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  • Company Holiday Party in Seattle 2011

    4 days spent in Seattle. I meant 4 days spent in a warm house in Seattle. Won’s house to be specific. The only time Won let me out was to go to his company holiday party.  :D

    I always feel so out of place at his company parties because I’m literally the youngest person there. And I have to force myself to shake people’s hands and repeat their names, which is so out of my comfort zone. But his company employees were so much fun to talk to. I loved hearing their stories about their kids (who are my age I might add) and how their marriage changes over the year. Apparently the running joke at the company this year was that Won posted some random girl’s photo on his desk at work, not his real girlfriend. So he had to take me around to everyone proving I was real. Haha.


    The famous (but highly highly overrated) Hard Rock Cafe. I LOVE this new winter coat I just bought. It’s like a dress with fur! Now if I can only find it in other colors… :)


    Done with mingling. Dinner time!


    Itty bitty mini dessert anyone? Yummmm! I just tried out the new rage of Circle lens. I like them! I’m going to buy them in every color now! :)


    Parallels! Whoo!


    I thought this was such a cute idea. There was a red carpet that lead to a background where a professional photographer took your picture and printed them out for you to take home. We shamelessly took like 3. Hahahaha.


    This is the super awkward photo with his company CEO who insisted we take this photo together. The placing of everyone is so awkward! Lol!


    After the official company speech, his CEO impressively rocked it out! This was definitely the highlight of everyone’s night. Who knew?!

    On another note there was a raffle for a $1000 vacation for two. When asked who wanted to win it, I raised my hand. Only to be publicly told by the CEO that I can’t win it because the company can’t afford for Won to take vacations. Hahahahaha. When introduced to his supervisor’s supervisor’s supervisor, he thanked me for all the hours Won spends at the company instead of with me. Lol. Corporate life huh?

    I look forward to next year’s party and would be happy if Won stayed here for a few more years, even if that mean it’s away from me because it seems like he is in good company :)

    Anyhow. The next day was GIRLS day! I forced Won’s little sister to do my makeup so I could learn some of her Korean makeup secrets. Hehe. Won took us out for dinner at Red Robbin. I’m  not a fan of American food or American food chains for that matter but Red Robbin is yummy! :)

     
    All done! The riblets and sweet potato fries are so yummy!

    The rest of the trip was spent trapped in the house by the cold and no house keys or car. Prisoner I tell you. Prisoner!

  • Umma! Korean moms.

    MadWifey posted about the funny things her Korean mother says. Reminds me of Won’s Korean umma.

    Over speaker phone with me
    Won (teaching me how to say hi): “Ahhhh nheeeeuuunnnggg haaaa saaaaaay yoooooh”

    Me: “Ahhh nheeeeeunnnnng haaa….”

    Umma: You should just teach her “Sarang Hae Umma!” (I love you mom)

    Won…. -___-

    After spending a whole day with her alone while Won goes to work. She speaks limited English so our conversations are somewhat choppy. Won comes home and…

    Umma (in Korean): Ask her if she understood everything I said when I speak English

    Umma (in Korean): See? She understands all my English. But I don’t understand all her English. You know what that means right. I speak better English than her.

    Won:….. -_____-

    Umma to me

    Umma: You know, in Korean culture, when a girl marry a boy. The girl becomes his family.

    Me: … : )

    Umma: When you and Won marry. You are mine. You know that? You are mine.

    Me:  0_0

  • Observations about Australia

    Now that you’ve seen all my pictures. Time to talk. Here is what I thought was really funny about Australia because it’s so opposite here.

    1. They drive on the other side of the road! This seems obvious but I’ve been to other countries before and they’ve always driven the same side as the US. I kept running to the driver side thinking it’s the passenger side. And every time the car makes a turn on the road, I keep thinking we are going to hit head on with another car because we’re on the wrong side. Funnily enough, all 20 of us Americans would have the same heart attack every time. Har har.

    2. You have to pay for “tomato sauce” for your french fries. But Vegemite (ugh!) was free!!

    3. “Hot Chips” meant french fries, not spicy hot Cheetohs :(

    4. Everyone is dressed so nice! Even I felt under dressed for the most part. Ughh!

    5. Everyone is skinny. Fat kids are called “Fattie” by name. And it’s completely normal. I thought it was really mean.

    6. The toilet does not swirl down the opposite direction like in the Simpsons. In fact, it doesn’t swirl. It just rushes straight down  like a waterfall.

    On a different note. Whenever I tell Won Choe to take me on a date, he always asks if we are going alone or with other people. I figured it out… her prefers we go alone so he can be all cheesy. Cuz when we double date or go out with friends he has to put up manly front. Hahahahahaha. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

  • Australia 2011!!

    The 20 hour flight landed me in Brisbane! Only for me to fly back to Sydney to meet up the family! Mind you, that’s like 20+ of us traveling together everywhere!


    Tourists, tourists, tourist.

     
    The famous opera house. I tried to be cute, I really did. But we walked ALL OVER SYDNEY! Like a million miles a day! So I had to swap out my cute shoes for flats!


    The famous Harbor Bridge



    Asian Invasion!!!

     
    Being a tourist! Culturing myself :)


    At the Sydney aquarium! Sunken ship!


    I like how my dress changes color with every background :D


    Mermaid see! Mermaid do!


    We went on a dinner cruise boat Sydney 2000!


    Cheers to not getting nauseous on the boat during dinner :D


    On the top deck! The view was amaaazing!


    Back home in Brisbane. We’re cooking HUGE pots of food! Strangely enough, there is no such thing as pumpkin pie in Australia… har har.


    Preparing to feed an army of 50!!!! We definitely brought Thanksgiving to the land down under with a HUGE BANG!


    Thanksgiving table getting put together!

     
    One turkey fried and on the table! The other one still sitting in the oven :D


    Always camera ready! Yes I am!


    At the Australia Zoo! “Crikey!” says Steve Irwin :D I got to feed a baby kangaroo! I was too scared to feed the full size adults!


    No crocodile tears here!


    Shopping in Brisbane is the absolute best! Lol look at this cute little feather headband! I can’t imagine wearing it anywhere but I thought it was the coolest thing ever!


    Upon arrival at the beach. I didn’t mean to show so much leg! I was wearing a maxi dress that I quickly folded up into my belt so I could dip my feet in the water :D

    I love this picture of the bridal party! So festive!!


    The lovely girls and I. Everyone went barefoot, I stayed in my heels. Hence, I am taller than everyone! Muahaha!


    Us ladies waiting for the bride to arrive!


    I’ve never been a big fan of nature, but this beach wedding was sooooooooooooo beautiful. Ugh! So perfect :)


    Cocktail hour!


    Looks like somebody needs a little more cocktails there! Aren’t those the cutest Sangria cups ever!

      
    A picture of us holding our polaroid. Isn’t this the cutest guestbook idea you ever did see? :D


    Cocktail sushi with wasabi anyone? Hahahahahaha


    The Americans decided to throw the groom in the air. All’s game!

     
    Free day at the beach after the wedding! Paradise!!

     
    Lol. Trouble EVERYWHERE we go. SMH.. hehe


    Amazing! Amazing! Amazing! School of dolphins sighted at Byron Bay! They were soooo close to shore!


    Look at them leap out of water!

    Hope you enjoyed looking through some photos from my trip. I still have photos of Florida to post so check back soon! Or not…. because I take FOREVERS to post anything! Gaaah!

  • Midnight Madness

    I went clubbing for the fist time in a LONG time (since my birthday back in April) on Saturday. My weekends have been soooo busy, I felt so happy to finally put on some hooker heels, hooker makeup, and have some freaking drunk fun with my drunk cousins. We were lucky this time our table was on a raised stage with a railing separating us so we could dance and have fun with just our friends and not deal with how crowded it was on the dance floor.


    Seriously.. how are we related!? Ugh! Gimme some height! Next time I’m going to stand closer to the camera so I can appear BIGGER! Hehe.


    With my gorgeous cousins! :)


    If you’ve read my blog before, you’d know what this is :)


    Happy Birthday to Birthday Girl! Guess which one? ;)


    So much blue going on! Hm… did they plan this?


    When the night started going downhill… Hahaha…


    My drink of choice? Water :D

    …..Which brings me to question why guys get so mad when girls don’t want to dance with them. It’s always, “well bitch, don’t come to the club if you don’t want to dance.”

    Uh…did they ever stop to think that maybe it’s their disgusting self that girls don’t want to dance with? It has nothing to do with the girls, it has all to do with how much loser the guy is reeking. See, if he were a DECENT LOOKING non creepy guy who wasn’t so obviously raping girls with their eyes, I bet you the girl would dance with him.

    Or maybe… the girls go to the club to dance with their girlfriends. Not everyone goes to the club looking for a piece of ass. And if a girl is sitting bitched faced, it’s probably because she hates that you’re in her space, not because she’s waiting for your white knight in armor to come cheer her up.

    I know.. I know.. rejection sucks for a guy. But so does squirming away from the uglies.

    Anyhow, Im going away on vacation tomorrow night! It’s getting cold in San Francisco. Good thing I’m going across the world where they are welcoming summer! Yay!

    P.s. I want eyelid surgery!! That’s all.

    Have a GREAT Thanksgiving without me everyone! Our family had our early Thanksgiving dinner already last night since this will be the first year in like 20 years I won’t be spending it with them! On the bright side, I’ll be having Thanksgiving dinner (again) in Australia with my other side of the family. Time to try some Kangaroo meat with mashed potatoes and gravy.

  • Disclaimer

    Yobo: You know, people are going to think you’re very superficial, especially with all these posts lately

    Me: I don’t care. Do you?

    Yobo: No, but I thought you cared what people thought of you.

    Me: Not ugly people.

    Hahaha. I keeeeed! I just want everyone to know I am a very sweet person. Although I enjoy many girly and expensive things like nice dinner, clothes, and shoes, I am NOT materialistic or superficial. I’m actually a really nice person. I make up for the compassion of human kind that my other half lacks. And I’m nicer to old people and kids than most people are. I’m also nice to dogs.

    That is all… :D

  • How I Choose Shoes to Buy

    In priority:

    1. Color. I have lots of black and nudes/browns because they go with everything. Then I believe in having a KILLER pair in each of the other colors. White, Pink, Blue, Red, Yellow. I will go shoe shopping when I put together a particular outfit and think to myself… *insert color* shoes would go with this perfectly! But this can be problematic sometimes because I am one of those people whose shoes have to match my belt or purse. So if I end up buying a really wild color of shoes.. I usually have to start hunting for matching belt. And not just color I match down to the material.

    2. Occasion. Most of my shoes are platform pumps. But in the winter I stock up on thigh highs. And summer I stock up on wedges. Then of course I have the cute work shoes. Tennis shoes.. are what other people buy me.

    3. Heel height. If I need something comfortable for work then its 2 inches. Shoes for vacation are 4 inches. Shoes to go out in are 6 inches.

    4. Cost. For some reason people think I am really materialistic and designer whorish. I mean to the point people text me pictures of the new guccis like that’s normal, which it is NOT… yet :D :D :D :D   *wink wink* nudge nudge* yobo!!!

    5. Comfort. Hm… I mean.. it’s not like I’ll need to do a lot of walking. And yobo can carry me the rest of the way. BUY!

    On another note: I was just reading a post about how guys hate girls who wear tights for pants. Ughhh! I wear tights all the time. Sometimes I wear tights WITH Uggs! That’s 2 in a row. UGHHH!  Am I on the world’s worst dressed list somewhere and don’t know it?

  • Why Hate?

    You think I’m lying but I don’t wear pants. Not to say I walk around in my undies all day but I’m a dress kinda girl. In the blue moon chance I do throw on a pair of jeans, anyone who knows me will always make some sort of comment, “wow, I’ve never seen you wear pants before.” It’s true. I laugh.

    My personal reason is that I think denim is rough against your legs, mostly the thigh area. And my legs feel trapped inside most pants because your legs constantly hit against the fabric . Tights on the other hand become a part of your legs while keeping your legs feeling soft and warm. Shorts allow for freedom.

    With all that said.. what’s the big deal about wearing UGGS with shorts? The people who are bashing it for the most part are the same people trucking around in jeans, cotton tee shirts, and a hoodie as if that’s any better. I see PERFECT sense in shorts and UGG. Shorts to allow your legs freedom. And Uggs because they keep you warm. Most of your heat is lost through your hands and feet so it makes a lot of sense to wear furry shoes on your feet. For the most part I don’t wear clothes made of out sweat pants material but I think it’s a kinda cute sexy look when those work out shorts are paired with uggs. Plus most of those girls are a hell of a lot cuter in the face than the people bashing them.

    Everyone has “dress down” days, let’s not hate on them. ESPECIALLY if you’re not looking sharp every day yourself, which I KNOW you aren’t  ;)

  • TV Show

    The only thing I watch on tv are criminal shows like Criminal Minds, Without A Trace, Flash Point, Bones, CSI, etc..

    Here are my reviews of them.

    CSI: Miami: I thought the show was pretty good. Beautiful actors, interesting story line, lots of action. But then it became too soap opera-y when Horatio became the center story line and every episode started following his family who somehow got mixed up in the drug cartel. It got really cheesy after that.

    Criminal Minds: Definitely my favorite one! All the actors are REALLY good looking without being sexual with overly done cleavage (like in CSI). The story lines are bone chilling sick. All the details in the show tie up so well. The writers are geniuses! And the show has it’s tiny cleverly funny moments that really  makes you fall in love with its characters. I like that the show doesn’t center on any one particular character, they each get an episode or two that centers around them but that’s it. This show perfectly show cases a team mentality, which they use to solve their cases.

    Flash Point: I just started watching this one and so far I like it. Personally I think it’s too many characters so it’s hard to follow. But I like how the girl character stays on point and brings the perfect amount of feminine touch to the team in a little sister that can hang with the big boys type of way, not sexual.

    NCIS: The story lines are good. The characters aren’t that good looking but they’re pretty funny. I just don’t like how they make the leader of the team too perfect. Like he ALWAYS comes in to save the day. And he ALWAYS knows how to be 2 steps ahead of everyone. It makes him unrealistic.

    Bones: Bones herself bothers me. I find it annoying how someone can be sooooo one sided. And whats with the love ping pong that runs pretty much the whole 5 or 6 seasons? What is this? Koreann drama? At least the story line are good and the supporting characters are a great comedic relief.

    Without A Trace: I used to like this show but damnit I am more and more and more annoyed at the characters as I watch it. The leads are sooo ugly. Seriously. The lead of the team is some deranged guy who can’t control his anger. And he’s just ugly. When he’s supposed to look angry, he just looks weird, like something is wrong with him mentally. He’s not that intelligent either. He seems a lot like a loser.. And of course he sleeps with the one blonde on the team and get his ass divorced and loses his kids. I don’t like that. The blonde isn’t even pretty. Also, she ends up sleeping with EVERY SINGLE GUY on the team. Like what the heck. Are they THAT desperate?

    Law and Order: SVU: This used to be my favorite show. The story lines were good. And the characters were great too. But the show now just seems old school and out dated with all the new shows.

    Law and Order: Criminal Intent: I can’t stand this show cuz of the lead characters. He’s soooo ugly and does not seem mentally stable. He just does things without explaining why and acts all weird about it. I hate people like that. The lead girl character is ugly too. And the story line suck. They had another version of it which I thought was more bearable because they lead character was a different guy.

    Lie To Me: I’ve seen one episode. Not too big a fan. I think the lead guy needs to grow onto me.

    Unless you watch these shows you probably don’t even know what I am talking about. What are some other great criminal dramas I should check out?