recap

WEDNESDAY 141205

UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD! my favourtie ride was the revenge of the mummy! it's this uber fast roller coaster. and it goes backwards and stuff. really kewl. we rode it twice, back to back. (:

we also rode jurassic park the ride. and the free fall at the end was not as steep as i remembered, but it was fun! we bought the picture they take right at the peak of the fall, even though it cost us $18 i think. :p didn't get so wet. other rides included shrek 2 and terminator 2 in 3-D. we saw the special effects stuff too. the studio tour was kewl, we got to see lots of sets from movies. even desperate housewives was filming at that time.

THURSDAY 151205

SICK! i got sick, sadly. i think it was becuase i got tired from universal. when i got home on wednesday, i was like shivering.

FRIDAY 161205

stayed home again, while karissa and gibby and carlo went out to do stuff with tita pil. watched "surviving christmas" while they were gone. it was really funny. (:

SATURDAY 171205

went to sport chalet in the morning since i was already feeling well. bought shoes there. and it's our supposed christmas gift from tita pil. (: after that we went to the mall to color me mine. where we could paint ceramics. yeah. i did a lobster! (: haha. it was cute. but they're still glazing it, so we can only pick it up some other time. karissa did a cat, gibby a dog, and ria a soap dish with ducks on it. as usual, CURLEY (aka carlo) went roaming around on his own, since he didn't want to paint with us (not surprisingly).

after dinner at home, tito bobbeh brought us to the place where his old house was: 27171 bidwell lane! i still remember it, its so catchy! anyway, i was so surprised when there were so many cars viewing the lights too. everyone was just driving so slowly and quietly in a small street. but when we got to the street that "always wins" the competition for decorating. there were tons of cars parked around, and people out on their garage giving out free sweets! first, we were given candy canes. then we drove around the street. a group of girls in their garage each had a letter on their shirts. and together it read "HONK!" and when the cars would honk, they'd scream in victory. it was so funny. (: curley came btw, after much persuasion. and he was seated in the front seat. SO when this person came up to our car to give us marshmallows, he declined!!!! and we were all like NOOOOOOO~~. haha. but we went down after tito bobbeh found a parking spot and walked around. we even saw a live band in the garage with rockker dudes. and they were showing movies and stuff right there. it was so kewl.

next we went to starbucks and bought fraps and stuff. i love coffee. mmmm.. caffeine!! after coffee, we went to albertsons to grocery a few stuff. tito bobbeh had the list, and all the kids were just walking around and leaving tito bobbeh behind. being the kind-hearted one (not), i stayed and helped tito bobbeh, the poor guy. he didnt know how to choose oranges. he was like "are we supposed to get the yellow ones?" i think he was joking, though he sounded really serious... but later, i caught up with the kiddies (haha!)

when we got home, we all decided to camp in curley's room. the five of us- ria, karissa, gibby, carlo, and me all slept in his room. its really big- especially his king sized bed, which he has all to himself. gibby and carlo slept up, while the 3 girls slept down. we talked till it was really late.

SUNDAY181205

woke up early and went to church. after church, we had no food at home, so we were going to buy pizza. but dad got hooked up on the football game, he wouldn't even leave. in the end, we ate papa john's pizza at around 2+. i was starved, but the food was really good.

at night, we ate at a korean restaurant. the food was so good. i got really full. and still, we had baskin robbin's ice cream after. and there was this scary orange kid who was staring at me! slept in curley's room again. and this time i slept up with gibby. we were kinda fighting who got to sleep up and who got to sleep down.

MONDAY 191205

went to mom's cousins house. and had lunch at hometown buffet. the cheesecake was goooood! then played chess with dad and beat him FOR THE FIRST TIME!!!!!!! yeahhhhhh. then we went to buy filipino foodstuff.

that night, we slept in carlo's room again. but gibby and carlo were up again, even though we drew lots. gibby ALWAYS got up. as in ALWAYS. we kept drawing, and not once did he get DOWN. sad.

TUESDAY 201205

got out of bed because mom said jessica and claire where here! so we did, and then had breakfast while watching home alone2. then jessica and claire had to leave to go to tito bobbeh's clinic and have their teeth cleaned. we planned on watching narnia with jessica and claire later that day, since its been out for a long time now. but jessica got a root canal, so only some of us went. but it was fun. narnia's cool. (: had lotsa popcorn again.

WEDNESDAY 211205

mall!!! woke up early-ish to go christmas shopping with ria and karissa. mom gave us like, $100. but we told dad that we didn't have enough money, becuase we had to buy for all the cousins and some adults. so he gave us another $100. so we had a total of about $250+, including our money! :p

when we arrived we had a sort-of early lunch of pizza. then we started our shopping spree. in the end, we got everyone presents, except gibby. becuase he wants this cd, but there was no cd store there. but we got so tired. we went to about 12 different stores. it was fun, though. we got presents for paul, james, curley, jessica, claire, mom, tita pil, and tito bobbeh!