I'm all smiles

my saturday was wonderful.. thank you very much.

my cousin woke me up to go have breakfast at a mom&pop diner in old town covina. i wanted to sleep more but then, i thought, do i really want to stay in bed all day? i kidded around and said, "can you inject some energy drink right into my veins? pleeeeease?! my body doesn't want me to move!" he laughed and said, "just shoot it up straight to my blood.. huhuhu". haha.. DORKS!

on our way to the market, we passed by one of my favorite restaurants, the north woods inn.

i'd like to take my sister there for a little wild wild west treat. it's a long wait though but it's worth it cuz they have good clam chowders there. you get to eat peanuts and just throw the shells on the floor. it's part of the ambiance.. i suppose.

we went to this mexicsn market with lots of fresca fruits and vegetables, plus, they're very cheap too. so, i bought lots of fruits cuz this house is lacking fruits and veggies. they always buy so much meat but never enough veggies even just for side dishes. i decided, we should have fruits instead of chips and cookies. my sister and i looked like playful monkeys smelling the fruits. it was the only way i could tell if it was ripe or not. the best part was feeling like we were in philippines cuz we found papayas and other stuff.

i bought mostly fruits and 2 lbs. of a vegetables..

• 1 papaya
• 2 melon dews
• 1 pineapple
• 1 watermelon
• 4 big camotes (yams) for camote-q
• 1 sinkamas (jicama)

i had the sinkamas with spicy bagoong yesterday. it was yummy. i only bought one cuz i thought i was the only one that was interested in eating it. no one was excited when i found it in one corner. but then, everyone ate it after i force fed it to my cousin. haha.

that was my cheap thrills for the day and a short philippines effect feeling (or whatever you'd like to call it).

anyways, i attended and served mass yesterday. our pastor had a very good homily about john newton and death in general.. i almost cried.

so, after mass, we went to a family friend's bridal shower at the hurst ranch. they're getting married in hawaii and we won't be able to make it (or most people won't be able to go either). so this was kinda the pre-wedding celebration.

i invited kristina (since she knows chris too) and she invited joe and paul to go. it was a luau so the food were all hawaiian. there was entertainment, they asked the pacific dancers to perform. it was awesome, there was a guy dancing with fire and all. i was just into watching everything that i forgot to take pictures. i could've performed too, had i not quit my hawaiian dance lessons. the people i took classes with performed. they were all teasing me saying that i should've been there dancing too. i'm all like.. that's the whole reason why i quit. cuz i'm scared of recitals and wearing midriffs when i'm performing.

they openned the dance floor after (the future bride and groom) shanna and chris' dance finale. joe and i danced! *wheeee* haha. yeah. i was such a nervous wreck though. i felt like a total clutz cuz i couldn't concentrate on the dance. haha. i asked him if he knew how to swing and he didn't say anything but he took the lead. it was horrible cuz he was too tall and he was dancing too far from me. i was dumbfounded last night, he was teaching me how to do the steps. like i don't know how to dance?! hahaha. i didn't tell him i knew how to swing, i just let him teach me cuz i like it when a guy takes over. *giddyness*

we didn't stay that long to dance though. it got boring after awhile cuz people didn't want to go dance up the dance floor. boo.

so, we decided to catch the last full show at edwards cinema. we we watched nacho libre. it was sooo hilarious. i just love jack black with his mexican accent. his sidekick esqueleto sounded like a filipino fob guy. he'd always say "yoo ar kraysee". hahahah. i love that movie.

sunday, on the other hand, is chill. well, not in a literal sense cuz it's very hot today!! i'm enjoying this day to relax though. i just came from a belly dancing class with kristina and right now, i'm listenning to the ripped cd our teacher gave us. learning how to belly dance properly is soo much fun. it's a good work out too. she kept pointing out that i get the steps fast but i just smile at her and i just think to myself that i know i do cuz i know a little bit and have an arabic backgroung that's why. i don't really want to tell her that bit of information, so she doesn't expect much. cuz there are other movements and steps that i don't know of. so yeah, teacher eman's arabic dances kinda boosted it up one step for me. it finally paid off. haha.

btw, on our way back, we found arabic places all over town. i'm not really sure where we went but it had a big arabic market & deli, an arabic restaurant (where we had shawerma) and an arabic bakery on the other side. isn't that cool? haha. i was showing kristina all the good food or ingredients in the market that we could cook with. i think on our next venture.. i'm going to let her try some indian food. i don't really eat the hardcore main dishes but i enjoy the side dishes like parathas and samosas. i think the only main dish i eat are chicken curry and tanduri. i think she'll enjoy indian food.