My minion!

SF!

Last weekend, Eman and I drove up to SF for my half marathon. We left at about 6pm Friday evening, got up there after 1am (we were stuck on the 5N due to a brush fire). We stayed with one of my friends from grade school and her bf. We went to the expo to pick up my goodies (bib, chip, tech shirt, etc) Saturday morning followed by a long wait for brunch at Mama's. We were introduced to olallieberry. Very tasty food! Afterwards, we hung out at Fisherman's Wharf for a few hours before heading back home to carbo-load. Carbo-loading was very delicious! It was a nice ambiance, and our waiter was wonderful! He was super sweet to us, and he even gave us a free dessert! Very yummy.

The next morning, I woke up at 6:30am. The SF race began at 8:15. Good thing that Linda & Casey lives so close to the park! I got my gear on, packed up my ipod shuffle and jelly belly energy beans, and was ready to go. Upside - it was in the morning. Downside - it was TOO cold that morning! I must say, this was the most difficult race I've ever done. The hills strained my knees (my knees never ached from these races before), and some streets did not have decent pavement to run on. My legs were killing me. This was the first time where I went nonstop for the first 6 miles. However, by the 9th/10th mile, I wanted to cry and let it be over already. When I finally saw the finish line from a distance, I ran as fast as I could towards the goal. My knees were in extreme pain to a point where I wanted to stop running, but I knew that slowing down would feel much worse than what I was already doing. I looked as if I wanted to cry so bad from being in all that pain. Emmanuell, Linda, and Casey were all at the finish line cheering for me. Once they saw my face, they thought "oh sh!t, that's not good". I knew my finisher photo would be horrible. At the finish line, I got my SF medal, picked up snacks (including Jamba Juice), and waited in line for the Cali Dreamin' medal as I waited for my cheering squad to find me.

After the race, I was waiting for one thing - House of Prime Rib. Linda made a dinner reservation. It was a delicious protein-loading treat! It made me happy!

We left SF at 7:45am Monday morning to head back to LA. On the way, we made a pit stop at Gilroy for garlic and strawberries and then to Casa de Fruta for lunch and treats, including an olallieberry pie (which took over a wk to finish). They had one of the best cafe mochas I've ever had. We got home, rested for a couple hours before Emmanuell had to go to his softball game (I was too crippled to move).

I FINALLY got my medal! Thanks to Linda and Casey for being such great hosts! =D

Fiance + Boba + Sushi + Despicable Me > Dead battery

This past Friday (7/16), I was stuck at work after learning that my car would not start.  My day was already a not-so-great one to begin with.  I had my eval that morning, which I felt blah about, and I had other things going on.  Anyway, I had to call AAA to come out and jump start my car, and I ended up leaving at 5 that afternoon.  Of course, Friday rush hour.  I was not a happy camper.  During the drive, my babe stayed on the phone with me.  We were supposed to attend a surprise bday dinner for a friend, but with everything going on, I was not in the mood and we ended up canceling.  Once I got home, he gave me a big hug for a while before he took me out.  We went to Old Town to get boba and sushi.  After dinner, we went back to Glendale to watch Despicable Me.  I loved it, what a cute movie!  It was a sweet impromptu date night.  I felt much better after that.  I LOVE my fiance.  =)

"IT'S SOO FLUFFY!!!!!"  hehehe.

Really?!

Someone brought up a topic earlier I thought was interesting.  A friend of mine told me how her sig. other likes to browse pics of random female friends of his friends and her friends (basically friends of friends who are females).  Why?  No clue.  It bothers her, and, to be honest, I wouldn't like it either.  It's one thing if he's met that person, but it's another thing if he never did/has.  It makes one wonder - why are you checking out pics of that girl?  And it's not like the pics include the mutual friend in there.  Actually, the more I think about it, the more I'm annoyed.  Seriously, I wouldn't like my sig. other looking through photos of my girl friends, especially if I'm not in those pics.  It would make me think that they're curious about other women or checking out other women, and I would therefore think the guy is not completely happy in the relationship.  Really, what is the point to be looking at those photos anyway?  I'm one of those who are self-conscious, so something like this definitely bothers me.  It's like asking for trouble.  I found out my ex did that while we were together (one of the few things that really got to me), and obviously that relationship didn't go well.  Heck no, I ain't putting up w/ that sh!t.

Pouring

I cried last night... I cried a lot.  Too much...

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.