{"id":2174,"date":"2012-09-09T22:12:33","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T05:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2012-09-09T22:12:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-10T05:12:33","slug":"best-friends-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wendyfulworld.com\/?p=2174","title":{"rendered":"Best Friends Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"

I left my country, Taiwan, a month shy of graduating from Junior High School (9th grade).\u00a0 My High School years were very lonely.\u00a0 In addition to going to school, I also had a part-time job.\u00a0 Learning a new language and a new culture and holding down a job was not easy on a teenager.\u00a0 Not having a support group (friends) made it even harder.\u00a0 Most of my teachers were nice except a couple ( one of my PE teachers and the SAT Prep Class) who were very racist.\u00a0 It was a very depressing 3 years to say the least.\u00a0 It all changed when I entered UCLA where I met these beautiful ladies!\u00a0 33 years later, we are still BFF’s!<\/p>\n

(All images courtesy of Allen Taylor Photography<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"\"It’s been quite a few years since we saw some of us, so we decided it was time to resume our regular ladies day out.\u00a0 We used to meet up at restaurants but we’d talk for hours that at the end of the night we’d get kicked out!\u00a0 This time, we decided to get together at Anne’s beautiful home.\u00a0 We ordered some delicious Chinese food from Bamboo Cuisine<\/a> in Sherman Oaks.<\/p>\n

Peking Duck is always special and a must-have!<\/p>\n

\"\" Spicy Garlic Eggplant, Beef with Broccoli, Jalapeno Chicken,\u00a0 and Hot braised Shrimp.<\/p>\n

\"\"The fruits, fruit cups, and Fruit Tart cake were yummy!\u00a0 Despite our effort to be good, we couldn’t resist having desserts!<\/p>\n

\"\"We were so loud and laughed so hard!\u00a0 Allen was so patient taking pictures and sitting there pretending to understand Chinese.\u00a0 LOL!<\/p>\n

\"\"Gosh, I am so honored to be surrounded by these gorgeous ladies (literally)!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

\"\"Everyone LOVED Xiong Xiong (Bear).\u00a0 He is a Yorkie and so calm and friendly and such a cute model!\u00a0 I wish I could take him home!<\/p>\n

\"\"Thanks to Anne for opening her beautiful home to us!\u00a0 I had a fantastic time catching up with you all!\u00a0 I can’t wait for our next get-together in a couple of months!<\/p>\n

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