California Diaries

Just posting some noted memories from our trip to Frisco (June 22-29, 2010):

On the flight to Frisco:

• Miss Em and I decide to watch the same in-flight movie "Valentine's Day." Our earphones are in and then BOOM! the start of the movie blasts in our eardrums and we burst out yelling "ow!"
• Funny quote from the movie: "You know me, always preparing for the worst. Immigrant mentality." - George Lopez

Arrived at Serramonte Mall and got some BBQ Hawaiian ribs. The portion was so large:

• Dani-wok: "No wonder Americans are so fat."

Talking about DSLR cameras:

• Miss Em: "You take photos of seniors?"
• S.R.: "No, scenery..."
• All: (laughing)

Miss Em and I driving around San Jose following S.R.:

• It's night and I see a faint shadow on a bicycle as we're approaching a stop light: "It's so dark I can't see the black people."
• Miss Em didn't even see him. (That means she would have probably ran him over if she was driving. Good thing I was!) Haha!

First day we met S.R. in Daly City:

• S.R.: "Why is Daly City so foggy? Because all the Filipinos are cooking rice."

Leaving Santa Barbara and going to Los Angeles:

• ‎S.R.: "Goodbye Santa Barbara with all your money and celebrities...I'm going to LA!!"

Sitting in Universal City at Universal Studios near Hollywood in the parking lot of the Hilton hotel trying to call around for cheaper hotels:

• Miss Em (while on the phone): "Do any of you have a AAA card?"
• Dani-wok: "No."
• S.R.: "(Quietly) I have a XXX card..."

• S.R. figured we should call Hilton hotel to see what their rates are and says Miss Em should pretend to be Paris Hilton. He imitated what Paris would sound like when booking a room at the Hilton and Miss Em could hardly breathe from laughing so hard when the Hilton hotel answered our call. They hung up on her. Haha!

Playing a game of Catch Phrase:

• Dani-wok: "O.k. 3 beds!" (Meant to say "3 words" and lost the chance at getting a point. Haha.)

Around the middle of the trip:

• Dani-wok: "If I had a boyfriend right now, I would break up with him."

At the Golden Gate Bridge:

• R.C. trying to climb a post: "Oopsie!"

After a long day of sightseeing, we get home pretty late and L.J. parks our rental car and we all get out (some have just woken up since the drive was about an hour long):

• Miss Em (who just woke up): "Where's our car?"
• Dani-wok: "You just got out of it (stoopid). Hahaha! Did you have some of my [alcoholic beverage] or something? Hahaha!"

On the drive back to San Jose from Los Angeles:

• S.R.: "What do horses eat?"
• Dani-wok/Miss Em: "Hay."
• S.R.: "What do gay horses eat?"
• Dani-wok/Miss Em: (We guess stoopid things but none of them are the correct answer so we give up.)
• S.R.: "You wanna know what gay horses eat?"
• Dani-wok/Miss Em: "Yeah, what?"
• S.R. "Haaaaaay...!" (Says it in a gay tone while his head goes from side to side like a gay.) LMAO!
  

And the winning memory of the trip:

• Miss Em, S.R. and I get to the elevator and wait for it, as does an East Indian family. Miss Em looks at their youngest child, a cute baby girl, and sees the bindi dot on the baby's forehead and goes "Is that a birthmark?" HAHAHAHAHA!

Other memories:

• We got lost in Santana Row trying to find where to eat. It's not even that big. Only a few blocks radius.
• Guy at Safeway in San Jose appreciates seeing Miss Em ride the shopping cart through the aisles.
• The guys dancing like Michael Jackson in Fisherman's Wharf.
• We were looking for a parking spot and Miss Em was like "there's one!" I was driving too fast and passed it, so I reversed and my mouth was hanging open trying to reverse fast and I drooled from excitement. Haha!
• We were eating McDonald's in Westfield and we were laughing so hard at something that I drooled into my lap.
  
• The guys break into song if the topic at hand relates to lyrics of a song.
• R.C. and C.L. wear the same outfit.

Remember:

• Americans like Ketchup- and Dill Pickle-flavoured potato chips!
  

Good times...hahaha.