showers galore

[y] i had 2 baby showers and 1 bridal shower in the past 5 days...whew! it was such a great blessing to be able to celebrate 2 expectant mothers (sunny and hannah) and to talk with new or seasoned mothers about motherhood and life after a child. no, i'm not pregnant or thinking about having children right now...but it was great to know that if and when, there will be experienced mothers out there who i can talk to.

the bridal shower was for another upcoming trinity wedding...miss jeannie soon-to-be-kim sim! she was such a good sport posing with all of the underwear that we decorated for her! her bridesmaids bought a bunch of granny underwear and we were suppose to decorate them. well most turned out to have holes in "convenient" places and barely any coverage...lucky for fernando! it's always fun getting together with trinity gals...

bolivia, here we come!

[y] hey just wanted to let everyone know that after prayerful consideration and a desire to serve together as a married couple on the missions field, we have applied to go on a 9 day campaign to Boliva, South America on Nov. 17-25, 2006. we're going with e3 partners ministry(formerly known as GMF) and being led by Mike Jorgensen. besides sharing the story and love of God in areas without thriving local churches, eye clinics will also be set up.

if you're in the eye profession or just have a desire to bless and be blessed in Bolivia, join us! since 5 of the 9 days are holidays or weekends, you only use up 4 days of vacation!

got tagged

[y] 10 of life's simple pleasures
Got tagged by Palm
1. Being loved by my hubby.
2. Snoozing the alarm clock for just a few more minutes.
3. Lunch break at work.
4. Chipotle, Classic Kitchen, Juice box, pizza, Maggiano's...had to squeeze my food pleasures into one!
5. Checking email.
6. Having dinner with friends.
7. A shower before sleeping.
8. Baking or making food for other people.
9. Getting snail mail.
10. Looking through old pictures.

moving sux . . . but mostly done!

[g] In the process of moving, and it's soooo not fun. Why are there no available UHAULs? I had to rent a uhaul and the only thing available was a 26'. Do you know how big those are? I can't move around in this thing! Dude, and I reserved a smaller one! geez! I'm a little frustrated. :( Anyone want to help me pack up and move? All day 8/19/06 give me a call. :) Calling all volunteers.

Shoutouts to Peter Sun, Christina Huang, Eric and Fiona Mah, and my mom and sis who helped me move stuff in! Mostly thanks to Yvonne who put up with my whining and moaning. :) Whew! that was an ordeal.

more pocky and new news!!

[g] This is for my honey who found green tea mousse pocky to be exciting. They have melon pocky too! Check it out here at Asian Grocer. There's a 10 percent coupon off too: sas10off

Just to let everyone know that I've been accepted to Dallas Seminary as well. I'll be going back to school. I'll be taking some classes this semester in Houston first. So see you guys in H-town. I just ask that there be no traffic when I run errands and drive around town. Possible? Puuuleeez?

3, 2, 1. . Bungee. . . Wait.

[g] Ed,Gordo Leung, and I went bungee jumping the night before Ed's wedding. It was the last thing we did. We first went bowling, where the married guys pulled a win from behind in the last couple of frames. It was fun hanging out. Ed seemed calm and collected. So back to bungee jumping. We got there at midnight. I was pretty tired from waking up early to travel to Dallas, but I had to bungee. We went to Zero Gravity. They have a couple of thrill seeking rides there. So only 3 of us did it, while a couple of guys just stood there and watched. (I'm generally a thrill seeker, I'll do anything once.) I had to climb up 7 stories, and then the guy up there made me go immediately. I wanted to rest a bit from climbing those stairs. At least I wasn't out of breathe thanks to my running. I supposedly jumped wrong, but I blame that on going first. I was suppose to lock my legs and fall head first. But once I started going over, I just jumped. Was it scary? It doesn't look so high from the ground, but when you're up top. It's pretty high. I was scared yes for a second or two, but I wasn't going to back out. The guy did a count down, 3, 2, 1, Bungee, and I just stood there. He just kept saying go, you can do it, just go. Maybe 3 seconds later, I just went. So here it is. . .



And yes, that's me screaming like a girl. I usually scream at everything. Just to let it all out. Makes it more exhilarating. And yes, that's all the guys laughing at me.


That's me when it was all over.

And that's Ed jumping.

I'll have to digitize my skydiving video and upload it too.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Leung

[g] It's a good feeling when you see your good friend get married. It was an honor to stand by your side as you took that leap of faith. See you guys soon in Houston, have fun in Hawaii! Congrats AELeung!

new snack and pretty sky

[y] my good friend kat tang stopped by my office the other day to pick something up and gave me a box of green tea cream coated pocky sticks! some of you probably remember eating chocolate or strawberry covered pocky sticks...and then white chocolate...but i had no idea there were green tea pocky sticks...and they're sooo good! these are probably my new favorite snack for now...

also, on my way to austin, i took a few pictures of the sky because there were so many sun rays...the sun was hidden behind a few clouds, but it was bursting out at any opening in the clouds. it totally reminded me of God's majesty...

ameliatarbet.com

[y] we made it onto our wedding photographer's website! from the time we booked her in december until recently, she's only added one or two other wedding stories...but she has added our wedding pics into her 'stories' section! if anyone is getting married in austin, we highly recommend amelia...we love the shots she took! go see if you're in those pics...there's a nice shot of emi in there =)

if you want to see all of the pictures that amelia took, you can go to www.pictage.com and look for gordon and yvonne.

has this ever happened to you?

[y] for you contact wearers out there, have you ever rubbed your eye and the contact shifts to another part of your eye ball (like under your eye lid)? this just happened to me and i started panicking because i was afraid the contact would slip around to the back of my eye ball. it was actually in the top corner of my eye ball and i could only see it in the mirror if i looked the opposite direction. the scary thing is, i could barely feel it...so i could have easily rubbed my eye and assumed that my contact fell out and i couldn't find it...when all along, it's inside my head! i wonder if it would be bad to have a contact inside your eye or on the back of your eye ball...

vrroom vroomm...

[y] we got a new car!! it's a 2006 toyota rav4 limited edition in nautical blue (basically navy blue). we love it! some of our favorite features are: dual climate control, auxiliary audio jack for mp3 player, mp3 capable 6-disc CD changer, and remote engine starter. also, we're getting a lojack installed so if anyone steals our car, the cops can track it down.

free chipotle!

[y] you can get a free burrito, burrito bol, or tacos from the chipotle in the royal oaks shopping center (near my house) if you show them your 24 hour fitness card on wednesday, august 2!! so all those people i used to see at the gym or still see (the chiaos, faye/simon, sweis, derbys, jerry sun, kat tang, leungs, rebs) if you still have a membership, go to chipotle tomorrow!!

UPDATE: i went to Chipotle during lunch today (Aug. 2) and got my free burrito bol...no questions asked...they didn't even look at my 24 hour fitness card. too bad i already had dinner plans and can't get another free one for dinner! but you can probably borrow a friend's card and get a free burrito! i don't know what the promo is...and it's not like chipotle is very healthy if you're trying to lose weight by working out. the only correlation i can see between chipotle and 24 hour fitness is after you eat at chipotle, you should work out because each burrito is over 1000 calories!

[g] I also heard on the radio in Austin, that KFC is now selling just 6 legs and 6 thighs for $8.99. That's a deal!! :) Love KFC.