California Adventures

let's just say things were A-ok! no speeding tickets, no accidents (although we almost died once with one last minute turn, but we are fine!!!), no arguments... i'm surprised to say that i like traveling! i always thought i wasnt that kind of person that would like to go places cuz im a boring person in general. oh one thing i dont like is going shopping... i dont think im a shopping person. but i dont mind going to browse around. it was nice in general to explore the Vacaville premium outlets, simi valley town center, beverly center mall, & i dont remember the rest hahah. this is so bad, the highlight of my summer so far and i dont remember what i did! horrible me.

i think i've made a goal for myself when i grow older... to travel around the world... or most of the places that i would want to go to... before i have a child because having one would totally tie me down forever and i wont get the freedom to explore! it would be nice to have a husband by then too. but no child! (notice i said child not children, i dont want more than one kid) hahah.

but yea six flags was awesome! i thought it would be horrible and i was scared of getting sick after the first ride, but i endured it until the end! got a little lightheaded... haha. but i'll show you what flying is all about! and please excuse me for my choice of words/language at the time... it was not necessary but i couldnt help it. haha



After a day of crazy excitement (the next day), we cooled it down to shopping and sight seeing the famous tourist attraction frenzy of CA. As noobs, we spontaneously drove and walked all over the area: Rodeo Drive, Hollywood Blvd, Melrose, Sunset, Beverly, etc.... Also we visited a nice cute cafe called Coupa Cafe and also Crumbs Bake Shop (a cupcake place).


we went to the Santa Monica Pier just in time to see the sunset! it was beautiful! the pier itself had a lot of stuff to do: the arcade, Carousel, a roller coaster, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company (which we wanted to try but we were full ish), also there were artists on the side painting pictures, carving sculptures, people filming and so on. it was so cool! i wanted to do one, but too many people were there. we dont see this all the time in portland, even in downtown! i wanted to explore more but we didnt have time! it would be nice to go down to LA again, and this tiime stay a little longer!

so during my trip i realized a lot of things. we all are different. haha.

AN EXCERPT: (from my phone blogging during the trip... haha)

"ok what i feel right now. happy on the ouside, but sad in the inside. why? i dont know. that thing i've been searching for... i still havent found. maybe it wont take a few weeks for me. some wait a lifetime i might be one of them. nothing better than spending w/ the people you love. the past few days were awesome. it might happen again it might not. we cant foretell the future. we have to take it by the day. be in the moment. who knows i might die at any moment. it is sad. but we cant be sad forever. at some point we need to move on like how i need to move on with stuff like my dad, friends, my mistakes and stop over thinking things. theres no time to waste with being sad. happiness is hard to find. we need to search or dig for it. someone once told me that we only get better after our mistakes or when we are broken really hard. the getting back up or the learning from the mistakes is the process that only time and will will determine?" our growth? our knowledge in life? wisdom? haha i dont know what i was saying....but i think this makes sense in a way.... ehhh...

there are so many questions that i want answered.... but no one can answer it... because when they do... i dont know if it is real/true or are they lies? digression is also in there... which i kinda hate. *sigh* oh the complexity of life.