Last September I took a trip to Taiwan and lost my rose stone necklace in the rain. Two hours later we returned to the same area and amongst all the crazy cars avoiding to hit the thousands of people bustling in the street, I spotted a little pink stone on the wet ground. It turned out that it was my necklace and I was happily reunited with it.

Fast foward to today...
I was walking to work yesterday and when I got near South Park, I noticed that my charm had fallen off my chain. *sniff sniff* I spent my lunch hour wandering up and down Brannan and 3rd steet hoping that I could find my little silver charm. No such luck. I decided to give up for the day, concluding that I would never see it again. I was walking to work this morning in the drizzling rain thinking," oh great, RAIN... no chance of finding it now". When I was approaching my building, I looked down and lo and behold there it was... my little silver charm. HOW COOL IS THAT!? The rain gods must love me :)

Lights, camera, action! I was walking to work when I noticed that South Park didn't look the same as it usually does. There was a big metal sign hanging from one of the poles saying "Thompkins Square Park". The area was surrounded by a green fence and the planters had flowers overflowing in them. They even had a few hot dog stand outside. Turns out that they're filming a scene for the movie "Rent". It's moments like these I wish had my camera!!!

All the cafes around the area are closed. It was funny walking in and seeing everyone in the office going crazy because they couldn't get thier coffee. My boss drove out and made a Starbucks run to satisfy our coffee cravings... ahh, gotta love the coffee addicts.

I went to my parent's house this morning to help my mom sort through photos for the funeral. It was interesting hearing my mom tell me stories that went along with each photo. There was a photo of me when I was about 1 years old and it looked like I had just balled my eyes out. My eyes were red and my cheeks were puffy with red blotches. What happened was my uncles placed me in a blanket, each holding an edge of the blanket and had me bouncing around in it .... and then they accidently dropped me. Hmm... not sure if I really needed to know that.

The day went on and my mom continued to recount her memories growing up. My grandparents were illiterate, didn't know an ounce of english, were completely uneducated, yet they were able to fly over from Taiwan to the states for the first time at the age of 83 just so they could see thier daughter. That's pretty freakin' awesome.

My grandpa passed away last night. He accepted Christ a few hours before he left this world. I think the one thing that I'll always remember about my grandpa is that he always wanted what was best for our family. He was also very good at feeding me fruit...lots and lots of fruit :) Sigh. I feel a little awkward right now... a little numb.. a little apathetic. I honestly don't know how to react. But the one thing I do know is that I will miss him greatly.

Last night I found a half-eaten bird in my room. (bloody, bones, and all) Okay, I know cats don't know any better, but that's DISGUSTING! *aarruughhhhh!!!!* How do people who have indoor/outdoor cats do it?!? Almost every night I find a "surprise". I'm starting to not like surprises anymore. Let's tally up all the unwanted creatures I discovered in my room.

Birds = 2
Rabbits = 1
Lizards = about a gazillion

Solutions anyone?

Oh yeah speaking of nature, Happy Earth Day everyone!

There's nothing better than sleeping in, cooking a nice meal, and vegging infront of TV all day. That's exactly what I did yesterday. Ahh... the simple pleasures... Unfortunetly, I have to return to the "working world" and rack my brain to make cheesy ads for all the paranoid people out there! *sigh* Time to focus!

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My bank account is suffering. (or more like I'm suffering because of my bank account) I told myself that I wouldn't go shopping Friday. The next morning my friend calls and wants to go to the Gilroy Outlets. (okay, at this point I'm thinking that I can go shopping without buying something. No problem. I've done it before so I can do it again) So we not only go to the Gilroy Outlets but we "conviently" stop by Santana Row and Valley Fair on the way back. (you're probably thinking that I caved in a bought something. Yeah, you're right... Okay OKAY so I bought a "few" things! Why do stores have to have so many cute things?! So last night I sat down to balance my checkbook and realized that this is my third weekend that I've gone shopping this month. I think I might be turning into a shopaholic... *gasp* I've gone to the other side!

Note to self: Don't listen to standup comedy when you're at work. It makes you sound like an idiot when you try to cover up your laughing.

My first post!

I've decided to catch up with the rest of the world and start my own blog. I spend a good chunk of time being the professional web sufer when I'm at work. I might as well put the time into good use.
So my dad left for Taiwan last night. I think he really misses spending time with the rest of the family. I was a little sad to see him leave. It's funny, my dad and I have this hate/love relationship and it's always determined on his mood. Mad dad = unreasonable arguments/nagging that never end up anywhere. Happy dad = silence :)