I went to one fancy schmancy wedding yesterday. It was held at the Ritz-Carlton in Half Moon Bay... yeah, enough said, right? I mean, when the ushers wear tuxes, you know this is going to be fancy. The really weird thing about this wedding is that the guests clapped for everything during the ceremony! When the groom's parents walked down the aisle, the guests clapped. When one (not all of them, just one or two of them) of the bridesmaids walked down the aisle, the guests clapped. When the guy translating parts of the ceremony into Chinese translated a phrase, the guests clapped. Seriously, what the heck?? They also didn't have an even number of bridesmaids and groomsmen, so the last bridesmaid had two escorts. Also, they drew quite an audience since the wedding was outdoors by the golf course and by the beach. Not only did the golfers and ppl jogging/taking a walk watched, but all the people staying at the Ritz whose windows faced the ceremony watched. You could see a huge crowd of people at every single window. Weird. What was really annoying was how the minister kept mispronouncing the groom's name. Come on, if there's anything you should know before you perform the ceremony, it's the bride and groom's name! Granted, his name is spelled "Shang Lai" but pronounced "Shawn Lie" but really. She called him "Shawn Lay" the first time, and then after that, she just kept calling him "Shane." Annoying.

This weekend was pretty exhausting, and now it's quarter end, the boss is back, and I'm tired. Bridal shower, music workshop, and Switchfoot concert on Saturday... plus the Cal-USC game, which I only got to watch the beginning of (but I did watch parts of it on tape later). Yeah, that was awesome. We were in line for the concert, and I guess there were bunches of Berkeley ppl around. Someone yelled "they won in triple overtime!" Man, that was great. Go Bears! Sure beats the Tom Holmoe era that our class had to endure. ugh. Plus the wedding yesterday (started at 10:30am and I didn't get back till 5pm!) and our Alias viewing party last night = one pooped karen.

I'm getting good at getting Giant's playoff tickets for ppl... especially for people who can't seem to get tickets for themselves. Got 4 tickets for game 2 for my coworker. I need to start making a profit from this! ;)

Can someone tell me why the niners stink it up so much? So much for getting rid of that traitor Mariucci. The niners better not steal Jeff Tedford from cal.

The US should establish a "rest time" like how China has xuexie and Mexico has siesta. Really, that would be great. Can you imagine taking a nap after lunch everyday? That would sure solve the food coma problem. I'm such a genius.