Life has been a splendor for I have been but useful and productive. I have been working for about more than two weeks now as a server at Eddie's restaurant. Although we own the restaurant, we work hard to maintain its state- since we opened during a bad economy, there are more money to put out than to put in- we have to put out money for labor costs for the restaurant can not pay for itself. But there is a hope, that someday, this restaurant, this little eatery will be a cash cow, a decent money tree. I like it that I am around people more, that I am not isolated alone at home doing travail, useless things. I could, perhaps, develop a strong social skill through this- a sort of prep for my nursing career. (For I already have passed my NCLEX exam- got the letter from the mail last week). Everything is all good from here.
A lot of things has happened since my last blog. There was that big fight between me and Eddie which I do not seem to get over it at all, nor forgive him- until now, his shouting, that deafening, disheartening voice still taunts me; that I never kissed him for days, nor hug, nor showed him love since that rage happened at the restaurant. It was Friday night, we were closing, and Felix and Matt was there. How embarrassing the situation was! I wanted to disappear, yet I held, and managed to be strong. I am half made of steel some times.
There was that San Diego gay pride where my dear friend, Eric, came from San Francisco. We drank heavily that Saturday night- me, Eric and Eddie. We ended up going to three different locations for drinks- the Blue, where I could recall a rather handsome bartender, the Martini Bar, and Flicks. A fight happened again between me and Eddie that same night. He hit me back after hitting him numerous times. His blow was quite strong that it left my left arm aching for days. Me and Eric ran off from him. We hid behind a heat transformer we sobered up while stayed warm. I found myself vulnerable, and cried, and expressed things to Eric. Overall, I guess I could call it a drunken moment night. We then decided to call Eddie, who in the end was in good mood and was able to drive us back home safely.
The next day, Sunday, me and Eric ate at some Mexican restaurant across from the Park Manor. We met up later with Reyner and his boyfriend, Justin, at Mo's, where the couple both had two large keg beers, while Eric and I denied alcohol for it was mid afternoon. We had a decent talk, about half an hour, then me and Eric decide to finally go to the festival. It was $20 per person at the door, and I guess that was the reason why the festival was not insanely crowded as that of San Francisco's. We met up with Eddie at the beer garden, where we watched him perform for forty-five minutes his own songs, composed and written by him. And the crowd was friendly enough to applaud him dearly. After that, I was in the mood for shopping things. The festival did not offer wonderful goodies but in the end, I bought an artsy necklace and two bag of doggie cookies for my Troopy. We came across an art booth, and Eric liked this one painting that resembles a wicked nun in its very banal yet intriguing form. After few days, Eric, who was then in San Francisco, has texted me and has told me that that particular painting was sold out, and decided to buy a similar one instead.
Besides all that, (there might have been things I forgot to mention) my life has been doing well. I will only go forward.
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Work
Monday: Despite my wanting to join Murry and Eddie to play golf, my sloth self overpowered it all- I chose to stay in bed than to wake up early. I woke up at 12:30pm and started playing Mario Karts online. I met up with Eddie at Fashion Valley after he was done with golf at around 5pm. We ate at the Nordstrom's Cafe- I had my usual favorite, the angel hair pasta, and we both agreed on sharing creme brule for desert. We decided to go to a movie after. It was my turn to pick a movie and I chose "Ice Age- The Dawn of the Dinosaurs", which was an average movie. Seriously, I don't find any interesting movies this summer or whatsoever.
Tuesday: I was back at work after one week. It was a stressful day in the end. Eddie yelled at me for I was being in my bitchy and arrogant mode. We made up fast afterward, and Abby came over that night around 11pm, which is the time me and Eddie usually gets home from work. Eddie retired early, at around 1am I think, while me and Abby played till 6:30 in the morning :x
Today: I was not so exhausted when I woke up at 12:30pm despite sleeping at 6am! I decided to drive my own on the way to Dearinger, a haircut place downtown. Eddie's appointment was 2pm while mine was at 2:45pm. When I got there, Kuji was just finishing Eddie's hair. When it was my turn, I told Kuji to have my hair cut short for the sake of me working at the restaurant. So Kuji literally cut my hair short. It is definitely cleaner looking, yet I still have to get used to seeing myself this way- little boyish. Although I still have my marijuana medical card, and it will be effective for eight months or so, I am planning to quit smoking weed today! I am not certain how long will I keep up with my promise but I guess I can do it.
Tuesday: I was back at work after one week. It was a stressful day in the end. Eddie yelled at me for I was being in my bitchy and arrogant mode. We made up fast afterward, and Abby came over that night around 11pm, which is the time me and Eddie usually gets home from work. Eddie retired early, at around 1am I think, while me and Abby played till 6:30 in the morning :x
Today: I was not so exhausted when I woke up at 12:30pm despite sleeping at 6am! I decided to drive my own on the way to Dearinger, a haircut place downtown. Eddie's appointment was 2pm while mine was at 2:45pm. When I got there, Kuji was just finishing Eddie's hair. When it was my turn, I told Kuji to have my hair cut short for the sake of me working at the restaurant. So Kuji literally cut my hair short. It is definitely cleaner looking, yet I still have to get used to seeing myself this way- little boyish. Although I still have my marijuana medical card, and it will be effective for eight months or so, I am planning to quit smoking weed today! I am not certain how long will I keep up with my promise but I guess I can do it.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Fireworks And Open Parks
Me, my parents and Eddie all went to the county fair yesterday for July 4th. My parents have never gone to a fair before so they did not know what to expect. We parked at Mira Costa College and took the school bus to go to the fair. The buses runs full every five to ten minutes to and fro from the community college to the fairgrounds.
We got to the fair around 6pm and we looked around for a while, sightseeing and trying out odd yet interesting food- the blooming onion was loved by everyone. Eddie tried out the classic shooting game where you shoot all the red stars in the middle. Luckily, he won! He had said that for fifteen years of playing that game, he had not been successful. The game attendants cheered loudly saying, "Winner, winner, we've got a winner!" Eddie had won a huge black bear almost half his size. We walked around for more witnessing before our eyes the rides and the people screaming while in them. We saw in them the thrill, the fun and the excitement.
The fireworks began to display its beauty in the heavens at exactly 9pm. The dark skies were perfectly clear for such an exhibit. The colorful, varying types of fireworks blazed for everyone to see for thirty minutes. It was a spectacular fireworks show, a rather first class fanfare. We went home right after the fireworks were done. We got in the bus immediately for there were less crowds outside. If we would have left later, we would have found ourselves stuck amidst the crowd for a long time, perhaps for an hour or so- just like what me and Eddie had to go through three years ago. I'm thankful we took the bus instead of driving there and parking in the overly crowded parking structure. It would have taken us about an hour as well to get out the parking lot.
We played a game of scrabble when we got home. I won the game by a far margin as usual. I had a scrabble- the word "audible" with a total of 83 points landing on the triple word score.
Today: My parents had spent the night. We changed our plans of going hiking nearby. Instead, we decided to visit some relatives at El Cajon where we spent about three hours. They served us lunch, mostly childhood dishes from my home country. I devoured "dinuguan" since I was longing for its taste. My mom and dad likes the vegetable kind, "pinakbet". After finishing lunch, my mom and her cousin, whom we visited, talked for couple hours while me and my dad sat on the couch watching television show from the Philippines. It was very refreshing seeing some Filipino entertainment shows- dancing, singing- and I got to see famous people from my home country perform.
We headed to Balboa Park after. We roamed the area full of museums, plants of varying kinds, dozen types of cactuses, roses, fountains, artsy people and majestic trees. The architect in those museums (they might have been carved) was wonderful to look at. There were a lot of people there today, and we very much enjoyed our time spent in the area.
My parents left as soon as we got home around 5pm. Eddie was out buying groceries at Henry's for dinner. Eddie had made really good steak with rice and asparagus, and I hungrily ate the meal. We played a game of chess, and sadly, I lost.
We got to the fair around 6pm and we looked around for a while, sightseeing and trying out odd yet interesting food- the blooming onion was loved by everyone. Eddie tried out the classic shooting game where you shoot all the red stars in the middle. Luckily, he won! He had said that for fifteen years of playing that game, he had not been successful. The game attendants cheered loudly saying, "Winner, winner, we've got a winner!" Eddie had won a huge black bear almost half his size. We walked around for more witnessing before our eyes the rides and the people screaming while in them. We saw in them the thrill, the fun and the excitement.
The fireworks began to display its beauty in the heavens at exactly 9pm. The dark skies were perfectly clear for such an exhibit. The colorful, varying types of fireworks blazed for everyone to see for thirty minutes. It was a spectacular fireworks show, a rather first class fanfare. We went home right after the fireworks were done. We got in the bus immediately for there were less crowds outside. If we would have left later, we would have found ourselves stuck amidst the crowd for a long time, perhaps for an hour or so- just like what me and Eddie had to go through three years ago. I'm thankful we took the bus instead of driving there and parking in the overly crowded parking structure. It would have taken us about an hour as well to get out the parking lot.
We played a game of scrabble when we got home. I won the game by a far margin as usual. I had a scrabble- the word "audible" with a total of 83 points landing on the triple word score.
Today: My parents had spent the night. We changed our plans of going hiking nearby. Instead, we decided to visit some relatives at El Cajon where we spent about three hours. They served us lunch, mostly childhood dishes from my home country. I devoured "dinuguan" since I was longing for its taste. My mom and dad likes the vegetable kind, "pinakbet". After finishing lunch, my mom and her cousin, whom we visited, talked for couple hours while me and my dad sat on the couch watching television show from the Philippines. It was very refreshing seeing some Filipino entertainment shows- dancing, singing- and I got to see famous people from my home country perform.
We headed to Balboa Park after. We roamed the area full of museums, plants of varying kinds, dozen types of cactuses, roses, fountains, artsy people and majestic trees. The architect in those museums (they might have been carved) was wonderful to look at. There were a lot of people there today, and we very much enjoyed our time spent in the area.
My parents left as soon as we got home around 5pm. Eddie was out buying groceries at Henry's for dinner. Eddie had made really good steak with rice and asparagus, and I hungrily ate the meal. We played a game of chess, and sadly, I lost.
Saturday, July 4, 2009
County Fair, House of Blues, Work and Laziness....
Tuesday: The day I arrived from San Francisco. Myra and I carpooled to go to the fair in Del Mar. The day was perfectly nice, although it got cold when the sun had set down. Juliene met us there two hours late. While waiting for her, me and Myra drank margaritas at the beer garden. We also ate lunch- ribs and onion flower- and before we knew it, Juliene arrived with her younger sister, Lucie. The day at the fair was nice. We all ate foods that were so fatty and we tried eating (but could not let ourselves finish) the so called "chocolate covered bacon". Moreover, we rode two rides: the octopus and the speed extreme (not quite sure about the latter's name). I got home exhausted at around 8pm and called it a day.
Wednesday: My first day at work as a busser and a server at Eddie's restaurant. While waiting for my test result, which takes five weeks to arrive in the mail, Eddie thought (and myself, i guess) that it would be a good idea for me to work and be around people rather than being alone at home. I took the job as for my personal sake- I need to improve my social skills. Perhaps this job, serving people, will abate my shyness and my being too conscious around crowd. Perhaps it will also improve my communication skills toward everybody.
Thursday: Eddie's show at House of Blues. Prior to going to House of Blues, I visited the bookstore in The Forum in search for magazines that could feed my brain- a nursing magazine, a psychology magazine or anything of that sort- but to no avail. Instead, I came across a book that talks about how to improve someone's social skills. I read some tidbits of it and decided to just order it online. After the bookstore, I came home to change my clothes to look more rock. Abby met up at my place twenty minutes late but luckily, we were on time to get to House of Blues. We parked our car in the funkiest parking structure, I swear. Diane was already waiting out front, and Tiara was there as well. There was hardly anybody inside when we got in. Eddie was the first performer of the night and I was just glad to be there on time. Robyn and Marc arrived during the first song, and Murry and his friend arrived during the third song. I had one long island drink and Abby had two. Diane had beer and wine so was her husband, Jim. We only stayed for less than an hour, and left fifteen minutes after Eddie was done with his show since we could not stand the band after him- their loud screamo music, ugh. So instead, we decided to all go to Eddie's restaurant. We all had fifty percent off on our meals. We ended up having a fantastic time, at least from my point of view.
Today, Friday, was uneventful for me. I went back to House of Blues mid afternoon to get the camera I checked in from Eddie's show last night. The claiming process turned out to be easier than I thought. Downtown San Diego, the area where I was, was rather dirty and full of homeless and riff-raffy people. I caught some heavy traffic on the way home due to the Del Mar County Fair. When I got home, Eddie was about leaving for work. The rest of the day I spent playing video games- not healthy for me. Sigh. I need to change my ways and stick to a stern self discipline. I will start by Monday. Hopefully, I will follow through.
Wednesday: My first day at work as a busser and a server at Eddie's restaurant. While waiting for my test result, which takes five weeks to arrive in the mail, Eddie thought (and myself, i guess) that it would be a good idea for me to work and be around people rather than being alone at home. I took the job as for my personal sake- I need to improve my social skills. Perhaps this job, serving people, will abate my shyness and my being too conscious around crowd. Perhaps it will also improve my communication skills toward everybody.
Thursday: Eddie's show at House of Blues. Prior to going to House of Blues, I visited the bookstore in The Forum in search for magazines that could feed my brain- a nursing magazine, a psychology magazine or anything of that sort- but to no avail. Instead, I came across a book that talks about how to improve someone's social skills. I read some tidbits of it and decided to just order it online. After the bookstore, I came home to change my clothes to look more rock. Abby met up at my place twenty minutes late but luckily, we were on time to get to House of Blues. We parked our car in the funkiest parking structure, I swear. Diane was already waiting out front, and Tiara was there as well. There was hardly anybody inside when we got in. Eddie was the first performer of the night and I was just glad to be there on time. Robyn and Marc arrived during the first song, and Murry and his friend arrived during the third song. I had one long island drink and Abby had two. Diane had beer and wine so was her husband, Jim. We only stayed for less than an hour, and left fifteen minutes after Eddie was done with his show since we could not stand the band after him- their loud screamo music, ugh. So instead, we decided to all go to Eddie's restaurant. We all had fifty percent off on our meals. We ended up having a fantastic time, at least from my point of view.
Today, Friday, was uneventful for me. I went back to House of Blues mid afternoon to get the camera I checked in from Eddie's show last night. The claiming process turned out to be easier than I thought. Downtown San Diego, the area where I was, was rather dirty and full of homeless and riff-raffy people. I caught some heavy traffic on the way home due to the Del Mar County Fair. When I got home, Eddie was about leaving for work. The rest of the day I spent playing video games- not healthy for me. Sigh. I need to change my ways and stick to a stern self discipline. I will start by Monday. Hopefully, I will follow through.
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