Tim Vossler Hits Beijing!! WOoOOOo

Tim Vossler, now known as  Dr. Tim (Dr. Vossler if we're being formal) just finished med school at USC! CONGRATS!!! *CLAP CLAP CLAP* AND he decided to take a trip to Beijing and visiting his great friend (and one of my favorite people) Mr. Will Panza before starting residency at LA County.  Actually, he finished over a month ago, but my post is a bit late.  Anyway, I'm going to keep writing as if he were just here. Dr. Tim chipped chipped his tooth on his first day here, and after many nights of serious contemplation, we decided to let the dentists back in the states handle this.  Not because we aren't totally capable of performing such an act, but because it adds character!  Since I've been in China,  I haven't had a chance to see any doctors or pay any visits to the international hospital, so it was really such a treat having an in house doctor.  Thank you for answering all 254 of our questions, and being such a wonderful guest and shopping buddy.  Here are some photos from the two weeks!  We all went to some touristy places--Hou Hai (The man-made lake with bars and restaurants surrounding it), The Temple of Heaven (I trust you can decipher the temple from the photos), and also watched Tim eat some scorpions...

♡ Daisy 

Photos from Way Back When?

I've been in Bejing for 2 months now.  I'm getting into a routine of scrambling my a$$ to work (on time lately I might add), hitting the gym, putting a dent in the clothing market, visiting the local stand for veggies, and taking the subway back home while listening to Thanh Thanh's, Alexis's, or my own mix.  Beijing is such a large city; there are buildings to the horizon in every direction you look, and people around every corner...quite literally.  The weather is getting nicer; pretty soon I can shed my winter coat for the season and whip out the SHORTS!!! (pants are so constricting >:(  )

I flip through photos whenever I have some time to myself.  I like to take photos of people I love, people I just met, and people I don't know.  Life is simple, love is sweet.  Love is simple, life is sweet.  If you want to believe in something, it's yours.

Here is a two part series of photos I've compiled over the last few years.  The first set is just from photobooth on my macbok.  They're not particularly artsy or fancy, and they may not mean anything to you, but these sweet memories are what I hold closest to my heart.  I hope you all have memories you can conjure up this quickly with your loved ones as I do.  I am so thankful for all of you.  We may have been in a hurry, feelin' the mood, or just hangin' in the great company of each other.  Life was good; life is good; life will continue to be good having known you all; I can't wait for all of you I have yet to meet, and the adventures we will all have.

I love you guys, I miss you back home.  Thank you for all these times we've had, to be given this feeling to miss you guys, and the overwhelming feeling of joy when I flip through these pictures.  They say a picture says a thousand words; I don't think you need that many to know what's up.

1. Please note the Husky Pride--All three colored sweatshirts featured with Leo in the photos
2. Not all my closest friends are in my photobooth :( Don't worry you'll be in the next post!
3. Miss you all :)

Sleeping in Ode

 

Playing WOW on the big screen & wireless keyboard...so cool

Vegas for Darka's 21st ;)

 

Getting ready for Dragon Eye in HK

Shanghai Frands!

that's not a double chin

Totoro by my mother

Sleeping in Lecture.... -____-'' Thanks Pig

Ray's Teeth...

What What.. in the Butt?

It was Ash Wednesday?

 

My lovely sister

Princess Jasmine :)

Making something real speshul

Dobbie & Me

 

My place at UW :) Graduation gift

Luna & Artemis =^__^=

HELLLLLOOO AVICII!!

 

 

Love,
Me

CNY 2013 Taipei

Hello All!

As some of you know, I'm overseas now in China for work.  I was so lucky to meet my family in Taipei for CNY.  My dad and May flew to Taipei to meet me for a few days.  We celebrated with all corners of the family, which was something we had not had the chance to do for years.  And to put the icing on the cake, one of my best friends & roomies, Thanh Thanh, from college came to visit me for a few days too! Here are some photos from the week--meimei (still lovely at 11yo), bao bei (the bunny), nightmarkets, sick fishtanks in the mrt station, and most importantly stinky tofu ;) Wishing you all a lovely year ahead.

♡  Daisy 

Already feeling like home :)

Hi all!  I've been in Beijing for a week officially as of Tuesday.  Things have been going smoothly, although my Chinese could definitely use some work.  I was a bit afraid of the pollution/smog that has been reported in Beijing, but things have cleared it (some days, the AQI index is the same as Seattle's).  Work has been nice, people in Beijing are helpful, and my room mate and coworkers are also fantastic. Also, I have the next 7 days off, which isn't too shabby after one week of work :)

There are so many people in the city that it seems sometimes they seem to blend into one another, but everyone still retains innate characteristics of kindness, love, and stress (the latter more often than I'd like to see ;) ) And with more people here, these kind acts also seem more prevalent.  The lines between age, sexes, and ethnicity become blurred thoughtfully.  Of course, with more people there also comes a wider spectrum of mannerisms--some of which are negative, but as they-- say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I think Beijing is pretty beautiful.

Thank you especially to my new lovely friends Ryan and Will for being so great during my first week here. I'm looking forward to exploring more of this city.  Also, for those of you who haven't heard I've acquired a dog and cat at our new apartment :)  This is Niu Niu (pretty girl) and Den Long (Lantern).  Niu Niu was 10 kwai (~$1.50) and Ryan found Niu Niu living in a spare tire as a kitten; she was so skittish at first, she enjoyed hiding in a hanging paper lantern for the first two months.  Here are some photos from my first weekend here!

Happy Lunar New Year!

♡  Daisy 

Isla (de) Camano

My boyfriend Robbie lives a ways up north in Island County on Camano Island.  Camano is only an hour away from Seattle, but the city is completely different.  There are only a handful of traffic lights here, and only one road in and out of the city.  If you want to gather yourself, this is definitely the place to go.  We came up here one last time before my move to China next Monday.

Here are some shots from his backyard overlooking sunrise and sunset.  I haven't edited them at all so what you see is really what you get :)

Dream On :)

♡ Daisy