October 2007 Wildfire

Four years ago, we had a huge county wide fire. Well, it's back this year and it's not so good. It's said to be two times worse. I was at work yesterday when I looked out the window around 2ish and saw smoke. I instantly knew it was a brush fire but didn't realize the intensity of it till smoke started to billow into our store. We had to close down all exits but two to prevent smoke & ash coming in. I called work today and they said the store was closed so here I am. Dad woke my mom and I up shortly before 6am and ordered for us to evacuate. So we started packing and everything's loaded in the car......if we ever do have to evacuate. Prayers and thoughts go out to the servicemen and women helping to contain the fire as well to those directly affected from the fire. The ash is so bothering my eyes I am tearing! Chi nghia's neighborhood has been orderd to evacuate. They're supposed to come to my house but they're not here yet. I hear there's a fire by the border, close to Cau 6's too. Hopefully they'll al be okay.

::REPOST:: Well, my cousin & uncles' homes are okay. So we are the fortunate ones. Here are a few pics of the conditions surrounding our town during the Firestorm.

This is a shot from our street. The sky was really smoky and you can see bits of orange tint in the sky. San Diego was still burning.....

I went to work on Tuesday, two days after the fire started and only Robin, Millie, Lydia, SueAnn W., and myself showed up for work. Everyone else didn't come in. Slow and worrisome day for us. Here's a pic I took on my way to work. You can see Rancho Penasquito's sky is inuadated with smoke.

2007 Birthday

Mom's very precious DragonfruitsTiff and I at Black AngusThe family (psst...destin hiding)
Haha..Dad totally bloated from All the Yummy Food

**note** big stomach
Chi Nghia drinking R-beer
As always, the hidden Destin

Tiff made me a custom mirror and her parents gave me the trendy brown jacket

Mimi & Destin gave me the oh so wunderful NINTENDO DS! oh y ea!!

A gift from my boss!

Florida Trip

This trip was well worth it. Something I needed and Something that deserved to be enjoyed. So u learn something new and sometimes, things changes. I had a great time and gained a few insight to things like friendship, family and how to survive without parents nearby!

One thing I absolutely miss about Florida are their clouds...so fluffy and beautiful. I also love their sunset.

When we arrived to Fort Lauderdale, we were starving so we went downtown to this burger restaurant. Food looks yummy but it was all for show, folks! The ambience was nice, there was a live band and it was right off the riverfront.

So for our first nite we stayed at Best Western, located right on the beach! Right behind hte building was the east coast ocean.

So we rented a car from ERAC through my wunderful sista and Carl at ERAC airport gave us a Chevy Aveo with worn wheels. We got free upgrades to a 2007 Honda Civic (which i fell in love driving with). Here's Thanh hogging the car for the first drive!

I shopped at the Infamous Swap Shop in Ft. Lauderdale. It was humongous! It had a theatre, indoor mall, and outdoor swapshops. It was hot and humid that day. I sweated so much in florida!

It rained on the day we arrived in Orlando and that same nite there were lightning! Yikes! But then we saw something beautiful, Rainbow!!!

We're on one of the many bridges along Fort Lauderdale's Riverwalk
This really nice guy offered to take a pic of us. He suggested a visit to Miami beach.

I love the beaches. THere were coconut trees right on the beach. Haha..YOu can sunbathes, swim, and get free coconuts!

At Disneys' Animal Kingdom, we needed money so we offered to pull rickshaws! Haha!

Thanh was brave enough to go on Test Trak, Space Mission, and Soarin' with me!

One of the Nemo's Shark friends!

We were leaning against the rails to watch the Illuminations Show at Epcot when we saw a snake in the bushes! Yikes! I was really bummed during the trip bc I was expected to see Gators and snakes on the roads but none came out to say hello. I guess this was as close as we'll ever get!Here's me trying to carry Epcot!Je t'aime Paris!As always, it's good to be home! Love her!

So mimi & Tiff surprised me at the airport. We went back to gparent's house

Apparently Tiff missed me so much we took pictures! Suffering from JET LAG!
Cousins forever!


After this trip, I feel comfortable enough to want to travel the world on my own! Conquer the world!

Leaving for Florida in 4 hrs!

Wish me happy flying folks! I'm flying to florida with my bestfriend in four hours! Probably will not get any sleep in before that...too excited. Thanh just started packing. I'm already done packing. Hopefully we'll get good seats and catch some Zzzzz on the plane!

Not even in Florida yet and I've received a request from Marc to bring him back some Map-o-roos!