Huntington Library - Japanese Garden

Welcome to the Japanese Garden!!!
Extremely pretty Japanese style plus Japanese house/building.
Feels like I am in Japan while walking around the area.
But that day was too cold, and I was too hungry...
Don't worry I'll be back during summer time~

Japanese tress, bridge, and bonsai... Yes, I feel like I am in Japan right now!

Pretty wooden stairs~

Japanese style entry way~

Welcome to the Bonsai garden!!!



Japanese style house!!!!

Interior of the house!

Interior of the house~

Bamboo trees...where is the panda?

Feels really fun walking inside this walk path!

extremely cool looking tree~

Huntington Library - Bonsai

So many pretty Bonsai in Huntington Library~

Huntington Library - Chinese Garden

The main reason why I wanna go to Huntington Library is Chinese Garden.
I heard they even hired people from China to complete the work!
Amazing~~~ I guess China labor is much cheaper than people in USA.

Pretty huh???

Bridge... this type of bridge is everywhere in China. PRETTY!

A lot of movies were filmed here~~~ walking around the garden makes me feel like walking around palace in China.

Tons of people chatting, eating and drinking tea.
Sadly I didn't bring any snack... I was so hungry... I barely would walk.
Next time I will bring tons of food so I can picnic around this pretty garden!

Another view of the bridge... and yes, you are in USA not China~

Huntington Library - Desert Garden

Desert Garden...
All the plants here are HUGE!!!

Desert... Desert... Desert... 90% in there are Cactus~

Desert Garden

Pretty red flowers from the Aloe plant. (I think this is Aloe plant)

see see see... all kinds of cactus!!! They have spikes all over them... SCARY~

Aloe.. super huge!!! Taller and bigger than me!

Tucker's Birthday Gift!

Jan. 13 2010 was Tucker's 8 yr old birthday!!!
Birthday = GIFT...
I got him a really cute gift toy but sadly he killed it within 2 hrs.
I didn't even have a chance to take pic of his brand new toy.

Tucker Boy~ Tucker Boy~ Good Boy~ Good Boy~

Look all the cotton balls... Tuck just had to chew up this new toy in no time~

That little dark brown toy on the side is Tuck's favorite toy~
Whenever I say "Tuck, where is your toy???"
Tuck would totally run all over the house looking for his toy~

Sorry toy... your face is all messed up now~

He loves it~~~~

Seafood Fest~

I love oysters... Hong loves oysters... 2 dozen is never enough when we visit the Boiling Crabs. Well, Toan mentioned to us that we can go to the Boiling Crab and buy 100 unshocked oysters for $50. Sweet Deal!!! Normally @ the restaurant it's $14 for 1 dozen... We ordered a BOX of oysters and 3 live crabs. While the boys are opening up the oysters Hong was busy cooking the crabs. 2 steamed and 1 satue... Man, the Satue one was super super good! I wish I asked Hong to Satue all 3 crabs...

Oh, I totally forgot about my BBQ Piegons... They are good too but no one dare to eat it except me! YUM~ Wish we can eat like this every weekend~ Mmn, what kinda fest should we have next weekend?

2010 Mystery Bags

Went to Mitsuwa supermarket this early morning! Mom must go to Mitsuwa Jan. 1st of every year cuz they would give out free gift to the first 100 customers. This year its the year of Tiger to Mitsuwa gave us Tiger deocration. Super cute!!! Along with the free gift I bought two mystery bags!!! Its $20 each bag but the gifts inside worth way more than $20 dollar! Take a look at all the gifts I got from the two bags! Amazing happy~ Best part about it is that everything is made in JAPAN too!!!! I gotta show off to others who missed out the chance~ I will be back again next year! Happy New Year!

Cute white tigers from Mitsuwa market!

While taking photos of my myster bags and gifts Tuck wanna be in the photo too!
He is great, knows how to pose for the camera.

See see see... so much gifts for $40 dollars!

Shea butter creams, lotion, socks, razors, masks, shampoo, makeup remover cottons.. so much things~

air freshner for the frig, air frshner for the car, face cleanser, shampoo, body wash, two big bottles of hot spring spa mix, nail filers, hair band, and etc... So good!!!!

迎曙光 早安! 20010～

早安! 20010～

大家的跨年夜是怎麼度過的？我呢？還是選擇在家裡度過。不過當看到好友要去看日出時，實在也好心動，可是..........厚～我可能爬得起來？靈機一動，看日出何必出 門？明天一早如果天氣好的話，躺在家裡就可以看日出啦～ 清晨6點多就自動醒了，望望窗外還只是一片灰濛濛的!

6:20am View from my patio... Sun is coming out!!!

6:20am... The moon is still up~

6:40am the Sky is getting brighter!

Good Bye Moon... See ya tonight~

Tuc Sleeping On Top Of My Bag & Jacket

So tired last night, went to sleep early!!!
This is what I saw when I wake up... hahaha
Tucker Boy sleep on top of my bag and jacket!
Amazing that he didn't feel any back pain.

Red Rock Canyon

The red is all red. Amazing cool!

I saw people climbing the rocks and hiking... As for me, photos photos photos..okie next stop... It's too cold ~~

Not all the rock around the area are RED. So it's pretty cool to see some red and some not red rocks~

Able to see snow on the mountain~

Red Rock Canyon is very close by Las Vegas~~~ since I went to Vegas 4 days this time, I decided to do something other than gamble. Red Rock is an area of world wide geologic interest and beauty. 15 miles away from Red Rock Canyon is all the Casinos, which super tall buildings, all you can eat buffet, man-made everything. Here you get the see extremely red looking rock!!! Good part about here is that visitors can do some hiking and camping~ The weather is extremely cool the date I went so no hiking for me, but I will go back again during summer time and explore it again! It's really cheap to get in too, only $5!!! Good deal!!! Once you enter into the Canyon there is a 13 miles scenic drive... you can stop at any point to take photos or check out. The road is one way street so there is no way anyone can be lost!!!! I had a wonderful time here!!! After coming here I realized that I should do more outdoor traveling since I am still young~~~ ^__^~ I am trying to plan out which national park I should go next month!!! My goal is to go to at least one national park per month!!! Hopefully I can do it!!!

I saw an amazing thing this time is that, a Korean family took their own stove, and cook HOT SPICY instant noodles at the picnic... That was so COOL!!! In cold day eating hot spicy instant noodles, I love it! I wanna do that next time too! Me and my Japanese instant Noodle!

Big 2 for little Marcus

Marcus aka little Monchhichi is turning big 2 !!! Rocio was very kind to invest me, Hong, and Sunil to his birthday party. Oh man, Marcus was super cute!!! He doesn't really care about birthday...party...gifts... All he wants is watch his CARS dvd and pinata (which is full of candies). He is so cute!!!! He is my son-in-law..wahahaha Gotta hurry with baby Lin~~

Not only Marcus is cute, baby Vince is cute too!!! Check out part time dad, Sunil!!! Man, he is the perfect daddy to be guy!!! Vince totally loves him!!!

Happy Birthday Marcus

Welcome Tucker Wilson

Welcome Mr.Tucker Wilson to the Lin's family....
I have adopted him few weeks ago!!! The very first sight I saw him I know he will be part of the family for the rest of his life!!! He is super cute Corgi!!!! Everyone in the family loves him! Mom thinks his name is Tucker is too hard, she decided to name him Taco now..wahahaha Yo Quiero Taco Bell!!!

Tsuruhashi Restaurant

Another Japanese BBQ place in Orange County. This place is not as expensive as Anji, but you get what you pay for... The service is extremely nice! Waitress kept coming back with new cup of hot tea! Overall the meat is good, service is excellent but the only thing I don't like about this rest. is that the sauce they offered for the meat isn't the sauce I like. Since it's my first time here I order the weekday special for $25 dollars I get 4 types of meat to try. Along with my order I asked for a big bowl of rice...errr $3 dollars! Expensive rice but it's really good! Mmn, I would rather pay a little more for Anji.

Orange County Great Park

sky is so blue today~~~ Excellent day for a free balloon ride~


Love the sky~
Second time going to the Great Park. I was going to take my cousins for a balloon ride so they can see the whole OC but too many people in line for the ride. Next time~~~ The balloon is no longer Orange Orange.... fade from the weather. The last time I came here was beg. of 2009 where I took Lucky here. Had a great time with him... miss him dearly~