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Man, Cali was just legendary. I miss everything already!!! T___T

Song of the trip for me would have to be...





The guys HATED it but T and I looooved it. We heard it inside the Abercrombie & Fitch Kids store and it was so catchy!

But yeah. I REALLY miss Cali T_T In-n-Out was awesome. BEST fast food hamburgers EVER. You guys should all go. Then, our accommodations at the Residence Inn at the Marriott was AMAZING. A bi-level suite complete with a king size bed downstairs, a queen size bed upstairs, two full baths, a complete kitchen, three TVs and a sofa bed n__n It was just EXTREMEEEEEEE!!!! Finally, although it seemed sketchy at first, our rental van was pretty good as well. It had A/C so we didn't die in the heat and it fit all of us xD;

Our activities consisted of endless UNO games, chilling and squeezing in the guys' beds xD, STAPLES CENTREE (<3 Lakers. the area smelled like shit though), Six Flags: Magic Mountain (X2 = XTREEEEEEME and Goliath = LOLOLOLOL), Inception (we always keep getting screwed over whenever we tried watching it here in Vancouver -____- ), The Expendables (LOLOLOL. Shit plot but the action, violence, gore and lame jokes made up for it), shopping, Laguna Beach (shitty bitch. shittier Japanese food), basic Hollywood and Kodak Theatre, PINKBERRYYYY, house hopping, GOOD FOOD (put on like, 5lbs @___@), Robek's Juice for breakfast, and many trips to the same mall xD; We did many more things but those were the highlights =]

Oh, and I can't forget. We missed our last connecting flight from Seattle to Bellingham on the way home (wtf right? LOL) Such a fun experience but I wouldn't have had it any other way nor spent it with other people <3

TEAM MUFUCKA FTW.

Florida/Bahamas Vacation pt7 [CONCLUDING]

And now, the concluding chapter of my vacation!


Day 8 - jul5
9:48am
After a 3hr sleeping trip last night from Fort Lauderdale back to my aunt's house, I just crashed. Not just me but I think the rest of my fam as well. We were just sooo tired @@

Oh! So...after eating dinner, we walked around then since we were on international waters ;) A Pina Colada and a Bahama Mama baby :p They tasted okay. The Pina Colada was beginning to taste really bitter towards the end since I think that the rum settled towards the bottom. After that, my stomach was really full of liquids so I couldn't enjoy the Bahama Mama as much. It was pretty yummy though and I didn't get tipsy at all. n_n training from those two seshes with my bro and his friends.

After all that, we just crashed at our cabin and tried to sleep. Well, my brother and I tried to. My dad slept and my mom was in and out. Then, the wait time for us to get out seemed like foreverrrrr. Stupid customs and border protection -___-

I seem to be having DLS and youth fam bam related dreams lately. Awww...I just miss them is all.

Last-minute packing to go back home na. Aww...it's been a pretty good vacation. Stressful but fun at times :o


10:11am
My sister is being left behind since she doesn't have her Permanent Resident's Card yet. It's probably in our mailbox now.

I received a random text from a Vancouver number and it was from someone that I didn't know. It said something about not enough money and not being able to go. I freaked out and searched desperately for who it might be since it could be someone going on the California trip in August!! But it wasn't. They texted again a minute later saying it was to the wrong number. I wonder who it was. Definitely a girl, for sure. Hmmmmmmm...

1:08pm
Sitting here in the Melbourne International Airport, we're waiting for our flight going to Charlotte, North Carolina. Thank goodness for wi-fi, I was able to check twitter, formspring, Xenophase and my e-mail. Man, so much drama on Xenophase n_n I miss my youth fam bam and I missed outtt!

As our vacation ends, I'm excited. California in August and Victoria as well. This will be a costly, but fun, summer :)

I'm planning to get back into RF again to hopefully spend more time with -censored- and possibly meet new friends. Possible UBC classmates? :D This might actually be a good thing!

3:48pm
Charlotte airport now. Man, we got off at an E gate and we had to walk alllll the way to an A gate and they're on opposite sides of the airport. That's so ridiculous! Imagine hauling a backpack, a rolly bag and another bag on the rolly bag for that long. It must have been a 20 minute walk.


5:42pm
Just finished eating dinner at chili's too. Soooo full! Chicken fajitas and two mugs of mango iced tea (US style) and some chicken buffalo wings. n_n

I have already realized it but I just wanna state it. I eat alot. Like actually.

Checking my phone, I noticed that I have a missed call from BMW. O.o I wonder why she called me.

8:11pm (Texas time)
Houston, Texas. Wow. Houston, Texas. Dang (yes, that's a name) lives here still. I think. Uhm, yeah...we had some history when I was 12, 13ish and we planned out how I'm going to live there with him and everything. Theeeen he disappeared, reappeared two years later and tells me that he never really liked me, as in like like, in the first place. It kinda feels awk being here and the possibility of seeing him, despite it being 0%, or even just being in the same city as him. Eep. Ohhh the adventures of a cheap traveller.

11:44pm (Vancouver time)
Hello Vancouver. How I've missed you <3

The flight wasn't too bad. My brother paid $6 for TV for 4hours and 45minutes. We watched Alice in Wonderland (the latest version) and alternated between Constantine and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Unfortunately, I was too sleepy and couldn't finish PotC.


jul9
12:15am
The journey doesn't end until I'm home! Hahahaha. Sitting here at YVR, I REALLY miss Vancouver :( I miss seeing all the Asians and the dark olive green colours of the airport and the ability to text my friends without having to pay 55cents extra! Hahaha. Strangely enough, I think that I've formed a liking to black boys during this trip :p

12:27am
Even though it's 15degrees, it feels nice. It's a nice cool and not terrible at all. Ahhh. It definitely feels nice :)



That's all folks. I hope you enjoyed reading them, although despite being huge walls of text xD! Next up would be for me to finish the manga features aaaand do a post on my graduation so watch out for those! =)

Florida/Bahamas Vacation pt6

I'll save the finale for last :D!

Day 7 - jul4
10:16am
Woke up around 8 since my parents told us that we had to be ready by 9 for this tour. We've been sitting here for around 30mins now and the transportation that was supposed to be included with the tour that we signed up for isn't here yet at all. I'm starting to think that either...

Also in other news, I texted -censored- last night saying that I miss him so much and I do :( He replied saying to just enjoy my trip. He won't have to worry since I am enjoying my trip :)

a) we got here too late
b) the tour company is late
c) scam

Boooo.

In other news, kuya W is back in Vancouver. Awwww...I miss the youth :(

10:39am
Finally on the bus for our tours and this bus is ghetto. Two-seater on the right side and one-seater on the left. Then, attached to the two-seater is this folding seat and this bus sure is full. Sitting next to a super sweaty, most likely drunk or at least intoxicated, white man, it's pretty nast. Then his friend is cracking up jokes. luuuulz. Sarcastic or not, it's pretty hilair.

10:51am
looooool. My dad with his cowboy hat and wrinkled forehead looks so cute. xD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4:08pm
We're finally on the boat! Time to go back to Florida then go back to Vancouver the day after. Wooooh.

The Bahamas isn't actually all that great. It's nice, I'll admit, but the people here are so hellbent on tourism, tourists and trying to con people out of their money as much as they can that it takes away from the true beauty of the country and island itself. Quite disappointing really.

Florida/Bahamas Vacation pt3

Day 4 - jul1
7:52am
Freaking hell D: It's so early and they say that it's already afternoon =_= Eyebags are huuuuge. I can feeeeeeel them.

9:03am
Woooh. Off to return the rental car and then to the Kennedy Space Center! Wooooooh. My kuya (big brother in Tagalog) is driving my aunt's car for now :p Anyway, he made a good observation. The houses and stuff look so stereotypically American. Each one has those mailboxes out on the front lawn and each house has a front lawn and back yard with older cars n_n It's rather interesting actually.

11:29am
Here at Kennedy Space Cetnre, I'm conducting a travel video experience of my travels to Mars! It's pretty funny :P

12:23pm
Wooooooooow. Talk about otakus. After seeing the VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building), the first thoughts that come into the minds of my brother and I include: "Imagine if an Evangelion was revealed!" or "What if an Evangelion was inside?" and "What if they find Evangelions on Mars?" tsk tsk tsk.

In other news, someone special to me seems to be with me everywhere and it includs Florida. I'm not sure why they used that code for it but they did. [censored] !!! Hahahahaha. Although now fully accurate and similar to their RF ign, it's VERY close. Took a picture just for them :)

12:50pm
JFK looks like Steve Hicks. LOL.

1:18pm
It's actually getting cold inside these airconditioned areas n_n Lunch time at the Moon Rock Cafe!

3:29pm
We're on our way back now and boy, is it hot in this car or what! We didn't get to go to all that we wanted to but it's okay. My dad said that it's because we didn't leave early enough. I don't really mind but that's pretty mean :( Oh well.

In terms of fam issues, my sister was being a real bitch earlier. She said that we were thinking of making her look greedy by taking pictures only with the camera that I'm usually bringing around. I said that we weren't and asked her where she got that idea from or who told her. She replied by telling me that, "Obviously, nobody would say anything," and I was just so mad. Freaking hell =_= like,  what the fuck? Is she THAT paranoid? =___=

7:45pm
Eating dinner at my aunt's house with her 3rd husband but without her. I rather feel bad for this man since he's alone most of the day. It's kinda awkward but then it isn't at the same time. I don't know o_O

Key Lime Pie isn't as good as I thought it'd be. It's too sweet :( it's like a sweetened version of the cake that Sergio's mom made for Valeria, except on Placebo.

9:40pm
I'm about to go to bed now since we're leaving at 4am tomorrow which means that I have to wake up at around 3-3:30am. In Vancouver time...
sleep = 6:40pm
wake up = 12-12:30am
leave = 1am
So this would be like a nap :P In any case, I swear R called me! He says no and I think he's been telling people but my caller id will prove it! It's really weird :/ but this is good because then a certain person will be turned off by the way I'm acting now (I hope) and I'll be inclined to stop liking said person. It's weird though since I feel like I'm in love with someone else already and I've begun liking this person. I don't know. Maybe it's just admiration, similar to what Tiffany had :o Admiration for the person who I'm hoping will be turned off by my attitude, not the latter person. Okaaaaay, getting off-topic again.

Uhm, my aunt has a dog, two birds, two chickens and a goldfish (I think) and each one has a peculiarity or interesting story in their own way.

dog = His name is Chico or Chito and he's a 4-month old Dachshund. He's very friendly and hyper x) He also bit off the wire cord of my aunt's cassette tape player LOL. He drinks water from the hose instead of his water bowl. I actually feel bad for this dog since he doesn't look like he's receiving much love :(

two birds = I think that they're supposed to be love birds but they act far from it. They don't sit next to each other that much AT ALL.

two chickens = My aunt said that once, she ran out of chicken feed so she fed them dog food and they laid two eggs the same day each. LOL. They're also fat :P

goldfish = It lives in a bowl with two shells and a real plant overflowing on top. Apparently, my aunt doesn't give it anything to eat and it somehow survived on it's own. I just thought that that's weird.

I watched an old mystery/cop-ish type movie earlier. It was really weird. This lady said she didn't think her husband would commit suicide but you find out in the end that he does. Apparently, he's "gay" and he couldn't live with it. He also killed one gay person and he was responsibly for the death of a gay mutilator somehow. It was REALLY weird <_<;;

Florida/Bahamas Vacation pt1

Hey guys! I'm back from vacation and I have two major events to blog about. My graduation and my vacation. I'll share my vacation first since I kept a nikki (diary for those of you who don't know. Mirai Nikki reference =P) all throughout. I want to upload it from my phone to this blog but coming up with this web page on my phone took forever. My thoughts, added stuff, translations, etc. are in italics =) Also, I'll break it up if the entry begins to get too long =P I realized that Day 3 is HUGE. Anyway, here goes!

Day 1 - jun28
12:15pm (Minneapolis time)
It's like fucking Mission Mexico! Exact same gate and a chili's too! With a 1hr wait in between the connecting flights xD

McD's has better kids meal toys =_=


Day 2 - jun29
9:25am (Orlando time)
Too hot. My mom made me wear sneakers :( Still so full from last night's dinner at Texas de Brazil @@! Sleeping was okay. Putol-putol (choppy in Tagalog) since it was hot and I was wearing only undies and a shirt :/ boooooo.

Man, I miss school so much already (it seems) that I even had a dream about it and how a normal day is like ._. Also, I was singing our grad song in the taxi on the way back from the restaurant and I started tearing up. I cried abit but not that much but I was still really sad.

wtf @ R. Calling me while I'm here. arghh

11:45am
Our first ride was Terminator 2. Not really a ride but more of a 3d experience. It was pretty fun :)

Oops. I forgot to write throughout this whole thing that we went to Universal Studios in Florida. ^^;;

1:25pm
Krustyland and MIB Alien Attack followed. Luckily for us, the lines aren't that long. Krustyland was similar to T2 except not 3d and the kart moved more. MIB was like the Disneyland Toy Story ride [in Hong Kong] where you get on a kart and shoot stuff :p I prevailed with 172k points xD Now in line for Jaws. We had some turkey leg and lots to drink. It's actually really hot. I hope to change later on into a spaghetti strap @@

1:42pm
Okay, it's been less than 20mins but I just HAVE to write this. Okay so in Math 12, I learned about sine and cosine waves. Now, the line in the inner area of Jaws does that snakey thing, to try and get as many people stuck in live/space/etc., and my brother pointed out that we only did one round and the first thought to come to my mind was "omg. He's right! We just went through one sine wave." Then, I thought of how there's the "30mins from here" sign to indicate the wait time from a specific point in the line and began wondering that maybe, by using sine waves and trigonometry, that that's how they calculated it. Then I started wondering how long it took us to get through one "sine wave" in this line and thought of the pi/period/b formula and the graph outline for a formula for a modified sine wave -____- Wow.

4:44pm
Now we're on the other side, the Island of Adventures and we're lining up for the newest and main attraction: Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. It says 90 minute wait n_n I sure do hope that it isn't! I was just outside a minute ago but now I'm in.

5:44pm
wooh. Just got out. It was pretty sweet but could have been better. But still pretty good. The whole wait though was amazing in itself. The inside of the castle was amazing, astounding, outrageous and very detailed. It was sooo beautiful and like, everything was just crazy! I loooooooove the inside. I wish I could have taken a picture but it's okay. The Hogwarts castle is something I definitely won't forget. <3

7:51pm
Dinner time! We pretty much went through all that we wanted to so my fam is good. Painful feet but it was fun, nonetheless. The Spider-man ride was pretty good. Similar to the HP one except it had some 3d stuff :) I bought a Hulk doll and Hulk keychain cause it was sooo cute! I'll give RdC the Hulk keychain since she has "HULKmode" moments :P I also got to see NBA City Restaurant earlier. My kuya bought me a wristband w/ Kobe's jersey. I'll end up using it as an accessory. I was planning to give it to a youth fam member but my bro paid for the wristband so I better not. Oh! And after HP, we got some Butterbeer xD It was REALLY sweet but what do you expect? It's butterscotch based :p Now, we be eating at Latin Quarter Restaurant. I hope it's yummy!

Wow..seriously?! I'm such a pig =__=

Okay so Saturday..I had like, 3 birthday parties to attend =_=  Then today, I went to eat at Thai Garden with my fam after watching the NBA playoffs ._. Sad LA lost but they'll come back in home court! =D So here's a debriefing of Saturday:

Lunch: All-You-Can-Eat @ Kingsway Sushi [12-2PM]
WOW. All you can eat Japanese overload much?! Crazyyyyyy! It was a birthday party for these two little cute kiddies. Two sisters, one turned 6 and the other turned 4. SOOO cute! x) Their birthday cake was to die for. The parents got it from this cupcake place so yeah. Cream cheese frosting in between and a perfect buttercream frosting. Normally, I hate buttercream icing/frosting cause it's too heavy and think and just gross =/ But this time, it was perrrrrrfect!

Dinner: Home party @ Surrey [7-8:30PM]
Okay so this one was pretty boring =( I didn't eat that much since I was still so full from the day before AND lunch @_@ Also, I wasn't too fond of their family because they kinda seem nosy to me =/ I just really wanted to get out. Luckily, my youth fam bam saved me just in time! Thanks to my dad for being so nice about it =)

Late night: Home party @ Langley [9:30-11:30PM]
One of my youth fam had her birthday last week and we went to her house and celebrated along with her family. We were pretty late but we still managed to be there and not be TOO late. We bought 20 ice cream sandwiches and 20 candles and then we stacked them in a pyramid of 6,5,4,3,2 and yeah. Douche cake apparently o_O But yeah, it was fun =)

Late LAATE night: Boston Pizza's @ Surrey [11:30PM-1:15PM]
We left her house with everyone that came and met up with this other guy at BP's. Apparently, he was really hungry so yeah. Not many people ate. L beside me bought some Pizza Bread. C to L's right bought some NY style cheesecake with raspberry sauce. Yum yum. Had a bite of it =P Then N (the hungry guy) had some Chicken Thai Bites and some pasta dish. RdC had something...totally didn't pay attention and then R had some Apple Crisp dessert. Anyway, while they were eating, W and I were playing Jenga. It got pretty heated. Like, we had 4 or 5 single blocks in a row n_n It was funny too cause I used my long nails to hammer at some blocks wahahhahaha. Then it fell on him. We played again with 3 people this time and the tower collapsed on W. H and I won =D

And yeah. C drove me home. Poor dude was so tired that he wasn't tired at all @_@; I owe him big time. In any case, I'll give profiles of my friends in a post sooner or later =) They're all very cool people!

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Pathfinder Camporee @ Hope! May 21-24 (more like 23 =p)

21st
--> got off school early
--> T skipped her last class
--> went home, re-packed
--> tried to get Drake tickets for his upcoming concert on the 27th but sold out =(
--> went to Surrey to T's place
--> helped her pack and just chilled at her place
--> got picked up by W and R
--> chilled at W's place
--> made some sign thingies for this booth thing for the camp
--> fun times ordering pizza from Pizza Hut
--> oreo snack! =D
--> totalllly missed first roll call. "20 missing and accounted for, sir!" talk about embarassing
--> left around 8pm
--> dropped by Safeway to buy some groceries that we were supposed to bring
--> major troubles with W's van
--> realized I forgot a toothbrush, bought some on the way to the campsite
--> made groups and gave them group names based on ABDC - Jabbawockeez
--> got there around 1030pm when it was half an hour to lights out
--> set up the tent for W and R
--> slept in the van LOL. SOOOOOO cold =__= FUCK.

22nd
--> nasty hair
--> did praise team for morning service
--> woke up semi-early
--> uniform + scrambling to get good uniform
--> morning inspection = funny
--> showered at night, drove W's van
--> totes can't remember what else happened that day =/
--> warmer sleep for sure
--> turned on the van every now and then to turn the heater on


23rd
--> decided to take things seriously
--> got a bit TOO serious LOL
--> parents came to watch us
--> performed our fancy drill
--> link Titans Fancy Drill
--> boring afternoon
--> found out that the booth thing was over and all the hard work T and I put in was for naught
--> too many fun times
--> forced to stay for worship when we wanted to leave =_=
--> left around 9pm
--> I drove W's car with T and R in it from Hope all the way to Chilliwack
--> Wings Tap and Grill at 11pm!?, ate rice + 19 wings <3 yum
--> got home around 130AM, forgot my cellphone in C's car

Yeah. It was actually a really fun weekend. It was 2 weeks ago and it was just really fun and funny. I don't remember the specifics but I just remember it being fun and whatnot =) Yeah. Camporee was funny indeed xD Camping but sleeping in vans?! WHAAT?! LOL.

LXVII

Just got back from eating out with the youth fam bam. They came over and we had practice since we're performing tomorrow at another church. Started around 8PM and ended around 10PM then we went out to eat at Boston Pizza which lead to my now, 3-month pregnant look-alike stomach -o-;

So, 11 of us (originally 13 but 2 left) were sitting there wondering what to eat then this conversation came up across the table.

R: Dude, I should order a large pizza.
W: You totes should dude! But you probs can't finish it.
I: Are you kidding me? He ate a large piece of steak AND finished off J's wings two weeks ago. He can finish it.
W: Dude, did you know in sushi, he can eat $23 worth?!
I: Pshh. $23? That's not alot. Pshhh.
W: Oh yeah?
I: Yeah. Y'know what, I'll order one large pizza too.
W: Okay. It's a competition then between R and I.
R: WHAT?!

Then yeah. We had more back and forths then I eventually got persuaded into doing it.

Guess who won?

:D

6/12 slices for me.
9/12 slices for R.

But R gave up.

So I win! :D

Yeah. That's actually really gross. I don't know if guys are turned off by that or if they like girls who can eat a lot <_<; Yeah. LOL. Add another 5 lbs. to the already 10 lbs. that I gained this past few months -___-;

Anyway, I love my youth fam bam =)


Coming up soon...

Pathfinder Camporee!

LXVI

Okay so another update. FINALLY. hahaha. This will be about my debut which was my 18th birthday party. So here's some background information:

It's a Filipino tradition that when a girl turns 18, she celebrates it with a HUUUGE party. So big that it's comparable to a wedding, but still not quite as big but you get the gist right? There is the debutante, which was me, and I had an escort to follow me around for most of the night. It can be a boyfriend or a close friend or a cousin. It just has to be a guy hahaha. Anyway, there are two mandatory components to this party and it is the 18 Candles and the 18 Roses. The 18 Candles are the Debutante's closest relatives, friends, Godmothers and aunts and just really close ladies in general who will give her some words of advice or say something about her. The 18 Roses are the 18 special guys in her life whether it be friends, cousins, family, schoolmates, etc. who dance with her and they symbolize how they're going to protect her and whatnot. Yaget? Also, the father has to be the first dance in the 18 roses and the escort is the last. That is a MUST. Anyway, another component, that isn't as mandatory but still pretty important, is the Cotillion. The traditional cotillion is composed of 9 pairs. The debutante and her escort and 8 pairs of her closest guy and girl friends. These people are also included in her 18 Roses and 18 Candles. They are also the participants closer to the debutante's age, obviously =P Aaand I think that's it for the background info =) Now, here's my experiences for that day!

Morning 8-12ish
--> church
--> Pathfinder investiture
--> boring
--> getting nervous because we should've been at the make-up by then @_@
--> shower! hahaha

Afternoon 1-3ish
--> hair + make-up @ Gii Bii Studio
--> going back home to fetch the clothes
--> freaking out because the event was starting soon
--> calling people to check if they're ready or not

Pre-part 4-6
--> more calling people to see if they're making their way to the location
--> freaking out over decorations, last minute arrangements
--> trying to practice but everyone never really came on time

PARTYYY 7-1030
--> fun
--> stressful
--> unforgettable
--> LOVED the decorations. so simple..well kind-of. LOTS of balloons for sure x)
--> escort = doki doki
--> no crying though =_= I thought that the parent speech was going to make me sad but noOoOoOOOOOoo
--> 18 Candles = funny. one really LOOONG speech by this older lady. my Godmother repeated "Don't do what other teenagers are doing" like..3 times LOL
--> 18 Roses = @___@;; my dress kept on going down T_T; it got so bad that you could see the tops of my fake boobies xD;;
--> escort dance/waltz = worse but not AS bad. he was so sweet as to pull it up for me and I felt so safe in his arms ><
--> didn't get to eat much though I heard the food was great
--> youth singing = closest I got to crying
--> opening vid = so cute xD I'll never forget it
--> so many people came @_@
--> cotillion was totes hilair xD despite messing up quite abit, it was really fun =)
--> over-all just really fun ^__^

After party 11-1245
--> dancing was fun!
--> music wasn't the best though
--> downed a shot or two but didn't affect me that much
--> LOTS of dancing
--> my escorts fam stayed the latest in terms of guests (till 1245AM ish)
--> all we did was dance xD
--> lots of misleading pictures out there n_n;
--> yeah, just lots of dancing
--> dancing circle thingy going on =P

After all was said and done... 1-4
--> my escort phoned me and we just talked. and talked and talked till around 4AM haha
--> opened presents (going to post a picture up later when I find the camera =__=)
--> yeeep. =)

So yeah. Over-all, the party went REALLY well. Even though not everything that we wanted to happen happen, everything was just great. Most people wouldn't have noticed otherwise anyway since they don't know about it. It was definitely a night to remember for me and I'm still feeling the rush =P It's been 2 weeks already but I'm still all giddy and happy about it xD! Weeeeee. The stress and frustrations was definitely worth it =)

I don't actually have any photos myself. They're all from other people =( I stole a few both will only post two. Uhm, yes. My entrance dress is the yellow one and my dance/18 Roses dress is the black one (ewww. arm fat). Just some pics w/ my escort hehe.

Yepperz! =) And that's my summary.



In other news...

I'm following the NBA Playoffs 2010. I knew the Celtics would win the Eastern Conference Finals against Magic =P Now, to wait for the Lakers to close up their series tomorrow against the Suns and we're off for the Finals!!! I'm so stoked. It'll be so epic hehehehe.

LXV

Man, I don't think I'll get through the whole week at Mexico LOL. Uhm... just to summarize:

March 16th, 2010
--> worked on construction instead of VBS
--> got to shower during the afternoon
--> awesome food, as always
--> learned more Spanish
--> bought some kind of beverage at the local store
--> got to take down a wall using a sledge hammer (Didn't do much damage though =( )
--> cut a bunch of patterns for VBS the next day
--> took out a bunch of nails from pieces of wood (Yes. They're so poor that they're trying to salvage EVERYTHING)


March 17th, 2010
--> more construction with the nails of the pieces of wood
--> helped with the placing of the styrofoam sheets up top as insulation for the classrooms
--> yum yum food
--> got to help out prepping lunch and some dinner
--> bonfire with the little kids of the classroom
--> taught a little girl how to play basketball xD!
--> they have flavoured marshmallows O_O

March 18th, 2010
--> last day for VBS and construction. opted for the VBS
--> crafts at the school + at La Estrella
--> awesome food
--> got a snickers bar from my muchacho
--> got to go out that night and explore the town a bit that night
--> boys pooled some money in to buy a pair of shoes for muchacho
--> danced on the stage in the town square :P

March 19th, 2010
--> BEACH DAY
--> 3hr trip to San Carlos (or was it San Juan?) beach
--> bought some souvenirs (magnet, bracelets, etc.)
--> paddleboated!
--> kayak-ing + unforgettable experience with my hat HAHAHA. had to circle around it FOUR times just to get it since it flew off of my head -___-;
--> lots of fun over-all
--> ran out of sunscreen :(

March 20th, 2010
--> held church service @ La Estrella
--> climbed down a rocky steep hill with heels on x)
--> PINATA!
--> boys + muchacho = Backstreet Boys wannabe-s?! HAHAHA
--> last night :(
--> packing, cleaning up as much as we can beforehand
--> last shower together with my bestie LOL (stupid teachers complained about us =_=)
--> yum yum food as always!!

March 21st, 2010
--> left at around 8AM :(
--> TEARS T____T
--> longass bus-ride to the border
--> got held up at the border since our driver doesn't have a working visa or some type of visa that will let him inside USA, PLUS, he had no insurance on the bus -___-
--> thank God that we were able to get through that :D
--> Jack-in-the-Box = LOVE
--> FOUND MY CHURROS BUD
--> arrived around 10PM @ La Quinta Inn
--> watched Kirstie Alley's BIG Life LOL.
--> fell asleep with the TV on xD;;

March 22nd, 2010
--> explored Phoenix, Arizona abit
--> went to some boring museum
--> ate at Fatburger
--> a bit of flirting/communicating/practicing Spanish with the workers there = a little more extra whipped cream on your milkshake ;) LOL
--> bought some kind of CHI product
--> airplane ride home * 2!
--> two BIIIG sized Peach Fru-teas from The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf at the Phoenix Airport
--> Phoenix -> Seattle flight delayed, which in turn delayed our Seattle -> Vancouver flight
--> made history since that's the first time that Alaska Airlines has EVER held a flight :P
--> got home late

and that's basically what happened in Mexico x)

Up next...

MY DEBUT! aka 18th birthday party. ^__^

LXIV

So it's been around three weeks since my last post and I'm sorry I haven't been updating lately. It's just that it's report card week and we're alll trying to make up for what we're missing in our classes and whatnot. PLUS planning for my birthday party has just been such a drag.

I said I would post about my trip to Mexico and here goes! I will start by posting links to alllll the photos that I took:

Mish Mex 2010 [i]
Mish Mex 2010 [ii]
Mish Mex 2010 [iii]
Mish Mex 2010 [iv]

I set my albums so that they would be viewable by the public. =) Anyway, here's the run-down, day by day.

March 14th, 2010

At around 12:00AM, I'm just chilling at home, waiting for 1:00AM to come so we can leave xD Flight is at 6:30AM or something like that and we had to be at the airport by 3-3:30AM. So yeah, get there. First person there was Carvy. I was next then people started trickling in. We were all either really sleepy or really hyped. Fun stuff. Checked in, looong line-up since there was 21 of us. Then the next thing you know, you're on the plane O_O Time passes by really quickly in airports. So we get on and we fly to Tacoma, Seattle airport. Didn't sleep in that one at all since it was only a 1hour flight. Just to let you know... NEVER FLY ALASKA AIRLINES. SUCH BAD LANDING SKILLS >:( Okay anyway, we were at the Seattle airport for about 2hours or so. My best friend, Maria, and I decide to eat breakfast and where else better than at Chili's! It wasn't the real deal though. It was called "Chili's too". Like, wtf <_<; In any case, we had big breakfasts. I should have a picture somewhere in there =p And theeeeeen, another airplane ride going to Phoenix. Slept in that one. Couldn't take it anymore @_@ I was sleeping soo soundly but then the landing was SO crappy that it woke me up and made me jump in my seat. Literally =_= And theeen, after getting our luggage and stuff sorted out, we went on the bus for a 12hr bus ride to Tesopaco, Mexico! It wasn't super hot in Phoenix. It was bearable heat. But then again, I was only outside for a maybe 30minutes or so. Stop over at some fast food places for lunch/dinner. Obviously, I was still on the hunt for churros at this time so I was searching but found none. However, Maria and I found out that you can get 1 large meal and a sandwich at Burger King for $12. And by large, I mean LARGE. The drinks were HUUUGE and the sandwiches were even huger. @_@ Anyway, so we were on the bus for 11-13 hours. The Mexican border was so ghetto. Nothing special at all. It's like...I don't know how to describe it. I should have a picture in there. Anyway, going into Mexico itself was like going back to the Philippines' ghetto area. It wasn't that surprising for me psh. And yeah. 11-13 hours. When it was dark, the bus driver turned off the lights, left little blue night lights on and he seemed to have turned up the AC =_= It was SOO cold D: but my feet were sweating all at the same time. Strange eh. People were starting to say that the bus driver turned in on for fun LOL. At times when people couldn't sleep, we pulled out the gee-tar and jammed. Sang and had some fun =) Got to Tesopaco at around 2:30AM. Set up our sleeping quarters and slept =)


March 15th, 2010

Due to the cold of the bus, I got a wee bit sick. Woke up at 8AM for breakfast and I was doing worship that day so I just re-used my sermon about food and serving God. Breakfast was pancakes, fruit and some kinda porridge. I don't like porridge so def didn't touch that. Pancakes was okay. After breakfast, we separated into construction and Vacation Bible School groups. I was in VBS so we went into a room to prep for that. I couldn't handle it though cause I was too sick. My eyes were glossy and I was still really sleepy so the teachers told me to sleep. So I slept and slept, then woke up, helped out with VBS, then it was lunch! I forgot what it was but it was really good :D After that, more VBS prep and then off to a little town called "La Estrella" for VBS for the kids there. I was in charge of crafts. Totes def not fun. It was hard communicating with the kids due to the language barrier but most of them understood. We didn't really get to finish it the way it's supposed to look but it's okay. I tried out some basic Spanish words that I knew on the bus ride there on one of the teachers of the school that we were staying at. I was asking her age and said "Tos numeros?" Which means "Your number?" LOL. Then I had to ask my classmate Yaya how to ask for someone's age and she told me "Tos anos?" And yeah. Good stuff. I kept asking Sergio, the son of the principal who owned the school we were staying at, how to say lots of things in Spanish. Fun times. Then we went back, had dinner which was awesome as well :D Worship, then we switched people for VBS. Showered, Maria and I showered together ;D, got clean and talked to my mom and big brother on Skype. While the principal was in the room, my brother asked if I could bring back a bottle of tequila. Talk about awk. Anyway, bed time!


Holy crap, there's so much to write. MORE TO COME TMRW. I'm hoping to do two days per post per day x) Yeah. =)


In other news...

PLAYOFFS ARE STARTING!!!

In NBA 2010, I'm obviously rooting for LA Lakers but Denver Nuggets will be in my hearts. Yay Carmelo Anthony (leading scorer I believe) and Chauncey "Mr. Big Shot" Billups. I read a bio on Billups and that began my interest in him. He's called Mr. Big Shot cause he takes those impossible-seeming shots that not many would dare to take and he gets it in. Something like that. =P

LA Lakers are against Oklahoma Thunder and they're currently at a 2-1 series with Lakers leading. Anyway, go Lakers! Haha x)

In NHL 2010, go Canucks! I'm not a big hockey enthusiast but as a Vancouverite, I must share the same faith and enthusiasm that other Vancouver Canucks fans share haha. Screw LA Kings for using "I believe" or "believe" in their cheering for their team. Vancouverites should have copyrighted that or something since I remember hearing that being used even way before the winter olympics. Yeah?

Series right now is...well, I don't know but I think they're tied. o: Good luck Canucks!

FOOD 3

Okay guys! So this post is long over-due but it's my homemade (notice how it is NOT "hon-mei") chocolate. Or in this case... peanut butter cups, crappy looking Ferrero Rochers and yeah! So I used about a box and a half of Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate. You have to chop it up so that it will melt easier.

As some of you have probably seen, the proper way to melt chocolate is by using a double-broiler type contraption. Basically, you have a big pot filled with water and another pot or metal bowl (as long as it conducts heat well) on top. Then, you place the chocolate in the secondary bowl in the water and stir it as the water is being heated up. Some people say that you should NOT let the water in the pot boil because it makes the chocolate taste weird. I don't know about that but to be on the safe side, I didn't let it boil. I added some milk in it just so it's creamier and not so chocolate-y.

So for the peanut butter cups, I took at a muffin tray and placed the muffin paper cup thingies in them. Then, I spread a layer of chocolate on the bottom and on the sides to form the case. You can't really tell but that is flat and only on the outsides. There's no bulk on the inside and also, you have to bring the sides of the cup up a bit more so there's space for enough peanut butter and the "lid" ^_^ As soon as you're done, place it in the fridge to cool and harden!

 After 15 minutes, take it out and lay on the peanut butter! Make sure not to go over the sides of the cup so there's space for the chocolate lid. Then, cover the peanut butter with more melted chocolate to complete the peanut butter cup like so. It'll be a very messy step but fun! Try to flatten the peanut butter as much as you can for the lid. You can sprinkle some sprinkles on small candies or candied/dried fruits on top while the chocolate is still melted for decoration at this step.

Finally, let them cool in the refrigerator for another 15minutes! Take them out and feel free to decorate with icing or whatnot. =) Be creative!

My fridge is messy =P





And finally, end result! TA-DA! I wrote the initials down of the people whom I was going to give these to using red gel icing.

Some of them *coughWTLFcough* never made it because they got eaten LOL. One will NEVER *coughKTcough* make it just because and the rest were good. ^_^ These are very yummy btw and CL and AM said that they were better than Reese x) They even named it the "Geizz" or whatever. A play on pronunciation on "Reese" and "Izzy/Izz" and "Jizz" -___-;;


In any case, I made these too:

To the right is just some chocolate that I rolled into balls and rolled in chopped walnuts with a teeny drizzle of the red gel icing. To the left is just some canel-shaped chocolate with farm animal sprinkle decorations on top xD (they were the only Valentine's colour themed ones).

XLV

Played a good 4 hours of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare 2 tonight. My brother taught me and I played a bunch of missions and he helped me like..once or twice with the hard ones. All I have to say is...

O-M-G. I'm in love. It's so fun and addictive @_____@ I can't wait to play more tomorrow! :D:D:D:D Hello Soap, hello Roach <3


Had a major math test today on logarithms and series/sequences. I teared up during studying in class -__-; I was THAT frustrated. Eff, I hate our math teacher. He doesn't really teach and stuff and like T_T Okay, high school is prep for university but aren't we allowed SOME leisure learning privileges as well? D: It's lame. I hope I did well though because I felt like I knew what I was doing on most of the questions =)


Night photoshoot last night with my friend Harvey at Douglas College at the Coquitlam campus. It was fun x) I hope the photos turned out nicely. It'll be for the invitations, slideshow, thank you cards and that big board thingy that people sign when they enter the room for my debut. Weee n__n; I can't wait for the day photoshoot with my own hand-made dress (which I have yet to complete. eep!)!

I have to clean my room again soon. All my creative-ness has cause a mess and neglect of this rooms cleanliness =(

XLIV

Youth Fam Time!

Tonight, the youth wanted to chill and do something instead of just talking so our Youth Leader (Winston) and I thought of like... board games, wings and renting a movie. We went to Carvy's house to have this little hangout and it was really fun. From around 8PM-1:30AM, I spent all that time with them xD

So Winston and the Surrey people bought Taboo and then when they got there, Winston, Trisha, JR and I went out to check out any good movies and to get wings. No movie and the $$ we collected from people weren't enough for the wings so Wins and I just paid the rest.

After 45 minutes and getting bad directions from each other, we got home and ate. Eleven wings later, we played Taboo. First it was 4 on 4 of whoever was there then we did Boys vs Girls and afterwards, Deer Lake School people vs Fraser Valley Academy people. Good times. SOOO funny and SOOO loud n_n Afterwards, Carvy's mom made pancakes for us and they're so fluffy and yummy xD;

I love my Youth Fam. I know that my life is taking a turn for the better and that I'm spending time with the right people. I know that they won't leave me and that they'll always be there for me and I for them. I LOVE YOU FAM.

XLIII

So today was a pretty long day. Right after school, I went to Metrotown with my friend to meet up with her co-worker. There was about 8 of us on the bus today and it was pretty fun. All the Grade 12 girls were sitting at the back of the bus and talking about girly stuff =P Then the bus stopped and everyone got off. Gave about 5 free hugs at that time teehee.

Then yeah, lots of walking around. I bought a pair of green sweat pants from Old Navy. XL, guys kid size so it was a pretty good fit. The L was too short and the XL was too long. XL looked better and bigger = comfier. Also, I bought a yellow v-neck to pair it with on Sweats Day at my school.

During that time, I managed to unintentionally reinforce my friend's Superlative (the "Most like to..." in yearbooks) vote for me as the "Most likely to steal a free sample" just because it's "free". I look like a cheapo now cause while I was paying, I made sure of the prices and receipts LOL. Also, I bought it from Old Navy. Not exactly brand name but I don't care if I'm the one paying for it. =P Funny though.

So then my dad called me and said that he and my two aunts, cousin and uncle were with him and they'll just meet up with me so we did. We walked around and nothing interesting happened there. After 2 hrs, we headed home but decided to eat Pho for dinner. So then yeah... REALLY embarrassing for me =(

The lady taking our orders was guessing our relationships with each other (we were the only customers then since they were 40mins till closing time). She got my two aunts as sisters right along with my cousin being my aunt's daughter. Then she thought that my dad was married to the same aunt with my cousin but then they corrected her. Then she looked at me and was like

"... err ..."

*intense looking around*

"Is she a friend..?

Then I collapsed cause then that just means that I totally don't look anything like one half of my family -___-; And I'm the one who's always "Yay! I love my family!" D: WHAT IS THIS.

Then yeah. LOL

XLII

YAY! Girls won our second home game and we KILLED. 62-14 or maybe 67-14 but yeah. LOL. We're sooo good and even though I didn't make any baskets, I think I made a difference. There was this one time where it was kind of a fast break and I ran down the court as hard as I could and dribbled the ball. I kind of freaked out because someone was on me so I picked it up. Then all of a sudden, a bunch of girls were on me trying to steal the ball then I was like

"Oh my God. NOO. NOO."

and a bunch of grunting sounds and I think I kinda shouted NOOO. In my mind, I was thinking NO. I WON'T let you get the ball. NO. so I got really mad and grunted alot LOL. When the ball was hit out, the whole bench was laughing and it included our starters, 2-3 guys and our coach. They were laughing SO hard -____-;;

Defending was pretty okay. We played zone and I did the whole "if the other guard is on someone, take split line" thing and it was good. Offensively, our starters did great but the bench isn't as good but still very good. We kinda collapsed on our 1-3-1 offense at the end since someone was supposed to be on the wing and only 1 person down low but there were two so yeah. Over-all though, we did well.

It's potentially our last game but hopefully not. I hope we go to play-offs! =D


In other news...

I REALLLLLY need a photographer that can produce a CD of my photos by the 31st T_T; HELPP.

Also, remember those two friends that I posted about earlier? If not, here's the link:

http://iakt941.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2009-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&updated-max=2010-01-01T00%3A00%3A00-08%3A00&max-results=39

Just copy/paste it =)

Anyway, I asked this guy who's courting my cousin to pass on a note I made for the girl who is currently in HS. They're friends too so yeah. Then, the other girl who I introduced to everyone texted me if I wanted to hang out on Friday! So I'm def going to that and we'll see how it goes.

XXXVI

I'm so sick and tired of my church youth. Yeah, we have talent. Yeah, we're really good musically. But we suck at focusing and practicing. It's pretty sad that we can't focus properly altogether as a co-ed group when our leader isn't there with us. It's really discouraging. Plus, we really suck with money issues and meeting deadlines. We ALWAYS have to scramble at the last minute to pay for things and we aren't very consistent at all. It pisses me off so much.

Then, when we have meetings, not that many people listen. There would be people listening but those who aren't, are too loud that no body notices at all. It's really frustrating...


So in my last two years of public school, I've had these two girls as best friends. Let's call them A and J. I've known J since we were in grade 6 and we're really good friends and she totally gets me! A is a year older than J and I and she was a transfer student. I was her FIRST friend EVER in the school, in all of Canada!

The situation is that I think they're ignoring me. I texted A and J to go watch a movie but I've received no replies. I messaged A 4 times on Facebook chat and once on MSN when she was on (cause she never is) and I received no reply. I recently texted and posted on J's Facebook wall asking how she was and I received no reply either. Are they ignoring me?

Plus, the fact that A got invited to J's Winter Formal and Artona pictures makes me upset. Not only am I upset about that but I begin to really miss Pinetree. I saw the Winter Formal and Artona pictures that my friends from PT took and my heart just sank. I really miss them and I feel like I'm missing out.

Suddenly, I felt like my whole world got smaller. I see a third of my classmates 6 days, sometimes 7 days, in a week. School AND church. My world is getting smaller. =(


Which brings me to my next point. Who are my real friends? I don't know anymore. Am I categorizing my "real" friends with those who fulfill my needs? If so, what's wrong with me? How selfish am I... FUCK.


I'm going to go back to being inactive in the church scene starting the new year. *sigh*

XXXIV

Didn't our conversation sound familiar? A similar one we had before? Except maybe we had switched roles? HAH. Now you know how it feels. I'm sorry. I'm just not feeling it. What's got into me?

This thought has been running through my head for a few weeks now. Am I still "with" you because I'm scared of being alone? Am I scared of not having you beside me?

P.S. My brother's a jew. He said we were going to go to my younger cousin's birthday party but we didn't because he went somewhere else. What happened to family > anyone else? =(

P.P.S. You do so much for people because you care about them but they can't even do anything back for you. I hope that when it's my turn to have a debut, that I can count on you guys to help out.

XXXIII

JEWS I TELL YOU!!

T____T I miss all my public school friends! But my so-called best female friends don't even contact me anymore! WHAT IS THIS!!! I miss them all! I know they haven't forgotten about me but like, I'm just so envious that they're all still friends and stuff and I'm not a part of it. I was a part of it but now I'm not...

I feel so alone now. And to think... T_T It's not that I'm not happy with my current school - don't get me wrong, I love them all - but I see these people at church weekly and stuff and like... I don't know. I miss PT.

I didn't have as much stress as I did in PT compared to DLS. There's so much more stress involved and like, yeah, more involved but then it's just so different. I miss them!! GRAWRGH!