life's more fun together
Yup, that’s our family motto. Happy anniversary to us! Ashley and I woke up early today to watch the sunrise over some hot chocolate and coffee.
Since this is our first anniversary, we decided on a yearly tradition that would be meaningful, fun and something we could do regardless of where we were. We’d wake up a dawn to watch the sunrise. Have a lite simple dinner out, bake a cake together and watch our wedding video. 🙂
To celebrate our 1 year anniversary on a very geeky level:
Here’s a picture of the new look:
It’s been a nice start to the summer. Ashley and I seem to have gone concert crazy in the past months.
Just recently we went to two concerts, Lifehouse and Colbie Caillat. We played Lifehouse’s You and Me song at our wedding so it was nice seeing them live. We didn’t get there early enough and were stuck at the back so the view was not as good but we bumped into my co-workers from Sapient Suyog and Anu.
Ashley likes Colbie Caillat’s songs a lot and although I thought it was going to be horrible with teeny boppers all over the place it turned out ok. There was teeny boppers all over but we got up close to the stage, I got some really great shots of her and the music was really nice and soothing.
Earlier this summar, we saw Stephen Marley at the Center Stage in Midtown thanks to Kirk who told me about it. Stephen was awesome, sounded just like Bob Marley. Then Arang visited earlier in June and we went to the Masquerade to see a few Punk Rock bands, one called the Bastard Suns. The venue was awesome a old factory. The crowd was definitely rowdy, I got punched in the back as I was right in front of the mosh pit. We had a great time though and it was very nice chilling with Tang.
This past weekend, I went home to Boston to spend some time with Mom. It’s always so nice to go back, my parents treat me like a king and feel like I am in college again. Taking the train from the airport back to Newton reminded me of how different Atlanta is from Boston. The “T’ is a way of life in Boston, where MARTA in Atlanta often gets forgotten. Also I really miss Boston’s ethnic diversity.
A few great things about being home: Hanging with my parents, seeing Bean, eating my mom’s cooking, lounging around a real house, going out with old friends from college and high school. If Boston wasn’t so cold, I might be tempted talk to Ash about seriously moving back!
Here’s some pics of the weekend.
My favorite picture of Mom and Dad. This was taken on the porch steps in our back yard.
Mom looks so young in this picture. She has so much energy these days.
Steps towards our front door. Taken from our driveway.
Our house is so nice now. Since Dad did all the work, it’s almost unrecognizable from what it was when we first bought it. It’s so comfortable staying home.  Dad did such a great job, I hope I can take some really great set of photos one day to capture his handy work.
Ah, the food. This is batter fried carrots and onions. It’s awesome, sort of like tempura sweet fries.
My mom’s cooking is so good. See how happy Dad is 🙂
This is what I miss living away from the hometown.  We hung out at Our House, Arang (left), Wan (Center), Simon (not in picture) and Marilon (not in picture) drinking and catching up. Proud to say I was the Connect Four champion that night.
About a year and half ago, I tried convincing Ash to run with me. She groaned and told me how much she disliked running.  Despite it all, she stuck with it and even after I stopped she continued. On March 30th, Ash ran the Atlanta half marathon, 13.1 miles through midtown, downtown and the Georgia Tech campus. She ran it in 2 hour and 12 minutes. Awesome job huney!!!
