Friday, February 6, 2009

insomnia...


my amazing mother


me, my bro, & momma

my baby bro


my amazing grandparents



my baby koa




my girls (minus ann)





my cali girl





ok, its seriously 5:33 am on the dot. i cant sleep. i NEVER can at night...since i got home from a loooong day at both jobs then going to the gym for 2 hours, all ive been doing is downloading songs. its actually all i can do nowdays with my DUI and all..in a way its kinda a good thing. i just watched greys anatomy episode 13 of the 5th season. i absolutely LOVE this show!! derek is actually about to propose to meredith (finally). this episode made me kinda sad actually coz ive realized ive been single for the last 2 1/2 years. guys have come and gone but no one has really swept me off of my feet. most of the time it was my fault for putting myself out there, but slowly learning my lesson. a few good catches have came along but like many girls, I ALWAYS seem to go for the "bad guys." I wonder if i'll ever find someone i can totally fall head-over-heels for. Well, when it comes down to it, whats the rush? AND, where the hell am i gonna find the time to be in a relationship? God, this should be the LEAST of my worries.

i dont know what sparked my "loneliness" feeling tonight. maybe it was looking at some pictures from back at home with my friends. maybe it was probably beacuse i have a lot of time to do some thinking. i REALLY miss them. its really hard to find people here in cali who i actually trust and who actually care about me. i have confided in only 1 friend here, katy who is also my manager. she sets me straight when im fkng up, she tells the truth, and always listens to my bullshit. I consider her one of my closest friends now and I'm thankful i have her as my closest friend here in cali. Back to my friends back in hawaii...i cannot stand looking at older pictures from home and thinking how things would be if i hadnt moved. im not regretting it or anything, i just wonder how different my life would be right now. i DO feel a sense of accomplishment and i know that this is a very good experience. I know that things will be just as i left it when i go back in july for my birthday. i miss my girls. kaimi, diane, ann, and courtney. they are the ones that keep me, ME. they are the ones who i can confide in with anything. theyre my D.A.B.s!!! we've been through a lot of shit, me with each one of them and i know they are true friends because they stuck with me through thick and thin.

as far as my family goes, this is the part that makes me the most sad. not being able to watch my brothers grow up. my older younger brother is literally growing up, hes like 6 feet tall now!! i cant pick on him now! and he has a girlfriend, how weird is that? and my baby brother jai jai...oh boy do i miss that kid. im so sad that im missing the best part of his growing up. hes gonna be 3 this year and right now his brain is like a sponge! everytime i talk to him he learns something new. my doggie/ baby koa is getting older too. i feel the worse for leaving him behind. i dont want him to "go" without me kissing him or holding him again. the most horrible part when i left was my mom when i first got here. she had told me, "it was like losing your dad, like you were gonna be gone forever." that hurt the most. she understands now its all for the experience and im learning everyday how to take care of myself and be a "grownup." although i havent been the closest to her, he has taught me so much and without her guidance with everything i wouldnt be able to stand on my own two feet. she has been so strong for me and my brother when my dad passed away that I give her so much props for raising us after he left. although i say i do everything for my dad, i really honestly do it to please my mom. im living my life because she had me so young and didnt get the chance to really experience life. and boy, am i "experiencing" life! I also really miss my grandparents. I dont want to be away from them too long because like everyone else, theyre getting older and i want those last years and moments with them. i want them to see me at my wedding or be there for me when i have my first child or when i FINALLY graduate from college-thats all they want for me, and i'll do it not only for them but for me. it was a goal for myself that i cannot let dissolve.

everything so far has been such a rollercoaster for me. every experience is to learn from and every person i meet is significant to my growth- no matter how good or bad of an influence they are to me- i learn from it. regret is like a foreign language to me. i dont regret a dam thing in my life. I remember things, good and bad and move on with life. I try to make everything in my life positive and try to look at everything in a positive light. when people see me down, they catch on and i dont like to carry bad energy. I believe that people send off vibes- good and bad and when theres one bad vibe, everybody feeds off of it and things turn out to be negative. I feel more at ease when i create that positive energy because it not only makes my day better but everyone elses better! Going back to the gym has not only made my body feel better but it helps me to clear my mind. Its my time away from the world and from people so i can blow off steam. listening to my ipod is something that realllly calms me down. it shakes off any stress i have and transforms the stress into energy. i can honestly say i LOVE the gym! its my daily "vacation!" writing this blog has also helped me to get things out of my system. its easier to get feelings out. thanks to Sweet D!! well thats my thougths for tonight...until then, Ciao!!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Sobriety

This is what I'll be living up to for a while. It's so not worth it to be drunk anymore. putting myself in that position of possibly killing myself or possibly someone else is just not worth it. drinking has so many cons:
-its expensive
-it makes you do things you regret in the morning (going home with some stranger)
-getting a DUI
-being drunk makes you look dumb
-you think people are way hotter than they really are
-you gain so much weight
-you cant wake up in the morning to do anything during the day
-sooo many more...

today couldve been worse than it really was. surrounding myself with some good friends helped a lot. i didnt realize how many people have gotten DUIs. its not that it makes me feel better that i got one but it helps me to have a few more resources to turn to when i need to figure this whole thing out. this is NOT going to be cheap, but ill have to endure it and learn from it. its my mistake so i cant blame anyone for it. i cant even be mad at the cop-he was doing his job. well work and the gym will be my best friend from now on...im well on my way to a HOT BOD!!

Monday, February 2, 2009

Tea-Baggin

I tried to figure out a way to make puffy eyes go away so i googed it and it brought me to a couple websites and it said to put either cucumbers or cold tea bags on my eyes for a while....tea baggin didnt do the job...maybe cucumbers will work next time...or maybe just not cry in the first place? if you were in my position you probably wouldve cried too =(

Heres some pictures of my brand spanking used car:








Thank You, Daddy...

So technically this is not the beginning of the "new year" but it is a "new month" for me and this is how my first day of the month went:

REWIND: so i had just bought a "brand spanking used" car from a dealership in Huntington Beach just about 4 days ago. This was a huge right of passage for me because it was the first car that i had really bought on my own. moving to california has made me take things into my own hands and made me gain a HUGE sense of independency--everything from getting a new bank, a new car, and new responsibility for my finances.

ever since the beginning of januaray i had made a list of things i wanted to do this year: (QUOTING THIS FROM MY MYSPACE BLOG)


» get back down to my ideal body (i know i know, its everyone's goal but i SERIOUSLY feel unhealthy) I wanna look like this again:**IVE BEEN ON A GOOD GYM STREAK- AT LEAST 5-6 DAYS A WEEK & ON A HEALTHY DIET!! IM WELL ON MY WAY
» drink no more than once a week...hopefully **SO FAR IVE BEEN A GOOD GIRL» be 20 minutes earlier for everything...im ALWAYS fkn late & that needs to change! **I HAVENT BEEN LATE FOR WORK YET EXCEPT FOR ONE TIME THERE WAS A HUGE ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY-TOTALLY WASNT MY FAULT
» pay all my bills on time & pay off both credit cards **WHEN $$ PERMITS
» read at least one book a month **NOT QUITE YET
» learn to cook more things & eat at home more often **EATING HEALTHIER HAS FORCED ME TO COOK AND EAT AT HOME MORE OFTEN & TAKE HOME LUNCH =)
» go back to Hawaii to see my family & friends **TENTATIVELY JULY 6-15...BE READY FOR ME!!!
» join a volleyball league in the spring or summer time (anyone know of any good leagues in SoCal?) **BUSY SCHEDULE MAY NOT LET ME TO
» buy a new (used) car...this car of mine has been through WAY too much for my liking ** JUST BOUGHT A CAR TODAY AND SOLD MY PEICE OF SHIT!!!! YAY!!!
» Save money for school (at least a couple hundred a month for school) **WORKING ON THAT
» set aside some money for Australia in December 2009 new years!!! **PROBABLY WONT HAPPEN COZ I BOUGHT MY CAR
» get on a regular sleep schedule - no more insomnia!! **SLEEP SCHEDULE IS STILL A LITTLE OFF
» volunteer with some organization or at a pet shelter **IF I HAVE TIME
& last but not least...
♥ fall in love =) ♥

so...ever since i have made these goals (note: ive just updated this like 4 days ago), ive been really good about keeping to my promises and goals..up until tonight...

so its super bowl day--pretty much an excuse for people to go out and get drunk, reason for cops to go out and arrest people--blah blah blah...i didnt even know who was playing today in the super bowl until this morning (steelers vs cardinals). no big deal. it was my day off and my indulge/relax day because it was my once a week that i can go out and relax with some friends or family...i had waken up at about noon-my cousin wanted to go out to breakfast with me but i regretfully declined because i had to go get some work clothes for my new job starting tomorrow. so when i got back from shopping i asked him if he still wanted to go out to watch the super bowl game and he didnt wanna go because he wasnt feeling good the last two days. i had gotten a text message from rachel from work asking me if i wanted to go to cabo cantina in newport beach to watch the super bowl game. i wasnt doing anything so i ended up going....leaving all innocence and mind at home...i went to meet up with some co-workers not thinking anything and had made the worst decision ever...drinking and driving. i shouldve known better, costa mesa is the WORST place to be driving when youve had a couple drinks...and seriously thats all ive had--i had 5 drinks within the nearly 5 hours i had been out...technically 5 drinks in 5 hours. the cop had pulled me over with an undisclosed reason other than "i followed you from the bar" and i had automatically thought he assumed i was drinking because i was at a bar. i kinda lied to him because i was nervous and i honestly wanted to get out of it. i did the sobriety test and i guess he wanted to test be with the breathalyzer and i guess i had gone over by about .03%...i was automatically arrested and taken to the police station...THE most scariest and uncertain thing that has ever happened to me. it just didnt feel real and i was scared and felt so alone. i never wanna be put in that situation again. my cousin ended up picking me up after about an hour--which felt like days. i never ever wanna be in jail again- especially with crazy white people locked up. thank god i did not have to post bail. so this was my lesson. this was IT. NEVER AGAIN will i ever make that stupid mistake of driving under the influence. now i will be paying for the rest of my life. not necessarily financially but mentally. Im incredibly embarrased and never wanna put myself or anyone else in that situation. Why me? Why tonight? My daddy was watching me and thought i seriously needed a wake up call. My new years goals just didnt cut it. I needed a sign, something BIG to set me straight. Thanks daddy. This is MY BEGINNING