PebHmong Discussion Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: theking on May 20, 2018, 08:46:02 PM
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As mentioned to nkaujsee in her SoCal thread, my wife had an all expenses paid business trip to Long Beach for both of us. The catch is she just has to spend a couple of hours to do volunteer work for the Long Beach Pride event and participate in the parade..Great deal O0!!!
Day one....
Leaving from Oakland Airport:
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TSA Pre-Check is still well worth the money...I mean just look at the Pre-Check line compared to the general lines:
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One carry on is more than sufficient for the 3 of us.. O0:
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Bay Bride and Treasure Island:
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Golden Gate Bride:
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Arrived to Long Beach:
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Long Beach has a small airport so jet bridge but still nice:
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Outside waiting for Uber:
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Day two...
Checked out the sites and sounds of Long Beach:
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The baby qualified for the ferris wheel so we did that to get a better view of Long Beach from above... ;D:
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Day three...
Time to help blow some balloons up for the event:
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Participated in the parade...Peopl e got up early to get a good spot along the parade route:
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Young Asian people helping out... O0:
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A few haters along the parade route :idiot2::
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Cool pics. Thanks for the share. O0
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Can you make them any bigger? Just kidding. :D
Looks like it went well. Thanks for sharing.
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That's so GAY! good job! O0 ;D
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I don't have anything against gays. But I am against how they glorified themselves. If you want to be gay, fine. Do it. I don't care. You are no better than me in anyway so why should you feel that you need special privileges :knuppel2:
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I don't have anything against gays. But I am against how they glorified themselves. If you want to be gay, fine. Do it. I don't care. You are no better than me in anyway so why should you feel that you need special privileges :knuppel2:
i think it has less to do with "glorified privileges" and more so "glorified equality and equity"...
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It never bothered me before but now its starting to get under my skin :knuppel2:
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It never bothered me before but now its starting to get under my skin :knuppel2:
what are you saying?? Is there something you want to tell us Phers?
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It never bothered me before but now its starting to get under my skin :knuppel2:
homophobia...?
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Nah. Just growing old and grumpy. Growing tired of all these people making a scene and wanting attention
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Nah. Just growing old and grumpy. Growing tired of all these people making a scene and wanting attention
u kinda remind me of this old grumpy couple my kids, nephews, nieces, and i sat behind during my nephew's graduation... they both kept on turning around to tell my kids, nephews, and nieces to be quiet... mind you... this was in an event center where several hundreds of people were conversing... they eventually left after they couldn't get my kids to be quite... lol! serves them right...
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Look like u had fun in my hometown. The shopping outlets area and downtown has change a lot. As middle and high school kids we would walk from 7-8 blocks to downtown to swim, shop, etc.
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Cool pics. Thanks for the share. O0
Thanks, welcome!
Seen quite a few Laotians there too...Santa Ana/Long Beach area..
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Can you make them any bigger? Just kidding. :D
Looks like it went well. Thanks for sharing.
I see...size does matter!!! ;)
Welcome!
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That's so GAY! good job! O0 ;D
They are gay and proud of it...I have more respect for them than the "fake" ones...
The fake ones are like the Hmong people that are too embarrass or ashamed to speak Hmong in front of other groups ...so they pretend ...
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Nice! thanks for sharing, looks like a fun event ...missing southern cali...and I love flying there instead of driving...it's much more convenient! my brother and sil bought a $29 southwest plane ticket to fly there one day for play and back in time for work ...
Thanks and welcome! I don't mind either..flying is usually faster but more rules, crowd, etc., driving usually takes more time but you have more freedom to do as you please i.e., pack like you're moving even though you're only visiting for the weekend ;)....and of course, you have more in control...
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I don't have anything against gays. But I am against how they glorified themselves. If you want to be gay, fine. Do it. I don't care. You are no better than me in anyway so why should you feel that you need special privileges :knuppel2:
I've participated in other parades i.e., Chinese New Year, Cinco De Mayo, Columbus, Women's March, St. Patrick, etc., and Pride is no more or less "glorified" than the others.
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i think it has less to do with "glorified privileges" and more so "glorified equality and equity"...
Yep, "equality" is key...
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Look like u had fun in my hometown. The shopping outlets area and downtown has change a lot. As middle and high school kids we would walk from 7-8 blocks to downtown to swim, shop, etc.
Yep, last time I was in Long Beach was about 5-6 years ago. Brought the mother-in-law and wife to the Queen Mary for Champagne Sunday Brunch on Mother's Day...:
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