more vacation
so after church on sunday, we had lunch in chinatown w/dren... it's fun talkin wedding planning n stuff. strange...
after that, we went midtown/uptown to have a look at some sites - first stop wuz rockerfeller center and the famous skating rink (and site where the humongo christmas tree is every year). then we walked up 5th ave to trump tower, which was not so good cuz it was under renovation. then to fao schwartz where we took pics of the stuffed animals and the 'big' piano! then over to the plaza hotel n peed there. we made it to the southeast corner of the park before we decided it was way too cold to proceed - so we headed back into brookly n dinner w/mioko n her b/f at some middle eastern place. pretty tame sunday eh?
monday, we went out to meet dren, john (the cuz) and his g/f janelle +1 for indian lunch in the city. we was only there fer lunch, then had to rush back to pack up and go to airport.
i can safely say that i'm glad we outta nyc. it was stinkin COLD - AND, it was raining on monday to boot! we ended up sitting on the tarmac for 2 hours on monday cuz of bad weather delay - but hey -it was WARM, and we were headed to CALI!!!!!
arrived like 11:30pm, rented our hyundai sante fe mini-SUV (SO COOL!)..hehehe... and headed in!
tueday...
so... we woke up to nice cali sunshine.... 15 degrees, not a cloud in the sky... BEAUTIFUL! we just hung out in the house. i'm staying with lin's uncle tim and aunt kay (who is the sis of her mom), and she w/the grandma, who lives in the opposite townhouse. we stayed in in the morn, but drove out to meet my buddy steve n his wife fer lunch at in n out in north hollywood! it was fun!!! after that we went up the road to universal city walk and had a fun time with stuff...
then drove out to ucla campus n got some krispy kremes for the house!!! hehheh back home fer din w/the fams.. and then met up w/howard (from hk!) for some shaved ice n boba!
wat aday
i write this more to keep track of what i'm doing. i don't care if it sounds dumb! heheh
today, we going to palm springs outlet to do some serious shopping!! long day cuz gotta head over to orange county at nite to do my book thang! *sigh*...
Mar 31, 2005
Mar 27, 2005
ny baby!!!!
this is our 3rd day in nyc!
day 1 - wat a hectic day! we spend 12 hrs on plane to LAX, and actually arrived bout 20 mins late, at about 8:20pm... normally, who cares, right? well - if not for our connecting flight at 10pm FOUR terminals away, we wouldn't have cared!!! so every minute counted... immigration was pretty fast, but surprisingly, baggage was slow... we thot we were SO SMART cuz we checked in as priority baggage, but for some reason, lin's bag was like almost last! heehe .. so we like - uh oh, someone else stole it! but alas, it commeth out!
then we like 45 mins or so left (actually,. prolly less).. and we literally RUNNING from terminal 4 to 7! which if one is not familiar, is akin to running the half freaking HK marathon! AND, we both lugging 25kg suitcases - lookin like 2 madmen! hahahah
we finally get to the UA domestic terminal, and bump into LL cool j... here's the thing w/celebs... they go straight to the counter! no waiting despite the LONG LINE that ling ling was standing in. anyway- b/c we're so genius, we went eticket and e-check in... and when we go to assign seat, it's like only 5 seats left!!!! we were so lucky to have made it on time!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!
after all the security check n stuff, we had only like 10 mins to spare, which we used to indulge ourselves with starbux (no laffing) - a venti skim SUGAR FREE hazlenut latte for the lad, and a grande vanilla skim latte for the lassie... AND... WHITE CHOCOLATE REECES PEANUT BUTTER CUPS!!! WOW!!!!!! omg... that was so good....
so we arrive at new york at 6am or so on friday... these red eye flights are killers, and pretty much only useful if u can sleep. i was actually pretty surprised that i slept quite a bit on the trans-pacific one... now that trans-continental one, i'm sitting there for 5 hours watching finding neverland as a silent movie. i was sorta in that hazy state of mind where i wanted to sleep, but could not cuz i was sitting there wondering how the heck people watched films w/no sound in the early 20th century...
our host is mioko. she very nice for letting us stay in her place - which is a nice li'l 3 story brownstone in red hook, brooklyn. from here, we have to take the B61 bus to town, and then hop on either the 4 or the F train to get into the city. linnet doesn't like the nyc subway.
so first day - first thing we ate was a nice nyc slice from some pizzeria in brooklyn. i mean - if u ever watched spike lee's do the right thing... it's just like that, except not all black people in there... just a bunch of everyday peoples doin the everyday thang. but it was SO GOOD!
then we went to have some japanese place thing w/dren in the city, and spent the afternoon hanging out w/her. we had dinner at this ethiopian place in SOHO w/mioko's roomies and their +1s, and a her cuz who dropped in from LA as well... (i'll be staying at his parent's place later!).
then we went to meet up w/some of my buds - ken and dave - and had awesome dessert in little italy! got these cannoli's that was real good - and real tiramisu! man... it was yummy. and NY cheesecake to boot...
after that it was home and sleep!!!
day 2...
nothing much here - woke up so early, but decided to eat at some local joint for some good bagel n cream cheese... some western omelette n potatoes... 2 eggs sunny side up w/a slice of ham... yum.... then back home where we accidentally slept till like 12:30! hehee... then we went in to the city and split up - ling w/dren and i w/ken n dave... i went up to niketown up in 57th and 5th at trump tower, and decided things in america were just way too expensive...
we then walked around the village n village west w/lin's cuz... and then we split off to go shoot some pool in a noho joint...
being in nyc is fun... haven't been here in years. it's freakin COLD... like a constant 2-4 degrees. lin never believes in the cold. i mean - she wore a thin shirt, leather jacket, and high heels (no sox) to walk round the city! i mean - that girl got guts!!! i'm sitting here in thermals, sweater, jacket, scarf, gloves... ok to be fair she got scarf n gloves too! heheh but yah - so cold!!!!
funny thing last nite - we took the 4 back to brooklyn, but didn't know which stop to get off... so we ended up getting off at like 4 stops past. so double back and get on one the other way right? wrong!! ahahaha we did, and got on a 4 express, which then bypassed our stop, and took us back to wall st.!!!! hahah anyway - we decided to get out there, and have a look at the wtc site at midnite. it's an amazing site - just a hole in the ground to some that were never here pre-9/11. but i remember a great complex just across the street from everybody's fave outlet - century 21... it's weird not seeing anything there.
today is easter sunday. we getting ready to leave... gonna go to chinatown to get some congee.. then up to this church that dren's bringing us to. Christ rose from the dead on this day. the vine has 3 official mission trips this season - sri lanka, davao, and HK. we're on the unofficial 4th!!! please be praying for us this trip! i really wanna see some amazing stuff this trip!!!
it's cold. i gotta run into the shower now... pray for sudden 15 degree weather too...
this is our 3rd day in nyc!
day 1 - wat a hectic day! we spend 12 hrs on plane to LAX, and actually arrived bout 20 mins late, at about 8:20pm... normally, who cares, right? well - if not for our connecting flight at 10pm FOUR terminals away, we wouldn't have cared!!! so every minute counted... immigration was pretty fast, but surprisingly, baggage was slow... we thot we were SO SMART cuz we checked in as priority baggage, but for some reason, lin's bag was like almost last! heehe .. so we like - uh oh, someone else stole it! but alas, it commeth out!
then we like 45 mins or so left (actually,. prolly less).. and we literally RUNNING from terminal 4 to 7! which if one is not familiar, is akin to running the half freaking HK marathon! AND, we both lugging 25kg suitcases - lookin like 2 madmen! hahahah
we finally get to the UA domestic terminal, and bump into LL cool j... here's the thing w/celebs... they go straight to the counter! no waiting despite the LONG LINE that ling ling was standing in. anyway- b/c we're so genius, we went eticket and e-check in... and when we go to assign seat, it's like only 5 seats left!!!! we were so lucky to have made it on time!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!
after all the security check n stuff, we had only like 10 mins to spare, which we used to indulge ourselves with starbux (no laffing) - a venti skim SUGAR FREE hazlenut latte for the lad, and a grande vanilla skim latte for the lassie... AND... WHITE CHOCOLATE REECES PEANUT BUTTER CUPS!!! WOW!!!!!! omg... that was so good....
so we arrive at new york at 6am or so on friday... these red eye flights are killers, and pretty much only useful if u can sleep. i was actually pretty surprised that i slept quite a bit on the trans-pacific one... now that trans-continental one, i'm sitting there for 5 hours watching finding neverland as a silent movie. i was sorta in that hazy state of mind where i wanted to sleep, but could not cuz i was sitting there wondering how the heck people watched films w/no sound in the early 20th century...
our host is mioko. she very nice for letting us stay in her place - which is a nice li'l 3 story brownstone in red hook, brooklyn. from here, we have to take the B61 bus to town, and then hop on either the 4 or the F train to get into the city. linnet doesn't like the nyc subway.
so first day - first thing we ate was a nice nyc slice from some pizzeria in brooklyn. i mean - if u ever watched spike lee's do the right thing... it's just like that, except not all black people in there... just a bunch of everyday peoples doin the everyday thang. but it was SO GOOD!
then we went to have some japanese place thing w/dren in the city, and spent the afternoon hanging out w/her. we had dinner at this ethiopian place in SOHO w/mioko's roomies and their +1s, and a her cuz who dropped in from LA as well... (i'll be staying at his parent's place later!).
then we went to meet up w/some of my buds - ken and dave - and had awesome dessert in little italy! got these cannoli's that was real good - and real tiramisu! man... it was yummy. and NY cheesecake to boot...
after that it was home and sleep!!!
day 2...
nothing much here - woke up so early, but decided to eat at some local joint for some good bagel n cream cheese... some western omelette n potatoes... 2 eggs sunny side up w/a slice of ham... yum.... then back home where we accidentally slept till like 12:30! hehee... then we went in to the city and split up - ling w/dren and i w/ken n dave... i went up to niketown up in 57th and 5th at trump tower, and decided things in america were just way too expensive...
we then walked around the village n village west w/lin's cuz... and then we split off to go shoot some pool in a noho joint...
being in nyc is fun... haven't been here in years. it's freakin COLD... like a constant 2-4 degrees. lin never believes in the cold. i mean - she wore a thin shirt, leather jacket, and high heels (no sox) to walk round the city! i mean - that girl got guts!!! i'm sitting here in thermals, sweater, jacket, scarf, gloves... ok to be fair she got scarf n gloves too! heheh but yah - so cold!!!!
funny thing last nite - we took the 4 back to brooklyn, but didn't know which stop to get off... so we ended up getting off at like 4 stops past. so double back and get on one the other way right? wrong!! ahahaha we did, and got on a 4 express, which then bypassed our stop, and took us back to wall st.!!!! hahah anyway - we decided to get out there, and have a look at the wtc site at midnite. it's an amazing site - just a hole in the ground to some that were never here pre-9/11. but i remember a great complex just across the street from everybody's fave outlet - century 21... it's weird not seeing anything there.
today is easter sunday. we getting ready to leave... gonna go to chinatown to get some congee.. then up to this church that dren's bringing us to. Christ rose from the dead on this day. the vine has 3 official mission trips this season - sri lanka, davao, and HK. we're on the unofficial 4th!!! please be praying for us this trip! i really wanna see some amazing stuff this trip!!!
it's cold. i gotta run into the shower now... pray for sudden 15 degree weather too...
Mar 24, 2005
off to LALALALALA
well, the first 2 weeks of engaged life have been fairly hectic. sometimes i think we do this to ourselves - stressing out just for the sake of stressing out. i'm being dramatic, of course, but that's the whole fun of it, eh? we are trying to settle on the date, and really hoping the hotels will open up on our preferred date! *sigh*
today is the beginning of my holiday. after the 1st 3 months of the year, i definitely feel like i deserve one - despite us having just had a big new year in bali, then another week in hong kong for chinese new year... it's like one big vacation every month! ehhe :) this time travel sched is pretty good tho:
Thurs nite, 24 Mar: 11:50pm flight to LAX
Thurs nite, 24 Mar: 7:50pm arrive in LAX!
(now this is is cool cuz we actually go backwards in time)
Thurs nite, 24 Mar: 11:10pm flight to NYC
(crazy red-eye flight...)
Frid morn, 25 Mar: 6:15am arrive in NYC!!
Mond like 4ish: back to LAX
Mond, 4 Apr - time to fly back to HK
Wed, 6 Apr, 6am - arrive in HKG!
we're going to have a GREAT time visiting rebecca the sis in nyc, as well as visit other friends... do some shopping.. do some walking... i actually dunno what we gonna do :(
LA will be great too - visit both our grandma's and aunts & uncles... do the whole family thing... krispy kreme... jamba juice... noah's bagels... in n out... taco bell... promenades... coldstone ice cream... DRIVING!... shopping some more!!...
i dunno... it's gonna be a great trip!!!!!!
well, the first 2 weeks of engaged life have been fairly hectic. sometimes i think we do this to ourselves - stressing out just for the sake of stressing out. i'm being dramatic, of course, but that's the whole fun of it, eh? we are trying to settle on the date, and really hoping the hotels will open up on our preferred date! *sigh*
today is the beginning of my holiday. after the 1st 3 months of the year, i definitely feel like i deserve one - despite us having just had a big new year in bali, then another week in hong kong for chinese new year... it's like one big vacation every month! ehhe :) this time travel sched is pretty good tho:
Thurs nite, 24 Mar: 11:50pm flight to LAX
Thurs nite, 24 Mar: 7:50pm arrive in LAX!
(now this is is cool cuz we actually go backwards in time)
Thurs nite, 24 Mar: 11:10pm flight to NYC
(crazy red-eye flight...)
Frid morn, 25 Mar: 6:15am arrive in NYC!!
Mond like 4ish: back to LAX
Mond, 4 Apr - time to fly back to HK
Wed, 6 Apr, 6am - arrive in HKG!
we're going to have a GREAT time visiting rebecca the sis in nyc, as well as visit other friends... do some shopping.. do some walking... i actually dunno what we gonna do :(
LA will be great too - visit both our grandma's and aunts & uncles... do the whole family thing... krispy kreme... jamba juice... noah's bagels... in n out... taco bell... promenades... coldstone ice cream... DRIVING!... shopping some more!!...
i dunno... it's gonna be a great trip!!!!!!
Mar 11, 2005
life on THE OTHERside...
what a week... i dunno where to begin... guess i start with wed nite, and 'memento' my way back to where it all started?
i told her that we'd meet cynthia and her kids at starbux (in cwb) after work - maybe walk round toys r us or sumthing. since my friend from indonesia was in town, i threw her into the story as well. so we're sitting there, bout 6:50, sipping some coffee, chatting like any normal couple would do on a wednesday nite, waiting for other friends to stroll in and go off to dinner... i know linnet was looking forward to seeing the kids - she always is! sometimes prolly even more than she is to see me!!! (def a higher sense of excitement w/michael and christina!!)... anyway, 7:15 roles around, and still no cyn, dinar, & kidz???? so i'm like - ok - ferget waiting, let's just go find them. so she immediately gets up, and starts putting the layers on... i'm just sitting down watching her. i grab her arm, and say 'hey, hold on a sec...'
then the schpeil starts.
'remember when we first came here 7 months ago, and you told me you were ready to date fer real?'... 'it's been such an encouragement seeing you grow in Christ during this time'.... 'God has worked so much in me, in you, in US'....
during this time, she's like staring at me like i got 3 eyes; so i'm thinking i gotta recover! i'm going off on tangent!...
'we haven't had any time alone like this in a while'... 'i really want to just let you know that you mean so much to me'... ...
now she's like - u'r so weird, why u so serious... and i'm like getting emotional, if u know what i mean...
'linnet, i never told you this before. i wanted to say it when i meant it, when i could show you how serious i am'... 'i love you'... 'i love you so much'......
linnet's prolly really thinking at this time - "why u so serious? so formal???"...
'i know that God has a great plan for us ahead, and i want us to realize that together'... 'i'm ready to take the next step in our relationship'... ...
(cue to start moving on my knee... IN STARBUX!! AHAHAHAHAAH}
linnet reaction - 'what are u doing?'... 'are u joking?'
{cue to get box out of pocket}...
'linnet....'
lin's reaction - "no way..."...
{cue to open box}...
pause...
linnet now has her hands cupped over her mouth... and then another "no way!..."...
'will you marry me?'....
"yes"...
linnet jo... my fiancee... i really AM the most blessed person on earth!!!!!!!
what a week... i dunno where to begin... guess i start with wed nite, and 'memento' my way back to where it all started?
i told her that we'd meet cynthia and her kids at starbux (in cwb) after work - maybe walk round toys r us or sumthing. since my friend from indonesia was in town, i threw her into the story as well. so we're sitting there, bout 6:50, sipping some coffee, chatting like any normal couple would do on a wednesday nite, waiting for other friends to stroll in and go off to dinner... i know linnet was looking forward to seeing the kids - she always is! sometimes prolly even more than she is to see me!!! (def a higher sense of excitement w/michael and christina!!)... anyway, 7:15 roles around, and still no cyn, dinar, & kidz???? so i'm like - ok - ferget waiting, let's just go find them. so she immediately gets up, and starts putting the layers on... i'm just sitting down watching her. i grab her arm, and say 'hey, hold on a sec...'
then the schpeil starts.
'remember when we first came here 7 months ago, and you told me you were ready to date fer real?'... 'it's been such an encouragement seeing you grow in Christ during this time'.... 'God has worked so much in me, in you, in US'....
during this time, she's like staring at me like i got 3 eyes; so i'm thinking i gotta recover! i'm going off on tangent!...
'we haven't had any time alone like this in a while'... 'i really want to just let you know that you mean so much to me'... ...
now she's like - u'r so weird, why u so serious... and i'm like getting emotional, if u know what i mean...
'linnet, i never told you this before. i wanted to say it when i meant it, when i could show you how serious i am'... 'i love you'... 'i love you so much'......
linnet's prolly really thinking at this time - "why u so serious? so formal???"...
'i know that God has a great plan for us ahead, and i want us to realize that together'... 'i'm ready to take the next step in our relationship'... ...
(cue to start moving on my knee... IN STARBUX!! AHAHAHAHAAH}
linnet reaction - 'what are u doing?'... 'are u joking?'
{cue to get box out of pocket}...
'linnet....'
lin's reaction - "no way..."...
{cue to open box}...
pause...
linnet now has her hands cupped over her mouth... and then another "no way!..."...
'will you marry me?'....
"yes"...
linnet jo... my fiancee... i really AM the most blessed person on earth!!!!!!!
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