Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

well since christmas is over and the new year approaches in about 2 days..it must be time to reflect on the past year..what has been accomplished..what's in store for the new year..yada yada..

hmm let's see in 2003:

- i've officially been a part of the so-called "real-world"
- i still live at home..ha!
- i was able to visit my family in the philippines which has given me a new understanding of what appreciation & humbleness mean
- i still keep in touch and keep friendships with the irvine folk
- i've learned that my body functions so much better with 8 full hours of sleep=P
- my tolerance for alcohol has dropped, but i do like them rasberry kamikaze's
- i am always surrounded by family and i know they are a blessing and should never ever be taken for granted!
- i've learned that we should take better care of our health
- i'm slowly understanding the way my parents' minds work..and how much i wish we could have understood each other better before
- i've begun my trek towards fitness with my gym membership=)
- i purchased my very own car..yay!
- i've come to really love those saturday at home movie/anime nights
- i said iloveyou to boogerlou=P *wow corny i know=P*
- orlando bloom became my second boyfriend..hehe
- i learned that work is just work..never let work or the people at work get to you!
- i became honking happy! ha thanx cecile!
- after going to so many sushi joints, koji's still has the bomb crunchy roll
- me & louie boy became boarding junkies..or are at least in the process=P
- i became one year older! ahhhhh

yah i'm sure there's so much more to write but oh well..so what's in store for the new year?? hopefully a lot!..full of travels, food, family & friends...and i'm thankful for all the blessings i've been given so far..i guess that's all for now..ok just wishing everyone an early Happy New Year!..y'all be safe..and i'll be seeing you in 2004 baby! woohoo!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
-T. S. Eliot

so i think i've finally finished all my christmas shopping..just have to buy one more thing and i'm set..but man..going to brea mall to shop is just asking for trouble..not the bad trouble..but the "man it took us freakin like 45 minutes just to find parking" trouble..and what's funny is that it's christmas time..you'd think that the holiday spirit would be with all of us even when looking for parking..but dang..some people can get vicious in those parking lots..pretty sad dude seeing people play chicken for parking spots..it was a madhouse in those lots!!..heehee and the bad shopper i am couldn't resist buying the magic johnson throwback jersey for myself..i know i could've given it to someone..but i finished all my shopping..don't we deserve little presents also?..heheh bad i know..i already got a scolding from boogerlou not to buy anything else..gosh=P..ooh and we also got to watch last samurai on friday..can i just say that that was a goooood dopeass movie?..and umm..it's normal to cry at the end right? or was i just being supersensitive? either way the movie was bad ass and i love samurai!!!..hehe..and now i can't wait to watch my boyfriend orlando this week in lotr:rotk!! woohoo that movie is gonna be crazy..i can't wait!..man i'm so tired right now..but the tiredness was worth all the galavanting we got to do at disneyland yesterday..thanx to the buddies and the hook-ups!!=P...one can never go wrong sporting the blue disney rain poncho all day and running around like kookoo people in the park..heheh..good times i say..good times.

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

The grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
-Allan K. Chalmers

gosh how i love these long weekends..too bad monday had to ruin the fun..oh well..tomorrow's hump day and the work week should zoom by after that..btw..happy birthday john joseph melocoton (?) carlos!!!hehe now i know your full name=P...damn..i thought i would stuff myself like crazy seeing how it was thanksgiving and all..but i seem to have eaten something at the potluck last wednesday that my tummy didn't like..because...tun tun tuuuuuuuun..yup..i freakin had ummmm bowel problems all weekend..=(..it was so sad..there was soooooooo much good food on thanksgiving too..and as much food as i ate and as fast as i ate it..the faster my stomach churned and it came right out..hahah gross i know..but it sucked...having diarrhea on thanksgiving weekend??..hehe and i don't think snowboarding thanksgiving morning and eating that chili bowl helped my situation either..hahah..oh well..at least i still have some leftovers to grub on=P..and thank goodness for that pink stuff medicine..even though it tasted gross..it coated my stomach just enough for me to feel better and watch the lakers squash the spurs on friday at staples...and yay..they even gave my robert horry a little presentation and we all gave him a standing ovation..i know he's still a lakers player at heart!!!...so despite my bathroom issues...thanksgiving weekend was still a good one..and now it's back to work..at least christmas season is spreading around here..we've been signing up for our christmas potluck..and then we get our luncheon catered by our bosses...christmas time is always nice..too bad it doesn't last all year..it should though shouldn't it?..and be proud..i did go shopping the day after thanksgiving..but, i didn't buy anything for me..all christmas shopping...hehe i should thank boyfriend for that..thank you boyfriend for helping me not go shopping happy..=P

so i've got a poinsetta plant in my cube that one of my co-workers gave me..and now i've just heard that they're filled w/ poison..hence they're name..is that true?..they're so pretty though..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Gratitude is from the same root word as grace the boundless mercy of God. Thanksgiving is from the same root word as think, so to think is to thank.
-Willis P. King

God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you?"
-William A. Ward

in honor of this upcoming thanksgiving weekend, two quotes will be published=P...hoooowah it's already freakin the weekend...i'm going to gain so much this weekend...thanksgiving potluck w/ the buddies tonight, thanksgiving lunch con mi familia in corona, thanksgiving dinner w/ lou's familia..and leftovers for the rest the week..and we know how much of a baboy i am..grrrrrrrrrreat..heheh luckily i stopped by 24 hour last night for that free trial workout...and now..you are looking at the newest member (again=P) of 24-hour fitness..couldn't come at a better time..with the holidays here already, i'm going to need to really exercise my gluteus maximus (??) off if i want to be in shape by march's cruise..hehe. i swear i can't believe that it's already thanksgiving..november's almost over & they've already started playing all the christmas songs on the radio..i do love this time of year though..despite the craziness at the malls/supermarkets/basically any place where shopping can be done..christmas time always gives me that nice warm feeling of happiness and gratitude..which reminds me..this friday i need to get all my christmas shopping done..yah right..it'll take me at least 2 weekends, i haven't even started yet..it's fun shopping for people though...what's bad is when i like something that i've bought for someone & i end up buying it for myself too..shame on me i know=P..oh my gosh..and i have to start writing my christmas cards..hahah you know you've all loved getting my cards for the past 6 years now..dang i can't believe it's already been 6 years...awww...haha so anywas, for some reason i have this movie line in my head "run and hide, you better run and hide" at least it goes something like that..i'm pretty sure it's an al pacino movie..scent of a woman?..i'm not sure..but it's been bugging me for the past hour..any takers?...all right..well everyone have a happy turkey day!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Friends are treasures.
-Horace Bruns

okay so i know i lagged..but the b-day pics are up...check them out...enjoy!

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
-Benjamin Disraeli

man..quotes can be so simple, yet so perfect sometimes..how about i try to make one up and be famous too=P.."food is good, if you're good you get food"???=)..mmm doesn't sounds as original and extraordinary as some other phrases..that should be put in the miscellaneous quotes..i remember freshman year in hs i had this friend who was like a total nympho..and she'd always write this quote in my planner "sex is evil, evil is sin, sin is forgiven, so let us begin"..hahah that always seems to make me laugh..such a naughty girl..okay so speaking of sex..there are times when i'll walk into the women's bathroom here at work and for some reason it'll smell like that scent from those trees walking by main library at uci..you know..that man juice smell?..i mean..i know that our floor is predominantly male, but dang would people really do it in the women's bathroom?..or maybe it's just some funk that's in the sink..i dunno..i just thought it was funny..cuz that smell reminded me of the trees at uci..haha..so anyways..last night lou and i went to magic castle w/ some of my co-workers..yes yes i know i wrote about my co-workers earlier..but these are the ones i like..these are the normal people..the others who weren't invited to go are the meanies of our section and like to cause trouble..but yah, i did notice that i have so much more fun w/ this group and we're all just pretty laid back..no ulterior motives, no scheming for promotions..nada..just a bunch of people who want to relax after work...why can't it always be like that?

dude..ever since the whole daylight savings, by the time i get home it's soooo dark outside that i can't run anymore..puts a damper on my whole fitness deal..lately i've been trying to replace my runningless days by doing stairs at work..at least 35 flights for 3 days each week..and man it's soooo freakin painful..i think i'd like to join a gym now..but i can't decide between 24 hour, which brings back memories of me and andree working the front desk there at the uci 24 hour, or l.a fitness, which is like 5 miles farther from 24 hour..hmmm decisions decisions..

so anyways my house is getting re-painted inside..the fumes are killer man..we have to leave all our windows open and it get's so cold at night..i feel like a rolled up taco when i go to sleep cuz i wrap all the blankets around me and over my head..i always have this thing where if my head is facing the window and it's cold that i should cover it w/ a beanie or hoodie or something or else i'll get sick..i think that's one of my parents' superstitions or something..i wonder why it is that filipinos are so superstitious..."don't sleep w/ your hair wet, you'll be blind in the morning", "don't laugh at the dinner table, you'll end up marrying an old man", "the oldest has to get married first, if not he/she becomes an old maid" (or is this one only for girls? no se), "don't wave bye to people leaving for vegas/to go gamle, it brings them bad luck", "if you sneeze 3 times in a row, you'll have good luck"..hahah i swear the list can go on and on...okay time to finish my work=P...and on to skidazzle afterwards..yeeeeeeeeeeeha!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
- Henry Ward Beecher

first off..i would like to thank all those who gave me birthday greetings and all those who came out last friday..it means a lot you guys..muchos gracias from the bottom de mi corazon=P..i guess 3 years of espanol in hs doesn't make me totally fluent eh?..oh well..but anyways..yah i had so much fun during my b-day weekend..and even better fun spending my b-day snowboarding!..i can't say thank you enough..but again..thank you!!..and i know i lag on the pictures and stuff..but i promise that this weekend i'll upload all the pics and post them up..(*on a side note: miss aileen..i've got a photo of you front side and your back side...remember, you willingly took these=P..so until i receive consent i will not post those 2 hilarioso pictures)..i also got some..uhhhh unexpected pictures courtesy of gee and his models=P..took me awhile to figure them out..but i know who participated..haha..oh and thanx to johnjohn for the lunch yesterday!..so question: do you consider your co-workers your friends? this has been in my mind for awhile and i just don't know..i mean..i've always thought..keep you work life and your social life separate..it just makes things easier..but i guess yesterday my co-workers wanted to take me out for lunch and i said.."oh can we go on thursday, my friend's taking me out to lunch" and blah blah..they were like..oh so we're not your friends..and blah blah..i dunno..at first i thought i could talk to these people..but after awhile..you start to notice that although you'd like to consider them as friends..in the long run..they are still your "co-workers"..and for some reason..people would do anything to further they're career..i mean work is work..when you go home it's over..time to relax..but lately..it's like work has become some competition or something..instead of helping each other..it's more like..i know more than you, so let's keep it that way..i guess cuz they want to be promoted?...i mean not everyone's like that..but it's just so shady..and it freakin boggles my mind that people can be like that..to each their own i guess...so yah..that's where i'm like..huh?..you want me to call you friend, when you act like that?..maybe i'm being drama..but damn..i never would have thought grown adults would act like this..too much politics in the work place these days..no me gusta. but i will not let that bring me down..i have other things to think about, and other people to be grateful that they're in my life..i know this is a confusing post..but remember..always cherish those you love..and be grateful for the things you have..okay the end..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.
-F.P. Jones

grrrrr...stupid drivers are one thing..stupid drivers, specifically the woman in the burgundy 850 volvo with license plate 4xjl24* (i'll leave her a bit anonymous) who wouldn't let me merge from the 101s entrance from hollywood bl when it's my turn to go, piss the freakin shietz out of me..so..as i'm merging to go in, stupid girl creeps up trying to not let me in..well hellooooo chick, if you don't let me in i'm about to run off the curb..so of course i merge some more..then the freakin biatch gases it, so I have to brake hard otherwise she'll hit me..and that did it..taking cecile's advise..i got honkity honk honk honk happy!..damn dude..did the road rage come out..and since it was bumper to bumper traffic..i decided to let my bumper kiss her ass..yah i know..i became those people i hate..but if you were only there..you'd understand!!..so homegirl starts flicking me off..so fine i do the same..i don't even stare away from her rearview so she could see my angry glare!..hahaha...but yes, i was still watching the surrounding traffic with my peripheral vision, so i was being cautious=P..and then..we get to another area where cars have to merge..so the chick lets that car merge ahead of her!!..and what do i do?..hoooooooonkity honk honk hoooooooooooonk! enough so, that the truck driver next to me decides to honk also..and then the chick raises her arms in the air in that "what's up you want a piece of me" kinda gesture..so i'm honking and i'm yelling..and then i get over it...ha..well kinda..i still stayed behind her..i switched lanes when she did..until she had to merge onto another fwy..then i boned out of there so she couldn't get my plate #..oh well..normally i wouldn't do that...but i was already in a bad mood..that bam..that chick just triggered the rage!..shame on me i know..but to err is human right?...riiiight!...anyways..onto bigger and better business..so i noticed during that storm we had on wednesday, that downtown l.a. was freakishly beautiful under the night sky...with the strikes of lightning reflecting from the builidngs and the fogged up cloudy air surrounding the structures..i dunno..it was...what's the word...a picturesque moment i guess..and with all the rain fallen, means snoooooooow...i hope the snow holds up til monday/tuesday..cuz that's when me and boogerlou are planning to go boarding for my b-day=)..damn..i can't believe i'll be 24 on tuesday..it's crazy to think how fast the time flies..i swear i could remember blogging about how i was turning 23 last year..geez..oh well..i guess i'll try to see it as another year to look forward to..should be cool...only one more year until i can rent cars!..hahah..cooooool=P..so in celebration..i will party my ass of tonight con mis amigos and dance the night away...ahhh..what more could one ask for?..

-aloha and mahalo..belle=)

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

i've noticed that i have a lot of things planned out for next year..but not this year...like how i want to go to europe in summer 2005..how i've decided to rent an SUV limo for my 25th b-day to be spent in vegas cruising the strip=P...but what about this year...so far a cruise seems to be happening in march..my 24th birthday is in about 2 weeks..but i have no idea what i'm doing for that..maybe the same as last year..dinner before partying our asses off at corner office..maybe spend the following weekend in sd and checkout gaslamp w/ the buds..we'll see i guess..

so..i'm turning 24 soon..and i guess since my birthdays around the corner i've started to see the age difference between being born in 79 and being born in the 80's...haha i think this happens to me everytime my birthday comes up, i start to dwell on those good 'ol kiddie days..so yah, on saturday when ryan was checking the channels on tv, it happened to fall on channel 7 (??) and they were freakin showing re-runs of the LITTLES!!! remember that show?...those little human rat people?..w/ grandpa little, lucy, the aviator cousin and the little brother?..so me and ryan both yell.."the littles!!" and mel's friend goes.."what's that?"...hahahah..not that it's bad or anything..i just thought it was funny..i mean how can you have missed out on the littles!!!!!!!...man, the cartoons i grew up w/ can never top today's hi-tech computerized ones..i'd start watching those saturday morning cartoons again if they replayed voltron, she-ra, he-man, the smurfs, gummy bears, dennis the menace (yes, even though i really didn't like margaret!!), heathcliff & garfield back to back, hey hey hey "it's fat albert!", thunder thunder thunder...thundercats, some of the snorkels, heehee...my little pony, ooh and land of the lost!..the original one...not the corny one they came out w/ like 5 years ago, the abc special cartoons with captain..hmm i forgot his name..i think he was an orange cat?..or a black cat?...captain something...what else was there..man i know i'm forgetting soo many too...i remember on one of the abc special cartoons..there was one called OG i think?..where these 2 kids landed into this other world..i forgot..but i seem to be the only one who remembers it..

so yah...to be a kid in the 80's..gotta love it man..it's sad too...i asked my mom if we got a lot of trick or treaters..she said about 10..man..i remember going w/ herds of the neighborhood kids and getting so much candy...nowadays i guess it must be too scary to bring your kids out..i mean it's understandable..but is that really how bad society's gotten lately?..where's all the fun of being a kid?....hmm..how things have changed..kinda sucks for the kids of today though..would you trade all the indoor time you have with computer games/aim stuff of today if you could play all day outside and watch all those cool cartoons like we used to do?..hahah heck yah! i'd do it in an instant!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Nothing is so strong as gentleness and nothing is so gentle as real strength.
-Ralph W. Sockman

happy halloweeeeeeeeeeen!!...man i remember when i was in softball..we had this one chant we used to always sing whenever one of our teammates was up to bat.."hit 'em in the left knee, hit 'em in the right knee, hit 'em in the weeeeeeeenie the hooooooooome run!"...how someone ever came up with that one i don't know...but in girl's softball?..hahah must've been for shitz & giggles...anyways..so it's freakin halloween...and i'm dressing up..hehe i haven't dressed up since that halloween party we went to junior yr at uci..so this year i've decided to be this anime school girl from evangelion..i've got the blue hair, blue skirt & tie, white shirt..white knee highs..and the mary-janes to finish the outfit off...man..this is going to be funny..i think the blue hair's going to be the trippiest part..hehe..i did want to be fayeeee from cowboy bebop..but after consulting w/ jevon, he suggested that i keep that costume for louie..hahah..dork!..so yah, tonight's lil shindig should be interesting...yahoo!!!.....so anyways..i had lunch w/ my ate and dad today..my ate wants to do this whole family tree thing about our family and make it into a book..i guess to have our very own family history book..should be cool though..i mean, just the other day i was talking to my dad about this stuff..he was tracing back his lineage and it's pretty dope..i've got some irish & italian blood down in my family line somewhere..my last name used to start with an H, but because of wwII they had to take the H off..pretty crazy stuff..so i'm kinda looking forward to learning more about the familia..cuz yah..i tend to take these things for granted sometimes..and it's something that i need to pay more attention to..i mean, on a serious note..my parents are getting older..and it's just weird to think of them growing old..i guess it's this whole ideal that we have where we see our parents as like superhuman...they shouldn't get sick, they never get old, they'll always be there...so it's hard seeing my youngest sister having troubles with them..i mean, i know when me and ate were her age we went through the same thing w/ them..but i guess since i've gotten older, i don't see the reason to fight....it's not like i never argue w/ them...there's always those little issues that they'll never understand and i'll never understand...but what can you do?..despite all the conflict..we're family..whew..don't want to get all mushy and junk so i'll stop...just a little ramble..anyways...have a safe (haha i originally wrote sape...must be fobbing out time=P)...and wonderful halloween weekend!!!!!!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
-Albert Camus

oh how i hate being sick...i called in sick yesterday and today i came in...silly me thought that maybe being in the work environment would get me better..ummm..no...in fact it seems to have made me worse..being all stuffed up and congested in my cube is crappy..i don't think any of the thera-flu, sudafed, tea, or soups that i've constantly been taking since friday have helped..i think i've become immune to it all...well maybe the thera-flu helped in those brief minutes of when i could actually breath through both my nostrils..and then bam..the clarity disappeared and i was back to feeling like that dude in the nyquil commercial..blahhhh..too much complaining and not enough appreciation in this blog huh?..well, for starters..i am very grateful for my health...it may not be the best these past few days..but overall, i should be happy i'm a healthy 23-year-old...as for the other goings on or going ons? in my life..everything's been dandy/peachy keen?/grrrrrreat...so nothing to think badly about..i guess every once in a while i need a dose of reality and all the things that i should be thankful for come in to light..besides sleeping all weekend and being a drugged up lump for boogerlou this weekend..it was nice to see the familia on saturday...haha even though i tried to stay like 5 feet away from everyone so not to get them sick, it was still a good night...gosh i never got to talk about the etta james concert me and louie saw at h.o.b. huh?..all i can say is seeing etta live was dope!..this woman is pure soul..so if there's ever a venue where this lady is at, i highly recommend it...and having her close the night off with "at last" was so cooool! it was like the cherry topping to an already perfect sundae..i dunno, i just thought she performed very well..haha and although she performed numerous sexual innuendos during her sets, it was all gravy..i got nothing but love for the lady=)...

The most important things to say are those which often I did not think necessary for me to say -- because they were too obvious.
-André Gide

helloooooooooooo world!..work has been so crazy lately that i haven't had time to blog in awhile..so anyways..i noticed last friday while i was driving on the 5, stuck in bumper to bumper traffic...that music can easily sooth the mind after having a hectic work week..and that watching other people drive and their faces/actions/reactions is so humorous that it makes the drive in traffic so much better..granted, i shouldn't stare at other people cuz it's rude and i shouldn't have been looking at people driving in the opposite direction because it made me pay less attention to my own driving..but it was very much enjoyed none-the-less..i've always had a habit of observing other people..i mean, you let the world pass you by and soon you'll forget to notice the little things that make life so interesting..there was a plethora (i like that word=P) of people i got to observe...like the woman yapping into her boyfriend/husband/brother's ear while he seemed to just zone her out..yet she was so excited about whatever she was saying...or the truck driver who was happily chatting away on his cell phone while driving a freakin big rig!!..or the mid-life crisis dude sporting his new slk whatever benz..and the chick who seemed to be hating the world because she was stuck in traffic..constantly hitting her steering wheel..y'know w/ that agitated look we all get when we're stuck in traffic..hehe..i dunno..i guess it made the drive funner..if that makes sense..anyways..the weekend is here and usually i'd be jumping for joy...but today i can't bring myself to it...ha..maybe it's because this morning i woke up with one side of my nose clogged and my throat has that lumpy feeling in it...dangit!..sick on the weekend...this sucks..i feel so tired right now..i knew i shouldn't have stopped drinking tea in the mornings...as of today i will continue my tea party everyday now..or at least try too..since i read on cnn that tea has now been proven to actually build up the immune system...so kudos to tea..well the upcoming year seems to be full of hopeful traveling ideas..like another girls weekend in chicago to see catmo...a cruise to mexico...a week in cancun or somewhere...and in the summer of 2005...yes i said 2005...a trip to europe..c'mon people..start saving that $50/paycheck or $50/month...whichever seems easier to do...so we can travel the world=)....ooooh i'm so excited..hmm on a side note.. man...i think i'm becoming a smallville addict..it has become my little guilty pleasure..haha..ahhhhhhh how i hate to be sick...i'm such the biggest baby when i am....boo!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.
-G. W. F. Hegel

like last friday..i will continue my reflections of this past week=P:

-one could never get enough of boyz II men
-it's funny when tito arden cooked dina-guan last night, haha the whole neighborhood could smell it
-what's funnier is when your whole neighborhood is full of white people..muahaha
-is jessica simpson really that stupid?
-i love when mtv has those real world/road rules challenges!
-i'm glad i'm not the only one confused about what direction my life is taking..
-i think it's time to bust out my quarter-life crisis book that i haven't finished
-a warm bed on a gloomy day is the best
-having to wake up at 530 and leave a nice and cozy bed..sucks ass
-oooh banana republic's fall sale is next thursday!!
-speaking of bananas..did you know bananas will go extinct in approximately 10 years?=(
-el pollo loco is good
-sushi aki on the corner of vanowen and vesper is even better!!
-thinking about the columbus day holiday is next weeks motivation!haha
-i'd like to try river-rafting
-i'd also like to go sky diving still..=)
-running is very peaceful and relaxing
-thanx cici for that hauteshopping discount coupons..hehe it's time to go shopping!
-thanx to rex for the movie recommendation..me and lou will hopefully get to watch it this weekend=)
-lakers tickets go on sale tomorrow at 10a.m....GO LAKERS!
-it's finally cold at the beach=(..but boyfriend still wants to go..crazy!
-woohoo and i'm soooooooooo excited for the etta james concert tomorrow night..."at last" is one of my favoritest songs!=P

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Without change, something sleeps inside us, and seldom awakens. The sleeper must awaken.
-Frank Herbert

hmm..so i know i've talked to lou about this already and a few other people..it must be this change in weather that's making me so crazy these days..but lately i keep thinking that i have absolutely no idea what direction i'm taking in life...not that the state i'm in right now is bad..in fact i should be lucky and thankful for everything i've been able to attain so far..it's just..i can't see myself staying in this type of field for like the 30+ years i'd need until retirement..i dunno..maybe it was after reading rex's blog that re-emphasized this notion..that i'm not passionate about my work..which makes me kind of sad..i mean i busted my ass getting an engineering degree..ehhh and i feel like this now?.. just a couple of days ago i had this same conversation with one of my old classmates..i guess we were just looking for a way out..i mean..as i was telling her that i couldn't see myself doing engineering my whole life...she understood because she's been feeling the same way..and damn..she's not even working yet..she's freaking taking up a master's in engineering..but if i think about it..i still couldn't see my self majoring in anything else besides engineering...weird huh?..i dunno..i guess i've been thinking about it more also because i'll be 24 in less than two months..and you'd think i'd know by now what my purpose in life is..one would think that after all the schooling i received..once i graduated college i'd know what to do in this world..geez i even took an extra 5th year to just stay in school longer...and what's the outcome..ha..back to square one...my brain seems to be on hiatus since i graduated..is it just me?..hopefully not..as much as i think i want change..the truth is i'd probably be freaked out by it..stability is good right?..having the peace of mind that i can't get laid off is a blessing isn't it?..then what's the problema here..who knows..my mind must be taking a mini-vacation...hey..maybe that's it..i just need a vacation..yah..there you go..forget my rambling..i'm just another drone in this working world..nothing new on this side of the honeycomb...exciting eh..haha yah i know honeycomb?..wtf?..so sue me..i suck at cliches!..on another happier note..let me talk about food=P...if you're ever down by newport beach..you NEED to check out this italian sub joint called GALLO'S...in the albertson's plaza..and order the Gallo Special!.it's very muy yum!!..soooooo good..dang..i'm hungry..mmmm...gallo's!!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
-Antoine De Saint-Exupery

let's see..where to start...don't you hate when you start thinking about something you hope doesn't happen..but with some twist of fate/bad luck, it ends up happening anyway?..yah well..i do..here's why..so i'm driving home from work yesterday..i had a short day so i was breezing home on the 101...no traffic, no big rigs around me, no trucks dropping things from their cargo..i'm enjoying the ride chillin w/ some bob marley on the tracks..and for some reason i was thinking about how sometimes new cars are the prime targets to get keyed or stolen or hit...and i'm thinking, maybe i should just keep my car in the garage until i get my plates so that no one knows it's new..and to lessen my chances of getting jacked...do you see the foreshadowing here?..all of the sudden i hear this crack noise shoot at my windshield..lo and behold..my 3 week old baby 4runner got it's windshield cracked=(...at the top right corner on the passenger side..kinda has that star shape to it..kinda spidery looking..so yah it sucks..i think i'll just get it sealed instead of shelling out for a new windshield just for practicality..it kinda got me in a sulky mood..but i got over it..cuz i mean..it could've been worse right?..no use crying over spilled milk..there's worse things going on in the world and a mere windshield accident is freakin laughable compared to everything else..so i'll get over it..*sigh*..i just thought it was pretty ironic how i was thinking about "what if's" happening to my car..and like 5 minutes later that "what if" came true..what boggles my mind is where that pebble or whatever came from..cuz i didn't see a thing..my dad thinks it's a conspiracy against all new cars..that someone deliberately looks for new cars and tosses rocks/coins/etc..at the windshield..i guess since the same thing happened to my uncle the first week he had his new car..ehhhh whatevers..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Spoon feeding in the long run teaches us nothing but the shape of the spoon.
-E. M. Forster

yay another weekend is approaching...been a long hectic week at work..and so with the few minutes left before i go, let me share my thoughts for the week:

-family is a blessing
-thank goodness for ta-bo's=P
-water is the best drink in the world
-fieldwork in 95 degree weather sucks
-fieldwork in 95 degree weather sucks even more when it lasts the whole week
-mcdonald's parfait's are dang good
-i'll try and be p.c. on this one...while enjoying my parfait at mcdonald's w/ some co-workers, we came across this conversation amongst african american school girls. apparently one of the girls dropped a napkin or something on the ground (african american girl #1) and her friend (african american girl #2) did not approve of #1 picking up her trash and voiced out her opinion:

A.A. #2: "Don't pick up your trash! We used to be slaves, so don't go picking up your trash. That's what they got janitors for!"

i wish i could have remembered more, she must've said that she was a slave about 3 or more times. but i was too caught up in laughter about this girl that i couldn't hear anymore. yes, yes, i know it's wrong and i shouldn't be laughing at their plight of slavery. but c'mon, a 10 year old calling herself a slave? you would've laughed too!! or i guess i have no shame=P...muahaha...and what was even funnier was when she walked up to the cashier and started yelling at the manager that she used to be a slave and should get free ice cream!..haha you had to be there!

..continuing on my thoughts..

-you'd think that grown professional women would know how to freakin flush the toilet after taking a dump, boy was i wrong.
-sashimi is bomb!, but may cause some gaseous after effects
-one more week til the friends' season premier!
-why do guys fall for girls w/ boyfriends?
-guys pms too!
-taking care of a plant can be hard
-i wonder what a dutch/filipino accent sounds like
-sometimes tom leykis is right, sometimes he's just a plain jerk-off
-orlando bloom is still a hottie
-and the weekend is here...san francisco here we come=)

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
-Benjamin Disraeli

there's something about having a good weekend that attributes to me being able to wake up nicely at 530 in the freakin morning..added to the fact that i get to enjoy a quick read of my friends' blogs and crack up like a mad lady in my cubby..from dads taking dumps to crazed picture takings of a boyfriend and his hats..hehe..i get some good entertainment and some reassurance that i'm not the only one with a crazy dad and a photo loving boyfriend=P..haha!..all in good fun i say..so far today's monday doesn't seem so bad..don't you just love those days where you can actually wake up and the world doesn't pass you by this time..i can actually take a breath of fresh air..or umm..smog-filled fresh air?..and just enjoy it..*sigh*..yah i know..sounds all cornball..but it's good to appreciate the little things in life before it slips away and i'll wonder where all my days went, yah know?..or maybe it's just me..so anyways..it looks like i didn't win the lotto this time..for some reason boogerlou says i don't need to win the lotto..why not though?..you can buy whatever your heart desires..and then some!!..that would be awesome..it's okay though..i understand what he's trying to tell me..winning that money can do more harm than good sometimes..but i promise..when i win..i'll do good!!!..hehe=P..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Not all who wander are lost.
-J. R. R. Tolkien

i swear..is the world only about money these days?..so i heard that pretty soon ticketmaster will be working like ebay now..for those top notch seats, ticketmaster will be auctioning them off to the highest bidder..their reasoning? "...if someone's willing to pay $1000 for a ticket from ebay that we sell for a lot less, why not do the same?"..ehhhh freakin capitalism and all its money grubbing pigs..so now some artists are trying to not let this happen and want to just sell their tickets on their own sites so that we, the consumers, won't have to sell one of our freakin kidneys just to see them in concert..how does ticketmaster react?..yah now they want to sue those artists because they want to be the only ones to sell tickets..so stupid i tell you..the world is just so corrupt these days..and what does it revolve around.. money.. mula.. dinero.. pera.. chedda.. benjamins..geez..i guess money really does make the world go around huh?..oh well..no love for us little people..dude..i need a vacation..i'm just tired..tired of work..tired of this whole monotony of things..i must be complaining about vacation a lot..i guess school just spoiled me..we had christmas, spring, and summer vacation..uhhh work vacation is like 1/10 of that..dangit!...at least it's friday...2 days to myself..no need to think about work..just a little r&r for the mind, body, and soul=P..ehhhhhhhhhh c'mon weekend..hurry up already!

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
-Albert Camus

hmm..so yah..you know how i absolutely, positively, quite frankly HATE ants?!!!..well..after yesterday's little chip incident i hate them even more!..occasionally we (my section at work) bring in foods for everyone to snack on..well my boss decides to bring us a bag of nacho cheese doritos..now i wasn't planning on eating any..and so my co-worker leaves the bag in my office just to tempt me...so i say i don't want any and bring them back to the food area..well yah..the piggy i am can't wait til i get home to eat..so i munch on 2..lucky i didn't grab more..because about 5 minutes later one of my other co-workers says.."hey, did you know you've been eating ants?"..uhhh whaaaaaaaaaaaat??...apparently..the WHOLE freakin bag of doritos was infested..not with living ants mind you..but dead crumply looking ants...soooooooooooo disgusting..i guess with all the black dots on the chips no one noticed the ants until the bag was half empty and they started to see clusters of dead ants...ewwww..it just grosses me out all over again just thinking about it..but..the bright side to this?..well i guess ants are good for protein..ha!..so that's what we kept telling ourselves since we probably ate them..the bag was new too..so the only thing we could guess as to how they got in there..was maybe the bag got punctured somehow at the market or something..and when my boss bought the bag, ants infested it at his home and they suffocated inside?..i dunno..all i know is that i freakin HATE those nasty little buggers even more!..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.
-Chili Davis

HAPPY 24TH BIRTHDAY BOYFRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!=)..

love you!..yah yah corny i know!

Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
-Laurence J. Peter

woohoo..gotta love these 4-day weekends..no work til wednesday..hump day..yahoo...man..things are good..maybe even more good now that i got my new car!!!...actually...my new SUV baby!..yup..i am now the proud owner of a 2003 4x2 sport edition 4runner in galactic gray as of this past friday...geez it felt so good driving off the lot that night..so weird how easy it is to buy a car..it's like as long as my finances are set..all i have to do is walk in..sign the papers..and i'm done..i thought that was so crazy..the dude just handed the keys to me and said it's all mine..yeeha..good times are a comin'!!!!....besides having a good weekend..hanging at the beach..seeing the buddies...things seem to be going on the upside these days...now my concentration is on planning how to spend my vacation time which i will accrue next week...2 whole weeks all for me...muahaha...yah but i was thinking of cancun and australia..i really want to go to hawaii again..but since we were all there last year..i guess it would be good to explore the rest of the world and then work my way back to hawaii...sounds good to me..heehee i told johnjohn we'd head out to cancun once he's finished with all of his classes!!..1 week in cancun in the spring..and 1 week in australia in the summer..or maybe the other way around...no matter to me..heehee as long as i finally get to travel!!=)...yay this is exciting!..just purchased my season pass to mountain high so the winter looks like it's all set for boarding..my mission this season...to finally learn how to freakin get off of the lift without falling on my ass like usual..haha..oh well..learning is half the battle right?..i guess..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while.
-Kin Hubbard

how weird...the template to update my blog, either from work or home are both different..hmm..i wonder why?..maybe the work template is like the spyware type...and now the whole city of l.a. can tap in to my mindset...muahahah..are they ready for some screwed up random thinking?..okay anyways..so yah..the weather's been pretty nice this weekend..and we know what good weather means to boyfriend...tun tunna nah...yup..perfect beach weather..yet another day to get more scorched by the sun..you know...i use to not like laying out in the sun for fear of getting dark..those who've known me for awhile know that i used to always cover myself up in the sunlight...for example..while driving...if the sun was shining on my arms..i'd put my sweatshirt or sweater on my arms so that they were no longer exposed to the blazing heat..therefore reducing my chances of my melanin rich skin to get any darker than it was...then after a while...i eased up..now i drive w/o the sweater..and lo and behold..nowadays i fricken go to the beach and get dark like it's nothing..but hmm....when i first started going to the beach i got a nice even tan..and i thought i had reached the highest level of darkness that was capable, so i didn't mind going every weekend cuz i couldn't get any darker right?...oh..how wrong i was..let us see the timeline of color (as noted by my co-workers) during these past 3 straight weekends of beach time:

week 1:
co-worker 1: "wow christabelle, you're getting a nice tan"
me: "thanks, haha i was at the beach 2 days in a row last weekend" ( *thinking* hmmm the beach sun isn't so bad!)

week 2:
co-worker 2: "damn girlie you're getting really tan"
me: "yah, beach time again" (*thinking*..umm is that a compliment?)

week 3:
co-worker 3: "wow belle you're bronzed!"
me: "haha i know"
co-worker 3: "hahaha you're daaaaaaaaaaark!"
me: "no! i'm golden!, i'm sun-kissed=P!!" (*thinking*..damn, am i that dark now?)

and just 5 minutes ago:
co-worker 4: "hi christabelle. you're getting really tan!"
me: "yah i've been going to the beach like every weekend" (*thinking* ..okay so i'm not THAT dark, if i'm still tan!!=P)
co-worker 4: "i can tell, you're like chocolate."
me: "haha" (*thinking*..wtf?..i'm chocolate now?...tan..to tanned..to bronzed..to dark..to chocolate??)

and yes boyfriend wants to go to the beach tomorrow..and i'm sure next week i'll get a comment like.."wow, you're looking like dark chocolate now!"..grrrrrrreat...maybe i should revert back to my sweater-armed days..hahaha...oh well...the price we pay for soaking up the sun..gotta love it!! yay it's friday..wahoo!!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

The most wasted day of all is that during which we have not laughed.
-Sebastian R. N. Chamfort

dude so i just finished watching an episode of the cosby's..heheh the one where they find out theo has an earring..as many times as i see it, it always cracks me up..man..this kdoc tv station is cool..now they're showing family ties!!..and on labor day they're gonna have a saved by the bell marathon..nothing makes tv better than bringing back our childhood tv shows..man..you know what i've been noticing for a while now..how movies are kinda repetitive these days..i mean..you have to like go out and watch indy flicks like amelie, requiem for a dream, memento, run lola run, and donnie darko (ha..who would've thought a bunny rabbit would actually freak me out!)..to actually appreciate the movie business these days..it's sad how the only way some movie studios can make films now is by redoing old school flicks or re-showing old movies..hmmm..dude..i should just come up with a storyline..and let cecile work her magic..and bam..instant classic!..how cool would that be?..mighty cool i'd say=P..so anyways..besides counting down the days to when i'll have actually been working for the city for 1 whole year...i'm really extremely anxiously and happily awaiting to buy my new car baby!..you'd think i'd be able to by one by now..but since i've been living at home..i've been helping out my parents and stuff..so yah...being able to actually purchase something like a car all on my own is going to feel pretty damn good...woohoo! yahoo..hip hip hooray!!...and plus my little sister is really looking forward to taking over my camry..haha...dang..how could she not want to pimp it in our blue cadillac to high school!..hehe if i had to do it, so does she!!..jk!..yay..almost the weekend again...4 day weeks rock man!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

People only see what they are prepared to see.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

the one thing i like about my mondays off is that i finally get to catch up on my favorite game show...the price is right baby!!..one day i shall be on that show!..and they even had my favorite game on..PLINKO!!!..that would be the best..to go on that show, play me some PLINKO, and maybe earn some extra cash while enjoying my 5 minutes of game show fame=)..damn..it would have been so easy to go during college..but now..ha..i probably won't have time to go until i retire or something...grrrreat..anyways...on friday i was having this conversation w/ my co-workers about our religions..so my boss is buddhist..and she said she's been reincarnated as a human into this world to fix the wrongdoings from her pastlife..she was saying how people/plants/animals/insects/etc.. who get reincarnated to live on earth must have had a really bad past life..so she asked me and my co-worker how it is for catholics..and we were telling her that there's a heaven, purgatory, and h-e-double hockey sticks...but what got us was when she asked about people who got their last rites from the priest if they were in the hospital..does that mean they all go to heaven since the priest is blessing them?...hmm..so after like how many years of catholic school i was stumped...all i could answer was that..the priest gives a sick person..whether they've lived a good or a bad life..their last rites to bless them before they die..but it doesn't necessarily mean they go to heaven right?..i got kinda lost on answering her on that..yah yah..shame on me..i'll have to ask the experts on this one...so yet again..we ventured to the beach this weekend..but this time i wore my rash guard while boarding..so hopefully i didn't get any darker than i already am..haha...too bad me and joemama were to scared to go out in the boonies like lou to catch the waves..but geez..we could barely even catch any whitewater..dang huntington!!..oh well..not like i'm good or anything..i just "waaade in the waaater"!!=P...what is it w/ boys and their video games?? as i blog right now..lou is playing madden..yah i know video games are fun..but i guess video games for guys is like shopping for girls?..it's our guilty pleasures=P!!...ha..guilty pleasures..i like saying that....ooooh we were at target today looking for a puzzle to do..and we saw this one game called the "80's"..or something referencing the 80's...that game looks so fun..i think i'll buy that the next time i go to target cuz i'm such an 80's child!..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Everyone is kneaded out of the same dough but not baked in the same oven.
-Yiddish Proverb

ewww...so i just came back from lunch with lou..and as i was taking the city hall shuttle back to my office we made the usual stops beforehand..oh man..and on the first stop there were 2 kinda big men that sat on either side of me..not that i minded or anything..what i did mind was the fact out of all the space around me..they seemed to both want to invade my personal space..and man..right when they sat down they both smelled like b.o...so okay fine..i can deal with the odors until i get to my stop..and then they start talking and laughing about what someone else in the shuttle said..and dude..it was halitosis up the ass!!!!!!!..i was like..damn..b.o, halitosis, and a little too close for my comfort..i tried holding my breath everytime one of them opened their mouths..yuck..that was a nasty ride..okay that's my story for the day..the end.

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
-Buddha

yah so i watched american juniors last night..yah yah..what??!! you watch that show?..so sue me..i wanted to see who the last person to get on was..it was soooo sad seeing the 5 little kids' hearts break when they weren't picked to be in the group...i guess that's the risk everyone takes for stardom huh?..but geez..to have to go through that at such a young age..you wonder who wants it more..the kid..or their parents..well it was an experience though..i dunno..heehee and props to mel and jeff for trying out for american idol!..rock on rock stars!!=P..oh and as i was flipping the channels i paused at miss teen usa..wow..that vanessa minnillo chick is really hot!! i think rex posted a picture of her in his blog once..but yah..for all you fellas..and curious ladies out there=P..look her up..she's just hot!..haha..so yah..for the past few weekends me and lou have been beach bums..dude i am freakin e-goooooot!!..last saturday i fell asleep for like half an hour...and dude...my tan line was sick!!..not the sd sick..but l.a. sick!..hahah..i looked like a burnt brick red/indian red color!..oh well..who can pass up the beach on these hot summer days?..newport on saturday anyone?..or should i say.."the oc" on saturday anyone?..that show..i tried watching the first half hour of it..but it's so corny..i dunno...then again..90210 started out like that too..then i got hooked after awhile..i think i'm more of a felicity/dawson's/gilmore girls kind of a person..too bad the first 2 are already canceled!!..ah well..oh blah dee oh blah dah...life goes on!!...man it's hump day today..c'mon weekend..get here already cuz i need a mini-vacation...i can't wait til my one year...i get 2 weeks and my floating holiday vacation time..woohoo...let's see..what's the plan after i finally get my car=)...umm..cruise/cancun/hawaii/australia anyone??...that'd be dope..man i don't think 2 weeks is enough for that..i should start saving up i guess..that'd be a good start huh?..oh yah and for anyone who likes robeks juice smoothies..similar to jamba and juice club and stuff..if you go to their website..you can sign up for a free smoothie...well worth the 1 month wait for that postcard to come in the mail and get your free drink..might i recommend the mahalo mango...mmm..as cici would say...deelish!!=)

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
-Josh Billings

wow..2 days in a row of going to the beach..first on saturday with boogerlou at huntington..then sunday with the buddies at corona..pretty cool i must say..huntington was fun cuz me and lou rented beach cruisers and cruised the beach up to main street...entered the busy body area over at main street where boyfriend bought me my own bodyboard=)..thanx!!..the hard part was trying to ride back on the bikes w/ each of us carrying boards in one arm and trying to steer our bikes with the other..haha let's just say i'm not the most adept person at this skill!..sheesh..that was a workout..but quite worthwhile nonetheless..got to test out the boards on not so great waves..but that was okay cuz the next day at corona there were lots of waves just waiting for us..next on the adventure list is to go skydiving and then buy ourselves some mountain bikes and maybe cruise w/ my sister and her bf on those santa monica trails..wooooow..lots of fun..she was even telling me about some place to go hiking up near joshua tree..oooh any takers??=)...hopefully by that time i'll have my new car and i can break it in over there...geez i'm so excited for all this stuff!!..can't wait..i guess being able to look forward to all these new things makes it so hard now for me to get myself up and ready for work..i mean this weekend was lots of fun..and yah hopefully we can do all the things we've planned..i just dread those work days right after such a nice weekend..i guess that's how it goes right?..who knows..it just makes me want to win the lotto even more now!..haha..uhh maybe i should start by buying a ticket!=P..so anyways..it's hump day..the weekend is almost here...wow..in about a month i'll have been with the city for a year..crazy man..i swear i could remember so easily how scared i was my first day of work..sept.9, 2002...the day i officially became a member of the real world..hahahah riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight!=P...

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

hahah hilarious!!..this is for all you matrix and ping-pong lovers!!

Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
-Alexander Hamilton

it must be hard to be an up and coming singer these days..me and lou went out with my cousins to the century club..my first time there..nice place..anyways..i guess there was this chick named zion performing..supposedly she has a single that's #6 on the billboards..i think i've heard it on the beat before, she kinda reminded me of eryka badu..but yah, the only time the audience was into her performance was when her dancers were on stage performing..she hadn't even come on yet..and by the time she did..no one was really paying attention except for like the first 2 rows of people..how sad is that?..even when she was acknowledging all her band members/back-up singers no one really clapped for them...except for her..oh well..as bruce almighty says.."that's the way the cookie crumbles"..props to her though for saving face during the whole show..so yah before we hit century club we spent the day at the oc fair..nothing better than munching on the grilled corn..blooming onion..funnel cake..and frozen banana..with nuts...hahahah..and we even went on our annual potato sack slide race..good times i must say..so with that said..i've yet to see drastic improvements in my last 3 months of working out..well maybe just a little..ha! i guess eating all that junk food at the fair didn't help=P..me and 2 of my other lady co-workers have this bet going since last week..it lasts up until after the holidays in january to see who can lose the most body fat..we bet $5 a paycheck so that by the time january comes the pot is like $210..not bad..even if i don't win..i see it more as paying $70 to get myself in shape..maybe i'll start snacking on cottage cheese like lou and cici..i dunno i've never tried it until saturday when lou was eating it..for some reason white lumpy stuff doesn't look appetizing..but i tried it..it tastes like string cheese=P..mmm..hahah so i'll be snacking on that too..beats the granola that i have at work..geez..first horry's gone=(...and now our human can of red bull mr. mark madsen is off to the t'wolves..looks like a whole new season for the lakers this year..man speaking of red bull...i saw the funniest red bull commercial yesterday..where the guy gets pooped on by a bird..so he drinks a red bull..sprouts some wings..flies over the bird and starts to unbuckle his belt...hahha funny..dang birds crapping like that they deserved to get crapped on too!!muahaha...yah i seem bitter cuz that's what happened to me last friday when i was out in the field!!my first time getting bird crapped on!!grrr..i was like..huh..is it raining again..looked up..noticed the telephone poles above me..cursed those dang birds..and proceeded to work with my head ducking for cover..hahaha..dang i think i wrote to much..ah well..to the gang off to hawaii tomorrow..have an awesome and safe trip!!!!!...

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
-Seneca

sad sad day today..since i just learned that my favorite laker-man...robert horry..has signed with the spurs..the freakin spurs man!!!!!!...ahhhhhhhh...well at least he's closer to his daughter now..so that's the good thing..but dude..i still wish the lakers would have picked him up..what can you do?...oh well i'll still be a #5 lakers fan=)

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

You're going to have to pick your poison. You can't double-team four of us. If you double team, the other three are going to kill you.
-newly signed laker..mr.gary payton!

man..i can't even talk about this whole kobe business...disappointing..maaaan!...but yah..so anyways...santa barbara was sooooo awesome!...lou and i celebrated our 2-year anniversary by heading up to santa barbara..so much fun..our hotel..the hotel santa barbara..was right in the heart of downtown..which was nice cuz we had easy access to everything..food..shops...clubs...food=P..especially the yummy sushi!..i swear we had so much sushi this weekend..first friday with everyone at koji's, then saturday in sb, and yesterday in cerritos...can we say addicts=P..just can't get enough man..we also got to go on a wine tasting tour in sb..heehee and we were freakin the youngest ones on the tour...oh well..it was still lots of fun..checked out 4 wineries/vineyards including the famous firestone vineyards..i've come to 3 conclusions about wine as a result..1) i've found a new appreciation and appetite for wine...2) i like white wines a lot more then the reds...3) i'm so weak sauce...hehehe dude after the first 2 wineries i was basically done for the day...well i did still sample most of the wines at the other two..but conservatively=P..so yah..i think me and lou's eyes have been opened to the wine world!!..wahoo..hahah...me drinking a glass of wine..sounds so sophisticated...haha yah riiiight=P!..and so it's back to work..i just can't adjust to work yet though..i'm still in vacation mode..oh how i miss summer vacations...oh man..did i mention i got to see orlando bloom..a.k.a. legolas on friday??..well okay not in person..but at the movies while we watched pirates..heheh...he's soooo cute...man..can't wait for lotr3!!...woohoo!!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

The following quotes courtesy of caren..thanx girl!
" What? Are you amazed?! Just walk and look" -Cat
"She's with ME!!!" -Belle
"I never have fun..." -Tinz
"Wait, didn't I just say that?" -Kellyjean
"Coochie don't fail me now..." -Olivia
"ARRARRARRARRARR..." -Caren



ahaha muchos gracias to cat and her family for the hospitality this weekend...sd was fuuun...from kel's "wanna fanta, don't yah wanna" to olivia's rendition of "coochie don't fail me now"..now i'm curious how missy elliot's song sounds..time for some downloading!..dude next time we HAVE to get all of the ladies together...that'll be freakin crazy...oooh can't wait!..anyways..i've learned why i never liked goldschlagger....those shots hit soo fast man and are blehhhhh nasty..but i did learn to love the rasberry kamikaze's...mmm yummy..speaking of the word yummy..my co-worker was making fun of how i say yummy.."ohh that's so cute christabelle how you say that"..hmm..what's wrong with saying yummmmmy?..homer j. simpson says it, why can't i?...dude i'm weird..i know..just rambling..anyways..so i heard that there's going to be a heatwave this whole week..oh my goodness..going out in the field this week is gonna be so crappy..oh well...it'll make me look forward to the weekend even more...me and lou are heading up to santa barbara and going wine tasting..i know i'm not much of the wine connoisseur..but it sounds like it'll be cool...wine and cheese all day..what more could you ask for?=P..oooh hopefully we'll be able to watch pirates of the carribbean too...orlando bloom..a.k.a legolas...yummy!..hahaha...

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

i must say..this past fourth of july weekend spent up north was doooooooope...badass if i must!!!..heehee..muchos gracias to lou's cousin andre for being such a cool host and to jenn and ryan for always making our up north trips so much funner!!..so after much debate and where to watch some fireworks, we decide to go to santa cruz's seacliff beach..oh..my...goodness!!!..jenn summed it up perfectly by calling it a fireworks "warzone"!! just picture like the whole beach lit up with fireworks..it was like a show of who's got the best fireworks..each person made they're own disneyland fantasia with the zillion barrels of fireworks and rocket launchers and fountains (well the fountains were mainly from the puny box of freedom fireworks that i brought up..haha)..let's just say..one must experience a fourth of july at seacliff beach at least once in their lives..although it was kinda scary having some fireworks shooting sideways in the directions of the civilians, instead of up and so yah...we had to fear our lives of course=P..and not to mention the 2 crazy white chicks that kept jumping through our fountains as if our fireworks were sprinklers or something..crazy people man...talagang crazy!!..hahaha...but yah..i wish i had like a video or something to share in the madness...but yah..that was an experience dude!..jenn and ryan took us to haight street for our tourism part of the trip..hehe and we also got to drive through the castro district..too bad it wasn't hot out so that we could see all the dudes in thongs laying out..next time..next time..=P...and we all ended the night at the monkey club..cool place to lounge and just chill with lou's cousins and jenn and ryan...oh yah and whenever you take a shot there..you have to say..ooh-ooh-eeeh-eeeh..hahaha..so after arriving back in l.a. at three this morning..here i am at work..on my freakin day off!!!..working some OT..boo!!..oh well at least i get to leave in three hours...next adventure...san diego with all the sexxay irvine chicas=)..woohoo that'll be fun!!..laters..

-aloha and mahalo..belle=)

If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
-Edward W. Howe

hmmm so it's been a little over a week since my last blog and the format seems to have changed..change is good right...so hopefully i won't have any errors in accent, western quote, blah blah i don't understand computer talk..i'll let boyfriend fix any difficulties i have...muahaha...wahoo...it's almost the fourth of july...yeehaa the countdown has begun...a little over 6 more working hours and i'm off..off to watch t3 then head up to the bay with lou=)..this should be fun..we get to meet up with jenn and ryan again..uhhh sangria anyone??..haha good times are on the way...i've even been practicing my freestyle with lou for the second round of hip-hop and yah don't stop!..hahah yah right..i suck! let's just hope i've got enough alcohol to even get me to rhyme...teehee...anyways..while driving through wonderful l.a. traffic yesterday on my way home from work i tried to think of all words i know starting with the letter z...zebra, zero, zoo, zany, zanzibar, zimbabwe, zackattack, zotzot, zap, zealous, zest..and the words keep coming to me...but very slowly now..i think i started doing this when i saw the back of one of the cars in front of me and it had writing on its rear window..all i could make out was zackat------...and i was like no way..does that say zackattack?...so i speed up a bit more to catch up..turns out it's some word i've never heard of or some company..haha pretty funny though..anyways..be safe during this pyro of a weekend=P..laters

-aloha and mahalo..belle=)

There is only one success -
to be able to spend your life in your own way.
- Christopher Morley

zzzzzzzz...i'm so tired today..that's the one thing about 3-day weekends...you come back on tuesday thinking you'd be refreshed after the nice weekend..only to realize that your body has gotten so adjusted to the r&r over the weekend that it's an overload when coming back to work..or maybe that's just me=P...woohoo got to go to knott's yesterday with boyfriend=P..i swear i haven't been there since i was like 8 or something..i mean yah i've gone for knott's scary farm and all but i never rode the rides..it was more for the mazes and to see the people who blended in with the walls coming out to scare you..haha like that one polk-a-dot maze..scary eh?!..but anyways..i finally got to ride supreme scream and xcelerator...thumbs up!..i really like supreme scream..it was cool getting to see the whole park from that point of view..and then all of the sudden...wooooooooooooweeeeeee.....down we go=P...and what was cool about yesterday was that there were NO lines!!..talk about fresh man!!..hopefully the whole magic mountain outing will go through and then more roller coasters to conquer!!...the one thing that sucked about yesterday was that after like riding 4 rides in a span of an hour to an hour and a half..i started getting a headache and that queazy feeling in my stomach...and i've never felt that way after roller coasters before...but i think boomerang did it for me..cuz i hit my head so many times against the headrest and the whole ride was kinda jerky...so yah..lou diagnosed it as me getting old an not being able to hang anymore...yah right man!!!..i love roller coasters..heehee..sooo much fun!..anyways...hurry up weekend...oooh so they're starting to put up the fireworks stands..i think we'll be going up north for fourth of july..that should be cool dude..i wanna buy one of those box sets of fireworks and light 'em up..i miss bloomers and roman candles and fountains and those spinning wheels..and sparklers..even though they've been banned!!...i remember one of my most favorite 4th of july's was in the 8th grade..in carson..with roger and zapp's blow my mind/do wa ditty booming out of our friend's truck..sparkler's in hand..yummy bbq..the illegal firecrackes!..and all the houses on the street competing for who's got the best fireworks show..haha we did of course!!=P...dang..i wish it was like that all over again..so much more fun then just watching the shows...except for disney's fantasia show...those are fireworks i'll always love watching=)..alrighty..laters..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

desserts...desserts...desserts..the plague of my getting fit..geez..had cake & brownies this morning..and now we get free ice cream after lunch...oh well..must mean more running and more pilates to do...i've been reading a lot on winsor pilates to see if i got my money's worth..i guess you get better results with some cardio..which is good since i've been running these past months..but pilates is a nice relaxing work out...like yoga=)..oooh and i just bought a new pair of running shoes with the coupon from sherwin/jeff..thanx mang!..
they shall be put to good use..okay so i remember the days when i was hooked on sailor moon..yah cheesy cartoon i know..but very addicting..now my co-worker has introduced me to fushigi yuugi..haha plays up to the same corniness as sailor moon and i'm getting so into the cartoon..probably because of the love story in it=P..i'm a sucker for romance..heehee..aren't we all??=P...call me a new anime freak..but they're pretty cool..next on the list is ranma 1/2??...i dunno i heard it was pretty funny..maybe i'll check that one out too...anyways...so i hear from johnjohn that my e-mail/blog's are funny..as in..they sound exactly the way i talk to you??..well..this is from my mind..no 5 paragraphed mla format essays over here..just plain and simple..haha riiiiiiiight!=P..but isn't that the point of these blogs...to speak out your mind??.i dunno..time to enjoy some yummy chocolate chip cookie dough..mmm..ice cream!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people.
-Chinese Proverb

hmm..so today's quote that i saw in the bathroom was almost exactly like this one..except that the last line said "if you are planning for centuries, grow men."..i was like hey what about us women here...to make a society those men need women as well!!..so i searched on the web to look for that quote..and all the ones i saw were like the ones i posted..so is the men part for real or a joke or something? anyone? anyone??..i dunno..random..but yah..if there's one thing..or i guess in this case..a million billion trillion things i hate..it would have to be ANTS (not the movie..i thought the movie was cute)!!!!!!..black, red, firey, big, small..i HATE ants..i understand darwin's whole theory of evolution..i get the whole survival of the fittest..but what the freak is an ants purpose in life?..is it just to annoy us by crawling around everywhere..especially when the weather starts heating up?..i mean..i don't like spiders either..but at least those dang spiders reduce the ant population!..so please..what was God's purpose of creating ants..how can they be one of nature's wonders? they bite, they infest, they eat all your sweets...ahhhh..okay so maybe i'm being harsh on the little things...actually..no i'm not..ha!..sure they can lift things 2X or is it 20x (i forgot) of their weight..but can't they do that in their own tunnels underground..must they come seeping from the ground and find their way into my bathroom these past few mornings?.. yah sure it's only like 4-5 of them i see roaming on the ground...but ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh...i still can't stand them..okay enough..i can complain about them forever..hahaha...so anyways..did anyone catch that fresh remix hot 92.3 was doing of old school stevie b. and when they played mc hammer yesterday at like 530pm?..totally brought back childhood memories man..like in 5th grade when mc hammer was my idol and i saw him and his dancers at lax..and yes..i even had a pair of those baggy pants..well baggy at the top at least!..so 92.3 announced yesterday that they'd be having this funktastic bombastic show featuring like 10+ artists...including stevie b, seduction, cameo (it's like candyyyy), mc hammer, naughty by nature, and more...i'd go just to hear the old school again..and this time live...haha 80's child i am..i know!=P...woohoo it's fridayyyyyyyyyyyy...3-day weekend..yahooooooooooo...laters..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

I still find each day too short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.
-John Burroughs

geez..i really really want to travel...i want to go all over the world..although i know i have been limited to california/las vegas traveling, hawaii, and p.i...i want to see the world..sounds kinda like wishful thinking..but i'm hoping once all my vacation days kick in i can actually live out everything i've wanted to do...i know australia and europe have been called out as the next vacation spots..that would be so awesome..backpacking in europe...going partying in ibiza..checkin out where all the nude beaches are..haha...and becoming crocodile dundee in australia..g'day mate=P...hmmm...just waiting for the day when i can say i've been out and about exploring what God has offered to us...anyways..i miss my friends..i just miss being around everyone and knowing that we can always have a good time...i dunno..i'm weird i guess...maybe it's the few times i've been able to see everyone that makes me appreciate who my friends are...granted..i love my family too..but there's just those days where i need a break from all the monotony and stress of work and somehow my friends just know how to make it better..rambling??..yah i guess..anyway...so i did some shopping this weekend..oooh i love the feeling i get after having some good buys..i dunno, shopping is such a relaxing thing to do..it's sooooo fun=P..especially with all the sales that have been hitting the malls lately...i'm so addicted to shopping at banana for work clothes..and macy's wasn't so bad this weekend either..but dang..i think i should halt on the spending and work more to saving up for the car i want to buy..hopefully by the end of summer i can get my suv baby!!!..cross your fingers....all right time to search for a good sushi joint..mmm yum!!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Beware the fury of a patient man.
-John Dryden

busy busy weekend..p-grad, grad party, debut, nephew's b-day, all day beach day, bruce almighty all in a nutshell..although there was more stuff planned to do..i think the soreness from all the sunburn i got on monday restricted me to just a movie and some laughs yesterday..which was not bad..not bad at all...as much as i enjoyed my 4-day weekend..there were some aspects of it which i'd rather ignore..or at least not care about..so anyway..how would one go about taking insults directed right at you?..me..i think i take the silent approach..until one itty bitty teeny weenie thing sets it off..and whoa watch out..things just get bad..but then again..why waste my time on it right? some people just don't know any better..oh well what can you do?..ha maybe i should be like adam sandler and open a can of whoop ass on 'em..cool ehh?..but i'm not much on violence..so maybe not...so today's the first day back at work again after the long weekend..and what do i think?..yay it's wednesday already..the weekend is almost here!!..oh what a tangled web we weave..work work work..sleep sleep sleep..more work work work..ahhhhhhhhh overload!..hmm..sometimes i wish things didn't have to change..but they do..and all you can do is deal with it right?..i guess..arghhhhhh..this sunburn is killing me..i just want to keep scratching but i know that's sooo not good for it..maybe i'll grab a few stalks from our aloe vera plant and hopefully it sooths the dang burn..we'll see.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.
-Thomas Henry Huxley

so we're getting this new chick at work in a couple of weeks..i'm excited..yay another girl..working in a place where the guy to girl ratio is like..40 millilon to 1..finding out another girl is joining us is cooool...especially since she's my age...so this was how the conversation went trying to find out how old the new girl was:

co-worker a: yah so i think the new girl is your age.
me: oh really? she graduated my year?
co-worker a: yah last year.
me: no that means she's a year older.
co-worker b: no, she's our age. it's already been a year since we've graduated!
me: oh damn...this year went by fast..it's already been a year?

geez..this time last year i was stuck in the engineering gateway labs all day and all night..with kel and gail to join in the craziness of trying to finish our senior project in time for our final presentations during memorial weekend...i still can't believe that that was a year ago..how time flies...

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.
-Ziggy

ahhh as the work week comes to a closing i am ecstatic for the weekend to come on over...although i am deeply saddened at the outcome of last night's game..i was in a state of utter disbelief..like a bad nightmare had come true..however, i will say that the lakers dynasty was historic and they will triumph again..they've just gone on a little vacation which started today..and i'll see them again in a few months..hats off to the 2000-2002 nba world champions!!...no more thinking of that..i'll just be sad again...especially having people texting me about it..i won't name any names..ahem..jenn..ahem..ryan..!!..but yah..it's time to watch the matrix reloaded baby..and also to greet my parents who just came back from p.i..even though i know they'll be knocked out by the time i come home from work..it's nice to know that they made it back home safely and that our household can go somewhat back to normal=P..geez trying to be a responible parental figure for my little sister these past 2 weeks was hard..i dunno how my parents did it while i was still in high school...working, cooking, driving me around til i got my license, hearing me complaining about school, or dealing with me staying in my room and not coming down..geez..if i thought being a teenager was hard..imagine being a parent of one..props to the parentals man..i know i may not say it a lot..but i appreciate all you've done for me..so anyways..over the past weekend i succumbed to those dang infomercials..i used to always laugh whenever i saw them..and this time..i got sucked into it...yup that's right..you are now looking at the proud owner of the winsor pilates dvd's..hahhaha..an added incentive for me to work out whenever i'm not able to do my daily jog after work...hey man..after seeing daisy fuentes, holly robinson peete, and danny glover sponsoring them..who wouldn't give in..riiiight..i'm just a sucker for it..oh well..in 2 weeks i'll get it and hopefully it'll be worth my buy...geez..i can't believe i bought it!!=P..look out weekend..here i come..because weekends were made for fun! damn straight!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be.
-Douglas Adams

and so it goes...a time for the lakers to redeem themselves from wednesday's craziness...here we go baby 4-in-a-row!!!..tun tun tun!!=P..woohoo thank goodness for friday!!..i so look forward to these weekends..work these past weeks have just seemed to drag on by..and like rex..where's my motivation these days??..c'mon brain..time to wake up..i can't believe i'll be doing this til i get to retire..can i please win the lotto now?..pretty pretty please with a cherry on top?..i'll be your best friend!!..hahha i remember when i was a kid those were like the infamous lines me and my friends would all use on each other whenever we wanted something from the other person..these days it seems to be more along the lines of...you better do it...NOW or i'll sock you!!..or forget you then!!..okay maybe not..haha actually that sounds like things i'd say when i was being bratty..hahaha..so okay, i'm listening to kevin and bean again in the morning..and they're doing this spoof on keanu reeves and the matrix at like 630 am..and then while i'm at work..i hear the same dialogue going on at like 930..and i'm thinking..wtf??..i remember this same thing happened when i was listening to jamie and danny...it was like deja vu (not the strip club people=P).but i thought i was just delirious and hearing things..but for it to happen now 2 times?..coincidence? i think not!..wow..the life of a radio veejay...whenever you feel like going home or taking a break..all you gotta do is play some re-run morning show that you hope no one else was awake to hear..i wish i could do that at work...what would i need to create to make that happen...hmmm..the possibilities..uhh so i just found out from my boss that some guy on the other side of the floor saw me and said he's going to marry me..what the freak of nature??..hahhaha that was funny..but kinda stalkerish/eww gross at the same time..should i be scared?..i guess not..anyways..time to enjoy this weekend..such nice sunshine we're having...go lakers!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.
-Anon.

ehhh..do you ever get those days where you just wish you'd have shut up instead of sticking your foot in your mouth?..and afterwards have this nagging feeling at your conscience full of guilt?..hmm maybe i'm just overdramatizing things as usual..but i made this little itty bitty remark, in my lame attempt to be funny, about someone on our floor whom my co-workers seem to always complain about..and yah they laughed about it..but then i felt bad afterwards saying it..dang guilty conscience..such a weak spot for me..so yah i'm not even going to say anything about last night's lakers game..just that..i know they'll pull through in the end..seems as though the issue of fate/destiny is, to each his/her own...thanx for all the comments about it..it's so interesting reading about what others think..okay dokay time to finish up the work load here..hasta la byebye..

aloha and mahalo...belle=)

And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
-André Malraux

okay so me and lou talked a bit about fate/destiny/sliding doors=P..all that mumbo jumbo..he doesn't believe in it..but i do. i think that things happen for a reason..that some things are just meant to be, whether we like it or not..call me crazy but i'll chance it that things like "serendipity" and "sliding doors" do occur...i dunno, it's such a broad topic that it can go into a huge debate..right johnjohn??=P.. anyways..x-men was dope, fresh, sweet, tight, rad, awesome, and just plain cooooooooool!...i can only imagine how matrix reloaded is gonna be..dang i can't wait!..so okay, i listen to kevin and bean on my morning drive to work right?..and whenever there's a commercial i skip around and yesterday ended up on power..and while big boy and the neighborhood were doing their thing i started wondering whether or not deejays listen to other radio stations..is it like a breach of contract if let's say kevin and bean listen to the power workout at 12? and big boy listen's to the beat's traffic jam at 5? or steve harvey listens to tito's top 4 at 4?...hmm..or is it like a loyalty thing and they choose not to thumb around to their competing stations?..i dunno, just wondering..i swear today feels like such a looooooong day..and it's only been 4 hours..only 6 to go and i'm going kookoo in my cube..oooh so my boss has decided that i get to stay in my cube...which i don't mind at all cuz i like where i'm at, and i promise i'll be more social with my co-workers=P..

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of life, that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

time for the x-men baby!..dude everytime i think of the movie that freakin dmx song comes in my head..why? i have no idea..maybe it's the whole X thing?..so hopefully the show isn't sold out...any takers on watching X2 at 1045 at the block tonight?...i will see you there..so this week has been an emotional roller coaster...my uncle, who was the main reason for the whole family reunion trip to p.i. passed away on wednesday..and it's hard trying to understand it because we just saw him like 3 weeks ago..everything was all so sudden...i guess i don't really now how to react with situations like this..and so my parents left to go back again to p.i. yesterday..it all feels so weird..i don't know what i feel right now..all i know is that i need to pray for our families..at least my uncle is at rest and doesn't have to feel the pain anymore...rest in peace tito roland!..then there's another situation which is hard to understand and explain..i've just realized how important it is to be attentive to all your loved ones..things may not always be as they seem...and i hope and pray for the best of things..yah i know i ramble...emotional wanderings i guess...

-aloha and mahalo..belle=)

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
-Albert Einstein

oh i'm sooo stuffed..me and my co-workers went to this sushi joint in the valley called sushi aki...hahha like sukiyaki..anyways they had some very tasty rolls and i recommend going there to any sushi lover...well there and kitayama's in newport beach...dude i had such the food coma on the way back home..so yah...uhhh what's up with the lakers??!!!..my only answer is that they lost on purpose so they could bring the series back to l.a. and beat the t'wolves there..yah that's it!...so i'm hoping this sunday will be an eye-opener for them and they kick minnesota's ass man...me and lou get to watch the game at staples..this should be very cool man..all the times i've gone to staples they've won..so c'mon lakers..since most of the people in my section at work are going, i guess you could call it a co-worker bonding moment.....this should be fun...damn i'm soooo happy that it's friday...like joe, i count down for this day..once monday rolls along i think of what the upcoming weekend has in store..and that's what keeps me going through the week..yay 3-day action-packed weekend...maybe a housewarming tonight...then universal...then the lakers redeeming themselves!...then workout..and hopefully the beach!!..i've been checking the weather everyday..and today it said that it'd be sunny with some clouds this whole weekend..grrrreat..not the answer i was looking for..thanx buddy...but who knows..those weather people are always off..geez how come time seems to go so slow when you're anxious to leave somewhere..and so fast when you want it to move slower..only an hour and a half more to go...yesterday i went to happy hour with my co-workers..and our boss stopped by also..he thought it was so strange how me and my other co-worker ordered drinks..i guess he pictured us as quiet, non-alcoholic, homebodies or something..which is fine..cuz it's hard to mix my work life with the social life..if he only knew how i was on my 21st b-day...ahhhhhhh those memories i will cherish..or uhh..the memories i had before i drank i will cherish=P...so i heard there's a new club in brea called matrix on thursday nights..any takers??..lemme know!!!!!!..all right..time for productivity...go lakers!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Fear less, hope more;
Whine less, breathe more;
Talk less, say more;
Hate less, love more;
And all good things are yours.
-Swedish Proverb

woohoo so after finally deciding on what to do this weekend, me and lou are going to universal and getting that buy one get the year free promo...whether we go there only once or more..who knows..as long as it's a good deal..just like when you go to mcdonald's and decide to get the 2 apple pies for a buck...such a good deal instead of just buying one pie for...well i dunno, but that was a good buy none-the-less!=)...hopefully it gets all sunny this weekend too so we could hit the beach baby...after my p.i. trip i've decided to exercise a lot more..so far i've been running about 1.6 miles when i'm not so tired from work..hopefully this will become a daily thing, i just have to get over all the soreness i've achieved as well...no pain no gain right?.."no guts no glory"!!..(as said in the movie iron eagle)..too bad it's been so gloomy lately and a bit sprinkly sometimes..makes me want to just stay indoors instead of running...geez i need motivation..badly!...so i finally saw m.i.a. johnjohn for some dim sum on monday...and yet again we've reached that wonderful conclusion that men are from mars, women are from venus concept..when will we ever be able to understand each other..let's say there's this guy..who's a transvestite i guess..and all of the sudden decides to get the surgery to "become a women" per se...he's lived part of his life as a man..and the rest of his life as a woman..does this mean he/she has crossed the barrier and now understands both sexes?...hmmm..i guess we'll never know huh?..or it could end up to be like that tootsie movie?..i dunno..just rambling..so my co-worker lent me this cd of darius rucker...remember the lead singer from hootie and the blowfish?..well yah, so he got babyface to produce his album or something, i guess he's trying a new genre of music..but what cracked me up was on the last track he's got snoop dogg rapping the chorus...snoop doggy dogg and hootie?..wtf? whatever floats his boat..that was just weird to hear...oh yah..what's up with those sideways ikea billboards? i've seen about 5 of them on the freeways..is it suppose to be like that cuz if so, i don't get it..then again...when do i ever get it?=P...so yah time to work..laters yo!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)

Thought for the day...

Life at work is like a tree full of monkeys,
all on different limbs at different levels.
Some monkeys are climbing up,
some down.
The monkeys on top look down
and see a tree full of smiling faces.
The monkeys on the bottom look
up and see nothing but assholes.

Instead of my quote for the day i decided to post this thought which my co-worker passed on to all of us here yesterday...pretty funny i think..dude...so after 7 months of being settled in my nice big cubicle..i have found out that in 2 weeks i'll be moving to another cubby..the reason?...umm..to get me in the mix of things..well my boss wants me to be in the middle of everyone so that i can be more aggressive in my work and interact with everyone..instead of the small talk i usually make, and then back to my cube..grrrrrrrrreat..not that i don't like talking to people..it's just that after a while of being here..i've learned it's better to not mix my social life with my work life..make sense?..i guess what i mean is that people can act so nicely when they see you..but the minute you turn your back..it's like competition central and you're the topic of what's going on...i dunno..i'd much rather be in an environment that's up front and easy going..can't i just work with all my friends??..that'd be dope...which brings to mind that my co-worker wants me to open up a company someday and he said he'd work for me..yah that sounds cool..let's all invest in opening our own company..you're your own boss...imagine the possibilities=)..so it's easter this sunday...my sacrificial giving up of all chips and certain types of snacks will finally be over...i would think lent ends after mass right?..geez after how many years of catholic school and i don't know the answer to that..pathetic i know!..gosh i remember as a little kid, decorating all the easter eggs like the night before..and after mass the parents would hide all the eggs and we'd have our annual egg hunt..and i'd always be wearing these little frilly hats that my mom would pick out to match the dresses i wore for easter...hahaha just picturing it cracks me up...the worst would be when we didn't find all the eggs..we'd play outside and there'd be some funk smell coming from some place in the yard..and lo and behold..rotten egg..ewww nasty smell! haha even worse than lou's stinky farts!!..hahhah just joking boyfriend!!!=)...woohoo it's freakin friday!! yah...but since it's good friday i must refrain from going out tonight..looks like a night of dvd's!...adios..

aloha and mahalo..belle=)

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
-Joshua J. Marine

hmm so it's been called to my attention that i lack the ability to go in detail with my stories?..hahha believe me i can go in detail..it'll just be a lot of reading i guess...so here goes..(a continuation of my massage at the day spa in p.i.)...i go into the waiting area to get my massage...and out comes this "helga" looking filipino woman..you know like in the tv shows..it's those nurses who always wanna give the dude a shot in the butt??..ahahah...so anyways..she leads me to the massage table and just motions for me to take off my robe..mind you i only have my bottoms on...which is whoa to me cuz i've never been to a day spa before..but apparently some people go full on nude to these places..so i guess i was being conservative??..so i lie on my tummy and she starts to massage me...and then as she starts massaging my lower back i feel a tug at my undies..and hands on my buttocks..ahhhh i felt violated...i just wanted to get up and get the heck outta there...then hahahha after a while it actually started to feel nice..and i calmed down...ha..until she told me to lie on my back..so yah here i thought i'd be covered up in the front right??...obviously miss helga thought otherwise, and i was going commando style...oh my gosh...if any one of the other people in there looked up they woulda seen me!..so i guess i treated it as more of an out of body experience than a nice relaxing tummy massage??!!!..hahahah...so after the massage. me, my sisters and my cousins were talking about our massages and i was telling them about how i felt all weird when she didn't cover me up...as i find out later on..i was the only one not covered..all the other chicks got their frontage hidden...hmmm...i felt the violation!...oh well..i guess that's what i get for paying 7 bucks for a massage??...so yah..word to the wise when getting a massage...you WILL be exposed!=P..like it or not..commando style baby!

so anyways...yesterday seemed like such a blah day for me...and the rain just added to my mood..it's like those days where you wonder why things happen the way they do...i dunno..and contrary to what others may think..i'm not pms'ing..just curious as to the reasons for things occurring...i guess my perception of things has kinda changed since i've been back..change is good right?...i dunno..or maybe i just don't care about things as much as i should..things i thought i understood now confuse me...dang i don't think i'm making any sense..i don't wanna think too much about all this...cuz when you think too much it starts to hurt..and that just sucks...

ehhh no more drama...on a brighter note...me and lou saw the lakers open a can of whoop-ass on the queens last thursday at the staples center...dang..you'd think that having the high ass seats like we did would suck..but dude..just being at the game was sooooooooooooo dope!!..i screamed like crazy for them...hehehe especially for my favorito..mr. robert "clutch man" horry!.damn i wanna see another game already!..okay time to get some r&r..laters yo!

-aloha and mahalo...belle=)