Wushu cutie!

This little girl is pretty amazing! ^^

Colorado (Part 2)

Welcome to a very picture-heavy post that sums up my Colorado trip, from August 1-August 7. All of the photos below can be enlarged by clicking on the photo. (FYI, I am the second oldest of the cousins present on this trip. Clement is the oldest, then I follow next).

August 1: Arrival @ Denver airport; waiting for my uncle, dad, and older cousin to return with the rental vans

My cousin, Ryan.

Mom and Auntie Anna (Ryan's mom) in the back. (L-R) Grandma, Grandpa, Ryan, Karen, and Kathy on top of her.

August 2: Garden of the Gods

August 3: Royal Gorge Bridge

Me & Grandpa (爺爺)

Mommy!

August 4: Part I - Garden of the Gods: Balance Rock

Ryan doing a headstand.

Auntie Leanne (Karen, Kathy, and Katie's mom), my mom, Auntie Anna (Ryan's mom), Auntie Hannah (Clement's mom)

Cousins! Katie, Ryan, Me, Clement, Karen, Kathy

Katie & Me

August 4: Part II - Broadmoor Hotel (5-star)

Ryan & Me

Mom & Dad

August 4: Part III - Seven Falls

Clement, Me, Ryan

August 5: Part I - Dinosaur Ridge (Fossils!)

The dark areas are fossils!

August 5: Part II - Red Rocks

The Beatles performed here on August 26, 1964!

Clement, my Dad, Ryan

August 5: Part III - Coors Brewery

Ryan

Ryan, Me, Clement


Sup, family? ("Silly" pose)

August 6: Castle Rock Factory Outlet

"Car #2"

Dinner @ Texas Roadhouse (yes, there is one in CO!); Clement & Ryan

August 7: Downtown Denver; lunch @ Johnny Rockets followed by airport for flight home.

Ryan got smiley face ketchup!

(L-R) Karen, Me, Ryan, Clement

It was overall a good trip. Colorado is nice; lots of nature and clean air. I wouldn't want to live there though (hehe). Sometimes I had a hard time breathing due to the altitude! I love spending time with my family, especially my cousins. In fact, I miss them already. So, guys, what's next?!

Colorado (Part 1)

I'm currently on a family trip in Colorado Springs, Colorado with my Chinese side of the family. My parents and I left from LAX Saturday morning and met up with our relatives from Northern California (Saratoga) at the Denver, Colorado airport. We scheduled our flights perfectly that we arrived pretty much at the same time!

Today we visited Garden of the Gods, which is basically a nature park with good views, scenery, and huge, red rock formations. We took pictures and all that good stuff.

Here are a couple photos of me and my cousins.

(500) Days of Summer (and Table Tennis)

Today, Paul and I went to UTC (University Town Center) in Irvine and saw (500) Days of Summer, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Paul had already seen it on Monday with another friend of his, but he had agreed to go again today since I had wanted to see this movie also. Contrary to his opinion of the movie, I enjoyed it a lot. It made me pensive about a lot of things. I like movies that make me think about my own life.

Anyway, onto a more silly topic. Since Paul had already seen the movie and didn't particularly like it, he brought his knitting stuff and he knitted during the entire movie! Props for knitting in the dark. =p

Look how intense his face is! So concentrated on knitting! Haha.

That was my afternoon. In the evening I went to play table tennis with my dad at the Long Beach Table Tennis Club, our usual activity Wednesday evenings and Saturday mornings. I played two really good matches and got a good work out! ^^

Revived.

Guess who's back, back again?

So i've decided to revive this blog. I have also decided to alter the theme a bit. It won't just be random daily photos where I'm trying desperately to post a photo a day, regardless if my day consisted of anything exciting or not, but rather, it will be a blog where I can post my thoughts, ramblings, and photos, whenever I feel it necessary. I will try to have a photo with every entry, and I will try to ensure that each entry has some sort of substance, not just me posting random emo jargon. ^_^

With that said, glad to be back! Enjoy!

- Denise