In The Air Again.

I took this shot while on my flight out to Houston this weekend. My noona Amy is getting married and so I'm flying out to join in the festivities. The crazy thing about us is that her parents have been close with ours ever since we moved to LA in '84. In fact, her parents knew my aunt (my mom's older sister) before they knew us, and they helped my parents when we first moved out to Cali. The last time I saw them was when I was seven, during the summer before we moved to Moscow, Russia. We lost touch, but as with all random connections, she found me on xanga, since one of my profile pictures was from when I was like 4.
We've been in touch ever since, and so I'm really excited about this brief family reunion. I probably shouldn't be flying in my current headache/coughing condition, but hey, anything for family.

More Toys.

I've been meaning to buy a flash and get my own 50mm lens. I initially wanted to have the equipment with me by July for missions, but since I'm traveling to Houston this weekend for a wedding, I thought it'd be nice to get it sooner than later. I just hate how the older you get, the more expensive your toys become.

Punk Rock Babies and MFGG.

For our quarterly offsite, my department invited the punk cover band Me First & The Gimme Gimmes to play at our Summer Kick-Off Bash. I listened to them in high school, so I was excited when I heard that they were coming.

In the middle of their first set, the band's wives walked in with their kids in tow. Each kid had earmuffs on, and it was the most adorable thing, because they were still jamming to their daddies' music. When the two girls just stood in front of their dads' band, I had to steal a shot.

I turned around saw this kid playing with the soundboard. Too cute.

And in the end, me and Brian were able to grab a picture with the band, sans Spike (their lead singer). We think that he was testing out a Google bike and thus was unavailable.

Still Sick.

The title says it all. With all the stuff I'm taking to try and get better, I feel like a walking medicine cabinet. Please pray that I get better soon!

24/7 Memorial Day BBQ.

Since none of us had to work today, our small group met up in Alex's apartment by the ballpark for a huge barbeque. 1/2 lbs burgers, 6 oz steaks, hot dogs, and NINE gallons of homemade sweet tea by yours truly and Steve Chen made this a memorable 9 hour BBQ. Good times.


Jen Han, also known as "NOOOOO!!" (To my NC peeps, she's Judy Pham's best friend. Small world, huh?)

More photos can be found here.

Tea: How a Pro Does It!

While making the nine gallons of sweet tea for tomorrow's barbeque, Ben "The Stonecutter" Chen decided to whip up some cinnamon-lemon tea for all of us. Since I've been coughing for the past week, it really hit the spot. Ben, one of the owners of The Public (a local restaurant), went into the kitchen and was making this concoction in a skillet! I've never seen tea made like this before, so I had to take a picture.

Rona's Birthday

Today was Rona's birthday and we celebrated in grand style at Ben Chen's loft in Potrero Hill. A whole bunch of us got together for dinner, and we got to just chill and spend some time catching up with each other. (Rona is the girl with the "I [heart] Mom" shirt)

I was initially taking a picture of just the ladies, when the fellas all decided to act a fool in the background. :)

More pictures of the night can be found here.