heh ok. soOoO today was an interesting recap of my day. ehhh...most of yall will find this boring out of your minds, unless you're 'part of the family'. and i doubt many of the 'family' actually reads this, (haha if i'm lucky, maybe 3?) so for all those not interested, dont even bother.

woke up around 7:40AM and got dragged off on the commute to NYC with my dad. went early, cuz it saves toll(hey, we're asian). fyi: 3+ people toll=$1. < 3 toll = $8. so i was in chinatown (canal street) at 9 this morning. barely anything was open. my mom and i had noodles at this cantonese place, pretty good. then we went off to go buy these lychees that we found, 5 lbs for 10 bucks. great deal, right? trouble is, we couldnt find it again. the guy disappeared. we walked around for like an hour looking for it. it was on this street where there were all these people selling bras and underwear, fob style. (centre street). after we had our food, that whole street was empty! it was maybe 45 minutes later, i dunno how all those people disappeared that quickly. so we settled for buying 4 lbs for 10 bucks. they're not bad, i guess. some are sweeter than others. but yum yum i havent had lychees since last time i went to taiwan, which was 2 christmases ago. we also went to ajiichiban and purchased 1 lb of those chinese dried prunes stuff. delicious, i say. o yea, and tenren. havent had a drink in a while. good stuff. got the taro. course, we also bought some cheapo food off the streets. those from ny know what i'm talking about. entire meals can be purchased for 1 dollar. it's great. spent about 5 bucks on various delicious chinese goodies. then it's off to figure out how to get onto the F train to get to my sister's place in brooklyn (park slope). lots of walking was involved in this, but that's ok cuz hey, i'm workout guru right? HA yea right. so by the time we FINALLY make it to my sister's subway stop, my mom's complaining like anything.

here's where everything gets fun. it's about, say 1ish. yea. so imagine. we'd been walking around all day before that. and then i start walking the OPPOSITE direction away from my sister's apt, and my mom's like...wtf? it's the OTHER way. and i told her that my sister needed me to go buy some bread for her, and it was right next to the subway stop. heh. and she's all complaining how my sister should go buy her own bread. yup. so i go into the store, looking for something specific, and i didnt see it so i went outside again. there were no other bread stores in the area, that HAD to be it. went in again, and asked the lady if alex was working there. she said yes, hold on. now, at this point my mom's outside fuming trying to get a hold of san ai yi. so i drag her into the store, and she doesnt even realize alex is there. and then i nudge her, and the realization appears on her face. ALEX! here in NYC!! in BROOKLYN! TWO MINUTES away from pam's dungeon!!! what's going ON!!! if only i could convey that kinda of surpise on her face... it was great. heart attack city. we had perfect timing, he had just got on break, so we chilled and got free bakery stuff(YUM YUM) for a while. then my mom and i headed over to pam's place, and maybe 5 minutes later san ai yi and her sister show up. and maybe 30 minutes later, alex shows up. hahaha it was so great. FYI for all those who are still reading this blog(wow you must be bored), alex is one of the 'family' and we all havent seen him in years. then about a month ago, he decided to come to nyc and live, and informed my sister who informed the other kiddies, but all the parents were kept in the dark. so NONE of the parents knew about this. haha so imagine this. all of our gossipy parents had NO IDEA alex was coming up. and to pop up the day that san ai yi's here w/ joanna and joyce from cali, how perfect was that? anyways, so we all just chilled in my sister's closet of a living space till joanna, joyce, and my sister showed up. then it was about < 10 minute walk to angela's place to watch the 9 minute documentary about her mom. it was great. freaking hilarious, i tell you. then off to manhatten to congee village for dinner. let me tell you, it was great. it's been so long since we've had the traditional group meal. it gets kinda lonely and boring eating w/ only a few people. it's always funner to eat with such a big group. it's like...houston moved to nyc. craziness. and keep your fingers crossed, w/ ban ban's idea of having thanksgiving in nyc, that would be PIMP.

so now i'm home. told you it'd be a boring blog. ahh...the extended family. and in 3 days, i'll be back in houston seeing the rest of the family. well, a lot of the rest. i guess this blog was meant more for myself. sure, it's for public view, but at the same time, it IS a journal. so if i ever get bored enough, i can come back and read this crap and laugh and remember how funny it was when my mom freaked out when she saw alex. hahahahaha