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669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 04,May,2003 | may 1st was andy's 27th birthday! =) after work, his family took us all out to dinner at todai! did you know that if it's your birthday, they'll give you a free lunch/dinner on your next visit within the next 3 months? that's pretty cool! hehe. may 2nd we decided to have a little get together for d's bday with some friends. it actually turned out to be bigger than we expected. i didn't know some of my cousins were coming. heck, i didn't even know my mom was coming! since my mom was there, andy called his parents to come over too! so yeah, my friends were there too. hehe... i didn't even know jason and maureen were coming! but everything was cool. btw, thanks jason and maureen for the cake! without them, andy wouldn't have had a birthday cake! =D i just didn't have time since i was working that day. oh well. coach was actually pretty good with everyone. i'm always afraid to have coach around whenever we have some kind of party. this was the first time she was around so many people! she did very good and i'm so proud of her. hehe. after a while, my friends left and that's when i went outside to hang out with andy's friends. they were just hanging out...drinking! i had fun. there are too many stories of the guys getting drunk but i was never there to experience it! hehe...but last night it was close! that's why i had so much fun just watching them and talking about the weirdest things! i actually wanted andy to get drunk since i've never seen him drunk before. but it didn't really happen! oh well. anyway, i thought that night was cool. i wanna have more parties more often...hehe. may 3rd it was jared's baptism (lynette's kid). they had a party for him at lyn's parent's house. so, ya, we got to see everyone again. andy and i just coudn't stay that long since we had a family party to go to. the other party we went to was my mom's godfather = ninong. it was his 80th birthday. it was at veteran's park in long beach. it was kind of a comedy/american idol show. hehe. all i can say was that that party was very interesting! the dj sucked ass! it was some old lady. haha...i'm just so used to seeing younger guys doing that kind of thing! but the weird thing w/ this lady was that, she'd put on a waltz song and then she'd walk up to the microphone to say 'waltz.' after the song is over, she would play an additional 30 seconds to a minute of that song from the very beginning and then stops it! weird? she couldn't even mix in the songs. another example was that an nsync song came on and then she walked up to the mic. again and said 'pop.' hehe...so funny! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,June,2003 | what a blessing! :) it's official, grace's baby's baptism will be july 12. she asked me to be one of the ninangs! i feel very honored! :) the only thing is that the baptism was supposed to be towards the end of july. andy ended up planning a trip with his friends to go camping! do i wanna go? very badly! well, i was assumming that the baptism would be morning or early afternoon....and i was planning to drive up there alone right after the party! well, earlier tonight i was talking to georgia and she ended up telling me that the ceremony would be @ 2pm and the reception will be at 5pm! ummm...do u think i can go? NO! oh well...that's okay. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 26,June,2003 | okay...i guess i got addicted to friendster! hehe...it's just so cool to run into people that you went to jr. high/high school with! :) last night, i had a last minute slumber party! hehe. ya, vanessa was upset about something and just didn't feel like going home. so, she came over. i had 2 fast 2 furious on my computer so we watched it. it was alright! the rest of the time, we just talked, download albums, and played pacman on my ps2 till like 8 in the morning! it was fun...i haven't done anything like that for a long time! i felt like a kid again! hehe. so, we finally fell asleep on the couch. we were actually supposed to sleep upstairs at the loft. i even brought up the air mattress...but i guess pacman pooped us out! i woke up at 9am and went into the room to sleep. i didn't wanna wake vanessa up so i left her on the couch! hehe. well, she probably woke up around 9:30 with coach sleeping on top of her! she came into my room...we talked a little...and still we fell asleep again! haha...it wasn't till around 1pm, that we actually got up. she had an appointment to go somewhere so i suggested she should leave asap so she doesn't run into any traffic. so, yeah, that was my night last night and part of my day today! i had fun. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 22,June,2003 | just got back home from having brunch at el torito! i am so full...yet i only had 1 plate! i was kinda shocked usually, i'd be able to eat more than that! oh well...i guess that's good! ya, we decided to go to brunch cuz i wanted to use my gift certificate. we were also planning to watch the hulk right after but his dad called and needed andy's help in moving some furniture! oh well. instead, we're just gonna go to ikea to look around. i guess the hulk will have to wait...again. anyway, yesterday was jason and maureen's baby shower. surprisingly, andy and i got there earlier than my other friends! oh well. it was fun to see everyone again! we actually stayed there longer than expected. we ended up leaving around 10pm. after that, we were supposed to drive over to his friend's house in long beach. he just moved in so i just wanted to check his place out. well, it was just getting late and they were out and about so we didn't get to go. instead, we went straight home. jemeline and lissa introduced me to friendster.com. hehe. jem emailed me the link for me to become a member last night...so i joined! and um...i kinda got addicted. i haven't really added any new friends but i was looking through friends' friends' profiles and found a few people i know! very interesting. hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 20,June,2003 | wednesday wow...gavin is so big now! anyway, i had a nice day just hanging out with grace and baby gavin! just visited her kids and coworkers at her school, went out to lunch, hung out at her house, and then went to the mall! after that, i visited my mom for a bit! i kinda got bored cuz all she was doing was cleaning, so i decided to drive back home. thursday andy and i decided to go out on a little date to disneyland california! after he got off of work, we had dinner and then went over there! that was actually the longest we stayed at that park and yet, we only rode one ride...twice! it's not like we had to wait in line for a long time...(the longest we waited was about 10 min.) but we walked around the park...strolled along the park! hehe...ya we just took our time cuz we're usually walking fast for some reason. andy's cousin, mona was raving about their corn dogs so we decided to give it a try! it was pretty good...and BIG! oh, and of course expensive! today, friday i didn't do much. i woke up early and decided to go to mcdonalds cuz i've been craving that new mcgriddle sausage sandwich thingy. that turned me on cuz i like eating certain things, ie. sausages with syrup! andy gets grossed out but i really like it. anyway, that sandwich turned out to be good! after that, i did a lot of chores. i did the laundry, cleaned, cleaned, cleaned! hehe. i also went to target to look for jason's gift! after that, i went grocery shopping! i got some pretty good deals. haha. i also finally decided to clean out my car. it's been a long time...oh well. the last thing i did was clean up the garage. i wanted it to be more organized! joey, andy's friend, will be borrowing our refrigerator for a while so i had to make sure the area was clear for them to take. anyway, now i wanna watch the hulk! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 17,June,2003 | i had a long day driving in traffic! i went to check out the job fair at the LA convention center today and boy...the roads were so crowded! oh well. it really wasn't worth all the driving cuz they didn't have as many health organizations that i was hoping for. oh well. as i was driving, i decided to call my parent's house to see what they were doing. they seemed tired so i didn't bother going over there. oh ya...jason and maureen got married last friday (friday the 13th!) congrats you guys! i ended up not going to their dinner thingy since i didn't know about it till an hour before he was gettin' married! besides, i was preparing for our camping trip! oh well...i'm still happy for them! ;) hehe. ya, i was able to finally talk to the married man today on my way home in traffic. haha. so, ya, that's all i have to blog about! nothing that exciting! tomorrow i'll be helping grace at her school so i get to see gavin again! yay! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 16,June,2003 | our camping trip turned out to be fun! we didn't get to do a lot of activities but it was just fun hanging out in nature. haha. we ended up leaving our town pretty late. besides...it was traffic a majority of the time we drove there so we didn't get there till like 4:30pm. andy and i didn't really know where to go so we ended up just going to santa barbara @ lake cachuma. that's actually where i went camping with my friends a few years ago. that's the only reason why i know of that place! anyway, on our little journey to the lake, i was just reminiscing (sp) about my camping trip with my friends. i remember having so much fun!!! aww...i still miss everyone! i remember kinda being scared cuz those guys can drive so fast and crazy! i remember that night where everyone was just drinking and having a good time!---everyone was just havin' some fun and hanging out! then i started to think about genesis again since he came along on that trip a long time ago. awww...i still can't believe that he isn't here anymore! well, i know i'll see him again eventually! well, when we went before, i thought it was a very pretty site to go to! andy and i went camping last year with my cousins and neice/nephew...and it sucked! it was just all dry air and dirt. not many trees and just uncomfortable for you to have a picnic or something. that's why i suggested lake cachuma. i remember it having a lot of grass with a nice view of the lake. well, since we got to the lake kinda late, we didn't have a choice. we were still close to the lake but there wasn't that much grass. there were lots of trees and basically dead grass! hehe...it was still cool. it still was a lot better than when we went w/ my cousins. so, yeah, we had a good time! we even brought my dog coach! we just took some walks along some of their trails, ate, hung out, and talked! we ended up leaving around 11am. but before we left, we just looked around the other camp sites to see which ones were pretty! andy's friends wanted to come but for some reason, i just wanted to be alone with andy this one time...esp. since i've been stressed lately about my job!!! i felt bad and that's why we were looking at the other camp sites so that we can reserve our spot. we're only able to reserve a spot if we have 8 or more people. hopefully, we'll have enough people to make a reservation. so, yeah, andy and i definetely wanna go back one of these days! when we were leaving the park, andy read a street sign that had an arrow to the left going to santa barbara and another arrow pointing to the right to go to solvang! since it was only 18 miles down, andy decided to drive over there! hehe. it was fun. we just walked around downtown solvang for a bit! andy said that they were famous for their danish breads! i kinda wanted one only for that reason but i didn't feel like eating it at the time. so, he ended up just buying one thing and we were going to eat it later. the reason why i didn't feel like the bread/pastry thing is cuz i wanted ice cream! hehe...so, we were just walking around and i finally found an ice cream shop! that snacked felt so good! hehe. we ended up having that pastry thing after dinner and boy...was it good?! coach had a good time and also got so much attention from a lot of people that were just walkin around! hehe. while we were headed home, andy decided to take a break so we ended up going to the camarillo outlets! hehe. well, since i don't have a job at the moment, i couldn't or wont go shopping like i normally would want to. instead, i decided to walk through really fast. i ended up going into the ann taylor outlet and found shoes. i've been needing shoes to go with my business suits so i thought this would be a good investment...only $29. after that, i refused to look in any other stores so we just left! i was so proud of myself cuz i wasn't as tempted as i normally would be just to go into another store! hehe. yippee! =) well, we finally got home. we both felt bad cuz we didn't see both our daddies on father's day! we were just so tired. i will probably visit tomorrow! coach is so tired too! she's more tired than andy and i are! well, i'm happy with my weekend! had a good time! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 13,June,2003 | a lot of things have been bothering me lately! i don't like my boss and it seems like we've been at each other's throats. well, i mentioned before that we had a little situation that happened between us. she said she would change but ever since then, things have been different. i know i would be fake around her cuz i still don't like that little witch. i've been feeling like she's always watching me to find something wrong with what i'm doing. so, after a while, she decided to pull a report on me regarding internet usage. well, she says that it shows that i've been going on the net excessively. i made a point to her that regardless if i go online or not, i always get my work done. besides...a lot of people in my department do the same things. i didn't wanna mention any names but we know we go online to sometimes pay our bills, etc. we never go into inappropriate websites. well, even if i say i always get my work done, that was still a stupid answer to her. she just kept talking and talking! i really felt bad! i felt like she was just out to get me. the things that she was saying to me were so degrading. the way she talks to me is a parent-child relationship. we are both supposed to be professionals so treat me like one! basically, i've had 2 bosses while i was at molina. my first boss is really tough and if you are a sensitive person, you can't work for her. well, i've been abe to work with her! she can also make you feel dumb at times but it's always a lesson learned. she definetely treats you like a professional cuz she wants you to keep learning. i've always liked that about her. on the other hand, the 2nd boss makes you feel so dumb and low! the reason why i switched bosses was because i worked closely with the 2nd boss regarding our health education programs. that's the only reason and ever since then, things haven't been the same for me. so, after being in the office with her for a long time, i finally was able to leave. she sooooooooooo didn't make me feel good so i decided to go to lunch super-early! when i left, i was crying up a storm. i called andy and told him that i wanted to quit. i've been telling him that i've wanted to quit for quite some time now. i didn't wanna stay there too long where the situation will get worse as time goes by. well, i believe that situation made it happen! so, andy, being the supportive bf that i have, said that he'll support my decision no matter what it is. he knew how upset i was and realized that it has been getting worse! so, after talking to andy, i called my boss and asked her if i can talk to her in her office again. when i got back to the office, i told her that i've been thinking.......about giving my 2 weeks notice. it seemed like she was shocked and asked me to reconsider. i was confused and she asked me if i just wanted some time to think about it. i ended up crying in front of her. soon after, the first boss came into the office and was telling me that she could tell i'm a hard worker....blablabla. she said many things that made me feel better. she also suggested that maybe i needed some time to search within myself to see if i wanted to stay w/ molina. the first boss wasn't able to stay that long cuz she had to go to another meeting. so, she left and i was telling meda (my 2nd boss) that i guess i misunderstood something she said. right after that, she kinda blew up on me. she didn't wanna be blamed for something she didn't have control of and she didn't want me to bring her into it! i was shocked with what she said cuz i told her that i guess i misunderstood you!! what the hell? again, she made me feel so low but that was it! my two weeks became two days! the only reason why i stayed for those two days was cuz i wanted to try to do as much work as i can so i don't have to dump it all on my other coworkers. most likely, my boss wont do any of it. she only likes to delegate! as i was leaving her office, i told her that i'd think about how long i wanna stay and state it in my resignation letter. since i was crying so much, she just let me go home for the day. after that, i felt so down and low! i left work without saying anything to my coworkers. i ended up going to my mom's house. she could tell that i was crying and i told her what happened! surprisingly, she understood. i was explaining to her that it wasn't just today's incident but everything has been adding up. i told her that she never lets me get my point across and one day i decided to tell her that.......that's when we had our first situation. she said that i had a verbal warning at that time. but who cares?! i had to tell her somehow that it's important for her to hear the othe side of the story! she's not always right! at the end, she apologized cuz she realized what she was doing. oh well. so, my mommy made me feel better! hehe. after a while, i just went back home and i worked on my resignation letter. my coworker ended up calling me to find out what happened. well, i told her what happened and she was shocked. she was surprised that meda pulled that internet report on me! she was saying that she should know that practically everyone in the dept. uses the internet for personal reasons as well. an example would be...my 1st boss. she is a divorced woman trying to find mr. right. well, she decided to try out the online dating service and she's always showing us their pictures...'online!' the following day, i went into work. both bosses weren't going to be in the office that long cuz they both had to go to meetings. i had to make sure to give my resignation letter to meda before she took off again. before she got in, i was able to talk to my coworkers. i couldn't believe how much they were on my side. i guess i didn't expect that much support from them. i just thought they were going to say things like, 'that's just meda! but we can't do anything about it!' well, a few of my coworkers ended up going to meda's office to talk to her. they were basically telling her to look at the big picture! is this situation worth it to lose another employee? she also told her that if she pulled out an internet report on her, she might as well get her purse now and leave cuz you'd also consider that excessive! my coworker also mentioned that she noticed that there is a lack of respect for those that don't have their master's degrees. she believes that i'm educated and that we all deserve the same respect you give everyone else. i was so shocked and thankful for what she said. the following day she brought someone else into her office and she asked my coworker if everyone thinks she's a bitch cuz she could sense that everyone was giving her an evil look! hehe...isn't that funny? i don't know exactly with what her response was for that question but she basically said the same thing as that other person did the day before! i have...actually had such great coworkers. they even took me out to lunch! my last day was friday. i was scheduled to work until 4pm but it felt as if meda was kicking me out. she kept bugging me about what time i was leaving. it was around 12:45pm and i finally said, 'do you want me to go now or something?' then she said that she'd clock me out at 1pm. that's 15 freakin minutes! i was so mad at her but sad for leaving. i was really tearing. i was so mad at her...i decided to delete all my emails and more importantly, i deleted everything off of my personal drive. i remember them saying that when someone leaves, they have the right to take whatever they leave behind. we usually save a lot of work on our personal drive. the kind of things that they would need in the future! so, yeah, i deleted everything. actually, if they're smart enough, they can back it up but i don't know if they'll do that. so, i was getting ready to leave and i went into the lunch room since my coworkers were eating lunch at the time. i decided to hang out with them for a bit and i told them that i gotta go now since meda is kicking me out! they all thought that she would want me there longer so i can inform them of the things i'm leaving behind so they wont get lost when i'm gone. but nope! i don't know if meda was thinking clearly! i was so sad! we finally said our good-bye's! i hugged everyone except for meda. we didn't really talk much that day and i could tell that there was tension between us. i didn't want that to happen cuz the day before, she was nice to me and asked me if i made my decision. i guess since she had those talks w/ my other coworkers and since she knows how everyone feels, she was kinda taking it out on me and just wanted me to leave! oh well. i had an appt. with human resources at 1:30pm. i wanted to let them know about how meda was treating me and possibly others. i told them everything! and what happened? nothing! she said that if i were to say something before i resigned, then they couldve done something!!! blablabla! actually the HR person understood what i was talking about. she said that from personal experience, she could definetely picture meda being the way i'm describing her. i guess she's had a hard time with her before too. oh well. she 'indirectly' told me to write a letter to the director of the department just to inform how and what i've been feeling with meda after that, i finally left. i felt very sad to leave my coworkers. but happy to leave meda. i ended up calling my coworkers on my way home to ask them if meda said anything bout my empty z drive. she said they were looking at it and just locked herself and the other boss in the office. so, a few days passes by and i get a call. it was my coworker pshyra. she had some questions regarding my process in the work i did. she even said, that if meda let me stay longer, all the questions could've been answered and they wouldn't have to call me again. so, yeah, they had a meeting and they didn't even know some of the things i did. meda said that she would call me but pshyra suggested that she shouldn't and that's how i got to talk to pshyra again. hehe. i told them that it was fine for them to call if they have additional questions! so, yeah, lately i've been stressed. i told andy that i just wanted to get away for a bit! so, this weekend we're going camping. today, we put up the tent just to test it out! hehe. i'm sure i'll need this little vacation. i've been so depressed that i didn't go to some of my family parties last week. now i have a head ache. earlier today, we found out that andy's friend from arizona is in town so we all went out to dinner with her. after dinner, i got a head ache. i don't know if it's the food or boba i had! oh ya, we discovered a boba place in my area! hehe. we tried it out and it was so good! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 01,June,2003 | my cousin from chicago has been in town for the last 9 days! yup, he just left today! i was finally able to hang out with him this past weekend. he actually came over my house a few times during the week but andy and i were both at work. basically, he would just come over to sleep. he went to vegas and on his way back from vegas, my brother dropped him off at my place. after that, his friend picked him up and they went to palm springs for a few days. so, he dropped him back off at our place again. that was friday so both me and andy were finally off of work and able to hang out with this guy! hehe. so, we just had dinner at wood ranch and decided to watch bruce almighty. i liked that movie...it even made me cry! when we got home, we just hung out, talked for a while, and andy and steve were just playing w/ the ps2. the following day was andy's sister's graduation. andy kinda wanted to go to the ceremony but at the last minute, his dad calls and asks if we can barbecue some of the meat for her party! so, we ended up not going! not that i wanted to miss her graduation or anything, but i would've been so hot! hehe...i just remember when i graduated and i felt so sorry for the people that came to the ceremony. everyone got burned! hehe. so, yeah, christine graduated yesterday from the same school i grauduated from...csuf! so, we went to the party! i kinda felt bad for steve cuz i figured that he would be bored. i told him that we're not as close to andy's cousins (from his mom's side), so a lot of times, we end up getting bored. but anyway, this party was okay! some of his cousins from his dad's side were actually there. i haven't seen them for so long! but anyway, it was fun to hang out with them again! oh yeah, ritche was there too and i finally got to hang out with him too. it was weird cuz andy had to do so many errands that i didn't really hang out with him. that's why i'm so glad that some of his cousins that i talk to were there! hehe. my dad and aunt also went...they were the first ones there and andy and i were kinda late! hehe. after the party, we went over to my bro's house so we all can go out to dinner or something. well, we ended up hanging out at the yard house in long beach. it was pretty cool. i ended up telling them some stories about myself that i never told anyone...besides andy! it was funny cuz i was kinda nervous telling my brother. hehe...he was just laughing. so, we had a few beers. the alcohol was kinda getting to me but i just felt really good. we didn't eat anything over there so we decided to just cruise hollywood and look for a place to eat. we ended up eating at pinks. it was andy's first time over there. i was so happy that andy came along cuz he's never stayed up that late with us before. we ended up getting home around 5am. anyway, i had a lot of fun! a lot of times when my cousin is here, we go out for long drives late at night! getting home at 5am is a usual thing for us. after that, i was so tired that i knocked out on our way back. we finally got to my bro's house and andy and i decide to leave right after. yup, i had to drive home. then today, sunday, we just met my bro, sis, and steve, at todai to have lunch together...then he was off to the airport! that's it! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 28,July,2003 | i got kinda hooked on mtv's surf girls and tonight was the last episode! the girl that i wanted to win, kula, ended up not winning! she did pretty good though...2nd place! oh well. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 25,July,2003 | so, i just got back from my camping trip! it was an alright trip! it was only 'alright' cuz some of andy's friends are just soooo obnoxious! on top of that, andy was getting on my nerves too! maybe i was just pms'ing! anyway, there's no need to post the details of this trip...considering i didn't have a good time! hehe. oh well. on another note, while i was camping, jason text me! yup, jason and maureen have their new baby girl...melia joie. she was born on saturday july 27, 2003! congrats! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 25,July,2003 | i was supposed to go clubbing with my friends tonight but it didn't work out!! =( i ended up not going cuz i had to pack up for my camping trip! i'm leaving early tomorrow morning! okay...more work to do!......... |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 20,July,2003 | friday night, andy and i decided to go grunion running! (i know how to spell it now...hehe). so, we went...and lynce wanted to go so we picked her up! joey and kristina also went but we just met them over there. haha...i also ran into my dad at the beach! cool! what sucked was...there were no fish comin' out! oh well. it was still cool...cuz i got to hang out with lynce and the other peeps! hehe. the following night, we all went to dinner for andy's 2 friends' birthdays! we went to a really nice restaurant right by laguna beach! it was nice to see everyone...no one was missing--FINALLY! hehe. anyway, we had a nice dinner and then the two celebrants opened up their gifts in the restaurant. after that, miles got up and said there was one more gift for patty. he asked her to get up...and then it happened!!! he got down on his knee and proposed...with a nice ring! it was beautiful! i kinda had a feeling but never really knew for sure! so yeah....another friend of ours just got engaged! how exciting! i kinda feel special or fortunate that i've witnessed two proposals this year! wow. on the other hand, i keep getting the comment, 'don't worry, you'll be next!' umm...sometimes i can get really tired of it. this time, i got really sad. i was (trying) to hide it from andy! so, yeah, i'm really happy for them but at the same time, sad for me...or dissapointed...or is it scared? i just don't wanna settle for 'this' the rest of my life! i still have my dream...and i'm anxiously waiting to move on with my life! how long does a girl have to wait?! we've already been together for almost 12 freakin' years! a girl can only wait so long! besides...if we don't have the same goals in life, then what's the point of staying together?! i don't wanna waste my time! hehe...okay okay...i'm being a little too harsh! i know i wanna spend my life with andy! i guess a part of it is that the people get to me! people always asking when we're gonna get married, when we're gonna have a baby, etc. at the end, i get this feeling and i ask myself...'does andy NOT want to spend the rest of his life with me?' he says he does but i know other people may think otherwise. i guess that's why i get scared and/or sad. oh well....we'll see what happens in the future! don't get me wrong...i am still happy with this guy...i guess i just want my life to move forward! i know that wont happen though until i find a full time job! my day will (eventually) come! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 13,July,2003 | yes...i'm still awake?! actually, i just got home. yesterday was gavin's baptism. it's kinda funny...he got baptised in the same church i was baptised in. hehe. anyway, it was nice. the priest was pretty strict. he made some points though...some i never really thought of...or didn't think of it as being so extreme. he was strict but somehow he kinda inspired me? anyway, we had dinner afterwards at naga's restaurant in long beach. another funny thing is that i went clubbing with grace at this place.....and this is the same place gavin is having his baptism celebration! hehe. anyway, that restaurant was really nice. we had such a pretty view! i want someone to have a wedding reception there! hehe. so, yeah, i had a good time...hanging out with my girls! :) for gavin's gift, i ended up getting him a white gold bracelet with his name! i thought it was pretty cute! my mom wanted me to get the yellow gold just to be traditional but i liked the look of the white gold better! hehe. after the reception, andy and i were going to try to make it to my neice's (kayla's) dance performance. however, we kinda got into a bind! joey's garage got broken into and he needed andy's help to figure out what to do. so, instead of going to kayla's thing, andy just dropped me off at my mom's house. everyone was at the performace and no one was home. i didn't have the key so i had to break into the house. hehe....i climbed through the window. so, andy left to go to his friend's house and i was left alone. i ended up calling vanessa in the meantime! eventually, my bro came over to pick me up and we all went to a late dinner at norms. so, i'm still happy cuz even if i missed the performace, i saw all the people that counted! hehe. awww...poor kayla though! she did 4 different performances and on the ballet performance, she was supposed to run through the stage and make a flying leap! well, she slipped and fell. but she was able to get herself back up and get right with the beat again! haha. that was so cool! anyway, andy was kinda sad he didn't get to see her! after all, andy is kayla's ninang! oh well. she's going to have many more performances in the future! :) okay, i guess i'm feeling it! i need to get some sleep. good night/morning! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,July,2003 | there's only so much time you can spend on the phone talking about the same old thing! stop it! stop ruining my day! hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,July,2003 | friendster sucks right now! i can never get it! coach can catch a ball now....but still doesn't like to share! my fish is eating feeder goldfish now! yuck! hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 06,July,2003 | happy belated 4th of july! andy and i didn't do much. we usually do a picnic at shoreline park but we didn't go this year. we were just indecisive! we couldn't decide whether we should go to shoreline, to andy's friend's house, or my cousin's house! haha...so, we ended up staying home! it was cool though cuz we were able to get a lot of things done! at around 9pm, andy and i decided that we wanted to go grunyun (sp?) running! well, in order to do that, you're 'supposed' to have a fishing license. we were driving all over town to find a place that was open but we were unsuccessful. on the other hand, it felt like we were on an episode on girls gone wild! we basically got stuck in traffic at newport beach for about 3 hours. it was funny though...very entertaining! so, after all that traffic, we finally made it to the beach...cabrillo beach. it was kinda crowded there and there and a lot of people were flashing their flashlights in the water. so, we didn't get to get any fish. i don't know if they were just scared.......or what. oh well. we brought coach with us and i still had fun. saturday, we just visited andy's friends at their new house in long beach. that's it...kicked back. sunday, we went to carson for frolyn's baby shower. it was kinda fun and yippee...andy won 2 games! hehe. after that, we visited vanessa for a bit and then finally visited my parents. umm...they kinda gave me a hard time today! my mom kept saying that she misses me and that she's lonely...blablabla. well, i hardly ever go there nowadays... so, we finally got home! =) i was kinda falling asleep and then andy came home from his parent's house! i guess his relatives that were here from hawaii gave some snacks! yummy! i finally have picked mango! i haven't had that for ages! yum... so, andy got an invitation for his cousin jackie's wedding in hawaii. i would've liked to go but we can't really afford it! i just wish we knew about it earlier so we could've saved up our money for that trip! oh well. anyway, i'm tired! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 01,July,2003 | lately, andy has been helping joey with his new house that i barely got to see my boyfriend! hehe. it's cool though! so, last saturday, he went over to joey's again and i was bored. i wanted to see his new house but i didn't wana stay there the whole day. so, i was supposed to go separately. anyway, first i went to cerritos mall just to look around. after that, i decided to visit my brother since i haven't seen him in a long time! i ended up hanging out there too long that i didn't even go to joey's. oh well. andy ended up coming over and we just had dinner together. after dinner, we got some boba! hehe. so, sunday came. we ended up going to LA just because......and we found one of those game thingies...where you can play 70,000 different games. it's pretty cool...very old school. after LA, we went over to d's cousin's house in diamond bar. there was a get together since a few of andy's relatives from hawaii are in town. they make me wanna go back so bad! oh well...no money! now i'm working on a few scrapbook pages for my ex-boss. the director of the health ed. dept. is leaving and they asked if i wanted to participate in this project. since i never had anything against her, i decided to participate. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 24,August,2003 | so, friday i went to disneyland with my cousins, nieces, and nephew. andy and i got there around 4:30pm. surprisingly, it wasn't as crowded as i thought it would be. the kids had fun...as alwayz. after that, we had dinner at thai barbecue in carson. andy and i weren't planning on going to carson but we did anyway. the kids were so tired and of course they knocked out--before dinner! hehe. after dinner, i just went over to my cousin's house to hang out. after a while, the adult cousins decided to go to hermosa beach to hit up a bar. we went to the same area as sharkees or whatever that's called. but instead of going there, we went to the lighthouse. we just had a few drinks, talked, and then left. supposedly, that was our last night with them...but we were just asking what their plans were for saturday. i know that they were going to the in-laws' home and then go back to chicago from there. they didn't have to be there till like 6pm so they asked us if we can take them to a water park. of course we didn't refuse...so saturday afternoon, we headed over to wild rivers in irvine. it was okay. we were supposed to leave at 11am but we were 30 minutes late. we were so tired from the night before. well, we figured that since they had to leave the park by 3:30pm, once we get to the house, we would take off and leave. but instead, they wanted to eat out. i kinda felt bummed cuz i knew they had to leave the park early...so we wouldn't have that much time over there. we probably didn't get there till close to 2pm. oh well. it was still a fun day. it was scary cuz we fit 7 people in my car. not only that, but some of the kids were supposed to have car seats but the 'adults...or my elders' said that it would be okay! so, andy and jt sat in the front. lily (3 years old) was the only one with a car seat. jane and i also sat in the back. additionally, justin (7 years old) and kayla (6 years old) sat on our laps. isn't that scary. just so anyone knows...i would never do that to any of my kids. oh well. after the chicago people left, justin and kayla wanted to spend the weekend with me and andy. when i see andy with the kids, i can tell that he's going to be such a good dad! the kids get along with him so well! they like him more than they like me. hehe. before we got to our house, we had to go to joey's house. andy and i are part of ross's wedding so the whole bridal entourage will be throwing them a wedding shower. so, the planning committee met at joey's house. it was cool cuz we got a few things accomplished. hehe. so, we finally got to my house, watched tv, and then slept. today, we spent a good portion of the day at the pool. i didn't realized how dark justin and kayla are! they are already pretty good at swimming and i don't even know how to float! hehe...they wanna teach me! we had breakfast, went to the pool (for like 3 hours), ate lunch, watched tv, watched freaky friday, went to the pool, took a bubble bath, eat dinner, watch tv, and now they're finally sleeping! andy is too...he's going to work tomorrow. i will be dropping the kids off to carson sometime tomorrow. oh ya, i also have to go to andy's parent's house to let their dog go pee-pee. hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 21,August,2003 | today, i went out to dinner with my cousins and other relatives! it was fun. i made reservations today and they normally don't take reservations unless it's at least a day in advanced! well, they decided to squeeze us in. when we got there, they had a little room set just for us! it was nice. thank god they did that cuz there were many kids that were loud and just runnin around! i felt bad for the waitress though cuz it seemed like she was having a hard time. oh well. disneyland...here i come! hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 18,August,2003 | i just had an interview yesterday. i'm not sure if it went well though. first of all, i was about 40 minutes late. it wasn't completely my fault since i received the wrong directions from one of the people who interviewed me. she felt bad and kept apologizing. geez...you don't know how stressed i was looking for the place and knowing that i was going to be late. i've never been late to an interview before. in fact, i'm always there super early! anyway, i finally found the place and i was still stressed out. that's the bad part. i think me being stressed kind of showed during the interview. so, first, i met with one lady. she decided to get the interview started and asked me a few questions regarding the work i did at molina. in actuality, we were kind of waiting for the director of the dept. to get in but for some reason, she was taking a long time. basically, i was in with the first lady (about 15-20 minutes). that's when i felt like i didn't do too well simply because i was stressed out. so, finally, the director joined us and somehow i snapped out of my 'stressness.' i just became more calm and was able to answer all their questions without any problems. after the interview, i thanked them for having me...blablabla-----esp. even after i was late. i didn't mean to make that other lady feel bad but after i said that, she apologized again! hehe. actually, the director told the vice president that i was running late since someone gave me the wrong directions. hehe. the vice president said that it was okay...that it'll add additional stress on top of the interview process and we'll just see how she does! apparently, the director thought i did pretty well even with the amount of stress i was going through! she didn't see the first half of it though! at least, i'm not the one who totally looks bad since everyone knows the directions i received were wrong! hehe. oh well. i kinda doubt i'll get this job. we'll see. the other day, i accidentally left my car door kind of open...which made the inside light stay on the whole night. ever since then, the car would have a hard time starting. i'm poor so i'm trying to just drive around...recharging the battery! i don't know if that's working cuz after driving around, i went grocery shopping and the car had a hard time starting again. hopefully, it'll start again today. i'm supposed to be driving my cousin jane (from chicago) around and to pick up her husband from the airport. i will probably have to go to costco with my dad to get a new battery. oh well. another thing planned for the night is dinner...at a hawaiian place. most likely the loft AGAIN! hehe. friday, we are all going to disneyland! i wont be there until towards the night. after disney, the kids will be spending the night at our place! so fun! hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 18,August,2003 | i borrowed a book from vanessa called, 'memoirs of a geisha.' i decided to give it a try. she gave it to me when she went to my brother's house on monday. i started reading it that night...and discovered that it was really interesting! and tonight...i finished the book! how exciting! it took me a week to read it! i'm so proud of myself considering that i never like to read books. so, yeah, this is my first book that i've read on my own...for my own pleasure and not for school. hehe. it's a different feeling when you're not reading for an english class or whatever...and you don't have to concentrate on little details. so, this is such an accomplishment!!! now i wanna get another book that is similar to 'memoirs of a geisha.' any suggestions? anyway, friday, andy and i did a lot of errands together. well, we just bought stuff we needed...and stuff for my dog, coach. that night, andy and i spent some time in the pool. the following day, saturday, we had to go to carson for my cousin's 40th birthday party. it was a luau so we were supposed to dress in our hawaiian gear. i didn't have anything except for shorts and i didn't feel like wearing shorts. instead, i just wore a white top with jeans, and my puka (sp?) shell necklace. andy had a hawaiian print shirt that we got when we went to hawaii a while back. so, anyway, my cousin and her daughter are in town from chicago. i was excited to see them. my other cousin finally got to the party and asked why me and the chicago cousin weren't in our hawaiian gear. she asked if she wanted her to drive back home (about 5 min away) to pick up some materials she had to make a lau lau. haha...i don't know how to spell that either. well, i didn't even know what a lau lau was but i found out it was just a piece of material you wrap around your waist...like a skirt i guess. well, my cousin was there the whole time so i didn't think we had to use the lau lau. it turned out that the husband and my bro went to pick up the material! haha. we couldn't say 'no' so that's what we wore. i felt uncomfortable cuz the material i had was so long that when we double knotted it, there was a huge bulge that was unattractive! hehe. so instead, i just tied it once! i was uncomfortable for a while cuz i didn't want it to untie and have me exposed at a party! haha...that wouldn't be good. after a while, i asked andy if he knew how to tie a lau lau and surprisingly, he said he knew how. so, we went to the bathroom and he fixed it for me. he was able to wrap the material around me twice instead of once! that was good so i would have a smaller knot...that would be double knotted. haha...so complicated. anyway, andy was kinda dissappointed cuz he thought that since it was a luau, hawaiian food would be served. haha..but it was the same food that they usually serve at a party. oh well. what was different about this party was that they hired a belly dancer for the birthday celebrant. it was quite entertaining! it was very cool..... also, my cute neices and nephew performed a few hula dances. it was a fun party! we were the last ones to leave. oh yeah...that day was also frolyn's kid's birthday but we didn't get to go obviously cuz of my cousin's thing. oh well. tomorrow i'm supposed to go to california adventure.....and have dinner at 'ariel's grotto' or something like that. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 14,August,2003 | yesterday, i went out with the girls for lunch at the loft. it was me, lynce, grace, jem, and georgia. it was nice to see everyone again. lovely time. hehe. after lunch, grace and i just went to the mall and to target. that was my day. and today, i'm home...doin' nothing. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 12,August,2003 | i've been contemplating on whether or not i should go back to school...whether or not i should get my masters or another degree in a different field. no matter what, the degree that i 'may' get will coincide with the degree i already have. that way, i didn't get my bachelor's for nothing. so, yeah...i still have some contemplating to do! hehe. i just don't like the pressure that i get from some people. oh well. the past 2 days, i've been staying at my brother's house in long beach. my bro and sis n law went to cancun for their first year wedding anniversary so i decided to just hang out at their house...feed the dog, water the grass/plants, and feed the fish. i had a good time even if i didn't do much. it was just my 'alone' time which is cool. actually, vanessa came and visited me. since it wasn't my house, i didn't want her to spend the night, (and i told her that), but what did she do? she spent the night. haha...i didn't want to be mean but i kinda was just waiting for her to leave. well, we didn't sleep until around 5am and she didn't leave until around 7:30am. oh well...i just thought it would be nice of her to acknowledge that i didn't want her to spend the night but she didn't say one word about it. whenever she comes to my anaheim hills condo, it's kind of a 'given' that she will spend the night...at least most of the time. i guess since we were at my bro's house, i didn't think it was right--------but unfortunately, she didn't care or she forgot??? hmm... so, anyway, i'm home now. i came home just in time for dinner. now my skin is peeling. it has to deal with when i went fishing 11 days ago. i just don't know why i started to peel NOW. wasn't i supposed to peel right after the fishing trip? oh well. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 05,August,2003 | andy and i had a great weekend! we had some stimulating conversations! actually, we were discussing life...our goals and what we want in life! so, what did we do? we ended up looking for homes. it was FUN and exciting! hehe...at the same time, scary...and made me somewhat worried! i'm just afraid i want all these things and wont even get it! well, i guess that's why i gotta work hard NOW! ya...good luck trina! we'll see what happens. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 01,August,2003 | i just got back from fishing with andy, lynce, and jemeline! i had sooo much fun! we went on a boat called 'nautilis' which went off from newport beach. i caught a total of around 7 fishes. all of us pretty much caught the same amount! i've gone fishing with andy before but i never wanted to touch the live bait! this time i decided to get down and dirrrty! hehe. i was so proud of myself cuz i got my own bait and put it on the hook! yay for me! i really enjoyed myself! everyone on the boat was so nice. everyone would get excited to see someone else catch a huge fish! the 'deck-hands' would always be watching out for us and remind us to change our bait every minute or so! also, whenever we would catch a fish, they would be the ones to take the fish off the hook! i really appreciated them being there! haha...well, that's their job! :) hmm...what else? now i'm just tired and kinda red! i couldn't find my sun lotion so i wasn't being protected! anyway, after our fishing trip, andy and i went to carson to drop some of the fish off to my parent's house. we also stopped by my brother's house in long beach....and then finally to get something to eat. and now i'm home. i just got out of the shower and while i was taking a shower, i kinda felt like i was still on the boat! hehe. what a fun day! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 29,September,2003 | saturday we were supposed to go to a friend's baptism/birthday party but we just didn't. andy ended up getting fitted for the tux for ross's wedding. after that, we went over to laguna bach (?) to check out their reception site. they told us that it was at a park right next to the ritz carlton. for some reason, either i thought it was ghetto or i just couldn't picture it. they said that they were going to have a huge tent. well, when we got there, the view just took my breath away. i told andy before that i liked a tent reception.....the ones that i saw in movies like best friend's wedding. i never ever saw one in person though...that was my first time and i guess i thought they only do those tent receptions in the movies! haha...i was wrong! that place is so beautiful!!!! i can't wait! =) after that, andy and i just went back home and hung out at the pool. the following day, sunday, we stopped by my parents house. since no one was there at the time, we decided to visit justin and kayla. after that, we visited my other neice, kalea. we ended up taking justin and kayla w/ us since they wanted to see their cousin. it was cool hanging out with my cousins. they gave us 3 boxes filled with stuff! hehe. but stuff i don't know what to do with! oh well. our last stop for the night was my brother's house. we had to drop off the stuff that my mom got for him when she went to hawaii. now i'm home. i'm supposed to be doing my homework but i guess i can just do it all tomorrow. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 21,September,2003 | hehe....it seems like i only blog about my weekends. oh well...it's not like i have anything to say. friday andy spent the day fishing with his coworkers while i hung out with andy's friends, joey and kristina. actually, they're my friends too but i guess that's just my way of differentiating between them and my carson friends. hehe. anyway, i went to their house in long beach early afternoon. we had to run some errands and prepare for the wedding shower we were throwing ross and mary the day after (saturday). we bought a bunch of stuff...from party city to michaels....we went everywhere. it took us longer than expected to buy all that stuff. we got so tired. when we got back, we just wrapped up all the prizes and made favors. talk about last minute!!! doing everything the night before is not a good idea. oh well....on to the more important topic...bachelorette party! haha. so, yesterday (saturday) was the wedding shower. since this was kinda a last minute thing, we weren't able to make invitations. it was basically just word of mouth & there were actually a lot of people there. good turn out! the games were just a little too un-organized. we had a few prizes left, so they had a contest on the magic mic (karaoke) and whoever got the highest score wins a prize. they were having fun w/ that. hehe. ross and mary got back from hawaii about a week ago and they brought me some li hui mui seeds and li hui mui covered strawberries. the strawberries were in a huge tub. they brought it to the party and it was a hit! everybody liked it. haha...but no more for trina! hehe. actually, my parents are in hawaii right now and i called my aunt to ask my parents to get that for me. hopefully they can find it...haha. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 18,September,2003 | this week is going by so fast! STOP!!! i need a job...please help me. :( andy and i hung out at the mall today. i'm trying to look for a bridesmaid's dress. andy and i will be in a wedding in october. usually we're supposed to get our dress made but for some reason we haven't gotten the material that we're supposed to use. i'm not sure what we're going to do but just in case...i'm checkin' the stores out! hopefully they'll let us know what's up soon! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 15,September,2003 | so, friday andy wanted to go to carson to hang out with my neice and nephew. before that, we had dinner at 3 brothers in harbor city or whatever city that was. when we got to my cousin's house, kayla was there but justin went out with my bro to a dodger's baseball game. since it was kayla's birthday the following day, we decided to take her out to the mall to see what she wanted as a present. she ended up picking out an outfit from old navy! that was easy...hehe. after that, we just hung out at her house and waited for justin to get back. the following day was kayla's birthday party...so we were off to carson again. the party was pretty fun! we stayed there for a long time. i also went to my other cousin's house to pick something up. when we got there, she showed me some stuff and asked me if i could use it! i'm not going to mention what it is...at least not yet but it kinda got me excited! we got some hook ups. hehe. so, sometime next week, i'm gonna go there with andy and show him all the stuff! =) on sunday, we had more family get-togethers. my auntie is visiting from the philippines so there was a party for her. it was at my cousin's house (dad's side) and i haven't been there for AGES! it was nice to see my cousin's on my dad's side. those are the relatives that i hardly ever see. now a lot of people have kids...and now they're going through school fund raisers. haha...that was the most i've 'donated.' hehe. today i had to go to one of those usc buildings. i wanted boba since i was near alhambra...too bad i didn't know the exact location. oh well. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,September,2003 | happy anniversary to me and andy!! :) 12 YEARS! we didn't really plan on doing anything really...(saving money). we are probably just going to go out to dinner. anyway, there were two nights in a row when andy and i were at the pool...hearing howling noises. at first, i thought a siren (ambulance or fire truck) was passing by...so i thought the howling sounds were dogs. my old dog, max used to do that whenever he heard a siren. but that wasn't it! it was coyotes! the night after, we heard it again! this time it was so freakin' loud! i felt so bad for whatever the coyotes got!!! so, sometime during the weekend, andy was walking coach. he ran into a lady that lived in the same complex we did. she has a poodle named angel. basically, that lady (dorothy), was telling andy what has been happening lately with the coyotes. about a week or 2 ago, there was someone who let their dog go potty. he's trained to do that so basically, he just takes care of his business on the grass closest to their door...without a leash. so, once again, the lady let the dog out. after a few seconds or whatever, she heard some screams and yelps. that lady saw her dog in the coyote's mouth! soooo scary! i don't know what that lady did but somehow the coyote just let that dog go! there was blood all over his neck area! they took him to the emergency vet. thankfully, the dog was okay. the following morning, that same lady just opened her front door and saw a coyote...waiting! i guess that coyote just wanted to finish off his business! I HATE COYOTES!!! another incident that happened... there was someone walking their dog (on a leash), and a coyote came running by and grabbed the dog! once again... I HATE COYOTES! basically, whoever was walking the dog, chased and yelled at the coyote! eventually, he let go of the dog! I HATE COYOTES! andy's sister's dog died cuz of those freakin' coyotes!!! :( now i'm scared to walk coach. before we even got coach, i told andy that i wont walk coach by myself. i got traumatized when i was younger. i was walking my old dog, snowball, and while we were passing by a house, 2 pitbulls just ran out of the house and grabbed snowball by the mouth! my dog almost died! i was so scared. me and my old friend jumped on top of a car! thank god the owners came out and kicked the pitbulls off! so, that's why i can't walk dogs anymore...at least by myself. and if i do walk a dog, it'll be late at night when there's no other dogs around! so, i started to do that more often...walking coach later at night...when it was dark! now they say that we shouldn't do that cuz the coyotes may be around! they also say to especially watch out for white dogs! OH NO! I HATE COYOTES! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,September,2003 | friday, andy and i went to california adventure! we just went on two rides and was already on our way home. as we were leaving, we ran into my old jr. high/high school friend...ralph fontela. i kinda know how to swim now! :) andy and i have been hanging out at the pool 4 nights in a row! i used to be scared. i always wanted to stay next to the wall of the pool. so, andy decided to get me a boogie board. hehe. i think that's what helped me get over my fear cuz i was able to hang out in the middle of the pool. on saturday, i wanted to get goggles so i can keep my eyes open under water. we went to chics in yorba linda. that place is really an outlet...w/ really CHEAP stuff. unfortunately, they didn't have goggles. the good part is...i bought a ROXY bikini bottom for $1.97. how cool is that? hehe. we ended up getting my goggles at sportmart. after that, we decided to check out the filipino fair in san pedro. it was pretty cool. we didn't get to stay that long cuz we had to go to my bro's house for a birthday party. anyway, we wanted to get my neice, kayla one of those pinay shirts for her birthday. too bad i forgot my wallet. hehe. so, we were off to my bro's house. they had some pretty good food! my brother is having fun with his barbecue grill! so yummy. after the party, we went home and then went back to the pool. hehe. sunday (today) we woke up late. i'm taking a computer class and a spanish class so i wanted to check borders out to see if the books were cheaper there (plus i had a gift card). i found it on their website but i didn't find it at the actual store. i also had to go to the bank to deposit some money...and what happened? the freakin' atm ate my card! i have to go to that bank to see if i can get it back. so sad. since the bank was at the same plaza as chicks, i decided to check it out again! hehe....i ended up buying a ralph lauren suit for $6. now i'm home and andy and i are going to have a barbecue! yay. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 02,September,2003 | thank goodness for the labor weekend. andy and i had a relaxing time. we didn't do anything but hang out at home and just go out for random drives late at night! we also got to hang out at the pool. well, friday we went out to dinner cuz it was kristina and miles' birthday. we celebrated at todai. the following day was jaedine's baptism party. i ended up not going cuz i haven't spent time with my parent's in a long time. how weird. i skipped a party just to spend time with mom and dad! hehe. oh well. andy still went to the baptism while i was headed off to carson. i went to costco with my parents and they took me grocery shopping! yay! after that, we just had dinner at one of those chinese buffets on hawthorne. while we were there, i ran into my ninang! i haven't seen her for many years. less than a month ago, her husband died. i remember cuz my parents went to the funeral. i was surprised to see my ninang there. she seems to be doing pretty good for being a widow! she's a cool and cute person! the things she would say would seem so cute to me! anyway, i guess i was expecting my ninang to be all sad and everything but it seems like she just accepts it! i admire that. i was also surprised cuz she's so different than how my aunt was doing when my uncle died. oh well...everyone deals their own way. after carson, i went to my bro's house to drop some stuff off. i didn't even get home till like 2am. i actually had a fun day! hehe. sunday and monday were the relaxing days spent with my boyfriend. hehe. i know i had more to blog about but i can't remember! oh yeah, today is lynette's birthday and i didn't even get a chance to call her. well, she had a funeral to go to today. i just found out that my other friend's dad passed away and that's the funeral that lynette went to. i wonder what happened. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 30,October,2003 | i had fun yesterday. andy took the day off. i woke up...felt better (as usual). but again, as usual, as the day goes by, my cough comes back. since i've been sick, i called my dad and asked him if he can make me arroz caldo. umm...don't know if that's the correct spelling. anyway, so i was kinda excited to go to carson just for that. andy and i got there and we had that for lunch. it was so yummy! =) after our lunch, we went across the street to my auntie's house cuz i wanted to see how she was doing on my dress. if i didn't mention it earlier, she is making a bridesmaid's dress since i'll be in ross and mary's wedding. well, she hasn't even started and the wedding is on november 15th. hehe. she's aware of that and sure she'll finish. we'll see! haha. so, we were finally off to the wayne brady show. we had to wait outside for a bit. eventually we were able to go inside. we got a pretty good seat (2nd row) but we were off to the side...so we weren't on tv as much. oh well. it was pretty fun. they just want you to be loud and look happy. i was kinda having a hard time since i have a cough. i made sure that each time we taped a segment that i had a cough drop in my mouth. hehe. anyway, between the breaks, the 'audience warmer-upper' wanted to play games. he divided the audience into two groups and picked 4 people from each group. if the people from my section win, our section will get candy. well, he had these spoons tied to ropes. they were supposed to put it down their shirt, down their pants, and then up the other person's pants and up their shirt...and so on....isn't that gross? what if the spoon touched their private parts or if a pube falls out. it was kinda hard esp. since a lot of girls wear tight jeans. one of the guys ended up just taking his pants off...and we saw his boxers. thank god nothing was exposed. hehe. well, eventually both sections got candy. oh well. anyway, vanna white was there. she was actually wearing jeans and a nice top. very casual. she looks good like that instead of wearing all those fancy gowns. she's promoting or endorsing these hanes sweats. supposedly you can wipe off any stain so they squirted her w/ cranberry juice. she just wiped off a part of it. haha...don't know if it's all that good but she gave a sweater to everyone in the audience. i wanted to hooded one but for some reason they didn't give it to me. i just got a regular purple sweater...and i gave it to my mom. the micro machine kids were there. they were talking so freakin' fast. i guess since they were there, they gave us a few micromachine toys. it's pretty big. and finally, mandy moore was there. she's pretty. she also performed. i was kinda disappointed. i was hoping she's give us a cd! haha...i know i was expecting too much. i just figured... since we got all this free stuff, why not add a cd? hehe...only kidding. well, we ended up staying there for 2.5 hours. it wasn't too bad. we went back to my parent's house and had dinner there. my dad packed the arroz caldo for me! =) that'll last me a few days. hehe. so, now i'm back home and i'm still freakin' sick. help me. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 28,October,2003 | dang...what's wrong w/ me? my throat is killin' me and i'm so itchy! what's up w/ that? next thing to do: FINALLY make an appointment to see the doctor. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,October,2003 | wow...it's been the longest time ever since i last blogged. i kinda have been busy AND SICK! i've been sick for a while. it started off with a cold. i tried to take care of myself but there were a few activities that i couldn't get away from. by this time, i should be better but my throat is killin' me. and these damn ashes aren't helping. my mom is kinda concerned cuz she always said that i have weak lungs. oh well. at least i'm not a smoker! hehe. so anyway, i've been busy doing lots of stuff but i can't really blog about it...mostly cuz i can't remember everything. this past weekend (saturday), i went to a family-friend's wedding! it was alright... when i went up to do the bouquet toss, i ran into my old high school friend...michelle. we ended up talking and kinda didn't realize that the bride had already tossed the bouquet! hehe. we both just looked at each other...knowing we looked familiar but kinda had a hard time remembering. at the end, we remembered! haha. i can't believe it's almost november! the time is going by so fast and then 2004 will just pop up! how sad! it's going to fast for me. hehe. i'm excited for this month since a friend of mine will be getting married! till then, we're off clubbing this weekend before the big day! i was actually supposed to clubbing w/ her last weekend, but i was sick! =( well, besides, trina is poor! oh ya, this weekend should be exciting for me but i can't say yet! ;) hmm...what else? wednesday andy took the day off. we are going to the wayne brady show! mandy moore and vanna white will be there. hehe. since it's free...why not?! we might also go to a taping of that new show, coupling. i really like that show. i just don't know how long we'd have to stay there! okay...well, i'm tired and i really need my rest! i hope it stops raining ashes soon! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 05,October,2003 | so, yeah, we ended up picking up the kids to go to chuckee cheese for ritche's kid's bday. since we brought some kids with us, we decided to get there early and order our own pizza. well, lynette and her kids were also in town so i asked them if they wanted to go to chuckee cheese. of course the kids wanted to go...so i got to see them! yay! ;) lynce also came along! it was cool to see everyone. at one point, i kinda felt weird since lynette and them weren't really invited...but it's not like we crashed their party...i ended up asking andy if he thought it was rude how we 'invited' other people to chuckee cheese. he said it wasn't....esp. since we had our own stuff...(pizza/tokens). oh well. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 04,October,2003 | andy and i went to california adventure for a few hours. we were supposed to meet his friends over there but they got there around 7pm and we were supposed to go to my brother's house for dinner. he had a barbecue galore! it was cool. we found out some incredible news.....but i still can't say anything yet! oh well. today, we're going to carson and to chuckee cheese for a friend's kid's birthday. the kids...justin and kayla wanna go so we're gonna be there just a little before the party starts and we'll just get our own pizza or something. okay that's it. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 23,November,2003 | it's like christmas came early this year! a lot of people probably already started their christmas shopping. anyway, a few years ago, my family started a tradition for thanksgiving. every year we vote on a theme. so far we've done the country theme, the pajama theme, the patriotic theme, and this year is the college sweatshirt theme. i have a csuf sweater but for some reason, i don't wanna wear it. i actually wanted either pepperdine or ucla since those were the schools i wanted to go to. i'll probably have to settle for csuf. i have no clue with what andy will be wearing. i'm sure the majority of sweatshirts worn will be from csulb. that's where all my cousins went. hehe. saturday i went to dayton's baptism party...(jackie's son). he got baptised here instead of new york. i just saw jackie and her son about a month ago....they will be back again around christmas time! wow...lotsa traveling! andy couldn't go to the party cuz he had to help his friend move into his new house. so, i ended up going with grace. poor grace, she gets frustrated and stressed out with her son gavin! at times, he seems very fussy so she gets frustrated. i finally was able to see jason and maureen's kid, melia. she's so cute. it's funny...a lot of people who have a baby together would ask the other person to hold the baby. with this couple, i could hear them kinda fight over who's gonna hold melia. so beautiful! hehe. anyway, i have witnessed yet another proposal! MINE! yeah right! anyway, they wanted all the ninangs/ninongs to take a group picture together. eventually the crowd slowly vanished and the only two people who were left at the spot where they were taking pics were jackie's cousin, aimee and g. i guess they planned that all out. he gave her roses and talked about the symbolism of unity...and two families uniting. he had a beautiful speech. and then....he went down on his knee and popped the question! it was so cool. but you know me, i became very bitter! haha...just kidding. lynce and i were just asking each other, why can't our guys do that for us? hehe. oh well. so, after that i stopped by grace's house and was on my way home. i called andy to find out if he was done helping out his friend. they were actually on their way out to dinner so i decided to tag along! hehe. we ended up going to todai in orange! so, andy's friends (miles and patty) just got a new house. it's a huge 5 bedroom house. i haven't been there yet but it's really far...in corona. i heard that you can smell the cows over there but supposedly they will be eventually moving em. hmm...i wonder if that's where we'll end up moving! hehe. i guess i wouldn't mind. i just dont wanna drive in traffic all the time, i don't want that stinky smell, and i just don't like being that far away from everyone! corona's not actually far from where i am but it gets really trafficy on the freeway. today (sunday) was jack's birthday! we went out to dinner at joe's crab shack. i pretty much saw everyone that i saw yesterday...except for lynette. i barely see that girl so it was nice to see her. her kids are so CUTE! anyway, that was pretty much my day! now i gotta do the laundry. laterz... |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 16,November,2003 | warning! long blog! hehe. i've been so busy the past few days. thursday: was rehearsal dinner for ross and mary's wedding. did i ever mention how many sponsors they have? they have about 26! isn't that crazy? well, i think that's a lot! after the rehearsal, we ate at a chinese restaurant. they gave out gifts to those in the wedding party. they got me pearl earrings, necklace, and a bracelet! it was really nice. the only problem was that my mom just bought me these dangling diamond white gold earrings...and i wasn't gonna wear em anymore....just cuz mary got us the pearls. andy got a gift certificate to fry's! good gifts! hehe. after dinner, we actually went clubbing. yeah, my cousins throw this club in long beach. he gave me a few free passes so there was about 11 of us that tried it out. that club was empty! they said it's cuz they didn't really do any promotions that week. after some time, more people started to show up. the first drink we had were tequila shots. everyone did a toast for ross and mary. it was kinda nasty...but then again, i'm very weak at taking shots. i can never swallow the whole shot. i have to take 2 shots...or shall i saw 2 sips. hehe. after that, andy kept getting us a few more drinks. i was starting to feel really good! everyone had fun. i was so glad...esp. since we took em out. andy and i just wanted to party with the bride and groom before the actual wedding. also, because mary has been stressing lately and she deserved to relax! after a while, she got really messed up. she closed her eyes, and then there was a downfall!! she threw up at the patio section of the club. afterwards, mary mentioned that she was hungry and she wanted to go out. we ended up going to denny's but everyone fell asleep on the ride there. so, basically, the only people who ate out was me, andy, joey, and kristina. oh ya, before we even got to the restaurant, I ended up throwing up! yUCK! oh well...it was a FUN night and i'm glad that the bride and groom had a great time as well. friday i woke up really early with a bad head ache. i felt like i wanted to throw up again but it just wouldn't come out. i was feeling nasty...i just wanted to go back to sleep so i wouldn't feel the pain. i ended up taking tylenol and thank god, i was able to get back to sleep. after a while, i woke up feeling refreshed! yay. so, after that, andy and i went to the mall to finally get a wedding gift for ross and mary. we then had to rush home cuz andy hasn't even gotten his tux yet! i also had to meet up with the girls cuz mary wanted us to get our nails done together. we got it done at some place called arlene's beauty salon in huntington beach. i've never gotten my nails done before so i was kinda nervous! hehe. the place looked very trendy! you get to sit in a comfortable chair and have your feet soaked. i wouldn't mind getting my nails done more often. they clean up your nails, cuticles, etc. i just wanna find out more details on the cleanliness! hehe. they looked pretty clean but i guess you'll never know! ya, eventually i wanna go with my mom or something. i ended up getting the french manicure. mary also wanted the guys to get their nails done too but i guess they were too MAN about it! hehe. i had fun though! a lot of us were still tired since we went clubbing the night before. so, i was waiting to find out how much it was but mary paid for EVERYONE! thanks mary! =) after getting nails done, i went to get some food and then was on my way home. while i was getting my nails done, andy went out with the groom to run a few errands. ross wasn't even done with the slide show! talk about last minute! hehe. the wedding stuff was supposed to be done by thursday night...and that's why ross was able to go clubbing w/ us. hehe. apparently, he wasn't done yet and finished the morning of the wedding. isn't that crazy? anyway, mary and ross got hotel rooms. one for the guys and one for the girls. mary wanted all the girls to be together. that's why i kind of got worried that there wouldn't be much room for me. kristina and i decided to just stay at my place. when we visited mary at the hotel, it was just her and her cousin? what happened to her other bridesmaids...her maid of honor? they ended up getting another room! so, i kinda felt bad or wondered if she was sad that no one was there! but i think she was good! we spent time with her and kept telling her to just get some rest. since only two people spent the night, she was able to fully relax...i guess. so, yeah, joey and kristina ended up spending the night with us since they live in long beach. we were getting our hair and make up done on the wedding day so i had to wash my hair at night. i ended up going to sleep around 4am. saturday we all got our hair and make up done at a salon called alexander's in anaheim hills. i've never been there before but the place is great! it's a huge place...along with a coffee place. i usually never know where to get my hair/make up done but this will probably be the place. they do everything in that salon. i don't know how much they charge though (since mary paid for it again) but i heard that they were kinda pricey! one of the girls used to go there before she moved to arizona and said that they do a really great job! it might be kinda pricey (like regis) but it's worth it! i actually didn't want an up-do because of my fat face but i heard that mary wanted our hair to be up! but they did a good job...both with my hair and make up. yay...i finally didn't look like a transvestite! these people are young and trendy so they know what's in! hehe. thanks again mary! =) after getting all pampered up, kristina and i went back home to get dressed. we had to meet everyone in the hotel cuz the limo was gonna pick us up. we got an excursion! it was pretty cool. all the girls were so excited!!! when we got there, we went into the bride's room. the church coordinator was kinda mean but mary asked if she can have a moment with the bridesmaids. she said beautiful words...how thankful she is, etc. it lasted for just a few seconds cuz we had to get out of there. haha...but we kept telling her to stop because we were all teary eyed! but those were nice words to say. it's always nice to say those kinds of things especially since during the whole preparation of the wedding, she's busy and focused on what she needs to do. it's nice to know she really appreciates us! the ceremony was beautiful. it makes me so excited for mine...but still don't know when that'll ever be. reception was next to ritz carlton in laguna. it was actually really close to the beach. a while ago, we went to their reception site to check it out. it was breath taking...but i wouldn't recommend doing that in november. it was so freakin' cold! not only that, it's so close to the beach that the shuttle has to take you there. the wait was kinda long esp. since it was cold. they had an open bar but i didn't want to drink because the bathrooms were so nasty! oh well. a few things weren't as organized as it should be but through it all, when i look at the bride and groom, it wasn't about the whole reception...it was about them two. they weren't worried that something was out of place. they were into each other! that just melts my heart! that's what makes the whole wedding beautiful...to me at least. anyway, the money dance was coming up and we got change at the bar. andy was busy getting the slide show ready but i wanted me and andy to dance with both the bride and groom since we're close to both of em. melinda (the sister) was wondering what we were doing so she wanted all the friends to dance with the groom. so, we pinned some money on ross and then another song came on...it was 'that's what friend's are for!' PERFECT SONG! we formed a huge circle and danced with each other. the bride came in too! it was so cool. hehe...we all started singing that song. i thought that was a beautiful moment too! so, the reception was over and we needed a ride since we all took the limo. mary's parents has a 15 seat van so they said we can go with them. they had to carry a few things so it took longer than expected. it was cold and after the reception, it was raining so freakin' hard! thank god it wasn't during the reception. everyone was so tired! the trip back home seemed like forever. now the wedding is over...i'm tired but it was still beautiful! sunday we went to ross's house for the gift opening. i thought they were gonna have a lot of food but they didn't. actually, they had a lot of pig and i don't eat that. hehe. after ross's, we went to trader joe's and then went back home. i slept earlier...and that's why i'm still awake now. oh well. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 09,November,2003 | hello again. i'm doing pretty good with my daily posts huh? it's cuz i did a lot and i guess i just don't wanna forget it. that's pretty much why i blog in the first place. i basically don't talk about what i think about certain things as much as what i do...when i do anything at all. hehe. saturday, andy and i went to LA with my aunt and my mom. we just wanted to check a few places out. my aunt wanted to go shopping for something she needed while i wanted to look for shoes for the wedding next week. well, she wanted to go on her own...and it took us a while to find her!!! geez...it was so freakin' irritating. and that place was so crowded! we were also kind of in a rush cuz we were gonna go to my nephew's birthday party with my brother. eventually, we got home and i had to wrap the gift i got for jason. the party was at carriage crest park so it wasn't too bad from my parent's house. so, we got to hang out with my family (dad's side). we hardly ever get to spend time w/ that side of the family. basically, i think my mom kind of brain washed me and my brother. but now that we're older, we are trying on our own to be closer to that side of the family. after that party, we had another family party to go to. it was for my aunt and uncle (on my dad's side). one person was retiring and it was the other person's birthday! it was pretty cool. there was a lot of people. of course, it's always nice to run into family! =) one of my urlLink cousins from san francisco was also here so we were able to hang out with him. the party was good...they had a lot of entertainment and got the crowd involved. they also had a pretty cool center piece. they had a bowl with a beta fish and on top of that, they had orchids. basically, the whole thing just looked like a vase with orchids...until you look closer and find the fish. hehe. they also had give aways with the small cute martenilli apple ciders with a small glass. and then they put it in this cute little silver pail. we kind of took more than what we were supposed to. oh well...those were left overs anyway. since we NEVER really hang out with the 'de los reyes' cousins, we decided to do more hanging that saturday night. michael (the guy from frisco) actually stayed an extra day just so we can all hang out. so, after the retirement/birthday party, we were gonna meet up to figure out what we were gonna do. meeting time was 11:30pm. andy wanted to go home so we can change and walk the dog. first, we met up with my brother and he drove us to my cousin's house. we then hopped into the expedition and was off to some bar in hollywood!!! one other thing to remember...i was the only girl! 6 guys and 1 girl! it was kinda weird...esp. since i don't really hang out with these guys. when i was younger, they were the 'bad' cousins...the bad influences. and that's why my mom didn't want us to hang out together. hehe. anyway, michael met some girl at the party we just came from and she met us at the bar. we were on our way in but then the security or bouncer (whoever that is) saw how many guys were with us and he just wouldn't let us in. so, basically that girl decided to take us to another bar that was walking distance. we walked into an alley that smelled like PEE! we walked in where there were tables that were filled and then walked into the bar/club area where it was freakin' hot. it was so crowded in there so we decided to just hang outside. hehe. no one drank...we were basically just there for my cousin...that wanted to get hooked up. hehe. so, he was the only one inside while the rest of us were just talking outside. back in the day, some of the cousins that i was with that night were gangsters. it was actually the first time andy got the chance to really talk to these guys. andy ended up saying something like...when we first got together and we would see you around, trina would hide because she was scared of you and that you would do something to me!!! hehe. i kinda got embarrassed when andy told him that cuz i didn't want him to know that i was scared of him. but ya, he said that he wouldn't have done anything to andy! hehe...sounds funny. but andy got mixed up. i was kinda scared of my other cousin (who already passed away). i was scared of him because a long time ago (sometime in junior high) when i wasn't with andy yet, i was walking home from school. i was walking home with some friends--crystal, leonard, and rafael. well, they were walking too slow so i decided to just walk ahead of em and go on my merry way HOME! so, they were walking behind me and those guys decided to just kick some small rocks towards me to get my attention or something. i guess i was tired cuz i just felt like ignoring them. it's not like they were hurting me or anything...we just play around and do stupid stuff. so, yeah, they knew i was just ignoring them. as i was walking, i was passing by my cousin's house. even at that time, i already started to fade away from my cousins cuz my mom didn't want me to be involved in gangster $hit! when i was walking passed their house, i saw my cousin with a brown towel but for some reason (mostly cuz i was scared of him), i decided to not look at him, not say hi to him, & to just pretend that i didn't see him at all. i guess my cousin saw those guys kicking rocks towards me and i guess he was mad. from what i heard, he grabbed those guys, pushed them down, and was threatening them with the towel around their neck. it's not like he punched em or anything...but basically he said to watch out if they were to ever hurt me! umm...i guess that was a threat? i didn't know this was going on because i had already turned the corner and didn't even hear anything. this is probably mean, but i guess i'm glad that i didn't see my cousin with those guys. would i have been traumatized? the following day i saw those guys, rafael and leonard. he told me what happened and i was so freakin' scared. i was scared cuz my cousin was a gangster and so was rafael! i was in the middle. luckily rafael was nice about it. it's not like he threated me or anything. i basically apologized about my cousin since he shouldn't have gotten into my business like that...and it's not like rafael and them were being mean. oh, by the way, rafael was my boyfriend...in elementary school that is. hehe...i don't really count him as a real boyfriend though. my first boyfriend was DON! hehe. okay, back to that other subject....i was so thankful that rafael was still cool about it. i wonder what he's up to these days. i know that when we got into highschool, he became more of a hardcore gangster. anyway, ever since my cousin got into gangs, i was scared of him...maybe it's cuz of my mom and i was just too young to even have my own opinion about it...but i was scared of him that i've never even confronted him or asked about what happened or what he did with my friends. so sad...so sad especially knowing that he died around the time of 9-11-01. he died right before 9-11. i was surprised to hear of his death, yet at the same time, i wasn't surprised. it's the kind of lifestyle he lived. another thing i was sad about was that, he died and then right after that, the terrorist attacks happened. i didn't have time to really grieve for my first cousin...because the attacks already gave me a horrific and terrible feeling inside of me. anyway, we're all grown up now and my other cousins grew out of the gangster phase...at least i hope so!!! that night out with the guyz was crazy. my cousins can be so blunt. even if the way they were talking was rude, it was kind of cool. i was able to see how guys really talk! basically michael didn't put a move on that girl he wanted to hook up with. he didn't want anything to happen.......cuz he didn't wanna leave her hanging! after all, what's he supposed to do? F- HER and then go back home to frisco? a lot of guyz would say yeah but he didn't wanna be rude like that. i guess that's why my cousins were making fun of him. they were making fun of him so BAD! it was funny though! it was a night to remember. we ended up getting home at around 5:30am. hopefully, we'll have more opportunities to hang out with that side of the family! today, sunday we went to csuf titan student union. it was my cousin's mom's first year death anniversary! andy and i were so tired! hehe...my brother was tired too. after that, we went home and just hung out the rest of the day. now i'm done! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,November,2003 | today, andy and i did some chores and ran a few errands. i actually wanted to go to disneyland but we just didn't. we went this past wednesday and i had so much fun. mostly because it wasn't too crowded...we were able to go on all the rides we wanted to without getting a fast pass. they already decorated the disney resort all 'christmas-y.' it makes me so excited that christmas is just around the corner....but then...i don't have money! oh well. and finally i was able to check out the haunted mansion! i guess every year at this time, they decorate it to make it look like a scary christmas....and based on the movie, nightmare before christmas. (is that the movie?) it was pretty cool...it's nice to see a change! =) so, today, andy and i were supposed to buy a few frames for our house @ ikea. at the end, we decided not to---$ave money! we met up with andy's friend's at chili's for dinner before our movie--(matrix) started. well, if you ask me, i'm not a big fan of the matrix. actually, i've never watched matrix 1, 2, or 3. but i still decided to go just to go out with the gang. so, andy and joey decided to go to the car to put our left over food away while we already go to the theater. so, we wait for awhile. and finally they get there. they took awhile because they ran into a few friends--melinda and ronald. we're also close friends with them and didn't even know they were going out to a movie. they were gonna watch love actually. apparently, ronald didn't really wanna watch love actually and would rather watch the matrix. so, what do ya know? ronald and i just swapped ticket stubs. ross and mary also joined us! that movie was really good! go watch it! hehe. by the time we got out of watching love actually, andy and ronald have been waiting for about 45 minutes! poor babies. they were actually kinda disappointed in the matrix...but do i care? hehe. there seems to be a lot of events for tomorrow!! in the morning, my mom wants me and andy to take her to LA. since i'll be there, i wanted to just check out if they have any nice shoes for the wedding that's coming up. after that, we gotta go to a birthday party for my nephew. after that, there's another party for my auntie and uncle (a retirement party and a birthday party), and now, we just got a message on our machine saying it's andy's little neice's birthday and they're having a surprise birthday party! i don't know how old she'll be (5 years old?) but it's so cute to just imagine having a surprise party for a little girl! hehe. i hope we can pack all this in for tomorrow. oh yeah, i also want to go to pala. =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 05,November,2003 | yesterday i had another interview. i, again, have a lot to compete with...one position against several other people! i was supposed to have the interview last friday (halloween) but my throat was still hurting pretty bad and i didn't wanna cough that much during the interview. hehe. thank god, she let me reschedule for yesterday (tuesday). for the interview, the lady asked me to do a presentation on whatever topic i wanted. well, when i was in school, i did a whole curriculum on asthma for senior citizens. i was thinking of doing it on asthma but then i didn't want my presentation to be boring. i decided to do car seat safety. i did my research...mostly online. it was actually really interesting. so, i did my presentation on my laptop...using powerpoint. and i also brought in a car seat with a bear inside to do a little demonstration. yup, i actually went to target to buy a car seat. i guess i could've borrowed it from one of my cousins but i just didn't. at least i am gonna return my car seat today. hehe. on my way up to the building, i felt weird. i could just feel the people looking at me with a car seat and a bear inside...all buckled up. haha. did you know that 8 out of 10 kids restrained in car seats are not buckled in correctly? just thought i'd throw that in. hehe. after my presentation, she said that i did really well, that i presented the material really well, and that i seemed very comfortable with the topic. she was also asking me questions while i was in the middle of my presentation. luckily i was able to answer her questions. that made me look like i really knew what i was talking about. hehe. after the presentation, we went on with our interview. i thought i did alright....it's just the thought of having a competition against more people for just ONE freakin' position. well, we'll see. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 03,November,2003 | happy belated halloween! i was still kinda sick but we still went to my cousin's house in carson. we usually go there every year. it's kinda funny cuz we're probably the only BIG group that goes trick or treating with just 3 little kids. it's just fun going with the kids while all of my cousins just go walking together and talk. hehe. well, this year, i went for about half a block but then i was getting too cold and i didn't want to get sick even more. i just decided to go back to the house. oh well. anyway, i read on another blog about how good wingstop in carson was. i've been wanting to give it a try but never had a chance until halloween. i just wanted to bring some food to my cousin's house so we ordered a few pieces for everyone! it was really good. thanx fellow blogger. haha. so, saturday i was having a surprise bachelorette party at my place for mary. andy and the other guys were also having a bachelor party in a hotel. mary was so freakin' surprised! she came over cuz we were 'supposedly' going clubbing that night. she was also surprised since her sister (who lives in chicago) was there! the surprise didn't get ruined....it's just that the pizza delivery guy and mary came at the same time!!!! okay...am i ghetto? each girl that was a bridesmaid had to bring a dish. well, the cousin brought lumpia but then by the time they cooked it at my house, it was too defrosted. when they put it in the oil, it just broke apart. they decided to just go ahead and order pizza. so, she called and ordered the pizza. finally, the pizza arrived...and the cousin didn't even offer the money. i'm probably just ghetto just cuz i don't have that much money. well, i ended up asking them if they were gonna pay for it. hehe......so, they ended up paying for it. geez...what a ghetto trina. i guess i would've paid for it if i HAD to. no big deal!!! anyway, mary was so surprised. she had no clue! thank god for ross for helping me out in getting her to my place. at the end, it all worked out nicely. we were all trying to get her drunk really fast but she drinks really slow. hehe. i guess shots would've been better. we wanted her to be relaxed by the time the stripper got there! hehe. eventually the stripper got there. he was alright. he did his show...but he just talked too much and was being sarcastic. my dollar bills left my pocket so fast---too fast that i actually ran out. don't worry...it's not cuz i spent a lot. before the party, andy and i decided to have $50 each...in single dollar bills. he went to the bank and got some change. i wasn't planning on using the 50 singles---we wanted to have that much just in case some of the girls didn't have any change. so yeah, i was the change lady. i totally ran out of singles after that first stripper!!! and i thougt it was a rip off. nope...i didn't like him too much. mary was a little nervous but she still had fun!!! well, we had an hour time lapse when the SECOND stripper would come. mary didn't even know that a second stripper was coming. hehe. i was kinda nervous cuz i didn't even have anymore single bills. i ended up going to ralps (yay ralphs) for change. by the time i got back, the second stripper just arrived. perfect timing! hehe. the second stripper was so much better!!! he got the crowd more into it. when he got there, i just gave mary a shot to loosen her up! IT WORKED! she had so much fun! i had so much fun!!! my gosh...what a crowd pleaser. he ended up coming as a cop! so, he kinda did a little skit...trying to arrest and search! hehe. he wanted us to do put a dollar bill over whoever so that they can get a dance. it was so funny. a lot of these girls were shy. they were laughing so hard...sometimes even saying...ewwww gross! haha. anyway, someone put a dollar over me so it was my turn. he was actually doing motions as if we were having sex. i was kinda embarrassed w/ the first stripper but since i liked this stripper a lot more, i decided to kinda act the part. i was moaning/laughing...saying yeah baby! hehe. it was fun. the stripper was ending his show and said that he also does private shows...one on one. and to give him a call and everything. so he was about to leave........but one of the girls asked if he can give mary a private show NOW! it cost 20 bucks! haha...so they went into the bedroom and did their thing! i'm pretty sure the stripper was happy! more money! he finally was ready to leave....he was thirsty too so we offered him a drink. he eventually left! boy oh boy was mary surprised. she totally didn't see that second stripper coming. but everyone was happy just cuz he was so much better than the first one. haha. after a few people left, some of the other girls actually wanted to go to the bachelor party. i didn't really wanna take any part of that cuz i didn't wanna be rude. i didn't wanna ruin the guys' party. but everyone got drunk too fast. they had their strippers earlier than we had ours so their party was kinda over...esp. since everyone was messed up. that's when i decided to go. the girls were actually not planning on ruining their party but we were just gonna hang out some more and get our own room. well, we saw the guys and everyone was knocked out. after some rest, the girls were pretty much sober. andy was actually supposed to spend the night in the hotel but too many guys threw up and it smelled so bad. not only did they throw up but they threw up on the floor. and one of the guys kept spittling on the floor. so, it worked out good ......no one stayed at the hotel except the really drunk ones. haha. oh yeah....for the bachelorette party we had a few games. kinda ghetto but i had A LOT of prizes to give away. it was so fun. a lot of people didn't know what certain things were and we were just looking at em trying to figure out what it does and where it goes. they were thinking that i was kinky when in fact, i had no idea what a lot of things were!!!! ya, my cousin hooked me up with a lot of stuff. he gave me 3 boxes filled with stuff that i gave away at the party! i was actually considering selling em on ebay but i just never did. some of those prizes were worth $100! i also made these goodie bags filled with condoms, keychain, lubricants, lotions, massage oils...blablabla. each girl probably took home at 3 or 4 prizes and they were trading things that they got in the goodie bags. it was so funny. so, back to the guys' party! andy and i were on our way home and he was telling me what happened at their party. some people get jeolous but i guess i'm different. we're able to be open about it. but OH MY GOSH! i can't say anything specific in here.....all i can say is....really expensive. =) man, this blog is so long and i still have to talk about sunday! hehe. sunday, we ended up waking up around 10am. for the party, we put coach in one of those dog hotels. haha...i think she was at a vet that lets pets stay overnight. so, when we woke up, andy went to go pick her up. i missed her so much! hehe. i'm so glad she's back!!!! anyway, there was some talk about having a barbecue at my house and then we all go to church together. well, no one was able to get a hold of mary. we were thinking that she was just sleeping or she was mad @ ross. so, we ended up not having anything! andy and i just ate the left overs for lunch. after that, we were watching how to lose a guy in 10 days...but fell asleep in the middle. we were just tired!! by the time i woke up, i had to get ready for the 5pm mass. andy and i are usually about 90% late. we don't mean to but it just ends up that way. i don't like to be late cuz i wanna be able to sit! hehe. but yeah, we were late again and we didn't get a seat. but then we saw ronald and told us to come his way. everyone was actually there! we didn't even plan to go but i guess since there was some talk about it, we all decided to go even if it wasn't definite. did that not make sense? who cares. mary made it sound like the priest that was marrying them wanted us to go to mass together so that he can talk to all of us. but it wasn't even like that. he just wanted us to go to church together...just because---spiritual bonding! when we found that out, we all did a group hug. isn't that just priceless? haha...it was cute! after mass, ross and mary took us out to dinner at pho 99. i've never been there. andy got the pho (which is something i've never had) and i got a beef rice plate. mine was pretty good. the pho was good too but i don't like the noodles. so, we finally got home and rested again. actually, i fell asleep at 9pm but i wanted to wake up cuz i have to prepare for something that's due on tuesday. and now i'm just blogging when i'm supposed to be working on my stuff. ok...i'll stop now. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 31,December,2003 | |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 28,December,2003 | the morning started with us going to church at the 8:30am mass. i was actually proud of all of us cuz we all got ready on time...including justin! we just told him how much time he had to get ready and he timed himself well! hehe. i just felt bad for him cuz we probably woke him up too early. while everyone was asleep, he played playstation till 1am or 2am. crazy huh? anyway, andy and i have never been to mass that early. we ran into andy's parents at church. they were only sitting a few pews away from us. after mass, they took all 3 of us to breakfast @ denny's. justin was actually talking up a storm....after he ate his breakfast. i was surprised cuz a lot of times he wont finish his food if he either drinks too much or cuz he just talks too much. this time he actually finished his food without talking as much. but after he was done eating, that's when it started! hehe. we already wanted to leave but then he kept telling us more stories. we probably left like 10 minutes after we initially wanted to leave! anyway, justin is just a comedian. i had fun with justin this weekend. i was telling andy that he was kinda different than he normally would be. i couldn't actually put my finger on it. so, we think it's cuz he was without his sister. he was more mellowed out...just a cool person to hang out with...and most of all, he didn't really have to ask or fight for attention. he usually would have to fight for attention when he's with sister kayla. after church, we went to my parent's house cuz it was my dad's birthday. my dad actually asked if he can have a birthday get together with the family including cousins. after all these years, he has never had a birthday celebration. the most he'd probably get is my mom cooking pancit. i just thought it was cute how my dad wanted a party. hehe. at the same time, i was kinda nervous. i wasn't sure if he wanted to have a get together cuz he had some news....good or bad. my dad is unpredictable so that's the only reason, i was nervous. so, he really just wanted to have it to get everyone together and be happy together. hehe...at least that's what he told me. when we all sang happy birthday to him, he got so emotional...but at the same time laughing! it was funny. afterwards, he opened his gifts and he got all emotional again! thank god he was laughing at the same time! i didn't want him to cry too hard. overall, the party was fun. the cousins basically played video games. we played both old school and new school games! =) we played the old video games w/ like 72,000 games. and we also played with the ps2. my cousin got that new game called eye toy. it's where you hook up a camera and play games. it's really cool. i got a best buy gift card so i'm thinking of picking that up. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 26,December,2003 | pretty good, eh? i've been blogging more often! hehe. anyway, on friday, andy and i went to carson to pick up my nephew, justin. he's been wanting to spend the night at our place! so, we get justin while my other cousin gets sister kayla! hehe. like i said before, kayla and kalea got a lot of their bratz stuff so they wanted to play with it together. usually kayla would spend the night at our place but i guess she just wanted to be w/ the 'girls.' hehe. so, before we got to anaheim hills, justin wanted to stop by a few stores. we ended up going to main place mall. he ended up buying himself a toy at kay bee's. he was so excited to buy something for himself with his own money. it was his first time! hehe. he also had a $20 gift card to target so we took him there as well. we kept telling him that just cuz he has some money and a gift card doesn't mean he has to spend it all at once. he can just save it for something better in the future. well, he wanted to go shopping. he spent a majority of his money. he got some pokemon toys from target. at least he still has money left in his gift card. hehe. the following day, saturday we went to brea mall. at carlton cards, a lot of their precious moments are 50% off! we wanted this cute one, 'we've got this plan down right!' it was so cute. it was their last one but we just decided not to and just save our money! the disney store was having a sale on their dvd's. they were selling ALL their dvd's (new and old releases) for $14.99. we thought that was a good deal since pirates of the carribean at walmart is almost $19.00. finding nemo is $23.00 at target but when it's on sale, it's $19.99. so, we ended up getting pirates...., stitch--the movie, & two lion kings. oh well. the reason why we got two lion kings is cuz my bro and i are gonna trade lion king for finding nemo since he got two of em for christmas! hehe. oh ya, before we got to the mall, we had lunch at costco. they have churros now...@ least at the one in fullerton. it was so good. for dinner, andy picked up pizza at costco. it was then that we found out that ronald was having a surprise get together. originally, andy and justin were gonna go golfing but ronald's birthday thing was at that new bowling alley at the block. i haven't gone to the block for probably a year and so i've never seen that place. bowling is actually FUN! i'd like to do it more often. it's just that it's expensive over there. oh well. justin also played! he's so cute when he throws the ball down the alley! anyway, it's been ages (practically since jr. high/high school) since i last bowled! thank god we found out about the birthday thing!! =) thanks guys for all the fun. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 26,December,2003 | christmas is over! yup...i'm still awake. i got home from all the christmas parties about an hour ago. it was good. this year, we slept in longer than we normally do on christmas day. my old friend don (all the way in japan) gave me a surprise call to wish me a merry christmas and a happy belated birthday. sweet huh? anyway, we got to andy's parent's house kinda early. we hung out for a bit. the thing i dislike about going to different family parties on the same day is that i always feel guilty leaving. it's also kinda weird too cuz we left after the majority of people arrived! it was raining so hard. after hanging out there for a while, we were off to my auntie's house in long beach. it was funny cuz the kids were so excited that we FINALLY arrived. we usually get there around 1 or 2pm but this year we got there at like 6pm. anyway, they weren't as excited to see us cuz they were MORE excited that we were there cuz they couldn't open their gifts until we were there! hehe. so, we had the kids open their gifts first. the girls got A LOT of bratz gifts! after the kids, the cousins did a gift exchange. i told andy that i had melani when in fact, i had HIM! hehe. i guess i tricked him good. i ended up getting him a kenneth cole brief case. after auntie nora's, we were off to another party. actually, it's not necessarily 'another' party. it's basically a continuation of the last except it's just with my carson cousins. so, we're still spending time with the same people. my parents and my aunt (across the street) are included in this party...since they don't really go to auntie nora's place. sounds weird, i know but this is just the way it is! =) there were so many freakin' presents! it seems like there are more and more gifts each year! haha. well, if you can guess....it's all mainly for the kids. i was actually surprised at all the gifts my mom gave out. she usually doesn't have that much money....oh well. it was fun. we had another gift exchange w/ the cousins. andy had the same person from auntie nora's and for this party. my bro ended up having me. when we finally got to the last party, it was so windy. we saw a few sparks and we thought it was fire works. well, we looked at it for a while longer and andy noticed that it was the electrical wires that's connected to some kind of box. sparks were flying and it was so bright. we didn't know who to call so andy decided to just call 911. within 2 minutes, they arrived. fast service!! after he made that call, his cell phone said 'emergency mode.' has anyone ever seen that? does that automatically happen when you make an emergency call? or am i just being ignorant/dumb? =) oh yeah...andy and i decided to open our gifts to each other on christmas eve. i got him season 5 of friends and he got me the sephora make up case that i've wanted. the only thing is that i attempted to put my make up in it and it was too small! we're gonna have to exchange it to get the biggest one! yay! hehe. also, on christmas eve, andy and i went to midnight mass with my parents. of course, we didn't get seats again. but that's okay. after mass, my parents took us out for an early breakfast at norms. i think we do that every year. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 24,December,2003 | merry christmas everyone! ....and have a great and blessed new year! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 22,December,2003 | so, we came back from another christmas party yesterday. andy and i were kinda bored. none of his cousins made it to the party. oh well. christmas day is coming by so fast! i love christmas so much!!! i'm actually getting kind of sad because christmas is coming and it'll just be over........just like that!!! corny huh? i just enjoy the whole season. it's not really about the gifts...i can't really explain it. a lot of people think gifts are really important but i don't think so. some people (adults) even tell each other what they want for christmas just so they can be sure they get what they want. there's nothing wrong with that but i guess i'm just different. i just think it's pretty cool when you get a gift for someone (like for a gift exchange), you try to be creative and just think of what they would want. yeah, i know it gets hard to think of what to get certain people but i think part of the fun is just trying to figure out their personality to see what they'd want or like for christmas. did any of that make sense? hehe. sometimes i get gifts that would make me say, 'what the heck?' haha...it's the thought that counts. all i know is that this christmas will be sooo freakin' exhausting for me and andy. at least he got the day off the day after christmas. he was originally supposed to work but he worked it out to where he'll just work jan. 2nd instead. no big deal...we don't do much for new year's anyway. happy birthday don! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 20,December,2003 | GAG GAG GAG! hehe! last night we had a christmas party at miles and patty's new house in corona. omg...when i was little, my family and i would go to lancaster almost every week because one of my uncles owned a chicken farm and my cousin and my other uncle would stay there to take care of the chickens. so, on our weekly visits going to lancaster, it would smell. not a good smell either! hehe. i guess eventually i kINDA got used to it. but anyway, andy and i were on our way to miles' place and the smell reminded me of lancaster! we passed by so many cows! the drive there with the one-lane streets and all the farms right next to you was sooooo lancaster! haha. andy made sure to keep the windows up and to keep the air circulated. when we FINALLY arrived, i got out of the car and i said, 'it stinks!' at least you don't really smell anything when inside the house. they have a HUGE house! it's gonna take them a while to fill that place up! it's really nice but i don't think i can live in that area. haha...but you never know. i never thought i'd end up here in anaheim hills. at first, i wasn't sure if they'd get mad if they kept hearing people say how bad the smell was. but they were kinda doing it themselves. the reason why they're taking that smell is cuz the cows will eventually be moving. it'll take between 5-10 years. anyway, the party was fun. i haven't actually seen these guys for a while now. i was able to hang out with mary and melinda a little more at this party. i rarely ever see those girls. pretty much all of andy's close friends are couples so instead of picking individual names for our gift exchange, we did it by couples. and what do ya know? everyone (except for me and andy) gave domesticated gifts...home gifts! hehe. miles and patty gave me and andy and they got us a nice crock pot! we've always needed that! hehe. andy and i had marlo and myna and we got them nike sweaters! hehe....we didn't know what else to get them. ya...but it was so funny that everyone else got domesticated home gifts! last weekend, andy and i bought a new ps2 game. it's called karaoke revolution (very similar to dance dance revolution...w/ the dance pads). this game comes with a mic. and you have to sing on pitch in order to get the points. it's pretty fun! we brought that game to the party and everyone (except for me) was singing! it was hilarious! i think they were so loud that they blew out the mic. cuz at the end it wasn't picking up as well as it normally does! we probably have to get a new one. by the time they were done playing, it was around 2:30am. that's when the rest of us decided to leave. omg...when we got out, the smell was so BAD! kristina and i were actually gagging! i just wanted to get into the car so i wouldn't have to smell it and i was still gagging! YUCK! one of these days, i wanna go there during the day so i can actually see all the cows and whatever animals were there. it was hard to see esp. since it was dark. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 18,December,2003 | i think i lost my tiffany bracelet! i got that as a gift and i'd feel so bad if i really did lose that bracelet. i'll try looking for it again! i think i only misplaced it somewhere in my house...at least hopefully. anyway, wednesday (my birthday), andy and i kinda started our day off late. he woke up kinda late since he watched lord of the rings the night before. around noon time, we headed over to disney. we had lunch at the rain forest cafe. after that, we walked around downtown disney for a while. he wanted to buy me something from sephora but surprisingly i didn't find anything i really liked. i guess that's a good thing! hehe. we finally headed over to disneyland. we didn't even ride on any rides...except for the monorail. there was this one girl i saw that had a pink santa hat! i just had a glimpse of it and i thought it was really cute!!! i thought it was like their red one with the mickey ears! anyway, it was sold out @ pretty much all the stores in the park. they said that they might have some at one of the hotels. so, andy and i actually went. we finally found it and it wasn't really what i was expecting. yeah, it was pink but it said princess and there was a crown on top of it. sometimes i can be like a princess (i guess) but i don't like showing that off. hehe. so, i ended up not getting it. by that time, we had to leave cuz we were meeting my family for dinner at tokyo lobby. i was kinda surprised cuz my parents never really take me out for dinner. my dad gave me $27. hehe...i know that's not much but i thought it was cute...since i just turned 27 yrs. old. =) anyway, the food at tokyo lobby was so good. we ordered two boats filled with stuff. it was actually too much food. it was so pretty. hehe. all 7 of us were able to bring a box of food home. that's A LOT! so, after dinner, andy was tired so i just dropped him off and headed over to brea mall. i wanted to go since they closed at midnight and everything at robinsons may was an additional 20% off. i ended up buying two things at a really good price. i'm pretty much done with my christmas shopping. actually, i have one more thing to get. there are so many christmas parties to go to. tomorrow andy's friend is having a party (at his new house). saturday, my friends are having a party at jason's house. we usually have it at lynce's house but they're remodeling their house right now. and finally, sunday we're going to andy's auntie's christmas party. oh yeah...today (thursday), andy's parents took us out to dinner for my birthday! we ended up going to red lobster. it was so sweet of them to take me out. i didn't even expect that. everytime it's someone's birthday in andy's family, they go out to dinner. i'm not even part of their family and they took me out! how nice! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 17,December,2003 | happy birthday to ME! happy birthday to ME! happy birthday dear TRINA! happy birthday to ME! hehe. yup...i'm now 27! geez...that's gettin' old! luckily everyone around me is a lot older than i am! =) anyway, i've been meaning to blog but i just haven't gotten to it. now i don't remember what i was supposed to talk about. oh well. right now andy is out with his friends watching lord of the rings. i didn't go simply cuz i don't like that movie! i tried it last year and i didn't enjoy it. that's why i just decided to just stay home and wrap gifts. hehe. oh yeah, we got a tree. we weren't really planning to this year but i guess we just changed our minds. it just wouldn't be the same without a christmas tree. this year my parents didn't get a tree and that kinda made me sad. i actually wanted to buy them one but i don't have money. =( |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 06,December,2003 | i'm SICK AGAIN! goshdarnit! andy got sick on wednesday. poor andy, i dragged him with me after he got off of work to find a nice christmas wreath. he didn't tell me he wasn't feeling good. i didn't know so it wasn't my fault! hehe. well, we were unsuccessful at finding a wreath. oh well. i don't think we're gonna get a tree this year. my condo is an okay size but the way they designed it, there's no place to put a tree. that's why i just wanna get a huge christmas wreath instead. okay...back to my other story---- andy got sick on wednesday. he ended up calling in sick the following day. that's when i realized, he was really sick. andy's the type of guy who tries to act like a 'man!' he pretends he's fine when he's not. oh well. thursday we went over to his parent's house to watch their dog. we stayed there for a bit. we were thinking of spending the night there but andy didn't wanna spread his germs over there. by the time we got home, i noticed that my throat started hurting and i was coughin up a storm. friday was when it hit me hard. my body was aching, my chest was hurting, head was hurting. i think i had the flu. my temp. went up to 103.3 and that was just earlier today. andy kept telling me to just rest. but i guess to stop myself from feeling the pain, i would put myself to sleep. and then i'd just wake up with the pain again!!! i actually got bored of sleeping! i told andy that i wanted to go out somewhere. so, we took a little walk with coach. that didn't really help. a few hours later, we went to rite-aid cuz i've been wanting ice cream. the ride there and back felt so good. i haven't (pretty much) eaten anything the past two days. i just haven't had the appetite. but the ice cream that i had felt so good. buy the time we got home, i pretty much finished the scoop of ice cream (before i got to the cone). i was already full. i ended up giving it to andy. now i feel so much better. i still feel kinda sick but at least i can do things. my temp. is also back down to 99. YAY! so yeah, that was pretty much my weekend. i was supposed to go to torrance tomorrow for kayla's dance performance. i don't really wanna get anyone sick so i'm choosing not to go. i might just visit my mom. she's kinda sick too so that's okay right? hopefully she'll take me out to lunch. hehe. i'm sleepy now. bye. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 01,December,2003 | i kinda find it hard to believe if anyone ever reads my boring ass posts! i don't even give out my web address. i guess sometimes i get uncomfortable knowing that people i actually know is reading this. hopefully more strangers are reading this rather than people i personally know. haha...who cares right? anyway, i had a very relaxing thanksgiving break! my cousin is a dj and he was throwing a club in hollywood (citywalk). andy and i tried to get all our friends together to go to this club. unfortunately, i was unsuccessful with my friends. they are hardcore clubbers so they wanted to go to mayan. well, it didn't happen and they just ended up going to a few clubs in hermosa beach. ya, they didn't wanna go where i was going because they didn't feel like driving in traffic! boooo!! it wasn't even that trafficy! fortunately, andy was able to get a majority of his close friends to go. we probably brought around 15 people. my brother and sister were there as well. they also brought a few people. yup...just trying to help a cousin out! he wanted the place to be crowded. not only that, we all got in for free! yay! anyway, it was time for the security people to check our id's. andy was before me and they wouldn't let him in. i didn't even notice but andy was wearing nikes! no wonder why my brother and a few other people asked if we had to get dressed up. i was wearing jeans but at least i dressed it up a little. andy was wearing jeans and nikes! geez. so, they wouldn't let him in and told him to buy shoes at one of the stores! so, i asked if he wanted me to go with him but he didn't want me to. he just walked on his merry way! i ran into my dj cousin and he said to switch shoes with someone! so, joey met up with andy out in the smoking lounge and they switched shoes. when andy was finally able to get into the club, andy got his nikes back. haha. at least he got in. i guess that's all that matters! the club was pretty fun. for the most part, the place was packed! i had a few drinks. their drinks were so strong. the music was alright. they actually played new and old stuff. it looked like the crowd was pleased. andy and i stayed until they actually closed. after, i kinda got hungry so we stopped by albertos to get nachos. so, we finally got home and i had a few chips. after that, i decided to go upstairs to check my email. then i said, 'i'm not feeling good!' ummm...let's just say i didn't make it to the bathroom! hehe. after that mess, i ran to the bathroom and let a lot more out! YUCK. thanksgiving day, i woke up so freakin' early with a head ache! i just took tylenol and forced myself to go back to sleep. anyway, andy left the nachos we had out on the coffee table. i guess after i threw up he decided he didn't want nachos! haha...understandable. when i woke up, i heard a weird sound. i went to check up on it in the living room. coach was freakin' eating up the nachos! from the looks of it, she ate A LOT! it was funny but i was mad at the same time. i also felt sorry for her cuz i had a feeling that she wasn't gonna feel good. thank god she had no accidents. we had to leave to go to our family parties! first we went to andy's auntie's house in lakewood. then it was off to my auntie nora's house. we ended up staying there till around midnight! friday was our shopping day! i decided not to sleep since we were gonna leave the house really early! so, we finally left the house. i thought radio shack was gonna open at 5:30am or 6 but i was wrong. we ended up just going to cabazon! they had a few good stores there. a lot of places had sales on certain items and then they give you an additional 20% or whatever it may be off your total purchase. it was so crowded. the line for gap was the longest. it actually went out the door. same thing with tommy. after the outlet, we just stopped by circuit city, radio shack, and target. since we were late, we weren't able to get a lot of the cheap stuff that were advertised. oh well. i think i wanna go to the outlet every year! hehe. by the time we got home, i was so tired. every year, ross (andy's friend) has a 'day after thanksgiving' dinner. this year i didn't make it cuz i was so freakin' tired! saturday and sunday was when we were finally able to relax. it felt so good. the only thing we did on saturday was go to ross's parent's house in anaheim hills. the whole family went to san jose so they wanted us to house sit and watch their dog. oh yeah, that night andy made the best baked chicken ever! i hope he remembers how he did it. he's the type of guy who experiments. but yeah, it was yummy! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 28,January,2004 | hello. i spent yesterday at the dmv! haha...not really. well, i spent almost 3 hours there. i have to renew my drivers license cuz it expired back in december. i admit...i sent in the form a little late but i know that they cashed in my check and i still haven't received anything. so...i waited and waited for my number to be called. finally it was my turn! i thought everything would be done and over with once i made this visit...but NO!!! the reason why i didn't get my license yet is cuz social security put a hold on it. it looks like they got mixed up with my last name! it shows that it's reyes and not de los reyes! geez...my last name is so complicated. i can't wait to give it up! hehe. so, now i gotta get my birth certificate and social security card. i just don't have time to spend hours and hours at the dmv. i wanted to schedule an appointment but the next time they'll be available is the middle of february. oh well...i MUST deal with it. i added a class last night. i'm just taking classes so i don't forget what i've learned in health education. no big deal! today, i might add another class! we'll see. besides...if i take a class, i get to put off paying my student loan! =) after my class last night, my brother called me asking if andy can do a notary. so, my bro and cousin came over and andy got to do another notary! hehe...if anyone needs something notarized, give andy a call! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,January,2004 | i'm at an all-time LOW! i had an interview a few weeks ago and i just found out that i didn't get hired! freakin' AAAAAA! to be honest, i think i did really well at that interview. i had to do another presentation. not only that, i brought in real examples and also made a pamphlet/brochure to go along with the presentation. at first, i was fine doing the presentation...but then the lady was making these facial expressions that made me so nervous. i was just losing hope and thinking.......am i giving out the wrong information or something? it was on std's and i just thought i was screwing up all the information i was giving out. at the end, she said that she was surprised at the information i included in the pamphlet. she said that it basically answered a lot of the questions that the kids usually have! not only that, she was also impressed with the pamphlet itself, the magazine i brought in, and the presentation itself. i got really nervous...esp. when she was making those expressions but at the end, she said that i proved to her that i am comfortable in presenting this information. well, then why wasn't i hired damn it??!! she originally called me regarding a health educator position for high school kids and their parents. unfortunately, i'm not bilingual (spanish) so that plan didn't work. she still wanted me to come in for an interview because she was thinking that she can promote one of the other girls to the high school program while i go to the junior high program...which doesn't require me to be bilingual. at the end, the other girl didn't go to the high school program because she wasn't ready. that just means...i'm out of that position! i was so depressed yesterday! i was just crying and crying! it's been months since i left molina healthcare. i feel so low, disappointed, and so dumb that i haven't even been able to get a job yet! i've also been going to church more often. i usually hardly ever go! i'm still thankful for everything i have but i'm just so depressed.....even kinda embarrassed that i don't have a job. so, for now, i'm just volunteering in the meantime! geez....this was not part of my plan. people ask me why i don't go back to school. it's cuz i'm not positively sure what path to take. i've always wanted a full time job cuz that'll help me see which way i should go. did that make sense? i'm supposed to have a full time job so i can save money with andy for a house. we've been at this condo for almost two years. i feel guilty cuz his parents don't want us to stay here forever. the plan was for us to save during those two years so by that time, we can have our OWN house! i feel bad! i wanna save money cuz i want my own house......and by the way...i wanna get married! my dreams aren't coming true! =( |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 26,January,2004 | yesterday, andy and i went to church. they were giving out these baby feet pins to try to stop abortions. the paper that the pin was attached to said something like... this is the size of baby's feet 12 weeks after conception. it was pretty cool. anyway, some of my friends came over yesterday. it was supposed to be a lunch thing but they didn't leave till around 10pm...goshdarnthosepeople! hehe...jk. i had fun. we ended up putting the two dogs in the garage. it was a potluck thing so andy and i had salad and korean bbq. lynce brought popeyes chicken. lynette and keith cooked something up at my house. it was so good. i don't even know what it's called...i think it's a guamanian dish. YUMMY! hehe. the girls basically hung out together while the guys were gambling! after a while, we decided to go bowling. the more i go bowling, the more i want my own PINK ball. haha...we'll see. i'm not even good at bowling. by the time our time was up, everyone was hungry again. so, we headed over to the house again to eat more. oh yeah, yesterday was the first time i got to really hang out with little keith. usually, he would be with other kids or whatever but i guess it was different since there wasn't that many people around! i have to admit...i kinda got attached to him. he's so cute and loving! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 24,January,2004 | yesterday i went to the dmv to try to get my license renewed. by the time i got there, it was so freakin' tired. i couldn't even find parking. i kinda gave up and just pulled out of the parking lot...........then i realized that i came all that way and i wasn't gonna give up that easily. i ended up parking next door at smart n final. hehe. anyway, that place was so crowded! at the end, i decided not to wait! haha...what a waste of time. it's okay...i was kind of in a rush cuz i had to pick andy up from work...since his car was at the shop. at night, we went to dinner for jemeline's birthday at elephant bar. it was alright! the drinks were good but the food wasn't as great as i thought it would be. oh well. it was fun...i got to see the old gang again. after dinner, we went to my friend's (james) house as a meeting place cuz we were all going bowling at pikes place in long beach. so, we were there for a while since we wouldn't be able to get a lane for like 2 or 3 hours. that's so long. we drank a little more. some people were gambling. james has a poker table and a roulet (sp) table as well. lynce and i were so tired. we wanted to visit grace since she lives really close to james. ... but by that time, she was sleeping. oh well. so, we finally got to the bowling alley. it was my first time there...it looked really cool. the place where we went bowling at has a bunch of arcade games. we still had to wait a while till we got our lanes. it was okay cuz we were able to get some drinks. their fuzzy wuzzy is good! hehe...it's cheap too! we decided to play girls against the boys. there were a lot more girls than guyz so it took our game a LOOOONG time! i'll never do that again! hehe. to me, it's not as fun if you have so many people on the same lane. the game will just seem so long! i guess that's why it's worth it just to pay a little more to get another lane. oh well. anyway, i had a fun night. however, i like the bowling alley at the block a lot more than the one in long beach. it's just more of a relaxing atmosphere. well, maybe it was just the night. i ran into a few people i used to go to school with. one of em, i never really talked to. i only knew him cuz we had a few classes together...but still never talked. hehe. i was surprised that he went up to me! haha...=) tomorrow, some of my friends are coming over. jack had the day off so he and some people just wanted to come by and visit. we'll probably just have lunch or something. no big deal. good nite! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 22,January,2004 | andy had the day off on monday and he spent most of his time helping his friends move. i was gonna help but the stuff that they were moving were all the big stuff...bed, sofa, etc. yeah, so i stayed home for a bit. a friend of mine wanted me to go to a urlLink world works seminar. actually, this person has actually been in the seminar for the past few days. i guess they wanted people to bring guest(s) to try to sell their product to us. it's so freakin' expensive! well, andy and i were debating whether or not we should go. andy already wanted to go to a different seminar. we just didn't know where to go...actually, we didn't know if we would even go anywhere cuz the move was taking andy longer than expected. the seminar started at 7pm and andy got home at 6:50pm. not only that, his friend came inside and it's not like we wanted to kick him out! hehe. well, i couldn't make up my mind. i wanted to go to my friend's thing but at the same time, i didn't wanna go alone. well, she called me again...asking if i can go. all she said was...i just wanted your support! ummm....i guess that got to me so i was gonna go w/ or without andy. well, he thought he was gonna make it on time but it was traffic?? so, yeah, it started at 7 and we didn't get there till like 8. it was in a hotel and we were trying to find out which banquet room it was in. we finally found it and we had to check in. after staying there for like 15 minutes, she asked everyone to do some kind of exercise. i think this seminar or this company helps you find yourself and to work on your self esteem. so, we got up and we were doing the exercise. my friend found us and i finally got to meet her boyfriend. well, her boyfriend had to leave. we asked my friend what time the seminar was gonna last. it turned out to be longer than we expected. after my friend and the bf went out of the room, andy asked if we can just leave too cuz he didn't wanna stay that long! it was kinda hard cuz the people who were working the seminar would stand so close to you to listen to your conversation. i just said that i had to go to the restroom and my plan was just to meet andy out there. hehe. so, we were finally out of the hotel. i had to call my friend to tell her that we couldn't stay cuz andy has to get up like at 4am. and what did she say? she said...can you take me home? first of all, you live in carson and we live in anaheim hills. hehe...i think if we had to, we'd do it. i guess she was having problems with her bf and he's the one who took her there. we were supposed to meet up at the front of the hotel and on our way there, we ran into her bf. she wanted to also leave since there was no way she can get home. but i was proud of her cuz going home or leaving would be the thing she'd normally do. this time she decided to stay strong and keep her word and her commitment to stay. her bf wanted to talk to us so we were supposed to go to starbucks. by the time we got there, it was closed so we stayed outside for about 30 minutes talking in the parking lot. i was glad i got to know the bf a little more. after that, we had to make another stop. we had to go to andy's friend's house. well, his friend is getting married in philippines so he asked us if we can dogsit for him. so, now we have a little pomerianian with coach! hehe...he's cute. he's a tanned version of my old dog snowball! we stayed at their house for a bit to make sure the two dogs got along. by the time we got home, it was 11pm. andy was getting frustrated. i kinda got frustrated too cuz i've never had to watch two dogs at once by myself. if i don't know a dog, i kinda get scared. yeah, i was traumatized when i was a kid. well, it's been 3 days since skippy has been here and i'm getting the hang of it. at times, i feel bad cuz i let coach do certain things that i don't want skippy to do. i.e. i let coach on the bed but i don't let skippy. in the beginning, they would both jump on the bed. hehe...i get grossed out with two dogs on the bed. i don't want this place to be a zoo. hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 18,January,2004 | hello. yesterday (saturday), we went to my brother's house for his 30th birthday! it was pretty fun. my cousins (mom's side), neices, nephew, friends, and other relatives from mel's side were there. my bro also invited our other cousins from my dad's side. he just told them to come later. they ended up getting there at like 9pm. geez. hehe. yeah...surprisingly, the party lasted that long. people were even playing mahjong. anyway, that night made me realize how people can be so immature. they can tell you one thing but mean another. such hippocrites. hehe. i'm not gonna mention any names but it's several people who let pride get in the way. pride is a sin. hehe. yeah, yeah, i know about that respect thing but it's not like there was no disrespect. it just makes me realize that i'm growing up and i'm noticing the importance of family...immediate or not. i think family should be there and give support to each other...even if some family members may not agree with you. but i guess that's my opinion...and that doesn't really count cuz i'm the youngest. hehe. =) anyway, when my cousins on my dad's side came, i hung out with them for a while in the garage. my brother has 3 rooms and the third room has a sliding door that goes right into the backyard. well, my mom was hanging out in that room w/ my other aunties and they can basically see outside and right into the garage. some cousins were having a corona so i decided to have one too. my mom is funny cuz I KNOW she knows that i would occassionally drink but she always tells me not to...same with my bro. so, as i was having my corona, sitting in the garage, i see my mom looking! hehe. i looked at her and raised the bottle to her! she was kinda laughing and then she blew a kiss to me and i caught it! haha...everyone was laughing. my bro also bought a nice bottle of tequilla. some people did shots (including andy). rod had some but instead of having it in shots, he had half a cup...twice. so, he had a FULL cup of tequilla. DANG! i kinda forgot that he was drinking but he got up to get something, and he kinda tripped over my legs. he's all like, dang...seriously, i could've tripped and fell! he even said that he was trying to walk straight towards mom and then he tripped. hehe. it was funny. that's when i noticed that he was kinda drunk or buzzed. some things were said that i never thought would be discussed. let's just say that a few years ago, something happened to andy. andy and i never really talk about it cuz it's something that he wants to keep in the past...which i understand. but saturday night, my brother brought it up! andy didn't mind but it was just something we never openly talked about...esp. in front of other people. at least i got to know how he felt about it. i guess i always knew but it's different to talk about it in a different time in life...instead of that moment in the past. did that make sense? i can't really mention what happened or be too descriptive but my brother remembered a lot more about the situation than i did. i was surprised. i was just glad to know that andy wasn't uncomfortable talking about it. it kinda showed how much my brother cared about me AND andy...which was nice. rod even mentioned how brave andy was and is. i guess even if that whole situation was brought up, it was nice to hear those words from my brother. on another note, my dad doesn't really drink. but that night, he decided to have a beer. it was kinda cool cuz we were all drinking together...which is something we've never done. so, we were having whatever conversations we were having. he was done with his beer and he decided to have another one. i just let it go but i told my brother. rod didn't want him to drink anymore cuz he still had to drive home...but my dad didn't give in. i was getting kinda nervous cuz honestly, i get scared of my dad when he's drunk. thank god, he didn't drink too much. i don't really see him get drunk anymore but he definetely used to scare me when i was a kid. i don't know if i mentioned it before in any of my blog entries but the day after my brother got married in 2002, there was a party at my parent's house for their gift opening. my dad made a promise to my brother to not get drunk on his wedding day but that he can drink the following day at the gift opening party. so, yeah, my dad drank. my auntie (across the street) and my mom were getting fed up at how much he was drinking. it's not like he was causing any trouble to anyone. he was basically just hanging out in a certain spot in the backyard w/ some of his friends and relatives. everyone was drinking. and then my aunt decided to go outside and take away all the drinks that my dad was drinking. that was kinda disrespectful cuz my aunt (who doesn't even live there) took away my dad's stuff in his own house. at first it was quiet. my dad didn't say anything but all of a sudden, he started yelling. he basically couldn't believe that he was treated like a kid in his own house. he was yelling and crying for a while. (yeah, my dad gets very emotional). anyway, my dad and aunt (who lives across the street) didn't talk for like 6 months. that's why i don't like it when he gets drunk. he can cause major drama!!! i just wish he can be more of a calm drunk. hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 17,January,2004 | thursday: we went to chuckee cheese in lakewood cuz it was my neice's (christina) 1st birthday. it was fun. we got to hang out with the de los reyes cousins. hehe. i was playing ski ball and there was some little girl that was climbing on the alley or whatever you call it right next to me. she kept taking my balls! (sounds nasty huh?) how rude. i was asking her where her mom was and i don't know if she understood me. hehe. i ended up having to carry my balls in my hands so she wouldn't take it. =) YUCK! friday: i woke up late! i had to run a few errands...post office, home depot, grocery store, and aaa. andy came home from work earlier so we can get some stuff done. after that, we went to cal state long beach to watch a basketball game. my brother was supposed to go but he's having a birthday party tomorrow so he needed to clean and i guess prep the food. instead, we invited joey and kristina. it was fun. we went because dennise rodman was playing for the long beach team and we wanted to see him. andy went a few weeks ago with my brother (before rodman was officially on the team). he had fun but he said it was probably 8 times more crowded tonight than it was a few weeks ago w/out rodman. it was just so cool to see rodman play. he basically got demoted from the nba to the aba! nontheless, everyone was still cheering for him. i guess he's still working his way up to the nba and just proving himself right now...to be serious instead of just goofin' off like he normally does. hehe. hulk hogan was also there! he was dressed the same as how i'd see him on tv. a lot of people were trying to get his attention and his autograph. at times, people would yell out his name and when he looked, he took his leather jacket off and RIPPED his tank top off! hehe ...it was funny. after a while, people were trying to get his attention AGAIN! he was like...what else am i supposed to take off...my pants?? hehe. after the game, we hung out at joe's house for a while. and now i'm home. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 14,January,2004 | today is christine's birthday (andy's sis)------- HAPPY BIRTHDAY! =) we had dinner at todai with the family. as always the food was pretty good but i got so full from the soda. oh well. after that, we decided to go to the mall to walk around! we ended up splitting up...me w/ andy; andy's mom w/ dad; & christine w/ her friend sherrie. we also ended up going to walmart since it was around the corner. anyway, my mom bought me diamond earring studs. i've been wanting those for a long time. actually my mom bought me one a year or two ago but i gave it back to her cuz i wanted a screw on backing. so, i gave it to her a WHILE ago and i think she lost it! i've never seen em ever since. well, i bought these cute diamond dangling earrings to use for ross and mary's wedding. unfortunately, i ended up not using em because mary gave all the girls pearls (bracelet, earrings, and neclace) to use on the wedding day. i ended up asking my mom to return my earrings for me and what did she come back with? diamond studs! yay! hehe. i was supposed to wear em today but i lost the backing. getting a 'screw on' was supposed to solve my problems but it didn't. since i can't just slide it off, i had to unscrew it and by the time it was about to come off, it fell. it's somewhere on our carpet but i can't find it! ooops. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 13,January,2004 | i wanna get the simple life dvd. to me, that show is so funny...stupid but that's what makes it funny, i guess. yeah, it doesn't come out till jan. 20. hopefully it'll be on sale! =) anyway, yesterday i hung out with my brother. his wife was taking some kind of test and was really nervous about it. my brother ended up taking the day off to drive her to her test...which was in brea. he treated me for lunch at tokyo lobby. =) we also went to frys just to look around. i haven't been there for a LONG time. i used to go there a lot...esp. when i lived in fullerton. geezz...i can't believe it's already 2004. the years are just passing right by me! it's making me sad! =( i haven't even really accomplised much in my life...at least nothing that big of a deal! yeah, i graduated from college...but i'm JOBLESS! by the end of this month, i'm hoping, praying, & wishing that i'll have a job!!! hopefully everything will work out!!! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,January,2004 | hello. i'm bored. i just got back from disneyland. first, we had to return something at downtown disney and then we headed over to disneyland. we went on one ride, andy got me a mulan penny, and then we went home! now we're just waiting for friends to start! hehe. i'm getting so excited that my brother's having a baby soon. it's like whenever i go to the store, i look at the baby stuff and i always wanna buy something...but i just don't. we don't even know if it's a boy or girl! i think they're just gonna find out when he or she is born. it's so weird. this will be my first real neice/nephew. justin, kayla, and kp are also but through my cousin. this will be from my brother! hehe. anyway, i went to carson on monday to do some stuff and just to visit. i told my mom that there was a sale at bath and body works. i think she likes to buy those lotions and stuff so she can bring some to philippines. so, we went and she bought a few things. after that store, we went to victoria's secret. she bought me some stuff! yay. a lot of stuff in that store was also on sale. and actually, sunday andy and i went to the mall cuz i had to return/exchange something at vs. so, i got stuff from there on sunday and monday! =) well, i guess i'll go now. i have nothing else to say. =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,January,2004 | codebase='http://active.macromedia.com/flash/cabs/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0' ID='pac3' WIDTH='400' HEIGHT='460'> TYPE='application/x-shockwave-flash' PLUGINSPAGE='http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash'> |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 06,January,2004 | on sunday, after church, andy and i went to borders cuz i needed a magazine. i saw my old friend (from junior high) on a magazine cover! i've seen it before but it's just so weird to see someone you know on the newstand. that's all. hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 03,January,2004 | last night andy went out to a basketball game with my brother while i stayed home and cleaned! hehe...i just didn't wanna go. i was actually supposed to be doing some 'homework' but procrastination got in the way. hmm...what else? andy bought me some stuff from sephora at downtown disney for christmas. he ended up losing his disney pass over there. thank god for nice people cuz the pass came back to us in the mail! it was a surprise to me cuz i thought andy just misplaced it somewhere at home. all i can say is that he's lucky. =) it's not like we couldn't get it replaced but andy was just trying to deny that he lost it. and what does that mean? i won and he lost! hehe...jk. i forgot to mention something about the time when justin was with us. well, he's starting to talk like his friends...or shall i say...cool people. whenever he sees something neat or cool, he'll say, 'that's tight!' i was kinda shocked! so, while he was with us for the weekend, i would say that at times. he'd say, 'auntie, stop saying that...you don't know how to say it right!' whoa...make me feel old huh? hehe. i'd still say it every once and a while and he finally said, 'stop it...you're giving me a headache!' haha...i thought that was so funny. he really thinks i can't say it in the right context. ya ya...i guess i'm not cool anymore. the weird thing is that when andy says it, it's right! geez! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 01,January,2004 | happy new year everyone! this year, andy and i didn't have any definite plans. actually...no one we were close to had a party so we just decided to stay home. i kinda feel guilty cuz for a long time, my mom always wanted me home for new year's. either that, or be with family. my cousin usually throws a new year's eve party...so lately, that's where i've been. there's only been 2 times when andy and i were alone on new year's eve. i called my parents sometime in the evening just to find out what they're doing. they asked if i was gonna go over there. all i said was that there is a lot of drunk drivers out there! hehe...they didn't argue! YAY! oh yeah, andy's friend was having a kick-back kind of party for new years. to be honest, i didn't wanna go. i dread the smell! hehe. andy's parent's called us and asked us if we wanted to go out to dinner. they had a card to 'be our guest' at a steakhouse called morton's steakhouse of chicago in costa mesa. the card was gonna expire 12/31/03 so they just decided to give it to us. they couldn't make it cuz they were doing last minute stuff before the new year came around. i heard that place was really expensive but other than that, i knew nothing about that restaurant. i called the place to ask what time they closed and to see if they were still accepting reservations. they said that they were all booked up for the night and even if it was two of us, we still couldn't get in. so, we gave up on that idea for about 5 minutes. i just told andy that it was still worth a shot to try. if not, we'll just have dinner somewhere else. so, we just got ready really quick. we stopped by andy's parent's place to pick up the card. we got to the restaurant and it's true they were all booked...but they were still able to get us in! we didn't even have to wait. i was kinda nervous when we got to our table. i wasn't sure exactly what we'd be able to get with that card. it's not like there was a specific amount of money listed or anything at all. it basically just says 'be our guest.' oh yeah, another thing i was nervous about was if that card was good for only one person. andy's parents already told us that they used that card before and it was good for everything. i guess since it was written on the card, i still wasn't sure. so, our waiter came by and andy asked if the card was good. he then said just tell me what you want and i'll take care of you. hehe...i still didn't get all the questions answered. i was just thinking that we'll just have to pay for just one person if the card wouldn't cover both of us. hehe. i kinda felt ghetto too. the one thing i didn't find too attractive was that before you order, you get a menu and also the waiter would show you all the things on the menu. therefore, you see the raw meat. it's not a big deal but it just didn't do anything for me. haha. so, for an appetizer we had scallops wrapped in bacon. we also had salad. for our main entre, we both had a huge porterhouse steak. i had my meat cooked well-done. andy was dissappointed that i did that. hehe. i guess i shouldn't have done that cuz they kinda burned it. oh well. the inside was REALLY GOOD! our waiter asked if we wanted lobster to go with our steak, and we were kinda hesitant. i guess cuz i didn't know what we were covered for. the waiter just told us that we might as well!! so, then we went for it. when he said that, it made me feel better. andy and i split one 3 pound lobster. guess how much that costs? $78.00. geez! and for dessert, we had a godiva chocolate cake w/ ice cream! OH MY GOSH...it was so good! i'd actually go there just for that! hehe. we were both so surprised at how good it was. everything was actually really good but the dessert blew me away. so, we finally got the bill. GRAND TOTAL: $233.00. that was the most expensive meal i've ever had. hehe...i'm just a ghetto girl i guess. the waiter came back and we just wanted to make sure that we were on the clear. he said that everything was taken care of except for tip. and then i went on to say that i'll have another porterhouse steak! haha. oh yeah...he took our plates. andy and i didn't finish our steaks. i didn't even finish my lobster. i probably ate only half of it! i was so full. anyway, he took our plates to put it in a box. i assummed that everything was in there. when we opened up the box today, it was only the steaks. MY LOBSTER WAS GONE! that was probably worth $20! geez...what a waste. hehe. oh well. it was quite an experience to go there. it was fun. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 29,February,2004 | today we had a baby shower for my bro and sisnlaw at my parent's house. overall, it was pretty good. i was just not feeling that well cuz of my cold. oh well. i was actually surprised by the amount of people that showed up. my cousins did the games for the shower...and it was so fun! i didn't play all of em but it was even funny to watch everyone play...the young people and old people. hehe. i've been so tired lately just doing last minute stuff for the party. i didn't finish the favors till about 30 minutes before the party. hehe. well, it looks like they got a lot of good stuff for the baby! CUTE STUFF! hehe. me, andy, and my aunt ended up getting them a car seat and my parents got them a stroller that also goes with the car seat we got! yeah....that's what the registered for. hehe. a lot of people are starting to say that she's gonna have a boy! is she getting ugly or what? =) andy's sister first told me that if the girl starts to get ugly during her pregnancy, she'll have a boy! my aunt said the same thing last night. she said something like.....yeah, she's gonna have a boy cuz she's getting uglier! hehe. isn't that mean? hehe. we'll see if it's really true cuz i also think it'll be a boy. 2 more months.... |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 24,February,2004 | andy and i decided to watch passions on ash wednesday. he ended up taking a half day and got off of work around 10am. so, we watched it sometime in the afternoon. when we got out of the theater, some guy approached us, asking us questions about the movie. it turns out that he was from the oc register newspaper. hehe. i didn't put in as much input as andy did so his name ended up being in the paper. andy bought....i mean, took a few extra newspapers! hehe...so lame! after that, we went back home. i was and still am sick so i ended up falling asleep when i got home...when i was supposed to be studying. oh well. we also went to church after my class! what a religious day right! =) on friday, i spent the night at my parent's house! isn't that amazing? hehe...it's cuz i haven't spent the night over there ever since i moved into the condo in anaheim hills! i basically stayed there to help out with the party! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 24,February,2004 | on friday, i went to carson to run some errands with my mom. she wore me out! hehe. we had to go to all these places to go shopping for the baby shower. finally, we were off to the mall cuz she needed to return something. well, we found some clothes (for me) and she bought em for me. i got 3 pairs of pants and 1 top! =) i haven't gone shopping for a while!! or have i?! hehe. anyway, i was hungry so i picked some food up from thai barbecue. we just went home and ate it. my aunt came over and we were just talking. i ended up seeing georgia cuz i had to give her an invitation to the party. nothing too interesting to blog about huh?! hehe. on the weekend, andy and i just stayed home. either that, or i just don't remember what we did! hehe. yesterday (monday), i had to go to carson again cuz my mom asked me to take her to see someone regarding her work related injury. she had to get her wrist operated on. well, she gave me the directions and i had a feeling it was at or pretty close to where i used to work at molina. and what do ya know? i turned into the exact parking lot! i was in awe! hehe...i kept saying things like, awww...this is where i used to park...blablabla! hehe...i know it's pathetic. when we got into the building, i had a blank mind and totally forgot what floor i used to work on! well, my mom's paper said to go on the second floor so off we went. when we got out of the elevator, i saw molina signs. that's when i realized that that's the floor i used to work on. hehe. i got kinda nervous cuz i didn't want anyone to spot me. we went downstairs and realized we went into the wrong tower. we finally got to the right place on time! i guess it takes a while to pull a file out so the attorney said to meet in another hour. so, me, my mom, and aunt decided to just hang out outside. i decided to call my old coworker, malia. she kept asking me to visit but i just wasn't sure if that was a good idea. i finally found out that my old boss (my enemy) is no longer there! i guess after hearing that, i decided to just go up and visit them! hehe. it was so nice to see everyone again. i saw my enemie's office EMPTY! =) i stayed there for about an hour just talking to malia and pshyra. i told them that i was still jobless and that i saw a few positions open up for the department...but i didn't do anything about it cuz i had my pride! i had no clue if meda, my old boss was still there. they made me feel good cuz it's like they totally understood me and they know why i did what i had to do.....LEAVE! let's just say that that department kind of looks too empty! other people got into it and fought with meda! can you believe that? i wasn't sure if the director understood what i was going through. according to pshyra, she said that she probably didn't know at the time i left but it's likely that she knows now. anyway, that visit made me feel good. andy was surprised that i actually had the guts to visit. well, i did but that's cuz meda isn't there anymore. she now works for kaiser and after being there for a few weeks, she asked the director if she can come back. so, she was gonna try to pull some strings to get meda back in. i guess marian, the director told the rest of the team and everyone was disappointed. marian wondered why and that's when it all came out. so, she never came back. after the visit, we went out to lunch at a chinese buffet. i felt like it was a waste cuz i wasn't even hungry! after that, i went home and studied for the test i'm gonna be having tomorrow! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 17,February,2004 | happy belated valentine's day! andy and i decided to go out and celebrate valentine's day friday instead of saturday...which was friday, the 13th. hehe. we just had dinner at that buffet at pala casino. after that, we decided to gamble a bit! i lost! thank god i usually don't gamble with a lot of money! =) i really just don't want to be like me dad! he's a gambling addict! sometimes my friends would ask me if i want to play cards or whatever and usually i don't! if i do, i feel weird! the following day, saturday, andy went to his parent's house to help his dad work on their backyard. i basically stayed home. i'm working on the favors and invitations for my bro's baby shower. after andy got back, we went to carson to visit my parents and my other cousins. my cousin and i were talking for a while about the shower while the other kids were watching lion king 1.5. after our talk, i was able to watch the movie...at least parts of it! it was so funny! i wasn't that much of a big fan when the first lion king came out. that's why i was so surprised at how funny i thought 1.5 was! i wanna get that movie. it's on sale right now at walmart...but they were sold out at the one i went to. =( |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 12,February,2004 | what's up with the quizno's commercial? it's so irritating. it's just making me think that they have rats/mice! yuck! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 11,February,2004 | andy had the day off today! sometimes i go on those websites to try to get tickets to a talk show. so far, i went to wayne brady's show with vanna white and mandy moore. well, i noticed that britney spears was going to be on the ryan seacrest show. so, i printed out the ticket and andy happened to have the day off...so off we went! the paper said to be there by 10:30am. we ended up leaving the house around 8:15am. it was traffic---y but we still made it in time! well, the whole area was crowded. even if i had a reservation, we still weren't able to get in. i was kinda sad but i was just trying to figure out a way to just stay in the outdoor courtyard since that is a public place. people go shopping there. it's not like they're gonna shut the stores down just cuz britney spears was there! there were so many security people there making sure you're just not standing around...unless you're in a designated place. we were even thinking of just having coffee at starbucks for a few hours! hehe. basically, i just didn't wanna feel like we went there for nothing. we were able to kind of watch the band and the dancers rehearse. well, andy and i decided to just walk around hollywood. kiisfm was also there. after about 15-20 minutes of not knowing what to do with the situation, i decided to just pass by the main stage and then just leave after that. so, we were walking on our merry way. we started to hear the band play again...but this time i noticed that the crowd was a little more louder. all of a sudden, we heard britney's voice. she performed the whole toxic song and we were able to see it........well, sort of. it was just really crowded. she was doing a sound check. who would've known you have to basically camp out the night before just to see britney. i certainly didn't...and i don't know if i'll ever do that. at least we were able to see her rehearse! hehe. after that, andy and i just went driving around in hollywood. we also had lunch at todai. it was yucky. a lot of things were cold! oh well. i still had a fun day! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 05,February,2004 | saturday, i went to a volunteer training thingy for the organization that i will probably volunteer for. it was from 1pm to 5pm. i was dreading just thinking about going but it was actually fun! and i learned a lot!! before i left for the training, justin called us to ask us if we can go to his basketball game. actually, we weren't home at the time so he left a message on the machine. afterwards, he talked to andy and i guess andy couldn't go cuz he had to do some stuff.......andy said that justin seemed disappointed. =( but i guess that's where we're going next saturday. on sunday, my brother had a little get together at his house for superbowl. did i watch the game??? NO! haha...i'm not into it. i didn't even watch the commericals. the only thing i saw was the half time show with janet jackson's boob! haha. otherwise, i was just busy playing with the kids. they are so much fun! we were also able to discuss the baby shower for my bro and sis. we had to either have it a little earlier or really really close to her due date because my mom will be in philippines for a while. so, yeah, it'll be feb. 29. she's not even due till may. oh well. well, there's nothing really to blog about....bye! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 31,March,2004 | how dumb am i? i went to santa ana college to go to class today! oops...it was tuesday and my class was on monday. that means i missed it! so dumb. oh well. since i was in santa ana, i decided to go to my bro's house to drop off the invitations. that was by-far the most complicated invitations i've ever worked on. there's just a lot of cutting and glue-ing involved. but i guess i like it. it's a diaper shaped invitation. anyway, i called melani to ask if i can come over but they were on their way out to lamaze class. she said that i can come over anyway to just hang out since i have the key to their house. so, that's what i did. i had to run a few errands on the way over there and even got food from the loft. i got there right before 8pm...right on time for american idol! hehe. vanessa ended up calling me so she told me about her drama...until my brother came home. i actually stayed there till midnight. we were just talking...which is good cuz i haven't talked to them for a while. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,March,2004 | I havent blogged for a while now. Hmmmlets see what I can remember. Last week, Andy and I went to Vegas! We went cuz I read on his cousins blog that they got a room for 10 bucks! Since I love bargains, I checked out their website, and there it was! We went there on a Sunday morning and left Monday afternoon. If you ask me, the room was well worth the $10. Yeahits not the best but its a lot cleaner and better looking than wild wild west---and probably a lot of other hotels out there. Anyway, we had a lot of fun. We even took a side trip to Hoover Dam. To be honest, that place was boring. I was so freakin sleepy during the tour. On the other hand, Andy enjoyed it..even if he lost our new camera bag with a new $60 or $70 battery! Oh well. We finally had a late lunch at some Hawaiian buffet in downtown Vegas. Weve gone there before and I think I remember liking it. But this time was different! It was nasty! So we went to the casinos for a bit! Those 99 cent margaritas made me feel better! Hehe. After downtown, we went back to the strip and just walked around. The following day was the same! We had breakfast at the Excalibur hotel! It was so good. We stopped by State Line on our way home. I won but then lost it again. At least we didnt lose too much money. Well, thats why we didnt buy anything at the outlet. We havent cut Coachs nails for monthsmaybe even a year. We dont know for sure but we think Coach bites her nails. HahaI know that sounds dumb but its not like she has the luxury of running around on cement to file her nails down. We dont walk her every single day either. Well, a few days ago, Coach was on top of Andys lap and its like she was trying to bite her nails. Hehe. I just thought that was funny. Oh yeah, on Friday, Andy and I watched Jersey Girl. I thought it was a good movie! That little girl kind of reminds me of the way I used to be with my parents! So Mean! On Saturday, we helped Andys sister Christine and her friend Sherrie move. They moved out of the apartment that we used to stay in. That place looks a lot worse than when I was living there. Either that or we just never noticed it. People actually left their food outside. Isnt that nasty and rude? Im sure theyre glad to be outta there. Tomorrow, Andy wants us to hang out at his friends house. Im not sure if Im going cuz I actually just wanna stay home! I have to work on another baby shower invitation. Melanis parents are also throwing a shower for them. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 15,March,2004 | i'm still awake! anyway, yesterday, sunday, andy and i went to disneyland....actually california adventure. we went with a few friends. our annual pass is going to expire tomorrow! andy really wants to renew it but i think it's just so freakin' expensive! we were originally supposed to renew it at disneyland but the line was too long...and we didn't wanna wait. we MIGHT just send the form in to renew it. we'll see. since the line was long (and the whole park very crowded), andy and i went over to california adventure. we met up w/ andy's friends. we actually stayed at the park for a long time. we usually just spend an hour or two over there but this time we stayed longer than we normally do. it's probably because one of our friends' cousins came along and she's from japan! we had a lot of fun! their 'who wants to be a millionaire' show was cool. you actually have a chance to be in the 'hot seat' and win prizes. if you get a million points, you win a disney cruise! so, we watched a few shows and went on a few rides. we went on that one water rapids ride. we saw how soaked a lot of people were from that ride so someone came up with the idea to pay whoever gets wet the most $1 each. (there were a total of 7 people in our group). well, guess who won that money?! I DID! haha...i was soaking! it was fun though. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 14,March,2004 | last sunday, andy and i went to carson AGAIN to give my mom something. well, my mom has been wanted to watch the passions of christ but i guess never found the time or never had anyone to go with or just didn't have a ride. ya, my mom doesn't drive. so, andy and i decided to invite my parents and my aunt to watch it. since it was already a few weeks after it originally came out, i assummed that it wouldn't be as crowded...but i was wrong. we were supposed to go to the 6:30pm or 7:00pm show at rolling hills but by the time we got there, it was all sold out till around 9:30pm. so, we went to the galleria to see if we can get tickets there for the same time...but again, it was sold out! apparently, my mom really wanted to watch it. andy was supposed to take my dad home so that he'll pick the ladies up after the movie but andy....NICE ANDY...said that we ALL should watch it & that he will just go to my parent's house to sleep. he couldn't stay up and watch the movie w/ us cuz he had work the following day. so, yeah, we ended up watch it at 9:40pm. i was so surprised that my mom wanted to watch it that bad. well, everyone liked the movie...cried like babies! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,March,2004 | i'm going to carson too many times. i went there on monday to pick my driver's license and some other stuff up and i went there on friday to take my mom to the mall. and later on today, i will be going there AGAIN! i just have to give my mom some paperwork before she leaves for philippines. i think she'll be leaving on tuesday or wednesday. oh well. apparently, a few days ago was girl's day! so, my girlfriends and i got together to hang out yesterday! these girls are actually andy's guy friends' girlfriends! hehe...did that make sense? i knew that since the girls were gonna hang out, the guys wanted to do the same thing! so, we met up at joey & kristina's house in long beach. the girls went out to lunch at some restaurant in long beach (2nd street) while the guys went to the gun range. =) anyway, it was fun hangin' w/ the girls. after lunch, we walked for a bit and looked into a few stores. at one of the stores, i ended up going to the baby section and eventually everyone else came. there were some cute things. there was a tiny ceramic container for baby's first tooth and baby's first curl! all of a sudden, mary said, 'you can buy that for my baby!' hehe...that was her way of telling us that she's pregnant! so yeah, she's 3 months pregnant! we were so happy for her! i guess she didn't want to say anything till after she was 3 months pregnant...just incase anything were to happen!! that's also what my brother did. after that, we hung out at the house for a while...then we were off to dinner! we were supposed to eat at some japanese restaurant in torrance/gardena but they only had one room big enough for the 10 of us & it was pretty much reserved. we wanted to go into that room because you take off your shoes & sit on the floor just like in the tatami room in memoirs of a geisha. i even saw some of the workers (girls) wear slippers that reminded me of the slippers from that book! hehe. so, eventually i wanna go back over there and try it out. i went to a restaurant that was similar 2 that in canada but now that i saw this restaurant, it seems like it was more of an authentic japanese cuisine. anyway, we ended up going to a korean bbq place in torrance. it was alright. after dinner, we went to yankee doodle's in long beach to play pool. and that was the end of our night! i was actually supposed to go to carson last night but we left after midnight...which means that my mom was sleeping. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 04,March,2004 | i just bought my first issue of playboy! hehe. no, i'm not turning lesbo! i just wanted to support an old friend, urlLink kay sivilay , since she has a hot 4 page layout in that magazine! =) i haven't seen that girl for a LONG time. if it wasn't for friendster or myspace.com, i wouldn't have known about her modeling success. what's funny is that recently i was cleaning out my closet at my parent's house and found a box filled with letters from my friends back in jr. high/high school. i felt like reminiscing and went through a lot of those letters. and what did i find? i found letters from karouna! hehe...i wont even mention what those letters were about. it's just funny reading my old letters...even embarassing! =) she even remembers writing those letters to me! haha...too funny! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,April,2004 | yesterday, andy and i were walking coach to a park close to our place until a lady pulled her car over and said that there was a coyote down the hill. so, we just walked in the opposite direction back home. i hate coyotes! on friday, we went over to national's with my friends to watch the laker game! i'm not into basketball but i just wanted to go to hang out w/ my friends. we went to the one in torrance. i know those places are usually loud but there were these 2 people who kept going at it. one of the guys were for the lakers and the other guy was for the other team (i forgot who they were). it was so irritating and they were even putting each other down. one of em wanted to bet but the other didn't so he just kept making fun of him. haha...so stupid. thank goodness one of the guys left after halftime! anyway, i just liked that place because we went during happy hour...which means half off appetizers and $3 martini's! their martini's were good! after that, we went to my aunt's house to drop off these baby shower things that i made for my cousin's coworker's shower. i'm starting to have a business. hehe. saturday, i decided to get a haircut. i'm not as happy with it cuz it's too short. i just didn't expect that much to be chopped off. i guess i'm just not used to it. oh well. while i was getting my haircut, andy went to long beach to help his friend move. i ended up staying at that hair place longer than expected cuz the person i had an appt. with was running late. the girl that was before me got her hair colored and after she got her hair rinsed, she left cuz she didn't know it was gonna take that long. she didn't even get a hair cut or have her hair blow dried! i was also in a hurry but i still wanted her to fix my hair. =) by the time i got out of there, it was around 5:30pm. melani had another baby shower at her parent's house and it started at 4pm. so, we were late. and besides, they wanted us to pick chinese chicken salad up at the loft which made us even more late. i think melani knows the sex of her baby. before she got the 4d sonogram done, she had a feeling what the baby's sex was going to be. i thought that same thing too until after the sonogram. hehe. so, me, my brother, mel's immediate family, andy, and my immediate family were the only ones who supposedly knew the sex of the baby. well, someone leaked that information out to some coworkers. hehe. so, when they were opening the gifts from the baby shower, they got some clothes that were specific to the baby's sex. most of the other people (who don't know) gave neutral gifts that are good for either a boy or girl. that's why they got a lot of yellow stuff. hehe. so, i think mel and my brother knew that someone told their coworkers and now melani may have an idea of what it is. also, my brother and melani were shopping at potterybarnkids and mel noticed that my brother kept looking at the ********** section. oh well. my parents should be coming back from philippines tomorrow! i'm actually excited. hehe. they've been gone for so long! i think this is the longest vacation they've ever taken. how weird. now i have to finish up my paper that's due tomorrow. yuck! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 21,April,2004 | today my class got cancelled! YAY! since i had some extra time, i decided to go to fry's electronics to buy some stuff. last weekend, andy and i were supposed to go camping in malibu. it didn't happen cuz we found out that it was supposed to rain (which it did) and we totally forgot that we had a family party to go to. oops. i kinda wanna go now before it gets too hot. also, it looks a lot prettier now during spring than it does during summer. since we didn't go, andy got off work a little early and we went to that seafood place in san pedro again. we also walked along the beach! we haven't done that in a long time. all the beaches here are just so freakin' far to just go walking. anyway, on saturday, we went to that one family party. it was my aunt and uncle's birthday and my cousin also got a promotion. she works at csulb doing stuff with their graduate programs...(or something like that) so andy was trying to see if he can get a degree! haha...yeah right. after that party, we went to target to buy stuff we needed. then we were off to andy's friend's house to watch the laker game! i'm not really into the lakers or watching basketball itself (unless i watch it in person) but i just go along with the ride! yesterday, (tuesday), andy and i went to LA cuz we were supposed to watch the sharon osbourne show! hehe. he kinda got home later than expected...but we still decided to give it a try. well, we probably would've made it on time but we couldn't find the street it was on! haha. we weren't too disappointed since we didn't even know who was gonna be on the show. instead, we just drove around for a bit and we went towards beverly center. i haven't been there in so long. andy was really hungry so we had dinner at grand lux cafe! melani told me about that place so we gave it a try. i thought it was gonna be like a regular cafe but it was a really nice restaurant w/ really good food. the owner of that restaurant also owns cheesecake factory. i would go there again! by the time we finished dinner, the mall was closed so we didn't get to walk around. instead, we just went back home. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 12,April,2004 | my easter weekend was kinda hectic! friday: i woke up early and bought a few things at michaels. they had a sale where you get 50% off of anything regular price. i bought some cardstock, scrapbook paper....a few crafty stuff. my brother and melani came over. we just hung out for a bit-- andy also had to help my bro with his computer. we just talked for a while. we also had dinner. we had dinner at a place called california fish and grill. we've passed by that place more than a few times and have always wanted to try it. i thought it was more of a restaurant but it's more laid back. i liked it. their calimari is good! they probably left our place around midnight so after that, andy wanted me to go with him to ronald's house. he had to just check up on their house and feed the dog since they were out of town that weekend. saturday: urlLink we had a little picnic with andy's friends. we all met up at joey's house and headed over to san pedro (ports o call). you basically buy whatever seafood you want (buy by the lb.) you then take your raw food to another station and they cook it up. they add vegetables and potatoes. it's so yummy! the place we got that food at is ghetto though! that's why we had a picnic. i didn't wanna eat in that area. it kinda looks like a swapmeet. hehe. we went over to some park. i forgot what it's called but they usually have those filipino fairs over there. we had a table right by the ocean. it was so NICE and the food was so GOOD! andy and i basically brought the rice, drinks, and whatever else we needed. we knew what we needed cuz we did the same thing with my brother and melani a while back. after our picnic, we headed over to joey's and hung out for a bit. we decided to call justin and kayla to see if they wanted to spend the night with us. they did so we picked them up. my brother asked if we can visit since they wanted to see the kids. we didn't stay that long cuz andy forgot his keys at joey's place. we ended up meeting up at an ice cream place. it's kind of like coldstone. it was so good. i couldn't believe that me and kayla got the same size ice cream (in a waffle cone) and she finished it. i only ate about half of it. i had to get a cup so i can put it in the freezer to eat it again later. haha. so, we finally got home and of course we slept late. they were busy either playing with coach or painting. it was fun but we were tired. sunday: all 4 of us went to the 8am mass. i was surprised at how well they are in waking up in the morning. i thought they'd have a hard time! after mass, we had breakfast at denny's. then we just played games at the house. we were just waiting for time to pass by before we had to go to our next outting. we were going to their uncle's house (maria's side) who happens to live in yorba linda. their house is so nice and huge! i wanna house sit for them one day. hehe. they also have a nice and BIG backyard w/ a NICE view. the kids had a great time with their easter egg hung in their yard. hehe. so, we finally left that party and the kids to go to andy's aunt's house in lakewood. we kinda stayed their longer than expected (since we watched pirates of the carribbean). after that, we went to my brother's house to drop some stuff off. after all that...and all that food, i was so freakin' tired! we finally made it home to watch nick and jessica's variety show...which wasn't all that. i just liked the performance w/ babyface. hehe. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,April,2004 | i forgot to post this but last weekend, andy and i went to the pet expo. i actually didn't wanna go but andy did. i was kind of bored but it was alright! hehe! on our way there, i got a text message from my mom! i was like...who the heck is this? i wasn't sure...but it really was my mom. i just thought that was cute. she even asked about coach! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 06,April,2004 | earlier this afternoon, i talked to my brother. he asked if i wanted to go out with him and melani to get their 4D ultrasound done! talk about last minute...their appointment was at 5pm and he told me about an hour and a half before-hand. thanks bro! hehe...well, i still wanted to go. one of my friends got one done and it was quite amazing! so, i guess i wanted to go in for that experience. well, mel's mom got off work early so she was also able to go. since her house was on my way, i picked her up. there was so much traffic! ya, we were late but luckily the people at urlLink first look sonogram were willing to move one of their appointments up. so, we didn't miss anything. we all went into a room with a plasma tv, speakers and a comfortable couch! melani still didn't wanna know the sex of the baby but said it was okay for me, her mom, and my bro to find out...she would just cover her eyes! so, basically the person doing the ultrasound focused a lot more on the baby's face! to me, he/she is already cute! i think most of the time, the baby was sleeping but at one point, he/she stuck his/her tongue out! i just couldn't believe how clear the baby looked! you can even see the baby's movement. so, it was time for melani to close her eyes (put her jacket over her eyes) so that lady can look at the other parts! she basically moved the pointer thingy to show us things and then she typed the sex of the baby on the screen! i kinda got too excited that i made a noise! it didn't really matter what the sex was...i guess i just felt amazed that this thing inside of melani is just so real that i can't wait to meet him/her! anyway, i can't say what the sex of the baby is to anyone...except my parents but they wont be back from philippines till the end of the month! after the sonogram thing, we went to my cousin's house to pick more bottles up (for the other baby shower)!. on our way there, mel's mom was in the car with me and we were just talking about how hard it might be to not say anything about the baby's sex. it's not like we're gonna blab our mouths to anyone...(cuz no one is supposed to know except for immediate family). the reason for that is if we were to tell anyone, melani will be bound to hear it from someone else! that's why they just want the circle to be small so it wont get out! it's just that people like to buy things esp. when they know the sex of the baby! haha...oh well. no point...i guess. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 02,April,2004 | i actually have ONE friend that i've known since jr. high that talks the same and does the same things that we used to do in jr. high. a few months ago, i found all my old letters and read some letters that she wrote to me and realized that even today, she still writes the same as she did in jr. high. i'm not talking about the pitch in her voice or the way she writes. i guess i'm just talking about her attitude. it's like the rest of the people i know...whether it's friends, family, aquaintances, she's the only one that didn't grow up. isn't that sad? well, i guess i should give her a little credit. but still, half the time, i can't believe certain things she does. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 02,April,2004 | on wednesday, i had a test and forgot about it until tuesday night! so, i was studying and readng sooo last minute! hehe...i think i did pretty well! yesterday, the weather was so weird! i remember it was kinda cloudy but didn't even think it was going to rain. i ran a few errands and then i met andy at the house cuz i wanted him to go with me to henry's market. we just wanted to try that place out. so, we went grocery shopping...and when we went out, it was raining so freakin' hard! i was wearing slippers that get VERY slippery when wet so i was holding on to andy. hehe. i need to buy new slippers that don't get slippery! my other slippers that i normally wear (another slippery pair) broke when we went to vegas! oh yeah, i just found out that we may be going to vegas again in two weeks. my friend has been wanting to go (i guess since she hardly has time to go out since she had her baby). so, andy and i might tag-along! our other friend also has a comp'd room! YAY! well, it depends on andy cuz he's still thinking about it. i guess i can still go w/ out him! i would probably just babysit the baby anyway! haha. all i know is that i gotta save my money whether or not we go to vegas. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 31,May,2004 | Looks like I'm going to be a biter because I'm thinking of joining urlLink imagestation Hehe. I was reading Andy's cousin's blog and I guess that's where she stores her pictures. I usually keep my pictures on urlLink ofoto but I might change it because it seems like with urlLink imagestation , you can store the pictures at the original resolution. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 28,May,2004 | Looks like I'll be a busy bee this weekend. Tomorrow I'll probably be going to Carson to visit my parents. She's been wanting us to go over there to help her look around for a cell phone. After that, we're headed over to Dolphin Park for Gavin's (Grace's kid's) 1st birthday party. He turned one on April 3 and he's barely having his party now! Oh well. He's growing up so fast! The following day, we're headed over to Andy's cousin's graduation party! And on top of that......I'm still waiting for Melani to have her baby! Hehe. Okay, so I have two parties to go to (one on saturday and one on sunday). It doesn't sound like much but I guess I'm thinking that I'll be super busy because I'm just HOPING that the baby will be coming this weekend. Ever since that false alarm, Melani hasn't been going to work and has been walking a lot. That's why she thought she'd give birth by now. Apparantly not! Oh yeah, I want to go out to Coldstone right now! Yummy! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 26,May,2004 | So far, we've had one false alarm! Hehe...Melani thought her water broke. They ended up going to the hospital and sure enough, it was a false alarm! Oh well. I've been kind of eager and excited because their due date is this Thursday! It's been almost a month since my car broke down. It's very depressing not having a car...not being able to go out whenever you want. At times, I feel like a kid. Heck, I feel like my mom and aunt too! They both have to rely on someone to drive them around! Well, we haven't gotten the car done for 2 reasons... 1) Ever since we got our transmission flushed at EZ LUBE, the car (transmission) has been acting up & the transmission light would come on. We've gone back there a few times to tell them what's been going on and they told us (several times) to restart the car whenever the transmission light goes on. It resets the sensor in the transmission. He also said that you should restart the engine about 25 times. So, we did what they said. At first the car was fine but I guess the transmission just gave out at the end. We're just waiting to see if they MAY be responsible for the damage and who knows...maybe they'll pay for it...at least some of it! 2) MONEY! I have enough money for what we 'think' the problem is but again, we're just waiting to see what EZ LUBE has to say about it. So, for the past few weeks, I haven't been going anywhere since I don't have a car. Andy has just been taking me to school...and the semester just finished last week! =) I'm looking into going back to school for real since no one wants to hire me! =( I'm just worried about money and I guess worried about where to live. I hope that I'll still be qualified for some kind of financial aid. On Friday, my neice, Kalea did a performance at her school. She's so cute. She just turned 6 that same day. She did a performance with her class singing and dancing to a few songs (which included the 'chicken dance') and she also did the hula with a different group! That performance was soooo good! After that, we went over to their house for dinner. They just moved into that house so they were happy to have their first guests! =) Anyway, after my brother and Melani left the hospital the day they had their false alarm, my brother called me. I guess he wanted to make sure I was going to be there at the hospital when the baby's born. I already had that on my mind. Heck, I check the answering machine, my voice mail, caller id (almost) constantly! I asked Andy what would happen if Melani was already having the baby...while he was at work. Hehe...he already told his work about it and they're letting him go whenever that time comes...except for Thursday (which is the due date). Haha. Well, at this stage, my brother and Melani are always together. They even carpool to work together. Since they're only using one car, my brother is letting me use his car till the baby comes. It's also so I can run some errands for him while he's in the hospital. Isn't that nice? So, yeah, Andy and I went over to their house tonight so I can pick the car up. Andy ended up leaving Long Beach earlier than I did. I just hung out with my brother for a bit. We even put the carseat in the car. Ummm...I just want someone else to check if we did it right! =) |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 15,May,2004 | For the past two days, Andy has been going to the E3 gaming convention at the LA convention center. When he comes home, he's like a little kid that just got back from trick-or-treating on halloween...sorting out his candy! =) He got a lot of goodies and is just so excited! How cute is that?! HeHe! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 14,May,2004 | It was my mom's birthday today. The night before, my brother called me to help him figure out where we should have dinner. Somehow we were on the phone for over an hour! I'm not used to talking to my brother that long! The weird thing is that, when we got off the phone, we still couldn't decide on a specific place! We had a few places in mind but nothing definite. We met with my family at my brother's house in long beach and we were kind of late because Andy was in heavy traffic on his way back from the E3 convention. So, when we got there, I found out that we are eating at a totally different place! We were going to a Filipino restaurant! For some reason, I hate eating at Filipino restaurants! I think it's because I know my mom can cook most of the food...and I guess, I just don't like a majority of Filipino foods...at least at the restaurant! Oh well. It was still a fun dinner but of course, I still didn't like the food (except for the barbecue stick)! I know a lot of people probably think I'm weird for not liking Filipino food...esp. since I'm Filipino! I think the only Filipino foods I like are the certain ones my parents cook! I think it also has to deal with comfort food. For example, Andy can make chicken adobe but it's not as good as when my mom makes it! Weird, I know. Anyway, Melani already packed her suitcase for the hospital. She couldn't decide which outfit the baby should wear on his/her way home. Since she doesn't know the sex of her baby, I told her that I will go ahead and buy the baby his/her first outfit (pink for a girl/blue for a boy)! She didn't want the baby's first outfit just a neutral color (since that's all they have), so I'm kind of excited to buy the baby's first outfit! Did any of that make sense? =) She has about 14 days until her due date! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 13,May,2004 | A video posted Tuesday on an Islamic militant Web site showed the beheading of an American civilian, who identified himself as Nick Berg, in Iraq, and said the execution was carried out by an al-Qaida affiliated group to avenge the abuse of Iraqi prisoners by American soldiers. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma). i just saw the entire video of the decapitation of nick berg. it was so disturbing, disgusting, and just plain sad! i haven't really paid much attention to the news lately but i saw a few video stills on tv earlier tonight and andy told me that they beheaded that guy! at first, i couldn't believe it. that is just soooo cruel! andy was trying to look for the video on the net but couldn't find it. so, he was on his way to go to sleep. i decided to look for the video and i found it. andy wanted to check it out too (and i guess i'm glad he was with me) so we watched it. oh gosh, i just felt sick to my stomach but i was still watching it! andy wanted to just close it out but i wouldn't let him. i don't know why...it's really not a good thing to see! and to think....i've been feeling bad for whoever leaves american idol! obviously, there are a lot more bigger and important things to think about in this world! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 11,May,2004 | do you know what happened to those damn lion kings...i mean mountain lions that were in anaheim hills? i hope they're gone! |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 08,May,2004 | i just did a blog but somehow it got erased. oh well. anywayz, andy and i ended up getting tickets to the jay leno show w/ the friends cast on the friends set. a few weeks ago, i was on some website and found out that they were giving a certain amount of tickets away on a certain day at a certain time. so, i made sure to be at that website at the right time and that's how i got it. i was only able to get two tix...because they sold out in less than 5 minutes...at least that's what they said! so, andy took a half day so we can go to the show. we got there around 11:30am. when we got there, we had to show them our print out so they can give us the real tickets (it has a # on it so it'll hold our place in line)...and i was surprised cuz no one was there yet. so, we got our tickets and we went out to lunch. we went to a place called dalt's grill. it was so good. we went there at the right time cuz by the time we left, that place was packed! also, when we got back to the place where we got our tickets, there was a huge line. thank goodness our tickets had numbers on it to hold our place in line! i thought that was a good idea so you don't have to always stay in one spot the whole time. anyway, it was so hot that day!! we had to wait a while to get to the studio cuz the shuttles were taking us over there. they basically take you into the studio in sections. on our way there & while we were waiting, we saw nancy o'dell from extra or access. (don't remember). the camera was looking towards us but i don't know if we ended up being on camera though cuz i didn't see the show. did anyone see us? hehe. so, we finally got into the studio! we were finally out of the hot sun! hehe. andy and i got pretty good seats. we were right in the middle! there was a warm up guy giving out friends stuff/tonight show stuff for doing silly things. he wanted people to dance from the back of the audience section to the front. they ended up having a contest and there was this one girl who seemed like she enjoys dancing with poles! haha. it was kinda nasty! also, b4 we even got into the studio, there was this girl w/ huge boobs but for some reason, they were so freakin' low! well, she wanted one of those baby doll shirts and the guy who was giving em out wanted to make sure it fits on whoever he was giving em to. well, that girl wanted it and went to the front (where he was)...she took off her sweater and was just wearing her bra! that was the same girl with the big and low boobs! that was also nasty! i don't mean to be mean but i can't help it. hehe. anyway, b4 the show, jay leno came out for a bit to talk to us. after that, we were able to watch the last episode of friends. i was so sad just cuz they were ending! ya, i guess at times some of the shows from this season and maybe a few others would drag but i was still sad! haha...corny i know. i thought the season finale was pretty good. it was good that everyone was just going on with their lives! there's no need to have a cliff hanger because they're never coming back! =( i wonder if joey's show is gonna be any good. so, the jay leno show was starting and andy and i were on tv for a fraction of a second! did anyone see? haha. after the show, they gave everyone the friends book that's coming out in a few days! it was a long but fun day! friday, andy took the day off. we hung out at the pool for a bit and we went to south coast plaza cuz he had a gift certificate. can you believe we stayed at the mall for 6 hours? andy thinks we were there for 8 hours but i really think it was 6 hours. we hardly ever go to the mall and i guess that's why we took a long time. we were so tired. we were supposed to just stop by the mall to look around really quick and then go to long beach cuz my cousin just got a house over there. well, we didn't get to do that! after the mall, we just had dinner at tokyo lobby! oh well. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 07,May,2004 | geez...i haven't blogged for a while. i guess i've been busy...doing who knows what? last wednesday, after my class, i was on my way to my parent's house to visit...since they just got back from philippines. on my way there, i noticed that something was wrong with my car. so, i decided to pull over and not go to carson anymore. i called andy and (poor him), he left the sports bar (he was watching the laker game) to rescue me! hehe. we ended up just calling AAA to get it towed. so, i didn't get to visit my parents that night. i was kinda sad...can u believe that? so, on thursday morning (around 5am), andy took me to carson b4 he went to work. i basically slept some more when i got there...then hung out w/ my parents. it was cool. andy picked me up with just enough time to go to the asian store, trader joes, kfc, and home for friends! haha...i ended up crying. last friday, andy's friends came over to celebrate his 28th birthday. it was fun. it was cool. hehe...i don't really know what to say about it cuz it's been a while. it was a fun get-together w/ some food and cake! =) saturday was andy's actual birthday. his friends didn't leave till around 3am the night before, so we just slept in and just relaxed most of the time. for dinner, we met up with his family at black angus. after dinner, we went to ikea w/ his family. it was cool. i finally got to ride in their new lexus...hehe. sunday was justin's 1st communion @ st. philomena. i am still SO NOT used to that church...at least the new church. it feels too much like a hall and not a church. i guess it's just not traditional...which is what i miss. the priest talks forever...and when he was announcing the kids' names, a majority of the people at that mass stood up and left. the priest hasn't even ended the mass and blessed everyone. uhh...oh well...that mass took almost 2 hours! we were all starving! and when we got out of the church, it kind of felt like a swap meet. we bought churros! hehe. i know when i was little, the nuns used to sell churros in their garage. i think these are just regular people. monday, tuesday, and wednesday came...and i still have no car. i know it's gonna be really expensive and i don't have that much money. my mom owes me some money, so maybe that'll help me. hehe. i haven't been going anywhere since i have no car. andy just takes me to school. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 27,June,2004 | I just had a looong weekend! First of all, I've been sick for the past few days. On Saturday, Andy was so excited to buy his halo edition xbox! We picked it up that morning at a wherehouse for urlLink mwave.com . Andy also picked up an xbox for my cousin so we also went to Carson. First we stopped by my parent's house but no one was home. We just decided to watch 50 first dates and hang out over there. We were watching the deleted scenes on the dvd and I really really really think my old best friend's dad was in that particular scene (as an extra). I know he was in how stella got her groove back, a home depot commercial, and a popeye's commercial. Well, I'll find out soon enough. Anyway, my throat was killin' me and I wanted a smoothie to soothe my throat, so Andy went to get boba at Tapioca Express while I stayed at the house. Apparently, Andy ran into my parents because the clinic they were at was near Tapioca Express. How weird! My parents were there for a long time! I thought they were just going through a regular check-up. On Friday, my dad started to have chest pains and was sweating really bad. My mom wanted to call 911 but my dad didn't want her too. He just kept saying he was fine. That's why they just decided to go to the clinic. They did an EKG on him and the doctor said it was abnormal and to go to the emergency room. So, they came home and they asked if I can take them to the hospital. I ended up taking them to the hospital while Andy stayed behind for a while because he had to visit my cousin, Glenn. My dad seemed fine.....he was laughing and talking! He seemed normal. When we got to the ER, they took him in right away! They also did an EKG over there and they said that it was 99% abnormal and something needs to be done soon. Apparantly, the doctor said he had a mild heart attack. The next step was to do an urlLink angiogram . Check out the angiogram movie thingy! That's exactly what the doctor told us. There are 3 different ways to fix my dad's heart problem...depending on what the angiogram test tell us. The best and easiest is medication therapy, the middle is the balloon angioplasty/stenting, or the worst case scenario...which is open heart surgery (bypass surgery). Well, he had a blockage on a huge artery! If it were clogged just a little more, he would have a major heart attack! So, yeah, my dad had to have the bypass surgery! This is how it happened! I was in the ER room with my parents when the doctor was telling us all about the angiogram and the 3 different treatments after the test was conducted. I just put it in my head that there were 3 different treatments and I wont think about it until the doctor tells us the results. Keep in mind...I was sick. I was wearing a tank top and a skirt and I was cold! Andy went to Target to buy me some exercise pants & my mom gave me her sweater! The doctor finally came to get my mom and my brother but I didn't go because I happened to be in the bathroom changing!! After a few minutes, they came back out telling us the news...that he has to have bypass surgery. To be honest, I was kind of shocked! I don't know what the risks are but I could tell that my brother was scared! From that moment, I was feeling worse! I was shivering A LOT! They let us see my dad before he was off to surgery. I really don't know what was happening to me. I knew I was sick to begin with but for some reason, it all just got worse! I had to go to the side to catch my breath, to try to stop shaking, and I was actually trying to hold my tears back. It was scary. So, my dad was off to surgery while we stayed in the waiting room. The surgery wouldn't be done for at least 5 hours and I was debating what to do. I was so cold and I was shivering so much. My aunt wrapped me in a blanket! I was not feeling well. So, Andy and I decided to go back home to get just a few hours of sleep! I took my temp. and it was 103! I was drinking lots of fluids and TRYING to get some sleep! Coach was sleeping with me and I think she was dreaming! She was whimpering a lot & for a long period of time! That's how I woke up! I was kind of scared because I thought that was a sign...that my dad's surgery is not going too well! Well, my brother called me around 2:45am telling me that my dad's surgery went well! I felt so much better. I woke Andy up asking him if we can go back. So, we were off to the hospital again. We were able to see my dad and he just looked so uncomfortable. He had stuff going through his body and a tube down his throat. My mom felt so bad for him that she started to cry. I think my dad could sense how nervous my mom was...so my dad kept moving when the nurses didn't want him too! My mom ended up going back to the waiting room and we were just trying to calm my dad down. We all ended up falling asleep in the waiting room. Around 7:30am, my family left while Andy and I stayed behind to see my dad while he was awake. We didn't get to see him until around 9:30am and I was so surprised at how alert he was. He said that he already feels better and stronger! That made me feel good. So, we stayed with him for a while and then we finally went home to Anaheim Hills. |
669,514 | female | 27 | indUnk | Sagittarius | 23,June,2004 | I had a goooood and loooong nap earlier tonight! Andy called in sick today since he's still sick. I went to class this morning and after that, Andy wanted both of us to work on my aunt and uncle's anniversary video. So, we were basically in front of the computer for a looong time!! We promised ourselves to really work at it and if we do a good job, we would reward ourselves with going out to dinner at tokyo lobby! I love that place! =) So, after we met our goal, we were off to dinner. It was so good...but on our way home, I was so tired! Both of us were! We ended up falling asleep. The difference is that I'm awake now while he's still sleeping! I had about 5 hours sleep! That's a lot! My throat is starting to hurt so I'll probably end up getting sick too! On Thursday, we were thinking of going to my cousin's club in Long Beach's Cohiba because Jon B. will be performing! If anyone is interested in going, the info. is below! So, if we're both sick, I don't know if we'll be able to make it! =( I'm not much of a clubbing type of girl but going once or twice a year isn't bad, right? Hehe! Sequence Events presents... 'its not who you know, its where you go' REMINISCE THURSDAYS As you all know, Multi-platinum singer/songwriter/producer... JON B. Will be performing LIVE on June 24th at COHIBA. PRE SALE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE!!!! GENERAL ADMISSION $20 GUEST LIST $15 PRE-SALE $12 (Pls. CALL 562/331-9664) $5 off with Flyer >> Venue features a relaxed atmosphere with an intimate ambiance, indoor smoking lounge with pool tables, 2 rooms will fully stocked bars and a roof top dance area overlooking the Long Beach Promenade. REMINISCE RESIDENT DJs DJ 02 DJ E5 DJ Irv DJ Jimnastyck SPECIAL GUEST DJs: DJ A-Ron and DJ Decks Playin' ALL your REMINISCE Classics... 80's, 90's, Hip Hop Classics, R&B and Dance Hall 21 & Over Dress Code: FUNKY not JUNKY **NO Loose Clothing, NO White Shoes, Collared Shirts a MUST** COHIBA 110 Broadway Ave. Long Beach, CA For more information or to get on the guest list, visit us at www.SequenceEvents.com |
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