How Not to get PROMOTED in ONE NIGHT

Last Thursday, December 14th, was our departmental holiday party at the Tropics, a local seafood restaurant. Jason was Sunny's +1, and Cary was mine. Now, my boss bought a shot for me before dinner. He was looking red so WE offered him a ride home. I was like YES...+1 pt for me.

The next day... I was told that I forgot about him...and he didn't have a ride home. I mean...I didn't even remember the next day. I walked in the lab. Jeff looked at me and started laughing. I said, "why are you so happy? still drunk?" He said, "no but you are probably in trouble. mwhahahhaha" Jeff=evil I mean my boss had to call his wife to come pick him up.

I'm so sorry HongLan. Sunny, Jason, and Cary...man WHAT Happened? Why didn ya'll say something yo?

THE EVIL WII

The evil WII sports is very addicting. BEWARE gamers. I am hurting everywhere from playing tennis, boxing, and bowling. It is not a good idea to play 5 hours straight. BEWARES....arg.

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Golfing at Riverside

Jason, Carey, Sunny, and I went golfing at Riverside. I've been to the driving range a couple of times but not to a real golf course. Played for 5 hours...8 holes. We all learned what we need to work on.



The funnest part was the golf carts. On the third hole, we saw some asians behind us. We joked that they were the dads. AND THEY WAS. They were walking. Isn't Sunny's dad cute? He has an umbrella and everything. He's my golf coach. HAHA

Yao is my BEST FRIEND

The picture says a thousand words. Yao and I are best friends. We can work through my broken chinese and his poor english...his tallness...my shortness.

Thank you Jason for the invitation!

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Fun Times

House UPDATE

THE FRAMES ARE UP!

UofH

Mike's Dorm Room


Sunny and I in the Dorm Quarters

We got to visit my brother at UofH. I bought matching sweatshirts for my proud parents. I cannot bear to wear UofH gear. HAHA

Vanhdy and Jenny also came! We played ping pong. Weird place to play ping pong, eh?

WEEKEND FUN

We had a lot of fun this weekend.

Saturday - Saturday morning, I had Russian lesson with Liu's wife Bing Bing. I bought Russian for Dummies and ... it was Russian for Dummies. They spell how things would sound in english instead of spelling it correctly in Russian. Bing Bing says that I need a new book. :)

Saturday afternoon, we had lunch with Howard and Lindsey HUANG!! It was super fun. Their house is very cute and classy. Lindsey is a vegetarian, so she made sauteed vegetables and pasta. I complimented with rosemary chicken. OH and we had zucchini bread for dessert with apple butter. AWESOME!

We then had plans to have dinner with Cary, Arthur, and Michael at El Patio, the best Mexcian restaurant in town. They were closed, so we ate at La Conchita. After that, the guys went to the Lin's house to watch the UT football game. I went home and watched the US OPEN Women's final. AND YES it was more important than the UT game! IT'S PRIORITY TO ME ARTHUR!!!!! Hee Hee

SUNDAY - A new Hispanic speaking family came to church. ...I realize that my Spanish is now very poor. It's time to brush up. It's hard juggling two languages man.

Finished up Sunday with golf at the driving range!

Tired Body

Saturday = Volleyball in H-town
Sunday = Basketball in H-town
Monday = Tennis in H-town
Tuesday = Tennis after work
Wednesday = Tennis after work
Thursday = Tennis after work

It all started out Saturday playing super spike Vball. Played till 12:00pm. Shoulder kinda sore from swinging my arm so much trying to spike.
The next morning we ended up playing bball, half court / full court and then crash from the 3 point line. My legs and back were so sore from trying to box out Vanhdy.
Then four days of tennis in a row. I think my right forearm's worn out. My tennis game steadily declined each day to the point where I couldn't hit a ground stroke anymore. Not to mention my legs felt like bricks.
Maybe i'll relax this weekend and watch UT beat OSU and hit a few golf balls. =P

House Update

I drove by the new house the other day and took a few snapshots.

Sometimes we forget the very person we most wanted to become when we were children...when the soul was simple and simply for God.

Mosquito

There was a mosquito in mom's room. It was so bad that I had to move out of her room. It was a little mosquito and anyone who's dealth with mosquito infestations know that the little ones are the most cunning ones. I was bitten twiice on the bottom of my foot, once on my ankle, once on my eyelid, and once on the palm of my right hand. Needless to say, one of my eyes looked as if someone's punched it. Finally, I gave up and moved out of my mom's room to mine. But periodically, there were bursts of "HELENA!! I hear it. I'm going to lay still...You come in and swat at it!" Of course after each of the outbursts, I ran back in her room, turned on the lights ,and swatted at small black moving dots abover her head. At 2 AM, the battle ended. Mom and I sat on her bed looking at each other. I was scratching the bottonm of my foot looking at her with one good eye, the other had been rendered usless by now. Her hair's all crinkled and messy. Mom bent over laughing. I made a face, stumbled back into my room, fell forward in a mound of disarrayed sheets, and passed out.

Katherine's Classroom

Ms. Steel at her desk


I'm reading in the cubby area.

I helped Katherine decorate and organize her new classroom this past Saturday. It was really nice. There's 18 desks for her 18 kids. In the top right corner, there's a reading cubbing area decorated in Hawaiian style. She left her mark with giraffe decors here and there. I haven't stepped in an elementary school in years. It was all very strange. There were posters with positive comments like "Do Your Best Today!", "Be Honest!", "Be Nice", "Be Helpful!". I couldnt help wonder if we all paid more attention to these little reminders when we were children, remembered them, and acted upon them grwoing up....we would all be better selves.

Mike's Relocation 8/17/06

Mike moved into the dorms today. My informant was a crying mom at around lunch time. I remember when I was dropped off ...August 1999 at the Madison House...I was literally dropped off. I didn't know my parents could drive off so fast. Then I found out that the cafeteria was not serving any meals for another three days. I lived off of the Christians On Campus welcome dinners (thank you sisters), Jason Avairah's candy bars, and the military food packs that my dad bought for me.

Gina's bar 8/16/06

I AM SO SORE FROM TENNIS. SO SORE!

It's official. Sunny's parents' house is now a neighborhood bar. Every aunties and uncles have come for drinks. And yes, there were underage drinking. Johnny Wu had to be driven home to Jason...intoxicated.

Sunny, Ken, Cary, and I missed most of the excitement. We were on the TENNIS COURT fighting for glory. Ken and I lost to Sunny and Cary 4-6, 6-7 (4-7). It was pretty close!

We are now more than half way done with the Grey Goose vodka bottle. I'm eagerly awaiting for it to be emptied so that I can use it for a vase...or to hold my stars!!

UP CHUCK Charles 8/11/06

Today was a rather odd day. A former coworker was arrested on the charges of strangulation of a woman in Victoria. He made the front page.

After work, Sunny and I drove to Austin. We stayed with Ken. The Houston crew wanted to go bowling after dinner. So we went to Highland Lanes. I did terrible as usual. THEN CHARELS threw up a little on Tammi.

There may be many different interpretations...Here's mine called...Through the eyes from yet another VICTIM:

Charles and I were talking about this pair of shorts Sunny accidently took back with him to PL. I thought it might have been his. When all of a sudden Charles turned towards Tammi and burped real loud. He turned back to me and started talking to me like nothing happened, but I smelled something that reaked on his breath. I asked him what he brought back with him. I held my breath and pinched my nose. It was THAT bad. I was just about to offer him some gum when Tammi discovered that there was a little bit of vomit on the sleeve of her tshirt. Apparently, Charles had up chucked throw up along with his burp. How was I a victim along w/ Tammi? I had to smell his reaking vomit BREATH!!!

Austin, TX

Last weekend we deviated from our norm of playing in H-town and traveled to Austin. We did so much in so little time it was exausting, yet so fun.

We left Friday right after work and on the way I lost my voice from coughing and singing, haha. First stop was Rudy's BBQ, can't resist the extra moist brisket and the tasty cream of corn. Then it was to Highland Lanes for some bowling action and a few laughs. Burp! The rest of the night was spent at Einsteins playing video games.

Saturday started out with a quick brunch and then kayaking. Note to self, never go alone again! I almost didnt make it back. A big thanks to the people who towed me half way back, haha. Putt putt golf afterwards was just way too hot, we should have went home after kayaking and played putt putt at Austin Park and Pizza later on. Dinner was at Mikado's and it was freezing in there. Food was good though. Austin Park and Pizza needs to fix their arcade games, everything was broken, unplayable, sucky. Laser tag was fun, i shot alot of people, but apparently alot of people shot me as well. While others got in line for go karts we took off back to PL. I spent most of Sunday sleeping and relaxing. I don't know how the rest of pack survived Schlitterbahn on Sunday and then more activities on Monday. I was pooped!

Got my Bags all packed and I'm ready to go...

Got my bags all packed and I'm ready to go... love that Song.

I am ready to move into our new house. I already have boxes!