bury me in this dress

This will be quick. The laptop and my ipod are now here so yay! Unfortunately, my makeups are in the balikbayan box so I will get those next month. I would have to use the crappy makeup I left here.

I’m so bored right now so I will update you a bit about my travel. When we were in LA, we stayed with some family friends in Burbank. Old fuddy duddies but they’re really nice. Very hospitable but they hardly go out especially to LA proper. That meant that we hardly got out of Burbank as well. My aunt and uncle who lives here also joined us so we were all in this one house. I thought that would be nice but it was hell having my aunt and uncle there. They’re like headless chicken all the time and made all sorts of plans which mom and I didn’t really like. Like an overnight trip to Las Vegas. You can’t do Vegas overnight. You won’t be able to appreciate the place. Plus they didn’t want to make hotel reservations so when we got there, we spent hours just looking for a nice hotel. It was hell and the Vegas heat added to the effect. The highlight of that Vegas trip was the good finds at Primm’s outlet. I was able to buy some cheap Bath and Body products there. There was also this quick trip to Santa Barbara and Solvang. I enjoyed that very much especially Solvang. I loved the place and I want to visit again someday. I got so smitten with one of the waiters in a cafe there. Very handsome and had the loveliest eyes. *sigh* Here’s a stolen shot although he looks ugly in the picture.

I was able to borrow a car like a week and a half later, thanks to my aunt (the one in San Jose). She lent me her Expedition and eventhough it was a bit difficult to drive since I’m not used to driving vehicles that size, I couldn’t really complain cos she lent it for free. I didn’t have the nerve to drive outside Burbank and take freeways. Even driving inside the city is nerve-wracking. Anyway, mom and I would escape from my megalomaniac relatives by driving to malls. There we were able to finally relax eventhough it was pricey because we always went home with purchases.

The megalomaniacs left earlier with the owners of the house. They all went to Hawaii. We were supposed to go with them but my sister is this big hypochondriac and she wanted us to go home early. Instead of the 26th, we changed our return flight to the 21st. On the night of the 20th, we met up with my other aunt and uncle who just migrated there. It was sad and we were all crying in the end. I want them here in the Philippines but I’m just being selfish. Whatever. I wish them all the luck. Right now they really need it.

This update sucks, huh? Oh well. I was supposed to meet Mae but that didn’t happen. Sorry about that, Mae. Was also supposed to meet up with Neko in Hawaii but nothing I can really do about that although my sister was perfectly fine when we got back. Very annoying but I guess going back earlier is okay. I don’t want to be stuck with the megalomaniacs for 1 more week. I spent a lot during the trip, most of them charged to my credit cards. Argh. So in order to have money, I will start working for mom this July. I don’t know how much I spent in total. I just know I spent a lot.

I know I should be updating about my US trip but blah. I don’t feel like doing so. I was looking at today’s newspaper (PDI) and was shocked to see a picture of my former crush. He just got married! Waaaah. His name is Javy Olives and we were in tennis camp back in high school. I was so crazy for that guy. *sigh* He reminded me of Sean Astin during his younger years. Anyway, Javy married the vocalist of this band called Session Road. Lucky girl. In the picture, she was wearing chucks with her bridal gown and Javy was standing on his head so it must have been a really fun wedding. I’m green with envy!

I thought something was wrong with the mac’s USB ports but it turns out that it was only the mouse that was causing the problem. So I bought a new mouse for this and I’m back to the mac. Yay! Will update more tomorrow because updating my gallery with photos I took from the US made me sleepy. Why don’t you check it out in the meantime.

Fuck! Still can’t use the mac and I don’t really like using this particular PC. Anyways, it will take a while before I can get it fixed because I’m broke. Usual story. Whatever. I miss my mac.

something’s wrong with my mac. my keyboard and mouse aren’t working anymore so i’m back to using the PC until I get that fixed. fucking technical difficulties. i hope having the mac fixed wouldn’t cost me much. my credit cards are loaded with debt from the trip.

bad luck is following us. we left my handcarry bag in our family friend’s car and i don’t know when we’ll get it. i placed all my makeup there as well as our new laptop. so double fuck it.

I’m back in good ol’ Pinas. I arrived last June 22 but was too lazy to go online. I need to do a lot of updating here but I have to fix some database errors first. I don’t know what happened so I have to contact my webhost’s tech support. Anyway, I will also post pictures later on.

Jeeesus F. Christ! I want to go back to the Philippines!!! My relatives are driving me nuts. As in! Fucking control freaks. They’re here from the Philippines too and we’re stuck in this one house in Burbank. I want to go to some places here but our host family are really old and quite lazy to even drive me to a rental car place. So yeah, stuck here and miserable. Broke too.

Mom and I will be going home earlier than planned because my sister is having a lot of difficulties without us around. She’s a mental case too. I don’t have problems with going home early because I’m so fucking tired with the relatives here. However, we won’t be going to Hawaii anymore.

I’m not sure if I can meet some of you guys I made plans with here. Things are really crazy. I want to rant some more but I can hardly go online anymore. I’ll do that probably when I’m back in good ol’ Pinas.

I might be internet-less for a couple a’ days since I’ll be moving on to LA later and my host family might not have net access. If that’s the case, I hope I can convince mom to buy us a laptop so I can go to downtown Burbank for the free wifi. Anyway, I’ll try to make this entry worth out while.

Almost didn’t go out today because mom wanted to spend the whole day trying to fix our belongings in prep for our flight tomorrow. Rose and I were able to convince her to have a day out and go to 17 Mile which is 45 minutes from this place. It was our first time there and we loved it. It’s like a rich white man’s playground with its numerous golf course, hills, and the seaside. The houses were HUGE but I found it too far from civilization. I guess I’m used to the city noise and all the city lights. I wouldn’t want to be stuck there once it gets dark. After Monterey, we headed to Cannery Row which is a really charming town. It has little shops and restaurants right beside the ocean and I think it’s really a tourist spot. It’s a predominantly white area and there were a lot of cute guys. We had dinner at Bubba Gump but that’s nothing new since we have that in the Philippines (sans the cute white guys). I was looking forward to having dessert at Ghirardeli but when we went there, the place was already closed. Super bummer. I guess most of the stores there close at 9 pm so unfortunately for us, we weren’t able to explore the place much. Definitely worth checking out again the next time I’m here.

Another uneventful day here. I woke up late because I had a hard time trying to wake my mind. I guess I got out of bed a little past 1 pm. Took a shower and had lunch and played with the kids here but I took a nap while they were watching the Berenstein Bears. Mom woke me up around 4 because she wanted to go to a grocery since my aunt’s baby ran out of milk. I didn’t bother dressing up or fixing myself. Nobody really cares if you look like crap here. I was just in a really short shorts and a t-shirt and never got any rude stares. I would be a laughing stock if I did that in the Philippines. Anyway, so I drove mom there and we ended up buying quite a lot of stuff we wanted to take back to the Philippines. I really love groceries here because they have everything! There are so many choices. After a $169 bill (mom paid for it), we went back to the house. I was planning to take another nap when my aunt called from the office and told me to dress up because she’s taking us out.

That happened. Sort of. We were supposed to watch a movie but we didn’t. Instead, my aunt shopped for seafood at the Asian grocery while the rest of us went to Factory 2 U store (they sell export over-runs). I saw a lot of clothes my size and they were cheap. I bought 5 pairs of jeans for just $5 each, bras for around $3.99, and shirts for around $4. If I remember correctly, my bill ran up to $79 and that leaves me with exactly $200 (I checked my wallet). After this, we went to Eastridge mall. I don’t know why we bothered because we stayed there for like 10 minutes. Still, I bought 4 bottles of pink hair dyes. That’s $21 which I charged to my debit card.

We went back to the house and Rose cooked the seafood she bought. We were starving because this was already around 10 pm. I didn’t want to go out anymore but the hosts wanted to hang out along Santana Row, a posh place here in San Jose, and drive around with their sparkling new beamer. I’m not into BMW’s so their car didn’t impress me much. If somebody gives me one, I wouldn’t say no to it though. I think we got to Santana Row past 11 pm so the cafes were closing already. They decided to call it a night so we went home after that.

Uneventful day but my entry is still long. Obviously, I still have money problems. I’m trying to figure out how to make the google adsense work. I’m also trying to figure out how to make my $200 last until June 25.