JIA-CHI

Cassidy

Welcoming Leah Huoh into the family.  Celebrated in Ktown at So Hyang Korean BBQ buffet!

Alexandria St.

4th St.

My cousin, Hector, graduated from the Rio Hondo Fire Academy in Santa Fe Springs.  Best part - they had live demonstrations after the ceremony.

Never taking the fire department for granted, again!

Amelia!

arizona and new mexico.  felt extremely “american”.   amazed that most everything i saw was natural, not a high rise or building.  intrigued by how desolate a lot of america is, and why people would live there. and appreciative of our national parks system and “family time”.

Jan. 24

Phoenix Public Library

Christmas Eve Dinner in Tucson

Jan. 25

White Sands National Monument

Christmas Dinner. The only place open in Carlsbad.

Jan. 26

Carlsbad Caverns National Park

Roswell International UFO Museum and Research Center

Jan. 27

Petroglyph National Monument

Petrified Forest National Park

Jan. 28

Grand Canyon National Park

went over for brunch at kevin’s house with genevieve.  her aunt gave her some mad philipino food.  stuffed eggplant, with a fried egg.  gen and I were afforded a behind-the-scenes look into the making of a “stupid breakfast with kevin biggers” video blog.  production is quite extensive.  you can check it out here.  I then repotted some succulents on kevin’s patio.  one of my favorite things to do.

kevin brought out the brown sugar bacon and sea salt caramel ice cream from pazzo gelato.  and then he licked the container to mark his territory, make sure nobody would steal his decadent ice cream.

and then i biked to M&A for a meeting with christopher about a membership drive.  very interesting.  i think we want to take the drive in a non-traditional direction.  and more of a co-op.  thinking about it.  then i hopped on the gold line to monterey park with my bikey.  went to celebrate my grandma’s 90th bday!

the cake was large. and had taro in the middle.  between 2 layers of flakes, and 4 layers of cake.

for her birthday, popo gave us all red envelopes. 

we then ate a massive mountain of date buns

it was a special evening since the day before, my cousin in SF had JUST given birth to my grandma’s 2nd great-grand-daughter, on her birthday.  popo also acknowledged that this would probably be the last time that she visited America. 

went to victoria’s house afterwards, where her roommates were throwing a heck of a party. complete with a door-mate sized birthday cake.  which was from an asian bakery. how did i know?  because they spelled BITHDAY, and had to sneak in an “R”.  good cake though.

the kids played indoors.

went home this weekend to help dad recover from surgery, repairing a broken tibia.  he jumped out of a moving golf-cart, driven by my brother, because he thought it was going to flip.  he thought it was a good idea at the time. 

he rolled a couple of times on his face.  broke his wrist as well.  aside from using a walker, he’s pretty immobile.  i found out how hard it really is to take off and put on a t-shirt.

great family time to catch up on old wedding footage!  the wedding vehicle was an oldsmobile.  my parents thought it was a good idea at the time.