My 26th birthday

Tomorrow I turn 26.  I've been very tired lately (w/ work and other things going on) so I didn't plan anything to celebrate w/ friends this year.  Since I will be seeing the remaining local friends at an upcoming sendoff lunch I'm planning in a few weeks, I decided to go on a date w/ my hubby-to-be for my bday weekend. 

My birthday weekend started off with checking out the new apartment I'll be living in two weeks from now.  The master bedroom, master bathroom, and master walk-in closet are much larger than the unit (with similar floorplan) we looked at before.  That made E very happy.  A guest can even sleep in the closet!  On the way home, we headed to the Galleria to walk around and shop and get  dinner.  E got me bday gift #1.  =)  We then walked to the Americana to pick up my free bday gift from Sephora followed by purchasing a sports bra at Lululemon.  It was one of the relaxing days I've had after work in a while; it was nice.

This morning, E & I got dolled up (excited to wear my bday gift) and headed to Santa Monica to get brunch at Urth Caffe (one of my favorite breakfast places!).  Surprisingly they had E's favorite fruit danish (even though we didn't see it in their nearly empty display showcase).  That made E very happy today!  (Oh the little joys in life!)  Once we filled our tummies, we headed to PCH to go to the Getty Villa.  I LOVE the architecture there!  All the columns got me all excited and happy!  It was our first time going to the Getty Villa, and we enjoyed it very much.  I look forward to going back there again!!

We made a quick stop at home to drop off some bottles I bought from BevMo then headed to dinner in Hollywood.  One word - YUMM.  And, of course, I got my bday dessert to finish tomorrow.  =)


Today was enjoyable and relaxing.  I had such a wonderful time.  I wonder what tomorrow will bring. =D

Busy week of visitors!

The past week has been busy.  Two of our friends (also in our wedding party) were in town at the same time.  On Wednesday night, we stayed out in the west side to meet up with a few of Emmanuell's grad school friends for dinner at C&O's Cucina followed by boba.  Then on Thursday, we went out to Father's Office where I was reunited with my favorite beer.  On Friday night, I stayed up til about 2am (I couldn't sleep for some reason) and ended up just cleaning the apartment since M was staying w/ us the following night.

On Saturday morning, we drove out to SGV to pick up L and headed to dim sum with other grade school friends.  M came to meet up w/ us and got to meet a few of my friends.  E went with M to help him pack while my friends and I hung out and went for some boba at Tea Station.  A few hours later, we headed down to Gardena for kbbq and boba (again for me) with E's grad school friends.  We also got to meet an adorable newborn!  By that time it was sometime after 10pm.  The three of us then headed to J-town for karaoke w/ M's sister.  That lasted til around 2:30am.  After we got home, we played a boardgame til about 6am.  We were up for almost 24 hrs!  E and I woke up around three hours later and browsed online til M woke up for a late breakfast before he left.

This past weekend was very much needed!  I really enjoyed the weekend, thanks to L & M being in town.  It felt like Wednesday night started the weekend!  Looking forward to the next reunion!

Quick updates

It's been nearly a month since I've updated.  Not too much has happened.

• lunch date w/one of my bridesmaids and her hubby
• dinner w/ some of Emmanuell's grad school friends
• wedding errands
• visit a dear friend's mom in the hospital
• watching the playoffs
• apartment hunting
• watched "Thor" (surprisingly good movie)

Hopefully I'll be able to write more soon.

Star Wars Day

I found out from O that today is Star Wars Day.

May the 4th be with you.