Photo taken on Maui, Nov. 2008.

How does a girl that absolutely HATES drama, get caught in so many within the last 2 months... between having to go to court, work, health, and love... seriously drama-gods I'm officially beat. Oh wait wait I have one more court date coming up, thank's a lot life.


Sometimes I just don't get life. I'm a simple girl, who does what needs to be done. I live my life, I don't get into anyone's space, I'm a pretty content with what I have kind of girl. I have great family and friends, don't do anything bad really, my only worries were about trying to save money and trying to stay sane working 2 jobs (which I've done for the last 7 years!). THEN all of a sudden the drama seemed to come after me and screw over my calm little lifestyle. What do I have this big sign over my head that says "This girl needs some drama in her life! Come and get her!"


Within the last 2 months I've gotten 2 massages, and both people told me that I'm too tense. The Phiten hasn't been working, my back and neck is killing me. Within the last 2 weeks, I've lost my appetite and just have been down in the dumps. Can you believe it not even SHOPPING at Nordstrom Rack cured my blues? (Though I did find a Fighting Eel dress and a Mink Pink top, all under $100!).


I know, I know... get a grip and pull yourself together. I'm starting to get focused on rebuilding me, and just remember everything happens for a reason. I'm grateful for everyone's support and those who are always there to listen and keep me busy. Weird but I quote my manager Ali, all the time to myself in my head, "Moving forward." A simple little mantra, that cures my mini-anxiety throughout the day. Oh and also blasting Kelly Clarkson's entire Breakaway album helps a lot too.


On to bigger and better things... I just have to believe.

1.   True happiness is       being loved and being surrounded by those you love.

2.  The most surreal moment of my life was   I don't think I have lived it yet  .

3.  My favorite texture is       my favorite texture... cotton, smooth skin .

4.  My signature color is    green and red, and probably grey  .

5.  My signature style is     I'm definitely a t-shirt and jeans kind of girl, add in a hoodie and some rubber slippers kind of girl, accessories always include 1 necklace (mostly my phiten ones) and an oversized bag or da kine backpack, real simple, real comfortable, yet still in style. Now that I've wrote it down, my signature style needs to be vamped up a bit .

6.  If I could choose one store to spend my life savings at, it would be        NORDSTROM or Urban Outfitters    .

7.  My best thing about autumn is        I live in Hawaii, what is Autumn?     . 

Your turn:  Fill in the Blank Friday

I could always rely on good ol JT.

As I close a chapter maybe an entire volume in my life, I need to remember everything happens for a reason.

See how much time I have on my hands... I painted my nails leopard print last week. I took this picture on Friday so that is why they look pretty had it. It took me about 2 hours to finish. I got inspired by a Japanese magazine I picked up at Hakubundo. I also found $12 oxfords at Forever 21! I bought oxfords earlier this year from Vans (they looked the kind of shoes Bert wears on Sesame Street), only to return them a few days later because EVERYONE in my house said they look like bowling shoes. I wore my new F21 oxfords to work yesterday, they were too narrow for my big ass feet but they looked cute.

I've also be contemplating going back to school to become an elementary school teacher. Wayne says to really think through this decision because I'd be shaping the young minds of the future. And that's a lot of pressure. I've been feeling listless lately. Everyday is the same, work and then more work. Nothing all that exciting going on. It feels like I'm just waiting for my big trip to come along. I miss being 21, when it felt like you had the world in the palm of your hands and you could do anything you wanted. Growing up is stressful. I've been to 2 massages in the past 2 weeks and both masseuses (sp?) said I was too tense and that a young girl like me should not have this many back and neck aches. Tense from what? I'm not sure... life, I guess.

Oh and I forgot to finish this post on Saturday. So here you go....

It's 11 p.m., Saturday night, and I'm at home BLOGGING. Wow I am a G-Ma. Anna, Ala and I just watched Easy A. Honestly I wasn't all that excited about this movie, I thought it looked ok. Kind of like Saved or Mean Girls. WRONG well it wasn't as good as Mean Girls (as in I won't be quoting lines from it), it was still pretty good. Good enough to see again in theaters and definitely good enough to buy the DVD. It was really funny, Emma Stone was bad ass AND I loved her parents and Mr. Griffith, her English teacher. Also Penn Badgley (AKA Dan Humphrey!) hot, I die. AHHHHH I'm going to rewatch Gossip Girl right now, just to see him! 

Last week Thursday was Anna Banana's Birthday. Anna isn't much of a birthday person, so Ala, Priya and I took her to dinner at Shabu Shabu house. And for dessert we went to Bubbies! Priya and I snuck in this candle and stuck it in her ice cream cone. Happy Birthday Roomie! I'm glad I have you to grow old with, seriously we are the old ladies of the house. Later that night we went to Kanpai to celebrate Rissa's birthday, she and Anna have the same birthday. Unfortunately it was a Thursday so we were only able to take one shot with her. Next time, next time we will make it up to you Riss!

 I saw this on some other person's blog and I needed to spruce up my own blog but didn't have the skills nor the enthusiasm to think of something interesting to write about, so I decided to just fill in these blanks. So here goes...

1.   When I get a day to myself I like to      well if I didn't have to catch up on cleaning and errands, I like to sleep in, cook, hit the beach and just relax .

2.  High school was....      fun but not the greatest time of my life. I just don't get how people say it was the best time of your life, I think college totally trumps high school .

3.  A little dream I have is       to marry Zac Efron or Justin Timberlake  .

4.  A big dream I have is       to own my own business, a cute boutique if I move to Maui I was thinking Paia, or to move to Greece   .

5.  If I could drive any car my pick would be     I still want an Escalade .

6.  A time that I felt really and truly beautiful was       I'm not sure if this has happened yet, but if it did it was probably on a non fat day, standing next to really ugly people   .

7.  Tomorrow I will....       enjoy my day off–sleeping in, cooking, and spending a little qt with my bff Wayne Terada     . 

Your Turn!!  Fill in the Blank Friday

I still don't think that my answers were exceptionally interesting, but I'll keep doing these but next time I'll actually do them on Fridays.

That's me and my t-shirt blanket, my Auntie Alda made it for me, out of all the UH and sports related shirts I've got (most of them for free!) during college. I have one in the works for all my favorite billabong t-shirts, hopefully I can visit her soon and we can work on another one together! Tonight we helped Tammy raise money for Pearl City High School at the USC-UH wahine vball match. I haven't been there in FOREVER, maybe since college. When I stepped through the security gate door, it just took me back to my college days! Working in the SID office and taking a gazillion KLS courses, the athletic department was my playground in college. During the school year it was running around helping out with EVERY sporting event possible, during the summer it was organizing our archives, oh and lots of checking out HOT athletes in between those times. hahaha. Those were definitely THE best days of college. It was hard work but I wouldn't have wanted any other job (COME ON... press row and box seats, and all I had to do was make copies and pass them out!). Now that I have a regular job (meaning M-F 7-4) I'm excited to be able to go to more UH sporting events as well as joining Priya and Rissa for Monday Night Football seshes. 


40 days til disneyland!