Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Happy New Year's Day ba? Buhay OFW 2

Share ko lang... 4th of July today. Mga kaibigan ko nasa Huntington Beach ngayon, naka-check in sa hotel. Manonood ng fireworks from there, sana nakasama ako... May work ako kase bukas kaya I would rather not go... Sayang... Ang trabaho minsan eh nakakasira ng gimmick ng barkada, pero thankful ako may work na ako. kase kung walang work, walang pang-gimmick, therefor, hindi ako makakasama sa barkada.

Okay enough of that. This is the first time I celebrated the 4th of July. I thought that I will be staying home the whole day but I decided to go with my Tita to my Grandma's place. Poor Grandma naman if she celebrates the 4th of July alone so we had to keep her company.

Early today pa lang I would hear our neighbors na. They were already drinking after lunch and as per my Tita, malakas din daw gumamit ng fireworks ang neighbor namin. I just got home, it's around 10:31PM here. Wala na maingay so I guess wasted na sila lahat.

Nakakatuwa talaga ang celebration ng Independence Day dito, feels like New Year's Day. Ang daming places na may fireworks display and good thing my Grandma has a great view of the ones nearby from her balcony. I kinda remember tuloy the Pyrolympics na we would always go to sa Pinas... Nahomesick na naman ako...

Ang dami ding Police cars na umiikot pati mga fire trucks paikot-ikot din. Maraming aksyon pala dito, like we saw 2 polce chase and may nadaanan pa kame na isang pick-up na nahuli. They also do random inspection for DUI. Kung sa Pilipinas to, makikita mo kahit mga pulis nakikipag-inuman at nagpapaputok. Panalo diba? Only in da Pilipins!

Madaming barbeque parties din. I got invited to some pero ni-isa wala akong na-attendan. Kapag tinatamad ka talaga lumabas, tamad ka talaga. Pauwi na nga pala ang mga pinsan ko galing Vegas. Those lucky bastards, naambunan ng balato ng Tita ko kaya nagyaya mag-shopping sa Sabado. Pakshet!

Anyway, marami pa akong mga holidays na kailangan i-explore dito, sayang wala man lang nangyaring kodakan moments kanina pero keri lang. Hanggang sa susunod...

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