A transition from 2011 to 2012
Looking back at 2011, my year of changes.
At the beginning of 2011, me and Rachel need to do so many things to prepare for our wedding in June. Luckily, everything went in order and it was one of our happiest moments in our five-year relationship.
June 13th, 2011 – the long waited wedding of me and Rachel in Ho Chi Minh, VIetnam. With more than 800 guests, 70 tables, 5 photographers, everyone was really happy, it was a very successful wedding.
August 12th to August 17th, 2011 – Our Honeymoon in Kauai – Hawaii. A beautiful island, with so many things to see, so many thing to do. We drive all around the island, we went on a cruise to the Napali Coast, we saw many falls and we stayed in one of the biggest hotel/resort in Kauai. Just love our trip here, and we promised to come back to Kauai in our 5th anniversary.
Dec 16th, 2011 – the day that I could never forget, the day that me and Rachel had waited for more than 4 years to come. It was our graduation day – the day that we are officially done with school. One more thing that made it a much more special day is because it was also my father’s 52nd birthday.
Dec 23rd to Dec 27th, 2011 – our first road trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles. Not a super long drive but it was something that will stay in our memories forever, like a milestone.
Dec 31st to January 1st, 2012 – New Year’s Eve, marked my 5th year in the United States | San Francisco. Watched fireworks with my wife and some other friends at the Ferry Building. Always great to have family and good friends around while you are 15,000 miles away from home.
Jan 3rd to Jan 10th, 2012 – A trip to the East Coast with my wife. Our first destination was Washington, DC. It was a really cold day with icy streets and strong winds in Georgetown. We enjoyed our stay in DC, went to lots of museums, and walked a lot, in overall DC is beautiful minus the cold weather. Then we took Amtrak for 3 hrs to get to New York. Great ride. This was my second time in New York but first time for Rachel. I came to New York 4 years ago in a 2 days visit with my parents, we were in a rush so we didn’t really enjoy the city. But this time was different, we had more time so we can come to many parts of the city and we understand it more as a diverse city not just a busy city with thousands of people rushing to work. I also had a chance to meet with my friends in school, thanks to Phoebe.
Right after we got back to San Francisco, we dive into the progress of job searching, Rachel was not very lucky in it but we hope for the best.
Jan 12th, 2012 – Marked our five-year relationship. I bought a glass terrarium for Rachel and we put it together – She loves it, everyone loves it. We had dinner at Sanuki in Japantown than we went for movie, Mission Impossible 4.
Jan 16th, 2012 – Rachel felt like she wants to start writing again, this is a great news for me as I always wanted Rachel to continue her writing. A way for her to relax but also her writing is wonderful. She reviews her WordPress account and she will post on it from now on. This also made me want to write my blog although my writing is not that good, or you can say it sucks but I think it’s a good way for me to reduce my stress.
So, that’s it for today. Hopefully, I have something to share in the next few days.
hihihi…hay!!!!