not a dull moment.

contrary to newbury park, or possibly even santa barbara, i must say, i haven't even felt the slightest bit bored here in hawaii. it's really quite amazing. not that i get bored easily, but that i'm enjoying myself so much that in both the slow and fast times, i'm very content.

monday. looking back to that night, it was rather fun for the start of the week! especially since i normally don't go out on mondays, period. after having class all day, it was a nice change of pace. monday was the first day we attemped the dining commons. ohh boy. haha! i've heard that we're spoiled over at ucsb, so i was a bit nervous that i wouldn't like the food. we met up with nina bonina♥ and the rest of epic summer project. gosh i love those guys. haha. they were all so friendly, and all so funny. some of the guys tricked me about their age. whyyy does this always happen? haha. i think it goes along with being gullible.

anyways. after dinner, we met up with matt and nicole and went to waikiki! it'd been a long time since i walked the "strip". haha. it was funny because becca and i have only referred to the strip as in vegas, so hearing it called the strip at waikiki was interesting. it was pretty cool, there were sooo many tourists! i felt like a local compared to them. haha. they were amused by almost everything. maybe i am becoming a kama'aina afterall. (; anyway, i was on a mission to find some bathing suits! unfortunately, i was unsuccessful, but becca came away happy with a beach bag she'd been looking for. :) haha.

after the strip, we headed to dave and busters! we had met up with matt's friend who ironically had the same first and last name as him, and since you need to be 21+, the other matt helped get us in! yayyy. haha. i must admit, it was pretty dead there on a monday night, but soon people started to show up in the gaming areas. we ended up winning over 1000 tickets. ho shoots! pretty good, ya?

then we went to zippy's! they're basically a plate lunch place that's open 24/7. i'm lovvvinggg all these 24/7 places on the island. not used to this! anyway, i had a delicious midnight snack, and then it was time for moi moi (sleep).

tuesday. NO SCHOOL! yess. gosh i love that we only have school every other day. so awesome. ♥ anyway, we decided to try our hand at the bus today. SO confusing! haha. there are sooo many lines, sooo many pickup spots, and sooo many times. haha. i must've called the info line like 8 times. no joke. but, we finally figured it out, and got there a-okay. (: ended up shopping at ala moana!!! amazing mall. SO big, we didn't even get around the whole place. haha. butttt, what i did get to, were the surf & bathing suit shops. i bought 2 bathing suits, muahahaha. i haven't bought a bathing suit since freaking high school, so i thought i deserved a suit or two. plus, they were much cheaper than the average bathing suit. ship it, holler! (that was for you, grant) that was pretty much the highlight of that shopping trip for mee. :) then we got back and went to dinner with aunite bettie, cathy, emma, suzie, dudley, and coltrane. kincaids! so good. it was really nice of them to treat us. so thenn, we came back to our dorms and actually ended up hanging out with some hall mates/guys from the floor below (some were actually on the football team!). it was nice to actually meet more people in the dorms. as friendly as the people are, the dorm has not put on any events or activities that facilitate meeting people. so that was pretty cool.

wednesday. second day of school. went by ever so slowly, but that's all right. we met a nice guy from the basketball team on our way out of class! it surprised me (in a good way) that he just walked right up to us and introduced himself and we talked all the way through campus. i still continue to be amazed by all of the nice people here. i wish everywhere could be like this!

last night was crazy fun though. we left kinda late, so i was dead tired by the time we got home at 3AM (!), but mann was it fun. we went to a karaoke bar--that's car-a-oh-keh, not kari-oki. haha! we went with matt, nicole & a bunch of their friends. i'd never been to one, so this was allll new to me. we enter a room, and there's this large table in the center, with padded benches on either side, all facing towards a blaring screen of flashing lights, and korean drama videos. words highlight across as eager participants sing along to their favorite tunes. if that doesn't sound amazing, i don't know what does. haha. we spend a good two hours there, singing along to backstreet boys, brian mcknight, spice girls, all the favs. if you haven't tried this, i recommend going! anyway, after karaoke, we went out to eat. lots of fun. met nicole's friend named dot, and he freaking treated us all. unbelievable!!!!! once again, i am amazed at how nice people are here. that act was truly an example of jesus. i was quite moved actually.

anyway, that was a really long entry. haha. so much has been happening. i feel like it's an adventure everyday! no, but seriously. today we're going to the beach, so i should probably go get ready for that. hope all is well back on the mainland, i miss you all ♥

-nickayy.