Angela's in PDX

1-19-2017 ~ 1-27-2017 Last Friday, I got an upset stomach after eating unrefrigerated food for lunch. I rarely get sick and don't like taking medicine. So instead, I had wine 😋. * * * On Saturday, my date took me out for brunch at Brix. We had bottomless mimosa 🍾. Then, we went to the ChocolateFest. Chocolate is my favorite "candy" (yes.. I said candy). There was about 90 booths and most of them were giving out samples. I've never had that much chocolate in a day. Hehe. 🍫🍫🍫   We had more drinks. Hmmm..This week's blog involves a lot more alcohol. BUT, this is unusual. People who know me, you know that I don't drink much 😅. Anyways, we learned about the chocolate making process. It starts out with cacao pod. I tried the white stuff inside it that looks like intestines. It was interesting... After spending 4~5 hours at the festival, we went to eat at a Thai restaurant. Forgot the name of the place... but it was really good! ...

1-10-17 ~ 1-18-17 Portland was covered in snow for a week! When the weather forecast warned us about the snow storm... here at Portland... I thought they were over-exaggerating. On Tuesday evening, I left work without thinking. I woke up in the middle of the night. By the time I looked out the window, there was approximately 5 inches of snow! 🙊🙊🙊 And it sure didn't look like it was going to stop. In the morning, we had about a foot of snow! I got up all excited to go out. Haha.  Yes, I'm still young and loving snow ☃. * * * I was surprised to see that the buses and the Max were running. Abandoned bicycle.  Yeah..probably not a good idea to bike... I made it to the office! Our office rarely closes, but we did close on Wednesday. It didn't matter to me because I still came in. I thought I'd be the only one, but another associate came. She and I enjoyed working in the empty office. We worked a little, talked for a half an hour, and looked out the windo...

☆ HAPPY NEW YEAR~ ☆ 12-30-16 ~ 1-9-2017 It snowed in Portland on Saturday and Sunday. The roads and sidewalks were icy. Most people stay home during the snow days but I like to be out and be adventurous. ⛄❄☃❄⛄❄ This is when it started snowing on Saturday.   Then... this is what it looked like on Sunday. I almost fell walking on the icy sidewalk.  So I walked in the middle of the road where it was slushy (less slippery). My church service got cancelled so I decided to walk to a church nearby. I was surprised to see that a church was open. I guess it makes sense because it was a [very] traditional church. Still glad there was a service to attend. Could probably ice skate here. * * * Since it's a new year, I made a list of prayer requests. Surprisingly (and thankfully), God answers my prayers I write down each year. 🙏 2017 Prayer Requests 1. Pass all my CPA exams by October 2017 시험 패스하기 2. Meet people who can inspire me  나에게 좋은 영향을 주는 사람들 만나기 3. Make new friends 좋은 친구들 사귀기 ...

12-28-16 ~ 12-29-16 One night two days trip to Oregon coast ☝일박✌이일~ Day 1 The trip started in Portland at 8am. We headed to the Cannon beach. Icy roads We had to pull aside to put chains on our tires. Somewhere near Cannon beach. Cannon Beach The weather was perfect!😎 Then we were on our way to our campsite in Lincoln City.  We stopped by at Tillamook Cheese Factory for quick lunch, ice cream and of course samples of cheese 🧀. As we were heading to the campsite, we caught this amazing sunset. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 We arrived at the Devils Lake State Park around 5pm. We had a yurt reserved. After checking in, we went to the outlet mall nearby.  (Sorry, no pictures.) Day 2 The next morning/afternoon, we visited the Drift Creek Falls.  The roads were dangerous. We finally arrived. The hike was about 1.5 miles. Here we are at the suspension bridge! It was a narrow and slightly shaky bridge. 😨 It is so beautiful. If you're looking for a shor...