Nobody's Woman

Probably also a month ago Andrew and I had this huge obsession with Danuta Lato.

Here's a fun song!

Bar Soaps?

I get fun emails all the time from my loves so I figured I might as well share with everyone!

article - especially cuz she says "don't get me started on bar soaps!"

read it!

The 6 Biggest Skin Care Mistakes

love,

rusty

Biking with Bo

I rode my bike with Bowie around Mira Mesa today. HAHA.

Our love bikes. Can you guess which one is mine?

This one! =) Weeeee...

You Know You've Had a Good Day...

When you come home and sing Rainy Days and Mondays at the top of your lungs.



I Love it! I dedicate this post to Andrew. I love you and I'll feed Rusty tomorrow and check the mail.

Exercise Update:

Don't even get me started today!!

My day started out so healthy well at least the first 4 hours of it. I ate oatmeal had a cup of coffee and headed to work. Lunch I ate a little bit of Pancit.....then here's where it starts....I scarfed down a donut and a snickers bar. I know. I'm so embarrassed that I'm even admitting to this. Then after work I ate half of a California burrito and munched on some chips and guacamole!! THEN....I came home and saw some lumpia so I ate like 3 pieces of that.

On a positive note: I went to the gym. Ran for 30 min went on the EFX for another 30 min. But then when I came home because Andrew bought my family Hawaiian Host chocolates for Christmas I ate 2 pieces of it!! LOL. What a day....YIKES!!

A Tribute to Lady Eloise

I love this!! Absolutely beautiful!!

Christmas Eve Tradition

My dad ALWAYS cooks Arroz Caldo for Christmas Eve which is chicken and rice with ginger in a chicken broth. Its pretty much almost the same as congee. I LOVE IT!!! He'll probably cook this on New Year's Eve too.

We ate butsi/sesame balls for dessert! =) This was not home made it was store bought from Chow King!!

Yay!

The gym is open today! HAHA!! =) I need to work off all the food I ate yesterday.

UPDATE: Went to the gym with Andrew worked out for maybe an hour and a half. Went home ate the Olive Oil Cake he baked for me and my family and then took a nap. LOL! SUCCESS. HAHAHA!!

Merry Christmas!! Happy Birthday Mom! =)

My family usually always get our cakes at the European Cake Gallery in Point Loma. We've been going there for over 20 years. I remember going there as a kid with my mom and I love it!


Their specialty Swiss Black Forest! =)

Last year I bought my mom a cake from Kona Kakes and although is was tasty it wasn't quite the same....we'll be sticking to our usual place. =)

Exercise Update:

I went to the gym early this morning because Joel told me they were closing at 4PM today so I figured I need to get some exercise before the Christmas feast begins!!

EFX 55 min 5.5 Miles. Weeeeee =)

I Love It!! I Love It!!

"Andrew" (11:55:02 PM): hi this is jesus

"Andrew" (11:55:11 PM): i'm about to come out of mary's womb

"Me" (11:55:18 PM): omg

"Me" (11:55:21 PM): HAHA
i love it!!!

"Me" (11:55:23 PM): Merry Christmas

"Andrew" (11:55:28 PM): you can find me in a manger later

"Me" (11:55:39 PM): I LOVE IT!

Sober what?

Sober Time!!

I laughed because Yvonne had this in her bag and I was thinking WTF is that? Apparently its to prevent hangovers and bad breath! HAHA. It's not FDA approved and only sold in Japan. The funny thing is that its made in San Diego off of Murphy Canyon to be exact. LOL! HAHAHA.

$10 per pill!! I wonder if it really works!!

Chargers!!

Yesterday after my dad and I found out Buffalo won, we celebrated and had a bottle of wine. LOL!! I love my dad!!My mom and I went to Costco just before that and you can see the tomatoes and eggs we bought in the background. I love my family!! =)

Lazy Saturday

I've been getting over a slight cold these past few days. So, yesterday I just hung out at Bo's house and watched movies all night long while Hiro fell asleep on my lap.

I can never have enough posts about him. I love him so much. =)

Lunch with Bowie

Bowie came to have lunch with me the other day at work and we ended up going to Bristol Farms and got this yummy tomato, mozzarella, and basil panini.

Then of course knowing me....I got dessert too!

Gluttony! HAHA. Our tiramisu.

I Have a Question?

"Andrew" (10:29:24 PM): i wonder if drinking wine counts as a serving of fruit

"Andrew" (10:29:28 PM): cuz of the grapes!

"Andrew" (10:29:29 PM): kekeke

"Me" (10:31:24 PM): omg!

"Me" (10:31:26 PM): i love that

"Me" (10:31:27 PM): LOL

You Know You've Had a Good Day....

When you go to the gym and see Asian Auntie!! LOL. Too bad I didn't take any stalker pictures of her. She's so cute.

Also, today is my dad's Burthday!! I'll post pictures later when I'm not being lazy.

Exercise Update

I haven't worked out today and I feel gross..... =(

UPDATE: Exercised!! FINALLY!! 5.5 miles 55 Min on EFX Loves it!!

Happy Burthday Love Joey...

Joey took me out to dinner for my Burthday at The Old Spaghetti factory on Wednesday up in San Marcos.

Thank You. I love you.

Best Friend's Dinner IX

Is that right? I don't remember how to write Roman Numerals!! HAHA. It was either that or VIIII.

Honestly I don't know if its our 9th dinner? LOL. Joel says it is. So I believe him. Cause what ever happened to our dinners 7 and 8? OMG. HAHA. I never posted about it.

I've actually been wanting to find a good Tapas place in San Diego but for some reason we ended up wanting to try this British Pub in Little Italy called the Princess Pub and Grille and when we Yelped the place and saw bad reviews Joel found another pub off of India Street called the Shakespeare Pub and Grille that was worth trying!!!

Although we were the darkest people at the place and probably looked like touristas with our picture taking craziness I had a fabulous time!!

Can you see the red telephone booth off to the left side? We spent a great deal of our night there taking photos. LOL!!!

Joel has most of the pictures on his camera since I was showing him how to use the different modes. HAHA. Don't even get me started on that. I'm so nice! LOL. =)

Our Magner's Irish Cider! Yummy!! =) For dinner I decided to get the Shepherd's Pie and Joel got the Fish and Chips. I'll post more pictures as soon as I get them from him.

After dinner Joel and I decided to go to Gelato Vero. I know we eat so much!!!

Surprisingly I didn't get Pistache! Instead I opted for the Spumoni!!! A great ending to a scrumptious dinner! I loved it! =)

I've Watched this 20 Million Times

and Bowie would always say this to me, "You're watching this AGAIN?"



UPDATE: Apparently the female otter died? =(

Water, I Love You.

I haven't been drinking enough water and I can see it in my skin!!!

Trouble Sleeping

I love the song Trouble Sleeping by Corinne Bailey Rae and I am also having trouble sleeping literally because I drank some coffee a few hours ago and I'm just listening to the sound of the rain drops

UPDATE: There was a power outage while I was writing this and I didn't get to post it last night. Though after I had to force myself to sleep. Cheers!

I'm lovin' it

I just absolutely love the Mocha from McCafe!!!

Manic Monday

Only 2 more days of work. YAY!

I was reading the New York Times online this morning and was excited to see that Christiane Amanpour is going to have her own show on CNN International!!! She is so amazing and I love her.

Workout Update:

Ran 3 miles 31 min
EFX 2.4 miles 26 min

I feel great!!!

You Know You've Had a Good Day....

When you watch Nicole Richie!!

Random French Commercial

I've been meaning to post this for awhile now but I've just been lazy to upload it. When I first saw this I was like aww...the music is so cute...and then....just see for yourself. LOL.

Workout Update:

I went to the gym today and was on the elliptical for 30 min then worked out on the stairmaster to the point that I felt as if I was getting light headed!! Kind of bad!

UPDATE:

"Girard" (9:14:13 AM): you need to exercise with a camelpak backpack or an IV unit in your arm so you don't get dehydrated.

"Me" (9:14:17 AM): LOL!

"Me" (9:14:19 AM): I LOVE IT

Later that night I indulged in this oh so delicious peppermint mocha at Borders while reading gossip and fashion magazines. I LOVE peppermint mochas!

Panda Express Adventure

My cousin JR and I went to eat lunch at Panda Express today. We walked in and because I am so indecisive it took me awhile to figure out what I wanted to eat. In the 10 minutes it took me to decide what I wanted to eat all I could feel penetrating through my skin was HEAT! I looked up and saw this wok in flames and so I turned to my cousin.

Me: Is that normal?
JR: NO!
Me: Are they sauteeing stuff?
JR: NO!
Sales woman: Hi guys what would you like? (AS THERE ARE FLAMES BEHIND HER)
JR: I'd like the 1 item please.
*FIRE ALARM GOES OFF* *EVERYONE AT THE RESTAURANT IS STARING AT EACH OTHER*

HAHA. JR and I paid for our food and ate outside since the fire alarm was going off inside the restaurant.

Then probably 20 minutes later the fire trucks come. I mean the place would have been engulfed in flames by then!! It was just crazy.

What an Artist.

This is a picture of my cousin JR.


This is me.
The face behind the art. LOL. My little cousin Vernice.

I Want to Buy...

a Beret! I saw this cute cheap one at Target but then I didn't buy it because I bought Wall-E instead which I haven't even watched yet. Hopefully I'll have the chance to watch it this weekend.

Also, I was reading through my old Xanga and I just laughed out loud when I read this,

"Can I pay a credit card bill with another credit card?" -Anonymous

UPDATE:

I did post this quote in April. I guess I just love it so much.

You Know You've Had a Good Day....

when you can teleport to your closet. I LOVE IT.

Check this out.

Hiro's Facial Expression.

Too cute for words!! His fur though is a bit out of control now. He is in desperate need of a trim!!

I Love Hillary!!!

Clinton that this!! This made my day.

Blogging Rampage

While I'm at it...

I like the song Unusual You on the new Britney Spears album.

A Quick Visit

I visited Joel over the weekend!!

Happy Birthday Anak! =)

The Original Pancake House

Not to be confused with the International House of Pancakes. LOL.

I love the German pancake!! Its so good!!! I LOVE IT I LOVE IT!!


Bo and I split that but then I ended up ordering an omelet too because I thought I was REALLY hungry. HAHA. I always order too much...

I don't understand how they get it to be so big and fluffy. Is it because of the milk? I never cook my eggs with milk so I'm not sure.

Extraordinary Desserts

Bo and I + his family went to Extraordinary Desserts last week or 2 weeks ago. I don't quite remember but we were going to order the Creme Brulee (sounds so plain jane considering the variety of desserts that were available but it looked GORGE!! with all this fruit and chocolate decorating it you would've thought it was something else). Anyway, when we did try to order it but they ran out and I was sad so Bo and I decided to try something new and got the bread pudding with vanilla ice cream.


It was made with chocolate croissants! YUM! Although it just looked like a blob it was quite tasty and better than what I expected.

Wowsers!!

I posted this on Facebook. HAHA. This helmet is funny!!

Its Been Awhile...

I haven't blogged in weeks!!


I love this chocolate!! My CW is a health nut and its funny because every time I do a favor for him he gives me this and says "YOU CAN ONLY GET THIS IN SWITZERLAND!!"

Magic

I am in love with this song. HAHA. Only because I heard it while watching Rob & Big!!

Loving it!

The new line for Target's Go! International. I'm excited.

Before I Forget

"Andrew" (11:48:47 PM): i called my mom this morning
"Me" (11:48:47 PM): i am excited about alexander mcqueen's target line

"Andrew" (11:49:10 PM): and she answered "hi, what's wrong"

"Andrew" (11:49:13 PM): or not exactly that

"Andrew" (11:49:15 PM): i can't remember

"Me" (11:49:21 PM): omg i love it

"Andrew" (11:49:21 PM): but i was like, why do you need to answer the phone like that?

Dayg0chic (11:49:22 PM): LOL

"Andrew" (11:49:26 PM): and was like, can't i just call you?

"Me" (11:49:33 PM): Andrew: Hi Mom.

"Me" (11:49:40 PM): Ana: Are you dying?

"Andrew" (11:49:45 PM): yeah LOL

"Andrew" (11:49:50 PM): omg

"Andrew" (11:49:51 PM): hahaha

"Me" (11:49:58 PM): Christine: Hi Mom. What are you doing?

"Andrew" (11:49:59 PM): omg i ate too much but i really didn't

"Andrew" (11:50:17 PM): "i'm doing laundry, auntie cora has to go to work, grandma wants oatmeal, bye"

"Me" (11:50:17 PM): Nancy: Oh your grandma is taking a shower right now and your dad is vacuuming the living room.

"Andrew" (11:50:22 PM): LOL!!!!!!!!!!

"Me" (11:50:23 PM): LOL!

"Andrew" (11:50:27 PM): LOl

"Andrew" (11:50:29 PM): i love it

"Me" (11:50:33 PM): I am going to blog this

Workout Update:

I have exercised every single day since I last blogged except for yesterday.

Tonight: 50 Min Cardio EFX

=) Loves it!!

Jason Mraz Concert

I spent my Halloween night at the Jason Mraz concert with Bowie, Yvonne, Hiro, & Ed at the San Diego State Open Air Theatre.

We didn't dress up. I know....we're boring.

This was seriously the highlight of the night when a gospel choir came out and I felt like I was at church. I was LOVING EVERY MOMENT OF IT!!

A Fabulous Day!

Why you ask?

1. Obama is our newly elected President and I was seriously inspired by his speech last night.


2. These delicious Turtle Empenadas that I shouldn't have eaten but did so anyway at Taco Tuesday at On the Border with Bowie!!! I had a mini workout last night to make up for it...sort of.

Do You Need a Map?

"Andrew" (10:53:47 AM): yesterday

"Andrew" (10:53:48 AM): i was talking to shi

"Andrew" (10:53:51 AM): and explaining something

"Andrew" (10:53:57 AM): and she was like.. i'm getting lost in your train of thought

"Me" (10:54:00 AM): omg

"Andrew" (10:54:01 AM): and i was like, oh are you lost in my pscyhe?

"Me" (10:54:02 AM): are you serious?

"Andrew" (10:54:02 AM): haha

"Me" (10:54:04 AM): hahaha

"Andrew" (10:54:23 AM): i was like, its ok, that happens to a lot of people

"Me" (10:54:26 AM): I love it!

"Andrew" (10:54:27 AM): they got lost up in there

"Andrew" (10:54:27 AM): haha

Workout Update:

I went to the gym and ran into an old high school friend so we ended up working out together. That was actually pretty fun catching up because I'm usually always trying to avoid people when I'm there but it was pleasant.

Cardio: 55 Min of the EFX Machine

I wished I worked out longer but that's fine I guess.

Hair Cut

I got my hair trimmed today. I just needed my bangs cut because they were bothering me and so I just decided to get everything else trimmed. I just don't like how my hair stylist flat irons my hair to the point that its so flat that I have no more volume. LOL. Its okay though because tomorrow it'll probably get so volumized that it will look normal again.

Random Craving and Workout Update:

I had oatmeal for lunch and when I finished eating it....I was still hungry. I was craving a Costco Hot Dog!!! HAHA. What's better than getting a hot dog and drink for $1.50.

Loves it!! =)

I went running today around my house for 40 min cause I didn't even want to try to go to the gym. Mondays and Tuesdays are the busiest days of the week.

Workout Update:

I went biking around Mira Mesa again with Bowie for 45 min then I got
hungry. Haha. We went around 8:50 PM and I didn't eat since 3? So
my tummy was calling out.

We went to Fresh and Easy!! I liked it there although I didn't really
look around too much because I was so hungry I just wanted to buy a
bite to eat ASAP!! Haha! When I'm hungry I'm hungry!! Anyway, that
was fun and I just found out that BevMo is opening right next to it!
YAY!! :). I'm excited!!

Strength: 20 min

Workout Update:

Cardio: 70 min
Strength: 30 min

LOVES IT!! LOVES IT!!

I totally ate like a maniac today (Don't even get me started!! I had ice cream, chocolate, a hamburger, the list goes on......) so I figured I need to work out a little extra at the gym to make up for it so I feel a little better now.

You Know You've Had a Good Day....

When you finish a stick of deodorant!!

"Honestly!!" -Andrew

I'm not quite sure whether or not I've blogged about this or not but I am going to mention it anyway.

Andrew and I have this thing about finishing products whether it be lotion, toner, or deodorant. It just makes us happy!

Not so Spectacular Sunday...

Chargers lost.

I didn't gym it yet.

I'm tired.

Bo and I went to Mitsuwa earlier today to go look at magazines so that was pretty much the highlight of our day.

Oldie but cutie picture of Hiro. I was deleting pictures from my iphone and came across this.

Workout Update:

Went to the gym and saw 20 million people from high school...

Cardio: 55 min on Elliptical
570 Calories
5 Miles

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee =)

The negative thing is that I just ate this post-workout: Well not the whole thing silly...like 2 pieces though... =(

I couldn't resist it! I heard it calling my name.

You Know You've Had a Good Day....

When you have lots to blog about...

My CWs and I were on this #1 Song on This Date in History website all day yesterday. HAHA.

The #1 song on my birth date was Lionel Richie - All Night Long (All Night)



I love it!!

My CWs song was Paul McCartney - Coming Up.



Liz: (Initial Reaction) I'm sad. I don't know this song.
Christine: Me neither.
Liz: *screaming* Who is that guy? I'm scared. Why are they dancing like that? LOL.
Christine: HAHA.
Liz: OMG! Is that the guy from Reno911 with the short shorts?

LOL. I love us!!

For some reason that video reminded us of Music & Lyrics and the Pop! Goes my Heart Video in the beginning.

"Girl you are gold...and sil-va ha ha......"


Classic! This made my Friday....absolutely fantastic!!

Fiamma Trattoria & Bar

Apparently this place is Rachael Ray's favourite Italian restaurant.

Fiamma Trattoria & Bar

I went there when I was in Vegas. It was good but the pasta was so soft it tasted more like I was eating ramen noodles. I like my pasta a little more al dente.

I ordered this Lobster and Gnocchi dish which was really good. I didn't expect to get so much lobster but I did!


We couldn't decide which dessert to get because there were so many ones that sounded so good so we asked our server to surprise us. This apparently won "best dessert" a year ago I believe.

Donut balls with a ricotta filled center with 3 dipping sauces (peanut butter, chocolate, and this wine flavoured one I forgot what it was called)

Workout Update:

Went biking with Bo around Mira Mesa!!

Cardio: ~1 hour

LOL!! Random but fun!!! Although I was scared to get hit by cars. YIKES.

Post-Exercise Update: My butt hurts, my legs hurt & I'm tired. I guess that's a good thing?

Fantastic Friday

YAY Friday!

Had a good day at work.Bo and I hung out today. We went to Mission Valley because I wanted to go to Loehmann's and Nordstroms Rack. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything which I guess is a good thing because I didn't spend any money. We were going to try out Burger Lounge for dinner but we were both kind of craving sushi so we decided to go to Sushi Deli 1. The one off of Washington St. When we drove by the line outside was so long and this was at 5PM so I suggested we go to Sushi USA in PQ. We usually go to Sushihana aka Sushiya but we opted to try something new.

Aside from the service there which was slow. Don't even get me started. DON'T! The food and presentation was pretty good.

They gave us edamame and fruit to start.


We ordered scallops, salmon skin & unagi. I thought I was really really hungry and ordered a dynamite but I think that was too much.

When I'm Not Lazy

I like to:

-Pumice my feet in the shower. (Which I do at least a few times a week anyway)

-Put baby oil on before I put regular lotion. <--Is this weird? I think it makes my skin smoother.

-Put foot cream on my feet before I go to bed and put socks on because when I wake up and take my socks off my feet are smooth! HAHA.

Workout Update:

Cardio: 40 Min
Strength: 25 Min

I didn't go to the gym today! So tomorrow will definitely be hardcore workout night. Loves it.

I've also been listening to The Killers Hot Fuss CD and I love it even though its from 4 years ago.

Catching Up

Tuesday night Joel and I had our Best Friend's Dinner at Uno Chicago Grill in Fashion Valley. We were both craving some deep dish pizza with some buttery crust.

It was funny because when we met up with each other we were kind of dressed in the same colors! It was grey, black and white themed. HAHA.

Lots of catching up on each others lives and of course eating. Unfortunately, I was too full to eat dessert which I guess was also a good thing.

After dinner, Joel and I decided to do a little shopping. I was proud of myself for not buying anything but Joel on the other hand went a little crazy. HAHA. I was there to support him in all of his spending glory.

Decisions

I dropped my cell phone last Monday and I was debating whether or not to buy a new case because I cracked the case AGAIN. Yeah I am seriously just doing a great job wasting $30. The thing is, is that the crack is pretty small and the case is still protecting my phone. My dilemma is should I just buy another case just in case the one I have now breaks completely? Also this flaw on the case is just bothering me.

Tina Turner Concert

Columbus Day....A day of Celebration of the Anniversary of the Arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas OR TINA TURNER CONCERT NIGHT at the Staples Center! Haha.

Unfortunately, unlike the few special individuals who had the day off Joey and I had to work in the morning and finally drive up in the early afternoon to Los Angeles to meet up with Andrew and Ana.

Car Ride = Stories Galore and the obvious catching up on some Y&R talk.

We did have to stop at this SCARY gas station because Joey and I needed to use the toilettes. The bathroom was vandalized and scary! I should have took a picture of it but I pretty much wanted to do my business and get out of there ASAP. As a token of my appreciation for Joey driving all the way up to LA I bought him this thirst quenching bottle of water.

The label was taped on!! HAHA. With scotch tape! What a start to our night!

We parked here at the Nokia center and strategically parked close to the exit for easy.....EXITING. LOL!

Tina!! The Tinettes are COMING!!!

Can you see the muppet lady behind Joey?

Andrew + Ana = Gorge

We were high up and I was getting a little bit scared but I was having a good time.


A Tina fan waiting in the LONG LONG LONG restroom line during the 45 min intermission so Tina could get an IV stuck in her.

TINA!!! SIMPLY.....THE BEST!! I LOVE YOU!!!