buzzed on vitamins and green tea

i'm feeling a little bit of a buzz this morning. perhaps it's the vitamin B combined with the strong green tea i'm drinking. bzzzzzz

ah yes - what a wonderfully relaxing weekend.
friday we had dinner with hunny's parents and then just stayed at home to watch our shows. (smallville and grey's) saturday i met up with aaron and friends to hang out at the silver oak release party. they were on asian time so we didn't make it out of union city until 11:30. when we got to napa, we were starving. so we went to mustards to see if we could grab a quick lunch. 1.5 hours wait! so we quickly left and called around to see of other availabilities. all over 1 hour wait. akk! then we just decide to drive and we happen across this tiny taqueria called vaca and bbq. not many people were there - which means no wait! as we go inside, it's one of those really authentic places. it turned out to be the BEST lunch. i had a carne asada burrito no beans. the meat was flavorful and tender - just the right amount of sauces, lettuce, cheese and rice mixed in. they also had this spicy smoke flavored salsa that went perfectly with everything. the burrito was the size of a small football. i almost finished it. haha... YUM!

then we headed off to the winery. it was packed! over 1000 people came out for the release. i bought one bottle for sarah and one for myself. both bottles were signed by the wine maker. :) drank delish wine, met some interesting people. one guy was completely tipsy and was riding with us on the golf cart which takes people to the parking lot. there was not enough room so he just sat on top of his gf. haha. she didn't mind though since he was really skinny. i don't remember all the things he said since most of it was gibberish. but it was quite entertaining.

after silver oak we headed over to domaine chandon for some sparkling wine. we all shared tastings from three different packages. all were pretty tasty even though i'm not a huge fan of sparkling wine. the best was the cheese, salami and pate we had. mmmmmmm.....

anyhow all the wine made me sleepy and i conked out on the ride home. then we headed over to karin's house for her bday. we grubbed on pizza and played balderdash. it was a nice, chill way to end the evening. although by the time i got home, i had a headache from the chandon i drank earlier. i just can't handle champagne.

sunday i went with hunny and his brother to New East Lake Seafood Restaurant in milpitas. yummy liver jook, fried man tow with condensed milk, ow lay so (the fried pastry that looks like an ox tongue), and chicken chow mein. hunny's bro stanley got into some discussions involving christianity.

it's not that i don't believe in a god (or some other greater force) . what i disagree with is a religion that denounces all other religions as wrong. stanley became christian about a year ago. and i think he's done it the right way - always questioning and doing research and figuring out his own reason on why he needs to be christian. however i've noticed with the different churches i've tried going to (i always like to keep an open mind) that all of them tend to be the same - rely on blind faith. accept the words of the bible as the ultimate truth. however - the bible has been translated over and over and over. the version most read today has been transcribed by men over and over - to translate as they wish to interpret. when stanley asks about various inconsistencies in the bible (such as explaining evolution) - why does a well known geneticist create a whole company on genetic research and still is able to remain a strong christian? - when he asks his church, they just say they are unable to discuss those things.

perhaps i'm just too analytical. i can't just assume i'm reading the truth- especially reading from a text written by imperfect people. i think it's a better and smarter person who always questions their surroundings and conclusions. i know i'm totally opening up a can of worms with this post since most of my relatives are christian. i love you all very much. don't love me less because i'm not christian.