"summer days drifting away to oh oh the summer nights..."

| summer 01 | asia 01 | summer 00 |

when you spend alotta time with a group of ppl, you pick up their mannerisms, no?

  • dinger: "sooo good!"
  • lindalu: "this is crap!"
  • everyone: "su-mi-ma-sen."
  • mike/brooke: "ooooh." "not so much."

    kyoto stickperic: sally, linda, shiba, bess

    fun memories:

  • lindalu's parents: "shopping is a disease. therefore, we cannot support it."
  • me to vivien: "are you winking at me?"
  • vivien: "am i?" *wink, wink*
  • lindalu: *blink wink*
  • shiba: "uh huh." *nod, nod* "yeah, yeah, yeah." *nod, nod, nod*
  • bessma: "there are numerous emergency measures."
  • mike: "i loooove pearl tea."

    tokyo stickperpic - we look scary! from top left: dinger, linda, brian, sally

    brian-san's list

    #1 do not leave the toilet seat up in a girl's apt
    #2 do not cry in front of them
    #3 do not send a pic via email holding a sign that says "please"
    #4 do not call excessively
    #5 do not point out a girl's blemishes
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    temple hopping in kyoto, japan

    bessma and i picking up some students in kimonos


    dinger and brian-san showing us how you're supposed to do it sally and linda's first attempt at the maraca game me: "why did you take a pic of our backs?" brian: "you guys were soooo close to the screen." i thought you were supposed to shake them to the screen. lol. at an arcade in tokyo:


    i miss ice cream vending machines, calpis in tokyo!

    sally and dave at the tokyo fish market shiba, me, and vivien before entering the food machinery convention from top left clockwise: jason, vivien, bessma, me, brian, shiba, dinger, linda about to hop on a ferry to go back to our hotel after the machinery convention me, bessma, and linda enjoying a night in downtown shinjuku alright – more karaoke! me holding the mike to brian to start our group off with Boyz II Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You” su-mo! yeah, we couldn’t take our eyes off of them our brush with fame – actually, we have no idea who’s this sumo wrestler – lol. from left: dinger, me, bessma, dave, and justin



    vivien, me, jason: it's pure coincidence we happen to sit together when eating! lol

    us in a noodle house claimed to be 100 yrs old in kyotous after the tokyo stock exchange at a chinese restaurant; yeah, that’s brooke next to jason


    beijing: i'm so glad that it got the 2008 olympics!

    the start of my shot glass collection at hard rock. from top left: brian-san, dinger, sally, shiba, vivien, jason yeah, we miss american food. at the rainforest cafe, from left: vivien, bessma, sally, dave, brian, dinger jason, sally, bessma catapulting. i laughed the whole time. too bad we didn't buy the video. dinger and brian (w/ his rolled up sleeve to prevent that farmer tan- lol) greeting me at the forbidden palace that’s where jason, brian, me, michelle spent our first night in beijing – at the bowling alley in our hotel! poor peking duck – only half of us ate it. jason, shiba, brian justin and me rickshawing our way through beijing



    i got a shirt that says "i climbed the great wall of china" for $1. lol.

    bessma's great idea that got a clear view of me, her, and fuzzy view of larue-san, etc jason's great idea of me falling off the great wall. it's more me looking like an idiot. gotta have the pic with the former UVA roommie - me and bessma i started a trend by getting a pic with larue-san and dr. yu another bessma great idea: me, bessma, vivien, dinger, brooke, david


    shanghai + hong kong = more shopping! of course, we did other things:

    shiba, me, vivien, bessma, linda and our greasy selves after eating at victoria’s peak cafe brian, me, dinger, bessma, linda, vivien, hen, charles having dinner in hong kong brian, dinger, me, shiba, jason showing our team spirit before the lama island trip one of the few times that i’m not sleeping! dinger and shiba dozing off on the bus during a long drive in pudon district we couldn't have take pics in the theatre but i snagged one of bessma and linda before the miss saigon show in hong kong


    hawaii baby! a perfect ending to an awesome trip

    mich swinging around the rain forest on our tour with cousin stratton caroline, linda, michlle, and me shopping at international market place caroline, linda, me, and michelle with our fresh leis at a luau me pointing to my faded turtle tattoo - so much for long life

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