Happy Belated Valentine's Day

On the day of February 14th,
I saw these at work,

Valentine's Day Treats from my coworker-


How cute,
The miniature cupcake was like the size of a ping pong ball,
Actually,
A wee bit smaller than that.

Wish you guys all had a wonderful Valentine's Day.
^___^./

Tiny X'mas Presents for Everyone

Last Saturday night I was at my company's X'mas potluck gathering.

And here's the story,

Few days prior to the event,

My boss was trying to give me a heads up by telling me what's going on during last year's party.

Here's what she said:

Last year everyone got a little present from the company,

Besides that,

Some other people will also prepare a little gift for everyone,

You don't have to do that,

I'm just telling you the situation.

What's on my mind:

Of course I'll have to get something for everyone after she mentioned it to me,

It's almost like a hint, telling me that I should do it,

It's like a cloud over my shoulder,

You're not required to, but you'd better be!

Since it's such a short notice, there's no way I can make something with my bare hands,

Another solution, let's go to the mall!

Glad that I found something people will like for sure-

Small box of Godiva (1 milk chocolate and 1 dark chocolate) with a cute little name tags.

(This is just 1/3 of the chocolates, there's more outside of the camera!)

So the potluck begins,

Everyone had a blast,

My coworkers like the chocolate boxes I prepared for them (what a relief).

I really don't mind buying presents for my coworkers,

They've been really nice to me since my first day of work.

What's even better?

This is what I got from my boss, my X'mas present, every girl in the company got one-

I just assigned a new duty for this little guy,

Guard my earrings with your life!

The whole potluck gathering was a success,

And I got to say bye bye to Tigger Clause on the way home-

Looking forward to the "real" company X'mas dinner this Saturday.

*Yes we have two X'mas dinner.

Company Event - Stars of Resolve

Thursday night,
I went to this event in Long Beach,
1st Annual Los Angeles Night of Hope.

The doctor I work with got nominated as Stars of Resolve recently,
Meaning that he did an excellent job on taking care of his patients and improving the whole experience of infertility treatment.

Here's the invitation-


Table Display-


Note* it costs $100 per person to enter the event.

Thanks for my generous boss,

So what kind of food they have for this $100 event?

Fruits, cheese, sandwich, salad,

Coconut shrimps, pot sticks, pork skewers, fruits, veggies,

With an open bar carrying a small selection of wine, beer, and cocktails.

And of course they have a table full of delicate desserts-

Chocolate Cupcakes with Vanilla Frosting-

The dessert is actually pretty good,

I'll give it a Cindy's Rating: 6 or 7.

Especially the ones with chocolate flavor,

Very creamy, very smooth.

So how about the salty dishes?

Let's...not talk about it.

Since the location is inside a Japanese Garden,

Besides two people playing flute and violin,

They had an old guy making origami stuff for kids.

Origami Tulips-

The place is very pretty,

Trees and aisles were all decorated with lights and flowers,

There's also a big koi pond in the middle of the garden that has candles along the edges.

Pretty romantic.

Here's the koi pond-

And a crane feasting on smaller fishes-

We actually saw him catching one fish and flew away.

Pretty awesome (don't get me wrong, but crane has to eat too).

I even got a goodie bag in the end-

Sometimes I do like my job.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everyone!

Sadly I didn't get a chance to join the massive parade at WeHo this year,

There's no way I can beat the California traffic driving all the way up north after work..

With the condition that all major streets will be closed near the event.

Oh well,

At least I got a treat from the office-

How does it taste like?

I think I'll just keep it in the wrap...

Halloween/Fall Suitcase

Voila!

One new category for my blog - Let's Get Workin'.

It'll mainly be things I encountered during work.

Sounds boring?

Don't worry, I'll try to make it as food-related as possible!

So what I've been up to these days?

Snuggling next to the air filter,

Staying away from flying dust,

Hoping that the snow will still come with all the crazy fire going on in SoCal,

And working on my current project:

My boss and I came up with this little present for networking purpose.

After searching for the materials, designing greeting cards, and putting every little pieces together,

I gonna be driving around as a delivery girl,

Giving away 50 suitcases throughout Southern California.

(Laguna, Irvine, Orange, Hacienda Heights, San Gabriel, you name it!)

The freeway's gonna be even more dangerous with me on the road.

And here are the goodies inside the suitcase-

Hershey's kisses.

We've decided to use purple and gold color kisses,

Since our company color is purple, and gold matches the suitcase.

I have to admit that I did munch on some of the chocolates while putting them together,

The gold ones are actually pretty good,

It's milk chocolate with almonds.

Very creamy, very nutty.

It surely is my favorite kisses flavor now.

Oops,

I'd better stop eating them, otherwise I'll only have empty boxes to deliver tomorrow.

Cindy's Rating: 7