January 9, 2006
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Happy 2006
Been busy. Went to California to see how the other side of the world works during the Christmas. Couple of things I’ve noticed:
- Weather is a lot different. 68 degrees? During Christmas? What!?
- Cali natives thinking 68 degrees is cold and wear fleeces with their shorts and thongs
(what we call Flip-Flops in NYC)
- My brother’s wife’s family had about ~70 gifts under the tree.
- Me and my mom in NY? Man, should be lucky to get 4 if I ever got my lazy ass to get the Christmas tree from the garage and ornaments from the basement!
Then…Went to Las Vegas for New Year’s to see how the City of Sin works during New Year’s. More things I’ve noticed:
- Vegas is crazier than NYC!
- No ball is dropped at 12 am but at 9 pm instead.
- People still say “Happy New Year!” at 9 pm anyway…
- You can still lose a lot of money at nickel slots… AND penny slots…
- Never to early to take a baby to Vegas as my bro did (9 months!)
- Don’t turn off the light after a night of drinking and gambling and run to your bed at a hotel room….there might be a wall that unexpectedly “jumps” out at you!
Here are some pics:
The crazy crowd. Hardly got out of the hotel!
No ball drop? Just wait for the Countdown and then….
FIREWORKS!!!!
Just imagine Times Square without the Police Barriers. Yup. Utter chaos..
As for the lil incident with the wall at the hotel room, at least I got love from my niece, Avery. She got a nick, albeit a small one to match her uncle’s! (gotta look closely)
That’s Love!
Here’s to a good new year all!
- Weather is a lot different. 68 degrees? During Christmas? What!?
Comments (26)
noice! woohoo!!!
LUCKY ! vegas AND tahoe?! hmph! thats ok thats ok, i love cold wet snow slushy new york! yeah!
your niece is adorable
Hahahahahahaha.. only you could do something so.. not so smart. haha.
Damn you’re so lucky. I would have loved to be in vegas for new years! But did you just chill outside? Did you hit up any club or something?
btw: what you bring me bak
Banging into walls…brings the fond memory of walking into a parking meter in NYC for me..haha…
without even looking at the commentary i saw that matching love patch. she’s adorable! And not all california is like LA. I call it flip flops and it is cold! have a happy new year!
a “good times” booboo. now THAT’s “niiiiiiceeee”.
Sounds like a nice vaca. I live in Cali and still say flip flops. Who says thongs ? I mean thongs…. *giggles*
owie? hope u teach that wall a lesson for standing in ur way
thongs?! that’s so funny…brings me back to the day when i used to call them “thongs”. yep, i’m a cali girl. i NOW call them flip flops..well i have for a very long time now. i think i was teased into changing. glad you had fun in cali and vegas! the pics are great. i don’t think i could have done the crazy crowd thing. too many people.
ryc: WAIT. don’t get me wrong..i LOVE my girls and i wouldn’t change a thing..but if you have the choice…WAIT. =) and double wrap that thing.
be well.
cherilyn
u had such an awesome xmas and new years, so jealous! =P happy happy new year! yeah, u & linda should visit me at Club Axis the next time i bartend, prob next friday =)
cute fam! and who uses the word “albeit”?!?!?
just dropping by to wish u a Happy New Year.. im late..but better than never.. =)
omg avery’s adorable! look at those eyes!! she’s a perfect blend of parry & kim
vegas must’ve been awesome for new yr’s!! 
and what better place to get such a battle scar than in sin city itself 
sounds fun. oooh how i want to go to cali & las vegas. It’s funny I have relatives over there but I haven’t visited them, but that’s do to my lack of funds.
9pm sounds just too early for new years. That’s so weird. tsk. tsk.
Lol. jumping walls. hmm but i can’t tease you much, i’m much more clumsy, i always have at least one bruise on me at all times from some strange mishap or freak accident or from rocks that just like to leap in front of me and cause me to trip.
laterz & i hope no more crazy walls unexpectly jump out in front of you again. lol.
awww… she’s *so* cute! she looks like a little charlie brown character…. hehehhe
humm… run into a wall in the dark while drunk *or* prance around the living room like a drunk ballerina… you can always tell people that you beat up a 6’2” black man for taking your seat at the club…
ahhh im so jealous
my new years didnt consist of fire works! booooo!
omg, baby shen is adorable. =]
and why do u have a cut on your forehead!?!!
oh right.. hahaaha i just read it instead of skimmed through your pictures.
hahahahaha i HATE it when walls jump out infront of me!!!!
socal does get cold! it gets down to the 40s at night which is pretty cold for us even though it’s considered warm for many other parts of the world.=P I will be out there first week of feb-let me know if there’s any can’t miss things around that time.
happy belated new year! hope yours is off to a great start
J>H
i’ve missed your updates. stop being so busy and make me smile.
No updates in a while? Your offline life must be busy =) Anyhoo, hopefully your head has healed by now!
Those pics look awesome… cute kid too
Where you been it April this entry was made in January
yo felixxxxxxxxxxxxx. damn man we need to head out to ov and catch up. holla at a kid
=(
you’ve stopped updating…
what happened?
where are you?
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