restaurant week in beantown

its boston's restaurant week this month.  and this year my friends and i were only able to go two restaurants.  the first one we went was ristorante villa francesca in north end.  i really enjoyed their food especially the tiramisu.  the only thing i didnt like was that we sat in the basement and was a bit claustrophobic. so i kept staring at their painting during dinner.  beside that i will definitely come back.

ristorante villa francesca

first course: lobster ravioli

second course:  fettucine calamari

dessert: tiramisu

happy and full

the second restaurant we went to is call marliave for lunch in the downtown area.  it's actually the 4th oldest restaurant in boston.   the food there are to die for, serving mainly french cuisine with some american influence like the mac and cheese.  they even have $1 oysters and clams during from 4-6pm and 9-10pm daily, which i am looking forward to go next time. 

marliave

start my meal with a nice cold coca-cola

first course: mac n cheese

second course: steak frite

dessert: chunky brownie sundae

draw something...

downloaded this game last week call "draw something".  in the beginning i had it installed into my andriod but the screen was too small.  so i had to download it to my ipad (more room to draw). =) i was excited, because it give me an excuse to draw.  and when my bro came home with a stylus (touch pen)  i been obsessed and hooked.  still have my bro's stylus pen and not returning it anytime soon. heehee. 

i ♥ it so much i have to post some of my favorite drawing. 

asia 2012....

my friends carrie, julie and i have been planning to visit

korea

 hong kong

japan

for years...

and i am happy to announced that we are finally going to go in may 2012. yay!!!  can't wait to eat authentic yummy food from each places. i'm especially looking forward to go to korea since it will be my 1st visit.

and this will be my 2nd visit to hong kong and japan.  the 1st time i was in hk, i was only 8.  so i dont remember much.  only that its really hot and crowded.  and found out that cockroach in hk are huge and can fly.(eek)  but i'm still looking forward to visit.  so i can shop til i drop and eat a lot of yummy food from street vendors.

i actually we to japan in march of 2007 with a childhood friend rosie, who i known since i was 7.  we actually went to visit carrie and julie when they were studying japanese in tokyo.  and we were lucky that they had the time to bring us around. 

in kyoto waiting for our maiko make-over

our maiko make-over

surrounded by torii gates in "fushimi inari shrine" in kyoto

our last night in japan.  carrie and julie's hotspot "tgif roppongi"

   

hi...i'm back!!!!

omg!  made my first and only blog entry almost a year ago.  (head knodding)  so bad...  so i decide not to be lazy and start updating my blog.  hehee...  especially this coming year, i have so much thing going on in my life and would like to share them. =)  so hopfully i can keep it up.

the first thing i would like to share is that  i'm gonna be a maid of honor for my very good friend stella (yay!!!) who i consider more as a sister than a friend.  from the moment we met and became friends, we were always there for one another.   sometime i even think that it was faith for us to meet.  before we even met, i even had a sticky pic of her from a mutual friend diana who i went to hs with.  it wasnt until we graduated from college i realize the girl standing next to my friend was stella.  =)

a lot people thought i met stella at umass amherst during our freshman year.  but we actually met in 2001 during our winter break.  as a umass student we had a month off from school.  so to earn extra $$$ before school starts, we worked at boston college bookstore. 

til this day i still remember how we started talking.  she came up to me during our lunch break and asked me "are you chinese???" which i replied in an awkward "yes".  but after that she said "you look like one of my friend".  n i laughed it off and joked "does your friend happen to chrissy?" she was shocked when i said that because her friend happen to be the same chrissy i was referring.  and the story behind why i said chrissy's name is because i actually went to hs with chrissy and our teachers will often get us mix up. (but i dont think we look anything a like)  =) 

little did we know our friendship would have blossom so much over the years.   especially during our junior year we end up being roommates.  even pledging for the same sorority kappa phi lambda together.  it was also the year i declared my major as hospitality tourism management.  which stella had declared during her freshman year.  so we had alot of class together. and during summer of 2003 we even traveled to europe to study abroad for a month.  so you can say we literally saw each other 24/7. and to our surprises we never got sick or annoyed with each other.  well...maybe some minor arguements here and there.  but that's what sister do. =)

so right now i'm just very exited and eager for feb 23, 2013 to come soon. and is very happy and excited that stella ask me to be her maid of honor.  no word can describle how happy i am for stella and sulton to find each other.  but i do want to wish them many years of joy and happiness and that i am honor and thankful to be part of the wedding party. =)

our last semester at umass amherst

umass kappa phi lambda national conference

mini roadtrip to nyc to visit henrielle (stella's sorority big sister)

teaching stella how to pose on her bday.

sulton was busy.  so i was stella date to lorlei (stella's sorority twin sister) & randy's wedding.