I’m seriously itching to go back to Europe. Does anyone want to join me for $2,000? It’s going to be 14 days in Eastern Europe…highlighting on Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Slovak Republic and Poland.

Arrive Berlin. After checking into your hotel, the remainder of the day is yours to explore all that Berlin has to offer. Join your Tour Manager and fellow travellers for a welcome drink before dinner. Later, experience the famous Ku’damm.

Berlin to Prague. Driving south through Germany we head into the Czech Republic (formally part of Czechoslovakia) for two nights in Prague, the golden city built on Seven Hills across the River Vltava.

Prague Sightseeing. This morning’s sightseeing tour includes Hradcany Castle, the Cathedral of St Vitus and Wenceslas Square. Then time to explore the Jewish Quarter.

Prague to Vienna. Today through the ancient Moravian silver mining town of Jihlava to Vienna. We drive around the famous Ring Road for our city tour and see the Palace of the Hapsburgs, St Stephen’s Cathedral and the State Opera House. 

Vienna to Budapest. . Today we travel through the ancient Moravian silver mining town of Jihlava to Vienna. We drive around the famous Ring Road for our city tour and see the Palace of the Hapsburgs, St Stephen’s Cathedral and the State Opera House.

Budapest Sightseeing. A chance to explore Budapest at leisure. Maybe visit both sides of the Danube, see the quaint hilltop Buda and bustling Pest. Tonight, an opportunity to enjoy Eastern Europe’s liveliest nightlife.

Budapest to Krakow. North through the Slovak Republic and into Poland. The next two nights are in the original Bohemian city of Krakow which is also the birthplace of the Pope.

Krakow Sightseeing. Our sightseeing tour includes the Royal Castle and St Mary’s Church. This afternoon, the Concentration Camp of Auschwitz – a visit never to be forgotten.

Krakow to Warsaw. North to Czestochowa, site of the magnificent 14th century Paulite monastery at Jasna Gora and home to the famous portrait, the ‘Black Madonna’, thought to be painted by St Luke. We continue on to Warsaw, the rebuilt capital of Poland.

Warsaw Sightseeing. Today we visit the Warsaw Ghetto and Old Town, reconstructed after wartime destruction from paintings by Canaletto’s nephew.

Warsaw to Berlin. Today, across the Polish-German border to the cultural capital of Germany, Berlin. Experience the famous Berlin nightlife.

Berlin Sightseeing.A full days sight-seeing including the remains of the Berlin Wall, the Russian War Memorial and the Brandenburg Gate. An opportunity to visit the “Checkpoint Charlie” museum.

Hey there, avid xanga readers! Sorry for leaving y’all hanging for so long! But your patience will be rewarded with a monster update  Well, I just got back from retreat (Alpine Meadows).  It’s amazing what God can show you when you slow down and make time for Him.

Look at how hot this puppy is! He has blue eyes! Sigh I’m so in love…

Me and Didi again! He’s really cute. When you blow air on his face he licks the air!

Here is a collage of retreat pictures. Most of them are silly faces. The one with me and goh-goh (Upper left hand corner)  is the best! I look like a total retard!

My sweet roomates…Janice Serena and Me

Look at Sexy Rita! The air quality was way better up at Alpine Meadows…you could see so many stars! It gets me mad to see our environment getting all polluted in the city. >.<

That’s Jenny on the left and Hanna on the right. Barely met them this weekend. hehe…hanna and her sheebie act during skit was just classic! Good job!

Yay that’s all for now.

MISSION corn tortillas: MASSSSEKAAAAAH!!!!

God provides.

I needed to get into Flower Mart at 6am (before it is opened to the public), found an open door to a vendor without any guards.

God Provides.

I needed a natural science class, and Thomas Kim tells me to add to ENSC 2.

God Provides.

I needed a safe trip up North quickly. It was extremely foggy, and one headlight was out. A guy who was going 80 mph with two headlights leads the way.

God Provides.

I needed a job. I walk into Miyakos and find out they’re no longer hiring. I tell Janice “They’re done hiring” and a man walking by asks if I would like to work in his ice cream shop next door instead.

God Provides.

I aimed to go to the library today to study my chinese, but it closed at six. So I went to Disneyland with Matt instead. Since the Holidays are nearing an end, it was a good oppertunity to get a last glimpse of all the beautiful decor. It was freezing cold, so we tried to hit all the indoor rides. Soarin’ California is such an awesome ride…I’m still craving oranges! Then we went on the swinging ferris wheel which was uber cold, but it had a wonderful view of the California theme park…then headed over to the main theme park. Matt decided to transfer the ink from the stamp on his hand to his forhead, which was funny cuz you can see it in the black light when we rode Peter Pan. Then we headed to Small World, which I saw Christina Chung and her boyfriend! That was fun just catching up with her in line. ) Gosh I miss our waterpolo team! Then we went to Star Tours and Matt almost got his head sat on cuz he was acting all retarded…trying to look at his stamp in a black light again. hahahha. The peanut covered candied apple  at Disneyland is pretty good..but they don’t cut it for you which sucks! So we made a mess trying to cut it up…Just go to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory next time. They have a better variety and they cut it for you…even though they do charge you a gang load for an apple. Gotta go to sleep now! Got Chinese School with the kiddos tomorrow morn’!

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a fun and safe time welcoming 2004. Cuz I had a great time at Beta Omega Phi’s BidNight. Thanks for being a wonderful date, James! That was tons of fun. It was one crazy keppel reunion! I got to see my ex-neighbor Ricky, his lover Tony, Ben, Brandon, Frank, Makara, Buddha, Lana, Sallien, Tiffany, Po, Tom, Ryan, Chris, Garret, Nic…and a ton more I’m currently suffering from STML (short term memory loss). Made lots of new friends too! Which reminds me…

Happy Birthday, David Ly!

Still seriously considering a new pup for the apartment. I’m falling in love with Cinnamon and I want to dognap her form my uncle. AHHHHHHhhhhh I don’t want to go back to school yet! I still need to hit the slopes! Freakin Michael Gore just farted 5 times in my room. ARGH now I have to leave. It stinks!

awww stinky. Snapfish won’t let me paste pictures here! How lame is that?! time to use image station!

That’s more like it! This is me and DiDi taking a nap. Isn’t he cute? He’s half German Sheperd and half Yellow Lab. I’m seriously thinking of going to the pound with Matt to adopt a puppy since I can’t have Cinnamon anymore.   

Christmas was really awesome this year. The munchkins came down for the holidays and so did Pam and Nicole–the more the merrier! I made two Christmas meals this season (one for my momma’s side and one for my pop’s side of the familia) Prime Rib galore! After cooking on Christmas Eve I went to Evergreen’s service and my cousins were playing the flute and clarinet.  All my Christmas gifts were pretty awesome this year too! After Christmas, Maddie, Kara, Auntie Margie and I all went to South Coast to shop. Boy…was that a mistake! No more after-christmas shopping ever again! 20min for a parking spot (Thats considered lucky)…the girls and I played dodge the crowd while my Auntie Margie went shopping around for Christmas cards for next year. We all swore not to ever do it again…but we’ll see about that.

These are my munchkins Kara and Maddie….Maddie is an articulate little 4 year old who is sassy and smart mouthed careful what you say she might respond with “Dude, shut your piehole!” Kara is an excelled 4th grade student who reads lots of chapter books beyond her grade level. They make me so proud!

Now here’s my crew from Florida. We had so much fun and I miss them all!

On monday I got to see my waterpolo girls! Oh how I missed them so much. Sarah was there…and guess what, y’all?? She’s the new JV coach! So i got in with them at 9am Monday morning…and I am extremely out of shape. Now the only thing missing from my break is a snowboarding trip…last year I went so many times. This year I haven’t gone once. But its okay I’m not really complaining. Okay…signing out…until next year!

Haha I’m probably being the biggest hypocrite by putting this up, but I enjoyed reading it on my friend’s xanga… some of them are SO DARN true …and I’m bored. I hope everyone is having a great winterbreak! OH! I’m in a dire need for snow, so if anyone wants to hit the slopes with me, give me a call! Welcome back, Oscar! Hope you had a good experience …there i go breaking rule VIII!

The Golden Rules of Instant Messenger

By staff writer Justin Rebello
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“The most important document to emerge from a computer since the Ten Commandments.”
-Steve Case, Former Chairman and CEO of AOL

Introduction: You’ve seen the phenomenon. During the semester, at least 75% of your buddy list is online. Then winter break hits and your buddy list is hit by an apparent bubonic plague. Because IM is so popular among us college kids, it is befitting that we should set forth a list of rules, nay commandments, to abide by. So here, in no particular order, is the prevailing IM Dogma.

I. In your AIM profile, there’s no need to throw in loads of advertising space about your girlfriend/boyfriend/horse. Granted, I may be a jaded, single fool, but when your profile looks like this:

Baby, I love you. I love you.  Oh baby I love you and miss you.  See you soon. I love you.  Baby, baby.
[Insert rows of nonsensical IM kissy-faces]

It’s just annoying and disturbing. A subtle message is fine, but if you use either MUAH or those god-awful AIM faces (more on those in a sec), then AOL should spike you and you should be forced to communicate your rampant I LOVE YOU’s through smoke signals you utterly whipped prick. (And that goes for you dickwads with the “Taken” Buddy Icons. Go fuck yourself!)

II. Please stop with LOL. Only about .4% of people actually “Laugh out Loud” and they are retarded. And don’t give me this ROTFLMAO (Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off). I’d actually like to see you try this just so you can snap your neck as you fall out of your chair. Good. Nothing to LOL about now, is there?

III. Don’t IM just to say “HI.” Talking on AIM is the fast food equivalent of actual conversations. Keep the messages short and sweet. I assure you, you are not that interesting of a person. And if you were, why I am I talking to you behind a keyboard and miles of bandwidth?

IV. You don’t have to IM someone every time they are online. Nobody is that interesting. The average person spends more time wiping their ass than talking to their parents. No one can be conversational every time you IM them.

V. Stop with these oblique away messages like “Not here”, “Away”, “Gone”, or using an AIM face. If you had to shit, fine. Tell us, we’re concerned for your well being. And for the love of god don’t use the default away message: “I am away from my computer right now.” Don’t you get disappointed when you see that?

VI. If you are talking on a cell phone with someone and IMing that person simultaneously, you deserve the impending radiation cancer.

VII. Don’t ever send more than 5 messages in a row to someone. All that beeping could give someone a brain hemorrhage. It sounds like a damn Star Wars movie on my computer!

VIII. Stop using AIM faces. This is the lowest point of human interaction. It is more evolved to go to your friend’s house and throw your own shit at their face.

IX. If someone sends you a link or a song to download, you are not obligated to ever visit that link or download that song. Making a suggestion is fine, but don’t pester them about it for days to come. You are interrupting their porn time.

X. Blocking someone is about the cruelest thing you can do to them. Worse than murder. So if someone pisses you off, don’t block them. Ignore them. Fill them with doubt as to whether you are still at your computer. Blocking is basically the Agent Orange of AIM abuse. Savagely cruel, use only when necessary.

XI. One “Bye” is all that is needed to end a convo. Too many convos drag on and on like the first hour of Pearl Harbor. They look a little like this:

Homo69: Ok man, later.
Buttfuk27: Yea, take it east.
Buttfuk27: easy*
Homo69: Yeah I will
Homo69: Later
Buttfuk27: Later, dude
Homo69: Goodnite
Buttfuk27: Oh hey
Homo69: Yeah?
Buttfuk27: Did you finish your paper?
Homo69: Yeah
Buttfuk27: Oh okay, cool
Homo69: ok, seeya later
Buttfuk27: Yep, bye
Homo69: Bye
Buttfuk27: Night

Previous message was not received by Homo69 because of error: User Homo69 really left this time.

XII. Don’t try to describe your looks in your screen name. If your screen name is SexyGurl25 or HotQTbabe67, and you look like the love child of ALF and Carrot Top, that’s false advertising. Besides, it really isn’t nice to trick MegaStud21, who is actually a 40-year-old unemployed bald man that installed a webcam in your shower while you were at class.

XIII. Girls, it is not necessary to make your profiles look like the lost works of Emily Dickinson. A couple of clever lines is fine, but honestly, no one’s turning to your profile as their daily source of sonnets.

XIV. Don’t just type “yea” to your friend when you have nothing to say. I understand the flashing IM is intimidating, and a lot of people need to have the last word, but the “yea” is basically IM code for: “I have lost a lot of interest in this convo, and was kind of hoping we could just drift apart peacefully.”

XV. No more than two numbers in your screen name. Three is okay, but only if it’s to signal your birthday. It’s already hard to remember what you decided to call yourself online, we really don’t need the first 100 digits of pi. If your SN is: Queef67483857, just shorten it to Queef67. Or just Queef. I can’t imagine too many people picking that one, it’s too honest.

XVI. Don’t type “BRB” then drive to Mexico. BRB has a 10 minute window. After that, it’s away message time. AOL should install a feature that will automatically send gay porn to all your friends under your name once your comp is idle for 11 minutes after a BRB.

XVII. You can tell the mood a person is in by how much they type. Example:

PeeWee12: Hey, man.
Meat10: Yo, what’s up, dude?
= Happy

PeeWee12: Hey, man
Meat10: Hey
= Melancholy

PeeWee12: Hey, man
Meat10: Go fuck yourself.
= Not happy.

XVIII. Don’t put quizzes in your profile. What is the goal, exactly? To figure out who is your most prolific stalker?

XIX. If the Internet kicks you off, and then you sign back on, it is your duty to re-start the convo. I don’t know why this is, but if the other person IM’s you with “kicked off?” they are obsessed with you.

XX. If someone sends you one of those IM’s that say you must IM 10 other people, in order to save a child dying of leukemia in Indonesia, drive to his house and beat him to death with his own keyboard. Then, take a deep breath, and go check your email.


Okay…the end. Please excuse his French…I was too lazy to edit out his cuss words…

Well, Florida was a really good experience. I met a lot of new people..and get this: I was staying at a hotel called the Gaylord Palms Resort, and at the lobby I saw Hulk Hogan with his daughter Brooke Hogan! And the boy band Natural…and the band call Before Four (which makes them three)! hahaha yeah.

Anyway…I’m back now to find a pleasant surprise on GROWL…No C’s for me! I really thought I did horribly in my Religion and Science class…bad enough to be getting a C- or something….and OMG Accounting! I thought I was gonna get a D, but I guess all in all it wasn’t too bad. Next quarter I have all core classes..so I have to work extra hard.

I’m learning how to kick some ass with style so beware! Don’t get on my bad side! hahahaha jk. okay time for more christmas shopping!

I have to agree with Mimi…Love Actually was a total downer. But for all of you who want a decent feel-good love story, watch Love and Basketball…even though the ending is a bit unreal. Overall, plot development was better than Love Actually…hahah actually, I think any movie has better plot development! But for all you Love Actually fans, please do fill me in on what I’m missing…cuz it does seem like everyone and their mothers enjoyed that movie.

Well, I’m finally done with finals…it has to be one of the greatest feelings in the world. So I went to Disneyland to celebrate last night with 2 rides, fireworks and snow. Okay, maybe I’m just a bad driver in Autopia…but that does not imply anything about real life driving…I’m excellent! hahaha…maybe a bit agressive, but passive drivers suck anyway.

Getting ready for Florida now…hope I don’t forget anything.