September 17, 2007
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Weekend Update
Today’s blog is brought to you by the color, “Red“
I’ve been running the Nike Run Hit series for 4 years, and I still have to say that it is the race that I look forward to most. This year was really special because two church friends (tphong and Josh) participated. Quite surprising, since tphong is busy raising 3 kids, and Josh is not fond of running at all! Congratulations guys on finishing 5 miles!
Saturday’s lineup included
- Naughty By Nature
- Dawn Robinson from En Vogue
- The Sugarhill Gang
- Sir Mix-a-Lot
- MC Hammer (headliner)
Unfortunately, you will have to wait for the artists’ pictures this year, since I am dependent on other sources (Hint hint!). Once those pix come in, I’ll give you the scoop on each of them and their performances. In the meantime, here is a shot of my sister and I before the race, inside enemy territory (aka the LA Coliseum). My thanks to fellow Club Run LA member, Norman for the photo.
Funny anecdote after the race: I received a lunchtime call from my neighbor Stan, who asked me if I was in Chinatown. He said that, since he and the family were there having dim sum at Empress Pavilion, and noticed that about a third of the patrons there were wearing those Run Hit Remix shirts!
I don’t know why this is, but why does it seem that every time I have a great run and watch Bruin football afterwards, the Bruins get smoked? I was livid and screaming at the TV as I couldn’t believe how poorly the Bruins played. I usually watch games until the end, but in my frustration I turned off the tube.
You may have heard of treating others after a job promotion. But have you ever heard of treating others after being waived of relocation costs? Well, one year ago, my friend Eric’s present company hired him and paid for his move down from Washington. Turns out that if Eric had lost his job within the year, he would have been responsible for those expenses. So, he was generous enough this past weekend to take some of us friends out to some Chinese dinner.
It struck me as odd that when I entered the restaurant, there were respectively aligned rows of beers and wine that were available! Wine at a Chinese place? Well, that aside, we all had good eats and a good time catching up, courtesy of Eric. And thanks to VZICKS, I know now about the story behind the “finger tapping” on serving tea.
Comments (3)
All that about UCLA’s meltdown, and nothing about the Dodgers? At least Bonds is leaving the Giants.
Oh let’s not even go there!
haha i’m with nathan mates… i don’t like bonds.. i watched part of bonds on bonds (yeah i’m a espn chick) and well.. it was horrendous… ack… i like red =) good color choice =) and i cna’t do empress pavillion for dim sum… the last time i went, i was sooo claustrophobic.. i ended up having a mild anxiety attack… so next time, i’ll do the take out dimsum place next door… all the empress pavillion food, without the empress pavillion atmosphere *whew* and i LOVE LOVE LOVE HE-MAN! da da da da da da da da da da da dum! =) that’s to the tune of he-man of course.. an di loved she-ra too.. used to look for the little hiding thing in every episode… HAHAHAHAHAH
we better win this weekend against nd… if not. that’s SAD with a capital S-A-D! ack…