Saturday, April 11, 2009


We met Steve's Mom for the first time here. Steve was gracious enough to pay for everyone!

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Here we are waiting patiently for our table and for Steve's mother to arrive.

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Steve's mom (Luisa) looks young enough to be his sister, doesn't she? (Her fiance, Victor, is next to her)

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I got this as a "retirement gift" from work. Yep, that's right -- I retired! The timing was right and, after much thought, I decided to pull my own plug. Let's see if I can stay retired...

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This little guy is really great. It has a very small footprint (smaller than an 8.5x ll piece of paper) and is very light (~3 lbs). It includes an internal 160G HD and a six-cell battery allowing it to run for 6.5 hours.

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Finally, it has three USB ports, a VGA port, and even a multi-in card reader so you can transfer pictures from a memory card.

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Sunday, April 05, 2009


We went to Alhambra to visit Karen's work friend. She recommended going to this place -- Din Tai Fung - Dumpling House in Arcadia.

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Here's a look inside...the place was humming with people -- two floors deep! On the left, you can actually see the people making the dumplings by hand.

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Karen and her friend Helen -- reunited after twenty years!

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While you wait to be seated, the hostess gives you this order form to fill out. Then when they seat you, they already know what to serve you.

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Noodles with minced meat sauce

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Fried pork chop rice

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String beans

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Last, but not least, the "juicy pork dumplings"!

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Went to visit my Mom with Karen and my sister Jage. My Mom prepared fish jook and dumplings!

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Dumplings come frozen when you buy them. Place directly from the freezer to the steamer.

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After 15 minutes of steaming...

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Juicy crab-pork dumplings.

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Afterwards, we brought flowers to my Dad's gravesite for Qing Ming -- Chinese Memorial Day.

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My sister, Jage, brought over some dessert from a Cuban bakery -- Yummy! But, we were still stuffed from the dumplings and jook :(

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Dessert!! My favorite was the mocha chocolate thingy -- although the guava pastry was a close second.

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