Posts Tagged ‘birthday’

Return after a long absence

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Well! It’s been about half a year since my last update… too much has been going on. But my life may finally be settling back into something more manageable, or at least less chaotic now. Maybe I’ll just update you on my life with a series of pictures.

My nephew’s 3rd birthday was in June, and I went to his birthday party at a park in SF.

Nic's third birthday

Nic's third birthday

I bought a condo in mid-July, a 2-bedroom, 2-bathroom at about 1150 square feet. I moved out of San Mateo on August 1, after living there for five years, and moved into my new residence in Millbrae. I held two housewarming parties, one for my family, and then one for my friends (mostly the Berkeley crowd).

Nic and Elizabeth, my nephew and neice

Nic and Elizabeth, my nephew and niece, at my first housewarming party

Friends at my second housewarming party

Friends at my second housewarming party

In preparation for Szu-Huey’s baby, we had a baby shower for her in September.

CS162 group (minus Carol)

CS162 group (minus Carol)

Nick Lin visited the Bay Area with his friend from Taiwan.

Nick and Nina

Nick and Nina

Jiong had his wedding banquet in October, during which I caught my third garter.

My third garter catch

My third garter catch (picture courtesy of Travis)

I went home to SoCal in October to celebrate my father’s 60th birthday as well as to attend my high school’s 10-year reunion.

Dad's 60th birthday

Dad's 60th birthday

My high school 10-year reunion (picture courtesey of Jason)

My high school 10-year reunion (picture courtesey of Jason)

Late 20’s

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

I turned 27 two days ago, and celebrated with my friends last night. I had a big party at Langkawi, and now everyone thinks I’m super popular because of all the people who showed up. I made sure I got at least one picture with everyone who showed up.

Jason, Kyle, me, f00, Krispy

clan cal

Angela, me Janice

Angela, me Janice

Ka-Chun, me, Szu-Huey

Ka-Chun, me, Szu-Huey

Diana, Nick, Lin, me

Diana, Nick, Lin, me

Jed, me, Victoria, Veronica, Tiffy

Jed, me, Victoria, Veronica, Tiffy

Kirk, me, Jemmy

Kirk, me, Jemmy

Pat, me, Paul, Evelyn, Jenny, Jeff

Pat, me, Paul, Evelyn, Jenny, Jeff

Karen, me, Connie

Karen, me, Connie

And here’s the family at Langkawi that helped make everything turn out perfectly.

My wonderful hosts

My wonderful hosts

I had too much dessert. Szu-Huey baked a lemon cake for me, and my hosts made a dessert of tempura ice cream and fried bananas.

Me preparing my cake, deftly holding a knife. Upside-down. Deliberately, of course.

Me preparing to cut my cake, deftly holding a knife. Upside-down. Deliberately, of course.

Langkawi's gift

Langkawi's gift

After dinner we had a mini-lan party at my apartment, and played the Left 4 Dead demo. I’m thinking about getting it.

lan party

lan party

Thanks everyone for coming out and making my birthday dinner a wonderful evening!