02.20.2010 - Who Knew? Pt 2

Okay! So it's .. been a "few" days since I blogged and I've yet to tell anyone (literally) about my Valentine's Day! Which for me and D was a Monday FYI!

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I slept over at his place because he had said that our day would begin earlier than usual, around 10.00 am. While eating our usual bun bo hue I asked D the following questions: What do you want me to wear? Should I wear my glasses or my contacts? Are we going to be doing any crazy activity that would require me to pull my hair back? I thought that the questions were pretty basic and he could've just said yes or no to all of them but instead he said: "I'm not trying to ruin anything but .. we're going to Galaxyland!!!" The corners of his smile reached from ear to ear. I kid you not. Me? I kinda stared at him for a bit in my own circle of disbelief. It's not that I wasn't excited ..

I just never got into the mode of Galaxyland when I was a kid. It was exciting to go past it but I never ever really got into it. I went to Rock-n-Ride once but JESUS that was an absolute disaster!! There were TOO many kids, TOO much drama, and I'm very very sorry for saying this, but TOO many Aboriginals. There was just too much trouble making .. I went a few times as a kid but was never head over heels for the place. The look on my face must've gave away the nonchalant thought that passed through my mind, because he immediately said "No? Well .. what do you want to do..?" I felt horrible because I felt like I broke his favorite video game or something .. but the man planned it and I went with it!!

The day actually started early. Had to drop Titus off with Thao (and a huge thanks to her family for watching him the whooole day!!) and he actually said "Bye bye mommy~" Which .. almost crushed my heart ....
We got to WEM at about 11.00 and I, the stupid head, wore only a tshirt. Well it was damn cold!! I walked past stitches and found a SALE!! I bought two sweaters (buy 1 get 2nd half off) and a pair of sweatpants for ten bucks!! I assure you, I absolutely LOVE the sweaters!! My first sweaters that have the thumb hole in them !

McDonald's was our breakfast of choice. I know .. it's not healthy .. but heck I am LOVING the Filet O Fish with mayo instead of tartar sauce!! Try it? Please?? Its om nom nom nom~



We began first with some simple things. It was that stupid boat that kept going up .. and down .. up and down .. D called it the ride that gave you orgasms!! And to tell you the truth .. I think it feels similar but no not quite hahaha.

Shaun was complaining how it felt like all his guts and everything were being pushed up into his chest cavity .. and I scolded him. THE MAN HAS NO IDEA HOW THAT FEELS LIKE WHATSOEVER!! NONE AT ALL!!! I've been through a pregnancy and EVERYTHING gets pushed in your rib cage and its like OH SWEET JESUS! of course it's gradual and not all at once .. but heck after you give birth adn everything's trying to go back to normal size .. you feel like .. you feel like aliens took out your insides and your body is trying to reproduce it back and fluids are coming out that you never knew exsisted and you don't know when you're hungry or full and you forget to pee .. and .. ugh .. your boobs get so engorged and full of milk that they leak at the slightest movement. It's like someone decided to practice boxing and used your boobs for targets .. and the bruising .. that's what it pretty much feels like to lactate. Oh and don't forget the needle stings. . aywope#$^@Q^WY

Bumper cars were next!! I wish I had my cam out .. but D ran straight for the pink one, screaming "I CALL THE PINK ONE!! MINE!!!!" And throughout the whole thing he was yelling at the kids and doing an evil laugh .. like "MUAHAHAHA!" Right before the man powered down the bumper cars, I decided to ram D from behind.. No pun intended. But I barely reached him in time!! And as I turned I noticed that besides the two friends that were with us, all the other kids had aimed for him as well. It was karma I tell you, for stealing the pink car from everyone else!!

I always loved the swings .. or at least the look of them. So I was pretty excited that they chose to go on it. ^_^ Now .. I didn't realize that it could get you motion sick .. I felt pukish after the ride ... And it felt like it lasted FOREVER.
My boyfriend has no fear either. He was gettign kicked by his other friend and he was just .. yeah ..



Now of all the times I've been in Galaxy Land .. I've never noticed this Haunted House or Fun House spot. It was $6 per person .. rip off .. but really w/e hhahahah I just loved the fact that D was willing to lead us!!! Most of the props were really bad and old. Like this first picture here, D was all "WHAT POP UP AT ME!! JUMP UP AT ME!! SCARE ME!!! I didn't think so." And he walked past it a little and it made a hydraulic hiss noise, and jumped up at him. D made a little yell lol ^_^

And then there was this gigantic rubber spider hanging from the roof and he was yelling at it to drop down on him. It made no movement. It wasn't til after he walked past it that the whole thing fell down on him and I somehow got a picture of him mid scream!

Oh the glories of having a camera on hand at all times now ..
Am I ever glad that I started to do it too ^_^



There's this newer roller coaster like ride where you sit in a teacup reminiscent item and it runs on yellow tracks!! And it spins round and around while you go up and down across Galaxy Land. It barely even started and gave me a whiplash and knocked the back of my head good against the chair!! As fun as that damn thing looks .. ITS PAINFUL!!! Every time it turned I kept going "Ow ow ow!!"

And of course afterward we came across this stupid game .. the following video is quite self explanatory.

There was the mind bender roller coaster .. yeah it was fun but I guess I'm too little for it. I was knocked around in my seat and my head against the side of the rests. I almost lost an earring too!! They're very secure hoops but one opened from force of impact!! No pictures .. quite .. obvious why .. Oh D has one from the auto camera!! But it's in his email and I have no access to that ..

And here's the Space Shot!!





There were a couple rides after that I was too occupied to take pictures of .. One was this glow in the dark shooting game for kids. By the by, I kicked everyone's butt!! I had a score of 1500, D had 1260 and I can't remember the rest .. BUAHAHA!
And there was the 3-d Ride! It was of a Arctic Expedition or something ... I felt sick ..... Sitting in a theatre in a chair that rocked around while watching some 3-D thing .. yeah I had to look away several times =(



We walked about WEM afterwards, buying myself a new iPhone cable (My own was fraying at spots it probably shouldn't). D thought it'd be super smart and cool of him to blend into the people that were on display~





Many people don't know about this, but there is a Sealife Cavern. It's pretty much a full aquarium!! I GOT TO TOUCH LIVE MANTA RAY!! I kid you not when I found it so fun! They don't have teeth so it's like they have a gigantic vacuum for a mouth to dig around in the sand for food. One kept sucking on my hand and it felt so weird! Well .. actually if you ever take a vacuum opening and just put it on your palm, its pretty much like that. Just not so forceful and there's no "Fweeeeeeeeeeeeee" noise hahahaha I .. honestly didn't want to leave .. not with the penguins and the sea turtle. OMG the sea turtle!! There was two there but this one kept swimming baack and forth against the water pump. It probably loved the bubbles just bubbling against its face. It was kind of cute!

Afterwards we dropped by PJ's Pets for a little bit and OH EM GEE!! They were selling Pekingese!! Same type as my dog! It's SUPER rare for a public store to sell them, just cuz they're usually so damn expensive. And they were .. they cost $1, 099.00!! Ooooh I wanted to pet them .. How bad I wanted to .. but didn't ..

We went to Wild West and I shot a gun for the first time!! Honestly, I must agree with Ice Princess, I can see why it's so addicting. And why people go there all the time ..
The guy supervising me was literally standing next to me so I had a hard time aiming and .. he taught me how to hold it properly but he didn't teach me how to aim so I had to guess most of the time. That and I was uncomfortable with how close he was to me hahaha Oh Mr. Pilipino, you arr berry odd.

And then it was dinner time! The guys took us to the Cactus Club and .. though we waited close to a half hour, the food was delish~ D didn't enjoy his steak too much but my slow braised beef short ribs were sooo good!! And that odd little mayo that went with it .. ON NOM NOM NOM NOM!!


The night finished with a trip to Shogun Japanese Restaurant!! It was D's head chef's birthday and well .. we got there first. The owner's wife recognized me and kept drilling me with questions, like if I worked with D or if I went to church. The only thing that I could think of was my ex boyfriend who was also Japanese. I asked if she knew the lady and she was all "Ah sou! Yes I remember!" And her little sons that I was teasing, I remembered them as Samuel and the older one Titus. Yes you guys, apparently the name is popular with Christians and Catholics haha. But OH MY GOD! That kid had so much hair!! kyaaah~ It made my night to be recognized by such a friendly lady. I'd only seen her ONCE and that was during Christmas of 2008. Amazing isn't it!?

And here are some of their coworkers. Yes. They think they're cool cuz they have matching Sherlock Holmes' t-shirts .. yes ..



That was my night everyone .. it really was .. there's missing details but my fingers are dying right now hahahah I hope you enjoyed this!!!

02.16.2010 - Who knew?! Pt. 1

Hello everyone!!

I had a mostly quiet Saturday and Sunday .. but Monday was perfect ^_^

Saturday, after I blogged and started on a little something, I went to the mall to pick up my brother and in the mean time I planned to buy a money clip for D. He had mentioned several times that he wanted one so I thought "time to go hunting!!"

I was at West Ed from 5 (I got there early because I thought my brother got off at 5 .. he was off at 6 ...) And I searched that mall like a mother@#!@$!! I went EVERYWHERE!! Harry Rossen, Coach, Guess, Zara, etc etc etc =( Most of the places didn't have it .. But lo and behold! I found one! And had it engraved!! Had the box engraved!!! .. However I finally left the mall at 8.30 pm .. .. my brother complained that it was almost closing time. Well =P I'm the one driving him home muahahhaha! Anyways, I have to truly thank the lady that engraved it for me. She was absolutely swamped and I could tell she was tired and I told her no rush since I had to go back to the mall anyways the next day so I could pick it up then. She said "Why don't I do this: I've got two doggie tags to engrave, and then I'll just bump yours up and have it done right away?" I was so happy! So I walked around for a bit and decided to go to DeSerres, a wonderful art store by Sears! And as I walked past the engraving place, I realized I didn't ask her where to engrave it! And when I looked, I noticed that the box she was giving me also had a metal plate ontop and I could engrave that!!! So engraved on the box was You and only You. On the clip was DJT 08.23... D complained afterwards that I shoul've engraved DVN. Well Soooorrrryyyyyy!! You're mostly known by Djt so BLEEEH!!!

I began working on a Valentine's card that Saturday!! It wasn't a card though .. It was more of a multi picture card!!
I spent most of the week coming up with the poem to go with it .. and heck it sure took a while because I'm not very good with rhyming like D is. But I had inspiration and help from my Ice Princess and WynterMynt. When I finished and showed Lady Falcon she gave me the biggest AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWW that I have ever received. Apparently she thought it was well written. And thank you!!

I wish I had more time to draw it out so it wouldn't look so super anime like .. but heck He was happy with it, and I was very happy with it ^_^

Sunday was Valentine's Day and Chinese New Year. Now this is the first year that me and my brother and Titus have spent it away from family, from our mother. And it does feel a little odd but it's not uncomfortable. After I dropped D off at work, I went straight home to work on the card. And then 5 pm rolled by and I had to go get my brother from work. Yay~ And I asked him what he wanted for dinner ... for Chinese New Year ... Now I can cook. Great. But I can't cook Chinese food. Ironic, isn't it? No one ever taught me and .. I've never attempted either ... Just cuz some of my dishes have rice next to it doesn't mean its Chinese .. hahaha So we opted for take out from Dynasty Restaurant. .. But somehow ended up staying there instead to eat their Peking Duck!! One duck, three dishes, two and a half people. Oh yeah!! We totally didn't finish eating it ...
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And I was super proud of Titus too for sitting through the entire dinner~! He ate a lot ! I .. didn't get the chance to take a picture but oh well .. just know that he was a good good boy!! He ate mostly the duck skin: that greasy oily mass of meat and crispy bbq'd skin.. nom nom nom~

When I got home at 7.30 pm .. I sat crossed legged for three hours straight completing the Valentine's Card for D. I kid you not when I say three hours!! I power drove it!! I finished outlining, coloring and putting stickers on it and when I finished I swear I did a victory cheer!

However when I stood up, I literally collapsed onto my bed from the pain and numbness in my legs. =( And I had a headache from staring at the paper .. Azim kept cheering me on but I wanted to just pass out .. hahaha.


Let me tell you though, that night when I decided to give him the moneyclip and the card, I don't know who was happier, me or D. I had engraved a phrase that we use towards each other on the box and he was absolutely ecstatic~ And when he saw that the card was something I drew and made, I swear I could see him blush in the dark. It was really nice to know that something I did was appreciated so much by him.

You're welcome.

02.13.2010 - Crazy Recap!

So I haven't posted in forever .. and soon you'll know why ^_^ But let me tell you about my adventures since Wednesday!

I've been going on a food much craaaaze~ I just can't stop eating! At work I have to have a variety of things or I just can't survive the day! And my coworkers guilt trip me each time they come by to grab a piece because it's apparently ruining their diet .. and .. they can smell the cheetos from across the office .. lol ^_^
And when I eat dinner .. I go absolutely all out !!

This is Avy (short for Avalon). As young as she looks, she's actually around 8 years old. She's getting to be an oldie!! I'm just happy that she's still so cute and tiny!! She's .. a bit of an escape artist though. She can get out of her kitchen area and terrorize my home !

I have this little doodling phase going on lately and it just won't stop! If I can doodle .. I will. I'm so horribly out of practice tho .. this is is what I used to draw in high school. Yeah it's anime, but heck I had lots of fun doing it!



And ... then there's what I've been doodling. I can't stop drawing these chibi looking pieces of crap. =( Don't stop loving me because I've downgraded!! But I need to persist!! You'll find out why ..

And I bought new pencil crayons and more stationary and sharpies!! I'M GOING ON A MASSIVE SPREEEEE!!!







I went to Titus' class on Thursday morning and had a look-see of how things go. ... They told me that he was one of the best behaved. First thought through my head was "You are lying!! There's no way!!!" And then I saw .. there were three boys building a gigantic lego tower and they were fighting over blocks, knocking it over, and hitting each other and screaming! Another boy was climbing the bookshelf and kicking and fighting the teachers. Another kid was stamping every surface he could find ... .... Me and Titus sat and watched. It was partially scary and at times, I was so grateful that Titus wasn't that misbehaved .... Very grateful ... I didn't take pictures that day because I wasn't sure if I could .. I'll ask next time ^_^

Friday night, Archbishop MacDonald High School had their annual Winter Formal, but they
merged it with Valentine's so made the halls as cute as they could .. The school is going under massive renovations and the walls and ceilings and floors were gutted out but the kids decorated it with everything that they could. My brother was asked to go back to the school and take pictures, formal portraits. And he did! And I helped!! I wish he'd post the pictures up so I could show you some of the shots I took ^_^


Speaking of pictures .. I've been finding a bit of love for photography. One of these days .. I swear .. I'm going to dress up WynterMynt and photograph her fantasy style!! One of these days ........

The best part of my mornings is when I wake up and D is snoring next to me and Titus is also passed right out. I .. just find it so peaceful. And it's even better when D decides to wake up early. I'm not kidding, today he was up at 10.30! For all of 5 mins and fell back asleep .. And then later on proceed to wrestle Titus lawwls

BUT! I did get a wonderful text message from WynterMynt to join her and Mr. Awesome for brunch! Yay for Cora's!!!

I had lots of fun this morning!! The meal was WONDERFUL!! And Titus actually ate!! He's usually horribly picky with food but for the most part he ate!!! I was proud ^_^ AND OH MY GOD!! WynterMynt gave me a Valentine's Day card!! KYAAAH~ OOOH THE LOOOOVE!!!!

And now I'm home. I have several things to do tonight and tomorrow so I gotta rush rush rush!! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend, love filled or game filled ^^/"