why HELLO everyone. sorry my last blog sucked. i had so much more finished, but then i accidentally deleted it. blah. i've got lots to say, but i'm going to try to maintain this is a semi-chronological order.

houston was a BLAST. despite the weather(relentless rain) and a perpetual lack of things to do, i had a ball. thanks goes out to all the people's houses i stayed at, and my chauffeurs. this includes jessica wang, eric liu, patrick carreon, jon li(patrick's friend who will most likely never read this, but drove me around nevertheless), michael liu, dana le, peter(and the hua family), ann chin, and pat hizon. those are in no specific order really, pretty much the order i saw them and stuff.
i saw other people too, and i ate pretty much everything that i planned on eating. crawfish, gumbo, marble slab(twice), tay do, GOOD pho, taco cabana, tokyo bowl, star snow, hokkaido, plus all the awesome breakfasts that patrick's mom conjured up. it was all so amazing.
it was great chilling w/ everyone again, and everything felt exactly the same. we all picked up from where we left off, no awkwardness or anything. hope to see all yall soon!
essentially my life consisted of going shopping a lot, doing everything twice(galleria, marble slab, movies, putt putt, bubble island, star snow, taco cabana). pretty much houston has a lack of things to do, but that's ok.
i was also able to see my old house, and that was kinda nice i guess. looks like the people living there now are doing a good job of taking care of it.
my trip didnt end too soon, or too late. on one hand i semi-wished i could stay a bit longer, but i realize that one week was the perfect amount. any longer and i would've overstayed my welcome. what this trip did make me realize is that altho houston is my birthplace and it was where i was raised, it's not my home anymore. as much as i love houston and i have massive amounts of texas pride(who knew that a little chinese girl would have it), i guess it's sad to say my life has sorta moved on. dont get me wrong, when we got to chinatown, i literally started clapping from the excitement(as jesska), but yea. not that i'm saying jersey is my home. blah, jersey SUCKS. now tony understands...heh. so really, i dont know if i have a home right now. sad to say, pittsburgh is the closest thing i've got to a real home right now. cant wait to get back.

so continues the 2nd part of my vacation. that includes seeing the whole pi group back in action, and i was esp. happy to see my one and only TONY. we all had a pimpass time in nyc, due to the extreme hospitality of frank's friend mo and frank and family. i freaking reeked of bbq for 2 days and ate like a hog, but it was well worth it. poor tony got to the airport so early today he was able to catch an earlier flight. boo. :( 1 less hour w/ him. ahh, well, i'll make it. 2 more months till the gang is back in action at school. i dont even want to think about second semester...

and the 3rd part. from the moment tony was dropped off at the airport, i began reading The Order of the Phoenix. w/ many interruptions from the MOM(ruHUM), i managed to finish at 9:48 pm, well earlier than the projected 11 oclock finishing. quite the good reading, although i have to say, beginning at book 4, the story seems less light hearted. poor kiddies who have to read all that heavy stuff. anyone who wants to discuss, hit me up and i'll be glad. for all you harry POTTER(not potface) haters out there, SCREW YOU! my entire family fought over who got to read MY copy that I paid for. heh. my mom bought another copy. 3 copies for 4 people. not bad. luckily i'm a quick reader, so i'm done.

conclusion: i've had many realizations during this trip, and i realized that i'm closer w/ my college buddies that i thought i was. also, we've only been thru a year together, and i'm sure the next few will bring us even closer. also, good friends will always be good friends, and picking up where you left off is the best part about a great friendship. when i got back to houston, i seriously felt like i had never left, minus more hugs than usual. (btw, i never managed to give patrick a hug, i thought i'd see him again and i didnt. :( so here's a *~HUG~* for you!!! and also, i cant wait till harry potter #6. i'm glad jk rowling didnt leave #5 on such a horrible cliff hanger as the last book.

pictures will be up soon once film is developed and scanned and sent from chris to me.