This Wednesday we took what was prolly our third or fouth trip to Camarillo even since mom got here. Good thing it’s only 30 mins away, unlike Cabazon which is about 2 hours away (with no traffic). The damage done to the purse was not as bad as the Cabazon trip (too bad I did’t take pictures), but just to give some idea, this is what happened in just a few hours at Camarillo. (the Cabazon trip was prolly 8 times as much, I swear I’m not kidding!! The back of my Lexus GX470 (which is pretty big since it’s a huge SUV) was literally exploding with shopping bag when we went to Cabazon (damn damn why didn’t I take pictures?) I just thought this is pretty interesting or maybe even amusing to people who don’t share my passion of shopping

Last weekend was my dad’s last vacation weekend here before he had to fly back to Indo. So we tried to make the most of it. Yeah lots of quality family time for the whole weekend. Bang Iwing also stayed over from Friday till Monday.
Friday:

Went to Macy’s in the afternoon (they’re having an awesome sale) and went to dinner at Geisha House. Dad and Bang Iwing have never been there, they said they loved the place and the food. I was craving for that juicy choc souffle cake! To top it off, out extremely nice waiter gave us all free geisha shots (it’s so good I wonder whats in it)

Saturday:

Went to Beverly Center in the afternoon (yeah, another sale ) and went to Crustacean right after that. Delicious Crab and Garlic noodles! I didn’t realize dad had been craving for the Garlic noodles since he didn’t tell us. Ugh I realized I forgot to bring my digicam’s memory card, so these pics were taken from my cellphone’s sucky camera (when will that sony er P990 be relased??!!!) We finished at around 11:30 pm and we decided to have coffee and dessert (napoleon and choc eclair) along with some hookah at Gypsy cafe. It was getting a little chilly later on so we went home around 2:30 ish.

Saturday:

Family BBQ Party!! (again )

The whole family plus Reza, Cody, Ellen, David and Jerry was there. I cooked some sambal goreng ati and dendeng balado and mom made some salad. Den BBQ’ed the beef ribs that cody and ellen bought.  I made a first  attempt to bake a choc souffle cake, and although it’s no where near the geisha house souffle quality, i could say it was decent enough to satisfy the cravings (eek I think I ate 3 pieces that night!) Last guests went home at 2 am ish. Definitely lots of eating, drinking and talking that night (especially David with the talking part *WINK *WINK, LOL, I’m just kidding Dave)

My boss called over the weekend and offered me a job at his new company. I told him I would think about it since I am still wondering if I’ll be able to juggle between work and school. On one hand it would definitely look great on my resume working for an international company for a while before going back to Indo for good. But on the other hand, based on past experiences with this mba program, I rarely have any free time outside of doing school work. Well, not really since I had always been able to find the time to play my stupid online games Soooo, job or no job??? We’ll see…

So……that’s the answer I got from Mimi, the UBS admin who picked up the phone when I called Steve (Bob’s assistant) earlier this week to check what time I should come to work that day. It turns out my Boss, Bob, his partner, and Steve had suddenly resigned on Friday, my day off. Apparently, I wasn’t the only one who was suprised, they did’t tell anyone until the last minute that they had decided to go work for UBS’s competitor, Citigroup Smith & Barney. So.. I was just like “Ummm, okayyyyyyyy” Great , just on my last week, this happened…
I was told that it is a ‘common’ thing to do in this kind of business when you decided to go to a competitor. Yet, I can’t help but wonder the ethics of it. Can you really, after 14 years of working in a company, just leave without even bothering to give out the 2 weeks notice? I just thought that was a little harsh. But hey.. who am I to judge??? What I really should do is open my eyes and try to get used to this kinds of things if I really want to stay in this industry… Yeah, abso-fuckin-lutely…..

I can’t believe how busy I’ve been lately.. No, not with work, and no, not with school either… Yeah, with shopping. It seems like all I have done for this past week is spend $$. Luckily my parents are still here, or else I’d be burried deep in debts already!

10 pairs of shoes, 20 skirts & shorts, a few jeans, a few dresses, a Marc jacobs bag and 10 tops just a few days. I wonder if anyone else is as shopaholic as I am? I’m sure lots of people are, but do I know anyone who is?? Retail therapy always works for me, but the problem is, I’m not even feeling stressed right now… So what is this therapy really for? :P:P

But hey, Im really happy I got another Prada shoes that I wanted on sale, and the Marc Jacobs bag is just to die for!!! woohooo!! Now… If I can only find a matching wallet……..

Friday nite, we were in such a hurry going back from shopping (i know , i know, again) because Reza (Den’s cous) decided to come at the last minute. Stopped by at Ralph’s and got some Kabob and steaks. Reza arrived at 9-ish and Ellen came at 11-ish after dropping Cody off at the airport. Reza seemed to really love it at our house as even though he said he had to work at 6 am, he still decided to stay until 3 am! Yeah it was sure hella fun sitting in the backyard under the stars chatting until the wee hours;)

People who knows me WELL know that I LOVE dogs. They’re my best-est friends in the whole world. So, Den and I were just hangin out in the backyard and decided to take a family pics of the ‘children’

…was so much fun. My whole family was here (my parents are still here). Went to a fairfax and got me some bargain Prada Sandals, woohooo!!!(no, the dog didn’t come with them)

Had dinner at Asia de Cuba , the food was just one of the best asian fusion food I’ve ever had.

We also went to Gypsy Cafe for some coffee and Hookah. Had the Cappucino flavor which was sweet and tasted just perfect. Perfect weekend!=)

Just sitting around on my lazy ass - chatting, checking email when I decided to create my own blog. I’ve been wanting to since last year and as usual, I’ve been procrastinating (yeah that’s one of my many many great talents) So, why today? No particular reason, I had the morning off from my internship (they ran out of things to do for me) and I ain’t complaining. I really should help my mom in the kitchen or my dad in the garden (yeah, they’re here visiting), but instead I opt to stay in bed with my laptop and TV in front of me. Maybe I’ll take a shower now that the new water heater is installed (it’s been broken and yikes I can’t bare the thoughts of showering with cold water) But then again, maybe I’ll stay in bed for another hour or two What a nice summer afternoon!