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Monday, October 08, 2007

Canyon Lake

firstly i would like to apologize for not updating my blog for so long. i had a realli busy schedule for the few weeks. but it's all good now bcoz i dun have any more exams from now to the finals le *yayz.. so here are the posts i saved but didnt get to publish bcoz i did them when i had the time and it wasn't realli complete. so readers out there rejoice! *lol..

randolf asked me on fri if i wanted to hang out on sat wif pastor a'mie and stacey. gyess wat? i agreed immediately bcoz the destination sounded good to me! it is CANYON LAKE! *lol.. though i've never been there but i had a feeling that it will be a cool place.

*knock knock (on my glass window) i jumped out of bed bcoz i know it was. damn it! i overslept again! argh! couldnt turn in last nite but guess i dozed off somewhere btw 4-5am. aniwae i let randolph in while i rushed to freshen up and dress up. i was done in 10 min! (i know i am fast! *hee hee..) Headed out to Stacey's place where we met up with them and we took Stacey's car to Canyon Lake.

it was a long drive from stacy's place and it turned out to be out in the countryside, which i tot was pretty cool. the roads started to get curvy and topsy-turvy and soon the lake came into view. the glistening sparkles of the lake reflecting the rays of the sun really captured the hearts of each and every one of us. and we started to get even more excited about wats coming up.

reached the place and we sat down and had some cookies. i hadnt had any breakfast so i was realli glad there was food available. *haha.. the cookies tasted great but the coffee was kinda bland! *ugh.. aniwae the initial impression that randolph told me was that it'll be a tour but it turned out to be a presentation (which we spent an hour and a half sitting there) on why we should sign up for membership for the resort. though we did get a short tour of the various apartments, but i still felt it was kind of a waste of time. no wonder they didn't want to let us go for the tour unless we had a credit card.

glimpse of the lake

the quay on the other side of the lake (there were lots of expensive boats and yachts)

the apartments were realli nice and cheap too. the plan is simple. just sign up as a member and you could have 10 days/year to spend in their v nice and luxurious resorts. they have many different resorts in different states so there's a wide variety of choice. if not, you can choose from numerous other affliates when you choose to go overseas but you ahve to pay 179 for 6 people for 8days. it realli sounded unbelievable to me (you know the typical skeptical sporean? yea..) aniwae pastor a'mie decided not to sign up and it was realli hilarious to see this so furious (that we didnt sign with them) that he slammed his file shut! best of all is that he didn't even greet us out.. *lol.. we were so glad that we didnt sign it after that kinda lousy customer service..

entrance to the apartments

a look at the outside of the apartments as we drove past

a look at of the kitchens in the apartment

a view of canyon lake from one of the "normal" suites

a view of canyon lake from the "presidential" suite

had lunch at "asian buffet", which was a lil different from the one i had last time wif my aunt jac at kerrville. after that we went to a linen store, wal mart to grab some dvds and headed back to stacey's house to watch it. we watched the cartoon "flushed away" which their plot and animation sux and their jokes were pretty lame. next up was "remember the giants", which was about how a football coach, on the verge of being fired, reorganize his life to fit God's purposes (i was wif a bunch of christian pple wat do you expect? i feel the same way too..) and the changes in his life that God illicited i.e. his football team won state championship, his debt was cleared, someone gave him a new truck etc. finally, randolph gave me a ride home. i guess today wasn't too bad because i'm getting to see more of san antonio, compared to last sem. i didnt take much photos (as much as i hope i should) on this trip but it's not too bad. till next time when i go back to canyon lake wif aunt jac *ciaoz..

mUttOns bLeAtEd at... 10/08/2007 06:56:00 AM

Monday, October 01, 2007

ChEEsEcAkE fActOry

randolf asked me if i wanted to join stephanie and him for shopping on friday. wat do you thk? i wld love to!!! *haha.. told him that nobody, with the exception of my aunt jac, has taken me shopping in the US. sad isnt it? i totally agree. but i thk i finally found true friends in randolf and stephanie over here! there are realli cool and funny people to hang out with. their bickering and comments never fail to tickle me! *lol..

aniwae they were supposed to pick me up at 2. it was 230 and i still didnt see them and i tot they had forgotten bout me *sobz.. but it turned out tt traffic along babcock road was realli heavy, an unusual sight for a friday afternoon. they decided to head down to north star mall, making me all excited! *lol.. i have read bout it but have not been there b4. so it'll realli be an eye-opener for me this time. turned out that north star mall is pretty much like memorial mall, though not as new and grand. i bought a pair of jeans bcoz i dun have a black pair and they were having a sale. i oso wanted to get this white stripped armani exchange shirt but it was $78! so ex! *sobz.. it looked realli nice on me (i've a pic on it!) and i wanted it so bad! *sighz.. am hoping i can get it the next time i go to san marcos.

we decided to grab some cheesecake at the cheesecake factory before heading to randolf's church, but changed our minds to having our dinner there instead. it's realli cool and high class! true enuff, the food is not cheap too. randolf and i ordered "bang bang chicken and shrimp" while steph ordered some chicken pasta. omg! my dish is so damn nice! it has steamed rice surrounded by a sauce made of curry, peanuts, crackers and some paste. it's sweet, spicy and very tasty! it's been a long time since i had such good food. *salivates.. however, the serving was too large and we were realli full to have cheesecakes. disappointed, we left. but, they say they'll take me here again some day to have it! *yayz!

dropped by his church. met some new frens. listened to a good sermon which i cannot help dozing off bcoz i was so damn tired after thur nite's drunken brawl btw bob and john, whom i was damn pissed with. didnt go out for the rest of the weekend bcoz got 2 tests next week so decided to study for them. i'll leave you with some of the pics i took when we were out.