Pre-Christmas in Los Angeles
The main reason we went to LA was to get our marriage registered renew our Philippine passport in the Consulate there. They don’t accept mail application anymore. You need to be there to get a machine readable passport .Bummer!
I’ve never been to LA so I was excited.
From the airport, we headed straight to the consulate. It took us more than four hours to get everything done. They were not systematic and everyone was soo slow. Well, what can you expect with Philippine government agencies, ey? Same ol’, same ol’ kahit saan. I was surprise to see ” Lunch Break 12:00 – 1:00 PM” sign. Waa. They even have a lunch break, for petesakes. No offense ha but you must know, hindi uso ang lunch break dito. Well, we take breaks but we take turns so that the office still accommodate clients during lunchtime.
But anyway, we finished what we came for and have to wait for 6 weeks to get our new passport. We got back to our rental car to find out a ticket in the windshield. A parking ticket for $60!!! Waaa! Apparently, we did not read the bottom part of this sign.
Darn!!! Sixty bucks!! Oh may gaasss!! It kinda ruined our mood. The good thing was our car didn’t get towed which would be a bigger problem pagnagkataon.
The parking ticket incident didn’t ruin my mood to eat though. Haha. We went to Max’s of Manila , one of Max’s restaurant branches in the US, for lunch. It was packed at 2:00 PM.
Not my photo. Photo via Flickr
We ordered Crispy Pata, Sisig and Nilagang Baboy in big serving. Ubos! I forgot to take photos for I was starving. FYI, JLC and I are members of CPL – CLEAN PLATE SOCIETY which explains why we ate everything! Haha. Wala kayang Pinoy restaurant dito so whenever we go to one in other states, we make sure we DIG IN. Haha. Gluttons!
After the over-indulging of food, we went to the Hollywood Walk of Shame Fame. The only reason I wanted to go there was to see the star of my one and only MATT DAMON… Click Click Click!!!
…. and Mickey Mouse too
..and of course, how can I forget BUMMBLE BEE.
Also to get some free hugs:
Afterwards, we stopped by at the Grauman’s Chinese Theater where some of my Hollywood friends left their footprints and hand marks. Here’s my buddy Steven Spielberg:
My driver:
And my favorite masseur:
At night, we went to the popular 3rd Street Promenade located near Santa Monica where I found him..
The next day, pigging out continued…. We went to the popular Gerry’s Grill to meet up some friends.
There’s nothing like home but tt would be hard for you to miss the Philippines if you live in Los Angeles, I tell you. So Winkie, punta ka na! 
Next stop, Vegas baby!!! And so the vacation galore continues…
wow kainggit. dito eh ako lang ang artista.
…well, atleast, madrama…
haha. artistahin ka pala? anong project mo ngayon?
yung re-enactment ng birth ko. kaso eh hinahanap ko pa yung perfect inudoro…at yung three kings
ressie,
ang ganda mo talaga.
dencios
kaw naman dence…masyado tuloy akong nagba-blush. sige na nga,ganda ka rin
Waaa. Natumbok mo Jesse!
~~~blushing~~
nice! looks like you really had a great time. i can’t wait to go there too.
Pupunta ka dito? Sabihan mo ko. Yey!
wow! nice photos: di ko akalain meron si mickey mouse sa walk of fame. yay!! akalain mo yun. hahaha.. tapos talagang may free hug? yay! gusto yan.. hihi..
May max manila din. saya naman parang sa pinas lang.. I don’t know about this Grauman’s Chinese Theater until you mentioned about this. May ganyan din pala sa LA. Thanks for sharing.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! HAPPY MARRIAGE!
I have a new blog: http://painuminmoko.crashtequila.info
Hi Jen, thank you! Happy New Year. Bibisitahi ko bago mong blog.
hi ate reessiee!! since youre now a citizen in the US, ill try my best to speak ano…
ang ganda talaga dyan at may max’s pa ano??
ang saya naman parang ang lamig lamig tignan ng pics..
(o mainit lang talaga dito?)
happy holidays ate reesiee!!
ikaw ba may ari ng napakasarap na Reesie’s Chocolate with Peanut Butter?
ako lang naman ang may-ari ng Reese’s chocolates. Haha. Ambisyosa!
hindi naman halata na nag enjoy ka eh.ahahaha
those places will always remain on my dreams nalang..
ahahhaa..
hindi mo ba nakita kamay ko at paa diyan? kahit nga mukha ko nakatatak din dyan.ahaha
malditz, mark ng pwet mo ang nakita ko doon. haha
Wow, ang ganda naman ng bakasyon mo sis!
Happy holidays. 
Thanks snowy! Kahit late na tong reply ko. Haha
astig! LA yan pare! hahaha! obviously hindi pa ako nakakarating diyan.. at kahit sinabi kong ngayong 2010 e magtatravel ako, hindi pa kaya ng budget ko ang mag out of the country.. hahaha!!
Anyways, Happy New Year Reesie! God bless for 2010!
Enjoy life!
thanks fjordz. makakarating ka rin dito, hayaan mo.
wow naman. twas nice to know na may max’s na pala sa LA.
dati may jollibe na rin sa US but i heard na nalugi ata sila.
ang daming jollibee sa California. Di sila nalugi. Meron din goldilocks.
as usual, na-iinggit ako. hehe.. inggitero eh.. heheh
Lami ang Max didto?
By the way, ready na yung shirt for delivery. pwede bang sa country mall na lang. if okay lang.
dili kaau lami ang max pero na enjoy gyd nako. lami ang gerry’s grill.
syempre, nainggit din ako! CA is one of my dream places to visit. someday… i will be there. lol
i sooooo lurve your outfit resse! very chic!
thanks winkie! makakapunta ka din sa CA. remember mag EB tayo doon? hehe
So, nakita mo ba ate ung star ko sa walk of fame? o siguro, masyadong maraming tao dun kaya di mo man lang nasulyapan.
HAHA.
Happy 2010 ate!
nakita ko naman. ang cute nga eh. kailangan ko ng microscope para makita ang hand mark mo doon. haha
grabe, astig nung bumblebeeee!!!!!! I like!
you like? i like it too! haha
hi anak, kumusta ka na, dito na kami ulit sa Germany kalungkot nga eh, grabe ang snow, si king kong kaya meron ding star?
kailan kayo babalik ng pinas mommy?
sa april ang balik namin sa pinas and we’ll stay there till June, sana magkita tayo this year anak
mommy, bongga ka talaga. parang Quiapo lang ang pinas sayo. Hehe. Sana nga magkita tayo. Kaya lang 2011 pa ang uwi ko eh. Pero magkikita talaga tayo one of these years. Excited ako ma meet ka talaga.
ang pretty talaga ni ate..nice ng out fit, gusto ko ung boots na ganyan..hehe..
kailang nga kaya tutunog talaga ang kampana nyo ni JLC hehe..:)
sayo na yan pag-uwi ko lovely! suot mo araw-araw ha. haha