grr... so mad i had my camera setting to
the crappiest resolution. pictures are so tiny. anyway here are some
pictures of California so far.
my mom!
first time eating in LA since 2003: uncle.aunt.mom.me at the italian restaurant
This weekend my mom, aunt, and I took one of those asian bus tours from
LA to SF to a few places in Nevada. Besides spending 8 hours a day on a
buys with a really loud tour guide,
it was really fun! The worst part of the trip was watching MR. BEAN
during most of the bus ride (apparently tourguide has the whole
collection). For those of you who don't know who Mr. Bean is, here is a good picture of him.
Just imagine watching this guy do really retarded things for 3 days in a row...
These asian bus tours are really great for their cheap prices and
they cram a million places into a few days, but you have to endure the
[usually bad] chinese buffets they take you to almost every meal.
I also often feel like I'm part of an "invasion of the Asian tourists" thing.
This was especially terrible when we stopped along the 17 Mile Drive at
Monterey Bay. I felt so bad for the people attending a wedding reception while two
busloads of asian mob tourists unloaded onto the backyard of the super fancy
lodge for super rich people.
no caption needed?
my mom pretending to be the judge of Carson city
Reno: most colorful hotel room ever...
Lake Tahoe's water is SO clear! Lucky duck. :P
I want to swim too!
me and the boat. i think this is the 14th boat tour i've been on in my life :P
Emerald Bay ~ the Cali side of lake tahoe?
me & mom
~*~ Some pictures from Thailand ~*~
Phi Phi Island. This one really looks like a postcard ~ I'm a professional hehe...
Shangrila garden
Aquarium in the basement of a city mall
** more
pictures to be up soon if i quit being so lazy!! ** :D
recently i saw Lost in Translation, which made me want to go back to
Japan again. this time i think i will take some friends with me.
missions trip last summer was great but the sightseeing and exploring
part is so lonely when you are by yourself. i always thought it must be
really cool to travel to unknown countries where you can't speak the
language by yourself and be a true explorer type person... but now i
can't imagine why anyone would do it.
true it allowed A LOT of time for self reflection and the such, but it
was actually kind of sad and depressing when you see something
interesting and have no one to share it with. i don't think i will do
much traveling on my own in the future.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* little oakland community
my last semester and so many awesome people to play with! hope no one minds this intrusion upon their privacy :P
fairfax: sandy ~ margaret ~ anqi ~ sherry ~ deborah ~ jason ~ jesse ~ hoi ~ joe t. ~ henry
5th & neville: dorothy ~ esha ~ alan ~ chris ~ albert ~ kevin s.
north craig: maria k. ~ jomei ~ chenjou
other random oakland housing: maria p. ~ arthur ~ josh l.
i'm leaving for a week of fun and sun this friday! california here we come...
wow it has been more than a whole year and there are so many new
functions to xanga...i feel too old to learn these new functions
i am now a graduate student and yet so many things remain the same... still
here in Pittsburgh studying the same thing at the same school. even
people i live with are the same (but they make me feel happy and safe).
i'm just scared that i'll become too comfortable here and never want to
leave!
note to self:
** you know you're getting old when your friends start going to
weddings and you find yourself discussing household cleaners with
married women **
my mom just came back from her trip to italy with her 70+ year old
boyfriend who has a lesbian daughter. is this normal?
anyway, trip to thailand and singapore with ranie was great even though
i ran into some *small* troubles... haha. we even had some exciting
adventures in bangkok that i cannot disclose :P can't wait for my next
trip out of america! will it be japan and taiwan again? or somewhere in
europe? or maybe somewhere tropical... i guess it depends on who wants
to take the trip with me
THINGS I ACCOMPLISHED SINCE GRADUATION
1. trip to thailand & singapore
2. lost my passport, greencard, ss card
3. moved into new apartment
4. watched the first season of LOST in four days
5. learned about alternative fuel
6. took lots of yoga and other fun classes
7. sprained my ankle in crazy step class aerobics
8. spent time with cool people... a lot of time
i am in taiwan working at ford motors... currently trying to learn how to use access to write a database for their quality control department. since i have never seen access before it has been a little difficult.
the interns here are super nice and they are all taiwanese! i haven't seen so many taiwanese people in 15 years. i think i'm losing some english vocabulary from lack of speaking. yay... just in time for the GRE. help! anyone want to cram with me?
why is taiwan's air/weather so terrible?! just this monday there was a huge typhoon so almost all of taiwan had the day off. i just stayed home and watched tv all day. (no internet at uncle's place). there are also numberless mountains in taiwan. i think my dad took me to about 10 already.
japan has been really wonderful and probably a once in a lifetime experience for me :) i didn't update the last month because i moved in with another missionary from singapore and we had to share an internet cable. i promise i will post up more pictures when i get back to school!
THINGS I ACCOMPLISHED SINCE GRADUATION 