Soooo Far, Soooo Good
Hearing: Give it to Me by Timbaland ft. Nelly Furtado n Justin Timbelake on MTVtres...haha!
Where@: akalain mong nasa sala ako sa apt namin sa u.s. of a. whooooh! california baby represent! damn! haha...
Whatup: biruin mong im actually 38 days na dito sa states! that's more than a month already!
Now that I'm in the states, I feel like I'm more entitled to post stuff in Tagalog. It's true that once you're in the states mas nagiging nationalistic ka and right now mas naiinis ako sa mga walangyang mga trapong pulitiko na sumisira sa Pilipinas dahil sa pangungurakot. However, now is not the time to discuss that because the main focus of this post is me and how I have been these past 38 days.
I'm good. I left the Philippines via China Airlines and arrived here sa SFO airport ng March 28 ng gabi. Sa NAIA nung umpisa ok eh sobrang accomodating ng mga tao. Nung pagpasok ko sa airport I sooooo did not know wht to do talaga saka helllllloooo naman 1st time ko kaya yun na makita ung loob ng airport. I mean sa Pilipinas kasi hindi naman pwede pumasok yung relatives kapag arrival or departure. So anyway, madaling madali talaga ako umalis ng bahay, dapat nun aalis ako ng 2pm since my flight was around 5pm pero nakaalis na ata ako ng 2:30pm dahil syempre had a lot of last minute stuff that I had to do. Yung mga tao sa airport, ay sus! nasobrahan sa pagiging warm... tipong tinatanong ko, "Sir, san po to lalagay?" ang sagot ng lolo mo, "Dito, tapos yung number mo sakanya..." haha! Not once lang nagyari yan ha, siguro mga about thrice within the 30 minutes timespan na nandun ako sa airport. Modesty aside, proven talaga na beauty has its benefits. Ang bilis magreact sa needs ko eh may nag parang mini tour pa sakin at hinatid pa ko sa booth ng mga immigrants plus I was given the most spacious seat sa plane in both my flights... haha! nakaktuwa din kasi hindi ako nahirapan as much as I expected... I had so much time left na tumunganga ako for like more than an hour waiting for my gate to open, so what I did was I texted Lea n everybody else para mag goodbye saka syempre si Dani. Mukha nga kong tanga nun kasi I was sitting in a cafe alone tapos tears were trickling down my cheeks. Damn! Parang pelikula! But you hafta give credit to me, soooobrang sad ako nun, leaving home, leaving my friends, leaving Dani, leaving the Philippines 10 days right after my graduation!!! It broke my heart that I just had to cry for the hell of it. Kahit pa may lalake dun sa next table sakin na tingin ng tingin sakin habang nage-emote ako, I just didn't care.
Fact: Hindi ko maintindihan ang mga lintik na chekwang mga flight attendant!!! Take note, english salita nila. Iba talaga accent nila and hirap na hirap talaga akong intindihin sila! Mental reminder: will not take another China Airlines flight as much as possible. Anyway, while on my so-called journey to the states, may nakilala akong lalake na soooobrang bait sakin at tinulungan ako around and kept me company for 4 hrs while waiting for my connecting flight in Taiwan to board. Sobrang thankful talaga ako sakanya kasi hanggang sa San Francisco in the airport he helped me get my stuff tas nung sinundo na ko ni ate, tinulungan nya pa rin akong ilagay yung mga gamit ko sa car. At syempre binigay nya din number ng anak nya para itxt ko daw. haha! Laughtrip... pero according to ate ganun lang daw talaga mga Pinoy dito mahilig daw talaga mag-reto...haha! Wala pa nga ko sa amerika mismo, first hand ko kaagad na experience ang pagiging hospitable ng mga Pilipino. Iba talaga...haha! Naging english translator extraordinaire din pala ako dun sa isang senior citizen saka isang parang gurl na Vietnamese do the point na they kindly asked if I could be seated beside them. Ok lang naman sakin so I agreed. Tulong na din yun and hindi ako makatanggi sa matatanda. I have a soft spot for them...
So ayun...dito naman sa bahay, mejo nakapag adapt na din ako although I did have a hard time sa umpisa especially sa oras n with sleeping. Nung mga 1st 2 weeks para akong kwago, baliktad tulog pero now naman ok na. Yung sa housework naman, steady lang kasi hindi naman mabigat talaga saka yung overall experience ko dito sa states parang sa dorm talaga the only difference is my dormmates are my kuya n ate. Fun din naman kasi mas sanay kame sa isa't isa n mas natututo ako with stuff especially with cooking. Right now, na overcome ko na din yung most of the bulk ng lungkot ko. I mean, I'm still sad deep inside pero hindi na sya tulad nung umpisa. Nung umpisa kasi lagi akong tintanong nila ate kung nalulungkot nga daw ako n dat yung stay nga namin sa states I just had to think of it as a phase, na para bang temporary lang kasi after namin magipon uuwi din naman kami. I just had to think of it na tipong nagaaral ka na when u work, u hafta go to schl everyday but instead of getting your allowance, u get to earn ur salary, which is way bigger kaya makakapagshopping ka. Ang maganda pa nyan eh ang mall sa Solano County ay nasa place namin here in Fairfield and may Outlet pa sa Vacaville! Whoooooh! I've been there n ang gaganda ng shops saka ang dami talagang mabibili...as in! haha...actually hindi pa ko talaga nakakapag sight seeing kasi may work sina kuya so pag weekend lang sila talaga usually free. My usual regimen is that we go to Church on Sundays then sa mall or kung san man. I've been to Mt. Carmel, Catholic Church dito saka St. Vincent sa Vallejo n also another Christian Church sa Vallejo. I basically just tag along kung san pupunta si ate. haha. ooooh! I've also been to Seafood City in Vallejo para syang grocery ng mga Pinoy. Dami ngang Pilipino dito kaya ok din. Vallejo kasi, which is around 20-30 mins from our place, is the 3rd place in the states na most populated with asians (wiki) kaya un... I've been to Daly City na din para sa christening of Jessica, my niece... anlamig dun! todo! hindi kaya ng powers ko...haha!!! dito na lang akong Fairfield...haha!
Ok din naman dito. I don't live in a city kaya sobrang peaceful saka sa states sobrang organized ng mga bagay bagay. Not unlike satin, hindi mo na kailangan pang problemahin ung mga trivial stuff. Like sa bank, pag nagbayad ka ng bills mo sobrang bilis na tipong bumili ka lang chippy sa tindahan. Ganun lang... It's cool here but it would be so much better talaga kng nandito sina Lea, Noh n all of my close friends saka syempre c Dani. But tulad ng lagi kong sinasabi, It'll come, I'm in no hurry...
As of now my plans are to first study the friggin DMV manual and pass the driving test n Lord sana please one take lang ako! Here kasi if you wanna go to certain places necessary na may car ka n syempre marunong kang magdrive kasi anlalaki ng distances ng mga lugar dito in between. Kaya payo lang talaga dapat talaga marunong magdrive bago pumuntang states!!! Good thing natuto ako before ako umalis...shift stick pa!!! haha sb ng mom ko para daw chicken lang sakin ang automatic. haha...sana nga! n syempre the dreaded NCLEX!!! baka sa august ako mgtake...ate charry's arriving na nga pala on the 26th, 4 na kame! haha andami na namin sa apartment.
So really so far so good. I'm cool though I'm missing a great deal back in the Philippines. Thank God for that! ^_^
9:10:00 PM
Neurotic wise ass out to flood the world with opinionated and not-so-opiniated wit and charm. Nationalistic to the core. Wannabe writer extraordinaire. Daydreamer and royal blooded smart aleck. This is me. This is sugar and spice personified.
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