Serendipity

Ninja Grief strikes again. This time, the door was left wide open for an attack from visiting with Ray and Hsiao-yen who were in town from Hawaii last night. Ray and Hsiao-yen go back a long way with my parents.  Ray and my dad went to college and grad school together.  Naturally, when my mom came over with my dad during graduate school, the wives were buddies as well.  I knew them my whole life even though we were living in different countries.  And of course, my recent visit to Hawaii to attend Ray’s daughter’s wedding has strengthen this lifelong...
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Big Trouble in Little China

The Rice and Beans crew struck again.  I mean, I don’t know what it is about going to get pho that brings out the funny in us. Yesterday, Nhien drove me, Celeste and Eva out to Chinatown to our favorite pho place for lunch.  We parked on the streets, just outside a paid parking lot.  You have to J-walk to get to the plaza where the restaurant is at.  So, we started to look both ways.  Eva spotted a police car cruising down the road. “Girls, cops are coming.  Don’t cross yet,” she warned us, but at this point Nhien...
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Oh Babies!

The season has begun. Please head over to congratulate Beth Fish and Chris Rude Cactus with the new addition to their family Owen Gregory “Wally”.  The ever so adorable Mia Bean has a little brother! Following Beth/Chris/Mia’s footsteps, within the next few weeks, I have 4 more pregnant friends due. I’m not sure who’s going first but I think James and Aurora go first with Dresden William “Peanut”.  Then Nan and Mike are expecting a baby sister for Owen.  Then Celeste’s brother and his wife will welcome their son Noah, a baby brother to Sadie. Coming in last is Shane’s...
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Case of Friday

Thanks to my brother Onk for making me cry first thing in the morning on the Friday of an extremely stressful week. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k19v66zb0Q] I will never hear this song the same way again…...
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