lately but that's another story :D. But I'm one of those people who does things to push the limits of
my mind and body. Trail running is one of those things. I absolutely love being out in the mountains.
And every time I conquer my fear of heights running slowly along some narrow single track or
catching myself before tripping on some rock or root, I love everything about trail running a little bit more.
And I really missed it this week. I missed it so much that after I came back from my trip (see below)
I signed up for another race, but only the Pacifica 30km on July 5th. I could probably be ready to run 50km by then but I promised that I was going to pace myself this year.
This weekend I had to deal with another challenging thing that I love, my family.
I was in LA for my sister's wedding.
I struggled with balancing Chinese tradition, it's formality/rigidity, and it's surpression of my true sense of self because
of my sister. I chose to go through the weekend with my tattoos covered up in makeup or
clothing so that I wouldn't have to deal. Yeah... It was a long weekend.
Lots of ceremonies. Lots of food. Lots of family. Lots of bling.
Lots of 20k yellow diamond rings and head to to designer outfits and Porsche minivans. Sigh.. And
sometimes ridiculous amounts of craziness that was almost hilariously fun.
It had its ups and downs but in the end, everything turned out okay.
I will post more photos when my sister gets them back from the photographer.
But here are some initial highlights including the awesome Oski (the Cal mascot) Grooms cake my sister made. Actually,
he's the mascot of the weekend. Something simple, cool, made with love (like the wedding), but can't necessarily
appear without a hitch. My sister put me in charge of Oski and her Teddy Bears (W2 and Walter...um that's another long post) because they are delicate and they are things that she loves. At least that's what I'm hoping... Anyways Oski is made of fondant over rice crispy treats. The fondant was pretty dry and he was pretty compact except for his arms, shoes, and his Cal banner. All I had to assemble were his flag and his shoes right before the reception. Easy right? Nope...while carrying Oski's shoes and flag in a box to the cake table, my sister's friend tripped on the platform, the box landed on the table with a loud thump,
and Oski's flag hit the table hard. Let's just say that it was good I had super glue in my purse for fixing my expensive but shoddily made designer shoes. If you look closely at Oski's banners there are cracks in it....And he looks like he really needs more pot...
This is the Wii Grooms Cake my sister made for the December wedding. Cool huh?
This is me after fifty layers of makeup done by a professional. The updo is pretty cool though..
