Sibling love goes a looonggg way!

I was rummaging through old family videos and decided to plug in Cau 3 & Co Hoa's wedding. Awww, good ole' memories.

Lost memories from my youngin days brought back to me so they'll never be forgotten.

SETTING: The morning ceremony of the wedding. My parents presenting their gifts to the newlyweds

MOM: Today is your wedding, son & hoa. Therefore, with our parent’s permission, I’ve taken the task of lo lan cho em. My gift is small but valuable. (Vang) I wish u both happiness and lots of children.

DAD: I wish u tinh yeu lo don, dau long toc bac, 2 nam san 3 dua

Cau 3: Today, with your presence, I thank u a lot. I would like to thank hai anh chi for helping me with my wedding from the preparations to the menu, costs and your lo lan. If one day, we no longer live close by, we will forever remember you. In terms of tinh cam without BaMa here, u guys are the main ones, esp. Chi Chut, I thank u sis. I hope that even when I have my own family. I will bo bot my family and yours and our siblings. Cam On Chi Chut.

MOM: Because I’m ur eldest sister and because our parents are in Vn, (mom cries…cau tu says in the background it’s okay happy tears ), Cau 3 kisses Mom on the cheek and hugs her. Mom scrambles back to her seat

Christmas Shopping

I had started my Xmas shopping a month ago but somehow I will have to end up returning some due to changes in gifts wishlists. So that bring s me down to having only bought 2 presents so far. Anyways, Happy holidays!

Photo Courtesy of Uncle Sonny

Cung Gio Maternal GreatGpa

Last Saturday was the cung gio of my maternal great grandfather. Everyone gathered at my gparents house for the ceremony and get-to-gether.

Falling Into.....

I don't know what is wrong with myself lately. I've been falling over at least three times this month. Twice in the the bathroom and just another now while sitting in my desk chair. Three times uncallled for. Ouch!

P.S. Song of the moment: Britney Spears "OUtta This World"

Marie Digby

I was on YouTube searching for a Britney Spears Gimme More VMA "what the performance" would have been like video when I came across this rising singing starlet Marie Digby (pronounced Mar-ee-ay) singing a cover song of Rihanna's Umbrella song. It's beautifully sung. She's not only beautiful but talented. Check her out http://youtube.com/user/MarieDigby

She sings beautifully well!

One of my fave songs sung by Marie Digby is

LIKE A STAR

Just like a star across my sky,

Just like an angel off the page,

You have appeared to my life,

Feel like I'll never be the same,

Just like a song in my heart,

Just like oil on my hands,

Oh.. I do love you,

Still i wonder why it is,

I don't argue like this,

With anyone but you,

We do it all the time,

Blowing out my mind,

You've got this look i can't describe,

You make me feel like I'm alive,

When everything else is a fade,

Without a doubt you're on my side,

Heaven has been away too long,

Can't find the words to write this song,

Oh.,.. Your love,

Still i wonder why it is,

I don't argue like this,

With anyone but you,

We do it all the time,

Blowing out my mind,

I have come to understand,

The way it is,

It's not a secret anymore,

'cause we've been through that before,

From tonight I know that you're the only one,

I've been confused and in the dark,

Now I understand,

I wonder why it is,

I don't argue like this,

With anyone but you,

I wonder why it is,

I wont let my guard down,

For anyone but you

We do it all the time,

Blowing out my mind,

Just like a star across my sky,

Just like an angel off the page,

You have appeared to my life,

Feel like I'll never be the same,

Just like a song in my heart,

Just like oil on my hands

October 26th 2007 Sky PIctures

It was a lovely way to end the day. I had my cousins Tiff & Brit with me for the day. We had just arrived home after visiting our Gparents and we couln't have asked for a better scenic view.

Here, you can start to ponder why we are being weird........

Here are the final shots we worked so hard to achieve. Beautiful, aren't they?

**Nothing was photoshopped here. It was just taken in another mode**

At the end of the "photo session," nothing completes it more than us three cousins

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!