Libbi and Tin take the first bite and first sip! Cheers, dears! Chow-chick-a-CHOW-CHOW!
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Can you say F-E-A-S-T? The the hands of me, I cranked out a deliiiiishiiiious B-day Dinner for Katherine KAI-LIN Chen. Menu consisted of Seared Steak over a bed of Mixed Greens with Mango Salsa, Eggplant and Chicken Parmigiana, Roasted Eggplant and Asparagus... followed by Better Than Sex Cake. Wine was served as always! FOOD IS LIFE.
Monday, August 02, 2004
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Monday, July 26, 2004
I LEFT MY HEART in SAN FRANCISCO.
I took a brief but incredibly memorable trip back upnorth this past weekend and now I'm back in LA....feeling bittersweet. Is that what life is mean to be?
Let's first recap the trip.
Thursday afternoon, AFTER workin from 7am-4pm, Cin meets me @ my apt. so we can drive up north. After sittin in traffic for a good ---say 40 minutes, we're finally smoothe sailing upnorth on the 5 highway. We arrive at Mell's in Mountain View around 12 midnight in which my car smells like IN-n-Out from our pitstop in Kettlemen CIty. If you'd like to know, Cin scarfed down a hamburger and fries while jess inhaled a grilled cheese sandwich. Along the way the snacks we healthily consumed were a bag of Ritz Jalapeno Cheddar cracker sandwiches -- which Cin kindly selected @ the 76 gas station in LA when Jess told her to get, "Something exciting!" Exciting apparently = Jalapeno Cheddar cracker sandwiches. Who knew!?! Anyways, Cin also bought Sophisticated Trail MiX. I.E. no chocolate chips! Cin says they're bad for you so Jess pouted the entire ride upnorth. So FINALLY in MOUNTAIN VIEW, it takes us 5 minutes to find the entrance to Mell's apt. complex..
Once in, the whole complex is very pretty, and her 1-bedroom place is quite the bachelorette pad! Anyways, we hugged and reunionized after many months apart. The coolest part is that it was like time never passed... how amazing it is when we can reunite immediately feeling like it hadn't been a GAJILLION months since our last inperson visit. Cin and I kept Mell up even though Mell had work the next day. We caught up, made jokes, yada yada. It was gggreat. Then I skiddadled my way home to sleep in bed.
Friday was spent doing absolutely nothing and it was absolutely nice. Errands and such till Dinner @ the restaurant with Ma and Pa! Apparently dad was dining with all of his USF Grad SChool friends that evening @ the restaurant! It was so cute to see how funny they all are together. After eating for 3 hours, one of the friends invites everyone back to his place, and my parents drag me, the only YOUNG person along. I was cool, I had a good time. So from 930pm-130pm, I HUNG OUT with thes 50-sumthing's as my dad consumed a WHOLE BAG of fresh AT-HOME ROASTED PEANUTS as well as all these other snacks the host prepared! Grapes! Oranges! Madelines! Pistachios! Chexmix! Tea! Chinese Red Wine! It was seriously another meal. Anyways, again I hope in 30 years my college friends and I can be like that too. Be 50 and talk about chinese jokes, how people from China have so much cash on hand that as long as they're coming to America - house prices will never drop and that there will be a Chinese president in the future. To that - I say, are you shureeeee??????? It was funny though.
Sat. morning I brunched with my childhood friend Sandy. Visited her new place in Plesanton and the place is aweeeeeeesome and soooo cute! She got me this cute MAE tshirt and I got her a navy satin Clutch! I have since attempted to "destroy" the tshirt but i may have cut it a lil short so my fat handles may make an appearance in your neighborhood sooon. =) Brunch was sooo good @ Kathy's Korner in San Ramon and I met her pal's Dorothy and Jackie..who both went to Berkeley and who I later find out - my other friend knew from college. I missssssssssss Sandy - is the nutshell of the morning.
Quickly following brunch i had to take mom to go have LUNCH @ Banyan Gardens in Union City. Sooo much food I wanted to explode. It was cute eating with Mom's and the manager there loves us so we sat and talked to him and he decided to comp our meal. He's sooo sweet! If you ever go, say hello to Richie!
Sat. afternoon is when all the great festivities started! Met everyone for Mell's bday dinner in SF @ SAM TUNG's in the Sunset District for the best Chicken Wings in town! SOOO GOOD I vow to visit that place every time I go home. Someone must have a bday, rehearsal dinner, wedding banquet there just so I can eat the wings!!! It was SOOOOO SWWWEEET seeing alll my friends I haven't seen in ages, there were 12 of us @ dinner and we couldnt stop talking. WE ordered soo much food, drank soo much tsingtao beer, and inside I was just appreciating how good I have it too be in the company of these wonderful people.
Next stop after dinner was gettin ready @ Wendy's. Wendy was kind enough to provide a great location for us to get ready/preparty @. Annette brought tons of champagne from work, and about 8 of us primped. It was soo fun being girls, showing off cute undies, cute tops, cute make up, cute hair. Takin a bajillion pics and drinkin up. This is the life.
We then proceeded to take a taxi to HOLY COW ---total dive bar that was very much fun. Drank up the $3 dollar SOTB well drinks, and proceeded to watch EVERYONE get wasted and pukey --except Shirley and me. We rock! The girls dranks tons, the music was typical white music.. aka "girls just wanna have fun" some hip hop, more white music like GJWHF, and I basically spent the evening talkin to Mell's friend Specker who is very much cute and sweet. Mell was pukey and into the car by 1130pm, and the rest of us girls followed suit by 12am. WE are OLD and LAME. hehehehe...
Once back @ pre-party HQ, Annette and Mell continued worship porcelein god 1 and 2 while Sober Sally's Shirley and Jess made ramen for everyone. Everyone passed out for a bit by 2, Mell peeled herself away from toilet by 230, and few of us were up till 3am till everyone passed the F out. So concludes, Mell's 23rd Bday. hehehhe.
Ok. Im tired. I'll continue later. I promise. =)
I took a brief but incredibly memorable trip back upnorth this past weekend and now I'm back in LA....feeling bittersweet. Is that what life is mean to be?
Let's first recap the trip.
Thursday afternoon, AFTER workin from 7am-4pm, Cin meets me @ my apt. so we can drive up north. After sittin in traffic for a good ---say 40 minutes, we're finally smoothe sailing upnorth on the 5 highway. We arrive at Mell's in Mountain View around 12 midnight in which my car smells like IN-n-Out from our pitstop in Kettlemen CIty. If you'd like to know, Cin scarfed down a hamburger and fries while jess inhaled a grilled cheese sandwich. Along the way the snacks we healthily consumed were a bag of Ritz Jalapeno Cheddar cracker sandwiches -- which Cin kindly selected @ the 76 gas station in LA when Jess told her to get, "Something exciting!" Exciting apparently = Jalapeno Cheddar cracker sandwiches. Who knew!?! Anyways, Cin also bought Sophisticated Trail MiX. I.E. no chocolate chips! Cin says they're bad for you so Jess pouted the entire ride upnorth. So FINALLY in MOUNTAIN VIEW, it takes us 5 minutes to find the entrance to Mell's apt. complex..
Once in, the whole complex is very pretty, and her 1-bedroom place is quite the bachelorette pad! Anyways, we hugged and reunionized after many months apart. The coolest part is that it was like time never passed... how amazing it is when we can reunite immediately feeling like it hadn't been a GAJILLION months since our last inperson visit. Cin and I kept Mell up even though Mell had work the next day. We caught up, made jokes, yada yada. It was gggreat. Then I skiddadled my way home to sleep in bed.
Friday was spent doing absolutely nothing and it was absolutely nice. Errands and such till Dinner @ the restaurant with Ma and Pa! Apparently dad was dining with all of his USF Grad SChool friends that evening @ the restaurant! It was so cute to see how funny they all are together. After eating for 3 hours, one of the friends invites everyone back to his place, and my parents drag me, the only YOUNG person along. I was cool, I had a good time. So from 930pm-130pm, I HUNG OUT with thes 50-sumthing's as my dad consumed a WHOLE BAG of fresh AT-HOME ROASTED PEANUTS as well as all these other snacks the host prepared! Grapes! Oranges! Madelines! Pistachios! Chexmix! Tea! Chinese Red Wine! It was seriously another meal. Anyways, again I hope in 30 years my college friends and I can be like that too. Be 50 and talk about chinese jokes, how people from China have so much cash on hand that as long as they're coming to America - house prices will never drop and that there will be a Chinese president in the future. To that - I say, are you shureeeee??????? It was funny though.
Sat. morning I brunched with my childhood friend Sandy. Visited her new place in Plesanton and the place is aweeeeeeesome and soooo cute! She got me this cute MAE tshirt and I got her a navy satin Clutch! I have since attempted to "destroy" the tshirt but i may have cut it a lil short so my fat handles may make an appearance in your neighborhood sooon. =) Brunch was sooo good @ Kathy's Korner in San Ramon and I met her pal's Dorothy and Jackie..who both went to Berkeley and who I later find out - my other friend knew from college. I missssssssssss Sandy - is the nutshell of the morning.
Quickly following brunch i had to take mom to go have LUNCH @ Banyan Gardens in Union City. Sooo much food I wanted to explode. It was cute eating with Mom's and the manager there loves us so we sat and talked to him and he decided to comp our meal. He's sooo sweet! If you ever go, say hello to Richie!
Sat. afternoon is when all the great festivities started! Met everyone for Mell's bday dinner in SF @ SAM TUNG's in the Sunset District for the best Chicken Wings in town! SOOO GOOD I vow to visit that place every time I go home. Someone must have a bday, rehearsal dinner, wedding banquet there just so I can eat the wings!!! It was SOOOOO SWWWEEET seeing alll my friends I haven't seen in ages, there were 12 of us @ dinner and we couldnt stop talking. WE ordered soo much food, drank soo much tsingtao beer, and inside I was just appreciating how good I have it too be in the company of these wonderful people.
Next stop after dinner was gettin ready @ Wendy's. Wendy was kind enough to provide a great location for us to get ready/preparty @. Annette brought tons of champagne from work, and about 8 of us primped. It was soo fun being girls, showing off cute undies, cute tops, cute make up, cute hair. Takin a bajillion pics and drinkin up. This is the life.
We then proceeded to take a taxi to HOLY COW ---total dive bar that was very much fun. Drank up the $3 dollar SOTB well drinks, and proceeded to watch EVERYONE get wasted and pukey --except Shirley and me. We rock! The girls dranks tons, the music was typical white music.. aka "girls just wanna have fun" some hip hop, more white music like GJWHF, and I basically spent the evening talkin to Mell's friend Specker who is very much cute and sweet. Mell was pukey and into the car by 1130pm, and the rest of us girls followed suit by 12am. WE are OLD and LAME. hehehehe...
Once back @ pre-party HQ, Annette and Mell continued worship porcelein god 1 and 2 while Sober Sally's Shirley and Jess made ramen for everyone. Everyone passed out for a bit by 2, Mell peeled herself away from toilet by 230, and few of us were up till 3am till everyone passed the F out. So concludes, Mell's 23rd Bday. hehehhe.
Ok. Im tired. I'll continue later. I promise. =)
Sunday, July 18, 2004
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
I MISS.....
As I sit infront of my crappy lil short desk, typing away, downloading away, watching American Idol (forgive me, for I have sinned), I catch up on Mell's blog --- and realize how much I miss her and I feel special that I'm still mentioned in her entries. For these evoked feelings, today's entry is written in remembrance of everything I miss in my life.
I Miss....
Mell: Where is my life without Mell? Still going well but a life without my Mell around everyday, isn't as sarcastic, humorous, generous, industrial systemish as it could potentially be at the most "optimized level of efficiency." I read her blog and all I have to say is: I appreciate you hun and miss you miss you miss you!!!! To not be able to hit the town with you and "the gurls", drink homemade apple martinis, eating your mom's taiwanese food, hearing you tell me you want to suffocate me, doin' make-up in the bathroom,
is truly an unfullfilling life!
Seeing My College Friends Everyday: How I miss the days of seeing at least twenty smiling familiar faces on campus or around the apt. complex of those near n dear deltas who are always interested in how you are doing. Watching sobfest dramas such as Up Close and Personal with Mell, Julia and Maribeth. Such LAME-O's we were. Eating apples with knives. Drooling as we watch Alias. Bitchin over chores. Who's doing the dishes?!?! Who's takin out the trash!?!? "Not until after my final in 4 days." Thanx, Mell. hahha.
Being Addicted to Movies: I'm more so addicted to TV watching of certain shows than movies. SHocking. I know. What happened? I don't even know. TOo many crappy movies? Maybe. Or maybe I don't have the time and those CONSISTENT always there Deltas I could always call up to go to the cinemas with. Wahhh!
Real Chinese FOood: Living on the westside equals ZERO good chinese food. I miss the food from back home. =(
Snuggling: Do i realllly have to explain?!?
Parents Footing the Bill: again..do i really have to explain?!?!
Being a Kid: To not have to worry, to think so much, to have to be responsible. Sometimes I think I grew up too quick for my own good. Could've made more mistakes in life, could've cared less about things, situations, people. Maybe I wouldn't feel like I carry a big part of my world on my shoulders. But at the end of the day, that wouldn't be Jess. That wouldn't be me. Am I too independent for my own good? Have I been tooo "good" for my own good? Who wouldn't thought that huh?
As I sit infront of my crappy lil short desk, typing away, downloading away, watching American Idol (forgive me, for I have sinned), I catch up on Mell's blog --- and realize how much I miss her and I feel special that I'm still mentioned in her entries. For these evoked feelings, today's entry is written in remembrance of everything I miss in my life.
I Miss....
Mell: Where is my life without Mell? Still going well but a life without my Mell around everyday, isn't as sarcastic, humorous, generous, industrial systemish as it could potentially be at the most "optimized level of efficiency." I read her blog and all I have to say is: I appreciate you hun and miss you miss you miss you!!!! To not be able to hit the town with you and "the gurls", drink homemade apple martinis, eating your mom's taiwanese food, hearing you tell me you want to suffocate me, doin' make-up in the bathroom,
is truly an unfullfilling life!
Seeing My College Friends Everyday: How I miss the days of seeing at least twenty smiling familiar faces on campus or around the apt. complex of those near n dear deltas who are always interested in how you are doing. Watching sobfest dramas such as Up Close and Personal with Mell, Julia and Maribeth. Such LAME-O's we were. Eating apples with knives. Drooling as we watch Alias. Bitchin over chores. Who's doing the dishes?!?! Who's takin out the trash!?!? "Not until after my final in 4 days." Thanx, Mell. hahha.
Being Addicted to Movies: I'm more so addicted to TV watching of certain shows than movies. SHocking. I know. What happened? I don't even know. TOo many crappy movies? Maybe. Or maybe I don't have the time and those CONSISTENT always there Deltas I could always call up to go to the cinemas with. Wahhh!
Real Chinese FOood: Living on the westside equals ZERO good chinese food. I miss the food from back home. =(
Snuggling: Do i realllly have to explain?!?
Parents Footing the Bill: again..do i really have to explain?!?!
Being a Kid: To not have to worry, to think so much, to have to be responsible. Sometimes I think I grew up too quick for my own good. Could've made more mistakes in life, could've cared less about things, situations, people. Maybe I wouldn't feel like I carry a big part of my world on my shoulders. But at the end of the day, that wouldn't be Jess. That wouldn't be me. Am I too independent for my own good? Have I been tooo "good" for my own good? Who wouldn't thought that huh?
Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Yay to new Blogger Interface!!
It's been tooo long.....again.
Ok. Again I have failed to update this blog regularly. I'll get over apologizing now and just update it ... or not. O
k, I can't even remember when I did this last, but in a nutshell... I've been promoted to J.CREW Santa Monica as a Manager-in-Training. Do I love my job? Very much. The atomosphere rocks, the area is relaxed..... besides the smell of the interlopers on the Promenade..if you know what I mean. The smell of the 3rd St. Dwellers is so BRISK, STRONG, INTENSE, we have some flies that like to kick it infront of our main doors. NOT COOL.
Couple nites ago Skess, Susie and I went out for much needed Margarita's on a rare Alias-free Sunday nite. No new ALIAS makes jess want to go out. Ok, so we went to this place we've never been called LULA in Santa Monica, on cute Main Street. Everyone should go to anything on this street as Main St. has a lot of shops, restaurants, bars, coffee houses, etc. Anyways, Lula is a Mexican joint that serves what some people consider, "The Best Margaritas in Town!" We weren't dissapointed as they were strong and deeelish. After ordering margaritas and while PULVERIZING the tortilla chips'n'salsa, we gabbed about every important and non-important to us. The whole conversation was near and dear to me and truly made me realize, again, why great girl friends are the best things EVER. We each have our busy ol life to live, but when we get the chance to get together, life is reaaaaaaaaaaallly great. The food was great and we'll definitely be back.
Hasta Luego for now. My mind is blank.
It's been tooo long.....again.
Ok. Again I have failed to update this blog regularly. I'll get over apologizing now and just update it ... or not. O
k, I can't even remember when I did this last, but in a nutshell... I've been promoted to J.CREW Santa Monica as a Manager-in-Training. Do I love my job? Very much. The atomosphere rocks, the area is relaxed..... besides the smell of the interlopers on the Promenade..if you know what I mean. The smell of the 3rd St. Dwellers is so BRISK, STRONG, INTENSE, we have some flies that like to kick it infront of our main doors. NOT COOL.
Couple nites ago Skess, Susie and I went out for much needed Margarita's on a rare Alias-free Sunday nite. No new ALIAS makes jess want to go out. Ok, so we went to this place we've never been called LULA in Santa Monica, on cute Main Street. Everyone should go to anything on this street as Main St. has a lot of shops, restaurants, bars, coffee houses, etc. Anyways, Lula is a Mexican joint that serves what some people consider, "The Best Margaritas in Town!" We weren't dissapointed as they were strong and deeelish. After ordering margaritas and while PULVERIZING the tortilla chips'n'salsa, we gabbed about every important and non-important to us. The whole conversation was near and dear to me and truly made me realize, again, why great girl friends are the best things EVER. We each have our busy ol life to live, but when we get the chance to get together, life is reaaaaaaaaaaallly great. The food was great and we'll definitely be back.
Hasta Luego for now. My mind is blank.
Monday, March 22, 2004
A REASON TO CHANGE?
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you HOOBASTANK "A Reason"
Alrighty peeps. It's a Monday evening. I'm tired from waking up @ 6:30 for work @ 7 am today. It's only 8:12 Pm and I'm ready to hit the hay... but not without first REALLLLY listening to a song recommendation courtesy of new acquaint./friend Spencer.... HOOBASTANK's "A REASON". If you don't know the song, I highly recommend you to go "find" it. By "find" it, I don't ENCOURAGE DL'ing it.... I REPEAT, I do not encourage! Anyways, great song as I finally take the time to actually listen to the lyrics. The lyrics struck a nerve ---- that is why I pasted a snipit of the lyrics @ the start of this entry. Ok. So tell me, are there really guys out there that can actually say they care to change, that they WANT to change... not for you..but for themselves? FAT CHANCE? WHEN PIGS FLY? WHEN SHAMU WALKS? WHEN FROGS EAT CAKE?
Nonetheless, A+ for effort to Hoobastank for writing such luscious lyrics...very sweet, endearing, touching. Honestly. Now if we ladies could get men to really admit that and change their hideously idiotic mannerisms, life would just be peachy. Not to say boys aren't great, but many boys aren't the sharpest tool in the shed. Comparable to rocks? A few eggs short of a dozen? Maybe it's the fact that they aren't "emotionally available" enough? Things to ponder.
Onto greener pastures, who has something to say about lack of good television on Monday nights? Monday nights haven't been good in years. I can't even name one show beyond Fear Factor. I am stumped. Tuesday night television is good though.... we have Rory and Loralai entertaining us on GILMORE GIRLS on the WB..bursting with funny quips...followed by ONE TRUE HILL...quality television it is not, but OTH is better than any Monday night tv. And anyways, Chad Michael Murray is quite the looker. But again, the nite to live for is SUNDAY's ALIAS. If you know me, you have either A.) been transformed into an ALIAS fanatic through my individual screenings of Alias Season 1: Pilot on DVD in my Entertainment "Living" Room featuring Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound ...and have since BORROWED my complete 2 Seasons on DVD as well as current Season 3 on videotape or B.) heard from me why this is quality programming. Oh, and of course, WED. nite Newlyweds and THURS. The Apprentice. And that concludes the tv I watch, BESIDES CNN and LA's Immature Lousy Carchase Show called "NEWS".
Ok, and anyone keeping up with the Taiwan Elections? Utter chaos. Corrupt govt. Recount. Protests. The President being the victim of an attempted assasination the day before the election therby gaining sympathy votes. WTF!?!?! is my reaction. Ok. Nothing more to say except, have a good day.
I'm sorry that I hurt you
It's something I must live with everyday
And all the pain I put you through
I wish that I could take it all away
And be the one who catches all your tears
That's why I need you to hear
I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
and the reason is you HOOBASTANK "A Reason"
Alrighty peeps. It's a Monday evening. I'm tired from waking up @ 6:30 for work @ 7 am today. It's only 8:12 Pm and I'm ready to hit the hay... but not without first REALLLLY listening to a song recommendation courtesy of new acquaint./friend Spencer.... HOOBASTANK's "A REASON". If you don't know the song, I highly recommend you to go "find" it. By "find" it, I don't ENCOURAGE DL'ing it.... I REPEAT, I do not encourage! Anyways, great song as I finally take the time to actually listen to the lyrics. The lyrics struck a nerve ---- that is why I pasted a snipit of the lyrics @ the start of this entry. Ok. So tell me, are there really guys out there that can actually say they care to change, that they WANT to change... not for you..but for themselves? FAT CHANCE? WHEN PIGS FLY? WHEN SHAMU WALKS? WHEN FROGS EAT CAKE?
Nonetheless, A+ for effort to Hoobastank for writing such luscious lyrics...very sweet, endearing, touching. Honestly. Now if we ladies could get men to really admit that and change their hideously idiotic mannerisms, life would just be peachy. Not to say boys aren't great, but many boys aren't the sharpest tool in the shed. Comparable to rocks? A few eggs short of a dozen? Maybe it's the fact that they aren't "emotionally available" enough? Things to ponder.
Onto greener pastures, who has something to say about lack of good television on Monday nights? Monday nights haven't been good in years. I can't even name one show beyond Fear Factor. I am stumped. Tuesday night television is good though.... we have Rory and Loralai entertaining us on GILMORE GIRLS on the WB..bursting with funny quips...followed by ONE TRUE HILL...quality television it is not, but OTH is better than any Monday night tv. And anyways, Chad Michael Murray is quite the looker. But again, the nite to live for is SUNDAY's ALIAS. If you know me, you have either A.) been transformed into an ALIAS fanatic through my individual screenings of Alias Season 1: Pilot on DVD in my Entertainment "Living" Room featuring Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound ...and have since BORROWED my complete 2 Seasons on DVD as well as current Season 3 on videotape or B.) heard from me why this is quality programming. Oh, and of course, WED. nite Newlyweds and THURS. The Apprentice. And that concludes the tv I watch, BESIDES CNN and LA's Immature Lousy Carchase Show called "NEWS".
Ok, and anyone keeping up with the Taiwan Elections? Utter chaos. Corrupt govt. Recount. Protests. The President being the victim of an attempted assasination the day before the election therby gaining sympathy votes. WTF!?!?! is my reaction. Ok. Nothing more to say except, have a good day.
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