Went out to dinner with Kenneth yesterday on Clement. It's a really cute area. Quaint, as Kenneth called it. Definitely will go back and check it out again. Great date course, if you're ever in need of one. haha. Too bad it was lost on us. We went to a restaurant called "Q." Then headed over to a cute cafe across the street.

While I was waiting for Kenneth (because he got lost), I took my time and walked around. A LOT of dim sum places... found this one place my mom likes to get chicken jjim man doo. There's a really quaint little bookstore that sells a whole bunch of random books too.

I love discovering new things in the city. More to come...

I watched "eternal sunshine of the spotless mind" last night with my sister. Very different movie than what I'm used to, but I enjoyed it. Need to go over it in my head a few more times to make sense of it.

I went in to talk to my boss about completing my 6 month performance review. I can't believe it's been that long already. I'm excited to see what the next year brings. Hopefully, more work. :)

I lost self-control this weekend, but not to worry, I found it hiding under the bed. Diet is back on, but I will spare you the details from now on. I'm determined to SHOW you the difference, not whine about the lack of it.

My newest project: I always have a hard time picking out restaurants in the city. So I have this mini notebook I'm going to carry around in my wallet. If I go to a new restaurant that I like, I'm going to write it down just so that if we happen to be in a neighborhood and can't figure out where to eat, to the book we'll go. Don't expect too much yet... I'm the type that likes to go to the same restaurants over and over again.

It's 4pm on Friday and I'm still at work. Boss won't leave....

I know, I'm spoiled.

Day 12: Decided to weigh myself this morning, seeing that I'm going to be semi-ending my diet tomorrow. Total tally for 11 days: 6 pounds. I'm gonna use this as a reminder to not go crazy with the dim sum tomorrow. You don't know how excited I am to eat whole-wheat anything and fruit!

I'm such a bad friend... just haven't been keeping track of dates. But

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KENNETH!!!!!

Valley Fair is a ridiculously large mall. You know it's big when you get lost inside the mall. There was so much stuff to look at that I couldn't shop. That's a funny concept to me. You would think, more selection, therefore more purchases. But I just got so sick of seeing so much junk by the end of the night I was too tired to sort through it.

Another highlight from the Clay Aiken concert I forgot to mention: He sang a Steven Curtis Chapman song, who just so happens to be my favorite all time musical artist.

I went to the Kelly Clarkson/Clay Aiken concert last night. Those two can sing~! They can belt it out, and it seems so effortless.We went for Lilliene's birthday. Man, she was loving it. Of course, I enjoyed it too... I just didn't go crazy like she did.

It amazed me to see pre-teens hooched out... I'm guessing to see Clay. On our way to the Arena from the parking lot, we saw a girl, she had to be 12, wearing the shortest mini-skirt I had ever seen.

It's funny how Kelly is the original American Idol, and Reuben is the second Idol, yet, Clay seems to have the greatest following. The crowd just went crazy for Clay. Wonder if it's more than just the dork-turned-popular appeal.

We sat pretty close to the stage, only we had side seats. So I got a lot of profile shots, unless they walked towards our side of the stage. I got some pretty good pictures... looks like I'm in the first row because they're so up close. But really, they're just pictures of the projection on the screen. hahaha. I did what I could.