I love my workspace! Yes, I'm a sticky notes girl! hehe This is about 20x better than the cubicle I had in the old office, the sticky notes were 20x worst. The window can be a little bit of a distraction though. Sometimes I look out to Downtown Birmingham and just people watch. It's so pretty when it snows too, I can sit and watch the snow fall for hours, but then I realize that there's work to be done.
How I keep warm at the office: X-Hot Double Peppermint Mocha. My year-round Starbucks drink. The one below the building makes it the best.
Christmas was really nice this year. Woke up and opened gifts. Met up with nieces and nephews TP, Kim, Cong, Brandi, and Ethan for some dim sum at the best Chinese restaurant, Golden Harvest. Pictures of the deliciousness not available since I forgot my camera at home. Camera phone wasn't working either because I accidentally washed it the night before. Yea, nice move! I heard somewhere that if you put a wet phone in uncooked rice, it helps revive the phone. I did just so and my phone works again!
After dim sum, we went to Anh The and Chi Thuy's house. Made gingerbread cookies, banh nam, pigged out on some McD's and hung around until it was time to head out for the Chuong Trinh Song Ca Concert at the Caesars Windsor Casino in Canada.
Brandi & Anh Cuong
Phuong's house with Lisa, TP, and Ethan's decor.
I like the xmas tree back door =)
With nephew TP before the concert. The peppermint mocha at the casino Starbucks was not good...
Attended my first Vietnamese concert and it was great!
Hosted by Nguyen Ngoc Ngan, performances by Nhu Quynh & Truong Vu, Luu Bich & Nguyen Hung, Minh Tuyet & Bang Kieu, and the Liberty Band.
The concert started off with a number by the Liberty Band followed by NQ & TV with Nho Nguoi Yeu. I was hoping so much that these two would do a duet. If only they sang Em Hau Phuong, Anh Tien Tuyen - would have made the show 100x better. hah
They did one more duet I believe and each did a couple solo songs. Nhu Quynh's (one of my favorite singers) vocals are amazing. Luu Bich did her solos and was joined by Nguyen Hung for a few duets. Nguyen Hung sung a couple songs and busted out a few of his ballroom dance moves. Minh Tuyet came out next. She sang a few songs and was accompanied by Bang Kieu for their duets. They must have saved the best for last because Bank Kieu was pretty awesome! I've never been much of a fan of his, but I am now. The guy was hilarious, got the audience involve, and pretty much out-sang everyone - yes, even the talented Nhu Quynh.
Some of the songs performed that I could remember:
NQ & TV: Nho Nguoi Yeu
NQ: Nua Vang Trang - with Techno remix (I prefer the original)
NH: Huong
MT: Em Phai Lam Sao
MT & BK: Goi Thi Anh Da Biet (One of my favorite songs of theirs)
MT & BK: Boi Vi Anh Yeu Em (This is a good one too, also sung by Phan Dinh Tung)
BK: Thi Tham Mua Xuan - with techno remix
BK: Le Da
Celebrated Phuong's Birthday on Saturday
The Dynasty from Sweet Dreams Pastries - White and Chocolate mousse between Vanilla and Chocolate chiffon
On Sunday, I went to a cousin's baby shower (Delicious party food!) and then a get- together at TP's for his birthday. A night of poker, karaoke, shots, laughs, and fun. Came home and got a good night's rest...month-end, year-end, and a shortened work week meant work overload.
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