the most amazing present... EVER

for the past 2 weeks while i have been playing modern warfare 2 in my room my girlfriend has been tediously working at the foot of my bed working tirelessly (and oftentimes i suspected she would pull an all nighter) to finish what was supposed to be my christmas present this year...

of course, the impatient girl that she is could not wait until xmas bcuz as soon as it was completed she wanted to give it to me right away...

now keep in mind, for the past 2 weeks she has kept this a secret from me for so long... i have had, on multiple occasions, the desire to ruin the surprise while she was away from my room to see what was going to be made since it was just covered by a blanket underneath my desk in my room... i could never see (thanks to modern warfare) what was actually being made... and after it all i was glad that i waited...

she told me its something special

she told me its not something big

she told me some ppl didn't think it was really ALL that... but then again those that are close to me dont fully understand my absolute love for what this present is...


while she was able to tear me away from xbox live this evening (really i just turned it off myself cuz i was too excited that i wanted to see the present already... she had it wrapped carefully in a blanket... kissed me on the lips and said i love you... and as i opened the blanket... this is what i found:



my very... own.... hobbes... doll


i am the type of person that if i want something... i will go out and buy it.. this is the one thing that i have wanted for who knows how long... yet could never buy... the author of Calvin and Hobbes has refused to license his product to protect his intellectual property... and because of it, the exclusivity of calvin and hobbes has always been in my heart... i have read every comic... owned several books... and even have them littered throughout my blog...

my love for this comic is probaqbly one of my most treasured things in life and i cant believe that she made this for me...

this is one of the most special gifts i have ever received in my life and even as i write this post... hobbes is tucked safely in my arms...


thank you so much love... words cannot describe how much this present means to me...

i absolutely love this commercial

Vending Machine FAIL

props to mikey for sending me this pic... this is the second floor vending machine... i saw this and lightened up my crappy monday

Hawaii 2009

Because i was too lazy and i already wrote the majority of the trip summary when i emailed it all to trev (yeah, we tell eachother everything) here is the rundown of my awesome vacation with my special soemone

day 1...

we land... get into the hotel and of course i absolutely love the hyatt.... i tried to do the $20 sand which and asked for a comp upgrade but she had none available so instead she gave us champagne (cuz i told her it was our one year anniversary) and also buy 1 get 1 free breakfast for free... and gave me the $20 back... so that was cool....


got settled in to the room then took a walk out... lena even found her name on the sidewalk... and u know waht that means... "its mine!!" "i don't see ur name on it..."

"right there!!!!!" so lena owns hawaii as of that weekend... =)

we walked across the beach and along the shops and walked all the way to Leonards bakery, on the way we stopped by this one tiny food shop called ono seafood... where they had THE BEST POKI EVER...


it was ZOMFG delicious... so vacation was already off to a blast....




we went on to eat some leanords and walked around a bit more.... started planning out the next 5 days... did some light shopping and went back home....


it rained a bit that evening but all part fo the experience.... it was the only day of rain and it rained for a total of 30 minutes... so... meh... haha... oh yeah, we also drank chi chi's at the pool bar.. still a great drink...

day 2...
we wake up and first thing we do is go snorkeling... lady picks us up at 7:50am in the morning... she was a hyper asian chick and there was a major traffic jam in waikiki so it made her a little crazier but it was funny... me and lena didn't care cuz we were having the time of our lives.... got to hanauma bay with our rented gear...


did the orientation and walked down to the beach... she was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo scared at first to try swimming... keep in mind... she has NEVER floated.... EVER.... she has a slight fear of putting her head in the water.... i was scared for her... but we had a life vest but even then.... i imagine it would still be scary for her.... weather was perfect... we hit the water and i taught her a few things about her fins and her gear... how to breathe... clear ur mask.... and signals to me to tell me she needs to stand up.... after about 15 mins i told her to just go for it... just try floating and stretch ur legs out w/ ur flippers... u'll float... trust me.... and she finally got it....


after that we snorkeled practically the entire bay... got through maybe 80% of the whole damn thing... she got a minor cut on her knee and i got a cut on my finger.... from swimming over the rocky areas... but she was having a blast and i was so happy she was actually swimmming...


we tanned a bit... then around 1:50 we headed back home.... we had planned on hiking diamond head but she got too tired from snorkeling so we chilled at the hotel... then went out shopping again...

oh end of day 2 we ate at this really cool local spot that had really good loco moco... slow broiled ribs underneath... soooooooooooooooooo good... i just myself hungry right now... >.<



the tuna in hawaii is so fresh

day 3....

today was our anniversary!!!! we rented a car and had planned to go driving everywhere on the island.... so we got a car... really nice car.... so much easier to rent a car at the rental car service INSIDE the hyatt... that way u don't have to pay the crazy parking or valet fees. each day.... saved a lot of money that way....


so our first stop was to go hiking somewhere in the mountain areas of hawaii.... BIG MISTAKE.. it was mega muddy... we crossed 4 rivers... climbed up slippery and SUPER muddy trails... and we couldn't find the waterfall cuz we got bitten up by too many mosquitos...








definitely the lowest part of the whole trip... i felt so bad that i treated lena out later on in the trip.... so after our failed hiking we went back to the hotel to get cleaned up and drove up to north shore...



had giovanni's shrimp truck which honestly... the ono bbq that we found is way better.... but we wanted to see what all the fuss was about at giovanni's....











Happy anniversary Love

drove to some beaches around north shore looking for turtles and surfers.... got some really good pics.... i found Turtle Bay Resort where they filmed Forgetting Sarah Marshall... had to go there and take a few pics to make mikey jealous...











WIPEOUT!!!!!!!!!


my EMO shot


that bustop down at the bottom left is where lena and i were at the night before... i fell asleep while she protected me =)

then we ate our anniversary dinner and popped open our champagne at home...



baked brie is my favorite


Happy 1 Year, Love

day 4... lena's mosquito bites were killing her.... so i took her out shopping in the morning... gave her a nice little spree... then we hit the beach for some tanning and swimming... she wanted to snorkel again cuz she really likes to swim now (although only w/ a safety vest) we ate at some other good local spots and returned to the place that had the hella good poki... got home after dinner and was supposed to do some more souvenier shopping but we crashed out of exhaustion... (from doing absolutely nothing)

day 5...

woke up early... and ate breakfast at the hyatt where i made the most awesomest waffle...

Mini Belgian Waffles with Strawberries, Maple Syrup, Pineapple, and Mango Butter... i should be in Top Chef

shopped for souveniers...


then packed and went home...


got back to san jose at 930 just in time to find out i beat trev in fatnasy football... =)

day 6... me and lena took extra days off to get ourselves situated back to work life... i checked my emails.. unpacked.... lena had a doctor's appt. and we ate at this HELLA good sandwhich shop called ike's place... blew that italian deli place in LA out of the water.... HELLA GOOD....

then we just went back home and relaxed... she napped for the majority of the day while i watched the office off netflix and repaired my xbox so now i have a working xbox to play modern warfare 2

Funny Moments in Hawaii:
Driving through the Pali Tunnels, when you get out the highway asks you a question:


A Blue Stopsign?? WHY???


The guy at the bottom of the pic has the "oh shit" look


I didn't know hawaii had Flamingo's


NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM


Found this sticker in an asian store (The Art Box) and couldn't resist taking a picture and ultimately ended up buying it...


Crack Kills


Fluffy Chips on the Plane






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It has been the best year being in love with you

pick me up when i'm down

when i feel down... sad... overwhelmed... or lost... i can't help but listen to this song, or watch the video, or even the episode over again and feel reassured that my friends... my special someone... my family... will always be there for me...



this song makes the worst never seem so bad... currently it's my favorite song from glee...

in the meantime....

while i'm here at work working for some ppl to make some changes so i can make some changes at my level... i have a request from my gf to tell her just how much i love her... which is of course... A LOT...

alright, that's it...


i love you, love

Coolest thing i've seen all day...

these are lego structures.... pretty fucking awesome lego structures might i add....





wowowow

XTICLES!!!!!!!!!!!

shoutout to Team XTICLES for putting up a great effort in a Sake Bomb Drinking Contest!!!!!



i don't remember much of that night.... but we sure did give them hell!!!!!!!!!! good job team!!!

Free Falling

when me and lena drove around hawaii we found a beach where people were leaping off a cliff onto the waves below and got one of my favorite pics from the trip



i would watch in awe at how free and fun that person was having as they would just jump a good 15 feet from a cliff...


next year, i'm doing the shark tank... no more chickening out...


still something on my life's to do list is to swim the sharks... i've been watching shark week all week long... haha, such fascinating creatures... i'm not crazy to swim w/o a cage with them but they do that too!!!!



yeah... count me out for that.... but something i'd like to do again is swim with the whale sharks like i did in the philippines...



but for now i'll have to settle w/ swimming with little fish...

my awesome girlfriend

this is what she does while she keeps me busy on those late nights at work

From Drop Box

Black Friday 2009

it's november again and u know what that means...



yep... the craziest shopping day of the entire year... and who better than bfads.net to leak some of the black friday ads that will be posting.... guess who just got bfadded?!?!

BEST.... GAME.... EVER

holy moly... WOW!!!!!!!!!!



Modern Warfare 2 is absolutely NUTS.... the game is off the hook.... i am seriously addicted to it... i dunno how i will b able to go back to halo multiplayer after this.... the game is seriously amazing...









and yeah... the game seriously looks THAT good.... i am blown away by how amazing the game looks.... seriously... i think infinity ward has another Game of the Year on its hands with this one...

Happy 1 Year, Love

365 days and still counting...

Lakers!!!!!!!!!!!!

woot!

more of the same

honestly... did anyone expect anything less??



2:27 - honesly, who can guard that?!?!?!