lots of things have happened since i last wrote, and i don't recall why i was sad in the last entry. sorry to leave you hangin'. catching up won't be too hard. i just got back from san francisco (again... yes, i love going there. i thought it was because i liked the city, but the city is only okay compared to the company that i keep when i visit :o) ). so yeah, i've got a lot to write about.

first things first. i went to san francisco by myself only after my mom and little sister told me that they wouldn't be able to make it down to california with me. it woulda been cool with mom, but sarah had to work, poor thing. but like she says: "at least i get paid." hehehe, what else would a princess like her say?

so off to san francisco i went. this was the 3rd time i've gone there since my trip with sabz and cin last august. sabz is always telling me that i'm so bad that i go so much... but i'm sure she'd love to come back there to visit kuya and everyone again. we had such a great time in august, didn't we girls? ;o)

but back to this trip. of course, i went down to visit my kuya gary. i arrived on the 29th of december and kuya was so nice to come out and meet me at the airport, even though he was still a bit sick. what a great guy :o) the weekend consisted of us hanging out and watching movies. i was so happy that i got to see divine again. that girl is so sweet. we would've hung out more, but she got sick later on in the week. i hope you're doing better divo!!

i would have to say that the people i saw the most this week was rob and phuong. those two and kuya and i went out for new year's eve to the embarcadero to watch fireworks. they were spectacular. i hope our pictures turn out nice. phuong and i were having a great time just chatting away. i know rob wasn't enjoying the evening ecstatically, but i enjoyed his company nonetheless... and kuya, it was a bit cold, but not that cold (yes, you may insert canadian stereotype here). ;op

new year's day was fun too. us four went out for brunch at this great little restaurant with awesome banana pancakes. then we headed back to rob's cute place (by "cute" i mean "small"... hehe but really, it was cute!) and kuya and phuong decided to nap, while rob and i jumped in his car and cruised to seacliff and land's end. wow. those houses were huge! and what a view! we climbed this big rock thing, and it was a bit challenging, what with me holding my purse, and rob in his doc marten's... but it was well worth it. we saw the golden gate bridge and the bay to our right, and the pacific ocean to our left. it was perfect. hopefully next time i'll be able to make it there at sunrise... and with a camera! afterwards, we went back to his place to wake up the sleeping beauties, rob played his guitar and sang a couple songs, and we made plans for the evening... yet another movie. but it was "what women want" so it was all good :o)

the next couple of days i went shopping with phuong. kuya went to minnesota for 3 days so she and i kept ourselves busy. i love that girl. she has the best taste in shoes, clothes, accessories, music... but that's nothing compared to her personality. and i can't get over the fact that she's younger than me! i swear i thought she was at least my age or even a bit older! she's so mature and fun and i find that so refreshing. there's no word to describe her. she's just the best. she is "the phuong". ;o)

on the thursday, i decided to go and visit my friend david in oakland. i took the muni and the bart all by myself. yeah, i'm pretty proud of that. david lives in ghetto oakland and it was exciting, despite the lack of hearing gunshots or witnessing muggings. but yeah, it was pretty ghetto. so we went to a few record stores, but ended up back in the city. we were headed for the sfmoma, but we didn't get in. the line up to get in was almost down the block!! so i went shopping instead :o)

i think that one of the 2 highlights of this past weekend was that kuya and i finally went to the exploratoriun at the palace of fine arts. that place is beautiful. and inside, the exploratorium is just sooo educational! i loved it. one of my most favorite parts (and kuya's too, i know) was this cool cosmic ray chamber. it was this huge tank filled with alcohol and it showed the little rays shooting thru it. it was so cute and soothing... something i'd watch while listening to some downtempo. wow, that'd be nice. we also saw a bunch of baby jellyfish there, the first ones hatched at the exploratotium in almost 2 years. that was cool too.

the other highlight was later that evening, when kuya and i went out with phuong to ihop. i love pancakes. i don't remember how we got onto the topic, but we started talking about ghosts. i will not go into it right now because it is almost 3am as i type and i want to be able to get to sleep!

this entry is getting way too long and i have one more short story to tell... i think i'll save it for tomorrow. i need sleep!

to be continued...