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Thu, 24 Feb 2011 23:03:28 -0800 Topher's 31st bday! http://tophuu.posterous.com/tophers-31st-bday http://tophuu.posterous.com/tophers-31st-bday
It was on a Wednesday this year and it all started by me calling him while he was at work at exactly midnight to wish him a happy birthday.  I remember that I was clearing out the pantry in the kitchen and tossing so much expired food away.  Though I've been wanting to clean that out for a while, it was his parent's coming into town that really made me do it.  His parents were coming the day of his birthday at about 9am.  He was going to go with me to pick them up at the airport but he thought he should get some rest so he could visit with his parents as well as go out to dinner.  For some reason, he couldn't sleep and he had been having problems going to bed for the past few days.  With that being said, he basically stayed up all day even though he had worked a 10 hour shift and only got less than a few hours of sleep prior to work.  When me and his parents came back from visiting his grandma, he stayed up and hung out.  Oh he had a gentelman come over to give us an estimate for insulation since we had just gotten a $500 heating bill.
 
As night time comes along, he was extrememly tired going to dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse in downtown Seattle.  I planned for happy hour oysters at Frank's Oyster Bar but he was too tired for that.  So we had a nice little steak dinner with an excellent ceasar salad and a complimentary dessert and we were on our way home.
 
Almost forgot to mention that earlier that afternoon I went to the mall to get his gift, the iPhone 4, but we found out that he wasn't quite eligible yet.  So I had to think of something fast and found this beautiful sterling silver bracelet with diamonds.  =)  He loved it. 

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Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:53:00 -0800 Valentine's Day 2011 http://tophuu.posterous.com/valentines-day-2011 http://tophuu.posterous.com/valentines-day-2011

Since we have been together this was the first Valentine's day that he was off! This year it was on a Monday. Topher isn't a big fan of Valentine's Day but I thought since he's off Saturday we could go out for dinner and have another nice dinner outing again. We just celebrated our 2nd anniversary the Saturday before Valentine's weekend.

Saturday morning we got frustrated with each other and I was upset at him for something that I can't seem to remember right now. For that reason, I figured we could kiss our dinner good bye. I really wanted to try this restaurant in Belltown called Restaurant Zoe. That didn't happen because he pretty much slept all day Saturday and didn't get up until about 10pm. When I got off of work I went to Winco to buy some groceries and then went home and made Shepherds Pie. That was my second time making it. Exhausted from working all day and then grocery shopping and cooking, I laid next to him and didn't get up afterwards. He got up and played games and was in the office for a bit finishing up the recording from Netflix. An hour later he comes up saying he was really hungry and if he could eat the Shepherds pie. Big baby he is! =)

Sometime Sunday we decided to have dinner with Ron and Lisa on Valentines Day. Billie asked what we were doing but plans fell through with him. Oh yeah, I woke up early Sunday at about 6am. Topher was playing on the ps3. Since I was up we ended up watching tv until 11am and then went upstairs to sleep. Instead of sleeping we ended up talking for a while. Then I saw a text from my dad saying that him and my mom were coming over to watch the basketball game before they head over to Muckleshoot. I stayed up and he tried to go to sleep.

Finally Valentines day (Monday), I wake him up about 445pm to get ready for dinner at 6. Lisa made reservations at Fujiya Japanese Restaurant in Tacoma. The sashimi was very good there as well as the sake bottle the server recommended us to try. In addition to drinking sake, I had about 2 glasses of Sapporo beer. Excellent! After dinner, we all headed to a theater in Lakewood And watched Just Go With It starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston. It was pretty entertaining and funny! I had a really good time and I think Topher did too. Best Valentines we've celebrated thus far! Sent from my iPad

This is what we ordered from Fujiya:

Spider Maki $9.95, Rainbow Maki $12.95, Sashimi assortment $25.95, 2 Sapporos LG $14, a bottle of sake (Shichiken) $46, and 2pcs of sashimi white tuna for $4.95.  Total amount due $124.38 plus $20 tip.  Topher paid.

Our movie ticket was $10.50 each. I paid this.

 

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Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:37:00 -0800 1.1.11 http://tophuu.posterous.com/1111 http://tophuu.posterous.com/1111

New years eve was on a Friday last year and Topher was off. So he was ready to party because he noticed his schedule for this new years eve landed on a work day. What we really wanted to go was some place fun with our friends but unfortunately nobody was interested in paying the $85 cover charge as well as dealing with the NYE Seattle traffic. Topher didn't mind paying it since it's the only time we'll be ringing in the new year for 2011.

So we ended up going to O'Asian Kitchen and Lounge for their 5 course dinner for $39.99 a person which also included our cover for the party after dinner. We had reservations at 7 but me and Topher arrived about 7:30pm. Attended dinner with us was Billie and Somaria, Viriya and her boyfriend, as well as Eli and Kelly. Dinner wasn't so bad but the flaming dessert they served was a bit disappointing. I drank a little bit but Topher went a bit crazy and had beer, champagne, mixed drinks, and shots. You'll find out why you don't do that later. Initially it took them a while to serve us the food and drinks but it got better later in the evening. It was about 10:30pm when we finished up dinner and they were clearing the tables. Then we made our way over to the lounge area where Mark, Paul, Jason and his girl were sitting and hung out with them the rest of the night. I had maybe 2 shots of patron and a couple of green apple martinis. When midnight was approaching we all headed to the dance floor. I kept delaying going out there because I didn't like the songs the dj was playing. When midnight struck me and Topher kissed and told each other that we love each other.

As the night went on, Topher and Eli became more drunk and Kelly was sober. As for me I never got buzzed. I didn't want to drink that much because I knew cops were on high alert and Topher was drunk! Viriya and her boyfriend Jeff left shortly after midnight. Then Kelly and Eli left about an hour after them. We stayed for a bit and then Topher increasingly became drunk. I've never seen him this drunk before. He closed his eyes almost the entire drive home and was really tipsy getting out of the car and into the house. After he got settled into bed, I showered and then went to bed. After a couple of hours I was disturbed by Topher waking up or something and next thing I know I'm all wet. I thought he threw up but he said that he peed! My right arm, underwear and pajamas were wet. I immediately removed the sheets and tried to clean the mess. I was so upset at him. He didn't want to leave the bed so I left him there. Sent from my iPad

As he laid in the bed next to the smelly piss, I went downstairs to sleep in the other room across from the guest bathroom.  About a couple of hours after I fell asleep, Topher frantically comes into the room and starts checking and looking around.  He looks in the closets, checks every bedroom and starts going around the house and looking outside the back yard with his flashlight.  After a few minutes of him acting paranoid, he asks me what happened and why I was sleeping in the other room.  I explained to him that I tried to have him come downstairs to sleep with me because the bed was wet but he didn't want to go down. Then he hugged me and apologized.  He was freaking out because he thought that I took him as a fool since he was so drunk he wouldn't know what was going on.  For that reason, he thought that I had another guy at the house or left to hang out with someone else.  Go figure!

After that fiasco, we both went to bed in the other smaller master bedroom and pretty much slept all day on the 1st of January.  Barely got up to eat until about midnight of the 2nd.  I think we ate corn beef with rice.  And then all I remember is watching Oprah's new network called OWN with Topher.   

 

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Sun, 28 Nov 2010 16:09:30 -0800 November 2010 Updates http://tophuu.posterous.com/november-2010-updates http://tophuu.posterous.com/november-2010-updates
On November 21st (Sunday) it started to snow but it didn't stick until the next day.  We got about 3 inches plus that Monday morning and it was so beautiful.  I stayed home from work all morning thinking it would be better and that I should at least attempt to make it into work since I had all afternoon clients booked.  We looked at the traffic cams and the freeways looked pretty clear so I decided to go into work.  BIG MISTAKE!  I was done with clients by 5pm downtown and left at that time but didn't get home until 2:15 am!!!  Traffic was slowly moving at 5pm.  Black ice was on I-5 and slipped on it a couple of times.  There was a warning of high winds and more snow that evening.  Traffic completely stopped when I was at exit 158 (Boeing Access Rd.).  All lanes were completely stopped and sat there until about 6 hours later I decided to turn around heading North on South I-5 on the shoulder to exit off so I could pee off to the side of the road.  Topher was really great in shifting my mood from pure frustration to being grateful that I have gas and heat in the car and most importantly not being caught up in the accident.  Around 1:30 am I finally attempted to hit the roads off the exit and took Interurban to grady way.  I drove slowly and finally made it home at 2:10am.  The first thing I did was charged my phone, then called Topher to let him know that I made it home safely, and then warmed up some food.  I was starving!
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At about midnight on November 24th (Wednesday), I emailed "Zion" regarding his craiglist ad he posted for a 1998 ES 300 for $4999 that just recently went down to $4500.  He responded at about 6am and in a nut shell said, "How does $3500 sound?"  I replied immediately to see when I can view the car and said that Friday morning would be the best time to view the car.  That day was his only day to do it since he was leaving out of town Friday morning.  I was fully booked Wednesday because I didn't work Tuesday and moved all clients to Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  As soon as Topher got home Wednesday morning, I immediately asked if he could check the car out and take care of the transaction, knowing that he was deprived of sleep.  He was lacking sleep because he stayed up when it snowed and we took care of some things at Lowe's for the house on Tuesday.  On average he was getting 4 hours of sleep.  Then he when I asked him to take care of this, "Zion" wasn't available until between 1-5pm which meant that Topher would've had to stay up even longer to take care of this.  Manny was kind enough to take Topher but had to leave shortly because he was hosting a pre-Thanksgiving party at his house.  TOpher basically risked his life to go with 3 strangers whom were black driving around town to finish the sale.  The DMV's near by were closed and they ended up driving up NOrth to Wendels on Aurora Ave.  He also went to the bank to cash the check and according to TOpher, he felt the guys were acting a bit weird and shady.  Manny felt the engine was really clean and based on that and me wanting this car as well as Topher wanting the tan color choice for me, he decided to accept the $3500 sale price and go through with it all under sleep deprivation.  
 
There aren't any major problems to the car and just some minor details that we can easily fix.  The windshield recently cracked because the guy poured hot water on it during our freezing temps.  I felt it was a really good deal considering others were trying to sell that same model for the same price but either for a lower year or same year.  All in all, very happy to finally have a car and especially a 4 door!!!  I still haven't driven the car yet....lol!  We recently used my "new" car to go Christmas shopping on Friday and it was great!  LOVE it and what a journey Topher endured to get it!!!
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On November 25th, we both cooked and hosted our first Thanksgiving late lunch or early dinner!  In addition to me and Topher, guests consisted of my immediate family and Cat.  Robert and Cat brought red mashed potatoes.  Topher marinated the 12lb turkey and injected it with his concoction.  I made stuffing as a side dish using partially Betty Crocker's recipe and added water chestnuts to it.  Also roasted baby red potatoes and also had to look up the recipe for that!  Dinner was great and most importantly delicious.  My dad even liked the Turkey and cleaned one of the legs real good.  My parents bought a little bit of Chinese bakery because they completely almost ran out of stuff!
 
When we finished the meal, RObert carved up the turkey so it would make it easier to eat later.  As he carved it up, he found a bag of gizzards and the turkeys neck!  It was so funny because we didn't know that we had to take it out.  Now that we know, we will do better!!!

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Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:44:54 -0700 October highlights http://tophuu.posterous.com/october-highlights http://tophuu.posterous.com/october-highlights Topher's parents came in by train on the evening of Friday, October 22nd.  The very next morning we found out that his "Great Aunt" (grandma's older sister) had passed away.  Which means that his parents would have to go back to LA and attend her funeral.  I had 2 birthday parties to attend (Liam's 3rd bday and Lenna's 31st bday) and did not go to be with his family.  All the aunts, uncles, and his grandma came over our house for mahjong, dinner, movies, and prayers.

They left for LA 10/28 Thursday night and will be back possible the 3rd of November.  THe funeral is on November 1st and the viewing was held on October 31st.

During the time his parents left for LA, Topher set up 2 security cameras in the garage.  And days before his parents arrived we received the 420 pound safe!  He had to rent this stair climber for the safe in order to get it upstairs.  I helped him out very little because it was really heavy for me.  He did most of the work with no sleep for 30 hours.  Then Billie came later to help him.

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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:40:48 -0700 Away from home http://tophuu.posterous.com/away-from-home http://tophuu.posterous.com/away-from-home Saturday night (8/28/10) was the first time that we left our home unattended.  Topher's been camping since Thursday and I've been working long hours until Saturday I met up with him and his friends at the camp site.  Everything at our home was fine!  However, our poor fish, Puffer, is no longer with us..=(***.  

At the camp site, Topher showed me how to fire his gun!  It was my first time ever shooting a gun and it was a bit scary!  I thought I would be pretty good at aiming but I was completely off on my target.  Gun range here we come!

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Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:52:17 -0700 Cortez Family Reunion http://tophuu.posterous.com/cortez-family-reunion http://tophuu.posterous.com/cortez-family-reunion It's August 16th and Topher's parents sadly just left for LA this morning.  They've been here since July 27th to celebrate our new home as well as attend the family reunion which was held on August 5th and 7th.  Since they've been here, time flew by so quickly!  We were cleaning the house non stop, shopping for items in the house, grocery shopping for our home as well as the Family Reunion picnic.  Within this time, me and Topher took quite a bit of days off so we can attend the reunion as well as spend some time with his parents. 

The first week his parents were here, me and Topher ran into a little bump in our relationship and almost called it quits.  It was a pretty distressful time for us and hope that it doesn't get repeated again.  The important thing is the fact that we resolved it and we are working towards a healthy relationship.

After that storm, I was going through my own issues as the reunion was going on.  Although I was feeling quite stress from my personal problems I was so happy to have my parents partake in Topher's family reunion.  They met pretty much everyone on his mom's side.  The best part of all this is that I think my parents like his family and enjoyed themselves at our home as well as the formal dinner.  A major indicator is when my mom doesn't say much and just simply invites his parents for dinner.  That was a good sign. 

TBC....

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Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:38:00 -0700 House journey http://tophuu.posterous.com/house-journey http://tophuu.posterous.com/house-journey

July 2, 2010

These past few days we've put up curtains, bought an end table for the
living room, did a lot of returns and exchanges, put up the space
saver 3 tier in our bathroom, and worked on the cars.

Since my car accident we haven't found a car to replace it. For this
reason, we've been driving the off-roading jeep around and it's been
pretty reliable thus far. Until yesterday, the coolant was leaking
and now is not driveable. We would run a very high risk of the car
over heating and so on and so forth. Because of this, I wasn't able
to go into work today on a Friday! Now there's this strong sense of
urgency to get the Prelude up and running so it can pass the emissions
test. The jeep is costing us a lot in gas. I'd say every other day
with both of us driving has been costing us and average of $50.
That's only going less than 200 miles a tank. Sucks. So hopefully I
can get financed for the subprime car loan and drive off with a newer
car.

Anyhow, regarding the curtains we've changed the look of the curtains
twice now and possible a 3rd time. First we started with the Ivory
Venice brand curtains but thought that it would look best in the
family room and it does! It looks gorgeous in there. Because I
didn't want to have the same exact curtains throughout the house, I
didn't want to put the same Ivory Venice curtains in our room. So I
bought another type of Ivory curtains that were knocked down from
$29.99 to $14.99 and I received an additional 20% off of that so it
came out to $11.99. Then we'll have almost all Ivory curtains. Ivory
Venice curtains in the family room, and white Venice curtains in the
dining room and white curtains in the living room. Too much of the
same color. He thinks the blue with flowers on it will look good in
our room, but I just can't picture it. Even with my lack of vision, I
may just go with it because it just seems overwhelming with all the
ivory and white cutains in the rest of the house.

Our room is still pending for curtain rods and curtains. We have less
than 2 weeks left until his parents get here. The stress is on!
Thankfully, we have curtains in the living room up already and over
the french doors. We just need to put up the rod and curtains for the
dining room today and it will pretty much dress up the windows in that
part of the house. Yesterday, we ordered our dining room table and I
cannot wait until it gets here. It will really make the home feel
complete, contemporary, and beautiful. Now let's see if we can just
settle on the right curtains for our room.

July 6, 2010

Forgot to mention in the last entry is that we painted the shelves in the pantry door and prior to that week we painted the shelves in the linen closet.

Topher just reminded me of how in the begging when we just moved in, we didn't have a couch in the family room yet.  All we had were our bags of clothes and suitcases full of clothes.  He mounted the TV on the wall by this point and laid on the bag of clothes and bankets to watch TV.  Aaaah the good ol days.  Thank god it's all cleared out. 

So our headboard is up.  We got it done actually on the 2nd of July after my last entry.  It only costed us $25 cash and a hair cut at my salon.  The invoice she gave us was for $110.  So it was a pretty good deal for us!  She did a pretty good job on the sewing and there's no way that we would've been able to pull that project off.  I'll have to post the pic up so we can have a visual.

We also put the curtains up in the dining room but we aren't too "wowed' by the white curtains in there.  Unlike the curtains in the living room and the family room, there was a huge wow factor.  Since my last entry I said that I would go with the blue flower curtains in our room and I bought them, but then I exchanged it out on the 4th of July.  It didn't give it a tadao look.  Hopefully the ivory flowers will once we put them up.  I'm thinking tomorrow, Wednesday, since he will be off from work.

Today I pulled most of the weeds out in the front and back yard.  It was a great sense of accomplishment as Topher would say.  NOt to mention, the yard looks nicely manicured.  Hopefully that will last for a week.  Just before his parents get here.  Might have to do a little touch up before they get here and get the place tightied up.  Just 2 doors to shave, put on, and paint and hide the back wire speakers and the rest will be cleaning and presentation.

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Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:54:38 -0700 1 month in the new house! http://tophuu.posterous.com/1-month-in-the-new-house http://tophuu.posterous.com/1-month-in-the-new-house It's been exactly 1 month and 1 day since we moved into our new home.
So far it's been exciting, different, exhausting, fun, costly, scary,
relaxing, and a whole new level that me and Topher has taken our
relationship.

About the first 3 weeks we moved into the house was the best 3
consistent weeks we've had together in a while. We didn't argue the
way we did where our argument would last for several hours. It was
different and I was very happy with the way things were going. It's
probably because we were so preoccupied with the house projects that
it took a lot of load from sweating the small stuff in the
relationship. We were actually working together towards a project.
And it was great. It was great because he was up for more than an
hour before he went off to work and worked on the house. We were
doing things besides laying in bed or me waiting for him to get up.
He was in a good mood a lot of the times and it was so refreshing to
be around that good energy. It made me the happiest! And he was
defintiely the happiest I've seen him in a long time.

We are still working on the house and trying to complete some projects
before his family comes from LA. They will be here the 2nd week of
July. That makes it about 3 more weeks.

Within the last month, we did have a couple of confrontations that was
unexpected but we worked it out. And hopefully it will never happen
again. Besides our arguments, I had a really hard time when he left
for work at nights. That was probably the worst sleep I've ever
experienced. Being in a new home alone, different sounds, and knowing
that I was in a big house alone was discomforting. Typically I never
call him at work, but that week I did. What was so sweet was the fact
that he attempted to help me get over my fears. He talked about
getting a dog, he had me keep his gun by my side, he was so patient on
the phone with me, and he called me almost every 20 minutes to make
sure I was ok. Once his weekend started, he immediately took care of
issues with the darkness around the house by installing sensor lights
by the windows. Uncle Kenny helped him install them too and that was
the night where I was so tired from not getting any sleep earlier in
the week that I kept falling asleep as they were working.

Last weekend my little brother, Timmy, came over on a Saturday night
to help me paint the bathroom. It was nice and fun having him over.
Before we started getting down to business, me, Topher, and my little
brother ate at Lemongrass for dinner. I think it was me and Topher's
3rd time there within the 3 weeks we've moved into the house! That
good.

In a nutshell, I got into my very first car accident! =( And our
fish "committed suicide" is what Topher says. He hated the Arawana
that he bought that costed him $50 but was retailed for $70.
Hopefully we find the right fish to live in the beautiful tank that
Topher put together soon.

Topher got the computer up so I can start working from home once a
week and it's been fabulous. I love being able to have a room devoted
to work or anything we need to handle on the computer whether it's
researching or paying bills. Love the fact that it's NOT in our
bedroom.

Last week Topher finally decided on a surround sound system and got
that hooked up. Now all he has to do is wire the back speaker
underneath so the wires are hidden. And on top of that here's the run
down with what other projects we plan to execute:

- Install the new panel doors to the office and the closet upstairs.
- Put the curtain rods up that I bought from Ross.
- Paint the linen closet shelves to white (don't want to settle for
the icky tacky brown that's in there).
- Paint the new panel doors white.
- Build a headboard for our bed.

I'm sure there's a few more items I haven't yet listed but these
projects alone should take us a good 2 weeks to finish. We'll see.

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Tue, 27 Apr 2010 20:59:58 -0700 Our relationship (my letter to him) http://tophuu.posterous.com/our-relationship-my-letter-to-him http://tophuu.posterous.com/our-relationship-my-letter-to-him This was a letter I wrote to Topher after we had a silly argument on
the phone. After this letter, he called me from work and was not
happy. He said that my disappointment in him dominated my apology and
from there I got offended and we argued back and forth. He finally
got so frustrated that he said that we need space and I asked if I
should move out and he said yes.

To make sure he meant what he said, I texted him right away to make
sure that this was what he wanted and it wasn't. So we worked things
out in which is documented in our text messages. The letter below was
sent to him on April 24th.

> In this letter to you, I would like to address 2 things.  One, about
> our phone conversation last night and secondly, about today's
> predicament.
>
> I want to begin by saying I'm sorry about last night if I came off a
> bit rude or attitudish.  I was a bit startled when you weren't in the
> room by the time I "thought' you went to the bathroom.  My questions
> nor my behavior didn't depict the fact that I wanted your presence in
> bed to put me at ease.  So when I called you I was a bit upset already
> because you weren't in the room and I speculated that you were outside
> smoking so it affected the way I spoke to you.  So I'm sorry and I
> wish I had just put my frustrated emotion aside and asked you when you
> were coming back into the room to cuddle with me.  Because ultimately
> that was all that I wanted and the reason why I called you.
>
> I know you were a bit disappointed because it was your day off and you
> wanted to spend some quality time with me without me falling asleep so
> early.  I don't know why I've been extremely tired the past week and I
> wish it wasn't especially on your day off because I would really like
> to spend the time with you too...talking, cuddling, goofing off,
> watching a movie, or simply going to sleep next to one another.  So I
> completely understand your disappointment with my dozing off
> throughtout the night.
>
> As far as cutting off our conversation last night and ending it the way
> it did, I felt that it was very rude of you.  It cut off the
> communication between the two of us and put us at a dead end
> situtation.  WHether you care or not, I had to go to sleep mad and you
> were left angry to deal with things on your own.  I really didn't
> appreciate that and I really hope that this doesn't repeat itself.  By
> doing so, it teaches me that it's okay to do so because you did it to
> me. This is unnecessary stress on ourselves and our relationship.
>
> Secondly, regarding my phone call to you earlier this evening, you
> really hurt my feelings today and I feel that I should let you know.
>
> When you asked me on the phone today like "what is your problem" and
> "why can't you be light hearted about things" I had my feelings hurt
> and  was unable to take things lightly by that point.  You hurt my
> feelings because even the way we left things last night (that is, the
> conversation left unfinished) I still called you after work and wanted
> to find out if I could pick you up some dinner.  I still thought of
> you.  So excuse my attitude or behavior but I was hurt and extrememly
> disappointed by the fact that you didn't even consider calling or
> texting me to let me know that you made dinner arrangements by going
> to Auntie Georgie's for dinner without me.  In turn it puts me under
> the impression that you didn't think of me.  You didn't consider
> getting or preparing food for us.  Instead you chose to feed yourself,
> as if I am not a part of this relationship.  I know I don't ask of you to feed me but it would be really nice if you took the initiative and thought about feeding me too.   Especially in a time like this, love should
> overshadow our anger.  Love is action and your action didn't depict
> love.  Just because we had an argument last night doesn't mean that we
> should treat each other any differently.  My feelings were hurt and in
> turn made me behave the way I did.  Not to mention, I didn't eat all
> day since breakfast and had a really busy day.  So it just really put
> a damper on things and in turn disappointment.
>
> I appreciate the fact that you texted me afterwards, but I was driving
> and I was uable to text back.  Not to mention, I didn't know how to
> get to Auntie Georgie's house.  If you really wanted me to be there, a
> personal phone call would have been really nice and perhaps directions
> to her house.  Even a sincere apology or an appreciation for me
> thinking of you for dinner would have meant a lot to me.  I know you
> said that you were sorry, but it was a pretty lousy way of saying your
> sorry.  ANd I know that you would not accept that apology from me.  I
> know that under the circumstance since last night and then my phone
> call made things seem like I was having a problem with you, it still
> would have been nice to have a conversation to touch base so that it
> wouldn't be so awkward to meet you at Auntie Georgie's house.
>
> Again, these are my feelings and I thought I should share them with
> you.  I hope you understand why I decided not to meet you at Auntie
> Georgie's house.
>
> I don't know what your thoughts regarding what I mentioned above, but
> I hope that I get a response from you and I hope that we can work out
> our simplest problems.  THat is me hearing you out and you hearing me
> out.  I just hope that we can become better at making decisions and
> the way we react to one another.  Making choices that is in the best
> interest for our relationship.
>
> I know that I will always do my best in our relationship and if there
> was anything that I do to hurt your feelings, I would want to rectify
> it and ensure that I don't make the same mistakes.  And especially to
> make sure your feelings are being met and satisfied by me.
>
> --
> Warm Regards,
>
> Buu
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Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:54:00 -0700 His 1st home; our 1st home together http://tophuu.posterous.com/his-1st-home-our-1st-home-together http://tophuu.posterous.com/his-1st-home-our-1st-home-together

Scheduled a tour with Redfin to view 6 homes on April 15th at 10am.
The very first house we viewed, we asked to go back to view the home
after the tour because we instantly fell in love with the house. Not
to mention, the house had only been on the market for less than 10
days and felt that this property was gonna sell fast. It was offered
at $265k and sits on under 10,000 sq. ft. of land! When we went back
to the home, one of the home owners was home. We quickly checked to
see where the washer and dryer was because we couldn't remember where
it was located. Then she asked if we had any question for her and so
we did. We noticed earlier that there was a mole issue in the back
yard and I asked about the previous owners and a brief history of the
property. She said that her and her husband have owned the house for
just a few years and bought it from a couple that goes to their
church. The current owners did quite a bit of remodeling.. They
completely updated the kitchen, painted the inside of the house, added
the flower box on the window, added the french door to the patio. As
far as the surround system and the central vacuum the previous owners
had done that.

In the midst of the tour, Topher had already made a phone call to Lisa
to find out the scoop on the house we liked. So we were already ahead
of the game. After we were all done with the tour, Topher had Lisa
write up an offer at full price and to include $5k of the closing
costs. By this time it was lunch time and we went to visit his
grandma as well as Uncle Norman and Auntie Perla. While we were
there, we couldln't help but show the whole family the house we liked.
At the same time, Topher and Lisa were already working on the deal.
Lisa had us meet the listing agent to sign and submit the offer. By
8pm that night, they gladly accepted our offer! It's pending
inspection which is set for Thursday April 22, exactly 1 week we last
toured the home.

Yipppeeee! Topher's very first home and just in time for the tax
credit deadline which we would have to close or be under contract by
April 30th, 2010!! I believe it's a tax credit of $8k.

I'm so happy for Topher! Not just because it's his very first
property and the most expensive purchases he'll ever make in his life,
but because he has a place to truly call home. Not just a portion of
it or just one room out of the entire house, but the entire house
itself as well as the land! It's been about 10 years since he's been
away his true home, Los Angeles, and never really had a consistent
place to call home here in Seattle.

I'm really excited too because this will be the first time I'll be in
a house. It'll be a great growing time for me, for him, and
especially us. I love the fact there there are 5 bedrooms. Although
it is costly to furnish them, but I'm happy to have family or friends
from out of town to stay with us. Just in time before the family
reunion in August!

Here's to looking forward in building a cozy home together in our new
home! Hope we have many years of great memories beginning with this
home.

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April 22nd we had an appointment with the inspector.  Typically it takes 2-3 hours, but this inspector took 6 hours inspecting the house!  The appointment was at 11am, but he got there a little early and started inspecting the outside of the house around 10:15am.  He did an incredible and thorough job in helping us ensure that the house was in good condition.  Initially, Jim (the inspector), didn't think that the house was worth $265k.  I could tell by his facial reaction.  But after his long hours of inspecting the house, he thought it was in much better condition than he thought.  Phewww!

After the inspection was done, we went to the Old Cannery Furniture in Sumner to check out the couch Topher looked up on the Internet.  The night before we went to Mor Furniture and saw a very similar design couch that is also at the Old Cannery and wanted to make sure that we choose the right one.  And we decided that Mor Furniture was the one we liked and TOpher liked the color of that couch more than the one at Old Cannery because it was lighter.  THen we stopped by Ikea because I wanted to check out designs and potential accessories for the house.  ANd I found a small chandelier for $30 that I really liked and that could go in the bedroom. 

Looking up curtains for the house and what a task it is becoming!  Still looking and researching.  I haven't gotten measurements yet, but I thought it would be faster if I started looking now.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2010 21:13:43 -0700 Text Messages 3.29-3.30.10 http://tophuu.posterous.com/text-messages-329-33010 http://tophuu.posterous.com/text-messages-329-33010
What sparked these series of text messages was because I had bought these facial masks at the Japanese store when I went shopping on Sunday (3.28.10).  And prior to that, I told Topher that I didn't have extra disposable income besides for the basic necessities like food. 
 
10:06 pm B: Don't be mad! I wont buy anything else now. I just want my skin to look good and glow for u. =) so u don't leave me. I promise...strictly basic necessities.
10:07 pm B: I love u very much!
10:21 pm T: U seem selfish. U say basic necessities but for some reason I believe u would buy it, get service if u want it. U tell me u don't have any extra cash when my topic was food.  U hardly if not ever offered to pay for our food out knowing that I'm about to put all of my money into this house.  Basically, you're just not being consistent.  If it's for our food, or even just for me, I would think u wouldn't make an excuse and say u don't have anything.  What are u working 6 days a week for?  And it's not like I've ever ask u for anything.  It would just be nice if u recognized what OUR situation is and not just yours, your brothers, your parents, and your business.  At this point, I almost just wish u didn't own any busienss and had your own deal and your own income.  I hope you understand my frustration.
10:41 pm B: What can I do to help?  Perhaps we should have some sort of financial structure so things are more balanced financially.  I'm sorry i am unable to come up with a lump sum of cash for the house.  I put my money in the glake home and other things that just completely depleted my sav.
10:43 pm T: My heart doesn't believe that u are selfish.  BUt sometimes u may not mean to, but u portray it.  I understand that y have to watch out for yourself, and for your family and busienss.  I just wished u portrayed watching out for me as much.  And knowing now that money is an issue then other ways.  All in all though, you're a great girl, and I love u very much.
10:47 pm B: THis will come up again and u'll be frustrated at me.  OI don't want u looking down upon me bcuz I didn't help u w/the down pmt.  What wld put u at ease for me to help or make things in ur mind balanced?
10:51 pm T:Down payment? Look. IT's not money that I"m looking for. Please know that. I myself am not having any trouble with money whatsoever. Just don't tell me things like "I don't have any expendable cashflow" or whatever it is that u said. I was talking about food. I would put my last dollar in to feed us.
     I can't come up with everything. I really don't have much suggestions. Just that it's time for u to be creative.
     I'm not asking for u to make drastic changes. JUst to start treating me like a MAN. YOur man. Cause that's how men like to feel.
11:10 pm B: HOw do i make u feel like a man? Just so i have an understanding of what u mean.
11:18 pm T: DUnno exactly. I'm not a woman.  I can tell you how I have felt though. Like u don't look out for me as much as u do others.
11:18 pm B: If $ isnt an issue reg d.p. then understood. So the issue is w/me not paying or offering to pay for food when we go out right? ANd that i don't look out for ur best interest? If I asked someone else that q, they wld prob think that I am very much so. More so than anyone. SO i want to understand how i don't bcuz i feel that i do and do my best to cater to u. THis is news to me so pls give me specific examples as to what im not doing to look out for ur interest.
11:23 pm T: THe issue is so because I see u paying for other things. THings for yourself or for your family. It makes me feel less important.
     My interests? I didn't say that. BUt if you believe that u are looking out for me as much if not more than others inculding your business then I should evaluate myself and what I'm thinking.
11:29 pm B: I'm sorry u feel that way.Perhaps u shd be w/me when i go to the grocer store more often so u can physically see that i'm buying stuff for u, us.
     I don't do that for my family. HOw about what are things that u appreciate me doing?
11:55 pm T:I appreciate when u do look out for me. WHen u ask me before all others. WHen u take initiative.
 1:01 am T: I appreciate it when u pack me food for work. It makes me very happy.
 1:03 am T: I'd much rather u make it though. It would make it even more special.
 1:08 am T: U know, u steer this relationship too. And I continue to see which way u want to steer it.
 1:13 am T: Alright then.
1:16 am B: Ok. THank u. And i continue to do it bcuz i love u and i know u love it when u get to eat food besides wk.
     And I appreciate it when u give me hugs and tons of kisses. It make me melt inside.
     I'm most grateful for u taking me to the PI and mtg ur family and experiencing the things u love there!
1:24 am T: U know you're just not listening. An I can't help but recognize this sense of animosity towards one another. As if the last straw has been drawn. I think it's best I continue and keep my mouth shut.
1:26 am B: I fell asleep for a bit a while ago. What am I doing now?

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3.29.10 - Says that I'm selfish and that I make him feel less important compared to "others" (namely my family) because I pay for them.  See "Text Messages 3.29 - 3.30.10" for more detailed story.  Kids, marriage, family, love, philosophy was all part of the 7 hour discussion.  And I cried so much then told him that I would make things easier by giving him space and moving out.
            + Text him in the afternoon to let him know that I wasn't going to move out and that I acted out based on my emotions at the moment.  Also that he drives me insane, but I also love him to death at the same time.  Also mentioned that earlier in our relationship, I wrote him a letter and told him that we should always do our best and because we deserve to be treated with love and respect.  Later that afternoon, I went to Trader Joe's and went grocery shopping.  When I got home, he was still sleeping (about 5pm) and I basically kissed him and told him that I was sorry and comforted him.

3.28.10 - didn't show appreciation for bringing him a strawberry julious while I was at the mall. He didn't want the same fish as I cooked two nights ago. Felt a bit of a disconnect from him emotionally and physically.
           + text him at 1:39 pm that I was going to the mall with Wen-mei. . He text back at 2:28 pm to take my time and that he would grab food and watch movies. Gave him a kiss to greet him and snuggled next to him and gave him several kisses on the lips. he cooked eggs and I cooked the spam. He gave me a kiss goodbye before he left for work.
3.26.10 - topher got frustated with me because I forgot to turn the heater off again. I was upset and he could clearly tell that I was. Then I gave him the silent treatment.

           + 10:23 pm on 3.27 I texted Topher to forgive me for my behavior (the silent treatment) and that we should treat each other the way we would want to be treated. He said sorry for his frustration.
Last week we had another miscommunication.  It was sparked from me stating a grammatical error.
3.25.10 - argument. money for food and how costly it is.  questioned whether I'm able to afford mortgage payment if I'm not able to pay for food.  told me to leave him alone and that he would cook us breakfast.  so i left.
           + told him thank you for cooking breakfast, but he did not respond.
3.24.10 - argument. brought up Topher going out last Friday and coming home extrememly intoxicated at 4am.  discussed imbalanced relationship.
           + asked why does he stay with me if I'm so difficult.  he said because he loves me.

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Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:14:30 -0700 Philippines 2010 http://tophuu.posterous.com/philippines-2010 http://tophuu.posterous.com/philippines-2010 February 22nd - March 15th

Not sure where to begin with our adventure to another country together!

We took Asiana Airlines and had a lay over at Incheon International Airport in Korea.  That flight was about 10 hours or less.  From there, it took us 4 hours to get to Manila.  Both flights were very pleasant because they served us great food and had a decent amount of movie selections for us to watch.  On our flight to Korea, we played Battle Ship and battled each other.  That was fun!  

Once we landed and retrieved our luggages, Uncle Norman and his brother-in-law came picked us up.  From there we went straight to his condominium in Makati which was not too far away from the airport.  Maybe 15-20 minutes.  As we drove and pulled away from the airport, it almost felt like LA for a moment (as far as the scenery) because of the palm trees.  But once we get on to the roads, it's a different story.  Tricycles, jeepneys, scooters and small cars occupied the road.  I have never seen a jeepney before so that was interesting as well as seeing 3 people on a scooter too!  After our luggages have been brought upstairs, me, Topher, and Uncle Norman went downstairs and ate at Andock's.  By that time it was Tuesday night around 11:30pm.  So our choices were limited.  

The next day, Auntie Pearla, Uncle Norman and Tophuu went to Market! Market! for lunch and explored one of their many malls there.

Topher's mom arrived, I think 1 or 2 nights after we did.  She travelled with 2 of Topher's dad's co-workers, Mary and Susy.  Uncle Norman and Auntie Pearla's condo only has 2 bedrooms but had these convenient sleeping sofas to accommodate all of our sleeping arrangements.  

Topher's dad has been in Gapan, which was about 2-3 hours away from Makati.  Topher's cousin came from Gapan to pick up our luggages so that they can accomodate everyone in the car the next day to transport us from Makati to Gapan.  

We stayed in Gapan for a little less than a week.  At this time, there were many other people that are also staying at the house from the States.  There were all there for a family reunion as well as celebrating Topher's dad's 65th birthday.  There were 2 days of partying and tons of great food!    

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Sun, 14 Feb 2010 13:05:00 -0800 Moving out of Greenlake http://tophuu.posterous.com/moving-out-of-greenlake http://tophuu.posterous.com/moving-out-of-greenlake

We moved all of the big items of the house as well as other items we didn't need right away to storage on February 11, 2010.  

The night before we slept early and Topher basically didn't get up.  For this reason, we woke up pretty early on Feb. 11th around 6am.  We started the morning eating breakfast at Pete's Egg Nest and then went back to the house and started getting things ready to move.  While we were moving, Topher was getting frustrated and stressed out because it was just the two of us and we didn't have any help.  My brothers weren't able to help out until later that afternoon.  

After we got the rest of the items into boxes and took the bed apart, we went to the Uhaul place and rented a truck.  As soon as we picked up the Uhaul truck, Topher drove over to Home Depot to pick up a couple of Mexican workers to help us out with the move.  Boy was it sooo worth it.  His mood changed as soon as they were in the house hauling all the boxes and heavy items like the washer and dryer from the 3rd floor and couches.

Once everything was loaded to the storage in South Seattle at Public Storage, we still stayed in the Greenlake property for another week.  We didn't officially move out until Thursday, Feb. 18th.  That was the first night we stayed at Justin and Jen's place in the Renton Highlands area.  Transition has been strange because a majority of our stuff was in storage and we had to select which items to bring with us while we live at Justin's temporarily.  Not to mention, we also had to pack for the Philippines trip (February 22nd)!  

There wasn't a flow nor any organization established yet.  Waking up in the mornings were a bit scattered since some things were in suitcases or in another room.  It was like a scavenger hunt.  We were far from establishing any organization with our stuff since we were leaving out of the country in just less than a few days!  We figured we would take care of that when we return from our trip.    

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Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:01:59 -0800 Music, pics... http://tophuu.posterous.com/music-pics-1 http://tophuu.posterous.com/music-pics-1 A couple days ago I downloaded picasa to create an online photo site.
When I opened it up, it began pulling all of Topher's pictures,
videos, and music. I thought it was like costco's photo site or
shutterfly where you select the pictures you want to be uploaded.
Instead it pulled all his stuff! For this reason, I began to delete
all the folders in picasa. Not knowing that it deleted it from his
hard drive. This wasn't discovered until last night when he went to
play his music on Itunes and it was unable to locate his songs.

I told him what I did and speculated that it was from me deleting the
folders from picasa. He was so upset with me and made it clear to
never download anything without his consent or knowledge of it. I was
very apologetic and promised that I wouldn't download anything
anymore.

This happened right before he had to go to work and so he had very
little time to try and restore the content that was deleted.

This was so distressful for him because of the years of downloading
the music as well as paying for it. Not to mention, the pictures he
had taken in the past before I came into the picture, and any videos
from the past are gone.

He understands that I didn't deliberately do this and it was purely an
accident. And I understand that this is a burden and intrusive to have
removed his personal stuff and his past items. For this reason, it
causes him to be disappointed and upset with me.

Given the surprise distress I caused him he chose to smoke to aleviate
the stress while at work. I will never be able to relate to that
choice because I'm a non smoker but only thing I can do is to try to
put myself in his shoes and supprt and understand. He's bright and he
is fully aware of the consequences of smoking. Only he has the power
and control to quit. I just have to remember that he knows how i feel
about smoking and that he knows how bad it is to his health and that
it's his choice to smoke knowing that it can lead to lung cancer.
Hopefuly I can instill confidence and faith in him that he is capable
of quitting 100%.

He is working on restoring what I had removed and I'm hoping that it
all, at least his music is fully restored. I feel awful and want to
try and help but he told me that he would handle it. So I shall step
back.

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Jan 27-29 - Start moving content out of the house.  Get storage.

Feb 1 - Move out of Greenlake and temporarily into Justin's home.

Feb 5 - 1 year, 1st date anniversary

Feb 22 - Mar 15 - Philippines trip

Apr - Close and move into our new home

July - Las Vegas Show

Aug - Cortez family reunion

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Topher's 30th birthday celebration was a huge success and not only did we have a great time, but also our guests had a blast. 

On January 5, 2010; I was the first to call him and wished him a happy 30th birthday.  I set my alarm 2 minutes before midnight and made sure to stay up so I could call him.  I had to call him since he was working at the time, but got the night off for his birthday.  Since I took the day off on his birthday, I slept in with him that morning before I started doing errands.  That afternoon, I had booked massages at Elements massage at 4pm and reservations at John Howie Steakhouse in Bellevue at the Bravern at 8pm. 

When he got home from work about 8am that morning of his birthday, I mentioned that I booked an 80-minute massage for us.  He wasn't too happy about that because he felt that it was way too long and I argued that it wasn't.  But because it was his birthday, I quickly obliged and e-mailed Elements to notify them to change it to a 55-minute massage instead.  It was funny because after we received our 55-minute massages, he said that he could've gone longer!  This was his first massage besides the one he got in the Philippines.  Although, he still raves about the massage there. 

I believe that what made his birthday most memorable was his birthday dinner at John Howie's as well as his birthday gift; the movado watch.  Even till this day, 12 days into his 30's he cannot stop talking about the steak he ate there!  Even I am talking about it with clients.  It was definitely the night where I was enlightened about steaks.  It was definitely the best steaks we both had.  Topher had the 4oz American Wagyu filet & 4oz Japanese Wagyu filet and I had the American Wagyu New York strip.  We also ended up ordering a dozen of the half shell kusshi oysters too.  Oh my gosh!  Steaks and oysters were amazingly delicious.  No sauce nor garnishment was needed for the steaks because the steaks were that good.  However, the minuet that came with the oysters made an awesome pair!  What made it all worth the money and the decision of eating there was Topher's appreciation for beef.  I didn't even know what Kobe or Wagyu beef was and the significance of an aged steak until that night.  Right before we entered the restaurant, he noticed that they served kobe beef and was impressed already.  But his reaction and his great appreciation for good steaks truly made it a pleasant and wonderful dinner.  It definetly made it the best experience.  We both have been to top notch steakhouses such as The Metropolitan Grill, El Gaucho, Canlis, Ruth's Chris, and Morton's but John Howie's is rated high on our list.

Because the reservations were booked using Open Table, I was able to notate that I wanted the best seating with a good view as well as celebrating a birthday.  For this reason, we got a table by the window overlooking I-405 and a complimentary dessert with a candle!   
So the celebration didn't end that night.  I found a 2-story penthouse in Belltown to rent out for his friend's and family celebration.  That week, Topher sent off the money via paypal and received the codes and information confirming our stay at the penthouse.  We rented it for 2 nights, January 8-10.  We also had the weekend off.  As this planning was going on, I was in distress because Hitomi was going out of town for the weekend and I wouldn't have anybody to work.  It all worked out because she decided to cancel her flight and I was able to spend the entire weekend with him in preparing for the party.
On January 8th, we already packed so it was a matter of getting up and getting last minute items.  Since Topher didn't pick out his outfit, we went downtown and shopped.  He was able to get a majority of his outfit at Express and his shoes at Aldo's.  Although he really wanted to find a white vest, we were unsuccessful in finding one.  Almost forgot to mention that I themed the party black and/or white attire.  By the time we were just about done, the rain started pouring as we were on our way to check in at the penthouse.  It was pretty easy to find since it was right in Belltown and on 1st avenue between Wall and Battery street.  Once we got in, we checked the place out and placed our luggage in the bedroom.  We were there for no more than 20 minutes and then left to go to Costco.  It was still pouring down rain!  THis is what we bought at Costco for the party:
  • Grapes and salami for the cheese and crackers
  • Smoked salmon
  • Mozzarella sticks
  • a case of corona
  • 3 cases of water
  • Spicy chicken wings
  • Organic tortilla chips and salsa and beans
  • Chocolate cake
  • plastic silverware

The total was about $170!  Not bad for feeding approximately 60 people.  After shopping at Costco, we had a quick bite to eat there and had a slice of pizza and each of us had our own hot dog.  He even bought me a churro!  Once we finished, we headed back to the penthouse to unload.  We had maybe 20 minutes to unwind then had to leave again to pick Tina and Jim up at the airport.  Topher wanted to trick them by telling them that we couldn't get the penthouse and that the penthouse was where we live.  It worked for a minute and Tina was confused for a minute.

They arrived at about 8pm and hung out at the pad for a couple of hours.  Robert and my cousin from Philly, Hung, came over so we could all walk to Umi Sake House.  It was a short 2 block walk there from the penthouse!  Tina tried to pay, but the waiter said that somebody already paid for the dinner and we were all perplexed as to who paid because everyone said that they didn't pay.  We found out that it was Hung! 

 

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Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:54:00 -0800 2010 http://tophuu.posterous.com/11110-thus-far http://tophuu.posterous.com/11110-thus-far

1.01 - shari's restaurant after going to Freemont Studio's hosted by DList Magazine.

1.05 - couple's massage at element's massage; dinner at john howie steakhouse.

1.07 - breakfast at pete's eggnest; dinner with hung and robert at bcd korean restaurant

1.08 - breakfast at Portidge Bay, dinner at umi sake house with tina, jim, hung, robert. check in @ penthouse. tina and jim arrives from LA. went to costco and pacific place mall. got a trim from casey.

1.09 - brunch at macrina's cafe and bakery. party at 6pm @ penthouse and went to venom.

1.10 - checked out @ penthouse. redmill burgers with tina and jim. dinner at elliot's oyster house on the pier.

1.14 - Avatar at the Pacific Science Center's IMAX theater in 3D.

1.15 - Toulouse Petit restaurant for happy hour on Queen Anne

 

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