If a Picture's Worth a Thousand Words...

Guess what? This post is going to include lots of pictures! No stunning landscapes or beach or mountain shots, though. Lo siento. The job hunt has taken precedence over frolicking along the beaches day in and day out. The weekend should prove different, however.

So, while most of you sleep peacefully in your beds (which hopefully aren't air mattresses with a slow leak that you have to pump up every night before bed without fail), it's 7:51 here, and I'm lonely, tired, and bored. Thus, here I am in McDonald's writing to you all with my 2 new friends named Medium Fry and Rolo McFlurry. I considered Small Fry and Snack Size Rolo McFlurry. For about 1/2 a second. They just weren't going to cut it. This Rolo McFlurry is making me slightly homesick, because Rolos remind me of my Daddy. Agh, enough, before I get all weepy & depressed tonight.

My day started bright and early at 7:45 AM with a return trip to the Lanakila Health Center:

to find out whether or not I had tuberculosis. I don't. Big surprise. So, got my TB Clearance Card. Super exciting.

I took a few pics along my mile long walk to the health center for y'all. First up, my cute little house!

My bedroom is behind the bush, and the little window beside the bush is my bathroom. I'll give y'all a photo tour of the inside in an upcoming post.

X marks the spot! Or in my case, a plumeria tree marks the spot. I live down an unmarked alley, so it's not "Turn left onto so-and-so street," it's "Turn left at the plumeria tree."

Next up, my super classy & cute bus stop:

Don't be jealous. The next pic is solely for AnnMarie and/or any other blogreaders I have that are also obsessed with Korea. It's a Korean Christian Church.

This pic I took on the way home from the health center, just 'cause I thought it was pretty:

Next, I would like to rescind my statement from yesterday that I have mastered TheBus. Apparently, Google Maps transit mode, while performing spectacularly for me in the past couple days, proved outdated & flat-out wrong today, which led to me missing my 11:00 AM appointment at the Apple Store to get a new charger. But, they rescheduled me for noon, so no big. Before I got to the Apple Store, while waiting on a bus, I saw these gems of ladies. Yeah, the 1980s called, and it'd like its hair and clothes back.

High-waisted shorts, white tennies, bedazzled jean skirt, and feathered hair? It was just too much. I had to document it. I really hope they were coming from a party with a "1980s Casual" theme somewhere in downtown Honolulu. I was baffled.

So the Apple Store I chose to go to today is located inside the Ala Moana Center. To call it a "mall" seems paltry. It's more like the most amazing place EVER. Anything, I repeat surely ANYTHING you could ever want has to be housed in its three massive floors. Here is a list of stores:

I promise you, the food court alone has to be half the size of the mall in Jackson (TN). And that's just the "food court." There are also "Restaurants," "Specialty Foods," and "Casual Dining." And in case you wanted to just move into the Ala Moana Center, you could fairly well, given that there is a post office, Foodland, pharmacy, and even a nightclub within. For my fashion-obsessed friends, there is Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Betsey Johnson, Chanel, Juicy Couture, Tory Burch, 7 For All Mankind, Burberry, Dior, Lacoste, Ralph Lauren, True Religion Jeans, Fendi, Gucci, Hermes, Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton, Michael Kors, and Prada stores. Addison, Katie, and Lesley will be shocked to hear that I went in 7 For All Mankind and left with...nothing. (I have a serious jean obsession. As in, I buy lots of them, and only wear about 3 pairs. Totally makes sense.) I also went in Michael Kors and very painfully resisted the oversized horn watch that I've been dyyyyying to have. I've included a link here, in case any of you have a spare $250 lying around that you'd like to use to send me an "I miss you so much!" present.

Michael Kors Resin Chronograph Watch

Unfortunately, my willpower reached its breaking point in Tory Burch, and I now own an amazing pair of sandals that you will probably never see me without until there is snow on the ground. I'll post pics of them tomorrow.

Here, I would like to show proof that AppleCare does indeed work for some things:

Brand new, beautiful charger! Here are a few pics from the beautiful Ala Moana Center:

The next pic is for my Nanna, who is obsessed with koi ponds. This is still in the Ala Moana Center.

So, I finally tore myself away from the Ala Moana Center (it was painful) and walked to the nearest bus stop. It was an interesting wait for the bus to say the least. I was sitting on a bench next to a homeless woman who alternated between muttering to herself and yelling at people walking by. She had crumpled-up leaves all in her hair, too. I would've felt sorry for her, except that all her mutterings and yellings were laced with the most extreme profanity. Apparently, it is "all our fault that she is homeless, because she never ate one bento box from her scientist family, but we ate them all." Just insert multiple, multiple expletives in there, and it'd be a direct quote. Crazy old woman. I kind of guessed as to which bus to take, and it wasn't the smartest decision, because it dropped me off about 1.25 miles down from my house. Down as in downhill from my house. Fun. So, I took some pictures for y'all on the hike home. First up, my library:

Get ready for the next one. It's my McDonald's!

I'm sitting right by those far right windows on the second floor right now. In the background, you can see the Foodland that charged me $6.49 for a loaf of bread. I'm still not over it. And the last picture is just one of my street and uphill climb:

So. My job patience is wearing thin. I went back to the restaurant today at 4:30 and met with one of the assistant managers. I think she liked me, and she said the GM really liked me, and I think I pretty much have the job, but she said she'd call me next week after she interviewed a couple more people, because she wanted to get a group of us new people together to streamline the training process. I completely understand the logic of this, but I do wish I could start making money NOW. Oh well. I've decided it's good that I have the weekend free, because I can go to some of the beaches and explore some before I start working as much as possible. And I've also GOT to buy a moped. I keep putting it off because I'm kind of scared to make such a big purchase, but it's got to be done. Guess I'll start a serious search for one tomorrow.

Ok, so for all of you who keep pestering me about posting pictures, I hope the FIFTEEN I included in this post somewhat satisfied you. I would also really appreciate it if all you people who have google accounts would "follow" me. It would make me feel more loved. I've almost decided to going back to mass emails like I did when I went to Costa Rica instead of blogging. People wrote me back when I did that. Hardly any of you comment. Yes, I am being whiny and pouty. But remember that I am like, 3,700 miles away from home all by myself. And even though I'm in a beautiful paradise, loving it, and super excited to be here, I still miss my friends and family terribly! So write me an email or comment me on here or on facebook or something! Love y'all!