More than Meets the Eye

Just saw Transformers yesterday, and man what a movie! We tried to go to the early bird showing ($6!!! @ 10:15AM) and guess what? It was sold out! How crazy is that? Sold out on the FIRST showing on a WEDNESDAY. Luckily the next showing was also priced at $6. But man, what a movie! I'd say the movie was very well put together, much better than the first one (a very rare occasion). There were so many robots, explosions, meganfoxes, explosions, uh robots, some comedy, more explosions, etc. Anyways, the movie is a must see! One thing I must say though, I noticed that after every time I watch a Transformers movie, I go through this phase where I tend to look at big trucks and cars more closely to see if they're an Autobot or Decepticon :\

P.S. Lately I've been contemplating on making a facebook account out of curiosity. Seems like nowadays facebook and twitter is all the rage. I honestly haven't logged onto my myspace account for at least 3-4 months. So should I bother with a facebook page? Maybe it'll be different? What do you guys think? Poll on the side!

The Paradise Out Sea

So as you all may know, about a month ago Michelle and I set forth a journey far out sea (well not really that far out, thanks to the swine flu). I'd say the cruise was "okay." It had it's ups and downs (both literally and metaphorically).

The first day out Michelle and I experienced major nausea from the topsy turby cruise boat. I thought hell, this is a big ass ship, so it should have some power in it. And to my knowledge in physics, if you're traveling over water pretty fast on a huge vessel, I would think it wouldn't rock that much.. What was more surprising was that Michelle felt it more than I did. From past experiences, I'd say Thomas and boats don't mix very well, however I got used to it by the second day (with the help of 3 pills of course). Anyways the cruise honestly wasn't as cracked up as I thought it would be. I'd say it would have probably been a lot better if we got to stop by Mexico or something. Catalina Islands was a major savior to the trip. Actually there were a couple of things that really saved the cruise from me giving it a major F. The first would probably be the gambling tables. Even though I blew a lot of money on blackjack and roulette, (thankfully Michelle saved my ass and won some money back :)) I had a lot of fun. Probably the highlight of the trip actually. Another standout for the cruise would be the unlimited buffet style lunches and the fancy smancy dinners every night. Anyways I don't really want to get into really specific details because, I really don't have any. All in all I give the cruise trip a C-.

Here's a breakdown of how much we paid (or how much I paid)
Price: $ 598 (for 2)
Tax: $ 75
Refund 1: $-100 (for 2, because we couldn't go to Mexico)
Refund 2: $- 50 (for 2, because the pool flooded)
Casino 1: $ 60
Casino 2: $ 46 ($6 was the ATM fee....)
Casino Win: $- 90 (Michelle won it back hehe...)
Total Damage: $ 539


Photos:


Looks good, but looks can be deceiving. I was expecting the cone areas to be crunchy. It wasn't.


This was bomb however. 4 days straight. Yup.


The main Atrium? I think that's what it's called.


Damn unstable boat...


Notice the yellow tape around the pool? Yeah on the 3rd day it apparently "flooded" into the lower deck, which is the fancy dinning hall #2 (ours was #1 thank God). At least we got a refund from it.


Our small ass room. How am I supposed to sneak in hoes at night?!





Meet Smiley. BEST. WAITER. EVER. This dude is real cool no doubt. The service he brought was seriously outstanding, better than at any restaurant in my life. Every group had a specific waiter that would serve them every night at the fancy dinner and this guy was ours. We grew pretty attatched to the guy, and all felt kind of sad that the cruise was over and we wouldn't see him the next night.


Like the unlimited lunch buffets, we also had unlimited food on the fancy dinner nights.


Catalina Island. Real nice place.


Till next time.

P.S. check out more photos here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10808091@N07/collections/72157619149274642/

The LA Life

So I've been back from the LA trip/cruise, and I've finally felt that I caught up with my my daily SJ life, hence no post for the week since I've been back. It's crazy because I've only left for about a week and a half and I feel as though I've been gone for a month. I come home and I get bombarded with stuff to catch up on (TV shows, paperwork, bills, summer school, sleep, etc.).

The LA trip was pretty good, although I wished I had brought my own car or something. Fucken LA drivers are insane! I've been down there many many times now and I haven't realized it until this time, but LA people drive so aggressively it boggles my mind. The streets and roads are no different from SJ, nice and roomy (unlike SF), so I have no idea what the fuck the rush is. I guess it's just an LA thing, and now I realize that I really appreciate the slow and more calmer, SJ drivers (yes, even the asian grandpa driving camrys).

This time around, our primary mission to LA was Lynna's graduation (congrats!) and to go to Long Beach to jump on the Carnival Paradise Cruise (next post). I was pretty bummed that we couldn't stop by Melrose for a bit of shopping, but I guess it was for the best...

Photos:


Gotta be prepared!



Her airplane reading materials...



My airplane reading materials!



Palm trees and freeways... Yep, that's LA alright.



Fucken LA drivers...



The LA projects.



Apparently owning 3 bakery shops lands you with one of these...



Our sleeping quarters.



The chinatown of LA... Count the imports. Go on, do it.



Yeah, you know you're in a chinatown area when you have a shop dedicated to photo booths.



You may beat us when it comes to mexican cuisines, but you got nothing on us when it comes to Pho!



Nowadays cops tweak traffic lights instead of standing in the middle of the street to you know... direct traffic.



$100 bouquet flowers. Yeah, you hold on to those for as long as you can. Cause it'll probably be the only time.



Sluts.



The loudest family I know.



Rocket puppy!



Yeah, everytime I hear Lynna and her sisters fight I do that too.


Stay tuned next time for a post on the cruise!

On Hold

Sorry but the new post is going to be put on hold for now. Why? Because my significant other would rather me spend my bandwidth downloading Jon & Kate Plus 8 Season 4 over uploading pictures and videos. I have dozens of blog worthy topics swarming in my head, but by the time this 10.4GB download finishes I'm probably going to forget it all. FML.

Serial Chiller

Sorry it looks like I've been only updating maybe once a month, but that's going to change. Promise. Well not until the end of May that is. Whats been going on with me me you say? Nothing much really. Semester is almost ending, and that leaves me with only the Summer/Fall sessions to go and then I'm DONE. D-O-N-E. No more studying, no more homework, no more waking up just to go to school for an hour, no more retarded group members, no more anything. I'll be a 9-5 man. Where you say? I don't know really. I'm kind of scared actually. In all honesty, I don't see the "economic crisis" a big factor in me not having/obtaining a job. It's my laziness. Ever since I left AE I've been jobless and still am jobless. I've been too lazy to hunt for a real job. Retail certainly doesn't cut it for me. I got hired at Fry's and left after 2 days (the Indian demographic at Fry's is BANANAS). So far craigslist and ebay have been wonderful to me, which has been my source of income these days. But as time goes by, my stash has been dwindling, and I'm afraid I don't have anything left to sell. You all know what that means... that's right, a summer job. Ugh, I honestly don't know how you guys can still manage to do retail. You guys are champs in my eyes. I guess I'm more of a 9-5, suits, kind of guy.

Like I said, my life has been the same ol' same ol', nothing much new really. My birthday was on the 6th, and I would like to thank those good friends of mines that wished me happy birthday. WHAT? No party you say? 1) No money 2) I don't really like to go big on my birthdays. "What the fuck? How boring!" Not to me. I like to live life simple. Big parties don't do it for me. Just chilling and hanging with good friends is all I need. Besides, I don't need a bunch of fakers that just want an excuse to get fucked up. Yep, chilling is all I need to be happy (although some money would be nice). I've been told by numerous people I have this chill/lazy vibe that I give out. Whoever comes within 5 ft of me gets hit with lazyitis syndrome. That person will instantly become fatigued and would not want to do anything. They would then proceed to sit down and just, chill. But yeah, that's about it for the past events. Just been chillin, like a villain (I never really got that saying, aren't villains actively seeking world domination?).

As for the future, Michelle and I are about to jump on a cruise in a couple of weeks. This cruise is dirt cheap, so you kids should jump on that quick! Originally it was planned for a 5 day trip out to sea, stopping at Catalina Islands, and Ensenada Mexico. The only problem was we booked this trip months ahead, and just recently we found out that Mexicans like to kiss pigs and conjure up new types of flu's. Luckily the cruise decided to re-route and stay the fuck away from Mexico and their diseases. So we're pretty stoked about that. Plenty of photos and entries to come at the end of May so stay tuned!

For now he's some shots of my recent activities:


You didn't know? Nerds are sexy nowadays.


Not a chance my friend.


This guy eats anything humans eat. Even weird imported Vietnamese shit. This one is just pizza however.


Best place to get a burger. Hands down.


Sluts.


Can you tell who's belongs to who's? Way too easy.


Who the fuck is Tashanna? Oh, and Domo poses like a slut.


The times have been good to Barbie. She definately got hotter.


Haha, silly Spongebob.


I'll give someone $10 to tell me how many versions of Power Rangers there are.


FAIL. They seriously never give Asians any recognition.


I'll give you $20 if you can tell me how many versions of Batman there are.


DON'T TELL ME YOU DON'T REMEMBER THIS! I always wanted to try it...


Rodents aren't really my thing, but it's sorta cute..


Fucken ashy ass nigga.


Keep chilling kids.

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