happy 70, mama ong. and tomorrow, happy 40, yuen. y's in s'pore celebrating the milestone mommy/son dates of birth and inaugurating the two new "beh emm veh's" as the ong side become a fam of bayerische motoren werkes. :P minus dad ong who shall nev'r forsake his mermer loyalties.
g's well-wishing remotely... and being slave-driven w/ upcoming advertising/campaigns in anticipation of the holidays. we love our jobs. yes we do.
anyhoo, mucho birthday love to the mother and bro. :)
no left turns in nj. we no likey.
had quite some driving adventures in a little hybrid, w/ b&v + charlie in the backseat. good times.
congrats mr. and mrs. lieutenant commander silas lam. :) we remember when "kangshi" called on one of our ski trips frantically asking for dating advice. thought we'd never see the day. haha. lovely wedding, beautiful vows. moving reminders for us... was also great catching up w/ friends/acquaintances fm all over - dallas, houston, san antonio, austin, cali, ny, va...
too bad we missed amy z. (to tennis on the u.s. open courts!) who's playing for rutgers, right in the vicinity. she suggested a cool froyo place, wherein we found ... crack balls -- boba-like balls filled with juice instead of tapioca. crazy we and b&v bought back a lb. each of the passion fruit ones, of which some ... CRACKED (haha) ... on the flight back.
sunday was consumption day in nyc. coffee @ unnamed diner followed by dimsum w/ eric, t&i&c followed by chinatown ice cream factory (lychee, ginger, green tea, taro) followed by smoooooth dou hua at tiny (but popular) hole-in-the-wall followed by tai-pan (papaya, green tea, deep dish egg tarts + assorted sweets) followed by afternoon refreshment at dean&deluca followed by the new yogurt row on bleeker street: pinkberry, red mango, yogurtland, tasti d-lite. couldn't stuff ourselves anymore after the first two. :P minuscule walk-off of the gluttony in soho. and got to visit eric's church (umc, like y's back home) and buds.
came back to... more rain. week 4? oddly, the places we've been this month have had their own unlikely switcharoo weather. we're not complaining, though.
last weekend: west coast. seattle. we liked: fresh seafood; mt. rainier; ferry to bainbridge; eclectic coffee shops, spawning salmon @ Hiram M. Chittenden Locks, kerry park, and of course, catching up w/ shir & da q (over genki sushi [conveyor belt, which we've missed since japan] + pochi froyo) and meeting sweetest little chloe.
this weekend: deep south. dallas aka "home". suit shopping for y's groomsmanning next weekend, stars season opener w/ OOIAL + soldiers, entertain houseguest j.lian (y's s'pore-now-austin childhood buddy). side note -- DPT's been really busy with OOIAL. exciting times for the org...
next weekend: east coast. new brunswick, nj for the lam-jung wedding. maybe play a day in ny w/ {also soon-to-be-wed} e.zhu&sun; maybe vini/vimal/baby alex visitation upstate.
