gonna start using initials for people's names......except for the names of the people that i don't know the last names of.


before leaving work i found myself without any plans on friday. and i felt like i needed to go do something. and then EL asks me if i was planning on going to kristine's bday dinner. it was the first time i had heard of it (he had been emailing michael@ucsd.edu not mike@ucsd.edu), but it felt like it was just what i needed. so i met them at Cafe Athena.

my shimp and rice dish was exquisite. then we had a blueberry birthday cheesecake for desert.

after dinner we couldn't decide where to go, so we just went to starbucks. and since we were so near my place, i just invited everyone to my apartment. roommate was gone so i thought it was a perfect opportunity for some house guests. at the last minute i realized that i didn't have any lighting in the living room so we wouldn't be able to utilize the ping pong table. so we all hung out in the bed room. my bedroom is pretty big. but not made for 10 people. but we managed to fit everyone in there, and i tried to minimize the discomfort while we decided to watch shaolin soccer. everyone was for the idea except EL....since he had seen clips from it. but i think everyone including EL had a blast watching it since he mentioned it was a lot better the second time.



saturday, i met up with AK, and stopped a christian book store to pick up a bible since my old one was so raggedy......i couldn't bare to take it any more. then we got lunch at olive garden. then we went to the viejas outlets.

i went there to use the gift card my sister got me. unfortunately i only spent 40% of what was on the card because they had a poor selection. after shopping, we stopped by coldstones. then to viejas. played some slots......but wasn't in the mood to sit down for blackjack. then we decided to head back. for dinner we went to the Convoy Tofu House.


and then went to Pacific Theaters to watch My Big Fat Greek Wedding. i expected more drama, but to my delight it was a hilarious comedy. even though i'm not Greek, my dad is almost like the girl's dad in the movie. remember the thing with windex? it's exactly what my dad would do but with vinegar. i don't think i need to explain any further. and the whole thing with all the words in the dictionary originating from the Greek language? he would tell us those stories all the time. and that thing where he thinks his country is best? that's my dad for ya. so even though i wasn't greek, i related very much so with the movie. except everything that was sappy and plush about the dad in the movie, substitue it for mean/angry and abrasive. haha. but he always means well. so after the movie, we decided to call it a night. i did my laundry, but i was pretty much cutting it close because the laundry facility closed at 11. and to my luck, one of the loads came out all soapy. and i ended up drying a lot of my laundry on my furniture overnight.


woke up 8 in the morning to get to church by 9. got there. relatively pretty awake to my surprise. then for bible study after service, it was one of the guy's birthdays, so we went to go get dim sum at Emerald. had some normal stuff (no tripe, or chicken feet).


on the way home i stopped for a quick car wash at costa verde. and then RT from LA came by to visit for half a day. he was having some girl problems and just wanted to get away and such. so we chilled for a bit at the apartment.


then went to Brigantine for a light lunch (yes I had dim sum 2 hours ago). they only had the oyster bar open and had a limited menu. my chicken sandwich was very good but wasn't characteristic (quality and selection) of brigantine's dishes. before we left we got a quick peek at the back patio of the restaurant.


then RT wanted to do some sight seeing so we went to black beach.


on the way back, while walking through the million dollar mansions, it looked like someone had knocked over all the trash cans. what was odd was that within the hour of our trip down to the beach, all the people had put their trash cans out, and within that small window, someone had knocked over all the trash cans. maybe it is a chronic problem for this neighborhood? it makes me mad to see that these people are picked on just because they live in a rich neighborhood with million dollar houses. it was a sad sight to see. one of the house owners were outside looking quite pissed. the sad thing is that there is always a security guard there to watch over the small 3 block community. and this happened right under his nose. i just don't get people who get mad about what other people own. they need to seriously grow up.



then we chilled for a little bit at home and RT went back. took a quick nap, met up with WL at rimac, spent a descent amount of time doing some good stretches, and did 40 minutes of cardio. and that wraps up my weekend.