FIGHT ON!!

Welcome back to myself to the beautiful Philippine islands! Beautiful nga ba? Yung ibang parts, oo. Isa lang ang masasabi ko, ang init!!!! Iba talaga ang init dito sa Pinas. Kakaiba! Hahahaha!!! Ang dalas ko na tuloy maligo.

- sa LAX

Ang haba ng aking biyahe. 32 hours sya kasi meron akong 2 stopovers tapos kasama sa stopvers na yun ay 12 hour na layover sa Seoul, South Korea. Buti hindi sa North! Hahaha!!! Korean Air kasi ang pinili kong flight para maiba naman at para makapunta ako ng Japan at South Korea.

Mababait ang mga flight attendants ng Korean Air. At mga bata pa sila at magaganda at laging mga naka-smile. Di tulad ng mga nasakyan kong ibang airlines. Dapat talaga may rule na kapag lampas na sila sa certain age ay dapat mag-retire na sila. Ehem, ehem, Hawaiian Air! Hahaha!!! Sa PAL okay lang pero dapat mas friendly sila and with a smile. Ang galing din ng mga flight attendants ng Korean Air kasi marunong sila ng Korean, Japanese at English.

- view from my window of Tokyo and Narita Airport

Muntik pa ako maligaw sa connecting flight ko sa Japan. Nakisunod na lang ako sa isang group na may connecting flight din to Seoul. Nag-travel pala ako bale ng halos isa't kalahating araw- 11 hours from LA to Japan, layover in Japan for 2 hours. 3 1/2 hours from Japan to South Korea, layover in Korea for 12 hours(!!!), 4 hours from Korea to Japan. Di tuloy ako gaanong nakatulog kahit na may 12 hours ako sa Seoul.

Pero nabusog naman ako sa buong flight. Nakakabusog yung mga food sa Korean Air. Kahit dun sa flight from Japan to South Korea na 3 hours lang eh meron talagang dinner! Kung sa ibang airlines yan ay drinks lang yun, minsan pa ay wala!

- sunset on the way to Seoul
- Incheon Int'l Airport (people were watching the soccer game of the Korean team)

Nakakatuwa sa Incheon Airport, dahil sa sobrang bored ko ay nilibot ko yung airport nila. And dami nilang duty free stores. Tapos sa restrooms nila ay di mo na kailangang maglagay ng toilet seat cover kasi automatic na'to magpapalit, basta i-press mo lang yung button. Tapos meron ding courtesy bell so kapag nauutot ka, i-press mo lang yun at gagawa sya ng noise para hindi marinig yung ginagawa mo. Pero di ba obvious na yun na may ginagawa ka kaya mo nga yun ginamit?

Lagi akong window seat pag sumasakay sa eroplano para kita ko yung views. Kahit na mahirap pumunta sa restroom kasi harang yung katabi ko okay lang. Dun nga sa 11 hour flight ko ilang beses kong hinakbangan yung katabi kong babae kasi tulog sya eh. buti di nya naramdaman nung nasipa ko sya! Hehehe!!!

- hanapin ang Iglesia ni Kristo
- SM ang unang sasalubong syo
- di ko alam kung anong lugar to, basta malapit sa NAIA

- see what I'm talking about?
Nung pababa na yung planes sa Japan at South Korea, ang makikita mo ay mga greens at clear yung sky. Sa Pinas naman habang bumababa yung plane ay dumidilim yung langit dahil sa kapal ng pollution tapos ang daming mga bahay. Nag-iisa talaga ang Pinas!

These past few days have been great!!! Last Sunday, I went to Hollywood to catch the show of UP Concert Chorus. Although the ticket costs $30(!!!) I still went to see it 'cos my blockamate Camille was there. When I was already there, I thought the ticket includes a free program, but no! It costs $2! Oh well, I didn't know that it would be this expensive just to see my friend.

After the show, we had a few minutes to catch up and talk. I wanted to show her around LA but she said they(her host family and the Concert Chorus) already had plans. She said they were going to Disneyland. At first I thought it was lame because I didn't really enjoy Disneyland when I went there and it said in the news that it would rain. She wanted me to come with them but I told her I'll think about it.

The next day(Monday), she called while I was sleeping to ask if I was going with them. I figured I won't be able to see her in a few years so what the heck! I told her that I would just meet them there and that I would bring a friend. So I called Zyra and asked if she wanted to come with me and she said yes! So I took a shower, ate breakfast and went to my school to buy a Disneyland ticket. Our school sells discounted tickets to USC students to theme parks and other entertainment locations but still, $64 was expensive for me.

I drove hurriedly to Zyra's place eventhough the freeways were slippery due to the rain so we could get to Disneyland right away. When I was on fast lane on I-105 West, the car in front of me swerved to the left so he could avoid the car in front of him that stopped suddenly. Since the road was wet, he swerved quite hard. When I saw this happen in front of my eyes and heard his tires screeched, I thought I won't be able to brake in time and that I would crash in to him. The first thing I said to my self when I saw these unfold, "Okay, here we go again! Another accident! My insurance will go up!" Good thing I was able to brake and there was no car in the carpool lane. If there was an approaching car on that lane, he might have hit it and he might have spun and hit me beacause I was so close to him, like 5 feet. He recovered right away when he swerved and was still able to stare at the driver that caused the would-have-been accident. When I told Zy what happened, she wondered why the first thing that came to my mind was about my insurance and not about me being hurt or losing limbs. My explanation is that I care more about money than myself! Hahaha!!! Joke! I don't know why. Maybe because I know that the collision won't cause me much injuries and would only damage my car.


Disneyland was fun! Maybe because I was with people my age. When I first went there, I was with my family so I didn't enjoy it that much but this time was different. Before meeting with Camille, Zy and I went to ride Splash Mountain. The group we were with in the log kept on splashing water with each other and we got wet because of them, not beacause of the ride!! We were able to ride quite a number of rides but we weren't able to go to the California Adventure park. We were at Disneyland until their closing time. Then, Camille and I said our farewells. How sad... Hahahaha!!!!

The next day(Tuesday), Zyra and I picked up Yosef near Beverly Center so we could watch The Da Vinci Code at 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica. At first, he didn't want to see the movie because he already saw it but majority won so we ended up watching that movie. We were supposed to catch the 7:10pm showing but we were late beacuse of the rush hour traffic and we ate dinner first at CPK. (I wasn't able to bring my camera so there are no pictures with Yosef)

The movie ended at 11:30. When we got out of the theater, we decided to walk toward the beach to check it out but ended up not going because it was dark in that area and we got scared. We just decided to go home but Yo kept on insisting to see the Hollywood sign. I told him no because it was already midnight and I was already tired. Then we also got lost on the way to Yosef's place! Yosef didn't exactly know where he lives so we ended up driving on Silverlake and Sunset Blvd. It took us 1 hour on what is ideally a half hour drive. In the end, it was fun eventhough we got lost!

After few months, nadalaw ko rin si Zyra. Kasi ba naman eh, ayaw nya ako puntahan! Lagi na lang ako! So kahapon ko lang naibigay yung mga padala nyo sa kanya for Christmas at nun lang namin napaghatian yung Cloud 9 at Choc-nut na bigay nyo Rhea.


(may oras pa akong kumuha ng pic habang nagda-drive no?!)

Alam ko late na kami pero nanood din kami ng MI:3. Plano sana namin ay dun kami sa bargain time manonood para mura pero natagalan ako sa pagpunta kina Zy kasi traffic. On the way to theater, si Zy ang nag-drive. Napaka-cautious mag-drive ni Zyra (in other words, mabagal). Pero okay lang, ganyan talaga pag bago. Ang masasabi ko lang sa movie ay hindi ko gusto ang ending. Boring!!



Dapat mas marami pa dito yung pictures ni Zyra eh. Binura ba naman nya nung pinahiram ko sa kanya yung camera ko! Nakakaasar!!! Dapat may 5 pics sya na puro nakatakip yung mukha nya eh. Pinicturan ko sya ulit pero sabi nya di na raw sya magtatakip kaya yan, puro nakangiti yung kuha nya. Bumili nga pala ako ng bagong digicam kaya wala na akong pera. So wala na talaga kayong pasalubong! hahahaha!!!!


Countdown: _ _ days before my flight. hehehe!!!

Wow! The school year is over! How time flies!