God is AWESOME!

Look, it's an update!

2006-08-03T22:47:00.000-07:00

So I'm reading The Case for Faith again. It's SUCH a great book, I absolutely love it. The first chapter is about suffering. People think that since evil and suffering exist, a loving God cannot. However, an interview Lee Strobel has with Peter John Kreeft disproves that thought. Kreeft comes up with some amazing and true points/analogies that I wanted to share.

First of all, I'd like to start off with one of my favorite quotes ever. (Which happened to come from the first chapter of this book.) I've put it on my xanga probably twice before, but I love it so much, I just have to share it again.

“I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross… In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing round his mouth, a remote look on his face, detached from the agonies of the world. But each time after a while I have had to turn away. And in imagination I have turned instead to that lonely, twisted, tortured figure on the cross, nails through hands and feet, back lacerated, limbs wrenched, brow bleeding from thorn-pricks, mouth dry and intolerably thirsty, plunged in God-forsaken darkness. That is the God for me! He laid aside his immunity to pain. He entered our world of flesh and blood, tears and death. He suffered for us. Our sufferings become more manageable in light of his. There is still a question mark against human suffering, but over it we boldly stamp another mark, the cross which symbolizes divine suffering. ‘The cross of Christ… is God’s only self-justification in such a world’ as ours.”
--John R. W. Scott

We can trust God
How can we, mere finite humans, be sure that infinite wisdom could not tolerate certain short-range evils in order for more long-range goods that we couldn’t foresee? Pretend that a bear is stuck in a trap and a hunter wants to liberate him. He tries to win the bear’s confidence, but he can’t do it, so he has to shoot the bear full of drugs. The bear, however, thinks this is an attack and that the hunter is trying to kill him. He doesn’t realize that his is being done out of compassion. He reaches this conclusion because he’s not a human being. God does the same to us sometimes, and we can’t comprehend why he does it any more than the bear can understand the motivations of the hunter. As the bear could have trusted the hunter, so we can trust God. [43, 44]

When I was going through a particular hard time in my life, I was reminded of a song that talks about how God knows what he's doing even if we don't. It offers a lot of encouragement. The lyrics are as follows:

God will make a way
When there seems to be no way
He works in ways
We cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength
For each new day
He will make a way
He will make a way

I have lots of troubles trusting that God knows what He is doing. When I go through hard times... especially big workloads, betrayal, or just lots and lots of stress, it's hard to understand why God would let me go through it. However, the lyrics to the song above and the analogy of the bear and hunter are just reassuring that indeed, God will make a way.

God is all-knowing
If God is all-knowing, he could deliberately tolerate horrible things like starvation because he foresees that in the long run that more people will be better and happier than if he miraculously intervened. God has specifically shown us very clearly how this can work. He has demonstrated how the very worst thing that has ever happened in the history of the world (dying on the cross) ended up resulting in the very best thing that has ever happened in the history of the world (opening of heaven to human beings) [53].

God knows what he's doing. Remember just a few months ago when I was running for Student Body President? I wanted it SO badly. But God didn't want me to have it. I was crushed. I remember crying in the bathroom after finding out the news, crying when my mom saw me before track practrice, crying on the bus to Chabot, crying (a LOT) at Chabot, and crying when I got home. I couldn't understand why God would take away something I wanted SO badly. But then I generally realized that He knew what He was doing. He knew that if I become president along with my 5 AP classes, Leo's Club, LC duties, Church duties, track, and all the other activities I had to do, I would die. I would completely die of stress. And He wanted me to focus on HIM more. I had been doing... not so well in my spiritual life at that moment. This "tragedy" was like a wake-up call for me. God was saying "hey, what about me? You're busy serving me, but when was the last time you actually talked to me?"
I did end up "better and happier than if he miraculously intervened." I really am SO happy that I am not student body president now. And God knew it all along. What a wonderful and all-knowing Father we serve!

Pain leads to some eventual good
God is wise enough to foresee that we need some pain for reasons which we may not understand but which he foresees as being necessary to some eventual good. Therefore, he’s not being evil by allowing that pain to exist. There are times when God allows suffering and deprives us of the lesser good of pleasure in order to help us toward the greater good of moral and spiritual education. [56]

There's a poem in my Bible that I love. It goes like this:

I walked a mile with pleasure
She chattered all the way
But left me none the wiser
For all she had to say
I walked a mile with sorrow
And never a word said she
But oh, the things I learned from her
When sorrow walked with me

I hope and pray that when we go through tough times we'll remember these points... that we can trust God to bring us through whatever we're going through. That God is all-knowing. And that pain leads to some eventual good.

"Not only so, but we also rejoice in our suffering because we know that suffering produces perseverance, perseverance, character; and character, hope."
Romans 5:3-4

2005-11-15T16:14:00.000-08:00

I care about school too much...

And it's hurting me.

Just gotta remember that God made different people good at different things.

But then that arouses other problems...

I think I think too much... prayer would be nice?

Better post later? I should stop promising that... I never get around to doing it.

But thanks for visiting the blog anyways!

PS. Don't forgot about the regular updates on my xanga. www.xanga.com/lilrockclimber22

2005-09-10T23:07:00.000-07:00

I'll do a real update soon...

Thanks to my small but loyal blog readers for checking everyday...

My next post will be dedicated to you.

Your patience will be rewarded.

New Song...

2005-08-03T21:43:00.000-07:00

In honor of AP US History, I have changed my song to what it was previously... the Animaniacs President Song!

Here are the lyrics, enjoy.

Heigh ho, do you know
The names of the U.S. residents
Who then became the presidents
And got a view from the White House loo
Of Pennsylvania Avenue?

George Washington was the first, you see
He once chopped down a cherry tree
President number two would be
John Adams and then number three

Tom Jefferson stayed up to write
The Constitution late at night
So he and his wife had a great big fight
And she made him sleep on the couch all night

James Madison never had a son
And he fought the War of 1812
James Monroe's colossal nose
Was bigger than Pinocchio's

John Quincy Adams was number six
And it's Andrew Jackson's butt he kicks
So Jackson learns to play politics
Next time he's the one that the country picks

Martin Van Buren, number eight
For a one-term shot as Chief of State
William Harrison, how do you praise?
That guy was dead in thirty days

John Tyler, he liked country folk
And after him came President Polk
Zachary Taylor liked to smoke
His breath killed friends whenever he spoke

Eighteen fifty, really nifty
Millard Fillmore's in
Young and fierce was Franklin Pierce
The man without a chin

Follows next a period spannin'
Four long years with James Buchanan
Then the South starts shootin' cannon
And we've got a civil war
A war, a war down south in Dixie

Up to bat comes old Abe Lincoln
There's a guy who's really thinkin'
Kept the United States from shrinkin'
Saved the ship of state from sinkin'

Andrew Johnson's next
He had some slight defects
Congress each
Would impeach
And so the country now elects

Ulysses Simpson Grant
Who would scream and rave and rant
While drinking whiskey
Although risky
'Cause he'd spill it on his pants
It's eighteen seventy-seven
And the Democrats would gloat
But they're all amazed when Rutherford Hayes
Wins by just one vote

James Garfield, someone really hated
'Cause he was assassinated
Chester Arthur gets instated
Four years later, he was traded

For Grover Cleveland, really fat
Elected twice as a Democrat
Then Benjamin Harrison; after that
It's William McKinley up to bat

Teddy Roosevelt charged up San Juan Hill
And President Taft, he got the bill
In 1913 Woodrow
Wil...
...son takes us into World War One

Warren Harding, he does fine
It's Calvin Coolidge next in line
And then in nineteen twenty-nine
The market crashes, and we find

It's Herbert Hoover's big debut
He gets the blame and loses to
Franklin Roosevelt, president who
Helped us win in World War Two

Harry Truman, weird little human
Serves two terms and when he's done
It's Eisenhower who's got the power
From fifty-three to sixty-one

John F. Kennedy, he gets shot
So Lyndon Johnson takes his spot
Richard Nixon, he gets caught
And Gerald Ford fell down a lot

Jimmy Carter liked campaign trips
And Ronald Reagan's speeches' scripts
All came from famous movie clips
And President Bush said "read my lips"

Now in Washington D.C.
There's Democrats and the G.O.P.
But the one in charge is plain to see
It's Clinton, first name Hillary

The next President to lead the way
Well, it just might be yourself one day
Then the press'll distort everything you say
So jump in your plane and fly away

2005-07-11T11:37:00.000-07:00

About time for a post, I'm thinking. So here it is.

This was my devotion from like... 2 months ago. I've been meaning to do this post but I never got around it. I remembered this devotion over the last few days because of umm... well you'll find out later.

Fix Your Focus
"I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard addresses the nature of true humility by suggesting we think of an arrow soaring on its course toward its target. Suddenly, the swift-moving arrow halts in mid-flight to see how far it has come, how high it has soared, how its speed compares with another arrow, or to apprehend the grace and ease with which it flies. Right at the moment when it turns to focus on itself, the arrow falls to the ground.

Preoccupation with self is counterproductive to reaching our goals. It is the opposite of humility, which is preoccupation with the Lord.

How many times do we compare ourselves to others and measure our success or failure according to someone else's life? The Bible says this is not wise. (See 2 Corinthians 10:12.) The reason God tells us that comparing ourselves to others is not wise is because His plan for our life is totally unique. If we have a questions about our life, we should look only to Him.

As for evaluating ourselves, the Bible says we are to examine our hearts, making certain we are walking in faith and purity toward the Lord. (See 1 Corinthians 11:28 and 2 Corinthians 13:5.)

Second Timothy 1:5 exhorts us to stir up the gifts God has given us, and Jesus made it quite clear in the parable of the talents that we are to use all the abilities and resources God gives us to give glory to Him. (See Matthew 25:14-29.)

Whether we are examining our hearts or using the gifts and talents God gave us, our focus is always on the Lord. Our motivation is to please Him, draw closer to Him, and serve those He leads us to serve.

The irony of the Christian life is that when we give our lives to God and to other, we receive true joy and fulfillment. It is when we hold onto our lives and are consumed with our own selfish desires and interests that we are miserable and nonproductive.

Take your mind of yourself, and concentrate on your loving Heavenly Father. Ask Him about His plan for you life.

"Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence" -Saint Augustine of Hippo

So lately, I've been very guilty with comparing myself to others. I got my AP score back on Saturday. I got a 3. I was pretty ok with it until I started asking what other people what they got. And then I started getting really depressed because I studied REALLY hard... a lot harder then some of the people in my class... and they still did better than me. This made me feel worthless and stupid and I just grew really depressed. Remembering this devotion, however, I realized that I shouldn't have compared myself to my friends, classmates, siblings, or anyone. God has given us all different gifts, according to the plan He has for our lives. I'm better at some things than other people, and other people are better at memorizing facts than me. As long as I tried my best (which I did), I know God is pleased with the work I did.

So... that's my post for today. And thanks to all those people who gave me encouragement when I was down. It helped a lot. =)

2005-06-17T00:02:00.000-07:00

God is good. =]

2005-05-26T19:50:00.000-07:00

This week hasn't been very nice. Lots of my drama in my class has been making me think a lot. All I can do is rely on God and trust that He will carry out His good and perfect plans...

Lord I need You, when the sea of life is calm
Oh Lord I need You, when the wind is going strong
Whether trials come or cease
Keep me always on my knees
Lord I need You, Lord I need You.

2005-05-13T17:16:00.000-07:00

http://www.xanga.com/lilrockclimber22

My poor blog. I love you better than my xanga because you are so much prettier. But.. it just takes so long to edit my posts and refresh it! I'm sorry.

Maybe I'll find another use for you. It's stupid to have 2 journals that say the same thing anyways.

You will be my special journal then. The one I write spiritual entries in. Ok? That means it's more important than my xanga even though I'll be updating this one less.

So if you do not like reading spiritual things, go to my xanga. If not, you can stay here. Thank you =)

2005-05-10T21:34:00.000-07:00

I love Euro now... so much fun! =)
Today we got to watch an old Star Trek episode THEN we got to watch The Matrix!!! My first ever rated R movie! Fun stuff, fun stuff. =)

English and math were just lectures. In Spanish we had study hall. Lunch was normal. In Chem, I'm surrounded by weirdos who throw glue-covered wrappers and glue-covered paper balls at each other.

Free period was fun =). "I'll hook you up!" hahah... we hooked Kevin Chan up with a girl named Tuna. She is sooooo cute. Hahahahah. I'll post a picture later.

In softball I got hurt a LOT. First, Venus hit the ball and it hit my bare shins. Then, Kelly threw a ball and it hit my knee. Then, my books scraped me really hard (like as in some of my skin came off). Blah.

Then I left home. When I got in my room, Bubba was in the most cute position ever! He is so cute =).

Friday is our last small group until the next school year. And yesterday I was reminded that next year we're going to be Juniors. Wow. When did we get so old? Junior year is the year where EVERYTHING counts. It's the year of MANY AP exams and the year where you have to seriously consider what colleges you want to apply for, what SATs and SATIIs you want to take, and think about what you really want to do with your life. I hope I'm ready. Juggling 3 AP classes, being the Student Body VIce President, having all of my church duties, and other school activities will be very hard. I know it's not for some months, but if you could, can you pray that I'll so my very best in my Junior year? I don't want my whole life to be centered around school, however, I do want to do well next year. I want to grow in my relationship with God while still being able to get good grades and foster my relationships with my friends, all while getting a healthy amount of sleep. That's a lot to ask for. Perhaps I shall have to give up my online and blogging time on the weekdays Junior year. =/ When did we get so old?

I seriously can't wait for Grand Canyon. It's almost all I can think about! I hope our class gets united during this trip... we're a very divided class. There are many cliques and there's lots of drama and hate within our class. Although it probably won't happen... I seriously hope that we will be brought together and that we won't cause too much trouble for the teachers going on the trip =P. I hope we have a safe trip and that nothing bad will happen. Please pray for the trip if you have time. We'll be gone from Tuesday (why a TUESDAY? We're gonna get NOTHING done on Monday...), May 17 to Sunday, May 22. I can't wait!

Enough rambling about nothing. Hope you all have/had a good day. =)

2005-05-09T17:08:00.000-07:00

Songs stuck in my head right now...
"I am the good prince Lance-a-lot
I love to sing and dance a lot..."

"I am the queen of the gypsies, gyp-gyp-gyp-gyp-gyp-gypsies!"

"I am Lily, of the valley, of the quiet and peaceful valley over there *points*"

"We love to drink drink drink drink drink drink drink drink drink drink drink drink!"

Hahah... I love Lucy, if you haven't noticed.

Ummmm... yesterday.
I woke up at around 7:45, took a shower, then started baking my sugar cookies. I finished when it was time to go, and we headed off to church. In HOUSE PP spoke about Godly mothers... then we talked with the 6th graders and stuff... then in Sunday School, we wrote a poem thingy, short lesson, then we decorated cookies for our moms. We went home, changed, got stuff ready, then went to Auntie Karen and Uncle Matthew's house. Nice house =). I played fooseball with Jay, Kim, Kevin, Matt, Everette (we all switched around randomly) while Mom and Jasmine played basketball lol. Then we ate (I ate with Kim, Jay, and Kevin). Then we played some more, and our family headed off to Po-Po's. When we got there, I looked at the comics/ads, then played on Uncle Les's labtop until the Ongs came. Then we watched I Love Lucy, ate dinner (REALLY good.), talked, and I left. I got home around 8, decorated my sugar cookies till around 10:30 (pictures to come later) , then went to sleep.

Today... Euro party =) Just talked. English lecture, math lecture, spanish lecture for like... 10 minutes, then we just hung out cuz half of our class was missing. During Lunch we had ELECTIONS. Man... I was SOOOO nervous. Millions of butterflies were flying in my stomach. In Chem we had lecture, in Bible, we went over the constitution, and found out the results of the lecture and....
you're reading the xanga of the 2005-2006 Student Body Vice President! =)
Good job to Jenn, Darrell, Chelsea, Josh, and Val. I look foward to working with you guys =)
And also good job to Alex, Karen, Jess, Andy, Patrice, and Ruth. I wanted you all to win! I wanted everyone to win! I hope you all win for class council =)
VOTE FOR PATRICE JANG FOR CLASS PRESIDENT, PLEASE. =) Thanks.

And then 8th period we had a GRAND CANYON meeting. Man... I can't think about anything but Grand Canyon. Must... concentrate... for... one... more... week. Poor Mrs. Jenny Lee, our class was so rowdy =/ I just want to HIT them and make them be quiet for her.

Then I went home. And now I am home. And I'm going to eat dinner. BYE!

2005-05-07T22:09:00.000-07:00

Teacher's appreciation day recap and how the Euro exam went on the xanga
www.xanga.com/lilrockclimber22

Thanks for the prayers! =)

2005-05-05T18:17:00.000-07:00

Hello
I just wanted to say
If you possibly could take
a few minutes
out of your day tomorrow
to pray for me
and the rest of the AP Euro class
I (and I'm sure the class)
will greatly appreciate it.
It is tomorrow
in the afternoon
I think around 12:00.
And we are all very nervous
as it is our first AP test
(except for Michael).
So could you pray
that we won't be too nervous
that we'll get enough sleep
that we'll do our best
that we won't be too stressed
that our hands won't fall off*
and that whatever score we'll get
we'll be happy with it
knowing that we tried our best
throughout the entire school year?
Thank you.
I love you all. =)

*VERY important.

2005-05-05T05:59:00.000-07:00

So here I am

at 5:59 in the morning...

blogging.

There is no point to this post

other than to say

I am very nervous about tomorrow's test

o.O

2005-05-04T15:54:00.000-07:00

I A M P O O P E D A N D I H A V E A B I G H E A D A C H E!

Hope all you teachers had a nice time! I appreciate you!

Maybe better update later =P. Too tired and my head hurts too much to think.

2005-05-02T16:24:00.000-07:00

There HAS to be something wrong with me. Normal people are able to remember sooooo many more things than me. Either ALL of my friends are all geniuses who can remember a whole bunch of stuff, or they're normal and I'm stupid. I think it's the 2nd thing I mentioned. I am flat out stupid. It doesn't have anything to do with attitude or how hard you work, because I'm almost POSITIVE I work harder than a lot of them.
Sigh... I'll try to adopt Boxer's motto, "I will work harder"... but personally... I don't think it'll help much. It hasn't worked for Euro, English, Math, or Chem the entire year.
So anyways, starting off my "I will work harder motto", I'll get off now and start doing homework... after I say this one last piece
If you have the chance, could you pray for me? I actually don't know what you can pray for... just... pray.
Thanks. Bye.

2005-05-01T20:05:00.000-07:00

So apparently, people in 7 different time zones read my blog! How cool is that?
Only 75% of you guys are from my time zone!
7 different time zones!
I feel honored that this little blog is read across the world =)
So to all you blog readers out there... thanks! =D You made my day.

2005-04-29T17:01:00.000-07:00

Another bad day...

Worse then yesterday o.O

It's day's like this...

That make me say...

What was the point of even studying?

Sigh...

2005-04-28T16:46:00.000-07:00

Happy birthday to my favorite sister, Nikki! =D
And happy birthday to Lenin (the eraser)! (inside joke, don't ask.)

Mmmm... very bad day today. Almost started crying by the beginning of 4th period... Let's see...
History was really boring. We just worked on our yellow book.

In English, she gave us the choice of either taking our test today or tomorrow. I decided to take my test today so that I could get it over with because I had other things to study. Plus, I had read the book 4 times and had studied the vocab for a good while, so I felt confident... and... it was really hard =( Not the story part of course, that was easy... but the vocab... MAN was it hard. It wasn't just that that made me sad. I told Angela (who read the book ONCE and didn't study the vocab AT ALL) that I thought it was really hard, and she thought it was easy. Which... just... I dunno, it seemed unfair to me. It brought back memories of how in Mandarin I would study for 3 hours and get like an A- while almost everyone in the class would get A+s. Or how in English, I would read things 3 times and get an A-... and people would read it once and get A+s. OR how I would do problems to prepare for math... and get A-s... while people who didn't prepare would get A's. Sigh... either they are really really smart, or there's just something wrong with me. Or it could be a combination. Either way, it makes me really sad and depressed whenever I think about it, so I shall move on.

Algebra 2 was incredibly boring... I yawned until my eyes started watering.

Spanish test... she picked so many vocab words that I didn't know... and I studed too!!! For like an hour!!! Sigh... and then during the test I was thinking about my bad day and I just couldn't remember any of the words I knew =(

Lunch was bleh... we've been having... a situation... involving our council and other people... who have been doing bad things... so we talked to them.

Chem was bleh too... the stupid boys took our seats so Venus and I had to force them out (I actually lifted their chairs from under them and made them get off), then some of the other boys got mad and started sticking stickers on our backs (they were sitting behind us).

Chapel was ok... I actually thought the speaker was pretty interesting, although some people didn't.

After Chapel we filled out the AP forms... it's only a week away o.O

I'll probably stop posting from Monday-Thursday, and if you guys could kindly SLOW down the posting on your blogs/xangas, that would be helpful in not distracting me =) Thank you.

While I'm in the typing mode, I might as well type something else that is on my mind. CCS WOMT... So as you know, when you go on a missions trip, you bond really close to the people on your team. Not a bad thing. However, when the people came back... I felt so secluded. They would only talk about things that happened on the missions trip, and they would only talk to each other. I was happy that they grew closer and that they made new friends and stuff, but what happened to the song... "Make new friends, but KEEP THE OLD, one is silver and the other gold"... So I've just been feeling very lonely nowadays... like... they walk off at lunch and I try to go walking and talking with them, but they just get mad. They keep whispering to each other and laughing, and I ask them what they're talking about, and they don't tell me. Sigh... maybe I'll just stick to hanging with the guys... I'm gonna have to get used to it anyways... sunday school next year is going to be co-ed and we have so little girls in our grade. But still... I just feel so... alone =(

What a depressing post. Umm... think happy thoughts.... think happy thoughts...

SCHOOL IS ALMOST OUT!!! YAY!!!

Ok, bye =) Hope you all had/have a nice day.

2005-04-27T16:38:00.000-07:00

Fun fun day =) Happy secretary's appreciation day to all you secretaries out there!!! =D

Mmm... Euro wasn't very fun... she just had us do the yellow book. I got very distracted towards the end and couldn't concentrate =P. English- worked on a card for a little while then we (Patrice, Andy, and I) left to go to the OFFICE!!! The secretaries trained us for a while, then they left and we had the office all to ourselves =P I answered many calls and wrote 4 tardy passes altogether (one of the tardy passes was for me =P hahahahah). I went back at 4th period to go to Spanish, then I went to lunch and back to the office. Mrs. FInley Lee made a whole bunch of spam sushi and gave it to us =P. REALLY good... After 7th period, the secretaries came back, we talked for a while, and I went to guitar, where we didn't do anything.

Yeah, so... it was a fun day =). However, I have a lot of homework, which makes it not a fun rest of the day. For once, I wish I were back at school (o.O did I just say that?).

Yeah that's about it. I hope Carrie doesn't get kicked off today... *crosses fingers*...

Aaaaaaand... (you probably know what I'm going to say by now...)

PLEASE VOTE FOR JENNA LEE FOR STUDENT BODY VICE PRESIDENT!!!!

Thank you. Have a very nice day! =)

2005-04-26T21:22:00.000-07:00

iHola! Como estas? =) That was my phrase of the day. You won't believe how many blank stares I got after I said that.

So anyways...

We're going to have a LOT of Euro homework next week...

It's going to take a lot of TIME and effort...

Yupp, you guessed it...

We have to get 8 HOURS of sleep EVERY night starting Monday.

Which means...

Yupp, you guessed it...

I have to go to sleep at 9:30 PM!!!!

As Kevin and I would say...

o.O
O.o
o.O
O.o
o.O
O.o

(lol... inside joke... IM me if you really want to know...)

Ok... so the rest of the day.....
English was fun, I started writing my Animal Farm poem =). Alg2 was incredibly boring. I actually almost fell asleep. Spanish was ok... the boys were driving her nuts as usual. Lunch... hmm... lunch... actually, I don't remember. Chem was boring... just did notes and stuff. In free period we had a health talk from Andrea Hsiao about STD's and stuff... again. Nasty pictures = grossed out Jenna. PE was ok too... we actually played with the boys today. And we had Mrs. Park hit for us and we just ran =). She struck Venus, Kelly, and I all out all in a row hahaha. I started getting stuff in my eye like crazy (grr contacts + allergies) so Mrs. Park was like, "let me look at it" and told me to look right, left, up, and down and then BAM! She blows into my eye! I was like o.O <-- that was my face. It actually got the thing out though hahah =). Mmm... went home, went online, ate dinner, did homework, and now I'm multitasking =)

Oh, and BOY do a lot of teachers read my blog/xanga... I'm taking it as a compliment. They wouldn't read it if it weren't interesting =P

And... remember to please vote for JENNA for student body VICE PRESIDENT!

Thanks!

Hmm... I think that's it... probably no more "profound thoughts" until my AP test (May 6) and Teacher's Appreciation (May 4) is over. Just a recap and stop. So... yeah... it's going to be a stressful 2 weeks... please pray!

Thanks! B Y E ! ! !

2005-04-25T19:51:00.000-07:00

So I was thinking about what to write in this thing.

And I was planning on just writing this:

"You know what I don't like?

...

school."

But then I started thinking about how lucky I am to go to school. I mean, SO many other kids have to quit school early so that they can work to support their younger brothers and sisters. SO many other kids go to public schools that don't get enough funding from the government. The classes are oversized, and the kids don't get the proper attention they deserve. SO many other kids can't even go to school, as there are no schools in their area.
And then you look at the school I go to. The classes are small... usually only about 20 or less to a class room. The teachers are great, and are willing to spend a great amount of extra time to tutor you more... just so you can get it. The food is good, we're getting more sports program, and we just get such a quality education. And I have the priviledge of going to Chinese Christian Schools.
How in the world can I hate school? Because I have lots of homework? It helps me learn! Because of the "mean" teachers? They're just preparing us for college! Sure there are some bad things about it, but doesn't everything (except God) have a bad side? I am so lucky to go my school.
And this applies to everything else that we have. My house is big and beautiful... and I complain about not having as big a room as my siblings. How selfish am I? My house is probably bigger than some people's living space! I complain about having leftovers... while some people out there are starving to death, going through each day worrying about how they're going to get food. I complain about not going on vacation enough... while many people have never even seen an airplane or have been in a hotel. I complain about not getting as much money from Chinese New Years than my friends... while the money I get in that one day is probably as much as a year's worth of wages for some people.
I'm a rotten person. I think many of us are. God has spoiled us too much, and we have become selfish and ungrateful. We aren't grateful for the things that GOD has given us.
I'm sorry, God. From now on I'm going to try to be more grateful. I'm going to try not to complain. Instead, I'll thank you for everything You've given me, both good and bad.

Blessed be Your name
When the sun's shining down on me
When the world's "all as it should be"
Blessed be Your name

And blessed be Your name
On the road marked with suffering
Though there's pain in the offering
Blesed be Your name

Every blessing You pour out I'll
Turn back to praise
And when the darkness closes in, Lord
Still I will say

Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your name
Blessed be the name of the Lord
Blessed be Your glorious name...

2005-04-23T22:31:00.000-07:00

Update, yes?

Oooook so it's been a very busy few days =)

Thursday was PIGTAILS day! WHEEEEEEEEE!!! Yeah... our grade likes having self-proclaimed days (stuffed-animal day, pigtail day, etc)

So anyways, our little group of girls put their hair into pigtails during lunch and ran around taking pictures =)

Yeah, yeah wore pigtails, get over with it. =D

During PE, Mrs. Park came out to play ahhahah.... she was wearing high heels... and was running in the grass... ahhahahah it was so hilarious...

After school I did my homework and stuff and ate dinner... then I went out to wait for Mr. Hom with Collin, Cordell, Andrew, and Kevin (to go watch Josh's speech contest). They were telling me how they bought ziplock bags just so that they could steal food from hometown. They were also saying how they needed to go to the bathroom and how they felt sick... haha silly boys. So Mr. Hom finally came (late) and we filed into the car. Cordell, Andrew, and Kevin were playing their DS while Collin and I were trying to solve the rubix cube. We all felt pretty sick halfway through the ride... it was REALLY hot with no air-conditioning... plus playing in the car can make you pretty sick... I felt like throwing up towards the end. Finally we arived and the guard wouldn't let us into the speech room because someone was talking. So we waited...and waited... and waited... and finally they let us in in time to see Josh's speech. He did really well, it was just sort of hard to understand him because he spoke really fast and in his accent. The next guy did well too... he was goofy =) The last guy was the guy from Logan that beat out Joshua. He did well too except his speech had no content at all. He ended up winning and we all went down to congradulate everyone... one of the judges was Al Hart from KCBS 740am... so Andrew had him sign my AP Euro book hahah... the boys also took a picture with him...

Yeah. I got home around 10:00 and went to sleep around 11:00 or 11:30.

Yesterday......
Everytime I go to AP Euro class nowadays, my spirit keeps dropping lower... and lower... and lower. Sigh....
English test was pretty easy... maybe it's because I read it like 3-4 times though... =)
Math was blah... boring... but easy lecture =)
Spanish was blah too... we had to study the entire 45 minutes... bleck.
Lunch was.... I don't remember...
Chem was even more blah... everyone was all rowdy and stuff because it was Friday...
Bible was fun... got formal pics back!
Guitar was fun too... since we had free period, I went and visited Venus at IWE... Mrs. Tsang had Andrew and I roll out a HUGE (and I mean HUGE) piece of paper and cut it into 9x12 inch pieces of paper.

After school, Venus and I headed over to the play. Because I won the running man, I got 4 DOLLARS worth of food... it was crazy!
The play was SUPER good... I loved it! Good job to Chelsea, Clayton, Angela, Byron, Chiffonia, Anthony, Henry, and Line!!! Good job to all of the crew and backstage people!!! Good job to the directors!!! Good job to the writer!!! Good job to EVERYONE!
A $5 well spent.
LC..... no one came in the beginning to I was just talking to Buddy, Peter, Kenny, Byron... then people started coming and I did attendance and stuff... Andrew led worship... then SPONSORS APPRECIATION!!! SURPRISE!!! =D Our group had Cindy and Cameron! It was really fun =) I made smoothies for the majority of the time (I hope they were good... people said they were good, but they could have just been polite haha) Then I got to settle in and dig into our food =) Conversation around the table was pretty good... and Cameron was s0oo00o cute! I love her smile! After dinner we just talked and then took pictures...

mmmm.... good times =)

Hmm... today... woke up, dusted the house, ate breakfast, played piano, did homework, went to grandma's, more homework, took a nap, watched tv, ate dinner, more tv, went home, and now I'm online!

Wasn't that recap quick and painless? =P

Yeah... so... that's pretty much it =) Bye!

2005-04-20T20:04:00.000-07:00

Every time I see a rolling backpack, I just want to stomp on them.
Down with rolling backpacks!

Umm... let's see... update... update....
Euro was pretty fun today (compared to yesterday, where she crushed my spirits... haha...)
English was ok... got to work on the paper
Alg2 was ok... just graded stuff
Spanish was ok... we all had to get up and say something about our friend and answer questions by our classmates
Lunch was fun =) I went into "spelling mode"
Let me explain.
"HELLO! H-E-L-L-O HELLO!"
"Oh no! O-H space N-O, Oh no!"
hahahahahha
Umm... chem... was blah...
Bible was fun =) Talked about teacher's appreciation
Guitar was fun... since the drama people took over the music room, we just had study hall... which was very distracting with all the noisy people... anyways, Steven made up this hilarious (but mean) song because everyone was going crazy... it went like this...
"Colly, when I think of you
I think of cauliflower
Not because you're special
But because I hate cauliflower"
haha... I guess it is a you-had-to-be-there-to-laugh moment... but when he was singing it I couldn't stop laughing =)

Soooo... yeah.

Tomorrow is pig-tail day! =)

Today I was woken up around 4:30 with a bloody nose. It stopped bleeding in about 10-20 minutes, but I couldn't fall back asleep after that. So I lost an hour of sleep. Boooo...

Anyways... I can't wait till Friday! It's gonna be mucho stressful, but mucho fun! =D

And I just found out I'm missing the youth rally because of Grand Canyon! Oh well... it'll be worth it =)

Hmm... boring update. Go read the post below for pictures =)

Aloha =)

2005-04-16T21:24:00.000-07:00

UPDATE!?!?!? You want an UPDATE?!?!?!?!

ok.

Well... I've been surviving... I'm really tired, but still surviving =)

*breaks into song*

I'm a survivor... I'm gonna make it...

*stops because I don't know the rest*

Ummm... yeah. I want to change my xanga, but I don't know what to change it to. Any suggestions?

Haha, what a pointless entry. Hmm...
*hits head like Winnie the Pooh*
"Think... think... think..."

.....

*crickets chirping*

...

...

Nope. Nothing. Nada. Zero.

Maybe I'll update later.

May I have comments anyways on this useless post? =)

2005-04-14T14:31:00.000-07:00

Quick update before I go and cry upstairs =) hahaha

Here's my updated list of work I have to do and their due dates:

Euro
MC questions (4/15/05)
DBQ (essay) (4/18/05)
Test (4/18/05)
Summaries (4/18/05)

English
Essay (4/19/05)
Test (4/15/05)
Reading (4/19/05)
Pop-quiz (4/19/05)

Math
10-7 (4/15/05)
10-8 (4/18/05)
Quiz (4/19/05)
Chapter Test HW (4/20/05)
Chapter Test Test (4/21/05)

Spanish
Nothing so far... I think there might be a test on Tuesday though

Chemistry
Problems (4/15/05)
Possible quiz? She likes quizzes.

Bible
Reading (4/15/05)

Seriously, it's getting so bad that I might not even go to LC tomorrow... o.O... when have I EVER missed LC?

Oh well. God is still awesome. I can't complain.

2005-04-13T21:22:00.000-07:00

Let's talk math, shall we?

Here's a little equation.

English essay + 100 super-hard Euro MC questions + Euro DBQ +All of the regular assignments + All of the regular tests (and I am pretty sure there are many coming up) = cruel and unusual DEATH.

As people in Mexico would say, TENGO MUCHO ESTRESS!!!!!!

SIGH. Good luck to the others in this position...

2005-04-12T19:14:00.000-07:00

Man. I had typed out a big long post, and suddenly my internet quit =(

Anways...
Today's quote of the day was "L'etat c'est moi."
It means "I am the state" and it was made famour through Louis XIV (aren't you proud, Mrs. C?) =D

Today was a pretty ordinary day.
Euro was actually pretty interesting... we talked about the Holocaust and stuff.
English was ok too, just had Antigone discussion.
Alg2 quiz was easy =) And yesterday's homework only took 5 minutes =D
Spanish was fun! We read "Go Dog Go" in Spanish =D
"Do you like my hat?" "No." "Good-bye" <-- Hahah... silly random dogs.
Lunch was pretty boring.
Chem was ok... people were very restless though and most people weren't listening. I was, though. I'm a good girl =) <-- Yesterday's quote.
In free-period I just did homework...
In softball, Jay played with us. He's good!

Anyways, here are some lyrics I have been thinking about lately...
***
Everything, You hold in Your hands
You still make time for me, I can't understand...
Praise You God of earth and sky, how beautiful is Your unfailing love... unfailing love
And You never change, God You remain the Holy One, and my unfailing love... unfailing love...
---
Seems like I always fall short of being worthy
Cuz I aint good enough
but He still loves me

I ain't no superstar
The spotlight ain't shining on me
Cuz I aint good enough
but He still loves me
---
Man... God is just... so good to us. I mean, He made EVERYTHING yet He still has time to listen to every word we say to Him... He keeps forgiving us over and over again with His unfailing love... He's so good, there is no adjective that is good enough for Him. He is indescribable. I really can't understand how He can love us so... unconditionally. Thank You, so much God.

My devotion from a few days ago said this:
***
When was the last time you gazed up into the star-filled sky on a clear night? Do you wonder what it would be like to travel in the heavens among the stars? What lies beyond what your physical eyes can see?

Jamie Buckingham described a night like that in the snowy mountains of North Carolina:

"I walked up the dark, snow-covered road toward Cowee Bald. The sky had cleared, revealing a billion stars twinkling in the clear, cold night. The only sound was the gurgling of a small mountain stream beside the road and the soft crunch of my shoes in the snow. All the other night noises were smothered, leaving me with the impression of standing alone on earth.

I wondered about the time, but to glance at my watch would have been sacrilegious. Clocks, calendars, automobiles, and airplanes- instruments of time and spped- were all buried benath nature's clock of stillness and slowness. I kicked the snow off my boot, and standing in the middle of the road, threw my head back and breathed deeply of the pine-scented air. Looking into the heavens I could see stars whose light had left there a million years ago and realized I was just glimpsing the edge of space. Beyond that was infinity- and surrounding it all, the Creator.

I remembered a quote from the German philosopher Kant. Something about two irrefutable evidences of the existence of God: the moral law within and the starry universe above. I breathed HIs name: "God."

Then, overwhelemed by His presence, I called Him what I had learned to call Him through experience: "Father." "

Tonight, conttemplate the stars in the heavens. You will find there a glimpse of eternity. What an awesome thought: The Creator of the universe invites me to have a personal relationship with Him!"
***

Thank You God, for Your unfailing love.

God is Awesome.

2005-04-10T08:35:00.000-07:00

I think you people who read my blog are missing out on the pictures I post on my xanga. So I will again post my xanga site just for your convenience. www.xanga.com/lilrockclimber22

Anways, here's today's post.
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Do you poop out at parties?

Are you unpopular?

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So why don't you join all the thousands of happy peppy people and get a great big bottle of Vitameatavegamin tomorrow!

Thats Vita-meata-vegamin! *wink*

2005-04-07T21:50:00.000-07:00

NOTHING interesting happened today. I don't even know why I'm posting.

2005-04-06T16:37:00.000-07:00

Random and quick story before I forget.

When I was little, my sister and cousin (who enjoyed being really mean to me for some reason) told me that if I picked that dirty stuff out of my belly button, my belly buttton would fall off.

Yeah, that's it =)

2005-04-06T16:36:00.000-07:00

HOWDY!

Happy birthday to Jenn Leung!!! WHOOOOO!!!

Guess what we're learning in Euro?

I'll give you a hint.

Think 7th (or was it 8th?) vocab book. =D
YUPP. It's Hitler.

English was fun =) Debates are always fun =)
Algebra was boring... Spanish was boring... Lunch was boring... Chem was... short... Free period was boring...
GUESS WHAT!?!?!? NO MORE VOLLEYBALL FOR PE!!!!

We get to play.....

SOFTBALL!!! WHOOOOOOO!!!

Ok now... try to hold your envy of all this hotness that is about to come...
(www.xanga.com/lilrockclimber22)
Wow. Maybe it is impossible not to be jealous =)

And now for some random thoughts before I go to bed.

I got invited to my first wedding without my parents =D Wheeeeee... hmm... is that a sign I'm getting old?
The xanga banner games like "shoot the duck" and "make a basket" to get FREE stuff are pretty fun =)
People laugh a lot when I'm around. Either they're laughing AT me or I'm funny... hope it's the second option =P
Mrs. Park has the best high school/junior high stores =) They're soo funny.
I wish my neighbors would turn their light off so I could go to sleep faster =(
I've actually been surving school this week... with a little help of course... caffeineeeee =D

I had more random thoughts... which I can't remember. Maybe it's a sign I should go to sleep =) Yes. That is what I shall do.

Adios, amigos!

2005-04-03T17:25:00.000-07:00

This post might or might not be long and tedious depending on how I feel.

I'm betting it will end up long, though. Because that is how I am.

OK. Let's start.

TUESDAY
Tuesday was my only stay-at-home day of the Easter Vacation. So guess what I did? (It wasn't very productive =P) I rebuilt my k'nex roller coaster! Actually, it was productive in getting the roller coaster done because I finished it in only 4-5 hours! Yeah... I don't remember the rest of the day, so it must not have been important.

WEDNESDAY
I stayed at home in the morning to try to do my optional homework (hah!) but... as you can tell from the "hah" statement I just made... it didn't go very well =P Too many distractions when you're sitting in front of a computer hahah =D Anyways, around 4, my dad, my sister and I headed over to my grandma's house (on my dad's side). We picked her up and ate at sushi house for dinner! Yumm. Then we went to Trader Joe's where my silly grandma stuffed $20 into each of our hands. Then we went to her house again to drop her house off, go bathroom, and sneak the money back hahah =) (She called later to tell us that we hurt her feelings by giving the money back) I think later on that day my sister and I watched the Incredibles then we went to sleep.

THURSDAY
My dad woke me up at 10:00 (he didn't tell me why). I went downstairs and saw my sister was all dressed nicely and stuff... I asked if she was going somewhere again (She went somewhere everyday) and she goes... "Yeah... we're going to Vacaville, didn't you know?" lol... yeah no one told me we were going...... so anyways, we picked up my grandma (on my mom's side) and my Aunt and headed over the Vacaville... did some shopping (I got Collin's late late late birthday present, sour jelly beans, and REALLY cool shoes that I might post a picture of later), and around 4 we had linner... or umm dunch? lol.. yeah we went to Fresh Choice... it was really good =) mmmMMMmm... then we hung around my grandma's house for a while and went home. When I got home, I cleaned the house and stuff and went to sleep.

FRIDAY
Friday was my potluck day! =) (Sorry if you weren't invited... I probably like you, but didn't feel like you would have fun with this particular bunch of friends) Anyways, I woke up at 8 to start vacuuming and cleaning the house. Angela came over around 10 and we baked cookies. Then a whole bunch of people came (umm... Andrew Alcid, Neiman, Kathy, and Kevin Chan (?)) Yeah... the boys played PS2 and ping-pong while the girls made them smoothies! Later on, Cordell and Buddy showed up... then as we were eating, David and Collin showed up. We played Cranium (Me/Neiman/Buddy vs. Cordell/Angela/Kathy vs. Collin/Andrew Alcid/Kevin Chan with David as the "reader of the cards") We ended up quitting later on, but I think my team would have won =D Hung out for a little while more, then we played APPLES TO APPLES... with a twist. Every time we lost, we would have to drink HALF A CUP of water. Boy... we went bathroom a lot that day... like... every 10 minutes lol... Yeah... there was lots of cheating and VERY funny red cards and we had a lot of fun. Angela left before we played apples to apples... Buddy, David, Andrew Alcid and Kathy left during the end of the game. The rest of us played duces for a little while, then the boys ate dinner while watching Remember the Titans (I still haven't seen it yet =P) while I cleaned up a little and packed them doggy-plates =) Then we all left for LC.
When I got to LC, did attendance and stuff, then... for an April's Fool joke, the LC sponsors switched with the YBC sponsors! We had a funny movie clip (made by Jeff) and slideshow, then had a message by Jeff. Then... REC!!! "The Amazing Wace!" (or something like that...) My team was Collin/Albert/Bobo/Cordell/Samantha (hmm... seems like I'm missing someone, but I don't know who.) First, we had to finish 18 peanut butter crackers, then we had to run around to find the next clue. (which was at the playground, but we didn't find it for a loooong time). At the playground, we had to roll a 2 dice to find out how many hard boiled eggs we had to find (by cracking them against a garbage can). Then after we finished that, we had to run around to find the next one... Ummm hmm... I think that was the room 13 one? I guess... over there, we had to roll 2 dice to find out how many bowls we had to fill with oatmeal... Then it was over to the... canopy? Whatever... I don't know the order. But at the canopy, we had to save gummy bears from whipped cream with our faces =) Then it was over to room 9, where someone was blindfolded and we had to find marked peanuts (in a big bowl of normal peanuts). Then we ran over to room 3 where our team had to finish 8 bottles of water (After I finished my bottle, I felt like throwing up... too much water for the day =P) Our team ended up in 4th place (I think we would have won if we had found that first place earlier...) Then we had nachos for birthday refreshments and went home with Nikki.

SATURDAY
I woke up, went to HOUSE practice (Jenn bought chicken wings and potato wedges... yummmm), then went to my grandma's house where I ate lunch and did Kirigami stuff (I FINALLY finished my 2004 calander!!! huZZah!!!) then we went home and went to a restaurant for my grandma's birthday! It was lots of fun just talking with all the cousins again. Boy I have the best family ever! Lots of corny jokes and stories =) Then we went home... Rachel and I made reaaaly good smoothies for everyone and people ate cake/chips and stuff. We jammed for a little while, then watched the Incredibles while reading magazines. Fun stuff =) Then I did my powerpoint and stuff and went to bed.

SUNDAY (Today)
I HATE DAYLIGHTS SAVING TIME. Woke up sooo tired. We picked up Auntie Debbie and Grace then went to church. Hung out with Rachel and Grace, then Grace and I headed over to room 31 to practice. Played... one of the songs was really bad but funny lol... then did a little impromptu skit and had a message by Pastor Pat ("Blessed are the Peacemakers") Then we played again and left. Waited with Sophia for her mom, then went to Sunday School. We played pictionary, then had the lesson while eating chocolate cat cookies =) Then we to Ranch 99 with my dad and sister and went home. I helped my sister pack her bags, then we ate lunch. And now my sister is gone and I'm typing out this HUMONGOUS post.

IN CONCLUSION
What a FUNNN Easter Vacation!!! WHY can't it be 2 weeks? Man...

:'( <-- Thinking about tomorrow (SCHOOL) face.

BLAHH.

Can't wait 'till summer!!!!

And big props to any of you who read all that.

That's all for now. Perhaps pictures later if I feel like it.

Peace OUT!!!

2005-03-28T21:25:00.000-08:00

Heyyyyy

Since today's post has pictures in it, go to www.xanga.com/lilrockclimber22 to read it =)
Haha... I'm too lazy to fix the dementions (<-- I think I spelled that wrong) of the pictures

Hope you all had a nice day =)

2005-03-25T22:59:00.000-08:00

Hellooooooooo people

So... yesterday was a bad day. A very bad day...

BUT

Today was not yesterday =)
And today was a happy day! =)
Sooo... in Euro, we watched a clip of a REALLY weird video then watched a DVD about Churchill... in English we did group work... in math he lectured on a topic we don't need to know so we don't have homework... in Spanish we had study hall... during lunch we created "Mount St. Una" hahahah... (don't ask...) in Chem we had study hall... in Bible we actually talked about Bible lol... it was interesting though, I liked it. Then, in Guitar we watched the Mercy Me Concert DVD... very good =)

After school I helped out in chess club. Which brings me to my FIRST YLSNED (see post below to see what that stands for)

YLSNED
Today I learned the kindergarteners can eat a LOT!!! They NEVER stop eating!!! How do they do it!?!?!?
I also learned that they get distracted VERY VERY easily... I was playing with this little boy... and it took him like... 10 minutes for every move just because he kept getting distracted (mostly by eating...)

After chess club, I did powerpoint and headed over to room 31 where I did attendence and stuff... then my team led worship for LC... did ok I guess... then VERY short message by Ray Loh (maybe like... 5 minutes), then for the rest of the meeting we did SMALL GROUP OLYMPICS.

Round 1: Testing of the brain
They gave us 2 sheets of paper. On one of the sheets of paper were a whole bunch of shadows of famous characters (tweety bird, Abe Lincoln, good spy/ bad spy, etc.) and we had to name the shadows. The other sheet of paper had various puzzles about math and one about English (sort of).

Round 2: Testing of the Stomach
The first event for the stomach was that they gave us 3 jars of unlabeled baby food and we had to try them out and write down what they were. The second one was that they gave us a diaper with "poop" in it, and we had to guess what the "poop" was (ours was a melted kit-kat bar). And then came the last and nastiest one. Each team had 14 covered items on a table. One by one, one person from our group had to pick one of the covered items and eat ALL of it (we'd keep rotating until all 14 items were gone). Most of the items in the covered containers were NASTY... there were (let's see if I can remember most of them...) a pack of peeps, a bowl of refried beans, a cup of unflavored sticky oatmeal, 21 saltine crackers, 1000 year old egg, chinese tea (really strong), a bowl of peanut butter, half of a red onion, durian, prune juice, beef intestines, chicken somethings, a pack of raw non-flavored ramon noodles, and... something else that I don't remember. Anyways... I got the 2 driest ones... the oatmeal and the saltine crackers which leads me to another YLSNED

YLSNED
Today I learned that I can't eat... like... anything, and if I can eat something nasty, it takes me FOREVER!!!

Round 3: Testing of the Muscles
The last one was an obstacle course. First of all, someone in the group would be blindfolded, and would have to spin around a bat 10 times. Then that blindfolded person would take someone on his back and get to the end of the basketball courts (with the person on the back directing him) (mind you, there were obstacles... those driving blocking thingys)... so yeah... our team only had 2 boys, so some girls had to carry girls (like me =P I carried Grace)... then once we were done (after repeated the process 5 times), we all had to run to the end of the basketball court to get a spoons and an egg. We had to get into a line and pass it from one spoon to the other till we got to the end of the basketball court.

Guess who won?..... EVERYONE. How corny (but good for the losers =P)

Yeah... that's about it...

Oh wait... one more thing...

WE'RE FREE WE'RE FREE WE'RE FREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

2005-03-23T22:46:00.000-08:00

Hello! Quick post before bed I guess...

Well today was a good day =) And lunch was reaaaaally good. MMmmMM... makes me hungry just thinking about it.

I'm going to be starting a new section in my blog/xanga called: "You learn something new every day" where, as you can guess, I tell you something new I learned that day!

I bet you I'll forget within... a week though ahahah

Anyways, here's todays edition of....

YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.
Today I learned that I am really really easily amused. I mean, I had always known that I was easily amused (I used to sit on the floor for a long time just playing with kitchen magnets...) but today I found out just how easily amused I am. For example, in English today, I was really amused by... writing utensils. First of all, (this is starting to sound like an essay lol...) I was really amused with Cordell's pen, whiched switched colors and switched really fast when you unscrewed it partly. Secondly, I was really amused with Robert's pen, which had a laser pointer and a blue light on it. And lastly, I was the most amused with Kathy's pencils. She has those types of pencils that have something hanging off of the end (like a plastic monkey, star, etc.) So anyways, I just kept spinning those pencils for the longest time (while people were laughing at me for being so amused =P) Yeah. And this happened during lunch too =) I named the plastic monkey "Kirby the Monkey". I guess it's a good thing I'm easily amused... it doesn't take much to please me =)

Good luck to the CCS WOMT 2 people who left today!

And my sister should be coming home in a very short time. (like... 10 minutes or so?)

Today really felt like Thursday... but alas, it is only Wednesday. BUT it is ok... because TOMORROW is Thursday. And the next day is.... FRIDAY!!!! Which means........ WE'RE FREEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

Boy my blog/xanga seems childish compared to Kevin Chan's and Allen's lol....

No no... not childish... UNIQUE. Yes. Unique. =) Very... Jenna-ish. Which is a good thing I guess... if it weren't Jenna-ish that would be weird because I'm Jenna....
.... ANYWAYS off topic. I wonder if I have ADHD lol....

I guess I'll stop now before I really weird you out (if I haven't weirded you out already...)

So... good night!!!

2005-03-22T21:46:00.000-08:00

You know what hurts?......

3 cold sores.

OUCH.

You know how I can say this?

I have 3 cold sores.

OUCH.

Boy does it hurt. A lot. Like ow ow ow ow ow ow ow hurt. =(

But... my brother is home and my sister is coming home tomorrow =)

And... I was extremely productive today!

And... 11 more months till my birthday! LoL

And... Carrie Underwood did really well in her performance today on American Idol!

And... 3 more days until EASTER VACATION!!!!!

And... God loves me!

So I am happy. Even though I have 3 cold sores that make me go OUCH. =)

Yay =) Hope you had/have a happy day!

2005-03-21T21:46:00.000-08:00

Mixture with oxygen, let me see you breathe it in
My body makes carbon dioxide, let me see you blow it outside
Every little heart and body needs oxygen to body
Work your body, work your body, let me see you respirate...

HAHA... Mr. Chung is a genius... I love it when he raps...

2005-03-19T23:35:00.000-08:00

Umm... hmmm... update, update....

Yesterday was spring picture day, so we got to wear casual clothes =). It was a good day... Mrs C. was sick so we watched a video on Lenin. In English, we just did group work. In Algebra 2 we had study hall. In Spanish we had study hall. In Chem we had study hall. In Bible we talked about teacher's appreciation day. In Guitar, we played "Draw me Close".

So anyways, question that my mom and dad were debating about today in the car.

Is it "I couldn't have cared less" or "I could have cared less"?

I think it is "I couldn't have cared less" because it's saying that you could NOT care less. That's the point right? If you say "I could care less", you're saying that you could care less then what you're caring about right now, right? Anyways, yes.

Kevin Chan, I am still waiting for your xanga post about 'THIS tuesday" and "NEXT tuesday"

Annnnnnd... I have been very obsessive compusive lately. Especially about spelling and grammar mistakes made by LC Sponsors and TEACHERS.

That's pretty much it. 1 more week.... 1 more week.... 1 more weeeeeeek.....

I WILL survive.

2005-03-17T19:31:00.000-08:00

Guess What!?!?!?
Guess What?!!?!?
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YOU! YES YOU!!!
And God does too =) You are very special!

[I had a very very very bad day today. So I'm going this to cheer those up who had a bad day too. And everyone else too ;) ]

2005-03-13T20:58:00.000-08:00

Hello blog readers,
My formal post is in my xanga because the pictures are BIG!
Don't worry... I like blog the best still =)
Anyways... go to www.xanga.com/lilrockclimber22
It's a VERY NICE story with LOTS of pictures and funny captions! Enjoy!

2005-03-12T12:26:00.000-08:00

Jenna Lee is thoroughly POOPED.

So she will update later. Not now.

But she will say.... SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-03-09T17:15:00.000-08:00

I was sick today...

In other news...

Hmmm..... I think I win the "Unluckiest Person Award".

So... the formal is Friday, right? Now think of the one of the worst things that could possible happen right before a formal.... aaaaaaand..........

Yesterday morning I woke up with my left eyelid all swollen and heavy. Yes, folks, I got ANOTHER STY. I almost cried....

So anyways, needless to say, I walked around school the entire day with a hot compress on my eye, hoping it'll feel (and LOOK) better.

Sigh... if this doesn't go away soon... I don't know WHAT I'll do.....

Hot compress, Zinc, Zinc, Vitamin C, Zinc, Hot compress, Vitamin C, Vitamin C, Hot compress, Zinc, Vitamin C.............

Sigh.... =(

2005-03-07T22:09:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOBY!!!

Here's your birthday present. May not be the best, but I definately get points for originality, eh? =)

2005-03-06T20:32:00.000-08:00

My New Toy:

Canon Powershot A85
Price: $220 (regularly $280)

2005-03-02T20:35:00.000-08:00

Sigh.... here I go again...

... right back into one of the low points in this crazy roller coaster called life....

I don't like it =(

2005-02-26T20:47:00.000-08:00

Yes, it was definately a SWEET birthday. Unfortunately that was the only thing good about it heh...

I don't know... everyone was just... really tired this week. Especially me. And all of the sick people (who I hope feel better soon). I think we're all just tired of school and want Easter Vacation to come early.

I had an ortho appointment on Thursday. BOY did it hurt. Man... on Friday, I didn't eat breakfast or lunch. Because... I couldn't chew anything! It was horrible! Finally I got tired of not eating and had some curly fries from Jack in the Box (mMmMmM). Led worship for LC... I think it went ok...

Then... SMALL GROUPS!!!

Oh my goodness... this was the BEST small group EVER! I won't get into much detail because what goes on in small groups stays in small groups... but... I could feel God working. Something special happened... it just made Andrea and I feel the happiest ever... one of those moments where it feels like everything you've ever done has meaning... MAN... it was so cool. I LOVE MY SMALL GROUP.

After small groups, we played around... Val, Andrea, and Grace were telling jokes (pretending to be on a radio station) while I was their music-maker. It was really fun =). Then I talked with Line... "PROJECT!" hahah... yeah... LC really brightened my week. After I got home from LC, I did chores, watched American Idol, then stayed up till around 12:30 to finish reading my 4 Euro packets.

Woke up today, did chores, ate breakfast, then cleaned my room and played piano till we left for Grandma's house. Then I ate lunch and did homework for the rest of the day. I think the teachers are getting meaner and meaner....

So anyways... not looking forward to this coming week. It is dubbed "ZAP WEEK" by Mrs. C. Wanna hear the definition of Zap Week? An essay Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, (maybe Saturday and Sunday, I don't know), Monday, and Tuesday. And that's only what's going on in Euro!!! We still have homework/tests from the other classes! AIYAH!!! Anways, I never can remember that it's called "Zap week" so i call it "death week" because that is what it's going to be. We're all going to die of stress and sleep-deprivation.

AND... again, about American Idol. I LOVE CARRIE UNDERWOOD AND MARIO VASQUEZ SO MUCH!!! One of them HAS to win. If they don't... America is stupid. Because they are s0o0oo0o good. So yeah... I predict AND hope one of them will win. I don't care which one (yet), but one of them better win.

OOH yeah and on Friday, Guitar was fun because like almost no one brought their guitars (poor Jay...) so Jay let us just mess around. So I got to entertain people on the piano for the entire 45-minutes =). It was very fun! I tried to teach Frank the mario star song... but he wasn't... very good. Anyways, yeah... piano is such a great way to entertain =D

Jenna.... out!

2005-02-22T21:35:00.000-08:00

What a GREAT day! More on that later.

Anyways... summary of last week: we had a test (and usually a quiz too) every single day that week except Monday, so it was very stressful. I gained a new nickname in Guitar: Mario... because I can play the Mario theme song on piano =)

-American Idol-
DUDE this is the best show ever! I love it love it love it! It's the only show I watch. I want Carrie and Mario to do well/win! YAY! They're super good!

-Today-
Today was my sweet 16th birthday =). Thanks to everyone for all the gifts and cake and for everyone saying happy birthday to me! Whether it was oral, IMed, in a xanga, or e-mailed, I loved it all! Thanks so much!

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AzNDaRkSoUjA: happy birthday jenna!!!!
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OMNI X10AFREEDOM: happy b-day
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coLAsurFER39: HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNA!
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GundamSeeDestin: happie bday
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lilorangegrl48: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U
lilorangegrl48: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U
lilorangegrl48: HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR JENNA
lilorangegrl48: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO U!!
lilorangegrl48: YEA!! ITS THAT DAY OF UR BIRTH
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mikbaDu: happy brithday to youuu jenna!!
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d3aDk1d: HAPPY BDAY AGAIN!
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siNgWhiLuSWIM: happppy birthdayyyyy tooooooooooo u!

2005-02-21T21:03:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow is my birthday =)

I'm very tired.

Today wasn't a very nice day.

I'll have a more interesting post for you tomorrow (unless the teachers go crazy)... Just don't feel like blogging right now.

That's about it.

Byyyyyyyyyye

2005-02-16T20:14:00.000-08:00

Hello!

Guess I'll talk about Valentine's day...
I didn't get much sleep that day because I wasn't able to sleep in my car until 7:20 like I usually did. When my mom and I got to school, most of the senior boys were already there. Jon and aA were there also. I started decorating with Angela and Kelly. Then after we were done, we started packing the cookies in the bag. It was then that we noticed.......

THE COOKIES WOULDN'T FIT IN THE BAG.
AHHHHHH that was so bad. We didn't know what to do. Finally we went to my mom's room, explained the whole situation, and my wonderful mom drove us to Greenhouse to get some new bags. We went to Safeway, nothing. 99 cent store, not open. Longs, not open. Walgreens, we finally find some reasonably priced bags (spent around $6). Then we hurried back and started packing cookies, putting the tags on the bags, and curling ribbons for the candy leis. Then we passed stuff out. We still had classes... lecture in all of our classes. So wanna hear what everyone did?
Senior Guys: decorated the junior girls' lockers (how nice), decorated the floor under the canopy with lots and lots of chalk drawings, did a powerpoint presentation, dressed in suits, and decorated the lockers (maybe did some more, but I don't know).
Senior GIrls: decorated the lockers and stuff, PROVIDED LUNCH, gave them those really nice flower leis, big nice sign (maybe more)
Junior Guys: decorated lockers and baked (?) I don't know...
Junior Girls: decorated lockers, big sign, baked (?)
SOPHOMORE GUYS: bought us our favorite jamba juice, gave us a card, sang to us at lunch, and MADE US A VIDEO (it was really good =] ), decorated our lockers with a balloon and rose
Sophomore Girls: decorated their lockers, gave them a candy rose, homemade candy, a bag of homemade cookies, a candy lei, and a frap.
Freshmen Guys: nothing
Freshmen Girls: decorated their lockers with a poem and candy, made them cookies

Senior girls definately won. And beat the record. BUT just wait until when WE'RE seniors. The girls and guys are already planning =) we will become the new champs.

I LOVE THE SOPHOMORE GUYS. CLASS OF 2007 RULESSSSSSS!!!!

Yesterday was a bad day. A very bad day. I will not talk about it.

Today was not a good day either. But it's over =). I'm grateful for that.

Anyways... random moment time since people seem to like it.
I like college junk mail. Both the paper and e-mail kind. So today when I got 2 in the mail, I was happy. I joyfully started looking at them until I noticed something......

The letter was addressed to Jennifer.... JEE.

Now either the colleges just decided to call me that because there are so many Jennifer Lee's in this world....

Or I am the most stupid person in the world because I don't know how to spell/bubble my own name.

I think it is the latter =(

Anyways, since I was brave enough to share this to the whole world, please don't make fun of me. Or else... I might either cry or kill you. Both would be bad.

That's it =). Bye!

2005-02-13T19:45:00.000-08:00

Wow, I haven't blogged in a while. Weird.
Feel free to skip the next 4 paragraphs. They're just a recap of the week. Another random topic down below =)

Ok, so I don't remember much of school on Thursday... must have been boring. After school, a bunch of boys in my grade and I helped my mom do Open House stuff... wasn't too bad, and she also fed us dinner! Yum yum. We were done around 7:00 (the earliest we've EVER gone home near open house...) and drove Collin and Neiman home. I think I just fooled around and went to bed early. (mMmMm... sleep... =] )

Friday was HOMEWORK DAY! I was so overjoyed! I woke up at 9, ate breakfast until 10, then started home-working. I did English till about 11:30, then showered and ate lunch. Then I worked on Algebra 2 for 2 hours or so, and Chem for about 2.5 hours. Then I ate dinner (hawaiian... yum =P) while catching up on the only 2 TV shows I watch (the Amazing Race and American Idol). Then we went shopping (oh joy. my most favorite thing to do in the world...) and had a very... unpleasant experience. I went to bed early again. =D

Saturday I woke up, ate egg flower soup for breakfast, then cleaned the house. Then I played around, and my dad and I went to grandma's house (after dropping off a Tap-Ex drink for her and open house). Then I ate lunch and did Euro for a little while (ended up falling asleep). Then I woke up, watched some TV while doing Euro, ate dinner, then went home. When I got home, I worked on my secret Valentine's day part for 4 hours (from 8-12), then completely pooped, went to bed.

Today I woke up late, went to church, went to HOUSE, went to Sunday School (and drew a REALLY cool picture =P), went to my grandma's, went to my other grandma's, and now I'm home!

OK! It's RANDOM TOPIC time!!! WOOOO!!!
So, the random topic of today, is abbreviations used online.

So you'll notice that nowadays, on 6th-8th grade xangas (and most likely, on AIM) ... they almost speak in an entirely new language. Yes, they speak English, but their SPELLING! My goodness. They like... distort in on purpose! Yes, for some words it IS easier to type out shortened spellings, like bro (brother), sis (sister), brb (be right back), bbl (be back later), ttyl (talk to you later), btw (by the way), fyi (for your information), info (information), cuz (because), b-day (birthday). But... they've taken it to another extreme! Here is an piece of someone's xanga post. (Mind you, just a PIECE) (in the slimmest chance that that person is reading this, sorry... I have nothing against you, [in fact, you're a really cool person] just your... spelling =P )
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n the mornin..i stayed home...nd didnt really do n e thin...helped mai mommi out wid sum shtuff...nd den we went outta chinatown at 11...wentta da stweet fest thingy...its soo tiny...2 blocks..dats all...nd den walked round wentta eat round 1...wen mai daddy nd jimmy kame out....we ate dim sum...nd den walked ta round 3..nd den went home....nd den ronald kame home frum a b-day party...[[its actually a guys party for once...]] nd den watched tv...took a shower...nd dne ate dinner...nd went ice-skatin....at ice-skating...it wuzz funn...cuz i actually practiced mai spins nd jumps nd alla dat other shtuff..for once..haha...nd den mee nd ronald nd carmen satt round for a while ta eat chips..nd dne we hadda go nd we bought kandy ta eat....hehe...nd i bought 2 stickers..dere so kyoote..haha...nd den mai daddy kame nd mee nd ronald left too....kame home...nd watched tv...nd ate sum shtuff....nd den wentta sleep round 12.....okai
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So now I'm going to examine EVERY weird spelling they choose.
1) "n" (in)... how much extra time does it take to put an "i" in front of the "n"? Maybe like... .005 of a second? My that saves a lot of time. NEXT
2) "mornin" (morning)... again, it only saves one letter. big woop.
3) "nd" (and)... this is getting repetative.... plus besides only saving VERY LITTLE time, it looks ugly! very ugly.
4) "didnt" (didn't)... this one isn't thaat bad, but being the daughter of an English teacher, this annoys me.
5) "n e thin" (anything)... when you add up the spaces and letters in the "n e thin", it equals the number of letters in "anything", so it probably shouldn't take any less time. plus it looks ugly.
6) "mai" (my)... more letters= more time. isn't the point of changing spelling to make things quicker? doesn't make any sense to me...
7) "mommi" (mommy)... ugly... and doesn't save time.
8) "wid" (with)... sure that saves time... but it's ugly, and if you say it outloud... it doesn't produce the same sound as "with"... isn't that also the point of changing spelling?
9) "sum" (some)... ugly, doesn't save much time, and you could get mixed up with the math term "sum" hahah...
10) "shtuff" (stuff)... uggggly... and takes more time.
11) "den" (then)... you could get confused with the real word "den", ugly, doesn't save much time
12) "outta" (out of)... maybe they don't like spaces... iono...
13) "wentta" (went to)... or maybe they just like the word "ta"? lol...
14) "da" (the)... umm yeah, i think you get the point...
15) "stweet" (street)... is this a real typo? YOU NEVER CAN TELL!!! well anyways... that's crazy ugly.
16) "its" (it's) AHHH mom-influence again =)
17) "dats" (that's)... see everything above...
18) "round" (around)... maybe they're just lazy? it takes less than a second to add an "a" to the front...
19) "kame" (came)... AHHHH SO UGLY!!!... I don't think they like the letter "c"...
20) "frum" (from)... see above.
21) "wuzz" (was)... ugly, doesn't save time.
22) "alla" (all of)... I don't know about you... but doesn't that remind you of that god dude?
23) "mee" (me) and "satt" (sat) and "hadda" (had to) ... or maybe they have an obsession with double letters?
24) "kandy" (candy) and "kyoote" (cute) I really don't think they like the letter "c"... plus... "kyoote"... that's 2 letters extra! and it's UGLY!
25) "okai" (OK, or okay)... I don't think they like "y"s either. And when I see that word, I think "O- Kai", not "O-Kay"

Haha... you can tell that I got tired of the end of doing this, but I'm illustrating a point. THOSE ABBREVIATIONS ARE UGLY. Thank You.

Have a GREAT night!

2005-02-09T21:38:00.000-08:00

GUNG HAY FAT CHOI... [insert all of those other chinese sayings here cuz that's the only one i know...]

I'm going to talk about a random topic today. But first, the day's events.

Euro was ok... but I've been extremely tired lately, so it seemed extra boring to me. In English we acted out Tartuffe again. In Algebra 2, we worked on our open house projects. Spanish was fun =) we worked on our open house projects- designing our "dream house" in spanish. I had many cool ideas... such as a slide going from the top floor to the bottom floor... but alas that cool idea and others (such has having a manatee in my pool) got rejected by my partner. During lunch, we ate and went to the bathroom. Chem was boring. Very boring. Bible was fun =) we worked on our open house project... our class has the best poster ever! Jess, Val, Karen and I stayed behind during 8th period to finish the project. Then I went home.

I read Tartuffe again when I got home, then rested for 15 minutes. Then I went online for around 10 minutes, then ate dinner. Then I did homework, chores, more homework, and now I'm blogging!

So my random topic of today: Obsessive-Compulsiveness [aka perfection]
So. Around a year ago, I discovered I was obsessive-compulsive. The littlest things could annoy me. Now, sometimes being obsessive-compulsive is bad. If something is not right and you cannot change it, you will be annoyed for a long time. Then you must try to get your mind off of that wrong thing and try to concentrate on something else, but often times, it is very hard. For example, I get annoyed very easily. Like, one day, there was this little girl who had one sock really pulled up high, and one sock pulled down low. My friend pointed it out to me, and I just kept staring and staring at it! I NEEDED it to be fixed! So finally I got my friend to go tell that little girl to fix her socks. And finally I was OK. See? That pretty much happens every day. I also cannot sit through an entire class period with a chair with no bar. I get annoyed within ONE minute. It's very bad. Oh, and my fingernails must ALWAYS be clipped with no nail showing, so they are perfect. Also, I get REALLY REALLY annoyed when teachers are erasing their chalkboards/whiteboards. They usually leave spots on the board when they erase, or don't erase it all the way, so you can see the words that were previously there. Wow. That annoys me forever. I just want to get out of my seat and take the eraser and erase it! Jessica is like that too =) She must have perfectly clean boards haha. She also must have no "fuzz" stuck to glue sticks. Today in Bible, she sat down and started pulling all of the fuzz off of our glue sticks! It was so funny! Hahaha. And Andrew gets annoyed if people don't put the caps back on soda bottles. Wooo go obsessive-compulsive people!
However, sometimes it is good to be obsessive-compulsive. For example, on projects, I must have straight lines. Teachers like straight lines. When teachers like your work, you get good grades. Therefore, on my projects, I usually get good grades. Yes. I must have very boxy-boxes and very straight-straight lines. Like when I was working on Mrs. Park's card (the periodic table), I must have earased it like 5 times! Because my boxes weren't boxy. However, when I did make all of my boxes perfect squares, it looked so much better and she liked it alot. And take today for an example. Our Spanish Open House project is a group project. My partner... isn't exactly a neat person. Her lines are not straight, and her handwriting is very hard to read. So today, after I finished all of my real homework, I did it ALL over again. The ENTIRE thing. And it looks good! So now I am very happy. We will probably get a very good grade on this =).

Yes. That is my blurb about obsessive-compulsiveness. I wonder if anyone actually read all that....

OoooHHHhHh and you know what's scary? Those radio commercials... with Scruff-McGruff (the crime-fighting dog) about how people lurk online looking for little kids to trick them into meeting them so that they can... do bad stuff to them. Yes. I don't like those commercials. They're scary =(

Aaaaaaand... 13 days. Actually, almost 12, since it's almost 12:00 (sorta) =) I'm so old...

OH and FREDDY AND KENDRA WON!!! That made my day yesterday hahah =)

OK, BYE!

2005-02-08T21:30:00.000-08:00

Today wasn't a good day.

But let's talk about yesterday first. Basically yesterday went like this:
"AHH ow! My hair is stuck in the chair!"
"AHH ow! My hair is stuck in my guitar case!"
"AHH ow! My hair is stuck in my fingernail clipper!"

Heh. Yeah, that's how my day went yesterday.

So anyways, today...
I accidently work up late [5:50 lol...] so I had to scramble to make lunch prepare for school. While sleeping in the car at school, I was woken up by a little boy screaming [for no reason, don't worry, there was nothing wrong]. I spent the morning worrying about my speech. Euro was boring and we had to take lots of notes. In English, we acted out Tartuffe. In Algebra 2, he moved our seats. I'm now in the very very back. Lecture was boring. In Spanish, everyone was acting up... felt so sorry for Mrs. Starchenko haha. Phuong... he just keeps talking and talking and talking. During lunch, we had a LEO's meeting, then went to the bathroom. In Chem, we had a super-duper hard quiz. Free period I just did Spanish homework. Volleyball [PE] was stupid as usual. He was in a bad mood so he made us run 3 laps instead of 2. Then we practiced setting and bumping and my arms turned all red [my capillaries were bursing lol]. Afterschool, I had Mrs. Park help me, since I didn't seem to get the material the quiz was on... then I ate dinner and practiced my speech.

-The Speech-
Well, knowing my bad luck, wanna guess what number I was?
Yes. I was first. So I said my speech. All in all, I was proud of myself. I only messed up twice, with no "blank-outs". I did everything I was told: I made eye contact, spoke loudly, emphasized words, was passionate, and walked around. Daniel was second. He was pretty good, just seemed very nervous up there. Joshua was last. He, I must admit, had the best presentation, but his content, in my (and my dad's) opinion, was NOT good. It never seemed to answer the question... he just told the story. So after that, we just hung around, introduced ourselves and stuff. Then came the results. As you can probably guess [seeing that I said today was a bad day], I didn't win. Joshua ended up winning. I must say, I was dissapointed, because I genuinly thought I deserved to win, but I'm ok. I did my best, and I'm proud of myself. I wish Joshua the best of luck on March 3rd (the next competition).

So what did I gain from all this hard work and stress? Something to put on my college application, $50 ($25 from Lion's Club and $25 from the school), a nice certificate, experience, and TapEx from my daddy =)

Was it worth it? I guess...

Oh, and HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY TO MY BIG BRO, BRYAN!!! Wow. You're old =)

The Amazing Race Finale is on right now. GO FREDDY AND KENDRA!!!

I'm pooped. I think I'll stop blogging for tonight. [Sorry this post wasn't too interesting either =P]

2005-02-06T21:49:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick post before I go off to memorize my new speech. [Just for Buddy because he is bored.]

So anyways, quick recap of the last few days?

Friday's LC was cool, Darren Wu spoke. He wasn't very funny that day, but he was funny today. We played the fruit game (GO PEARS), which killed my knees so much that I fell to the floor and didn't get up.

Saturday we had HOUSE practice. I think it went ok. We were done practicing at around 11:15, so we starting messing with Lester's computer. We went online and found out that he saves his passwords on his computer, so we wrote a huge mushy story about his love life on his xanga [thus the story below]. I went to my grandma's afterwards, worked on my speech, then went home to work on my speech some more [oh joy].

Today I woke up early and went to church with my mom. We picked up Christine Hom, and while Mom was getting her coffee, we had an interesting conversation.
Christine: So... you're not Jenna, are you? You're Rachel...
Me: Um... no, I'm Jenna

Haha that was it, but I find it very interesting how so many people think I'm Rachel and Rachel is me. I mean, I'll admit when we were younger we REALLY looked alike, but not anymore. I've gotten braces, and she has highlights and stuff in her hair. But people still get us mixed up. Rachel tells me that sometimes people will look at her and say, "Jenna! Jenna" and she'll just walk away because she doesn't know what to do. Haha... yeah... which I guess ruins my reputation...

So when I got to church I just hung out with Rachel and Grace... we practiced, then played. Playing... didn't go very well (to me at least)... for some reason, our team is always speeding up on songs!!! Most of our team doesn't realize it, but we do... and it really annoys me {grr to being an obsessive-compulsive person]. Anyways, the message by Pastor Darren was cool. We stayed for a little while to talk to Hillary [she's not going to our church starting in June! =( ] then we dropped off Sophia. Then Grace and I went to class, had the lesson, then went to my dad's sunday school room. We ended up staying for the business meeting and I played with Grace/ Alyssa/ Jazz/ Sam / Jay/ Boi-Boi. Went home, ate, went to the cemetary, then worked on my speech some more. Played around with my cousins, then went home and worked on my speech some more.

My speech is on Tuesday, and I'm really scared. They really did not give us enough time to prepare for this, and having another paper in my English class due did not exactly help either. Plus, all of this practicing and the actual day of the speech takes up SO much of my homework time (on PowerSchool, it says the speech contest is from 6-10!!!!!!). So... please pray that I'll do my best on Tuesday. I've already decided that if God doesn't want me to win, I'll be ok with it. All I want is to do my best and make my parents proud. If God's will is to let me win, then great! I'll be happy. But if God doesn't want me to win, I'll be disappointed that all of my hard work did not pay off, but I won't be mad. I just want to do my best...

Sorry this post wasn't as interesting as the last few posts... I'm sort of pressed for time for working on this paper. (I'm supposed to say it to some people tomorrow, and I haven't memorized the new parts of my speech yet! Ahhh!) I promise you a very interesting post the next time. =)

Lots of Open House projects to do this week. I probably won't be posting much.

Aaaaand... 16 more days =)

10-4.

2005-02-05T13:06:00.000-08:00

THIS IS A STORY ABOUT LESTER LIM--

Once apon a time. it was February 14th 2004. I met a girl. Her name was Brenda Lafawndah Chan. I saw her in a coffeeshop and instantly fell in love with her. I told her I was Superman. She said, "ohh, i'm sure you are. i'm batgirl. to be continued.

i love the house plugs

ok. i'm back. now back to my story.

She said, "I am batgirl". It was love at first sight. I looked into her eyes and she kicked me in the face. I was madly in love. She was sooo my type of girl. She got me to graduate from college. She was my inspiration and love. She said, "my grandchildren will LOVE you! and so do i." I got down on one knee.... she sat on it. It kind of hurt.... but I'm attracted to those kind of women. She was old enough to be my mother (have a century old), but I was ok with it. I like older women. She're much more... mature. She started dancing wildly to, "She bangs!" by William Hung. She also started singing along with her nice fobby accent. It was so soothing to me. I wish she could sing to me every night. So anyways, I got down on one knee again. I looked into her eyes and said, "I love you." At the alter the next day, she tore off her mask, and there was....................

TOBY

at first i thought, "where is brenda?" but then i realized that toby was even better then her. We zoomed off in our limo to our honeymoon in ELMO'S WORLD. It was soooo fun. I loved it. So this february 22, we will be celebrating our 1st anniversary! I can't wait. This year we'll be going to Cloud 9 to celebrate.

that is the end of my story. I'll have another update next year on Febrary 14th, 2006, where we'll be celebrating our 2nd anniversary!

I am so blessed.

And, the HOUSE plug ROCKS!!!!

2005-02-03T21:36:00.000-08:00

Many interesting conversations today.

Mrs. Carlson talked to me about the book again today.

Guess what she said?

I'll give you a hint: it was definitely not what I expected...

Mrs. C: "So would you mind if I contacted a publisher?"

Me: (In my head) "................ "

That's CRAZY! [In a good way... I think] I'm not that good of a writer... until yesterday, I didn't even think I was good, and now she wants to contact a publisher!?!? Wow. Wow wow wow. That is all I have to say.

The math test was hard today. Maybe attitude isn't the key to success. =P Just kidding hahaha. It's just not the only factor in success.

Lunch was also... interesting. During lunch, our sophmore group takes up two tables. One for the girls, one for the boys. So today, all the boys happened to have a "yearbook" meeting, so the boy's table was completely empty. There is only one problem: there are only about three boys in our sophmore group who are in yearbook. So obviously, they were planning out something for Valentine's day haha. They also spent spies on us because since all of the boys were together, the girls were obviously all together and could be planning something. So they sent Luke and Byron to spy on us, claming that Luke needed help on his Mandarin composition. Haha, it was hilarious.

So in Chem, right before lunch ended, I had a very interesting converstion with Collin.
Me: "So... I noticed all of you guys were gone today at lunch..."
Collin: "Yeah, we had a yearbook meeting"
Me: "Only Kevin, Dennis, and Cordell are in yearbook"
Collin: "Oh, I had a Men's Drill meeting..."
Allen: (who sits behind me) "Hey, how come I wasn't invited...?"
Collin: "Oh, it was a Yearbook/Men's Drill/boys in Euro meeting"
Me: "... HAHA (drops subject)"

Need I say more? Hahahah.

So anyways, that was my day. This weekend is going to be busy for me. Although I'm guessing we're going to have little to no homework, I have a BIG assignment to do. Can you guess?

Yes. It is the dreaded LION'S CLUB SPEECH CONTEST. >.< Boy, they're not giving us much time to work on it. I wonder why? Anyways, so I have to rewrite parts of my speech, then re-memorize, then re-practice. Hmm. That's a lot.

In addition to all that, I have HOUSE practice on saturday, and am playing for HOUSE on sunday. The potential new youth pastor is speaking Sunday! I wonder what he'll be like... I guess I'll find out tomorrow (he's also speaking in LC). I'm sad. I'm almost going to "graduate" from the HOUSE. That means no more playing for it and hanging out with the big people on saturday practices. Sigh... so many great memories there...

Which brings me to my next topic: I'm getting OLD!!! I'm going to be turning 16 in 19 days... man! When did I get so old?

OH! And I am FINALLY done with the "nightmare" paper!!! WHOOOPEEE!!!! Let's have a par-tay!!! (hahah... can you tell i'm happy?)

Yeah, that's pretty much it. Hope you all have a GREAT night!

2005-02-02T16:20:00.000-08:00

Seeing that I have a minimum day today, why don't I take the chance to blog?

When I was very little, maybe around 5 or 6, I wanted to be an artist when I grew up. What could be better then drawing pretty pictures all day? Well, I grew up a little and decided I wanted to become an architect! Building and designing houses would be super cool, I thought. A few years later, probably somewhere around 5th or 6th grade, I decided to become an actress. After all, my friends and teachers all thought that I was really good at acting. More years passed by, and I told myself i wanted to become a graphic artist. This was MUCH more cool then being an artist because you don't have to get dirty. Also the fact that I made this REALLY cool picture using Paint (on the computer) helped me think that I would probably be a pretty good graphic artist. Finally, I chose to become a mechanical engineer. My parents said I was really good with my hands, and you can make a pretty good living being an engineer.

Then Mrs. Carlson comes along today, and tells me something very interesting.

I was just about to walk the Kindergarteners and 3rd graders to their rooms, when Mrs. Carlson says, "Jenna, can I talk to you?" Automatically I think, "uh oh... I must have failed one of my quizzes or papers..." So while Venus takes my classes to their rooms, I have a talk with Mrs. Carlson.

Wanna know what she said?

She told me that she has been teaching for 16 years and she has never taught a student who could write as clearly as me. Then she gave me an optional extra credit assignment: to write a children's book. She said that with my clarity and my creative ideas, I'd make an awesome children's author.

Wow. No one has ever told me that before.

In my excitement, I tell some of my friends. Some give me evil looks (I think because of the extra credit...), while others say, "wow". Not exactly what I'd call encouraging, but nothing could bring me down. My teacher, who can do almost anything, gave me a HUGE compliment about my writing. It brightened my day x1000.

Children's author? Maybe. We'll see how it goes...

So why am I telling you this? I have absolutely no idea. Actually, I don't think I write for my readers most of the time. I blog so that I can remember what I've done for the last few years.

That is the end of my story. The rest of the day wasn't bad, we just had lectures in all of our classes. Then I went home at 12:45, relaxed, and did homework.

Oh, and yesterday I did 750 crunches =). I'm starting to do them in sets of 200 now. My goal for today is 1000.

2005-02-01T17:33:00.000-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 17TH BIRTHDAY, JESSICA QUEN!!! =D
hope you have the greatest birthday ever, february, whipped cream, and obsessive-compulsiveness buddy =P have another fun year of being my "exterminator", laughing a lot, and being super cool! woooOOOOOO go february!!! we rock!

2005-01-31T21:58:00.000-08:00

i think when you cry yourself to sleep, you wake up more tired then you really are.

anyways, today when i was sleeping in the car before school, i had a really scary dream. i remember that the sky had non-stop lightning, and that i had forgotten to put on my contacts that day (i was at school). also, i remember being electrecuted....

euro was boring. english had a really really long test... not bad (finally, my reading it 3 times helped...). alg2- worked on our open house projects. spanish- learned new vocab. lunch- just relaxed. chem- went over the hw due a long time ago. bible- student gov't meeting. guitar- learned how to read music (like... piano music... how to count and stuff)

went home, did garbage, then did hw. rewrote my paper again. *sigh*... hope it works....

so anyways, for the past 3 days i've been starting to work out again... for instance, today i did 500 crunches (not in a row of course, i do them in sets of 100s every hour or so). along with my sets of 100 crunches, i also do 10 pushups (so that'd make 50 pushups). and sometimes i lift weights while studying/reading for school. all i need is a pullup bar... i think i'll buy one with my christmas/ chinese new year/ birthday money =) wooo me and collin are gonna get super buff :D (we're work-out accountability partners ahahhah) wish us luck! =P

2005-01-30T21:53:00.000-08:00

this paper has caused me more pain and tears then it should.
the nightmare is back. and this time there are two.
i spend the whole weekend. the WHOLE weekend rewriting this monster to make it better. only to find out he hates it and i'll probably have to rewrite it again.
yay for relapses. i love them to death.
i don't know what to do.

2005-01-28T17:42:00.000-08:00

guess what?

I'M IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha. more on that later.

so today....
euro- she came even though she wasn't feeling better o.O... we had lecture then worked on the DBQ. english- "pop" quiz then graded the "pop" quiz. alg2- lecture.

spanish- workbook. then i got a call from the office telling me they wanted me. so i go there... and see all these kids from the lions club speech contest there. in my head, i was thinking "hmm... all lions club speech club people. (oh by the way, the topic this year was Attitude... The Key to Success? [s0oo0 much better then that stupid democracy one last year...]) this is either a bad thing or a good thing" but then Isaiah and Victor were there... so i thought it was good =) so mr. leong takes us into the library and tells us we got in!!!!! We were the 7 "sure" people. (Victor Ho, Isaiah, Daniel Fong, Joshua Pizzaro, me, Rena Lee, and Michael Hwang). They also had another group who were gonna face off again to see who will get into the top 12, and another group who unfortunately won't be going on. We all get our own coaches and stuff =) Yeah, so... needless to say i was very... jumpy for the rest of the day =)
lunch- fish filet!!! yum yum... but my fish filet was like... 4 inches long. i am not kidding. lol oh well...
chem- went over the hw then had a pop quiz...
bible- student gov't meeting... i think we were actually productive today! lol...

oh, and student gov't needs those 40% off michaels coupons... any coupons donated to student gov't will be greatly appreciated.

guitar- actually played chords today lol...

thenn... afterschool: cleaned out my locker then talked with mrs park and line for a long time... mrs park is a very very... strange person haha... fun to talk to... but... strange lol... then just talked to line in room 9 while playing with the weirdo massage chairs... i don't think i like massages.

and now i'm here =) what a happy day =D

2005-01-26T18:14:00.000-08:00

so was the lions club speech contest. had several mental breakdowns lol....
i was number 13 in the library...
dude EVERYONE was super good... too bad only 9 in our room get in....
sigh... i hope i get in, i worked so hard....
it was sorta stupid because i don't think they penalized people who just read off of their papers... which meant that people who actually practiced, like me, worked for nothing >=[.... hopefully we get brownie points for not looking at our speeches...
everyone was so0oo0 good! i'm worried....
at least the people who were watching me weren't my close friends or relatives.....
i skipped like all my main classes. boy did those speeches take a long time.....
bible was fun =) just hanging out and stuff cuz mr leong didn't show up...
guitar wasn't bad... sorta boring cuz just basic class, but i think on friday we'll actually be able to play =)
ooh we gave mrs park her birthday present and card today...
regarding the card: my only comment is that an obsessive-compulsive person should be in charge of drawing a giant periodic table.... lol... if my boxes weren't exactly straight and boxey... ERASE ERASE ERASE
she loved our presents and gave us all cards =)

ps. in guitar class, i have to call jay "mr. moy"... how stupid is that? it's like if i had to call my mom "mrs. lee"... just too weird for me =) lol
yeah. and now for another picture =)
the SUPER DUPER COOL CLASS REPS!!!:

2005-01-24T17:04:00.000-08:00

2nd post of the day because i just keep thinking of stuff to write about =)

anyways, so i think i must have the meanest gartbage picker-uper ever. if i leave those blue plastic wrappings around the newspapers in the bin, they won't pick them up. even if you hide them! they go through it just to make sure it's not there. plus, they won't pick up boxes that you don't squish. even the really hard takes-forever-to-dismantle TIDE boxes. grrr... grrr

so today i was reading tartuffe and i couldn't help but take a nap after it (man it takes a long time to recover from finals) so during my nap, the only thing i dreamt of was of the story tartuffe! it was so wierd....

and i have a prayer request: i'm very scared about wednesday- the lions club speech contest.... very nervous that i'll just blank out and stuff... soo... can you guys pray that God will calm me and do the best that i can? thanks =)

ooh one more thing: so so far, i think i have all A/A-'s in my classes for semester grades... unless 89.8 doesn't count... grr that better count....

check the post below for the real post of the day. these were just random thoughts =)

2005-01-24T11:49:00.000-08:00

HOWDY! =)

seeing that i have no school today, why don't i post? =D

soo...friday
alg2- boy that was hard... i think a lot of people did badly... cuz after people were done they would go up to him and ask him to grade it.... and he'd just keep circling and circling problems... i ended up getting a B, which makes my semester grade an 89.8 <-- that BETTER round >.<
spanish- lol our grade was as noisy as ever even though it was a final... it was pretty hard, 7 paragraphs to do! aiyah... and something...eventful happened there.
afterschool- lol it was hillarious, angela and andy came in to visit me (in room 33), and they started talking to mrs park on my SN. they started saying all these weird things to her, so to pay andy back, i wrote "andy thinks you're hot" to her ahahahah... then we all ran to her room where andy kept saying "no... no... i didn't say that!!!" and all the while, mrs park was laughing at us ahahha... then went to practice for praise night, ate pizza and lemonade, then praise night!!! i think it went ok, one of the songs was really high and we had to skip 2 songs, but other then that i think we did pretty well =) good job to buddy. and carlton, and jessica, andrea, scott, and ryan. then just hung around with line, angela, and chelsea (i was s0o0o0o tired...) got home, slept
saturday- just played around that grandma's house since we have no hw this weekend except english... caught up on what little TV shows i watch [amazing race and american idol] <-- what great shows...
sunday- HOUSE, sunday school- lol i was blindfolded and grace had to lead me all the way to the playground... she made me bump into cars and stuff ahahah... had refreshments and playground, then went back to have our lesson. went home, ate some snacks, then went to grandma's for lunch- we had ribs, potatoes, bread, etc. it was really good =) then went over to my other grandma's house... read the ads/comics, then played with rachel and kevin... then talked, ate dinner (steak, mashed potatoes, corn mMmmMmMMM), played mario party 6 and mario kart with the cousins... then went home, got really bored with angela, watched school of rock, then fell asleep reading.
today: woke up, made brunch, then online with breaks of playing piano and guitar. today is my daddy's birthday =) i love him super duper much.

and just for kicks, a really cool picture that i like =) from the good 'ole YBC days:
CLASS OF 2007 RULES!!!

2005-01-20T18:25:00.000-08:00

i may not be as smart as some of the crazy people in my class.... but all the supporting friends, teachers, and relatives i have certaintly make up for it... thank you everyone =)

so i finished my 2 hardest finals today: chem and euro... euro has been going on for the past 3 days... analysis?
multiple choice: that was pretty hard... didn't have much time to prepare for that...
DBQ: hahah we had that yesterday... she accidently gave us today's FRQ yesterday... and i saw the paper and at once had a heart attack lol... something about writing an essay about marxism... a subject we haven't covered yet....
FRQ: did that today... i don't know how i did... i did write more then everyone else, but that is not necessarily a good thing....

chem: spent all last night doing my cheat sheat and rereading parts i didn't know... it wasn't as bad as i expected, but still hard. i guess i'm just not a chem person.

wouldn't it be great to be a visual learner? all you have to do is read, then you know it! i still don't know what type of learner i am... wish i could know so that i could actually remember stuff....

oh, i passed drivers ed yesterday! huZZah!!! i now can get on the roads soon <-- scary isn't it? o.O... i'm so old...

my GPA a few days ago was the highest it ever was... i even took a picture of it because it will probably be the highest GPA i'll ever get hahah...

mrs park is a very... interesting person to talk to hahah... i like her more now... she's nice

i can't wait to go to grand canyon. it's hard to wait when you read such great stories in upperclassmen's blogs and xangas...

yesterday we gave andy his combined christmas and birthday present: a new guitar! it made him so happy, he couldn't stop smiling =) which made me happy...

on monday i went out to michaels to buy some clay to make a mole for chem... gave it to mrs park on tuesday... she super loved it =) and now she's keeping it till open house hahaha... i'm gonna miss joe the mole.... my mom thought it was so good that i should enter it into that art...thing... (boy am i losing my memory)... i didn't think it was THAT good... i mean, yes, it was cute... but not good enough to turn into a contest... maybe i just have no faith in myself...

tomorrow is praise night... i hope we do well... for buddy's sake

what a random blog... i think i'll stop now... time to study for spanish =) que suerte... heh...

okie dokie, bye!

2005-01-18T16:22:00.000-08:00

feeling better... just tired

thanks to everyone to encouraged me... it helped me a lot =)

2005-01-17T17:33:00.000-08:00

break down #3: the worst yet
crying time: one hour straight
happiness: 0.01%
depression: 99.99%

everyday it seems like my life cannot got worse, and everyday it does. but this time i know for sure that this is the worst it can be. my heart is completely broken and it feels like i'll never be happy again.

i've tried thinking of happy christian songs like the one i posted just about a week ago but they don't work. all i can think about is how miserable my life is, and much how i want all this pain and suffering to end.

i've tried so hard... soooOOoOO hard... and yet, i still fail. that's how it was, that's how it is now, and that's how it will be forever and ever until i die.

yay.

2005-01-15T22:23:00.000-08:00

just when i thought things couldn't be worse......just when i thought life couldn't be more stressful..........

things got worse. and life got WAY more stressful. woop de doo, run and skip for joy.

i am seriously not going to survive this. i've already cracked down and had a long crying time. and this is just the beginning.......

2005-01-14T15:25:00.000-08:00

Dear God,

I really need Your help right now... I am so swamped that I almost started crying today... Please... just give me Your guidance and comfort me... please take away all the distractions so that I can get as much done as possible. Thank you.

-Jenna

SIGH... all you out there reading this blog... please pray for me... i'll give you the list of things i need to do... i'm gonna DIE this weekend.

Euro- STUDY STUDY STUDY, DBQ essay due wednesday, final tuesday, final wednesday, final thursday
English- 4-5 PAGE ESSAY due tuesday [took the final today]
Algebra2- study
SpanishI- study
Chem- STUDY STUDY STUDY and extra credit

they put the 2 hardest finals to me on the 2nd day =( Euro and Chem are on Thursday, Alg2 and Spanish are on Friday... SIGH

until next Friday,
Jenna

2005-01-12T17:50:00.000-08:00

ahahhahahahahah my schedule hasn't worked already cuz my mom hasn't approved my thesis/ topic sentences for the paper yet so i can't start it! aiyah... maybe start today's schedule tomorrow and so on... and do the important stuff today so they don't get pushed back. yeah that's probably what i'll do

we had our big history test today. the test that i spent the last 2 nights studying for. i think i did ok... sigh... spent so much time studying and people still knew more then me =( right before the test i was about to cry cuz everyone was saying everything they knew when they were testing each other and i had just blanked out...

english lecture/work on paper, alg2 lecture, spanish review, lunch, chem lecture, bible free time, drivers ed quiz and video

that's about it...

oh yeah, and i think i heard that stressed spelled backwards is desserts... a long time ago... iono...

my new xanga layout (with the picture above) is based on the song "Still the Cross" by FFH. it's a very nice song...nice tune and wonderful lyrics. it's a very comforting song during finals season... when all you want to do is pull out your hair and scream "WHY ME!?!?!?"

Still the Cross
by FFH
Sometimes it seems the world’s unraveling around us
We fear it all my one day come undone
We can’t forget the One who came before us
To forgive the past and bring hope for what’s to come
When it all comes crashing down
The cross still stands alone
And on this our faith is built
And our courage is made strong

When the world falls apart and you fear for your heart
There’s a tower of peace It’s still the cross
So bring your sick and your poor and your longing for more
To the place of relief It’s still the cross

There is hope for the lost It’s still the cross

Sometimes it seems that I have been forgotten
I don’t know how I will make it on my own
But the One who said I will never be forsaken
He still hears my prayer and I will never be alone
When it all comes crashing down
The cross still stands alone
And on this my faith is built
And my courage is made strong

Though the world may not confess
You and Your holiness
One day all will see
You in all Your majesty
And the cross will stand alone
As the place where You made known
Your love for all mankind
Till then in it we’ll hide

2005-01-11T18:22:00.000-08:00

hey hey

yesterDAY?
wasn't a very good day... mrs c told us about finals =(, english we graded tests [95% with all that extra credit], alg2 was boring... reviewed for test.... spanish learned about verbs(?)... lunch was boring... chem was boring... bible is always fun =) drivers ed was SUPER boring

got home, read, ate dinner, then for the rest of the night studied euro. aren't you proud of me? =) soo sick of euro now but that's all i'm gonna be doing today... for some reason... i have to read things like 3 times as much as other people to get the grades they get. sigh...

went to sleep at 11 yesterday

TODAY
euro- review (yay my studying finally paid off... i actually knew some of the questions hahah) english- lecture, alg2- test (pretty easy), spanish- verbs, lunch- wet wet with no room to eat in =( ... just hung out with angela... andy was taking some crazy AR test for fun with all the boys around him... wEirD book.... chem- she wasn't here so she had us do these EASY-PEASY-1-2-3SY problems... free period- talked with angela... graphic arts- painted our garbage cans [brrrr it was super cold]

highlight of the day- seeing lightening =) love it

finals coming up... shall i do my anual analysis of each one?
Euro- it will probably be my hardest final... it goes over the 2 hours because it is a real AP test so we're gonna have to start the final days before it really begins... sigh... i wish i were a visual learner so i could just read the book and memorize it... this final is gonna kill me
English- quick write about Julius Caesar/A Tale of Two Cities... i think it should be ok... i usually get a 93 on my english finals
Alg2- i think it should be pretty easy... 1st quarter has pretty much been review...
Spanish- it MIGHT be ok... just gotta re-memorize some of the nouns and stuff... can't be too hard... i hope...
Chem- 2nd hardest maybe? i haven't been getting chem like all this semester [obviously i'm not gonna be a chem major =P] but me/venus/angela have been going to her at lunch and she's been re-explaning the stuff... man it is SO MUCH EASIER to learn when you don't have to take notes... cuz in chem we're so busy just writing notes... looking up and down up and down that we can't learn anything!

oh, and for electives... here were my top 3 choices (in order)
1. GUITAR... i already know around 10 chords but i'm hoping to learn more chords so i can play for worship better =) JAY is teaching it, so i'm happy, but he's only accepting 15 people and a LOT of people want to join. it's kinda stupid cuz a lot of people in my grade are joining... people who already KNOW a LOT of chords... sheesh.... just taking up all the spaces.
2. IWE (m,w,f)... venus said we could probably be together and do KINDERGARTEN room 1 (i love that room =] it's one of the rooms i watch for morning school] so we'll have lots of fun if i do that =D
3. worship. i dunno though... karen is trying out for that... so iono if miss chao would even let me get in =(

stressed spelled backwards is desserts.

[EDIT] hahah i'm such a nerd... planned out my entire schedule till next friday when finals end =) to that i can... be on track... yeah... i actually planned in little bits of free time and go to sleep not too late every day... the schedule will change of course... they'll be unexpected assignments and stuff, which will go into free time
so here it is. hope i can stick to it

Tentative Final Study Schedule

Wednesday, January 12, 2005
7:00am- review for Euro test
7:45am- work
8:15am- school
4:00pm- read chapter 11 for Euro (~27 pages)
5:00pm- dinner
5:15pm- chores
5:30pm- English paper
8:00pm- 7-3 for Algebra 2 (give dad book to give me problems for final)
8:30pm- type out all vocab for Spanish
9:30pm- work on chem. Cheat sheet
10:30pm- shower/clean up
11:00pm- focus questions for chapter 11 for Euro
11:30pm- go to sleep

Thursday, January 13, 2005
7:00am- review Julius Caesar for English Final
7:30am- free time
8:15am school
4:00pm- read chapter 12 for Euro (~33 pages)
5:00pm- dinner
5:15pm- chores
5:30pm- revise English paper
7:00pm- alg2 chapter 1 problems
7:30pm- review Spanish
8:30pm- work on chem. Cheat sheet/ review
9:30pm- review Julius Caesar and A Tale of Two Cities for English Final
10:00pm- shower/clean up
10:30pm- focus questions for chapter 12 for Euro
11:00pm- free time
11:15pm- go to sleep

Friday, January 14, 2005
7:00am- review Julius Caesar/A Tale of Two Cities for English Final
7:45am- work
8:15am- school
3:30pm- read chapter 13 for Euro (~29 pages)
4:30pm- alg2 chapter 2 problems
5:00pm- dinner
5:15pm- review for chem
6:15pm- free time
7:00pm- LC
10:30pm- focus questions for chapter 14 for Euro
11:00pm- shower/clean up
11:30pm- sleep

Saturday, January 15, 2005
9:00am- breakfast
9:30am- chores
10:00am- revise English paper
12:15pm- go to grandma’s
1:15pm- lunch
2:00pm- read chapter 14 for Euro (~29 pages)
3:00pm- alg2 chapter 3 problems
4:00pm- read chapter 15 for Euro (~35 pages)
5:15pm- revise English paper
6:00pm- alg2 chapter 4 problems
6:30pm- dinner
7:30pm- leave grandma’s
8:00pm- focus questions for chapter 14&15
9:00pm- study for Spanish
9:30pm- free time
10:30pm- shower/clean up
11:00pm- sleep

Sunday, January 16, 2005
8:30am- breakfast
9:30am- leave for church
1:00pm- practice for Praise Night
5:00pm- dinner
5:30pm- chores
5:45pm- revise English paper
6:30pm- read chapter 16 for Euro (~22 pages)
7:00pm- focus questions chapter 16 for Euro
7:30pm- alg2 chapter 5 problems
8:00pm- study for spanish
8:30pm- study for chem
9:00pm- review chapters 11-16 for Euro
10:00pm- free time
11:00pm- shower/clean up
11:30pm- free time
12:00pm- sleep

Monday, January 17, 2005 (Holiday)
9:00am- breakfast
9:30am- read chapters 17-18 for Euro (~25 pages + ~28 pages = ~533 pages)
12:00pm- lunch
12:30pm- focus questions chapters 17-18 for Euro
1:30pm- revise English paper
2:15pm- alg2 chapter 6 problems
2:45pm- study for Spanish
3:15pm- study for chem.
3:45pm- alg2 chapter 7 problems
4:15pm- free time
5:00pm- dinner
5:30pm- chores
5:45pm- read chapters 19-20 for Euro (~28 pages + ~25 pages = ~53 pages)
8:00pm- focus questions chapters 19-20 for Euro
9:00pm- final revisions for English
9:30pm- free time
10:30pm- shower/clean up
11:00pm- sleep

Tuesday, January 18, 2005
7:00am- review driver’s ed
7:30am- free time
8:15am- school
4:00pm- review Euro
5:00pm- dinner
5:15pm- chores
5:30pm- review Euro
6:30pm- review alg2
7:30pm- review Spanish
9:00pm- review chem.
10:30pm- shower/clean up
11:00pm- sleep

Wednesday, January 19, 2005
7:00am- review driver’s ed
7:30am- work
8:15- school
4:00pm- REVIEW FOR FINALS 1 & 2
5:00pm- dinner
5:15pm- chores
5:30pm-REVIEW FOR FINALS 1 & 2
10:00pm- free time
10:30pm- shower/clean up
11:00- sleep

Thursday, January 20, 2005
7:00am- REVIEW FOR FINALS 1 & 2
8:15- school
4:00pm- REVIEW FOR FINALS 3 & 4
5:00pm- dinner
5:15pm- chores
5:30pm-REVIEW FOR FINALS 3 & 4
10:00pm- free time
10:30pm- shower/clean up
11:00- sleep

Friday, January 21, 2005
7:00am- REVIEW FOR FINALS 3&4
7:30am- work
8:15am- school
3:15pm- DONE WITH FINALS!!!!!!!!

2005-01-09T21:30:00.000-08:00

wow. super duper tired. spent 8 hours at church today o.O

so... HOUSE service about road blocks, sunday school- game where i got a whole package of cookies o.O, hung around with grace and alyssa... then talked with jessica/ carlton/ grace/ darrell/ randall (there might be more haha), ate lunch... fooling around, practice, ditched scott for being too loud lol, moved to room 16, just ate candy and fooled around with breaks of actually practicing =), small group meeting, lotsa cheeto puffs and soda (=D)... poor kenny... we were the hyperness from the candy + the magically way we all get ADD when we get together = not taking anything seriously (but we did have lots of laughs)... practicing signatures on the chalkboard... *erik hahahaha... yeah... VAL drove me home =) did some math problems my dad gave me, ate dinner, went upstairs to read, and now i'm blogging =)

new thing i learned today- i'm not the only obsessive-compulsive person!!! jessica and andrew are also obsessive!!! haha... must have perfectly wiped chalkboards and caps on soda bottles =D

2005-01-08T19:49:00.000-08:00

hello! err... howdy!!!

the last couple of days have been pretty boring... nothing to say

EXCEPT

my dad is the bestest in the world!!! remember that i was sad that my nice nike blue sweatshirt got red stuff all over it? well my dad went out and bought me a brand new one!!! wow i was so happy.

we set up my pen mouse and stuff... at first it was really weird but i think i'm getting used to it =D soon i'll have perty [yes perty] artwork to show =)

mucho meetings tomorrow after church. from 1:30 till 6!!! o.O

would you buy a lanyard fish for $2?

2005-01-05T19:47:00.000-08:00

howdy! <-- that's my new word. sadly, most people don't say it back =( they usually just say hi or hey or hello

today... got up, went to school, slept in car, didn't really play with the kids today even though i was working cuz miss chin wasn't there so there were no games... euro- quiz and video, english- discuss book in groups, alg2- lecture, spanish- learned about adjectives, drill thingy, pizza, salad, and pineapples for lunch =) yum yum. chem- lecture, bible- summarized parts of the chapters in pairs... i have keven... drivers ed- quiz and SUPER CORNY VIDEO... so much laughing hahaha

got home, reread A Tale of Two Cities to prepare for the quiz, ate dinner, did math due fri, and now i'm done! the only homework i have to do today is stuff not due tomorrow cuz i did tomorrow's homework yesterday =)

i think i'm obsessed with my handwriting... i keep looking at it and saying how pretty it is ahahah... lefties rule =)

greeeeat song:

Phillips Craig And Dean
When God Ran

Verse 1:
Almighty God, The Great I Am,
Immovable Rock, Omnipotent, Powerful,
Awesome Lord.
Victorious Warrior, Commanding King of Kings,
Mighty Conqueror and the only time,
The only time I ever saw him run,
Was when...

Chorus:
He ran to me,
He took me in His arms,
Held my head to His chest,
Said "My son's come home again!"
Lifted my face,
Wiped the tears from my eyes,
With forgiveness in His voice He said
"Son, do you know I still love You?"
(End Chorus)

He caught me By surprise, When God ran...

Verse 2:
The day I left home,
I knew I'd broken His heart.
And I wondered then, if things could ever be the same.
Then one night,
I remembered His love for me.
And down that dusty road, ahead I could see,
It was the only time,
It was the only time I ever saw Him run.
And then...

Repeat Chorus

He caught me by surprise.
And He brought me to my knees.
When God ran... I saw Him run to me.

Bridge:
I was so ashamed, all alone, and so far away.
But now I know, that He's been waiting for this day...

I saw Him run to me,
He took me in His arms,
Held my head to his chest,
Said "My son's come home again!"
Lifted my face,
Wiped the tears from my eyes,
With forgiveness in His voice
I felt his love for me again.
He ran to me,
He took me in His arms,
Held my head to his chest,
Said "My son's come home again!"
Lifted my face,
Wiped the tears from my eyes,
With forgiveness in His voice
He said "Son"
He called me Son.
He said "Son, do you know I still love You?"
He ran to me
And then I ran to Him
When God ran

i really do hate thinking of titles for this thing...

2005-01-04T17:53:00.000-08:00

It's a good feeling to get out of bed in the morning knowing that you've done a lot of homework hahahah.

This morning was so relaxing... I got to sleep in the car some today because I didn't have to work.. decided to read today's AP Euro so I wouldn't have to bring my book home (but still did haha). Talked with Angela, helped Mrs C. bring Bio study guides to her room, then just hung around with my buddies =) In AP Euro just took notes, English- group discussion (boy do I hate A Tale of Two Cities). In Alg2, we learned about Complex Numbers (imaginary numbers, etc.) Spanish was ok... she had us write a quiz (mine was so pretty! haha =D) then she had us take each other's quizzes. Lunch was fun, had a big orange and beef jerkey, then went to the library with Angela to print out our AR records. Chem was... very boring. Free period is always fun... just doing homework while talking with your friends. Mrs C. kept coming into our room to talk to various students (mostly Patrice =D) and we talked to her about chem... hopefully it'll be better from now on... because I am REALLY not learning ANYTHING. In graphic arts, we designed our garbage can... it should look pretty cool if it looks like what i sketched out on the paper.

I think it's funny how the teachers assign nicknames to their students =) Actually, it's probably just the teachers who have blogs, so they can write about their students without people knowing who those kids are.

Anyways, I am VERY sad right now. For Christmas, I picked out my present from my brother and sister- a light blue nike sweatshirt regularly priced $45. I LOVE it so much, it's my favorite sweatshirt. So I put my beloved sweatshirt in the wash and when it came out, THERE WERE RED PATCHES ALL OVER IT! I'm so sad!!! It was such a cool sweatshirt too =( boo.

I don't know why I am writing like this (all proper punctuation and capitalization and stuff)... maybe because it looks more professional? =) haha I dunno...

Yeah so... I did so much homework yesterday that I finished my homework today in about an hour or so. Maybe my dad will let me watch Amazing Race today! Go Freddy and Kendra! =)

Speaking of Amazing Race, the HOUSE (along with the rest of the church I think) is going through a series about the Amazing GRace. It's a series about evangelism, parallel with the Amazing Race. We'll be talking about Roadmarks, Detours, and other stuff. I think it'll be a good series =)

Sunday's gonna be a very busy for me. I have Praise Night practice from 1:30 till 4, then a small group meeting from 4 till 6. phew. Hope I get all my homework done =/

OK, spent enough time rambling about nothing. I wonder why people read this thing...

Actually, one more thing...

Any suggestions on what to take for electives next semester? I have no idea what to take. Here's my thoughts on each one (but I don't remember many of them =P):
Graphic Arts I took it this semester... it was easy, but pretty boring. Usually it was just study hall (which is good, I guess)
Marching Units I want to do this one, but I don't want to be in parades. I just want to play the bells =P
Worship I want to this one (because they need a piano) but I don't know if Andrew or Carlton (or any of my friends) are doing it.
IWE I might do this one... I like the little kiddies and people say it's fun and easy

That's all I remember hahaa. What do YOU think I should do?

anti-sigh =)

2005-01-03T22:13:00.000-08:00

today was a good day despite me having to wake up at 5:40 and go to school. i didn't have to work at 7:15 today, which gave me more time to just sit in the car and relax. my cup-o-noodles did not explode =) and it was fun seeing all my buddies again. euro wasn't bad... quiz and note-taking. english we just got into groups and talked about the book... alg2 we learned about imaginary numbers. spanish we played the old-school game Around the World. it was pretty fun... reminded me of elementary games when we'd play it using math or spelling (i hate spelling). at lunch i ate a big orange and some chips and just hung out with angela. what a cool girl. during chem i got very crazy (i wonder why it's always chem...). bible was fun like always, albino doll and carpathea fred are in love with one another ahahahaa... aaaand... drivers ed. all i have to say about drivers ed is that VERY boring class + VERY hot room [room 16] = almost impossible not to sleep.

i got home, relaxed, did garbage [MAN did we have a lot...] then i did euro, ate dinner, did chem, did math, did euro, fixed chem, fixed math, and FINISHED DRIVERS ED!!! EVERYTHING!!! ALL OF THE WORKSHEETS!!! wow. such a good feeling... it's not due till the end of the semester! so yeah. i was VERY productive today... did all the homework due tomorrow, along with homework due later on in the week =)

what a nice feeling.

oh yeah, and in drivers ed i figured out how many more days till my birthday =) 50! till sweet sixteen. boy am i old.

ok, anyways, time to go read some more blogs/xangas... bye!

=(

2005-01-02T20:29:00.000-08:00

BIG SIGH

i'm gonna miss waking up at 11:30... making kirigami, watching monk, and going online all day with occasional breaks of homework =(

back to the old days of stress, sleep deprivition, and more stress. yay.

probably won't be going on AIM now that school's starting again... gotta focus on grades and FINALS =(

BIG SIGH

YAY!!!

2005-01-01T01:04:00.000-08:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

In honor of the new year, i decided to recap 2004 with a whole bunch of pictures. Hope you like it... it took a super long time =P

Service Projects 2004

Neiman's 15th Birthday Party

Farewell service for Tom/Amanda and Toby

Alta Bates 2004

1st Stuffed Animal Day 2004

Max [Lee]'s 1st Birthday Party

Camp 2004

Winter Formal 2004

Harvest Fest 2004

CCS Fundraising Dinner 2004

San Leandro DVBS 2004

Christmas 2004

Kevin [Chan]'s back 2004 [haha]

Graduation 2004

Alameda DVBS 2004

All-Dayer 2004

Disneyland 2004

Thanks for the good year everyone!!! Let's make 2005 even better!!! =D

wow oh wow

2004-12-30T21:55:00.000-08:00

do i have the coolest family or WHAT? =D

yaY =)

2004-12-29T22:33:00.000-08:00

hi! finally about time for a blog =)
sunday- HOUSE- toby spoke =) good job! i liked the mary had a little Lamb, His fleece was white as snow part =) 2nd hour- played a game, short message, wrote a letter to ourself, went to dad's room, went to car, waited for bryan, went home, ate lunch, then went to alyssa's house for her par-tay! lots of fun... at first just talked... then watched dodgeball- very funny movie =] dinner [lasagna, bisquits, salad, corn], talked, made cookie mix stuff... talked... desert... then watched full house then desperate housewives and went home

monday- went shopping with dad to return stuff

tuesday- went shopping with nikki then her friends came over for their annual potluck... ended up playing a little taboo with them at the end... they're hillarious hahha... they all went home, helped nikki clean up, slept

today- i was productive!!! yAY for me! i woke up at 11:45 [man i am SO not gonna be able to wake up at 5:40 when school starts again >.<] ate brunch [3 taquitos] then i did homework, wrote all of my thank you cards, read some fox trot, made some kirigami, more homework, ate dinner, returned more presents, cleaned up, and now i'm blogging! super productive! i'm so proud of myself =)

playing for HOUSE on sunday. can't wait for practice and actual playing =)

got the sheet music to linus and lucy today [that charlie brown song] =) can't wait till tomorrow to start playing it =) also got new shoes with my gift card

hmm... YEAH that's it.

ho ho ho

2004-12-25T21:05:00.000-08:00

hmm... i wonder why during school i blog everyday and during holidays when i have more time i don't. maybe it's because i have better things to do then blog now =)

ok so..

thursday- doctor's appointment in palo alto... nothing much happened... they did something to my eyes [dilated(?)] so i had to wear sunglasses for the rest of the day cuz they were light sensitive
yesterday- morning didn't go well... cuz of...stuff... but when we got to my grandma's house, got much better =) i love my cousins so much... first we played apples to apples then this texas hold'em game on TV, umm... hung around with rachel then dinner [lots of stuff that i won't list] then boys went upstairs to play video games while us girls [me, my sis, and rachel] copied the words to Oh Holy Night on a piece of paper... practiced... sang some songs for the grownups, lots of pictures, then opened presents!
favorite gift this year: computer wireless mouse and wireless PEN mouse!!! now i can do cool artwork on the computer AND rule at yahoo graffiti!!! [pictionary] huZZAh!!! =D it's funny cuz my uncle got it for me... and then i got another one from my parents ahahh
today: woke up around 9:45, ate pizza rolls [family tradition for christmas morning] then when everyone got up we opened presents... went to grandma's, went to cemetary, back to grandma's, then to New China Buffet with Dad's side of the family... pretty fun, okish food, then hung around the Moy's house after dinner... WOW the prize for Jay's xanga competition thingy is super cool! ahahah =) went home, watched some tv while wrapping last minute christmas gifts, and now online! =)

merry christmas everyone =) hope ya'll had a super fun one.

hmmmmm...

2004-12-22T16:55:00.000-08:00

update time =)

monday i think just relaxed... at 7 i went to lydia's house for a sleepover... we (angela, lydia, me) watched What a Girl Wants then talked for a really long time... learned VERY interesting secrets... woke up around 8ish.... talked... ate breakfast [chocolate poptarts that were SICKLY chocolately and captain crunch] while watching shrek 2 [thus my new xanga background pic] then lunch... then we WALKED 1.25 MILES UPHILL to this dinky lil park... man so tiring... guess it was good exercise though =) went to go watch the incredibles... then back to lydia's house... dad picked me up... ate dinner, played graffiti for a long time, watched amazing race, went to sleep

today... woke up really late (like 10 =D) ate breakfast, DID HW <-- aren't you so proud of me? =) watched monk... went shopping with siblings... just got back... now blogging

i LOVE the show monk... it's a tv show about this obsessive detective guy and how he solves all these cases... i think i'm like monk... get easily annoyed and have to fix them to feel better hahah... he's very scared of like germs and heights and stuff... and yeah... it's just very interesting and funny

what's up for tomorrow: doctor's appointment in PALO ALTO for my stupid stupid eye... grr... don't wanna go... *sigh* please pray that nothing's wrong with it and that this will be my last doctor's appointment for a LONG TIME... i'm super sick of them

ok... bye =)

FREEEE

2004-12-19T19:14:00.000-08:00

nothing much has been happening the last few days...
yesterday: got LOTS of sleep =) did chores, played piano, went to grandma's, decorated tree, went home, baked cookies for the big people in the HOUSE (which were VERY yummy =D)
today: went on comp, HOUSE, walked around, VERY short message, TONNNNNNNNS of food at the christmas party (i got so full i didn't eat lunch), grandma's, other grandma's, dozing off, playing cards, dinner, home, blogging =)
what's in store for tomorrow: shopping, then go to lydia's house for a sleepover

goooooo song

Welcome to Our World
by Chris Rice

Tears are falling, hearts are breaking
How we need to hear from God
You've been promised, we've been waiting
Welcome Holy Child, Welcome Holy Child

Hope that You don't mind our manger
How I wish we would have known
but long-awaited Holy Stranger
Make Yourself at home, Please make Yourself at home

Bring Your peace into our violence
Bid our hungrys souls be filled
Word now breaking Heaven's silence
Welcome to our world, Welcome to our world

Fragile finger sent to heal us
Tender brow prepared for thorn
Tiny hert whose blood will save us
Unto us is born, Unto us is born

So wrap our injured flesh around You
Breathe our air and walk our sod
Rob our sin and make us Holy
Perfect Son of God, Perfect Son of God
Welcome to our world

looking foward to a better day

2004-12-18T10:50:00.000-08:00

yesterday was horrible. straight out of a nightmare. almost cried several times yesterday... sigh

well... lets go
ok so yesterday... woke up and stuff... got to school... slept in the car... got to work late cuz i didn't see lights on in the room so i thought she wasn't there... got to the room... decorated my teacher's envelopes with snowmen (oh so cute =D), watched the lil kiddies... euro- she gave us candles and we had a game, english graded papers... got a 90%... sigh... and i read it twice!!!! sheesh... alg2- only class where we had lecture ahahah... but it was an easy lecture... then spanish- just talked about stuff... free time... then chem- walked over to CPC... good band... weirdo skit that i couldn't hear... then student gov't left to set up for the party... then... it started getting bad
first of all... the door was locked... so we had to go get a maintenence person... then we couldn't open the partition so we had to run and get another maintenence person... then the people started coming!!! and we were so not ready... and i found out i didn't bring enough white paper so i had to go run and get some butcher paper but then it was all flying all over the place... thankfully slim was there to help me hold them while i was tearing them... our class wouldn't get into groups of 7... thank God for WHISTLES and my big yelling voice that finally got them to start on their snowmen which were um... very UNIQUE... luke the snowman's team won... then the team that WASTED a WHOLE bunch of tape, then venus's group... umm... yeah... all during that time i was walking in and out of the room cuz me and val were in charge of all the parties... everyone was letting their class wander!!! so i had to yell at everyone!!! yeah... umm our food didn't come until everyone started leaving and cleaning up... that was... bad.... then a whole bunch of people left... so only like 7 people helped us clean up... the pigs in our grade stole so much food and left the people who actually did all the work so little food... collin only got one piece of sushi and some chips and soda... all i had was one cup of soda and some chicken stuff... then it was finally over...
by the time the party ended i was so depressed that i opened all my presents that i got yesterday... trice's made me happy =) who am i sheet music... w00t... super pretty
i was so tired by the time the party ended that i fell asleep in the first minute of the car ride home
got home, did power point...
i was supposed to get to school at 6 for LC practice but my sister accidently left the car key at LA and my dad and bro had the other keys and they weren't home so i had to be late... there was lots of traffic and i ended up getting to church at like 6:15 or around that time...
transposed music for carl but the music was so small that it was really hard to see what i wrote
practice went ok i guess...
music was cool too... i like the song Facedown
message by ray loh
then gift exchange with stealing... man... so the first girl picked andrea's present which was a WHOLE BOX of gummy hamburgers... i really wanted that so i wanted to steal it... but people told me not to because she was new... so i asked jenny to ask her (because she was jenny's friend) if i could steal it... but i didn't hear the response so i just picked a different present which was... UNDERWEAR... man that was so not cool... so i went away from the table and i gave it to tracy (who didn't want it hahah) then the girl who got the hamburgers goes to me, tells me she didn't want it and gave it to me. WOW. that was soo nice... soooo nice... made me so happy
then we had hobo stew, played around with line, andrew, monique and those people
ryan got thrown into the garbage can =)
then called random people on monique's phone hahahh
went home, slept
woke up today at 9:30 ^^ ate breakfast, did chores, now i'm blogging

hopefully today will be better... wasn't lying when i said i almost cried several times... it was horrible... i looked so depressed that people kept asking me if i was ok =)

i think the christmas parties might be banned completely next year... everyone's party was a disaster.

whatever... patrice and i did the best we could... it's all we could do

sigh... =/

2004-12-15T23:01:00.000-08:00

i know i probably shouldn't be getting sad that people are ranting about the christmas parties on their xangas... since i'm not class president or on class council... but it does make me sad that they just won't cooperate. where's their christmas spirit? where's their class unity? it seems like all they want to do is complain and make this party the worst ever... i can't believe they'd even THINK that the class council would only count the votes of their friends... sigh... i really hope this party goes well because at the moment, it's not

do you hear the people sing?

2004-12-15T18:15:00.000-08:00

Do you hear the people sing?
SInging the song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

so monday went to sleep around... 11:30ish i think... cuz i had to help my dad put up the christmas tree
yesssterday
euro... don't remember... english- book chat... alg2- lecture, spanish- test, lunch- played around... chem- lab, free period- GOT OUR PSATs BACK... i did okish i guess... i'd like to know how i did so bad on english when my mom is an english teacher, though... math i did pretty well... english was... not good, not bad. graphic arts- designed the bag i made... decided to put theHOUSE logo on it... looked super cool =) super professional looking =D
went home, read, did hw, then went to target with my dad... got more christmas presents... then went home, did hw while wrapping presents and talking to people
go to the class xanga and look at our new class hoody!!! super duper cool...
buddy is evil...
went to sleep at like 12

today
woke up, dressed, went to school, watched lil kiddies, passed out presents, euro- quiz, english- book chat, alg2- lecture, spanish- wrote an "essay", lunch- played around, chem- quiz, bible- talked about... stuff... drivers ed- UPER hard test... UPER... went home, read, dinner, hw, now blogging

*sigh*... hope friday goes well.... sigh...

it's sorta sick how we're learning about the same thing in euro AND english... french revolution in euro... and A Tale of Two Cities in english... which is about the French Revolution

over the past few days i've been really addicted to playing/listening to Les Miserables music.... yeah... good music =)

Will you join in our crusade
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing
Say, do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring
When tomorrow comes...
Tomorrow comes!

sigh... =/

2004-12-13T16:16:00.000-08:00

sigh...

tengo mucho estres. no me gusta escuela. quiero descansar. =/

i guess it's about time for a post...

2004-12-12T21:02:00.000-08:00

ok so...friday
went to school... played piano... watched lil kids... then service project... we walked to mc donalds... ate breakfast... then to safeway where people bought stuff to put in their boxes... then to 99 cent store to buy more stuff... then back to room 33... packed stuff... wrote letters... then boooooring... i got really addicted to rubik's cubes... i only can do one side, but it's still fun... then SCIENCE BOWL... my team did horribly... didn't win any =) but it's ok... it was fun... 3rd place: carlton's team and deborah's team... 2nd place: kim quach's team... 1st place (the obvious) joshua yue's team... then hung around... practiced with buddy and andrea... sang... message by betty... then hung around with the older people... went home, slept

yesterday
woke up, ate, cleaned house, went online and played piano, went to grandma's... did hw (while falling aleep) then helped make cookies till like 9... got home, did stuff, slept

today
woke up, ate, watched tv, changed, played piano, went to church, message by pastor steve, sunday school, message by auntie stephanie, hung out with people... council meeting, put nametags on monique =), then me and andrew went to grandma's... played with cousins, ate dinner, then helped make cookies till like 8:10... got home, online now

probably won't be posting for the next few days... teachers are going crazy with hw and tests since it's THE WEEK BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS (huzzAH!!!)... pray that we'll all survive

maybe pics of friday later =) (like me and trice being on duty ahahahah)

ok, bye!

heh heh

2004-12-08T21:40:00.000-08:00

stolen from my bro =) www.sillybillybob.blogspot.com

Comprehending Engineers - Take One
*****************************
Two engineering students were walking across campus when one said,
"Where did you get such a great bike?"

The second engineer replied, "Well, I was walking along yesterday
minding my own business when a beautiful woman rode up on this bike. She

threw the bike to the ground, took off all her clothes and said, "Take
what you want." "The second engineer nodded approvingly, "Good coice;
the clothes probably wouldn't have fit."

Comprehending Engineers - Take Two
*****************************
To the optimist, the glass is half full. To the pessimist, the lass is
half empty To the engineer, the glass is twice as big as it eeds to
be.

Comprehending Engineers --Take Three
********************************
A pastor, a doctor and an engineer were waiting one morning for a
particularly slow group of golfers. The engineer fumed, "What's ith
these guys? We must have been waiting for 15 minutes!"

The doctor chimed in, "I don't know, but I've never seen such ineptitude!"

The pastor said, "Hey, here comes the greenskeeper. Let's have a
word with im." [dramatic pause]

"Hi George. Say, what's with that group ahead of us? They're rather
slow, aren't they?"

The greenskeeper replied, "Oh, yes, that's a group of blind firefighters. They lost their sight saving our clubhouse from a fire last year, so we always let them play for free anytime."

The group was silent for a moment.

The pastor said, "That's so sad. I think I will say a special prayer
for them tonight."

The doctor said, "Good idea. And I'm going to contact myophthalmologist
buddy and see if there's anything he can do for them."

The engineer said, "Why can't these guys play at night?"

Comprehending Engineers-Take Four
******************************************************************
There was an engineer who had an exceptional gift for fixing all things
mechanical. After serving his company loyally for over 30 years, he happily retired. Several years later the company contacted him regarding a seemingly impossible problem they were having with one of
their multimillion dollar machines.

They had tried everything and everyone else to get the machine to work
but to no avail. In desperation, they called on the retired engineer who
had solved so many of their problems in the past.

The engineer reluctantly took the challenge. He spent a day studying
the huge machine. At the end of the day, he marked a small "x" in chalk
on a particular component of the machine and stated, "This is where your
problem is".

The part was replaced and the machine worked perfectly again.

The company received a bill for $50,000 from the engineer for his service. They demanded an itemized accounting of his charges. The engineer responded briefly:
One chalk mark $1
Knowing where to put it $49,999

It was paid in full and the engineer retired again in peace.

Comprehending Engineers-Take Five
************************************************************
What is the difference between Mechanical Engineers and Civil Engineers?
Mechanical Engineers build weapons, Civil Engineers build targets.

Comprehending Engineers-Take Six
************************************************************
The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?"
The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?"

The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much will it cost?"
The graduate with a Liberal Arts degree asks, "Do you want fries with
that?"

Comprehending Engineers-Take Seven
************************************************************
Three engineering students were gathered together discussing the possible designers of the human body. One said, "It was a mechanical
engineer. Just look at all the joints."

Another said, "No, it was an electrical engineer. The nervous system has
many thousands of electrical connections."

The last said, "Actually it was a civil engineer. Who else would run a
toxic waste pipeline through a recreational area?"

Comprehending Engineers-Take Eight
************************************************************
"Normal people ... believe that if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
Engineers believe that if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet."

----- Scott Adams, The Dilbert Principle

Comprehending Engineers-Take Nine
************************************************************
An architect, an artist and an engineer were discussing whether it was
better to spend time with the wife or a mistress.

The architect said he enjoyed time with his wife, building a solid
foundation for an enduring relationship.

The artist said he enjoyed time with his mistress, because of the
passion and mystery he found there.

The engineer said, "I like both." "Both?"
Engineer: "Yeah. If you have a wife and a mistress, they will each
assume you are spending time with the other woman, and you can go to the lab and get some work done."

Comprehending Engineers - Take Ten
*************************************
An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him
and said, "If you kiss me, I'll turn into a beautiful princess".

He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.

The frog spoke up again and said, "If you kiss me and turn me back into
a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week."

The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned
it to the pocket.

The frog then cried out, "If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I'll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want."

Again the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into
his pocket.

Finally, the frog asked, "What is the matter? I've told you I'm a beautiful princess, that I'll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won't you kiss me?"

The engineer said, "Look I'm an engineer. I don't have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that's cool.
_________________

he's big
i'm little
my head only goes to his middle
but i say little guys can do big things too

heyy everyone

2004-12-07T19:32:00.000-08:00

hiya!!! bubba didn't wanna blog for me today (tsk tsk lazy him)

s0o0o0o... sunday... woke up, picked up grace, picked up christine home, went to church... played with rachel and grace... then we went to practice... practied for HOUSE, found out i left out a song so i was frantically typing new slides (luckily i am a VERy fast typer)... played... went ok i guess... pastor bret spoke... good message =) i liked it... played some more... waited with sophia, then went to the classroom... learned about the history of the church i think... then went home, ate lunch then mom and dad dropped me off at church... did hw, then went to the music room at 3:30 for ordination practice... only no one was there... so waited there for a while... after a while, me/buddy/hillary started practicing in room 27... then jon/eugene/christine came... then after a while we moved to the auditorium... watched a lil of the christmas play... then praccctice time... went ok i guess... people said we sounded good =) i got to wear mich's HOUSE sweatshirt =) then the ordination... then cleaned up... lester tied the two arm things of the sweatshirt together cuz i wouldn't tell him whose it was ahahahah... then brought stuff to room 31/32... then we did our top ten list of why our youth pastor can beat up yours!!! it was suuuuper funny =D... then ate and stuff... played around with grace/alyssa/rachel... they were VERy amazed that i could jump far hahahah... so weird =) then grace drove me home and i did some hw and went to sleep

yesterday: man i almost started crying in one of my classes yesterday cuz i was so stressed... so... euro- she gave us a lot of hw and we did some in class... english- the last 2 speeches and grading tests, alg2- review, spanish- don't remember, lunch- don't remember, chem- don't remember, bible- student gov't stuff... drivers ed- test... went home, read, ate dinner, then worked on hw for a very long time... worked on so much euro it was sickening... i did ch16 study guide, ch17 study guid, ch18 study guide, all my summaries, and margins for the rest of my notebook... i also studied chem for 2 hours and reviewed for algebra and looked of definitions for english... went to sleep around 11:20ish and got very little sleep

today: woke up, went to school, played piano in the morning room, watched lil kids... man the 1st graders are so much worse than the kindergarteners... today they were all playing in the puddles and i was like no!!! you're gonna get all wet!!! and then they're like, "no, you're wet"... and i'm like, "no that's a dirty spot", and they're like, "no you're wet" and started flicking water at me... luckily my little friend for DVBS: timothy was there so i talked to him a lot =) he's super cool... euro- "graded" essays, english- graded test... alg2- test, spanish- review, lunch- played around... chem- lecture, then LEOs party for the last two classes... was ok i guess... lotsa food =) then went home, read, ate dinner (mMMMm hobo stew =D) then studied some more for chem.

if my lips ever left my mouth
packed a bag and headed south
that'd be too bad
i'd be so sad....

wooooo i'm cool

2004-12-04T22:00:00.000-08:00

HEY this is Bubba, Jenna's manatee. Jenna let me blog for her because she doesn't feel like doing it. (tsk tsk, lazy her)

so anyways, yesterday jenna' day was ok... she watched the lil kiddies as usual then went to euro where she had lecture... then on to english where she had speeches (she really liked jon quan's... his was super good, she says), then she went to alg2 where she didn't really do anything... then spanish where she wrote a paragraph on food and got 18 pieces of candy!!! then she had lunch and she and angela got really hyper. i mean reaaaaaly hyper. then she went to chem and had a lab (which she really didn't like cuz it was super boring) then bible where she was supposed to have lecture but she and her class got mr leong all distracted for like 2/3 of class. then drivers ed where she had a quiz.

after school she did a lil hw then went on the comp... talked to people and played games till 6:30 where she went to the LC room and helped set up the curtains and stuff. then she talked to people and played keyboard a lil, ate dinner, then sang! her team (jessica, grace, ryan) all had basketball games so none of them came in time, so instead, buddy and monique (what cool people) sang for her. i think they did ok... then in LC they had testimonies about rejoicing!!! jenna went up twice. one was to say she was thankful for camp (that one didn't go very well) and the other to say she was thankful for her family, small groups, friends, and sponsors. so many people talked that betty actually had to stop them so she could say hers and say announcements. then jenna played around with monique's scarf and went home.

today jenna woke up, dusted the house, ate breakfast, and left for HOUSE practice. first she and her dad picked up darrell then they went to church. they talked with some of the big people that were there and ended up not starting practice till 11:10 (haha)... practice went ok... then jenna, grace, and darrell left. grace's mom picked them up then drove grace to chelsea's house, but no one was home so they just sat in the car. jenna decided to be a good student and read for a while, then she started playing with darrell's cell phone with grace and darrell. finally, around 1:20 (they were supposed to be there at 1:00), chelsea's family came home and grace left. then they dropped of darrell then dropped of jenna.

jenna and her dad left right away and went to her grandma's house. she ate lunch (mc donalds) then did hw, took a nap, did more hw, then watched tv, ate dinner, then went with her dad to pick up her uncle at the airport. they picked him up and went back to her grandma's house. she watched more tv then went home. then she did the powerpoint for HOUSE tomorrow and now she is watching me as i am typing.

oh and jenna wants to know how in every class, she can pull off a bunch of hair off her fleece sweatshirt. she is very disgusted and curious.

she would also like to know whether she should compete in the lions club speech contest and would appreciate your comments and suggestions.

ok, i have to go play with jenna now. bye!!! save the manatees!!!

-Bubba!

>:(

2004-12-02T17:50:00.000-08:00

bad day today.

actually it probably started with yesterday when i got my braces brackets moved around and IT HURT LIKE CRAZY then for the rest of the night my dad made me say my speech over and over

today.... started off by waking up late... then when we went to school i went to go heat up my cup-o-noodles because i needed to eat something soft.... so i wait for 3 minutes and 5 seconds and when i open the door of the microwave, ALL THIS SMOKE CAME OUT!!! my cup-o-noodles exploded or something!!! and all that smoke went into my clothes and skin and for the rest of the day i smelt burnt. in euro, she gave us a pop-test and gave us a project to do (luckily i got a pretty easy person... Oliver Cromwell) then in english i was super super scared cuz i was doing my speech today... i did ok i guess.... got 100 with the extra credit... alg2 was boring...just did hw as usual... spanish did workbook...lunch (get's it's own section)
DUDE i was supposed to be at THREE important places at ONCE
1) i was supposed to go to a student government meeting in room 27 RIGHT AWAY at 12:05
2) i was supposd to go to the LEOs club meeting in room 29
3) i was supposed to be at science bowl practice (btw... i don't have a good team....sigh)
soo... i decided that student gov't was most important and i went there... and people weren't there!!! they were all late!!! i could have been somewhere else then came when everyone else came... but no00oo0...
then mr leong told us semi-bad news about the christmas parties...
i had no time to eat lunch... sO that meant... no breakfast AND no lunch... i was so00o0oo0 hungry
chem was super duper boring... me and angela were literally counting down the minutes till the end
chapel... miss chao killed Prince of Peace =( i love that song too... it... hurted.... the message was also super duper boring plus i had no idea what anything he said had to do with his title... plus all throughout his message we relearned BIO, EURO, and WORLD HISTORY... sigh... bad memories
graphic arts- he gave us free time cuz we only had like... 25 minutes of class cuz she speaker went really long

on the other hand, someone at school got saved today =)

aaaaaaaaaand thats it. hopefully tomorrow will be better. can't wait for LC and saturday and sunday!!!

boooo

2004-12-01T22:03:00.000-08:00

today my dad said that it is colder in our house then outside. i think that is a clue that we should turn the heater on.

aaaaaand...

I HATE SPEECHES!!! I HATE THEM I HATE THEM I HATE THEM I HATE THEM!

sigh

2004-12-01T18:47:00.000-08:00

we are a team (yeah)
name green green green (yeah)
we speak zhong wen (yeah)
have lots of fun (yeah)
we have black hair (yeah)
low underwear (mouths over mouth)
JUST KIDDING!!!!

we come to camp(yeah)
to leave as champ (yeah)
we play some games (yeah)
to get those fames (yeah)
we ho ho lek (yeah)
so give respect

my eyes no close (yeah)
with hong kong clothes (yeah)
we very small (yeah)
smell like mothball (yeah)
we are team green (yeah)
go team team team!
*POSE*

sigh... such good times... makes me want to go back... we seriously need more camp. (as in more than once a year)

the piano isn't married!?!?!??

2004-11-29T22:34:00.000-08:00

quick (probably not though ahahh) post to entertain all you bored people =)

sooo sunday
was gonna go early but stupid me accidently set my alarm to 7:20PM instead of 7:20AM... luckily (and unluckily) my room is right next to the bathroom so i woke up when nikki was washing up... ate, chores, blah blah blah
then church =) HOUSE i actually came before they started singing! twas so happy =) actually got to sit with people i knew =)
sang songs, message, communion, sing, and away we go
pastor pat gave us all the name tags so we (mostly me and sophia) were going crazy with making up names
MY NEW NAME IS SHAWN JAY. NOT JENNA
and jessica is nicky nicholas and sophia is eileen elaine and there's other combos that i don't remember
ahahah grace and "avery's" number ahhahaha
sunday school: had joseph trivia as the message =) i wON!!! w00t. won a picture frame

funny story =)
hahaahah the picture frame came with this picture of this "hot" girl... i was showing my frame to everyone and buddy goes "can i have the picture of the girl" and i say "umm... sure" so i give him the picture... and here's our convo later on in the night
MrHyprBoi: the pic of the girl is too ugly...haha
Jenna Lee: eH?
Jenna Lee: what girl?
MrHyprBoi: from your picture frame
Jenna Lee: oHHH ahhaah
Jenna Lee: you must put it in your locker!
Jenna Lee: =)
MrHyprBoi: how about you get me a prettier picture and i'll put both of them in my locker
Jenna Lee: lol
Jenna Lee: fine, fine, if you really want a picture of me, you just have to ask
Jenna Lee: =)
MrHyprBoi: hehe
hahahahh
yeah we had a really really weird chatroom yesterday... and i was talking to SmarterChild (the robot) and this is how our convo went (hillarious)
Jenna Lee: is andy pretty?
SmarterChild: andy is pretty, actually
Jenna Lee: is andy VERY pretty?
SmarterChild: oh he certaintly is

HAH... and luke trying to figure out how to roll dice hahaah super funny

today... watched kids, euro- LOTS of lecture... my hand was super black afterwards (but lefties still rule!!!), english- test... not bad... alg2- study hall, spanish- today i told her i had to go to the bathroom (in spanish) and she called me brilliant!!! ahahah w00t. (or as my bro would say, HUZZAH!!!) yeah... we did workbook and stuff in the textbook and talked in spanish... lunch- did this REALLY cool pic on kevin chan's back with tape =) super cool ahahah... chem- did a whole bunch of random things... student gov't- service project/formal stuff... drivers ed- worksheets
stayed afterschool for Auntie Ida's wake... just did hw
the wake: man... all i have to say is if i can have half as much courage and faith as AUntie Ida did when she was diagnosed/living her last days, i'll be happy. she was amazing!!! i cried more then i thought i would... touching testimonies and stuff... then went home, did garbage, took a shower, wrote my notecard, and now i'm blogging =)

mAnN... this weekend is gonna be crAZY
friday- play for LC, do nametags/attendence for LC, and do student testimonies
saturday- practice for HOUSE
sunday- place for HOUSE, then sing for Pastor Pat's ordination

hope i have time for hw....

okay... g'nite all!

all i want for christmas is my 2 front teeth..

2004-11-27T22:31:00.000-08:00

haha this post is dedicated to jessica because she told me to blog and she's cool cuz she read my blog =P and she's SUPER cool cuz she's born in february =D

today was boring... woke up, dusted house, played piano, relaxed, went to grandma's
o0o00o i LOVE quiznos!!! i love their BL[T]s (haha i have them take out the tomatos ahhahah) mMMmMm super good.
basically all i did at grandma's was eat, sleep, do hw, and watch tv (phil of the future marathon ahahah)
went home, talked online while sorta memorizing my lion's club speech ( >.< ) did chores, and now i'm blogging =) w00t for me hahah

love this hmm... what's it called... very long quote =)

I could never myself believe in God, if it were not for the cross... In the real world of pain, how could one worship a God who was immune to it? I have entered many Buddhist temples in different Asian countries and stood respectfully before the statue of Buddha, his legs crossed, arms folded, eyes closed, the ghost of a smile playing round his mouth, a remote look on his face, detached from the agonies of the world. But each time after a while i have had to turn away. And in imagination I have turned to that lonely, twisted, tortured figure on the cross, nails through hands and feet, back lacerated, limbs wrenched, brow bleeding from thorn-pricks, mouth dry and intolerably thirsty, plunged in God-forsaken darkness. That is the God for me! He laid aside his immunity to pain. He entered our world of flesh and blood, tears and death. He suffered for us. Our sufferings become more manageable in light of his. There is still a question mark against human suffering, but over it we boldly stamp another mark, the cross which symbolizes divine suffering. 'The cross of Christ...is God's only self-justification in such a world' as ours."
--John R. W. Stott

hellllllo nurse!

2004-11-26T23:50:00.000-08:00

mMMmM... i heart sleep. too bad i won't get much of it when i go back to school =(

so today woke up, ate breakfast, then me, my mom, and my dad went SHOPPING!!! it was reaaaaaaly crowed... we split up... i went with my dad... we went to sears and stood in line for CRAZY LOTSA time. then we went to anchor blue and i got collin's christmas present (it's REALLY nice =] makes me happy whenever i see it) then we went to target... i got kathy's bday/christmas present and the lady at the cash register was nice =) then we met up with my mom... went to bath and body... then went to KOHLs... then went to alegro... got patrice's bday and angela's christmas present... then went home... did some hw, then
WENT OUT FOR SUSHI!!! we went to sushi boat... very cool place... with booths and in the middle they have this place where the guys make sushi and put them on boats that float around them ahahh it's super cool. i had beef terriaki (SUUUUPER good i loved it) and california roll without avacado (yes, i hate avacado... bleckkkk) yeah... then went home, did hw (math and driver's ed [i don't think we had any driver's ed hw... but wanted to get ahead in case the teachers decided to go crazy in the next few weeks]) yeah... i did a LOT of driver's ed while watching tv with my sis then we watched a cinderella story (the one with hillary duff)... it was ok... not very funny though... i like funny movies =)

so i'm almost done with my friends christmas presents... only like 2-3 more hahaha =) w00t

and...this is gonna sound s0oo0 nerdy... but I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE SCIENCE BOWL!!! it's just so very fun!!! even though you know whoever has joshua yue on their team is gonna win... but STILL i love it =) super fun. i've actually had very good luck on past teams... had joshua once (won) and had anna (liu) once (3rd place cuz we went against joshua in the semi-finalists) yeaah... w00t for science bowl =D

what's in store for tomorrow: dust house, maybe some piano (mmMMMm i heart piano too =P)going to grandma's... memorizing speech and maybe (if i feel like it, which i probably won't) rereading A Tale of Two Cities (BLECK i hate this book) and watching tv... (mMMmmMMM... cable =P)

hmmm... YEAH. so... going to sleep now. because i heart sleep =)

haPPYy THanKSgivinG!!!!

2004-11-25T21:56:00.000-08:00

things i am especially grateful this year (some are very random, just warning you hahah =] )

1. GOD and everything has has done/is doing/will be doing (hahah that narrows my list down a LOT =D )
2. my family... having a full family again =)... our house is now so much... noiser ahhaah... plus i LOVE my cousins matthew/kevin/jay/kim/kristi/everett/jasmine/andrew/nate/rachel/chris/kevin (and all of you. most of you are probably related to me somehow ahah)
3. the rest of you who are reading my blog/xanga =) you guys are crazily cool
4. bubba, my CRAZILY CUTE manatee. i love him to death
5. my super cool friends of all grades
6. CCS... it makes me sad that people hate CCS... it's such a great school... great teachers, great food, great campus, great students... great almost EVERYTHING!
7. the fact that i am not lactose intolerant (HAHA i said some would be random...) i am glad that the only thing i am allergic to are rabbits. glad i can eat fruit, nuts, milk products (ICE CREAM!!!) and other stuff other people can't eat
8. my health... i'm a pretty healthy girl... just get headaches a lot... but still... i never get SERIOUSLY sick
9. my guitar and piano: stress killers =)
10. CHURCH! i love the HOUSE... the big people who play in the house... our main speaker in the house (pastor pat)... everything about the HOUSE!!! w00t for the HOUSE

i'll stop there. but mind you i am thankful for a LOT more... the list could go on and on and on and on.... (like the energizer bunny =] )

s0o0oo0 today... woke up, ate breakfast, went to the cemetary, went back home, played PS2, then went to my cousins house for a combined thanksgiving (btw... HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE) and my cousins's 21st birthday part (HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY, CHRIS)... played around... ate... played some more, went home, and now i'm home =)

tomorrow is the annual shopping day. (yes, we used to be those crazy people who woke up at 5 to go get those little freebee things) but now we don't wake up early anymore... we're all too sleep deprived ahahah... so we'll probably go around 10 or something... then later on we're going out to dinner before everyone leaves and our family becomes 3 again =(

ANYWAYS hope you all had a great thanksgiving!!!

yuck

2004-11-24T21:59:00.000-08:00

you would think that after being out of school, the day would improve. and it did, but i went waaaaay waaaaaay down after the good stuff. kind of like drugs: you are happy, then you get really depressed.

so school was blah... the morning went by REALLY REALLY slowly... euro- the most boring lecture like ever... english- discussion, alg2- study hall, spanish- quiz, lunch, chem- lab, bible- fun =) (i love bible =]), driver's ed- quiz and VERY CORNY video... hahah made us laugh so much

after schooL: went home, relaxed, ate dinner (clam showder mMMMmmmmM) then my dad took me and my sister to go see THE INCREDIBLES (VERY good movie, if you haven't seen it, GO SEE IT)... so we get out of the theatre and walk to our car. only we can't because our car WASN'T THERE. apparently my dad accidently parked in a hotel parking space so they towed are truck. we walked all over union landing trying to find a phone... finally used the phone at chili's to call bryan to pick us up. we walked over to krispy kreme to get some doughnuts for my mom and they gave us free samples (cuz the HOT DOUGHNUTS NOW sign was on)... so we go outside to wait for bryan and we sit on the WET benches and my dad accidently but the doughnuts on the WET tables... so my bro picks us up, and i find out that we accidently forgot to put in the tape to tape the AMERICAN IDOL CHRISTMAS SPECIAL for the first half... sigh... and now i'm online blogging about the bad day.

i've been geeting all these REALLY WEIRD mystery cuts all over my hand. they hurt. currently i have 3 bandaids on my left hand... sorta creepy... i wish i knew where they came from...

happy thanksgiving tomorrow =)

=]

2004-11-24T16:32:00.000-08:00

it's weird having a full family again. but i'm happy =)

o.O woah...

2004-11-22T22:33:00.000-08:00

wOAH... mr chung!
http://www.angelfire.com/film/directorcharleschen/IC_DEMO.wmv