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christmas weekend is always hectic. people wake up when it's still dark just to stay in line for something that they want to re-sell. they take advantage of the christmas sales for gifts. they push & shove and right when you put that piece of clothing down because you wanted to "compare the two", some customer grabs it and you hunt them down around the whole store to say that it was yours first. hahahahhaha. okay i might've been overexaggerating. might've.

saturday before xmas - car (window) shopping. passed by a few used car places... ehh...

mom insisted on going to a dealership. ehhh they cost too much.

Honda Salesman 1 helped us out, but being the asians that we are, we stood firm with our Bargaining Price. he wouldn't budge. so,

Honda Salesman 2 tried to persuade us with his sales-talk. Nope. wasn't working with This asian family.

Honda Saleswoman 3 (haha.. using a woman now i see?) tried to persuade us with her "i'm-filipino-too" sales-talk. NOPE. embarrassing! we left.. and i'm still carless. =( but not for long. we've decided to look for cars in 08. makes more sense, right?

church on sunday. learned that Sometimes, when we're looking for the Perfect thing, it's easy to miss the Right thing. mhmmm Amen to that. Pastor used the example of the Dad who took his 3kids out looking for the perfect xmas tree. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/12/19/america/NA-GEN-US-Missing-Family.php good thing they're okay. that would be a horrible xmas story if they weren't. =T

we stayed at church til about 4pm because mom&titoroy had some ministry meeting thing. there were a bunch of kids.. nobody my age. what to do.. what to do..
these 2 little girls were my favorites. they are so cute. via and jamie. they look up to me and give me candy. =)
EWGHHH!!! this thing popped out of nowhere and said, "take my picture!"went to my cousin's heeze in milpitas. haven't seen her in ages. we didn't take pictures coz.. they're from my dad's side of the fam, and we weren't with dad???? i guess my mom is just koo with them. but other than that, our niece Chasity is 5 years old now. ^_^

had some mother-daughter bonding time (&ate some korean food before we headed to..)the MALL.... from 6-12... (still sunday). omfggg. get this. we went to old navy first. i tried to "compare sweaters" and some dumb customer tried to steal it from me. luckily i didn't need to hunt her down. i just.. spoke up. "Ahemm, that's mine." lol. i saw richie! =). then newpark.. chantal bumped into me. my all-day-in-house buddy. in-house = detention hall. haha. around 12, me n mom sorda got locked inside.. but we eventually found our way out. people, don't shop last minute.

monday night.. beautiful night.

Before:After:
after after...
after after after...

xmas day. dun dun dunn.

1/2day with mom..1/2day with dad's side.. mom's had good food, but dad's was more fun. i've never been to xmas in the park before.. that was interesting

got home & doodled.

i want eyelashes that actually SHOW. haha freakin asian status. >_<

i've learned from my family that when i'm a momma, i will cook good food AND go out somewhere fun w/ the fam rather than one or the other. car dealerships can be very persuading with their sales-talk, but don't fall for it! they will jip you. andddd um... bring a scarf and some gloves next time around. it's pretty darn cold out there.