ConspiracyChicken!

Hi, its Jon I decided to do a little blog thingy on Gia's blog umm thingy... yeah...so it all started with me completely just winging this little adventure of ours by leaving with an expired passport and about 4hundred in my wallet, ha all short notice...umm long story short..Oregon sucks, Seattle was pretty chill, the drive was something new to experience, never drove for over 30+ hours in 3 days before...Canada is a pretty cool country i mean i went to get about 100$ exchanged for canadian currency and i got about 90$ something back so everytime i go to change my money i feel ripped off..i dont wanna get too detailed with this because she's already said everything umm...yea..CONSPIRACY CHICKEN....this chicken gots something to hide...ahahaha


love ya babe!


-Jon

oregon, washington + canada soap opera

So I'm here, not too amazingly happy about it. If it wasn't for Jon I'd be bawling my eyes out even more. The down part of that is my parents hate him. It's been nothing but complete unnecessary drama that can only really be made up by overly pessimistic Filipino parents who care more about what other people think that to actually be more open minded about the situation. They're entirely ridiculous. One day they're going to need to go to court to see their grandkids with the way they're acting now. I only have such a limited time with Jon that I hate them for partially ruining it. He hates being here now cause he feels so unwanted :( And that hurts about more than anything else.

Oregon was probably the worse state I have ever driven past. It was about a thousand miles of pure trees, cliffs, and farms & I was nearly bored to death on the way there. Nothing really got better till we got to Washington. I personally loved it there. We stayed in Seattle & it's somewhere I'm definitely considering when I plan to stay permanently :) We stayed at my Auntie Emma's cousin's place. The entire time I was itching to get the novel New Moon right after I finished Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. I'll get into more of that later. But my 3rd cousins (?) brought us to Barnes & Noble there, & the weather was so amazing. I haven't even broken a sweat since we crossed to Washington. I'm talking about a complete summer of 65-75 degree weather. It's one thing I love in comparison to the three digit weather in LA.

Here's a couple pictures on the road to Canada & to customs;

Canada, btw, has the most boring customs ever. There was practically no one there. Fast forward, Jon & I had been exploring around. The public transportation here is amazing. No one really needs a car when you can get a day pass for $9 to use on the Skytrain & the bus. Everything here is about a couple dollars more expensive in Canadian $$$, so that's definitely something to get used to. I'll tell you something though, they love their A&W restaurants here. It's like in every damned corner.

As for the hangouts, I already found my new favorite hobo area at Waterfront. It's amazingly urban with all the hot spots for underground stores & restaurants. Jon & I ate at Salt Tasting Room & had about the best cheese & meat plate. Even thought it was $15 per plate, it was definitely worth it. He even got himself an exclusive IM KING at Complex Underground Clothing Store. Ah, he's becoming too lavish ;). After Waterfront we took a bus to visit University of British Columbia, which I wasn't really into as much as I thought I'd be. So I'm considering other colleges & university right after my transcripts come in. And on another note: I'm looking into having at most 3 jobs this summer after Jon leaves. I need to keep myself completely busy just so I can keep my mind off being lonely. Especially on my 18th birthday :(

Chalk Board Menu @ Salt

Salt Tasting Room $15 Meat & Cheese Plate

IM KING Come Clean $120

Finis.

almost gone.

Officially just two more days till I'm off to Canada :( I'm so happy my boyfriend's coming with me for the next two weeks so I won't be completely alone. The past few days were a lot of goodbyes. Friday, I had an awesome last beach day with the Brat Pack, then to Pho999 afterwards rollin' mad deep with 10+ people. Thanks guys, watching Sidney White was fun ;)

Saturday night was prom (*will post pics later once it's all gathered up). It was more of a high class party than anything. Jon & I got lost about a million times on the way on account of all the closed streets. When we got there we immediately took pictures, had a small dinner, & engaged with other people. After awhile, Jon & I decided to leave early & just walk around Hollywood. It was amazing, it being completely packed at 12:30 at night. Ahh summer's definitely here.


Sunday night Chris drove me everywhere to say goodbye to all the L.A. hangouts. We first went to Americana & got Pinkberry. We were going to watch Kung Fu Panda there, but there was a line & we're not about to deal with that. Passed by Hollywood again to pick up red velvet & banana cakes at Doughboys & believe it or not, we saw Jesus on the way :) Haha. Completely random. We then went to Sushi Mac & got sushi for the last time :( & even snuck into Kung Fu Panda for the rest of the night. I'll miss you Aldaba :) <3

As for today, my house is completely empty :( Jon came to help out, & so did a lot of my mom's church members. I'm pretty much sleeping on the floor tonight -_- I even had a last coffee date with Ash & Ige, but I'm not to worried about that since she's coming to visit me in Vancouver in two months :) Party babe<3

first of my lasts.

"You have the heart of a designer & great professionalism, I can see you blossoming into someone amazing in art school" Today was my last day at Meat + Potatoes & I can honestly say that I could not have asked to be around a better Art Director & designers. They taught me so much & I am forever grateful that they're one of my first real stepping stones to my career :) This was pretty much my first real goodbye before I leave for Canada next Wednesday (officially one week!) I don't really know exactly how to feel about it yet. On one side I'm ready to move on, cause there's such a bigger world out there outside Los Angeles and the Valley, but a really big part of me is going to miss every single experience that helped me grow. Blah. It's too much of a mixed emotion. I want to cry every single time my dad takes down something from my room which took me so long to get to where I want it. I keep telling myself this is a good thing & that change can only make everything better. But I'm really really really gonna miss my boyfriend :( Even if he is coming with me & staying for 2 weeks. I already know I'll be crying my heart out.