DVF

I LOVE DVF.

I will forever be grateful to Saks because it was there that I discovered the DVF wrap dress. Never before had I seen a dress that fit all women's shapes, nicely hid tummies (and other unsightly bodily regions) and enhanced other lacking areas. My goodness.

I encourage EVERYONE to go out and buy one. Yes, it is a rather expensive purchase (now that I am no longer at Saks I fear I will no longer be adding to my collection...sniff...sniff), but ladies it is WORTH IT.

Here are my latest favs from the fall collection...

I have so many print dresses, but she has all these cute prints...
my next purchase should really be a solid color...(*yawn*)

This is Camilla's dress...I can't believe you got this...RUDE...(but SO cute!)

This dress wraps in the back...its SO cute!

But alas, this is my year of savings so I will not be purchasing one anytime soon. But please, someone buy one of these dresses so I can live vicariously through someone else! (Or if anyone knows if DVF is hiring, let me know...ha ha ha).

The meaning of the universe's actions...

So one has to wonder, when bad things happen what is the universe trying to tell or teach you? My cousin and his wife faced a horrible decision this past week and will soon be suffering a great loss. I am deeply saddened by this, but in bad times I try to remember that the universe has a way of shaping your life by giving and taking things from you. I firmly believe that things happen for a reason (even though sometimes those reasons don't become clear until many years later). Maybe my belief is a form of a coping mechanism, but nonetheless I truly think there is a greater purpose and path for everyone.

My thoughts are with my cousins and I know there will be something positive that comes out of this tragedy. Perhaps this was a sacrifice that saved her life - she was set to leave for Iraq to serve in the reserves but due to her situation she was discharged her from the reserves. God knows what might have happened if she went to Iraq. I am not saying one situation is preferable to the other, but like I said, the universe has a way of making things happen the way they were meant to happen.

Take Care S&G-- I am thinking of you.

dancing queens...

It's no secret-- I love to dance and so do my girlfriends. I'm going to kill two birds with one stone by introducing my friends and illustrating some dance moves...

Margie (hey-- that ain't the shopping cart)

Sindy (mid-thrust or mid-Roger Rabbit...hard to tell)

Annie (dance pose)

Tina (the macarena?)

Camilla (????????????)

Wu-wu (Texas-style jive?)

Jenn (robocop?)

Claude (the monster mash)

And last, but not least...Lis (the guitar)

my superman...

Let me introduce my wonderful boyfriend Francisco. Yes, you all know I can be incredibly cheesy so please excuse this stream of pecorino cheesy photos...

Superman

Major Anthony Nelson (but not my master!)

Us at Sindy's Wedding

Barnaby

For those of you who don't know (and if you don't, where have you been???!!!), I LOVE frenchies. In fact I already have a name for my future frenchie...BARNABY. Take a look who will be part of my family some day (hopefully soon).

Family tree II...

This next post is dedicated to my cute little nieces...Sydney Starnes (born May 2006) and Maya Surratt (born May 2007). Look how adorable they are!!! I can't wait to see my Sydney again and to finally meet little Maya...

Maya

Sydney

Family tree...

Man, my uncle's website is taking me back. There are pictures there that I don't remember and others that I do remember but haven't seen in so long. I haven't seen a picture of my grandparents in I don't know how long (they passed away when I was 9), and I must admit I got a bit teary-eyed when I saw them.

In my blog I want to slowly introduce all the important people in my life. I'll start first with my family. Here are some more pics from when I was little...a little family tree pictorial...

My Grandparents (on my mom's side)

My aunts and uncle (the reason why I have lots of cousins)

Family trip to Monterey
(we all look so happy-- I really am thankful for my great childhood)

My cousins
(side note, apparently I LOVED that pink dress and wore it like every day...see pic below)

Family trip to Disneyland
(see the pink dress...AGAIN!)

happy birthday L.W.E.B.B.!

Today is my very good friend's birthday. I hope you have a great day ms. jackson...!

I am thinking of you here in nyc...(although I realized I didn't leave you a morning greeting at work like I normally do...).

hongcalifornia.com

Okay, so I found the URL for my uncle's website. I find it hilarious (I guess many of you won't since you're not related to me)...but check it out...

I don't know how old I was in these photos...

And check out my parents (the couple on the right)...I can't believe my mom looks pretty hip!

Trying to be good...II...

Oh, and how could I forget the AIDS Walk! Frank, Camilla and I walked and raised over $1,000!!! Here is a pic (Frank was taking the picture, thus he is not in it!)...we were team KimChoroco and we had a good time. Thanks again to everyone who donated and supported the cause!

Me and Camilla

Trying to be good...

I always go back and forth between feeling guilty for what I have and feeling frustrated for not having more (I know, very bad...very bad). This year I vowed to be positive, try to make a difference and help those who are less fortunate than me. 2007 was supposed to be the year of: (1) savings, (2) helping others/giving more of myself.

I think I may have failed a bit in #1 (my latest steal of the century at Barney's didn't help...ha ha ha, isn't it SO pretty?),

but I like to think I've made strides in #2. I had the fortune of meeting a lovely and smart 9 year-old girl, Teresa Wu, who I met with weekly until the end of the school year. I helped her with her reading (she was already very proficient with math) and in alot of ways I think she helped me more than I helped her (I remember her telling me about how she had to go home early and her entire family had to clean their apt b/c people were coming to inspect the apt-- my guess was these were people from the housing department making sure they could still be considered for public housing-- and I know its not right, and this is not the reason why I volunteer, but it made me even more thankful for all the good things in my life). It was a big commitment (16 weeks), but if Teresa comes back in the fall then I might just commit again. If anyone is interested, check out www.nycares.org and look up projects under "Children's Education".

Also, last month I donated 9 inches of my hair to "Beautiful lengths", an organization that gives free wigs to women who are battling cancer. During my haircut I almost cried (fearing the loss my security blanket) but in the end I felt free and knew that I was making a small difference in someone's life. I must admit though that even now I get alittle sad looking at my short hair-- I can't wait until it grows out!

Before

After

Anyways, so its been 6 weeks since I last volunteered and I am know I should be doing something...but I must say I'm a picky volunteer...I only like projects with kids!!!

New beginnings...

Okay, so I'm not really a writer, and really, I don't enjoy writing. I can't even say that I'm an avid reader. One of my good friends is a great blogger and awesome writer (check out jennipah in your spare time), and I don't aspire to be that fabulous, but I figure I'm somewhat interesting and that someone will want to hear my two cents! (okay, that was like the longest run on sentence ever but hey, like I said, I'm not a writer). And side note, as Frank would say, sometimes I can get "FOBBY" and say things that aren't quite grammatically correct nor quite within normal english slang. Anyways...

Here's to new blogging beginnings!

(oh, and I figure if my 60+ year-old Korean uncle can create his own site/blog, then shoot, so can I-- if you want to check it out I'll post it once I find the URL again)