10:41p

the regular stuff
(this one's especially for cousin Chi since I've been lagging on my blog entries)

aside from all the introspection going on in my head,
things have been hunky dory.
'spent last weekend (our 3-day Memorial day weekend)
at my brother's graduation that saturday.
had lunch in Milpitas afterwards with our family and my brother's friend's from
high school. then we went home. my brother followed and took a nap
on our couch before he headed out to hang out with friends.
I actually went to the gym and worked out...holy lord! I could hardly believe it myself!

last sunday, we went to the San Francisco Art Institute's
Master of Art Student Exhibit. It was so inspiring! wow! 'definitely
gave me all kinds of ideas.
There was one exhibit, in particular, that we went to see.
One of my bf's friends, MS, from his photography community did his Master's project
on these trees.
There's a place near Lake Chabot in Hayward where they created a memorial
to young victims of violence. They've planted a tree for every child killed from
a violent crime in Alameda County.
Right now there's a total of 169 trees and this guy, MS, took a picture of all of them
as his project.
He was actually able to capture them all in such a way where
each quite unique from the other.

MS printed black and white 3" x 5" pictures of each tree and posted it
symmetrically on the wall. Next to the wall, hanging from the ceiling was
this cable that had tags of paper strung on it.
and on the paper were the names of each youth and their ages.
the tags of paper literally stretched from the top of the cable
all the way down to the floor.
it was simply amazing.

I only wish that there was an explanation of the project in the exhibit,
cause no one really understood the full impact of this piece.
I found myself telling people as they passed by.
It was such a powerful exhibit that I could not bare to see
people pass by without a clue as to what they were experiencing.

then, on Monday, our memorial day off,
we did yard work and shopped for a water softener.
ya...fun, fun, fun.
it sucks to be an adult sometimes. ;P
oh well, at least we can walk
through our backyard now.
Before that you'd need a machete to help you clear your path
as you made your way through!

so that was last weekend.
the work week last week was ho hum.
I spent too much money on lunch again, but i had lunch at this awesome dim sum place near my office.
it cost me like $20 just for myself, but it was well worth it.

perhaps my most interesting experience last week was at the spa.
I can't really talk about it here, but let's just say I was
bothered all week by it.
it wasn't anything bad, I just didn't jive with it at all.

BUT, two weeks ago, one of the clients I had a session with was
a newscaster from channel 7 (I think, or was it channel 5?).
I recognized them off the bat.
In fact, they came into the spa with 2 other newscasters
from other TV stations.
I was quite starstruck.
But the best part is, they loved us and they're coming back for
future appointments!

Anyhow, as for this weekend I did nothing but clean, clean,
workout, do bills, take care of errands, clean.
it was a "working" weekend for me.
but I'm so happy cause I finally have non-wrinkled clothes to wear
for the work week.
I literally ironed 15 pieces of clothing for nearly an hour today.

My bf worked on printing up some pictures which he will enter
in a county fair competition. It's kinda exciting.
It'll be great for him just to get the exposure whether he wins something or not.

this week
I'm pretty excited about this week.
I'll be spending time with lots of different friends.
'gonna have coffee tomorrow with some ex-co-workers from my last job.

then, on thursday, 'gonna have our monthly dinner at my house
with some other ex-co-workers from 2 jobs ago.
we're actually kinda late on this monthly dinner, but
at least we do it.

on friday, i'm going to a graduation after work.
my friend is getting her Master's so she can become a
Family Nurse Practioner.

FINALLy, this coming weekend is LADIES WEEKEND.
yippeee!
me and tow of my close girlfriends are driving down to L.A.
to just....HANG.
'gonna hit the beach and go rollerblading and maybe play a little
volleyball. don't have any other definite plans after that...

but on
Sunday we're gonna end our trip right by having
lunch at our favorite place, VERSAILLE!!!!
YUM!!! CUBAN FOOD!
That place is by far the best Cuban Restaurant I've ever eaten at.
And of course, the best thing there is their garlic chicken with
Cuban rice, black beans and fried plantains, which I order with
a tall glass of a guyanabana (pronounced wa-NA-ba-na) betido
a.k.a. a guyabano milkshake. MMMMM!

can't wait! 'gotta think about what to pack soon.