airport. god. i couldn’t take my hands off of my phone. it was hectic. so many people to say goodbye too… all those people know who they are, and of course, I saved the best for last (any guesses who?) >:)
anyway, the 13 hour flight to LA was restless… my nocturnal nature kept me awake for most of the flight, with five cans of ginger ale beside me, an iPod with 3/4 battery capacity… didn’t i mention that we flew business class? hahah. and i wasn’t comfortable — maybe I should try for first next time?
Anyway, on landing, I got out my phone and tried to contact Cyrus, haha. and it worked (only to regret everything in the end. my phone bill went up to… [only cyrus knows how much my bill costs. and its a whole lot]
the AIR was COOL. it was COLD. hahaha. i could swear that I was jumping up and down on the tarmac. immigration wasn’t hectic, and we were out at about 30 minutes after we landed.
on the out, my uncle was there to greet us, and we exchanged greetings and we went on board to get to his house, our primary lodging for our stay here.
the next day, my uncle drove us to this walking mall strip, about a mile and a half from his place with my mom and sister. we ate, and then went shopping — i didnt spend ANYTHING. hahah. then we WALKED that same DISTANCE back to his house. i’ve done that for THREE times now, and i’m quite happy about it.
the first weekend, we went to a mall and I shopped in H&M, found these awesome pair of shorts — in fact, they were so awesome that i bought two — each with a different color, and this shirt. The shorts were 40 bucks apiece and then the shirt was fifteen. Add the 8.25% tax to that total, and my bill came up to $104.75 cents, i think. hahaha. DAMN.
the next day, we went to church to attend the first holy communion of my uncle’s friend’s daughter. :) then went to the Commons in Calabasas where i found BARNES and NOBLE (i missed this) and this personal care store — again, I spent a LOT here. hahaha!
on the thursday after, we went to universal studios and enjoyed like hell there. (i got an annual pass — so i can come back within the year) i really wish i could be there with him and some of our friends. it was SO fracka cool. The Jurassic water ride, the mummy returns roller coaster (seriously, it was scary), the studio tour (johnny depp!) and all the fun stuff there… i seriously was living on the high road (if i wasn’t already living in it… hahah!) and then went back to the Hilton to prep for watching Wicked in LA… (coat and tie in the US — i didn’t look like me at all) anyway, there was this brief interlude, and I was bored so I decided to call up cyrus, since he was with some friends and i really needed a social thorzine drip. the rest of the night went blank… only that I enjoyed it a lot.
on saturday, we went to las vegas which was about a 4-hour drive from LA, stopping by the outlet mall here — i bought Banana Republic perfumes, which made me happy. :)
arriving in my uncle’s condo in sin city was a breather… we then ate in a Filipino fastfood resto — where the food was jsut like HEAVEN. hahahah! :)
we worked the next day. (i’ll not insert the details here) and then walked to Sahara & Stratosphere to inquire about our hotel bookings for the week after (we’re coming back) with my dad and Buchay.
come monday, today… we’re prepping up to leave and to impress my uncle’s broker, who would be renting the place out… and we’re set to leave in about an hour. im just not really sure.
i’ve got tons of photos and a whole ledger of stories. i wanna share it with him and her and her. :)
tomorrow, we’ll be on our way to Vallejo, and then San Francisco until the Friday. (it’ll be fun, i think.) and then on the weekend, we’ll either go to Malibu, Santa Barbara or Santa Monica. or idk. then Camarillo (outlet) by sunday. Monday I think, will be dinner with som of mom’s friends… Then we go to the Disneyland Hilton by tuesday, then disneyland hotel wednesday — we’ll be taking the two-day pass to disneyland and califoria ewan-land. haha :) cool cool cool.
thursday, my dad and Buchay arrives here, and then the next day, we’ll be bound for Las Vegas again. i dont know the details, but we’d be back by monday.
Tuesday, we leave for Toronto — im not sure about our itinerary, only thing i know is that my Aunt assured me that it would be better and more fun there than here (if that’s even possible) i guess we’ll wait and see… (i guess, since my cousins are a bit older than me, and then we’d go out and bar-hop or something, or whatever. hahaha — no PARENTS allowed. that’s the beauty of it.)
Oh well, i come back to Manila on the 31st of May, and i wanna go out on the 2nd of June. I hope all plans fall in place…
Oh well, long entry — i miss a lot of people back home, three of them come into mind everyday, and I hope you know who you three people are.
Alright. I’d go.
Rastine Mercado–out. :)
