NEVER ENDING.

  

The past two weeks have been NOTHING but celebrating my birthday. This year has been a never ending birthday for me and I am taking each surprise as they come! Victor planned the best surprise party for me! EVERYTHING was handmade and very creative! I just never want to remove the decorations EVER. There's actually still a couple of decorations up. The week of my birthday we went on a cruise (the 16th to the 20th) and it was my first cruise. I loved it and enjoyed the 24/7 buffet! Victors mom gifted us the trip and all 3 of us had a great time! Look out for more pics of the cruise on Victors blog! As if the cruise wasn't enough, my good friends Koko and Jackie planned the BEST SLEEP OVER EVER. I always wanted to attend a sleepover as a kid but having a strict mom that DID NOT HAPPEN. I was so happy to experience that at 23! It only took 23 years! YIPPIE! The slumber party was INCREDIBLE. They had wings, wigs, funky glasses, pizza,  AND Koko made us each a Mean Girls tie dye t-shirt! Everything that I absolutely L O V E ! They decorated their apartment so cute and it was like my very own barbie play house! We played games, acted a fool, and were going Vine crazy! The night was so perfect that I even uploaded my very first 'instavideo'. One thing could only describe this slumber party, and that is that it was:  "SO FETCH!".

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23 OVER SEA

 SLUMBER 

 

I THINK FOR NOW I AM DONE CELEBRATING MY BDAY! 

(but EVERYDAY is a PERFECT DAY to celebrate your age and life!)

DIN-DIN.

Another day, another dinner party! Tuesday night Victor and I went over to my friend Koko's apartment at 'The Embassy' for dinner. The three of us took a walk to the local Ralph's to pick up some last minute ingredients. She whipped up a delicious baked parmesan chicken with fettuccine alfredo pasta, garlic bread and a simple salad. We had wine, chatted a bit, and even ended up doing some karaoke with Victors iPad. Please excuse the last not so great photo of our dinner. I was so excited to eat that I totally forgot to take a nice photograph before I started chomping down on it. This was a fun night and I love the chalkboard decal in her dining room! Filled with hashtags - OFCOURSE I wrote one of my own!

The Embassy.

 

 

 

 

 

 Earlier this week Victor and I were invited to a dinner party that my friend/ex coworker Koko was hosting. We have been getting really close lately, and I just love spending time with her. She is such a fun person to be around and is always in a great mood. There's definitely a positive vibe about her that I love. I can be myself with her and she will just let it be (occasionally will poke fun at my bad english BUT that's ok with me!). She just moved into this beautiful apartment in Koreatown with her friend Jackie (whom both Victor and I LOVE!). I really love her apartment, I just describe it as a house. It is huge, especially huge when compared to our small studio! They have an amazing view and everything about their apartment is super cute! The menu for the night was salad for starters, and sweet sausage with steamed rice. This was my first time ever trying this kind of sausage ;) I mean I've only had the breakfast kind but this kind was delicious. She glazed it with brown sugar and it was so yummy I kind of wish I could have taken some home but the recipe is pretty easy, I will probably cook this soon. Her friends Anthony and Ser Antonio were invited to the dinner as well and we all had a good time. It was so much fun, we all talked and laughed together and it wasn't one bit awkward. I sometimes feel shy when meeting new people even though those who know me say that I am not shy at all. We were having such a good time that we even got a noise complaint from the land lord *whoops*. I hope Victor and I get to hang out with them soon, it would be great to have new friends close to our apartment.

Here's a choreo/dance video that Anthony showed us and I am currently obsessed with:

* CHEERS TO NEW FRIENDS *

FAVES.

* the title photo is a view from our apartment, with the font it really looks to me like an album cover art and I LOVE it! You can see the Downtown LA skyline just below the 'A' *

With this blog post I felt like sharing a few favorite photographs of mine: favorite photographs that I've taken, and favorite photos of Victor and I.

CIRCA 2009 PHOTOGRAPHY:

Favorite shots of Victor and I :

2013 has been pretty good to me, it actually doesn't feel too different. I just feel something inside of me wanting to experiment more, experience more, and try new things as well as go back to a hobby that I loved growing up. I've been getting into videos and video editing. I would like to practice more on that, and hopefully start making videos soon. I'm feeling very inspired by the city, sky scrappers, and sun glares. I've also been wanting to get back into photography. Straight out of high school that was one of my favorite things to do (I received a Nikon coolpix p80 as a graduation gift from my parents). I loved playing with my camera, setting up photo shoots with my sister Julie, and taking my camera wherever I went. At times I revisit my flickr account and think back to the boy I was back then. This past year I've been relying wayyyy to much on my Iphone for photography, and I'm going to try and change that this year. 

ONE PHOTOGRAPH AT A TIME.