MON. used merry's id to take the berkeley-davis bus to finally visit davis, whooooo! We ate @ DAVIS SUSHI BUFFET where I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of fish, and the workers there were really nice too :]. Then cynthia made some home-made jamba juice from her costco pack for us –THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS APPULL JUICE!! soOOooo legit :9. after recuperating from the heat for an hour within the air-conditioned haven of cynthia and merry’s apt, we set out again to visit merry’s horse, Bella, at the UCD horse track. Such a gentle soul we fed her carrots while merry washed, groomed, and fed her. Then for dinner and we went to trivia night @ BISTRO 33 with janne. Our name as “the holy spirit of biebus christ” *looks at merry*… and we came in 3^rd to last with 10/30 points hahahahaha. really, we were the youngest table there, and the winning table behind us was made up of UCD professors -WE HAD NOT A CHANCE. At least we enjoyed some $4 happy hour specials –the buffalo chicken wings and crème brulee were really delicious!

TUES. took the amtrak back because the berkeley-davis bus was all filled up to meet kelly n becky for burritos @ EL FAROLITO. When we were on the bus heading to froyo afterwards, we hear a “GIVE ME A DOLLAR!! GIVE ME AN EFFING DOLLAR!!” screaming from outside the bus, and then we hear a smack and see a small asian lady running into a store with a crazy hobo lady running after her. It was quite frightening… I think the hobo slapped her, and she was near tears >_<. Nooooo san franciscooooooo where is the love??!!! . Finally we arrived @ NUBI for froyo oh nom nom nomz :9. their fruit toppings were really good, and they had one blue flavor called “electric bubblegum”… which wasn’t that great hahahahaha.

                After bidding the girls farewell, I went to nap at yerba buena park before my dinner with lily n ms. Carol. I was such a bum… we ended up not having dinner with ms. Carol though, because lily got off work at 8:30 and that was too late… booOOoo, so it was just the 2 of us @ 100% SWEET CAFÉ. The really need to make a hk/chinese style dessert place in sd cuz they are SHOOOOO DERICIOUS. I tried dessert noodles for the first time, and it was so chewy and sweet and slippery and accompanied with fruity deliciousness mMmmmmmm . Although the food there was good, the service left a lot to be desired <___<;. They served me my dessert before my pasta (I guess because desserts are faster to make, but WTH??!!), and we had to ask the waiter for everything… they were so lazy

                Lily dropped me off at Winfield’s place, where angela met up with us too before going to TRIGGER in the castro. Well drinks were $3 so angela and I both got gin n tonics... we didn’t tip the waiter because he gave us the change and then walked away, so were were too confused… are we supposed to hand it to him? Leave it at the bar? WE DIDN’T KNOWWWWWW ;_______;. Anyways, quite the number of lesbians at trigger, making out wit errbody and confusing angela n I because sometimes we would think they were men for the longest time…. haha, the music at trigger wasn’t that great, so we headed over to QBAR, where the music was AWESOMEEEEE. They had a top 40’s and some good oldies but goodies mix goin on I also bumped into erica n jessica from eliza’s and win’s old church in the line for the bathroom… interesting…. O___O

WEDS. Took the bart with winfield back over to the east bay so I could drop off my heavy backpack and he could go to school. Then we took the bart back together too a couple of hours later haha. He let me play fruit ninja on his ipad… hiiiiiiyahhhhh!! *slash slash* *KABOOM* <____<; I stopped by church to see the kiddies this year, and was shocked when I saw that a couple of our old students (Olivia) were all grown up and were helpers now!! Oh mannn, how time flies, and how people get so tall… then we went to crossroads so I could try selling some of my clothes…. But they didn’t take anything at burger king down the block, we saw a group of japanese soldiers ordering whoppers… and when we walked into japantown after, we saw even more japanese sailors! I do not know why….

                By then it was time to meet sara @ AZIZA for dinner! Until we realized their entrees average $25 a dish… (must go back when less broke) so we went into KITARO down the block and had sushi rolls for like $4 sweet… it wasn’t bad for the price! We took the bus downtown and saw even MOAR japanese sailors! Right before we got off, this old japanese lady wearing a full on gas mask was talking to them and I wanted to take a picture of them because only in sf do you witness things like that…

THURS. something happened to a passenger on the amtrak train ahead of mine, so we were delayed for about 2 hours, and I ended up missing all my connecting trains and getting home at like 11 instead of 8:30 –a total of over 15 hours of travel time X__X. thx to ron who drove me home and saved me from strandation because the buses had stopped running by the time I got to sd T_T. BUT NU WORRIES GAIZ, I STILL HAVE MY SANITY!!! SORT OF! WHEEEEEE!!

Weds.

• woke up at 730 to say bye to my cousins before they left for school
• their babysitter daniel drove me to the megabus stop. while chatting to her on the ride there, i found out she was UCSD class of '04!
• albert picked me up at penn station and we headed over to eliza's brother's place.
• loitered around the lobby of 99 john while eliza got back to let me in
• we got a little worried because liz and sammie were taking a while to get back, but it turned out they overshot their train stop.
• delicious turkish dinner at beyoglu in the upper east side 
• karaoke at cafe duet, where they ripped us off like crazyyyy beetchesss  it was like a japanese style karaoke, like one you would find in japan though, so i guess it was worth the reminescence value... <_<;

Thurs.

• grabbed hot dogs for lunch at papaya's
• explored the Metropolitian museum -HUMONGOUS AND GORGEOUS. we got there late so i didnt get to see all the exhibits tho boooo. there was a special painting exhibit pf cezanne's card players that i really enjoyed because it reminded me of poker
• indulged in a hot tottie cupcake from the cake and shake van parked outside the MET
• went grocery shopping at the korean jubilee market down the street for chicken tikka masala and relish ingredients
• cooked dinner for arthur and tiffany
• searched for the angel's share speakeasy in the east village and eventually found it by going thru a inconspicuous door in a resturant. they had a bunch of eclectic original cocktails; i ordered the green dolphin st, mmMmmm
• joined albert and the boys at grassroots tavern for darts
• $1 pizza
• tried to get into webster hall for clubbing but decided against it when we found out they were charging $30 a guy

Fri.

• brunch at financier. oh nom nom nomz :9
• shopping at century 21. SUCH GOOD DEALZ. sammie and i bought the same freepeople dress in size 2, which is a little big for both of us BUT WE DIDNT CARE CUZ ITS SO PRETTAY 
• empire state building where we got ripped off by skyride akjdbviaebviasvbhkwebf T_T. they told us we could bypass the line by riding the skyride... but we couldnt T_T.
• met up with albert so we could drop our stuff off at the radisson.
• explored downtown ny for a place to eat dinner and eventually ended up at zengo. they had dim sum and flatbreads and sushi rolls and all kinds of funkified ethnic foods which was a delight to choose from -so fun! :D
• ended up in darren's place where they forced albert to finish his four loko from earlier in the week. he tried to bargain his way out of it to no avail.
• met up with eliza sammie arthur tiffany at the public bar where tiffany bought me a drink :]
• afterwards, we were feeling tired so we just ended up stopping by a taco place before calling it a early night

Sat.

• shopping day!
• made the requisite visit to times square... which turned out to be a little underwhelming after seeing tokyo :X
• then off to soho for some shoppin!
• the first place we hit was uniqlo which is like gap but wayyy better. they even hem your pants for you if they are too long when u purchase them! unfortunately i couldnt take advantage of the service tho because i was leaving too early the next day to pick it up in time . haha but i bought a pair of cargo pants anyway because the workers that were wearing them worked itttt haha.
• next we had the MOST BESTEST CORN ON THE COB IVE EVER HAD cuban style at cafe habana. legittt so good...
• more shoppin in soho before heading over to magnolia bakery for some bomb-ass cupcakes oh nom nomz. i got a red velvet and a chocolate cupcake that was frosted purple to support epilepsy. we also grabbed a red velvet cheesecake for katelyn :]
• then we met katelyn at mario batali's otto restuarant for her birthday dinner. i expected a lot more from the food, but i think most people go there for the wine anyway, because the wine list was over 300 strong at least.
• the cab driver that drove us back gave us a tour of the city along the way, pointing out the legit and illegit sides of chinatown, the buildings filled with crack addicts, streets built in the 1800's, and the location of the old homeless shelter to name a few
• then clubbin at amnesia. the bartender didn't know how to make a lot of mixed drinks tho, so that was disappoint :/. as a result i ended up just ordering shots, lol 

Sun.

• got up at 8 to go to central park with albert. im glad i was able to see it before we left
• lunch with everyone including arthur and tiffany at bon chons, a korean fried chicken place- DELISH!
• then began our quest to catch our flight home.
• we were supposed to take the A train all the way to jfk, but when we got to the platform, IT WAS CLOSED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. *paniccc* so we switched to the E and took it to jamaica center instead. from there we caught the airtran to jfk and all was finally going well except... the line for security screening was going to take at least an hour to get thru.. and it was already our boarding time . thankfully, they let us thru the crew line and we were able to cut everyone and get to our terminal in time to catch our place, BUT THAT WAS THE MOST STRESSFUL THING, EVARRR -____-;

  Took the bolt bus to ny pennstation where I transferred to the nj transit. I decided to take a nap because the train ride was going to take an hour, and when I woke up the first thing I hear is “last call for Princeton junction…” OMG!!! I scrambled to get my shizz but both my hands were already full and I still had to get my luggage from overhead -____-;. Luckily a lady sitting near me saw my distress and came to my rescue. The door was closing when I got there and I had to jam my suitcase in it to stop it from closing and taking me far far away from Princeton.

            When I got there Miranda was waiting for me at the dinky stop :]. We went on a tour of campus during which I became very envious of princeton’s study rooms, all comfy with leather couches and high ceilings, dang. We snuck into a freshmen dorm in Rockefeller so I could see the inside of a gothic building by telling them we were “checking out rooms for room draw”, hehe

Afterwards, we got hot chocolate at the bent spoon (the best hot chocolate you can get outside paris). It lived up to its expectation. It was thick and creamy and ULTRA chocolatey soOoooooo legitttt haha, then we went to the toy store so I could grab a present for my little cousins the next day before we returned to her dorm to stalk some lowellites we haven’t seen in a while teehee

            For dinner, Miranda brought me to her food club, charter, which served some ridiculously good food. Really, college students should not be eating that stuff. Its not supposed to be part of the college experience  . I met her friends heela daisy michelle and others whose names I cant recall, and then Miranda took me on a short tour of the charter house. They had a tap room with a beer pong table, a tv room, computer rooms…. sooOooo niceee.

            After dinner, I met up with stacy while Miranda went home to get a little studying done. We had a nice little chat in halo pub, a DERIOCIOUS ice cream place with A TON of flavors.

            When I got back to miranda’s, I met her genius friend aaron, and then we went on a quest to find some illegal movie links so we could watch flipped. Eventually we succeeded. The movie was pretty cute, probcuzthelittleboywassupercute. :X Mang, brings me back to the could old days were little boys dressed nicely and had handsomely combed hair