My cousin’s finally did her Chinese wedding banquet after being married a few months back. They wanted to wait until some of the groom’s family could make it out before they did the banquet. His family seems to be really close like our family. It is quite something to see so many people and new relatives that you never met and most likely have only the rarest re-meeting with them later. The banquet was full of good times and lots of eating, too bad my sister couldn’t make due to her being a bit sick and a recent death of my brother in law’s family. So they are doing a period of mourning right now. I will have picture to post up later once I get them back.
On a quick note to everyone. Happy Chinese New Year, may the year of the pig be better than the last year.
I’m outz,
C
Recently I came back from Dallas to spend a early V-Day together. It was actually my very first Valentines I ever had in my life. Yes after 28 years on this earth, I finally have a guy in my life that I actually could have done a Valentines for. So I gave M a theme of chocolates for him. I got him some specially made M&Ms that you can order from online in which you can personalized it, I also got him some fine dark chocolate box and a chocolate / espresso color dress shirt. He got me a teddy bear, a rose, chocolate from my favorite chocolatier and a shirt. All very nice and we had a great Valentine day together.
Dallas is a city in which I don’t think too highly of. Too spread out, too many superficial people with fake attitudes and the food was okay. I did Texasian / TexJapanese food and I can safely say. That is the worst set of Fusion food I ever tasted. It wasn’t worth the price M had to pay for it. But the Tex-Mex I had there was pretty good so that made up for it. Oh and the only touristy thing I did is saw where John F. Kennedy got assainated. Whoop! But the thing I notice the most about the most is how little minorities was around. With me growing up in San Francisco most of my life and knowing what diversity is like. I felt like a fish out of water in Dallas. I felt mostly uncomfortable being in that type of situation and just made me more apperciative of what I have in San Francisco. Lucky me.
I’m outz,
C
As some of you know, I have left the nest. Suprising I am doing quite well, maybe because I have been so independent. I live in a great apartment with one of my roommates and an ex roommate at the moment. (Long story with that part will have to write about some other time), I really do love where I live but the bus ride home at times can be too much.
Honestly I never knew what ghetto truly was until I started living here and dealing with the bus ride home at night. The bus ride at home is about 20% professional people, normal people (families) and art students, we are the ones with the gorgeous views of SF and running trails and the quietness; the other 80% are people who live in Section 8 low income housing and people who are in the Job Corp. Basically the people in the Job Corps are also mostly low income people with absolutely no social graces and need to be in the Job Corps to get at least even the most basic jobs in the city. They are actually a bit better than the people who live in the low income housing, since there is only one bus going to and from the island, we all have to take the bus together. Which turn into a huge social and class experiment.
The front part of the bus is usually the people who live on the nice side of the island. Over 75% of us have our earphones on because the back of the bus is where the ghetto people will sit. They will talk really loud and occasionally a scuffle will break out. The front part of the bus will take no notice of it while the back part would be rooting them on. This will last for about 12 mins until we reach to the “ghetto” side of the island in a flash over 70% of the bus will disappear and we will continue on our route. This is the usual scenario that happens about 65% of the time. I am used to it but for people who don’t know about how the island is like. They will be in shock……
I can’t wait until I can take cabs home from work.
On the funner end. I am going to Texas…Dallas, Texas. I am going to visit M for a early Valentine visit since V-day falls on a Wednesday and I can’t go next weekend because of my cousin’s wedding banquet and Chinese New Year. Will report back my experience of Texas next week. I think there might be a mechanical bull involved. *wink*
See you guys next week!
I’m outz,
C
So this weekend was a very fun albeit very tiring with the long hike that we did on Mt. Tamalpais last Saturday with H and some of my close friends. This hike was a fun one with a lot of ups and downs, gradual inclines and steep ones as well. But we were rewards with great weather and clear skies, making this hike an easy one to do. It was also one of my friend’s son second hike with his family and we were forunate to be his chaperone to this hike.
All in all, good times, great excerise and the new found motivation to get myself back on course to start running again and back into training.
On a side note, today was my 5 month anniversary with M, it is very hard to be away from a guy who goes out of his way to make you happy. I am very forunate to have found such a great mate who I can see myself being with for a very long time. Only time will time but to M: I do love you very much and thank you for being you. Thanks for all the smiles and your goofy ass remarks. Thank you for letting me be me.
I’m outz,
C
