Jose came home from work with a wonderful surprise today. "May pasalubong ako sa inyo!" he says carrying what looked like a big cake box. "Ano yan?" I ask, somewhat skeptical. He opens the box and he shows me. It was a giant heart-shaped FLAN! One of my all-time favorite desserts! I don't know how to make one myself and I heard it can be a bit tricky since there's a big chance of burning it. I must've have looked like a total doofus after that because I squealed and started hopping up and down as I washed the dishes.

Went to the gym early this evening. I almost didn't go since it was late and I just had a big dinner of beef salpicao and buttered veggies (cooked by moi, of course!). But I pushed myself to get up and go because I knew that if I broke my rhythm, I might keep doing it in the future. Besides, I have to tone up a little because I'm going to the beach on Saturday! My friend from college, Joyce, found out I was here and she's taking me to Huntington Beach this weekend!

Paul and Bea are also scheduled to arrive next week and Paul said he was going to bring our favorite sleyli drinks to celebrate our reunion! I can't wait! Things are starting to look a bit more fun now that I'm going to see more people. I wish I had a car to drive around in so I can visit everyone I know in SoCal.

I've imported a lot of my old posts from the previous old blog into this one since I think it's a total waste of good writing to leave them there. I tried filtering out the posts that had any form of connection to the, uhm, previous addressee. I wouldn't want to lose my travel posts so they're here if you want to review them.