T Minus 2 Days

I'm so overwhelmed with packing for my long trip --- visiting Hong Kong for almost 3 weeks! Craziness. I just keep thinking of things that I might need. But, I don't know if I'll need it. And it takes up a lot of space. Argh! What to do!?!??!

It's been a busy week of doing nothing. I actually hung out with Will and Lany on Monday... at Valley Fair! We shopped and ate at Nordstrom Cafe. I believe we've convinced Will of its greatness. Yay! Yesterday, I went to Oakland to help my mom pack up her office --- she's moving!!! And she fed me awesome Asian food that I used to eat all the time. I also had dinner with Priya and Phuong at night. Girl talk is always fun. And today, it's been chaos getting everything together for the trip. Sigh. Plus Chris left for NY! Booo.

More packing, scrambling to buy last minute presents and necessities, and hoping that I'll have everything ready by Friday morning. Yikes. Better get some sleep.

Melting Pot

I've never had fondue in my life! So, last night's dinner at The Melting Pot in San Mateo was quite an experiences. We learned a number of things. First, fondue for dinner is a whole night ordeal. We were there for about 3 hours. We agreed that it's not a place to take a first date because if you don't have anything to talk about, you're literally going to be staring at each other for a few hours. Yikes. Secondly, cheese is really filling. It's suuuper heavy and rich. And I think it stuck to my insides the entire night. Gross. The main course was decent --- it's like hot pot, except you use skewers to cook things in wine and chicken broth! Yay! We had lobster, filet mignon, assorted veggies, other meats like sausage, chicken, beef, etc. Lastly, the best part of fondue (and if I ever go again, this is the only course I'll order) is dessert. We had dark chocolate with cookies and marshmallows!!! Sooo good. They give you a platter of strawberries, bananas, rice krispies, cake, and more goodness to dip dip dip in warm chocolate!!!

It was pretty fun since we had all never been there, but yeah... it was a long dinner. We also exchanged Secret Santa gifts! Woot! Stef was my Secret Santa and I was hers (this is the second year in a row that this has happened). Strange. After dinner, we headed up to Double Dutch in the Mission because that was where Anna was. It's a small hip hop bar that had a TV that played breakdancing competition footage, a showcase of sneakers, and wall of old school boom boxes. We had a few drinks before heading home EARLY as usual. Boy, we are getting too old to stay out past 1am. Haha. Really sad.

Our Very Own Holiday Party

Banana Cream Pie

I had an odd craving for banana cream pie last night, so I convinced Stef and Young to go with me to Heidi's Pies in San Mateo. Mmm mmm delicious. I also like banana cream pie from Marie Callendar's. That might be the next stop.

So the past couple of days, I've been mooching off of Google. I got free lunches (not once, but twice this past week) and also a buncha free drinks! It's like I never left! Haha. We were saying how Google is a lot more fun when you don't work there, but get to reap the benefits. Oooh la la.

Tonight is our annual holiday party. Yeah, just one tradition that we started amongst friends. It's not affiliated with anything. Duh. We're going to The Melting Pot in San Mateo! It'll be my first fondue experience, so I'll update about it later (not to mention, yelping). Wooo hooo to it being almost Christmas.

Have a good weekend y'all!

Jessica Alba

... is pregnant! That is the exciting news of the day. See? Yesterday, it was about finance. Today, it's celebrity news. I'm very well-rounded.

Yesterday, I went to Crossroads Trading Co. in San Jose and sold some of my old clothes. It was mostly clothes that are just taking up space in my closet because I never ever wear them. I made about $60! Nice! I also put my Michael Kors bag up at the store for consignment or something. It means if someone actually buys the purse, I get half of the selling price! Woot! This is how I'm making money now... I should start a used-stuff store too. Interesting thought.

Stef's parents came over last night also and invited me along for dinner. How exciting! We tried a restaurant in Cupertino Village that Mrs. Chin was not a fan of. It's so popular though. A lot of people eat there. I think it's cuisine from Northern China because they have this weird dish with cornbread. Yes, Chinese people who eat cornbread. Craziness. It was not that delicious, so maybe our palates are not aligned with the cuisine. In other words, we don't get it.

Anyways, today was hardly interesting. I have some errands to run and then I'm heading up for our monthly Santa Ramen night. We <3 <3 <3 that place. Yippeee!!!

Financial News

Big news in finance --- the Fed is lowering interest rates by .25. Just thought that might be interesting to some readers. Oh, who am I kidding... I'm just really bored. This is the BREAKING NEWS!

Celebrity Sighting

What I spent this past weekend doing was mostly... watch movies! Saw both the Oscar contender, No Country For Old Men and the controversial, The Golden Compass. I thought both of them were really good. I love the holiday movie season!

So, Friday night was really fun. Stef's coworkers, Bria and Christina, came over and we all made Vietnamese spring rolls! You know, the ones with shrimp and noodles and some greens that you dip in peanut sauce? I kinda just tagged along. My spring rolls didn't turn out that great because apparently I don't know how to do the burrito roll. Eeek. Side note: thanks Drew and all other friends that ditched me for the Google Holiday Party. I hear that it was fun. Jerks. Haha. After dinner and conversation, Chris and I went to Santana Row for desserts at the coffee/pastries place next to Straits. I had the Hazelnut cake. Yummm. I think I always get that one. And a Banana Hot Chocolate. I think I'll lose the banana next time. We made it to the 10:50pm showing of No Country for Old Men... the theater was surprisingly NOT empty! How come I thought it was so late? I guess I hung out past 10pm when I was in high school... or did I? The movie was violent and kinda scary. Chris said it's a lot like Fargo if that helps explain anything. I never saw Fargo, so this is irrelevant to me. IRRELEVANT! Haha.

Saturday was a blur. I slept in. Really late. I think I got out of bed around 11ish. Dang. Laziness takes over me. I headed up to SF in the late afternoon to go to H&M and Zara to return expensive winter clothes that I'm not going to wear. Instead, I bought more stuff from H&M. I'm so lame. BUT, I did see T.R. Knight (you know, George from Grey's Anatomy) on the street outside Macy's. I was almost dumbfounded. No one in my immediate company had any clue who he was, so I just let him pass. He's sooo pretty. Very clean cut and unsuspecting. If only he weren't gay... oh well. On the way back from SF, we stopped at Young's apartment for this Mayweather v. Hatton party. I don't really know anything about boxing, but it was fun to watch Mayweather knock the living daylights out of Hatton. MWAHAHA. I also ate a lot of Pizza Hut pizza and snacks. After the fight, some people decided to watch UFC. UFC is the bloodiest thing I've ever seen in my life. There was blood over the entire ring floor. And it's basically two buff guys beating the s!@# out of each other. Gross.

On Sunday, I, again, overslept (sorry Christy!) and was late for our double date with Christy and her Aaron!!! We brunched (!!!) at Country Inn Cafe in Santa Clara. I had the Hash Benedict and it was quite satisfying. I've been craving brunch food items for a while now since I'm not longer privy to the abundance of eggs and breakfast goods at Google. Yum yum yum. I love corned beef hash, so it was fun that it was like Eggs Benedict minus the ham. Afterwards, we were supposed to go see The Golden Compass with Christy (and Aaron, but mostly just Christy).
I had to pass because Chris couldn't go and it would be more weird that I went with two people who were supposed to be on a date, right? Haha. I'm gross. Well, it's ok because Chris went to see a bunch of apartments (since he's thinking of moving) and he felt bad that we missed the movie that we went to see it later at night. I thought it was cool. I love big fantasy movies like that (i.e. Harry Potter, Chronicles of Narnia, etc.), so it was really enjoyable. Meanwhile, Chris yawned through the whole thing and mentioned that he won't be watched any of the sequels. Hehe. Ok, so it's a little unrealistic... polar bears, witches, child-soul killing factory in the middle of nowhere. I still liked it and I can't wait for the sequels. This week, I'm going to finish the book... now that it's a little bit easier to understand the concepts. Seriously... I had no idea what "daemons" were until the movie!!!

♫ With You - Chris Brown

I'm addicted to this song. ;-)

Burnt Cookies

Yes, I bake cookies. But, they didn't turn out as expected tonight. Sad. It even set off the fire detector. Sad times 2.

It's already midweek and I've been semi-productive this week. Like yesterday... I got a bookshelf for my room. FINALLY! I mean, I did it all by myself. I carried it home from Ikea and built it... alone! Go me! The next project is to decorate the walls.

Alright, you got me. This isn't a very interesting update. I'll sign off now. Have a good Thursday!

December Blues

I've heard somewhere that depression is more rampant this time of the year... and I can see why. It's December... the last month of the year. It really makes you reflect on what you've done (or not done) and what's in store for 2008. It's a lot to digest. I guess we all have a few more weeks to think about things...

Anyways, how was your weekend? Mine was quite pleasant. I was in SF both Friday and Saturday nights! Crazy to think that that was the norm a few years back and now it's like some amazing feat. Haha. Well, Friday night was both exciting and not. I ate dinner (Japanese takeout!!!) by myself and waited for George Such Chang to pick me up. He wasn't too late and I got to ride in his new SUV (hahahaha... "his"), so that was cool. We met up with Stef and Young to go to Lion's Pub in SF for Karan's 25th birthday celebration! The bar was out in the middle of nowhere and we found it without written directions! Anyways, it's a trendy little spot on Divisadero that serves a drink called the Greyhound. It's essentially fresh squeezed grapefruit juice (they do this in front of you) and Grey Goose! I think I had about 5-6 of these. They really don't taste like anything, but grapefruit juice! Plus, no sugar added, so it's a win-win-win? HAHAHA. The night ended with us at IHOP in Foster City. Nothing beats eggs in the middle of the night when you're buzzed/drunk.

Saturday was also fun. I met up with Phuong and Priya (I like to call them P&P without them knowing) for brunch... or just lunch. Giiirl talk is so much fun when you can make fun of boys that you all know. Mwahaha. Later in the day, I met up with so more Google friends at Malibu in Redwood City for go-kart racing, batting cages, and other random arcade games. It was the most fun that I've had in a while and really nice to hang out with cool people. I ended up being the slowest driver. Oh well. But, I did manage to hit a lot at the batting cages, even though I was at the slow pitch one. We decided to get dinner nearby afterwards and ended up in downtown Redwood City at a interesting place called Citrine. It really reminded a lot of us of Charlie's! Haha, but the food wasn't too bad. We also got Beard Papa's for dessert! Downtown Redwood City isn't too shabby. I got back to the apartment pretty late and had to rush to get up to where Stef and Jen were before heading up to SF again with them. We hit up (yes, I said "hit up") 2 parties --- the first one at Roe on Howard and then at Forty Four 3 (the old Velvet Lounge) in North Beach. Both of these parties were ones that I knew no one. The party at Roe was for Stef's coworker's birthday and at Forty Four 3, it was for Jen's coworker's birthday. I was just an innocent bystander. Haha. I got really tired early and wasn't much of a party animal. Ooops.

As for Sunday, it's the usual boring day. And it shall stay that way. Woot! So, the question is... what to do this week???

Too Much Time Off

Can it be? I've been relaxing for the past 2+ weeks now. And it really feels longer than that. How strange that it was the exact opposite when I was working. Haha. I have a lot more free time now, but I still rarely update this blog. Sorry. Well, I guess now is a good time as ever to start being more proactive in posting! I know I did a quick Thanksgiving update the other day, but here is a more detailed recap of the holiday weekend.

We had a Mini-Thanksgiving at the apartment on Tuesday night and I cooked! Yes! Ok, so there was no turkey, but I made meatloaf and mashed potatoes! Awesome!!! Here's how it turned out:

Sorry that the picture is a little blurry, but you get the idea. It was MEEEATY meatloaf! People came over and there was wine. Ohhh good times.

I went home to Dublin (yes, Ireland... NOT) on Wednesday afternoon, hoping to beat traffic. I was partially successful. The traffic was only bad on 680N and it only took me about an hour. That's pretty reasonable considering that last year, it took me about 2 hours because I left at normal rush hour hour. I had long ago promised Christina that I'd go to Tommy T's with her that night. Why? To see comedian Dat Phan perform! This was my second time at one of his events and it was only slightly different. We had dinner and drinks there while waiting for the show to start. And for some reason, Christina thought it'd be funny to say it was my birthday so that I'd end up onstage, making a fool of myself. She did make that happen. I'll leave that story for another day. Or never. Anyways, Dat Phan wasn't bad, just a bit repetitive for me (and only me).

Early Thursday morning (AKA Thanksgiving), Christina and I went to Hacienda to continue our yearly tradition of watching a movie on Thanksgiving. We ended up seeing Enchanted and I have to say that I really enjoyed it. Yes, I know it's a movie for children, but it's also a love story for adults! I give it two enthusiastic thumbs up and would recommend every girl bring their boyfriend to see it. I tried to get Chris to see it, but he wouldn't have it. What a lucky girl I am. Haha... I kid.

Thanksgiving dinner was fun --- and mostly the same as I detailed in my previous post. Read that, again if you must.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were spent relaxing and with the family. I attempted to go shopping at 5am for the Black Friday sales, but I really didn't find anything worth buying. I don't really need to get Christmas presents for anyone. I mean, the people that I do intend to get gifts for, I have some ideas in mind already. So, I didn't buy much on Friday and actually went home around 9am. The rest of the day was really lazy. I lounged around the house with my brother and did other random stuff like play Mario Tennis on GameCube. We had dinner at Macau Cafe, a new Chinese place in Dublin... can you believe that there is an ASIAN mall in Dublin now? Asians are taking over. Ohhh yeah.

Saturday was just as dull. Chris and I ate buffet for lunch at Passage to India. It was pretty good, but it's like how I feel about Palace BBQ Buffet... I am now sick of Indian food for the rest of the year. We also went to Palo Alto and played with Chris' new Garmin GPS system! At night, we went to downtown San Jose and were serendipitously surprised that Christmas in the Park was going on. They turned downtown San Jose into a carnival with rides and food and lots of Christmas tree displays. So festive!

Now, Sunday was more exciting. I convinced Chris to go with me to the SF Auto Show. And I was dumb and thought there would be a lot of traffic, so we took BART from Milbrae to the city. What a bad idea... it took us extra long and there wasn't any noticeable traffic in SF. Lame. Back on topic, the event was really fun because you get to "sit" in the cars and play with the features. I'm now convinced that I need a new car. On the top of my list is the Prius because you really can't beat its efficient gas mileage. I also loved the new 2008 Honda Accord. It's sooo nice... reminds me of the Acura TL. I sat in it for like 10 minutes and it was love. LOVE! Now I need to work on getting loan and finding a good deal on a car... yikes.

So there's that: a really detailed account of my life. This week is going by slowly as well. I spent all of Monday just catching up with random things and the rest of the week is up in the air! I am starting to feel the effects of being not busy. I feel lazy times 100. Ugh.

Happy Post-Thanksgiving!

I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. I had a good one. We had 12 people at our house for a Chinese-American fusion Thanksgiving. Woot! Seriously, we had turkey and mashed potatoes. But, we also had pork chop rice and Portuguese curry! Haha. We also had a dessert sampler --- pumpkin pie, banana cream pie, and fruit tart! I love Thanksgiving. After dinner, we played some Taboo and watched The Incredibles.

The only bad part was that I forgot to take any pictures, so the only memory of the night I have will be in my mind and on this blog. Oh well.

♫ Swallowed In The Sea - Coldplay

You cut me down a tree and brought it back to me
And that's what made me see where I was going wrong
You put me on a shelf and kept me for yourself
I can only blame myself, you can only blame me

And I could write a song, a hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found or swallowed in the sea

You put me on a line and hung me out to dry
And darling that's when I decided to go see you
You cut me down to size and opened up my eyes
Made me realize what I could not see

And I could write a book, the one they'll say that shook
The world and then it took, it took it back from me
And I could write it down or spread it all around
Get lost and then get found and you'll cme back to me
Not swallowed in the sea

And I could write a song, a hundred miles long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
The streets you're walking on, a thousand houses long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me

Oh what good is it to live with nothing left to give
Forget but not forgive, not loving all you see
Are the streets you're walking on, a thousand houses long
Well that's where I belong and you belong with me
Not swallowed in the sea

You belong with me, not swallowed in the sea
Yeah you belong with me, not swallowed in the sea

What's Next

Thank you all well-wishers! I didn't realize I had so many friends. Haha. But, Birthday Week 2007 is officially OVER. Now, let's go back to normalcy where I don't matter. Yay! Haha. All joking aside. It has been a tumultuous and boring week. I know those adjective hardly belong in the same sentence, but I think that it really describes my week well.

This past week was boring as hell. I never knew relaxing and taking a vacation from work could be so dull. I watched more TV and slept more than I ever did all... my life? No, that's a stretch, but definitely more than I can remember doing this past year. So, I'm very well-rested, but I also got sick... just a cold/cough. How is that possible? My body is acting up because I'm not busy!!! The germs finally take center stage. Haha. Awesome.

Ok, now a recap. Wednesday, I went home to the Dublin (Ireland, of course) and had a nice lunchy lunch with Christina at Abba Gourmet Cal-Italian Grill (yes, the longest restaurant name ever, but I remember because I yelped it... ohhh I'm cool). It was decent (but only 2 stars on Yelp, sorry): I had a tri tip sandwich and Christina had the BST --- bacon, sprouts, tomato, with a fried egg. Yum. And weird. If it sounds interesting, I'll take you. For the rest of the day, I lounged, relaxed, did laundry, etc. Come nighttime, my parents took me to our favorite local Japanese hangout, Tomo in Pleasanton. Food was delightful as usual. I mostly ate sushi and shared a tempura appetizer with my mom. Omg. I had blue fin tuna sushi and the fish practically melted in my mouth. Well worth the extra bucks! After dinner, we just went home to eat cake (yum!) and open presents (woot!). And that was the end of another anniversary of my birth. Sigh.

Skip Thursday and on to Friday. I had my first post-Google Google lunch! I hoarded as much food as I possibly could and it was fantastic! Hehe. I miss everyone sooo much!!! <3 <3 <3!!! Anyways, at night, Chris took me out to dinner for my birthday after a week-long power struggle. Haha. I kid. Maybe. Well, we went to Straits at Santana Row. The wait was a tad ridiculous, but we dealt with it and the food kinda made up for it. The service was slow, of course, but we ordered Roti, Potong Kari Ayam ( Sinaporean yellow curry with chicken, carrots, and potatoes), Origami Seabass (steamed fish with wine sauce), Chicken-flavored Rice and Molten Chocolate Cake for dessert! Yay! The food was pretty good. Let's just say we were pleased and satisfied. After dinner, we went to Sino for a bit, but it was loud and crowded and yeah... old people don't like environments like these. So, instead, we went to Blockbuster, rented Knocked Up (yes, I'm the last person on Earth to see it), and I fell asleep before it was over. NICE.

Saturday was a little more exciting. Chris and I went to see Beowulf in the afternoon. It was pretty good for a rated R cartoon! Haha. Angelina Jolie was very naked in it. And there was a lot of bloody violence. Especially for a cartoon. At night, I drove up to meet with Christina and Pam at Asia SF! What a surprise! We got bar seats, which were incidentally RIGHT in front for the "show". The food was good, but the girls/guys were really fun. They're completely into it and love the attention. Most of them had fake boobs, fake hair, and some fake butts! All in all, a good place to go for birthdays, bachelorette parties, and other semi-special events.

Ok, I'm tired of updating. The week is over. OVER. Now, let's get on with life. God, how depressing.

When A Door Closes...

another one opens?

A lot has happened since I last blogged. Sorry. I know I disappointed my many many readers. But, it's been one thing after another after another... never ending. Until now.

Ok, for starters, my last day at Google was last Friday. I can't believe that I've been there for a year already! I'm made a ton of friends that I will miss dearly. Hopefully, I'll do my part and keep in touch with everybody. I actually already miss them... I guess that happens when you see people every day for months. Oh well. I guess now I will just have to spend more time talking to them online.

Anyways, on Friday, we started drinking champagne early in the morning. It was so festive. I think almost everyone came by and joined in on the fun. A group of us left work early and went to the lovely SportsPage for happy hour. It was nice that so many people showed up to say goodbye. Well, not goodbye, but see you less often than every day. :-( I think I will miss Billy and Phuong the most as they were my next cube neighbors. And now when I laugh aloud at home at a funny joke or something, no one will notice. After happy hour, we headed over to downtown Mountain View's Tied House for dinner. More beers! So much that I was too tired to go out afterwards. How old am I? Lesson: drinking champagne in the morning usually leads to a headache in the afternoon/night. Boo.

Saturday was almost the same story. Chris and I went to Valley Fair during the day, which was slightly a mistake because the mall is starting to get really packed nowadays. Parking was limited and the crowds of people was almost too much to bear. I'm going to stop going to the mall on the weekends. Instead, with my new free time, I will go to the mall on the weekdays. Aha! Later in the afternoon, Lany and Young came over early to watch the USC @ Cal game. We had a buncha "bar" snacks and watched as Cal lost yet another game. Lesson: Cal is a tease and will always be a tease. Heartbreaking.

Anyways, we went out to dinner at Maggiano's Little Italy in Santana Row to celebrate my upcoming birthday. I think it was sort of a mistake because we ate family-style. Calamari, spinach-artichoke dip, caesar salad, spinach salad, chicken parmesan, spaghetti with meatballs, salmon, rigatoni with chicken and mushroom, tiramisu, apple cobbler, AND a nice cake from Stef! I mean, there were 11 people and we stuffed our faces, but I still ended up with like 12 boxes of leftovers. So, I'm thinking it was a mistake because we went to V Bar afterwards and all of us were too full to drink and/or get drunk. Sad. We ended up back at the apartment because we were lazy and tired and mostly, full. Lesson: overeating is not conducive to partying. Puke. Haha, jk.

Sunday was pleasant. I did not wake up hungover. I woke up still full. Ridiculous. I spent most of the day just lounging around and cleaning. Those are 2 of my favorite pastimes. Yes, I said cleaning. I happen to be a neat freak... almost like Monica on Friends, not as psychotic though. However, Chris and I had dinner at Pho Saigon next to Cupertino Village last night and it has quickly become our new favorite Vietnamese restaurant. Well, for pho at least.

So, we're now at today... my first day of freedom. It's been well spent, doing what I have wanted to do for a long time now... nothing. I don't want to fall in a habit of being lazy, so today will be my only day of rest before I start doing things. Things like job searching, volunteering, studying for the GMATs, etc. Don't worry, I'll make time for watching DVDs and chatting online. :-)

One more week till Thanksgiving!!!

Can It Be?

Is it November already?!!??! Yes, because we drank through October. Haha. No seriously. Yesterday was Halloween and because of that, we celebrated it Google-style with Googleween. This is just the biggest costume party that I've ever gone to... I would say that it was comparable to Castro! Here is a picture of the stage where the costume contest was held. I think I snapped this shot right when a big group of Googlers dressed as the Secret Service was up on stage...

Didn't I say it was a massive party? And most people were in costume!!! Some highlights... a human LAVA lamp, a Mii, lots of Marios and Luigis, Vanilla Ice, some Facebook pages, a nerd or two, Spider-Pig, SHarry Potter (!!!), etc. Oh yeah and there was someone dressed as Michael Vick with stuffed animal dogs as props. Lame. ;-)

Let me say that I had so much to drink at work during the day that I had to take a nap before going out later that night. We ended up at Pasha, a low-key Mediterranean joint for a private party. Very chill. The music was aiiite, so we got our dance on. The mime got drunk and threw up... many times. That was fun.

Well, time to say goodbye (until next year) to our costumes!

Haunted Hallow's Eve

Happy Halloween everyone or rather have a HAUNTED Halloween! Haha. Most people in my office are dressed up today and Google is throwing a huge party this afternoon. YAY!

Well, last weekend was a success! Flora came and visited and we did fun things like play board games and watch TV. HAHA. I'm only half kidding. Friday, I picked Flora and Derrick up from the airport and brought them to Google, where we stayed for the entire afternoon. I gave them the tour and then we just sat around and talked until TGIF! I made them drink sangria with me and introduced them to other Googlers. Later, Derrick's friend, Tim, joined us for dinner at Amber India, which I've been meaning to try. Even though we waited almost an hour, the food was pretty delicious especially the Butter Chicken (very similar to Chicken Tikka Masala). I wanted to take Flora to Santana Row afterwards, but we were full and lazy. We played Catch Phrase and called it a night.

Saturday was more of an adventure. We woke up and ate an early lunch at The Counter at Santana Row before going to the Winchester Mystery House! So, it's not a spooky, haunted house, but it's just a weird house. The tour lasted more than an hour and we were told that we walked more than a mile. Craziness. Later on, we watched the pathetic Cal game at the local sports bar and headed up to SF in costume! We ended up at a house party and then walked the streets of SF, scouring for bars. We were at Holy Cow, then Icon. All in all, a completely wild night of crazy costumes. Don't make me show you a costume of GEO!!!

Sunday was pretty boring. We ate at PALACE Korean BBQ Buffet (for the 3rd time this month) and then we played Scene It at my apartment. I took Flora and Derrick to the airport later and that was the end of, yet another, albeit fun, weekend.

Drumroll, Please

FLORA is finally coming to visit this weekend. She'll be staying with MOI! How exciting. This is the first time in 2+ years that Flora has been in the Bay Area. Craziness. Anyways, it should be an event-packed weekend. I'm picking Flora and Derrick up at San Jose Airport tomorrow at 2ish and then I'm taking them to Google! I swear that they came earlier just to see Google. I'll let them stick around while I finish my work up. Friday night agenda is South Bay. I think we're going to a party or two in the area. Nothing too crazy now. We have to save energy for the next day. So, Saturday, the plan is to hang out in SF. There are a few parties going on at night, so we'll be decked out in our costumes for that! And then, Sunday, we'll probably just stick around South Bay again. Maybe a little Valley Fair, some Santana Row before they take off to sucky SoCal again.

I'll update with many pictures (hopefully).

Mid-Week Blues

It's Wednesday and I have a case of the mid-week blues. Bleh. Apparently, I look "tired and haggard", so maybe some sleep will do me some good. I just threw this picture because we're holding big mugs of beers and that usually cheers me up. That was from last week's Thursday (GASP!) night excursion to Dave & Buster's in Milpitas. A whole lotta fun... I miss those carefree nights.

Anyways, I'm approaching my last day at Google. It's coming at me fast, so I'm doing the whole job search thing again. I'm feeling rushed, but at the same time, I don't really need a job right away, so I should really chill out. No one is really hiring at this timIe in the year and when I do start, I'll have only a couple of weeks before I take off to HK!!! So, it'll be ok to take a month off then go on vacation. I just want to have a job by the time I get back!!! Help!!!

Abbreviated Matchbox

Matchbox Twenty was at Google today!!! They talked about their new album and how they're using new technology to sell albums. Blah blah blah. But, they DID perform some good songs... acoustic versions of "Push" and "How Far We've Come"! I can't stop listening to them now...

Lazy Weekend

I spent almost the entire weekend doing absolutely nothing. Nothing but relaxation at its finest. How lucky am I!!! I surprisingly stayed in Friday and Saturday night! Instead of partying, clubbing, drinking, socializing, etc., I went through a How I Met Your Mother Season 2 dvd marathon. Hehe. Sadly, I didn't finish yet because I just kept falling asleep really early. Slightly pathetic. Good news though, I was mildly productive this weekend.

Stef and Ruby let me tag along their dinner date at Cascal's in Mountain View. The best tapas place in the South Bay. No joke. We had sangria, but not normal boring red wine sangria, but SPARKLING wine sangria. It was seriously delicious and just tasted like fruit soda. Very very dangerous if you ask me. After dinner, we just came back to the apartment and watched Harry Potter on the Disney channel. Sidenote: did you hear that Dumbledore is GAY? That's awesome. I like how J.K. Rowling puts so much thought into her characters. I guess that explains a lot. I <3 Harry Potter!!! Anyways, when the movie ended around 11pm, I just got into bed with my laptop and HIMYM dvds and started to watching. It wasn't before long that I just passed out. Craziness.

On Saturday, I got up bright and early to drive to SF for my third attempt at getting a haircut at Oxenrose. Third time really is the charm and yes, I finally got a nice haircut. It's not drastic, so you might not even notice it. Fine with me. I was getting mad split ends and it was getting to thick and heavy to handle. Jenelle gave me some long layers and some movement. She was very nice and talked to me the entire time. A real talker. Haha. Afterwards, I met up with Christina and Pam for a short but sweet shopping excursion in Union Square before we hit up LaBelle Spa for massages! It was my first time and definitely very painful. I am even a bit sore today. I don't know if I am a massage person. I don't really like being touched (if I got a male masseuse, I would've freaked out and left) and I'm really ticklish, which my masseuse noticed right away. Pam's masseuse suggested that she do yoga to stretch out the knots in her back. I think that's all I need, is to do some yoga instead of having someone elbow in the back every so often. Yoga is probably more productive.

I got home around dinnertime and was starving. So, we went to Palace BBQ Buffet. It was about a 40 minute wait, but well worth it. I stuffed my face with my favorite Korean meats and now I will not have a Korean BBQ craving for the next month. YAY! So you can imagine that after dinner, I just had meat coma and was useless for the rest of the night.

There you have it... what an exciting weekend! It looks like Sunday will really just be an extension of Saturday night. That equals me napping all day. Hehe.

***Oooh, this post marks the most posts for the month of October since I started this blog! Excellent! See??? I do update this thing!***

Shopaholic at Work

Is this not the most adorable dress EVER (by ever, I mean this season)!?! Should I buy it and wear it every day??? I think so.

Bubble Fest

Were you at Oktoberfest this past weekend? Because you probably were. It was damn crowded. This was my first Oktoberfest experience and honestly, it didn't wow me. Now, there might never be another in the future. Sad. Well, we got up to SF around noonish and promptly got into the Fort Mason Center after waiting in line for 15 minutes. Because of the token system, it took us another 30 minutes to get some beers and some German hot dogs AKA bratwursts. We met up with so crazy people, namely Bill Umoff (who sits next to me daily in our cubicle of terror). There was a bit of German music and dancing, but mostly people (a younger crowd really) were standing on tables and drinking. It was just ok. I got really sleepy after drinking a beer. I almost wanted to put my head down on the table because I was tired, or really because I was a little bored. We left in the late afternoon and headed over to Union Square for a shopping good time.

Later that night, we met up with the Berkeley gang for Jen's birthday dinner at Osha on Embarcadero. It was pretty good Thai food, but terrible service. Go there if you enjoy being neglected during dinner. I'm serious. But I had a really good Thai Milk-tini. Yum. Speaking of alcohol, we got Jen drunk to the point she was yelling obscenities at strangers. Awesome. In case you don't know, Jen talks really loudly and honestly when she drinks a lot. Ask me and I'll maybe share some stories. We ended up at Bubble Lounge after dinner, which was suuuper crowded because I guess a lot of people were celebrating birthdays. It was too crowded to even get drinks. I think I drank 1 or 2 Bellinis. Yum again. And sooo bubbly-icious. I was sooo tired that we left around 1ish and I almost fell asleep at the wheel while driving back to Sunnytown.

I'm old and can't stay out too late. Tru dat.

"Bowling with Stanley" Night

Last night was "Bowling with Stanley" night and I did not bowl with Stanley. Instead, I bowled with others and watched Stanley bowl. Haha. I played 2 games. The first, I got a low score in the 70s, but the second game, I got 108! I bowled over 100!!! Only rockstars do that. That must make me a rockstar. Ohhh yeah. For the record, Chris bowled in the 30s in the first game and maybe over 70, the second game. Mwaaahahahaha. I rule.

Hmmm... I need to take more pictures again. Proof is very necessary.

Caramel Latte May Equal Death

Yesterday afternoon, I had a nice Caramel Latte. I also forgot there was a shot of espresso in that little killer. Within an hour, I was wired, like heart racing and short of breath. Then, I proceeded to feel nauseous, get a headache, and not much later, I crashed... mentally and physically. I felt better after eating a full dinner, but later at night, I could not sleep until 2:30am.

Lesson: espresso shots (or espresso shot for that matter) should not be ingested after noon. Lame.

"Never hope more than you work."

I was the last person in the office on Friday. Why? Because work is life. And if you want a life, you must work for it. Sad, but true.

Anyways, Will came to visit on Friday night. So, we went out to dinner in downtown Mountain View. We didn't go anywhere special, just the usual bar/restaurant. The sucky thing was that the bar ran out of beer and all they had was Coors Light, Miller Light, or Heineken Light... something stupid like that. After dinner, Will crashed my apartment and infiltrated my new laptop. JUST LIKE OLD TIMES WHEN HE STOLE INTERNET FROM US. Hehe. Old habits die hard. After William left to hang out with Oakland, I headed over to Dan and Jeremy's where they were having a party where they duct tape 40s to your hands. Thank goodness I arrived late and everyone was too drunk to notice that I wasn't drinking. I stayed there for a bit and left before all the chaos ensued. I'm boring and went to be semi-early.

The next morning, I woke up semi-early (haha!) to drive to SF to get a haircut at one of my favorite salons, Oxenrose. Too bad I hit a bad accident on 101N and got to the city 40 minutes after my appointment time. It was also Fleet Week(end) and the city was majorly congested with over-eager tourists and my parents, who were dying to see the Blue Angels. I thought I could console myself by going shopping in Union Square, but I went home practically empty-handed. What a disappointment. Later, I broke not one, but two things: a bottle of bright pink nail polish on my bathroom floor and my cell phone on the sidewalk next to the gelato shop. Well, it's fine now: the nail polish in the trash and the cell phone with a battery jolt.

Chris and I had dinner at Cascal on Castro St. in Mountain View and it was reeeally good. I definitely recommend it. They have excellent sangria and delightful tapas. Yum. Afterwards, we met up with some people in the Mission (in SF). Lany finally came out of hiding after midnight and sat/drank with us till closing. He almost convinced me to eat a bacon-wrapped hot dog from a street vendor. It was pretty disgusting, but I imagine it to be delicious after a long night of drinking.

Need MSG

I cooked dinner for myself last night and it was DELICIOUS. Ok, I'm joking. It was really bland. How do you make your food un-bland? Add salt? Add MSG? Minus taste buds? I really really really (I do mean really) need to take some cooking classes or something. Otherwise I would for sure die of starvation in the near future. Either that or I'd eat out a lot and be broke and fat. Two things that I don't want to be when I grow up.

Anyways, on Fridays, I like to bitch and moan about Grey's Anatomy and how it was such a terrible show last night. Yet, I will continue to watch it every week for the rest of the season. Today is no exception. I'm not a fan of the whole George and Izzie storyline. The "moment" they had last night was just awkward. Ehhh. And why is new girl/Meredith's sister so annoying? Stop staring at people. Freak. Haha. So, Meredith doesn't want to be with Derek because she thinks he'll leave her like her dad did? Issues. The issues are getting blander than usual, much like my cooking. Sad.

New Laptop

I don't think that I mentioned that I finally got a new laptop a week or so ago and it's my new favorite accessory. I love love LOVE it to death. It's both cute and functional --- the best of both worlds! I wanted a MacBook, but my HP is just as good. Hey... it's a Special Edition! Only bad thing is that it is loaded with Microsoft Vista and takes fooorever and a day to load when I turn it on. Other than that, I have no complaints yet. But, I mean, I don't use it for anything rigorous (i.e. programming, gaming, other crazy stuff). I just use it for the internet, storing some pictures, organizing my music library, and... actually, that's it. Yeah, I guess I really don't need that DUAL PROCESSOR. Mwahahaha.

Anyways, it's been kinda detrimental to my sleep because I just stay up later and later nowadays chatting and watching full episodes of TV shows that I missed. Like tonight, I'm going to watch Pushing Daisies and Private Practice and Gossip Girl that I missed last night due to the Top Chef Finale. Haha. I'm psycho. But, Hung prevailed and is THE Top Chef. Fancy knifework and cutthroat competitiveness wins the game. I need to learn from that.

Monday Night Cleaning?

Having a roommate means you're rarely home alone, but yesterday night, I had the apartment all to myself. And surprisingly, I enjoyed myself. I made myself a nice little dinner, watched my TV shows, and best of all, CLEANED. I mopped the floors and by mopping, I mean I used the Swiffer. I vacuumed. I did laundry. WooHOO. I got a lot done. I also organized my desk and my closet. I think tonight I might even clean my bathroom! How exciting does that sound?!?!?!

Ok, enough. Before all my readers blacklist me and my blog, let's move on to a different topic. So, I lost the football pool again. This is twice in a row after having an amazing and bet-free first week. Dang. See, this is what happens when you're apprehensive to bet, you win. And when you try for the real thing, you'll always lose. It was a rough week. I picked 5 wins. But, so did Chris. Mwahahaha. Loser. I guess I'll keep playing $5 this coming week. Another $5 down the drain. I'm a gambling addict already.

Have a good Tuesday --- the week is slowly but surely approaching FRIDAY!

♫ Crash - Dave Matthews Band

Had a nice quiet weekend before the start of October (which, btw, I'm freaking out about). I left work at 5pm exactly on Friday to catch an early showing of Eastern Promises. It was raw and violent. Quite expected. You'll like it if you like History of Violence, Viggo Mortensen, or movies about the Russian mob. I thought it had a decent story. I met up with Christina and Pam at Dessert Republic in San Mateo later that night for crepes, egg waffles, girl talk, etc. It was Christina's actual birthday. This just means I'm next. The next to turn 24!!! Cringe.

Saturday was a fun day. Chris and I had all-you-can-eat Korean BBQ at Palace on El Camino. I showed off my grilling skills. How awesome am I? We left smelling like smoke and played a round of 18-hole miniature golf. Guess who dominated? ME. Was there any doubt? MWAHAHAHA. We went to the Dave Matthews Band Concert that night at Shoreline. And although I really don't listen to a lot of DMB, it was a really fun concert. Sold out too! They did a lot of special effects with the lighting and a lot of instrumental/acoustic interludes. Oooh la la.

Sunday was the usual. I went back to Dublin meaning I ate Chinese food and napped on the couch all day. ALL DAY!!! Boring smoring. But, it was the last day of September so I was lazy.

Happy October! Halloween is just around the corner...

Too Much TV!!!

All my favorite shows premiered this week!!! AHHH! TV overload!

I caught Grey's Anatomy earlier tonight. And since it was my favorite show from last season, I had HIGH expectations. I was a little disappointed --- spoiler here, so stop reading if you don't want me to ruin your life. I can't believe they included that story with the deer. Seriously? A deer!??!?! And now George is the annoying one, who keeps complaining about how life sucks for him. Gaaah. And why can't Meredith and McDreamy just stay together and live happily ever after!?!?!? I'm sick of it. 3 out of 5 stars. Tsk tsk. I expected more from you.

I still have to watch the Office --- I'm almost finished with Season 3, so that I can watch this season! It's on the same time as Grey's, so I might have to make an executive decision and stop watching Grey's completely. Well, I can always watch it online. Good call, Cecilia.

Shows to watch online: Heroes, The Office, Gossip Girl --- so far, just these.

Birthdays!

So, my weekend was filled with going to different birthday events. Friday night was fantastic as it was Stef's 25th birthday!!! I held and impromptu preparty at our apartment and it turned out decent. Coworkers came over first and we drank rum, vodka, etc. while playing Wario Smooth Moves on the Wii. Then, Lany and Fabian came over!!! We all got decidedly really buzzed before hitting the bars in Palo Alto, mainly B412. The night is now a blur, but a lot of friends showed up and the drinks were a-flowing. Needless to say, the night was fun because everybody was drinking. =) =) =) Sorry for making you yak, Stef!!!

My favorite picture from Saturday night at Suede... (Pam is gesturing for you to "come here" --- hahahahaha). We were there celebrating Christina's birthday with a night of drinking, dancing, and . . . haha, who knows what else? It ended up just being the normal threesome plus Mandy (Christina's ex-coworker), but it was ok. We got bottle service --- Grey Goose! And a table! VIP baby! Christina and Pam partied hardy for the rest of us, who were still recovering from the night before. Ok, that was just me. Ooops. Hehe.

Lastly, on Sunday night, Pam and I took Christina and her family to dinner at Wente Vineyards. Dinner was delish as was the company. What a nice way to pamper ourselves. It was truly fine dining. To end the night, we ate Chinese bakery birthday cake, which is Christina's favorite! You know, the sponge-y soft cake with whipped cream and mixed fruit? It's so boring, but she likes it, so what can you do? You can only eat it too.

So, to kick start the week, here's the new The Fray video that is uber awesome.

P.S. George Hsu Chang was present at all festivities that were held this week. No, he was not sick like he always is.
P.P. S. I'm also a liar.

Aaarghhh

Happy "Talk Like A Pirate" Day! I guess there is a day for anything.

Anyways, tomorrow night, we're having dinner for Stef's 25th birthday at Joy Sushi. Then, on Friday (her actual birthday), we're hitting up the bars in Palo Alto. Then, on Saturday, I'm off to the city, where Christina is celebrating her birthday at Suede. And finally, Sunday, we're having dinner for Christina's birthday.

Schedule is packed, no? I just want to chill. Is that too much to ask for?

Highlights from the Weekend

Yes, it IS Monday and as usual, I am going to recap the weekend for you. I mean, what else is there to write about?

Friday night was probably the most random fun that I've had in a long time. We stopped at a apartment party for a little bit --- drank a little, beer-ponged a little, and watched a little American Psycho (not a movie for children... or me). Then met up with Stef, Jason (who's moving away to LA in a week), et al. at Blue Chalk in Palo Alto. It was mostly crowded, but good music and the alcohol was flowing. Yeah, I know it doesn't sound different than the typical bar/club night, but I had a really good time. It was fun group and most everyone was "outgoing" (AKA drunk).

On Saturday, Chris and I had dim sum at Dynasty in Cupertino. It was ehhh ok. I think I might still be sick of dim sum from my days at the Bank. Argh. Way to ruin my taste for dim sum forever. At night, we had dinner at Maki in Japantown. I had unagi and rice in a basket. It was sooo good. We also had dessert --- a green tea gelato and red bean crepe at Sophie's Crepes! Yuuum. We met up with Christina and Pam at Ana Mandera, which was uber lame. I'm never going there again. This is probably the third or fourth time there that I didn't have fun.

Sunday was my day of rest. I literally did nothing. Well, I had dinner with Stef and Jason. Oooh. Ok, it wasn't that exciting. We just went to a Mexican place on Castro. The burrito I ordered was humongous and I didn't finish. Yay for leftovers and dinner tonight!

This week is going to be a busy one. It's Stef's birthday on Friday and Christina's birthday party on Saturday. I'm exhausted just thinking about it.

Old Friend

Lany has been coming up to the Bay quite a few times in a past couple of months. Last night, we went out to dinner at St. Stephen's Greens (of course we had to go to a place where they had beeeeer) and finally managed to catch up. It's so easy to lose touch with old friends, but never that hard to remember old times again. And what better way to do so then to do what we used to do. DRINK. Seriously, my liver is still recovering from senior year of college. We drank beers into the wee hours of the night (ok, it was late for a weeknight) and talked about life. How I miss those carefree and mindless days of college.

It'll be cool now that LanyOr will (hopefully) be moving up to join the NorCal crowd. Woot woot.

Twice

I have gone to the gym TWICE this week already and it's only Wednesday morning. I'm so proud of myself that I decided to share this news with the entire world. Now, the next step will be to stop eating so much junk. Already this morning I ate scrambled egg whites and potatoes. I also drank one of those little bottles of DanActive yogurt. It has the little bacteria that helps your digestion. Ohhh yeah.

Gym again tonight? Possibly. I'm on a roll.

Should I Yelp?

I had a nice quiet weekend. I didn't go out or do anything adventurous. Instead, I just stayed home and relaxed. It was nice, but I'm over it. And I'm ready for the upcoming weekends of birthdays galore!

So, it's back to the regular work week. Sigh. How exciting. Not.

Last week was pretty fun though. I went to an indie concert on Wednesday. Lany's cousin, Tim, performed at Rickshaw in SF and he was pretty awesome. Young and I were too tired to stay for the main act, Tempo No Tempo. Maybe next time... when we're not so old. I want to go to more concerts. Next up, Dave Matthews Band at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Too bad I couldn't get tickets to see JIMMY EAT WORLD. That being said, anyone who can find decently priced tickets, I would be very willing to buy.

On Thursday, Stef, Geo, and I finally went to see Harry Potter 5. Was it surprising that we were the only ones in the theater? No. We're such ballers. I liked it, but I like all things Harry Potter, so I might be the wrong person to critique the movie. However, I definitely definitely definitely recommend the last book. I think I've blogged about this before. It's damn good. Read it now.

Then, on Friday, Karanvir finally came to visit and we had dinner at this cute little Italian place in downtown Sunnyvale (yes, Sunnyvale has a downtown) called Il Postale. Huuuge portions. I eat out so much now that I really want to start a Yelp account and start writing reviews for places. Sounds like a fantastic time waster. Woot. After dinner, Young took us to a VIP, a shady Korean bar in Santa Clara. Ok, it wasn't THAT shady. It was actually clean and they even checked our ids! I liked it because they had beer in soda liter bottles. Yes, the plastic kinds. And they also had yogurt soju, which didn't taste too much like alcohol. Awesome. Someone should have a birthday party there.

And there you have it, that's ALL I did. Nothing else happened. Funny how the weekend was the most boring. Ok, I'm going to start my Yelp account now. Peace.

Labor-less Weekend

Isn't it fantastic having Monday off from work? It really is. It's definitely a nice way to ease into the week. I didn't have much planned for this past weekend, but it turned out much better than I imagined. I still don't know if I'm sick or if I had strange allergies, but I'm still a little stuffy nosed right now. Bleh.

Anyways, I was up in SF on Saturday and Sunday! Saturday for Anna's birthday bbq at Crissy Fields, which was pretty fun. It was nice to catch up with some familiar faces. And the weather was wonderful. You get such a nice view of the Golden Gate bridge there. You should really go if you've never been. I saw Superbad on Saturday night too. I liked it. It was gross, but funny nonetheless. I have a weird sense of humor.

Then, Sunday, Patrice came to visit! Finally! She's off to UW in a few weeks and came by to see the apartment. We ate sushi and sat around and did nothing just like old times. At night, I took Chris to House of Prime Rib. He enjoyed it, but was seemingly unimpressed. I think I will have to take him to Gary Danko's before he'll be wowed. Sigh. We met up with a ton of ppl in North Beach, but be warned, most places are closed on Sunday even though it's a THREE DAY WEEKEND. We ended up at Savoy on Grant Ave., which was fine because it was a nice and chill place. Will brought all of Oakland there and the party ended early for me. I was full and buzzed and tired. A lethal combination for me as I passed out quickly. Haha.

It was gorgeous out today and I was at the Gilroy Premium Outlets. Seriously, a ton of shops and a ton of sales. Too bad all I purchased was Redken shampoo and conditioner that I was already out of. I hate crowds and now that I think about it, outlets are often disappointing. Lesson learned.

I picked Jason and Stef up for San Jose Mineta airport and now I'm about to call it a night! Tomorrow is already Tuesday. The week is going by so quickly. Woot. It'll be weekend soon!

Birthday shoutouts this week --- Kirk and Patrice! Both turning 25! Haaappy birthday guys!

Heat Makes for an Exciting Week

Last week of summer and THIS is what I do:

Monday - recover from BEACH withdrawal. =(

Tuesday - come down with a mystery cold and STILL go out to Palace BBQ Buffet for Stef's coworker's birthday dinner. It was the most meat I'd ever eaten.

Wednesday - went to the Giants vs. Rockies day game with work for our offsite. Giants lost 8-0. They suck. Period.

Thursday - parents and aunt came to visit! I gave them the special tour of Google and then we had dinner at a Chinese restaurant. Duh. So typical of my dad.

Friday - witnessed a horrifying accident and was shaken all afternoon (meaning that I got zero work done). =( But, I drank a buncha beers and ate junk food with Geo and Caren. I love being the third wheel.

Now for the weekend, I'm about to head up to SF for bbqing and sloshball. Then who knows?

Stinson Fabulous

I spent the past weekend relaxing in a beach front property in Stinson Beach, CA with the teenyboppers, Christina and Pam. And it was simply fabulous. We drove up Friday night, which might've been a bad idea since the last 10 miles of the trip are up and down the Marin mountains on a very very very narrow road. But, when we got there, the temperature was perfect for sipping champagne on the beach, under the stars (if not for the coat of fog).

The next day, we all slept in and then made waffles and BLTs for brunch! I'm learning to cook! Yes, I know those are somewhat easy things to make. And I'm offended that you think it's dumb. Spent more time lounging around the beach house (literally 10 steps from the beach!), playing with Christina's 2 gorgeous Australian shephards, and then walked into the smallest town ever. We went into all the stores there, a total of 8 or so. Haha. And went back and sunbathed on our little private (not really) beach escape. When it got cold and late, we headed back indoors for dinner, movies, a game of Taboo, and strawberry daiquiris! I ended the night just sitting in the hot tub and again, sipping champagne.

Sunday. Again, we slept in and made french toast for brunch! We lounged around for a bit (actually, quite a while) and then Pam and I headed back to reality. All in all, the most fantastic weekend adventure that I've had in a long time.

A new life goal of mine is to rent out a beach house with friends one of these summers. It'll be a nice place to get everyone together.

Dance Dance

It's Thursday. I'm finally feeling back to my normal self... after the craziness that was the Google Dance 2007. So, Tuesday night, all Googlers plus SES Conference attendees were invited to the annual event held at the Googleplex. They turned the campus into a "club" practically. There were pool tables, video games (Fast and the Furious!), karaoke, and of course, tons of FREE food and alcohol. At first, we were all a little apprehensive. I mean, how much fun could a bunch of engineers dancing be? Wrong. VERY wrong. I spent the night drinking glass after glass of Chardonnay. I lost count after 5, but I think I got up to 8 to 9. I'm awesome.

Anyways, spent half the night wandering aimlessly everywhere. I played pool, lost in Fast and the Furious, chatted up strangers, and I believe that one point, I even challenged someone to a dance-off. R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S. But at least I know how to have a good time, right?

Who took this picture? Luong told me some dude was hitting on me and we were having a conversation and then all of a sudden, I said "take a picture of me and my friends". And then just ignored him after that. Hahahaaaaahahaaaaaaaa.

Finally, a New Post

Yes. I know I have been away from the blog for quite a while now. And I apologize. However, I have really nothing interesting to update with. The past couple weeks have been a blur. I do the same thing every day, every week, and every month. Some interesting highlights:

• The blue couch came! It's now happily sitting in our living room. Stef also brought a nice little glass coffee table. The apartment is being furnished --- slowly, but surely. Stef also purchased a nice little accent chair that will be arriving shortly (estimated arrival is Sept 10th). We still need to figure out decorations...
• Wyclef Jean was at Google. I saw his performance and was in deep awe of his talent. I'm a new fan of his.
  
• Went to a big party at Temple on Friday night. I saw most all of the Asians in the Bay Area there. It was an unexpectedly fun night. Thanks for making me go out, Christina!
• Had lots of fun and food (Korean BBQ) at Evelyn's Housewarming Party on Saturday. The theme was "awesomely bad t-shirts". Cute idea and it was a good time hanging out with cool people.
  

I really like using bullet points. They're easy and straight-to-the-point! Anyways, it's another week! My mission this week is to a) buy a desk/chair, b) watch Stardust and/or Superbad, c) exercise.

Spark

Sometimes all it takes is just a little spark.

Out of Shape

I was somehow tricked into going running yesterday. So after work, George and Stef came to Google so that we could run the Shoreline Amphitheatre trail. I was doing well for the first 5 minutes and then I just got so tired that my legs stopped working. I (speed) walked for the most part and after an hour of looking at the water and golf course, we were back at the Googleplex. Sigh. BIG FAT sigh of relief. That's what I get for thinking so unrealistically. But, the silver lining of all this is that now I will make a more conscious effort to get in shape. Let's see how long this lasts. I think it lasted a good 30 minutes before I ate a ginormous dinner at Charlie's.

In other news, we are seriously organizing a Hong Kong and Taiwan trip for Dec/Jan. If you're interested, please please please let me know. The more the merrier! And you KNOW, it'll be ridiculously awesome.

Caffeine and I Don't Mix

If you know me, you would agree that I should not drink coffee. Why? Because it makes me... c-r-a-z-y. Yes. I know, right? I consume alcohol, a LOT of alcohol, but it doesn't compare to when I've had a cup (yes, even a small little cup) of coffee. So, this morning, I went to Starbucks on the way to work and got a tall Caramel Machiato. Next thing I know, I'm talking to myself and weaving through traffic. I get to work and I can't stop laughing. Who knew that caffeine had such adverse effects? Ok, but that's not the point of this post.

Stef and I went to Macy's Furniture Store last night and yes, we finally purchased a COUCH! It's suuuper cute and will be delivered this Sunday! It's the bluish one in the picture below:


We only got the couch, but we're going to buy some accent chairs and maybe a rug! How exciting! No more sitting on the floor in an empty living room!

After our very successful shopping trip, Stef, Young, and I had dinner at Santa Ramen, a hole-in-the-wall ramen joint that my brother very enthusiastically recommended (he's serious about it, you can read his review on Yelp). We had to wait about 15 minutes at 8:45pm on a Monday night, but we did because quite a few restaurant patrons leaving were heard saying "this place is f-ing delicious". And indeed, it was damn good. The soup was reeeally good and you never say that about ramen, so this place is pretty fantastic. However, that was not the last of our Monday night festivities, we headed over to this HK desserts place and had Asian desserts. I had the thick black sesame paste --- yum and my hair will get darker (you'll understand if you have a Chinese mother).

All in all, a very productive night to make up for a weekend of just lounging around. Seriously, I have nothing worth blogging about from this weekend. Oh. I DID go to Suite 181 on Saturday night to see William Huey drunk and ridiculous. But, other than that, nothing as exciting as getting a new couch and eating really good ramen. So, my next excursion will be going to buy a desk to furnish my very important home office. You heard me, I'm important.

P.S. I believe the caffeine has finally worn off because I'm starting to get a headache. I told you, caffeine is potent. For me, at least.

Girls (not Boys) of Summer

It's August and also the LAST month of summer... already. I had a list of things that I wanted to accomplish this summer:

• Go to a nice beach --- has not happened.
• Start taking yoga --- also, has not happened.
• Plan a group concert outing --- maybe this is in the works.
• Go camping/river rafting --- hmmm, take a guess.

So, it looks like I have a lot to do this month if I want to stick to my schedule. Good luck to me. Anyways, since we're doing lists in this entry. Here is a list of things to look forward to:

• Housewarming Party --- date to be determined (depending on the arrival of furniture).
• LA trip --- in a few weeks (depending on Geo's planning).
• Christina's Beach House --- weekend of August 24.
• Flora visits --- whenever she makes up her mind.
• Patrice visits --- before she moves up to Seattle.
  
• The Office Season 3 DVDs --- available September 4.
• How I Met Your Mother Season 2 DVDs --- available October 2.
• Veronica Mars Season 3 DVDs --- available October 23.

Yes, I know it's a little pathetic that the bottom half of my list is just TV shows that I want to watch. I like TV, ok?

A Week and a Weekend Later...

It's really hard to remember to update your blog. And I know my readers care a lot about my many misadventures.

Let me see... last Monday, I went to my first Giants game this season (and I believe, my second Giants game of all time). And it was so exciting that Barry Bonds didn't hit a home run. Awesome. Haha. I kid. I had fun. We took CalTrain up and it wasn't as cold as I expected. Giants lost, but hanging out at the Park made up for it. Then, last Wednesday, I went to Dave & Buster's with Stef, Jason, and Young. I forgot how much fun it was. I beat Young in almost every game that we played. Because of that, it's apparent that Ci > Young. Always.

Now for the weekend... Friday was Google's annual Summer Picnic, which turned out to be a huge event! Lots of all-you-can-eat and free food with beer and margaritas plus a ferris wheel and Google Idol! It was nice to take an afternoon off and relax in the sun. On Saturday, I woke up at 6am to volunteer for Relay for Life in Castro Valley. It was really laid-back this year, so I had time to finish Harry Potter! Best book in the series btw. But, I got sunburned on my ears, hairline, and arms. Grossness times 100. I'm just about flaking dead skin now. Ugh. I guess that can be considered to be tmi? Then, on Sunday, I went out to see the SF Marathon-ers. Too bad Stef finished so early that we missed her at the finish line!!! It was amazing to see all these people that voluntarily ran 13.1 or 26.2 miles. Definitely a feat to be proud of... and they all got medals! Funny how everyone I asked said they'd never run it ever again... Stef was so sick that she didn't even have lunch with us! We went to Yank Sing and feasted on delicate dim sum. I had 2 (or less) Tsingtaos and was so tired afterwards that I sacrificed shopping to go home. I took a 2 hour nap and woke up with a headache. THAT is the definition of aging... being hungover after 2 beers. Ridiculous. Went out later that night and saw The Simpsons movie. It was surprisingly upbeat and entertaining. I am not a huge Simpsons fan, but liked all the political undertones hidden in each scene. Two thumbs up.

There you have it. A detailed and dull update of my weekly happenings. Have a better week and happy August!

Blink

Life goes by in a such a fast pace. You blink and it's the end of July. Friday was Brian's last day. It amazes me that so much has happened since November 13th, the day that we started working at Google. He's off to pursue his "real" career ambitions at Gonzaga Law School. Lucky guy. GOOD LUCK BRIAN! Anyways, so Friday night, Brian, Christy, Ty, and myself got Costco pizza and chicken wings and just hung out at my apartment, otherwise known as the notorious "APT not EPT" party. It wasn't really a party so much as just a nice farewell. Awww... it's <3. I fell asleep early (and on the floor) while Christy and Brian watched Pulse (a stupid horror flict), Jackass 2, the first 10 minutes of Stranger with Candy, and various episodes in The Office Season 2.

Early Saturday morning, we woke up and went immediately to Costco to buy the new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows book! Plenty of copies and no line! Who's the smart one now? (Btw, my brother called me around 11am and told me that he had finished the entire book. Nerd.) I tried to read as much as I could, but I had to run some errands before going up the city with George. I'm only on page 50 or so, please don't spoil the book for me. I will honestly kick you in the balls. Later that afternoon, George and I carpooled (HOW COOL IS THAT?) up to SF for Karan's Taqueria Crawl. A bunch of his coworkers go from taqueria to taqueria eating burritos and drinking beer. It's supposedly a contest or something. I just drank and ate... a little. One thing I learned is that Chicken Mole is made from chocolate and delicious. We stayed for only a few hours before we headed back down to Santana Row to meet up with Stef and Jen at V Bar. I had a good time, just catching up with ppl. All in all, a fun night that, again, ended pretty early. I think I went to bed around 1am. Jen slept over in my room and said that I literally passed out within 5 minutes of saying goodnight to her. HAHA.

It was great waking up on Sunday morning and just relaxing with Stef and Jen. I read a bit of Harry Potter and we just sat at the kitchen table talking about random stuff. I feel grown up. Hehe. We got together with a few more friends for lunch at Vung Tau in Milpitas. It was pretty good non-Pho Vietnamese food. Spent the rest of the afternoon and evening being really lazy --- bought Chinese groceries at Lion, scoped out the Obon Festival in Mountain View, watched TV/DVDs, etc. Highlight, I finally ate at Shabuway on Castro St. in Mountain View. It's goood. I recommend it. It's just like hot pot, you cook beef in a pot of boiling water. But, you get to dip it in really yummy sauces, like Ponzu and Sesame. Yuuum.

Next up: Giants game on Monday, hopefully some furniture sometime this week, CV Relay for Life on Saturday, SF Marathon (watching, not running) on Sunday.

Countdown to Harry Potter!!!

Yes. I am a nerd. But, I'm also a dumb nerd. So, last night, I was on a mission. A mission to make sure that I get a copy of the latest Harry Potter right when it comes out, at midnight on Friday night/Saturday morning. Sadly, I was unsuccessful. Borders told me that all their copies of the book have already been reserved (since last week) and that I would have to be put on a waiting list, meaning they'd call me if they have any left. A WAITING LIST!?!??!?!?! Gawd. My brother tells me, "you should've reserved it months in advance, like a true fan." Yep. Why didn't I think of that?

So, I guess I won't be one of the first people reading the book this time. My brother was kind enough to offer his book to me after he finishes, which he predicts will be Saturday morning. Haha. NERD! Otherwise, I will be at Costco when it opens to get my hands on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows. Hip hip hooray!

It's Official

5 minute commute to work. Freakin' awesome.

Adulthood

Everything is set for the big move. My mattress came this morning at 7:30am. Beautiful. Now, all I need is furniture. I don't have any. Hold on, I just had a panic attack. I'm not exaggerating. All that is in my bedroom is a mattress. And a vacuum cleaner. I do happen to be a neat freak as well.

In all seriousness, growing up isn't as glamorous as it's made out to be. Bills, responsibilities, problems... I want none of it. That is the price that we're paying for freedom. So, I often ask myself, is it worth it???

Yogi Bear

This big guy has been in my cubicle all week. He's adorable... and ginormous (which is officially in the dictionary now). So, I've been hanging out with him every day and not doing any work. Excellent. I didn't know I was a dog-lover till now.

Optimus Prime Love

I FINALLY WATCHED TRANSFORMERS AND IT WAS AWESOME!!!

Ok, let's talk about the important stuff first... like what I did this weekend, duh. Friday, I went to Sarah's birthday dinner at a restaurant in Menlo Park called Shiok. It was good Singaporean/Malaysian (?) food. We ordered my favorite, Roti Canai, which is really just flatbread and dipping it in a curry sauce. Yum. They also had cute drinks, like sparking wine with lychee, but I didn't drink (shocking, I know). I'll have to try that next time. The restaurant was good enough that I'd go back. On Saturday, we decided to celebrate Pam's birthday (early) by taking her shopping at Valley Fair and Santana Row! Unfortunately, she had a bad shopping day and didn't end up buying anything. Haha. Ironic. But, we did have a nice early dinner at E&O Trading (the same restaurant we went to for George's birthday) and ate a ton! Not to mention that I basically finished off more than half a bottle of champagne since neither Christine nor Pam drink that much. All in all, it was another successful celebration for Pam. Awww...

Now, dun dun DUN! On Sunday, I finally saw Transformers! I thought it totally lived up to the hype. I mean, the visual effects were keeerazy! They made transforming cool. I loved Optimus Prime, Bumblebee (yes, I know he was an ugly VW Beetle in the cartoons), and SHIA LABEOUF!!! When did alien robots and Shia (little Even Stevens from the Disney channel) become so sexy??? Haha...no worries, Christy. He's yours. I have Justin Long.

I am loving summer movie season. Next up... Harry Potter, which comes out tomorrow... errr, tonight! I was really tempted to go to the midnight showing... just to see if anyone dresses up in costume. I mean, if people dress up for X-Men or Star Wars, I'm sure there are people out there that want to dress up as Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. I mean, what could be more awesome?

This Just Can't Be Summer Love

July 4th falling on Wednesday makes being productive impossible. I might as well have taken this week off. Mondays are Mondays and I don't do much. Today is practically a Friday, so again, I'm not doing much. Thursday will basically be like a Monday because we're recovering from July 4th drinking. And then Friday is Friday and that's that. A whole week wasted. I take it back. This is a great week to be at work. I'm getting paid. Awesome.

A quick rundown of my last week/weekend. It was Flora's birthday last Monday... she's 24. We used to laugh at people who were 24 when we were in college. And now that's us. F---. I'm trying to convince her to move up here so that we can once again conquer the city. Woot. On Friday, Kirk (finally) visited me in Mountain View. I took him out to eat and attempted to get him drunk. But the night was cut short. Boo. Also, went to a house party and yeah... it was fun? Haha. Saturday, Christina and I headed out to the city for a fabulous shopping day (and haircut day for her). I bought stuff that I love, but I'm too lazy to describe it all here. That's Christy's blog, not mine. Later that night, we went to Ana Mandera for a party. It made me realize how much I don't like clubbing. Never again. Ok, I won't say never, but dare I say that we're too old? Time is creeping up on all of us. Scary. Then Sunday, I went to the Alameda County Fair. No, I'm not in high school. It was semi-fun. I ate funnel cake and won a baby goldfish by throwing a ping pong ball into a glass. I also watched Live Free or Die Hard, which was surprisingly very entertaining. I want to marry Justin Long. Nerds are hot.

As for tonight and tomorrow, I'm not 100% sure of what the plans are. Will is visiting again, so we'll be having a reunion as usual. I really want to watch Transformers and maybe License To Wed (only for JIM!). I also really want to bbq and eat meat. Lots to do. And of course, there will be alcohol.

I Do What I Want

It's not quite the weekend yet... since I'm still at work. I'm feeling really restless today for some reason. And usually on Fridays, I'm quite productive. That's because I freak out that I haven't done enough this past week. Somehow today, I'm just trying to get out of here. I think the panic will kick in at about 4pm. So, I have a couple of hours to kill before then. Haha. Not a good habit, I know. I'm working on it. The first step is acceptance, no?

I think my day was throw off because I ate a bagel (with a ton of veggie spread) this morning. And I've been incredibly full all day. Not a good thing. Especially since I ate a huge lunch too. Crap. The Google 15 is creeping up on me. It's ok. I've convinced myself that I'm going to start doing yoga with some guys from work. Yes, boys do yoga too. Care to join?

Anyways, I just talked Christy into playing DDR with me. Haha. Yes!!! It's something to pass the time. Too bad I'm wearing 4-inch heels today. Hopefully I won't break my neck... I'm going out tonight and this weekend, so that is NOT an option. And hey, fashion over function. That's the price girls pay for looking cute. Duh. I'm going to end this with another "I Do What I Want". Peace.

Summer Solstice

Today is supposed to be the "longest day" of the year. Just great. Do we really need another LONG day? I mean, it's gonna be light out longer meaning that this day will seem NEVERending. And I'm just trying to get to Friday... as fast as possible. Aren't we all?

Anyways, I guess most of my days have been feeling longer than usual since I've been burying myself in my work for the past couple of weeks. This means that I wake up, check my work email, drive to work, work 8+ hours, go home, and do more work. Albeit, I find myself reading blogs, shopping, watching videos, etc. from time to time. But, I still feel as though work as taken over my life. I eat, drink, sleep WORK. I probably just need to see a shrink. Hmmm... or sit on the beanbag in Christy and Brian's office. That's the closest thing to a shrink I can get.

Well, I suppose the good thing is that today is the official first day of summer. Whatever. That doesn't change anything. We still have to work... EVERY day. It's just sunnier outside, but we're stuck indoors with no windows, so it might as well be raining outside cuz I won't notice. Ridiculous.

Let's end this entry on a positive note. This is the adorable purse I saw this past weekend and fell in love with. Awww...

Another Shoe-Day

Cute, but is it practical? I mean, forget the heel height for a minute... and notice that it's a LINEN shoe with a leather belt. Hmmm it's kinda like pants on your feet, no? Har har har. Seems a little odd now that I think about it.

Chill Out

Lately, I think everyone just needs to chill the f--- out. Seriously. By everyone, I really mean just me. Haha. I know that I haven't been updating this blog as much as I should. But, honestly, there really isn't anything exciting going on in my life. Well, nothing that is shareable. Sorry.

To get everyone up to speed, last week was not a fun week. Just a lot of stress at work and on top of that, my favorite necklace (yes, the cross that I constantly wear) was involved in a freak accident that left it swimming down my sink drain. I was upset for an entire day... until the plumber took my whole sink apart and found it. Hallelujah! I guess that's really all the news from last week. Thinking about it... that's pretty pathetic. To each his/her own.

This past weekend was, again, pretty boring. I didn't do anything too crazy... unless you count eating dim-sum twice to be craaazy. I mean... all that animal fat and oil, it probably is as crazy as it gets. Oh I guess watching Fantastic Four 2 was also crazy. Worst dialogue EVER. Don't tell me it's "supposed to be like that". It was laaame. Even Jessica Alba can't save it. I'm ready to see Transformers, yeah?

And really... that is all the updates I have. Two weeks summarized in less than two minutes. I live an exciting life.

This post is dedicated to Brian Johnson who tells me daily how I should just delete this blog if I'm never going to update. Well, Brian, I was about to delete when I decided just to suck it up and update. Happy? Never.

It's June?

June 1st marks the beginning of summer for me. I'm going to leave all the old baggage behind and start new. Woot!

Anyways, this week was supposed to feel short because of the lack of work on Monday for Memorial Day, but instead... it felt LONGER. I think it's also because I drank for about 7 days straight. I'm going to to die soon.

What is everyone doing this weekend?

More Birthday Fun!

Happy happy 24th birthday to Christy!!! And many more to come! ;-)

Oh Vegas

I was in Vegas this past weekend (and part of last week too... haha) and, of course, it was awesome. Well, I didn't eat or shop as much as I wanted, but I definitely partied enough to keep me away from the clubs for the rest of summer. I don't remember enough to go that much in to detail, but here are a few highlights:

• Sweltering heat every day! We sat by the pool 2 days in a row and now I am tan, or I should really say dark. I'm not golden like I wanted to be, but just dark... like a piece of coal.
  
• Oh, speaking of which, I got a new bathing suit that I absolutely love. It's black with white polka dots. Adorable!!!
• We only ate buffet once! And it was at Treasure Island. The mini-donuts were delish. Yum. I want one now. Who am I kidding? I'll take a dozen.
  
• Cirque de Soleil is sooo amazing. I saw "O" last time, so we saw "Ka" (at MGM) this time. I definitely recommend it. It's different, so you can actually see both in one trip! Instead of revolving around water and more mellow acrobatics in "O", it's more martial artsy and has FIRE (and explosions!). Oooh...
• And how can I forget the clubs??? Tangerine on Thursday. Pure on Friday. And Tao on Saturday. I said I partied, no?
  
• Tangerine was dumb. Don't go. Ever.
• The only word to describe Friday night at Pure is random. First, we ran into Berkeley people that I recognized... and they got us in! Next, I made friends with some girls that I met in line and ended up hanging out with them... all night. Strange, I know.
  
• Tao was suuuper nice, but suuuper crowded everywhere, even in the hallways and staircases. It took us like 30 minutes to leave. Kanye West performed stuff from his new album and I was there! Front and center! But, I was almost trampled to death. SERIOUSLY. The sacrifices we make... sigh.
• I finally met up with WILLIAM HUEY. And we had good ol' drunken fun. Will won us $400 in 3-5-7 Poker and split the winnings with me. Then he bet his share and lost it all. I kept mine and bought him breakfast. Haha.
  

Oh Vegas. It was all-in-all, a very pleasant vacation. We got back on Sunday night, which was very naice because I got to rest up on Monday before another week of work. And by resting, I mean, going to a bbq and drinking more. ;-)

Hope you had a good Memorial Day weekend as well.

Drinking Buddy...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BRIAN JOHNSON!!!

Welcome to Life

Trials and tribulations, disappointments, heartache. Why?

Slide Sucks

Another weekend jam-packed with excitement... NOT. You know how I mentioned in a few posts back that I spent my weekend doing one of four things? Well, let's just say that is true for most of my weekends and this one was not an exception.

I spent my Friday evening AT WORK in a panic because that is usually when I come to the realization that I really didn't do enough during the week and I scramble to get my shizz done. I used my wily charm and persuasive skills to lure George out of hiding, errr... I mean studying for the MCATS (good luck this Wed, Geo!!!). By that time, it was practically 9pm --- yes, my charm and skills need working on. We ended up at the usual Castro St. hangouts, meeting up with some Googlers (and strange people), and chilling the rest of the night. Conclusion: Mountain View on Friday nights are actually good fun, especially with drunk engineers who dance to techno beats.

It was really windy on Saturday and this meant that I stayed indoors. Haha. No correlation, I know. I watched last Thursday's episode of Grey's, which I thought was darn good. I have a deep love for Izzie now when just last year, I was spewing obscenities at my TV because I hated her. This really goes to say that I cannot and should not be making any long-term decisions anytime soon as my mind changes more often that Britney Spears' wigs. Bleh. Well, I also got caught up with Ugly Betty! I don't care if it's a teenybopper show, I like it and I do what I want! I love ABC and its episodes online for providing me such entertainment on a windy Saturday.

Moving on... Saturday night, I met up with Stef and we headed up to the city with Young and Jen (!!!). It was Stef's friend's birthday and she was having a soiree at Slide, the mysterious door/club next to Ruby Skye. Christy met up with us too!!! Yaaay!!! Too bad Slide is a stupid place that doesn't let guys in unless they are with equal ratio of girls. Stef went through all this trouble to make sure enough of our girl friends were going so that our guy friends could also go. And what happens? The bouncer at Slide tells us there is a "private party" and no one can get in unless we buy a table, which means spending approx. $600 on two bottles of alcohol that you can get at Safeway for like $20. Poor planning or does Slide suck? I'd go with the latter, hence the title of this post. Although, I'd still like to get in one of these days just go down the slide.

Somehow, we made our way to North Beach. And long story short, we were at DragonBar for a little while and then went to the old Velvet Lounge/now I don't remember what it's called, but it has numbers in it. Dancing was fun and because of the company (awww...), the night wasn't so bad even with all the unnecessary trouble it took to finally get us all to a bar/club. The end. Oh, mental note, Jen throws food at people.

Well, now it's Sunday. And Mother's Day! Happy Mother's Day, Mom!!! Stay away, stupid Lany!!! I'm taking her to brunch!!!

Is Readership a Word?

I really admire people who post every day. I post like every 4-5 days and I find it exhausting (and time-consuming) to think of new topics to discuss. Perhaps it's because I live a seriously boring life. I really don't think that's the case --- in fact, I have so much drama that I'd like to take a vacation from being myself. So I'm going to attribute the boringness of this blog to the fact that I'm just not ready (or willing) to expose my true self to strangers on the web. Having said that, if I don't actually know you and you read this blog... it may be construed as creepy (you stalker), but I also really appreciate your readership. Thank you. And sorry if you're bored.

Anyways, let's move on. How about them Warriors??? Yeah, I don't actually know what I'm talking about, but everybody else is really excited about it so I thought I'd throw that out there. I actually watched part of the game on Tuesday. Other than that, I haven't had time to get caught up on sports. I hear that the game is on tonight. And the only reason I know that is because people are going to the bar after work today. I usually just go to drink. Haha. But, go Warriors!

What else is going on? Hmmm... I guess it's CINCO DE MAYO this weekend. You know, the cool holiday where you get to hit pinatas with a big stick/bat. Awesome. I could really use an outlet for some of my aggressions. Any takers? Haha... jk or am I? In all seriousness though, work and life have both been extremely stressful these past couple days, weeks, months (???) and I could really use a weekend where I can beat things and not feel bad about it afterwards. That and the biggest margarita ever would be nice.

Hey... it's almost Friday!

BEEEEER Fest!

Beer on Friday, Beer Fest on Saturday, and now beer belly on Sunday. Haha... good times, good times. So, I spent most of my weekend doing one of the following: 1) eating, 2) drinking, 3) sleeping, or 4) acting crazy (aside from the usual eccentricities). And what an awesome weekend it was.

Stef got us really excited about Beer Fest (since she's the only one that went before) and so, we were all hyped up for it. Like I mean, seriously, what can be bad about all you can drink beer and all you can eat food? Nothing. Nothing at all. It really ranks up there as one of the most fun things that I've done even though the entire day/night was a blur.

We headed up to SF in the afternoon to check-in to a hotel in the Marina area. We walked around, ate at Amici's, and just hung out till around 6ish. That's when we headed over to Fort Mason and waited outside of a big hanger/warehouse for beer and food. The doors opened at 7 and from that point on, I was either drinking or eating or both at the same time. Attractive, huh? Yeah, I thought so. I'd name off some beers that I had, but I honestly can't remember what was what. I did have some of the fancy Chimay though... and I'm pretty sure it was good.

Afterwards, we took a limo (how this was negotiated is beyond me) to Gravity, a nice bar/lounge in the Marina area. I don't remember much from this point on. I was told that I had two more drinks (probably rum and Coke) plus a BEER. Who drinks beer after having all the beer that you can possibly drink? Clearly, I was not in the best state of mind. But, it's okay because I don't remember. I also passed out at Johnny Rocket's when everyone was drunk eating, but still managed to walk back to the hotel. Am I awesome or what? Not to mention I wasn't even hungover the next morning!!! Ohhh yeah.

I can't wait to go again next year. You in?