Oh, doesn’t everyone think so?

Caroline Ikeji (10:37): you weird hot loving woman

Too Fallen.

And in just two years,
She lives a coming-of-age tale,
Growing up so quickly only to meet
Failure
Face to face
And to
Run hopelessly from Disillusion,
Who still managed to steal her dreams away.

Yet,
With cosmo in hand and a stripped down beauty no one can deny,
She finds ways to fill the gaps in this chapter with adventures -
Formerly empty pages now plastered with photos of vibrant faces
On the beach, on the bus, at the club, at the park.
Final destination?
She flirts with the possibility of New York,
Anywhere but here.

But it’s been so long
That she’s grown afraid -
While laughing at love in bold defiance,
She tightens these bandages that cover the wounds which never seem to heal.
So open and honest she seems,
But permission to get close is always denied.
She worries:
Please don’t get too attached,
Too vulnerable,
Too fallen.

Best friends, reunited.

Henry: i think i’m more excited to see you than mickey
or maybe it’s a tie
ahaha
me: aww

DISNEYLAND TOMORROW!

Week recap

Monday:

First day at new client. Eating food again. Thank goodness. The commute to Torrance wasn’t as bad as I expected.

Tuesday:

Happy hour with Gena and Jamie at Saint Rocke in Hermosa Beach. Awesome happy hour – $3 wine and $5 kobe beef sliders! But I did get lost in Hermosa afterward.

Wednesday:

Dinner with Kyle at Kanpachi. Goooood sushi.

Thursday:

Third Eye Blind concert with Judy, Teena, Steve. Thanks Ahmar for the tickets!

Friday:

Day to relax and watch tv. Dad had a lecture with me yesterday for never being home. :  ( Sigh.

Saturday:

Disneyland with Henry Marr!

East Coast Trip: Itinerary, Thus Far

A work in progress by Linda and Elaine. We are traveling from CA to DC to NY to Boston for under $150!!! HOLLA.

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Screw work. We need to plan! We also need to add food places to this list

 

10 day trip beginning Wed, July 29th-August 7th. 

 

Possible itinerary:

 

Wednesday, July 29 (DC)

-take ride eye flight into Washington DC (arrive in the AM)

Linda: Long Beach –> DC 

Flight 300

Long Beach, CA 9:30pm

Wash. Dulles 05:18am

Elaine: 

Flight 318

Oakland, CA 10:15pm

Wash. Dulles 06:19am

 

Airport to Hotel or friend’s place to drop off stuff (7-8ish)

-Breakfast with Diane Feinstein

-Map of memorials: http://dcmemorials.com/national_mall_11×17.pdf 

-Visit Smithsonian, Memorials – we can take this bus http://www.tourmobile.com/tours_cemetery.php

-Visit Adams-Morgans district at night for dinner/bar?

 -Zooku (club): According to coworker, “Where all the cute asians are”

 

Thursday, July 30 (DC)

-breakfast at Ben’s Chilli’s 

-Visit Capitol Hill/White House

-Lunch at Tacqueria Nacionale

-Bike ride around Georgetown/Foggy Bottom

-Dinner at Rasika 

 

Friday, July 31 (DC/NYC)

-talk Bolt into NYC: 

Washington, D.C. 10th & H NW to New York 33rd and 7th (Service to DC & Baltimore)

Departing 7/31/2009 at 12:30 PM, arriving 4:45 PM

-Empire State Building

-Grand Central Terminal

-Rockerfeller Center

-Times Square

  

Saturday, Aug 1 (NYC)

-lunch at Jean Georges 

-Metropolitan Museum of Art

-Central Park (http://www.centralpark.com/pages/activities/concerts.html)

-Bryant Park

-Barney’s

-Broadway show – I heard Avenue Q is pretty good. Jersey Boys? Cirque de Soilei?

-MomoFuku

Sunday, Aug 2 (NYC)

-Guggenheim Museum ($15 ticket for students)

-Brooklyn Bridge & Brooklyn Heights Promenade

-Check out Harlem/Morning Side Heights (St Patrick’s Cathedral)

-Sylvia’s for sooooul food.

-Jewish deli

-Going out!!

-[St. Mark's square, NYU area]

 

Monday, August 3 (NYC)

-Little Italy & Chinatown

-Shopping around SoHo (or Greenwich)

-Banh Mi at Nicky’s Vietnamese Sandwiches

-bar

-NY Public Library

 -TV taping! << we should look into this now (Daily Show, Colbert Report)  [Vijay: I don't think either of these shows tape on Fridays... :'(]

-Le Bernardin

Tuesday, August 4 (NYC)

-American Museum of Natural History

Tribeca?

Ellis Island/Staten Island/Statue of Liberty

Cafe Boulud

Cafeteria

Serendipity

Wednesday, August 5 (NYC/Boston)

-take Bolt into Boston:

New York 34th and 8th by Tick Tock (Phil. & Bos.) to Boston South Station — Gate 21
Departing 8/5/2009 at 8:00 AM, arriving 12:15 PM

-Freedom Trail!

-Boston Harbor

 

Thursday, August 6 (Boston)

-Flour bakery 

-Explore Cambridge (Harvard Square, MIT)

-Boston Public Garden

-John Adams Square

 

Friday, August 7 (Boston)

-fly back to LA in the afternoon

quoteworthy.

most memorable comment from tonight:

 

“Are you sure you don’t have a boyfriend?”

 

 

CLASSIC.

replaceable.

just had a down moment, but not gonna let that stop me.

LAKER PARADE!

David’s Graduation

Photos from the weekend:

inside Pauley’s Pavilion.

There he is!

Some of David’s friends.

The Kim Family. Notice how we look nothing alike.

Grandma with my cousin, aunt, brother and all my little cousins and nieces.

Elaine, Ying, and I at Tea Station that evening.

8.14.09 – The Time Traveler’s Wife

WHO WANTS TO WATCH IT WITH ME?

 

 

 

BEST LOVE STORY EVER. I love the book!!

good vibes and good times.

I had too much tea tonight at tea station, hence the 3 a.m. post.

 

My family and I attended David’s graduation today at UCLA (pictures will be posted tomorrow). I still can’t believe he’s graduated and will be getting his master’s at UCI next fall. Even my older brother is thinking of getting his MBA after his fellowship. Ah, we’re all going back to school aren’t we?

 

It’s been a great day, filled with lots of family and friends. I’m currently listening to Jay Chou’s “The Secret” soundtrack and my heart is aching, just ACHING, for LGTA. Ugh … it needs to happen now. I’ve been looking through the facebook profiles of friends I met four years ago while studying in Beijing and it just warms my heart thinking of all the good memories. I’m really hoping to meet up with some of them this year. 

Alright, I’ll head to bed now with happy thoughts.