My roommate and long-time friend Nancy turned 24 on Monday, and we had celebrated over the weekend Friday with her coworkers and a few of good friends that we grew up with. Check out the two pictures below—that’s me, Nancy, and Judy in 1993 and now (plus Jean!) in 2009, 16 years later!
The interesting thing is that prior to Summer ‘08 when we moved in together, I hadn’t seen Nancy for about 10 years since I moved away from San Ramon and stopped attending the church that we grew up with. Coincidentally, we both ended up working in this area after college, and she needed a place to stay and found via Facebook that I too was looking for a roommate. As a product of living with Nancy, I’ve been getting back in touch with several others that she had kept in close contact with. Interestingly enough, even though I had been MIA for so many years, I found that we’re all still able to mesh well and that our childhood ties run deeper than one might expect from a bunch of kids that watched The Brave Little Toaster about 20 times over and slid down the stairs on a red mini-sofa while their parents communed and prayed together.
Yesterday, the four of us that work in South Bay decided to cook together and prepared meal of zarusoba, baked salmon, pesto pizza, nian gao (or “Rice Ovaletts” according to the packaging), salad, chocolate pie, and frozen yogurt. Eclectic yet delicious!
Our next potluck is supposed to be a curry cook-off, so stay tuned for that one; I intend to win this one as I’ve been getting in some good practice lately!
We spent the rest of the evening checking out a dance floor that Wei installed in his room; Wei and I tried to teach Josh and Nancy how to Lindy Hop, and they tried to teach us how to pop lock and drop it. I think I’ll stick with ballroom…
Anyway, I’m looking forward to some good times on our cruise next weekend! We’re no longer going to Ensenada due to the Swine Flu but circling the Pacific Ocean to land at Catalina Island instead, which is definitely a-OK with me!