Eileen had the greatest idea on her xanga (http://www.xanga.com/read_eileens).. thanks ei!

TWO THOUSAND AND THREE!

My greatest moments.

Piercing addiction.

So the beginning of senior year, I got my first "weird" piercing.. my tongue. That wasn't in 2003 though, but it was a start. Then I got 4 cartilage piercings (2 on each ear).. and a third on my left ear, and a third and fourth on my right ear all when I turned 18.. Then I got my nose pierced.. but the stud fell out.. so I got it repierced a few months later. My latest piercing was my naval. So including the 2 ear pierces I've had on each ear, the grand total is 14 piercings! However, I took out all 4 cartilage piercings, and 2 lobe piercings from my left ear, so I just have 8.

My cotillion practices!

(oct 02-feb 03) Although I cancelled my cotillion a month before, these practices were priceless. If you didn't all know already, Jonathan was my escort, but he wasn't my bf at the time. My mother randomly asked him to be my escort one day at church. Anyway, we became closer through this.. so it was great! Thanks Lisa, Diana, Mehgan, Henessey, Eileen, Angela, Sheila, Sherilyn, Nicole, Reztyleen, Jenna, Mariel, Jonathan, Joel, Hansen, Jeremy, Daryl, Richard, Chris (small), Chris (big), Joshie, John, Mike, Dominick, and Goodrich. I had a blast with you all even though my cotillion never happened.

First Saturday Detention.

I received a total of ZERO detentions my senior year at ND, but ONE phatty saturday detention. For what you ask? For copy and pasting something I got from the internet on a ROUGH DRAFT in English. She never read those before either! Man, that stupid zero on the assignment affected my grade bigtime, but saturday detention was funnn with Sheila and Henessey. We managed to take home some goodies for us.

Valentine's Day.

I got the balls to surprise Jonathan at work with valentine balloons, hershey hugs, and a card with help from Linn and Romel. If I didn't get the courage to do this for Jonathan, we wouldn't be back together now.

Turning 18.

I guess turning 18 wasn't THAT big of a deal, but it was great knowing I had no more curfew and had no more car restrictions. The only times I took advantage of being 18 was when I got piercings and when I had to buy cigarettes for my mom or Mariel. OH WAIT!!! My bday was great actually! Angela baked me a cake and the girls put PINK yogurt on it, then CAKED me.. it got reallllllllly messy on senior floor. Then Jonathan picked me up after school and gave me 18 flowers.. consisted of light pink and white roses.. then we ate at Todai.. then celebrated with my grandparents, aunt, uncle, cousins, mom, sister, and a cake!

Spirit Week.

Eileen mentioned this..freakin class of 2003 rocks! We won spirit week 2 years in a row! Who will ever forget sneaking off campus to buy toiletrees for the toiletree drive.. we probably spent thousands of dollars, and I'm not exaggerating. Who will forget winning gym decorations? andd our cheerleaders! ahh.. I miss you ND! Go Orange and Yellow Flames!

Grad Night.

This was a great time spent with all of my girls before graduating. We were up until 6am, but by 4am, everyone at Disneyland were zombies. Who will forget the bus ride there waving to the prisoners we mistaked for students? Playing all the arcade games at ESPN zone.. and all the people who were savage and slept on the ground.

Prom.

Yeah, I've been to hella proms, but the one that sticks out the most was ND prom 2003. This was my first and last prom with Jonathan (not including the random SLA prom). It's weird to acknowledge the fact that we only went to ONE prom together, but it was the most special. Not only did Jonathan make it special, but again, my girls! Oh, and also bc it was at the Tech Museum.. a new and exciting place to actually have a prom.. it was just like the proms you see in the movies.

Graduation.

I don't think graduating has hit me yet, but my 4 years at ND were truly the greatest. Although I wanted to kill myself for being there at times, I don't regret any minute. I also was too busy taking pictures with all of my friends at Grad, that there was no time for me to cry. It's weird how I didn't cry bc graduating didn't hit me at all!

June 23, 2003.

5 years ago on that date, Jonathan asked me to be his girlfriend. It was stupid of me to break it off after 2.5 years together, but I made up for it on vday of this year, and became his girlfriend once again. Anyway, this day from the summer was spent at the beach. Jonathan wrote our names in the sand, we took pictures, we walked along the shore, and we even had a great dinner. 5 years and 6 months down, 34098309485093458034 more to go!

Lisa's cotillion practices and cotillion.

If it wasn't for this, I would have never gotten close to my best friend again. This was the best cotillion I was in.. the practices were fun.. the food was great.. and the finished product (cotillion) was the best! Oh yeah, having Jonathan as my partner wasn't so bad either ;) Lisa, you are truly my bestest friend in the world. We don't have to hang out every weekend to stay as close as we are. I can always call you (or IM you) when I need someone to talk and vent to, I can always invite myself over to your house when I'm bored, I can tell you my deepest darkest secrets without you judging me, I can talk to you about Jonathan bc I can't talk to Jonathan about himself and also since you've known us both since forever, you never compete with me, and bc we can always start from where we left off. I love you!

Moving to a new house.

Well I didn't mind living at my grandparents house bc it's been my home all my life, but it was great finally having my own room after 12 years of sharing it with my 12 year old sister. It's ok, Leanna is just down the hall.

Diana's going away thing at Applebees.
All of the girls were there having a grand ol time. Even though all we did was eat our entire time there, AFTER was the best. I hella forgot what or who we were talking about, but we laughed to the point where we couldn't breath and had to squirm around for air.. ahhh I LOVE YOU GIRLS!

College.

So I don't LOVE it at my new school, but I don't hate it either. Moving into the dorms and experiecing the dorm and college life has been interesting. I'm glad that I have 2 close friends by my side to share it with: Sher and Meg.

Friendship Games.

My first roadtrip without my mother. Jonathan drove down south to Fullerton with Jonathan Ikan, John, and Villiard in the car with us. Friendship games was alright I guess bc I got to see my dearest Diana and some UCSC banana slugs and ND alum.. but I won't forget the after party at the House of Blues. It was crowded in there and there was no space to dance, so Jonathan and myself managed to get ourselves kicked out.. haha.. you can ask me how. So we spent the night playing games at ESPN zone and walking around Downtown Disney while ashes flew all over the place (this was when the wild fire in socal was going on).

Halloween
Sheila reminded me about this one. Jonathan, Diana, Sheila, and I had a granddd time driving down castro street with all the weirdos. Even though we stayed in the car the ENTIRE time, we seemed to be exhausted by the end of the night. Remember the reindeer guy who popped into my window and scared the crap out of me? or the typical hardcore filipino guy with a pink wig with pigtails? or the black guys dancing on the roofs of their cars? or the guys who were giving shout outs to our cameras.. haha.

Getting A Job.

So I haven't actually started working yet, but thank you Hollister for hiring someone as unexperienced as me! Even though I don't work in the front, it's ok.. maybe you'll be like Abercrombie and get sued one day for discrimination =)

Winter Break.

It's not even over yet! I was able to spend some great moments with people I haven't spent much time with in a longggg time: Lisa, Diana, Hansen, Jeremy, John, Mike Tangga, and even Mr. Annoying #2 (Chris). Christas Eve and Christmas was great. Stalking a certain someone was interesting. Shopping EVERY SINGLE DAY and just being at VF every single day is great.. and spending the greatest times with my cousins, I love how they're all grown up now. This has been the best winter break so far. I'm sad that it's coming to an end soon.

Friends.

All the memories shared with my different groups of friends.. the OG MHT posse, the ND girlies, the public school boys, and the private school boys. lkldsjflkasflkjdaf I'm too lazy to say why they're the greatest, but they are.
Diana: although you are the biggest cry baby/brat I know, it's ok bc I'm like that at times too! Thanks for being a great friend and being by my side through a lot! I don't have to make this long bc you already know how much you mean to me.
Sheila: I can always invite myself over to your house and call you when I'm bored. When we're together, laugh laugh laugh. Was it you who got me into piercings? Anyway, don't get your license anytime soon bc I like driving you around.
Eileen: I can always talk to you about anything. We've had our downs, but we've managed to get over it and stay close. I love being with you and Sheila together bc all we do is laugh. And thanks for being a faithful reader, you really do care about what I do! haha.
Jenna: I don't have to talk to you every single day like we used to, and I don't have to hang out with you every single day like we used to bc we'll always be close. A great thing is that we both understand each other and we have so much in common. I even miss cleaning your room sometimes.
Sherilyn: My roomie. The end of my senior year wouldn't have been fun without you. I have no idea what the hell we did to have so much fun, but all I remember was that it was a great time. It's nice having you with me at UCSC so I'm not always clueless. I'll always be here for you to call when you're lost in the woods there.. haha.
Mehgan: I can always count on you to not give me back my clothes or to not have a ride anywhere.. haha, but it's ok. I'm comfortable enough to nag you and tell you to give me my clothes dammit! Anyway, it's time to not dress in PJs or sweats anymore bc we are both working women!
Henessey: You never irritate me for some reason, and you're always the best one to go to when I want you to say shit about anyone like the smelly cats! I miss going to the same school as you, and I miss your 'cute' face. Thanks for texting me during the holidays and inviting me to go out still.. haha.
Angela: You've grown up a whole lot this year in my eyes, but when I talk to you, you're still the same goofy girl with the jokes. Don't forget about the friendship stickers and the friendship rainbow.
Remy: Man, you're always so clueless that it's cute. It's not an irritating kind of clueless if you or anyone else know what I mean. I'm glad we started getting closer towards the end of senior year, you're great.
Michelle: Oh miss C-cup.. haha. I think everyone still makes fun of you for having big boobies. Anyway, you're such a great person! You're always there to spot someone when they have no money or to pick someone up when they have no ride. You were also the biggest nerd out of all the girls, but it's ok, you are still loved.

Jonathan.

I can't even count how many times a day I am grateful for this guy. Yeah, I probably seem like the bossy and controlling girlfriend on the outside, but really, I'm not. Jonathan and I have this history that we won't ever forget. The first time I met him, I gave him attitude.. which was 13 years ago? He was my first crush when I was in 6th grade. He was my first boyfriend in 7th grade. He was my first kiss in 8th grade. He was my highschool sweetheart, excluding Junior year. I am lucky to have someone like him.. the times we spend in the car singing and dancing (really, we do dance in the car) to Britney Spears and John Mayer.. the times we spend eating sushi.. watching movies.. cooking breakfast.. annoying each other.. everything is priceless to me. He is my best friend (one of them), he knows me inside and out, he even knows where my mom keeps the towels. Despite the many ups and downs we experienced this year, I will never find anyone like you. I know it's hard work keeping up with a girlfriend like me. Jonathan, you are the greatest, 2003 is OUR year. Oh yeah, SORRY for contributing to your $1200 debt! haha.. go pay your credit cards!

I probably missed a lot of moments, but these ones have stuck out to me the most. I think I bitch way too much about my life, it's actually not so bad. All in all, 2003 has been my greatest year filled with many ups, many downs I learned from, new experiences, new challenges.. ahhh.. I'll miss you! But it's ok bc I get to spend the first minute kissing my sweetie at midnight! Happy New Year's Everyone!

HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY MISTER CESAR (SLAVE) SOLLA JUNIOR!!!!

This morning, I woke Jonathan up then ran downstairs to wake up my sister and cousins.. they were all pretty grouchy.. oh well. Then Jonathan and I tried to make a GOOD breakfast, but our pancakes were oddly shaped and our eggs, although they tasted WONDERFUL, came out a weird color. Then we hung around the house some more with my family.. watched TV.. napped.. and finally got out of the house! We went to eat sushi at Ariake.. it was great bc we haven't eaten sushi since the middle of November! That's a long time for us bc we used to eat sushi at least once a week. Anyway, we went to Bulldog's, got a new nose ring, then went back to my house and watched episodes of "A Simple Life" and "Rich Girls". Right at 12am, I greeted my Jonathan a happy birthday and he opened his presents from me. Good night.

I overslept for my homeroom reunion at Mrs Riley's house =( What a disappointment, I really wanted to see everyone too. So I got up, tried to pick what to wear, and Jonathan walks through my bedroom door.. which surprised me bc he had to wait for ME this time. So I shower, then he showers while I get ready, he gets ready, but we decide that we were hungry so he cooks for himself and my sister downstairs while I just ate spaghetti. We lag around the house some more, go to my mom's work to pick up some things she wanted me to return and FINALLY arrive at VF. It was raining so hard outside and the wind was so strong.. wow. So I shopped some more, and used all the gift cards that were going to expire soon. We were there for about 4 hours I think, so when we were down, we were exhausted. Jonathan was sleeping in the lobby area in Macy's for a while when I was shopping for stuff. Anyway, we go to Best Buy real quick so Jonathan could look at the laptops then go to my house. I was still exhausted, so I nap. When I wake up, EVERYONE is gone. Jonathan left to visit his parents, my mom took my sister and 2 cousins out to the movies.. so I'm pretty much left with no one to annoy. I call Diana to see what she was doing, but she had to go after a while bc her mom wanted her to eat a birds' nest or something? hahah.. it's a Chinese delicacy she said. ok I'm bored again, maybe I'll take another nap.

So I woke up around 6 or 7 bc I heard Jonathan getting up and then the shower go on.. but of course, I went back to sleep. When he was leaving for work, he woke me up and told me to wake up bc of my orientation at Hollister today. I went back to sleep of course but managed to get up on my own without anyone calling me to wake up or without my mother nagging me. When I was finished showering, I had a few missed calls from Jonathan and Diana.. those two thought that I was still sleeping, so Jonathan called my house and told my mom to wake me up, but she informed him that I was already awake--ha! Anyway, I pick up Mehgan, then Diana.. and the three of us headed to VF for our Hollister orientation. We were 15 minutes early too.. the orientation was kinda pointless bc it was directed more at the Brand Reps and not really the Overnight workers. It's funny bc Diana, Meg, this mexican chick, and I were all hired as Overnight workers.. meaning, we work at night when the store closes, and all the white blonde girls were Brand Reps, meaning they work in the front. I guess Abercrombie and their smaller companies are TRYING to make their working place more diverse, but it's not really working. All the minorities are still put in the back. But ANYWAY, I went a bit off track, I went shopping right after and spent all of my money and $3 of Jonathan's (sorry). I dropped the two home then went back home.

I ended up talking to my mom all afternoon about random stuff and life and love life and yadda yadda yadda.

Jonathan finally arrived, we ate spaghetti, then Jonathan, Leanna, and I headed to VF again bc I needed to turn some papers in to the Hollister manager. We went shopping AGAIN.. but I had money again bc our mom gave us money to spend. I also saw Jackie Law and Eillen.. oh ND!

Then we went to Jonathan's apartment so he could install something real quick into his computer.. Leanna was on one comp while Jonathan was on another, so I just plopped myself on the bed and slept.

We then dropped my sister off at home, showed my mom the new clothes we bought, picked up Diana (who was wearing a matching peacoat) and met up with Daryl, Jenna, Kisha, Joshie, Cesar, Romel, Lic, and Benny at Great Mall to watch "Paycheck". It was really good, but pretty similar to "Minority Report". We were all an hour early for the movie so we had lots of time to kill. I gave Jonathan and Cesar money to buy drinks and a hot dog, but they only came back with a drink. Fact is, Cesar was eating his hot dog while in line bc he couldn't wait, so he ended up eating the entire hot dog before reaching the cash register.. haha.. and it would have been silly of him to say to charge him for a hot dog that was no longer present.. blah blah blah. So we watched the movie and I was pretty loud I guess. I'm that kind of movie watcher who talks back to the screen. When it ended, it was sooooooo cold outside and it was sprinkling. Diana, Jonathan, and I said bye to everyone.. ran to the car.. dropped Di home... hung out for a bit at my house with my sister, and now we are both home doing nothing.

I woke up at 8am today hoping for a certain call, but noo. So I went back to sleep and woke up around 12 or 1pm. I went to my sister's room and climbed into bed with her bc I was cold and I wanted to watch TV (I have no TV in my room). She woke up and we watched, "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy", "Celebrity Poker Showdown", and then changed the channel and watched "Rich Girls". I did more of nothing then got ready bc Diana said there was a girls night out. I picked up Jenna and Diana, and we headed to Chili's where Eileen, Sheila, Michelle, and Sherilyn were.. later, Henessey joined us. It was great seeing all the girls again. We didn't laugh as hard as we normally did this time, but I guess we were all tired or something. After a great and fulfilling dinner, we parted. I took Diana and Jenna home. When I got home, Jonathan was in my sister's room playing with her LOTR boardgame.. I cleaned my room a bit (even though it's messy again now) and talked to Jonathan about his trip and other stuff and blah blah blah. We went downstairs with my sister and we watched "Serendipity". We all went upstairs and looked through old photo albums and yearbooks and then I told Jonathan to just leave when I fell asleep.. haha, but he ended up falling asleep, so now I am still awake. We BOTH have work tomorrow early in the morning.. so I should sleep soon. Wow, it sounds so weird saying that I have work.

I'm too lazy to go alllll the way into detail, but here are short summaries!

Christmas Eve
I forgot what I did during the day but later on at night I went to my uncle Charlie's house. We ate, karaoked, hung out with my cousins, the usual. John picked me up and we went to Lisa's house for a bit to drop off presents. David N, Ryan, Chris, and Mike T were already there. I ate cocktails with Lisa and this sweet rice with corn. John, Mike, and I left bc we needed to be with our families. Right when I arrived, all the kids opened presents. My sister's gift to my grandparents made my grandpa cry! hmm.. all I got were clothes and money.. JUST WHAT I WANTED. We karaoked some more, ate some more, hung out some more, and I talked to my sweetie for a while and greeted him a Merry Christmas. Oh yeah.. a few of my friends and cousins called/texted me to wish me Merry Christmas.. thanks! I slept in my cousin Amber's room around 4am.

Christmas
Amber told everyone that she was going to make everyone pancakes for breakfast, but that didn't work out bc she was the last one to wake up at 1pm. I woke up around 11 or 12.. who knows. I played with my cousins some more.. we listened to CDs.. talked to our mothers about their pregnancies with us.. and looked at old family pictures. It's weird.. my twin cousins Charlie and Charlette weren't conceived at the same time! Anyway.. we all got ready to go to church, but when we got there, it was the Vietnamese mass.. my mother forgot that it was a weekday. So then we headed to my grandparents' house. We ate some more there, karaoked some more, hung out some more, and did all the regular Respicio family stuff. My mom decided to take us to the movies and we watched "Cheaper By the Dozen".. it was sooo good! We went back to my grandparents' house.. did more karaoking, eating, talking, and then I talked on the phone for a while. I went to sleep in my mom's old room while my girl cousins were sleeping in my old room, and our parents all over the living room.

Today
This time, I was the last one to wake up. My grandparents bought us all doughnuts and stuff for breakfast, but too bad we all woke up after 12pm. Anyway, while my grandpa took my sister and younger cousins out on a shopping spree, I watched TV with my mom and grandma.. well they were both sleeping, but it's ok, they were in the same room as me so it still counts. I watched this "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" movie about mermaids in Australia.. then "Drive Me Crazy" with Melissa Joan Hart again.. I love that movie! and I love the ABC family channel! Finally my cousins came back and my grandpa had $500 less in his wallet.. those spoiled brats. Since I didn't go with them, I got money =) I went back to my house to change real quick then I went back to my grandparents house. I watched a "Care Bears" video with my sister and younger cousins then Chris came to pick me up. We picked up Lisa then headed to Ikea. Lisa wants to redo her entire room now. She also thought that she was the only one buying things, but in the end, I ended up buying the most. We went to In N Out bc we were hungry from all the shopping and I saw someone I knew from UCSC.. small world. When I got home, I was excited about the new things I bought for my room, so I rearranged my room AGAIN for the 20348902348230 billionth time and cleaned a little bit too. Some things are still in boxes, but I'll save those to organize for another day. I'm tired bc it's 230am and my freakin bf hasn't called me yet like he said he would!

It kinda feels weird to be home bc I haven't been here for 2 days.. anyway.. tootles my faithful readers!

ehh.. I don't think a title is necessary since I've been blogging every day of vacation. So Jonathan came over in the "morning" to pick me up then we went to Lee Sandwiches to eat lunch (really at lunchtime too!). We headed over to VF and got "rockstar parking". I forgot what we did there? Oh yeah, I saw Lisa (complete.. haha) and then we went to Gap. Back at his apartment, we wrapped more presents. Then he dropped me off at home and I napped.. well at least I tried. Diana and I bid on Villiard's hard to find jersey and WON! We were watching that item like HAWKS (not eagles). Jonathan came back to pick me up and we went to Oakridge. We returned the Fair Isle mittnes and hat at Gap bc I wanted new ones. The ones that we bought yesterday were the ones on display and when I went to Gap at VF, they put out 83840938405 more mittens and hats.. so yeah. We bought Joanne's gift then went back to Jonathan's house to wrap it, only for her to open it 5 minutes later. So we took pictures with Jonathans parents... opened gifts. I guess it was our Christmas Eve Eve since they're leaving for Vegas. Opening gifts and taking pictures put me in a Christmas mood. I love his mom. I love his dad. I love his sister.. haha that's good right? Anyway, we went back to my house and Jonathan showed my mom how great the leather jacket (that she bought him) fit him.. he also wore the watch I bought for him right away. My mom opened the present I gave her and my sister started acting up bc she was jealous? who knows.. she's on her period. Aww.. I can't wait til Christmas.. I get to spend time with my family.. and I can't wait til my Jonathan comes back.. and I can't wait to start working. This vacation wasn't so bad after all! I got everything I wanted: my Uggs, my Gap Fair Isle Scarf, a job, and a peacoat for each day of the week! Ok.. I'm just blabbing now, I want to eat the cake that my cousin baked. Merry Christmas everybody!

Mall again.
I did A LOT of nothing all morning bc Jonathan left before I woke up. There was supposedly an earthquake but I slept right through it. So after doing a whole lot of nothing, Jonathan decides to piss me off before picking me up to go to Valley Fair. Oh well, I got over it.. haha. Jonathan, Joel, Lionel, and I walk around and shop. I saw Lisa and Carissa at Build-A-Bear bc they were building a bear for grandma. My day was complete bc I saw Lisa for more than a second.. haha. We walked around some more.. that's pretty much it. We took a break and ate and saw Hansen and Jeremy. We continued to shop and I think Jonathan saw like 3948304593045 people he graduated with from Mitty. Back at home, Jonathan and I watched "40 Days and 40 Nights" with my sister and cousin. Oh yeah.. when we were going up the escalator, Joel trips and almost falls in his face then this vietnamese guy was making fun of him or whatever and his gf said, "stop clownin on people".. haha. oh well.

I've got a Mall streak going on.
So yesterday, I waited for Jonathan to get out of work then we took Leanna with us to Oakridge. She bought presents for everyone and bought me a Britney Spears poster!!! I love Britney! When we were in the Hallmark store, I feel my phone vibrate.. I had a voicemail. I check it and it was HOLLISTER! I GOT A FREAKIN JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! whoohoo! It was Jenna the manager telling me to go to orientation and blah blah blah. Too bad I didn't check my voicemail earlier or else I would have gone to the orientation that morning, now I have to wait a week =(. But it's ok bc I am now a working woman! My FIRST job ever!!! whoohooo.. and the pay isn't too shabby either =). ANYWAY, we pick up Diana, drop off Leanna, wait for my cousin to arrive at my house, then leave to pick up Lisa. We get to the Santana Row ice rink and NO ONE had cash, so we had to go to the bank and whatnot. I felt bad bc Jenna, Daryl, and Cesar were waiting for us.. so Jenna called me and told me that they were leaving =(. We'll hang out some other time. So we go back to the ice rink and Nathan, Larry, and John meet up with us.. then Chris and Mike show up.. then Joel and Liezele.. and then Hansen comes at the very ehdn when we were done. Nathan, Larry, John, and Mike don't skate at all.. but oh well. We had tons of fun! Lisa was being an annoying little bug bc she was struggling to skate at first. She kept holding on to my neck! So when Chris joined us, he was the one to "babysit" her.. haha (i still love u lisa). Jonathan kept trying to do tricks, but he ended up falling.. twice to be exact.. haha. I wasn't embarassed even though he thought I was... I still continued to hold his hand.. hmm, I'll post up pictures later. Then we went to Jack in the Box to eat a late night dinner again. Jonathan went to go play CS with the rest of the boys. So Hansen and Diana come to my house. Later, Jeremy comes, then Mehgan. Jer tells us all about his girl problems, and it pisses me off to see someone treating Jeremy like shit bc he doesn't deserve it at all. Yeah, Hansen and I like to make fun of Jer, but we're allowed to, it's all out of love. Jer's mom kept calling Hansen to tell him to not let Jer out of his sight.. so we sure didn't! We followed Jer to that girl's house, and just wait for him to finish talking things out with her. I don't know what happened bc I was sleepy. We meet up with Jonathan and the others in the parking lot of gmall bc they were done playing. I ride with Jonathan.. and the plan was to go to Tapioca Express.. but it was 2am and it was closed. So we went back to my house. Hansen and Meg stayed for a while then went home. Jonathan and I fell asleep downstairs with my sister and cousin. the end.



Jonathan, Diana, and Lisa bored in the car while I was getting money from the ATM


Jonathan, Diana, and Lisa again


Jonathan, Diana, and Lisa one last time


and then I join...


and one more time


and another


yay my scarf!


stopping to take a picture in the parking lot


Jonathan and I.. that little girl ran into me right after we took that picture


Lisa and Chris w/Jonathan and I in the background


This picture looks cool


Another picture of us, but with our ice skates!


Crazy boys


Trying to be cute.. hence the word "trying"


We wanted to see how long our scarves were

Another Day at the Mall.
So I woke up.. lounged around the house.. watched TV.. ate.. and hung out with Jonathan for a while before he went to work. Then John and Diana came to pick me up and we headed to Stoneridge. I spent ALL of my money again, but it's ok. I mostly spent money on more presents for my cousins and other peope. One great thing happened to me though: Diana found the Fair Isle scarf at Gap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was the VERY LAST ONE and this worker guy kept asking me if I was really going to buy it because it was the last one, and I kept saying "YES", and I guess he didn't believe me because he just kept asking, "are you really? It's the very last one". Shit, I KNOW it's the last one! I've been trying to bed on ebay for a reasonably priced one for the past week, and I find one at Gap itself when I wasn't looking for it. What a lucky day (thanks Diana). We ended up parting with John and his cousin Linda, but we find them again and we leave to go to Oakridge. I was pooped and was not really in the mood for shopping, so John and his cousin just buy cheesecake from Cheesecake Factory then drops us all off at home. Man, I'm still not done with christmas shopping.. I still have to get Jonathan the rest of his gifts.


That's Jamie Lee Curtis I think and I dunno the other girl.. but that is my scarf!! I love it. (I'm wearing it right now)


Now all I need are the hat and...


the mittens! (size s/m please). Jonathan, you can find these (hat & mits) at any Gap. ;)

Shop!
Last night, I played holdem with Jenna, Daryl, Joshie, Benny, and Lic last night til around 2ish. Jonathan finally arrived and I wrapped presents until around 3.. then Jonathan went home and I went to bed. This morning, Diana called me and I woke up right away bc I thought AE was calling me.. but nope. We were gonna go to ND for the liturgy but I was too lazy to get up. The plan was to go shopping early in the morning, but nooooope. I didn't leave my house until 4pm because of Jonathan. One of these days I'm just going to explode bc of his habit of LAGGING. Anyway, we went to his house real quick so he could change, picked up Angela, picked up Diana, picked up John, went to the bank to get money, then headed over to Newpark Mall. I totally forgot that AE and Gap were the only good stores there, but oh well. We go straight to the food court bc I didn't eat anything all day and if I didn't eat before shopping, I'd be grumpy.. it also took us like 2 hours to get there bc of stupid ass traffic. Anyway, we help Diana look for Villiard's present but no luck. We spend a long time in AE and I buy my mom's gift and a $10 skirt for me! whoohoo! Oh yeah.. and we got a $10 gift card bc Jonathan and I spent over $50. Well at first, we spent $49.71 and the stupid worker didn't tell us that we were $0.29 away.. so we got back in line and spent $15 on a beanie for Jonathan. I buy this cute pink jacket that was on sale at Gap Kids.. and we walk around some more.. wait around some more.. shop around some more.. and our last stop was finally Old Navy. By then, I was out of cash and I was scared to use my credit card, so Jonathan bought me these $10 scarves and this $8 bag that Angie and Diana got as well (we have matching friendship bags and we're going to think of each other when we're at school bc we're using them for our books and stuff). We made a quick detour to Orange Julius then headed home. Lisa called us to come over and all of her friends were there. My days aren't usually complete anymore when I don't see her, so we stayed for a good 30 or 45 minutes. We were all tired, so Jonathan took Angie, me, and Diana home while the rest of the boys are playing CS at Cyberhunt. Overall, I had another great day with my friends. I'm gonna wrap some presents now.



Christmas in the park last night! Mike, Kim, Lisa, me, Annoying #2 (Chris), Annoying #1 (Jonathan), and John

Can't think of a title.
I went to bed late (well not really) last night bc I was catching up with Eileen.. I can't wait for the GNO on friday bc I miss all you girls so much! But anyway, I woke up bright and early again this morning at 7am.. go me! I got ready and Jonathan drove me to VF and met up with Meg and Di. We had our AE interview and the manager didn't know that the other manager scheduled another group interview with us, but she interviewed us anyway. She knew that we were all good friends and she said that it was a plus bc it's hard to find? I dunno.. she was really nice and I enjoyed this interview muchhh more than Hollister's yesterday, but I'd work at either. The only downside is that I'd only be working at AE until I go back to school, but if they can figure something out, I would be able to work on the weekends when I come home. ahhhh.. I hope they call me in the morning! Right after, Jonathan and I headed over to Fry's so he could buy another motherboard bc the one he bought didn't work. We went back to his apartment so he could install it and I ended up sleeping again (from 10am until 1pm-ish). When I woke up, we went to Oakridge and I bought presents for some of my friends and family. We went back to Fry's so someone could check out his computer bc the motherboard wasn't working AT ALL.. so the Fry's guy told him that he had to reinstall EVERYTHING.. that sucks. We went back to my house for a while, received the rest of my grades for the quarter (blah) and went to MHT to watch my sister play against SJB.. it was a practice game though. I think Jonathan enjoyed watching them play bc it reminded him of his bball days at MHT. We chatted with Mr. Keitges for a while reminiscing about when we went to school there. I wanted to go to Bulldog's bc I wanted a new nose ring since the stud fell out, but I changed my mind. Instead, we went to Mark's hotdogs or whatever? and Jonathan bought this one hot dog which took 2394832905803249 hours to make. It didn't fill him up, so my sister, Jonathan, and I went to Costco and ate the polish dogs there (while Leanna ate a chicken bake). We dropped my sister off at home then headed to Lisa's to wait for everyone else. Then Lisa, Chris, Mike, John, Kim, Jonathan, and I headed downtown with our (mine and Kim's) beetles. I enjoyed myself downtown.. we watched people ice skate at the rink, walked around christmas in the park and took pictures, walked to Johnny Rockets but it was closed, then looked for Peggy Sue's but got lost, Mike needed to pee so we went in the Fairmont and walked around there for a while, back to christmas in the park, then back to the car bc we were hungry. I think we were downtown for a good 2 or 3 hours.. it was fun too! Then we went to In N Out.. chatted, and the boys decided to play CS. So we dropped Lisa off at home, Jonathan dropped me off at home, so now Jonathan, John, Mike, and Chris are out with my car!!!! They'll be fine though. Wow, this was a long blog.. I feel like I'm in highschool again... ohhh the memories.

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
Jonathan, Leanna, Chris, Mike, David, David's friend Jenny, and I watched the movie together at 12:01am last night, TECHNICALLY this morning. The movie was worth watching.. 4 freakin hours in the theater. Yeah, it was good. I spent the entire day yesterday moping around WAITING for Jonathan. He brought me a carne asada burrito from La Victoria, so waiting was worth it. Hmmm.. we went to Mercado.. HELLA people. I saw Vivian, David Mai, umm.. Meg, her bf.. blah blah blah. Movie was great. go see it! I didn't get home til around 430.. but didn't sleep til around 6 or 7 bc of SOMEONE.

lakkjsdflkasdjflksadf.
I woke up at 8am, which was baddddddddd bc I had a group interview with Diana and Meg at AE at 830.. but they woke up late too. I think I took a 20 second shower.. and I'm not exaggerating.. and got ready. I even had time to wait for Diana to pick me up outside of my house for about 5 or 10 minutes. We arrived at VF (on Stevens Creek)... it was soo empty. We were unfortunately late for our interview, but she scheduled us for tomorrow at 830. This time I'm driving.. hopefully we'll be on time this time. We got some Jamba Juice and girl talked for a good hour. Diana dropped me off at Jonathan's apartment around 10 and I napped until 130. It felt great since I only got 1 or 2 hours of sleep last night. We went to pick up Lisa.. then went back to Stevens Creek to Lisa's videographer's place. She told him exactly how she wanted her cotillion video to be. Then we went to San Jose Camera or something and I bought a wide angle lens for Jonathan... we were there for a pretty long time bc Lisa was trying to find out some info.. let's just say we called Joel a whole lot. Then we went back to VF.. and I waited for Diana and Mehgan to arrive. We waited in Hollister for like 30 minutes and they FINALLY started the group interview. It went well.. there were just some people there that were like eh.. oh well. Hopefully I'll get a call, if not, I don't lose anything really. Freakin Jonathan left to go pick up his sister, but I didn't think it would take him TWO freakin hours. I was already done with my interview, and all I wanted was to go home, but did I? noooooooooo. We met up with John and Angie, so all of us were just walking around. This was the worst trip to the mall ever.. I was in a bad ass mood and didn't want to shop. My interview was done at 445, Jonathan didn't come to pick up Lisa and I until 645. You can only imagine how glasjflk;ajsdfl;kasjdflkajsdflkjsdaf I was. Blah. I want my burrito! Jonathan's coming with it.. yay.

hahahahaha.. freakin Lisa. She just called me right now to say good night. Let me explain. So earlier tonight, Jonathan, Lisa, and I were talking about 6th or 7th grade and up until early highschool when we all had pagers.. and how we always used to page each other "6000-171647" (good night) or "6000-177012171176" (good morning).. and then we all agreed how great we felt every time we got a page from someone bc that meant that they were thinking of you! Don't you think that's true?

ebay update.
I am still winning 2 auctions (out of the 24).. but I can't win bc I already have enough pairs of those boots.. someone outbid me pleeeeeease! I went crazy one night and bid my brains out.. I hope I don't end up paying for all of it =/ haha but it's kind of funny in a way bc it's under Jonathan's ebay account.. haha! no just kidding. it's not funny at all. SOMEONE OUTBID ME!!!

Another great day of winter break.
So I woke up pretty early and called Jonathan who was at work. He didn't drop by to bring me my krispy kreme like he said, but it's ok, I was sleeping anyways. When work was finished, we went to Frys to buy some motherboard 2.5 pentium 4 mumbo jumbo.. I dunno if I'm even explaining it right.. but yeah. He spent almost 200 bucks on some small little chip.. weird. Then we went to Mercado to buy LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING tickets.. we spent $51.50 bc of all the tickets we had to buy for our friends and my sister. Then we dropped his Fry's stuff off at his apartment and he showered.. and then we went to mass at MHT. I feel like I haven't been there in ages. After that, we go to Lisa's house then attempt to kidnap Chris at his house. We ended up taking a separate car from Chris bc he had his cousins with him. We all go to Valley Fair and eat dinner.. an EARLY dinner for once. It took Lisa freakin HELLA long to finish her food.. and the cleaning people were already gathering the chairs around us in the food court. So she gave the rest of her food to Jonathan and we left. ohh yeah.. Before that, Jonathan, Lisa, and I took pictures where the kids go to take pictures with Santa.. Santa wasn't there anymore bc it was closing time at the mall.. but we had fun. I'll post the pictures later. We made another detour to Jonathan's apartment so he could show Lisa part of the video he made from her cotillion.. she was impressed. We dropped Lisa back at her house and me and Jonathan just watched tv. I was home early! go mee! Now I'm bored bc Jonathan just left.. maybe I'll sleep.

Sore Fingers
After eating pancakes for breakfast, I helped my mom assemble the new furniture things we bought at Ikea yesterday. After assembling the 6th chair, I was finished.. my arms hurt.. my fingers hurt.. and all I wanted to do was rest. Jonathan stopped by for 10 minutes before work.. then I took a nap. I woke up.. and that's when all the fun began!

Girls Night Out.
Since Chris and Jonathan had work, Villiard was in the PI, and Mike let us kidnap his gf.. Lisa, Diana, Mehgan, and I decided to have a girls night out. We went to Great Mall.. chose to watch "Love Don't Cost A Thing" but left bc we didn't like our seats. So we exchanged our tickets for the next time. Mariel and Dianne met up with us.. and we saw Michelle, Micaela, Maria, and their friends.. then later we see Benny and he waits with us while he waits for his friends. The movie was good! I think the ending is what got me. Then, the four of us (Meg, Lisa, Di, me) go to In N Out bc Meg was hungry. I end up getting some fries and we just catch up about school, boyfriends, freshmen/sophomore year, and just life. It doesn't sound that fun, but it was great just spending some quality time together without boyfriends. We talked about how it hella felt like freshmen and sophomore year (when we were all pretty much single) and always hung out all the time. Oh the memories. Diana aka the driver, drops us all off at home.. and me, being the last one to get dropped off, realizes right when we get there that I forgot my keys! So I called my sister nonstop until she picked up so she could open the door for me. Now I'm bored. Jonathan is currently on his way to Alameda bc him and his cousin has to pick up his cousin's friends who are drunk and are incapable of driving. So Jonathan is excited to drive the friend's RSX home.. Ok I'm tired.

Friday recap.
The morning started out pretty dam slow bc Jonathan and I woke up late and I lagged like hell to get ready bc I was calling stores for Uggs. I even called stores in Virginia hoping Hansen could get them for me, but they were sold out everywhere I called too =(. So then we went to sjsu AGAIN so Jonathan could take care of school business while I waited in the car calling all the Ugg dealers. I found TWO places that had the Uggs in the color AND size I wanted. I tried not to be too picky with the style since they really are sold out everywhere in the freakin world, so I put my chestnut classic short uggs in children's size 4 and women's size 5/6. I was so freakin happy that I found some.. you don't understand. Anyway, Jonathan and I picked up Joanne.. ran some errands.. picked up my sister.. he ran errands at his house. I was debating whether I should get the children classic shorts for $70 at the store in Santa Cruz or get the women classic shorts for $110 by ordering from this company. I decided to get the ones for $70 since what I really want are the ULTRA TALLS, so I'll just spend big money on those if I ever find them. After what seems like an eternity, Jonathan and I head over to Santa Cruz and I get my babies! They're so soft and warm.. and perfect.. haha. OH yeah.. and I bought the VERY LAST PAIR. God does love me bc it was in my size and in the color I wanted. Right when we arrive in San Jose, we leave again for Palo Alto with my mom and sister bc my mom wanted to buy stuff at Ikea.. we shop.. fun stuff.. and I get to use my credit card! I love using it. After unloading all the crap from the car, Jonathan and I head over to Lisa's to show her my uggies. She brought down all of her different pairs and the 3 of us (including Jonathan) sit on the floor like little children playing with new toys. Chris and Mike come over too and we just hang out.. talk.. then Jonathan cooks corned beef with potatoes and onions.. Joel comes over.. he cooks spam.. and Chris cooks rice.. while Lisa and I browse through her cotillion pictures. We watch "Saved By the Bell" while eating our 12am dinner.. talk some more.. chill some more.. and reminisce about cotillion times. I'm tired, it has been a longgggggg day. I should sleep but I'm waiting for Jonathan. He's out with Joel, Mike, and Chris right now playing cs somewhere.. I forgot. It's ok, I've got Lisa to chat with online and my babies to wear.. haha.



these are EMUS.. the pair I bought yesterday (not actually MY pair.. I got this picture from ebay) in the SHORT style in the sand color


these are also EMUS.. The first pair is the pair I ordered online yesterday night. in the TALL style in the pink color. I got this from www.alloy.com (where I also ordered them)


and THESE bad boys are UGGS.. The first pair is what I bought in Santa Cruz today.. in the CLASSIC SHORT style in the chestnut color. They're kinda light in this picture, but they're darker. I got this picture from www.uggaustralia.com

wow.. i'm so happy right now. jonathan is STILL snoring on my bed and when I woke him up earlier, this "thing" of drool went dripping when he plopped his head up.. haha GROSSSSSSS!! but he is BACK to snoring. weird. his socks arent off yet. usually after 5 minutes, his socks magically come off his feet. anyway, i went off on a tangent. i'm happy right now bc i ordered some emus online in PINK in the TALL style.. for a GREAT price!!! so even though they are not uggs, theyre emus, ALMOST the next best thing and for a good price.. freakin ebay!!! they have pink tall uggs going for $400.. i wish i were rich.

haha.. freakin daryl.

MANOKUNGOY (10:35:20 PM): hey i gotta ask you something
me (10:35:24 PM): YES
MANOKUNGOY (10:35:34 PM): what the hell are uggs and emus
MANOKUNGOY (10:35:38 PM): they dont sound like anything
me (10:35:41 PM): haha
me (10:35:44 PM): shoes!!!]
me (10:35:45 PM): omg
me (10:35:47 PM): youre crazy
me (10:35:54 PM): theyre like sold out EVERYWHERE
MANOKUNGOY (10:35:58 PM): see thats what i thought at first
MANOKUNGOY (10:36:08 PM): but then i thought "who would name shoes that"
MANOKUNGOY (10:36:12 PM): then i saw chestnut
MANOKUNGOY (10:36:18 PM): and i thought they were some kinda cookie
me (10:36:21 PM): thats the color
me (10:36:23 PM): haha weirdo
MANOKUNGOY (10:36:41 PM): that sucks
MANOKUNGOY (10:36:49 PM): i wanted to try a chestnut ugg or emu
me (10:36:55 PM): haha

freakin lisa!! my recent "like" is now an OBSESSION!!!
So I am currently bidding on CHESTNUT UGGS IN A WOMEN'S SIZE 6 OR CHILDREN'S SIZE 4 on ebay. Jonathan's sleeping and he is not aware of the 20 pairs of chestnut uggs I have bid on, so don't tell him bc I'm using his account.. haha. I'm paying for them though. dammit.. he's HELLA snoring right now.. He got bored bc I've been bidding on uggs for the past 2 hours..

So I had a great day today! Maybe it's because I had nothing to stress about really. Jonathan picked me up.. we ate at Lee sandwiches.. went to sjsu so he could sell his books back.. went to ucsc to sell back my books.. found out I got a B+ in chem =(.. to Jonathan's apartment for him to pick up his laundry while I stayed in the car calling every sportmart I could drive to and every Big 5 and copelands. We went to big 5.. got some SAND EMUS in a CHILDREN'S 4.. not CHESTNUT.. or UGGS.. but they're fine for now. We went back to my house.. then we went with my mom bc she wanted to buy a new dining table.. no luck.. and we were lazy... went to MHT to pick up my sis at a decathalon meeting.. stayed for a while and played cards with the little MHT kids and reminisced about our days there.. ate at Lee Noodle (wow a lot of LEE places today).. saw Roszette, Jonathan, Denise, Glenn, and Michelle.. said hi.. went back to my house.. helped Jonathan register for classes.. mom tells Jonathan to pick out a laptop that he wants.. haha.. and he was BLUFFING too!! Now I am bidding while Jonathan is asleep. I'll probably bid for a few more hours then hit the hay. k bye my faithful readers. I hope my life isnt too boring for you!

Bored.
I feel like I have something to do since I am doing nothing right now... but then I dont bc the quarter is over, and I am supposed to be relaxing my butt off. When I came home to San Jose, Jonathan and I grabbed some La Victoria.. saw Christia and her bf.. watched Queer Eye for the Straight Guy.. and that's it. haha.. The next day we lagged.. went to VF to return something and eat at Sarku.. yum. We picked up Joanne at ND, saw Charissa but I was hella choking/coughing when she was talking to me so I couldnt get a word in... haha.. and Jonathan questioned some girl (probably a freshman) about where she got her Uggs and what style and what size and blah blah blah. yeah, I know he's weird. Back at my house, we watched "Rounders".. well I didn't really watch bc it wasn't that interesting to me.. but then he left to go to a study group so I went online browsing. I wanted to buy stuff, but there was nothing worth buying. I saw HELLA uggs on ebay, but they were going for like 200 bucks.. I want them, but not thaaaaaat bad. I wish I bought them when I first wanted them but I thought someone was going to get them for me. Oh well.. I guess I can wait til feb. I just finished cleaning my room and putting all my clothes away. I think the next thing I should do is organize my CDs bc NONE of them are in the right cases anymore.. then I think I'll organize my pictures bc I bought some picture albums in the summer, but I never got the chance. hmm.. wow, I'm finding things to do!!! I have to go back to SC later to get my chemistry final.. and to sell my books.. and for Jonathan to pay off his parking ticket from there. I want to go out tonight!! someone call mee!!!

wow, I JUST finished my VERY LAST LAB REPORT FOR CHEMISTRY!!!!!!!! and I really mean LAST because for as long as I live, I will NEVER take another chemistry course (maybe.. ahaha) bc I do NOT need it for my major (unless I change majors) and I do not need it for my life! Thank you Lord, for I am done. One more final.. and I am done.. I think I'll study tomorrow morn =)

Oh yeah, here's a picture from Lisa. It's bad quality bc she's lazy and takes pictures of the picture instead of scanning it. These are my two best friends (my Diana is missing!!)

From Lisa's cotillion. I plopped my head in the middle bc I'm special.

I hate you finals.
So it's only freakin monday and I am beyond exhausted. I woke up at 6am this morning!!! 6AM!!!!!!! Well, actually, I woke up because Jonathan gave me a wake up call and I laid in bed until 7am. I took a quick shower then WALKED (if you've been here, you'll know how far I had to walk) to my classroom where I was going to take my Psych final. I reviewed really quickly for a good 15 or 20 minutes then it was time to take the final. I guess it was alright... then right when I went back to my dorm, I studied for chemistry.. actually, I taught ALL the new material to myself since I missed all the lectures where they discussed the new material. I just got back from taking the final, and it wasn't so bad. I think I did pretty dam good for learning (and re-learning) almost everything this morning. I want to sleep but I have just ONE more final to study for--> chemistry lab! I am dreading this final because.. blah.. I also have to do ONE LAST lab report and I'll be done for my FIRST QUARTER AT UCSC!!!!!!! I should sleep.. I didn't fall asleep til 3am last night because I was thinking wayyyyyyyy too much about my finals (and also because Jonathan was snoring over the phone.. the punk fell asleep on me!!!). Ok.. time to rest my brain.

Hello.
So this week (and weekend) went by pretty fast. I guess it's because the nerd has been keeping me company. I saw him every day this week! The last time that happened was the summer (you know the time when you "SPOILED" me "TOO MUCH") grr, now I'm thinking about something.. ajadfljafdldsjfalsdf, pisses me off!!!!! ANYWAY we went on a double date with Lisa and Chris and watched "Love Actually" at Mercado. I enjoyed the movie even though it was a bit difficult to follow. We went to In N Out right after and ended up staying there longer than we stayed at the movies. Back at Lisa's house, we watched some episodes from the "Saved by the Bell" DVD I got her for her bday. I was supposed to study for finals all day, but I didn't. I didn't even open one book. I've been in this "down in the dumps" mood because of some stuff that's going on at home right now. Anyway, Jonathan and I picked up Joanne and her bf from ND winter ball tonight.. aww, afterwards, I was reminiscing about wb with Jonathan and how he should have went with me last year..

Despite all the bad crap that happened to me this week, almost everything in school has been satisfying. I got a lab report back in chemistry and got my highest A.. I got a research paper back for english and got an A, also my highest grade for that class.. and in Psychology, I got a B+ on the last paper I turned in, also the highest I've ever gotten in that class. I'm just scared for finals =( But I'll be ok. All I have to do is get through today, monday, and tuesday. I'll be home until jan 5th after next tuesday (almost an entire month off of friggin school). I'm scared because my first final is at 8am on monday morning (Psychology), and I have yet to read ALL the dam chapters... eek then RIGHT after I have my chemistry final.. which I have to review.. then the next day, I take my last final of the quarter, chemistry lab. It shouldn't be that bad, but I still have to study if I want to maintain my A.

Oh yeah!! I got my new keyboard in the mail on wednesday and I installed it onto my laptop today. Now my keyboard is back to normal!! yay!

I give THANKSGIVING BREAK a 7 out of 10. I looked at last year and I gave it a 9 out of 10.

tuesday: look below
wednesday: look below
thursday (thanksgiving): I was still feeling pretty crappy, but it got a little better. I went to my uncle Charlie's house for dinner.. karaoked with my cousins.. then Jonathan stopped by for a while. After eating some pumpkin cheesecake (it was sooooo good!), we went to visit Jonathan's family at his house. We watched "Friends" there while eating some chocolate covered strawberries. The two of us headed to Mercado to watch "The Cat in the Hat" which was pretty good.
friday: although it was the biggest shopping day of the year, I did not get the chance to shop. Jonathan lagged to pick me up.. but we went to run some errands for lisa's cotillion. I had to buy silver shoes. We rushed to the Westin at 4 then practiced straight until 7pm. Then we went to Valley Fair to buy gifts for Lisa and to buy more cotillion stuff. I missed Jenna's bday dinner at Buca but I met up with all of them at Linn's house. The boys were drunk.. they shot each other with a paintball gun.. then ended the night with a weird porno.. haha. That night, Jonathan and I had a talk back at my house. We fell asleep around 3am. oh yeah, and we're doing great now. i love him, i really do.
saturday: We arrived at Lisa's house at 930, 30 minutes late.. and she got mad at us. Anyway, we went over the dances real quick and we all went our separate ways. Rozsette's sister did all of our hair.. then I rushed to Party City and my house to do some more last minute cotillion things for Lisa. Jonathan and I went to Valley Fair again to get my make up done at Mac. He bought my studio fix since he lost my other compact. We went back to the hotel.. got ready.. the cotillion started.. lots of fun.. dancing.. the cotillion ended. Most of us slept over.. pigged out in the suite.. talked about old times.. watched some of the cotillion video.. then Lisa started a pillow fight, which ended up to be a war. Our team won.. whoohoo! We all fell asleep around 5am.
sunday: Woke up around 9am because of the noise level in the hotel room. Got pissed off because some immature BOY who lost his tuxedo shoes stole Jonathan's.. so Jonathan and I had to look in the ballroom for the other pair of shoes. Luckily they were found. But I'm still pissed at that stupid prick who was irresponsible enough to forget his shoes, then steal someone else's. I know for sure Jonathan brought his shoes up to the hotel room right after the cotillion too because I nagged him like crazy to pick them up and blah blah blah. Anywayyyyyy. Lisa, Chris, Joel, Erica, Casey, Jonathan, and I ate a late breakfast at Denny's. We headed to Lisa's house and unloaded all the crap from our car and other cars. We watched Lisa open up her gifts.. pretty funny. Then Jonathan and I went back to my house and took a longggg nap. I woke up, Jonathan was gone, but I got ready to leave for Santa Cruz. Went to Safeway, Jonathan cooked me dinner.. I took some medicine because I wasn't feeling well. The end.

I've been in this depressed mood since thanksgiving. =( But I'll be alright.

MiKeyTaNgGa (1:36:21 PM): juleee i had a blast
me (1:38:05 PM): me too
MiKeyTaNgGa (1:38:20 PM): it was the best cotillion i ever done

I second that. Feel special Lisa! haha.

oh yeah.. and I got a haircut guys! It is 3 inches past my shoulders, which is long still, but short compared to how my hair has been. The last time it was this short was the beginning of 8th grade. weird.

it was not intentional at all.. it was a TOTAL accident. i wish i never had the internet. i wish i never learned how to read. i wish i never had the ability to feel. i wish trust was as easy as 1, 2, 3. i wish assumptions were never made. what a great start to my holiday season.

oh yeah, I also called about 30 different stores all over San Jose and Santa Cruz and even Campbell and Palo Alto to look for UGG boots for Lisa. no luck. sucky. I really wanted to find them for her too!

wowee.. I feel like I haven't blogged for days. Well the reason why I couldn't (and still can't) is because my sister spilled minute maid on my laptop keyboard.. so the letters are messed up. The "s" key doesn't work.. so I'm using her comp right now.. so let's recap since my last entry.

-last thursday my dearest drove me, Meg, and Sher to Denny's here in Santa Cruz, but it took us a while to find it.
-last friday I took a chem midterm and ACED it! That night, Meg, Jonathan, and I went to eat Chinese food.
-saturday morning I was still in Santa Cruz. I believe my first time in Santa Cruz on a Saturday. I took the Subject A again and passed it with flying colors. I went back home to San Jose to wish my mother a HAPPY 41ST BIRTHDAY! It was also Sheila's cotillion.. I was a candle.. then Jonathan and I left after the program to go to my family party at my grandparents' house for my mom's bday. Lots of drunk relatives and hyper cousins.. the norm. It was grand.
-sunday was yet another anniversary. we don't really celebrate the monthly ones anymore though. There was cotillion practice, Eastridge to get shoes for the cotillion, 2 Bulldog stores to find the maryjanes (then got em for $5 cus Jonathan knew the worker). Albertson's to buy Jonathan's mom flowers because she was sick. watched Simpsons at his house.. and oh yeah, stopped by Our Lady of Peace because we missed mass at MHT.
-hmm.. I went home Monday morning and missed Chemistry.. blah. Goodrich came to visit us! and Mariel too! Mariel, Meg, Dianne, and I went to a hip hop event at Oakes.. it was cool. They competed in DJ-ing, breaking, MC-ing, and tagging. Then went to a laaaaaate 1am dinner/breakfast and Goodrich came along while we left Sher and Ellison under the covers in our dorm.. haha.. it's ok guys!
-Tuesday, went to Psychology, and napped in my room until Jonathan picked me up. He was sick so he was bitching at me, but it's ok now. We grabbed some sushi at Ariake then rested at home because he was burning up.
-Yesterday, Jonathan woke me up because he was thirsty. We went to KFC to get his raspberry iced tea. picked up my sister, her friend, and her friend's siblings at school.. dropped em off. went to cotillion practice.. stayed for a longgggg time because we tried on our dresses and people got their hair done as practice. stopped by Jonathan's apartment to pick up his clothes then stayed at my house for a bit. Jonathan left to go to his house to see his family when I was almost asleep.
-today. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Finally stress-free
So the week is winding down and I do not have any more big assignments to worry about. All I have is a small presentation in English, which I am prepared for, and chem midterm, which I am prepared for, and a writing test on saturday, which I am prepared for. Yes, I am prepared. hmm, so I'm just waiting for Jonathan to get his big behind over here. I think he is on 17 right now, so he should be here soon. My internet got shut down because of some virus I got from my sister's AIM profile.. sucky. So now res-net here at school has to reconnect my port and blha blah blah blah blah. Thank goodness I finished enrolling in all of my classes. Unfortunately, I am not taking any psych courses this upcoming quarter, but I have no reason to fret because I went over my GE requirements and my Major requirements for Psych, and I'm not behind at all. I'm gonna take summer school so FOR SURE I can graduate in 4 years. I always overhere the seniors here saying, "yeah, it's my 5th year here, I only have ONE more quarter... if I pass my classes". Pretty scary, and I don't wanna end up saying that stuff.. ahh I hope I'm not jinxing myself. OH YEAH, and I have NO MORE meals left on my meal account thingy cus I thought I had this one plan that gives you 14 meals a week, so I would just use my meals whenever and pay for whoever cus I never finished all 14 meals. When I went on Monday to eat, I had no more meals.. I had a smaller meal plan.. haha. It's ok though because Sher (who also used all her meals) have been living on hot pockets, chicken bake, and cup o noodles all week. Only a few more days of this quarter anyway. Ok, the end. I'm tired.

HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY TO MY BESTESTESTESTTTTTTT AND OLDESTTTTT FRIEND IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Miss Lisa Marie Joves Raymundo!

So this entry is dedicated to my dearest Lisa. Lisa and I have known each other since the first grade. We didn't become best friends until 5th or 6th grade because she had other best friends from K-4th. Anyway, we have been through EVERYTHING together, seriously. We went through our first boyfriends, second boyfriends, and third boyfriends together, pager and pager code stage, cell phone stage, pinay pride (or shall I say PiNaY pRyDe) stage, umm.. AIM stage (and still are), mom's are on PMS the entire month stage, Nike Uptempo stage, ANORAK stage, dude ok that's enough. I was heart-broken when we went off to different highschools, but all was well because we still stuck to each other like glue. She helped in the process to get my FOUR (Jonathan) and I helped in the process to get her FOUR (Christopher). We're always there for each other no matter what, and there is no such thing as a random call/text message/IM when it comes from each other. Although Lisa has her BLONDE moments like ALLLLLLLLLLL THE TIME, I still love her. I think her ditzy-ness is cute sometimes.. haha. Anyway, I could go on forever, but I have to study for midterms. So here's a toast to Lisa!

<3 your bestestestestestest friend, JuLeNeTtE (haha, you made that up!!!!)

p.s. remember when it was your bday, and I would always play Lisa's bday song from the Simpson's on my PAGER/VOICEMAL??? hahha.. *Lisa it's your birthday, happy birthday Lisa* oh yeah, and dude, this is like the FIRST year I didn't sleep over for your bday!!!! I'll invite myself this weekend =)

LINK for that Love Test thingy --> http://www.selfnetwork.com/love.asp

I think I jinxed myself when I was happy about my grades at school because as of right now, I have a C+/B- in Psych.. well I calculated it myself, so it might not be accurate. My last essay still has to get curved so yeah. I hope I get a B!!!! and in my English class, I got a B- one the last essay I got back.. boo, so no more A-.. it might just be a B+. Actually, I can redo that essay, but I'm lazy.. we'll see if I'm not lazy by the end of this quarter (probably). My chemistry classes can stilll go either way because I'm waiting for a lab report to be returned to me and a midterm.. blah blah blah. I hate school.

Stupid Psychology.
So I am a Psych major and I can see my future going down the drain. I didn't do too well.. well I guess average.. on my first psych exam and I did VERYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY horrible on my first psych essay.. like REALLY horrible. The worst grade I've ever gotten on ANYTHING. This was on thursday when I got the essay back, right after I took the second psych exam. I felt pretty confident about the second psych exam but I don't want to excite myself so I am just expecting the worst and hoping for the best. I just e-mailed a rough draft for my second essay to my TA who I strongly dislike right now because of the horrible grade he awarded me with.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Pray that I get at least a B in this class! Please.. this is my future!

Speeding to get KFC.
Thursday night, Jonathan and I had a late night craving, so as he was driving down the hill off campus, he gets pulled over. Apparently, the speed for going down hill was 25 mph and he was going 42 mph. The cop was really nice and put down 40 mph. If he put down 42, then Jonathan would be paying a fine of $160 instead of the $90 he has to pay. When we got to KFC, it just closed =(

Poor Sherilyn
So at UCSC, we use our ID cards to pay for our meals at the dining halls, and when we forget our ID cards, we write down or SS# and they deduct a meal from our card from there. Well Sherilyn gets 14 meals a week (which doesn't sound like much but is A LOT) just like me and for the passed two weeks, her meals have been at ZERO. We were both confused because it was both of first times to eat for the week. She checked that book where people write down the SS#, and someone has been signing in with her SS#.. what a jerk. So yesterday, when Ellison and Mike Tangga came, I had to buy meals for me, Jonathan, Sher, Ellison, and Mike. It's ok Sher, we'll track down that jerk and make him eat until he explodes.

Party of 3.
Last night, after coming home from Santa Cruz, Jonathan picks up his cousin Justin and the three of us eat at Ariake. I eat sushi while the other 2 eat rice plates. Justin hates sushi, which I cannot understand, but anyway, when were done we went to Oakridge. I was pretty depressed because I didn't have money to shop. Jonathan exchanged some jeans and bought a jacket and we walked into almost all of the shoe stores because of Justin. After circulating around the mall for a good 2 hours, we went to Santana Row to buy pearl drinks. When Justin ordered, he asked for "a blah blah blah with extra pearls" instead of asking for "a blah blah blah with pearls", so when he got the pearl drink, half of it was pearls.. haha. I guess you had to be there in order to think it was funny. We dropped Justin back at the apartment and Jonathan and I watched "Finding Nemo" at my house then went to my Alma Mater to pick up Joanne and her bf from the mixer. Jonathan and I fell asleep watching "Boy Meets World".

Officially homeworksick.
lkjasfjalksdflkasdfsadfjasdf. Ok, I only took a break to blog. This is what the rest of my weekend entails:
*6 page research paper-- didn't start
*3 page psychology paper final draft--finished the first draft
*complete lab report--didn't start
*prelab--almost finished
*chemistry problems--started but couldn't do any
*read psychology chapters--didn't start
*study for chemistry midterm--didn't start
*read all chemistry chapters--didn't start
Yeah, and this is all for monday or tuesday. Kill me now. I'm screwed =*(

Mallrats.
My day dedicated to studying went down the drain. When Jonathan was done with his midterm, he went straight to my house (along with some La Victoria).. so we did the usual, watched tv, played on the comp, blah blah blah. He needed to go to Eastridge to get fitted for his tux for Lisa's cotillion.. so I was going crazy because of the sales.. I wanted to buy shoes and like all this other crap from macy's and stuff.. but I didn't. We picked up my sister then went to Great Mall right after that. I wanted to exchange this jacket I bought, but they didn't have the size I wanted. We were in a rush again because Jonathan had to go back to school because he had a midterm at 5. There was no time to bring me back home and I couldn't go to class with him because they were taking a midterm, so killed time in the car for about an hour by throwing away receipts, playing with the new belts I bought, and calculated my cell phone minutes. When he came back, we went to Oakridge. Wow... it's soooo great there. I think I'm gonna start shopping there from now on because they have everything! We went to Old Navy and I returned the jacket and got a better one! and my dearest paid for the difference because I had no more money. Then we went to Border's because he wanted the Adobe Premiere book, but it was about $50 and he decided that he didn't want it that badly. But on a good note, he bought the "Finding Nemo" DVD for me! It was on sale! Oh these sales.. ahh I'm going crazy just thinking about the sales going on right now because I wanna buy so many things.. and I'm going crazy just thinking about the day after thanksgiving.. ahhh!

My sister & her new bf.
Well she's probably gonna be pissed at me for blogging about this, but I can't help it. I used to joke around with a friend of mine about how our younger siblings would get together one day.. and yeah.. we were right. She's trippin though because our mom knows, but she doesn't care! My mom knew about Jonathan in 7th grade and she was fine with it. It was my sister's fault anyway because she wouldn't tell me and I found out on my own by looking at her xanga. I'm telling you people, if you do not want your shit to be known, don't post it on your xanga/blog or your AIM profile. Don't get mad if the entire world finds out because it was YOUR BAD!

Shop til I drop.. or not.
So Jonathan and I decided to sleep in this morning so I was in fact late for my chemistry lecture.. oh well, chem sucks anyway. So for once, I drove to Santa Cruz while Jonathan annoyed me. I went to the rest of my classes while he stayed in the dorm and played cs. It was about 5pm when we left Santa Cruz and we didn't eat anything yet! So we went straight to Valley Fair and ate at Sarku.. yum! For some reason, we still weren't full, so we got some Cinnabon. Jonathan still wasn't satisfied.. but he let it be. The past few days we were at the mall, we were pressed for time, but not today! So we took our precious time browsing through all the stores we wanted to browse through. I was going crazy because I wanted to buy so many things.. ahh the sales!!!!! Instead, I bought my mom a birthday gift and accessories for myself. I realllllllllllly wanted this brown suede jacket that I wanted.. and it was on sale.. I tried it on.. it was beautiful and it smelled beautiful (I enjoy the smell of leather), but I did not purchase it because I felt that my mother was more important. By the time the two of us were done.. we were dragging our feet to my car. Jonathan didn't even buy anything.. haha. He almost bought this $30 furry hat thing at Gap, but I stopped him. My feet ache, my neck aches, my shoulders ache, I have a headache, and my eyes even ache! I was gonna study for my psych midterm with Jonathan while he studied for stats or something, but he ditched me. Oh well, I'll just study all by my lonesome. But going back to shopping, I'm tired as hell and I only bought accessories!

Santa Cruz.
As usual, Jonathan came to Santa Cruz on Thursday. Apparently, there were runners (streakers) again, but not as many as the first night. He showed me the mini movies he made and they were adorable. The next day, I went to class as usual while he waited in my dorm as usual then we went back to San Jose.

Date!
I was more excited than usual because he got a phone call and was informed that he did not have to work! So we went on a mini date.. we ate sushi at Ariake, went shopping at Great Mall, then watched "The Elf" at the theaters. We never watch movies there anymore, so I was excited because I knew we were going to see at least 5 people that we knew.. and we did.. haha.. even more. Back at my house, we watched tv, ate kettle corn, then went to bed.

Saturday
We had a rude awakening by my sister (because we slept in her room on her extra bed) and told us that we had to take her and her 2 friends to Dave n Buster's for their other friend's bday party. So Jonathan and I got ready.. then I get a call from Lisa and she informed me that we had cotillion practice. I was stressing because it was 12 when we left my house to pick up my sister's friends who weren't ready yet.. and practice started at 11. I was on the verge of tears because I was stressed out.. blah blah. We stayed at practice for about 30 or 40 minutes then left again to pick up my sister and her friends. Again, I was stressed out because I really wanted to exchange some things, but I had no time. I was rushed.. and I HATE being rushed especially when I shop. We had to be back before 3 because Jonathan had work.. blah blah. My sister's friends stayed at my house and Jonathan went to work. I was actually productive while I was at home.. I managed to finish hw assignments that are not due til later this week. When Jonathan came home from work, we went to his friend's cousin's party.. everyone was drunk. We didn't stay for long because it was already late. Back at my house, we chit chatted about whatever then fell asleep.

Today.
We had to wake up early again this morning because we had cotillion practice. Jonathan was lagging in the shower so we didn't get to Lisa's til 12. We practiced.. very productive practice.. then went home. We made a quick detour to Ross because I wanted to buy some cheap scarves, but no luck.. they were all ugly. Jonathan was just here for about 5 seconds, but he left to visit his mommy.

Bored.
I am bored because I dunno.. Oh yeah.. I rearranged my room because I was bored. First, I started cleaning it.. then I cleaned my closet.. then all of a sudden I was pushing furniture. I'm just typing nonsense now. I'm going back to Santa Cruz in the morning, but I'm going to leave after my last class to San Jose because I don't have school on Tuesday.

Saving time.
When I was on the bus this morning with Sherilyn on our way to chemistry, we see this guy walking on the sidewalk brushing his teeth casually. He had toothpaste in one hand, and brushing his teeth away with the other. He also had a water bottle conveniently placed in his pocket. I know we should do everything we can to save time, but that was just ridiculous.

School.
So I really thought I would be flunking out of college because I am SOOOO not disciplined when it comes to school anymore, but I am surprisingly doing well (for the first quarter). I have about a B+/A- in my english class, a B-/B in psychology, a B/B+ in chemistry, and a B+/A- in chemistry lab. Hopefully by the end of the quarter, I'll do better.

Bong Boy.
Sherilyn and I were walking to visit our friend Ryan at his dorm and all of a sudden we see a guy coming out of another dorm room..acting very secretive. We look down and we see his left hand holding a BIG ASS bong.. haha. He was trying to hold it behind his back so we couldn't see it.. but uhh... yeah we saw. We even laughed right when we saw it, but I guess he was too stoned to notice that we were laughing at him. When we walked past the dorm he came out of, we could hella smell the weed. Oh the pleasures here at UCSC.

November 1, 2000
I remember that day like it was yesterday. I didn't shed any tears, and I ended things like it was nothing. So this is kinda random, but I was thinking about it and felt like blogging. November 1, 2000 was the day Jonathan and I broke up... it's weird because if we weren't back together, it would have been THREE years being apart. It's so crazy how the years go by so fast.. but I guess it's a good thing in a way. But yeah, even though I didn't cry the moment I ended things, I cried like crazy like a minute later, even crazier the next day.. and yadda yadda. In a way, that break up was good for us because we were able to appreciate and love each other more. We were able to experience new people and new situations.. things that we probably could not do if we stayed together. Anyway, that is all in the past and we are together now and we are as happy as can be! yeah yeah.. kinda cliche, but we really are.. huh bubby boo boo???? haha.

Ass.. and lots of it.
On another random note, last night was First Rain (the first time it rains) at UCSC, so that means NAKED RUN. Yes people, it is true, there were hundreds of people running a marathon around campus last night.. NAKED and in the rain. It's so weird, yet kinda interesting, but still a bit disturbing. They ran through dining halls, in front of dorms, just everywhere. Mehgan said it was mostly guys and a few girls holding their big ass boobs while running. Hah.. I heard they do it 2 nights in a row sometimes, so maybe I'll see some ass tonight.. haha.
ice 0ueen 74 (10:29:03 PM): oh man...i don't think you'd want to see that
ice 0ueen 74 (10:29:06 PM): just alotta flopping
me (10:29:09 PM): haha ew
ice 0ueen 74 (10:29:39 PM): and boobs
ice 0ueen 74 (10:29:40 PM): and ass
ice 0ueen 74 (10:30:43 PM): all in all...it was interesting...

Another random thought.
My sister went to Cal-Skate tonight for the annual MHT Cal-Skate night. She told me that she couple skated (but not holding hands) and I hella thought of Jonathan and I during our MHT years and when we couple skated HOLDING HANDS.. *ooooooooooooh thinking about our younger years... it was only you and me.. we were young and wild and free. nowwwwwwwww nothing will take you away from me..* hah. the end.

Oh yeah, Jonathan and I also got haircuts today. I was about ready to chop all my hair off. I am seriously sick of it... it's so freakin long that I have to put my hair up everytime I have to go to the bathroom. It takes 20342903423 hours to brush, so most of the time it's up in a messy bun. If you are ever in Jonathan's car, you will find my hair all over the place and if you're ever in my room, you'll find my hair all over the place. Jonathan doesn't even like to hug me when we sleep because my hair goes in his face! But that punk is the reason why I won't/can't cut it. So I only got a trim today.. about 2 inches. Since I didn't get to chop it all off like I wanted, I treated myself to an eyebrow waxing too. lasdfjlaksdjflasdjf. I want to cut my hair!!!! and if I regret it, it will grow back.

Happy 18th Birthday Miss Eileen Mae Villanueava!!! (10/30)

Happy 18th Birthday Miss Jennifer Hang Le!!!! (10/31)

Happy 18th Birthday Mister Villiard Corrales Nguyen.. haha kidding! (11/1)

Happy 18th Birthday Mister Ryan Madarang! (11/1)

I love you all!

Halloween in Santa Cruz
That morning, Sherilyn was trying to explain to me that there was a guy sitting next to her in class in an orange jail outfit wearing a mask and that she was really freaked. 10 minutes later, she realized it was Halloween.. haha, anyway, out of my 3 classes that day, I only went to 1 and 1/4. I slept through my first class and missed another quiz.. well it's just an attendance quiz anyway.. I went to my chemistry class with Sher and Meg, but after being 15 minutes late, and then staying for 15 minutes, we left. I dunno, I was extremely lazy. Also, I totally forgot it was Halloween because it was my first year not dressing up and when I saw people in costume, I thought they were weirdos. With some people, I didn't know if they were in costume or if they were in their normals clothes.. haha. It also rained! But no naked people running around--you can ask me about that. I saw a white MC Hammer bumping "Ice Ice Baby" and a super hero with just body paint and pants on.

Applebees for Eileen
Jonathan, Meg and I went back to San Jose and after dropping Meg off, waiting for Sher and Ellison to arrive, and picking up Sheila, we were on our way to greet the birthday girl. Sher and I were realllly excited because we haven't seen everyone in a while, even though we come home every weekend. At Sheila's house, we ran into Sheila's room and hugged her.. haha.. she didn't even know it was us because it was so dark in her room, when she realized it was us, she gave us a hug. At Applebees, I gave everyone hugs and kisses and freakin Diana was the ONLY one in costume.. she was a pirate. During dinner, we gossiped, updated each other, talked about college life, made fun of each other, etc. It was just like old times. In the end, NO ONE wanted to do what Eileen wanted to do for her bday, except for a few of us. The problem was that Jonathan was the only willing driver.. well I was the only willing driver (of Jonathan's car). So Sheila, Diana, and I did our own thing while Jonathan slept in the car.

Castro Street
The way to San Francisco went by really quick because I was talking to Sheila and Diana about everything.. parents to boyfriends to school to whatever. Jonathan drove once we got to Castro Street and we sure did see all the freaks. We did not step outside of the car once, but it was so much fun. There were hundreds and hundreds of people walking around still and it was already 12 or 1am. I saw a lot of creative costumes.. a Spongebob who was really shaped like a box.. a SLIPPER!.. twister.. and my favorite, a typical filipino dude who was kinda chubby wearing a pink wig in pigtails! hahaha... that was mine and Sheila's favorite. Right when he passed by us, the two of us were laughing like crazy and he even laughed. We had our video cameras and people kept waving and coming up to us in the car and started dancing. There was one point when some random black and mexican dudes came up to our cameras and gave shout outs to their homies.. haha. Since our car was going 2 mph, a lot of people turned their music loud, got out of their cars, and started dancing around all the cars. Shoot, people were going hellllllla crazy..dancing in their cars, dancing out of their sunroofs, dancing on top of their cars... it was so fun to watch. The only bad part was that there was this one car in front of us with 2 black dudes and they were hella peeling out so helllllla smoke came out. It smelled like how my car smelled like when I started driving.. haha.. but 18234908340 times worse! So much smoke came out of their car that we couldn't even see through our window! The worst part was that there was hella black shit all over Jonathan's car when they were done. OH YEAH! When I was just randomly videotaping the costumed people, this mooseman ran up to the window and went BOO AAAAHHHHH!!!! and hella scared me.. haha, i was screaming too.. AND I have it on tape... hmm. Oh yeah, and when we finally U-Turned to go back home, this one guy tried running after a car that was in front of us and he got a cramp and he looked so funny running. I dozed off in the car a few times without being aware and before I knew it, I was home.

Disney On Ice
Yesterday, I felt like a kid again. We went to Disney on Ice because Jonathan saw it on the side of a bus and wanted to go.. haha.. and I guess as an anniversay gift in a way. Everywhere we turned, there were little kids jumping around everywhere asking their parents to buy them crap. I asked Jonathan if he would buy me a light up wand, and he said NO! I was so jealous of all the little kids because I was the only one who didn't have a light up wand! All the boys had light up swords and all the girls had those twirly light thingies or the wand. Oh well.. haha. Oh yeah, I also saw Henessey there. The show was sooooo good! It was about Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, and Goofy going on vacation. First they went to London where Peter Pan and Wendy were.. then where Cruela De Vil was with all the Dalmations. During the second act, they went underwater where Sebastian, Flounder, and Ariel where, then up shore to Hawaii where Lilo and Stitch were. The Little Mermaid segment was the best!!! I hope I go to the next one!

I'm tired of school!!!!! I feel like I'm behind in my school work.. I think I feel behind because I am used to completing a hw assignment a day or 2 days before the assignment is due, but this week, I seem to be doing my hw the day/night before. argh. I want to go home to San Jose. I miss my mommy. I miss my sissy. I miss my bubby.

The boyfriend and I are going to watch Disney on Ice on saturday.. I'm excited. The last time i went to Disney on Ice was when I was 9 or something.

So bubby came back.. we satisfied our sushi-deprieved stomachs.. then watched "Scary Movie 3". Since we were stuffed from the sushi, all we wanted to do was lay down.. the movie seemed soooo long even though it was less than an hour and a half long.

it's funny how I am in San Jose 4 days out of the week and I see my dearest 5 days out of the week.

GREAT WEEKEND!
So I haven't blogged in a while because I've been having lots and lots of fun. When my bubby came on thursday for our anniversary, I stayed up studying with Mehgan and Sherilyn while he played CS.. not a fun-filled anniversary this time, but it was great seeing him. The three of us gossiped all night about high school and dances and how much we miss getting dressed up.. yep, that was our study session. However, Sherilyn and I were teachers and taught Jonathan all the chemistry we knew.. just as a review for us. Friday morning we all ate breakfast together, then the three of us took our chemistry midterm. Mehgan was going crazy because she knew for sure she was getting a B.. shoot, a B is pretty dam good! But that's Mehgan for you. I was pretty much stressing the entire day because plans for going to Fullerton for friendship games kept getting fucked up. Jonathan ended up going back to San Jose to give his car to his mom, then picked everyone up with my mom's montero and then went back to Santa Cruz to pick me up. We had to go back to San Jose to take the freeway and yadda yadda.. there was a lot of driving. It was me, Jonathan, Jonathan #2, John, and Villiard. Finally, by 11 or 12am (6 or 7 hours later), we were settled at our hotels. I was planning to stay up and write my essays, but I slept. It was pretty scary driving at night because of the fire that was going on in socal.. the sky was brown, ashes were flying everywhere, it was just the perfect scene for a horror movie.

Saturday is when all the real fun began. Friendship games was alright I guess, it was kinda boring. The only good part about it is watching all the performances from the different schools. Of course, some schools are more spirited then others. When Ikan and I were looking for Jonathan, we spotted the very few Stanford students at their tent doing homework or reading text books.. haha. We all ended up leaving the games around 12pm (it started at 6am and we arrived at 9am) because of the boring-ness. BUT Jonathan, Jonathan #2, Joel, Nate, and I went to The Block, which is like the Great Mall, but 10 times better. I did some shopping, made Jonathan win me some carebear stuffed animals at the arcade place, watched Joel get on top of one of those electric bulls, ate, and yadda yadda. Back at the hotel, I took a nap with Jonathan and then we got ready for the Friendship Games after party at the House of Blues. I have never seen so many filipinos in my life. After standing in line for a good hour, we finally went inside. It was so hot in there.. and the dance floor was pretty dam packed. Unfortunately, Jonathan and I got kicked out within less than an hour for a reason that you can ask me about.. haha.. I wish they kicked us out sooner because we missed a 1045 showing of "Scary Movie 3". Oh well.. so the two of us went to ESPN zone and played games.. I dunno why but I had so much fun. I guess it brought back some early Jonathan and Jule memories. I also beat him in air hockey! At around 12 or 1, we met up with everyone who left the House of Blues early. My Diana was there too... and poor John and Villiard walked from our hotel to downtown Disney. It was soooooo hot outside still and ashes were still flying everywhere. Anyway, we went back to the hotel, picked up the car, then picked up John, Villiard, and Diana in Downtown Disney so they didn't have to walk back at such a late hour. I barfed in a brown paper bag.. pretty gross. Back at the hotel, I went straight to sleep.. no essay writing for me once again.

Sunday morning, I fixed mine and Jonathan's things to get ready to leave and I had to wake John up 239482304 times. We dropped Diana off at her hotel.. saw some familiar faces.. got some Baha Fresh.. then headed back to San Jose. When I got home I relaxed on the couch with my sister watching "Degrassi".. then we went to my grandparents house.. then ate KFC/Taco Bell.. and until 2 or 3am, Jonathan and I worked on my stupid welfare essay.

This morning I decided not to go to Chemistry so Jonathan and I slept in. We grabbed breakfast at McDonald's, picked up his wallet at his house, made a quick detour some place, went on a journey to search for a Jamba juice near his apartment, then were on our way to Santa Cruz. =( I did not want to go back because I didn't spend enough time with my family, but I'm coming home on Friday again.. so whooo!

Tonight, Jonathan is coming back to Santa Cruz.. then we're going to work on my psychology paper that is due tomorrow. After that, we are going on a mini date for sushi and a movie, which we haven't done in a while.

Friendship Games Weekend!
So I am pretty excited for this weekend... well my weekend starts tomorrow I guess. It's my 5 year 4 month anniversary (since the first time we got together) with Jonathan tomorrow and so he's coming to Santa Cruz, and then Friday afternoon we're going to leave for Fullerton. BUT, Villiard and John need a ride to Fullerton, soo I told them that they had to come with Jonathan on thursday if they wanted to ride with us. AND Ellison is coming for Sherilyn either thursday night or friday morning because it's their anniversary on friday. That means we're going to have a big sleepover galore! Shit, that means Sher and I are going to have a hard time studying for our chemistry midterm friday morning. Oh well, we miss our friends.. so we'll find time.

Bleh.
So I am back from taking my Psychology exam.. the class is an hour and 45 minutes long, and it took me only 45 minutes to take the test. I guess it isn't so bad that I finished early because a lot of other people finished before me. I'm just scared because I did study last night. I didn't want to overdue the cramming so I stayed up and did some chemistry. I woke up bright and early, ate cinnamon toast crunch, and was 30 minutes early for my class. I looked at the study guide which had 2593045803495 concepts on it, and I did study each and every concept, but just vaguely and not detailed. The thing that sucked is that on the exam, only few of the concepts, and I really mean FEW, were on the exam, and they were detailed! =( I hope I got a C at least.

Whoops!
So Jonathan dropped me off in Santa Cruz this morning, and right before I left to go to class and before he left to go home, I see his glasses laying on my desk. I notice that the "arms" on the frames were crooked, so I attempted to bend it back to it's original state. I ended up breaking it while Jonathan stares at me and says "noooooooooo".. haha. I'm sorry! I broke your glasses!

Passing grade!
So I received my first essay back today, and I got a B! I was VERY happy that I passed, but a little disappointed that it wasn't an A because I thought it was A material. Oh well, hopefully on the next one.

First college exam
My first college exam is tomorrow morning for PSYCHOLOGY. This is my favorite class and also my proposed major, so I should not be dreading it. BUT I AM BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST ONE AND THERE IS A LOTTT OF MATERIAL I NEED TO REVIEW! Please pray for me at 10am tomorrow morning.