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Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:07:58 GMT

alex and diana get older! and some goodbyes. :(

my fellow mit buds get a year older, and maybe wiser. hehe. we also had to say goodbye to a few awesome people this weekend. i don't hate many things in my life, but i sure as heck hate goodbyes...

but first. my office was ransacked on my last day. hmphhhh.

happy birthday, dwu!

happy birthday, alex!

grace had the cutest plates of all time.

@ 1223. hok with all the ladies.

a tame photo for the masses (racier photos will NOT be posted. haha.)

*high five, dwu, for helping us follow through!*

my housemates are so cute. crabs on the patio!

the bday boy with lots of dianas (and jon's bunny ear fingers)... at blue gin

harry&shima, awesome sara, and cutie jen

diana and lainie's butt

yechon. of course. :)

galbi dolsot bibimbap. st. louis better have some darn good korean food.

girls! yoonhie, i looove your face.

it was also a weekend of packing like crazy. this is how we pack away my lil' friends.

Tuesday, July 03, 2007

Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:04:13 GMT

summertime means... spectacular weather, spectacular visitors, and of course, spectacular amounts of food!

xtina, john, and janet made their way down from the big apple to hang with the fairfaxians. aside from some 7 hours of bad luck and extraordinary fiascos, the weekend was uh-mei-zing.

brunch at artie's

yeh&john, kevin, john, janet (she's invented a new and improved fob sign), eric&angie

that's what i'm talkin' about

dc *solid*

roosevelt island

kevin on le bridge (with, um, wine/cheese/cupcakes/vitaminwater/bread in that paper bag)

the memorial plaza was incredibly peaceful

we disturbed a little bit of that peace...

back to trees

oh, yeh and john, you're so cute

cheers to teddy

two johns and two gals

kiran turns 24 (that darn youngin'...)

happy birthday, kiran!

asparagus with fried egg. pure Genius.

harassing alex at toledo lounge

sunday's foodings

"i was shielding my eyebrows!" -- jeanne

heart on fire at sakura

jen and jeanne with sophie. future awesome mothers.

corn = delicious.

laying out in the sun

father and son :)

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 18:57:07 GMT

rachana joins the quarter century club!

extra perks: payal and kiran traveled from afar to help us celebrate. happy 25, little lady. :)

georgetown. first time to see the campus. i asked, "hey guys, what's XP?" to which kiran replied, "Windows."

brunch at leopold's, featuring the praline and the fraisier (thanks for showing the place to us, dwu! hehe)

oh the magic of corioliss. payal and i were Suckers.

with the hidden bday girl at the cheesecake factory

baltimore aquarium!

dolphins are the best

with payal in the faux rainforest

and of course the most logical destination after an aquarium trip is... hooters.

attia's shirt made us laugh all day.

downtown silver spring is pretty hoppin'

we made jalebi at r's house! ymmmm.

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a trip to the melting pot

celebrating all of the following: engagement(s), birthday(s), graduation, and law school :)

i call this: Variation on Hos

triple-o-c = overly out of control = lainie

wondrous cheese

and wondrous dessert

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 00:07:36 GMT

somebody's engaged. her name is diana.

AND IT SURE AS HECK AIN'T ME.

congratulations, girl!! so happy for you. :)

and this is what we do the night before people get engaged:

we try to smooch alex as much as possible.

the pole got some lovin', too.

we even got to hang out with julie.

"horny lainie!" our favorite nickname for our favorite kutztown girl. :)

*****

btw, my new favorite place in dc is ching ching cha.

jwu and dwu

kevin's artisan tea started out weird-lookin'

my artisan tea: jasmine blossom. ymmm.

i could drink tea all day.

*****

two pictures of rocky with the neighbor's puppy. who needs kids when you can have 100302010 puppies?

awww rocky gets along with everyone!

Friday, June 08, 2007

Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:58:19 GMT

i know... who cries over a crayfish?

apparently i do. my crayfish emeka died today. he had been alive for 2+ years, surviving on frozen peas and live feeder fish.

he was there for me every day, quietly observing the goings-on in my office from his one gallon tank. he watched as i worked diligently, as i surfed diligently, and as i closed the door sometimes to take afternoon naps... diligently.

sometimes his tank would even go missing, and i would be left with a ransom note: "make us balloon-animals the size of the titanic or your crayfish will suffer." (no joke. that's what it said. my coworkers are crazy.) and when i would scour the whole building in search of my kidnapped emeka, i'm sure he was patient and certain that his mother would find him in the end.

how did i know he was dead?

i walked in this afternoon, and there he was in the corner of his tank, flipped over, legs all pointed up, and swimmerets not swimming.

sigh. it's almost as if he knew i was about to leave him behind at caci.

goodbye, emeka. i'll miss you.

**service was held on june 8, 2007 in the 8th floor women's restroom of the caci building**

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Tue, 22 May 2007 01:42:40 GMT

big apple and big beach (va, that is)

btw, nyc people, i was literally in the city for less than 20 hrs. wish i coulda spent more time and hung out! but there was a mission: rachana's law school graduation! congrats, babe. :) and then 3812 hit up the beach. woot.

at tavern on the green in central park... such a beautiful day

where payal and i had a delectable brunch, next to lots of old white people

always have to have coffee with my dessert

rachana graduating! she's the one in the far background walking off stage. hahah best i could do.

payal, r's awesome fam, and we even saw eunice! (good to see ya, girl.)

doesn't she look lawyerly? :)

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then i trucked it back home for a weekend in va beach.

rocky, in traditional dog fashion, enjoyed the window seat

the boys (philippe, alex, jon) and girls (dianas, lainie) at pocahontas for breakfast

best blueberry pancakes ever. no joke.

the redskins+cheerleaders were in town, and so was the chief! also, 3812 in front of a redskins van. (omg i'm smiling?! i know, so wrong... sorry cowboys, i swear it won't ever happen again!)

jon and diana. so cute.

rocky LOVED the beach... and the kids loved him, too.

captain george's. we stuffed ourselves sick. hahah.

some beach shots

the way this boy goes through water is hilarious

the beach tired him out

and made us a little crazy

Monday, May 14, 2007

Mon, 14 May 2007 23:04:09 GMT

t dot

i <3 toronto. the nicest people aren't americans -- they're canadians!! toronto (and my first time in canada) was Fantabulous. picked up some lingo, explored like whoa, and almost missed my flight back because of immigration (but i assure you running through the terminal with five minutes left was intensely fun)...

brunch at w cafe with payal, neeraj, and anuj

where this caramel cheesecake was delightful

rogers centre (cn tower in the bkgrd) for a blue jays game! those are hotel rooms in the outfield. how awesome.

during which we cheered for the red sox, of course. :)

atop the cn tower, at the revolving restaurant 360, with beautiful views of the city and lake ontario. there were also random fish stickers on the windows. still a little confused about that.

i have a new favorite food: sweet potato fries... ymmmmmmmmmm.

seafood's not bad either. learned the proper way to eat mussels!

the glass floor looking down was kinda freaky

neeraj, payal, and anuj at the docks. we didn't know it was asian night at the club. :-/ at least we could see the pretty skyline from there.

first time to niagara, too. :) payal and i with the falls behind us.

getting ready for the maid of the mist

and that's how close we got

soooo amazing

illegal picture of payal at the slots (the casino man made me delete the other ones. hmph. he must have missed this one. *snicker*)

at wolfgang puck's restaurant: kobe burger and pesto pasta

at pacific mall. parts of toronto made me feet like i was in asia. weeeee.

and this for dwu: eggs and shrimp over rice. hahah we looooove that!

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Tue, 01 May 2007 19:37:00 GMT

chicaaaaaaaaaago

weather? perfect. locations? perfect. company? perfect. food? perfect. all in all, an amazing first-time trip to the windy city.

arrival meal at joy yee's: elisa holding up the awesome picture menu; wen, rich, elisa, dianas

this was our favorite at joy yee's -- shrimp and eel fried rice.

at buzz, where elisa was the tallest person in the club.

tom is reserved

and apparently so is diana :)

sushi at oysy: neha and our food

salmon-skin roll

us stuffing our faces with the dragon roll... literally

at millennium park

where the bean was a main attraction

neha was proud that the bean creator is indian

cute place where the kids were all running around. this one kid kept splashing water on me! no fair. :)

skyline. fountain. i shoulda paid more attention to the tour guide (aka, neha).

"we are alike in more ways than you think..."

lake michigan (which, i swear, is an ocean. it's all a conspiracy!)

swing ride at navy pier. love. swings.

there's even a beach. craziness. but very cool! "oooooooh Four."

lou malnati's deep dish pizza (wen said it was the best. ymmmm.)

the bathroom (and some random woman's disappearing shoe ) at signature lounge.. the stalls faced the view of the chicago skyline, hahah.

at soundbar (happy engagement, susie!)

u of chicago campus > mit campus. sigh.

bye, bye, chicago!

Monday, April 23, 2007

Mon, 23 Apr 2007 16:04:50 GMT

bost.ON.

the somewhat-annual pilgrimage to beantown was amazing. :) love the nostalgia, love the town, love the people, love the FOOD. a few short observations:

1) never leave for a trip without your bag of essential (ahem, very essential) garments.

2) never get in a cab at 3am with a sketchy driver that, instead of taking mass ave to cambridge like regular people, decides to take you on a tour of the charles river before ending up at the right place. hmmm, at least i wasn't kidnapped.

3) never underestimate the potential for beautiful boston weather!

@ hooters

wings i could not eat

with lisa, helen, eddie, elisa, marguarette

@ hong kong

our team won (i didn't help much)

purty ladies!

i love this girl. (thanks for being so wonderful, rahrah!)

@ hei la moon

dim sum = sooo delicious

elisa, me, brett, ladd, bobby, derek

on the charles river

brett brought us gummy bears for the ride!

mission: find that mid-air gummy bear

doug and brett get our mit sailboat ready

on the boat, and enjoying the skyline

brett and the tiller (i think)

doug, taking care of sailing business

whoops

leaving the boys behind

@ news

raspberry mojito to die for (mostly because of the rock candy!!)

hayoung, me, glauda, marguarette, lisa, eddie, dave, elisa, melissa

i <3 pkt boys. nathan, ladd, brett, derek, and aaron+elbow. hahah.

around boston, you'll find...

flowers planted in sneakers,

people dressed up as anime characters,

new england clam chowder,

elisa stretching,

brett laundering,

and of course, taiwan cafe! (including thousand year egg + tofu, and an oyster omelet)

some notes:

-hope you had a boppin' bday bash, grace!

-matt, we tried finding you yesterday! you weren't at the house. sigh. come to dc, por favor. :)

-get ready for chicago, elisa and dwu. weeeeeee.

Monday, April 09, 2007

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:23:16 GMT

christina returns to fairfax!

my ol roomie and 'plus one' makes her way back below the mason-dixon line. although... she's never allowed back in ffx again, because all we do is eat and sleep. *oof* too full. ;)

@ palette

john, harry, sara, christina, john

they raved about the foie gras tourchon

as well as the truffle and herb roasted chicken

@ dragonfly

xtina's new plus one, and why she fell for him ;)

three cute couples

@ lex's bday

the newly crowned three yr old, lex! (or is it... PAX?! muwhahah)

how many IT consultants does it take to build a toy race track? well, a lot.

this one melted my heart

and then he left me for someone his own age. sigh.

@ il mee

korean bbq buffet. a northern virginian pastime.

where boys wait intently for the meat to finish cooking,

and girls make funny faces.

happy easter!!