Tyson aka Yoshi

After lunch today, we went and watched Transporter 3.

Woo Hoo!

For a change, definitely not a chic movie!! Car chases, explosions and martial arts - chic movie it's not!


A couple of days ago Emy's brother Nelson was here. They left with Giancarlo and when Emy and Gian came back they had another member of the Mejia family with them.


His name was Tyson but Adrienne didn't really care for it which according to her, "reminds me of Tyson frozen chicken!" So Tyson got renamed Yoshi!

As expected, Nike didn't really care for the newcomer as evidenced by pictures below.


But he soon warmed up to him I think. With a sort of not-too-close-not-too-distant attitude.


They do get jealous of each other when Emy cuddles one and not the other. And last night when everyone turned in, Yoshi started crying. I had to get his bed and put it outside by our door and he went on it listening to us pray and talk afterwards. He eventually fell asleep.

Tonight Nido left him on his bed in the den but with a small radio on and he seems to be quiet but we're still over here close by watching TV. I'm not sure what his reaction will be once we leave for our room....

Australia and Mon David

No, we didn't go to Australia. Last night we went and watched the movie Australia with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in the Edwards Theaters at the Cerritos Town Center. Not sure why but I seem to get stuck watching chic movies nowadays. When the movie ended, the lady behind us exclaimed, "Excellent!" So I guess it's not a bad movie after all.

Nido and Emy went with a few of his co workers to California Wok. They said the entertainment was pretty good but no one in the audience got the chance to sing.

Before we went to church this morning, I adjusted the clock on my laptop. The battery on my laptop burned out towards the end of our stay in Europe so just as soon as I unplug it, it doesn't keep the time. That's why all my posts since we arrived in California are not on real time. But I keep it plugged in right here on the coffee table because this is where I seem to get strong wireless signal so I figured I might as well adjust its date and time. Anyway...

This morning, we went to church at St. John as usual but the old priest that we like wasn't there. We missed his short homilies. We just had lunch here at home instead of going out because we still have a lot of leftovers from Thanksgiving. I was only supposed to eat prime rib once a year - on Thanksgiving Day, but since there was still a big chunk of it left, I've been pigging out on it for the last couple of days! I know, shame, shame!!

Feeling a bit guilty, I went to the park around 4 pm to walk off some of the Thanksgiving food I've been consuming. In the process, I witness the sun setting by the man made lake and that's when I took these pretty cool pictures.


After dinner Dan came and picked us up and then we went to Jazz Bakery to watch Mon on his first solo show here in LA. The show was going to start at 8 and it was 7:55 and we're still frantically looking for the place in a cold and foggy LA night! But luckily we arrived just in time. Ed was already there waiting for us. He was with Mrs. Santos, Ann's Mom.

Mon was FLAWLESS! He was backed up by a superb trio: Tateng Katindig on piano, Dominic Thiroux on upright base and Abe Lagrimas on drums. He gave them a break at one point and had his son Carlo back him up on percussion using a thump box - not sure if this is the correct term for it. When the show (first set) was over, I felt it was too short, not realizing he's already been singing for an hour and a half. Dan loved it, he said he had a lot of fun. We had a chance to talk with Mon a bit before he started his second set. We were invited to stay but Dan had to go to work tomorrow.