So Cal Trip!

Long story short:
I missed my best friend Aaron's birthday for the past 5 years, to make up for it I agreed to check out the Shakespearean play he was in. (I know right). I told my boiz and there was only one things to do: ROAD TRIP.. HEY!?!! HAHA

Zto took the reigns and planned a weekend packed full of surprises (most of which was eating).
Peruvian Chinese Cuisine in LA, GamEboi LA, Abbey's LA, Korea Plaza LA (Kid Robot), Sticky Pictures in San Gabriel, Guppies (shaved ice), Sprinkles (cupcakes) Yogurt Land, Boomers (Go Carts and batting cages). Let's see how many we managed to do!

Jose Antonio: Peruvian Chinese Food
Oh there's Joe and Zto representing the collision of two different cultures!

It was actually very delicious. The place was mainly Peruvian. Joe was pleased to hear some authentic Peruvian music for once. Apparently he was tired of hear that Mexican junk on the Radio. The owner (?) was awesome. We all thought he was drunk. The waitress was this SASSY girl who we thought was her niece. Look at her being Sassy, you work it girl!

Adventures on the Road
We needed cash back, but there was only a drive through ATM, so we posed in a car. I also brought our puppets to keep us entertained. LOL.. In LA we spotted this place that says, "Catholic Girls Guide to Losing Your Virginity." Oh man

WeHo (West Hollywood)
After running errands and parking our asses in a hotel we stumbled into WeHo. What a fantastic place. At GamEboi, we started the night with some Washington Apples. They were 11 each. WOW, LA kids must all have income to dispose. The old man giving wrist bands caressed MoAny's back,"take care of the bartender...." He must have saw MoAny's fuck me face.

We met up with Sandy and she was already making friends at the bar. Sandy of course knew a better place: the Cantina. Half off drinks! Our second round of drinks: Margaritas and Surfer on Acid shots from this hip joint.

Abbey Food & Bar

We only had one night to explore this hip, clean, younger socal version of he castro. We headed to Abbey's and picked up some more friends!

Round Three: Tokyo Tea. Zto didn't finish his so MoAny finished it. Ooo, he regretted that one.

At Abbey's Joe pointed out these hot guys. Sandy of course went up t them and tried to talk to them. To her surprise they were Italian. Communication was a problem. I introduced myself and the hot guy said something like.... Esponyol. I threw my hands up and pushed our Peruvian friend into the tracks. Italian and Spanish are of course very different. After we all departed after being very awkward. Joe explained that they could understand each other's language but could not speak the other's. Strange. Aww no pictures of the hot guys.

We decided that we wanted to end the night with some dancing so we headed to GamEboi before it close at 1:30, 2am?? Ridiculous, I guess because it's 18+

GamEboi LA

The guy below in the vest was dancing, we approached him and shouted, "YOU LOOK familiar!" He had no clue what we were talking about, but we took a picture anyway.


We ended the night with a round 4: LC shots. That was the stupidest choice of my life.

I went to the restroom and this boy stopped me to say, "didn't you lifeguard in South San Jose?" I was like. "WHAT!??!? YES!!" He explained that he used to go there. I was amazed he spotted me and I've been trying to find him since. To my memory he goes to Riverside, graduating in 08... Name sounds like Neil?

I spent the rest of the night search for random SoCal friends. I found this one boy that I really wanted to dance with, but instead he nibbled on my ear and left with his friends. BAH.

WeHo Shut Down

The club shut down and we all recovered on the street. MoAny bought us roses from a vendor on the street and we found shelter at this pizza place. We probably bought a whole pizza's worth, but just bought individual slices because we were well.. very drunk.

The Morning After
We were supposed to wake up for a fun full day of LA, but we were all damaged. Somehow we managed to get back to the hotel. Zto cleaned up the pot that was next to my bed, he said there was enough inside to make dinner! Oh goodness.

With hangovers, Pho seemed to be the only solution. Problem: We weren't in West Minister or San Jose. We checked out this place called Planet Noodle in Westwood. Gosh, the name should have been the first clue. I saw on the menu Yakisoba and ordered it immediately because it's one of my favorite dishes. To my disappointment they brought chow mien. BLAST! The Pho was gross. Period.

Westwood

We managed to inadvertently catch the premiere of Horton Hears a who. Apparently Joe saw Jim Carey, but didn't tell any of us because we were walking head of him. Bah. We got some desserts to cool our burning stomachs.


Venice Beach

Wow. If weren't so sore we were going to rent bikes, but instead we just walked around until we saw enough freaks to last us the rest of the trip.

Riverside: My Original Destination
There's me and Aaron. He's sporting a new do that puts mine to shame. The boiz rested at Aaron's place while I watched his play and went to his cast party. Before his show, my dinner was left over planet noodle Yakisoba. But I didn't have a fork. So I sat there using my fingers like a Berkeley bum. Oh what my life has become.

Did I mention that I hate period pieces? Well, Aaron was awesome so it was worth it! The cast party was fun. I played Rummicub with some kids and drive Aarons butt home.

Buffalo Wild Wings
This is Aaron's favorite Wild Wing place. The Boiz liked it and I stole a menu by stuffing it into my shirt because Zto liked the design. Gosh, some of the wings were extra spicy!

Sticky Pictures in San Gabriel

Even though we were on a tight schedule we knew that we had to do more on our list! So we had some sticky picture fun at this over priced place called Cue! LOL! YAY! Our puppets came in handy.



Dessert Celebration

Next door was an Asian Dessert place. Oooo Healthy fruits. NO not us.. the dish we ordered!

Drive Home

MoAny was constantly popping sour candy to help with his car sickness and we managed to have a quick drive back up. Through out the ride I would shout, "do you guys want to play a game?!" I was sorely ignored. Finally they gave in and we played Contact. And yes, they all loved it. Haha. Bastards.

Highlights:

-Thanks to Joe's Tomtom we managed to keep our detours to a minimum.. we just took the motorway!

-Drive to and from LA was not stressful

-We managed to enjoy each other's company with out over doing it.. awww

Lowlights:

-We left our Peruvian Cookies in the Hotel fridge.

-We didn't make it to a lot of things on our list

-Saturday was miserable because we were all sick

-LA traffic sucks balls

Yay more trips to come! Gay Camping anyone?

ARG!

tARGet

ARG! I lost all my pictures from Dragon February 2008.

Damn it! I hate losing memories. Especially since I have a "if there are no pictures, it didn't happen" policy! ARG! It makes me want to make CDs of my pictures as well as back it up on my external hard drive as well as leave it on my SD card for a while just in case. AH!!! Maybe having negatives is more successful in preserving memories especially since data can be lost in a blink of an eye!!!

Scurry! No I have a corrupt folder and I can't remove it and it makes me sweat because it sits among my other precious files!

AHH! I Keep Eating!

Sigh. I feel like I have been eating non stop.

Below are some pictures of food I've been meaning to post.

Desserts

My bois and I went out and made some home made Asian desserts! Woot! Too bad the ice shaver was an ice... um chopper. blah!

100% Healthy Dessert in San Francisco!

Big Chain Restauruants

Yay! CPK! Read my review on http://downegrade.blogspot.com/

Sonoma Chicken Coup!

Long John Silver/KFC Combo! AKA OIL NATION!

Mony and I made a video on how the booths were made for fat Americans. There was about one yard of space between Mony and the table. I guess Americans who eat at Long John Sliver have an average waist diameter of 1 yard. The video got corrupted. Damn.

Pepper Lunch of Japan!


Hole in the Wall or Family Owned!

Neto of Moutain View!

Bear Ramen House of Berkeley

...uninspired

I have been concentrating on work and therefore, haven't been very inspired to blog.

Also, I've been reconsidering how "honest" I want to be publicly since my blog is search-able through my name (I'm trying to fix that). Tiggah Tigz manages to post some risqué pictures on his blog at the potential cost of his job, but he manages to keep his alter ego detached from his professional life. Very impressive.

For that reason, you may have noticed that my latest entries have been dry and constricted. And it makes me sort of sad that I should be so cautious.

Work has been really tough, but I'm pushing strong. Family has been rocky, but I'm thankful that things are ironing out. And friends are amazing.

We went on a road trip this passed weekend and I have been too exhausted to blog about it. A lot of shit went down! I was thankful that I took half day on Friday to chill with my boiz, since it was the hardest work morning of my life.

But check out the puppet show that Mony posted. It's a sample of our ridiculousness... the 5 hour drive .. I mean 7, cough... seemed to fly by so fast.

ROTFL?

Yesterday was my mom's birthday and my brother was in his usual pissy mood. Instead of being upset at his selfishness, I decided to try a more 2008 tactic. I sent him a text message even though he was sitting right next to me.

"Hey, try to be in a good mood for mom's birthday okay?"

He responds with lightning speed as if we were talking like normal, "yeah, I'm just tired, I'll try though."

Initially I wasn't going to let him sign the birthday card I bought for our mom, but what sort of brother would I be by making him feel shitty? He already had a hard weekend. His text response really made me happy. I guess, text messaging is the way to get through to him. Maybe I can text him about college, drugs and sex.

I suggested it to my mom. She said already does text message my brother. I guess she figured it out at mother-speed. I guess that's what unlimited texting is for.



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I've been considering moving to the city, but my parents want me home. They are too nice to hold me back so they just give me warm wishes.

I called a couple of my friends who work/live in the city to get their input.

"Hey, so you drive to the city and live in Milpitas right? How do you do it?"
"It takes 1 hour and a half usually."
"Would you ever move there?"
"I've considered it, but my family needs me here."
"wow..."
"Yeah, I just want to be home with them now..."

After that, I reconsidered everything. I guess, who's really being selfish now? I really am a bad son, and a worse brother. (Even Monyrith thought of my Mom's birthday more than me... he picked up a well thought of gift for her and gave it me to give to her. =/) I don't think it's right for me to just get up and leave when I guess my family needs me. =/ TMTH (too much to handle).