This past weekend I went to Miami for some partying. It was my girls birthday and we thought we’d celebrate it in the sun.. rather than the cold here where we live. I arrived a day earlier (Wed) than all my friends (1 of the girls I was supposed to meet up with missed her flight). I was pretty pissed off when I arrived.

I found that the Miami airport was very confusing. I was waiting for a shuttle to come from “Runway Inn” hotel – They never showed up. Even though I called them twice and my friend (who was calling from Ecuador) also called them. I waiting outside where all of the shuttles/pickup etc came.. Nothing for 2 hours. I was almost ready to cry from frustration. It was such a terrible night. Anyway, after calling them another time and getting the run-around from them, who couldn’t care less of my wait BTW – I SUGGEST TO EVERYONE  — NEVER BOOK WITH RUNWAY INN MIAMI — EVER….. I said fuck it, I’m not waiting anymore and called my Hostel (which we were staying at the rest of the 5 days). They were so polite, took me in last minute – set me up. I took a supershuttle into Miami Beach, the driver took me around and showed me all the sights, gave me advice, etc – Even helped me with my bags at the hostel. Nice man.. That night I spent the time in my room. I was exhausted anyway, and really didn’t feel like partying much.

Next day (Thurs), I had a nice walk along the beach in the early morning, got some yummy breakfast, tanned on the beach and met up with the rest of my friends. It was good to finally not be alone in this strange place. LOL Waited for another one of our friends, checked-in and headed to the beach. Afterwards at night we got ourselves dinner (which was provided free by our hostel), and we headed out to LIV Nightclub at the Fontainebleau. I don’t get what everyones hype is about LIV.. yeah sure it’s in a good area. But the place is small, I’ve been to a ton of much nicer clubs before. The dancefloor got packed by 1AM – Sharam was DJing that night. The girls and I could hardly move.. so we left pretty early… around 2AM-ish… our feet were hurting. The hotel was really quite pretty, loved the chandelier  — but nothing compared to the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. I think Vegas has spoiled me to a point where I’ll never really be impressed with any other hotel. LOL

Next day was another beach day (Friday). It was very windy though and also cloudy. Actually.. most days (other than the first and last day) were cloudy and windy. We ended up going out with our hostel that night to Love Hate and Cameo… I was pretty gone that night, as the hostel gave us drinks and shots. I remember dancing on the ledge between the tables (I’m very surprised I didn’t fall on my face).. It was fun from what I remembered.

Saturday – yet another beach day, and also Jenny’s birthday! We walked around like usual, checked out Lincoln Mall – great place to shop! That night we ended up meeting with a promoter at another hotel, and we got into Mansion Nightclub for free. The group basically needed more girls to get them in. There were probably around 20 other guys – us and a few other girls. We didn’t mind – Definitely didn’t want to spend $25 to get into the club. That night Dirty South was DJing – so it was pretty busy. I stayed sober that night because I wanted to enjoy the music – OMG It was a pretty amazing night! They handed out lighted foam tubes everyone was waving around, had confetti cannons everywhere. It reminded me of Las Vegas. LOL – One thing I do regret from that night was walking back to our hostel ALONE. I felt so unsafe – so much cat-calling, questionable characters on the street @ 4AM – I stuffed my iPhone/ID/cash in my bra while I was walking… Never again.

Sunday, went out for breakfast by the beach at Ocean… tanned at the beach – Even floated in the Ocean! Damn that water is salty! It was the first time I went in (past knee length) – Not as scary as before LOL… We ended up at Nikki Beach with our hostel. It was fun from what I remember – I made the mistake of pre-pre-drinking LOL BAD IDEA. I pretty much blacked out. I don’t remember much of the night.. and I probably made an ass out of myself. Damn. Horrible.

Monday – I stayed in bed all morning-afternoon feeling ashamed and hungover – oh well – afterwards we went over to an Italian Restaurant on Lincoln and had gelato for dessert. We had to because of Jersey Shore. It was pretty great too! So surprised. We didn’t end up partying like we usually do – went to bed pretty early (around midnight)

Tuesday – well rested, the girls left before me and I went over to the beach to take some well needed photos and video. I was going to incorporate them in a school project, but I can’t think of a way to combine them without looking bad LOL – just no motivation… Johanna and I took the bus around 1PM to the airport and I was off to home at 4:30PM

I had direct flights to Miami both ways – so it was pretty easy to get down there. The airport in Toronto only took me 30 mins – Miami about an hour wait.. flights were both under 3 hours. Pretty sweet! Overall – my trip was good. I think it will be a long time before I plan to go back though. I felt that staying by the beach was unsafe, and I was always watching out for someone to take my things. There were a lot of homeless people on the streets and sketchy people that would yell out, try to get your attention with rude/perverted comments, EVEN weirdos trying to touch you. Not my kind of place to vacation in… *nods head*

Happy birthday to me!

Today I turned 27 years old! WOW. Time really flys by… I don’t even feel my age .. OR should I say… ACT my age

At this age, my parents were married for 1 year, in their own house… my mom was expecting her first child – I can’t even imagine being in that position in my life right now.

I guess in my generation things go a lot slower. Though most of my friends are living on my own. There is only a select few that are actually married and living in their own houses. None with children yet.

Sometimes I do get a little worried that my life wont be how I originally wanted it to be, but I try not to think about it in details. I like to believe that these opportunities will still arise in my life and I’ll get back onto the “family” goal aspirations I have for the future.

Enough about the seriousness. So far my birthday has been pretty good, I can’t complain too much 

Over the weekend I celebrated with family and friends. My dad took the whole family out for sushi lunch. MMM! and afterwards we celebrated with cake of course (as seen from the above photo). Later on, I went out with all my girls and we went out dancing. It was so much fun. We danced the night away at The Devil’s Martini – Had a good time, drinks were fairly cheap.. and thanks to all my friends, I didn’t have to spend a thing <3

Though after I woke up (after the storm) – I felt really sick…. not a “hangover” kind of sick.. Actually SICK and still am. I’ve been fighting off a flu-like illness.. I missed Monday & Tuesday’s classes.. I finally made it back today — still really sick. I might have to cancel my birthday dinner with the girls again tonight OH WELL — Can’t complain much. I don’t get sick often. I guess it’s just my time. heh

I have another opportunity to go to Las Vegas again next month. A friend of mine is going at the end of March for the weekend, it’s so tempting!!! I really want to go for longer than that though. There’s still so many things that I haven’t seen yet! Like go to a strip club, see a wedding chapel, shows, see the outlets, Fremont St…the grand canyon. etc… & I’ve seen some deals on car rentals and they are SO CHEAP!! ..except I’m not 25 yet So I don’t know how that will work… BUT I am going for sure at the end of August again for my friend’s 21st birthday, so maybe I should wait until then. :/ *SIGH.. I don’t think I can wait THAT long! LOL

I’ve been thinking more about my birthday plans. B-day is THIS coming up Sunday (26th). My girl Melissa made an event on Facebook for this Saturday. We are planning on doing a downtown Toronto night, and stay at a hotel. Just so we don’t have to find someone to be the DD for the night. No one ever wants to do that. We’ve invited a small group of people to come, who have all surprisingly said yes But one thing that makes me sad is that none of my friends, who I have been friends with since HS, will not be there. It is another guys birthday on Friday and he already made plans before me. But that’s life. You can’t always get what you want. Also, the majority of them never showed up to my celebrations last year.. so why invite them this year? Ah well.. doesn’t matter. I will have my fun regardless.

I haven’t decided where to go yet. So suggestions are open. These are some of the nightclubs that are on my list.  Circa, Republik, Rockwood, Boulevard Room, Cantina Charlies… Last year I went to Inside, and that was okay. I would like to go somewhere I would be guaranteed to have fun! I am absolutely in love with the DJ in the Skyy lounge room at Circa. He plays a mash up of Hip-Hop, Reggae and mainstream music mixed in House. It’s original and every time I’ve been, I always go back to that room. The club is huge itself (53,000 square foot, 4 stories), so there is a lot to do. Only thing that is holding me back are the prices. First it’s $20 cover w/o guestlist, and $10 mixed drinks. Is kinda steep for my (poor) group of friends and guys aren’t so willing to waste money on you there. LOL

I really wish I could be in Las Vegas for my birthday. I’ve been to every club there and let me tell you. NONE are downers, like at all. It’s so much better to party there. Ladies are treated like queens, the way it should be! :D  Oh well, maybe for next years birthday!