(Heads up, I wrote this a few nights ago, so this is how I felt at the time with a few adjustments. Apologies if the tone is different from my previous blogs)
So... it's been one whole week (and a couple of days) since I've come to Texas. My lesson learned was to not have such high expectations, especially when my parents say things. I was told that I would be able to be brought to bigger cities and explore if I wanted to prior to the trip, and guess what? EVERYBODY'S BUSY! I wasn't even told anything about this, or under the impression that I'd only be able to explore MAYBE once a week, which would only be twice this whole trip. I'm furious, and if that's the case I'm never staying here AGAIN. This really gives me a whole new perspective on my grandparents for my mom's side; jeez, no wonder she turned out the way she is!
The language barrier between me and my relatives is ticking me off too, because they've lived here for decades but still aren't good at english?! Am I being too ignorant here, or is that just plain ridiculous? I can't understand my grandma and she doesn't understand me either, let alone even try. Thanks mom for giving up on my Tagalog lessons, because I really could've used them!
I just want to go home, because I don't care about this trip anymore. My room, friends, food, shopping places, everything about San Diego is everything I need right now. I'm glad the time goes by fast, because I just miss home so dearly. I'd rather just visit than stay in small town hell, I just can't do this anymore. My grandma told me I could possibly stay with an aunt that lives in Houston, but that's until May. Ugh, I just hate everything about this place...
Maybe on my next trip here I can REALLY venture out into the city and make some new friends, shop for clothes, cd's (or vinyls), techy stuff, etc. Having grandparents who refuse to drive because they're absolute pussies is the worst curse ever, because even back home people around their age drive on the highway! I need some darn ice cream to cool me off, because I'm just so, so ANGRY!!!!!!!
Besides all that, let me tell the things that happened or I did this week!
DAY 2 OF WE ARE HARDCORE'S EVENT WAS AMAZING! My god, I'm still missing that livestream so much. Everyone did amazing, and I even discovered some new artists and tracks to keep on loop until I get tired of them. I stayed from start to finish, and let me just say one thing... PLEASE HAVE EAR PROTECTION! My volume was pretty high almost the whole 7 hours, and by the time it finished, my ears were still ringing the beats! It persisted for well up until yesterday; everything for a couple of days sounded like speedcore, and I even had some sort of hearing loss.
But, would I totally attend the next live? FUCK YES! I'll try to support everyone by buying their music if they have physical copies, or donate! I'd love to be more involved in the future, because everyone in this community is just so sweet and hilarious. HARDCORE FOR LIFE!
The drive there was long, and unfortunately my antibiotics didn't agree so much with my empty stomach, so you probably know what happened... ha ha ha. A little after though, we went to Chick Fil A for some breakfast, so that was epic at least! It felt just like back home when we finally came to the destination, with the exclusion of Teso, as it's a Texas-only store for now. I went shopping there alongside Daiso, some random bookstore, and ate Sushi before heading back home. It was pretty short, but it was something to do at least!
I think I'll try to make friends with some locals here, or try to find anyone that wouldn't hate me at least. Trust me, I know I'm saying this a lot, but I'm BORED! Do you know how hard it is to go from large city California, to small town middle-of-nowhere Texas? AGH!
Almost forgot to write about this, but I also ate dinner yesterday with my cousins, uncle, grandma's and a family friend at a Mexican restaurant! It was very delicious, 10/10!
The car ride back home, I sat in the trunk with my cousin because there wasn't enough space, so we kept joking about being kidnapped, LOL! I'll be going out to an event within this town tomorrow, so I'll update about that in my next lengthy blog post. ;)
4-27-2026 edit:
Hi! A couple of nights ago I was feeling sleepy, so I didn't publish this blog when I planned to, but I wanted to include some updates since the initial draft !
That Saturday event? Well... I fell asleep for that, unfortunately. Though I've been spending more time with my cousins, with us eating dinner all together and heading over to Walmart on Sunday! I ate way too much free ice cream, same with my cousins, and put a load of lime onto my tacos. I also drew a really bad sketch, and my grandma loved it so much she bought something to preserve it in. (It was going to be for my cousin to keep... damn it!)
They have a pet rabbit too, so I got to play with Mr. Cuddles~ ^.^ No pics unfortunately, because I keep forgetting to bring my camera...
We're going to try to hang out all at a park later this week, or on the weekend, so that'll be fun! I've been really cooped up within this small town, with little to no events happening in my life since landing. Just one more week... I can make it!!!!
Sidenote, I've been eating a lot more thankfully! I keep fluctuating between not eating to eating a lot, so it's been a bit tough. Taking meds is no joke people, take care of yourselves!
Also, I discovered an AMV from a Youtube mix that gets randomly generated (The website's only good feature, it put me onto so many good artists and songs), and it's made me OBSESSED with Haruhi Suzumiya again! Well, not Haruhi herself, but the lesyay version of Itsukyon~ ;)
ANYWAYS! The moment you've been waiting for... PICTURE TIME!
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