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september 23, 2008

one of the biggest advantages of san francisco is its small size.  you can just about walk to and from anywhere in the city (albeit as with all cities, it’s not advised to walk through certain areas), and of course if you don’t like to walk there is always the MUNI subway and buses. coming from michigan and LA, this is a luxury i have not had since living in korea.  

during my first few months in the city when i was only taking classes, one of my favorite things to do was walking downtown and studying at coffee shops.  i liked the fact that i could actually walk to places, i liked to people-watch (aka stalk), and i liked experiencing the different parts of town that i walked through.  but since i started working, i haven’t studied much despite getting off at 5pm everyday, and have lost sight of the thing that i loved so much about SF in the beginning.  i picked up some studying a couple weeks ago to keep myself fresh for the CFP exam in March of next year, but kept studying to my cube after work (with little studying success i might add).  

i decided to venture out yesterday, get out of my office, and renew my love for walking around the city and people/city watching.  the target venue was borders at union square… because a couple friends were already studying there… but also becasue there are lots of people to watch, union square’s night scenery is awesome, a comfortable walk home is within reach, and not to mention a relaxing atmosphere within borders to get stuff done.  it was definitely a lot of fun, and i hope to make it a regular happening.

i told james i was taking advantage of living in the city by going out to study downtown and enjoying city life.  to that, james replied, “going out to study at borders and coming home at 10:30pm is not enjoying city life.”  so i replied, this is how i’m enjoying the weekday city life.  true story…

(union sq looking north)

(stalking…)

(trolly at night)

(there is often a band playing on this street corner, and they always attract a good crowd)

(off on geary st., home i go)

(hah, the SF version of hotel california… the real one is in LA)

(there are a bunch of random bars with korean on them… never been to any)

(japantown peace plaza/home)

september 14, 2008

ok… i know i complain a lot about how cold SF is… but i wasn’t prepared how HOT it would be in the east bay today.  i went out golfing with chris dressed to battle the cold weather (i.e. no sun block)… only to find the sun shining in my face for the next 5 hours.  i did layer up, so i was able to play in short sleeves, but i didn’t realize how strong the sun was until i got home and felt the sting of my burnt arm and neck.  note to self: always be prepared for sunny weather when going east… and south… and north.

(beautiful grass… for california standards)

(golfing by the bay.  my ball found the bottom of that lake… or laguna… or whatever it is)

(entering the city; can never get enough of the bay bridge)

(city from the bridge)

(i’m burnt, this is why i wear SPF 60.  i guess that’s what i get for complaining about the weather so much)

september 6-9, 2008

i love LA.  LA is awesome.  i took a couple days off work and joined aaron’s great move to LA last weekend.  considering we drove north on I-5 and didn’t realize we were going to wrong way till we hit sac town, the trip felt relatively quick.  our first stop was UCLA to see kenny and his baller graduate housing (no joke, it was really awesome), where we also rendezvoused with alice, lydia and teresa.  after dinner, we headed over to a bar in k-town called ga’am.  nice posh place, not too expensive, probably the reason it was so crowded.  but then again, maybe every k-town bar is crowded on a saturday night, yeah?

(ga’am- which i think must mean feeling in korean?)

i hung-out with my torrance church friends on sunday, and met up with amber back at UCLA where we indulged in some good old in-n-out.

monday was family time and i basically hung out with my parents all day, played some golf at los verdes, ate good food all around.

(the course is beautiful, and cheap! but crowded, 6 hours for 18 holes crowded)

(the golf carts had gps on it.  how awesome, too bad it doesn’t help when you suck)

(this was cool.  the sunset rays falling throw breaks in the cloud)

tuesday was rancho cucamonga day where i met up with some of my old kumho friends.  it was nice to go back to where i’ve called home the last year, and cucamonga was its hot usual self.

(I-10 has some crazy overpasses, i also almost died taking this picture while driving)

the four day weekend really flew by, and i realized that taking monday and tuesday off is NOT the same as taking thursday and friday off.  note to self: next time, take thursday and friday off for a four day weekend.  other than being able to golf with my parents on monday (the golf course was still really crowded btw), those two days are really worthless.  besides, working monday-wednesday feels so much better than working wednesday-friday, which actually felt LONGER than working the whole week.  all in all, good weekend.

(walking back home in SF… the moon was awesome, and i’m assuming the bright star next to it is some planet, prob venus)

(another view of the moon)

august 16, 2008

our attempt at trying out new golf courses landed us at franklin canyon golf course in hercules, ca.  it was indeed an excellent choice as hercules, ca had great weather (with the exception of very strong gusts of wind here and there) and the course was very fun to play.  in the end, i lost (again) by one (again… -_____-), but did manage a personal overall best at +28, personal 9 hole best at +9, and my first ever birdie on the 18th hole.  i’ve never broken so many records in my life, i almost felt like michael phelps…  so i can’t really complain about the loss. i also saw several groups of wild turkey roaming around the course, another first time for me.

(steps leading to hole 2′s tee box)

(hole 2 tee box, look at all them trees)

(the yellow grass covered hills made for a very interesting scenery)

(a very beautiful course overall, beautiful day as well)

(the turkeys invade)

(thankfully, chris had amazing focus to keep these delicious birds out of his mind)

(i own you 18th hole)

august 15, 2008

youngeun suggested burma superstar for dinner, but because we had a lot of people and didn’t want to wait eternityx2 for a table, we decided to give the other burmese restaurant down the street, b star bar a try. as someone that has yet to try burma superstar, i can’t really compare the two. what i can say is that my dish, the thai salmon green curry pot pie was delicious~

according to yelp reviewers, it’s a great place to go for brunch. talking about yelp, i’ve been informed of a special group called the yelp elite squad. there are several requirements to become an elite, but i hear as an elite, you get invited to special events that have free/discounted food and drinks. and i like free things… therefore, i shall do what i can to join this club :) so you will likely start seeing links that go to the yelp reviews instead of the actual homepage, not that this will help my chances of joining the club, but just as an attempt of integrating my blog with yelp.

(the equipment i used to demolish the following dishes)

(yummy kabocha croquette appetizer!)

(my thai salmon green curry pot pie… i understand, the picture doesn’t depict the dish very well, but i was rather distracted by my hunger at the time)

we headed over to will’s new home after dinner and then walked around his neighborhood for some classic bar hopping!

(lime in the coconut)

(these rubber cubes had water in them that you can freeze. the enclosed cubes didn’t dilute the drinks either, how clever!)

(favorite bar of the night, the monk’s kettle)

(aimee and her wall)

(meat and bread… but no cheese)

(ridiculous restaurant signage… ridiculously awesome that is)

july 19-20, 2008

aaron had to take care of some business down in LA, and since i needed to pick a few items up from home… we took a quick road trip down to LA. i barely got to see anybody, in fact, i didn’t even get to see my mom as she was out of the country and my dad was busy fishing/golfing with his buddies. but it was still nice to go home for a night to grab a few things and meet a few friends.

(this radar saved us a few times)

(road trips wouldn’t be complete without seeing some bikers. we were in the middle or nowhere… these bikers must travel a long ways…)

(common site along mid-cali)

(not sure which lake this was… but it sure looked nice)

(random houses)

(we arrive!)

(aaaand… now we leave…)

(beautiful sunset/clouds)

(crossing the bay bridge into the city)

july 26, 2008

aimee had been practicing quite a bit for a dance performance that was set last weekend in san francisco at the artaud theatre. she was worried that the show might get boring… and warned of the middle show that had one man dancing alone for 30 mins. her warning got me reminiscing of a ‘hot i met your mother’ episode…

but!!! i am glad to say the show was NOT in fact like the previous clip… but rather awesome. i must say the overall performance was a bit scary, the music, lighting, and make-up all gave a very tense mood. i wanted to take many more pictures, but it was a rather artsy crowd where cameras were frowned upon. i was still able to sneak some pictures during the performance.

(haha, go-getters market)

(i know… i take random pictures. coffee bar!)

(the venue of the performance)

(theme/title of the night; the traditionalists)

(it was an artsy venue)

(sunflower… and random old man)

on to the pictures from the performance:

aimee’s group

i couldn’t take any pictures of the indian guy dancing alone because it was too quiet… the pictures would have been fairly interesting considering his costume was very unique. too bad…

on to the haitian group:

(the group was very colorful as these pictures show)

(they had this crazy snake dance, twas awesome)

there was a post-show reception party where they provided different ethnic food and wine.

(he is single ladies~ and gentlemen~)

(the han’s; can you sense chris’ enthusiasm?)

(aimee’s big eyes attributed to the scariness of the whole show)

(julie aimee and aaron)

(aimee and me me me)

(aimee and jung-ah, the mak-neh performer)

july 27, 2008

lastly… to keep in line with the recent british open, we headed over to monarch bay gc which has a links style layout much like the golf courses in europe.  aaron came back to beat me… again. it looks like he’ll have the last laugh for at least a month or two. i’m sure he’ll smile everytime he thinks of my defeat while traveling in europe.  combined with this win and my gratitude to him for driving me to LA and back safely, aaron and i went to sushi hana and feasted in japanese buffet on me. the menu has noticeably been dumbed down a bit (no more fried oysters or double hamachi rolls), but it was still good times ;)

(me winning, me smiling)

(monarch bay gc)

i am an avid fan of the american classic, ‘wheel of fortune’. the show is celebrating its 25th season this year, and i feel that the show’s popularity despite not rewarding its contestants with extravagant $1 million dollar prizesis a testament to the show’s awesomeness.

anyway… this post isn’t to share my awe of the show, but of a particular contestant. i was watching this particular show at home… and since i didn’t have a chance to share it with anybody at the time, i felt compelled to at least post it here.

not only did she miss out on $33,450… she missed out on the carribean trip worth over $6k. sad. it was also funny how the next guy enunciated each word of the answer, haha. not cool.

pb is leaving for home on tuesday, so him, aaron and i went golfing for the last time in what looks like months before we’ll have a chance to go together again. aaron and pb teamed up, the so called ‘black nike glove’ team…

(“black glove power”)

(yep… these are my friends…)

(this is me happy, before i started sucking)

(we met bambi and his mom, they were so cute!)

(beautiful tilden park, and aaorn)

(aaron’s bag…. but where is aaron?! hehehehehehehe, this is only funny to pb and me)

pb led most of the way, but aaron aka tiger myung ended up “roaring” back from 9 strokes down for the victory. pb was so caught up worrying about aaron that he didn’t realized i was right behind him. i had to sink a 15 foot putt on the 18th, but it was just enough for second place. my 108 was no where near the 99 i hit last time, but i was just glad i didn’t lose, hehe.

some vides from the day. i seem to be an expert in capturing poor shots by aaron.

aaron hits it too short…

aaron hits it too far…

the truth behind pb’s golf

aaron, pb and i were “fortunate” enough to get 18 holes of golf at the beautiful Lincoln Park GC today. considering i lost all three bets (front 9, back 9, putting competition at the end), it was one of the most frustrating outings i have had in a while. although i wanted to throw my balls in the lake and break my clubs in half… golf is always a good time in hindsight.

(this picture needs no explanation- but i’ll explain anyway: i’m frustrated)

but i did get this great clip. this is aaron’s second shot at hole 6 with a 3 wood.

since james is not here to share our golfing experiences… i’ll have to add a video from the archives! this is james’ second or third shot at umich gc hole 10.

welcome to my blog! i anticipate this to be the start of a long, and hopefully somewhat interesting documentary of my life. i’m a big proponent in having a purpose in doing something… in fact, having a purpose in doing anything and everything. this little section can be viewed as my purpose as to ‘why i just paid money i don’t have to create a website i don’t know how to build”. i made this website because it will:

  1. be a good self development tool, and by self development I mean that it will organize my thoughts and enhance my perception on life by putting it down in writing.
  2. keep a good record of my life (i have a very short memory span, it’s actually really sad).
  3. teach me how to use the internet in more ways than just searching insignificant subjects on google and watching videos on youtube.

of course… i could be completely wrong and this website may turn out to be completely useless. however, you can expect every aspect of this website to be created with purpose and thought, and i believe it will come to reflect who i am as the project comes together. like the old saying goes, “if a job is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.”

in short, this blog is about me, my life, and my world (hence, “me. life. world.”, har har, i’m so creative… although you can also think of this blog documenting me, about my life, to the world…but only if you really want to).

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