this week is inevitably so much longer than last week because lastweek i took three days off to go on a guided tour bus trip with my out of town relatives. it was pretty fun except for the annoying last and her loud shrill voice gabbering as i was trying to sleep, the awful karaoke on the bus as i'm trying to sleep with the speaker blasting next to my head, the time constraints and the waking up real early. but that's expected when you travel with lots of people and you have no control. it was nice not have to deal with parking or driving or paying for a lot of stuff. so there are always goods and bads.. but it was fun, i got sakura (and myself of course) lots of pennies :) we went to hearst castle, yosemite, san francisco, chinatown and lots of BFE places in between for rest stops. friday night we spent in fresno and i freaking left my cell phone at home.. which wouldn't be too bad except when i came back and chatted with petey i found out he lived 15 minutes from where i was staying. i could have saw his house and pet goats! :P sucks. i bought a $5 phone card too, but it was GHETTO and i tried for 2 hours and couldn't get through. SUCKS. i also hung out with my cousins, one of them who is bratty and hates me. my uncle says he hates everyone so not to take it personally.. but he is a brat :P after awhile it was fun just doing stuff to annoy him. hahah.. like smiling. :P

anyhoo.. i'm too lazy right to do a detailed blow by blow.. but here are some neato pictures. i just figured out (a year later) that i can take use this cool function to match up pictures and stitch them together to make cool panoramic pictures. it's awesome.

tunnel view


yosemite falls



fisherman's wharf


golden gate bridge


the view from lombard street