YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Yayyyyyyyyy, my UPS stalker is gone!  Confirmed by J!  Soo glad J is back!  Happy!

4th of July wknd

this was our first 4th of july together, and it was an enjoyable one.  on friday night, one of my friends was in town, and so several of us got together for our usual - ayce kbbq and yogurtland.  always good times.  on saturday morning, emmanuell and i picked moty up and headed to the la convention center for the anime expo.  it was quite interesting.  we saw some really good costumes to some disturbing ones.  but all in all, it was an interesting experience.  we were there for 7ish hours.  afterwards, we dropped moty off and headed to my friends' (anna & john) bbq.  same group as friday night, but w/ some of their relatives, too.  they bought soo much food, we were all stuffed, and there were still more trays of meat left!  it was very chill.  on sunday, we made pancakes and headed to banana republic for some shopping.  we had some really good deals and made some good purchases.  we hung out at home til the evening and then headed out to play board games w/ moty & mary.  we were out late... til 2am.  yesterday morning, i ended up waking up early and couldn't go back to sleep.  we lounged til noon and met up w/ them at porto's.  afterwards, we all headed back to the apt, gave them the tour, and hung out til we had to head to west la to meet up w/ more friends for dinner at curry house.  i haven't been there in a long time, too bad the food didn't taste the same as before.  but yea, that was the entire fun-filled weekend.  good times.  =)

if only today could be my day off.  i wish i could be at home resting, esp since my nose has been stuffy since last night.  anyway, today marks one month since emmanuell got down on one knee and popped the question.  thinking about that day still gives me butterflies!  <3  i've started to lightly browse on wedding stuff.  we just have one thing set (in three months).  nothing else official.  we'll see what happens. 

Engagement celebrations!!!

I am looking forward to this weekend's dinner plans.  I hope that everyone enjoys it tho.  I was stressed about finding a place for my friends - affordable, local, and with at least decent food.  As long as ppl dress up, I'm happy.  There's a dinner w/ my friends tomorrow, then a dinner w/ Emmanuell's friends on Sunday.  Excited.   

It's been almost three weeks since we've been engaged.  I still reminisce the day my babe proposed to me... the morning of Sunday, June 6th, at Manhattan Beach.  I thought he was joking til he took out the ring and proposed.  Heh, the change of shirt, tie, and roses didn't convince me.  

Here is my fiance's story:

On 6/6/2010, at approximately 10:40 AM, I asked Susan Ly if she would marry me.  Foolishly, she has accepted.  I am most likely as shocked as many of you are, but I'm deciding to go with it. :)  It's been in the making for a little while now (we've been talking about it for the last couple of months).  This week, I'd been telling Susan how I wanted to go to back to Manhattan Beach since we haven't been there since last year.  I picked up the ring during the week and called my friend Sean to help me with the picture taking (driving an hour and a half to do it!).  Once we got to the beach and got settled with our towels, I told Susan that I'd left the camera in the car and needed to go back and get it.  I met Sean at the car where I stashed the ring, roses, and a nice shirt and tie in the trunk.  We walked back down to the beach, almost getting spotted by Susan as we approached.  Once I brought out the ring and convinced her that I was actually not kidding (I may have given her the impression that I might do a fake proposal at the beach), she said yes!

Just reminiscing that morning just brings smiles to my face and butterflies in my stomach.  If only I wasn't cussing while being recorded.  

I should really start doing some research.  All I've accomplished so far was ordering engagement photocards to send out to some ppl, mostly Emmanuell's relatives.  I really need to look into the photographers for Hawai'i.  Ahhh, time to work!

Week of June 13th Highlight!

Back in April, I bought tix to PowerHouse 2010.  June 19th finally came.  It was an amazing performance!  Here's the lineup: 

Cali Swag District (opener)
Jason Derulo
B.o.B. & Bruno Mars
Baby Bash
Trey Songz
Drake
Ne-Yo
Snoop Dogg 

Here's the list of surprise performances/guests:
New Boyz
Oscar de la Hoya
Ron Artest
Derek Fisher
Diddy
Tyrese
Kobe Bryant
Warren G


It was an amazing concert!!!  There were some great highlights, too.  Diddy's surprise performances actually got me up from my seat.  Of course, Ne-Yo was another favorite.  It was exciting to see some of the Lakers.  I was surprised that the concert lasted a little over 5 hours.  There was a jumbotron that displayed texts/pics sent by the audience.  I sent one for my babe.  =)  Best concert yet.   

Father's Day

It's Father's Day... I love you and miss you so much, Ba.

5 Years

I can't believe it's been 5 years.  I can still remember what happened 5 yrs ago - the phone call, the shock, the tears pouring out of me, Mike, Robert, and I flying out.  I can still picture everything.  It's hard to believe that all those years have gone by.  It really is.  

Ba, I know that you're still watching us and taking care of us.  Things aren't the same, but we're trying to make the best of it.  I hope I still make you proud.  A lot has happened these past few months.  I have a much better job, I feel more stable, and I'm engaged.  I hope you can see how happy I am.  It helps to keep me going.  

I love you and miss you so much, Ba.  I will do my best to keep you proud.

I... AM...

ENGAGED!!!