no confrontation necessary

good news. my sister-in-law confirmed that my other sister-in-law rejected the hat as hers. now the hat is back where it belongs, with me. and is mine all mine!

long lost sun hat from tokyo!

last year, i went to tokyo with kiki. on this tokyo trip, she and i did a lot of shopping. this included the purchase of one very cute fabric sun hat for the bargain price of about $10USD. after coming back in april, summer was around the corner and out this hat came. i took it with me every where i went, to the park, to LA when visiting ted, e v e r y w h e r e. and one day, it went missing. i searched and searched but it was no where to be found. i felt awful for having it for a couple of months and then poof! it was gone.

this past weekend, there was a bbq upstairs at my brother's place. most of the siblings with their significant others/spouses were there, on our side and my sister-in-law's side of the family. the next day, yesterday, i saw the hat sitting in the living room on a chair. i recognized the striped lining and asked my brother where this came from. i went crazy thinking, this is my hat from japan!! the tag was in japanese and was a size s/m, which is exactly what i remembered it to be. then he mentioned that it might belong to my other sister-in-law because she wears hats like that one. i thought, this is true.

i then went downstairs to my apartment and remembered where i kept my receipts from japan. i remembered it was from uni-globe and that it was 100,00 yen. i found the receipt and couldn't decipher the japanese. then i found some numbers on the tag that matched the receipt!! i knew it was my hat!!

now, i don't know how to approach my sister-in-law about it. i'm thinking that i will wait for her to ask about it if it truly does belong to her... i just hope it will not be taken away from me again.

my new partner in crime... ok, maybe not

since alex and betty have been gone, i've been spending much needed quality time with my niece. previously, as in a couple of months ago, she hated me. she would cry in terror at the sight of me. one step and she immediately takes cover behind the nanny. i don't know what happened but she now loves me. when anyone takes her away from me, she literally is kicking and screaming. she is the sweetest thing!

oh and she absolutely adores ted which of course, means she's got great taste at the ripe age of two. whenever she comes downstairs to the apartment, she yells out 'ted! ted! ted!' as if to say 'come out, come out wherever you are!' then she gets a hold of this picture of ted and me, but somehow her little hand always ends up covering me up. and when i have my laptop on, with ted's face as my background, she can't seem to keep from touching the screen where his face is. it's almost a caressing motion on my screen. i think she is in love with my boyfriend... hmm, i better keep an eye on that saucy little girl!

betty leaving... for 2 months

my partner in crime and the most perpetually late person i know, is leaving today for 2 months in asia. she will hit malaysia for a wedding, taiwan and hong kong to visit family/friends, and japan to visit kazuki and others. she's also making a stop in new york for a few days. it must be nice to have summers off. i'm sad that she's going without me and that she'll be gone. :(

our new partner in crime, spike, is also leaving tonight. only she will be gone for 1 week to the pink beach house across the country. and that won't be as bad for pre-occupying myself. after all, i have the kiddies to hang out with. spike and i will be hanging out this summer and will always be on time for everything! imagine the concept of not being 1-2 hours late to an event?! it's a thrill thinking about it since it's so rare that we arrive anywhere on time with betty alongside us.

last night we celebrated by chowing down at kiralas (betty's fav sushi restaurant in berkeley) and dancing the night away at popscene. louis was our guest star last night. hmmm, i wonder if betty is done packing yet?

anyway, bon voyage betty! love ya lots and i wish i could go!

sunday dinner

i had dinner with jackie, her husband rob, and former & one current ips crew as well as significant others and one offspring. this dinner was to bid dear farewell to netty, who has, after being here for about ten years, finished his academic career including his BA, MA, and PhD, at stanford. it's hard to believe that he's leaving us! he's going back to thailand to one day, become prime minister. that means, he's our thailand hook up! ;)

spiro and may's little girl cena is the cutest! she's so friendly and smiley. she went around the room giving everyone hugs. she's got rolls everywhere! and looks just like may, minus the rolls. and may looks great for having given birth.

clockwise from the top: may & spiro, netty & neil, me, connie, mee & little cena, jackie & rob

i finally met netty's so, neil, who has met my so, ted. netty & neil went to one of the gigs in phoenix last weekend. they really liked the band, breakfast in tokyo. so now, netty is the only one out of the group to have met ted. at least, he can vouch for me that i'm not making ted up out of thin air!

caesars - paper tigers

venue: bottom of the hill
band: the caesars
who: kiki & spike
when: 08 june 2005 (wednesday)
doors open at 8:30p

we actually got there on time. and, got rock star parking too. good thing, because it started raining. the 3 of us had a great time as we always do. we sat at the bar the entire time. we had drinks, food, and met a lot of random people stopping at the bar. including a 25 y/o australian named david. it was his birthday that night so we bought him a drink. then we went to 330 ritch to check out the guy from ride. we caught it at the very last song and then it was time to go home. the music was very sleepy, much like that of ride. adam from australia chatted it up for quite a while with david from australia. i think adam had fun talking about his hometown... he mentioned the jets saying something along the lines of melbourners sucking and their town was better or something? oh who cares...
oh, i forgot to mention the caesars. as i expected, they didn't remember us from two years ago and driving them all around san francisco for their very first time, or so they said. not that kiki & i approached them that night or anything. nothing happened that night and i am very glad about it. she talked to them the following night. the music was okay, it's strange to actually recognize their songs though. maybe i'm still in shock but they're total divas now...

baby kane sy!

my cousin lily gave birth this morning, get this, au naturelle! no drugs!?! why she would do such a thing, who the hell knows but she survived and that's all that matters.

name: kane tu sy
dob: 7 june 2005
time: 4:47a
weight: 8lbs 12oz


baby kane!

oh and lily highly doesn't recommend the delivery sans drugs method. i guess she just wanted to try it...

congrats to lily & toeu!

my lovely cousin lily

... is currently having contractions with her second pregnancy/child. she has a very cute little 3 y/o boy named nathan and will give birth any second to a second little boy to be named kane. i guess now, we just wait... tick tock tick tock... can't wait!!

here's the link to her baby's web site. enjoy!

comments!!

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