ISA/SF WEEKEND.

March 20-March 22 (sort of)
ISA/SF weekend was awesome! Money well spent, I must say.

Friday, March 20
First things first, I'm definitely taking Virgin America from now on. Hella nice planes and the prices are just as much as South West and/or JetBlue. I love traveling by plane BUT the airport procedures just don't like me. All these new regulations that I forgot about cost me an extra $25 to check a small duffel bag in from LAX to SFO. What a pain! "There goes one shirt!" I say to Cozette while I struggle putting my shoes back on from the second time I go through the metal detector.

1hr 30min flight from LAX to SFO. We get our baggage fairly quickly but what takes FIVE-EVER is our shuttle to the hotel. Normally it wouldn't matter if it took so long for us to wait but we were running on a tight schedule since we were hours away from standing in line for the International Secret Agents (ISA) event. After 20-30 minutes of waiting, we finally get on the shuttle and head to our hotel which was NOT what we were expecting. But no time to complain now. We check in, get to our room which was on the second floor and there was NO ELEVATOR, then head back to the main lobby to wait for the stupid shuttle again to take us to the BART.

--side note: most of our time at SF was spent waiting if we weren't walking. Haha!--

Now let's fast forward a little bit. After using almost all means of public transportation (i.e., plane, BART, taxi) to get to SF just for ISA, we finally arrive at the Palace of Fine Arts around 5:30 maybe 6pm. Of course we wanted to get there early enough so we could find decent seats to watch the show since general admission was first come first serve seating but that wasn't the case. We were almost towards the end of the line and there were a bunch of high school kids ahead of us spazzing over just about everything.

The show was AMAZING. Despite my stupid migraine that attacked me before the show even started, I was able to enjoy it. Unfortunately, I don't have any pictures to show for but there are a bunch of pictures and some videos on FM-Far East Movement and Wong Fu's websites.

We didn't end up staying after for the meet-and-greet cuz it was a pretty long day for us. I heard they stayed until everyone was able to meet them. That's pretty dope. [Cozette, we should've waited! We could've gone to Mel's with them afterwards! DAMN!]

Saturday, March 21
A day in the city!
After the long night you would think we would sleep in until at least noon, right? WRONG. My stupid alarm on my phone starts going off around 7:30am! All I hear is it vibrating against the damn table. So much for sleeping in on a Saturday. Lucky for me, I was able to go back to sleep while Cozette was getting ready. Haha! After eating the breakfast of champions (ice cream, son!) and finally getting ready for the day, we finally leave our room to head to the airport/BART a little after noon.

We arrive downtown and the first thing we do is get something to eat. Panda Express helped energize us for a long day of walking and shopping. Haha! We visited Jaena at work about an hour before she gets off and spend the rest of the evening with her. Yay! Too bad we didn't get to see her apartment. I guess that means we need to take another trip to the Bay. :]

Sunday, March 23
All good things must come to an end sometime.
And I end up leaving the Bay with a head cold. I felt bad for the two ladies sitting next to me on the plane. I was sniffling and blowing my nose for the entire 48 minute flight. Hahaha! I took a looooong nap when I got home.

Things to remember for future trips:
-Make sure to double check what I pack and which bags I put them in!
-Take Virgin America, f'sho! Next time, we're gonna make use of that chat room and playing those games. Haha!
-NEVER take a taxi unless our lives depend on it.
-Oh, and we're never staying at a Travelodge ever again! Ugh. Haha!

And that ends another memorable weekend. For the sake of supporting FM, WF, Passion, Paul Dateh, and the dance crews that performed I nearly lost my voice and endured lack of sleep and lots and lots of waiting and walking. Hahaha! It was well worth it.

ISA LA, I'M READY!!