:
i was looking down and walked in, looked up and saw like 5 girls
Doe, John [10:12 AM]:
busted out of theresadly didnt have my contacts on!!!!!!!! but if i did, wouldnt have gone in there in the first place
Hilarious. Love it.
Anyway, so I went to Tahoe for Sam’s bachelor party. I flew into Oakland and Chulho (CC) picked me up at the airport. It was SOOOO good to see him again. First thing he says to me…”You look different. You look like a girl now.” Awesome. We stopped in Berkeley to get Blondie’s pizza (YUM) and drove over to Tahoe, chatting and catching up on the 4 hour drive. Spammo and his buddies (Alex the music guy, Chung the harmonizing arguer, and Abe the underwater guy) come about 30 minutes later, by when I had to pee and did so on the neighbor’s lawn. This house that we rented was BEAUTIFUL. It was on the Tahoe keys, which led to the lake. We had our own dock and hot tub and 4 bedrooms and a huge kitchen and living room. Loved it. we just played poker and talked and played pool until 3 in the morning. We found a great radio station, and all the songs Chung harmonized to. He was awesome! Then Chung and I get into this discussion about law and cardiac device companies etc. etc. (thus earning the other half of his nickname). I learned patience from the discussion which didn’t end until 5.
Spammo and I woke up at 11 and cooked breakfast while everyone else woke up. We went into town to pick up some veggies (boys went shopping and only bought meat. And 17 garden burgers for me) and other things. I wanted to make salsa and heuvos rancheros for the next morning. I rode with Alex in his awesome car and listened to great new music (hence his nickname). We found a canoe in the garage of the home we were staying in and decided to take it out. it was a little rickety but didn’t sink. Abe, CC, Spammo, and I were the first. we canoed around the keys, into the lake, and I must say I might be getting over my fear of canoes and kayaks. It was GORGEOUS. CC and Abe bonded over their respective underwater sports (free diving and underwater hockey). We hung out in the hot tub and barbequed when we got back. Alex and Chung went out in the canoe, and got lost for 2 hours – sooooo funny. But they made it back so I guess all’s well that ends well.
That night we played a game we made up. each person gets 10 poker chips. 5 blue ones and 5 of the color their team is using (a team is made of 2 people). The blue chips had to be stacked in a tower and used as defense. The other 5 chips were your “army men.” Spammo and I were a team. So each team had 2 towers and 10 men. We cleared the whole table to create this battlefield. Basically you had to set up your towers as your defense. The other 10 men were placed strategically around the table. The object of the game was to use your man to flick another team’s man off the table without sending yours off the table. SO MUCH FUN. I created an awesome defense and Spammo sent 3 of the black chips (Abe and CC) off the table. We did pretty well, and both games we played ended up with 1 of each of our chips on the table. The first game we won and the second one I accidentally sent our last man off the table. I’ll post a pic once Spammo sends them. I wanted to call the game Battle Chips but the boys decided Flicker was better. we even thought of ways to market it. oh man the ways we thought of to better our chances. It was great fun. Best game EVER.
The next morning I made my huevos rancheros and Alex and Chung had to leave. The rest of us went hiking nearby and took fun pics (I’ll post them soon). CC dropped me off at my bus stop that I was taking to Reno, and that was the end of my first bachelor party. I cried when I had to say bye to CC. Sigh. Too short. I need to find a way to move back up north. So many of my closest friends are there. And nothing to hold me here anymore. I miss them so much!
I went to dinner with the engineer and my coworker that night in Reno, and spent from 6-3pm the next morning in cases with Rocky, the physician I went to Kitana with. Last night Hellen brought over Simba and we hung out.
Sigh…and now here I am, back at work.
Friday, September 21, 2007
whine up
ok - so i forgot to post this from friday - pretend it's 4 days ago...
my goal is to write at least twice a week. vs the twice a month i was doing before. so it's finally time for Spammo's Bachelor party! and i get to go! i love it. can't wait. i'm flying at 4 today for oakland, and Charles is picking me up. i haven't caught up with him in ages, so i really really can't wait. we're driving over to reno (or tahoe i actually don't know) and hanging out there for the weekend. sunday night i'm having dinner with Kurt, the FCE for the area. and monday we're spending the day with dr. pai, who judy and i had dinner with a month or so back.
last night i accompanied JD on a customer dinner with some UK docs. i must admit, i was sooo tired and out of it. i had no idea what conversations were going on. i spent most of my time chatting with the doc sitting next to me. a lovely old chap. who loves america. i mean, REALLY loves america. wouldn't stop talking about how he loves the bay area (ok, so he does have good taste), tuscon (how RANDOM is that), colorado, new mexico, etc. etc. i thought maybe he was talking about those places because there was nothing else to talk about. so i switched the conversation to something more interesting like AF. nope, still talking about america. and how much he loves it. and how since he has 30 days of holiday he should spend it elsewhere in the world but he always comes to america cause he loves it so much. it's just something "very special" haha. cute old man.
the food was good. ok. nothing like kitana. this place was called koi. i usually enjoy japanese food but their vegetarian option was grilled tofu with some veggies. not very exciting. i miss wan's crazy rolls with custom made appetizers. in fact, let me talk about 1 dish wan made. forget koi. he made this roll - first of all, he rolled it in cucumber. which was so fresh and so....SUMMER. inside he rolled green bean tempura, grilled asparagus, cream cheese, a touch of spice, avocado, and some sort of crunchy thing. amazing. then, as the garnish for this dish (he's huge on presentation), he made 2 things - one was these crispy won ton rolls with asparagus, cream cheese (all melty) and a huge chunk of jalapeno. went really well with the rolls. for the other garnish he made a bunch of grilled veggies, and held it together with a little bit of seaweed. and put some amazing sauce on it. some citrus jalapeno sauce. that was ONE dish. can you imagine how many others he makes? i've never had the same thing twice yet. point being, koi was just ok for me.
we didn't leave koi until about 11. i promised shankar i would go to his birthday party in aguora hills. it's the exit you take for zuma beach, so it's a hike. this place is called canyon club, and it's basically a big barn in the middle of nowhere. i get there, and the bouncer dude just lets me in. thank goodness i didn't have to wait in line. it was freezing outside. inside they were playing hip hop, and after a few minutes the 80s cover band came out. they were actually GOOD. i don't usually enjoy 80s, but i must admit, they were quite entertaining. i don't know what was going on tho - kept getting hit on. and these guys wouldn't go away. they would just keep hanging around, staring at me. ick. i'm sure they're nice guys, but they were being creepy. maybe they're just shy, who knows. but hanging around for 2 hours is just a little too much. funniest part of the night? this guy Ali who went danced next to me for awhile. staring guy #1 looked at staring guy #2. they chatted amongst themselves, and finally #2 goes up to Ali and says, "is that your girlfriend?" he says no, but they're gay, pointing at me and Lindsey. the guy's look on his face was priceless (i think he's a little conservative). so L gives me a hug and looks at the guy and says, "she's mine." hilarious. they figured it out a few minutes later that we were not in fact gay and resumed their roles as staring guy #1 and staring guy #2. staring guy #3 looked like he was 12. i swear - the people in this place looked like they needed to be carded for a rated r movie let alone alky. guy #4 was - i kid you not - at least 6'8" if not taller. he was the tallest man i had ever seen in real life, save Shaq when i went to a lakers game. it was like talking to the jolly green giant.
anyway, had a good time. today i'm off to tahoe!
my goal is to write at least twice a week. vs the twice a month i was doing before. so it's finally time for Spammo's Bachelor party! and i get to go! i love it. can't wait. i'm flying at 4 today for oakland, and Charles is picking me up. i haven't caught up with him in ages, so i really really can't wait. we're driving over to reno (or tahoe i actually don't know) and hanging out there for the weekend. sunday night i'm having dinner with Kurt, the FCE for the area. and monday we're spending the day with dr. pai, who judy and i had dinner with a month or so back.
last night i accompanied JD on a customer dinner with some UK docs. i must admit, i was sooo tired and out of it. i had no idea what conversations were going on. i spent most of my time chatting with the doc sitting next to me. a lovely old chap. who loves america. i mean, REALLY loves america. wouldn't stop talking about how he loves the bay area (ok, so he does have good taste), tuscon (how RANDOM is that), colorado, new mexico, etc. etc. i thought maybe he was talking about those places because there was nothing else to talk about. so i switched the conversation to something more interesting like AF. nope, still talking about america. and how much he loves it. and how since he has 30 days of holiday he should spend it elsewhere in the world but he always comes to america cause he loves it so much. it's just something "very special" haha. cute old man.
the food was good. ok. nothing like kitana. this place was called koi. i usually enjoy japanese food but their vegetarian option was grilled tofu with some veggies. not very exciting. i miss wan's crazy rolls with custom made appetizers. in fact, let me talk about 1 dish wan made. forget koi. he made this roll - first of all, he rolled it in cucumber. which was so fresh and so....SUMMER. inside he rolled green bean tempura, grilled asparagus, cream cheese, a touch of spice, avocado, and some sort of crunchy thing. amazing. then, as the garnish for this dish (he's huge on presentation), he made 2 things - one was these crispy won ton rolls with asparagus, cream cheese (all melty) and a huge chunk of jalapeno. went really well with the rolls. for the other garnish he made a bunch of grilled veggies, and held it together with a little bit of seaweed. and put some amazing sauce on it. some citrus jalapeno sauce. that was ONE dish. can you imagine how many others he makes? i've never had the same thing twice yet. point being, koi was just ok for me.
we didn't leave koi until about 11. i promised shankar i would go to his birthday party in aguora hills. it's the exit you take for zuma beach, so it's a hike. this place is called canyon club, and it's basically a big barn in the middle of nowhere. i get there, and the bouncer dude just lets me in. thank goodness i didn't have to wait in line. it was freezing outside. inside they were playing hip hop, and after a few minutes the 80s cover band came out. they were actually GOOD. i don't usually enjoy 80s, but i must admit, they were quite entertaining. i don't know what was going on tho - kept getting hit on. and these guys wouldn't go away. they would just keep hanging around, staring at me. ick. i'm sure they're nice guys, but they were being creepy. maybe they're just shy, who knows. but hanging around for 2 hours is just a little too much. funniest part of the night? this guy Ali who went danced next to me for awhile. staring guy #1 looked at staring guy #2. they chatted amongst themselves, and finally #2 goes up to Ali and says, "is that your girlfriend?" he says no, but they're gay, pointing at me and Lindsey. the guy's look on his face was priceless (i think he's a little conservative). so L gives me a hug and looks at the guy and says, "she's mine." hilarious. they figured it out a few minutes later that we were not in fact gay and resumed their roles as staring guy #1 and staring guy #2. staring guy #3 looked like he was 12. i swear - the people in this place looked like they needed to be carded for a rated r movie let alone alky. guy #4 was - i kid you not - at least 6'8" if not taller. he was the tallest man i had ever seen in real life, save Shaq when i went to a lakers game. it was like talking to the jolly green giant.
anyway, had a good time. today i'm off to tahoe!
Thursday, September 20, 2007
can i keep him?
so i guess i haven't written any stories in awhile. couple things. auditioned and got into a band. really wierd band. but still fun and i get to sing again. turned 28. sucks. lots and lots of travelling. this weekend i'm going Reno for Sam's bachelor party (NOT as the entertainment) and some work. started swimming at lunch again. oh the crush i had for a second awhile ago? guy turns out to be an A$$. had a girlfriend for 3 1/2 years but doesn't tell me because he's just a jerk. and wants to see what he can get. lame. oh well. oh, and Karen moved back from Hawaii. yay =)
so this being single thing is odd. it's devastating and heart breaking that it has to be this way, but i guess the best thing to do is just to move forward as best i can. ultimately i need to be happy. i can't do that if the person i'm with is not happy. moving on seems like such a gargantuan task. how can you cut someone out of your life? you can't. it's too difficult. but i have to start the process otherwise i'll be waiting around forEVER for him to be happy. so i did. last week i went out to a bar (Circle Bar, of course) and just thought i was going to hang out with friends. i see this boy - he's adorable and you could tell he was shy, which made him all the more endearing. tall, very well built, cute face...wait a minute...too cute of a face. like baby cute. so, me being as forward and non-filtering as i am, tap him on the shoulder (WHILE he was talking to some other girl haha) and asked him how old he was. "23" sigh. too young. but HE said, "23, is that too old for you?" brownie points for making me feel young. ok, so i continue on my way the entire night, and would see him every now and then smiling at me. awww. so cute. so his roommate comes up to me and makes a case for Boy. he's smart, mature, blah blah. i said fine. i'll give you my number (by the way, i have NEVER given out my number at a bar) and you can give it to your little but adorable roommate.
so Boy calls me up a couple nights ago and invites me to go to a club. after some coaxing from friends, i decide to go and just have a fun time. Boy picks me up last night and takes me to an underground reggae club in echo park. first of all, i LOVE echo park/ silverlake area. i LOVE reggae. and it being underground just puts icing on the cake. a lot of icing. we didn't talk much (cause it was really great music) but oddly enough, Boy is also from Fremont. he's a surf instructor. but more importantly, he also boxes AND DOES TAEKWONDO. WHAT? are you kidding? those are my sports. kind of creepy - too many coincidences. but so super hot. adorable. buff. sweet. tall (at least 6'1"). oh wait. he's 23. still in school. sigh. can i keep him anyway?
so this being single thing is odd. it's devastating and heart breaking that it has to be this way, but i guess the best thing to do is just to move forward as best i can. ultimately i need to be happy. i can't do that if the person i'm with is not happy. moving on seems like such a gargantuan task. how can you cut someone out of your life? you can't. it's too difficult. but i have to start the process otherwise i'll be waiting around forEVER for him to be happy. so i did. last week i went out to a bar (Circle Bar, of course) and just thought i was going to hang out with friends. i see this boy - he's adorable and you could tell he was shy, which made him all the more endearing. tall, very well built, cute face...wait a minute...too cute of a face. like baby cute. so, me being as forward and non-filtering as i am, tap him on the shoulder (WHILE he was talking to some other girl haha) and asked him how old he was. "23" sigh. too young. but HE said, "23, is that too old for you?" brownie points for making me feel young. ok, so i continue on my way the entire night, and would see him every now and then smiling at me. awww. so cute. so his roommate comes up to me and makes a case for Boy. he's smart, mature, blah blah. i said fine. i'll give you my number (by the way, i have NEVER given out my number at a bar) and you can give it to your little but adorable roommate.
so Boy calls me up a couple nights ago and invites me to go to a club. after some coaxing from friends, i decide to go and just have a fun time. Boy picks me up last night and takes me to an underground reggae club in echo park. first of all, i LOVE echo park/ silverlake area. i LOVE reggae. and it being underground just puts icing on the cake. a lot of icing. we didn't talk much (cause it was really great music) but oddly enough, Boy is also from Fremont. he's a surf instructor. but more importantly, he also boxes AND DOES TAEKWONDO. WHAT? are you kidding? those are my sports. kind of creepy - too many coincidences. but so super hot. adorable. buff. sweet. tall (at least 6'1"). oh wait. he's 23. still in school. sigh. can i keep him anyway?
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