Thursday, December 23, 2010

happy anniversary and then some

happy three years to my iDiary!

i feel that i do post a lot of personal information but what the hey, it's my fricken diary! just keep whatever you read hush hush ;) iDiary has been my keeper of times when i was vulnerable, during times of triumph, joy, sadness, and everything else in between. i feel that tmblr is the "in" thing now and it sure looks really fancy but i like blogspot the way it is :) i don't need all those fancy layouts and texts and pictures.

so it kinda sucks i work on christmas eve, christmas day, new years eve, and the day. i hope i get paid extra! for work, i decided to join a team for the hallmark aviation's version of "the biggest loser." the team that loses the most combined body fat over 3 months win. it's gonna be hard since i'm not the biggest so therefore, i will have to work twice as hard to get results showing. it's okay, i'm determined to be trimmed, tightened, and HOTT in a few months. motivation!!!

feelings: desensitizing is a good thing. my only problem, it leaves me confused.

Monday, December 20, 2010

graduation!

hands down, graduation day was one of the most tiring but one of the most fun days i've ever had! thank you everyone for making it possible!

MORNING:
  • suppose to be at school by 7am, woke up at 7am
  • boring ceremony, go figure
  • sad my mom had to leave before i went to receive the diploma
NOON/AFTERNOON
  • it was hot
  • thank you everyone for visiting and giving me leis :)
  • it was hot
  • lunch fail at helena's but yama's definitely saved the day
  • old stadium park has gotten ghetto and nasty, ask leon
DINNER
  • nice day restaurant in liliha with the family
  • lots of gifts, hugs, and congrats :3
  • MSG laden food, i love it....meh
  • discovering my 11 nephew/second cousin talks to his "gf" via email. geez!
LATE NIGHT
  • ka for bottle service!
  • drank to my heart's content as it was dylan's bday as well
  • thank you trevor and leon for getting extra bottles
  • definitely well worth the money spent :D
  • tacos rico afterwards
  • ktfo
SIDE BAR: pounded mochi for the first time the day after. it's hard work

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

martinis

so after a night of heavy drinking with amy chang, i think my mind got less cloudy. i swear that drinking is the cure for everything. over this week, with recent events into consideration, my mind has been so boggled by thoughts and my future, graduation, finals, etc. after last night, i see things in a clearer perspective. perfect! i look forward to graduation now. it should be really fun.

mr. bartender remembered me :) when i left bar 35, he personalized my good bye. *hand hearts*

seriously, i think someone roofied my drink because i was so gone. regardless, it was an amazing night and i wished it didn't end up in a drunken mess.

Monday, December 13, 2010

clear eyes

day two of dry eyes. keep it up!

i dedicate this blog to my buddy suveg pandey. after talking to him the other day, i feel better about life. heck, i always feel better after talking to him. he inspires me so much. despite his brutal honesty, he puts everything into perspective and gets me thinking outside of my bubble. thank you, suveg.

i cannot wait until graduation comes around. after that, all of this pressure will be lifted off my shoulders...

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

pandora

thank goodness for my discovery of pandora radio. my life would seriously be dull without it.

my teacher sent out the email to everyone in TIM 431 to read my paper. i'm so honored and ashamed at the same time since the grammar is terrible and everyone might give me stink on the last day of class X_X

i read through some of my older posts to get motivation to move on and boy i was really emo way back when. well, i still get that way time to time but it's not so interesting anymore. i'm taking it as it comes. whoever is reading this, please get me drunk this weekend. please and thank you.

Monday, December 6, 2010

so this is it...

i feel like dying. i feel like absolute shit. how could this be happening?!?! is it for real? i'm fighting denial and i am losing to reality. please...please, please let this nightmare pass. i don't think i can do this on my own. my support system, my other half, gone before my eyes.

there is no point to be sad and mope. i don't want to suffer like i did in the past. life always goes on. i will NOT believe in false hope and hope that it was their biggest mistakes of their lives. my heart hurts, my mind is cloudy, and my body is numb. i hate this feeling so much! i don't know how i will make it through the holidays and graduation like this.

as mr. coleman always said, "everything happens for a reason." the sun will shine for me tomorrow. i will be strong because i am. i love you but this is for the best...

tis the season

happy december!!!

christmas is definitely starting early this year. downtown is all decked out for the holidays early it seems. the lights are shining brighter compared to previous years :)

i've been feeling kinda blah lately so therefore i've been cooking a lot more! i learned how to make the old spaghetti factory's browned butter with mizithera cheese. it's actually really easy! so much for my diet...

i'm two weeks from graduating and i really cannot wait. it's gonna be amazing :)

Monday, November 29, 2010

oh, the feeling!

it's starting to feel a lot like christmas! the lights in dtown are twinkling brightly. i think it's starting early this year...

holy moly, i am almost done with 431 and things are looking good! i did NOT fail my group case study but got a D. with the curve, my group managed to get a 86%, cheee! i don't care what i get on this individual case because i will still pass regardless. suck yeah!

PS: ok, i am absolutely in love with taylor swift. i can't stop listening to her music. enchanted is my next favorite song :) listen away on the right hand side ^_^

Thursday, November 25, 2010

holiday blues

i always, always get sad during big celebrations such as my birthday, thanksgiving, and christmas. today is thanksgiving. i think not having a family to spend it with really sucks. it's just either me and my mom or me and my dad. as of a couple years ago, my mom has been out of the picture since she always work. what a lonely time. i guess what really got me going downhill was i went over to my dad's apartment after volunteering and was suppose to have lunch with him. instead, i ended up eating his kalua turkey meal from his meal-on-wheels program while he ate a can of pork and beans. it was just so depressing. of course, there are things i am thankful for regardless of the situation...

i am thankful for (in no particular order):

  • my friends. they always have my back when i need them...most of the time :)
  • my family even though they hate each other and i can barely remember the last time all four of us were together in the same room i still love them.
  • my health and education
  • my cat even though he's completely antisocial i know he cares about me deep down :D

PS: i think i just need a good cry to clear my mind. i feel much better now.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

busy bee

the next two weeks will be crazy busy. 431 has me on a leash. 10-15 page articles must be read before class for a written assignment, exam next week tuesday, and my 8-10 pg SINGLE space case study due the following tuesday. what...the....fuck. 369E isn't any better. my stupid group presentation is for the following thursday after my crazy long case study and i feel that lawler's geocaching project is due sometime that week. hotel spreadsheet due same day as my 431 exam. HELP!

air conditioning has been broken for the past week. it's driving everyone crazy. poor havoc have to suffer all day in the hot hot room.

i feel so incomplete these past few days. i need to be a better person. i'm scared janelle will one day commit suicide because i was too mean to her. i will strive to be a better daugther, sister, friend, girlfriend, person, student, whatever. i really need to make some changes.

graduation is in a few weeks and i am utterly terrified of my future. i don't think going with the flow is really such a great idea. i don't wanna miss out on an opportunity and will never be able to seize it again. idk.

Saturday, November 13, 2010

i hate you

I hate you with a passion. I am borderline drunk right now thanks to you. But seriously, I hate you so fucken much. Thanks for ruining my life with your inconsiderate self. Do yourself a favor to society and bury yourself underground already. Kthx. People like you will never change. Too full of themselves.

On a happier note, I got to check out mr. bartender again, AND I asked for his name ;)

Saturday, November 6, 2010

guilt

happy november!

october ended with an AWESOME bang! i must admit it was probably the BEST halloween ever. thursday night (10/28) was the yelp elite event. choke fun. saturday night was halloballoo in chinatown. trevor and the mechanical bull was funny lol. tweaked my ankle and had a owie on my knee :( sunday, halloween, awesome first day at work. small kine delay but it was a blast.

in denial with school all week and kinda did not so hott but flash forward to this weekend....

KEVIN'S BDAY RAGER! hahahahah

FRIDAY: what should've been the most awesome day was kinda filled with guilt for some reason. possibly bombed my 302 exam, went to work, lovely drama with SABRE and a baby's passport at check in, flight delayed even more due to maintenance but got free starbucks and food out of it :) went din din with peeps at gyukaku. it was fun but for $20/person, i was kinda expecting more food, but then again, we did drink a lot.

bar 35, my favoritest place in the world. kevin was dumb. he shoulda paced himself instead of buying like 4 shots for everyone within 5 minutes. clearly, not a smart idea. thank you kyle, trevor, and dylan, you guys are lifesavers. because of kevin's genius shot ideas, he was done in less than two hours! had to be escorted out of the club before fricken midnight! unbelievable :P
mr. bartender was there and sexy and hott as usual. this stupid crush has got to stop! i'm such a sucker. went to kevin's house to check up on him and cruised. shon smoked out little pengy. so funny. lobster king and ktfo.

the morning after...i was feeling alright :) i kept having this guilty feeling overwhelming me all day. still feeling it now. maybe it's because kevin got so messed up. maybe because i was spending everyone's money unknowingly lol. maybe i was too obsessed with mr. bartender?! IDK! i feel so bad over last night! i mean, i should've had so much more fun but i was so confused and messed up. ugh, terrible feelings.

today, manned my mom's restaurant, went road tripping with her with $600+ in delivery. drove all around with the fajah. pooped.

Friday, October 29, 2010

mr. hot bartender

oh bar 35 mr. hot bartender, i discovered your name and apparently it's a commodity on yelp. you are beautiful. i will one day be a regular at bar 35 and will sit there and just stare at your hair, muscles, and the way you work that bar like it's no one's business. <3

discipline: isn't that what the army is suppose to teach you? they failed when trying to train my sister. still shameless and still no respect for anyone besides herself and friends. what a pity. cmon US army, what is our good tax dollars paying you guys to do?!?!

Sunday, October 24, 2010

scary movies

oh man, the month is almost over!!! where did it go?! it just felt like last week was my birthday. my days are numbered as i get closer to graduation. it's nerve wrecking since i have no plans for my future except for a few dreams and aspirations. where will my life lead to now?!

as halloween is approaching, i wanna watch scary movies! there's hardly on tv. to watch for october: jackass 3D, paranormal activity 2, and saw 8. haha so many sequels. i figure i've seen all the prequels, might as well finish the damn series :)

i miss the days when i had no one to care about except for myself. i miss the independence and doing my own thing. but with that, i always get lonely and find random ways to fill the void. yeah, maybe that isn't a good idea lol.

i'm really loving the new song, "back to december" by taylor swift. the quality sucks but this was the best one i found on youtube. so sad.

i really wanna go beach. my whiteness is sickening and i'm still determined to lose weight but my mom's idea of "healthy eating" really isn't all that healthy. it's time to starve.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

all night long

so last night/this morning, i pulled my first all nighter for school. got off work at 1130, got to sinclair library by midnight, did not leave until almost 8 am. fcuk that. the paper, in my opinion, is ridiculously crappy, and our presentation wasn't that great. i'm a bit worried for the overall grade because the prof said some of us missed the mark COMPLETELY and kept looking towards my direction. eeek. whatevers, i think i can afford to fail this one since i practically aced my other exams.

despite being a zombie, i went geocaching around the zoo! it was nice to slow things down and just go treasure hunting. geocaching is so fascinating. who knew there would be so many hidden caches all around the island in the most random places. i would love to make this a hobby once i find more time.

after all of this and only one banana in my belly, i was seriously going to pass out from hunger. i pulled into teddy's bigger burgers parking lot and grind. after my meeting at school, i went home and ktfo. i woke up a few hours later and went to sweet home cafe with janelle. omg, it's been a while since i had that...so good! they have strawberry jelly and it was fricken delicious!

i bought myself a bottle of wine too. way to celebrate today for surviving an all nighter. i feel bad for those who do this on the regular.

Saturday, October 16, 2010

size skinny

as of late, i've been heavy! i have no money to indulge in good food anymore. i cannot afford to eat out so i've been eating at home a lot but why am i NOT losing weight?!?! i've been gaining weight actually and it's depressing. it's time for change. it's time to get my fat ass back down to normal and then some.

weight goal: 52 kg or less. i can do this!

Friday, October 15, 2010

days gone by

where on earth have my days gone?! just last week was my birthday and now i've got a crap load of stuff to be done for school. times like these, i just need an EASY button or some machine that extends time for me. but then again, i could also be more productive myself. bleh.

recap time!

birthday
  • great day at school! got my paper used as an example for class, second class canceled so i got to hang out with the guys :)
  • dinner number one with dad, shon, and janelle at hinone mizoune or whatevers. oishii :3
  • ichiriki loft! oh man, what a blast! thanks for everyone who came out <3
  • dinner number 2 with mommy at lobster king. $130 X_X too drunk to appreciate the food, and yes, my mom knew i was faded.
  • ktfo
work
  • started shadowing
  • got to make announcements which was scary and kinda cool. "aloha ladies and gentlemen, this is your final boarding call..." hehe
  • i really enjoy everything so far.
  • missin' pinkberry!
week/life
  • days passing me by way too quickly
  • no social life
  • exams and papers = no sleep for me :(
  • induction ceremony for ESD was a huge success
  • PCC was a BLAST! had so much fun, and haunted lagoon!
  • HIFF - Rinco's Restaurant, it was interesting lol
  • still broke

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

tanked

WOW. i completely failed the IT exam. 67%! this class is actually pretty easy but i just find no interest in learning all the nitty gritty details of compooters. not my thang.

today, i went to MMA circuit training for the first time in forever. i worked my tooshie off. most definitely gonna be sore tomorrow. but whatevers, i feel like a million bucks now :)

HOMEWORK. so much to do, so little time.

excited for the PCC tour and HAUNTED LAGOON! super duper stoked for it.

induction ceremony is next week. excited to see all the fresh meat.

got called on my the TIM school to get a personal statement to keep alumni to donate towards TIM scholarships. i felt so honored because i was handpicked by the dean.

Monday, October 4, 2010

harvest moon

happy october!!! i love october for many reasons. it's my birth month, it's fall, it's the harvest moon time, it's just plain awesome :)

october 2nd was a fun day. it definitely reminded me of the good ol' days where we stay out all day doing a bunch of random stuff.
  • aquarium with pata. poor mois that got stolen :(
  • lunch at ethel's with the boys
  • the social network - surprisingly good!
  • dinner with the fajah
  • dylan's house
  • anasia's with shon
  • ktfo
life has been exhausting mainly due to the early mornings and super late nights. it's almost over, thank goodness! i'm very excited to actually start working. i hope i don't mess up!

janelle is back home and she's a cause of stress too. her clothes and stuff is EVERYWHERE and my mom is getting on my nerve to clean up for her...what?!

Thursday, September 30, 2010

deprived

for the past two weeks, i've been severely sleep deprived. it's amazing that i'm still standing. training was been brutal but it's fun nonetheless. i really enjoy doing what i've been doing so far which is just playing with the computers and hopefully i don't check in a terrorist. i'm excited to start soon but really nervous at the same time since there's so many job functions...bleh.

school has been killing me. i kinda gave up on a lot of my classes because it's my last semester lol. i need to find a day where i can get my full 8 hours of sleep! the most sleep i've got at a time was roughly 5 hours. when my phone alarm that it will ring any time after 5 hours, i get so happy :) the past two weeks, it kept reading 2-3 hours. it made me sad!

Friday, September 17, 2010

music to memories

one of my favorite bands is stars. i absolutely adore their music. dunno who they are?! they're a canadian indie rock/pop. youtube them! as im sitting home alone on a friday night, i'm just listening to some of their music. some old, some new. the older ones, inflict so many memories of a couple of years ago when i first moved home. i don't know why that particular spring of 2008 is so poignant. so many memories rush into me. like a slideshow, they just keep flashing across my mind. those few months were some of the best and worst.

nowadays, music doesn't stick to my memories as much. i'm not sure why. the summer of 2007 and the spring of 2008 had the most memories attached to music. i think it's really unfortunate that music doesn't mean as much as it did before. music these days are crap. time to changes things up a little.

i think i'm getting better at cooking! i made the same garlic shrimp that one would get from the north shore trucks. screw that, i'm opening my own in downtown! seriously, that shrimp was absolutely deeeeelish! i can't wait to make more another time :)

Thursday, September 16, 2010

loner

maybe i've reverted back to being a cold-hearted bitch but i discovered i rather be alone than to hang out with shon. i read so many facebook status updates of how one party misses their SO and vice versa but i'm not sure if i felt that way. when boy was on his trip to california, i was so well rested and relieved. i guess i like his company but he annoys the crap out of me way too many times a day. does that mean i'm getting over him? uh oh.

had my first meeting at the airport. it was excruciating for only 5 hours. i cannot imagine 8. tomorrow is gonna be a great day! no school and kahuku shrimp (hopefully) for dinner! test my cooking skills to the max ;)

Friday, September 10, 2010

eta sigma delta

school has been excruciatingly busy. i have meetings every other day for my club because we have to rebuild it from the bottom up. honor society so membership is by invitation only and we're broke with only 5 members. it's really not easy...

431 is killer too. expectations are sky high and it's NOTHING like what i've been taking since starting UH and even UNLV. sigh. i accepted the job with WestJet but i'm not sure if i can handle their training hours. it's from 5pm - 1am! YES, is that even legal?!?! it's ten days long over three week period. during those three weeks, i have two exams, a spreadsheet, and a long ass paper due. i really don't know what i'm gonna do. if my health starts deteriorating, no doubt i will have to quit, waste of $50 and a lot of time...

i can do it! i believe in myself and besides, who needs sleep these days?! i got some pearls of wisdom from a club member "the older you get, the less sleep you need." true dat.

Monday, September 6, 2010

labor day weekend

happy september!

with loads of homework, i still had a blast this past weekend. recap!

friday
  • choco house with my JAL interns
  • first friday
  • HOTTEST bartender i've ever laid eyes on at bar 35 <>
  • got crunk with olivia and amy chang for the first time!
  • broke like a joke
  • garden...swoon.
  • greatest night ever :)
saturday:
  • unproductive
  • shave ice with ning, gina, and jared
  • sbux pimpin'
sunday:
  • ning's drive in movie fundraiser!
  • takoyaki and kc waffle dogs, so yummy!
  • monster's inc.
  • yard house for some crazy beers

Monday, August 30, 2010

limbo

i hate this feeling. the feeling of having no money, the feeling of insecurity. my internship with JAL is over with and i didn't get accepted for an extension. as shon puts it, no one was the asshole in that situation. i wanted to quit, they didnt want me to stay haha. i still feel bad since i should have done better. it's not my fault that the language barrier made it so difficult for me to be happy. i was also having drama with hallmark aviation due to the scheduling and pay. i need to get a second job to pay for all of my expenses and hallmark just wouldn't cut it for me. today, i worked out a good schedule that will work out but now i still have to wait for da hukilau to call back for a job offer/decline. sigh, hard times...

school sucks. my capstone class will be a toughie. aza aza fighting!

Tuesday, August 24, 2010

last semester

this is my last semester of school. thank goodness! i've been waiting for years. i'm worried since my capstone class will be difficult. ughhhh...im skurred for it @_@

last night, i celebrated my last night of the summer at apartment 3 where i was all sorts of fucked up. two dollar kettle one vodka. ack, i was dying. hanging on my first day of school was not cool. hehe i rhymed! ok, now onwards to hw!

Friday, August 20, 2010

tgif

oh man, i never thought i would say this but TGIF!!! it's been a long week. only five more shifts with JAL and i'm DONE. i just had my interview with hallmark aviation services and i really hope i get the job. with my passport found, i am ready to travelJustify Full the world! watch out world, michelle is here to seize the opportunity! when funds allow....

tonight was pretty epic. started out at 39 hotel, totally dug that place. then we found ourselves at ichiriki loft for a birthday and then champions where kevin and i drank like one, followed by the beach. good times! i'm tired as hell but tonight was worth the driving around and funds. cheee!

ps. i owe kevin plenty drinks!




Sunday, August 15, 2010

close call

i had the absolute worst night/day so far this summer. last night was lindsey's last night before heading back to corn country so hanging out was nice. i drank a starbucks drink which i regret and was suppose to go hiking dark and early to watch the sunrise. during this time, it was also shon's last day in hawaii before his family vacay to california. so many things going on and not enough me's to go around. selfish him and stupid me just got at it with each other all night. i couldn't even sleep to make matters worst. i was miserable all day -_- it's all over now. the hike is over and i missed out, shon's gone on his trip, at least i had the breakfast i asked for. sigh. crap day.

so many chores to do at home. usually, i let my mom handle it but she's been really MIA lately. whatevers.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

papaya farm

so the past couple of weeks, i've discovered papaya farm! it's like farmville but not? ever since i started adding random friends, i have been hooked! addicted, if you will. if i sent an invite, just accept it, kthx.

the peresid or something meteor showers were this week. went on wednesday night/thursday morning and that was a half fail. we were camped out at lanikai beach and it was windy as hell. i saw some awesome meteors but right when the show was about to start, the rain came. the horizon looked mad and since there was no light where we were, it was just darn scary!

olivia is finally back home. i miss her a lot. life feels just a little more complete when your good friends are around you. i feel that way for a lot of my friends actually lol.

i was flipping through some old pictures on facebook and i realized how much everyone has changed, in terms of appearance, over the past couple of years. we're getting old :(

Saturday, August 7, 2010

japanknee chinky

happy august!

so i quit all my jobs just for japan airlines. let me tell you, i was stupid. it's not worth it! the flier that was presented was so much more appealing and challenging than what it really is. i work only 4 hours a day doing the same thing day in and day out. there is no challenge and the language barrier sucks. sigh...i need a real job soon because this is more temporary than i thought, sigh.

on a more somber note, i feel so lonely these days. it makes me sad because i feel incompetent in life. as always, life goes on.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

old growth

as i get older, i realize that so is everyone else. i went out to dinner with my dad tonight and seeing his health deteriorate like this scares me. he told me he was considering applying for the meals on wheels program and that sunk me to a new low. i feel as his daughter, i should be taking care of him but i'm too young to take on this responsibility. school and work is the center of my world right now and i'm far too busy. shon's grandma recently passed away and i attended her funeral...it was the saddest funeral ever. i've never seen a family so sad at a funeral. i dont know if i can deal with the loss and pain so soon. i wish janelle was back home so we could figure something out for daddy.

ugh, i gotta be strong! get a hold of yourself, michelle!!!

Sunday, July 25, 2010

towriffic!

shon's birthday was last tuesday 7/20. it was a great day/night. had dinner at magura-ya with his family and then headed over to the mai tai bar to start off the night. i was hesitant to go there due to some past issues but i went and it was fun. it felt like a club because it was loud and packed! it's a tuesday ppl, don't they have work?! drinks were cheap so that was fun. afterward, we went over to femme nu. shon had three chicks dance for him while i watched -_- it was fun overall because my phuket thai coworkers came by! headed to bar seven after that where shon told me to park in this random lot. little did i know, it was the biggest regret of my life! 30 minutes later, literally, we were back at the lot with no car to be found! i knew it got towed and shon was too drunk to tell me it was a paid parking lot! ass. $160 to get it from mapunapuna and i didn't go to bed until almost 3:30 am with work at 7 am. ugh! the next morning, i read over my receipt from the tow company and on the bottom by the comments section, it reads: "Have a towfiffic day!" i want to rip those fuckers' heads off.

last night was my last day of work at phuket thai. i will miss it there, definitely. it was busy and i guess my attitude towards things were good or i just had really generous tippers but i made a lot of money! yay! i hope my weekends will be more relaxing and fulfilling now that i don't work. it's gonna be a hard transition back to how things used to be since i've been working weekends for the past two and a half years. oh wells, i'm moving on in the world :)

i went to shon's popo's funeral yesterday. it was a beautiful service. i never knew she was such a great woman. i met her two years ago when she was deteriorating so she wasn't all there mentally and physically. her mini biography was read during the service and i wish i could have such an amazing life that my loved ones would remember me by.

Monday, July 19, 2010

river monsters

for the past couple of weeks, i've been really into this show called river monsters and hooked. it's about fishing crazy and freaky deaky fishies around the world. it's amazing how big these fishes could get. they could probably swallow me whole. my go-to channels on tv have been discovery, animal planet, history, and national geographic. man, i must be getting old.

the summer is almost over!!! ahhhhh! two weeks before my 20 pg internship paper is due. i need to get on it! crunch time.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

ouchies

for the past month or so, i have been getting random cramps on my calf when i am asleep. yes, people get them time to time but i haven't had one in ages until recently. when i wake up in the middle of the night, i find myself stretching my leg(s) and BAM, i'm in the most horrific pain imaginable! i feel the soreness the next morning and throughout the day. my mom said it's because i'm eating too much watermelon. well....HELLO...she left me an ENTIRE fricken watermelon for me to eat...BY MYSELF!!! last night, i had a bad cramp in which shon and my mom both woke up to help me relieve. thoughout the night, i had some close calls with my other left and my foot. ugh. hope it's nothing too serious.

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

kick the bucket

not much has happened since last week. my weekend was work filled. i finally put in my two weeks at phuket thai. good bye to the fuckit bucket. i will definitely miss my coworkers and the money but most definitely not the owners and gm. sunday was a major private party. busted ass made choke money :D

melanie leong has all my connections to my long lost garden that withered away and died. i was so ecstatic for awhile haha. <3

horizon lines is killing me. coworker is taking 3 weeks off and i might have to work extra. fuck that bullshit. if that's the case, i'm quitting!

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

gym man

so i just came home from my gym class (MMA circuit training and everyone should take it with me >: ) ) and there is this dude that always stays in the front. nothing against him but he gives up so quickly! man up and start moving your ass so you make that front spot worth it! stop pussying around like a little bitch because you think you're hott shit. phew, i feel much better.

i got my internship with japan airlines. chee! the hours are much better than i thought so staying with phuket is still a possibility but idk, i'm just so sick of working there. SIGH! i passed my drug test for horizon lines sooooo hello $12/hr for july! yayyayaya!

Monday, July 5, 2010

red, white, and bloated

it was the 4th of july yesterday. it was possibly one of the best days of the summer. it started out really really early, 8:30 am to go to the beach as early as possible to make sure we don't have to fight for spots. our original goal was to go to lanikai but it was a major fail since it was pouring over the pali. since waimanalo was just a right turn away, we hit up sherwoods! went to mcdonald's to grab some breakfast for a little picnic at the beach. cloudy day but it was okay for the most part until it started raining again. decided to drive further down to makapuu since it was clearing up on that side. complete 180 since it was hot, beautiful, and clear all around makapuu/sandy's side! loose money. cruised there for awhile and got nice and crispy! people there: gina, ning, kevin, vincent, lianna, danny, and neal.

a short break later, a bunch of us went to gyu-kaku for dinner. 99 cent kirin special, how could you possibly go wrong?!?! we ordered a bunch of food and a lot of beers. between the 5 of us that drank, we had a total of 19 beers. crazy? you betcha. most of us were drunk out of our minds. walked all the way back to phuket thai were were drank some more. just another beer for most of us. we then made the journey ALL the way to magic island side to cruise with lindsey's family because their condo is front and center for the fireworks. the guys had another beer there, phew. the fireworks were amazing with a lot of new displays.

ning wasn't feeling well so kevin and i took her home. afterwards, we walked back to my car and headed to phuket thai. by this time, 10:30pm (only), i was beyond exhausted. i should be feeling that way at like 4 AM, not before midnight. kevin got picked up there to go to dylan's house but i went to starbucks to meet up with gina, jared and friends. kanpai's was a fail but we sat around and told jokes for awhile. good fun. everyone went home but i stopped by TJ's to meet up with shon and some coworkers. went home around midnight, crashed.

the end.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

piss test

so horizon lines got their way with me. they want to hire me as a temp worker for the month of july. the light at the end of the tunnel was so close and now it stretched ten miles further. i was really really excited to be done and over with working there but they are so short staffed that i was definitely pressured to stay. i mean, the supervisor, manager, and coworkers were all dropping hints to the HR department to hire me. i would hate to let them down but damn it, consider my own needs! it's my last summer before i graduate! i agreed to the employment but my drug test (more of that in a sec) and all my paper work is due on friday so i could still back out. sigh.

so along with employment is a drug test! FUCK. i hang out with shon way too much so i second hand and smoke once in a blue moon. everyone i talked to about this told me to relax since i'm not habitual but still...it's very very nerve wrecking. my stomach cringes when i think about it. i will be so shamed if i tested positive for thc when so many people worked so hard to get me hired. what a major letdown. i will definitely lose my good gracious with them :/

Sunday, June 27, 2010

sunday not funday

so today, i pretty much had a given day off. my plan was to wash my car, go beach, and do all the fun stuff. instead, i sat around my fat ass with shon, ate mexican food, and took a nap. waste of my day!!! UGH.

last night was jon and samson's birthday bash! it was a lot of fun. once again, girls were the flippy cup champions! yessir. we beat the boys big time!

i got in trouble at phuket thai due to a yelp review for another thai restaurant. long story short, it was a retarded reason mainly because i think the owner has a personal vendetta against that particular restaurant. so stupid.

interview with JAL july, 6th. whee!

Tuesday, June 22, 2010

obsessed

so as of late, i have been obsessing over "my queen," the taiwanese drama. i am at episode 12 and the subtitles are all messed up! UGH!!! it's so frustrating because my chinese is only so limited and i have trouble picking up everything especially when they go hyper mode in their speech. WHY?!?!?! i am quite salty right now because of it.

i got sick over the weekend. so gay. i hope it's nothing more than a common cold. yikes.

father's day weekend was mellow i suppose. i went out to eat with my dad saturday and sunday. it was nice to spend some quality time with him since i hardly see him nowadays.

office olympics at horizon lines tomorrow! whooo...i wonder how that would be haha

Sunday, June 20, 2010

numbers

so my infamous "garden" has returned. yikes. i cant stop thinking about it!!! i even had a dream he was married and i was all sad. haha. ok, time to focus and get him outta my mind. i blame jared menor for hyping it since he tends to run into him all over the place. damn it.

Sunday, June 13, 2010

babies

so this past weekend, i found out two of my classmates are preggers. i mean, i've always wanted a friend to be pregnant but it's kinda sad to think about it because we're so young still. they're still in school with so much ahead of them. first boyfriends and already pregnant. wow. i'm happy for them since they're in healthy relationships and i know their babies will the joy of their lives. congrats!

everyone that's suppose to graduate graduated already. congrats to everyone! the list is too long so i wont even attempt it. you know who you are ;) man, i feel so incompetent since i still have a semester left. i really wished i took that extra class over the summer or semester because i could've been done by now too. rawr.

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

june bug

happy june!!! can you believe it? the year is half over!

so much has happened since june started so i'm sorry for the lack of updates on this and on yelp. i've been slacking. my internship is almost pau. it sucks im getting loaded with so much responsibilities and the pressure to stay with the company is overwhelming. sigh...give me a dollar and hour for my efforts at least, damn it!!! i have been going clubbing lately and it has been fun. dinners, alcohol and what not have been a major strain on my wallet. sigh. i bought myself a shiny new phone, the tmobile mytouch slide! $450 later and i still dunno how to use it! yeah, not too much has happened lol. i guess i just forgot a lot.

oh, i remember another one. i took havoc to the pet blessing event and he pissed all over himself on the drive there! so stink. oh, leon came back for a week. that was pretty lame since he was at his little orientation for 12 hours a day. gay. he decided to take the job on the big island and it sucks cuz i won't get to cruise with him buuuuuuuuuuuuut it gives incentive to do my weekend getaways with what little money i have left. i know luke and i have been talking about doing a trip and this could be our opportunity!

i finally finished another chinese drama "hi, my sweetheart." i absolutely adored it. currently watching "my queen." a lot of the cast members from the first one "fated to love you" is in it. bringing back old memories :D

Sunday, May 23, 2010

itchy itch

so yesterday, i worked a double shift. a grueling 10+ hours of it. i went out afterward for a drink with kyle, jerry, samson, and dylan. ate a few things, went to a bar, and got more drinks. that night while in the middle of of my sleep, i started scratching myself like crazy!!! it turned out i got the hives again. its safe to say im allergic to something but what could that be?! everything i ate last night was common to what i eat on a regular basis. nothing out of the ordinary. sigh, i'm so damn uncomfortable right now since the itches and bumps come and go.

Friday, May 14, 2010

freedom!

i'm finally done done done! UHM pissed the shit outta me off today, at least the book store. i spent like $400 on books and was only able to sell back ONE for $7. SEVEN DOLLARS! you can barely even buy a plate lunch. ridiculous. one of my books was in perfectly fine condition, only problem was the binding was junk to begin with (i bought the book like that) and the damn bookstore wouldn't accept it! why bother selling defective books if you won't take it back due to that defect. bastards.

i'm crazy sleepy still from today but i have work in an hour and a half. sigh. i discovered pandora and i'm loving it so far. i still don't really know how to use it but so far so good. it has helped me quite a bit during my study sesh.

peeping sun

it is barely 6 am. i have been up since 3:30 am since i don't do all nighters. today is my last two finals. i've never been more excited since this week has been brutal. i wished i spent more time getting things done instead of goofing around. i'm excited for the summer already. i hate watching the damn sun rise. i don't feel prepared what so ever but i don't care! i will pass the classes regardless but i hope i get As lol.

Saturday, May 8, 2010

burnt

i hate how blogspot logs me off time to time. i can never seem to remember my password :/

wednesday was cinco de mayo, last day of instruction, and my sister's birthday. after a long day of school, i headed out to d&b's that night for an ending social with my club just to find it was done -_- lame! shon and i went to phuket for a light dinner and we ended up getting drunk lol. went to chinatown for the cinco de mayo block party. it was crowded and expensive. it cost money to get a wristband and by the time we got there, it was almost over. the best part was the mechanical bull rides. it was so entertaining to watch lol.

thursday was my ONLY full day off in months. i told shon i wanted to go hiking and beach and to wash my car. idk what was going through my mind because i honestly hate hiking. we brought along shon's puppy and boy did that thing had energy! too bad at the top of mariner's ridge was rainy. couldn't see anything :( our next stop was sandy's beach. didn't stay there too long. we washed my car after until it was squeaky clean just to have it drive through the rain a few hours later. finally, we finished the day with sweet home cafe. it was a perfect date day :) we're both burnt to a crisp now.

finals are next week and as usual, i have not studied yet. fml around sunday lol

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

cry no more

happy may!

the past few days have been gross with the vog and all.

my ipod has the most depressing songs. it's sad listening to them. a situation happened today. i refuse to cry. i ran outta tears. i will be strong and get what i want because i deserve it. i always ask myself why this happens to me. oh wells.

japan airlines is having an internship opportunity for a month. it's gonna be crazy busy but it's just for one month! i think i'm gonna apply. if i get it, goodbye phuket thai and social life.

janelle's birthday is tomorrow, i really wish i could wish her a happy birthday but i have no way to get in touch with her. i actually miss that brat. i hope she's doing well.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

slipped

this past weekend has been fun. most eventful was ka. let's recap...

  • bought a super cute dress, i felt like i was the hottest girl there that night :P
  • free drink for me and mel cuz we made it on time. FINALLY i made it for it
  • then it was a blur...jared and i drank soooooooo damn much.
  • danced
  • on my way out in my drunken glory, i ate it.
  • managed to drive my car to phuket thai to meet shon where he took me to zippys
  • mushroom omlette
  • home, hugged the toilet, ktfo.
sunday i was hungover all day. shitty deals but i had the best time the night before.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

earth day

happy earth day!

shetty day cuz it was raining non stop. the BEST bake sale was today so i got myself some baked yummies. the sorbet was delicious! so lucky i stopped by the right time when they were only $1. yum.

for the past two weeks, stage restaurant was having their anniversary 50% off all food items. first time i went with shon, excellent service, excellent food, perfect price. $66 ish for the two of us. last night, i went with gina, ning, and jared. idk wtf happened but our bill was super high. my part ALONE cost more than shon and mines combined last week. hot damn, i am on a diet and budget until next year. i was stuffed but so sad it broke the bank :(

Sunday, April 11, 2010

confessions

i'm a hypocrite.

friday night was nuts. drunken drama was no good for anyone. i went pyscho bitch that night.

saturday ATV riding was thumbs up. i had so much fun! awesome hair cut at the black cat hair studio. thanks jentry for the awesome do. sweet home cafe with my hott date, allison on <3

sunday...i'm at sinclair right now. writing my damn report on singapore. a 26 by 14 mile island. how much could i possibly write?!

Monday, April 5, 2010

mm

dear idiary,

this past weekend had been nonstop work. i felt my entire weekend revolved around phuket thai. i wake up and go to work, drink, sleep, back to work -_- easter sunday was my worst shift. everyone was so damn rude! why?!?! i had two tables, each check was $45-55. combined total of about $100. i was left $5.70 tip TOTAL! WTF. WWJD!!!! seriously. after work, i went to dinner with my dad. i offered to pay, aww how nice of me lol.

sigh, i really need to move on with my life. at times, i feel like i'm stuck somewhere. i need to get over myself. i went back to the gym for the first time in three weeks. boy, for tkb, it was damn tiring. my arms were about to fall off with all that punching!

ok, well, until next time.

Saturday, April 3, 2010

april fool's

hello april!

boy was this week hectic! i had TWO exams right after spring break. i think i overstudied for my exams since i felt so lost -_-

thursday was fun. i had my elite yelp event, a mad hatter's theme party at tea at 1024. that was a lot of fun! afterwards was ryan hironaka's surprise party. too bad i missed the surprise but i had fun regardless. happy bday to him :) after the dinner party, i took ally out on a hott date to a dessert shop. i absolutely love the desserts but i had my fair share at the tea place and the little oven. i was seriously on a sugar high all night @_@

i only have about five weeks left of school. i'm freaking out since it's coming to an end and i have three projects due within the next two weeks. fucked.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

byebye spring

sigh, spring break is coming to an end. it felt like a really long weekend. my internship is opened on all the holidays like good friday T_T well...no matter, i work all easter weekend. fml. my break has been really eventful until like wednesday and then it's been getting lame lol. being grandma status.

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

billionaire

i'm loving bruno mars. did you know he's from hawaii. graduated from roosevelt, represent! he has a wonderful voice. listen up to the new song on the right. it's a song with the front guy from gym class heroes. very catchy. i'm watching Let's Make a Deal on tv. it's ridiculous since everyone is wearing silly costumes trying to win a prize or some cash money. the lady in the flamingo costume is probably mentally challenged since she's so...idk lol.

Sunday, March 21, 2010

spish splash

spring break has officially started! chee! so far it has been really good, minus the money spending. i was pretty stoked that i only work two days a week at phuket but it really is a bad idea since i won't have a cash income for the week -_-. lose money. well, here is what i've done so far.

friday i had the longest day of my life. woke up at a crazy hour to study for this ridiculous exam. it turned out to be quite easy...ok i hope i didn't jinx myself! i had my internship and had work until closing. i was so tired that i ended up going home and passing out good. the next day i had work early. after work i went to costco for the first time in months with danny, mikey, ally, and jerry. it was a very fun but random trip! that night gina, danny, jared and i went to tango contemporary cafe for dinner. we split a bottle of wine, so classy. the food was good but pricey. yikes, i spent choke money there. ka was next on the agenda. it was pretty fun but we were all so pooped. i'm glad tessa was there too since she was buying me so many drinks for the most random reasons lol. love it! onwards to sunday! it was pool time at the sheraton. good fun there. it was so nice to be out in the sun. my dad called me in the afternoon telling me to go get him so we could go to a family dinner. we got there by 4 pm and since i had not eaten anything all day, i was starving until dinner time. i met some second cousins that i forgot existed. that was interesting.

oh, if i hadn't mentioned it already, i got my car! i absolutely love it. time to get floormats, tint, and a deck in that order of importance. i told shon if he wanted to partake in a weekly project for the both of us to wash my car lol. breaking in the car is a pain since i drive like a grandma. so far so good since i've been driving about 20-30 miles a day.

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

staycation: maui

this weekend was epic. i went to maui with PATA, a club for school, and it was so good! i think i should've packed earlier since the night before the trip, i couldn't sleep since all i could think about was what to pack lol. here is a recap of my weekend:

friday:
  • school was a drag.
  • packed like the wind. forgot some stuff :(
  • arrived at the airport and waited.
  • 30 minute plane ride later, hello maui!
  • walmart run, we all bought way too much alcohol.
  • checked in, went to dinner at fred's mexican cafe.
  • went back to our rooms to shower and drink :)
  • super soft pillows and beds made it an uncomfy night for me :(





saturday:
  • woke up bright and early for the hotel's breakfast buffet. good company, food was a total letdown.
  • site inspection of the Grand Wailea. beautiful!
  • pool fun
  • lunch
  • ulalena...highly recommended
  • dinner at bubba gumps, worst service experience of my LIFE.
  • bed



sunday:
  • 2:30 AM meet up for haleakala
  • long ass drive up there and froze our asses off waiting for sunrise
  • passed out on the drive back down the mountain
  • breakfast at mcdonald's.
  • packed up and checked out
  • bbq lunch at a beach
  • krispy kreme
  • back home :(

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

so close

there are so many that are the ones who got away in my life. i don't want to regret any decisions but it's still irritates me from deep within. the "what ifs" are killing me. no one wants to be the butt end of the "what ifs" because it hurts. sigh...

anyways, for car news, NO, i still haven't gotten my car yet! my coworker called pflueger for me and pretended it was me talking and she was able to get a date on when the car would be ready for pick up. this friday. holy moly, it took three weeks for the damn vessel to get to hawaii. i mean, i work for a damn shipping company, it only takes two weeks tops to get to hawaii from the west coast unless that boat is coming from china or something! well, according to them, the vessel was running late...whatevers. by the time the car is ready, i will probably be en route to maui.

my maui trip is this friday! i'm so stoked for it since i haven't been there before.

the song i've been raving over is colbie caillat's "i never told you"

Sunday, February 28, 2010

the learning month

february has been my month of learning. i'm starting to feel like a real adult making real adult decisions. though i've had a bunch of people guiding me, it has been a real trip that the stuff i went through is what really gonna happen one point or another in my life.

i learned how to buy a car and how to research and figure out how much i really should be paying. this car buying process was pretty irritating. i went with a company that charged me less for my future CR-V but they're so lazy with following up, i feel like i just gave them free money, ugh. i also learned how to finance my life. i almost bought life insurance. note to self, cancel that shit before it's too late. i got a detailed run through of the different routes on how to invest my money for retirement and then some. lastly, i have learned that being an adult is much harder than we imagine. the boy and i were talking about our future. things don't look too well for us and it sucks because we both wanna grow up and do our own grown up things.

i'm broke now so i've been being frugal. all this time that i've been wanting to grow up and live the real world, i think i'm actually scared to go that far.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

i want you



so my sister is for real kine leaving for the army next week. i am honestly a little bit sad over it. my house and late night dining buddy is gonna be gone. who the hell is gonna look over my cat when i'm not around?!?! back in high school, during mr. coleman's class, i wrote a eulogy for her. it was the most depressing assignment i had done since we were doing death and dying. well, i wrote that she leave for the army to iraq and died when a mortar exploded when she was 22. gosh, i really hope this shit doesn't happen. although i'm a bitch to her a lot, i really do love her regardless of whether or not she loves me back. i especially feel bad for my mom since my sister refuses to tell my mom that she's leaving. well, i spilled the beans and my mom was in denial for awhile. i told my mom to keep it hush hush because my sister will go crazy if she found out i told. sigh..

well, i should be getting my car soon. this shit is driving me insane from all this waiting!
my cat is gonna get neutered next week and i hope that will calm him down!

on other news, idk how my future will be like by this coming summer. so much drama and uncertain situations are arising now. i'm scared and depressed. i believe it gets easier each time. whatevers, i will survive.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

crave

what do you crave?? that's something like the slogan of honda's CRV. well, i am now a proud owner of one :D although i dont have it in my possession just yet, it has been paid for and such. as i watched the guy count my cash and i write the fattest check in my life, a part of me died. half of my savings went towards a down payment. SIGH! oh wells, car is coming in next week. anyone want a ride??? haha

valentines day has come and gone and i had the most epic weekend in a while.

friday:
  • white party at ginza
  • free drinks
  • club napa valley
saturday
  • worked
  • ichiriki loft
sunday
  • ass kicked at work
  • sweet home cafe
  • valentine's day movie...mehh
  • ichiriki loft part two. industry night 25% off!
monday
  • great aloha run! 1hr 37 min! i thought i did better, same as last year :/
tuesday
  • red cafe with my classmates from chinese. teacher was there drinking as well...i had to since i'll never drink with a teacher and it's mardi gras.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

bye old hello new

i don't think this weekend could get any worse. it all started on friday after my internship. my car alarm decided to fail on me when i was ready to go home. FML at that point and no one was able to pick me up right away. after freaking out and waiting around for almost an hour, my mom came to get me. i left my car there overnight. AAA came by the next morning and got the car to start again. my alarm is disabled now but since my locks for my car are all messed up, it's sketch to bring my car out since anyone could break in now. went to punahou carnival that day and i had a blast. ate all sorts of food and shon won me a giant Cartman doll from south park. i think that was the only plus of my weekend -_-

worked saturday night and i got lectured by my boss for putting school first instead of work. so bs. when i got home, i completely broke out into rashes. i had it the night before but it wasn't too bad so i ignored it. but this time, it was crazy itchy and it spread across my entire body T_T. sigh. went to bed and had work the next morning. superbowl! it was pretty mellow at work until my boss, owner, and coworkers came piling in to watch the game. they were so loud and i was getting irritated since i had customers still and i found it really disrespectful for them to be so obnoxious and rude since clearly the customers weren't at a sports bar or at home. i was getting a really bad headache and its a headache that has been hitting me everyday for the past four days. btw, colts loss so that dampened my spirits as well. oh, and my manager cracked our front glass door because he was drunk. kneed the shit outta that door.

on top of all this craziness, i think i lost $3oo cash. yep, somewhere in my messed up weekend, it must have slipped out or something. FML. sigh, i guess there's always a bright side like my car i hope to get soon!

Monday, February 1, 2010

a lesson

happy february!

this month is for: chinese new years, valentines day, and the great aloha run :)

over the past two weeks, i met the most patient man ever. he was trying to ship his car but he had a series of unfortunate events. never once did he snap at us or blamed anyone else. we even made him wait a long time on accident and he came up to ask what was the hold up. we apologized for the miscommunication for his wait and he blamed himself for being hasty! WOW. if only more people could just take a chill pill, i think life would be a much better place. this man inspired me.

i also attended an elite yelp party at tiki's bar and grill. it was so much fun, free drinks, free goodies, free food! shon and i were drunk by 8pm. afterwards we went to play pool at velvets and late night dinner at yanagi. it was a perfect night :)

the gar is in two weeks. i need to get on it. i got shon to do it with me. that should be interesting, heh.

clubbing as been on a weekly to-do list. im running out of clothes. i mean, i gotta look hott i hit the clubs cuz whats the point of going if you cant get the boys to buy you drinky drinkies.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

nothin' on you

i'm in love with this song conveniently located on your right hand side. this song kinda reminds me of lupe fiasco. i miss my lupe fiasco era. wheeee.

i bought shon an iphone the other day. it's my long overdue birthday/christmas present. i swear he loves that device more than me. i am j. i must say it's really cool since you can install so many fun apps on it. i kinda want one too now. the only problem is that i rather get an unlock one and keep tmobile since it's so much cheaper than at&t. shon's new plan will run him $110 a month...geez. and another problem is that i cannot keep my number now if i change plans within tmobile. WHAT!? weird, right?!?! yeah idk.

Monday, January 18, 2010

boredom reigns

it is martin luther king day. instead of partying hard last night and sleeping in and vegging out all day today, i am at my internship. i started bright and early at 8 am until 4pm. this sucks since i have absolutely no work to do. i should've brought another textbook because the one i brought with me, i read the chapters i needed in less than an hour. T_T

school has started last week and so far so good. my classes seem pretty interesting but i hope i can keep up with the work load since it's pretty heavy on the writing but without the WI credit...lame. chinese 212 is a pain the butt. instead of doing anything by hand, i have to write all my pinyin online which proved to be extremely time consuming since i was never really that good with my pinyin. it doesn't help my laptop no longer has a backspace key...it's just a little nubby button. you don't realize how many times you push the backspace key to correct your typing until you don't have one. so irritating since i can't delete stuff as fast as before.

this past friday i wasn't planning on going out but thank goodness i did!!! my original plan was to just cook dinner for one and buy a bottle of wine and drink myself silly. i did the former but i couldn't afford the latter -_- i made a cheesy pasta dish and threw in some chicken and broccoli. since i can't cook, it was way too salty lol. went to ginza afterwards (total last minute on my part) and i had a blast. i left a little earlier since i had work the next morning but i met up with shon and some coworkers at exotic nights. this was the worst strip club experience of my life. everyone demanded a tip for EVERYTHING. check my review on yelp.

saturday i ended up working a double. it was actually pretty good since i made about $200 that day. it was much needed since i've been spending money ferociously since school started. didn't go out saturday and worked and did homework on sunday. so good me.

my life needs more drama because my blog is getting hella boring!

Sunday, January 10, 2010

BIG island vacay

i was super stoke to go on a trip with shon this past weekend. unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, it was ended short...sigh. everything is alright, false alarm but i was pretty bummed out regardless.

thursday: arrived at hilo at 8:30ish. got picked up by kim (shon's sis) and she drove us to her house. it was super country. it reminded me of a beach house. she showed us this beach which was literally across the street. it wasn't too much of a beach since it was all rocks but it was nice. afterwards, we drove the north side to kona. we stopped by waipio look out and this other beach along the way. we drove almost 100 miles. oahu is about 100 miles around, big island is roughly 100 to go over ONE side! got to kona, checked into our hotel, napped, ordered genki sushi takeout, napped, bought safeway groceries, watched a movie, ktfo.

friday: on our way to the place of refuge, we got kinda lost. i suck at map reading. we took the scenic route which we were kinda glad we did since it was pretty neat. checked out the place of refuge. if the hawaiians were to break a kapu (their taboo laws) they were usually sentenced to death. they have to run away and come to this place as sanctuary. no blood is allowed to be shed here. they were then forgiven and sent back off to their daily lives. anyways, i love this place. the history is so rich here and to imagine this was once a thriving community just blows my mind. after this, we drove back to our hotel and walked around ali'i drive. we ate at a buffet across our hotel, $96 for two buffets and a bottle of wine. i could barely walk afterwards.

saturday: since we had unforeseen circumstances, i rebooked our flight to fly back to honolulu that evening. we quickly drove to south point checked out the scene and drove to volcano national park. the park was huge. we didn't have too much time to do a lot so we checked out the crater and the lava tube. got into hilo and went to two ladies kitchen. shon and i both ordered a 9 piece strawberry mochi box and when we got to the airport, we got 16 pieces. did we get lucky or just the wrong order?

i miss the big island, A LOT. all the food i ate there were amazingly delicious. i guess since i had to come home earlier, i felt a little cheated and didn't get to experience my ENTIRE vacation. oh wells, there's always spring break!

Friday, January 1, 2010

decade

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!!!!

oh mm gee! i cannot believe a decade has passed already. wowzas. 2009 was interesting. it was my development year i suppose. i found love and motivation. i learned a lot and accomplished a lot as well. i learned who real friends are and to move on.

let's name some highlights of 2009, good and bad:
  • chicago trip spring break
  • enterprise rent-a-car, player's club!
  • michelle and shon adventures
  • conquering finance class, cheehee A, baby!
  • 21st birthday
  • veteran's day at level 4, worst hangover of my life
  • elite yelper :D
  • clubbing and bar hopping
  • christmas gyu-kaku buffet...2 hours of eating
  • new year's party at jon's house...flip cup champs goes to the ladies!
those were the ones i remembered right off the top of my head. will add more if i remember. 2010, bring it!