michael, in case you didnt get my texts/emails, pls pick me up @ four pm, on friday, the third, at sfo!!

hello from the philippines once again. manila, actually. so yeah, where else can i find eleven dollar henleys? exactly. and cute ass shoes. my favourite store here is bayo... www.bayo.com/ph to be exact, i think... so yeah imma go get my five dollar pedicure tomorrow @ beauty bar... and all that jazz. and then on friday i've got a two hour flight to hong kong, and then a thirteen & a half hour flight back to sf... michael, i might be stuck in customs for awhile, just remember that, k??

i've had a good time here... meeting all of these relatives out of nowhere and everything. it's interesting. i did a mini mission to take a picture with all of the babies in the family, since back in the states, i'm the baby... and we taught my five year old... newphew? second cousin? to use the digital camera... and they taught us how to play dominos... me and my sister have learned which bottled waters are best... and we think that we're pretty much immune to the ice now, altho i don't dare drink the water here yet...

i forget what else i was going to say... as usual...

jami im so excited!!! now we can play a lot a lot a lot more often! i'll be in san jose starting monday so if you ever feel like driving down and kicking it sometime after my work day or on weekends, let me know!! YAY i get to see more jami! too bad there's no bart going up that way tho....

yeah i have lots of food pasalubong now. and a pair of shell earrings that aren't suitable for my ears, so if anyone wants a pair, let me know, i have one extra......

so much family and food here... that's what pretty much has defined my trip. everyone in my family (there are six of us who came) has gotten sick at one point or another on this trip, except for me, unless you count the nine big ass bug bites that i've required over the past two weeks. they're freakin vicious up in here, man. i'm tellin ya.

but yeah... i'll be back on friday! im excited to be back home, but only to come back to eight hour work days and sleeping on a couch to be attacked by my sister's cat, who sheds like... like something that sheds a lot.

oh! my tagalog has improved... from being pretty