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  • "Welcome to the good life"

    So CNN recommended an article to me yesterday and it described a woman who in one year had been on '150 first dates but never got asked out on a second date.' (that's like 50% of your meals being free! says B).

    And reading about her, I worried that I started to show some of those attributes.  She is described as a one-upper 'When Dan mentions he collects wine, Allison says, "Interesting. I have a beautifully signed bottle of Robert Mondavi vintage wine."
    Additionally,     "She tries too hard," Rich says. "[It's like,] 'I love my life. It's great. It's perfect.'"

    But this isn't the point of today's entry.  The point is that I actually feel the way Allison does in that my life is soooo great right now and i'm unbelievably happy.  This great March weather doesn't hurt either.  In fact, I'm actually a little scared that my life is so seamless right now. 

    This month, I went on two REALLY fun weekend trips to Tahoe with funny friends (only one stinker the whole two trips).  I FINALLY learned to snowboard (3 yrs in the making), which gave me a great sense of accomplishment, despite my pounding heart and screaming inside my head and learned a bunch of fun new drinking games.
    I don't know what it is about Tahoe cabin trips, but I always leave in good spirits having met a lot of down to earth people and funny stories that make me laugh in hindsight.  I also realized weekend 2 that the guy friends that i do have are all great people and there are still some gentlemen out there.

    Last night, I got to see a friend of a friend's punk rock band - they decided out of nowhere to start learning electric guitar/bass, get a drummer from Craigslist, and here they are performing a year later.  So much fun and it was a Monday night!  (i struggled for 2 hrs in the morning today).
    On Thursday I get to go to Gary Danko's (got reservations today from a coworker, and it normally requires a few months in advance) with B, Adam and Nikki.  And afterwards, rallying with friends in a bar to watch the Pac-10 clincher btw UCLA and Stanford.

    Then this weekend, we are going bike riding to Tiburon and then drinking in the sun at Sam's.  Oh and tomorrow night should be a good time too ;) And Friday (this is the semi-geek in me) i get to go have breakfast with Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson (prob with 50 other ppl but it is still exciting). 

    Either way, somehow I feel totally on top of the world right now and maybe the happiest point in my life so far, if I had to plot it on a graph.  I'm not feeling the pressure too much yet of age but have the freedoms associated with being an adult.  As I was writing all this out (and trying not to sound boastful about it) I realize that I think the reason I feel so happy is that I have a found a great group of friends who make my life feel really complete and feel loved. That's really it, i feel love from my friends and my family.  And even occasionally, my coworkers :)  And that makes life (no matter what you plan or get do eat/drink/do) sparkle.

    Hopefully I can come back to this posting and remember how happy i feel.  Instead of in the future, being bitter about it.  Crossing my fingers that i'm not using up all of my good karma.

Thursday, 18 October 2007

  • Dancing Bird

    This guy may dance better than I do! =D  I love when he does his head turns..
    http://birdloversonly.blogspot.com/2007/09/may-i-have-this-dance.html

    Nike Women's Marathon is this weekend!
    I'm super duper nervous even though I think it'll be ok.  My only goal is to finish but somehow I don't feel as fit as I thought I should.. I can tell that I've gotten better since I can now run fast without feeling like my lungs are hurting but I don't know about 26.2 miles.  I guess even when I was doing 10 hrs a week of ballet, I wasn't feeling super fit either.. It's weird - when i start picturing finishing the race, I already get really sentimental so I feel like the real thing will be even more so.  I'm so happy my mom will be here to watch me run =)

    Thanks to everyone who has supported me - I got 3x my goal donation amount and was actually shocked by everyone's generosity
    http://www.active.com/donate/mch2005/hammychen

    I need to remember to go buy some of that icky gel shots and a pace watch..
    http://www.nike.com/nikemarathon/media/pdf/nike_marathon.pdf

    2007 Nike Women's Marathon
     It was pretty much one of the most rewarding things I have done in my life..(esp since I could barely run a mile last year)

    A few memorable moments:
    -Rushing around with Nikki and Alex at T minus 20 minutes looking for a bathroom
    -Seeing a mom run the half-marathon with her 11 and 13 year old daughters
    -Watching Nikki decide to throw away her shirt in the street right by my office
    -Seeing my mom via the ‘Dora the Explorer’ balloon 3 times during my race :)
    -getting oranges from Kaiser and having sticky hands for 5 miles
    -Seeing a really cute boy in Golden Gate park who happened to like my A’s visor ;)
    -Waiting for my Advil to kick in around mile 19
    -Running behind a leukemia survivor and realizing that I was a wuss
    -Seeing lake Merced for the first time and thinking ‘how am I going to run around this thing?’
    -Yelling to my fellow runners at mile 21 that we had ‘5 miles left!’ and getting death stares
    -Getting smoked by a 70-year-old woman at mile 23
    -Telling myself – try to enjoy the moment, you will probably never do this again…
    -Wondering during the last 2 miles – Are they trying to trick us by making the last 2 miles even longer??
    -Having people cheer my name as I reach the final stretch
    -The shock and disbelief after crossing the finish line…
    -Adam asking ‘How many gels did you eat?’ ‘Five’ – He looks shocked and his mouth dropped open. (I guess people only eat 2)

    Love,
    Angela (who is waddling around in the office and had to go backwards down the stairs leaving my apt this morning)