I Cry Cry in San Francisco

Family to me is a very precious gift. No matter what happens, they are always there for you. Even if you're wrong, they will stand behind you and cover your ass. I am truly blessed I have a family that loves me unconditionally and well, that I can express my love to.

I had a wonderful, fruitful, fun weekend in San Francisco. It was a very quick visit but to me it was full of pure kick-ass AC fun. Shout outs go to Kuya, Pau, Miles, Enzo, AJ, Bea and the rest of the AC in the Philippines. Soon we'll reunite and just... have a wonderful time like we all used to.

Change, yeah, is the only constant thing in the world and times ARE changing. we are all growing up and yes, part of growing up is facing realities in life, realities that before were taken cared of by mommy and daddy and tito and tita.

I am confident though. I am confident I can make the right decisions. I was raised well and I ask for advise. All will be well.

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I arrive San Francisco early 6am of Saturday and the adventure van arrives - our chauffeur Lanell, Celine's boyfriend who only spoke one, two or three words when necessary as far as i can remember, drove us all over and because of that he gets my approval. haha.

Oh it was just so nice to see Nikki, Aimee, JR and Brain. They're a big chunk of AC and they are truly missed. Their personalities make up the wholesomeness of AC. But you know what, it feels like I only havent seen them yesterday. Thanks to technology, internet, etc yada yada, the world is truly smaller.

First stop: Breakfast.
We were at Daily City, where as told, is always foggy because of all the steam the filipinos make from cooking rice. The landscape surely looks different from google's satellite view (where all is flat). And so we went to Jollibee!!!

I had jollibee last new year's day when Ian proposed. Jollibee opens 7am though, and we were there about 30 minutes early. Chillin at the parking lot, i met Adobo - the infamous guinea pig that is rumored to be blind because the bugsy eyes never blink.

Finally, Jollibee opens and we get our share of spaghetti, chicken joy, peach-mango pie etc. Halleluia.

We parked civic center - beautiful that place, rode the cable car (goshibels 5 freakin bucks?! the cable car guy was friendly though and asked me to hang out by the railing so i get the air-feel of the ride) then fishermans wharf was wet because it was drizzling a little bit, but i bought another furry hat, for my collection mwaha! Then we had lunch in the van, bought plate lunches after a failed bowling mission due to a tournament in the lanes.

That night was Celine's partey! We had sweet sweet Old Spaghetti Factory dinner, and stayed at the Marriott by Courtyard. it was sweet, intimate and loveabelle (yes i invented that word just now). But Celine's surprise wasn't till when we were hanging out by the playground just outside the resto in Concord. We just needed to call the New Yorkers - Tin was on the phone while Celine was talking to them. But she doesn't know they were actually creeping up to her by her back. Surprise Celina!

Oh i was holding my camera and crying. My sistahs are all togedah!
(oh i think im gna cry again now. haha)

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Day 2 was quick, checked out from the hotel, and went to see that darn Golden Gate bridge.
We drove on it and the whole time we were going 'WHAT THE FOOOGGG?!?!?!?!'

I didn't see the size of it from below. I didn't feel it look down on me. I didn't know. But i will again, someday. We took photos and pretended the red bridge was behind us. Well, it was really behind us (haha). Then we stopped by Fine Arts Museum and took more photos. We drove down the crooked street and saw Coit Tower and the up-down streets of San Fo. Then off to the airport we go to drop me off.

"Leaving San Francisco is like saying goodbye to an old sweetheart. You want to linger as long as possible. " -Walter Cronkite

I saw this quote while i was drinking my alcohol while waiting for my turn to board for Hawaii. I just have to put it here in my blog. That is exactly how i felt. San Francisco is BEAUTIFUL. I would move there in a heartbeat if i have an offer from a good employer. I could see myself there walking up those hills and stopping many times to catch my breath and wipe my sweat.

If IAN (yes i said IAN, ambeybey bantot) lived there, I would buy him coats and scarves and he'd be a walking perfume model. Nah, fantasies.

The trip was short and sweet. 6 hours away from Hawaii, i would go back again and again definitely. I'll wait for everyone to start working already and we could all hang out, and yes, next stop would be europe.

(photos and video soon)

Someday I will...(conquer)

So this is the continuation of my previous post - the NY spontaneous vacation that I had last Easter. With special request from my readers (my gosh, i thought my parents were my only readers), hokay hokay I shall update.

Easter was fun, I had my first easter egg hunt after X number of years. How many eggs did I find? None. I was probably too shocked when I heard everybody go 'Kiiit look for eggs!!!' coz I was never a player in my family games, I make the games.

Anyway, Easter - a new beginning, re-birth, resurrection. Like spring, it's always a nice time for me. I spend my last Easters just well, bonding with my family over endless food at bukid. My kuya is always unlucky with Good Friday, with so many times he gets himself in trouble with a vehicle involved. The year before, he smashed the opel on the NLEX, Tito Obet called my mom (we were going to cross the road from Ward Center that time) and told her the news. If my mom had balls.... okay nevermind, she doesn't have balls. Then the year before that, they sorta went 'jogging' and a crazy F150 almost hit him and JR.

My brother, I'm sure, is not the only one with crazy ass coincidences like that. Nothing awful ever happens to me (and im thankful) but I guess that's what Easter is all about eh? A friend of mine's dad recently passed away. I don't know what that feels because I don't even want to imagine or think of that. But then again, LIFE, EASTER is a wonderful thing because you are reminded that there is LIFE and you are breathing and LIFE, no matter how stoopid it gets sometimes, is still wonderful and beautiful.

My easter is me re-born, more thankful and more appreciative of what I have.

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East afternoon to night, I get to bonding with my 2nd cousins. We drank in the basement. Tequilla rose, jose cuervo, beer, some margarita punch, pinacolada - i was so effed up man. No mixing in the tummy next time. That night I just had to look for advil my head was throbbing. hahaha. it was fun drinking tho. And I get to wear a blonde wig and be stupid like a blonde. mwahaha

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It was my 2nd time in New York City.
This time was great because we went to places I never saw before. I guess spring time wasnt a good time for Empire State Bldg tho - we waited almost 2 hours in line just to freakin get to the top. Was it worth it? Well to me, I'm kinda picky with what I want to see --- buildings, unless it's the leaning tower or china's olympic nest, is not very intriguing to me really. But i guess it was worth it anyway because i get to relive Sleepless in Seattle or An Affair to Remember.

We rode on Jesus' carriage pulled by Arnie the horse in Central Park. Seriously, the guy's name was Jesus. I called him Hesus but he says 'we're in NY so call me Jesus.' I enjoyed central park very much although we didnt see the WHOLE park. but it reminded me of a lot of different scenes and that was cool. I would love to go to NY Zoo tho. i will do that next time. =) In July. =)

Lastly, Times Square is still fabulous of course.
A good tip visiting times square: get there at dusk, when the sun is still up but is about to go down - that way, you can take great photos with all the neons already on but with perfect amount of light still up so camera flash is not necessary. I was there daytime last time and I didnt see the lights in full blast. It's awesome - the city.

We were sitting by the sidewalk and kinda just waving around random peeps like drunkards with starbucks drinks. It was fun. My new russian hat is awesome too - kept me warm the whole time. Love et.

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Then it struck me.
I can totally see myself living in New York City.
I have a couple of friends tell me the same thing - I can see you in New York City.

Yes I do. I can totally see myself wearing pretty coats with a caffe latte running in flats (not heels) and shouting 'taaaaxeeeeeyy!!!' can you see me do that?

So yes, it's in the plans now - i dunno when, i dunno how yet, but I would love, would love to experience new yowk. Ill wait for a job offer. mwehehe. Maybe someday I could have a CEO of this great company read this post and offer me a job. Yes sir/maam, im a talented fast and excellent worker. I can do all sorts - from licking stamps to saving your company millions of dollars. Because I AM KIT ZULUETA.

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Flight back was faster (as always). I will see New York again in July for a camp. I wonder what kind surprise she'll have for me that time.

More spring updates from my rollercoaster

Today is saturday and right now I am eating green mango sliced thinly soaked on a mixture of patis and sugar. I have my big blue tabo filled with ice cubes and now im pouring the last few drops of my coke in it. Tom Hanks is on tv for You've Got Mail. And oh yeah, I'm typing on my new toy - an HP Mini, just puuurpek for my travel and photo storage.

Heaven.

I just got back from a quick vacation in New York and saw my crazy family for Easter. Being away from my loved ones is enough lent for me. I had a call from Tita Babes Tuesday afternoon telling me Misty, Tito Joel are visiting and that they are going roadtrip. Work is kinda killing me so I just had to go. I just had to go. I bought my ticket that same afternoon, filled my leave, and left the next day. Everybody needs a good break.

I wanted to say Hi and thank you to John for the hatid-sundo to the airport and for taking care of my car while i was away.

I got to JFK, and hopped on the van with a big 'ano naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa?!?!?!' greeting, a song and dance welcome party and the fun began - 6 hour drive to Washington DC with our good friend GPS that got us lost, endless arguments between left or stay left or right or 800 feet or mcdonalds and duhats or baltimore or virginia or there are no numbers on pensylvannia ave or hurst looking cars and reeses and stinky feets and endless endless endless fun.

i loved it. i loved it soooo much.

We got to Washington and adventured on a tour mobile, i finally see them cherry blossoms.
Honestly though, I didn't feel a connection whatsoever with Washington. My heart is still with Luneta Park and Liwasang Bonifacio, Batasang Pambansa, Pugad Lawin (haha) and Dapitan and East Fairview. I have very little, if not, almost NONE, no clue whatsoever of American history. Not that I care, but I should. I guess the field trip was good for me.

I just wana say - great things and great events happen because of great people. And i believe that for every country's history, great people are responsible for where and what that country is now. My point is....

Umm...

I am great people. haha

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Some great moments I will treasure:
1. Getting arrested by an officer officerfriendly2u, actually being handcuffed and all. =)
2. Thinking about the hottie guards gurading the Tomb of the Unknown - all seasons beybi - in snow, rain, storm, etc. Sometimes I think it's pointless but if you think about it, that's great mind over body shit, sometimes i get goosebumps when i think about it too much so ill just cut it now.
3. Birds just LOVE making doodoo on me. Whatever I wear, whatever i do whereever i go, i will and always be doodoo-ed on. I probably look like a walking toilet to birds.
4. It's not the Washington Memorial, it's called the toothpick. And yeah, i saw where Jenny ran to meet Forest. =)
5. Portalets behind the Jefferson memorial smell nice. Really. I thought I was crazy. Or maybe I really am.
6. A GPS is good in Washington, but a local tourguide would be better to tell you exactly where you want to go.
7. Gasoline stations have restrooms but they lock them and they close early - the duhats probably are the reason why. mwahaha!
8. The smithsonian museums, i think, are best visited during non-peak seasons - when there are less folks. But I would like to see Night at the Museum II. I wouldnt wonder why they made that movie - the stuff at the Natural Museum are awesome. The polar bear (up there) was my favorite.
9. Looking for parking? Better to get a ticket and pay like 35 bucks than park and pay at somewhere commercial. BECAUSE, they don't really ticket you, especially like touristy-times. or maybe they just dont have means of monitoring the 3-hour limit. But yeah, matter of luck too i guess.
10. It's a nice touristy place to hold hands. =) with someone you love of course. On my trip, it was bernadette. hehe

And I shall continue my story tomorrow. I am sleepy now.
After Washington, we drove back to Long Island, I bought this toy the next day, dinnered at Lolo Nato's, Eastered at Tita Rory's, went to the City and had a superb time that I WILL do again and again.

Kitster

I'm heading to the airport now for New York! =)
ooh lala!

Time to Re-assess

Yeah, I'm a work slave. Not that I'm complaining, but sometimes I wonder what other things I could be doing aside from bonding with my work. I love my work, I love what I do and I believe in what I do. But there will always be times - like now - that I think of re-assessing my state and maybe try to find a way out and brrrreak frwee.

Gad, I was so tired driving home from work today. 

Yesterday night was my first night here at Vicky's. I'm house-sitting. I have her house to myself til they get back from their vacation. They have a pool too - lovely. I wasn't able to sleep well last night because I was so excited. I got up and went to Safeway around 2am and bought some supplies, went to Jack in the Box and munched on some chicken fajita pita and made a bed of the sala couch and slomped my oh-so-eager self in front of the tv. (I was watching 8-Mile and after I saw it again last night, I thought it was pretty good. They cut the sex scenes of course, which I think was the best part of that movie.)

On another note, I wanted to re-assess as well the people I surround myself with here. After giving it some thought, I just want to say, I miss my REAL friends. I miss Rex. I miss my cousins. I miss the LAUGHS, the landian and the gay-linggo that we share. Acheb!

Friends, no matter how cliche, accept you for WHO you are and will support you. They don't judge. You hook up with this guy, you dump him, you join kaballah, you become vegetarian, you lose weight, you join Hannah Montana's fan club, you eat a watermelon by yourself - whatever you decide to do with your life - they will still be there, will still treat you the same, will still share laughs with you. Last night I was made to realize that I was assuming again - assuming that I was understood, assuming that I had a friend in this person.

It was good that certain things happened. They all happened for a reason.

Things change though.

I miss home.

I really do.

New Emo Me

I LOVE EEET. Got a new hair-do.
And it's about time i pay attention to my KSP blog as well.

So many whirlwind events goin on here in hawaii, so many issues and so I thought of giving myself a break yesterday and spontaneously went in Supercuts to finally say goodbye to my year-old hair.

I'm so sorry, I didn't like their cut. So many thoughts were going through my head while that nasty scissors torture my hair. I thought of Reese Witherspoon in Legally Blonde 2. I'm letting it all happen to my hair and i'm not speaking up. You see, that's the sad thing about going through parlors - they have FULL control of what's gna happen with your hair. UNLESS this stylist is your best friend for life, then he/she would know what you want.

In short, I didn't like how they treated me in Supercuts. I felt like I was an unimportant customer and I was disturbing their work or something. Well, shit that, i'm a paying customer and I deserve some treatment. (hello to my new attitude you see? hehe)

Anyhooo, i went to the mall, and went in Regis Salon. Tried Mastercuts and the other store but whatever they're all giving me attitude. I met Alfred and the friendly receptionist girl who really listened to what I wanted my hair to be like. I told them about my lifestyle and what wouldbe best for my routine. When a girl walks in a parlor, she would want to look beautiful. And it's just their job to make her feel like a princess - or in my case, a beautiful princess.

I got the hair that I wanted and bought some hair extensions - pink, orange and blue. LOOOOVEEEE THEMMMM!!! Aaargh! I think I'm going all EMO-PUNK - ROCK. Why didn't I think of extensions before? Why!?!?

Well, we're friends now and I love them. hehe.

A new look, a new me, a new season (spring), a new boyfriend? hehe (am just kidding ambebe, but I know you would want a new boypren por me. =))


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On another note, 'The Gathering' is a PBS spot that airs every hour on PBS Hawaii. I'm in it. If you get the chance, catch me - but the girl there still has long hair. so whatever. We shot the spot at Kuoloa Ranch near the Chinaman's hat island and it was a very cute little house, OLD, unmaintained house - which I think brings out the charm in it. There was LOTS of food and we just ATE, ate and ate and ate.

Oh, did i mention I'm going on a 'diet' again? Gee, like that's new news.

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So I've been driving all over with chuckie-truckie and he's been nice. No problems whatsoever. AC is supercold so I rarely use it. Yesterday I was overspeeding by the freeway (well, about 10mph over) and this policeguy shot me with his speed-gun-thing. I looked in the rear view mirror and he was motioning to ride his motorbike and so i thought 'shit!'. Well, I think he caught another speeder so good, he didn't catch me. =)

I can't imagine waiting on the bus stop on a cold, rainy day anymore. That would just... suck. (or good, coz ive probbly have finished reading The Half Blood Prince by now. (yeah, trying to catch up on HP since the next one's coming up on June/July).

But what's nice about the rainy days are the traffic lights at night. Do you ever notice that? They reflect on the roads and it's just beautiful. I love driving at wet nights when the traffic lights are like red, yellow and green glows all over. Nice.

Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring

Not that we experience extreme seasons here in Hawaii, but somehow I get affected by season changes. To me Summer is a time when most people go on vacations and hit the beach, Fall: a time when people work hard and be thankful and prepare for winter, Winter: a season of coldness, here, a season where people lose their jobs or businesses. After Christmas, there's nothing really after that.

And so Spring is coming. Spring to me... is full of hope.

Hope is such a nice word yeah? It makes you sigh, it fills you up with something to look forward to. It's the same feeling I get when there are no lines in grocery stores. Spring is like the steam that comes out of the rice cooker when you open the lid. Spring is getting a phone call from someone special.

Spring is everytime you open the mailbox or a package.
Spring is no heavy traffic on the way to work.
Spring is finding your slippers where you last left them.
Spring is a bright bright new day with the sun up painting a smile on your face.

I am always full of hope.

Valen - it's cooooold tonight - tines Day

WOW, nagupdate ng blog si Kit.

Yeah, I need to write something. Actually, so many things has happened and so many times I attempted to write but so many times I get interrupted and so many times I get lazy.

Today is President's Day and it's a holiday here. I spent my morning nursing my stupid dysmenorrhea, hugged and kissed Squatty cat hoping and wishing my pain would transfer to him. Then I worked out on a website, typed out minutes of our last meeting, went to Sears to pamper my car, watched Confessions of a Shopaholic, read a couple of magazines at Borders to kill time, and spent some money on clothes. Today I spent most likely around $500. And I promised myself I'm gna earn that same amount on the side, if not more, per month.

I don't know.

I feel i can walk on a straight line and never look back and just keep on going straight without a care in the world. I need something new. I need a 'change'. I need probably a new hobby? I need something spectacular to twist my routine and slap me in the face.

Not that I'm not enjoying life - I am most grateful and excited and perhaps thats it - I am too excited that i get dizzy where to look and what steps to take.

I feel frustrated - especially Valentines Day, I shoulda woulda couldhave spent my time, money and effort making a special someone happy. Right now I'm reminded by that personality test I took before with a psychologist - he says I'm a creative person and I'm a pleaser. I get satisfaction making other people's lives easier and happy. Yes I do. But if I don't have anyone, what do i do?

Valentines, I bought cookies and gave them away to the kids in class. I cooked afritada, which turned out okay i think. The next day I scrubbed off damn sand and dirt of the floor rugs of chucky-truckie, did my laundry, cleaned the house, went to a beach house for dinner (sucha lovely lovely house that was), then got sick.

Ask me my daily routine and I can pretty much tell you everything without difficulty.

That's it, I know what's bothering me. I'm BORED. Kit is ADHD-ing effing bored.

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Para sa paborito kong apo

Sorry, I just have to put this in here. I got teary eyed when i saw it again.
classic. i still love pinoy commercials.

Made For Veve Vrooom Vroooom

I think ever since highschool I've always liked the Toyota Rav 4: 97, 98, 99, 2000-2008 models.
Today, I drove a 2000 Toyota Rav4 to work. And I guess I'll be drivin it for quite a while from now on. YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, i bought my first car ever!

I bought it from a private owner who is moving off island and the car is pretty neat and cheap too. I had good vibes with the owner and it just felt right.

Now what?

Now, I'm gna have a crash course in maintennance from papa. I just couldn't hide my excitement. ohmygulay. It feels sooo liberating. GNa put up photos soon. (Gota clean it first. yeheah!)

And yeah, the plate is MFV - ian says it means M' FaVoulous. but i say, it's Made For Veve. =)