6/27/10
Waking up at 4am in the morning after the fun graduation party at Ceejay’s house, I begin to miss it already; actually, I missed it before I even got into my dad’s Toyota sienna at 10:24pm yesterday. Well for my fellow blogger readers I ‘m going to tell you my bus ride and maybe even my whole trip to and from San Francisco. Did I mention Ryan Buenviaje was still up playing his PS3? Well when I got on Facebook this morning and after updating my status to “Running on 3 hours of sleep” He says “I’m still awake”… That boy has some stamina. I should’ve done the same, but my dad suggested that I got to sleep, because I’m going to need some energy to pay attention to the bus ride. Well if I’m typing this up I’m still not paying attention to the bus ride so, I guess it’s no point ahaha. The bus and I have left the terminal so I should begin to tell you from start.
Waking up at 4am, having everything packed up from the afternoon before I went to Ceejay’s little get together. As ryan put it, it was more of a power nap. He’s right. Well I packed up and loaded everything onto the van and my dad was about to drop my mom, sister and me to the grey hound bus terminal, but then my dad said he knew how to get there and no direction was that necessary…. Until I go a little worried when we were driving down what looked like skid row… homeless people everywhere and drunks on the streets, even two dudes on bikes having a joy ride right in front of the van. There was even this one guy that U-turned, hit the curb, and still proceeded to drive over the curb to complete his U-turn. That was a serious facepalm movement. Arriving at the terminal itself it was quite shady, what makes me say that? Well for one thing it looked like the bus terminals you see at the movies, but this one had a little more people. Majority of the passengers were lower class latinos, blacks, whites, and one or two Asians not including me family. Anyways, yeah… I literally kept my guard on 110% when I was waiting for the grey hound bus to pull up to gate number sixteen, I am not, I repeat, not! Starting out my pre-morning with some crazy shit going on. , I’m still a little scared as I type up. So I’m on the freeway right now my sister and mom in front of me sitting on these tour bus type seats with a corduroy type clothe with grey hound dog prints covering those seats… they were blue. Right now its 6:14am, I left at 5:45am and I’m going to update you guys in a little bit… (7:39am) so armed with my mp3, netbook, and a DS I’m still trying to find ways to keep myself occupied because well, my Zen just frozed up on me and playing advance wars dual strike is a bitch because the computer just keep making bitch moves like damaging all my units for 2 and then getting to move twice with buff units before I get a chance to go and I have no factories to build any more units… son a bitch. So right now I’m still on the same bus there and a while back I noticed six-flags then I noticed that we’re in canyon country and the first person that came to mind again… yup. Ryan buenviaje, god dammit! So Yea, right now I’m just wasting away in the grey hound bus seat looking into the vast majority of farmland that are still growing and sometimes I just look into a barren grassland with nothing on it. I’m trying to find or improve a needle because that’s the size of the hole of my mp3’s reset button and it’s pissing me off that I can’t find one!! I must have music. Speaking of music I noticed how many “love songs” I have in my mp3… its kind of depressing, really. I mean I’m like almost 200 miles away and she’s still in my mind thanks to this little black box that plays music out of nowhere. So I just checked and it looks like the grey hound bus is taking route 99 north. I’ve never travelled this way before but I rather take the 101/1 north because it’s a scenic route and I get there around the same time as the bus does. If I had a new car I would suggest to drive up to NorCal but my 96 nissan that is mines but is restricted to my use can’t handle to 400 mile drive... fml. So in about two and a half hours I’ll be switching buses at Bakersfield. At least it’s not a place I don’t know. (7:50) I just asked my mom if she had a toothpick; she just woke up. Now we’re going to route 178, whatever. My mom has no tooth pick *sadface*. WAIT! Hooray! My sister has a lead pencil! Not I have to wait for my mp3 to recalibrate… and it apparently likes john mayer because it’s the first song it goes to, o sorry, first album it goes to when it resets… all the time. *Plays Up In The Air – DFD”. We have stopped at Bakersfield. 10min and they it looks like we’ll just stay and change somewhere along Fresno. I’m going to attempt to find wireless internet right now. BRB (7:56am) nope. Stupid SSID pw. The sun is nice right now: warm, bright, and not too hot but wamr enough where you actually want to stare at it, not that I did that. I’ll be updating again. P.s. Bakerfield seems like a nice little town to chill in. Or maybe it’s because its 8am in the morning and most people here would be at church, working or not awake. (: (8:50) *sigh* I don’t know why, but I keep getting a whiff of the body odor of an alcoholic… disgusting. Well the A/C in the bus is on, a bit chilly, but it’s fine. I got a jacket on. *Sam Geunjin Kang - Red light* 252 miles to Sacramento. Still seeing farmland, not a lot of fun I might add. I got Ritz crackers which I’m not fond of, but Carolyn would concur, and my pineapple cakes, yum. I hope you guys are having a blast reading this (aha, I bet some of you skipped around). I actually hope you guys have a nice summer so far! (8:55) update later. (10:21am) I’ve arrive at Fresno ans it looks like we’ll be switching bus drives and I don’t know the next stop is, but I’m going to need it since the men’s restroom in this stop is out of order, so FUCK! And theres no restaurant nearby so it’s a waste of my 20min bus break, all I can do is stretch a little, but fuck my life! I’m currently typing in the bus and without the air conditioning, it’s pretty hot in here and musty. The smell like of reminds me of Shaq’s scent ahaha, ceejay’s dog. So theres this innocent asian girl riding the bus all alone, she reminds me of Vivian, Jackie’s roommate. She even has a blue hat that says “SD” ahah, and she looks like she’s in college so, eh. Anyways, its 10:26 so its almost time to leave, maybe in about 5-10 mins. So far the ride is just not that fun. The only thing that would make this bus ride to San Francisco a blast would be riding it with some out-going friends, but still laid back, and maybe if the seats were a little wider. *All the right moves – OneRepublic* So yeah (10:29) new bus driver starts up the bus. I can’t wait to get something to eat later, I’m not starving yet, but I do feel empty. Ceejay’s mom’s Lumpias and spaghetti bulongenese, and the BBQ chicken? Pork? Didn’t fill me all the way up yet. It was good though. Also it looks like Argentina versus Mexico is going to be a big game, so until I update again,(10:32am). (11:52am) So I just passed Merced, the town, and its in the middle of nowhere!! It’s like 120miles from Sacramento and 250 miles from Los Angeles, but it looks like the town is growing because I just saw a Freeway ramp taking shape to the left of the bus. I’m hungry right now, but not yet starving ahah. But man, hats off the Atis, and Richard tran, because it looks like they’re going to be dorming or living around there for a while. So theres this asian lady next to me that got on the bus at Fresno… and she’s giving herself a manicure or something on the bus because it’s been, what? 2 hours? And she’s only filing her nails, she brought with her like, 3 different filers crazy. Kinda annoying at the same time thought because she’s probably like all other asian moms. In Advance Wars Dual Strike, I’m down to my last mission and this shit is crazy! Theres likemissles everywhere, enemy cannons place where I can’t get to them and pipes surrounding everything including myself =_=. Modesto in about 50 miles, never been there, but that’s our next stop, then followed by Stockton *Us Against the World – Christina Milian(I’m kind of hooked to this song)* Still thinking about Merced, that place does not look interesting at all if you’re growing up there. Anyways, (12:01pm) and I’m just still seeing farmland after passing Merced with an exception of like, one or two little airports. O look, the asian next to me brought bottled juice she either made herself of poured into >_<. The Asian girl with the “SD” hat is pass out and for some strange reason she was sleeping with her head against the window and she had her hat on… THEN condensation accumulated on the window, I just find it odd, but made she’s just a hot head (ahah, joke! I’m bored, don’t judge) and the A/C is on full blast. But yea, if you’re wondering how I’m seeing these people is because I’m apparently tall when I sit up and my peripherals catches them ahah. O yeah, did I mention there was a crying baby earlier? I was thinking for the whole bus: “O crap” but then they got off at Fresno and that was the last of them :D Mean, I know but I’m running on barely and sleep and I didn’t catch up with it on the bus and I have no food in my belly. At this stage is when I get pissed the most easily, eh, depends. *Clarity – John Mayer* anyways I’ll update again (12:07pm). (12:35pm) We arrive in Modesto, 15 min break. I think I can make it to San Francisco before I eat, so yeah… nothing. Waiting and then we’re off. Ahaha, the Asian girl reminds me of Karen Chu, if she had an under-bite. *Dreaming with a Broken Heart – John Mayer* I’m trying to go through my MP3 once with no shuffle and I’m currently 116/406. That’s a lot of minutes in songs… The prices for vending machines are FUCKEN EXPENSIVE might I add, $2.75 for a soda and $1.50 for a bag of chips/ corn nuts..wtf?! Observation . So yea it looks like theres one more stop before San Fran and it’s *Drnk Txt Rmeo-gym Class Heroes* Stockton. And if you’re wondering about the songs, I’m just putting them down because I notice them ahaha! So until then (12:42pm). (1pm) So there was one of those mileage boards on the road, 90 miles to San Francisco and I think 27 miles until Tracy? Maybe I should visit Kevin Canlas… if I can’ get off. I don’t think they will let me because it’s not part of the bus route. *Even Now – Dashboard Confessional* 129/406 I think the first I’m going to do when I get to San Francisco is definitely check weather, because San Francisco is nice on a sunny day and it’s the usual if it’s cloudy. *Everybody Learns From Disaster – Dashboard Confessional* I brought my tennis racket and I washed my favorite tennis shirt the day before so I might tennis if I can because theres still a possible chance that I go to my Uncle’s house first and theres nothing to do there because it’s an industrial part of town so every patch of grass is either privately owned or build upon ): (1:05pm). (1:18pm) *Find Your Love – Drake* So I just saw a real life hitch hiker, it was pretty funny because there was a gas station like, a mile ahead >_< and just right noow (1:20pm) I just saw a cop pull over a silver Honda accord ahah. That was fun while it lasted. *five minutes til midnight – boys like girls* so I just passed Tracy and it’s a fairly big town from where I saw which was probably a good 5miles away. It’s almost in the middle of nowhere still though aha! It also looks like we won’t be going to Stockton because schedule changed and while we were at Modesto the old man that was going to Stockon got off and went to the Grey Hound bus next to us. (1:25pm) my dad just called, I told him I was typing down whatever I did or saw that was of any importance or that I found even a little interested in. So yeah… we went over a hill and he lost connection. Rofl. It was funny. Route 580 weast. Yes like Patrick star… Weast (1:28pm). *half alive – secondhand serenade*(2:05pm) We finally arrived at Oakland City limits and I’ve always just thought Oakland as part of San Francisco, since its like Tujunga to los Angeles, its close enough but still distinctable. *I want you – Kings of Leon* So yeah I’m going to stop here and say, thanks for reading this 2350 word blog. I hope you guys had a nice day. See you guys whenever I find another internet connection because both my uncle’s place and grandparents place does not have wireless internet and probably like last year, I had to steal the neighbor’s internet, I mena they left it unlock, its their fault so hopefully it’s going to be like that for the rest of the week. I’ll also be taking picture. Blog out. (Still missin’ you guys)


ps. L.A. pho kicks SF pho's ass.