Home is where the heart is.

But I have two homes, so does that mean my heart will always be torn?

Back in the US now, but anyone who reads this anymore knows that already (:

I kinda miss it there =/ mostly the moisture [x but the food, the cheapness, the carefree-ness. It really felt like a vacation (: buy what you want (except shirts, which is like THE WHOLE POINT D: (rant to follow)), sleep when you want, eat what you want. it's nice.

The plane ride back wasn't as good as going. I got one seat, next to some guy and his kid. You know kids get better food on planes?! D: it looks more friendly. and they get pudding :[ I was jealous. anyway, watched X-men, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and Star Trek. Ghosts was actually pretty good. I liked it (: the brother almost made me cry though :O

There really is nothing to do back home though. I've been really busy and kinda stressed with Red Cross planning, but other than that there's really not much else to do. I talk to Tina a lot [x and have resorted to playing Maplestory --x I'm hoping to meet up with Avi and Paley sometime next week though :] so that should be fun. Guy's night out >:O only prob not gonna be at night xD Tina and I planned a beach trip too, so hopefully we can do that :D

Welcome home Sarah Zhang, and good luck reading through all my boring adventures in Taiwan (: the e-mails were kinda interesting, but I can't post about those (;

I'm really out of it though. I loved just being so free in Taiwan, being immature, being stupid, having fun when nothing's funny. Now I get to come home and be serious and do stuff right and concentrate. What a bummer. :]

~Chris

p.s. one last thing. Don't you hate it when people tell you they miss you when they don't? I mean, why do they even bother saying it if they don't mean it, and you're not asking for it?

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.

So yesterday....today....I don't know how to blog anymore xD cuz the times are so different, and I'm not sure whether blogger is gonna put the times I post as Taiwan time, or PST. (Pacific Standard Time for anyone who is........nvm [x) so.

I freaking love LAX :D it's really pretty, but it was under construction =.= so it was kinda ugly, but still nice. (: I don't like getting there 4 hours early though x] you win some, you lose some. Oh FYI you guys, there's no free Wi-Fi in the airport XD I learned that the hard way. And there was this little kid charging his DS and playing it. and he kept looking over at my computer...and I'm like O.o uhhhh kid I'm right here. and he does it a few times [x it was odd. OHOHOH and there were these German people :D seriously you have to hear German spoken fluently. It sounds really really nice. They say Spanish is a romantic language (I know right >.>), but German is nice (:

Anyway, so we got to the gate on time, and they board 20 minutes late =.= and they say to be at the gate 30 minutes early. We got to sit on the upper deck :DDDD cuz iono. but yeah =] it was still economy class, but it was like half empty! So I got a whole 3 seats to myself ;D it was SOOOOOOOO NICE!!!! Why get first class when you can get 3 economy for the price of 1? =]]] so that really made the flight nice.

This was actually the first flight where I wasn't at some time begging for it to be over. I watched....let's see. CSI-NY, Spongebob, 90210, Push, 17 Again, and another movie but I forgot [x uhh....yeah. and I played some games [:

The flight attendants were really nice (: one of them looked like Catherine [x

13 hours later......

In Taiwan (: and after a 30 minute car ride and a stop at a 7-11 (they're everywhere. seriously), we get to my aunt's new house. IT IS SO FREAK'N BEAUTIFUL!!!!! 4 floors, 3 inhabited, cuz top floor is laundry and solar panels :O. I get my cousin's room :D which is super super nice. You'll be seeing some pics of the house on facebook soon. It's BEAUTIFUL! not even a year old. We stayed up until 12:30am talking and eating [x

7.31.09

Ate some dan bing (like chong yo bing) for breakfast, and played some foosball and WiiFit XD it's so much harder than it looks!!! no lie!

Theme Park today :D it's called....Leofoo Villiage Theme Park (: IT'S SO FREAK'N HUGE!!! I think they sent a spy to Knott's Berry Farm. Cuz they had a "Montezuma's Revenge" type thing, a "Big Foot", a "Log Ride", and just so much of it was similar o.o but the decorations are 1000x better. It's incredible how much money they put into decorations alone.

There was this operator lady in a swinging ship ride (better than the one at Knott's though cuz it went all the way vertical), and she looked like Sarah Ko and Tina mixed together O_O at first I thought it was Sarah Ko cuz she looked more like her. but scary!

We were there from like 10-3? and my feet hurt. I had this really big cup of shaved ice and mango (: so I'm kinda tired. maybe I'll update this if something happens tonight.

~Chris

p.s. If you're white and you go to Asia (and for some reason you read my blog.........) people STARE at you! like you're albino or something. Especially operator ladies and people in restaurants.

Last Minute Binge

Slept in today,then off to Tiffany's house, then off to Knott's =]

We kicked Tina out of Alice's car [x for Joe. which was kinda sad, but she didn't care. I really like her little animal things on the seatbelts O.o iono. they're just. yeah :D anyways, so we got there, and Allen was sitting all cool and whatnot, and then the fun stuff started.

I honestly don't know why I'm blogging about this. maybe I just don't want to forget it. I think I'll just write the fun stuff, instead of a super long useless post.

-Joe, Allen's, and my stranger pact.

-Half Wet, Half Dry.

-Mystery Lodge :D

-Daniel the really nice black waiter :D

-Marc the really cool asian? waiter :D

-Catherine's Party of Eleven

-Cam Whoring

-Snoopy on Ice =]]]

-Ghostrider at night

-Sitting with Alice procrastination

-slaps in the face

-Last minute Funnel Cakes :D

-white pillows

Now I'm off to Taiwan for a few weeks (: I get to take an SAT book, The World is Flat, and some other books [x yay. I wonder what I'm going to miss the most about here.

I'll blog though, if I have nothing better to do :D probably just to document what I do or if I need to talk to something.

bye (:

~Chris

Another Last.

Today was my last day of volunteering of this summer, and probably the last time I'll ever see Regina, maybe even Brenda. I might not go back next year =/ depends.

Anyway, today was really fun :D there was this new couple though >.> and they started flirting and PDAing in the freak'n lobby <.<>.> whatever. so I finally figured out how to ride the volunteer's scooter thing :D which made me really happy, cuz I've been wanting to ever since I heard about it. Today was pretty much Gurney day >.> so lots of gurneys, but the good thing is that it takes two people =] so I had company for the whole day. We actually had really good conversation for like the first time :D which is kinda sad cuz it was my last day [x but she's really nice. I love Brenda though =D she's always so cheerful and nice and happy and patient. I wish I could be like her all the time. She kinda reminds me of that lady in To Kill a Mockingbird. The maid lady. cuz she's so protective/iono [x but yeah.

Swim picture today. There's this guy named Grant --x omigosh SOOOO gay D: he's so weird!!! and needs to floss [x but anyway yeah. he kept complaining about my leg, even though it was super tight cramped on the top row >.> (we were standing on bleachers) but yeah.

Jaimini came :D so I had company other than Tina, and Alice was off with Alyssa and her fan club. Then I ended up going on some random walk-adventure thing with Tina on a rocky slope thing, and talking about.......uhhhh.......something stupid x) but she's fun to talk to. Then after the picture we had cake and ice cream and Caprisun, and played with icecubes =D Then Tina and I went on a walk again (how odd O.o) and were looking at those big blue statues at Regional. Has anyone ever really looked at those things? They're about the history of the ocean or something o.o

Then I left. the end. but evidently Alice and her posse and Tina were shouting at me? uhhhhh yeaaahhhhhhh. sorry? x) Tina doesn't talk much on the phone btw. I was talking to her, and all of a sudden it's just quiet, so I hung up.

Notes:

SarahZhang: NEVERMIND SCREW YOUR BUNNIES D: I'll never see them anyway! but I bet they're super cute (:

JoeLee: Feel Special and stop being so self-conscious

Love Rekindled.

I think I'm beginning to remember why people love weekends so much (: After all the boring stuff and commitments you have to fulfill during the week. You can do whatever, go wherever (for the most part), and just relax. (Unless of course you're a friend of mine named Azuo who got ditched by her parents at some chinese restaurant across from Quickly that I refused to bike to (:

but anywho. :D this weekend was super fun =]

So there was Saturday, which involved sleeping in on my part (: well actually not really [x I'm like programmed now to get up no later than 7:30 xD which kinda sucks. but I'm pretty sure I went to bed early on Friday. like 10:30 O.o cuz I was really really tired for some reason. Anyway :D so I tutored from 1-3, and got interupted by Alice and Tina trying to call me >:] but I, being the good tutor that I am, ignored them while working (;

So then I took a nap from like 4:30-6:30, and had this really freaky dream that Alice helped me out of :D by calling me and getting me out of that freaky dream >.<>.<>

Ice skating was really really really fun (: I had to run back home though, cuz I forgot long socks. So yeah (: Then everyone got there, and we just played around. The highlight of our day was the strobe lights and Catherine's need to know how guys pee.

To Alice: Sorry Alice for making you fall on your back!! D: but you got worse ones by yourself [x

To Tim: YOU SUCK BALLS D: CUZ YOU HIT MINE!!!

To Tina: Grow down a little bit [x seriously. you know too much.

To Catherine: Stop attracting guys and being so darn curious [x

To Joe: STAY WITH YOUR WOMAN ;] LOL hope your feet get better soon.

I know like what? 2 of you are going to actually see this [x (Alice and Tina), but that's ok.

Tiffany's so pro at skating O.o it's like DANG GIRL!!!! :D she looks good in a pony tail [x

So today, was pretty much routine, Church, Souplantation, home. and it was really hot and really boring, and I would have invited people over cuz my mom actually agreed to it this time, but I didn't know who to invite. So we ended up taking a family trip to the beach to walk the doggie (:

You know...Long Beach has a secret set of rules of people who can go there. Any trespassers will feel awkward.

1. You must be white/hispanic

2. If you are hispanic you must be in a family

3. You must be a...

a. Couple

b. Jogger/Biker

c. Dog Walker

d. Couple

e. Couple

4. You cannot hate dogs.

So pretty much that's it (: So all you asians who are single, hate dogs, and aren't athletic...this is not the beach for you xD but seriously, there were so many couples there o.o like EVERYWHERE!! and it was around sunset, so it was pretty cute/romantic (: kinda makes you wish you had someone like that. ^^ After that we stopped by In-N-Out and got some food :D which was really really really good >:] even though I detest burgers and meat xD this is some GOOD FOOD :D. I love how good and food are only 1 letter apart. So then we stopped by Yoshinoya and Fresh-n-Easy. (:and now I'm at home :D

What a wonderful weekend. <3

4th of July

4th of July :D

So pretty much, I just got up, and was lazy, and then I had to help my parents set up for our BBQ out in the backyard. Then suddenly, my tutoree kid came, so I tutored from 1-3, so no BBQ for me, cuz I had to go to volunteer at 3. so yeahh.......then I showered and left.

Volunteering was fun :D fail advertising and eating samples at the beginning [x but we finally got it, and started getting customers. Then Tiff started going crazy with delivering and getting orders. and THEN she took my job and went making crazy cotton candy animals [x

SO MANY SISTERS XDD seriously. There was Tina, Stephanie, Michaela. so that can't have been good [x Then Alice, Catherine, and I ran away from Red Cross and I don't even remember what we were doing O.o I just remember that later we went on some rides [x and came back to a gigantic line XD so that was pretty cool.

The fireworks were nice, as usual. very bright and pretty (: I got some pictures, but most sucked. Then helped clean up and I need to return Erin's bangle/bracelet things. ><

-Chris

p.s. thanks Alice for watching me wet my head in the fountain like a complete idiot and not ditching me (:

I LOVES BOYS.

I'm really mean because I like to steal little girl's diaries from their secret hiding place and threaten them with blackmail to read them. And that's not all! I also like to tackle them and then render them helpless and then totally prey off their insecurities. >:O I'm a very very bad boy.

Alice, on the other hand, is beautiful and wonderful and very amazing. Gee, I wish that when I grow up, I can marry someone JUST like her. :D And have beautiful beautiful babies. (: But too bad she's too good for me, right? ;)

I also love the pizza Alice's mom bought for us, because I ate three slices. Even though I was being Asian and courteous and refused to eat. But they forced me so now I feel full and content. (: (Oh and they love me. :D)

Tina's in love in love in love with her new phone, but then again, so is Alice. I would be too, if mine was as cool as hers. :D

Now Alice's house smells white. And Alice likes that. But Alice doesn't like how I tried reading her diary. -_- Now she has to go out there again and find that diary again. What a hassle. -_- (Btw it was outside. We have a front porch, you know. x) And there's a storage room in there. And in the room there's boxes. It's sitting in a box. (: )

Mickey hates me. :D But everyone hates me, so it's okay. Mickey peed a lot though. ): I guess he's just like me; easily excited by guys. x) (AHAHAHAHAHA.) Oh and I FORGOT to pick up that BOOK that Alice was going to let me borrow. -_-

Dinner was awkward. LOL shuffling feet at the dinner table? x) Silence always feels just a teensy bit awkward. ): I guess Mickey does a pretty good job of breaking it, though. x)

I LOVE
- MICKEY
- PHONES
- PILLOWS
- PIZZA
- MISSING VAMPIRE BOOKS
- POLKA DOTS/STRIPES
- SWIM JACKETS
- FREDDY AND GUPPY
- TEN DOLLAR BILLS
- NOTEBOOKS WITH TEDDY BEARS ON THEM -_-
- STUFF UNDERNEATH BEDS
- STUFF ON TOP OF BEDS
- STUFF YOU CAN DO ON TOP OF BEDS
- TINA
- ALICE
- MYSELF <3
You're welcome. (;

Yesterday, not far away...

This kinda sucks. I procrastinated to the point where my blog posts are messed up --x now I'm gonna have two for "Sunday" when one's for Saturday, and one's really for Sunday. oh well (: not like it really matters

It's weird......going to bed mad, then waking up happy, and totally unaware. Am I the only person who does that? You just totally forget about what you were mad about, who you are/were mad at, and it all just seems kinda gone, and forgotten.

I like it :D

Today went pretty boringly. No ambulances or whatnot like Isabel, but just a staying in my PJ's until 1 kinda day (: Studied for Bojo mostly, set up the DTV converter box thingy, and got called by Alice and then by Catherine x]. So thanks for making my day something a little more.

Now I'm supposed to call Alice, or actually Tina, cuz Alice doesn't wanna talk to me, but I don't think I should, cuz my mom's going to come in any minute now --x She never sleeps when I stay up.