Pottery Painting!
I went pottery painting on Saturday with a bunch of SCU girls at Petroglyph in San Jose. I made a little blueish-teal candy dish that says 'Olivia's Candy' and has a little strawberry stamp on it. It was fun painting! Shirley just picked them up and they look so much better glazed and shiny! Thanks Shirley for planning the girls' outing!

SCU PCN
We watched Santa Clara's PCN that night. Audrey was one of the moms in the skit and she was also in a lot of dances. I think it was the longest PCN I've ever been to, but it was good. They did this one Spanish dance that I remember doing back at Cal. Also Singkil and Tinikling... brought back good memories of when I was in college.

First Communion
Alan's niece received her first communion on Sunday, and we went to the mass at Convent of the Sacred Heart. The all girls school is soooo nice inside, it's like a huge mansion. We had brunch afterwards at the Carnelian Room in SF, where she gave her first toast! We had prime rib, creme brulee, and mimosas! Yummm.

Softball loss
We lost our softball game yesterday, but it was a good game. I like playing at second, but I need to work on the grounders that come straight at me really hard. I still get a little scared that it'll take a weird hop and hit me right in the face. Alan bought me a new bat and I tried it out at the game! I love it, Thanks Alan! Now I have my own bat that I can use consistently... and for when I go to the batting cages (which I hope will be soon, cuz I suck at batting.)

Slacker
I get 'blog slacker' from someone (ahem... Beverly) after a week of not blogging. But I guess it's ok... :) I'm blogging now!

Regina & Gary's Wedding
Regina's wedding was this past Saturday! She's one of my oldest and dearest friends (since the 7th grade SF city-wide spelling bee, then SI, then Cal). She moved away to UCSD for med school, but we hung out a lot these past few months, bonding about wedding stuff =) The wedding was so nice, I cried when she started walking down the aisle. The reception was at the Far East Cafe in downtown SF Chinatown... really nice red decor and cool TVs all over the place that showed the whole wedding as it was going on. Had fun dancing and seeing old high school friends!

FOCCUS test
Alan and I went to Santa Clara to take the FOCCUS (Facilitating Open Couple Communication, Understanding, and Study) test. About 200+ statements about different aspects of marriage, finances, children, personal habits) that you answer agree, disagree, or uncertain. A lot things we haven't talked about yet, so it was good to put them out there. We discuss our answers during our marriage prep workshop in September, but we already started talking about it.

Giants in a slump
What's going on with my team?! They're losing so many games and they're below 0.500! At least Bonds is increasing his HR number, but we need to win too!

Great weather!
What great weather today! I had a good time eating lunch outside, in the sunshine, in front of our nice water fountain. Very very relaxing. This weekend is supposed to be nice too, so make it a good one! Have a nice weekend!

Our first softball win of the season!
Tuesday night we won our softball game! It was a pretty good game and I had a couple plays on defense. I play second base and it's pretty exciting playing in the infield. But I really need to work on my batting. I can't seem to hit the ball straight on. Maybe I'll go to the batting cages at Malibu with Alan. Where else are there batting cages?

Hospital?
Alan came to visit my work before the game and he said it looked like a hospital! But I'm glad he got to see where I work. And we cheered for me in the stands during the game! Thanks 'barling'! hehehe. (inside joke)

Bon Voyage!
Last night, Johanna had a going away party at Betelnut in Marina district of San Francisco. The food was soooo good and we got so much of it. It was different kinds of Asian foods, like lettuce wraps, Korean BBQ pork, Thai noodles, dumplings, short ribs, garlic green beans, calamari, and of course.... drinks. I got the Betel Juice (pronounced like the movie), Alan got the Sake Colada.

After dinner we walked over to Gravity bar, waited in line, finally got in, but it was totally packed! We could hardly move, I felt like a cow being rounded up. So we left quickly and just walked around, and ended up just getting donuts.

TGIF!
Work has been so busy lately... I hardly have time to eat lunch... But I'm looking forward to the weekend - to catch up on sleep! And go to Regina's wedding!! =)

Bonds' 660!
Barry Bonds just hit home run #660 at the game at SBC Park, tying Willie Mays for 3rd place! I'm listening to it right now on the radio at work.... I wish I was at home watching the game... or better yet... at the park! Can't wait to see the highlights.

First softball game!
We had our first softball game of the season on Tuesday. It was a pretty good game... we were in the lead for a little while and almost made a comeback in the last inning. But we lost by one! Hopefully we'll win at least some games this season. Even if we don't, we have cool t-shirts nonetheless. Go Blue Genes!

I love refunds!
I just checked my bank account online and my federal tax refund got direct deposited today! WooHoo! More $$!

Bridal magazines
Last night, I went over to my high school friend's house in SSF and she gave me a whole big stack of bridal magazines. She's getting married next weekend, so she doesn't need them anymore... I can look through them and see if I like any of the bridesmaids dresses, which is next on my to-do list for the wedding.

They're baaaaack!
The Giants are back! And what a way to start the season! Bonds gets his 559th homer to tie the game 4-4 in the eighth inning, and then we go on to win the season opener 5-4! I love the Giants!!! Can't wait to go to Pac Bell Park.... errr.... I mean SBC Park for a live game!

Baby shower
We went to Mark and Diana's baby shower on Saturday. Lots of fun games - the clothespin game where you can't say 'baby', baby animal name game, name the kids on the TV shows game, gift bingo, and dress the baby bear. I loved their party favors - they had a little area set up like sweet factory with jars of different candies and we got to fill our bags. My favorite - the sour power strips! yummy!

Happy 30th Birthday Beverly!
And congrats to you and Gary on your good news =)

New phone
Oh yeah! Alan and I got new cell phones at the AT&T store, since we switched over and got a family plan. 600 anytime minutes, unlimited mobile to mobile, unlimited nights and weekends. It's a pretty good deal and we got really cool phones - the Nokia 3200. It has a color screen, a camera, a flashlight built in, and other cool stuff. Plus for the first month, we get to download as much as we want. I've already downloaded ringtones like JT, Britney, Dido, etc. It's fun!

Radio crazy
I played the SAT test again on Friday on Alice 97.3 and I won 2 WOW cards to Great America (season pass). And yesterday morning, I played the 'Andrew "I Don't Even Know" Game' and I got 500 everyday rewards points! I called in at around 8:45am and they put you on hold for like the longest time before you play the game. I sat in my parking lot until around 9:15 when I played and won! I had to guess the category based on the clues - if you get it on the first clue you get 500; if it takes you more than one, you get 250. I got it on the first clue... the clue was - 'Meredith Vieira'. Any guesses on the category?

April Fool's!
Happy April Fool's Day! Have you gotten fooled yet? I kinda have - indirectly. They played a trick on Sarah (the morning show host on Alice) and it kinda tricked me too.... They pretended that one of the online personalities Hooman, and Sarah got all worried (and I was kinda worried too), but it turned out to be a joke on her! It was really funny this morning. I was laughing outloud.

Can you tell that I'm a part of "Generation Alice"?
I even requested some songs to be played! I listen to the radio too much, I guess... but it's only b/c I'm in my car a lot.... except when I'm at work or at home... ok ok fine. I love Alice 97.3!