WOW! This trip had to have been one of the longest, but fastest trips ever and this trip had to have the worst (well, not really... but very frustrating), but best moments! Some days I just wanted to be done... But for our little Fuab Ci, who, by the way isn't so very little anymore, it was worth all the efforts. I'm so exhausted... I'm so drained... I think this whole trip sucked the life outta me! Amorne and I were rooting for a mini vacation... But BOY did reality hit us hard! This was a total sham to make us work harder than ever in our lives! (Well, this is an exaggeration from the truth too... ...) LOL!
However, no regrets... It was all done in the name of sisterly love. I wish I could put up some pictures... But I really have upload my pictures first. Then I'll put some up. I didn't really get a chance to take pictures with the bride at all though... ... It felt like we had a ton of things to do everyday and didn't have enough people there to help... so every night, Amorne and I didn't get to bed until the wee hours of the night, then we were up by the break of dawn... It seriously didn't help me at all!!! I didn't think the 2 hours time difference would be so drastic, but it was... Signs of my poor body getting older! It took a while for my body to get adjusted to sleeping later... The waking up part was fine... It was just the sleeping later that screwed me up. Hahahahahaha... The clock would strike 8 p.m. and my eyelids would get so droopy and heavy... the hands of sleep would creep into my mind and try stop all body parts from functioning. The results... I missed dinner for the first few days we were in CA because of this! OMG! Sad huh?!? LOL!
Over all, the trip was GREAT and the wedding was a success full of bustling bodies endless work! Seeing family and friends... Reuniting with the old and meeting the new additions... Finally getting to visit Grandma and Grandpa... Including them even though they are no longer physically with us... Even though there were lots of stress and tension... and many times I thought something was going to fall apart... I'm sure it was Grandma and Grandpa making sure everything went smoothly. Especially the cake! OMG! As a sister, as a cousin, and as a best friend... I wanted to give Fuab Ci a cake that she didn't have to decorate. She makes all of these beautiful creations for the world, but none of us could give her one... So Amorne and I set out to buy her a cake... Boy let me tell you... Fresno has a ton of wonderful bakeries... But to Fresno, they are called Donut Shops... Everything is Donuts this and Donuts that... or else... Burgers here and Burgers there! I'm so amazed at how thin the overall community is down there! My, my, my... I say if St. Paul was full of Burger Joints and Donut Shops... My waist line would have burst quite a while ago! Anyhow, none of the bakeries had what we were looking for, so Amorne and I decided that we'd do it ourselves! Ask me if we thought that through and thought how hard it would be to make our own cake especially when we didn't have any of the right TOOLS! Nope... sure didn't cross my mind at all... Geeze... That implusive side of Kao Yee kinda took over my mind while making that executive decision... and we just did it! Ok... Now you must understand that I am so not a Cake Decorator by any means! I definitely do not have the creative eye for cake decorating, nor do I
have the artistic abilities to bring any of my cake designs into
reality... I can't even draw what I see in my mind's eye! I can only dream them and talk about them and share them with Fuab Ci to create them! Ever since we've been in the cake business... I've never had enough confidence in my skills to ever decorate a cake... Especially a wedding cake!!! But for my Fuab Ci's wedding cake... I was dead set on not
letting her decorate her own cake... This was the very last test of
how strong sister love really is before Fuab Ci really got married... That if you can dream it... It can definitely become a reality. Making Fuab Ci's wedding cake was NOT an easy or smooth journey! It was full of challenges and frustrations to NO END! There were so many moments when I just wanted to give up and say forget it! There were many times when I did say "We just won't have a cake!"... Family just started saying we don't need a cake... But then I'd think of my little Fuab Ci... Think of how she's grown and blossomed into this exquisite and strong woman... See how her face lights up whenever she sees something that brings her joy... Sense her childish giddiness for the darnest things in life... Feel her deep appreciation for the sisterly love that we have for each other... and this gives me the strength to keep trying... After racketing my brain for different strategies and methods of bringing this cake into reality for our little Fuab Ci... After many days of feeling defeated... After many hours of endless driving around in a town that we couldn't understand how to navigate... After many hours of weaving in and out of the same stores for things we needed... It was worth it... It's worth being an older sister... It was totally worth everything! From the moment I started to bake (once I got the right cake mix) to the moment I picked up the whisk to start whipping the frosting to the very last moment when the final cake was decorated and final touches were being done, everything worked out so perfectly. Not an ounce of doubt in my mind that this cake could not be an edible reality. The final product was quite amazing... Given I had to flat ice with a butcher knife and create the side texture with the back of a spoon... The cake was perfect and beautiful in my eyes because it was created out of appreciation for the sisterhood we have... it was created out of love for a little sister... and it was created because I would want my sisters to give me a gift from the heart... To make this cake for Fuab Ci was a great test of my endurance for life's daily tests... It taught me that if I can dream it, I can make it into a reality... With or without the support of those I love... Fuab Ci's Wedding Cake may be a small thing to people's eyes... But to me, it was a GREAT accomplishment! To me, I learned a lot... To me, it opened my eyes. It made me understand the power of what unconditional love really is. I have a whole new respect for unconditional love of all kinds. Nothing can break you... Unless you break yourself.
A great BIG THANK YOU to Bla, for helping me decorate all night... Ah for helping me whip up frosting... Vivan for being our cheerleader all night long... and Amorne for decorating the cake stand, just to have us take it apart! I don't expect all the readers to understand my story... This piece was more for me than anything... But I really wanted to share my small, but very eye-opening journey with you... So Thank You for reading my story... Have a great day my fellow Xangans! ~KY
I'm so proud of myself!!! Second blog in ONE week! LOL! (Round of applause please, round of applause while I take my bow...)
Wow! I'm so amazed! There are so many talented and amazing young artists popping up all over the world everyday! Today, I was asked by CHAT to perform for an event so I decided to do some Googling for songs... This is who I ran across. Of course, she's one of many, but golly, I'm just so blown away at the quality of her voice that I have to share it with my fellow Xangans.
Ok, so I'm doing this major biggest loser deal with my two favorite sisters, Fhoua and Amorne! We have exactly 24 days until Fhoua's big day and we all need to LOSE something as far as weight goes! LOL! We started walking, jogging, running 4 miles everyday. Well, our everyday has only been 2 days! LOL! Of course, there aren't any changes yet! But I have very high hopes for the sake of all three of us! I'm not too concerned about the weight anymore... Because I've been walking a minimum of 2 miles everyday. Yeah... That's not too much, but it's been helping. I'm trying very hard to be food conscientious, however, ask me if that's working?!? Well, for the most part, it's been ok... But I have this horrible food addiction I can't seem to be rid of. I'm the kinda girl that guys hate to take out because I do eat! LOL! That's another story! For another day! Ok, forget all that food stuff, I'm getting hungry! I did my weigh in and measurements this morning. My next weigh and measurements will be next Tuesday! So wish me luck! I'll need it all! LOL!
Gosh, it's already 10:13 p.m. and I really need to hop into the shower then do a quick run through of my ASU pieces and tuck myself into bed!
WAIT! Before I leave here... I have to add one more photo of my handsome brother and his girlfriend... A very nice touch that this photographer did while we were at the conservatory taking pictures! It was a very chilly April afternoon so these girls were freezing! But they had good old Minnesotan blood running through their veins because they were such troopers! Smiled and posed for the camera flawlessly! And of course, the guys got to reap all the benefits! As you can see... This was PRIME time for the guys to get a chance to HOLD their dates fairly close! LOL! Boys will be boys! And he sure as heck this one of mine! LOL!
Life... What can I say? It is what it is. I've been keeping super busy while trying to breathe at the same time. I don't hate my life, but I don't love it right now. Cakes By Fhoua is doing well. Staying a float. We're doing our best to keep Cakes By Fhoua rolling with the punches! We just moved to Hmong American Partnership's commercial kitchen. It's not what we ideally want, but it's way better than Sunrise! So I'd like to think we've upgraded. However, we've got a whole new ball of yarn to play with. It hasn't been easy. But it's brought us new business and new potential customers. Once we're really settled, we'll do a small open house kinda event to spread the word that we've moved. Right now, we're still trying to work out the kinks.
Cars, cars, cars... I have had horrible luck with cars! Just paid off my Honda... and it's sitting outside of my house... DEAD! Still paying for Fhoua's Sebring... But her family has had it for a couple of months because they needed an extra car... However now that they don't need it, we thought it was perfect timing since mine was dead that I could use it until we could fix my car... Boy was I wrong... Once I got my hands on it... DEAD! So yes, it's ALSO sitting outside of my house... DEAD! My luck! Bad luck! Karma? I don't know... Not sure what I did that was so bad... it's been issues... One after another. Dang... I need the SECRET!!! I need to learn how to use the LAW OF ATTRACTION!
Or maybe I'm just hitting my quarter life century crisis huh? Not sure... One way or another, it does not suit me just fine. I need my life back in working order! I have no luck in life , no luck in love , no luck in anything and everything I touch! Dang... This is one sorry life! Everything I've worked so hard to create is slowly crumbling before my very eyes!!! Yep... major quarter-life century crisis! Well, at least I can still laugh about it... Because I definitely DO NOT want to be crying about it! That never helps! Well, maybe it does... But not really...
OMG!!! Finally, there's someone out there who can hear my cries of help!!! Amorne just called me! LOL! I have been trying to call Fhoua and Amorne to come pick me up and send me to work since 7:45 a.m., but I guess they weren't up yet! Well, since don't want Amorne to be late for work, I'll keep harrassing Fhoua... She'll have to come get me now...
Alright, moving on to better things... My baby brother's prom was on last Saturday! OMG... They grow up way too fast! Him and his girlfriend are so cute together! Here are some pictures! That I took! Yes, I'll take full credit for them! LOL! I'm so not a photographer by any means! I just love to take pictures and be in pictures! LOL!
Before I put up pictures... I would be so mad if I lost this entry!!! LOL!
Ok, I'd go into further details... But I'm done writing for today! Just pictures will have to do.
Have a fine and dandy day everyone! Remember to smile! ~KY
Goodness, it's been quite a while since I've updated! I have been super busy! So many different things on my plate... sheesh... just when you think things will slow down... something else HAS to come up...
Well, here are some pictures from my mommy's 45th birthday!!! It was so much fun!
Now I'm off to watch some Korean and Indian dramas with Fhoua!
Amorne and I were rooting for a mini vacation... But BOY did reality hit us hard! 
This was a total sham to make us work harder than ever in our lives! (Well, this is an exaggeration from the truth too... 
...) LOL! 
... It felt like we had a ton of things to do everyday and didn't have enough people there to help... so every night, Amorne and I didn't get to bed until the wee hours of the night, then we were up by the break of dawn... It seriously didn't help me at all!!! I didn't think the 2 hours time difference would be so drastic, but it was... Signs of my poor body getting older! It took a while for my body to get adjusted to sleeping later... The waking up part was fine... It was just the sleeping later that screwed me up. Hahahahahaha... The clock would strike 8 p.m. and my eyelids would get so droopy and heavy... the hands of sleep would creep into my mind and try stop all body parts from functioning. The results... I missed dinner for the first few days we were in CA because of this! OMG! Sad huh?!? LOL! 
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, no luck in love 
, no luck in anything and everything I touch! 
Dang... This is one sorry life! Everything I've worked so hard to create is slowly crumbling before my very eyes!!! Yep... 
