Blogging Under The Influence

BUI.... maybe it would be a better, more liberated, way of blogging? Posts need not be perfectly composed. (FYI: this is just a thought, not actuality!)

Let's rewind a bit:

My second semester at AU went better than expected. I did well in all 3 of my classes despite the full-time internship. However, I wouldn't recommend leading a full-time double life (employee by day, student by night) to anyone who wants to stay away from words like breakdown, grumpy and undernourished.

Of the few breaks between work and the books:

Happy Birthday, Jan!

Party delegates

Dancing divas

Mike and I checked out the Cherry Blossom Festival around the Tidal Basin ...

There were a couple of adults-gone-drink happy at a friend's birthday party mid-semester:

I can't remember this at all.



You lookin at us?

The month of May: I turned 27. Uh-huh. I gathered a bunch of friends a few days before the 11th to help me rip up the dance floor. Yay-yuh. Well actually, the club got too crowded and I had to resort to pushing and dancing at the same time. Hey don't hate. A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Team Modern: Angela, Mike, Jo, Daniela, Josh, Lam, Taline and Claudia

Wassup foo.

Backing it up.

May 11th came with lots of rain (too bad for the graduating class of 2008 at AU). I happily celebrated it low-key style with Mike -- we went to see the movie Maid of Honor (really cheesy) and had a phenomenal dinner at Mie N Yu in Georgetown. It was one of the most relaxing and awesome birthdays I've had in a long time.

After the semester ended, Mike and I flew to Cali for some family time, Marnee Thai, the N Judah, boba, Juice Plus smoothie and filipino grub. I met his sister Jen, and Mike broke bread with my family. Here's us at Jen and Adam's new home, aka "the boot". It's about an hour and a half south of SF... where deers and anteaters roam free.

As I've said before, Mike is tall. His height rivals the redwood tree on the right.

Hangin out with the siblings ...

Dinner at Buca Di Beppo in SF. "Don't bring pie," said Rick.
Take note: mango mousse cake works better. Tried and tested by Mike.

Here's an attempt to be one with nature ... more specifically, Shenandoah National Park.

Left picture: Where's the elephant? Right Picture: The Big Cheese and the Sweet Pea


Ja Rouge, one of Mike's good buddies from the Peace Corps, came to hang out in DC for a weekend. Here's us after stuffing ourselves with delicious Lebanese food.

The kaak dessert was exquisite.

Not sure if I told most people but I was supposed to go to the Niger Delta this summer to assist an NGO with several of their community development projects. Well, I'm still in DC because my Nigerian plans went to mush. It's probably for the better because that area is a conflict zone and the Consular Officer who rejected my visa said that I will probably get kidnapped over there. My parents think that my visa rejection was a divine intervention because they were worried about me going there in the first place. Anyway, that's that and I'm in for some DC adventures this summer.