Engagement

I got engaged!!

I couldn’t believe it – Peter surprised me on Saturday by planning a trip to Vegas. First, he tricked me into thinking we are having lunch with his friend’s family. We were on a rush because we had to buy his little boy a birthday present. Instead of stopping by the mall, he drove all the way to the airport (I live only 15 minutes away). At first I thought we were going to Disneyland, after all, it is the happiest place on Earth, but instead we ended up in Las Vegas.

We had dinner and he got sick. So he ended up going to the bathroom while I had $5 for the slot machine. After my first game on the Harley Davidson nickel machine, I won $40!! Of course, I cashed out because I will never win again. Then we used that money to go on the Eiffel Tower. Then he asked me if I loved him and then he proposed to me!! He put the ring on a necklace we bought together during the day. (unfortunately, I was so excited about my ring that we lost the necklace).

Then we did it again on the Gondola at Venetian hotel. It was so nice because they sang to us. Anyhow, this is the most memorable Valentine’s weekend.

~* *~ Happy Chinese New Year ~ * * ~

~* *~ Happy Chinese New Year ~ * * ~

I went to this Chinese Celebration for Utahns. It was a very sad experience for me. The special speaker was the Utah governor, who adopted a Chinese daughter and spoke Chinese. It was really interesting to see that. The weird part was that during the 3 hours, more than half of the performances were Western with few Chinese traditions. I know I am not exactly a true FOB and I integrated well into the American culture, but I think I am still well verse in Chinese and know some basic traditions. As I was watching the show, I realized my kids would be shafted from Chinese culture. It’s weird that Chinese has centuries of culture, but there are few opportunity to see them. It would be horrible if my kids can’t speak Chinese, doesn’t know anything about its culture, and just be lost. Another weird thing is, there are a lot of mixed children in Utah, and majority of them do not learn Chinese. That is true for 100% Chinese kids, but the govenor’s child seemed to be more curious of the Chinese culture than Chinese kids with Chinese parents. What would happen to our kids?

Because of that, I decided that I wanted to make a Chinese New Year’s dinner. I was going to make the turnip cake – but once I realize that steaming takes ~1.5 hours. I have to give it up for tonight. I guess going out to eat would be much more realistic. Anyhow, who knows, maybe my kids would never be interested in Chinese and I would be too tired to teach them Chinese and that would be the end of Chinese line for my family.