pensées

has it been six months?!  I guess so… kasi i am about to move out of my apartment again and move back to irvine… parang umiiyak lang ako kahapon sa eroplano pabalik ko dito ha (diba kaye??!!)… ang bilis talaga ng panahon… pero ang dami nang nangyari… madami? worth bang inumerate ang mga nangyari saken this year? hahaha… of course! no matter what, i will always be grateful for life’s little gifts.

1. i have moved on - wala nang elaboration to… basta alam ko na ibig sabihin nito… hahaha… pang asar sa mga nagbabasa ng blog ko… lets just say i have moved on from loving someone to realizing its just not meant to be… ok na ko ngayon, as in…

2. found my best guy friend - i have been accused by this person that i love him… sabi ko nga sa kanya ano bang ginawa ko to make him think that… salbahe nga ko sayo diba? he said kasi daw of all the things he did for me, baka daw in love na ko… well, kung hindi ko lang siguro alam na babaero ka from the start… baka! hahaa… this person takes care of me, protects me like his child, sacrifices a lot to make me safe and happy, tolerates my stubborness, makes me smile when i am really down, drives barcie for me though he growls at me when i make a mistake at giving directions, fights me to death when i want to drive at 3:30 am and most importantly, would wake up early in the morning just to buy me breakfast at Jollibee… Hahha… teka, ibang tao na pala yung dine-describe ko!!! Oo na… i love you… pero bilang best guy friend lang po (kasi papatayin ako ni alee kung walang guy na nakalagay dyan)… much as i want to fall again, hindi mo pa po ako napapapunta sa kang-kungan, sabi ko cyo, katawan lang ang katapat ko, ma-iinlove na ko…hahhaa.. achu-chu!!! bili mo muna ko breakfast sa Jollibee, baka ibili na kita ng x-box sa birthday mong hindi mo masabi sabi saken!

3.  found another "mommy" - my roomate, tita del, is 50-ish and is a certified mommy na rin… pero we had a memorable time together… sobrang ok ang time spent ko with her… thanks tita for everything ha…

4. found new great american and peruvian (tama ba to??) friends - melissa and monica turned out to be really special friends for me… i will always be thankful for them…

5. Hawaii!!! - how can i forget?! i have been to one of my to go to list destinations…

6. BARCIE - ano ba yan… how can my baby be number 6 on the list?! that just proves na mas mahalaga pa rin ang non-material things sa buhay… pero i would think barcie is the biggest thing for me this past six months… eh kasi wala naman akong choice, kailangan ko na talaga ng kotse… ayaw ko na umiyak sa parking lot na malamig habang naghihintay ng carpool noh… lowest point in my life here in the states so far…

7. learned how to drive - ano ba namang pinag-sasabi ko kasi nung una?!?! natuto nga pala ako magmaneho this first half of the year!!! noong una, super takot ako sa freeway… ngayon, eh 80 miles/hour na ko mag-drive… i lied about the forever 65 thing… pucha ang bagal ko pala tlga magmaneho dati! no wonder lagi akong nilalampasan noon… hah! pero hindi na ngayon noh… ako na nanglalampas ngayon! God, pwera huli lang po… please…

8. make a wish foundation - hindi pa ko active pero i have applied to become a volunteer… i am very excited for this and i really hope this becomes my number one accomplishment for the next six months

wala na kong maisip… overall, pwede na rin… pero marami pa ring nights na malungkot ako kasi i miss a lot of people… meron times gusto ko na lang umuwi ng weekend sa pinas at bumalik lang din agad… siguro kung mura lang ticket, baka! pero mas ok na naman ako ngayon, mas maka-adapt na ko… this is God’s gift to me, i will make the most out of it…

Hawaii was definitely a destination listed on my to go to list. I am so grateful that it has finally been achieved… and nonetheless with my favorite travel companions, the palawan group, except for one who was my designated partner whom i missed so much during the trip (you can ask pam taba, i really missed you in hawaii)

So, how did it go? We spend 5 days in Kauai, northern most island in the state of Hawaii and 3 days in Oahu where the capital Honolulu was situated. We stayed at Princeville Village in the Northern part of the island which had a view of the ocean and had a spectacular facade that made us say "panalo!" We toured the beaches in Kauai specifically Poipu (known to be one of the beaches in the world, to which declaration i vehemenently oppose to since it doesn’t even compare to Camiguin, let alone Boracay), Lyndgate beach park, Tunnels beach (which they said was one of the best  snorkling destinations in Hawaii, which doesn’t even compare to Puerto Galera let alone El Nido and Sipalay), we also went to Kee beach and toured the Na Pali coast in a speedboat… this was great!  We saw dolphins! And our tour guide said that if we make a lot of noice, they will get excited and show more stunts, and he wasn’t kidding! One of the very excited dolphins actually made flips with so much excitement… so cool! Joshua (the tour guide) said that they haven’t been laughing so hard and having so much fun in giving tours for awhile… he said we definitely know how to have fun! Hahaha… he was damn right about that…

So, we went tubing and though this event was again overrated, the crew though was certified CUTE-cle alert level 1. SOBRANG ka-guwapuhan ng mga papang nag-assist samin… parang gusto mo laging mahulog dun sa tube para assist ka… hehehe… I actually tricked Pam into believing I was taking her picture, nag-pose pa cya pero si cutie papa ang kinukuhanan ko! Hahaha.. guwapo!!! Kaya nung nagZIPing naman kami, high hopes na sana super guwapo rin ng nag-aassist… pero hindi eh… but we had a lot of fun sa ziping event na yan… si Pam lang may kasalanan saken kasi hindi ako makuhanan ng super gandang pictures katulad ng meron sila… bad trip! So I had to settle with the almost there ziping picture ko… hehehe… buti na lang walang friendster tong si Pam! Hahha…

We also went to the Allerton Gardens, National Botanical Garden na biological science tour pala… eh we were more models and photographers rather than scientist so medyo naloko ang Lolo instructor namin… hehehe… and in fairness, marami rin sa pinagsasabi nya ang nasa Pinas kaya medyo naloko na naman kami sa activity na to… But we had fun posing that for sure!  Nag-punta rin kaming Waimea Canyon na super ganda sana with the sunset sa background, pero in fairness, very cloudy at pang two-by-two picture ang background na nakita namin dun… hahaha… but we had so much fun doon, nag-pictorial kami to exhaustion to perfect our jumping and emotions pictures… you really can’t go wrong when you are with your friends…

My favorite event in this trip was the Luau dinner we had. It is authentic luau dinner with a cultural show show casing Hawaiian dances… And there was one thing that will complete this experience, I HAD TO HAVE A LEI on my neck… that was none negotiable… It was THE MOST to do list on this Hawaii Trip…. and I was really happy with it cause the colors of my flowers matched my dress… hahaa! I really loved this event…

My favorite place in Kauai was the Spourting Horn… I was so excited when I saw this place coz I had no idea it was that! It was supposed to be in my to do list in my Hawaiian dream trip but I thought that there was no such thing in Kauai… buti na lang Nyggie pumunta tayo dito!!!

So after Kauai, we went to Oahu and saw that Waikiki Beach what really represents Hawaii in most of our minds… very matao and very commercialized… and very guwapo populated area… hehhehe… our Favorite Sight in every place we go to… We also went to the North Shore specifically Sunset Beach and in fairness, this was a good beach… we had fun swimming in the beach and of course doing our pictorials… it was very different also cause we have two angels with us, Ethan and Betina… Donald and Zen’s kids… yaya Nyg and yaya Pam were very good with doing their jobs… hehehe… Kainitan portion tong time na to… so don’t wonder bakit sobrang iitim namin…

The trip was definitely an experience but there was one great thing I realized… and our country is definitely beautiful, and we need to let the whole world know about it… Ihave been to so many good beaches in the Philippines that I had high expectations from the beaches of well known tourist destinations, as far as the beaches in Kauai are concerned, my islands back home don’t compare… they EXCEED the ones in Kauai… nothing compared to the fishes and corals in El Nido and Sipalay, even Puerto Galera… to the turqoise blue waters in Apo Island, Camiguin… to the pristine white sand in Boracay, Bohol and Coron… this list can still go on and on and my heart is swelling with pride for the beauty that is the Philippines… as the people in Cali told me, the Department of Tourism should pay me for promoting the Philippines…

So I have 5 more specific destinations to go… next stop… Bora-Bora… so sa nag-promise na tutuloy kami doon next year, wala nang bawian… may kontrata na… hehehe…

1:50 am, 06/07/06… just can’t help but look at our Hawaii pictures… will work again later today… but my heart will always want to stay near the beach… lumipat na kaya ako doon?  isip-isip muna…

stories about the trip… next blog…