Warning: long entry and I refuse to use the “Continue Reading” feature.
I know I said that I couldn’t wait to get home but I wish I was still in Cali; it was so hectic at times but fun. When we crossed the Canadian border, it started snowing like mad and I was so depressed because my feet got all wet in the snow carrying my 50lbs suitcase and 20lbs carry-on (I stuffed all my jeans in it) into the house. Hopefully we get to go again sometime this spring or summer!!
- The weather in L.A. was pretty good but it rained on Christmas day when we went to Disneyland! It poured when we got there but that’s about it; the rest of the day was dry… but kinda miserable because my socks were wet and Disneyland was sold out of socks (and umbrellas). Nevertheless it was worth it and our plastic sheets kept us dry… this is when you totally have to sacrifice fashion.
- I almost lost my camera at Disneyland!!!! It flew out of my pocket on Splash Mountain but luckily when I went back, they found it in the car and just took it to lost and found. Then I almost left my bag on the Indiana Jones ride with all our passports in it… we could’ve been stuck in Cali
if L didn’t get it for me. Oh noez!
- L and I tricked Boyfriend to go on a ride at Universal Studios… and he never goes on rides!
- Finally ate at Tony Romas (we always wanted to try it but always put it off). It was alright, nothing great.
- The 8 hour drive from Cabazon to Sacramento wasn’t bad at all with red bulls, coffee and random Q&A with the boyfriend (he drove the entire way but I just stayed up with him). I found out his favorite flower is the sunflower… like WTH, how boring is that?! I’m sorry Boyfriend, but your girlfriend is a designer so you gotta come up with something more unique than that.
- NEVER leave your GPS at home. We had to follow these people when driving through San Jose and San Francisco because we forgot to bring it and didn’t know where we were going… ALL DAY.
- There’s were 40+ people staying in the house we stayed in Sacramento so the first night we all slept in the living room and I dreamt of this huge cargo ship with it’s horn blasting every couple seconds and I was so annoyed that I was about to bitchslap something in my dream. I woke up and it turned out to be someone snoring hella loud!! I seriously couldn’t stop laughing about it in the morning but that night, I barely got any sleep. Luckily the rest of the nights, I scored my own bed.
- Watching a Vietnamese wedding is a unique experience… now I gotta watch a Chinese wedding because I haven’t been to one since I was 6 and I don’t remember anything.
- Never drink an entire bottle of Grey Goose on vacation or else the next day would be a total waste since you’ll be stuck hung-over in bed all day.
- Being hung-over and squished in the back of a tiny Honda Civic with 4 people is the worse feeling in the world… especially when you’re in Sacramento and everything is so far apart.
- …there are a lot of ants in Cali.
- I ate more fast food in the 10 days we were there than I usually do in an entire year. It’s a grossly satisfying feeling.
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CARNE ASADA FRIES AND IN N OUT BURGERS ARE THE SHIT!! I tried both for the first time and YUM. What are Carne Asada fries my fellow non-Californians? They are fries layered with meat, cheese, guacamole, sour cream and hot sauce = FKING HEAVEN!! - I actually finished the two books I brought on the trip so I went out to buy Eragon and Eldest. IT’S SO GOOD. Damn, now I gotta wait for book three to come out in paper back.
- I started saying “hella” too in the past year and I realized that I picked it up when we went to Cali last year. It’s so true how they say you start picking up the “Cali accent” after being here for a long time.
- Americans don’t say eh … they say huh. “You want some carne asada fries huh?” That’s a little weird for me, I think I’ll stick with the Canadian way.
- Somebody asked us if we celebrate the same New Year. Now THAT was hilarious!
- When the clock hit 12, we were still on the I5 going home but we got to see 4 different sets of fireworks from the freeway (don’t ask why we were flying back on that day… it’s a long story). The last 10 days in Cali was totally worth the countdown to 2009 in the car so I’d do it again anytime!
I am in love with Cali but I seriously need to get over my non-existent level of patience before ever considering moving down there. Before, I never wanted to move to L.A. because I thought it was always hot/warm there and I wouldn’t be able to wear my winter stuff but it’s actually kind of chilly especially at night. Also, the houses in Sacramento are so big, new, cheap and some are in cute little communities surrounding a man-made lake. I wouldn’t mind living there either.
Reasons why I shouldn’t move to Cali:
- I absolutely cannot stand the traffic. We got stuck on the freeway for three hours before we were smart enough to find an alternate route with our GPS because we thought it would end soon… but it was STILL crawling along when we were driving back to L.A. four hours later. It’s sad because nothing happened — no accidents or anything… there were just too many damn cars!! Our highways in Canada have like 2-3 lanes and we NEVER get traffic like that. LOL. That was 3 hours of wasted shopping time by the way.
The second time we went to Cabazon to shop, we went on like 6 different freeways via GPS to escape the traffic but the detour only added 10 minutes to our total trip time so it was all good. - Sacramento is plagued with four-way stops. I got soooo annoyed driving through all of them and we were on a big street too. That so doesn’t make sense!! Like P said, “no cop, no stop.”
- Everything is soo far away from each other —well in the Sacramento area at least.
SHOPPING. I actually didn’t buy much because I spent most of my cash on jeans. I was pretty depressed though when I found out I forgot to buy the Kassandra Varnish Fumes Blue (the purple version of the pair with the green R’s) because we went to there twice and I thought I bought it the first time but I didn’t! I was mainly looking for TRs but I didn’t find many styles that I actually liked so I only bought a pair of skinnies to go along with my boots. I don’t feel guilty about this splurge at all because I haven’t bought any new pairs of jeans since August… now all I gotta do is order more crystals so I can start customizing them. I also bought a Bare Escentuals starter kit in Medium; I love my Lumiere mineral foundation but I lost my last jar and my Clinique foundation is too light for my skin tone so I decided to hop on the bandwagon to see what this huge fuss was all about. I also stocked up on UDPP, bought a new Dior pressed powder and puppy pee pads for Mochi like I always do every time we go to the states. Other purchases included a lot of tops, leggings, accessories from Bebe, F21 and Wet Seal (we didn’t have time to go into many stores since we were stuck in traffic every time we tried to go shopping and line ups were insanely long), random make up from Sephora, books, Aldo flats and black Jessica Simpson pumps from Nordstrom… and a LOT of food and Starbucks.
My favorite were L’s HELLO KITTY RAIN BOOTS because they’re freaking adorable! I’m SO jealous and would’ve totally purchased a pair if I was still in school or taking public transit to work but since I drive and park underground, I’m rarely outside so I would have no reason to wear them. Hey at least I saved myself $80.
Oh, how can I forget the fashion faux-pas that I purposely committed?! I WORE JEANS TO THE WEDDING! Well not to the formal Vietnamese ceremony but only to the reception. T wore her new Rocks so I was like WTF, no fair I want to wear mine too, so I pulled off the tags, threw them on last minute and tucked them into my boots; I didn’t really feel guilty because it was the reception and everyone was going to be drunk anyway. I bought a dress that I didn’t even wear because I never found shoes for them and I realized how short and slutty it was. If it was a friend’s wedding, I’d totally wear it (just because we all swing that way) but not to one where Boyfriend’s parents are present. I still wore all black to the morning ceremony… but I didn’t care because I just wanted my red hair to stand out. 
But anyway, not to say I’m proud of my fashion faux-pas but honestly I wouldn’t care what anyone wears to my reception as long as it’s not WHITE, too bummed out and as long as they don’t upstage me (or go home biatch).
Boyfriend and I were like the rebels because I wore jeans and he refused to wear a suit jacket and even left his tie in the car for the reception.
P.S. Thanks ladies for the lovely Christmas cards.
Quote of the trip:
“What the hell is beer pong? Do you hit the ball with a beer bottle or something?”
- by the same drunk dude who thought “ixi” was a word in a game of Scrabble last year.
Ending this entry with a Mochi pic of the day… because I missed her terribly.
Also sorry for not responding to Christmas/New Years text messages while I was away… I was too cheap to text you guys back but MERRY BELATED CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! I had good intentions.
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tiff
January 2nd, 2009 |
Hahah what a trip you had!!!
Yeah, I don’t recommend bringing bags to theme parks. Next time, have one person carry a backpack or something. It’s convenient!
Dude, I had carne asada fries…AND in and out just a few days ago. They were scrumptiousdillyupmtious.
HAHAHA @ your dream. I’m LOLing right now.
The funny thing about sleeping in a room full of people and one of them is a snorer, is that, you never know where the snoring is exactly coming from!! So I take it that you didn’t know who the culprit was, right?
And one more…
What’s the difference between a Vietnamese wedding and a Chinese one?
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Katy
January 3rd, 2009 |
I don’t mind carrying bags to theme parks because when I go on rides and stuff, my BF gladly holds it for me since he doesn’t go on any (
). I was going to get a swing pouch but I forgot to pack it and only brought one purse with me. Oh well.
I’ve been craving for carne asada fries EVERYDAY since I last had them. I need to open a Mexican fast food place here that sells them.
I THINK I know who the snoring culprit is but I want to keep denying it or else it’ll be kind of mean that I’m laughing at *that person because “they’re” sooo nice (which won’t make my dream as funny anymore).
That’s actually a good question, other than what the women wear, I’m actually not too sure what the difference is between a Chinese and Viet wedding. I think it’s similar with small differences since the two cultures shares some of the same traditions.
WHEN YOU GETTING MARRIED TIFF?! Hehe jk!
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tiff
January 3rd, 2009 |
When am I getting married?
Oh boy hahah. I wouldn’t know, I’d have to find me a man first.
Hey isn’t your boyfriend Vietnamese? Which means that if you guys were to tie the knot, there would be an awesome Chinese-Viet wedding?!
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Sy
January 2nd, 2009 |
I’m still LOLing at the beer pong question. Oh, that was way too good.
Your trip sounded exciting! I’ve never been to Cali, but I really don’t have an interest in going to LA, to tell you the truth.
Those boots are the cutest thing ever. but $80?! Whoooo! Tre expensive. But, I’m disgustingly frugal.
Great to hear you had an awesome time!
Btw, you looked great! I’m loving your hair color (:
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Katy
January 3rd, 2009 |
I never wanted to go to L.A. either until I fell in love with Cali in general this year. I went last year and it was meh, didn’t give me a lasting impression. I think this year was especially fun because we got to chill with so many of my Boyfriend’s cousins so it was pretty crazy (whereas last year we just went there on vacation and didn’t really know anyone).
Yeah I guess those boots are a little expensive for rubber rain boots.. I’m glad I don’t need them or else I might’ve not be able to resist the temptation to splurge and waste my money.
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Anne
January 2nd, 2009 |
omg… you had me craving for carne asada fries!!!!!! for some reason I only have it when I’m in SD.
Looks like you had a fun trip, despite of the traffic. Traffic is a bitch but you get used to it. Either that or you just don’t drive during rush hour. but yea it still get pretty chilly here… 40 is considered chilly xP.
happy new year!
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Katy
January 3rd, 2009 |
What the heck, I’m pretty sure we didn’t drive during rush hour and there was still traffic. It was between 1-4 when we were stuck in traffic … but then you guys got a crazy lot of people down there! Hehe.
Happy New Year to you too Anne!
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jen
January 2nd, 2009 |
The cali trip sounded fun. I LOOOOOVEEEEE california too. Last year I went twice and just fell in love and now after reading your post I’m excited to go back.
Totally agree with you about In & Out!! Never went while in Cali but everytime I go to Las Vegas, I’m there! I hope you ordered the “secret menu” stuff.
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Katy
January 3rd, 2009 |
What!! What “secret menu” stuff?! Did I miss out on something terribly DELICIOUS?! Nooo what is it???
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jen
January 3rd, 2009 |
There’s a bunch, I know a few but I’m sure there’s much more that the IN&OUT regulars know. All I know is “animal style” where they add this sauce (much like thousand island) and onions and (i swear it’s) bacon bits in the burger, and if you say “animal fries” (these are SOOOOO yummy!) they’ll put cheese and onions on the fries. “Extra crispy” fries and your fries wil be, well…duh, extra crispy. Ask for “Neopolitan shake” …that one is sort of a given. This last one might not be for you unless you’re a HUGE eater! i went with my friends who go there regularly and they ordered a “4 by 4″..a burger with FOUR patties. lol. it’s probably on the internet somewhere, otherwise, I don’t know how people know about them, and I have no idea why they don’t list them on the menu.
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
Do they charge extra for the animal style? I guess they just want to keep the menu simple so they don’t add that stuff no there! But thanks for letting me know, I’m definitely going to remember this next time I go to In N Out. I wish they had it in Washington or Oregon though so it’s closer t home.
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Leanne
January 2nd, 2009 |
hey katy!
looks like you had an amazing trip. i really want to go to disneyland one day and parade around in mickey ears. haha~ i haven’t been to a wedding since i was like 8, so i can’t remember what i’m suppose to wear!
by the way, i’ve changed URLs.
happy new year!!
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Tia
January 2nd, 2009 |
oooooooo i loved your cali do’s/don’ts ahahha
and yupp carne fries are the shit, and don’t get me started on those in n out burgers — should of told u to order up the fries “animal style”
and glad my card served a dual purpose as puppy treats and a well wish of a great new year… AAHAHAHHAH
you came to cali, now i gotta go to toronto, and get me some poutine, and ketchup chips ahahhah
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Katy
January 3rd, 2009 |
Oh was it the fries that you’re suppose to order “animal style” or the burgers? That’s just basically with everything on it right?
Hell yeah! I couldn’t get my carne asada fries to my boyfriend went and got me a poutine instead. Now that I think of it, I kinda like poutines better because gravy and cheese… mmmmmmmmm. *DROOL* It’s okay though, I promise I’ll start working out next week.
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J
January 2nd, 2009 |
Looks like a blast! I used to always wanna live in Cali. I still love the weather, but Oregon is pretty close… You’ve been to Portland, right? What did you think of it?
I say hella *all the time*.
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Katy
January 3rd, 2009 |
I’ve been to Portland but only to shop so I haven’t actually gone sightseeing or anything touristy like that there. I’ve only been in the middle of summer when it was scorching hot so I didn’t want to be outside that much anyway.
Are there any restaurants your recommend the next time I go there? I like seafood.
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J
January 3rd, 2009 |
LOL when is it “scorching” hot? I guess it has been over 100 sometimes, but even the summer is usually around 80-90.
I have no idea where there is great seafood! My fave little-known place is a little dive place in Beaverton 10 min from downtown that serves handmade noodles. They have squid as well, and amazing dumplings.
I told the BF I wanted to try seafood pancakes. He said they aren’t that good, but I told him he has to find me someplace to try them!
Where did you shop here?
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
Well I guess I mean hot as in hotter than Vancouver since Portland is further from the coast than Vancouver is… our summers are hot but we usually have a nice ocean breeze so it’s not as bad as Portland.
When I go to Portland, I only shop at Lloyd Center since that’s the only place I know… I googled some other malls but we never have time to go to them. We also walk around the downtown area as well.
I guess he’s Korean so he probably grew up eating Seafood pancakes so it’s nothing special to him. Only certain restaurants make it good though and they gotta me crispy! Don’t try to make it at home because they taste wayyy different than ones they make on stone grills.
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J
January 4th, 2009 |
I’m not really sure where I’d recommend to shop here. I shop at Ross and other discount stores. Lloyd Center always seems to be picked out and I don’t like the area. I like shopping the Hawthorne neighborhood – they have an American Apparel, and then local boutiques. Hopefully I get this apartment downtown and I’ll be able to tell you the best places for shopping as well as food.
Donny is Korean but he was adopted (white parents), so he learned a lot about the Korean culture growing up, but wasn’t eating it every day. He said he’s only had seafood pancakes once. I think he should try again.
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Katy
January 11th, 2009 |
It’s all good.. I actually love Ross and always go when I go to the states… I don’t usually like those kind of department stores only because it’s always so messy and I don’t have the patience to dig through the racks but when I do, it’s pretty amazing what you can find in there if you really look.
Can Donny speak Korean? You should watch some Korean dramas.
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J
January 11th, 2009 |
Nordstrom Rack is my fave when you have time to dig and money to spend. Local 35 is a boutique on Hawthorne that has a really small selection, but I found some Becky City bags made from skateboards that I *adore*.
He knows like 10 words in Korean. He was adopted at a few months old.
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Felisa
January 2nd, 2009 |
Awww man! I was there over the summer with my friends and you’re making me miss it. In N Out is the bomb! Food in California is pretty much the best. And when going anywhere outside of the city you live in, bring your GPS! It saved us from driving around in circles.
I love how there’s a roasted pig on the table for the wedding. lol. That’s good stuff though. Happy new year Katy!
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Katy
January 3rd, 2009 |
The roasted pig was sooo good… well I love roasted pig in general.
It’s a Vietnamese tradition for the groom’s family to carry a whole roasted pig to the bride’s house (along with a bunch of other food items). I’m not sure what it symbolizes though. *note-to-self: find out* That was basically the first part of the family when the groom comes over to the bride’s house and then everyone goes to the groom’s house later for more prayers, money-giving and then lots of food.
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emcee
January 2nd, 2009 |
I’m so jealous that you got to go to Cali, although I really love winter weather…it would’ve been nice to get away for a while! And nice purchases – I have never ever bought that many jeans in one go but I wish I could
Haha
+ also you totally have me craving In and Out now…BEST FAST FOOD EVER <3
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sarah
January 3rd, 2009 |
i spent the whole holidays sleeping, playing online games and more sleeping…while yours is such a blast!
i remember, i did wore jeans to my friend’s wedding 3 months ago…heehee…i had to do some overtime work at the office that day (a sunday) so i thought i wont be able to make it to the wedding…good thing our office is inside a mall so i grabbed a pretty decent top and rushed to the reception!
oohhh the roasted pig on the picture reminds me of the one we had for new year’s…sinful but oh-so-yummeh and yeah, its a fixture as well during Philippine weddings
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Crystal
January 3rd, 2009 |
Ah the Hello Kitty rain boots! I wish they weren’t so expensive!
Glad to hear you had a great time! I’d love to go to Cali. Have you ever been to Florida?
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
No never been to Florida but I have an urge to visit Miami now. I remember when I was younger, I use to be obsessed with Florida because the Backstreet Boys were from there.
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Ray
January 3rd, 2009 |
damns went all the way to cali.
now you gotta make your way to NYC ^_^
ill show you around
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
I WANT TO GO TO NYC!! I’ll totally let you know when we do!!
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Ray
January 8th, 2009 |
hahah most def. Id show you all the great food places here. ^_^ I wont let you leave NYC without trying some chicken and rice, or some frozen hot chocolate from Serendipity, or some good as soup dumplings from chinatown.
^_^
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Kimm
January 3rd, 2009 |
Glad you had a great trip and you were able to get away from this freaken snow….. 80 bucks for a pair of rain boots that’s crazy.
I can see a nice pair of jeans and a nice top been worn to a wedding but when it’s looks all ratted then nope (seen a few people like that at some weddings and wanted to smack them)
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SWei
January 3rd, 2009 |
Total rebellious outfit indeed for the wedding reception. My grandma would kill me if she sees me wearing black. Your trip sounds so much fun and I really LOL’ed at your dream. Gosh, it’s so annoying when ppl are just snoring away so loudly that your sleep is disrupted ey? Happy Belated New Year to you too!
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
I guess their family isn’t as traditional so I got away with it. And besides, guys wear black suits. LOL.
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yumeko
January 3rd, 2009 |
wow! sounds like an awesome trip!
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Tia
January 3rd, 2009 |
actually you could order BOTH “animal style” out here, because yah we US folks are FAT, and we love the FAST FAT. LMAO….
soooo im coming up to Torontoooo, are you close enuff that we could possibly meet up, share some fabulous girl talk over some poutine, I need my poutine cherry popped… AHHHHAH
and btw those HELLO KITTY boots… i say you STILL GET them because they are MAD MAD CUTE huhhhhhhhhh ( my cali huh) puwahha
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
No I live near Vancouver.. that’s like the equivalent of L.A. to New York. I just had another poutine last night, that’s two nights in a row so I’m so gonna die from all this lard. I’m snowed in too so it’s not like I can work out. Ahaha. Have fun on your little poutine venture!
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Rianna
January 3rd, 2009 |
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Lily
January 3rd, 2009 |
haha isn’t in n out DELICIOUS???? the pics from the wedding look so cute! i’m thinking of taking the boyfriend to disneyland for his birthday… do you think it’d be worth it to go for just a day?
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
It is but I don’t think you’ll be able to go on every ride if that’s what you wanted to do because of line ups. I suggest going for at least 2 days so you can check out the California Adventure park as well.
One day isn’t TOO bad though.. I went only for one day twice and by the end of the day I was ready to pass out because it’s pretty tiring!
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Destiny
January 3rd, 2009 |
Oh mother, haha, that’s a lot of True Religion jeans!! wait… I hope I got that right. Hahaha…
Wow, seems like you’ve hit a lot of places!! I want to go to Sacramento but I didn’t realize that it was that far of a place.
I agree.. Americans speak a totally different “dialect”. They always say “soda” instead of “pop”, and especially Texans… have the worst accent… I met a guy on a business trip, and he said he got his will in place, but I thought he said he had his wheels in place. hahaha
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
America’s biggest crime is not knowing what a poutine is!! We tried to order one down there and they just looked at us funny. LOL. I guess that’s what we get for not knowing what carne asada fries are.
Don’t worry you didn’t miss much of Sacramento, there’s nothing much to do there unless you know people there you can chill with.
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Connie
January 3rd, 2009 |
That seems like one great trip!
& I agree, traffic in Sacramento is horrible–actually, it’s like that in pretty much all of Cali! Plus the steep streets scare the shit out of me! I thought they were only in San Francisco, but they’re all over the state! Ugh!
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
Oh I know what you mean about the steep streets… we have some here too and it’s hella scary driving on them when it’s icy and snowing.
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Kristan
January 3rd, 2009 |
Aw, sounds like a great trip! And I love the pics.
The red hair looks really awesome.
Also got your postcard when I returned to Cincy (home in Houston with the parents for the holidays) — thank you so much!!
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
Your welcome.
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Tasha
January 3rd, 2009 |
FYI… “hella” is a NORTHERN california thing… we don’t say that in Socal. Haha, we actually make fun of Norcal people for saying that
sounds like you had a great trip! kudos on the carne asada fries and in ‘n out… 2 things i would definitely miss if i ever moved out of cali…
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
It’s going to turn into a Vancouver thing too because I can’t stop saying it now!!
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Mars
January 3rd, 2009 |
The dream about a huge cargo ship with blasting horn really made me laugh!!!!!
I’m a ‘heavy’ sleeper though, my mom said it’s a dangerous thing since I might even sleep through a ringing fire alarm -_-;;
and I have to try the carne asada fries one day. arrrrrh. where did you get it?
yeah, traffic here is pretty bad but i kinda get used to it already because the traffic in Southeast asia is worse. hahaha. I went o Cabazon on Black friday and was stuck at the exit of the freeway for two hours. Our car only moved 5 miles in 2 hours. imagine that. I’d have gone bananas if I were the one driving
I haven’t been to a chinese wedding before. nowadays everything is done western-style. sigh.
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
I’m both a heavy and light sleeper too depending on how tired I am.
I think you can get carne asada fries anywhere in Cali but they originated in San Diego (I think). I heard that some places aren’t as good as others though so best to ask the locals!
Wow you’re crazy to go to Cabazon on Black Friday… I don’t even go out on our Boxing Day and we have way less people than you guys.
Thanks for the Christmas card by the way (you can see yours in the picture). It’s so pretty!
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cemel
January 5th, 2009 |
I saw it
I got the postcard you sent too. Thank you!
The only thing that wakes me up is a phonecall. Isn’t that weird? So I use my phone alarm to wake me up and it’s set to my calls’ general ringtone.
Black Sunday to Cabazon is crazy, I have to admit, but it was my first time (never again!) and at least I didn’t go with the group that spent 12 hours there waiting in line and shopping.
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Sher
January 3rd, 2009 |
ohhh so many jeans you bought! I wanna go shopping in cali too! never been. happy 2009!
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LadyJane
January 3rd, 2009 |
Hey girl. Thanks for visiting my blog
I see you’re from Van, but I’m not sure if I’ve ever seen you before since I’m sucha homebody – it’s all good though I’m sure I’ll recognize you if you keep your hair red, which looks hot on you. Red fades much too quickly for me.
Your pics make me miss Cali. I had no idea that it actually rains in Disneyland. It was cold the last time I went, but I never expect rain. I’m glad you had fun and found your camera. Which ride did you trick your bf to go onto in US?
It’s funny that you say you didn’t shop much cause it seems like you actually bought a lot haha. Bare Escentuals work well for me, so I hope you like as much as I do. The HK boots are really cute – I’m surprised you passed on them since it won’t stop snowing here! I’m super annoyed. I can’t drive anywhere anymore
Btw, Happy New Year to you and yours
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
Ooh I didn’t notice that you are from Vancouver… I might’ve seen you around too but I don’t go out that often either. And now that you mention it, you BF kinda looks familiar so I might’ve seen him around too!
We were just unlucky and went to L.A. while a storm system was passing by… it only rained on Christmas Day though, the days before and after were annoyingly sunny.
We tricked by BF to go on the Jurrassic Park ride at Universal Studios.. it’s not that bad but he’s afraid of heights (and can’t seem to get over it.. he can’t breathe when he gets into that situation) so that last drop freaked him out. Poor guy!
I’m snowed in too and one of my car tires were leaking so I’m super bored at home.. I’m actually looking forward to going back to work tomorrow.
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LadyJane
January 4th, 2009 |
Yea, I try to keep my life as private as possible so I try to stay out of the Vancouver scene. I hate how small Van is and everyone talks. The funny thing is that my bf promotes for PI, so that’s probably why he looks familiar.
I still think you were lucky cause the rain stopped so it wasn’t pouring the entire time you were there.
I’m sorry to hear that your bf is afraid of heights. It’s sweet that he went with you even though he doesn’t like rides. Btw, Happy Anni to you both
At least you have a job to get back to haha. I’m just stuck at home, shopping online lol.
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Katy
January 11th, 2009 |
UM I’D RATHER BE STUCK AT HOME SHOPPING ONLINE ANY DAY!!
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Scott
January 4th, 2009 |
I wonder how similar the weddings are in HK compared to China? Regardless I’ll have to get permission to put some pictures up when we go to my friend’s in March.
Somebody asked us if we celebrate the same New Year.
You think that’s bad, I got asked why we don’t celebrate independence day over here in Japan
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Katy
January 4th, 2009 |
I think they maybe more traditional.. at least compared to ones here. A lot of Asian weddings here have the traditional aspects but they mix in some newer and modern traditions but you can’t really help it much because they grew up in North America right!
Hahaha they asked us if we had a independence day here too. We told them it was called “Canada Day” and they were like WTF is that?! LMAO.
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Thao
January 5th, 2009 |
Haha, so funny because I’m from Sacramento, lived there most of my life. It’s true that we have stop lights everywhere and some have cameras so best not to run that. Since everything is so freaking far from each other, everyone just use the freeway to get there. It also depends on what neighborhood you’re in. That’s why when I moved into a small town for uni, I was so excited about how I could walk/bike everywhere in town.
‘Hella’ is so NorCal since the SoCal people use ‘grip’ instead as I found out from my uni classmates. They make fun of us for saying it but at least ‘hella’ is actually more useful than ‘grip’. =]
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Katrina
January 6th, 2009 |
oh wow …u were in cali!! what a vacay!!
yes to IN N OUT!!! i love it!! i have to have atleast once a month!!
all ur jeans look good. u can never go wrong w/jeans…
how do u like the dior powder??? i have always wanted to try it..
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Katy
January 11th, 2009 |
I love the Dior press powder.. it’s the best press powder I’ve used so far. It’s a little pricey but worth it because it has excellent coverage.
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Jenny
January 6th, 2009 |
It looks like you had a lot of fun in cali!
omg casada fries and in and out burgers look so good! Could you get them around here?
happy new year katy
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angie519
January 6th, 2009 |
Hahah, my ex and I always discuss how Californians always say “hella” and Oregonians don’t.
I really enjoyed your post! It makes me miss Cali
. There ARE lots of ants! Hahaha.
It looks like you had a ton of fun! You look cute in the wedding pictures!
I’m really excited to see what you’ll do to your hair! I wish I had the bone structure to look good with a full set of bangs, but I tried it once and it was a big, fat FAIL
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Mochi is a cutie pa-tootie! I can sit there for hours watching dogs play with their toys! Haha
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Katy
January 11th, 2009 |
Thanks!
I don’t even know what I’m going to do with my hair anymore… my face is too wide for bangs and I have chubby cheeks so I’ll look like a fat little kid.
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angie519
January 11th, 2009 |
Hahaha, nuhh uh! I think you have great bone structure! I think you could rock bangs! I had bangs once, even with my face and huge cheeks!!! It was god awful though haha.
Well, even just dying it dark will be such a huge change. One step at a time
See what you want to do next.
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