Things on my radar...

I'm feeling schizophrenic this week as I prep for the next week away (yay!). Don't have much to report by way of what's happening in my life, per se, but here are some of the things that are on my radar, or just plain WEIRD stuff I've read lately:

• The new Frank Gehry collection at Tiffany & Co. (right, Regina? *wink*)
• Star Jones Reynolds and all her drama on The View
• Smintair , a new all-smoking airline (talk about hazardous to your health!)
• Gowns, gowns and more gowns (I'm talking the evening kind, not the ones you wear in a hospital or at home)
• The Sudoku module for your Google Personalized Homepage
• Picasa Web Albums (ask me nicely and you might get an invite)
• The upcoming season at the SFOpera: Carmen, Don Giovanni, A Masked Ball and more!

Upcoming travels: Vancouver, Playa del Carmen (Mexico), Miami, New York, and maybe Europe in August. :-)

To my friend Chrissy...

I'm so happy that you've found your partner in this journey we call life. The wedding was beautiful, and I wish both you and Hugh a beautiful life together. Here are some of my favourite pics from this weekend...

Chrissy's father walking her down the aisle

Chrissy and me

The beautiful cake

Their first dance

Jen, me and Chrissy--just like old times

More pics here, of course: http://picasaweb.google.com/leungv/ChrissySWeddingJune2006

The weekend in pics: NYC

Another whirlwind weekend in NYC...this time it was Regina's (belated) 25th, and we celebrated at (of course) Tao. Some pics below...








Our second attempt to perfect the "NYC cab" pic











Forget cake...it's all about birthday ice cream platters!









We love Kobe beef and sushi!










Another "from my hotel room" picture - 1103, Westin Time Square





More pics at (where else?) my Picasa web album.

From my album: workaholism

work·a·hol·ism: noun: an obsessive need to work

Yes, this is real. It was not a posed picture. Here are the three of us, obsessively checking our blackberries (on a weekend!) under the watchful eye of the Chairman. -- Beijing, April 2006

Ramen should be its own food category

I'm home sick. :-( Yes, the NyQuil/DayQuil action isn't really doing too much except knocking me out at night and keeping me jittery during the day, so I'm finally staying home in hopes of kicking this thing before I leave for NYC tomorrow. I know I should be eating healthily, but had a major ramen craving today so I just made some for lunch. At least I used chicken broth, so there's my "healthy" component. Wow, I really must be sick...I sound delirious.

Anyhow, check out Picasa Web Albums...my latest favourite online toy. It's so fast and slick. It's by invite only right now, but sign up to get your invite now so you can obsessively post and share pictures like me! Here's my gallery: http://picasaweb.google.com/leungv

Adventures with NyQuil, DayQuil, etc.

Being sick sucks. I should always listen to mom, especially when it comes to weird explanations about "fire" and "inflammatory" foods that are bad for you (very similar to the concept of doshas in Ayurvedic medicine)--such as lychees. So I know that lychees are full of "fire" and yet, I decided to gorge on them last Thursday. The result: an instant sore throat that night, which morphed into a full-on cold/flu/sinus thing, which I've had the fortune of dealing with for the past four days. I slept about 30 hours on the weekend (that's about 15 hours per night, for those who are doing the math), and then ended up trying NyQuil for the first time last night since it was a work night and I really needed my rest. The result? I've decided that NyQuil has GOT to be re-marketed as the poor man's Ambien. (Please ignore that last sentence...I'm currently under the influence of DayQuil and can't be taken seriously.) All jokes aside, being sick sucks.

That said, I'll see you in NYC this weekend :-)

Practicing what you preach...

Maybe I should listen to myself next time...

Even the soundtracks are on repeat: KT, Jewel, James...

Soundtrack for life: contemplating life

Having one of those moments where I'm pondering what I'm doing here, and where I want to be, in life, or just in general. Dido's track just played on my iPod, so here we are...

Life for Rent - Dido

I haven't ever really found a place that I call home.
I never stick around quite long enough to make it.
I apologize that once again I'm not in love,
But it's not as if I mind
that your heart ain't exactly breaking.

It's just a thought, only a thought...

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy.
Well I deserve nothing more than I get,
Cuz nothing I have is truly mine.

I've always thought
that I would love to live by the sea,
To travel the world alone
and live more simply.
I have no idea what's happened to that dream,
Cuz there's really nothing left here to stop me.

It's just a thought, only a thought...

But if my life is for rent and I don't learn to buy.
Well I deserve nothing more than I get,
Cuz nothing I have is truly mine.

While my heart is a shield and I won't let it down,
While I am so afraid to fail so I won't even try.
Well how can I say I'm alive?

If my life is for rent...

The last few weeks in pics: Vancouver, Dallas, and local scenery

The last few weeks were a flurry of activity on the travel front: Vancouver, Dallas, and Sonoma...here are a few quick snapshots. Coming up: New York, Vancouver (X2), and Mexico!

Girls' day *in* at Chrissy's bridal shower - Vancouver








Mommy and me on Mother's Day - Vancouver








This is how we roll...our hummer in Dallas








Outside my window, at 6am - Dallas

Oysters from Hog Island!!

Yes, that's a Starbucks *drive-thru* in Petaluma - I'm in road trip heaven! (I saw one in Dallas, too)

The peaceful and beautiful grounds of the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn

Hwy 1 on the way to Tomales Bay

San Francisco, as viewed from Treasure Island on a detour