Since I do want to live past June 6 (the next time I see o), I feel like I should put a disclaimer on my previous post: although I said olivia and I *talked* about the things I mentioned below, it doesn't necessarily mean she actually *did* those things. So there's my disclaimer.
Just got back from LA - I had a great time. In my short two days there, some memorable moments:
- randomly running into Saratoga HS friends, carrie and matt, at CPK in Westwood at 10pm on Fri night
- having breakfast with mike, kim, christy, and bobby at some random Carrow's in Montebello (the halfway point between all of us). btw, alinna and I learned that apparently all of our friends have lives. We tried to gather as many people as we could for breakfast, but with no luck. I did have the chance to use o's quote, "don't be holy! just ditch out!" to a few of them, but they didn't take my advice. I mean, if you had to choose between medical missions in Mexico, and seeing me and alinna, which would you choose?
- sandra and gabe's wedding. I have to say, this was one wedding I really enjoyed and had a blast at. Despite the fact that it was overcast and 60 degrees (the ceremony was outside), the ceremony was beautiful, and the banquet entertaining. HUGE props to gabe, who, up to Saturday, I had never even heard sing before. Even better was that he was brave enough to do it during the ceremony, and not the banquet. I have to give more props to gabe because he doesn't normally sing, yet he was still willing to do so, not really caring how he sounded. The wedding was fairly small compared to most weddings I've attended (maybe 150 ppl?), but it made it that much more personal, and I really had a great time at the banquet. The only one tiny downside to the banquet is what yvonne, michael, and i deemed as the paparazzi, who kept blocking our front table view of the dance floor and everything going on. Truly, I was blessed to see their love for one another and committment to not only their own relationship with each other, but also their relationship with God. sanj & gabe did a really good job - huge congrats to them!!
- visiting reni & maurice. It's always good to see reni, and like always when we get together, we never stop laughing. To quote maurice, "some things just never change." :)
- having dinner with shrie, sung, bobby, and jeremy. Spending time with old friends is always a blessing.
- driving back up from LA safely. Gotta hand it to speedy alinnaz. We tried to see how far we could drive with the gas light on before we would chicken out and fill up the tank. The answer is about 40 miles - the light went on somewhere along highway 152, and we drove through the rest of 152, 101, and 85 before we exited Saratoga-Sunnyvale and filled up. Yes, her tank is 18 gallons, and yes, we filled up 17.889 gallons. Shoot, that was a close one. And, including the gas stop, we still got home in 4.5 hours. Our new record! Alinna also decided to try to see just how fast her Volvo could go. She hit 110 mph before I started screaming for her to hit the brakes. I have this aversion for speed I guess. She wanted to keep going.
The best thing is, tomorrow is one of the very few days of the month I get to sleep in. wooohoo! I'll upload pics from the weekend later.
Just got back from LA - I had a great time. In my short two days there, some memorable moments:
- randomly running into Saratoga HS friends, carrie and matt, at CPK in Westwood at 10pm on Fri night
- having breakfast with mike, kim, christy, and bobby at some random Carrow's in Montebello (the halfway point between all of us). btw, alinna and I learned that apparently all of our friends have lives. We tried to gather as many people as we could for breakfast, but with no luck. I did have the chance to use o's quote, "don't be holy! just ditch out!" to a few of them, but they didn't take my advice. I mean, if you had to choose between medical missions in Mexico, and seeing me and alinna, which would you choose?
- sandra and gabe's wedding. I have to say, this was one wedding I really enjoyed and had a blast at. Despite the fact that it was overcast and 60 degrees (the ceremony was outside), the ceremony was beautiful, and the banquet entertaining. HUGE props to gabe, who, up to Saturday, I had never even heard sing before. Even better was that he was brave enough to do it during the ceremony, and not the banquet. I have to give more props to gabe because he doesn't normally sing, yet he was still willing to do so, not really caring how he sounded. The wedding was fairly small compared to most weddings I've attended (maybe 150 ppl?), but it made it that much more personal, and I really had a great time at the banquet. The only one tiny downside to the banquet is what yvonne, michael, and i deemed as the paparazzi, who kept blocking our front table view of the dance floor and everything going on. Truly, I was blessed to see their love for one another and committment to not only their own relationship with each other, but also their relationship with God. sanj & gabe did a really good job - huge congrats to them!!
- visiting reni & maurice. It's always good to see reni, and like always when we get together, we never stop laughing. To quote maurice, "some things just never change." :)
- having dinner with shrie, sung, bobby, and jeremy. Spending time with old friends is always a blessing.
- driving back up from LA safely. Gotta hand it to speedy alinnaz. We tried to see how far we could drive with the gas light on before we would chicken out and fill up the tank. The answer is about 40 miles - the light went on somewhere along highway 152, and we drove through the rest of 152, 101, and 85 before we exited Saratoga-Sunnyvale and filled up. Yes, her tank is 18 gallons, and yes, we filled up 17.889 gallons. Shoot, that was a close one. And, including the gas stop, we still got home in 4.5 hours. Our new record! Alinna also decided to try to see just how fast her Volvo could go. She hit 110 mph before I started screaming for her to hit the brakes. I have this aversion for speed I guess. She wanted to keep going.
The best thing is, tomorrow is one of the very few days of the month I get to sleep in. wooohoo! I'll upload pics from the weekend later.
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