SEATTLE Recap

Friday 6/20

So this morning I wake up around 745 to go to the airport. My mom wants to get there early so we leave at 830 when the flight is at 1040. I can't believe how many more trees there are in Washington than in Cali.

So I arrived in Seattle around 1230 and went to my Great Uncle's house. Can you believe there were 15 people packed together in the house. I felt bad cause some people had to sleep in the garage. Anyway, I just chilled and hung out with my cousins. I took a WDYWT picture copying Mark.

Saturday 6/21

So this morning I wake up to 3 kids jumping on my bed telling me to get ready for mass. We went to St. James Cathedral and man, there were HELLA people. I attended an ordination for 4 deacons. As the procession came in, the entire left side of the building was filled up with guest priests and members of the Society of Jesus. The mass was about 3 hours long. I ran into Christine, from Agape, throughout the trip though! It was kinda random, but she said she flew in that very morning and was taking a road trip to Canada.

After mass, we had lunch and then went back to the house. My cousins and I went biking around the island, Mercer Island, and I visited the high school. Apparently, its the only high school on the island, kinda like MHS. We went back home and got ready to go to dinner with the Jesuit Society at Seattle University. I only brought with me one set of nice clothes but two ties, so I changed ties.

I felt kinda out of place because I was the only non Jesuit there. (Holy Cross) It was kinda funny because I could hear some trash talking between family members. I guess it could've been jokes? I don't know, but it was funny. After dinner, we stopped by a beach and walked around for a bit. I skipped stones into the ocean.

This little girl right here is my Aunt!

Afterwards, we went to this house to have dinner again. The food from before wasn't so good.

I tried eating rabbit. Here are some pictures and a video of my experience.

I played poker with my cousins and won $5.

Sunday 6/22

So this morning I wake up early again to attend the Thanks giving mass. Mass was pretty long with about 15 guest priests. After mass, I had lunch and went biking around the island again. Schwinn bikes are soooo nice. The hills on the island were hella steep, too.

Later on, we went to another reception to have dinner with the newly ordained's family and friends. We ate at this place called New Hong Kong. During the party, all the priests went up to sing karaoke. It was pretty funny because there were 2 white priests in a room full of Vietnamese and they had to sing by themselves. One of them sang Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. Haha. 

Later that night, we went home and rented the movie Jumper. I thought it was pretty good.

Here are some Views of Seattle at Night:

SAFECO Field and QWEST Statium

Monday 6/23

Finally, going home. So this morning I wake up at 10am and packed for my flight home. Flight was at 1210pm and I played Sudoku on the way back. 

I'm so glad that I missed the Californian Heat Wave! I heard it was 115 degrees outside?! Damnnn. Good thing I escaped to Seattle. The hottest was 85 degees, but it was pretty humid.

Now, I am HOME SWEET HOME.  I'll upload pictures soon.

Last day of DE X Swimming X Chill

So today, I finished my last class of Drivers Ed!

I started my day off pretty bad...

So, my Summer Plans are officially busted. I will not be able to attend WYD this year. So, since I already bought my ticket, I guess I'll just go back to Vietnam for a few weeks. Maybe do some other kind of service there.

Drivers Ed was all right. I'm actually kind of sad that its over. Spent the most of the day watching videos. A couple more about stories of car accidents and real life experiences of people dying. Pretty sad to end the class, but whatever, I'm done with it!

We had Quiznos again today for lunch.

Here are some random flowers I took a picture of.

So afterwards, we went home and got ready to go swimming!

Matt Ganan, Miggy, Eric, and Jomar came over and we walked to Angela's pool.

Stopped by Luckys to pick up some swimming equipment. So, we met up with Marti, Marissa, Ariana, Angela, Raymond, Karl Valdez, and Troy at the pool. The guys played a few rounds of Ultimate Water Frisbee. Pretty fun. It was SJB vs SV. We, SJB, won 11-9. Woohoo!

After getting tried and hungry, we decided to keep up the tradition and get some Mountain Mike's Pizza. The guy there was chill. We didn't have enough money for two pizzas, so he gave us a $5 discount and 2 free drinks. Hellz to the yeah.

After filling our stomachs, we walked back to my play and ch

illed for awhile. Played some more Ultimate Frisbee, then some basketball. Everyone left around 10pm. I decided to get a hair cut.

I still have to pack. I'm leaving tomorrow to Seattle to see some random priest get ordained. I'll be gone from Friday-Monday.

Here is a WDYWT picture.

LOVE BUS FOR LIFE

So today was pretty chill.

Went to Drivers Ed and saw a couple Crash Videos. They were pretty sad. DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. SERIOUSLY.

We had Quiznos for lunch. I ordered the Baja Chicken, a snicker-doodle cookie, and a SoBe.

Dexter went crazy with my camera and took hella pictures of his SoBe can.

Afterwards, I went all the way to Curtner to chill with Kevin Catap, Russ, Justin DelRosario, and Michelle DeLeon.  Russell never stops playing basketball. Kevin attempted to try to teach me how to break. 

We chilled for about an hour or so, until Russ had to go home. 

After everyone left, I decided to visit Roseanne since she lived in the area. I went all the way to her house and she couldn't even come outside. Fail. Since I had nothing else to do, I went back home and chilled with my cousins for a few hours. We ending up going out to eat at El Toritos. MMMMM.... Sizzling Steak Fajitas with some Enchiladas.

Last day of Drivers Ed tomorrow!

Panda Express

Driver's Ed was boring.

Ate lunch at Panda Express with Angela and Dexter!

Half Chow Mein, Half Fried Rice, Kung Pow Shrimp, and Mandarin Chicken. Mmm

What a lame fortune...

So I got home and got ready for the Finals. Fell asleep at half time, game sucked so I called up my cousin and walked with her to Blockbuster. She rented Juno. I though I should visit Ray since he was right there, so I went. 

Pretty boring day.

Matt's House X Popeyes

Driver's Ed was extremely boring.

Anyways, after class, I came home to find a new adventure to finish off my day. What better way to do it then to chill at MattyG's house with Ray, Russ, and Eric.  We decided to go and find some food to eat because none of us, except Russell, had had dinner yet. It was off to Popeyes! Man, is the food greasy there. 

Picture credits to Raymond

GREASER

Well, after dinner, we walked back to Matt's house and just played a little ball. I think that was the best I've played in the last 3 months. It was Ray and me versus Matt and Russ to 21. I think we won 21-16, then 7-4 on a rematch.

Anyways, I need to catch up on sleep. Went the whole day on 3 hours of sleep. Freakin class tomorrow.

Night.