Ok...where do I start?
First of all, I'm still working (at my mom's work on contract) + volunteering at Sunnybrook Hospital Monday afternoons. Some things are new such as getting a new car and a new haircut, that was less than 20 bucks. I'm watching tv shows like 'My Girl' starring Kim Chiu and Gerald Anderson (Kimerald), I Survived a Japanese Game Show,' 'Ugly Betty,' and 'America's Best Dance Crew.' Near the end of June, visitors/relatives/friends started to come over to our place.
June - It was the month where I got a new car + haircut. Oh yes, my close friend graduated from college. Congrats ^_^! He called me on the phone and informed me, not only the graduation and his artwork, he's getting his wisdom teeth out in the middle of July. I was like 'Nooooo! Its going to be painful!' I totally scared him cuz there was going to be anesthesia involved since I got mine out on the 4th of July last year. ~I'm so sorry!~ June 28, my extended cousin came over to Toronto from Vancouver just for the morning. Took her to The Pickle Barrel in downtown before dropping her off at Union Station to catch a train to Ottawa for the Canada Day long weekend. It was short, she should have stayed longer!
July - My dad's classmates and their families were next. Eleven people in my house?! You've got to be kidding me! They came near the 4th of July weekend for a picnic. Originally, it was supposed to be Centre Island. Instead, we ended up at the Scarborough Bluffs. I hanged out in the sun too much and got sunburned on my arms. My feet left marks from the flip-flops I was wearing. That included getting dirty with sand and stepping into Lake Ontario. No swimming allowed though. Afterwards, we all went to Mandarin. ~All you can eat!~ Few weeks later this month, we went to a party for an extended relative on my mom's side. It was her 80th birthday. In my opinon, my grandma's 80th was way better than this cause it was in the Philippines and we were dressed formal and it was planned well not rushed...that was 4 years ago. Around this time, 'I Survived a Japanese Game Show' had just begun this month. Notice I keep writing a summary of weekly episodes on my alter ego's Facebook. It terms of weather this month, it was mix of heat, smog, and rain/thunderstorm. It has been a wet summer lately in contrast with the snow we had in January to March of this year.
August - My cousin from Atlanta was next. I didn't even know at first he was related to me. He brang his Wii console...and I went 'I'm off the computer, let's play the Wii!' On the first night, we played it for 3 straight hours and i'm getting addicted to it. Some of the Wii games included Wii Sports and MarioParty8. I choose Toadette for this game cuz it was cute. ~(imitating Toadette) Toadette's the Winner ^_^!~ July 31, they went to Niagara Falls. I didn't go cuz I had work. I was home alone for awhile, after work. ~POV - I get to play the Wii myself for the whole afternoon heheheh ^_^~ I played this one Wii game: Mario and Sonic @ the Beijing Olympics. You may say, I sucked at every event on this game - rowing, track and field, swimming, table tennis. Finally, I did so well for once by playing the gymnastics portion, the vault. Yay! I won a virtual Olympic gold medal lol. Maybe that was luck. They didn't come home till 10:30pm. August 1, my cousins on my moms side came over and we're clinged to the Wii and playing the Olympics game. I played the fencing portion and I won a vitual silver Olympic medal. I lost to Daisy damn it! August 2, we took them to downtown. Me and my cousin are trying to take pics ourselves. It was awkward at first, and then some of the pics turned out good. This was the first time i'm going to the skypod of the CN Tower. It had a way better view than the observation deck. Looks like i'm not scared of walking through the glass floor; however, I refuse to lie down on it. There's even a mini glass floor inside the elevator going up the CN Tower. Afterwards, we took them to The Pickel Barrel followed by the Eaton Centre and City Hall. August 3, we were invited for dimsum courtesy from my aunt and her family. The restaurant is full of Chinese. A lot of them are waiting outside to get to a table. Afterwards, we went to the Casa Loma. This is the first time I went inside of it. I went up the highest tower and there's this spiral staircase. This looks familar. Coincedently, this was the actually the tower that was used in Goosebumps 'A Night in Terror Tower.' After that, we went home and played the Wii some more incluing a new game that he bought: 'Top Spin 3.' He likes watching tennis and so do I. It seems that i'm good at playing the doubles portion than the singles since our doubles partners are computer players. August 4, they had to leave to go back to Atlanta. (Groans) Wahh...no more Wii to play T_T at he same time i'm also crying while watching 'My Girl.'
A week later, my close friend came over. He gave me some manga + a wallet or pencil case. This is the first time I ever had manga He told me he's going to NYC on the 23rd to 26th of August. I might be going there too, except its on the Labor Day weekend for me.
Labor Day weekend arrives and yay, I'm going to America! This time my fam took the new car going there. Friday the 29th, it was raining (just showers), which made our new car wet and dirty =(. Going pass the border wasn't such a problem. There was some traffic in the freeway due to construction on the mini Interstate bridges. Also went with us, was the GPS to take us there. By the time we arrived at our destination, it was sunny and humid/hot. The trip took 11 hours, that includes pitstops. We arrived at my aunt's house...~hahaha surprised her XD!~ Few hours at night, I visited my cousin who lives few blocks from where we are sleeping at. She wasn't home yet as she was still working at Bloomingdales in NYC. Nearly 10:30 she arrived and I was about to go sleepy. Saturday the 30th, my fam along with one of my relatives went to Woodbury Commons. We should have arrived earlier as the parking was packed. Instead, we chose valet parking. Its crowded with shoppers/tourists cuz there's a sale this Labor Day weekend. In my opinion, there was not much of a sale...totally ripped off. The Coach Store had a line up from the outside, similar to a Boxing Day/Thanksgiving Day sale. I didn't bother to go in there. The same with the Gucci store. Every shopper I seen had carried something from Coach, Timbaland, Sketchers, Juicy Couture, North Face, Tommy Hilfiger, Nike etc. I did not buy anything there. I'm saving it for the Japanese mall the next day. After shopping at Woodbury, we went to Newport Mall next. My relative bought me a new sweater for work from Hollister. I wanted to go buy new earrings, but its not on sale. After shopping for almost the whole day, my cousin and relatives came over to where were sleeping at (my Aunt's house) and ate pizza and garlic bread + watch some Wowowee. Sunday the 31st, another sunny day. We first went to mass and then we went to the Japanese mall: The Mitsuwa Marketplace (yata ^_^!). It was nearly lunch time when we arrived there. On the way, I also had a glimpse of NYC and it was very nice. Instead of the usual Chinese people I see when I seldom go to Pacific Mall in Markham, Ontario, its full of Japanese people this time. The food there is cheap compared to here in Toronto. I treated my relatives and my p-rents for Japanese food. Before we order, we look at the replicas of the dishes that are being offered. We all took the same order [2 tempuras, 2 croquettes, crab potato, salad, misu soup, 2 sauces, a bowl of rice, and dessert]. The food was on me (I payed for it). Unfortunately, we're not supposed to take it home. In other words, no take-out, just dine-in only. Exceptions: groceries, bubble tea, Japanese desserts. After the main course, my aunt bought a Japanese dessert which contains red bean paste inside it. I don't know what's the name of it though, but it tasted really good despite it was cooked hot. I did manage to do some shopping while I was there. I bought two handmade glass cell phone ornaments and a Japanese charm to put in the new car. One of the cell ornaments I got matched my birthstone color (December) - topaz. ~pov - I felt I was in the Japanese market bwhahahahaha. I would have gone into the bookstore/video store too.~ After Mitsuwa, my fam had to pack up our stuff and say goodbye to my relatives on my mom's side as we were headed to my relatives on my dad's side in Bloomfield, NJ for that night with the GPS to take us there. They treated us for Mexican food at Chevy's. Before that, my extended cousin/nephew cooked burgers for us and then the rest of my relatives came. September 1st, it was time to go home. This time there was no traffic/construction on the Interstates because of the holiday. The only traffic was on the 401 west because everyone was headed home from Montreal, Ottawa, Kingston, USA, etc. We came home around 4 in the afternoon, the usual time I finsh work. It went so fast. I would have stayed in NJ/NYC for a few more days, but I have to go back to work the next day. September 5, the finale of 'My Girl.' I totally cried anime style. It was a mix of both ^_^ and T_T....so touching. Not only a purposal was involved, a wedding as well. That wasn't in the original. Now that we're in the middle of September, summer is almost ending and autumn will come soon including a new season of 'Ugly Betty' and 'Amazing Race' near the end of this month.
