it’s been 3 years

It’s flown by… the last 3 years… i still remember waking up the morning after our wedding, getting ready to go to church. Mike & I have grown a lot in the last 3 years. He’s learn to be more flexible and laugh at my mistakes instead of getting angry. I’ve learn to communicate my feelings and trust him with my whole heart. We stayed up kinda late the night before our anniversary so when the clock stroked 12, we exchanged our “happy anniversaries”

G: I love that I get to sleep and wake up next to you, that’s my favorite part of being married. what’s your favorite part?

M: being married to you

G: awwww!

Mike, being the wonderful and amazing husband that he is, planned a surprise dinner that evening. I had a hard day at school and came home really exhausted. After getting ready to go, I became really excited and tried to figure out where we were going.

As soon as we got on the 5 freeway, I knew we were going to Disneyland. I just didn’t know what restaurant it was at disneyland. I tried to ask as many questions as I could to get it out of him, but he was really good at not letting out the surprise.

Mike kept wanting to take pictures (i think he was trying to stall cos we got there earlier than his reservation time) so we went into disneyland first (cos i wanted a churro). When we got into the park, there was a parade going on, so I couldn’t get to the churro guy. Mike suggested that we go to DCA to get it.

So after a little bit, mike claimed to have to use the restroom but wanted to use it at the DCA hotel so we head over there. As we approach the Napa Rose restaurant (one of the restaurants that I have a strong feeling we were eating at) mike said “let’s see if they have a restroom i can use in there.”

The restaurant looked SO NICE!

The service was beyond amazing… probably the best service I’ve ever experienced. The food… speechless.

a variety of bread

Sauteed Hand Harvested Scallops with a Sauce of Lemon, Lobster and Tahitian Vanilla

Mike’s Dish: Angus Filet Mignon “au Poivre” topped with Melted Brie Roasted Walnuts, Sun-Dried Cherries and Cabernet Sauvignon-Cherry Essence with Tantara wine

Glo’s Dish: Braised Alaskan Halibut in the Rustic Style of the Old California Missions with a Relish of Tomatoes, Pine Nuts, Cilantro, Jalapeno and Slivered Green Olives with Banfi Rosa Regali wine

Even though we were so full, we ended the night with a Golden upside down Pineapple Cake.

What a magical way to celebrate 3 years of life together…

To many more years to come…. i love you.

Secret Recipe

Mike’s been really into cooking lately. He wanted to surprise me with dinner after a long week at school. I was busy doing work and he was busy in the kitchen preparing the “secret recipe”. I went into the kitchen to take some pictures to document this secret recipe…

I thought maybe he was cooking a vegetarian dish (I had mention I wanted to eat just veggies for a week) but he kicked me outta the kitchen when he had to add his “secret ingredient”.

I waited patiently as he finish preparing the meal. I set the table for us and this is what arrived:

Disneyland’s CLAM CHOWDER BOWL!! Just the way I like it… soup in a bowl and bread on the side! I spend about $9 every time I get a chowder bowl at the park. One time, Mike said “I bet i can make that for you” and I said, “ok! make it and I’ll believe it”

He made it. The smell and taste was EXACTLY like the chowder bowl at Dland. AMAZING.

I have an amazing husband. I really do.

Na’s 20th Birthday

I can’t believe she’s 20. the big two o. wow. we celebrated her birthday early cos she’ll be celebrating her actual birthday in Singapore! Another year of growth for her… a year where she finally made the dance team she’s been trying out for and now dancing her heart out, a year where she never thought she’d find love in boy and did… a year where our friendship and sisterhood got closer and closer. I love this girl. I’m so glad i have her in my life.

Happy birthday, na! love you =)

yummmmy

we haven’t had hooters in a LONG time. we shouldn’t have…but we did. and it was YUMS!

Vision - Diamond Bar

I followed along. I’m like vision’s mascot. Yay mike! =)

Jeymi’s bachlorette party!

• throwing up twice & a bloody nose before I even took off
• a bumpy ride there and back
• mel fitting all her outfits and shoes in her small bag
• one by one, the girls slowly arrived
• spa time with mel, jeyms & grace
• winning at roulette!
• playing roulette together
• meals at paris buffet, mesa grill, cafe at ballys, cafe at paris
• massive girl talk =)
• getting as red as jeymi’s sash
• clubbing at The Bank
• getting abused to go down gambling at 3am



Cheers - to a great weekend together!

Dillon’s Graduation

I’m proud of you dee, you did it! I’m rooting for you =)

Alisa’s Graduation

I’ve known this girl for 8 years. We use to ditch class to listen to sappy love songs, think of corney ideas to surprise our significant others, pig out, go to target, plan our wedding, watch tv, party, eat again, run around the house with 4 other girls. We have a lifetime worth of memories to share and the best thing is that we’re still creating new ones.

Today, she graduated with not 1 but 2 masters. THE GIRL’S A NERD! Her MBA & Masters in Psychology. She’s going be a marketing executive at Johnson & Johnson.

Here she is… with her “happy friend” shirt. hahaha

i love you alisa. and i’m so very proud of you.

Baby Kyri

isn’t she the cutest lil girl ever?! she was so camera ready today, I LOVE IT!

She’s a Doctor!

After 4 years of hard work, many sleepless nights, tears, stress and craziness… she did it! She became Dr. Deborah Liu, D.O. I’m really proud of her… you go, deb!