Finales

Survivor: Palau - Glad Tom won over Katie

Amazing Race 7 - missed this show but glad it wasn't Team Romber that won. Can't believe their wedding is a CBS special. Wow!

CSI:NY - Mac Taylor is witness to a shooting

CSI - 2 hour special tomorrow. Nick's buried alive

CSI: Miami - Monday 9c. H's bro may be alive

First group of people going home tomorrow. Lotsa last minute shopping and packing going on tonight. 2 more weeks and I'm home:)

I want to say I'm tired, because I am.

Rather let me affirm... I am smiling. Great! Wonderful! Energetic! Life is Beautiful.

busy busy busy

Arghhh!!!! Just finished typing my last entry but then the connection fizzled and the dreaded error 404 showed up. So I am retyping.

Been a busy 2 weeks here in San Antonio. Rundown of activities.

Theme Parks:
1. Six Flags Fiesta Texas, 30 USD for lotsa loops, corkscrews, drops, twists and turns. Long lines (30-60 minute wait) due to junior high field trips on the day we went.
2. Seaworld San Antonio, 44 USD for shows, animal encounters and no lines in all the great rides: Great White - hanging coaster. Steel Eel - deceiving coaster. Rio Loco - US version of Rio Grande guarantees being drenched. Texas Splashdown - Ragin River with 6 story drop --> this one had a 1-hour wait time. The 14 year old kid in front of us got to chatting due to the long wait. He thought I was 13 or 14!! Haha. I told you guys I was just 13:) Long line yes, good thing the park decided to amuse us by sending a couple of animal handlers with a parrot and a python to interact with us. The parrot spoke (mimic-ked) and the python allowed us to touch it. Its skin is better than the snakeskin leather - smooth. Got to touch a dolphin's nose too. Skin was rougher than I expected.

Tours:
1. Historic Walk around San Antonio - USD 10 for an 8-9 block walk that took nearly 2 hours gave me stories about the land featuring Mexico, Texas and the US.
2. Riverboat Tour - USD 6.5 is a 40 minute boatride around the San Antonio River that surrounds the Rivercenter Mall.

Malls:
1. North Park Mall-indoor mall with lotsa food, stores and dept stores
2. Quarry Market-outdoor mall on whose borders I camped in one Sunday afternoon
3. San Pedro Crossing-will visit in the coming days
4. Rivercenter Mall-Brookstone and Marble Slab Ice Cream were the winners for me here
5. The Concourse- right behind our hotel: Walmart, TJ Maxx, CompUSA, Target

Other Fun Activities:
1. Spurs vs Seattle Game 2 at the SBC Center - Team building with everyone in the T3. Spurs Won!!!
2. Food - Olive Garden, Luby's, Indian Palace, Grady's BBQ, Casa Rio, microwaveable dinners, ice cream, etc...

Work, Gym, Swim, Walk, Work, Work, Work. Now I sleep.

San Antonio Saturday

Flew 7000 miles from Manila to San Antonio Texas.
Left my Bible in the Religious Reflection Room in Detroit Airport (DTW). Yes, I was reading the Bible and yes there's a religious reflection room in DTW. Actually, I had a 6-hour layover after 20-something hours of wierd sleep patterns. So wher I saw the sign for the reflection room, I thought it was something like a prayer room. It's on the 3rd floor. Have to take a slow-moving service elevator to get there. It was a carpeted room, bare with carpeting and chairs and markings of North, South, East and West. I stayed in the room hoping to sleep but decided to read the Bible and pray instead. It was refreshing as well. Played the hymns combined with classical music from my laptop and danced (gracefully, although there was no mirror --- i felt graceful:)).

I am now in San Antonio. Figured out I forgot to pack my work pumps so went to the North Star Mall to buy a pair. I had my shoes for pants but it doesn't match the business skirts I brought. and I brought a lot of skirts which are lighter to pack. Bought a steam iron also. Planning to look totally professional for our business meetings here in San Antonio. So tomorrow will be "plantsa day".

Have to tell the funny story about buying the steam iron. It was being sold by a couple of Italians in a tiangge type of way. They demonstrate how the steam iron works. I dropped by and watched the demo with a couple who ended up purchasing one piece. I walked away to think about it and came back a few hours later ready to buy. As I was talking to the other Italian salesman, this woman got my attention to warn me about buying the product because it caused brown stains to appear on her new white blouse which she steamed using the iron. Now, she's asking for her money back but there's a no refund policy. I ended up buying anyway. Hope I didn't get conned. As long as it works on my clothes and doesn't destroy anything...We'll find out tomorrow.

Did some work, ate some chinese take out. watch csi: (but it's miami) and now I am sleepy. Going to church tomorrow.