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A Phone Conversation with Daddy

Daddy's lines have been roughly translated into English for your convenience.

Me: Vina just left for Japan yesterday.
Daddy: Really? When is she coming here?
Me: Well, we weren't able to find a ticket in time. Maybe she'll look over there and if she gets a chance to she will still stop by to visit.
Daddy: Ok.
Me: Yona is visiting Indiana! She leaves tomorrow to go back home to Japan!
Daddy: WHAT!? WHAT THE HELL IS VINA DOING IN JAPAN IF NOT VISITING YONA?!!?!?!?

Oooooops...........

A Taste of Home

Last night was Vina's last night before leaving for Japan... she will be in Japan for 2-3 weeks and immediately move to San Diego when she gets back... the last one leaves the nest!

So last night I cooked a "Mommy" meal for her - Ayam Goreng (Indonesian fried chicken), Kang Kung (veggies) and Sop Bakkut (Uhm... backbone soup?). Not bad!

It was my first time making the soup and chicken -- the whole meal took about 1 hour to prepare. I was so hungry by the time I was frying the chicken. =/ But... if Yona can do it, so can I!

Then continuing on in my domestic streak, I also cooked some Mie Ayam (Chicken Noodles) and stuck it in the fridge for Steve and I to bring to work today. :)

Yay for home-cooked meals.

Yum yum dim sum

Last Saturday we brought Yona down to Cerritos to look for Angel one last time and met up with Graham & Rosanna for dim sum. Yum!

We went to Ten Ten restaurant... I haven't been here since they've moved. (I thought the old location was Tien Tien?) The dimsum was actually quite good! Yona got to eat her favorite dishes... Chinese broccoli, the white noodly thing, the square fried thing... yeah I'm not really good with dimsum dish names :T

After pigging out, we went to 99 Ranch Market to do some guided shopping with Auntie Ie Ing. I got to buy some ingredients for homey foods (hence the meal on Tuesday) and now I have a fridge full of noodles I need to cook.

After the market we went back to our old house to look for Angel, Yona's cat. We walked up and down and called out his name to no avail. We gave up and decided to try again after dusk, so went off to the Long Beach Towne Center to watch Becoming Jane. Yona is probably the biggest Jane Austen fan I know... but the movie was definitely better than I expected. This picture below was from one of my favorite scenes...

After the movie we headed back to Elgers to look for Angel. We hung out for about 20-30 minutes before watching the almost tearful reunion of Yona and Angel.

I haven't spent the entire day in Cerritos in a really long time. Kind of miss it!

Birthday with Shamu

Took Friday (My birthday!) off to drive down to San Diego and visit Shamu~

The drive down was longer than I remembered... I'm not used to driving from West LA.

Sleepy heads took a nap after the "ABC game".

Planning the itinerary... how to pack the most shows in one day?

Yona and a 2,343 year old sea turtle.

Flamingos are stinky.

Steve likes stinky flamingos.

So chipper these two are.

My favorite show of the day -- watching dogs, cats and a pig do tricks at the Pets Rule! show.

Why isn't Lulu that smart?? :(

Jaws of terror.

Manatee house of love.

I love penguins!

Yona and Jamie in a polar bear cave.

Yay for funnel cake!

Arrived early for the famed dolphin show.

Harshest dolphin critiques ever.

Sea Lion naptime... they remind me of Lulu...

Steve likes cactus gardens.

$10 cup of hot cocoa...

And we ended the night with Shamu Rocks!

Birthday Dinner/ Whitney Reunion

Elaine and my birthday celebration at Porterhouse Bistro on August 9, 2007.

It was like a high school dance... we took a gazillion combinations of pictures.