Golden Dragon Parade
Today I went to Chinatown, Downtown Los Angeles to check out the Golden Dragon Parade with my mom and dad. The parade was scheduled to start at 1 p.m., but they didn’t start until almost 2 p.m. and it seemed to last a little more than half an hour. I was surprised to see so many people there, and they are many people from different nationalities, not just Asian. It’s as if everyone was there to celebrate and have fun. When I was taking photos, I found out how hard it was to take photos of Chinese New Year. The color red just pops out in all different shades of what I really want on the camera, but I’m sure many photographers know why it does that. It’s so annoying. Haha.
Halloween
Since Halloween was yesterday, I figured I should blog about it first. So after my dentist appointment in the morning, I went to hang out with Sherry, Sophia, Shirley and Joanne for the rest of the day. We first went to Ralph’s to buy all the food we wanted for barbeque, and Sherry bought a whole lot of drinks. Haha. Then Sherry drove us up to the San Gabriel Mountains.
We got ourselves a table where there was a grill set up for people who wanted to barbecue. This is where we got ourselves a table to sit down and set up what we had. Shirley didn’t want to look at the camera because she was trying to get her 99 cents tiara from the package.
Here’s Shirley showing off her 99 cents tiara. Haha. She was also known as Princess Shirley for the day!
Night Out With Friends
Updaaaaate. Haha. It actually feels good to update, but it really depends if I even have anything to show you guys. So, I actually have something! It was actually very great timing because I stayed at school to take the Upper Division Writing Proficiency Exam (UDWPE) this weekend, and I got to hang out with my friends (not from home) that came to celebrate my birthday again.
Niki, Bridget, Kanie, Suren, Avo and I went to eat at this restaurant called SanSai Japanese Grill in Sherman Oaks. The price of their food was very cheap, and it looked like they had a wide variety of Japanese food as well. I ordered the Steak Bowl (above), and it came with a salad of your choice as well. How cool is that? This meal alone cost around $7 at most. It tasted good, too, like the beef was moist, the salad was very refreshing.
Niki ordered the Spicy Sashimi Salad because Suren requested it for her. I had a few bites of the sashimi (raw fish), which was the red-orange looking mix, in the photo, and it tasted alright. It was a tad bit spicy, so I think if I ate more, I would’ve needed something to go along with it. I don’t think I would really order sashimi from this restaurant, though, because the restaurant is not your usual Japanese restaurant. I’m not saying it’s bad, it’s more just my preference.
Thanks to Suren for hooking everyone up at the ice skating rink that he works at. We all got in for free! We also got these tiny mittens for free, too. It was so nice of him to offer this. In this group photo (left to right), you have Bridget, Avo, me, Kanie, Niki’s two friends, and Niki herself.