before anything is said i wanna say happy birthday mama. we miss you very much. rip. x33

and now kauai pictures! ;] click to enlarge. (some are blurry.. blame nina`s scanner)

pay-rents at the guava kai plantation

some of the hiyas-ers in front of the plantation

tin tin after a show (kat did it!)

me, tin tin, my idudu baby, & kyla

bryan & cheyne under the showers at lydgate

cheyneskees. puaha!

joses, justin, & bryan

it`s peter!!

eddie showing off his sand castle

eddie`s sand castle. purdy, huh?

bryan chasing a cock

aunties & uncle

aunties & uncle jeff

aunties & uncle mario

me, kat, kyla, tin tin, & miko. look! we have the same shoes!

group picture at spouting horn

group picture at the kauai kookie kompany

miko, kat, & me. lovely bananas.

kyla & joses thuggin the camera

kyla, me, tin tin, miko, & kat sportin our hairnets. rawrr!

my baby brother, pj, & my mommy. ;]

the girls again. that guy messes up the picture though..

family portrait! me, alan, pj, & mommy.

tin tin, kyla, uncle mario, me, & kat before the luau

i leied uncle mario. hah!

me & kat

girls who love cocks!

uncle mario, chris, & auntie zeny. they were nice enough to let us stay in their house. ;D

eddie, peter, jeffrey, bryan, & justin at the airport.

the parents of hiyas

the boys of delluzion.. again!

hiyas at the airport.

summer`s been boring. i don't like it. poop.

just got home from the great mall. well well, lemmie back up. yesterday, donatello died. yes, my beloved almost-frog drowned last night. *sigh* RiP Donatello..

miwa ate her first cricket today. i`m very proud. =] but i don`t like having crickets in the house. they`re just ugly..

cleaned up the house today. & watched aris kai run through the sprinklers then jump in the pool. at 2:30 there was a rosary at my house so i wasn`t able to go to auntie becky`s.

left the house at 4 & headed off to fyc. learned lanceros. tried on kristynne`s lanceros dress. it`s beautiful & all but i reeeeeally don`t like that tail. & it doesn`t help that i`m short. so uncle jeff said i could switch dresses with genieline. HAH! sorry, gen. "Good luck & don`t fall"

went to embassy suites at 6. danced lanceros for the second time. not too bad, although it felt horrible when i did.. i saw gen having trouble with the dress. i think justin had more trouble though. & the crowd was terrible. i won`t go into detail. i liked barrio though. i always like it better, but that crowd.. ugh. & el senor gave us an F on our performance. pssh. we deserve better. i didn`t like pasegin for once. i was cheyne`s partner so i was suppossed to jump out during the last part, but i jumped the wrong way so he has turn around like he was trying to catch nothing. sorry, cheyne. after the show we recieved our first honorariums, auntie jo ran into ashlie (my munchkin). "You know Miko & Renee?!" & then i got a sushi band aide from miko. ;] it`s a ritual. speaking of rituals, "Kyla, am I pretty?"  "Kyla, I hafta pee." & the aftershow ritual: great mall.

well, no one was really planning on going but gen, mica, & i saw our mother`s were sitting together.. & we just recieved our first honorariums, so why not? luckly my mom said yes, on one condition: sing in church choir the next day. so i agreed & auntie rose took the 3 girls + roel to the great mall. in the car, cheyne called & asked if he could come, too. of course! "Everyone`s always invited" but gen, mica, roel, & myself arrived earlier & had some time to spare. so we decided to visit romeo at work. on the way in i ran into mimi, my wifey! i think gen, mica, & roel were kinda scared when she started humping me. haha, that`s alright though, i looooooove you meemsters!

gen, mica, roel, & i visited romeo`s store. they were about to close though so we didn`t stay for long. but we gotta see romeo nonetheless. yep. then cheyne & justin arrived. then we all decided to watch 'a cinderella story'. but roel went to cyberhunt to meet up with ryan. after the movie justin went home & we went to cyberhunt to get ryan & roel. then we all went to putting edge. cheyne got in for free. yupp, they just gave him a club & ball even though he didn`t pay. we didn't keep score & we hada split into two groups. we stayed until they closed. & then my mom came to pick us up but uncle jeff was still at auntie becky`s. so we kidnapped cheyne, made him stay in the car with us until his dad came. then home.

aris kai kai is getting more grown up everytime i see him. he started fighting over the radio with uncle ed today. haha. it was cute. & then while watching You Got Served he tried spinning on his head! puahaha, this baby.. goodness!

as promised, here`s part 2 of the kauai blog ...

day 4 . . . woke up the earliest, 5am. then i couldn`t go back to sleep bcuz of all the noise from the cocks.. so i went downstairs and found that chris called in sick from work today so he could go with the rest of the hiyas-ers to poipu beach. at breakfast we were watching miss global pinay. and well.. they`re not that talented.. like that one chick doing the 'paa dang go'. *shakes head* not everyone can folk dance. anyways..   before leaving the house the girls tried to throw water balloons at cheyne. bcuz of the roach incident the previous night. we threw `em but NONE of `em popped!! they all bounced.. pssh! God must love him. so cheyne threw `em back at us. well, he got kyla, he didn`t get me tho. puaha. i ran to the other car. so the girls rode with chris and i rode with uncle jeff & some of the boys. first, we went to some grocery store to buy food. joses thought he lost his wallet! he found it later on though. so arrived at poipu. lotsa chickens running around. the beach was really rocky, so i let miko use my shoes. chris was trying to teach the boys how to body board, the girls did their own thing. i stayed with them until i couldn`t stand the rockyness anymore. so i got outta the water & eddie was sitting by himself in his clothes. i won`t say his secret, but anyways i convinced him to go to the kiddie waves with me. and then he made a sandcastle! his first one he says, i don`t believe it... xP  the parents came & then they left to go to the farmers` market with uncle mario. the rest of us stayed in the water & got a bazillion cuts. we left the beach a lil before sunset. but not before i got pictures of cheyne & bryan freakin` each other under the showerheads. puahaha. sexxy. ;] back at the house i kept mixing up eddie & peter for some weird reason. i`m sorry, guys!! & peter hit me.. but i guess i deserved it. but now i know, eddie is my anti-drug & that peter is my favorite husband... although both of them were telling me to 'make good choices' & i love both the guys.. *shrugs*

day 5 . . . we decided that poipu was too rocky for us. so we went back to lydgate. who cares if it`s too 'intermediate'? bad stuff happened today tho.. tiffany, bryan`s baby sis, & pj, my baby brother, were stung by jellyfishes! tiffany was ok tho. she played with miko on the sand for the rest of the day. pj got a fever. ;[ the rest of the hiyas-ers came. mica, gen, kristynne.. but they didn`t swim because their parents said they`d become too dark. lol. we`re filipino! does skin tone really matter? i finally gave kristynne 'the monkey' but i filled her in on what has happening anyways. then the guys, kristynne, & i went to the playground across the street. funniest moment there was when the boys of delluzion started dancing on this swinging platform. music by was provided by bryan, recording by joses? hahaha! aaaaaanywas.. all of `em had their solos, (besides jeffrey. oh well) bryan, singing AND dancing. peter jumping over jeffrey. eddie and his towel. haha. and their group shots are hilarious. i will post pix later. afterwards, kristynne came to the house bcuz the other ppl were going to another luau. they did tinikling at the luau. tsk tsk.. ate chrissy came over too! yea, we all chatted upstairs. until tin tin told me the guys were cock fighting in the front yard. chaa. i like cocks. so whaaaaat? chris lost two more birds. how sad, huh? i told my ninong. and then he started tsking me on the phone! (yeah, nina, YOUR dad) so the first fight, i didn`t bet. the second one, i bet joses a dollar. cheyne bet against joses, too. i say i won, cheyne says he won. buuuut noooo. somehow it ended a draw. even if both chickens were dead. something about not getting the final bite. uncle jeff came out & asked if we could take the feathers off the dead birds. hah, at least some good came out of it. went back upstairs with the girls & then it began to rain!! so i ran down the stairs. puahaha. ikaika`s sisters came. they`re so prrrretty!! huh, bryan? and they`re all cheerleaders. anyways, i met them upstairs bcuz i came in from the rain early. not that i don`t enjoy tropical rain it`s just that water & white tees don`t mix. so i changed, met them, introduced them to everyone. i told `em kristynne was a cheerleader, too. & kristynne hit me. psh. so they stayed to watch our performance that ate lisa taped, & then the baby fell asleep so they left. upstairs i learned how to play crazy eights with tiffany & miko. kat taught me how to play spoons.. which later on turned into a game of forks. hah. later later that night .. more drama...

day 6 . . . "I don`t wanna loose Eddie & Lea`s love toniiiiight" - Cheyne Bado, crazy kid. so.. big performance at lydgate today. but before the parents picked up the girls & justin arce to go shopping. i bought cocks. ;]  and we saw chris delivering his candy. haha. small island. yah? so we shopped. girls bought matching adopt-a-chicken shirts. puahaha. and kyla bought 6 cocks. phew. kat bought a wooden one, and miko and i bought glass ones. but i bought 2 so they could fight. puahaha! i bought a cock charm, too. they`re surprisingly hard to find. cock charms, that is. kat also bought an 'i got leied sign' even tho she didn`t get leied yet. "I`ve seen so many cocks, & I havn`t gotten leied yet" Lol. then we went back to uncle mario`s & got our props/costumes packed. all of us met up at lydgate. i hada heart-to-heart with kristynne. don`t worry, homie, i got chu. the church tried to fed us again. but this time they had no spoons or forks. but thas ok, filipinos eat with our hands. so today we were only going to do barrio. pj hada leave tho, bcuz of his fever. poor baby.. ;[  but you kno, the show must go on. first, we had our pasegin pictorial. my dress got wet! and all these tourists were staring at us. kinda embarrassing, but i`m used to it. try wearing kaisahan stage make-up in downtown san jose. phew. THAT`S embarrassing! so the show.. we performed putungan as a surprise for uncle mario & auntie zeny. kyla began to tear during uncle jeff`s introduction. ;[ then barrio. always great. we hada barrio pictorial, too. jeffrey & justin we`re already changing for their delluzion performance so i hada cover their pants with my dress. i really hope their pants don`t show. so the delluzion performance.. much better than sunday`s. this time, instead of just screaming the girls ran onstage and grabbed their jackets! kristynne & cheyne were fighting over bryan`s. haha. i think i grabbed peter`s? after the performance we stayed at the beach until night time. we went home, then to walmart. kat & i rode with chris & kainoa, boys rode with uncle mario. the boys were taking a long time at walmart. so chris, kainoa, kat, and i went to some grocery store. kat and i bought food. kainoa bought drinks. we went home and saw tin tin playing 13 with ikaika. (beating ikaika!) & he cut his fro. ;[ darrn. when the guys got home we watched our performance from that day. i sat on the couch with eddie & he showed me magic. & he became my anti-drug. anyways, bcuz of drama that had occurred on a previous night i didn`t wanna stay downstairs. so i tried pulling kat up, but no luck. so i went upstairs & attempted to finish the first chapter of warriors don`t cry. some other ppl came up eventually. kat finally came up and informed how friendly kainoa really is. thank you, eddie, for telling me the truth and for having the thought to defend me. it`s the thought that counts.

day 7 . . . we went to the kauai kookie kompany today. the tour only lasted 5 mins, we hada wear yucky white hairnets, and only 6-7 of us could go in at once. peter became my favorite husband on this day. psh, and ppl call him shy.. whatever. anyways.. after the cookie factory we went to spouting horn to watch some geysers & shop some more. then we went to the airport and picked up ate monette & 'el senor' mambaje. we went back to the house to get ready for the luau that night. all of the girls wore their sarongs. but first we hada do our igorot pictorial. not too bad. i just didn`t like having to take off my sarong & put it back on multiple times. after the pictorial everyone went to the entrance thingy for the luau. auntie mila gave us leis. and then kat, kyla, tin tin, and i waited outside to lei auntie zeny & chris. i leied uncle mario. tee hee hee. but auntie zeny & chris were taking too long so we went inside where everyone else was. they came before the actual dinner though, which was good. the luau was nice. i couldn`t really enjoy it though. i was too sad about leaving. i think uncle mario saw it, too. romeo called during dinner. it made me kinda miss home, but still.. anyways, i kept going outside bcuz i didn`t wanna think about leaving. i went inside for the last few performances though. i saw cheyne go onstage. & bryan, too. some guy tried to pull me onstage, but i hada turn him down bcuz my sarong was falling off. after the show i took pictures of roel & bryan with the hula dancers. then we hada go back 'home' & finish packing. but first monette asked me to come to walmart with her. haha, ate, i looooove you. but for some reason she said my mom was downstairs. too much to drink, huh? at walmart kat & i finally found that song we were looking for. actually, kyla found it for us, but at least we got it. (Believe - Wouldn`t It Be Nice). so i bought believe`s album & forte`s album, just bcuz they`re pinay. heh heh. then back home to pack. i stayed up all night. mainly with peter, bcuz justin fell asleep. so after the girls fell asleep justin & i chatted on the balcony, just like good `ol days. then i went with cheyne, peter, & chris to the backyard to look at the chickens. peter & cheyne were planning to shoot one in the morning. then kainoa came home (he lives across the street from chris). so peter & i sat away from them. justin came downstairs, too. he & i walked up and down the street a few times. chatted a lil more. he`s my favorite 'girl' friend. puahaha. then it became cold, so we went to the room that tin tin & i shared. tin tin wasn`t sleeping in there tho so we watched tv. peter came in the room, too. justin eventually fell asleep, so now peter & i chatted. mostly about who was gonna fall asleep first. yeah, i fell asleep. grr.. at 5 am we went downstairs to wake up cheyne, but he started cussing at us with his hawaiian accent! "muddah frick"  & he doesn`t remember it. so peter & i went back upstairs and at 6:30-ish, right when everyone was getting ready to go back to lydgate, i fell asleep. i woke up around 9 am.. darn peter, why`d you let me sleep?!

day 8 . . . i think we were all pretty sad on this day. i woke up at 9, finished packing, and dressed for oakland weather. then we all went to the airport. bid uncle mario, auntie zeny, & chris goodbye. took more pictures of delluzion, bryan loooves the camera. & i took pictures of this lizard that my brother, alan, & roel caught. then we all boarded the plane. i got stuck with the window seat AGAiN! ugggggh. we hada switch planes in honolulu. i got the window seat on the second flight, too.. anyways, thank you, justin, for keeping me sane on the second flight. thank you kristynne, for.. uhh.. yah kno.. and peter & eddie. i`ve already apologized to you both, but here it goes again. neither of you are to blame for what happened at the airport. my mother is more understanding than one might think & she apologizes for that day, too. thanx for not being angry with me. i <3 you guys! moving on.. uncle marvin picked us up at the airport. it was so strange seeing my house again. it was welcoming, but at the same time i didn`t wanna be there. i getta be with my tadpoles tho. or shall i say 3 tadpoles & 1 frog? yupp yupp, miwa`s a frog now. donatello has front & back legs, he`s still got his tail tho. tapple has tiny back legs, and nardning has nothing yet. thanx, uncle eddie, for watching `em.

and that concludes my adventure. i miss lihue.. especially the everyday cockfest.. yea, i said COCK.