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Vivi }'{

pussycat doll in the making

About Me

Nothing about me is expected -- I was born and raised in Hawaii but I can't surf. I'm tall, curvy, and can drink like a fish but yes I'm really Asian. I've been to more foreign countries than US states. I studied four engineering majors, usually one of a handful girls in the class. I was both an Alpha Phi and a presidential research scholar. I drink girly drinks when I watch football. I like dressing up but I rarely wear makeup. I may contradict myself, but I'm as open and honest as can be.

My Interests

laughter, gastronomy, smiles, friends, bacon, football, tennis, mojitos, new york, traveling, peanut butter and chocolate, skirts, tulips, green, the beach, skylines, direct flights, mentos, rooftops, brie, math, pillows

I'd like to meet:

the pussycat dolls and anyone who wants to adore us ;)

Music:

at the moment: Don't Look Away / Kate Voegele

Movies:

just saw: Ratatouille -- exceptional. made me almost ok with a rat being anywhere near food

Television:

right now: Top Model, Top Chef

Books:

favorite of all time: Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
working on: V by Thomas Pynchon

Heroes:

I believe heroes are the ones who show you by example every day... so here's to my mum and daddy!

My Blog

my mom is on youtube!

yup, you read that right!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsW43YVPIVk you may wonder, who is that little tart in the skimpy hot pink Abercrombie and Fitch tank top?  that's my mom.  ...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:41:00 PST

ah, the holidays

you know it's the holidays when:* you have to rearrange the bedroom to better accommodate the heater, i.e., the heater wakes me up at night with its erratic gusts of dry hot air * you get a deep fryer...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:47:00 PST

worst week ever

seriously. how about starting with working all last weekend and losing the georgia game. follow that up with being stuck in traffic to the jets game, so late th at we missed the entire first half, a...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:56:00 PST

this book is stalking me

Some things just stay with you. The way my grandmother made me condensed milk on white bread after school. The US map my 8th grade teacher made us draw by hand. The human pyramids my high school fr...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:59:00 PST

work is never boring when youre a big geek like me

(my boss walks over to my cube)me: Hi Bob!Bob: You're back!me: Yeah, I just had to finish things up at the other office. I haven't seen you all day though!Bob: Oh, I was helping to send out those...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:19:00 PST

transportation goes nowhere

I may finally have to acknowledge one flaw to city life: relying on public transporation.  In New York, where city life is pushed to the extreme, I realize that public transporation isn't just co...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:57:00 PST

Seattle!

What a weekend (and in some ways, maybe it's just my life). I had been looking forward to a mini vacation (man, I miss summers off) to Seattle for a while now, especially with work being so busy and ...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Thu, 02 Aug 2007 01:35:00 PST

moving on up... or sideways

Today is my first day in my second office.  OK, second cubicle.  Things have reached a point where they got me my own cube.  Granted this cube is about a third the size of my old cube, ...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:05:00 PST

weirdness

saw it with my own two eyes : "Crack is Wack Park" was on the bus last friday and went past a newly opened salon.  sidewalk sign read, "free tequila shot with every brazillian!" anyone seen an...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:51:00 PST

wha....?

Last Saturday night, I finally went to the live band spot my friend Susan likes.  Honestly I was about 50/50 about going, but in the end decided that I had heard about this place so much and I ha...
Posted by Vivi }'{ on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:11:00 PST