Engagement Photos in Santa Monica, CA

Our friend Chris took some engagement photos for us in Santa Monica last week. All photos have been modified/edited by me.

Today, June 11, is also our one year anniversary from the day we met. Best year of my life so far :)
























































I'm also making a wedding website for us, but it won't be ready until we figure out where the heck to have the wedding!

Discovery Bay

Dave went to play golf with some guys from work at Discovery Bay yesterday and took some nice pics. They got rained out on Monday, but luckily Tuesday was gorgeous! I haven't been there yet, but we're going to go when I get back from the US.

We went to see Pirates of the Caribbean 3 on Saturday. It was OK. At least it was better than the second one. On the way to the movies we saw one of the best mullet combos ever. Had to get a pic! It's hard to tell in this pic, but it's a flat top mullet with a really long back. The crazy shirt he's wearing is just icing on the cake. What makes the pic even better is the dude with the "pullet" ponytail-mullet he's sitting with and the chick in the background picking a wedgie. HILARIOUS!

I also found out that the quote from Wayne's World, "nay ho lan ah" really does mean "You look pretty" in Cantonese. Now I just need to find out if ZANG really means excellent.

We leave Friday morning to fly back to CA! I need to start packing! When I get back on July 6th we'll move into our new apartment.

Lots of Rain

In less than 2 weeks we'll be on our way back to the US! It's rainy season here and it's been pouring outside lately, so we are happy to be getting back to sunny CA!


We looked at a new apartment today! We really like it and are planning on moving in right when I get back from CA. It's very close to where we live now, but these apartments are brand new and very nice. We'll post our own pictures once we move in, of course. You can see some of the photos on their website http://www.theputman.com/

We went to the street markets in Mongkok yesterday after the rain stopped. I think it's the most densely populated place in the world. Here are a few pictures.

What is Wrong with People in Hong Kong?

For a city that requires lots of walking, LOCALS HERE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO WALK. They walk so slow, smack right into you, step on you, stop right in front of you for no reason, etc. It's like a constant traffic jam of people swarming around like blind flies. It's driving me insane. Today, some dumbass was standing in the middle of a busy sidewalk, turned and looked directly at me (I know she saw me coming) and continued to walk right into me like a moron. The worst part is as I tried to dodge her stupid ass, she contined to walk into me and refused to change direction! WTF. I wanted to punch her, but I had just come from boxing at the gym and I was too tired to punch anything else, lucky for her.

Another thing that drives me nuts is people here who just do not understand the concept of forming a line. I was at the grocery store standing in line to check out and this lady just walks right in front of me like I wasn't even there. I got so annoyed I said, "AM I F*CKING INVISIBLE?" She pretended not to hear me and continued standing there. I was like oh hell no and walked right in front of her in the line. That move by her was pretty ridiculous. Who the hell does things like that???

Oh, and what the hell is up with people spitting? It's so disgusting! People are hacking and spitting as they walk down the street and they don't care if they hit someone else with their nasty saliva. SICK!!

This should be a Seinfeld episode. It would be great.

Who's hungry for some...duck necks? GROSS!

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

We got back from our Easter trip to Malaysia on Monday night. We went on a hiking tour up to Mt. Kinabalu and the rainforest there. It was a lot of fun, especially the 2 hour bus ride there sitting in the back flying out of the seats over every bump. :)

The waterfall at the hot springs in Kinabalu National Park.

I discovered that a) golf isn't as stupid and boring as it looks and b) I'm not that bad at it...well, at least not that bad at hitting the ball at the driving range. At first I missed the ball a few times, but I nailed a few balls pretty far after that. I've always been good at miniature golf, but I thought regular golf was for a bunch of old, fat guys with too much money and nothing else to do, so I always assumed I wouldn't like it. Dave was so happy and excited that I didn't hate it and I didn't suck at it.

One of the little islands we went to on the first day.

The beach by our hotel

All the pictures from the trip are in the Kota Kinabalu Album under the Photo Albums menu.

Hong Kong Sevens Rugby Tournament

The Sevens rugby tournament is a pretty big deal in Hong Kong. It's pretty much a huge party and everybody dresses in cosutmes and gets wasted. We had tickets for the whole weekend, but we only went on Saturday. We decided we couldn't handle it again on Sunday after all the partying on Saturday!! It was a lot of fun, though!

The people in the south stand are some hard core partiers. Those guys in pink are in pig costumes for the year of the pig.

This is inside Goldman Sachs executive box. They had it as a castle theme and everyone had crowns and wizard hats. It was awesome. I love fun hats!

Of course the party glasses came out!

Everyone went to Lan Kwai Fong afterwards to continue drinking at the bars. This is the street packed with drunk people. Crazy!

We leave for our Easter trip to Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia tomorrow. Pictures when we return!