Holiday: Halloween 2008

Happy Halloweenie everybody! I decided to post up this scary photo of Stewie. To Miss Moni-Mon: Stewie is the kitten I took in after I found her in my backyard post Ike. Anyhoo. Today is also my one year anniversary as a blogger and it's also my 300th post! Sheesh. I'm a loser! But I don't care because I love blogging! Man. 300 posts in one year. I'm 56 posts short of having an average of one post per day. Hope everyone has a great costume. I'm still in limbo about what I want to be. I'll prolly end up ghetto rigging something up at the last minute like last year. Don't eat too much candy!

She's my hallow kitty.

Daily Shots: Finger Toes

Someone I know visited Seattle and brought me back some toe socks!

Birthday: Daddy

Happy birthday to my super dad. The man that can fix just about anything. He's a good man who deserves great things. Growing up, my sisters knew better than to anger him. He's a man of little emotions so when he did get mad, it was because we really screwed up. I can't speak for my sisters but I know that he has instilled in me as much righteousness as he could. Generosity. Respect. One memory I always recall is a time during my middle school years, my dad was looking for something and asked me if I had seen it. I told him no and continued on my lazy bout of television watching. Five seconds go by and suddenly, my dad is mad and yelling at me. He was upset because he had expected me to get up and help him look for whatever it was. I'm a bad daughter! It was incredibly rude for me to have just sat there and not offer to help him. And so from that day on, if he or anyone else comes to me about something that they are looking for, I always make it a point to get up and try my best to help them seek it out. It's these small lessons that I have kept with me till this very day. Kudos to you daddy dearest!

Musik Mundi: Lesley Roy

On a more accurate note, it should be Musik Thursdi. I've been out of town so I had to back blog my Mundi Musik of choice. Lesley Roy has this song out on the radio called Unbeautiful and it's a beautiful song about bad break-ups and how it sometimes leaves you questioning why that person stopped being attracted to you. I know I have mos def felt like that before! Before meeting the ever so wonderful bf, I had been single for a good FIVE whole years. There were days where I wondered what it was about me. Was it me? People said I was picky but there wasn't anyone to really be picky about. But everything that's supposed to happen always falls into place. Her style is considered power pop. Her music means business and so does her voice. It's a deep and powerful voice that is no where near those sugary mainstream pop vocals. That's a good thing! This Irish songstress even has a track called Slow Goodbye that was written by Miss Katy Perry. Coolness!

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*


Lesley Roy
Album: Unbeautiful (2008)
Song: Psycho Bitch
Song: Here For You Now
Song: Dead But Breathing
Song: Slow Goodbye
Song: Unbeautiful

Bachey: Transam

Mister Transam is getting married to 2X in December and the bf and his boys all had a super unforgettable trip to Seattle/Vancouver. Oddly enough, I actually threw out that idea to them since Transam is an outdoorsy kinda guy and we have a friend who just recently moved to Seattle. You know what that means! Free lodging! The bf only showed me the non-incriminating photos which I have decided to post. It sounded as if they had a frackin' blast from all the non-stop stories of mischief. For two whole days after he got home, I would find him cackling over the phone with one of his friends while they reminisced about what happened. It's a beautiful thing really. I hope the female bachey trip is as equally successful!

First night in Seattle: king crab legs and clams.

Too much of this ...

equals to too much of this:

The beautiful city of Vancouver. The skies are so clear!

This was the highlight of their trip. The bf made reservations at this sushi restaurant where the sushi chef there was the inventor of the California Roll and the Spider Roll. How cool is that! The place is called Tojos and it's located in Vancouver. Everyone was pretty much raving about how this was the best sushi they have ever had. They ordered Omakase style which means they are basically 'entrusting' the chef to bring out the good stuff.

Spider roll wrapped not in seaweed/soy paper, but thinly sliced cucumber!

Back in Seattle, the guys went to another nice restaurant. See this supposed egg roll? Well, it's actually filled with creamy mashed potatoes.

Steak and bursting at the seam lobster.

Some of the boys.

It's my turn to have some fun in two weeks!

Paw Pals: Pit Bull Arm Pit

Now I am also curious as to what Tino's pits smell like.

Stewie is getting so darn big. She's crazy and mean. She attacks and bites and claws everyone as much as she can. But I still want to keep her.

Baby Shower: Tiff & Josh

I hosted a baby shower this past weekend for my cousin. The very first baby in the fam in a very long time. It was just a small family gathering but I used it to experiment with baby shower decor. I decided on a pink, black and white color combo. I made my very first diaper cake and strung bibs and onesies everywhere. Everything started out looking fancy but quickly turned tacky. Too many things strung from every which corner of the room. My aunt made some truly delectable decadent desserts and my mom bought some bun bo hue. She brought over tiramisu (my fave) and cheesecake. I was too lazy to take any pictures once people started arriving so you only get to see the decor and my food contributions. Throwing parties like this mos def puts a dent in the pocket. I spent nearly $300!


The tattered gift wrapping paper on my door was from a Christmas thing TWO years ago. YES. I am THAT lazy! You can't see but the bottom half has been torn off.

I hand painted the lettering onto the bibs.

Nekkid brownies.

I made deviled eggs.

And sliders. I used ground pork since I don't eat beef. Thanks Miss HuHeHo and hubby for showing me how to make these. The bf loves 'em.

Some of the asian stuff.

Event: Hotel Cafe Tour

It was supposed to be the awesomemest thing ever. A bunch of my favorite female artists. Ingrid Michaelson. Priscilla Ahn. Meiko. Erin McCarley. And some others. My friend EmMa mentioned the Hotel Cafe Tour to me and I was stoked when I saw the line-up. The venue was the Meridian. Since it was so great last time I was hoping and thinking it would be a similar experience. But I was sooooo wrong. And I should have known better! There were so many artists performing so that meant a larger pool of fans. The layout is basically standing room only, which meant that the only people who could see the performance were the folks at the very front. Which also meant that I was not able to get any good fotos. Oh my lordy it was frackin' packed! And due to my lack of vertical distance, the fault of both the madre y padre, it was negatory on the visuals. I however managed to snag a booth about 25 meters from the stage and so I just stood up on the seats and watched from there. I really need to get my contacts Rx updated. Want more sadness? EmMa was feeling a bit ill and my cousin and her bf were not digging the indie-ness of it all and so we ended leaving early. Sadness! No autographs. No pictures with my songstresses. That's my fave part of these concerts! OK I lied. I saw Meiko walking around during some other person's set so I got her to sign my shirt and also got a picture with her. Overall though, if there was ever a case of indie overdose, this was definitely it. I'll have to think twice next time.

Outside the Meridian. They're always super late about opening the doors.

My fugly pic with Meiko poster.

Merchandise goody table where I spent a good fifty buckaroos on three shirts. I love concert shirts and these were of good quality too! I'll have to remember to take some fotos of my shirts.

Me with Meiko and what I suspect is her perfected awkward pose.

Musik Mundi: Meiko

Miss Meiko falls under the category of being white mixed with some Japonais. She's one fourth Jap to be exact. I want to say that she's quite capable on the geetar as well as the piano. I caught her Hotel Cafe Tour this past Saturday that features an all female cast of incredible musical acts. She performed while playing the geetar but I don't recall her the piano. More on my thoughts on the unhappy ending concert later. There's this other song that she has out called Boys With Girlfriends that I like a lot but I only have it on my iTunes (boo rotten apple!) and wasn't able to find it on my secret Chinese site.

*photo courtesy of amazon.com*


Meiko
Album: Meiko (2008)
Song: Reason To Love You
Song: Heard It All Before
Song: Piano Song

Baby Shower: P,B & K

My dear friend Miss Antsylily is currently in the process of spawning a new addition to her family. I attended her shower a couple of weekends ago. Good food and great people.

The happy pappy foursome.

This guy made this incredible cake. Yes I said a DUDE. Coffee filling. YuuuuuMs!

Somebody looks very happy with her diaper cake!

Their super calm dog Fat Choy. It means wealth in Chinese.

Some girls and I decided to go old skool with some Starshot poses.

Those Filipinos sure do love their spam!

My trendy little friend. So trendy that even her trash must match her dress. With one tug of the pink bow, the entire dress would have come tumbling down.

My gift to all mom and pops to be, a box of diapers from Sam's. I'm just practical like that.

Master Pretzel is the soon-to-be big bro. He thought the party was for him at first.

But he quickly learned of the truth. The party was not for him but for the still baking spawn.

He was a bit upset at first.

But he quickly cheered up when he realized lots of the clothes received were too big and he would get to wear them first. Hurrah!