Mom and Dad prepared me a nice meal on Friday to celebrate my birthday. Although it is still few more days to go, but since we will have some guests stay with us for the next few days....(
)...they wanted to celebrate it earlier. This is first time for many years since I celebrate birthday with them - It's nice.
No birthday celebration can beat a fresh sashimi, hot sake and love from parents...... (okay maybe sisters night out.....)
I got this cute SPA basket from Jane this weekend.....
Mom and Dad are finally back home after weeks of visiting Grandmas in Taiwan. I'm so happy....not only I don't need to be home alone but also get lots of goodies from my birth place. 
it's so much fun openning gifts while listening about their trips, stories of relatives, foods they ate, and places they visisted. I want to visit Taiwan, too
Mom and Dad are finally back home after weeks of visiting Grandmas in Taiwan. I'm so happy....not only I don't need to be home alone but also get lots of goodies from my birth place. 
it's so much fun openning gifts while listening about their trips, stories of relatives, foods they ate, and places they visisted. I want to visit Taiwan, too
They brings back a lot of snack........
I bought few things this weekend. Lately I've been good and haven't gone crazy shopping. 
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I bought few things this weekend. Lately I've been good and haven't gone crazy shopping. 
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I'm dedicating this article to my friend, Lily in Netherlands who takes risk to pursue her dream and experiences life fully.
Lily dropped us a note from Netherlands this weekend. For some reasons I was truly touched by her e-mail and can really see how much my old friend has grown in the past few months.
Lily was my roommate from Santa Barbara. Earlier this year, she moved across Atlantic Ocean to be with her love in Netherlands for few years. As someone who has lived her whole life following rules carefully, I analyzed and tried to talk her out of it. "You has a good job in San Francisco that you love, you can't just give up your career." "It's only two years and he will be stationed back to U.S soon. True love can survive these two years, and you can't just quit your life here and move to a foreign country". "Maybe you should try to find a job in Netherlands first and then move. You can't even speak Dutch". I can still remember sitting in my living room this Spring and both Chia and I were trying to rationalize with her. After weeks of consideration, Lily still decided to move. Being her friends we might think it's a risky decision & crazy idea but we support her and wish her well.
