2006.05.09
santa clara convention center wknd
È¿äÀÏ ¾Æħ: i haven't updated in a while. i have some entries stored on my 'puter, that i haven't yet uploaded. i guess i have much updating to do. i s'ppose i'll start w/ ±Ý¿äÀÏ (fri), 2006³â05¿ù05¿ù, cinco de mayo.
- ±Ý, 05¿ù05ÀÏ
- cinco de mayo office party: it was called a "potluck," but pretty much all the fud was just catered. ppl don't cook 'round here, i guess. it's hard to get engineers to cook, eh? i ate some cheese intensive fuds. i played lotteria (like bingo) n' won a $25 bed, bath, & beyond gift card. that was awesome.
- i came home from werk @ a somewhat reasanoble hour. i met up w/ the beautiful kaela hwang @ °¶·¯¸®¾Æ ¸¶ÄÏ galleria market 4 dinner. i ate À°°ÔÀå yookgyeijang, n' kaela had °¥ºñÅÁ galbitang. it was a pleasant quick bite. i bought a large bag'f È£µµ °úÀÚ hodo gwaja ("walnut cookies") to bring to the grx t3 south couples small group bible study mtg.
- i went to the couples bible study mtg by myself, w/o kaela. we continued our study'f the gospel'f mark. i let our friends there know 'bout the adult beginner taekwondo class that mark n' i r teaching. i hung 'round a li'l after the study.
- Åä, 05¿ù06ÀÏ
- i woke up much later than i wanted to. i guess i was a bit exhausted from the werkwk n' the decent 'mount'f exercise i got last wk.
- kaela had her "ak" (applied kinesiology) seminar @ the techmart bldg, n' i was s'pposed to go ref @ some cheesy, cheesy tiger claw "ultimate internationals" martial arts tournament next door @ the santa clara convention center. kaela woke up late. i dropped her off @ her seminar n' then drove over to west san josé to pick up our friend ben n' drive him over to the tournament. on the way, we stopped @ the korean subway off'f lawrence expwy, where our friend julie used to werk. ben had to buy some sandwiches 4 our friends, who were already @ the tournament n' hungry. he bought each'f them a 12" coldcult combo. these days, i usually just eat 6" sandwiches w/ chips.
- perhaps u read in my earlier, 05¿ù06ÀÏ entry "abomination" 'bout how cheesy this tournament was. i think the least tastelss portion was the wushu part. the karate kumite part was pretty tasteless. students from kaela's skool palmer west chiropraktic college were there to provide care to competitors, but i wish they had skipped this event n' instead gone to the uc open last month. that's a much better run n' classier tournament. well, there wasn't ne werk 4 me to do @ this tournament, so i just enjoyed the free coffee n' my free but oversized polo shirt.
- after a while, i went to lunch @ tomatina w/ kaela. i ate some kind'f gargonzola n' spinacci pizza, while she had this chicken n' artichoke fettuccine.
- after i dropped kaela back off, i went to get gas @ ¢o$t¢o, which took 4ever.
- after that, i went to lift weights @ the arques 24 hr fitness. it was pretty empty on a sat afternoon, but the weight area had some serious meat heads.
- i went home, mowed both the front n' back yard lawns n' pulled weeds. then i prepared ingredients 4 making ¶±ººÀÌ dduhkbokki.
- kaela finished her seminar, so i picked her up, n' we went to watch m:i:iii (mission: impossible iii) @ amc mercado 20. we each had a large jamba juice during the movie n' had a free small popcorn. the movie was pretty good. so, it features maggie q, who is apparently daniel henney's gf. in case u rn't a teenage gurl w/ a passion 4 boy toy heart throbs, lemme explain to u that daniel henney is a korean hapa aktor that all the gurls r all gah gah 4. maggie q's also a hapa, but i guess she's like 0.5 chinese or sumpthin'. she's really elegant n' pretty. i guess she's more'f a model than an aktress. apparently, maggie q : gen y cops :: jaymee ong : gen x cops kaela n' i were both glad to c such an asian aktress play a role w/o the typical exotic accent. i recommend the movie. i give it my thumb up. we watched the 745p showing.
- afterwards, we just went home, rt?
- ÀÏ, 05¿ù07ÀÏ
- i woke up early n' skated (skateboarded) w/ sooni. i hope she's gettin' 'nuff exercise cos ppl've commented that she's getting fat. :-( as i've sed b4, it's fun to cruise on my board w/ sooni. *sigh* i wish i could take her on the slopes, snowboarding, w/ me; so i guess this is the next best thing, eh?
- kaela had a 2nd day to her chiropraktic seminar. it was 'gain in the techmart bldg rt next to the santa clara convention center. grx had its sunday services @ the santa clara convention center, thus kaesla n' i spent 2 day sin a row in the techmart bldg n' the santa clara convention center respectively. kaela woke up late but wanted to carpool, so i waited 4 her. i dropped her off but was pretty late 4 1st service (915a). instead, i decided to go to 2nd service (1116a). i killed time, talking to friends. then i helped friends out w/ kidzone. the kids @ our church r sooo cute. they're all so cute. why is that? like, honestly, kids i c outside'f church rn't always so cute.
- pastor dave gave the sermon, starting a new series called "in the beginning" w/ the 1st sermon'f the series being on creation. 'twas an awesome sermon.
- after the service, i hung out n' chatted w/ friends. i talked 4 a while w/ dennis. kaela n' i 1st met dennis thru mark. he also went to cal when we were there n' was mark's hi skool classmate. a couple'f yrs 'go dennis n' mark bought a house thru kaela. dennis used to be really aktive in wushu @ berkeley.
- kaela's seminar got out early cos the instruktor sed he was gonna buy a round'f drinks 4 his students @ the hotel bar. the hyatt hotel's attached to the santa clara convention center, so kaela instead just joined up w/ me @ that pt. she had plans to meet w/ our church's gem ministry, which supports disabled (differently abled) children. they were s'pposed to meet @ the rivermark red robin burger joint.
- kaela n' i went there, n' we were the 1st'f the grp. i saw some gurls i recognised from church n' asked 1 if shew as there 4 "gem." she looked almost offended n' didn't know what gem is. later, i realised that that group'f gurls was from our college ministry n' that i recognised them cos they were duk's friends. the gurl i talked to just had that "don't assume u know me just cos we're both asian" look on her face, but oh well... i'll excuse that.
- i ate red robin's monster burger. it was a really good, meaty burger. however, i ordered it "well done," since kaela insists that i do that w/ all burgers; n' i think it was a li'l burnt. kaela ordered this cripsy chicken strips salad, n' it was also really tasty. i enjoyed the steak fries that came w/ my burger. so, we met jiyoung, thersa, n' jackie. i was so amazed w/ their passion 4 helping ppl/children 4 jesus. dude, it's so awsome. when i meet ppl like this in our church, i just think how honoured n' almost proud i am to be associated w/ such ppl... i dunno if that's how i should feel, but it is. i told these nice ladies to join our adult beginner taekwondo class. i hope they do. we've definitely stirred up good interest in our class @ our church!
- after this, kaela n' i headed out to the milpitas 99 ranch mall to meet up w/ a couple 4 whom i'll prob'ly dj a wedding 4 in september. the dj bizness'll keep me quite bizzy this yr!
- [later] after that, kaela n' i went to the orchard supply on el camino real @ lawrence bought a $649.99 patio set 4 $599.99. w/ tax, it was back to normal pri¢e... minus 50¢. it's a nice patio set, altho' obviously overpri¢ed. i guess i could live w/o it, but kaela cmed to want it so badly, so i bought it 4 us. nuts. it is brown coloured aluminum w/ marble table top n' copper firepit.
- well, i had to lug the unassembled kit home, making 2 trips to pick up 2 big boxes. while kaela took off to study w/ her friend, i stayed @ home n' assembled patio furniture 4 the next 3 hrs!
- then, i went inside n' cooked dinner: ¶±ººÀÌ dduhkbokki. it's tuff doing all the manual labour as well as all the housekeeping, but oh well... i also had to clean up all the packaging n' take out the trash.
- ¿ù (¾îÁ¦), 05¿ù08ÀÏ
- i woke up early n' attended the 600a turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the arques 24 hr fitness. it was a small class.
- i showered, went home, n' walked sooni. i packed myself some leftover ¶±ººÀÌ dduhkbokki 4 lunch.
- [later] @ lunch, kaela called me up n' sed she could have lunch w/ me, so we tried out a new korean restaurant called Åä¹æ tobang @ benton n' kiely. [later] kaela ordered Çع° µ¹¼Ü ºñºö¹ä haemool dolsot bibimbap, n' i ordered the µÅÁö ºÒ°í±â (dwaeji bulgogi) bento. the fud n' service were great, prob'ly better than normal cos it's a new restaurant.
- [later] i left werk @ a reasonable time in order to take kaela to ¢o$t¢o to buy fud 4 some chiropraktic skool trip to sacrmento 2day. i guess this is some legislative thing. neway, yah... i took her there, n' her classmate friend phil helped pick up fud.
- then, kaela n' i went to the 730p 24 hr fitness arques turbo kick box (tkb) class. the mon, 730p class is the most intense out'f all'f'em.
- then, kaela n' i went to albertsons to buy some more gro¢eries to cook some ¼øµÎºÎ soondubu. somehow, we 4got to buy more eggs, which we need.
- we went home. kaela cooked ¼øµÎºÎ soondubu, while i washed dishes n' laundry.
- È (¿À´Ã), 05¿ù09ÀÏ
- this morn, i took sooni 4 her walk. i hope she's getting 'nuff exercise.
- during lunch, i microwaved my leftover ¶±ººÀÌ dduhkbokki n' ate outside in the atrium. a cowerker from the ol' college program joined me.
- 2nite, i plan to go to taekwondo praktice.
[later] this wknd, kaela n' i'll be in napa 4 my hi skool n' college friend jin's wedding. it's 2 bad that it's mutha's day wknd. i missed mutha's day last yr cos i was in taiwan 4 my grandfather's funeral. oh yah, i'm being sent to denver, colorado 4 a company conference the wk b4 memorial wknd. crazy, huh?S