summer arrival

YAY the sun has finally peeked his head out for the summer! it's still not ideal hot summer weather but at least some of us can fix our vitamin d deficiency.

celebrated the sun's presence by taking a quick lunch break at u-village for some red mango with my favorite toppings (also the highest cal count ones): mochi & dark chocolate chips. then felt like throwing in some raspberries since it's summer. in the words of my sister from thanh-vi on the ave, "why not?"

some of you may or may not know this but i am allergic to fish. with the exception of shellfish and things with tentacles (i *heart* calamari!). yet my coworker still offered me some fish that i couldn't refuse! it was a fish-shaped waffle with red bean inside. i can't believe i've never been introduced to this adorable and delicious snack before! this will be the only fish i eat... ever.

isn't he adorable?!.. and delectable muhaha

busy friday

FRIDAY was the last time starbucks was going to spread some love to its hometown by giving away free tickets every friday after 2pm to seattle starbucks. of course, being in hawaii made me miss free tix to mariners games and SIFF =( then i also forgot about SAM (Seattle Art Museum) tix the friday after i returned..

BUT I was able to score free tix to the aquarium & a broadway production of hardcore ballroom dancing (burn the floor)! downside to the tix that i got: aquarium tix are for youth up to ages 12 and the broadway show is playing in september-- i'm moving end of august.

i feel like this blog is hating me already!! but although starbucks may hate me, doesn't mean seattle hates me. besides, i think starbucks is just trying to redeem themselves here since they took away our super sonics..

although i didn't have free tix to the mariners game, i went on friday w/ my sis and some friends. my dad told me i was wasting monies on the mariners since they would lose again but ALAS!! mariners scored a home run and won one for me that day! it was also my sister's first baseball game ever so i'm glad we won for her too. =) i didn't score a double-headed bobblehead that night (would've been the ultimate - griffey & ichicro!) but at least i got to see what it was.. my sister and i were 10 mins too late since her directions to chinatown led me straight into pike place instead. this is also the last time i will entrust her with directions.

as for food on friday: i began my day with a croissant at west seattle's bakery nouveau and ended it with chocolate mousse at capitol hill's dilettante cafe. i wouldn't have had it any other way =)

SIFF

my favorite spring festival of seattle!! SIFF aka Seattle International Film Festival. it's the only time of year when I watch foreign and independent films and stuff my face with popcorn almost everyday. last year was my record of 11 films during SIFF season (about a month). i'm disappointed that this year i've only seen 4 films, and one film for STIFF (seattle's truly independent film festival). i'm also disappointed that the films weren't all that great. i rated almost all of them 4/4 realizing that i was setting my standards waay too low haha.

i blame most of missing the good films on being in hawaii, and although you may be thinking why blame hawaii because hawaii > SIFF but this made me sad because i'll be spending the next 2 years there missing the next 2 years of SIFF. being that this is my last SIFF for the next few years makes me sad =(

on a happier note, getting back into my workout groove since SIFF has only brought me pimples and weight. yesterday i began my hot yoga package at bikram hot yoga in redmond and today i finish my last sassyfit boot camp session... as soon as i finish my chocolate milk =)