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They say one can't choose his relatives. Sigh. Sometimes I wish I could have a choice. My two little cousins are pains in the ass. They tormented me for a week. A weekend with those two is hellish enough. So you can imagine how hard it is to have them for a longer period of time.
My aunt decided to have Quincy and Jeof stay in our house with their yaya during Quin's sembreak. It was timeout from school for my brothers too so they had to endure not playing computer games when those two were wide awake. Kit carried his PS2 to my parents' bedroom and locked himself inside for hours while Gem had to contend with playing when our cousins were napping. Quincy broke her wrist a week before her visit and the doctor put her arm on a cast. That didn't stop her from wreaking havoc in our house though. I belly danced and surfed the net right after I get home and before they wake up for breakfast. Once I turn my computer on, Quin would be ready to press the keys incessantly until I go nuts and just retreat to my room for some peace and quiet. She would pound on my door nonstop until my lola would tell her to stop.
Waiting for tickets
With Quincy
We started on the kiddie rides. I took pictures while my uncle and Gem rode along with the two kids. After the rides, we decided to hop onto the Up, Up and Away ride. Jeof and my uncle rode on one balloon while I rode in one with my brothers and Quincy. Jeof enjoyed it so much that he refused to leave when we decided to go to the AUV to eat dinner. Gem and I sneaked into the Roller Skaters and had one go before meeting them near the exit. Jeof hit me with his tiny fist when I told him that we would go home right away. He was standing in the parking lot waiting to be served some chicken when my dad joked about driving home. He screamed at the top of his lungs and sprinted back towards the gate. Kit chased after him because he might get hit by a passing vehicle.
After dinner, we went back inside where we rode the Wheel of Fate. Erwin rode with my uncle and two cousins and I went with Gem and Kit. A few feet off the ground, Gem suddenly declared that he is scared of heights and Kit told me that he felt like jumping off. I almost hyperventilated in fright. My cousins had the time of their lives though. We could hear them shouting our names and laughing. Whenever the wheel turned and they would catch sight of us, they would wave and scream. We saw Jeof jumping and my uncle had to hold him tightly because he wanted to lean over the railing. My brothers told me to take pictures so they wouldn't notice how high we were from the ground. I became photographer for the night. I used my phone and Gem's to take snapshots of them! I only took two solo photos of me and one with Gem. Gem asked me to play some music from my phone. I told him that I have a song he would like. I pressed some keys to get to my Music Player and played 'Drop It Like It's Hot'.
Gem: Wag yan! Drop it eh!
He nervously asked me to change the song.
In the Wheel of Fate
I swore never to go on a ride involving heights with them again. I didn't allow them to ride the Space Shuttle because Kit had fever and Gem was jittery.
Walking with Kit
We let Jeof run around while waiting for the fireworks to go off. He ended up spanking an old woman in the butt and tormenting two little girls who were eating ice cream. When the fireworks started filling the dark sky with light, Gem took a video using his phone and I kept pointing out the beautiful colors to Quin who stood transfixed beside me.
We found Jeof huddled behind the concrete bench in fright in the middle of the spectacle. My aunt held him in her arms so he wouldn't get too scared. After the fireworks, we took our cousins to Rialto. The usher asked Jeof to leave because he's still too small for the ride. Gem told us not to look at him when he passed by our seats because he might cry. To our surprise, he stopped walking when he and my uncle got in front of our seats. With puppy dog eyes staring up at us, he said in a small voice, "Hindi puede". Then he walked down the stairs to get to the lobby where my aunt and his yaya were sitting down. After the show, we found him waiting outside. He rode more kiddie rides with Quin while my brothers and Erwin lined up for the Rio Grande Rapids ride. I had to sit near the exit because they left their phone with me for safekeeping. When I couldn't contain my impatience, I asked my mom to go with me to the souvenir shop where I bought candies for my cousins, a keychain and a car sticker.
I had to go back after seeing that they placed two stickers inside the bag when I only paid for one. It turns out that the other one was free. While walking around around, I saw Gladz's brother and his girlfriend. I waved at him before heading back to where my lola was sitting down. It was already past ten when my brothers got out of the Rio Grande. Gem was soaking wet while Erwin and Kit were dry. We were all tired but happy. My cousins fell asleep on the way home. They didn't wake up until the next day. The rest of us heated spaghetti and ate before snoozing. I crawled into bed exhausted but happy. I had lots of pictures to look at until I dozed off.
Two-Day Beach Holiday
