there are many things i love about living in the bay area (close enough to SF to call it my hometown)...the beautiful bridges, the fabulous food, the diverse neighborhoods...and believe it or not, the liberal thinking (even for a conservative me!).
but this news which broke out several months ago made me shake my head and say out loud, ''what the eff are they thinking...and what will be next?"
ok...sometimes, people take things too far. this is going one step too far...it's annoying. it's like the people who thought about it just thought about it for the sake of being controversial, for the sake of being mentioned in the news as , 'the first city in the united states to put such measure on the ballot.'
really, wtf?????
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
ODM on HAL
i think my motivation for blogging is going on vacation....
we booked a vacation in november to celebrate my dear friend, claire's 'dirty thirty' as she calls it. i don't think there will be anything dirty about it really...we're all pretty conservative...except chel...she's not so conservative. hahaha! (she does not read this blog so i can say that).
for claire's 30th birthday, most of the gang will be going on.....
i'm more excited about the company than the cruise, really. the last time i went on vacation with my friends was in 2004. they have all gone on trips together but since i got married in 2005, then had a baby in 2006...well, that limits the time you get to spend with your friends. now that michelle is bigger, we can take her with us pretty much anywhere!
when claire first brought up the idea of the cruise, paul's response was, 'i would love to go on a cruise with friends...' naisip ko, 'yey! he doesn't need me to convince him anymore!' but then we found out the cruise is departing from florida so that means we have to pay extra for airfare...the cruise itself isn't very expensive, but with the airfare, we're paying double.
so i told paul that i will bake pies like crazy to pay for the vacation and he said, 'ok!'
i booked the airline tickets first because airfare always goes up and scouted for the best deal on the cruise. we saved $200 by going with a travel agent vs booking directly with holland america.
we will be pulling michelle out from school for a week and we will all get to enjoy some sunshine in the caribbean this fall!
sama kayo!!!
we booked a vacation in november to celebrate my dear friend, claire's 'dirty thirty' as she calls it. i don't think there will be anything dirty about it really...we're all pretty conservative...except chel...she's not so conservative. hahaha! (she does not read this blog so i can say that).
for claire's 30th birthday, most of the gang will be going on.....
A CRUISE!
the itinerary
i'm more excited about the company than the cruise, really. the last time i went on vacation with my friends was in 2004. they have all gone on trips together but since i got married in 2005, then had a baby in 2006...well, that limits the time you get to spend with your friends. now that michelle is bigger, we can take her with us pretty much anywhere!
when claire first brought up the idea of the cruise, paul's response was, 'i would love to go on a cruise with friends...' naisip ko, 'yey! he doesn't need me to convince him anymore!' but then we found out the cruise is departing from florida so that means we have to pay extra for airfare...the cruise itself isn't very expensive, but with the airfare, we're paying double.
so i told paul that i will bake pies like crazy to pay for the vacation and he said, 'ok!'
i booked the airline tickets first because airfare always goes up and scouted for the best deal on the cruise. we saved $200 by going with a travel agent vs booking directly with holland america.
we will be pulling michelle out from school for a week and we will all get to enjoy some sunshine in the caribbean this fall!
sama kayo!!!
Monday, July 18, 2011
a busy last month and a half
it has been a month and a half since my last post. i've been busy with work and a few other stuff that i just haven't found time to write anything.
june was filled with activities...mostly baseball games really. it's like i was at the ballpark every week and june..but i'm not complaining. i'm not the biggest baseball fan out there but i truly enjoy watching the games and being amongst all the giants fans out there. paul is really into baseball (all kinds of sports really) and he's getting michelle into baseball. he's taught her how to read the scoreboard and knows when to cheer. buster posey is her favorite baseball player and she was really bummed that he's out for the season. paul got michelle a pink baseball glove and a lightweight baseball so they can play catch.
on 4th of july weekend, we took a drive up to portland to visit gracious, jay and jairus. it was nice to see them again. It has been a year since paul left portland for the bay area and it was our first time back in the northwest since the move. we also went to crater lake which really is one of the most beautiful sights i have ever seen. even imagining it now makes me go, 'wow!' in my head.
my next 'project' is to prepare for michelle's 5th birthday. i wanted to take her to disney land for her birthday but she didn't want to go. she asked a party with her friends instead. i think we found a place for her birthday, just need to visit the place and make the reservation and we should be good to go. she also wanted a 'cat in the hat' themed birthday so that's what we're going to do. i've been scouring the internet for ideas and i'm seeing a lot of cute little centerpieces and things we can do for the party. budget will be small. =D i don't like throwing extravaggant parties...when she turns 18, it will be a whole different story though! i will give michelle the debut i never got! haha! (i have 13 years to save up).
june was filled with activities...mostly baseball games really. it's like i was at the ballpark every week and june..but i'm not complaining. i'm not the biggest baseball fan out there but i truly enjoy watching the games and being amongst all the giants fans out there. paul is really into baseball (all kinds of sports really) and he's getting michelle into baseball. he's taught her how to read the scoreboard and knows when to cheer. buster posey is her favorite baseball player and she was really bummed that he's out for the season. paul got michelle a pink baseball glove and a lightweight baseball so they can play catch.
on 4th of july weekend, we took a drive up to portland to visit gracious, jay and jairus. it was nice to see them again. It has been a year since paul left portland for the bay area and it was our first time back in the northwest since the move. we also went to crater lake which really is one of the most beautiful sights i have ever seen. even imagining it now makes me go, 'wow!' in my head.
my next 'project' is to prepare for michelle's 5th birthday. i wanted to take her to disney land for her birthday but she didn't want to go. she asked a party with her friends instead. i think we found a place for her birthday, just need to visit the place and make the reservation and we should be good to go. she also wanted a 'cat in the hat' themed birthday so that's what we're going to do. i've been scouring the internet for ideas and i'm seeing a lot of cute little centerpieces and things we can do for the party. budget will be small. =D i don't like throwing extravaggant parties...when she turns 18, it will be a whole different story though! i will give michelle the debut i never got! haha! (i have 13 years to save up).
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