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After the party, I took Robin, Irene Cho (Rick Yune's PR
assistant), and Steve from the Mountain Brothers to a friend's restaurant
to eat Pho! Pho is a Vietnamese Noodle soup that is our claim
to fame.
The restaurant wasn't open, but a friend of the Synergy Productions
team, Eddie Nguyen, whose family owns a fantastic Vietnamese restaurant,
offered to open his restaurant at 3 am in the morning, so we could
all eat! We ended up staying until 4am. I was able to talk to Steve
of the Mountain Brothers about his aspirations of finishing medical
school, and about his music career with his college buddies. He's
taking everything day by day, and is enjoying his success along
with his group.
The next morning, Irene, Robin, Rick and his friends from
school (Rick graduated from U. Penn's prestigious Wharton School
of Business) went out to eat dim sum. I discovered how much Rick
and Robin can eat! Rick must have ordered everything that
came by, and ate all of it! I sat back and marveled at his
eating skills.
Irene and I were waiting for our favorite-- Mango pudding.
When it finally arrived, Irene, Rick, Robin and I snatched them
up. It was so good, that Rick ordered another one, and wanted to
take one to go! Both Rick and Robin ate a healthy amount. Rick noticed
Robin's eating habits, and asked him how he stayed in such great
shape. It came to light that, Robin spends his day perfecting his
already awesome physique by working out an average of 3 hours per
day doing cardio, weights, and martial arts.
Robin had planned on meeting Ming-Na Wen and their mutual
friends for a BBQ, and invited me to come along. So, I ended up
playing cards and eating lunch with Ming-Na and her husband Eric,
for the rest of the afternoon!
Ming, as her friends affectionately call her, was just too
cute playing cards! I soon learned that she is an avid card player,
and loves playing any card game. Her sweet competitiveness
was fun to watch! We played a game where you tried to get
as close to 30 points with three cards. Every time you were the
loser in the round, you had to bend a corner of your five dollar
bill, and after five you were out of the game. I didn't say very
much during the game; I'm more of a people watcher.
I was taken aback by the fact that I was sitting with the
voice of Disney's Mulan! Ming would say the cutest things, such
as squeeking at certain moments, or feigning being upset when she
received a bad hand, it was amazing to hear her voice, and correlate
it with Mulan's.
I'm horrible at card games, and have no luck, so I was out
of the game first. Ming, the excited competitor that she was, fought
it out to the bitter end, and lost to a valiant competitor, much
to her dismay. We laughed, ate great food, and chatted until about
6 p.m. The time came to go and I took Ming-Na and her husband back
to her hotel so they could catch their flight back to LA.
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