My cousins Carol & Tammy in Vegas!

4 trips to Vegas this year since I turned 21? I’m really living it up, I guess. My cousins, their friends, & I went to Vegas before Tammy flew off to England & we had an abundant amount of fun. Now to shed the weight during the holidays, which will be difficult to do. Must get toned for the summer!

I only have one more book left to complete my personal goal of reading 3 books this winter break! I really attacked that goal, but I’m going to further challenge myself to add 2 more books on top of the one & to finish making layouts for 2 completely different websites.

Bookworming

• The Alchemist by Paolo Coelho
• Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
• The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I’m seriously considering starting a little book club in which I recommend a new book to read every month with a very simple newsletter with the attached ePub of the book. Might even start a forum for it if there’s a large interest in this. Maybe not. We’ll see.

New Albums

• Yelp! Elite Event in Santa Monica
• Vegas Part I
• Vegas Part II
• Vegas Part III

Happy holidays everyone!

My cousins Tammy & Brianna at Angi & Bobby’s wedding reception

After one sleep deprived week devoted to finals, I’ve finally gotten around to posting pictures of Angi & Bobby’s wedding reception along with pictures from Thanksgiving. One album is password protected with my mother’s Vietnamese name being the password.

In addition, I’ve posted up a new recipe for my Arugula Shrimp Salad. More recipes to come, hopefully!

This past summer, I made it a personal goal to finish 5 books, which I did. However I finished 3–A Clockwork Orange, Intern, & Witches of East End–of the original 5 I planned on reading. The 2 others were Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? by Ajahn Brahm & Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns) by Mindy Kaling. This winter break, I plan on finishing 3 books:

• Genie by Russ Rymer
• The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
• The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

The last book is the longest, boasting 452 pages, so we’ll see if I can actually do this.

New Albums

• Thanksgiving
• Angi & Bobby’s Wedding