my date with erica!

after 4 months, i finally get to see this girl again! :) always great catching up with her.
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happy birthday mom

this is birthday party #1 with daughter 1

the next two are to come ;)

happy 65th birthday mom!

turkey bowl tournament

went to rosemead to cheer on Helen for her turkey bowl. Her name was Philomath: lover of learning.

thanksgiving: Thank You God :)

eating at the train station

hi maikhanh!

le grande orange cafe is in the old del mar station

their english muffins are made directly there. I really like them. :)

sanrio gift shop exhibit @the Hanger

rob and I went to the hanger at the santa monica airport.

i've never seen this type of infatuation with hello kitty and the sanrio gang. I loved sanrio when I was young also but this is insane!

we browsed and sand painted hello kitty and friend.

my first hip hop show at the KEY CLUB Hollywood

thanks to jay, i got to see j.cole in hollywood. Never heard of him until that night. He was really good ;) the only 3 koreans in the upstairs VIP loungemy expression the whole time. hahah i loved it though, it was really cool.

lovely nicole signs the deal!

my first time witnessing a friend's marriage at a court. I've never seen this girl so happy and giddy before, sitting there to witness was such an honor. Congratulations!

square one to the gibson theater

had breakfast with j-ian

i don't usually care for bacon, but this applewood smoked bacon was crazy

Thanks to Ed, I got to see jason wade from the tenth row. Never have sat so close.

dinner with diane :)

caught up with this girl after 3-4 years!

hello world

head and shoulders knees and toes

it was the cutest thing. My friend that sits across from me in class sculpted this out of my eraser. after class, i wandered around on my own and had this sudden craving for mint chocolate chip ice cream. Busters: I love their ice cream :P

breakfast with mschmoldt

or more like lunch

stars show at the wiltern

walking around south pasadena

dinner at wes and jackies

jackie made tri tip! And I got to taste it :)

literati cafe

earl grey tea (check)

marker and pen (check)

sketches (check)

IPOD (check)

magazine (check)

the day was full

hannah, one of my best friends flew down from SF today.
we started off wandering through venice and found this cafe that serves german breakfast! we loved the pretzel roll which reminded me of the Laugen in Berlin. the sweet and spicy mustard was delicious with the sausage and pretzel. 3squarecafe

tonight was a flashback to college except i felt really different. Different setting or just different people...

i tutor this girl

but i also love sharing pie and drinks with her :)

california sunsets are beautiful

thanks travel buddy