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November already?

Posted on November 5, 2012 | Leave a comment

i took a trip in October and it’s already November!

On the last day of my stay in Seoul, I came down with a cold and was sick for almost a week while battling jetlag and time difference.

As many of you know through twitter, facebook, and instagram, I brought Candy with me on this trip. Candy has been my family dog, and we had her since 2007.. She’s a cute chihuahua and very playful. Kinda spoiled but not uncontrollable. The first week, Candy and Bagel bonded well and they even played together around the apartment last Wednesday.

Then that night, when Husband came home and I was cooking in the kitchen, Bagel suddenly attacked and bit Candy in the face. Candy got two puncture wounds in the head, and scraped nose and lips.

I got so scared and was totally not myself until the vet assured me that the wounds were not serious. But the vet also warned me that this could happen again, so I asked her for trainer referrals. She told me about this woman that she hired for her two dogs, a 80-pound lab and a 10-pound pitbull mix.. Bagel is 40-pound Basenji mix and Candy is 8 pounds, so I could relate to her..

The trainer is visiting today to see how Candy and Bagel interact with each other so that she has more concrete idea about how to work with us. The Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan always says that training is for the humans and dogs just get rehabilitated. I totally agree with it. Since the incident, I have been stricter with Bagel, just so that he understands that this home is mine, not his territory.

Bagel has always been very obedient and very very easy to train so he’s already showing improvement. Candy got a bit spoiled during the last few days while she was healing… but the bigger problem is that she’s afraid of Bagel now. Before, his size didn’t really matter to her, and she was playful around him. They napped together and ate together (Bagel never showed interest in her food). So hopefully, the trainer can help us help Candy to feel safer around Bagel. Because I really wanna see them play together again!

Candy & Bagel!

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Jeju Island – Part II

Posted on October 27, 2012 | 1 Comment

Now that I’m back in the US, I had a chance to look over the photos from my trip. :)

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Moving on with life..

Posted on September 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

Just finished watching the latest episode on Project Runway (“PR”) —– spoiler alert!

 

 

Seriously, I was pretty upset that Gunnar was sent home. Gunnar, Chris, and Sonjia are now my favorite designers on Season 10 and I seriously watch just to see their work. Yes, Gunnar has been on the bottom for the last few challenges but he’s so fun to watch! He talks, he engages, he gets frustrated over stuff but is never ruthlessly mean or hostile (ahem,, like Elena or Ven…)

Anyhow, I look forward to seeing his work in the future. I like seeing and supporting PR designers like Carol Hannah, and Althea.

Moving on…

My life is moving quite fast these days. A week ago, Marty and I signed the purchase agreement for our first home! Because this is a new home, actually hasn’t even been built yet, and sold directly by the Irvine Compay (the company that owns the majority of the city of Irvine), there were no offers, no praying that our offer will go through, etc. But because it’s a new community, the competition was a bit tough and we had to move very fast.

Scary!

Hopefully, if everything goes well, we’ll be moving in April next year.

And I’m taking another trip in less than 3 weeks! Hello, Maui! then KOREA again!

Marty and I have a friend who is having a destination wedding in Maui. Neither of us has ever been to Hawaii so we are really excited.

What am I doing to prep for the trip?

Sewing and knitting like crazy! I figured that I wanted to pack as many handmade items as possible on this trip. I’m planning a lot of dresses, pants, and basic pieces. It’s interesting because while Hawaii will be still pretty warm and humid, Korea will be pretty chilly. I have to pack both bikinis and thick fall jacket.

 

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Thank you, knitters.

Posted on August 10, 2008 | Leave a comment

So this weekend, I did something very very stupid.

My sister needs the car for church events on every Friday. So when my friends called me to hang out with them in LA this weekend, I decided to take that little trip on Amtrak.

Now, I have great memories about taking Amtrak. Itook many trips from Santa Barbara to LA with my best friend Karen, or to go see my ex boyfriend in Irvine. I met a cool dude who works as music PR agent who introduced me to a Loyola law graduate entertainment lawyer. Great great memories.

I got to the Santa Ana station as scheduled… And about 10 minutes before my scheduled departure time, a train came to the station. I was like, wth? so early? I got on. Passed the Orange station. But then, something felt different… Everything looked different inside and even though it’s been 3 years since I got on amtrak, I just felt like asking around. I turned to the person next to me, and this lady was.. KNITTING. Ok, a good sign.

“Excuse me, but do you know if this train goes to the LAX Union station?”

“Oh dear~~ No, this goes to the valley~”

I showed her my ticket and and she goes, “Oh~ You have to get on AMTRAK. This one is METROLINK”

OMYGOD*(#Y%IHG HOW STUPID AM I? DO NOT TELL PEOPLE THAT I GO TO LAW SCHOOL. OMG OMG OMG THIS IS TOO EMBARRASSING.

Fighting really hard not to scream or cry, I smiled, said thank you, and got off at the next station, which was Anaheim Metrolink Station. Oh great, AMTRAK doesn’t even COME to this station. And this station looked a LOT like the one in Goleta. No ticket office, just one dude walking around to check schedules. He told me to take a bus to Fullerton Transit Center and then take the next train at 6:30 (it was 6:00 already), or the next one at 8 something.

#(*YTIG(U3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After two long walks, a 10-minute wait, and a 15-minute bus ride, I got to the Fullerton station. The Good News was that, at least I could use the same ticket to get on the train…. The Bad News was that the next train to the Union Station is at 8:20pm. Arrival time at 8:55pm. Such a LONG wait for such a short trip!

I called all my friends and warned them, “you guys are NOT going to bed tonight. You’ll ALLLLL stay up and keep me entertained.”

I got to LA safely.. and talked, drank, ate, went karaokeing, until 5AM. My loyal friends.. =)

The best part of that trip was, when I was waiting for the train, I started knitting. The sun went down and bugs started noises in the bushes. The weather cooled down a lot. I was knitting and knitting. People came by to ask me what I was making. Ah, the zen of knitting. I calmed down and started enjoying this accidental trip to Fullerton. =)

It was a long trip but it was so worth it. I can’t remember the last time all of us from UCSB got together like that.

Yeah, it’s fun to go out and stuff with new people. But I miss those nights at a friend’s house with all your friends there, playing video games, or watching movies, eating popcorn, drinking beer, listening to random music, talk about new trends, politics, about other friends, new relationships…

The next day, my friend’s niece was born.  =)

P.S.: Swimmer Tae Hwan Park won the gold medal in 400m! Yay~

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