OH man. One of the parents of a kid that I treat was wearing sandals today and had THE WORST cracked, dry heels EVER and the ONLY thing I could think of when I saw them was how much I wanted to peel it and make it all go away. How gross is that.
Shivers just thinking about it. I would NEVER allow my heels to get like that. Man needs to pumice once in a while.
sigh...i wish had interesting things to say on xanga.
Can i say that coffee is glorious?
Like, it just temporarily makes all your troubles go away. Headache gone, sleepy eyes gone, bags gone, sluggishness gone, constipation gone.
I even tried to be a hardcore coffee drinker and drink everything BLACK. Then, my stomach didn't agree.
Favorite of the month: Nonfat caramel macchiato. yum....
When I need a boost and trying to save money: Iced coffee with soy and splenda
When I need a little sweetness and boost and have money to spare: Iced sugar free hazelnut nonfat latte.
Splurge in every which way: Pumpkin anything! or white chocolate mocha or peppermint anything! oh man, i can't wait for the winter....
haha...i still have nothing to say....
so...my dad comes home today and asks me...
"You want to go to this dating event where you go with your parents and meet people?"
...............
How in the world does that sound appealing in any which way???
I asked him where he heard about this "event" thinking that maybe he found out about it from his friends or someone at church...but he tells me he found out about it on the RADIO!!! and that he knows NO ONE that has done this, but supposedly knows that it is VERY popular and EVERYONE does it according to him.
I imagine all these fobby boys there with all their equally fobby parents. oh the horror!!
So, just got back from Thailand. Who still reads xanga? anyhow, I just posted some of these pics on facebook, so sorry for the repeats!
We left for Thailand on a 1 am flight (no fun) and I have to say that LAX is the most inefficient airport in the WORLD. ugh.
Anyhow, we stopped by Korea on the way for a 12 hr layover to much of our delight and I got to eat some yummy food and see how uniform all the women and men look in Seoul.
Wonderful AREX took us from the airport to the city area.
Look who i ran into!
Look what I bought! (just for curiosity sake)
Someone told me about delicious tuna kimbap so i was obsessed about finding it and eating it. It was pretty delicious, but I took the leftovers in my bag and it didn't smell so nice after a day of walking in sweltering heat.
I know we don't look very attractive here, but man...24+ hrs of traveling makes a very tired and swollen traveler.
Hotel #1. Shower and toilet room all in one!
Our ultimate destination and most anticipated.
Suvarnabhumi airport, bangkok
Hotel #2 at Ao Nang, Krabi
View from the pool area.
Fruit drinks galore in Thailand, but WAY too sweet.
One of these drivers gave us a very memorable trip...
He offers to take us to take us to the area we wanted to go to, which was about 20 min. away. I already knew this tuk tuk would struggle a bit getting all the way to where we wanted to go, but figured they knew what they were doing. So he goes opposite the direction he's supposed to go and I ask him why he's going this way and I smell alcohol on his breath and get a bit worried. In his broken English he tells me that he's going to change cars! So he precedes to take us in a random, unpaved, UNLIT road where bugs are hitting us left and right and even a BAT! Anyhow, he takes us to his house where we meet his sister/wife/son/no clue! and pulls out his truck while we wait for him outside on the road next to his house in the DARK, UNLIT street. Anyhow, the guy ended up being pretty cool and waited for us to take us back later and played his Thai music REALLY loud and had this creepy, nervous, anxious giggle.
Anyhow, got some delicious PAPAYA!! (this pic was intended for you, Stella!)
The fruit in Thailand is DELISH and so abundant and cheap.
Got a massage for like $6! Lady massages you head to toe. She even massages your scalp.
On ferry to go to Koh Phi Phi Don! Excuse the shiny, greasy face.
around the corner is Railay, Krabi. I'd say that this place is worth visiting and not Ao Nang. The only way to get here is by boat though. It looked so beautiful! our ferry picked up people from here and the way they got here is by one of those wooden boats and just hopped on with luggage and all!
Around, the corner is the port for Koh Phi Phi
We stayed at Phi Phi Hotel
Took a 1/2 day snorkeling trip on one of these long tailed boats
One of our stops
At Monkey Beach
Crazy monkeys.
Little monkey stole that sucker.
Our long tail boat driver/tour guide=NO HELP
First timer!
The aftermath of our mini side trip (part of the snorkeling 1/2 day trip) to Maya Bay, where they filmed The Beach with Leonardo Dicaprio. You'll have to ask me about the craziness of getting to that bay. Let's just say the waves were rough and rocks were sharp and our boat had to dock really far and I had to save Kaitlyn. My gash was gushing blood at one point.
Phi Phi viewpoint. Quite the trek to go up here.
After this really long uphill hike, we decided to find another beach, but little did we know HOW FAR "just around the corner" really was.
Our poor feet suffered in the process
I couldn't get sand into my gash so I had to wear a sock on it the whole time we were hiking/walking on the beach.
I think my camera needed a little lens cleaning at this point...sorry for the hazy.
Found a cool abandoned boat!
So, we stopped by Phuket on the way back to Bangkok for the afternoon.
Before we got to Phuket, we had to take the ferry boat ride from HELL. This video does not do justice for how ridiculous the boat was rocking. Everyone was some shade of green in the face and smelled of vomit....
Patong Beach
Bangkok...
Hotel #4 in Bangkok
@ the weekend market aka chatuchak market. So fun! and totally worth it!
I look homeless. It was SO hot and humid. Ugh.
Our tour guide around the grand palace.
Reclining buddha
He's got some enormous feet!
Foot/leg massage #2! Again, this is my "look like a homeless person" day.
We saw a ladyboy (tranny) show...Share in my disbelief in how beautiful these men look!
The Thai's really like the Wondergirls. They played that Nobody song EVERYWHERE! and even performed it!
Definitely one of the prettiest!
She was definitely a close competitor
I look really happy, but actually I'm sort in shock because they spoke to us in their manly, deep voices.
We were pretty beat by the last day so we just did whatever was in the vicinity...Little did we know all the hidden picture gems they had at this place!
So hot!!
Sorry Kevin
Last stop to Korea on the way home...
mmm...I love beef too. We ate WAY too much chicken in Korea
So RAINY and WET in Korea.
Mmmm...Ahn Dong Jeem Ddak!
OH yeah! when we took our random SF trip in June, we ran into Man vs. Food guy Adam! I took a stalker picture...
We sat at a table right in front of the restaurant and he came up to us and talked to us and I THINK they taped us, but not sure and not sure if they'll use the footage because we didn't sign waivers or anything. but maybe we'll be in the background? i dunno. The episode comes on August 26th! watch it!
Sorry so long!!!
26 here I AM!
How do I feel turning a year older? Sad. This is the first time I felt sad turning older. Ever since I learned in my Lifespan class in college that you are at your peak and best time of life at 25, I feared anything past that. Although I'm becoming a year older, I still feel like such a baby and feel like there's so much more left to do and experience.
Thanks for all the happy wishes!
Happiest place on earth?
So, we went to Disneyland this past Sunday and a couple of our group didn't have tickets and had to purchase them. The line was ridiculous of course so when a nice looking Indian family offered to sell us their excess tickets for $50 vs. the $69 bucks we said SURE! Why not?
Little did we know the DRAMA that would occur for that FATAL mistake.
So, I guess Disney has security people dressed as regular parkgoers and saw us exchange cash for these tickets and then followed us to see us use them to get into the park. They stopped half of us that got into the park and asked, "where did you get these tickets?" when they full knew where we got them!
Blah blah..."you should have known better than to buy scalped tickets!" "You could have gotten your pass taken away for this and you know you don't want that taken away!"
Blah blah...They treated us like we were 10 year olds that did a very bad thing. Okay, NOW i understand that it was illegal, but we honestly had NO idea when we bought those tickets. We just thought, "what the big deal?" It's just a family that wants to get rid of tickets. But, of course Disney staff treated us like we were criminals and did not even consider if we were clueless or not.
Anyhow, we got our money back from the family after Disney personnel "investigated" the situation and were scolded a million times.
Moral of the story: Don't buy tickets regardless if it's face value or cheaper or more expensive. THEY WILL CATCH YOU. Or at least, do it sneakily like in the bathroom or something. I guess there are a lot of shady people at Disneyland and will sell you bum tickets and when the sucker who buys them goes to the gate and finds out that the tickets have been used. Sucks. People suck. They need Jesus.
Anyhow, I just felt bad for the Disney noobs that hadn't been to Disney for 5+ and even 10+ years! But they all enjoyed themselves and I passed on the magical knowledge that was passed to me by other Disney lovers.
The weird thing is...even though we experienced this horrible event in the beginning, the crack that Disney puts in the food/water/air made us all love each other and everything around us and form an addiction to Disney. They're genius.
Introducing the Disney noobs:
They love buzz. Little do they know the MAGICAL, far superior game at CA adventure...
Group shot! Guess what ride!
Awkward pose
I love space mountain...can you tell?
Honey I shrunk the audience...
You can't leave Disneyland without an icecream in a fresh waffle cone!
I swear I smell waffle cone throughout the park ALL the time. I think that's how they drug you into being addicted to Disneyland.
Side note: watch the Bear Grylls and Will Ferrell Men vs. Wild. SO funny!
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