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.

Tagged along as Jose and Kate brought Chasi home to her mom's at Carson today. Had dinner at (see video below) then went to Best Buy. Kate and Jose checked out ginormous plasma TVs and I bought a 250gb WD Passport portable HD. Whoo!

I guess I underestimated how much pinoy stuff I can get here. Enjoying a mug of taho as I type this. Mmmmm....

Off topic...

*sigh*

Last photos of me and my sisters taken during our last family dinner. Tin treated us to dinner at Kanin Club in Westgate (amazing food, btw) since I was leaving Manila in a few days.

*sigh*sigh*

Collective video of my last visit to Paul's house in Pilar and my last night in Manila. It features a short food show hosted by Alain (Sleyli Myerni) and Dex (Singh Pangh) called The Fooooood! I can never watch this video in one go. I keep taking breaks every few seconds since it makes me cry and laugh hysterically. I'm going to miss these boys so much. Both videos are by Poorfish.

Video of my departure. I had my entourage take me to the airport that day. If I had known what would greet me upon my arrival, I would have stayed in the car. Oh well...simply saying I miss these guys will not suffice.