OMG

I totally sent you that link before! When we were talking about Mommy setting up a jewelry shop. Omg. Nobody listens to me!!!!

Trip Home

Yo Yo Yo,

I just bought my ticket to go back home. I'll be in town May 13-20th.

Yay!

Wha?

Are you suggesting that not every thought coming from my head is not pure genius?

Blasphemy!

Yo

What's up dogs?

I had something to post. Something of importance. But I've forgotten what it was and now I have to go to the bathroom.

Jo-Sun

Mommy: Did you put on your hearing aid yet?
Gong Gong: Ah?

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Yiyi: Did you use the bathroom yet?
Me: Yes.
Yiyi: You did?
Me: Yes.
Yiyi (suspicious): When? Before your mother?
Me (exasperated): Just now.
Yiyi (suspicious): Really? Hm.

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Me: Where are we going for dim sum? Call Hun Dei and get the cross street.
Yiyi: It's on Broadway.
Me: But what's the cross street? Broadway is really long.
Yiyi: It has to be near by here.
Me: But the streets here are all crazy....
YiYi: We'll just go out and ask someone where the nearest bus station to Atlantic City is. That's where she said it was.
Me: But there are a million bus stations! She couldn't tell you what the cross street was?
Yiyi: She doesn't know that.
Me: Did you ask?
YiYi: It's in Chinatown. We'll find it. It's near here.
GongGong: It's on Broadway. You don't know Broadway? You've lived here for years!

Why I love Gong Gong

Gong Gong: You don't have to work tomorrow?

Me: I'm unemployed.

Gong Gong: Good. You can come back to San Francisco.

Sigh

Me: Gong gong is in the shower. The showerhead is tricky, remind me to show you how to use it when he gets out.

Mommy: I'm not taking a shower.

Me: What about tomorrow?

Mommy: No.

Me: What? You're not taking a shower tomorrow?

Mommy: No, I'm not taking a shower tomorrow. No.

Me: What, you're not taking a shower tomorrow?

Mommy: I'm taking a shower tomorrow.

Me: Okay. (pause) The showerhead is tricky, I'll show you how to use it so you can shower tomorrow.

Mommy: It's just a shower. How hard can it be? You think I'm stupid?

Me: NO. I'm not saying you're stupid, it's just tricky. You have to pull down.

Mommy: Yeah, yeah, you pull down...

Yiyi: You just turn it all the way and then..

Me: No! You pull the faucet down. There's..

Yiyi: Is it like Serina's where you have to pull it really hard? Or of course there's a button.

Me: No! There's no button. There's no nozzle. That's what I'm saying! It's tricky because you can't see where to adjust it.

Mommy: Well, if you're so smart, how did you know how to do it?

Me: Because the shower in my apt is the same way.

Mommy: Oh yeah. That's right. I remember when I stayed there it was really tricky. Can you show us later?

Hmm

You should all take refresher courses in punctuation and math.

Viv, that's amazing that you're covered for school. Congratulations, I'm very happy for you.

Serins, how's the living situation? All settled in? I was thinking that I'd get you some fabric from Asia for curtains. If you send me the measurements of your windows I can also cut and sew them together for you before I send them.

I saw this movie The Namesake recently. It was good. You guys should go watch it.

I bet you could Google your life crises.

Because I don't even get the question. Damn. My powers of comprehension have diminished steadily since I've gotten out of school. Either that or it's the booze. I should've listened to Lisa when she told Homer that alcohol kills brain cells.

So Deb, can you go to school and have kids at the same time? I mean...are you guys trying now? Sometimes it takes a while. Though actually, considering the size of our hips and genetic history, you probably should use protection up until the day you want to conceive. Anyway, if you're going to spend $50K for a bachelor's, I say do it now before the diapers and the formula. Don't you have to be an RN for a couple of years before you can go for MSN? Aren't RN's relegated to the drudgery of the hospital? Isn't the whole point of going for the Master's to bypass the drudgery and basically be on par with Dr. status? And it sounds like you're questioning whether you want to be a nurse at all...

Anyway, when you start popping out the beasts, I'll help you take care of them. Look how well Viv and O turned out. (Right, Viv? Say yes or I'll beat you.)

Serina, I told Debbie that I was taking you to Vegas the minute you hit 21. I was going to take you to every craps table and rake in the money. It was my master plan. So...want to go to Vegas?

Viv, if you tear down the wall between mine and Deb's room just make sure you're not hitting any wiring. It's plaster so it should be okay. Wear a mask, please.

Owen deleted my from his myspace friends. I think he got pissed because I was making comments about all the hoochie mamas on his site. Or....he's got a girlfriend and he's hiding it from us. LoL.

Tira's visiting this weekend and I'm so excited. And...I bought my tickets to Asia. I'm going for 20 days, yo. What do you guys want? I'm going to hit Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand and Hong Kong. Yeah! Not going to Japan because of the cost and I have a feeling Nance wants to do that with Ken. So, I was thinking we should do a family trip to Japan! Wouldn't that be great? All of 5 us (and James, too). When do you think? Maybe next summer? I told Owen to get a job so he can save up for it. He's so funny, he's learning Japanese online now.

Anyway I decided to push back the departure date so I could spend some time with Gong Gong while he's here. Mommy said he probably wouldn't be back in NY and he and I always talk about him coming. I wish I could be with him for the whole trip but I want to spend at least 3 weeks in Asia and I have to fly back on a certain date b/c my friend is coming to visit me. (We're doing a road trip to Niagra Falls.) Mommy and Yiyi will probably drive me nuts and I'm worried about them wandering around in the city looking for a freaking restaurant, lost and confused (remember LA?), asking random strangers where to go, or what to do...Gong gong will probably just leave them. Ha.

Hey

So finally got some sleep last night and am feeling less cracked out. I can't believe a month has gone by already since I've been laid off. I thought I'd be 20 lbs. skinnier already.

Mommy, Yiyi, and Gong Gong are coming to visit New York in April. Any of you guys want to come out?

Deb, are you and James doing anything for your anniversary? Did you get that website up for the in-laws?

Viv, are you moving back this weekend? Are you using my old room for you studio space or Deb's?

Dude

I am so freaking tired. I went to a funeral today for a friend's sister and it was so draining and sad.

I just want to crawl into bed and pass out.

We should have a family reunion every year.

So drinking half a bottle of wine last night and drunk dialing James was probably not a good idea

Owen just emailed me and asked what I was talking about. I swear, he's probably the most web savvy out of all of us and he's still lagging.

Anyway, Serina has been leaving comments one each of our posts. So if you go back and look at old posts and click on the comments section, you'll see what she's written in the past. It's better to just write a new post than to leave comments though, just for that reason. It's easier to tell when someone has read or updated the blog when you see a new post.

Deb: I tried to sketch something out for you but it wasn't coming out right. Probably because I was doing it in black pen and it really needs to be in color. I'll try again.

So my friend Jill hired me to be her personal assistant, part-time. It's sort of fun and gets me out of bed but at the same time it's 20 degrees out here so I kind of wish I could stay in bed. But I'm doing random stuff like taking her dress to get hemmed and sending letters and packages out for her. She's the one I always dog sit for. I swore I would never be anyone's assistant again but she's my friend so I don't mind as much.

My head is pounding. I was bored and depressed last night and decided wine and a lotto ticket would help so I convinced my roommate, Dennis, to drink a bottle with me and to trek into the cold and buy a lotto ticket with me and then stay up and wait for the winning numbers. We didn't win. But I did get the Mega number. I still haven't figured out if I get anything from that. Do you guys know? Also, I drunk dialed James and told him I didn't trust him which probably wasn't the best move but I don't and now I don't know where to go from here. Doesn't he know that I'm too lazy to check up on him? I don't want to be the type of person that's wondering what's going on, who this person is or why he clears the history every time he checks his email on my computer. What the hell? I AM TOO LAZY FOR THIS CRAP. Doesn't he know me at all? Can't he just be honest? The sad thing is, even if he were honest, would I believe him? I'm beginning to see why people say once the trust is gone it's hard to go on. It's like that Elvis Presley song, "Suspicious Minds." I don't want to be that person - the crazy chick that is always worried about some random speck of dust indicating he's lying to her.

I'm tempted to blame it all on global warming. It's the scapegoat for everything else.

Speaking of bad weather, it seemed like spring was here last weekend when it was sunny and bright and 46 degrees but then it turned around and dropped to 30 degrees and now I'm pissed because it got my hopes up only to be CRUSHED. And I can only wear my leggings for so many days in a row.

I hate depression.

Ugh.

I wrote a really long post with pictures and everything and stupid Safari quit on me and I lost it all.

Suffice it to say, "Congratulations on chem grade, Deb. You should make a T shirt (it was funnier the first time around). Mommy didn't really care when I talked to her. She sort of "yeah, yeah, yeah-ed" me off the phone. Serins, I thought this year would be good for you b/c it's the Golden Boar. Viv did you see Snow Patrol? I'm going to see Bloc Party at the end of this month. I'm going to a dim sum bday party for my roommate today and then James and I are going to the Met to draw the statues. I'm travelling starting in April, would like to go to Seattle but probably not until after May. Probably Tonga for a bit to visit a friend."

Did you guys see the lunar eclipse last night?

So

I talked to Mommy last night and told her that I was taking a couple of months off from work and she seemed to take it really, really well. Is she on some sort of medication? Just kidding.

She also mentioned Viv leaving school and moving back home and she said you (Viv) were making a mature decision. So I don't know if she's rethought your decision, Viv, and realized that you know what you're doing or she just knows that I'll take your side regardless...but she sounded okay. I still don't think she realizes that you're majoring in architecture and not art though.

She mentioned you and James were sick, Deb. You guys okay? She said something in Chinese about you being "marked." It sounded pretty serious but it was probably just one of those Chinese expressions that does not translate well into English.

Things are good with me. I'm planning to go to Asia in April with Nance and then going to Niagra Falls in May with my friend Sam. I also invited James to the Niagra Falls trip. It should be interesting. I'm looking forward to it. Have you guys seen Wonderfalls? That's all I know about Niagra Falls. Hopefully magical animals will start talking to me.

How do you say "hiatus" in Chinese?

I'm going to tell Mommy I'm unemployed today. That should be fun. I figured I'd give her a day since Viv told her she's transferring schools last night.

So I'll be off for 6 months, if any of you guys want to visit New York or want to take some time off to travel with me, now would be the optimal (primus) chance to get some Em-time.

O, if you get a job now and start saving your money, we can plan a trip to Japan.

I emailed Daddy about my jobless status last night. He responded well but then said that he was going to the temple to pray for me.

Why do I have a feeling that will be Mommy's response too?

Hi guys!

I started a blog for us where we can all share updates on our lives, post interesting videos, pictures and items and share random thoughts. I thought it would be easier than trying to get all five of us on IM, phone or email consistently. So...use it, abuse it, love it.

First post, for your enjoyment: The difference between being good in DDR and, um...not.



XOXO,
eM