HEY HEY! Yea, I'm writing in here...finally, huh? Ummm...this winter break was so awesome because I got to visit my family in Belgium. It was such a good experience, and I can't wait to go there again...maybe in 2 years?! Hopefully! Anyway, I met all of my family there- some even came from Luxembourg and London. It was crazy- there were so many of them! During my stay, I visited tourist sites (grand place, atomium, waterloo, the royal palace, etc...), went ice skating and swimming (sorta..haha), watched movies (you know they have a filipino video store there?!), ate some good food (their waffles are soo yummmy..hehe!), went shopping, hung out with family, and so much other stuff. I also went to Amsterdam, Holland. What a free country it is! OMG...you can smell the weed on the streets, see porn in the souvenier shops, etc. The only thing I liked about that city was going to the Madame Tussaud museum. It was the closest thing being next to a celebrity...haha. After Christmas, we went to Paris in which I finally got to see the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral. We stayed in a 5 star hotel over night...hah, yea right! It wasn't the greatest hotel I must say, but pretty cheap. One thing I didn't like about Paris was that it was a crowded city. I don't think I could ever live there one day, but it's good to visit. K back to Belgium...Their shopping places were very different than here, and it was expensive so I didn't get to buy much. They had such the coolest jackets though; however the one's I wanted, I wouldn't be able to wear here in SUNNY San Diego...haha, their fashion is kinda like our's but different in many ways. The houses there are sooo different because they're all close together, and you have to go up many flights of stairs, but that was a good thing because it was some exercise for me...hah. What else? OMG! It was sooo cold there- you have to dress in so many layers. And... their chocolates are so good! I ate a lot since I've been back- not good, but I have such a sweet tooth, hah. Hmmmm...Anything else? Can't really think of anything, but I had lots of fun! If you have to opportunity to go to (YOUR-up) Europe...GOOOO!!! You'll learn a lot of the french culture, broaden your horizons, ETC ETC! hehe....

Some pictures are on My Xanga. Enjoy!

well hey tom and craig! i decided to change the layout. i'll try to fix the colors asap. hope all is well. i'll write more later.

-monty

hiiiiiiiiii. mayan, this has been quite a week. wait, it's not even a week? what am i talking about, it's only thursday. ONLY THURSDAY. well, first week at school was swell. um . . . i don't want to bore you with all the details of my first four days of class. all i can say is "BRING IT ON!!" this is going to be one fun semester (being sarcastic) oh, dear . . . what have i put myself into. hopefully, it'll pay off in the end. i mean literally PAY OFF when i'm done. hopefully, i'll get into the nursing program at state. eeekk... pray for me puh-lease.

it's kinda odd when you're in a class that has two dead bodies off to the side. don't you think?

bye. have a good day.

As you can tell…I’m not really good at this blog thing. Writing in here roughly every two months should hardly count for updating regularly. But if anything…at least I write in here at all….wouldn’t want to keep this site completely neglected. Anyways…I seldom have interesting things to talk about. Just this past week I came back up to LA. Winter break was really chill…didn’t really do a whole lot…but got to relax. My little sisters are hilarious…they crack me up…and they’re getting so big. Got to hang out with craig and also monty near the end of break…good times…those silly people. Class started for me on Thursday…and me and my roommates have decided that we’re gonna drop out. During finals at the end of last quarter…I told my mom that I was dropping out….and she just laughed…she didn’t believe me. Ok forget it…”duhh…as if”….i’m not really dropping out…school just sucks. But I gotta think optimistic…gotta get my grades up….so that one day…I too can have a beautiful house like the people on ‘cribs.’ ok…um yeah….I think that’s enough…I shall write in here later. Catch you later dudes…

Habibi…you’re the spectacularest