Allison Chang

YO.

Currently listening to the soundtrack to Across the Universe. It’s like listening to the Beatles on broadway.

Tomorrow we greet the new year of the Ox. It has been a long weekend of reunion festivities! Friday night was spent in Manhattan beach with some co-opers and then in Silverlake with Tony, Ronny, & Matt at a hipster bar called Cha Cha Lounge! I must say it is one of my favorite places to drink in LA, you could tell just by looking at my face It was crazy because I ran into a Billionaires band member who I had met awhile back. Then I ran into two fellows that I used to go to University of Redlands with. Randomcity. We topped the night off with Alberto’s. Bleh in the morning!

Chinese new year festivities came shortly thereafter with Grandma’s famous pancakes and plenty of red envelopes. It had been rainy out so I wore my blue peacoat. We talked about how my uncle is livin’ rich in Hanzou (8 hrs from Shanghai) in his impoverished village, just chillin’ in his skyscraping 4-story complex. I don’t think I’ll be able to make the laborious trek out to his town. I hope I meet him and his family one day.

That night I snatched Jenny after beeranddumplings had contacted me & we ventured out to Pocoima for a random-ass party. We never made it because the cops had already broken the soiree up. Feeling slightly ashamed for almost being at “one of those parties” we sped on the highway to Koreatown to meet Peter at Izakaya! I had my first souju shots (yuck) and yummy pineapple souju. Ronny, Derrick & Company where there as well. Stegasaurus will never get old. Then Jenny & I went to pick up one of my college friends at USC and headed towards Peter’s studio, which is amazingly close to Jenny’s flat. I got home at 4am.

The next morning I took Mama Chang to Little Tokyo for some Sunday morning shopping and mother-daughter bonding. I bought a new pair of orangey-purplish adidas so that I could look like a fob in China and fit right in. Then we had Chinese New Year’s part II w/ the Chang Mafia. Let’s just say that we came shorthanded and I am exhausted from feasting at 888 restaurant for 4 hours. I gave my aunt plenty of Neutrogena product and lots of pictures were taken. A slideshow of my grandfather’s 100th birthday extravaganza played in the background. Satellite tables, distant families.

Now I am listening to ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” Immunization shots tomorrow and last week of work. Shanghai in 9 days. Looking back on my LA experience, I must say it was a very good one.

Highlights to remember: Star parties, half-day fridays and quick trips to the beach, good ol’ traffic, free yoga, new house, big fat brown couch, Gizmo barking at every whisper of a sound, Jet-skiing, Jeeps, Chipotle, Blingin’ grill on the Camry, Photoshoot in Angeles Crest w/ Jesse, Nike Race & Kanye West, sailing around Marina del Rey, Genarts fashion show, Halloween in Weho, Neutrogena craziness, tandem biking, rollarblading w/ R&D, Sharkeez happy hour, Hotel Cafe, Hyperion Tavern & Rock Band night, and so many moreeeeeeeee adventures I can’t think of right now!! Good times but now it’s time to say good-bye.

Happiness is a warm gun.