Photobooth

Our friends Jenny and York (!) got married on Friday 10.30.09.

They had the most ingenious idea at a wedding I have seen yet. They rented out a photobooth and you could take unlimited amount of pics.

I will only post the pics of Yap and I out of courtesy to my dear friends.

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CONGRATS to the new MR. & MRS. JENNY CHEN!!! :)

BB

Why Bay Bridge, why?

I need to wake up at 4:30 to get to work tomorrow!?!!!

You are ruining my life right now.


I hate you.

Fun in Seattle

The weather gods were kind to us when we descended upon Seattle. Stepping into downtown Seattle, it looked like a clean, nice smelling version of San Francisco. But....

Some lies about Seattle
1) Seattle is just as diverse as SF. NO. This is not true.
2) Good food in Seattle. Not as good as the Bay. Except Salumis.
3) Seattle is the first to recover from the recession. I don't know how many empty condos/homes I saw. Condo auctions were not a rare sighting.
4) Crab cakes at Dahlias is one of the best things I ever ate. Giada you lie! Tiny crab cakes are not the best thing I ever ate. Not even close.
5) Space needle. Blah, not a sight to see. Go see the CN Tower in Toronto, it's much more impressive.

Good things about Seattle
1) Erica, my only friend in Seattle
2) Salumis
3) Underground tour
4) Public Market - but the Ferry building in SF is better
5) Everything is pretty walkable
6) Piroshky, Piroshky
7) Coffee!
8) Troll under the Bridge.
9) West Seattle, nicer version of Alameda.

Fish Market, throwing flounder
Yap smooshing Mt. Rainier
Piroshky, Piroshky
Public Market at night
Troll under the bridge
Hello, my name is Yap.
Nice to meet you Yap, my name is Erica.
fattest seagull in the world

hello!whee.....

the.end.

best.sushi.ever.

dragon roll.


spider roll.
sushi platter.
the man. the myth. the legend.
akira sushi restaurant. Kingston, ON, Canada

Perception

I guess perception really is everything.

Gchat Status Message Fun

I can't say how it all started but a few Gchat friends and I started putting up 30 Rock quotes as our status messages. It's been fun.

Here they are:

me: ''Werewolf bar mitzvah, spooky scary. Boys becoming men, men becoming wolves.'' - Tracy Jordan

Vivian: I wolfed my Teamster sub for you!

Bushra: Where are the fries I did not ask for? You have to anticipate me!

Jonathan: Affirmative action was designed to keep women and minorities in competition with each other to distract us while white dudes inject AIDS into our chicken nuggets. That's a metaphor!

Vivian again: I'm just going through the classic stages of grief: fear, denial, horniness, wisdom, sleepiness and now depression

Ok so Bushra told me this is how it all started:

Bushra: actually, if you REALLY want to know how it started...my twitter update yesterday: "The contractors and I have to choose a place for mgmt to take us out to lunch w/team. Wondering if there's a sit-down Quizno's in Oakland..." Then Vivian's reply: "@bushra_b Hahaha! Or go to the corner store and ask them to pay for you bag of Sabor de Soledad!"Then me again: "@Viv_C I just can't stop eating that stuff..."Then vivian again: "@bushra_b http://bit.ly/26gxSU"And that, my friends, is how I found out about all the shirts with quotes on themThank you, thank you, * taking a bow *

King of Pop

Ever since I was very young I have loved Michael Jackson. Actually, his name was the first thing I could spell. I would bounce around on my bed and spell "M-I-C-H-A-E-L J-A-C-K-S-O-N."

I would dance around to all his songs and tell my parents' friends that one day I was going to marry him. Of course this happened to be in the 80's when he was on top of the world. He was the Superstar.

As I grew older and weird accounts of Michael began to surface it really saddened me of what he had become. He really was an alien from another planet. How can he relate to anyone, no one has achieved what he has achieved.

Since his passing, I'd only like to remember the good things about Michael. From 1990 and earlier. He was a great part of my childhood and I feel like that's gone now.

Goodbye Michael. I hope you find your peace.