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Hello 2011

2011-02-27T15:19:00.000-05:00

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Where da gold at?! 2010

2010-03-17T19:05:00.000-04:00

In keeping with tradition of years past, here is my annual St. Patrick's Day video post. Have a safe holiday!Where da gold at 2009

How someone gave diarrhea to an entire wedding party

2009-06-21T01:04:00.000-04:00

[i got this image from googling "smoked salmon diarrhea"]Oh man! Gotta read this story. I came across it tonight on this forum and thought I'd share it:The FavorIn 2002 some very close friends of mine were getting married and they asked me to create wedding favors for their reception. A wedding favor is a small gift given to attendees of a wedding as a gesture of appreciation from the bride and

Tag...I'm it!

2009-05-29T16:49:00.000-04:00

I love these little surveys, haha. My sister recently tagged me so here we go!!_what is your current obsession?_*nutella - a spoonful here and there, but if I'm making crepes i'll go crazy with it! *blockles_what is your weirdest obsession?_*i like to imitate my birds when I talk to my sister. "meh meh mehhh!! bep bep!!" lol, crazy we are._Starbucks or Peet's?_*Either one. Every coffee chain

Time to put away the sweats?

2009-05-20T15:28:00.000-04:00

[My sister* started her own blog and has been pestering me to update mine, haha]Damn, weather...it's about time! My dresser was being cluttered with different types of pajamas and loungewear because some days it would be in the 80s, then the next couple of days in the 50s. But for the next week or so, we might (finally) have consistently warm weather:Not only will the sunshine help lift my

[Video] Fun with budgies

2009-03-19T16:56:00.000-04:00

Like most parents, mine usually send me chain mails with dire warnings about plastics or random animal videos. I thought that this video was particularly fun and share-worthy: Dah! These birds are so damn smart and cute!Don't count on my finches being able to do that, ever...

Where da gold at 2009!

2009-03-17T10:27:00.000-04:00

Robin in a bed of cloversHappy St. Patrick's Day! Once again, I bring you these classics:Rap remix:

Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality

2009-02-20T02:27:00.000-05:00

Happy 2009!! I've been hibernating.This is either a really good or really bad (lazy) first post of the year. Oh well, just wanted to share this funny link!Fast Food: Ads vs. RealityIs it weird that this reminds me of Before/After pictures of celebs?

Oldest lolcat found! haha

2008-12-02T15:18:00.000-05:00

From 1905more animals

First snow of the season + casatiello

2008-11-17T19:02:00.000-05:00

Hooray! It's raining dippin' dots!The snow from earlier today:D'oh! I almost forgot about the bread I baked this week. This casatiello is the first thing I've made from Peter Reinhart’s The Bread Baker’s Apprentice, and it is frikkin' fantastic. LOVE IT! The fontina cheese that I had leftover from when I made pizza was rotten to the core =( so I used some cheddar cheese instead. Luckily the

MRE - Meal, Ready to Eat

2008-11-12T22:30:00.000-05:00

Good lord, no. No, I did not eat one. Rather, I have found my way to videos of people eating these MREs on YouTube.I've seen videos of people eating these ready-to-eat meals before, but this fellow named "Kato" (mrejap) that I stumbled upon tonight had videos that made me chuckle and want to hurl.His profile says:Hello my name is mrejapanI can speak English just a littleI Looking for military

Wandering Chopstick's Macaroni & Cheese

2008-10-27T21:07:00.000-04:00

When we had just bought a block of cheddar cheese and I saw that Wandering Chopsticks posted a new recipe for her macaroni and cheese, I just knew that I had to make it. I've never made a bechamel sauce before and I've never made homemade stovetop mac 'n cheese, but her recipe looked yummy and approachable for a rookie like me.I jazzed up my mac 'n cheese with some dijon mustard and sriracha and

My first homemade pizza

2008-10-01T22:34:00.000-04:00

So, right before I found out that my zebra finch Mulan was dead, I was getting ready to make some pizza for lunch. I removed some pizza dough from the fridge to sit out for a couple of hours and went downstairs into the basement to bring the birds upstairs to get some sun on the deck. Wah! Yes, and for the rest of the day I was bummed.After I came back inside from burying him, I saw the dough

Bye bye birdie

2008-09-27T21:46:00.000-04:00

*Warning: Dead pet photos*My other zebra finch, Mulan passed away this morning (I forget why we named him that. Yes, HIM. It was an inside joke that I can't remember).*sigh* I thought that I'd be used to dead birds after dealing with so many in an undergraduate research lab, but of course since he was my pet I got pretty sad. After I picked him up and buried him I was ok. Then when I told my

Wind storm damage

2008-09-26T10:55:00.000-04:00

Just in case I missed having the Santa Ana winds back in Cali, a wind storm blew through Ohio on Sept. 14, taking down trees and cutting off power for hundreds of thousands of people. And instead of brushfires up in the hills, we've got flames igniting fields of mulch.Haha, my stepmom...These winds were remnants of Hurricane Ike and with wind gusts around 70 mph and knocking me to the ground, I

List: 100 Vietnamese Foods to Try

2008-09-18T14:18:00.000-04:00

Wandering Chopsticks created a list of 100 Vietnamese foods to try at least once in your life. More info in her post and links to other lists including the one start started it.100 Vietnamese Foods to Try1. Banh Bao (Steamed Bun)2. Banh Beo (Rice Flour Discs with Dried Shrimp)3. Banh Bot Loc/Banh Quai Vac (Dumplings with Pork and Shrimp or just Shrimp)4. Banh Canh Cua (Udon-like Noodles with Crab

Fall Season!

2008-09-11T15:38:00.000-04:00

The days are cooler and the nights are certainly a lot colder than it was last week. When my comforter is no longer an annoying insulator and I switch from my shorts to pajama pants, it can only mean that summer is giving way to fall! It's still warm enough in the day to wear shorts and thinking about wearing jeans once the weather gets colder makes me cringe because my legs are so used to not

My Aunt Cindy was born on August 26

2008-08-27T02:00:00.000-04:00

My Aunt Cindy was born on August 26, 1975 and passed away on February 5 of this year. Yesterday would've been her 33rd birthday.In the picture above, she's holding my cousin Beth who just turned 1 years old at that time last year. She's my Uncle Long and Paul's daughter and I want to congratulate them on their wedding that they had earlier this month. If you're behind on the times, same-sex

Las Vegas 08/08/08

2008-08-17T20:50:00.000-04:00

My visit to Las Vegas and more importantly, California, was TOO short! 08/08/08 seemed like the perfect day to go to Vegas because 888 is a lucky number, but we didn't win that much. Oh well!My parents, aunt, uncle, and their friends decided to go on the gondola ride at the Venetian, and I'm not sure what my sister Stephanie thought of it, but I thought, why not! Let's go too!...Funniest (and

Daaaamn, that was a long hiatus

2008-08-02T00:37:00.000-04:00

4 months of no new posts. Blame it on the Xbox! GTA 4, CoD 4, Halo 3, GH3, Rockband...all these games that I've fallen in love with after playing them at my sister's place and I just had to buy my own. But playing videogames gets old after a while and I haven't been playing that much. That's why I'm here!Hmm, May. Since then, I've worked at Nationwide for a while doing mindless data entering (and

Consider it "economic stimulation"

2008-05-04T00:56:00.000-04:00

I am NOT gonna buy an Xbox 360 just because of the new GTA IV. I mean, I haven't even finished GTA: San Andreas and I got that like...4 years ago (from my dad, for my birthday, lol).With that being said........I probably will. Ha! I'll crunch in a few more hours at work to soften the blow to my bank account.====My previous gaming console acquisition adventure: Nintendo Wii

Crackers!

2008-04-21T21:31:00.000-04:00

[Before I forget, check out the Gillette Game Room page that my sister helped her company create for Gillette. I love videogames, so I'm pretty excited that she gets to work with them. ====> look in my AV section too]GEEZ, this month is going by fast!! It's been 21 days since my last post and it seems like it was not even a week ago. I guess that's what a 9-5 office job does to you. It's supposed

Finally, banana bread!

2008-03-30T21:07:00.000-04:00

Man, every time I've wanted to make banana bread, people keep eating all of the bananas! After my parents finished the last bunch, I said "awww, I wanted to make banana bread =( *kicks the ground*" and the next day, my dad bought another bunch of bananas. Haha, I'm such a brat. Except these bananas were SO green! Man, can't a girl make some banana bread?! So I waited for them to ripen. Then the

BrrRrRRrread-d-d-d-d

2008-03-29T23:16:00.000-04:00

Ok, so it isn't that cold now. It was probably in the high 40s and the sun was shining brightly today. Yeesh, 40-something and not that cold? I hope I don't melt when I visit CA (whenever that'll be!).But! I think that it was snowing almost a couple weeks ago when I made my first ever carrot bread. Citrus carrot bread to be exact. I made a version of this recipe. There was another recipe that I

Where da gold at?

2008-03-17T19:07:00.000-04:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Enjoy these classics:Rap remix:

Ken Lee!!

2008-03-16T21:45:00.000-04:00

From Bulgarian Music Idol...a rendition of Mariah Carey's Without YouYou gotta love her passion for this song! It's a lot better than me singing Japanese anime songs back in junior high, haha.Ken Lee... Dulibu dibu douchuuu!

Buckeye Blizzard*!

2008-03-09T01:14:00.000-05:00

The snow started to fall on Friday morning and got bad enough around 2pm for my work to shut down and send employees home. It reached blizzard conditions that night and through this afternoon. What a way to welcome this California girl to Ohio!I think it has stopped snowing. We got about 20 inches; however, our deck has this huge wave-like mass of snow that's like 2-2.5 ft high that was formed by

RITotD: Colonel...kernel

2008-02-24T18:40:00.000-05:00

A new "___ of the day" category. Random, interesting tidbit of the day (RITotD)! Don't mind the fact that RITotD kinda sounds like "retarded." Maybe it's a sign...=?Why is "colonel" pronounced "kernel"?Dear Cecil:Why is "colonel" pronounced "kernel"? --Listener, Ed Busch talk show, DallasCecil replies:Mainly to continue the tradition of making English as incomprehensible as possible, thereby

And back to a Winter Wonderland

2008-02-21T01:11:00.000-05:00

Your goofy nieces and nephews miss you Di Ha (Aunt Cindy)!*****After a vacation in SoCal's warm weather (it was about 85 F at one point!), it's back to the 20-something degree weather and snow. Oh, that's right...it's still winter!The forecast for today (well, now it's actually yesterday...) said to expect 1 inch of snow. It didn't look like 1 inch to me!TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE!I didn't even know

Back from California

2008-02-20T00:21:00.000-05:00

My nearly 3 weeks visit to California couldn't have been any shorter! I pushed up my departure flight more than 3 weeks when I heard that my aunt was in ICU. My Aunt Cindy passed away almost a week after I arrived and I am so thankful that I got to spend that time with her before she went. I'll never forget the last time she looked at me and squeezed my hand. The pressure of her grasp will

Cindy Hoang Tanaka

2008-02-06T04:38:00.000-05:00

My Aunt Cindy, the strongest and most beautiful woman I know, passed away last night at 11:42 pm with friends and family by her side. It was a difficult journey, but it ended peacefully. What will not end, though, is her lasting impression on all of us.In memory of Cindy Ha Hoang TanakaAugust 26, 1975 - February 5, 2008We love and miss you so much <3Photo taken by DrewB Photography

Father knows best!

2008-02-04T23:37:00.000-05:00

My mom bought me a North Face backpack at the North Face manufacturing facility while she was vacationing in Vietnam. Yes, it's real! It's the first North Face item I've ever had and it's got 2 things on a backpack that I've never had on any of my other backpacks: a whistle and a rain cover. Neat-o!At first I didn't know what that little pouch was for, so I asked my dad. He told me that it's a

Aunt Cindy's status

2008-02-02T23:22:00.000-05:00

Support CindySummary of Events:* January 17, 2008 ~ Chemo drug FUDR was infused into her HAI pump.* January 18, 2008 ~ For mineral deficiency, magnesium was infused because her levels are low. * January 25, 2008 ~ Breathing continues to be labor intensive so Cindy is admitted to UCI Medical Center. The chemo drug FUDR was removed from her HAI pump.* January 29, 2008 ~ Cindy is currently in ICU.

Tired kitten

2008-01-29T01:10:00.000-05:00

Aww, so cute. It doesn't help that I want a cat but can't have one due to my allergies, new house, parents won't let me, and the list goes on.Something to lighten up the mood of my recent posts. I think that the cold, dreary weather and boredom has gotten to me. Luckily I'm closer to getting a job (hopefully soon), and I'll be out and about.I also need some sunshine over here!

Charbucks

2008-01-28T16:58:00.001-05:00

Chatty baristas at Starbucks make me uncomfortable because I don't want to have to come up with answers to their scripted lines. They always ask me "So, what are you up to today?" Huh? What happened to good ol' "Hi, how are you?" Sorry, but I'm not really here for a conversation.I think today was the 3rd time I went through their drive thru and I had already decided that I'd just roll up my

Dogs and MRSA infection

2008-01-28T15:39:00.001-05:00

In podcast #58 from DogCast Radio, Jill Moss talks about MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), which took the life of her dog as well as many others.MRSA is spread by direct contact or by air currents or by sneezes or coughs. Research shows that it moves from the environment to people, from person to person, person to animal, or animal to person or environment. Pets can become

OWWW!! Why would you pierce yourself there?!

2008-01-26T00:00:00.000-05:00

I burned my tongue a couple of days ago on a broiled tomato. Oh man, that tomato was so good that I didn't even get up for water. I just ate a couple more tomatoes until I figured that I should get some water before I do some permanent damage. =P My tongue still stings, so I guess I've learned my lesson. I'm looking for stuff to decorate my room with and then I thought of Goodwill. Why not?! It's

"Huge in Asia: An End and a Beginning"

2008-01-24T09:22:00.000-05:00

I've followed Huge in Asia a while back and their absence for the past few months made me think that they've fallen off the face of the Earth. But fret not...they are back. No, they didn't exactly make it "Huge in Asia," but it looks like they had a shitload of fun traveling through Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, China, and Mongolia.So from the guys who brought you the internet phenomenon,

Why our house smells so good!

2008-01-16T20:38:00.000-05:00

Durian (sau rieng)It's pretty comforting to have something like this in our new home! I love the smell and taste, but I don't really like the mushy and fibrous texture. Eating it semi-frozen helps with that.When I go out for my errands, I usually pass by this cemetery that's right on the corner of a busy intersection. These are the poor souls who have died from the stink and taste of durian. haha

"The World's Thinnest Notebook"

2008-01-16T02:20:00.000-05:00

Apple's new MacBook Air reminds me of these flat pretzel crisps that I bought a few days ago...The new trackpad and Remote Disk are pretty neat. Wouldn't get one though. Ha! As if I had money like that to spend on something I don't need.

Lots of new posts from Aunt Cindy

2008-01-14T00:47:00.000-05:00

Summary of events from this month:* January 3, 2008 ~ Cindy received her second round of chemo today with the new drug Panitumumab (marketed as Vectibix). This fully human monoclonal antibody was FDA approved for the first time in Sept 2006. Her bilirubin counts have decreased to 8.* January 8, 2008 ~ Appointment with Dr. Holcombe to get the X-ray CT scan in her upper body due to recent

In my spare time...

2008-01-07T01:08:00.000-05:00

I am a major geek.Actually...when am I not? I guess it's a full-time thing. Anyways, after almost a year that my WoW trial account expired, I got the WoW Battlechest for my birthday in October. Thankfully, I'm a casual player who is not addicted to it like a lot of other people. Sheesh! Excessive WoW ruins lives.But now, I want to take this time to celebrate my main, a gnome warlock (yes, laugh

Merry Christmas!!

2007-12-24T20:02:00.000-05:00

Haha, these pictures are from the beginning of the month. No white Christmas this year, but it did snow a little bit yesterday. Not enough to stay on the ground though. The good thing is that I didn't have to shovel any snow again!Happy Holidays!

"I put on my robe and wizard hat"

2007-12-18T20:02:00.000-05:00

Omg, I can't believe it took me this long to hear about Bloodninja! This is the most hilarious thing I've read in a long while.Google BloodninjaIt's a chatlog of old prank cyber sex chats.Here's a good site for some of them.I laughed so hard on the second page that I need to wipe off my keyboard and computer screen."The Complete Series of Bloodninja

I'm a donut

2007-12-10T02:37:00.000-05:00

You Are a Boston Creme DonutYou have a tough exterior. No one wants to mess with you.But on the inside, you're a total pushover and completely soft.You're a traditionalist, and you don't change easily.You're likely to eat the same doughnut every morning, and pout if it's sold out.What Donut Are You?Found it off another blog that has picqued my interest. Got there after watching a video on

New posts from Aunt Cindy...and I'm getting ready to move to Ohio!

2007-11-28T20:25:00.000-05:00

My Aunt Cindy had the surgery earlier this month and has been recovering since then.Her postThanksgiving (and the 4 parties to go along with it!) was nice. Lots of food, family, and fun.Saturday is the big day! I'm flying to OH to live, not to visit =( I'll miss CA, but I'll be visiting as often as I can. I'm already planning on visiting for Tet in February, haha.So much on my mind...Here are

Half man half tree

2007-11-18T00:31:00.000-05:00

Wow...just wow.Tree man 'who grew roots' may be curedDede's problem is that he has a rare genetic fault that impedes his immune system, meaning his body is unable to contain the warts.The virus was therefore able to "hijack the cellular machinery of his skin cells", ordering them to produce massive amounts of the substance that caused the tree-like growths known as "cutaneous horns" on his hands

It's been 1 month

2007-11-13T02:23:00.000-05:00

It's been 1 month since Robin passed away (October 12, 2007). It doesn't seem much of a significant timemark than say, 1 year...but it's something I just remembered. Rest in peace Bean.

Visiting OH again!

2007-11-04T23:15:00.000-05:00

My dad and I are in OH visiting my stepmom (my stepsister decided to move back to CA. I hope that I can be able to stand it here!). Man, it is freakin' COLD! No more sandals year-round for me while I'm here, haha. It's so cold that you can already see your breath in the air...IN THE HOUSE. wtf. The weather is pretty dramatic. The first couple of days were sunny, but today there were thunderstorms

New posts from Aunt Cindy 10/31

2007-11-01T04:11:00.000-04:00

A few new ones that I didn't have a chance to post up.The latest one is from 10/31. Some disappointing news about fluid buildup, tumor growth, and possible spread to the lungs =( My aunt will be getting surgery on 11/2 for the HAI pump.Read it hereAunt Cindy (aka Di Ha) at the Halloween party, getting ready to announce the winners of the candy corn count!Di Ha's Nemo pumpkin. How cute!Please keep

Happy Halloween!!

2007-11-01T00:37:00.000-04:00

I hope everyone is enjoying the Halloween festivities!I can't believe how many kids there are this year...definitely MORE than last year! At least 350 kids because that's when we ran out of candy at 8:30pm. It was good exercise to run back and forth from the front door. ;DHalloween 2007 pictures!

Robin's home...

2007-10-26T19:42:00.000-04:00

On Wednesday the animal hospital called to let me know that Robin's ashes were ready to be picked up. First, I stopped by the emergency hospital near my house where Robin had that surgery last year, and dropped off a long overdue thank you card. I had another thank you card with Robin's photo ready for her regular hospital.At the hospital, we talked a bit about Robin and I thanked them for all

R.I.P. Robin, 1989-Oct. 12, 2007

2007-10-16T00:47:00.000-04:00

*sniff* =*(My little pup Robin passed away on Friday morning, October 12, 2007. For the past couple of months, she has gotten weaker by the day and the few days before she passed, she grew incredibly weak and had significant loss of appetite. It was unfortunate that I was away when she passed away. I had to attend a family reunion vacation with my mom's side on a cruise ship, and it was very

New post from Aunt Cindy 10/3

2007-10-05T23:59:00.000-04:00

"Great news, after her appointment with Dr. Kemeny at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in NYC, Cindy is a candidate for the Hepatic Arterial Infusion (HAI). HAI therapy delivers chemotherapeutic agents directly to the liver through a catheter placed in the hepatic artery."Her trip to NY to visit Dr. Kemeny, HAI pump, and the upcoming Casino Night!Read about it here.

Warning: Brain-eating amoeba!

2007-10-03T01:52:00.000-04:00

This is one seriously scary amoeba. 6 people have died from it this year, and one teen was infected by the amoeba when he was swimming in Lake Havasu.Killer Amoeba Blamed for Six Deaths

It just all adds up

2007-09-30T03:30:00.001-04:00

A man named Woods + a drink called Boost Plus = an erectionUnless his name was Richard (a.k.a Dick) Weiner, then this couldn't have been a better story.Ugh, I'm bored on a Saturday night!!

New Posts from Aunt Cindy 9/19 & 9/24

2007-09-27T13:30:00.000-04:00

Chemo, Palm Springs, getting ready for Dr. Kemeny, and an upcoming cruise to Baja Mexico (and I'm coming along!).Her post

Robin's in a magazine!

2007-09-25T17:12:00.000-04:00

Well, Robin didn't make OC Register's "My Dog's Face" section this year (*cough* because of cheating owners *cough*), but she DID make Popular Dogs Series's most recent Pomeranians magazine!Here are some pictures, but check it out in person at Petsmart or Petco because it's cool to see it in person!You're famous, little one!

The American War: The U.S. in Vietnam

2007-09-15T02:00:00.000-04:00

I can't believe these cartoon cats taught me just as much about the Vietnam War (aka the American War) as my teachers and textbooks have...AND more.The American War: The U.S. in VietnamYes, it's not a complete analysis and it does throw around some theories, but I thought it was a good overview. Some of the people's comments under the video are pretty interesting too. Well, only like 1% of the

New posts from Aunt Cindy 9/4-9/5

2007-09-06T13:51:00.000-04:00

Birthday poker party and chemo.Her postDarn it...I wish I had known about the party in advance! I was out of town... =(

I'm moving!

2007-09-05T23:56:00.000-04:00

Well! My parents bought a house in Ohio and half of our family has already moved there. I just came back from visiting my new home and it's wonderful. The house is bigger than our Orange County one, and at 1/3 of the price. Unbelievable. I'm still living in our house in CA with my dad (we left behind some stuff to give away or sell later on). It's probably gonna take a while for it to sell since

New post from Aunt Cindy 8/21

2007-08-23T03:48:00.000-04:00

Allergic reaction to chemo, an appointment for a new chemo pump at Sloan-Kettering Hospital in NY, and construction of the Garden of Dreams.Her post.Aunt Cindy and her niece, Beth, at Beth's 1st Birthday. SO cute!

My Aunt Cindy's blog

2007-08-11T03:39:00.000-04:00

My Aunt Cindy has a support website for colon cancer that I visit from time to time.I've decided that as soon as I find out she has a new entry, I'll make a notification here on my blog so that others can read it. It's unbelievable what she's going through and I hope more people will be aware of colon cancer and what it's like to live with it.If possible, please add your name to the Thousand

Dinglehopper, the Pomeranian from a puppy mill

2007-08-08T01:19:00.000-04:00

I came across Michelle's website for Dinglehopper, her Pomeranian that she bought from a pet store. I hope that by now, most people know that pet store dogs come from puppy mills, and Dinglehopper is no exception.Please visit her site...it's an interesting read.

Huntington Dog Beach

2007-07-29T16:16:00.001-04:00

After being born and raised in California for 18 years, my dog Robin FINALLY visited a beach! We took the Doggie Bus which leaves from Tustin heading to the Huntington Dog Beach, which I heard was Orange County's only off-leash dog beach.The bus had little window slots for the dogs to look out of. As we're driving along, a lot of people pointed at the bus and waved to all the doggies. My favorite

Oahu, July 2007

2007-07-25T00:11:00.000-04:00

I came back from a family vacation to Oahu last week and it was the second time I've been there. The first time was in 1994, when pogs were all the rage and I came back home with some nice additions to my collection. I finally got around to uploading my photos from Oahu and it's been a week since we've gone back. The rest of them are here, but here are a few:Polynesian Cultural CenterFirst time

Graduation and Las Vegas

2007-06-25T22:17:00.000-04:00

This post is gonna be jam-packed with photos! Enjoy!My graduation ceremony at the UCI Bren Events Center on Sunday, June 17, 2007:Faculty of the School of Biological Sciences. On the bigscreen is Professor Summers, my human physiology professor. He's the "Fish Guy" at the end of the credits in Finding Nemo. The lady in the front on the left was my professor for the research lab in the aviaryTONS

FREEDOM!!!!!!

2007-06-15T03:55:00.001-04:00

[Update: Watch me graduate on our live webstream on Sunday at 5pm!]I'm done!! Well, I guess it's not official until my graduation ceremony and perhaps until I get my real diploma in a few weeks. Whatever. I'm done with undergrad.Briefly looking back at these 4 years, I feel kind of apathetic. Were these the best years of my life so far? I can't tell... Maybe it's because I didn't have a very

Anaheim Ducks take the Stanley Cup!

2007-06-07T02:01:00.000-04:00

Yay! Congrats to our home team for making California history! I've only been to one of their games back in February and I don't keep up with their scores, but I just wanted to congratulate them (and to also post this photo of my sister and I...haha. Notice anything unusual?).Gooooooo Dicks! Ducks!!Hmm, I think it's time for me to get a new hairstyle (or at least A hairstyle). I've been wanting

I took the plunge into the world of Apple!

2007-05-30T23:09:00.000-04:00

Even though I said that I would wait until after graduation, I couldn't resist any longer! For the past 2 months I've been seriously looking into the Macbooks, and when Apple upgraded them and lowered the prices a bit, it was a sign to finally lay down the dough and go towards the light!What else would I have as my background? Sorry about the candle. This picture was originally intended for a

Happy 91st Birthday Ba Noi!

2007-05-29T00:47:00.000-04:00

Celebrated my Grandma's (Ba Noi) birthday a lil early this year. I think it's June 4th? It seems like it's always a different day each year. I used to think that it was at the end of June. Oh well, her whole life is still a big mystery to everyone.Doesn't she look good for 91? Dang, I wish I could live to that age and still be able to walk, talk (although not as much as her!), and cook.Don't mess

Dramatic reading of a real break up letter

2007-05-20T20:43:00.000-04:00

This is so funny that's it's worth sharing. I laughed so much!Read along with the narrator.You make me touch your hands for stupid reasonsI hope you had a good laugh.

Mediterranean potato salad

2007-05-18T18:27:00.000-04:00

We had a few potatoes left from a "variety pack" that we got at Trader Joe's. I was sick of just snacking on a plain potato dipped in salmon seasoning (haha, it's pretty good...) so I looked for a recipe using potatoes and some feta, which I also wanted to finish up. After an ingredient search for potatoes and feta, I came across the Mediterranean potato salad. I did a quick scan of the

Introducing Mr. and Mrs. Tanaka!

2007-05-09T03:47:00.000-04:00

My Aunt Cindy and new Uncle Jared had their wedding this past Saturday. It was one of the best and one of the most significant weddings I've ever gone to, not only because every detail was fabulous, but that it really rings true to the phrase "Love Conquers All." As you may or may not know, my Aunt has been battling colon cancer for the past 3 months and she is definitely not letting it get her

Pet food recalls

2007-04-27T13:41:00.000-04:00

This whole pet food recall is just a disaster. There are a lot more brands that have been contaminated and a LOT more dogs that have died that are not being addressed by the FDA. The brand that I feed Robin was "safe" until stores started pulling them off the shelves for the past week. It seems like this recall won't stop until every brand of dog food is pulled off the shelves.I'm not really sure

Lifecasting 24/7

2007-04-27T04:10:00.000-04:00

There are plenty of podcasts and vlogcasts out there, but have you ever seen a lifecast? That's what a guy named Justin Kan of Justin.tv is doing. For the past 39 days, he has worn a camera mounted onto his hat that streams live videos of his day to day activities. Of course, he doesn't show us everything such as when he goes to the bathroom or wear the hat in his sleep, but you get to follow him

Earth Day 2007!

2007-04-22T14:44:00.000-04:00

I have a penchant for contrasting weather such as bright and sunny days that are near freezing cold, and rainy days with sunshine. I especially like those rainy days; I guess seeing that sunshine takes away the gloom for a few hours!Can you see the rain?A break in the cloudsI think this is a Black Magic rose...I love that funky weather and I hope that it doesn't have to do with our climate change

Travel map - Places I've been

2007-04-21T20:44:00.000-04:00

If memory serves me right, these are the states/countries I've been to:I need to make that map more green!!

A possum in the doghouse!!

2007-04-13T19:38:00.000-04:00

Last week, I was putting Robin into the garage for the night when I noticed that her water bowl and my birds' water tower were knocked over. Robin was sniffing all over the place until she got to her doghouse and stared at something. She growled and to my surprise something else growled back!! I looked into her house and a possum was staring back at me!Possums are kinda cute, but kinda ugly.I put

Cosplay gone wrong!!

2007-04-03T00:24:00.000-04:00

Cosplay = cos(tume) + play"a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga, anime, tokusatsu, and video games, and, less commonly, Japanese live action television shows, fantasy movies, or Japanese pop music bands. However, in some circles, "cosplay" has been expanded to mean simply wearing a costume."This is a freakin' popular hobby, and on Flickr there are over 100,000

Blog remodelling and SPRING BREAK!

2007-03-24T04:22:00.000-04:00

Same blog, new look. Just in case you thought you were lost!Spring break has started. Thank God! Last quarter was hellish and I am glad to get out of that mess! Most of my classes were so boring...But I did appreciate all the things I learned about HIV/AIDS. Three of my classes talked a lot about HIV/AIDS, and I got to know it from both a biological and anthropological perspective. For anthro, I

"Pseudomamma"...Mamma mia!!

2007-03-20T17:47:00.000-04:00

I'm in the middle of writing a 12+ page paper, but I just HAD to share this in case no one else has heard about it in the past week.A 22-year old woman has "a well-formed nipple surrounded by areola and hair...To our knowledge, this is the first report of supernumerary breast tissue on the foot."Wow, so many jokes to be made. Foot fetishes, new dairy products, breastfeeding *stomp!*, lingerie. Ha

The new ice cream man is scary

2007-03-10T19:27:00.000-05:00

Oh ice cream man. Bearer of delicious frozen treats and lead-laced Mexican candy. Whenever I heard the "Pop Goes the Weasel" song, I'd scramble for change and run across my lawn in hopes of catching him.There are only two songs that I've ever heard come out of an ice cream truck, and those are "Pop Goes the Weasel" and "The Entertainer." Great songs with good vibes; qualities that the new ice

No me gusta Coco Rico!

2007-03-09T23:40:00.000-05:00

My sister loves to drink this soda straight, but I just can't because it tastes too artificial and nasty to me. We use it to cook braised pork and eggs, which is fine because the soda cooks away and you can't even detect it in the dish. As a drink, I'll never ever drink Coco Rico again!I haven't had it in a while, so tonight I thought that perhaps it wouldn't be so bad if I mixed it with coconut

Was I born with 2 left feet?

2007-03-05T19:29:00.000-05:00

I don't dance and I'm horrible at it. So when I say that I have 2 left feet, I MEAN IT! Well, I don't really have 2 left feet in the anatomical sense, but my birth certificate shows otherwise:Haha! I must go in search of that other person that has 2 right feet. We must be solemates. ;)

I <3 YouTube -- #1

2007-03-04T18:16:00.000-05:00

I've spent hundreds of hours on YouTube over the past 2 years watching stand-up comedies, viral videos, tv shows, movies, music videos, interviews, homemade movies, and more. I came upon this recently:O-zone-Dragosta Din Tei (A.K.A Numa Numa)The song by itself annoys the hell out of me, but it's perfect for this guy to dance and sing along to!I guess it first debuted on Newgrounds. I haven't been

Breasts = Butts

2007-03-02T14:34:00.000-05:00

Desmond Morris' book, The Naked Ape (1967), suggested that permanently enlarged breasts in human females resulted from hominid bipedalism."...as early humans (hominids) began walking upright, face-to-face encounters between the sexes became the norm, affecting the position used in sexual intercourse: males would no longer mount females from behind as they do among non-human primates. In the

Receiving food from the poor

2007-02-26T20:58:00.000-05:00

My sister brought home a piece of chocolate cake and said:"Before you eat this, I must tell you...that I bought it from a homeless woman! When I was in the parking lot, she came up to me and said that she needed help paying for rent and asked if I would like to buy some cake. She had brown teeth and I wanted to help, so I bought it from her for $3!"I thought it was a nice gesture on both their

1.5 hours of solitaire

2007-02-25T22:40:00.000-05:00

My first step in studying for the Dental Admission Test (DAT) was to take a practice DAT. Although we don't get our results until later this week, let's just say that someone doesn't remember much from her first 2 years of bio and chem! I didn't study at all and g*ddamn, that test was hard! Time to buy some books and CDs to study with.She's an angel AND a devil!I had my finger over the flash in

Chuc mung nam moi!

2007-02-19T02:52:00.000-05:00

Happy Lunar New Year!My sister put these on every bedroom door, haha.Mmm, frutas!Banh chung...mmmmm. Makes for awesome leftovers to keep the spirit of the New Year alive.Tet festival in Little SaigonGoing to the festival is tradition and we always look forward to it. My dad's friend's photography studio sets up a booth so we usually stop by to say hi, and for the past two years my sister and I

A link-worthy site

2007-02-16T03:06:00.000-05:00

I was looking through some of my old posts and I came upon catENEMA. OMFG, go check it out NOW. I busted out laughing toward the end at a particular picture.He also posted a funny story about 3rd world cheeses that the mothers of his coworkers made for him.

Do people type like how they write on paper?

2007-02-15T15:54:00.000-05:00

I still can't understand why some people don't punctuate at all when they type. I can understand not capitalizing, but what about periods, commas, etc.? I don't really care for reading paragraph-long sentences that sound like monotonous babbling.For example:oh my gosh i have seen every episode pink mist is what dylan says to hannah and thats when you blow up cuz of a bomb but theres two parts to

2007 Questionnaire

2007-02-07T17:23:00.000-05:00

"Welcome to the 2007 edition of getting to know your friends. What you are supposed to do is to copy (not forward) this entire e-mail and paste it onto a new e-mail that you'll send. Change all the answers so they apply to you, and then send this to a whole bunch of people including the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little things about your friends, if you

Meme! 5 things that most people don't know about me!

2007-02-05T17:20:00.000-05:00

Wandering Chopsticks gave me my first tag ever. I wonder how well I can do this since it's my first and my mind's probably all scrambled up from a midterm I had this morning.K, let's get to it!1. I am Vietnamese, but I also have French, Japanese, and Indian (dots, not feathers) ancestry from my great-great-grandparents. My sister (stepsister) Stephanie likes to make fun of my Indian heritage (she

The true identity of the Classmates.com people!

2007-02-04T19:29:00.000-05:00

[I'm so lame to think that this is important enough to take a break from midterms studying!]In August 2006 I wondered why the nerd girl from those Classmates.com ads never made a public appearance.In October 2006, The Seattle Times exposed the secret behind the ad! Senior portraits of Bryce Lane, top left, and L.A. Smith, former Classmates.com employees. The second row is how the pair appear

Fromage La vache qui rit

2007-01-26T03:15:00.000-05:00

Ooo, ghetto food time!One of my favorite sandwiches is a banana and cheese sandwich. My dad eats this every so often and it just rubbed off on me. For a while, I didn't know where this banana/cheese combination came from. I figured that it was just some wacky Vietnamese thing that my dad grew up with, but searching for "banana and cheese" online revealed that it is a semi-popular combination.

Comedy: Vietnamese Nail Salon

2007-01-23T16:10:00.000-05:00

I found this on Noodlepie's site:She's hilarious and really nails the accent and conversations.UPDATE:BLEH! You'll have to go here to see it.

Veggie soup!

2007-01-16T14:39:00.000-05:00

My first time making chicken vegetable soup:It turned out really good. Chock full of our leftover crudites, so there's lots of fresh, yummy goodness. Even though most of the ingredients were fresh, it kinda tasted like canned soup, hahaha. It even kinda looks like it.And aren't I lucky? I just got sick this morning, and now I have some chicken soup to sooth me.

Someone put a pube in...

2007-01-16T14:11:00.000-05:00

Well, it wasn't my In-N-Out fries or Taco Bell burrito (which has happened before =[)...it was a remote control box that I bought at my school's bookstore!!For one of my classes, we have to use an iClicker, which is:"an easy-to-use radio frequency classroom response system that facilitates teaching rather than impeding it."We use it for quizzes. The questions are displayed on the projector and

Found dog in Gardena

2007-01-15T02:49:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to pass this along:Kirk of mmm-yoso!!! found a lost dog with no tags or microchips along Artesia Blvd., that is looking for her owners. More info at his site.