It has been so long since I last posted. It has been very very busy. So much has happened since Chinese New Year!!! Ricky surprised me with the best valentine's day with 24 beautiful red roses and a cute little teddy bear sent to my work plus a surprise and romantic dinner at Cleveland's best restaurant - Classics! I am the luckiest girl! Then came our belated honeymoon. In May, we went to Hong Kong to visit my grandparents and spent a week in Tokyo. We ate so much (ask Ricky for the pictures which documents our meals) and I am still trying to lose the weight I gained from the trip. Soon, it was our 1 yr wedding anniversary! We are no longer newlyweds....yet I would disagree because life is just as blissful as the day we met or the day we got married. We had a wonderful dinner at Sans Soucci at the Renassiance Hotel where we got married. It was a wonderful evening. We also sneaked in a trip to D.C. to meet up with the old Cleveland gang. It was great to spend an entire weekend with Kirsten and Toshi. I miss them so much! I can't wait to see them again! Just before the Summer came to an end, my good friend, Martha came back to Cleveland to defend her thesis. Congratulations to Dr. Susiarjo!!! And we even got to celebrate her 30th birthday together with lots of yummy sushi! Now the weather is getting cold and dark. Maybe it's the weather, it's getting me all depressed and stressed out or it could be that I am super busy between being overworked at work (should see my desk!! papers everywhere and I don't see the light to the end of this tunnel), preparing for my GMAT (yes, I am planning to go back to school. I didn't get enough torture during the last 5 yrs when I was a Ph.D. student) and preparing for my Healthcare Finance class (which I am sure I will fail). Ricky has been very understanding and patient with me because he knows I tend to stress out and go crazy. Werid thing, I feel more stressed now than I did when I was planning my wedding while trying to write my dissertation. Stay tune to see if I get accepted into Weatherhead for my MBA and if I pass my healthcare finance class. :)

Happy Chinese New Year!!!
For the first time in 10 years, I spend Chinese New Year with my family in Vegas. We had lots of good food, fun at the slots and enjoyed each other's company. My parents went to a concert of my mom's favorite singer. We made the mistake of making our meeting place in the lobby of the MGM hotel and when the concert was over, we were swamped with MANY chinese ppl all waiting at the lobby. I felt like I was back in Hong Kong.
It was sad that Ricky couldn't join us because he is so busy these days with work. He was in lab all weekend. I missed him a lot, especially since I was in Vegas with him together less than a year ago for our party. Hopefully, we'll go together soon.
We were very disappointed with the seafood buffet at Rio. The seafood was not fresh and the hot food was terrible. However, I took them to a sushi buffet and it was wonderful. So much variety of sushi, udon, tempura and lots of japanese goodies.
Hopefully, we'll go back together as family again soon....

I'm so busy at work these days. Get in at 8 and I don't stop till at least after 5:30pm. I've only had lunch away from my desk once since I started, it was when my parents were here over the holiday and I snuck off for a quick 45 min lunch at the Deli with them. Our program is getting reaccreditated at the end of the month so I am busy preparing for the inspection among other things. Although we are super busy yet it's making me learn a lot in very short period of time which is great since I lack the experience to move up the ladder :)

Ricky and I have been married for 5 months now! Time flies!!! Every month on our wedding anniversary, we go out to dinner. Tonight, we tried a new restaurant in Willoughby Hills, we both ordered the unlimited fish fry. We had a good time and good food, we'll definitely go back. Happy Monthaversary!!!

My goal for this new year to be more healthy. I've started working out this past two days and I hope to continue to work out at least 5 times a week. I hope to lose 10 pds by the time we go on our honeymoon to Asia. Since the wedding, I've been slacking and gained a few pounds from all cooking we do together.

Happy New Year!!! May the new year bring good health, happiness and fortune to all! My parents came to visit for the holiday and I ended up cooking an X'mas dinner for both families. We all had a good time and lots to eat. I got to spend a week with my parents which was very nice because I get homesick a lot these days. We drove to mansfield to spend the new years wkend with Ricky's parents. We had a wonderful new years eve feast, played some board games before ringing in the new year. It was a fun a weekend.

Today, I took my accounting final. It wasn't as hard as I expected. Basically, if you did your homework, you should have no problems with the exam. I'm glad it's over. Now I just have to get ready for our group project due next week then I am completely done with my class. I am still contemplating if I should take a class next semester. It would be nice to have a semester off to figure out if MBA is needed for the advancement of my career. I still wonder what I would do with my free time. I definitely don't want to just sit in front of the TV.
Speaking of not sitting in front of the TV. I went for a physical exam on Monday and test result shows that I have slightly high cholestrol. I decided to start working out again tomorrow. Now that I am done with my final, I should have no excuses. I really need to be more active since I sit in front of the computer all day at work, I need to come home and do more housework and work out everyday or I'll become one of those fat housewives.

wow! what a wkend! we had so much to eat! Ricky posted pictures of my 20lb turkey! there are lots of leftovers and i already have lots of different ideas to use them up. we had a wonderful wkend with our brothers.