Oh, Stewie!

I haven't seen my uncle in 20 years and it's the first time I've met my cousin Vinnie, who's 12 and as sweet as can be. We'd watch the Family Guy and some other crap on TV and that's our bonding moment. We love Stewie and I like Vinnie with his "Are you rich? Do you have computers in the Philippines?" questions. He said that in the most innocent, unprejudiced, lovable way.

Camille, his sister, is almost the same age as me so she gets why I don't talk much nowadays. I felt like this sick, cancerous person being taken care off til she takes in her final breath. My parents are worried sick about me and they rub it off on people.

We were off to Atlanta, Georgia the next day for the Aquarium and the World of Coke.

Yep, it's that shitty shirt again! I feel so poor... but I love this shirt.

And now, for some comic relief. Meet boxer Jake Tuli!!! My uncle and I were both laughing but the two kids didn't know what it meant.

On the Road

So, I was on my way to Greenville, South Carolina. I was dreading it and looking forward to it. I brought along On the Road by Jack Kerouac as some sort of a security thing. I've been crying the whole day again. Up until about an hour before I left for Newark International. That was the lowest low I've felt since I've gotten here.

I mean, I don't get it. Just a few days ago, a Fil-Am dude (so Pinoy-looking) was compelled to walk over to me (so Pinay-looking) to introduce himself at some retail store. And contrary to what my Boston friend thinks, I was dressed appropriately. That should be more than enough to boost my ego. Wrong.

I was halfway across America, at the dividing line between the East of my youth and the West of my future. -- Jack really had me there.

Such a lonely, small airport they got in Greenville. It didn't help that I got there at about 2340H and my uncle and cousins must've been scared out of their wits I might have gone straight back to Manila.

South of Houston

It was the day before I left NJ to go to South Carolina. I figured I'd do SoHo that day as I'd never actually walked thru that little part of Manhattan before.

There was Anthropologie, a boutique with tops and dresses and bed, bath and beyond. I tried to look for a top within my budget of $30-35. Dream on. Asa pa.

There was Longchamp, Kate Spade, Lacoste, Anya Hindmarch. And I was wearing a flighty little black and white graphic dress with flip flops!

I had to stop and sit for a while on a bench beside a basketball court to have my lunch of Sabrett hotdog. Then another hotdog after an hour.

I love the cobbled streets, like the ones in Intramuros.

Suck It Up and Get a Move On!!!

Whoever said the failure of my marriage was all my fault? Whoever gave me the right to blame myself all the time? Why do I get to decide who's wrong here? I have to stop taking all the blame. It's bringing me down while he's moving on up and couldn't care less about me.

I want to go back to him. Forgive him when he hasn't even asked for forgiveness.

If you like settling for less, this is your chance. A good friend just told me off. This strikes me so bad, it's actually good for me.

So where was I? I was in NY, then Boston, then off to DC with Kaye. I've been to DC before and I didn't like it. Too damn boring and uhhh... political-looking. Kaye just needed some company so I went.

It seems that we only got see two landmarks there. Oh well, we also passed by the Pentagon but how the hell can we say for sure if it is really shaped that way? I knew we should've rented a chopper.

The White House. Eto na yun? Bat ang liit? Hahaha, sure ka eto na yun? Hindi yata, teka doorbell tayo.

Must've used this shirt like 100 times during the entire trip.

The Capitol foreground with manong in blue shirt

The Capitol, with trees for aesthetics

The Capitol with Kaye

The Capitol and me, the speck

The Lost City

On one of the weekends, I went to Atlantic City (thank goodness for the outlets!!! I don't care much for the casinos) with my aunt. We took a bus for the 2-hour drive to AC. The place was kinda depressing or was it just me?

Pardon the oversized outfit, I hate it. Lost a lot of weight since the storm...

Fave spot by the coast