Hawaii Highlights: Food Junkies!

FOR BREAKFAST: Honolulu Coffee and Island Vintage Coffee

Pistachio macaroon, strawberry macaroon, and heart shape kona mocha latte!

They serve their waffles with coconut syrup!

Liquid blueberry cheesecake!

SNACKS and JUNK FOOD:

They sell coconut M&Ms everywhere but its especially good in Hawaii!

Hello kitty sweets!

BRUNCH:
French toast, Portuguese sausages, and egg Benedict!


Poke salad! Poke in Hawaii means sashimi!


Chicken ramen for hang overs.

Torch roll with spicy mayo!

Arctic salmon roll.

Japanese style steak.

Yes, those are fried brownies!

We decided to try Sicilian after days of sushi and Japanese noodles...

Steamed clams with white cream sauce. Ky would have enjoyed this!

Pasta with spicy tomato sauce and seafood.

A touch of Japanese flare from the chef.

Finally the juiciest and most awesome duck I've ever tasted!

Ended the night with a sizzling cosmo!

Hawaii Highlights: Ready for the beach!?

Blowing our life savers the night before...

I'm so ready, I can dive right in!

Rocking my straw hat at the beach!

Our little beach set up...





Yay!! Waikiki beach!

Hawaii Highlights: First Day

A view from up top... about to land in beautiful Honolulu!

Just made it in time for Waikiki sunset!

Cutie boogie!

A view from "Top of Waikiki", Hawaii version of the Hub.

Ready for our first meal.

Ceviche with a twist by adding a fried avocado.

Officially Californian...

So ironic that my license came the day I left for Hawaii! I guess I'm officially Californian now! Yay! Although, I wish DMV can have some standards on the cropping!? Seriously, I'm like a flowing head in this photo! =/

Art: My Girl Scouts Accomplishment!

At my current job, I get to do a variety of things including: web graphics, photography, brochures, annual reports, ads, show case, wall decorations.....

Here is one of my first GS website buttons (the facebook one...). Isn't it super cute?


I love what I do now. Its super busy all the time but when see my work being published or go live, I feed into that sense of accomplishment!

Sight See: San Diego Weekend

Some pictures from our San Diego trip! (click image)

I'm getting into golf!

Being with a golf fanatic, getting into the sport is unavoidable. Unlike back in Boston where people goes out to the range a few times a year, golf is a pretty regular sport here. Its also pretty popular among younger people. My boyfriend is very determine to make me his protege. He even got me my own set of golf clubs. Too bad they weren't pink... I asked him when will I get better... he said... in a few months... dumm dumm dummmm

Golf master and his form...

Passed my California License Written Exam

... yeah I'm not very fond of the California DMV system... I booked an appointment and still had to be at the building for four hours. Not only that, they charged me $500 to get a new title and license. There were literally 20 windows and they sent me to 5 different ones, all of them had long lines. I felt like a chicken running around with its head cut off! Then I had to take my written exam without any preparation. There were 36 questions and I could only get 3 wrong. =/ I failed twice and had a melt down. I have never felt more humiliated...

I became a Girls Scout!

I'm very grateful that the first 4 years of my career, I worked with brilliant people who are talented and fun. They became my family and I miss them a lot! Now, I'm fortunate enough to join the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California as their new Graphic Designer and Brand Specialist. I have the opportunity to make a difference in little girls' lives with my designs and creativity. I'm very excited!

They gave me a welcome orchid!

THINGS NEW ABOUT DAPHNE...

I know I know... everyone must be angry that I haven't updated them about cali or posted pictures. The first few weeks I was here, I was too busy looking for a new job and refining my portfolio... =/ sorry! Here is the ultra mega series of update:

WHAT'S NEW ABOUT MY LIFE...
I love our new place!

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PS. Did this for Jboog! password: daphpix

HAPPY CALI!

I started a new blog about my life in Cali...