zip up hoodies. mojitos. mom’s pancit palabok. organic red peaches. free samples at farmers’ markets. chocolate thai iced tea from bittersweet cafe. organized closet. watching heroes on the internet. check-in conversations with friends. burping my niece. reading lily’s purple plastic purse to my niece. being able to tuck a good secret away and remember it [...]
Entries from July 2007
July 25, 2007
mahal is not expensive.
messages from folks i haven’t connected with in awhile. nilaga full of cabbage and broth and sisig from ihaw-ihaw over my sister’s fresh saing. 10 buck fruit tart from the pasta shop. legacy of discounts from where i used to work. listening to emo music driving the 10min to work. kissing the feathery top of [...]
July 22, 2007
sunnier side of the bay
SF morning = fog –> transition to sun –> transition to East Bay –> sunnier side –> transition back to So. SF = more fog –> East Bay = clear skies.
..and it costed me $60 for two nights of parking! WTF!!?
I HELLA heart OAKLAND.
Weekend blur… after work on Fri, flew over the Bay Bridge [...]
July 20, 2007
grow, orchids, grow!
Parents and my grandma came over today to my work. My dad finally got a chance to see the kitchen that I work in. After work, I met up with Gala in downtown Berkeley for FACES stuff for a retreat on Sunday. Had my first yerba mate latte from Tully’s. Twas [...]
July 19, 2007
peace out playa!
We had a class potluck today. It was wonderful. I re-realized the power of food in bringing people together. Each person brought a dish to share. We ate and played a game of “Guess Who”. The room was filled with laughter, singing (Diana Ross and The Beatles were on the guess list), and tons of [...]
July 18, 2007
i’ve never seen a car burn rubber like that!
After work today I came home and jetted back out to meet up with folks from babae for the upcoming Women for Genuine Security conference that we are joint planning i for September 11. I really don’t mind BARTing out because I got a chance to start reading U.G.: An Underground Tale (The Journey of [...]
July 17, 2007
waking up from the night
Last night as I was driving over to Abe’s house for the midnite fried chicken session, I saw a person sitting on the overpass to the 580 near MacArthur. I contemplated stopping off to the side but was totally dark and there was no place to park. I continued to drive and the image haunted [...]
July 16, 2007
weekend weekend…
is officially over but wow, what a weekend.
I spent the entire weekend at the SF International Chocolate Salon at Fort Mason, getting paid to basically make sure the gaps were filled in on the first ever chocolate extravaganza show (ie- help out presenters with the technology in their presentations, direct traffic flow of eager chocoholics, [...]
