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I won at Jackson Rancheria Casino
Posted on October 20 2008 Category: Out & About

I went to Jackson Rancheria Casino with my friends, Maricel & Meliza. One of my friends works in Thunder Valley.  Both Maricel and Meliza are dreamcatcher’s club member. They told me that it is free to sign up. So I signed up since it is free anyway. If you sign up they'll put $30 in your card for the first timer. The moment I got my card we went at once to slot machines. I have no idea what to do and how to play and I really don’t know how to operate the slot machine. I kept asking my friends how to do it and where to insert the card. I’m so glad my friends were there to assist me. I didn’t even know that I’m winning.

It's so funny that when we were there at the ATM machine to get my money, they told me to insert the voucher, as first timer I really don't know, I inserted the whole thing but I'm kind of confused because it didn't go through then heard Maricel laughing at me because it is suppose to insert the voucher one at a time...duh!

This is my second time being in casino, but today is my first time to play in slots.  My first time was when Chris and I went to Lake Tahoe, that was back few years ago.. He had his quarters rolled in paper worth $20. I wasn’t sure at that time why he was putting the quarters into paper and I seemed curios what he’s going to do with it. He just said, we might stop by at Casino on our way back. He lost his $20 at the casino. I was just there watching Chris playing and losing the $20. I never tried playing until today.

Even though playing in slots is not my bailiwick but I won $26.50 and now I can tell that it is really feels good to win. Anyway, the place is beautiful and big and they have large selection of slots. Thanks Meliza and Maricel. I had a good time! View photos

Apple Hill Getaway
Posted on October 11 2008 Category: Out & About

Casey and I were off to Apple hill last Saturday(10/11) together with my friends. I wasn't planning on going to Apple Hill. This was unplanned but just all of a sudden I decided to go with them. My original plan was to go to Fairytale town since it was free to get in and also I was thinking the Berenstain bear's sister will be there in Fairytale town. Casey likes Berenstain bear books. so thought maybe Casey might enjoy seeing them. But plans changed, I thought this was perfect time to go to Apple Hill, just myself and Casey. This will give Chris time to finish his homework and take exams. So we're off to Apple hill and we had a good time there. All mommies were having fun taking pictures of their babies with all the pumpkins there. It's so cold and windy in apple hill, it's a good thing I brought Casey's jacket and her gloves and she seemed glad about it. Anyway, we got home about 6pm. I was so tired with all the walking and chasing Casey but I had fun and so did Casey. Thanks for the ride Merl and the apple donut! View photos

Ladies Trip To San Francisco
Posted on September 28 2008 Category: Out & about/Friends

The ladies were off to San Francisco yesterday. We talked about this at our last potluck. I was hesitant to go because Casey has fever for 2 days before the ladies day Trip to SF. But on Friday she didn’t have fever and we let her go to school since she missed 2 days of school. She was cooperating and that made me decide that I’m going to San Francisco with the ladies. I was thinking this might be my chance to go out and enjoy with just the ladies while Chris is not working yet, so I have to take advantage of this.

We got to San Francisco about noon. First we went to Daly City to drop off Loida’s parents. Daly City is one of only a few major-Asian cities in the continental United States. The city is known for its large Filipino American with a population of 103,621 (as of 2000). I didn’t know this until Loida told us about it. She used to live there and according to her, you didn’t have to have a car to get to the places she wanted. My eyes were busy watching the city and I agreed with loida. The stores are just close to each other and the Bart station is close by for walking to. Anyway, we went to Bart to wait for Niah. Her husband, Peter, dropped her off of Bart just so she can join us. She made it from Colorado to here to celebrate our Freedom (Ladies-day off)

Everyone got hungry and dying to eat rice (Lol) So, to make sure there is rice, we decided to go to Jollibee! Jollibee is a fast-food restaurant chain based in the Philippines. It is an American-style fast-food restaurant with Filipino-influenced dishes specializing in burgers, spaghetti, chicken and some local Filipino dishes. I enjoy Jollibee more than Mc Donald. Their chicken is “Finger lickin’ good”. We had rice, a bucket of chicken, palabok, peach-mango pie...hmm. yum-o!

And now that we satisfied our tummy's cravings, we’re on our way to Loida’s itinerary plans. There were a few places we went to- amongst those was the golden gate, Lombard Street. I’ve been wanting to see Lombard and am so glad Loida included Lombard in her itinerary. Lombard Street is best known for the one way section on Russian Hill between Hyde and Leavenworth Streets, in which the roadway has eight sharp turns (or switchbacks) that have earned the street the distinction of being "the crookedest (most winding) street in world. Yes we drove to Lombard street, the part that is very steep road and thought I’m going to have heart attack! Everyone was screaming. And Loida mentioned it was her first time to drive Lombard Street. We'd rather that we didn't want to know that, to keep us calm and relax :)

We went to Coit Tower, Marine Vista point and the last one was the Ghirardelli square. This is the only place I requested Loida to bring me. I like Ghirardelli and really wanted to visit the store. Ghirardelli Square is a tourist attraction with shops and restaurants in the Fisherman's Wharf area of San Francisco, California. When you get into the store, they give you a sample of chocolate and we savor every taste of Ghirardelli chocolate.

We had so much fun, I feel like teenager. The loud music, the laughing, dancing, screaming, waving at people (men), it seemed liked we own the city. I'm assuming people think we're drunk, but we're not. Nobody's drinking, this is just pure fun. We just enjoying to the max, like there no tomorrow. We were enjoying our day-off as maid? Is that what you call it ladies? LOL

We had dinner at Cafe Eight after looking around which restaurant we want. Some restaurant’s we went to, need reservations and some we have to wait 2 hours. We really didn't want to wait that long. The time is running so fast. At that time it was 10pm. Time flies really when you are having fun. At Cafe Eight, I had a bowl of clam chowder soup and hot chocolate. I was cold and thought soup is a good remedy. It helped though. This is my first time to have clam chowder. and they seemed surprise when I told them. According to them, clam chowder is an American favorite soup and I didn't know that. The clam chowder at Cafe Eight is good but a bit salty for me, but their mocha is really so good!

We feel a bit exhausted after Ghirardelli and decided to go home but we have to go Hayward to drop off Niah and then we headed to Sacramento. Thank you Violet for bringing me home. When I got home, my clock says it is 2:07am. I didn’t expect to be home at 2am, my expectation was to be home by 9pm, at the latest. Anyway, I had so much fun. And now this morning my daughter Casey told me, she won't let me go without her and her daddy. Oh uh, am I in trouble? Thank you Ladies! And ladies, don’t forget, what happened in SF, stays in SF. View Photos

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