let's BACKTRACK

Just one quick thing that happened on the way back to the US before I go to bed. On the plane, there was this Canadian (?) family sitting to my right. We were close enough to the ground to see houses and cars pretty clearly.

One of the little girls said to her mom, “There’s no trees or grass here!”
Her brother then replied, “Look! There’s a palm tree over there”.
Their mom then replied, “Oh, that must be all the rich people live”.

So palm trees = where rich people live? I don’t know, I guess palm trees are the new symbol for wealth.

Congrats to my cute little cousin Evan on his Green belt. Almost to that first black belt!

Today, we were going to go to just enjoy a nice day out at the beach in White Rock. However, we ended up doing the complete opposite. Well, we got to White Rock. We just didn’t get to the beach. First of all, there was absolutely no parking. Evan and I were in Dom’s car, and we were literally going up and down residential areas and near the beach for a parking for about 20 minutes at least. When we finally found one (mind you, the two other cars had already found spaces), we walked for about 5 minutes down a steep hill. That was when we got a call to turn back, since we were now going to a picnic place near the US-CAN border (Peace Arch). It took us then about 7 minutes to walk back up, and all of us were huffing and puffing. It really was a steep hill. D: Even Evan was tired out (imagine that!).

When we got near the Duty Free place leading to Peace Arch, and was about to enter Duty Free (since that was where the two other cars were parked) we were stopped by this man, asking us if we were US-bound. We said no (of course) and he told us to turn back, since we could only go in if we were going to the US. Uh-oh! So the other two cars were pretty much stuck inside, with nowhere to go. No one had their passports or anything, so they were pretty much screwed. 3/5 of the kids were from the US/HK and didn’t have their parents, so they got a lot of hassle. The two HK kids had to write their names in Chinese and English, and the rest were questioned like heck. They pretty much had to wait and talk to officials for about an hour.

Evan, Dom, and I just left to Richmond and went to eat Wonton. I mean, there was no point in waiting there for them since there weren’t any places to eat. XD We were going 124 (not sure if this is km or miles… if in miles, it would only be 77 mph, but it felt a little faster than that) on the highway (yay~), and that was an incredibly quick way to get home. We then went to the golf shop (saw an old guy in a bight purple shirt), then got boba drinks (cantaloupe is incredibly good), then went home. We were so full when we got home, XD. How lucky were we to have gone home so early?

At the end of the day, GREEN TEA ICECREAM <3

I’m pretty sure we’re not going back there again. Dom looked so pissed off when we were going home. My advice? READ SIGNS. There was actually a sign right next to the entrace that said, “US BOUND TRAFFIC ONLY”. It’s true when they say women are bad drivers. XD

Plan for tomorrow? DARK KNIGHT. Reviews pending. :]

And did I mention how cool stick shifts are? I don’t know, but I think they’re so much cooler than automatics. I want to learn stick shift one day. It’d probably take me about 212983 years to learn though. XP

I’m serious. I have come to absolutely hate kids. They’re loud, annoying, and lots and lots of trouble. If they don’t get you with their complaining, they’ll get you with their crying.

So we went to this inside playground thing again today with lots of inflatable castles and courses. The fun I had since the age limit was 12 (Darn, missed it by four years)! Instead of playing, I borrowed Get Smarter by Seymour Schulich from Dominic and finished it (296 pages). That left Vanessa (12), Evan (10), Sharon (9?), Esmond (8), and Denise (6) to play. Like all the little kids in the world, little Denise wanted to play with the older kids, while the older kids (the big four) ran away from her and picked on her. About ever 10 minutes, she would come back to us (Aunt Kelly and I), crying and saying that the big four were picking on her. She could have just played alone or found some other kids to play with (There were like, 100 kids in there…seriously.), yet she insisted on playing with them, even though they didn’t want to. There was a point in time that one of the staff had to step in and help Denise because Esmond and Evan were kicking her head. I’m serious. Kids are just complete trouble.

Some things I found today:
1. People always have a tendency to stick with an “older crowd”. Kids always want to play with the older kids, even though the older kids don’t want to play with the younger kids. It’s a never-ending cycle. XD Like how all the little kids want to play with me, even though I just want to be left with my computer and homework. Like how Denise sticks with the older kids, even though they hate her guts. It’s fun to watch, really.

2. Get Smarter is a very interesting book. Quite a bit of good advice that we already know, but have to be reminded of. Truthfully, half of the stuff did not apply to me. Seriously, I don’t care for business, investments, stocks, or any of that stuff. The stuff on dealing with people and how to keep good relationships and how to be a good leader was pretty good though. I might actually start using some of those tips. Maybe I’ll appear to be less of a “bitch” to some people. Anyways, I should read more stuff like this. (But seriously, are business books the only kind of books Dom has?.. Kind of sad. Not to mention how he has not read any of them after purchasing them for such a high price ($29.95 for a “slightly-less-than-300pages” book with big print?).

And that reminds me:
1. Evan was doing an impression of Dominic and his computer/work obsession yesterday (hair and all!). It was really amusing. Even Dom laughed when we showed him – complaining how he “doesn’t move as much”. I’ll upload on youtube sometime. :]

Quick post before I have to hand this computer over to my cousins. :]

- The guy that sat next to me on the plane trip over here is studying Physics at Caltech. :O He came to Vancouver for summer school and he looked like someone from Beauty and the Geek. How fun. :] and he totally saved me from my exploding pen by giving me paper to wipe the ink off my fingers. He was looking at equations the whole plane trip, so I couldn’t tell him my nerdy pick-up lines (ftw!) :[

- Dood, no internet </3

- My uncle’s plane couldn’t take off, so he got stuck in Vancouver for another day. Haha.

- After I got off the plane, I couldn’t hear anything for the longest time. :[

- WW3 dream where Russia exploded into confetti, XDD

- My cousins think I’m dating Dominic because I talk to him online (little kids and the way they take things! <3)