WHAT IS LIFE?
Life is an Adventure ... Dare it
Life is a Beauty ... Praise it
Life is a Challenge ... Meet it
Life is a Duty ... Perform it
Life is a Love ... Enjoy it
Life is a Tragedy ... Face it
Life is a Struggle ... Fight it
Life is a Promise ... Fulfill it
Life is a Game ... Play it
Life is a Gift ... Accept it
Life is a Journey ... Complete it
Life is a Mystery ... Unfold it
Life is a Goal ... Achieve it
Life is an Opportunity ... Take it
Life is a Puzzle ... Solve it
Life is a Song ... Sing it
Life is a Sorrow ... Overcome it
Life is a Spirit ... Realize it
-Anonymous

hello world! hahah i love that phrase. always reminds me of our 2nd year at uci when we had to take a c++ class. that's one of the few things i remember from that horrible book that i didn't understand! i suck at programming. luckily i married a programmer=P. he can help me fix this boring layout of mine.

geez it's been awhile hasn't it? over a year since my last post and man- i'm totally relating to it right now. still the same things going on. is that good or bad? hahah. feels like we've done so much this past year since i wrote that post, but those exact scenarios from a year ago still apply:

married for a year now = awesome

babies? = no, not yet..heheh ask me again next year.

do i still love cheese & salami? = heck yes! gimme some brie and rembrandt gouda, a side of apples, crackers, salami...and i'm putty in your hands.

wines? = mmm just enjoyed one from our italy trip last year. i miss san gimignano.slowly starting to appreciate the beers bc hubby always tries out some new ones. hahah the chocolate stouts aren't too shabby. though i'm a sucker and still like the shandy..yeah yeah, wasteful..but so darn good!

running? = as of late, no. haven't had an event since may. hoping to do the hb half in february though.

hubby turned the big 3-0 last month! = got to spend it in hawaii while we celebrated joe & cat's wedding ..good times.

still watching j-doramas? = of course! just finished watching nodame again...still in search for more as usual. they crack me up.

classical music = love it. i've added rachmaninoff's piano concerto no.2 to my list of favs with beethoven's moonlight sonata and gershwin's rhapsody in blue. though mozarts double piano sonata is whimsical and fun to listen to as well.

hahah see? still the same as last year. maybe learned and saw a few things here and there. what can i say, my 29th year on this earth has been fantabulous. hubby lou likes to call it "ending our 20's with a bang!" sounds good to me.

we've been so lucky and are truly thankful for all the blessings we've had this year.
traveling has been awesome! got to make up for all the traveling we missed while saving up for the wedding last year=P. we've had new additions to the family (nephews wyatt & ryder and niece amela. and we're looking forward to the new additions to come from our cousins and friends. a lot of our friends got married this year - we've got our 8th wedding coming up next week. i think i keep saying it, but it's so true...marriage is truly awesome=). and we've gotten to decorate our house. yay so fun!

so why am i blogging again? i dunno. i was so busy with wedding stuff last year that i never really had time to blog..then after the wedding i got all into researching for our travels that were coming up. then facebook popped up..and well i got sucked into that world! hehe. but to be honest. i do miss my blogging. i haven't written in my journal as often as i used to, so blogging helped me fill in the gaps of what's been going on in my life. it was fun reading my last few posts. let's hope i can keep this thing going again.

oooh i've gotten into yelping this past year as well. i've always turned to yelp in the past to help me with some good finds. figured i might as well return the favor for my fellow yelpers. i haven't written as many reviews as i'd like though. i always take pics of the restaurants we eat at..hahah but i've yet to post them and write about it. slowly but surely i'll get there.

alright...going to try to figure out this new template of mine. back to the blogging world for me=)