oh my vegas II

new years eve!

good morning day 2 in vegas.

went to the buffet in the orleans.

this is josh's cup hahaha

the buffet was good i just couldnt eat that much

after taking apart the crawfish.

fat tuesday

you know this is trouble haha

wandering around

this girl goes crazyy

ph

right before hahaha

happy new year!!! 2010..or 2012 to some people haha

thanks for taking care of me.

so glad you went karen.

[:

a wild snorlax appearedd

vegas is CRAZYYYY during new year. it started out like any other day but it definitely didnt end like that. after going to wynn and winning enough money for the cab ride home we went back to our hotel to get ready for some aimless wandering around the strip. we met up with the guys at their hotel. then went to fat tuesday for some drinks. lemme tell you. do not get the octane one. ): it's tooooo stroonggg haha. anyway. we started wandering around the strip. i was definitely feeling happy. then i bought a headband. the asian lady hooked it up for $1 haha. jennifer eventually took my crown. then we ended up at planet hollywood.

to summarize the rest of the night...yelling at random asians. projectile vomited all over floor. amrita assisted to the bathroom. met up with everyone else. half left to find jennifer. ended up at a place to eat right before the countdown. went outside. watched the fireworks from the street. wandered around to go to mgm. met an australian..not irish haha whoops. met a black man who said he knew i was 'jerkin it.' hahah i was too confused to understand what was going on. ate at mgm. met up with jenn and josh at the hotel. showered. so thankful i survived.

i brought the new year in with freakin fun people. i'm glad that i actually did go on this adventure. even with all my doubts the people that were with me helped make it what it was. i dont think it would have been the same with any other group. so thanks jenn, josh, karen and joe. thanks amrita, nazia, maymay, jennifer, brandon, oric(sp? for sure), kia, and david. first trip to vegas since ive turned 21 and it was definitely a memorable one.

oh my vegas I

just posting the highlights. not all the pictures. there's too many.

the lovely paris. which sells the giant eiffel tower drinks haha

karen only took a sip..

couldnt finish it. there was too muchhh

mighty joe young haha

getting ready

watch outtttttt

LAX

we somehow managed to take a picture

finally time to sleeeeep.

so we arrived and went straight to our rooms. after setting our bags down we headed out to go and eat. we traveled to the MGM and i had nathan's hot dogs. yum. haha. then we wandered around the strip for a couple hours. finally arriving at paris we bought our souvenir eiffel tower cups. the drinks were delicious haha. afterwards we took a taxi back to the hotel. after napping for a little bit we started getting ready to go to LAX.

i'm not gonna lie. this was my first time clubbing and it was definitely an eye opener. #1. guys at clubs are GROSSSSS. hahahahahahahahahaha. but seriously. going with a group of mostly girls definitely pointed this out to me. and that is why i will never pick up a girl at a club. #2. guys can't really dance at clubs. they just stare and find their next girl to ask to dance. i'm glad that i didnt have to do that. if that was the case i probably wouldnt have had a good time. it was pretty nasty watching guys work in pairs. one guy tried to get in our group. and i had my hand in the air and he high fived me like we had been friends since middle school. uh no. i dont know you. but i guess he made an honest effort and that takes some balls.

after clubbing for two hours. the effect from my one adios went away and it was more tiring to dance than it was fun. we left the club and took a taxi back to our hotel. we then ate at the .25 cent wing restaurant at like 2AM. they were freakin delicious. after that jenn and i gambled for a little bit and then headed back to sleep.

clubbing is freakin fun if you go with the right people. and by right people i mean girls that arent looking to get the guys. and a lot of girls in the group is a must. how else could we have gotten on the guest list to get in early and not have to pay anything. thanks jennifer huang. having funny guys is a definite too. the whole time we were having to trade off girls when creepy guys started pulling them away. haha

bye fresno. hello irvine.

the drive back seemed really weird. it felt like it was taking longer than usual but in the end it took around the same amount of time. i guess it's just because i hadnt driven down to irvine in so long it seemed really foreign.

once i got in i unpacked. cleaned a little bit. and then headed to sticki picki. caught up with ji. she had a lot of stories to tell haha. then joe ended up coming to visit too. we waited til she got off at 11. then headed to albatross to eat nasty. dirty. delicious. greasy. mexican food where you can only pay cash haha. not something to eat right before vegas i'll tell you that much. then went to ralphs with joe to pick up some adult beverages. home to sleep at 1am. tomorrow is vegass haha

last monday before irvine.

took some chinese bao(sp?) to nathans today. they were really really gooooood. it was really nice being in the chinese bakery. i dont know why but i feel comfortable around asians. even though bakery delight is a little run down it still has some goooood stuff.

went to nathan's. saw casey. he definitely hasnt changed. it was good seeing him after a year. we played games for a while. then i headed home for dinner. my mom made chicken broccoli casserole since it was my last night. it was delicious haha

went back to nathan's for a few hours to play a few more games and to say goodbye. i think we took a picture together a year ago right before casey left. we talked about old memories and things that had happened within the past 14 years of hanging out haha. it was really really funny recalling old memories. played a few card games. i left as the old maid. ): i guess i'll have that title for another yearrrr. booo. thanks for keeping in contact and for being good friends.

i have a lot to catch up on.

this was one of my favorite moments by far of being back home.

went to church in the morning with nathan. then played with the kids for over an hour afterwards. i first played soccer with benjamin. my favorite. then played wiffle ball with the little kids. then we moved to the basketball courts to play. we picked teams and my team had all the little kids plus ravi and fei. we lost haha. the big kids didnt take it easy on us.

after church i went to the movies with nicole and caught up with her. we watched sherlock holmes. it was pretty good. definitely my kind of humor. she said that i hadnt seen her in a year possibly. and i cant really remember the last time we met but i dont think it was that long ago. either way. we had a lot of stories to tell each other. it was nice hearing about what is going on in her life.

happpy birthday grandma!

they tried to make the glass look like me

when kelly and cade realized they can trade shoes.

today was my grandma's birthday. we all went to table mountain to eat lunch and celebrate together. man i really love my grandma. she's the nicest person i've ever met. she never ceases to amaze me with her kindness and humor. im glad i got to see uncle robert and uncle alan. i havent seen them in so long. and my uncles alwayss have the best stories to tell.

while we were waiting for our table for an hour my uncle sat down and talked to me one-on-one. he started out by asking if i was playing hard to get. at first i was confused but after realizing this is the same uncle that always asks if i have a girlfriend or not i finally realized he was talking about with girls. i told him that i wasn't playing hard to get. that i just havent met a "good" one yet. which led to him giving me advice on joining clubs, dating people that are younger than me, and asking whether or not i could tell if a girl liked me or not. i told him that i was pretty good at telling. and he asked me what i did if a girl told me she liked me and i didnt like her. i said i didnt have to worry about that and he laughed. truth can be funny haha. he continued to ask me why i was still single in college. how when he was my age he was worried that he was going to be alone for the rest of his life. i didnt really know how to answer him. but i told him that my priorities were someplace else. i wanted to do well in school. to strengthen my relationships with people. to strengthen my relationship with God. which he responded by asking if i would go to the movies by myself. i said no i would drag a friend along with me. he said that after a while my friends would be married and have their own families and that i might not be able to just be the third wheel forever. i said that it was ok as long as they had kids i would just take the kids to the movies. again another laugh at the truth followed.

i get that its not that easy to meet people after college is over. and i realize that there is prime pickings in college based on compatibility educationally as well as maybe socially in the future. but ive never really been scared that i would run out of options in the future. i told my uncle that i was scared of rushing into something now that i didnt really want and then be stuck with something that i was happy with but that wasnt worth it in the long run. i told him i was scared to settle for just anything. he shook his head and said that its better to try now and realize that youre settling and get out of it while you still can, rather than panicking later and settling because you feel like youre running out of time. this kind of scared me. i had always thought that i would settle too early and wouldnt really see who or what was still out there for me to encounter, but i never really realized that panic would ensue after a certain age and i might just take anything in fear of being alone.

i do fear being alone. but i have enough faith to keep me from panicking. if im meant to be married and spend the rest of my life with someone then i will. but if not. then i wont. kind of a faulty way of thinking. but it's my shortcut out of actually coming up with the real reason behind my twisted mindset. maybe right now im not ready. maybe in the future i will be. whatever the outcome i know i'll get used to it either way. i'll be happy in the end. (but i do want children haha).

sorry for the long word vomit. i just needed to document it for future's sake.

after that i came home and played mario with my siblings again. then headed to the local elementary school to play basketball. i came out as the knock out king. my dad finished as the pony champ. and cade, my dad, and i won the three on three basketball game against my mom, matt and kim. haha it was actually a lot of fun.

ate dinner with the family and then headed over to nathan's where we played video games for a while. then tried to solve logic games that ryan was coming up with. i can't believe the answer was midget. hahaaa..worst answer/riddle ever. haha. after that we talked about friends and relationships. finally returned home after seeing how scary blogs can actually be. but i dont really care about people reading mine. there's nothing to be ashamed of here. except maybe my onesie photos. haha.

Happy Birthday Baby Jesus!

taken by our only fan..mom.

spent the entire day with family. got woken up at 8am to open presents. thanks for the onesie. i dont know exactly what to do with it yet..but i'll put it to good use. this year i really did like giving gifts. usually i'm all for receiving and not giving but i actually took the time to shop for my family. haha. i sound pretty elementary but hey, i'm actually learning how to give and not just take.

played mario with my brothers and sister for HOURS. and then played lego rockband. dinner was deliciouss. baked potatoes. tri tip. pilaf. green bean casserole. i hope that everyone had a relaxing day with friends and family.

thanks for all the text messages! (:

PS. you would text me! haha but thanks. it's nice to know someone cares.

Meerry Christmas Eve!

everyone didnt come out as well as i had hoped they would..

especially kelly haha.

grandchildren with grandma

picture for my mom's christmas present 2009.

i really do love my family. and i'm glad to be home during the holidays.

my family and i went to our cousin's house to eat dinner. it was sooooo goooood. some kind of seafood soup (chipeno? (sp)) and my favorite sesame chicken. afterwards we played bingo for money. walked away $15 richer haha. then played the game of things for a couple of rounds. came home to decorate the Christmas tree that my parents bought this morning. just got done wrapping gifts. off to bed now. i hope that everyone is enjoying their break with friends and family. tomorrow is CHRISTMAS!! [:

PS no thanks to the girl that prank called me at 2:30Am last night/this morning. i mean really. i got a call from a blocked number and i usually don't pick up those calls but it was late at night so i thought maybe it was some kind of emergency. and i guess it was. it was a girl. with a fake voice. saying hi jason. i met you at a party last week. and you never called me back. she asked why i hadn't called her or contacted her. then she went on fake crying saying she was 'with child.' not with anyone's child but with my child. at that point i said goodnight and hung up the phone. thanks for making me never pick up blocked numbers ever again random girl. i wonder who it could have been...haha. drunk calls are wayyy better than prank calls. thats for sure.

break is going by too fast.

ok. so i made it a little scarier looking

but still..

sitting in the dentists chair looking up at this is enough to give people nightmares

i can see why people hate going to the dentist

maybe if they made it into a giant smiley penguin or something...

but at least i'm cavity freeee

..for now. wheeeee!

he said that my teeth looked good and that i must have a good diet

i'm glad that someone is fooled haha

watched an anime for a little bit at nathan's house

then played tetris..i'm terrible now ):

then played bomberman..ive always been terrible haha

the anime was about this girl who was in love with a guy in her class. but the guy never knew. and there was another guy in the same class that was in love with that girl but she never knew either. i remember one scene where the girl is chasing the guy she likes but the third guy is chasing after her too. she never really knew who she was to the third person. it's kinda interesting to think about, no? that you could be chasing after someone but to someone else you're the person worth chasing too. sometimes it's hard to see what's behind us when we have our eyes fixed forward all the time. haha..i just remember it's like win a date with tad hamilton..

also, i've been having trouble sleeping these past couple nights. i went to bed early and everything but i'm just lying there in a half-awake-half-asleep state. im not sleeping. but im not awake either. it happened earlier today too when i was trying to nap. i end up not getting that much sleep because i don't fully fall asleep. it's not like i'm thinking about anything. or there's something on my mind that's keeping me from falling asleep. i think that my body just likes to be in this limbo sleep stage. well whatever it is. i hope it doesnt happen tonight.

tomorrow's Christmas eve! (: wow this break has sure gone by fast. but i'm glad that it's been a busy one. time for rest. you should sleep too. gooodnight. til tomorrow.

bye david

after over a week with this boy it feels weird not doing something 24/7

thanks for coming to visit.

thanks for catching up.

if you don't keep in touch you'll definitely pay

i dont think ive ever looked so tired in a photo before haha

pictures with santa today.

im definitely getting too big to see him

he told me to just kinda pretend to sit halfway on the armrest.

thanks santa. thanks.

fresno fresno fresno

his shoes are sooo much smaller than mineee hahaha

Kenzo is such a cutiee.

im going to steal him one of these days.

i wonder what he'll look like when he's older.

woke up. went to eat at jimmy johns (almost put farmers....again)

sandwiches were pretty good. i must say.

then picked up nathannnn.

headed over to see kenzo for a little bit. he actually remembered me and sat with me haha

then headed to EMW. GO GET THE ROSELLE BERRY PATCH. its goood.

then headed to the mall. where everyone asked what i was drinking and where i got it.

roger owes me for the publicity.

saw melissa at build a bear. talked with her for a bit. she's going to taiwan and hong kong after Christmas. lucky! she hasnt changed a bit since high school.

bought matt, kim, mom and dad their gifts. i guess cade will have to wait. oops haha

headed home for an hour to play game of things.

then went to a three hour dinner with emily.

i almost cried from laughing so hard.

it was really nice to catch up with life and everything that happened in college.

now i'm sleeeep and cleaning the house.

i'm going to sleep well tonight. because i'm taking pictures with santa tomorroww.

haha nooo joke. til then. goodnight dearmrjason.

ps. i like texting pictures.

sundayy

went to church this morning. played around with the little kids afterwards.

then headed off to the theater to watch avatar with the family. (ive never hated humans so much haha)

picked up david from church. watched the monster eat another hamburger from in and out. (his third in a week hahahah)

napped for an hour on the couch. thanks david for trying to push me off the end.

went to Grace's church. watched the Christmas skit.

ate ham and mashed potatoes.

then finished the night off with invictus. Nelson Mandela was a cool guy haha

so. much. poker.

the past three days have been this. haha. havent lost tooo much.

rest is good.

mother son moment. i'm pretty sure he was being lectured about something though haha.

went for a run today. it felt good even though my lungs were on fire.

i played way too much poker today. first with the $5 buy in with family where i came out +1.

then with the three dollar buy in with david, matt, kim. came out in second. not tooo shabby.

then played mariokart for what seemed like 20mins but turned out to be much much longer.

finally slept after talking about random stuff

i dont know whats up for the future.

but im excited to get the chance at a new start.

lounging around

ortho appointment in the morning.

cute babies

sleeping around the house.

hanging out with david monster

played scategories(sp?). mario kart. smash bros. poker.

winter break is really filled with a lot of things.

cade's choir

cade's choir performance.

they were no glee. but they were still pretty good.

vinny came to visit too. he ended up spending the night because it was getting too late and too foggy.

christmas tree lane

picture will be uploaded later. it's on another camera phone.

but went to christmas tree lane. last night david and i watched i am legend.

man does the kid get scared during movies haa. i thought we werent going to be able to finish the movie.

watched iris too. or the first couple episodes. it's prettyyy good. it's like a movie with the plot and the camera shots and everything. maybe ill watch that one.

went to the mall and didnt buy anything yet again. but david bought a black sweater.

all i remember about christmas tree lane was how badly i needed to pee before we even left my house. but my dad said it was too late so i had to hold it an extra FOUR hours til i peed in the bushes near our car because i wasnt going to make it any further. walking was nice. there were so many people there. i really liked it. christmas tree lane is one of the unique things about Christmas in Fresno. with all the lights strung across the large trees and all the people dressed up in warm clothes. it was a nice scene.

on the brighter side. i found my phone in my car today. i knew it was close by.

davidd

david came to visit fresno. and since he doesnt have a house here he's bunking with other people for his time here. he stayed at chin's the first night. but then he stayed over at mine after that. watched slumdog millionaire. played pool a million times. and ate at country waffle for breakfast. this homeless kid needs shelter haa.

it's good to see him though. i feel for what he's going through. keep your head up kid.

home

life at home has been hectic. i havent been sleeping in like i wanted to yet.

didnt get to start exercising yet. but i have been doing things with my family.

hopefully i'll be able to start sleeping and running soon.

im home.

rainy drive back

just woke up from a five hour nap.

after the four hour drive home, i cant be glad enough to be home. THANK GOD that i made is safely too. there were so many accidents along the way. one about a minute in front of me. right in my lane. another one later on the opposite side of the freeway and then another one later that happened on the side of the road. God definitely kept me safe on the ride home and im thankful that He was with me.

just woke up and had two different dreams:

#1 i was leaning back because i thought it was stitch. i was talking to stitch in a dorm room. i was looking around when i saw tog and i started to freak out. i leaned forward because i thought that it was really awkward but stitch squeezed me with her legs so that i couldnt go. i was leaning back inbetween her legs. i look back and it wasn't stitch but it was another girl instead. i woke up very confused.

#2 i was trying to take a short cut through someones house. their side door was open and so i walked in but i couldnt make my way through it for some reason. i kept going back to the beginning room trying to find my way through but i gave up. i went back out the way i went in and started to walk away when someone yelled at me. it was Bruce willis. i was in his house. he started chasing me with a baseball bat. so i started to run.

a little kid didnt recognize me as cade's brother today. he looked at me and asked who i was. another kid said i was cade's brother and he said that i don't look like matt, kim, or cade. i told him it's because i was good looking. haha.