Thursday, September 16, 2004
ahh, i'm back... for now
while the cat is gone... the mouse will play
it's been forever and a day, i know. and i've missed it. i've missed blogging, and i've missed reading blogs. some of yours, i read to laugh at the randomness, some of yours, i read for inspiration. some things have changed, some have remained the same in the bloggity blog world. i've gotten news late, i've been out of touch with lots. well, i'm not resolving to be back again full force. i just don't have the same amount of time as i used to when i was just temp-ing here at kaiser. but as soon as i get my new computer (woohoo!) this week, i'll at least be reading and commenting more often. and maybe a few entries will even be written.
some things i really wanted to note for posterity:
~ my birthday celebration was a little tough to schedule. my real birthday fell on a monday and i wanted to have dinner with my family. the weekend before was the days with the lord retreat from friday to sunday, so partying that weekend was completely out. the thursday before, gl & i had committed to attending verwin's show, so that night was out. that's why it was on wednesday that we had a lovely gathering at banana bay in rowland heights. i love that place. it accomodates groups of 20some, has very good cheap prices and great food. the location is central enough too. maybe not to l.a. or irvine peeps, but heck, they're both equally far at least. i was surprised that i even got some presents. the best present of all, really though, was just that people came out. especially long-time friends that i really don't see very often. the company and the fact that you came really meant a lot to me and i thank you for coming to help celebrate my life. it's really been a rather good year and i have so much to be thankful for. so thanx for your friendship, new and old!
~ the days weekend. *sigh* for those who weren't there, we needed your presence. for those who were there, thank God you were there. it was a tough weekend, but everyone pulled together and it was wonderful to see this community work so well together even when we hardly see each other. it was personally stressful and with 3 participants, why wouldn't it be? but in the end of it all, all was wonderful, just as God ordained it to be.
~ a surprise (well, not really, cuz i knew about it, but i forgot, so i was still surprised) that weekend was that r came. heheeh, initial shock to my system as i haven't seen him in forever. and you know how it is when you see ex's. you wanna look your best. well, crap, it was the afternoon and i hadn't showered yet. i was too busy running around like a chicken with my head cut off. so i was talking with some other friends and i saw r outside through the doorway, looking lost. the first thought i had was, oh, i'm glad he came. i know it'll mean a lot to mina. and the next thought that came out was, dang it, i look like crap; i haven't even showered yet. then the calculation starts: do i shower now? but i don't want it to seem like i'm showering cuz he's here, plus i don't really wanna shower right now and i don't have time. plus i don't really care all that much, it's just me being silly. so i don't shower. and i eventually see him and say hi. later, as dexie and i continue to do our task, i'm falling asleep (due to tiredness and lack of sleep the night before) and just generally feeling blech. she kept telling me to take a shower so i'd feel better. and what goes through my head? crap, i don't want it to seem like i'm showering cuz the ex is here. but a shower will make me feel better. do i shower, do i not? screw it, i'm showering for myself not for him! i'm showering. understand that these thoughts occured within 1 second. dang, all that forethought just for a shower. how complicated i make things sometimes. it was funny though and i crack up cuz it was the most unimportant concern during the whole weekend and i dwelled on it for all too long, 1 second too long. hehhe, silliness!
~ hmm, what else happened that weekend... oh, the dana story. r hasn't met dana or many of the dazers that weekend. they introduce themselves to each other and it somehow comes out that r is my ex. and dana goes, oh YOU'RE r! now add to it a leaning backward motion as if to get away from him. it was hilarious, okay crap, re-reading it now, it doesn't read very hilarious. will someone else retell the story in the comments box? i know some of you lurkers out there can retell it better.
~ mina's story. oh dang it, this one's a better story, but it ruins certain surprises of the retreat. if you're a dazer and haven't heard the story, call or email me.
~ dinner with my family at saigon bistro was great! good food, cheap food, good conversation even! heheh and after all these years of eating there, i finally found out the server's name. his family owns the restaurant and my dad even spoke some french with him. i forget how cultured my dad is sometimes. that he lived in switzerland for a year and traveled around europe. it was a lovely birthday dinner with my family.
~ hawaii! well, you've seen the pix below hopefully. it was a great time. very very different than last time, as it really should be. the food was great, but i'm looking forward to more different kinds next time. also, i don't wanna do the tourist stuff anymore. i need to see the local beaches. i really really really wanna learn how to surf. i could stay in that ocean for hours (as i did during the snorkeling cruise-3 hours without getting out of the water except to go down the slide!) and i really have to jump off that big ol' rock in waimea beach. like last time, we drove by it as i waved bye to that awesome rock. and i really wanna spend some time in the windward beaches, lanikai, cromwell's, kaneohe bay. *sigh* i miss it already.
~ i went to the beach the thursday after i came back. i was still recovering from the nasty bacteria i caught in hawaii and stayed home from work. slept until 3pm, then it was too hot to even sleep, so my brother and i went to the beach. it wasn't too crowded at all as it was already past labor day. and the beach was decently clean. i was actually surprised to notice that the water is fairly clear in huntington beach. the waves were more vigorous than hawaii's at this time of year and i was battling waves and losing that fight. i was thrashed about so badly that my contacts were swept away, leaving my eyesight completely blurry! plus when i came out, talagang hingal na hingal ako (i was really really out of breath!)!
~ a fabulous date! no not with gl, but with mina! it's been so long since we've gotten together and just had fun talking and laughing. she told me her wonderful awwww proposal story and we talked about the stresses of the wedding planning. but we had a very lovely time talking about themes and colors and other wedding-y things. we also talked about hawaii and our adventures there. i treasure these moments especially after basically losing a year with each other. it certainly took awhile, but i'm glad our friendship is stronger because of it.
okay, so that's the update for the past 4 weeks or so. hopefully, i won't be gone too long. pray that i get my new computer soon!
it's been forever and a day, i know. and i've missed it. i've missed blogging, and i've missed reading blogs. some of yours, i read to laugh at the randomness, some of yours, i read for inspiration. some things have changed, some have remained the same in the bloggity blog world. i've gotten news late, i've been out of touch with lots. well, i'm not resolving to be back again full force. i just don't have the same amount of time as i used to when i was just temp-ing here at kaiser. but as soon as i get my new computer (woohoo!) this week, i'll at least be reading and commenting more often. and maybe a few entries will even be written.
some things i really wanted to note for posterity:
~ my birthday celebration was a little tough to schedule. my real birthday fell on a monday and i wanted to have dinner with my family. the weekend before was the days with the lord retreat from friday to sunday, so partying that weekend was completely out. the thursday before, gl & i had committed to attending verwin's show, so that night was out. that's why it was on wednesday that we had a lovely gathering at banana bay in rowland heights. i love that place. it accomodates groups of 20some, has very good cheap prices and great food. the location is central enough too. maybe not to l.a. or irvine peeps, but heck, they're both equally far at least. i was surprised that i even got some presents. the best present of all, really though, was just that people came out. especially long-time friends that i really don't see very often. the company and the fact that you came really meant a lot to me and i thank you for coming to help celebrate my life. it's really been a rather good year and i have so much to be thankful for. so thanx for your friendship, new and old!
~ the days weekend. *sigh* for those who weren't there, we needed your presence. for those who were there, thank God you were there. it was a tough weekend, but everyone pulled together and it was wonderful to see this community work so well together even when we hardly see each other. it was personally stressful and with 3 participants, why wouldn't it be? but in the end of it all, all was wonderful, just as God ordained it to be.
~ a surprise (well, not really, cuz i knew about it, but i forgot, so i was still surprised) that weekend was that r came. heheeh, initial shock to my system as i haven't seen him in forever. and you know how it is when you see ex's. you wanna look your best. well, crap, it was the afternoon and i hadn't showered yet. i was too busy running around like a chicken with my head cut off. so i was talking with some other friends and i saw r outside through the doorway, looking lost. the first thought i had was, oh, i'm glad he came. i know it'll mean a lot to mina. and the next thought that came out was, dang it, i look like crap; i haven't even showered yet. then the calculation starts: do i shower now? but i don't want it to seem like i'm showering cuz he's here, plus i don't really wanna shower right now and i don't have time. plus i don't really care all that much, it's just me being silly. so i don't shower. and i eventually see him and say hi. later, as dexie and i continue to do our task, i'm falling asleep (due to tiredness and lack of sleep the night before) and just generally feeling blech. she kept telling me to take a shower so i'd feel better. and what goes through my head? crap, i don't want it to seem like i'm showering cuz the ex is here. but a shower will make me feel better. do i shower, do i not? screw it, i'm showering for myself not for him! i'm showering. understand that these thoughts occured within 1 second. dang, all that forethought just for a shower. how complicated i make things sometimes. it was funny though and i crack up cuz it was the most unimportant concern during the whole weekend and i dwelled on it for all too long, 1 second too long. hehhe, silliness!
~ hmm, what else happened that weekend... oh, the dana story. r hasn't met dana or many of the dazers that weekend. they introduce themselves to each other and it somehow comes out that r is my ex. and dana goes, oh YOU'RE r! now add to it a leaning backward motion as if to get away from him. it was hilarious, okay crap, re-reading it now, it doesn't read very hilarious. will someone else retell the story in the comments box? i know some of you lurkers out there can retell it better.
~ mina's story. oh dang it, this one's a better story, but it ruins certain surprises of the retreat. if you're a dazer and haven't heard the story, call or email me.
~ dinner with my family at saigon bistro was great! good food, cheap food, good conversation even! heheh and after all these years of eating there, i finally found out the server's name. his family owns the restaurant and my dad even spoke some french with him. i forget how cultured my dad is sometimes. that he lived in switzerland for a year and traveled around europe. it was a lovely birthday dinner with my family.
~ hawaii! well, you've seen the pix below hopefully. it was a great time. very very different than last time, as it really should be. the food was great, but i'm looking forward to more different kinds next time. also, i don't wanna do the tourist stuff anymore. i need to see the local beaches. i really really really wanna learn how to surf. i could stay in that ocean for hours (as i did during the snorkeling cruise-3 hours without getting out of the water except to go down the slide!) and i really have to jump off that big ol' rock in waimea beach. like last time, we drove by it as i waved bye to that awesome rock. and i really wanna spend some time in the windward beaches, lanikai, cromwell's, kaneohe bay. *sigh* i miss it already.
~ i went to the beach the thursday after i came back. i was still recovering from the nasty bacteria i caught in hawaii and stayed home from work. slept until 3pm, then it was too hot to even sleep, so my brother and i went to the beach. it wasn't too crowded at all as it was already past labor day. and the beach was decently clean. i was actually surprised to notice that the water is fairly clear in huntington beach. the waves were more vigorous than hawaii's at this time of year and i was battling waves and losing that fight. i was thrashed about so badly that my contacts were swept away, leaving my eyesight completely blurry! plus when i came out, talagang hingal na hingal ako (i was really really out of breath!)!
~ a fabulous date! no not with gl, but with mina! it's been so long since we've gotten together and just had fun talking and laughing. she told me her wonderful awwww proposal story and we talked about the stresses of the wedding planning. but we had a very lovely time talking about themes and colors and other wedding-y things. we also talked about hawaii and our adventures there. i treasure these moments especially after basically losing a year with each other. it certainly took awhile, but i'm glad our friendship is stronger because of it.
okay, so that's the update for the past 4 weeks or so. hopefully, i won't be gone too long. pray that i get my new computer soon!
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