Thursday, March 3, 2005
hm, so i already filled out my SAT registration for may, though mom's really really upset, saying that it's too soon for me to take it, and theorizes that i won't do well. eh.
isn't that what retakes are for?
anywho, i just realized how time is flying by. i'm only that much closer to graduating, and out of high school forever. i can't imagine myself as a college frosh. heck i think i still have a mind of a 12 year old. being a kid is too fun. reality is harsh.

i can't wait until i finally get to college, but what i don't enjoy is the applying to college and the interviews. too stressful for me. hopefully i DO get into new york, it's not far in my prayer list, but what's also killing me is the competitiveness of the graphic designing world. mom already told me all her numerous friends who had to go back to college since they couldn't find a job in graphics. i'm so scared that that'll happen to me. j_j

also, if i do make a new york college, mom already planned for me to commute back home. ha ha, so i can get outta high school, but i can't get outta the town. well, at least monika won't be driven crazy, and i'm too lazy to find a new church. TLSCF has been my home for more than ten years MAN.
oh dear look at the time, i should at least attempt to continue researching for US. due to the HSPAS, we were hardly assigned any hw.

oh, and a very very happy birthday to my bestest super-dee-dooper friend in the world. BENJ! <3 <3 <3

and of course, today is SASKIAS! my dear SWEETHEART! CONGRATULATIONS ON PASSING THE TEST! ^_^
um. that's it.

Tuesday, March 1, 2005
yay! due to the 7-ish inches of snow, school was canceled for tdoay! ah, what an elating moment...

yet there are downsides. i know how people are always overjoyed from being free of school, but if u don't have a car, life in the house can be pretty boring, unless u own a theme park or a mall in ur basement. i'm pretty sure everybody can testify.
sigh. i wanna talk to someone. i wanna go somewhere. sure, monika's keeping me company, but there's not much to say for a long period of time when that someone is 9 years younger. and my AIM is crap. ha.
i wanna go to the mall, though i have no money, but window shopping is fine, since i already had my shopping spree {since last saturday, after going to central park and college-looking we went to china town, where i bought cute blue bear folders, which are sorta useless to me, a pink pucca pencil holder, and mom haggled for me a cute porcelain hello kitty wearing a purple kimono and waving a fan}. actually, i'm in the mood for a subway, even though i ate one last week, but hey, it's always good to crave for something healthy.
which reminds me, for the coffeehouse in April {yes, we finally settled on a definite date for the coffeehouse} i was assigned as the one in charge of the food, which one might comment, is a perfect position for me. so that means i'm gonna order up another round of subways, and if there's anyone out there willing to donate food, feel free to call or email me.
oh, and plz pray for the coffeehouse, creating such an event takes lots of time, patience, and effort! ^_^
hmm, i'll end this entry with random concluding thoughts: darnit homestarrunner! i really really want to go the NYC talk, which was originally scheduled in may,but NO, they changed it to TODAY! evil evil people

gasp! my bestest guy friend in the whole wide world is celebrating his BIRTHDAY TOMORROW! whether he wants that faithful day to come or not.
and SASKIA'S AS WELL! i love you SSSOOOOOOOOOO much saskia!! if my love for u was compared to...a rock [?] the rock would be SO BIG, i mean, the world would collapse from the heaviness of this rock.

that's craziness yo.

Saturday, February 26, 2005
um. hey..><
right now i'm at BCI, sitting next to a traumatic tricia, finally realizing that you are allowed to html code in this stinkin pitas entry. ><

to be more specific, as i have already written in my xanga, i'm at the top of the BCI church, using one of the pastor's computer. now to be more specific, i'm waiting for my 'rents to pick me up, then drive me off to new york to walk around central park, then go college-looking.

(hmm, shendi is also here too, and finds it cute of me, to be randomly here on this pastor compie, randomly typing an entry {and she just placed her cold hands on my cheek...ahhh})

so as a summary, this whole winter break was...well, not as fun as i expected it to be. first of all, mom took the whole week off, which is GOOD, but i knew that would mean i would wake up every single day at around 7:15-ish. so every morning, i was in a BAD mood, snapping at every person i encountered from 7:00-11:30 (aka, monika and mom. mean right?)
i did manage to complete most of my school work (a huge spanish packet and the entire reading of the grapes of wrath), though u don't realize how much willpower it took me to not procrastinate. also, i started researching for US paper; choosing three concentration camps, then i borrowed forrest gump, crying my eyes out every time i saw the ending.
so yeah, that basically sums up what i did everyday. nothing special, or out of the ordinary.
so i'll just talk about today. BCI hosted a workshop for sunday-school teachers in training. i found the workshop very productive, and i learned more creative ways to keep the kids pre-occupied, yet at the same time learn more about GOD's message. well, tomorrow i hafta teach the preschool/kindergarten kiddies, meaning gracie, pauline, hayley, david, and joshua. hopefully that won't be disastrous, since i'm thinking of bringing sand, and i'm not sure what the consequences will be. >_^

alright enough typing from me.

Friday, February 18, 2005
hey people. it's been seventeen days since i've written in this thing, and obviously many events have occurred since then. but, the majority of my pitas readers are close friends, and are already aware of what things happened (lucy and gracie's bday party, etc.), and i'm too lazy to dictate what happened. but if u are curious to know, in case u DON'T know, feel free to ask. um...

so at 8:15 our youth group decided to watch 'Hitch'. i admit, that it's a very cute movie, and i LOVE will smith. but there was a certain line Albert said that kinda embedded into my mind throughout the movie (disclaimer: this isn't exact quoting) : "don't you understand how i'm feeling? that you'd worry about where your significant other is and what she is doing...if she's seeing someone else? and then i realize that it doesn't matter what she's doing, as long as she's happy. that's all i want..."

eh, still not a hundred percent sure why i found albert's line interesting. i'm sure that you all have already seen hints of my hopeless romanticness. but i'm not in a rush to find love. God will take care of that. still, i can't help myself day-dreaming of when i drop my kids off to school, as they are introduced to the world and how it works. ha ha, i'm so cheesy that i already have picked out names for my kids, if i have any i mean. if God wants me to be single, then so be it...because who knows whom i'll hurt while on my road of rebellion ><

this entry is a failure. i've been so un-focused lately. but i shouldn't complain. people are tired of my complaints. and i don't think i should change this pitas into a personal journal, cuz i'm not the kind that can spill out all of my feelings. whenever i attempt to show off some of my inner emotions, i always drown in regret of pushing that "done!" button.

so then why am i writing this? i feel that i must get this off my chest some shape or form. and right now i'll do anything just to lift it. i should pray. argh. i'm being stupid right now. don't mind.

Tuesday, February 1, 2005
alright, so once again i'm on the verge of being miserably sick. but hey, that's okay. i have way too much stuff to do than to stay at home and get some rest. err...

so today we decided to take lucy's bench pic, but she and the others FINALLY convinced me to take MY bench pic. ugh. i STILL think it was better if we did my bench for my eighteenth birthday.


i'm clinging on to nat cuz i was afraid i'd fall on mike ><

Monday, January 31, 2005
wow, what an interesting detail. and here's how it started:

so friday, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY JULIE! you are probably my favorite sophomore. i heart you soo much ^_^
in addition to this happiness, that afternoon, i experienced a small heartbreak. by around 3:15 i walk to the art studio, only to find a notice saying that the studio will be closed thursday, friday, and saturday. now this was a real big problem. the following monday will be when the AP studio art portfolios are due, and the one oil painting i wanted to submit, i couldn't have access to. so once i walked home, i started crying like a baby, knowing that i had absolutely nothing. i cried myself to sleep, then once mom and dad came home, i explained to them my problem. mom resolved to call mrs. z, my boss, to see what we could do. turns out that she broke her ribs ;_; and would be closing the studio for the whole month of february, but she's rather fond of me, and agreed to my mom's plan of picking her up on saturday, drive to the office so she could open up the studio, then drive her back (while stopping by the post office). i praised God, for he DOES work in mysterious ways. and i praise him even MORE when i realized that this whole scheme was part of his plan...following the next day:

so the next day i was all eager to get my painting, and since my dad used to doctor mrs. z's husband, he knew where she lived. once i rang the bell and she opened the door, my happy feelings melted away to sorrow and sympathy, for she was suffering. every step was a burden, and i couldn't even bear the pain i heard in her voice. so when dad was driving, i cringed whenever we hit a bump on the road, cuz i knew that each time the car hit one, she would whimper. during the car ride, i felt like i had made a bad choice in making her open the office. how stupid and selfish am i!
so dad and i help her to the office, as i pick up my painting, sketchbook, and extra odorless thinner. since mrs. z was also suffering from a cold, dad decided to order a prescription, and asked that i would stay with mrs. z at her house (after i dropped off her mail).
though we didn't talk much, i tried my best in helping her to get comfortable. she may be physically weak, but her spirit is still strong, and hearing her thank me and my dad endlessly for our help made me want to cry.
so the whole saturday, i didn't do any school work, but finished my oil painting. i dedicate my oil painting to her AND God. He is so awesome and amazing, in letting me see the pain mrs. z was going through, and comforting her by saying my dad and I will always be there if she needs us. *sniff sniff*

alright, on to happier things. by saturday at 6:45, my family and i head off to continental airlines arena to see Disney on Ice's Mickey and Minnie's adventure. even though i am STILL a hardcore disney fan i didn't really wanna go, but then i discovered that Mickey will be vising lilo and stitch, the little mermaid, the 101 dalmatians, and PETER PAN (one of my top favorite movies)i just HAD to go.

the show was absolutely AMAZING. mickey, minnie, donald, daisy, and (clumsy) goofy traveled to london to see peter pan and the dalmations, then swam under the sea to see ariel, then landed in hawaii. geography-wise, it doesn't seem logic, but whatever. ^_^. i was happy to see that the peter pan scene was the longest, and they made some slight changes, like captain hook attempted to poison peter pan's milk (when the milk spilled, there was an explosion! XD), and when wendy was departing, they hugged and peter pan said "i can't go on without you..." AWWW
yes, there was really 101 dalmatians ice skating throughout the arena, intimidating cruella deVill.
the little mermaid scene was pretty short. how disappointing. what scared me was when a GIANT URSULA appeared, with her flabby arms, um, flapping about, chasing ariel. when eric threw the harpoon, ursula's head shrunk. i'm still kinda scarred from that. ><
lilo and stitch was absolutely adorable. though i wonder if the half naked ice skating surfers felt cold at all ^_~

ah. anyway, i couldn't attend this skating event without buying some STUFF:

peter pan penant:

ariel and peter pan action figure: (yes that's absol saying hi. i put him there cuz he hadda support ariel)

and a peter pan sword:

and all this for HOW MUCH? OVER FIFTY BUCKS!!!!!! ><

sunday: jonah and jian come to church! how amazing, and praise God! the disappointing part was that they thought service was good(reggie preached an awesome sermon about Namaan), but they had questions, and refused to ask. argh. well, God is working in them, so WHO KNOWS what miraculous things he will do...

um, monday? eh, same as usual. i received my transcript and i am disappointed with my GPA. anyway, i drove home and was suprised to find that my ayu cd arrived. according to the website, they said it would take four days to eight weeks. ha, anyway, i've been listening to it, and the music is so beautiful, which is to be expected from ayu of course! ^_^

whoa, i wrote quite a lot, i should end right now. hee hee.

Thursday, January 27, 2005
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY! I HEART YOU SOOO MUCH! sigh, i still remember the first time we encountered; during basketball camp. but of course, i don't think we've acknowledged each others existence until sixth grade. it was the start of a friendship full of laughs, pain, and LOVE. it's amazing how much you've grown, how much OUR bond has grown, and i hope that as our future progresses, even AFTER high school, our friendship will never die :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ONCE AGAIN! AND HERE'S A LIL PICTURE (which i took from some random site, star47?) OF YOU (and perhaps, me and gracey?

*laughs nervously* have fun pigging out on the cake.

now let's see, the last time i officially wrote in this blog, was right when midterms ended. unfortunately, my grades did not go well, and my semester average is pretty disappointing. so much for my hopes of getting into the "college o' my dreams" ><. but i shouldn't worry about this too much. i still have ONE SEMESTER TO GO.
i am learning to be optimistic, since throughout my whole high school life i've done nothing but ridicule stupid self to no one, and obviously, it hasn't helped, so hopefully i can see things from a happier perspective.

um, and i think that is all for now. any last words? hrm, YES:

AND YET THEY LINGERED.

i would've never known that such a short, fragmented line could turn wittmaack on. XD

Saturday, January 22, 2005
WHOA! SNOW!

so mom usually persuades me to drive the van every weekend, in hopes that i'll be able to drive monika too all of her extra-curricular activities in the future. i agreed to drive when the snow was starting, despite my mom's warnings. heh, i know driving in the snow is dangerous, and the roads operate differently, but i found it quite FUN. i dunno why, probably because whenever i turn, the engine makes a funky noise that i find amusing, or maybe maybe that noise is a bad thing...:/

so friday, midterms FINALLY ended. after coming home by around 10, and napping for a long period of time, i went over mike's house again for a lil post-midterm celebration, in which i "convinced" lucy to bring along a bucket of peanuts ^_^. we watched my dvd gift to mike, "it's a mad mad mad mad world", which he DIDN'T OPEN YET (he ran away when i yelled), and though the movie was quite old, it was really enjoyable, especially that loud-mouthed stepmom.

ah, this whole saturday, i didn't accomplish anything. after driving mom and monika everywhere, i just went back and sleep, while i bet everybody else is doing SAT preparations or something of the like. i feel bad for myself, cuz i don't feel like i'll be going anywhere. it's a lil nasty thought that's been nagging me for quite some time, and probably nobody would understand it but God.

oh, and also as a special celebration of the end of midterms, i ordered an ayumi CD. THIRTY SIX FREAKIN DOLLARS! the cd better be worth it...in addition, i also hadda pay my dad sixty bucks for my phone bill ><

anyway, after many hours of sleep, monika and i finally baked cookies from scratch. i accidentally poured too much milk, so the dough was soft, and sticky. we basically covered our tabletop with flour, and my hands, face, and sweatshirt immediately turned white as i kept kneading the soft dough. the snowflake cookie cutter didn't work out well, because the dough was so soft, so the cookie sheet was filled up with globs of dough ^_<. in the end, the cookies were delicious, though i may not eat too much, cuz they're so sweet.

hm, i think that's enough for now. i hope tomorrow i'll be able to sled in south orange, then maybe we can go to ihop, where i can pig out on strawberry banana pancakes ^_^

Wednesday, January 19, 2005
whoa, haven't updated in awhile. ha ha, well i sorta have an excusable reason to my absence...

POETRY PROJECT: LANGSTON HUGHES!

i mean, once i got back from california, i resolved to write one essay per day. suprisingly, it worked out. i was able to get everything done by saturday (that following sunday would mark the week of midterms).
well sure the thought of writing an essay every single day sounds boring and burdening, but i quite enjoyed it. langston lead a fascinating life, and i can't help but respect his judgements.
so on mlk jr. day, i decided just to take most of the day off, so i tagged along with mom, dad, joseph, monika, jessi, lissa, jezzie, and josh (with the CUTE GAP hat, that doens't make my grumpy hat look so bad ^_<) to nyc, where we visted the pokemon center, and china town, as is our usual routine. sigh, too bad there wasn't much stuff at the center, cuz they were gonna close down in two days for rennovations, but the kids enjoyed it nonetheless.

in china town, i had the urge to go on a shopping spree. hmm, a big stuffed blue bear plush, a mashimaro plush for shendz, momiji rabbit (joseph: "y would u wanna buy the rabbit?" //store owner: "only ppl who watch fruits basket would understand"), more mashi folders, and a free pucca bag. this, along with the toys i got from the pkcntr (an absol figurine, a venusaur collectible for my charizard, and pokemon cards...all for $27 BUCKS?!?!?!? at least i received a handpainted japanese calligraphy style of pikachus for free), cost, um, oh a little over fifty bucks. ha ha. i'm such a kid.
but once i got home, i was welcomed with my endless things to study. bleh.
so yesterday afterschool, i thought that since i just needed to glue and study for U.S., i would go to work and art class. turns out that i stay up 'till three in the morning to finish. actually, i finished my poetry gluing by around twelve, then i realized i forgot to add in the critical attitudes. so i, being all disgruntled, hadda take out half of my other pages, reprint, and reglue.
thank GOD i was able to sleep till nine, and thank GOD the US test was not hard. so now i'm here are home, relaxing, and not studying for neither the precalc nor spanish. ha ha.

Saturday, January 8, 2005
WHAT? GIRL SCOUT COOKIES ARE NOW $3.50?? how unfair. especially since i ordered six boxes ><. in addition, there's only one new cookie, i remember there used to be like, four or five. i dunno...

sigh. i was going to dedicate this entire saturday working on three essays for the poetry project: the manifesto, life and art, and the critical attitudes. unfortunately, i started with life and art at 11 a.m., and finished it by 8:00 p.m. >< how horrible. there's just too much stuff in langston's life that influenced his art, i'm afraid it might exceed the two-page limit.

ha ha, and i didn't even study for precalc and spanish, my spanish midterm, or even prepared for the children's sunday school tomorrow! oh my goodness! but i can't complain, i know there are people out there who are suffering more than me, so should stop slacking around in this comp and continue working! HA HA HA

this entry is really short compared to my long one down below. ah well, my hands are already exhausted from constantly typing all day, so i'll end it...here!

Sunday, January 2, 2005
I decided to make this a simple, green layout. It's suitable, don't you think?

Anyways, HAPPY BELATED NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL! u all make resolutions yet? A resolution that u will actually FULFILL? Ha ha, u should.

Anyway, here's wat you've ALL, or at least most of the READERS have been waiting for: a long entry on my vacation in California! Now this won't be rushed and short, NO, this is gonna be LONG and as DETAILED as I want it to be.
California was simply amazing. Gosh, I wanted to stay even longer, if ONLY I didn,t have school. The vacation period was way to short, and most of my teachers gave me miserable work to do. in addition, I wanted to stay longer, cuz California definitely beats jersey by a gazillion. also no matter how many times I visited cali, i always find myself continuously fascinated by the palm trees, I dunno whether it's becuz the odds of me seeing it here in jersey is slim, or maybe I'm just crazy.
So that's my introduction, now we'll bog down to the details, DAY BY DAY. Ha, u're gonna love this.

Day one starts off with December 24. i was going to leave school at 1:45pm, period 7, U.S. lucy and mike gave me a very big hug goodbye, and I met my dad on the school steps, off to home. I watch some dragonball gt (thanks gracie!) before mom arrives, and then pastor comes to drive us to the airport.
after a tearful goodbye, we arrive at Newark liberty, receive our boarding passes, leave our suitcases to the security men, and then on our way to gate 125 for los angeles. Our flight departs at 5:00, but after we ate a light dinner at a small Japanese restaurant, and after I take my tablet to avoid motion sickness, a worker announced that our flight has been delayed to 8:15, due to bad weather. Disappointed, mi familia sat down and snoozed while I listen to music and read dnangel 5 (thanks again to gracie ^_^). After reading halfway through, I decide to wander around, and soon came across the tv displaying all the departures. I was surprised to find the departure for Amsterdam was at 7, at gate 120. saskia? Linda? So I run on over, and THERE THEY WERE, just surprised as I am! So for an hour, we walked around and also spotted alex, who was departing for cancun ^_~ we also spotted mr. owens, who was heading for paris. After calling up grace, lucy and jessi, saskia's boarding time had come, and I hadda wave good bye. But then a pilot announced that our L.A. flight had changed to gate 70 and would depart in a few minutes, so our family ran to gate 70, which was all the way across the airport, and we boarded the plane for a 5 hour and 45 minute flight.
FINALLY we arrive at LAX where we meet tita Linda! Gosh I miss her so! She and tito joey came in a red van they rented, and dropped us off at tita Linda and tita zeny's apartment, which I admit, was NICE. ya see, one of the reasons we're vacationing in California is to see tita zeny, who will be undergoing surgery...PRAY FOR HER PLEASE. Anyway... Monika and I hadda sleep on the floor. Hee hee, oh well...

Wow, that was long, I should condense...so DAY TWO: DECEMBER 24. the afternoon we visit my cuzn ate mary joan and her new husband Kevin. I wanted to visit my nephew Cameron, but he was out with his other dad...anyway, I was amazed to hear that they lived minutes away from a church lead by HENRY BLACKABY, and most of ate mary joan's co-workers were from the south ^_^. Kevin really liked me, and he and the co-workers amazed to hear that I played in a worship team and I had a strong passion for art. I appreciated that, and that was the first time in awhile that I actually feel very accomplished. Heh. So lunch is served by a new caterer, and my eyes grew WIDE at the dessert served: it was the same fruit candy company mike worked for! That automatically made me miss him and the rest of my jersey gang ;_;
So after leaving ate mary joans and having a rest, we all go over ate mary chris' house for a Christmas eve party. All of tita zeny's children were there. Once we arrived, i cried and my heart ached, cuz it was so overwhelming to see everybody's faces once again. I just missed them so much: kuya kenneth, tita patricia and their sons Kenny and Kevin, kuya reggie and his children regine, robyn, and ryan, ate mary chris and her new husband norbert and their son perry, ate mary joan and kevin, kuya jojo, ate lou, and their children jasmine, jorell, jonah, and jovan (and they have another one on the way!). u may think I have a list in front of my with all their names written down...but I DON'T! THIS IS ALL FROM MEMORY! Buwahahahaha
Sad to say I couldn't really connect with my nieces and nephews, cuz they're all younger than me, so I just hung out with my adult cuzns. I continued crying cuz I just loved and missed them all so much.
to make this a lil shorter, after present distributing (got money, a watch, a few bags, and a bootleg dvd of 'hero' from kuya jojo of course ^_^) we hadda leave and retire for the night...me and monika sleeping on the floor...

On to DAY THREE: CHRISTMAS DAY! This time, the party was at tito romy's place. Tita gigi, tito joey, and their son Patrick and Christian, tito romy, tita baby, and their whole clan of children were there (tita zeny and tito romy have the most children), again, I almost choked up from seeing them all again: ate romichelle and kuya james with their sons nicky and ryan, kuya romiboy and ate candy with their daughter micah and son ricky, kuya romijay, and romilyn (remember her?). then on tita baby's side was tony and jessi. So while the adults were watching a video, me, kuya romijay, Patrick (who arrived late since he was working), Christian, romilyn, tony, and jessi were playing video games and watched shaolin soccer ^_^. Only person missing was kuya RJ, who I forgot where he went...

Alright, so DAY FOUR. Hopefully this won't be as long. Tita Linda, tita zeny, and our family head out to travel to las vegas! A six hour drive, hah. So when we arrive at night, our whole van windows were filled with bright lights, where monuments of new york, and paris were only blocks away from each other, and let's not forgot that pyramid-shaped hotel. Although I begged that we retire to the Caesar palace hotel, cuz jerry Seinfeld was there, we went to the sahara hotel, which was decent.
I can't say I had the time of my life in las vegas, since I can't gamble or play slots cuz I'm not 21, but it was fun nonetheless but on DAY FOUR, we drive back. Ooh and here's a surprise. Once we went outside of las vegas, we stopped by a random hotel for a quick lunch, and guess who was there, JERSON! Of all places...I was waiting on line to order some chicken and broccoli, when out of nowhere he pops out and says "hi risa" ^_^. I guess that was my only highlight for that day...

DAY FIVE: DISNEYLAND!
it's only 20 minutes from where tita Linda and tita zeny stayed. I don't care if I'm 17, I am still in love with Disney. We were supposed to go with other relatives, but they all backed out when they heard on the weather channel that a severe storm was approaching. Anyway, the only mascots we saw were sleeping beauty and prince phillip (who had spiked hair, which I thought was pretty funny), Pluto (the mascot was soooo sweeeet), mickey (had to wait about an hour to see him), and buzz lightyear (he autographed on the wrong page). So the rides we went on were the storyland boat, the snow white musical (dopey was AWESOME), the star tours ride, peter pan's flight (not worth the one hour wait, I think, though monika loved it) , Pinocchio's adventure (worth the 2 minute wait), pirates of the caribbean ride (worth the 2 minute wait), and the Indiana jones adventure (such a bumpy and scary ride)...due to the light rain, the parade was canceled, but Disney made it up with fireworks. ^_^. I bought a gift for ben, reggie, and I bought myself a CUTE tigger wallet, and mom bought me a grumpy shirt and a grumpy hat...my new night cap ^_^

DAY SIX: REDONDO BEACH! Tito romy was off that day so he took us to the beach, where I said a big hello to the pacific ocean. I didn't swim, but I was mesmerized the continuous crashing of the waves. We ate (literally) live crabs, popcorn shrimp, and red snapper. It was all delicious, especially with tartar sauce. Then tito romy gave us a tour of the towns surrounding the beach; the million dollar houses which is shown on the O.C. opening, trump's golf course, which was an option for bill rancic on "the apprentice", and the san pedro Korean friendship bell...after dropping us off and after taking a nap, we went to a Chinese seafood restaurant, where I once again, pigged out on seafood and crispy noodles.

Almost done...DAY SEVEN. Time to go SHOPPING! The mall nearest had no second floor, so from one end to the other, was a long, LONG walk. I shop at Hollister for the first time and buy two shirts for forty bucks, then I shop at forever 21 and purchase pants for 15 bucks ><. Monika and I shop at the Disney store and sanrio, and we all eat at the food court.
After eating, monika and I go over kuya jojo's house, where I hung out with jasmine, jorell, jonah, and jovan. I had a strong feeling they had gamecube, so I brought some of my games. Ate mary chris suddenly comes, and takes us out to see lemony snicket's series of unfortunate events. It was an okay movie, but I never knew jim carey could be so...evil. We return to kuya jojo's house only to discover that my mom, dad, tita zeny, tita Linda, tito romy, tita baby, romijay, romilyn, and kuya norbert are waiting outside the door.
We all gather around and eat some more, and then I continue playing video games with my niece and nephews, while jonah continued to climb on top of me. Ha ha, he made my neck crack and it's still sore ><. Sadly the night ends, and we say goodbye, and the next morning, we wake up at four to pack up our stuff, since our flights at 7. the flight back was only 4 hours, and i watched "catwoman", and slept through "the notebook" (kuya benj is gonna kill me).

So overall, this vacation was SOO AWESOME. I miss everyone dearly and I'm sooo mad at myself that I didn't write down anybody's screen names. It was truly a blessing to see everybody again, and catch up with what's going on....oh if ONLY I COULD'VE STAYED LONGER! But I also dearly missed all my friends, and I missed seeing the ny skyline on the horizon while driving on the highway. Ha ha.

Well, this entry was surely long, I didn't even go into as much detail as I intended cuz this entry is so long...I might need to archive again...and my wrist is killing me like crazy. It's 1:30 in the morning, though i'm still used to California time so I'm still kinda wide awake. Heh heh, so this will be it for now...

me love u all...hee hee