I just got burned...by my mother.
I was supposed to go home to Arizona this weekend for Labor Day since I have a nice 4 day weekend. I haven't been home for a while. I can't even remember when I went. I was looking forward to lazy days on the couch with my dog.
Now my plans have changed because my mom's best friend from Korea is coming into town. So naturally, my mother has decided to come to LA. I'm disappointed that I can't see my doggie. But, I'm glad I don't have to travel again. It kind of worked out because now I get to meet up with old friends who will be in town this weekend.
So today I call up my mom and ask her if she wants to go to a fancy shmancy restaurant in Hollywood. Basically - I wanted her to take me. Here is our conversation:
Me: Want to go to a 'keun sah han' (really fancy) restaurant in hollywood?
Mom: Where?
Me: Just any fancy restaurant
Mom: Yeah we'll go, you go play with your friends
Me: What? No, take me. I want to go. I'll make reservations.
Mom: NO. We'll go by oursevles. Go play with your friends.
Can I say anything other than O M G? I totally got dissed by my mom! Yea mom - see if I wake up at 5am to take you to fashion district on saturday!!!
So now I'm so bitter that I am looking for a resort down in OC to send them off to. I'll play with my friends in LA, mom can go play with her friends somewhere else!
Bitter daughter.
On a side note: Mom definitely deserves a vacation with her closest friend with no other burdens...like her kids (me).
Monday, August 31, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Nostalgia
Many things can bring about nostalgia. The 2 things that make me remember the past vividly are music and smells. Today, something different made me reminisce about the past.
I was walking into the office and saw a little green bug on my shirt. Don't get me wrong, I hate bugs with a passion. If it was a spider or cockroach crawling on me, I would have screamed and did a 'get the eff off of me' dance. I once saw a huge sprocket in my bathtub. I had to cover it with something and call Yoojung to come over and kill it. But this little tiny green bug was harmless. I forget what they are called. Google image didn't find me my little green bug either. But I remember playing with them when I was little. Growing up in Long Island with a huge forrest behind my house, I played with a lot of bugs. Little green bugs, caterpillars, slugs, daddy long legs, ladybugs, and my favorite, lightening bugs!
This little green bug somehow reminded me of how I used to try and catch lightening bugs every night during the summer. I would run around my backyard with a plastic cup trying to catch them. My dad would catch it in his hands and I would watch it glow.
A friend from SF visited me in Nova a few years back. He saw a lightening bug and went crazy. After almost 30 years of life, he had never seen a lightening bug. Thinking about that made me a little sad about living in California and missing out on mother nature's wonders that I grew up with, especially watching the seasons change. No longer will I ever rake the yard, pile up leaves, and then jump in it. I won't get to wake up, see everything covered in white powdery snow, turn on the news, see that the office is closed, and go make a snowman. But I am so glad that I got to experience those things while growing up. This moment of nostalgia really jump started my day on a good note. Thanks mom and dad.
To all you parents out there, don't forget that we still remember everything we did as a child and we still think about it when we are adults. Make every moment the best moment.
I was walking into the office and saw a little green bug on my shirt. Don't get me wrong, I hate bugs with a passion. If it was a spider or cockroach crawling on me, I would have screamed and did a 'get the eff off of me' dance. I once saw a huge sprocket in my bathtub. I had to cover it with something and call Yoojung to come over and kill it. But this little tiny green bug was harmless. I forget what they are called. Google image didn't find me my little green bug either. But I remember playing with them when I was little. Growing up in Long Island with a huge forrest behind my house, I played with a lot of bugs. Little green bugs, caterpillars, slugs, daddy long legs, ladybugs, and my favorite, lightening bugs!
This little green bug somehow reminded me of how I used to try and catch lightening bugs every night during the summer. I would run around my backyard with a plastic cup trying to catch them. My dad would catch it in his hands and I would watch it glow.
A friend from SF visited me in Nova a few years back. He saw a lightening bug and went crazy. After almost 30 years of life, he had never seen a lightening bug. Thinking about that made me a little sad about living in California and missing out on mother nature's wonders that I grew up with, especially watching the seasons change. No longer will I ever rake the yard, pile up leaves, and then jump in it. I won't get to wake up, see everything covered in white powdery snow, turn on the news, see that the office is closed, and go make a snowman. But I am so glad that I got to experience those things while growing up. This moment of nostalgia really jump started my day on a good note. Thanks mom and dad.
To all you parents out there, don't forget that we still remember everything we did as a child and we still think about it when we are adults. Make every moment the best moment.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
More on Crackberry
What do you do when you are driving in traffic? Sometimes I listen to a boring radio DJ talking about the latest gossip in hollywood, sometimes I blast my favorite song and bust out some dance moves only to look around after to see who saw me, sometimes I just get lost deep in thought and forget if I was even looking at the road or not, and sometimes when I really miss Edward...I listen to Twilight on tape! But usually...I'm playing with my crackberry all the way home. Yes...illegal in the state of California.
Today my crackberry has been overworked and the battery is now resting. In 5 minutes when I leave my comfy little cubicle, I will loose touch with the world. No email. No texts. No BBM. No world wide web. WHAT WILL I DO!?!?!?!
Today my crackberry has been overworked and the battery is now resting. In 5 minutes when I leave my comfy little cubicle, I will loose touch with the world. No email. No texts. No BBM. No world wide web. WHAT WILL I DO!?!?!?!
Monday, August 24, 2009
Crackberry
How many times do you check your blackberry (or smartphone) a minute?
Have you ever been reading your email on the computer, but still check your blackberry to see if you got a new email? Like a new email will suddenly appear because you are checking it from a different location? I have done this about three times today.
Dina got me hooked on smartphones. Why oh why. When will life ever be simple again?
Have you ever been reading your email on the computer, but still check your blackberry to see if you got a new email? Like a new email will suddenly appear because you are checking it from a different location? I have done this about three times today.
Dina got me hooked on smartphones. Why oh why. When will life ever be simple again?
Molten Lava Mini Cakes
The other day I was craving something chocolatey. Usually I will go for the chip aisle rather than the cookie aisle, but sometimes...(once a month to be exact) I just want to stuff mounds of chocolate in my mouth. I would have just gone and bought an awesome chocolate cake, but not knowing many food joints around me, I had to fend for myself. So on the way home I looked up a molten lava cake recipe on my handy BB and made a detour to the supermarket.
I used Paula Dean's recipe which you can find here.
I was being very cheap so I skipped the vanilla and gran marnier. And I had no cupcake tins or watnot at home, so I bought 1.99 mini cake foil pan things instead of 7.99 cupcake tins.
Here are all my ingredients. Not too many. The recipe is so simple.
I melted butter and chocolate in the microwave. Both semi and bitter sweet. Since there was so much butter in the bowl with the chocolate, it was fine to microwave and didn't burn.
then I mixed in all the eggs. SO MANY EGGS!
Here are the 5 mini cake pans with batter in them
And voila! 5 mini molten lava cakes.
Final step - EATING IT!
outcome: My molten lava mini cakes did not come out so great. I overcooked them because I kept thinking about all the eggs I put in the batter which freaked me out of course. So there was very little gooey goodness in the middle! As the mini cakes cooled off...there was NO gooey goodness in the middle. Next time I will cook them just the way the recipe says. And add vanilla. It definitely needed a little bit of vanilla. But it was still delicious!
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What'd you call me?
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Heaven in a bowl
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Someone else's Random Thoughts of the Day
I have no idea who to give credit for this. Will forwarded this yesterday and I finally read it today. This is leisurely reading. I had to keep coming back to it since it's really long. I highlighted my favorite ones! Enjoy!
I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tellmy own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involvesme.
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when yourealize you're wrong.
I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink tohave fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint andsticks when they've invented the lighter?
Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you'regoing in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed tobe going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in thedirection from which you came, you have to first do something likecheck your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter toyourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you'recrazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
That's enough, Nickelback.
I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. Thisrecently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will neverbe ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn'twork? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magicallyfix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we allknow how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
There is a great need for sarcasm font.
Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the fuck was going on when I first saw it.
I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still theonly one who really, really gets it.
The other night I hit a new low at an open bar. I had already hopped on highway blackout when, inevitably I had to find a bathroom. Eventually I decided it was probably on the other side of the bar so I tried to walk over there, but ran into a guy coming the other way. We played that, Both go left, Both go right game to no avail, so I finally put out my hand to guide myself past and that’s is when Irealized, yup, that’s a mirror I just tried to walk through. And the guy on the other side is me. Even cats can recognize their own image.
How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand thantake 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clearyour computer history if you die. (I need to add - close all social network accounts!)
The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to thespread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
Was learning cursive really necessary?
Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantrontest is absolutely petrifying.
My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads.Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquiredabout the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us."Classy, bro.
Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", allI hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nodand smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in'examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a completeidiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney andsaid "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies" (Seriously LOLed at this one)
What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road andinstinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,and you can wear them forever.
I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu' tobe used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with anoverweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."
I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
Bad decisions make good stories
Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind ifI do!
Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....
You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don’t win, they are executed.
I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
I think that if, years down the road when I’m trying to have a kid, I find out that I’m sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on theDonkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There’s nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.
I wish Google Maps had an "Avoid Ghetto" routing option.
More often than not, when someone is telling me a story all I can think about is that I can’t wait for them to finish so that I can tellmy own story that’s not only better, but also more directly involvesme.
Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when yourealize you're wrong.
I don't understand the purpose of the line, "I don't need to drink tohave fun." Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint andsticks when they've invented the lighter?
Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you'regoing in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed tobe going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in thedirection from which you came, you have to first do something likecheck your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter toyourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you'recrazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.
That's enough, Nickelback.
I totally take back all those times I didn't want to nap when I was younger.
The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. Thisrecently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will neverbe ending a work email with the phrase "Regards" again.
Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn'twork? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magicallyfix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we allknow how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.
There is a great need for sarcasm font.
Sometimes, I'll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the fuck was going on when I first saw it.
I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I'll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone's laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I'm still theonly one who really, really gets it.
The other night I hit a new low at an open bar. I had already hopped on highway blackout when, inevitably I had to find a bathroom. Eventually I decided it was probably on the other side of the bar so I tried to walk over there, but ran into a guy coming the other way. We played that, Both go left, Both go right game to no avail, so I finally put out my hand to guide myself past and that’s is when Irealized, yup, that’s a mirror I just tried to walk through. And the guy on the other side is me. Even cats can recognize their own image.
How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?
I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand thantake 2 trips to bring my groceries in.
I think part of a best friend's job should be to immediately clearyour computer history if you die. (I need to add - close all social network accounts!)
The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.
A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to thespread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.
Was learning cursive really necessary?
Lol has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".
I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.
Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantrontest is absolutely petrifying.
My brother's Municipal League baseball team is named the Stepdads.Seeing as none of the guys on the team are actual stepdads, I inquiredabout the name. He explained, "Cuz we beat you, and you hate us."Classy, bro.
Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", allI hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".
How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nodand smile because you still didn't hear what they said?
I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent a dick from cutting in at the front. Stay strong, brothers!
Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using 'as in'examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a completeidiot. Today I had to spell my boss's last name to an attorney andsaid "Yes that's G as in...(10 second lapse)..ummm...Goonies" (Seriously LOLed at this one)
What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?
While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road andinstinctively swerved to avoid it...thanks Mario Kart.
MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.
Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person died.
I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.
Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty,and you can wear them forever.
I would like to officially coin the phrase 'catching the swine flu' tobe used as a way to make fun of a friend for hooking up with anoverweight woman. Example: "Dave caught the swine flu last night."
I can't remember the last time I wasn't at least kind of tired.
Bad decisions make good stories
Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind ifI do!
Is it just me or do high school girls get sluttier & sluttier every year?
If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.
Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from, this shouldn't be a problem....
You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you've made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.
Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don't want to have to restart my collection.
There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.
I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.
"Do not machine wash or tumble dry" means I will never wash this ever.
I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There's so much pressure. 'I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It's only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?'
While watching the Olympics, I find myself cheering equally for China and USA. No, I am not of Chinese descent, but I am fairly certain that when Chinese athletes don’t win, they are executed.
I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello?Damnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?
When I meet a new girl, I'm terrified of mentioning something she hasn't already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.
I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.
Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles...
As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists.
Sometimes I'll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is.
It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.
I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.
I think that if, years down the road when I’m trying to have a kid, I find out that I’m sterile, most of my disappointment will stem from the fact that I was not aware of my condition in college.
Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn't know what do to with it.
Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, hitting the G-spot, and Pinning the Tail on theDonkey - but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...
My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day "Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?" How the hell do I respond to that?
It really pisses me off when I want to read a story on CNN.com and the link takes me to a video instead of text.
I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit.
I think the freezer deserves a light as well.
I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay.
The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself. There’s nothing like being made to feel like a fat bastard before dinner.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A Happy Clicker's Dream Invention
How many times have you wanted to take a picture of yourself and others, but there was no one around to take it for you, or everyone around you looked sketchy like they'd run away with your camera, or if someone did take a picture for you they were the worst photographers known to man, or there was no level ground high enough to set the camera on timer? Then you end up reaching out your arm as far as you can and hoping that all your heads will be in the shot trying again and again about 5 times? This has happened to me plenty of times, although I do have to say that some people have mastered this technique.
One time I was in AC with Lisette. After losing at the tables, we decided we must enjoy the beach (more like sulk on the beach) and take fun pictures. We saw this nice old couple on a bench and walked over to ask to take a picture of us. Their answer...a flat out NO. That was one of the oddest things I think I ever came across. Who does that? Jersey...what else can you say.
While we were in Hawaii using this technique many many times, Lisette started whipping out her mini tripod and using that as a tool to get a better shot of us. She would put on the timer, hold on to the tripod, and reach as far as she can. After seeing her do this, we talked about making an invention so that people can use this to take pictures of themselves.
Well...LOOK what samsung did!!!!
source
A screen on the front of the camera!!! I actually found this article on a friends FB...he said it was vain and only koreans would think of this. BUT I think it is GENIUS! This is exactly what I need! The only problem...I am a loyal cannon user.
Also in the article they talk about another camera that has WiFi! You can email your pictures straight from the camera! O M G...every BLOGGERS dream! Not that I am a real blogger. But the pictures from my blackberry are not always so great.
These will be in the stores in September. I'll have to contemplate if I should invest in either of these cameras.
Vain or Genius?
One time I was in AC with Lisette. After losing at the tables, we decided we must enjoy the beach (more like sulk on the beach) and take fun pictures. We saw this nice old couple on a bench and walked over to ask to take a picture of us. Their answer...a flat out NO. That was one of the oddest things I think I ever came across. Who does that? Jersey...what else can you say.
While we were in Hawaii using this technique many many times, Lisette started whipping out her mini tripod and using that as a tool to get a better shot of us. She would put on the timer, hold on to the tripod, and reach as far as she can. After seeing her do this, we talked about making an invention so that people can use this to take pictures of themselves.
Well...LOOK what samsung did!!!!
source
A screen on the front of the camera!!! I actually found this article on a friends FB...he said it was vain and only koreans would think of this. BUT I think it is GENIUS! This is exactly what I need! The only problem...I am a loyal cannon user.
Also in the article they talk about another camera that has WiFi! You can email your pictures straight from the camera! O M G...every BLOGGERS dream! Not that I am a real blogger. But the pictures from my blackberry are not always so great.
These will be in the stores in September. I'll have to contemplate if I should invest in either of these cameras.
Vain or Genius?
Monday, August 17, 2009
I want a Typewriter
I think it's finally time to start my book. I've been wanting to write a book for a while now. I thought that moving to LA would be the right time to do this since I would have no friends and lots of free time. I was wrong. I've had no free time. But now all the visitors have come and gone, and all my traveling is winding down for 2009. It's time to get my LA life on a roll. I would really like to get a typewriter to write my book with, but I guess that is just too old school. I won't even be able to use spellcheck.
I have some ideas of what I want to write about, actually too many ideas. Any suggestions? What kind of books do you like to read? What compels you to pick up a book (other than the cover)?
I have some ideas of what I want to write about, actually too many ideas. Any suggestions? What kind of books do you like to read? What compels you to pick up a book (other than the cover)?
Blue Marlin
Went to Sawtelle last night and ate at Blue Marlin with some peeps. The menu is really interesting. It's a japanese restaurant, but the big parts of the menu are omoorice and pasta. If you are craving omoorice I suggest Blue Marlin. But the class omoorice (to me) is with ketchup splattered all over it. They didn't have any with ketchup.
HY and I shared an UNI omoorice. It was a cream sauce made out of Uni. It was really good actually. The actual rice only had a few veggies in it. Like carrots, which I hate. But of course, the rice was mixed in ketchup - yum!
We also had the green tea fried ice cream: EW! This is the worst fried ice cream I ever had. The batter on the outside was really thin and the ice cream on the inside was melting! They must not have had pre-made ones sitting in the freezer! So how do you make fried ice cream? You dip a scoop of ice cream in the batter. Then you must freeze the whole thing. That way when you plop it in the oil for a few seconds, the ice cream inside is still frozen! Ours didn't turn out like this. So I'm thinking they made it fresh. Bad idea. yuck.
I should have taken more photos, but I didn't want to keep anyone from eating their food. The tonkatsu omoorice looked good. Just plain omoorice with huge pieces of tonkatsu on top. The seafood omoorice looked great. It had a good amount of seafood and a creamy white sauce.
Rating: LEVI'S
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Linn and Annie took me to Thai Town in Hollywood this weekend. I don't remember the name of the restaurant which does not do anyone any good, but here is a little blurb about it anyways.
We feasted family style:
A fried fish with sweet and sour sauce: Very good. Except the sauce was not really a homemade sauce. I think it was straight from the bottle.
Thai style spare ribs: These were good too. It didn't taste like 'thai food' though. They were straight up BBQ spare ribs.
Garlic Shrimp: All I can say is ...do you like garlic? Very potent - but then again I love anything with loads of garlic. NOT a date dish!
Drunken Noodles: This was missing something. Kind of bland for thai.
All in All this restaurant was mediocre. The menu was however extensive. This is the first restaurant I've tried in Thai Town - so we'll see how the rest fare.
Rating: Gap and a half
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HY and I decided to try a new brunch place this weekend. We went to Bread and Porridge on Wilshire between our 2 apartments. I always pass by this place and the name sounds so cool that I've always wanted to try it out. We walked in one time during dinner time and the lights were dim and the menu was expensive, so we left. After yelping about their brunch we decided to give it a whirl.
Rating: GAP
Won't go back there. I was craving pancakes and the pancakes had no flavor! The sausage was sort of bland. The eggs-well they were just scrambled eggs. I had to drench everything in syrup and I usually like to just dab some syrup on my pancakes.
A plus that I will give them is that they do give you this sort of salsa/tomato thing and beans to put in your eggs. I didn't try the beans, but the tomatoes were excellent.
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In Awe of God's Creations
We did so much in Hawaii that it's too hard to blog about it all at one time. There are 5000 pictures to go through between 5 of us and it's hard to do that too. But there are two distinct things that I did that amazed me and that I will never forget so I wanted to share. I took these pictures off Sungsill's FB just so I can blog about it. Thanks Sungsill.
At the end of our trip, we went to the Big Island (Hawaii). Nobody really researched Big Island so we just did whatever by asking the locals. When we checked into our hotel, I made friends with the person at the front desk. She suggested two things we should definitely do. So we did both and had the most magical experiences! You can see the photos below!
Awesome experience number 1: Seeing fiery lava flow into the ocean just a few miles away was crazy. When you think of a volcano erupting and lava flowing, wouldn't you run away? Instead mobs of people go to watch this! This was very cool. It wasn't exciting watching lots of smoke and bursts of lava rise out of the water, but just thinking about what is happening right in front of your eyes is an awesome experience. If you touch the lava, you would melt away in a split second. The funnest part of the whole experience was probably 'hiking' to the viewing point. You have to walk over all the old dried lava. The Big Island used to be covered in dried lava. It is volcano country. Then after years and years vegetation started growing. Now one of the biggest cattle ranches in America exists on the Big Island. The whole time you are just looking down not to trip and break your neck. On the way back it was dark so we had to use flashlights.
Awesome experience #2: Swimming with dolphins in the open Ocean. My friend at the front desk told us to go to Kona (we stayed in Hilo) and snorkel at Kealajsdfjsad;fjasdf (the word is too long and I can't remember.) Aka Capt Cook area (I think). The big island is not commercialized at all! You would think this place would be filled with tourists and lots of rental places. But it wasn't. There were of course tourists, but the people renting kayaks and snorkel gear were locals that lived right there. They would rent it out of their houses. So we got ourselves a 3 person kayak, kayaked our way to the shore on the other side of the bay/cove, and went snorkeling. we saw a lot of fishies. Sungsill was getting a little seasick so she got out of the water. Then someone yells...DOLPHINS! I turn around and lisette has already doggy paddled her way out into the open ocean. I followed her. I turn my head after I'm almost out to Dolphins as well and to my surprise, there is Sungsill right next to me. I wish I could have seen her haul ass because she was probably 100 feet away from me out of the water with no snorkel gear on when I started swimming towards Lisette. THAT is adrenaline! It was such a cool experience. There were probably 50 Dolphins swimming all around us! Sungsill only had a few snaps left on her disposable water camera. What a shame! But at least we got these! After being in Awe of these friendly sea mammals so close to us playing in the water, I started freaking out about what was deeeep in the water below us. sharks?! When the dolphins started to swim away I wanted to go back, but lisette and sungsill wanted to follow them. I so freaked out and headed back on my own. I basically swam for my life! I was so out of breath but did not stop until I was safe in shallow water. When I got back home I googled a lot about dolphins and dolphins saving humans from sharks which I hear happens a lot. If you're interested, google it! Why was I so scared? The dolphins would have protected us. And sharks probably don't go there because of all the dolphins. Now...I really love Dolphins...true doggies of the ocean. Amazing how God has created these 'protector' animals in the ocean and sharkies. He thought of everything.
Can you swim with the dolphins at seaworld? I'm soooooooooooo going!
Stay tuned for more Hawaii blogs in the next days to come.
At the end of our trip, we went to the Big Island (Hawaii). Nobody really researched Big Island so we just did whatever by asking the locals. When we checked into our hotel, I made friends with the person at the front desk. She suggested two things we should definitely do. So we did both and had the most magical experiences! You can see the photos below!
Awesome experience number 1: Seeing fiery lava flow into the ocean just a few miles away was crazy. When you think of a volcano erupting and lava flowing, wouldn't you run away? Instead mobs of people go to watch this! This was very cool. It wasn't exciting watching lots of smoke and bursts of lava rise out of the water, but just thinking about what is happening right in front of your eyes is an awesome experience. If you touch the lava, you would melt away in a split second. The funnest part of the whole experience was probably 'hiking' to the viewing point. You have to walk over all the old dried lava. The Big Island used to be covered in dried lava. It is volcano country. Then after years and years vegetation started growing. Now one of the biggest cattle ranches in America exists on the Big Island. The whole time you are just looking down not to trip and break your neck. On the way back it was dark so we had to use flashlights.
Awesome experience #2: Swimming with dolphins in the open Ocean. My friend at the front desk told us to go to Kona (we stayed in Hilo) and snorkel at Kealajsdfjsad;fjasdf (the word is too long and I can't remember.) Aka Capt Cook area (I think). The big island is not commercialized at all! You would think this place would be filled with tourists and lots of rental places. But it wasn't. There were of course tourists, but the people renting kayaks and snorkel gear were locals that lived right there. They would rent it out of their houses. So we got ourselves a 3 person kayak, kayaked our way to the shore on the other side of the bay/cove, and went snorkeling. we saw a lot of fishies. Sungsill was getting a little seasick so she got out of the water. Then someone yells...DOLPHINS! I turn around and lisette has already doggy paddled her way out into the open ocean. I followed her. I turn my head after I'm almost out to Dolphins as well and to my surprise, there is Sungsill right next to me. I wish I could have seen her haul ass because she was probably 100 feet away from me out of the water with no snorkel gear on when I started swimming towards Lisette. THAT is adrenaline! It was such a cool experience. There were probably 50 Dolphins swimming all around us! Sungsill only had a few snaps left on her disposable water camera. What a shame! But at least we got these! After being in Awe of these friendly sea mammals so close to us playing in the water, I started freaking out about what was deeeep in the water below us. sharks?! When the dolphins started to swim away I wanted to go back, but lisette and sungsill wanted to follow them. I so freaked out and headed back on my own. I basically swam for my life! I was so out of breath but did not stop until I was safe in shallow water. When I got back home I googled a lot about dolphins and dolphins saving humans from sharks which I hear happens a lot. If you're interested, google it! Why was I so scared? The dolphins would have protected us. And sharks probably don't go there because of all the dolphins. Now...I really love Dolphins...true doggies of the ocean. Amazing how God has created these 'protector' animals in the ocean and sharkies. He thought of everything.
Can you swim with the dolphins at seaworld? I'm soooooooooooo going!
Stay tuned for more Hawaii blogs in the next days to come.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Who can go wrong with a night of Karaoke
Since Lisette was in town this past weekend, we decided we needed to go out! What does out mean for us? Yes that is right...kbar...then norehbang. Awesome! Mic will never let you down! Mic will always give you a good time!
If you can't tell what is going on here, then you have not frequented the norehbang enough, or weddings for that matter.
HY was so crazy that she was dancing on top of the couches
And Will took off his shoes for some reason. Is it an Asian thing?
If you can't tell what is going on here, then you have not frequented the norehbang enough, or weddings for that matter.
HY was so crazy that she was dancing on top of the couches
And Will took off his shoes for some reason. Is it an Asian thing?
Brian is still taller than Lisette while she stands on the couch
The next day we made a stop at the Griffith Observatory for a quick overlook of Los Angeles. Yes...the smog was so breathtaking...or literally...taking my breath away.
Welcome back to LA
Alpha Phi Gamma
All I can say is awwwwww. I was just browsing through some APhiG sites and saw this posted on the national hoempage. Makes me miss my Sisters and all those crazy conferences. This year conference was actually here in the LA area and I wanted to go to the Sisterhood Dinner, but I went to San Diego for a family trip. Next year conference is at my alma mater, UofA, so maybe I'll have to drop in then.
Just thought I'd give a shoutie! Love you Sisters!
I was thinking about backing out of my SF trip next weekend cause I'm so burnt out from traveling, but seeing this picture makes me want to go so I can see my pledge sis' and some oldie but goodie aphig faces up north.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Annie and Linn's Reception at Moana Surfrider
Annie and Linn had their reception at the Moana Surfrider. This is the oldest hotel on the strip in Waikiki. It is a beautiful hotel. Probably the only beautiful one on the strip. I'm too lazy to put all the pictures up on my blog so please go to the link to see more pictures:
MORE PICTURES
I would just like to leave a little note saying that Annie and Linn took care of every little detail from custom linens to a flip flop basket for grls in heels.
Most memorable moment: When Linn surprised everyone by doing a little scene from Love Actually where he wrote on cards to tell Annie a message, and then sang I'm yours in front of everyone. How could anyone not fall in love...with love...at his very moment.
Congratulations again Koos!
MORE PICTURES
I would just like to leave a little note saying that Annie and Linn took care of every little detail from custom linens to a flip flop basket for grls in heels.
Most memorable moment: When Linn surprised everyone by doing a little scene from Love Actually where he wrote on cards to tell Annie a message, and then sang I'm yours in front of everyone. How could anyone not fall in love...with love...at his very moment.
Congratulations again Koos!
Annie and Linn's Wedding Ceremony in Oahu
Linn and Annie's ceremony was beautiful. Pictures can't do this justice. I started balling as soon as I saw Annie walking down with her father. I think everyone shed a tear at one point during the whole celebration.
Congratulations Newlyweds!!! Much Love!
Sorry that the video quality sucks. I don't know why it looks so bad. Here's the link to the album:
ALBUM!
Congratulations Newlyweds!!! Much Love!
Sorry that the video quality sucks. I don't know why it looks so bad. Here's the link to the album:
ALBUM!
Annie & Linn's Rehearsal Dinner
Annie Linn had an awesome Rehearsal Dinner at the Aston Waikiki in the private Ocean room (I think that is what it was called). There was a beautiful view of Queen's beach. Amazing! It was a great place to have a dinner sharing fun times with friends and family watching the sunset. Of course they did not skimp on the open bar even at the rehearsal dinner. The entertainment was awesome! There was a woman playing a homemade bass! and a guy playing the guitar or eukelele or something. There was even a hula dancer...who looked like she was 14. The food was great. The company was great. And it was a great beginning to an awesome wedding weekend! Thanks for all your hospitality Annie and Linn! And to my surprise Annie got me a beautiful locket with sora's picture inside! Very unnecessary, but very thoughtful. Thank you Annie! And Linn!
My most memorable moment was when this guy walked up to me with semi long hair, a semi gotee/stache, totally tan, tats up his arms, and jet black sunglasses. He says 'Jean Chung!' My reaction? Uh who is this weirdo and why does he know my name?! HAHAHA...all I can say is...O M G....Dan Choi! It was a nice treat seeing old college buds in hawaii!
Fritto Misto
Location:
601 Colorado Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Rating: LEVI'S
Annie and Linn raved about this cute Italian restaurant down the street from our place. It is BYOB with a corkage fee. I finally made my way there with Lisette and Hye Young this weekend. I wouldn't say it is terribly authentic and I wouldn't say it's the best Italian food I ever had, but it is good enough to be the neighborhood Italian joint. I had the Garlic shrimp with black and white spaghetti. I thought the sauce would be more about olive oil and garlic, but it was very creamy. And the noodles were overdone. I have grown to like al dente noodles (supposedly, that's the way it is supposed to be), but it was good enough. The shrimp was cooked very well though. Hye young and Lisette the mushroom ravioli with basil pesto sauce. It had sundried tomatoes on top which I love. It was pretty tasty. Their bread is nice and warm and fresh too. You can almost rate a restaurant just by the free bread they serve! This restaurant however does not have bolognese sauce (regular meat sauce) AND they did not have spaghetti/Linguine with clams!!!! How could any good Italian restaurant NOT have linguine with clams?! So that kinda sucked. The generous portions do make up for that I guess. This restaurant does not skimp on your pasta!
I am ready to go back and try something else yummy.
La Pain Quotidien
Location:
316 Santa Monica Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Rating: GAP
Hye young and I brought lisette to La Pain Quotidien for brunch. This was our second visit. The first time we went we fell in love with the decor, the french accented waiters, and the fake me out nutella spreads! We ate a ton of bread just to eat the nutella, butter, and jams. It was so good. I also had a tartine with smoked salmon which was less than memorable.
This time I got a soft boiled egg with bread and a cup of mushroom soup, their soup of the day. I can live on bread and butter, but this time it wasn't so satisfying. I really don't like the bread there, just the spreads. Lisette got a chicken tartine and she didn't appreciate it either. I think Hye Young foreced herself to eat the bread just to eat the butter. The soft boiled egg had raw egg white in it. I love raw yolk, but not raw egg whites. The mushroom soup was bland.
This is actually a cute cafe like place. I would recommend it to people who like that kind of thing. I just think this second time around, our server was soooo rude that I didn't enjoy my experience or my food! Next time i'll just go to Bay Cities across the street and get a loaf of bread and a jar of nutella.
If I ever visit La Pain Quotidien again, I will order the quiche Lorraine and hope that this quaint cafe can revive its ratings.
Saturday, August 8, 2009
Friday, August 7, 2009
Sweetpotato Latte
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Monday, August 3, 2009
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