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karen. kaks. 19 years old. only child. filipina. san jose. bay area. graduate of silver creek HS c/o 2003. loves sleep and food. easily annoyed. lazy. goof. weird. student at deanza college. guitar.
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Saturday, January 29, 2005
2.6wow..it tends to slip my mind that i've got one of these things.
life's been...OK..just so-so. school's a pooper...friends are great...jd's awesome..just how it's always been.
yesterday afternoon, me and jd went to valley fair to buy a gift for his god-daughter. stopped by EBAR to visit justine..thanks for the drink. got soo jealous because there's soo many clothes/accessories/shoes that i want to buy..but i can't do that can i. oh well..no biggie. after that, we headed to BEST BUY..because everytime we go to valley fair..JD just has to go to BEST BUYS. it's ok..me no mind. there was NO sign of the INCUBUS dvd that's been out since freakin november. arghh. jd was gonna buy me it, since he knows i want it, but that didn't go as planned.
went back to his house to get his mama and chato and headed to the "mini" family-party. played 1 game of 13 with chato and his cousin justin, and WON. woohoo. walked away from that game with a total winnings of 3 bucks...ooooh yeah.
we spent most of our time playing with card decks. sharing tricks/shuffling techniques...shooting cards into a hat...then out of nowhere, jd amazes me and chato when he did this shuffling trick with the cards. you see, jd doesn't really know how to do certain things (eg. me and chato rock at donkey konga, but jd's not that good)...so when jd did that trick, me and chato were helllllla amazed and laughing our asses off. fun times with their family. jd's mom cracks me up.
ok..i've got an accounting exam monday...my room's a hugeee mess..and i gotta get crackin on that stuff.
thanks hunny for my buddy "COREy". i had fun today watching ANASTASIA, playing the "playboy" game, and playing with our buddy corey. hahaha. happy 2.6 ...and don't forget..we're in "yuvvvvvvvv" =]
11:51 PM .
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
IT'S ABOUT TIME!!within the past week or so, i've been spending more time with the girls...
cheesecake factory...
iceskating(some of us)...
and today...cheesecake factory for desert (YUMMM!!) and drinks from EBAR (both justine's treat..and did i mention THANKS STINE!!)...shopping for some at NORDSTROMS (they have the COOOLEST BATHROOMS!!)...and movie downtown to watch COACH CARTER (which is a freakin fraken good movie). the laughs..great company..kooky, silly friends. ahhh..i love them.
the ONE day i don't bring my camera, we decide to have a photoshoot. hopefully i'll get pics from stine and yabs soon so i can share the fun we had today.
left the girls early...gotta do some reading/studying for tomorrow and my head hoits("hurts", if you didn't figure that one out)!!! but there's one thing to look forward to tonight...AMERICAN IDOL!!!!!! =]
PS. since i've gotten back from the philippines, my appetite has come back. i've been eating fast food like my life depended on it...been spending most of my money on eating out...gained my double chin back (as well as my tummy), and managed to gain about 6--no--7 pounds over the past 3 weeks. someone please motivate me to get off my lazy ass and exercise. please take all my money (as well as my check card) in order to keep my weight from escalating to obesity. if you're out with me, don't tempt me with eating out somewhere. my bank account/body is paying for it as we speak. thank you my friends. =]
7:02 PM .
Monday, January 10, 2005
THINGS ARE BETTER NOW..IN CERTAIN AREAS..on january 8th, after the rest of the family said goodbye and went on their way to manila to come back home to america, my grandma (but technically grand-aunt), at the age of 94, passed away. when i was there, i overheard her saying, "i'm going to die" or "ouch that hurts" when someone would change her diaper or change her. everyone said goodbye, and within an hour or 2, they recieved a phone call that she passed away. one of my mom's main reasons for going to the philippines was to see her aunt before she passed away..and she did. she put my mom through school and was basically like a mother to my mom (since her mom passed away when she was 13). i never got to say goodbye to her. everyone was down, greeting us goodbye, but i forgot that my grandma was upstairs, still sleeping. i'm sad she's gone, but i'm glad she's in a better place now. i'd like to think she was waiting to see all of us until she passed away...since she died within 2 hours of everyone leaving. 1 last thought...when we were in the philippines, you'ld hear her say "98". we said to her, "no...you're 94"..and figured she was saying that she was gonna die when she was 98. well, she passed away at 9am...on january 8th....
k folks..tis all. sayonara!
11:04 PM .
Wednesday, January 05, 2005
OK...I'M READY NOW..i've been putting off writing this post ever since i got back because i knew i would write sooo much and would have so much to say. ok. here i go. i'm gonna try my best to touch on the big details and avoid getting into the little ones.
flight to manila was super long. a stop over in hawaii..giving us a 17 hour flight. they played movies like WITHOUT A PADDLE, SHARK TALE, and THE NOTEBOOK. since i was sleeping most of the time, and woke up to the movies when they were in the middle, i forced myself not to watch them..since i hate watching movies without watching the beginning. there was family sitting in front of us. 2 parents, and 2 mestiso boys. at first, they look like adorable kids, but when the flight went on..these adorable boys turned into devil kids. hahaha. they screamed/cried the whole night...threw stuff towards our row..and one kid even spit at kat's face. it didn't help that the parents were very passive and didn't even discipline them.
arrived in manila and we stayed there for about 3 days. highlights were shopping at GREENHILLS..trying to shop at SM MEGA MALL..VILLA ESCUDERO..taking shots of tequila/hennessy at TGI FRIDAYS at 11am...sleeping at 5pm and waking up at 3am...NOT going through with our plan to go clubbing and barhopping...
after that, we headed to our houses in candon, ilocus sur..our hometown. we rented those buses for our family, since there was too many of us. family members from the philippines came along too, since they were going to candon anyways. stopped by a city where they made fireworks and the adults bought tons and tons of 'em. you'ld think we were going to war with another country. arrived in candon..family was excited to see us all..and vice versa.
the rest of the stay was great. i swear..we had parties for days on end. christmas eve...christmas..the 27th...new years eve..new years..and not to mention the other nights we went out galavanting. i met some of our old ass friends from when i was 11. the last time they saw us was 2000, and i was so surprised when they remembered me. met some cousins that i never knew existed..i thought were only friends of my cousin elma..but turns out we're all cousins. anyways..it was nice having family around..something i don't have here in san jose. it was nice seeing all my aunts and uncles..bonding..having fun with my cousins..playing with my neices/nephews/godchildren. the drinking wasn't half bad either. haha. got fucked up on christmas eve and started yacking for dayssss...but thanks to everyone for taking care of me. of course, i got a hangover the next day..and felt so bad since it was CHRISTMAS. mom basically knew that i got drunk...since here sisters were outside watching..hahah. oh well..she didn't really care.
maritess brought her OC dvd set, and on our spare time, we watched it. i only got up to disk 4 i think..and i'll admit...i'm getting hooked. there were times during the trip when it was boring..but there were times when i had super fun. experienced 2 "brownouts"...christmas eve and new years eve...maybe because of all the electricity we were consuming. surprisingly..i didn't go swimming this vacation. went to the beach at night...but not swimming. it's ok though..because if i did..i'd probably be REALLY dark.
i was happy for my mom and dad. excluding a handful of family members, no one knew they were coming..they only thought i was coming without them. boy was everyone in for a surprise. my mom's sisters and brother were soo happy to see here. my dad's sister was happy as well. i mean, they haven't seen them since 1997..so it was an overdue visit. dad stayed with his family for lots of the trip (he lives about 10 minutes away)..mom slept in our room alone sometimes..and i slept with the girls in the other house. when both my mom and dad slept at my dad's side...i slept in our room. there was an empty bed with airconditioning..so SOMEONE should have used it.
everyone (the kids..even though we're not really kids anymore) was talking about how they wanted to go home. honestly..i wanted to go home..but not just yet. i loved the feeling of having family around all the time. i love it. it's something i don't have here..and it's something that i really appreciate when i go to the philippines.
the day i left..i stayed up the whole night. we were to leave at 4am..so i stayed up and stayed out till that time. i was tired..but i wanted to spend as much time with people before i left. did that..and finally it was time to leave. it was me, my parents, ryan, kevin, and uncle ricks fam (they were gonna stay in manila and leave to the airport with everyone else). most of the family woke up and watched us leave. i said goodbye to my fav guy cousin ariel..and he started crying..and that's what triggered me crying. said goodbye to everyone...cried of course..and everyone too. my aunts from america (who were staying longer) said, "it's fun huh? we'll come back in 2 years"..and all i could do was cry, smile back and say, "yeah.."
so i entered the van and purposely sat next to the window so i could wave bye to everyone as we drove off to manila. as we drove off..everyone was waving byee..and i waved bye backk..which made me cry even more. when the house was no longer in sight..i started BALLLLLLLIN' and covered my face with my jacket and basically cried myself to sleep. i woke up in the van and discovered it was around 10am. my heart still hurted, and i was still feeling the hurt i felt when i was crying.
stopped to eat..then headed to the airport. said bye to those family members who came along to the airport..and that was that. at the airport..i saw JR and JOEL, friends who were also on vacation. had the same flight with them too. also saw the devil kids and their parents. amazingly, they had the same departure and arrival flight as us. luckily..they sat about 6 rows in front of us.
non stop flight..11 hours..arrived sunday night.
i still miss the philippines oh so much. the rest of them are still there and will be leaving tomorrow. 2 weeks was too short for me. i think 3 weeks would be perfect. this was the best holidays i've ever had..and i'm glad i spent it in the philippines. i didn't expect to recieve any gifts(but i did recieve a lot of money from my aunt from america, and a gift from some of my neices and nephew)..and us from america were the ones that were giving out all the gifs.
so there's my PHILIPPINES post. very basic and straight foward. there is soo much more that i can say and write..but i think this is fine. so many memories from this vacation..so much fun..i can't wait till i go next time. hopefully in 2 years...*cross fingers*
ps. if you haven't seen them..here's some pics from my trip
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10:39 PM .
Monday, January 03, 2005
I'M BACK!!I HAVE SOOOOOO MUCH TO WRITE..SO MUCH TO SAY..BUT NOT JUST NOW..CAUSE IT'LL TAKE FOREVER FOR ME TO WRITE A POST ABOUT THE PHILIPPINES. SO HERE YOU GUYS GO..
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2:14 AM .