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I am really enjoying these Furlough Fridays. Weekends don't seem as rushed and I am able to spend more time with family and friends. It sounds idealistic in a way but it's true. I've always complained about how there is not enough time in the day to do the things I want/need to get done. Now there is. This weekend, for example, has been enjoyable in every sense of the word.

Thursday night Koy had asked me to go out to Badlands with her. Ehhh. I was already running off of 4 hours of sleep from the night before and I had planned to hit up SF on Friday. "I had a bad day at work yesterday and I just want to unwind and have someone to talk to." Fine... I gave in. Andy, Koy, Ben and Chris picked me late that night and we made our way to Badlands. What a dud. There was no one there and there were ugly go-go dancers on the platforms. The highlight was that they were selling $3 Long Islands. Nothing special but I didn't pay for them so I can't complain. Thanks Ben and Andy. Danced a little. Went outside in the terrace and chatted. There were more people outside than inside. How sad. Someone from our group decided to go across the street to Faces so I reluctantly followed. Not much better and there was a cover. Blahhh. The night was almost over anyways so Koy and I just talked by the pool. Before we knew it, the security peoples were giving us the boot. Fine then... We hit up Lyon's afterwards for a late night meal. Food wasn't the best but it's what I expected. Thank you Andy for treating us - again!

Friday morning woke up around 10 and made my final decision to drive down to the Bay. Dicked around for a bit and swapped cars with my sister. Finally left Sac around a little after 11:30. Stopped off at Wells Fargo in Davis to get cash and dropped by the Asian store in Pacific East Mall to get more G =) This time I got the pink per Nikki's recommendation! Excitement. Picked up Chris at his house around 1 something and headed straight to Eric's. By this time I was famished. I was saving my stomach but I didn't realize it would take this long before I'd get foodage. Eric suggested this place in Richmond but wasn't too sure of the name. Hot in the Pot? Yes... sounded like a place I'd enjoy! We walked in and the Fong Lik San look alike greeted us like every other Chinese waiter/ress, "幾多位?" No carts here. Just a piece of paper and a pencil to submit your order. For the shit of it I feel like listing out everything that we had... if I can remember of course. Daan taat, ma lai gou, ha cheung, yu pin cheung, chin chang gou, sin juk guen, paai gwat faan, fu pei guen, lau lin sou, xo jeung jin loh baak gou, loh baak gou, pou taat, wu gok, loh maai gai and gaau choi gwo!!! Waahhh so much food wor~ We challenged ourselves to eat everything but we ultimately failed. I was satisfied though.

You're welcome.

Dropped The Jim off at home but after deciding to go the park instead of downtown SF he came out (no pun intended) again to play. Play we did! After our hope to paddle boats in the murky water was crushed we decided to walk around instead. It was a nice ass walk... and plenty interesting as well. We saw turtles - lots of them too! hehee. We walked up a flight of steps and played some more. Log. Pee. Waterfall. Rocks. Chinese temple. I had fun. You?

TBC...

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As promised I am finishing what I started. After our visit to GG Park we dropped Jim off and made our way to downtown SF. I fell asleep on the way so the ride over was pretty much a blur... but it was a NICE nap nevertheless! Chris decided to leave us and so Eric and I were left alone to explore. Our first stop was Westfield. Nothing much. I was tempted to buy an LV wallet but I figured I should save my money for something bigger and better. Besides, $225 for a card holder doesn't seem too reasonable =/ He suggested we check out A/X but I already knew what they had. We were in and out of there in less than 5 minutes. Disappointment up to this point. Then it was Macy's, H&M and then Urban... The only thing I got was a collared shirt from H&M - better than nothing, right?

Ride home was short. It took a little over an hour for me to make it back to Davis from SF. Met up with Lany, Hollis and Jarming at Bistro 33rd just before they closed at 12. Helped Jar drink some of her Long Island and the waiter picked out a glass of red for me. Within 3 gulps that shit was gone. Walked over to Sophia's and had more - mojito and Hoogarden. The creepy Mexican dude that owned B&B was there too - Felipe. *shudders* After Sophia's we made our way to Burgers & Brew where I ordered the pear cider and avocado turkey sandwich. Mhmm... Ughhhh ended up spending the night at Jarming's on her 'futon'. Oh man that shit was hella small. Woke up and decided to walk to Safeway to purchase toiletries for lack of anything else better to do. Woke Jar up around 12 and we left to Cafe Bernardo for Lany's b-day lunch. Lunch was good. Food was alright but the company was much appreciated. Black Forest cake from Ettore's. Yum. ^^

Went to New Station later on for Poh Poh, Gung Gung and Auntie Ginger's birthday. Gung Gung ordered woh choy and it was bomb! The lobster in particular was succulent and sweet!!! Aside from the damn flies that kept buggin', I thoroughly enjoyed the dinner with everyone.

More dim sum early Sunday afternoon with mommy, daddy and moi. I treated this time. How nice, huh?!!! Dinner with Jim, Toby and Andrews later last night. Thai food - yay! Done.