sesame-coconut pudding

sesame-coconut pudding, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

This was interesting. We had Dim Sum at Purple Dot Cafe.

More Maggies.

Definitely Ivy

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She sure looks like her moma.

Maggie

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this little one is very quiet.

Maggie

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Maggie

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Invisible Target

Rented this from Blockbuster. I actually thought it was very kickass action packed movie. I watched the special feature and Nicolas Tse said, "this is how we do action movies, Hong Kong Style!"

I'm sure Danny get DL it as I was surfing the net for some pics of this movie and you can watch it online. It's better on a big TV! If you haven't seen it, rent it. I think I'll be renting Benny Chan's other movies, ie Gen-X Cops, etc.

Stars Jaycee Chan (Jackie Chan's son) and I guess HK hotties Nicolas Tse and Shawn Yue.

Oh, and HBO's TRUE BLOOD is worth watching. The first episode was FREE. Another show to watch.

jump

jump, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

only a kid will play in this freezing cold water.

how many bars?

how many bars?, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Had a fun day at Coulon Beach Park. Tyler gave me a heart attack because I took him and Tanner to the play area and in less than 2 seconds, Tyler disappeared on me. One second he was going up the jungle gym with Tanner and the next second ...gone. I asked Tanner where did Tyler go and he said, "Tyler never leaves the play area. He's around here." So I'm looking for him and think maybe he's inside the tubes. Finally, I called back to Tanner and I'm freaking out that this kid has run off somewhere like to the water. Thank God he found his way back to Teri. OMG I tell ya!

cheese factor

cheese factor, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

smackers

smackers, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

10 little toes

10 little toes, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

maneki neko

maneki neko, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Maggie and her waving kitty pose.

dahlia2008

dahlia2008, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

collection :)

pincushion

pincushion, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Love this dahlia.

keep mum

keep mum, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

this is the perfect time to visit Volunteer Park (Capitol Hill) in Seattle.
The dinner plate dahlias are ginormous and spectacular. This is actually a mum and not a dahlia.

talk to the hand

porcelain, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Neil's visiting his folks back on the East Coast. I'm left to manage the stores and today, today was fun fun fun. Our new employee overlooked the schedule and thought she was coming in at noon instead of 9:45. I wasn't too thrilled about that to say the least.

horizontal stripes

horizontal stripes, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

It really needs to be steamed. They sent this to us by mistake and won't take it back. They said I ordered it. So unless you're a size 0, this won't flatter anyone. Luckily, our staff are petite and everything looks great on them!

2 cakes and 2 tarts

2 cakes and 2 tarts, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Yup. 4 of them. Had a great dinner. Lots of food and my first attempt at ribs. Considering it was finished in the oven under low broil, it came out tasty and moist. I wanted it to fall off the bones but that probably would have taken another hour.

Thanks everyone for coming over and celebrating Mom's bday!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Happy birthday to Mama today. Stopped by Pike Place Market to get some fresh baked fruit tarts, fresh corn,and a few bunches of bouquets. Neil's gonna bbq some ribs tonight and he made some flaming hot chili too.

maggie

maggie, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Sometimes she looks like Danny, but most of the time, she looks like Ivy. She sure has plumped up quickly and grown a lot!

We had Dim Sum at Renton Seafood Restaurant. It's a bit more Americanized than I like but not bad.

series

series, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

I haven't got a clue these books were so popular. I was at Target and the last copy was just sitting there on the shelf. I overheard these 2 women discussing the story line and the upcoming movie. Since I was leaving for Vegas, I picked up Twilight and instantly, I was hooked.

I picked up New Moon in Vegas and the lady behind the counter at the bookstore said that the printing press has sold out of Twilight (1st book).

I picked up the last 2 at Barnes & Noble.

If Teri or Danny wanna borrow the 1st 2 books, I'm done.

Heathman Hotel Brochure

So here's the mockup. I think they are using it. And there's my pear. They liked a few other ones too. so who knows, they might end up using them also.

:)

peary nice

peary nice, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

A local advertising company approached me through Flickr and wanted to use this image for The Heathman Hotel in Kirkland. I took a few snapshots a while back when we went there for breakfast.

They offered me $300 for this image to use in their entire campaign. It will be incorporated in their brochure, web, possible print and national ad.

My first paid photo!

:)

double rub

double rub, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Walked Miracle Mile shops the other night. You can see how traffic is really down when the shops are extremely empty and the sales staff are bored and standing around doing nothing. We were at Sephora and chatting up the Store Manager and she said that they haven't met their monthly goal in the past 3 months. We were sampling colognes and noticed that many of them were missing. She said people steal them all the time. She ended up giving us the new Givenchy cologne with hints of chocolate that was interesting.

I flew into LA yesterday w/ some friends at 7:30am and returned to Vegas at 6:30pm. We did a quick buying trip and it was hectic and fun. I can't believe how big the fashion district market at San Pedro has become. What was just a bidg is now blocks and blocks of vendors with better and better looking merchandise.

1 and 1/2 day more in this 100+ degree weather. Enjoying it while it lasts.

Psssst

Psssst, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Met our friends in Vegas for work and decided to visit OLD Vegas downtown. They thought it would be fun to get some fake tattoos.
It's hot as hell down here and the traffic is down 50%.

Just 2 weeks ago, the construction at city center ceased due to the lack of funding.

It's really that bad. Sure we waited 45 minutes for a cab at the airport but once we got going, there really wasn't any traffic along the strip. I've never experienced that before. Typically, it's quicker to walk the strip than cab it.

Staffing

So undoubtedly, staffing will always be an issue in retail. Currently, we are dealing with hiring an entire new staff as our team will be leaving back to school and away for an extended vacation. I have posted ads on Craigslist and I'm amazed at some of the applicants. Even though I have included a link to our blog, they still show up late saying they didn't know where we were or who we were. I mean come on, you're interviewing and you have no questions for me ...at all.

Here's some questions that I do get. So what made you decide to work here? They're asking me this!? Wait, One said, "Oh the clothes here are too elegant for me." When I asked another one what she was thinking, she said, "I'm wondering what my dog is doing right now." Ummm OK.

I've been interviewing for weeks and I'm floored at how unprepared most of them are. They show up in drab, are lost, can't complete sentences, and/or have blank stares.

I have 1 more tomorrow before we leave for Vegas. I'm exhausted.

Tropic Thunder

So Neil wanted to see this and I didn't care either way. I knew it was gonna be funny or really retarded. Guess what? It was F$#(ing hilarious! There were scenes that I missed out on because there was so much laughing going on, you couldn't hear what they were saying.

You bet I'll watch it when it comes out on DVD again.

For the people boycotting it b/c of the "R" word. Give it up. The Special Olympic guy featured on NPR saying he's seen or heard enough that he's made up his mind about this movie is himself retarded. The movie is a SPOOF. Laugh a little, it'll do you good.

Life's Good

Life's Good, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

We were at Fry's and I really didn't want to connect 2 monitors together. I've been toggling back and forth between Quickbooks, and 3 other applications that it was driving me crazy. Not to mention that sometimes I close the screen down and have to reopen it and size them all.

They just sold out of the 30" but I think that would have been too big. It was listed at $699 and Neil smoozed the fella to $499. BFF discount. Of course he tried to talk us into the extended warranty. No dice.

+. Big. has HDMI so I have 4 USB extra ports on the monitor. DVI connection.

-. No sound. Took me hours to set up DVI. Idiot me (more like retarded) didn't know that it's not as simple as plug and play. You had to disable the VGA display first. If I read the manual first, it wouldn't have taken so long.

visit

Neil's cousin, Michael, from Boston was in town for a few days interviewing with Microsoft. He loves Korean food so we took him to Blue Ginger as he was staying just up the street. Hope you get the job! :)

breakfast

breakfast, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

starting to use more of the kitchen. :)

rosemary garlic

rosemary garlic, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

stopped by pickering farmer's market today. I think we'll make a habit of this every Saturday until it's over. Fresh, organic, and local produce. We got some noodles, beans, romas, cukes, and elephant garlic.

choose your fortune

choose your fortune, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Nathan sent me a copy of his photos and I love them all! I posted a few to Flickr and photoshop some of them. Thanks Nate. I'll work on the returns for you this weekend.

:)

I hope you're using those pineapple soaps. Neil found the other one in the car and we're using it. So refreshing!

shhhhhh

shhhhhh, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

photo by brian. this is an awesome shot. Not sure how Brian was able to direct Tanner in all these shots but he had a blast.

the letter L

the letter L, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

photo by brian. Tanner is a ham.

ichiro

ichiro, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

I snagged Brian's photos and decided to play around with some of them using Lightroom. :)

chop chop

chop chop, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

This is what we do when family gets together. What's for breakfast? What's for lunch? What's for snack? What's for dinner?

newlyweds

newlyweds, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

suzanne and joe. She's a hoot :) Welcome to this crazy family.

zee and dan

zee and dan, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

having dim sum again for the nth time at Top Gun

cards

cards, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

dan said my blog is getting stale so here's some update

batbird

batbird, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Brian took this photo. I've been wanting a pic of max spreading his wings forever and of course, Brian gets it. This is his BATMAN pose!

i want to break free

i want to break free, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

finch flew into the office and got stuck in the window corner for a bit. Finally threw a tee shirt of it and took it back out. Rocco didn't even bother looking at it while it flapped and cried out.

almost there

almost there, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

just a bit more to go...

shade

shade, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

We all went blueberry picking today and thought of Nathan. It will be fully ripe and perfect for picking when they come that weekend. It's still a bit early as most of the berries are still green although there are some bushes that are very blue but not very sweet :(

Newcastle Park

DSC07043-9, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Went with the kids and Teri to play at Newcastle Park. Cute little park and there were 100s of kids everywhere. What a gorgeous day to be outside.

tylertorose

tylertorose, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Message to Maggie from Tyler. Went to visit the baby but I guess we just missed Teri and Tyler.

maggie

maggie, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

So tiny and cute! :)

at your feet

at your feet, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

I love when dogs do this. It's such a silly thing but you can't help but smile and your stress goes down a few notches...for a little while at least.

Screwed

Screwed, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Max's new toy is a screwdriver.

Naan n Curry

Naan n Curry, originally uploaded by awungfoo.

Neil was craving this place tonight and when we drove up, he realized he didn't have his wallet so we drove all the way home and came back.

Soooo yummy!

Movies

Kung Fu Pand - 3 of 5 stars. Fun and cute.

Hancock - 3 of 5 stars. Honestly, kinda lame.

Indiana Jones - 3 of 5 stars. Nostalgic fun.

Incredible Hulk - 3 of 5 stars. So much better than Ang Lee's crap.

Get Smart - 3.5 of 5 stars. Funny.

Wall-E - 4 of 5 stars. Great movie!

Wanted - 4.5 of 5 stars. Awesome Action!!!

Iron Man 4 of 5 stars. Better than expected.

Sex and the City - 4 of 5. Only if you watch the TV show.

Zohan - 2.5 of 5. Kinda lame.