Oh how life flies past...! ZOO trip

I AM POSTING! Since I have such a huge backlog of pictures, I have given up on trying to go in chronological order-- instead, more recent pictures are in order! More specifically, I am posting pictures from when Anna and I went on a date (of sorts) and went to explore the zoo! This happened the day of my physical chemistry ii final, so if I look a bit crazed in some pictures, it may be because my brain had stopped functioning early that morning...


So we arrived, and here we are, being touristy in front of the ZOO! Yay!

As animals, we clearly aren't very perceptive, and we had our pictures captured by a motion-triggered camera! Haha... we have been spotted! Humans aren't endangered after all...

Aww-- the two of us... in front of an exhibit... of some sort. Haha!

What is a trip to the zoo without the requisite PANDA sighting? I think this is the baby, Taishan, although I'm not quite sure. Sadly, I have not been to the zoo in years, so this is the first time I've gotten a chance to see the "baby" of our nation's capitol. Not so baby-like anymore.

Shippo posing with Hippos!

An even LARGER hippo. I don't know which I think is cuter-- the pygmy one (two above), or the regular large one (above). Either way, hippos are cool (and quite rotund).

The beavers! They were adorable. There was also a pile of ducklings in their little exhibit. Don't know why. Oh yeah, Anna's looking happy too.

Pucker up! We saw these fish in an Amazonian Rainforest exhibit toward the end of our little romp around the zoo. In fact, it's the last picture I have of the zoo.


So after wandering around the zoo all day, we grabbed dinner in Adams Morgan and later decided to get dessert. At Union Station. Vaccaro's. It's an ohmygoodnesslyscrumptious place (based in Balti

Fatty, I am.

EAT UP, YAY! Strawberry creme napoleon... YUM.

On the Metro on the way home! Whee!!

It was an extremely fun (albeit tiring-- look at the bags under my eyes!) excursion! Anna-- you and I have to go explore more parts of the Capitol now!! ^__^v

Luray Caverns (from 8.22.2006)

So my Dad had been bothering my entire family to go to Luray Caverns... literally for the past 11 years (ever since Jeffkun was born), SO FINALLY, after over a decade of talk, we finally hauled our butts down to Luray Caverns! We also went throught the Shenandoah Valley (I think?) on the way back, but my camera ran out of batteries, so there will be no massive postings of picture after picture of green knolls... Hehe~

Jeffkun!!! Aww, he's growing up! Doesn't the picture look kind of surreal? Like he's not really there and we were just standing in front of a screen with a picture of all of the stalactites and stalagmite formations?


L->R: J, J, J! In order of height. But one day, I be the shortest of the three of us...

Mom and Dad!!! Hahaha. We look so touristy...

I reaaally like this picture for some reason. Probably because once again it looks really surreal. Somehow my camera couldn't handle the dark lighting... But this picture is kind of fun, isn't it?

The boys in my family-- Dad, Jon, and Jeff. I love their expressions. I heart them!

And I think this is when my battery died..

OCEAN CITY - SLAYERS(andCYCboysB)-STYLE!

-These pictures are old--I apologize! ^_^;; We actually went to the beach on August 19, 2006. Fun times! We spent the night before at Tracy's house, trashing it, as usual. Just kidding... I think.

In any case, most of the guys spent the entire night up and playing Halo... I tried. I passed out around 3am-- and we left around 6... O_o

My awesome car-mates on the way there--(L->R) David, Lan, and Coach Paul (hahaha, that makes Paul sound so old... )

Our beautiful driver (and the only Man in my life --hehe), Debby!

So after a night of Halo-ing... Paul provides an empty canvas of fun for someone who wasn't up the whole night gaming...

And they're both passed ou! Haha, David's having fun!!


... and after a nice, long drive to Ocean City-- WE HAVE ARRIVED!!!!

Let's enjoy the sun!

Debby...

TiffChen and Mr. T (aka, Tracy!)

Wow... Vincent tot
(L->R) Jon, Lan, and Cuong

(L->R): Akiko, Vincent (ooh, he's finally awake!), and a shy (wha?!) TiffLee

SHARK!! Haha, just thought it was funny to see a great white sticking its jaws out of a building...

The posse wants to go EAT! So we wander in search of food.... (L->R) Paul, TiffChen, Mike Fan, Debby, Akiko, Mike Li, random white guy in the sunlight, Becca, David, TiffLee, and Lan.

Bad boy Paul had to be thrown in the stocks...


... and bad girl TiffChen...

... and oh so bad "W-o-W" girl ME! Hahaha...

So inside the all-you-can-eat-buffet dinner-----

That's actually MY shirt that Tracy's wearing... She was apparently cold or something. SUCK IT UP, WOMAN!

Hungry much, Lan?

Ahh, Spa treatment for Becca!

Tiff and Me (looking normal for once?


... or not....?

...okay, definitely not normal...

... ah yes, it was called the Paul Revere something or the other. The food wasn't that great, but the quantity WAS great... So we all were very full when we rolled out~ (L->R: Lan, Jon, Tracy, and TiffChen)

Whoa. Nuff said. The Mansan.

Hahahahahaa~ It looks like the ASIAN DRUNKEN GLOW! ... except... without alchohol... (and the fact that I know my brother doesn't turn red when he drinks... and, for that matter, neither do I... oh ho ho!) ~ (L->R: BigBro-Lan, TiffChen, and LilBro-Jon)

FOUR years, and counting!! Being awesome roommates, that is... Haha~ Aww, I'm going to be so sad once we have to part... ;__; Wah, Debby, WAH!


Oy... I have no comment, TiffLee...


Mike and Akiko... doing... O.o?

Haha~ cute~ ^__^




AND THUS CONCLUDES THE MOST RECENT UPDATE OF PICTURES!! (My super-apologies for not having posted any earlier... O_o;;;)

CYC Fundraising Banquet

I KNOW you guys have been waiting for these pictures! ^__^ Sorry to keep you guys waiting for... like... uhhh... 2+ months.

So the CYC banquet, for those of you who don't know, is a dinner for which we pay $35 (provided you can fill a 10-person table... so $350 for a table of ten or $40 individually) for some crappy Chinese food at New Fortune and a night of auctions, raffles, and one really fat guy screaming "SUCCULENT PEACHES!"... but more on the peaches later.

So we begin...

I feel like a pimp... TiffChen and Debby surrounding meee... YAY~ What a bunch of hot ladieess....


Let's add another Tiff into the hot ladies equation! TiffChen, me, Deb, and TiffLeeeeee! Yayyy...


Ok. Not so sexy. But funny enough to post here. Hahahahaha. YAHOO TIFF CHEN... (Caroline-- do you know what this grin reminds me of...? :D)


SEE THE "S" for SLAYERS?! hahahaha... we're so original... And even though I reaaally don't like lychee... I still speared one for the picture (we're SLAYing them, after all)... and then gave it to Debby (or someone else) to eat.


One of my lovers and me. Yayyy...


Half of Matt, Coach Paul (looking a bit uncomfortable... constipation or just sitting next to Tiff Chen...? SIKE), and Tiff~

No group of slayers pictures would be complete without the WHOLE TEAM. YEAAAAHHHH WE ARE SOOOO GREAT. And soo not looking at the camera... Most of us, anyway.... and yes, Tiff Lee is so BLACKinese in this picture... you dark girl you... (L->R : Tiff Lee, Tracy, Michelle, Becca, Paul, Tiff Chen, me, and Debby)

AWWW ROOMIES!! SLAYER ROOMIES! <3!!!! Hahah... I like this picture.


Another group picture. Semi normal now.


... and the funny pose picture. I like Tracy's expression. And Debby's... Nyahahahaha...

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