happy birthday best friend!

Caring
Intelligent
Nice
Diligent
Young (even though she entered adulthood today)

Well-mannered
Enthusiastic
Neat!

is
18
today!
happy birthday!! love youu (:

My 18th birthday :)

today’s my birthday and im finally legal
I don’t feel 18, nor do I feel older but I do feel extra special and loved by so many wonderful friends!
Thank you for making my 18th birthday absolutely amazing and unforgettable!

On saturday, peter and i celebrated my birthday with his family! We went to laguna hills and ate dinner at this small italian restaurant. i reallly enjoyed the food and just spending time with him doing so many things I don’t usually do! As a celebration of my “last few days of childhood” we went shopping and he pushed me in the shopping cart! I haven’t sat in the shopping cart for about 10 years whee! I have the video recording on my phone Then at night, while I was watching T.V., his sister came to turn off the lights and a few minutes later, peter came in singing happy birthday and holding a cake with a candle on it and cream puffs on the sidee! I was really surprised and I thought it was so sweet since no one has actually ever done that for me and it’s like one of those movie moments where you go “aww.” So yes, I felt like I was in a movie Thank you so much! For remembering that I loveee chocolate, that I loveee ice cream cake and that my parents never buy me ice cream cake ever for my birthday because they think winter is not the time for ice cream (the only other ice cream cake I got was from cindy and janet for my 17th birthday!)!! Thank you so much for even getting me cream puffs! You’re the best! I’m sorry I don’t have pictures for saturday

blowfish face!
i think this is cute. we took this at church
haha. i like this picture alot (cause i think i look pretty in it and i think he looks…funny in a cute way of course :D)
and hello, there randy sun! peeping out from back!

my cousin, winnie thinks we look alike.
do we look alike?
maybe our smiles and how our eyes disappear/wrinkle up!
keep on smiling, darling! smiling is healthy!

So sunday, after church, we headed over to BJs for lunch
Thank you to all who came!
Thank you Cindy, Janet, Peter, Michelle, Ashley, Eunice, Randy, Jason, Sharon, Thomas, Travis and Jordan!
Had two bowls of clam chowder and cajun pasta. I shared with pumo but I was somehow so full
And thank you for the pizookie surprise! It was really good

When Cindy, Janet, Michelle, Randy, Ashley and Eunice came in with this, I couldn’t believe it.
I thought it was a cake or something in a coach bag haha.
But wow! I’ve never even touched a coach bag before.
Yummy!
I shall keep this bag safe!

The coach box
Ta da!
I love the plaid and the colors. It’s so cute.
Okay, this box will be kept safe, too.
I shall not ruin this!

Okay, so coach even gives out a little folder for the gift receipt.
I think i’m weird.
I’m going to keep the gift receipt inside the thing, too.

Coach tissue paper and a coach sticker.
I shall keep this too.

sadly, i ripped this beautiful tissue paper
it’s okay! it’s still coach haha
okay drum roll please. we’re getting really close to the actual present!
*holds in breath*

you still cant really see it yet.
drum roll continue please..

OH MY COACH
!!
okay, isn’t this the aboslutely cutest bag ever?
look at the design! I love it! It just came out It’s new~
and it’s one of the unique colorful designs!
i think this bag is so me
so many colorful colors. I love colorful things.
And plaid. I like plaid, polka dots and everything.
Thank you, you guys! Seriously, I don’t think anyone could have picked out a better bag for me
And I love the fact that this bag is tiny.
I don’t think big coach bags look that great.
And for this kind of design, I think it looks best small
thank you Cinno, Juno, Ashley, Euno, gnomie and randy!

Thank you Jason and sharon for this letter!
i think this is sooo creative and cute!
Andyou know, i think pigs are now my favorite animals
I’ve been getting alot of pig things and I think I kind of look like a pig
A round face and small eyes!
Jason and sharon also got me this:

I think the depictions of all the animals are really adorable haha
And the fact that they stuffed the inside of this pouch with hershey kisses is super creative.
…hrmm kisses are my favorite chocolate too
anyways, i think im going to use this bag and put all my choir makeup in there then I don’t have to carry around separate things cause my current choir makeup bag is so small.
It’s like the perfect timing too because just a few days ago, I saw janet’s makeup bag and i was telling myself that I needed to get a bigger bag and wah-la! It’s like jason and sharon read my mind or something!
thank you!

See’s!
I remember last time I got a box of see’s this big and my dad took it away from me haha so I never got to taste see’s until pumo bought me see’s for winter.
But i’m so excited! I plan to hide this in my room and eat it
There’s nothing like chocolate in bed with a good book!
Chocolate is a girl’s best friend. More than diamonds Cause unlike diamonds, chocolate is edible. anthing edible is always better than anything flashy
gotta satisfy my tummy!
double the chocolate!
hershey kisses and see’s
oh boy, i’m gonna be one fat happy sumo wrestler
thank you travis!!

Thank you christine for this!
okay so for those of you who don’t know…actually, i’m not sure who knows..
but my mom doesn’t buy cups or glasses anymore cause for some reason, they always break.
So i’m constantly drinking out of a bowl..those small chinese bowls and then they can barely fill up anything to drink so after a few gulps, i’m done
but now i have my own cup!
And it’s not just any plain glass. I don’t think you can see but there are pandas on it. (haha michael chang, you jealous?)
I think Leo and I are gonna split this we can have matching cups!yayyyy!
cheers!

anyways today (monday) i washed my blue, plaid flats in the washing machine. bad idea.
it totally got ruined. the sole tore apart.
those were my favorite flats too!
they were plaid and cute and T__T
it’s okay. summer’s almost here. time for flip flops

Orange Hills Restaurant

A month ago, my dad and I booked a reservation at Orange Hills in Orange County to celebrate my mom’s 46th  birthday
Since we’ve never really done “fine dining” or been to any fancy restaurant, we decided to give it a shot since she’s always coo-ing over the ones in the movies.

Orange hills was really nice. I really enjoyed it. You could see the restaurant from about five miles away. It’s situated ontop of a hill, with pretty lights surrounding it. Valet parking, waitors in tuxes, dim lights, perfect place for a couple..not so much a family but that’s okay. My mom enjoyed it

The place looks nice in the pictures but it’s nowhere near how it looked in real life.
We had a window seat so I could see the balcony and all the bonfire places on the balcony and all of orange county and LA  lit up

Here’s the website if any of you are interested http://www.theorangehillrestaurant.com/
the place exceeded my expectations.
really, the view is amazing

driving up orange hills. lights. pretty

family in the garden. (entrance to the restaurant)
yes, it’s a super dark picture but i was trying to get the feel of the lights

me. i look gross. pretty background

prettty

the inside of the restaurant.

view from the top of the hill through the window (i was sitting right here.)

pretty!

for dinner, we ordered one bowl of french onion soup, a plate of caesar salad, and for main dishes: seasonal salmon, filet mignon, duo of lamb.

filet mignon. sorry, it’s dark.
the wine sauce was very yummy

duo of lamb avec haricots verts (french for string beans)
some of the food names were in french.
so its a plus that i know the names

seasonal salmon.
its a dark blob in the picture -__-

out in the balcony. here’s the bonfire place!

more garden

that’s it
that’s the end of my lovely adventure at orange hills.

if you really want to do something once in a life time&forever memorable, i definitely recommend it!
but if you’re hungry and are looking for food, then go to in-n-out!

peter’s house+frank+gary’s birthday

yesterdayyy 11/23, I went to peter’s housee

travis, peter and i made a fire in the fireplace. That was awesome cause i’ve never done that before. 
Kind of scary. Ate pringles, cleaned up peter’s room, went out in the backyard!

After travis left, peter and I took pictures and we went and bought ice cream and chips for frank and gary’s party.
that was fun. A gallon and a half of ice cream :)Yummy. $10 bucks worth of ice cream.

Went to gary and frank’s house. Ate. Prank calls (wow that was funny but I feel very sad for the people who had to deal with the pork, police, pringleman, and a “drunk” cameron and a very uncalled for comment from peter thing) haha…

happy belated birthday, frank and gary hope you like the card and ice cream!

anddd here are some pictures that pumo and i took at his house. in front of the mirror.

 

i like this picture. though..someone needs to stop slouching

my eye is distorted. and his smile is evil. LOL

we’re not kissing. our heads just happened to be in that position.
no, seriously, im telling the truth.

fatty’s hungry again he must be starving cause i dont think anyone in their right state would want to eat me.
im not yummy.

hes backing away from me
im sad.
my face is distorted, once again.

i put this up just to embarrass him
teehee.
have you met this dork yet?
he’s the best

i have fat
I need to lose weight/get muscles.

Today in T.A., I fell asleep.
I just put my head down and I ended up dozing off for 40 minutes or so.
And I didn’t even hear my name being called until this guy yelled “SUSAN!”
and then I woke up.
That was a niceee napp
I never understood how people actually “fall” asleep in class.
Now, I do.

Sold tickets for Cabaret at lunch with Jennifer.
But the homecoming court took up the whole stage so we had to “relocate.”
We’re singing Reflection from Mulan (which I think is the ugliest song ever…dont shoot me) and Apple tree (which sounds really gay)
And Lopez said apple tree’s going in our show.
Right when she said that.
Janet and I made faces at each other at the same time!
Hah! It was so funny. I think so did alot of other people.

In English, we got our summer reading objective tests back.
We graded them in class and you could hear all the groans, sighs, and muttered swear words.
They were pretty ugly.
Especially Their Eyes Were Watching God and Death of Ivan Ilyich.
I bombed those.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASON AND MR HOLMES
you guys are like 40-50 years apart haha.

Happy Birthday Leo!

It’s leo’s birthday today (aug 26) and he’s already 7. (:
It’s amazing seeing your dearest brother grow up and only knowing that you love him more and more each year is an ineffable feeling that words can’t possibly describe.
part of me is happy for Leo- watching him learn how to read, write, do math, play, beat me at video games&computer games. But, the other half of me is sad and sometimes, I wish Leo could stay little forever. Sometimes, I wish Leo were once again the 1 year old baby I had to feed, carry, change diapers for.

Okay enough sad, nostalgic talk.
Time for fun.
So this year, my parents and I decided to throw Leo a birthday at…*drum roll please*
CHUCK E CHEESE’S
where a kid everyone can be is a kid.
10 of leo’s friends came (:
Friends from the same street and neighboring houses, friends from vejar, and friends he met at star education.
As much fun as the party was, it was pretty hectic, loud, rambunctious.
I’ll stop babbling now and give some visual things (:

Leo’s name!

The table all set up (:

uh…little rascals.

Leo’s a little too excited

Leo and I (:

My parents and Leo (:

The Lu family (:

Chuckie! ..Leo looks so timid here.

Singing&dancing for leo. (:

Ma mere et moi. Hier, elle a coupe ton cheveux. (:

And to end this post…a sibling picture (:

Oh and guess what?
I also went shopping yesterday whee
Bought the cutest pair of flats ever
and this one really cute shirt.
and juno and i got the same jeans haha.

Juno’s Birthday Part 2

Yes, there’s a part two!
So we surprised her at cheesecake factory!
People who came: Tallsomes of course, her boyfriend, ashley, eunice, catherine, peter (for awhile), justin, claire and charles

Our waiter was very nice. He has such a cool watch OMG. The brand is called “pimp” hahaha (:
I think he looks like that one guy from the OC..adam brody.
Anyways alot of people thought he was cute haha.
At the end of our meal i blurted out “CAN I HAVE YOUR NUMBER?!”
(btw, i was NOT serious for those of you who think i actually wanted it -____-)
And then his eyes went like this O_O and said “i have a gf already but if not, sure (:”
haha so cuteee
AHAHA it was a funny joke though (:

Edit: JUNO, I DID NOT AGREE TO YOUR COMMENT. -.- you shall NEVERRR pay us back :DD

Happy Birthday Juno!

♥
“a best friend is a sister destiny forgot to give you”

07.19.
Happy birthday dearest best friend, sister- Juno! (:
Thank you so much for always being there for me(:
I couldn’t have asked for a better sister or a better best friend.
you’re the bestestestestestestestestest!
Here’s our journey together:

From shopping togetherr and trying on clothes&pictures in the fitting rooms

to getting ready at your housee for choir concert (: Then all those restaurant outings after!

to Christmas! And your lovely presenttt that I’ve been using ever since (;

to All our red cross outtings!
our love for lasagna and chuchumongas (:
All those talks and funny phone calls we had to makee for red cross.
And of course shopping for rosie&judith that one time!
And that time we stayed forever in the cafeteria because I was crying.
Thank you hon (:
Last but not least,

to Sleeping over at your house during winter break because my parents went to vegas and I had elite
Thank you for housing me! (:
You’re such a great mommmy<33
Buying the same PJs at charlotte russe!
Buying the same Hollister sweater!
Wearing cutee socks and taking funny bathroom picturess and of course jippi and the “the night is still young.”
oh and i love how we totally copied each other’s elite homework hahah XD shhh it’s a secret.
And staying up till 2 in the morning even though we had to wake up at 6 for elite
What’s funner/better than spending time with your best friend? Nothing, of course!
and of course, all those other 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 moments that we weren’t able to catch on camera/pictures that are stored somewhere in the mountain of CDs.

Why I love Juno:
-because she’s my best friend and she always makes me smile
-because we’re long lost sisters. we have the same last name in chinese!
-because this girl knows me better than i know myself
-because she’s so cute&sweet&smart
-because i just do!

Thank you juno (:
For being my friend, for being my sister, for giving me rides, for buying me food, for making me laugh, for making me cry everytime i laugh, for making me snort too, for making me smile, for making me feel all warm inside, for your precious hugs, for giving me a shoulder to cry on, for totally abandoning your history work because you wanted to make me feel better, for sending me music, for singing and dancing with me,

I love you so much♥
Happppyyyyy birthdayyyyyy