There's no second part of spring break. Last Thursday, I went on my morning jog with Stella and Seo. Andrew and Andersen were supposed to come with us, but they were being lazy butts. We took forever just to walk to Jamba Juice because Seo had to wear jeans that day haha. Poor James and Billy had to wait for us at Jamba Juice. I felt so bad for making them wait for more than 30 minutes haha. When we got there, we just stood outside and chilled. Then James and Billy had to jog back, and Seo, Stella, and I walked to Matt's house. At first we were planning to go to Andersen's to play Brawl, but they left to go shopping at Arden. Again, I felt bad for waking Matt up at like 10AM haha. We decided to go in and play video games. It was my first time playing Halo and I sucked! I didn't even have my glasses on, so I was pretty much blind. Matt took pity on me and played on my team haha. I was trying to kill Seo the whole time, and I actually got him like three times haha. Then we went to the backyard to see KG. Mygosh he's huge now! Double his size before. Then we went back in and played tennis on the Xbox. I totally kicked ass at that game haha. Around 1PM, we walked back home. When we were half way, Stella had to go back because she left her camera at Matt's. We had a pretty long conversation, which was really nice haha.
On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I just chilled at home--TV, food, music, food, tv and food. So much for all those jogging we did haha. Overall, this spring break was off the hizzle forshizzle. Yep.
I was frreakin' out about this week at first because I thought we might have a bunch of testing and projects due. Fortunately, all my big tests are next week. Yesterday after Key Club, dad took me to Raley's to buy ingredients for Melanie's cake. Julianne, Michelle, and Sharisse came later. Then we went back to Michelle's house to bake the cake. We were in a rush because Michelle had to leave by 6PM. The cake mixing was really fun. I think I should get in the kitchen more often haha. When we left Michelle's, we didn't even finish decorating the cake. Sharisse and Julianne had to go back to Julianne's house to finish it up. This morning, we hid the cake in biology because they had a mini fridge. Right after second period, we were in a rush to get everything set up. We paniced at first because we couldn't find Melanie. It turned out she was in calculus. So we had to carry the already lit cake to Mr. Pi's room. Right when we stepped outside, the wind blew the candles out, so we had to relit them outside. For the entire lunch period, we just chilled in Mr. Pi's enjoying our cake haha.
What's happening?! -Lil Jon
Junior prom is this Saturday! The long wait is finally over. We finally got Minjoo and Richard in our limo, so everything is all set. Stella, Minjoo, and I are getting ready together. It'd be so much better if Prom was after finals. I can't focus on school like this haha. Speaking of school, I need to study my butt off for the biology final. I want that A-! I'm barely hanging onto an A- in APCSC, so I'll have to do a bunch of extra credits.
Fourth term is about to start! Thanks goodness. I need my easy classes back haha. I'm actually looking forward to art class. The art fair is also coming in April! I'll be participating in the chalk drawing for the first time, so I'm pretty excited.
GLOW IN THE DARK TOUR! Oboyyy can't wait. We just need to find a ride haha.
Two of my uncles are going back to Vietnam this Friday night, and anh Bao is officially moving back to Folsom to work. I feel bad for not spending more time with my uncles. They just came at bad time. On the bright side, chi Hoang Anh is coming to live with us in two weeks!
This site is so freakin' awesome it needs a post of its own. I've been using Tumblr since last summer, and I haven't switched to anything else. As you know, I like to experience with 90487523740234 blog services, and I move on once I'm bored. Tumblr is just clean and simple--that's why I like it. I only use it to post multimedia goods (video, audio, pictures). As much as I love blogging, I sometimes get too lazy to write up a long post about my day. However on Tumblr, I simply copy and paste everything (try it and see what I mean). I know we're all Youtube addicts here, and Tumblr is the site to post all your findings. This is just a great way to keep track of all your favorite songs/videos and share it with others.
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I spent this lovely Friday afternoon browsing and testing the new Tumblr features. Yepp, I am a total computer geek.
Sunday - Downtown
In the afternoon, Sharisse called me up to go dress shopping in downtown. At first, I couldn't go because my parents were effy on the fact that we were driving all the way there. We ended up taking the light rail because Michelle's mom has as bunch of free passes. Sharisse picked up me around 1PM, and we went over to Michelle's. She had guests over, so we sat down for brunch haha. While we waited for Michelle to get ready, we were watching Hanna Montana with Courtney haha. It was only because the Jonas Brothers were on that episode. We finally left at 3PM to the light rail station in Meadowview. It was my first time taking the light rail, and it wasn't as exciting as I thought. We were the only Asians on there, and people did stare haha. The whole ride took about 30 minutes because of the stops along the way. We went to Macy*s first to use the restroom and look for Julianne. HOLY MOLY the third floor restroom is insane! You don't get a stall, oh no, you get a freakin' room! haha The room has its on sink and everything; it's even bigger than my restroom. Outside the rooms, you have an whole isle of more sinks haha. We were in there for a while too just sitting on the sofa. Then we went out and looked for our dresses. Macy*s disappoints me. I found nothing there. Then we decided to say hi to Andersen at his restaurant. So we stopped by Indo Cafe next to the railroad track in Old Sac. I was hungry, so we decided to eat lunch there.
Andersen made us fried rice, and his dad made us this dessert with condense milk and cinnamon powder on fried dough/bread? I don't know, but it was delicious haha. We tried to pay for our foods, but they refused. We just chilled there for the longest time until Michelle had to leave. We took the light rail back, and Julianne's dad dropped us back to Michelle's house. It wasn't much of a shopping day since we didn't spend any money, but definitely fun.
Monday - Park Hopping
I woke up at 9AM all ready for the first day of my workout plan. We were supposed to meet at the school's track at 10AM to run a mile. I got there at exactly 10AM, and Andrew called me saying he just got up and will be on his way. I waited for him at the tennis court for 20 minutes! He was taking his sweet ol' time too haha. We ran half a track until we realized we haven't stretch yet, so we stopped and did a quick stretch. Then we continued jogging the four laps. Michelle was supposed to join us, but she too was taking her sweet ol' time. When she was finally ready to go, we were already done with our jog. We decided to meet her half way at the park where we had the Key Club social. I was scared that mom would see me walking out of school, so we, or just me, ran across the bridge. We stopped by Andrew's house for a snack. On our way to the park, we saw Stella riding her bike toward us, and she joined us on our fun adventure haha. When we met up with Michelle, we decided to head back to her house. We stopped by a couple of parks in the area. We got so much exercise done; it was like a jog/walk around the neighborhood. Then we got to this one park near Tracy and Julianne, so we decided to stop by and say hi. We stopped by Julianne's first, but no one was home. Then we went over to Tracy's, but she was out with friends. Disappointed, we just went straight to Michelle's haha. We were there for a couple minutes to get some foods. Then Stella, Andrew, and I began our long walk back to the bridge. I got a major tan/sun burn just from that. I got back home around 1PM and got ready to go shopping with Mom.
We went Folsom Outlet--my last resort for prom. We probably spent more than four hours there. I went into stores that I don't normally shop at such as Bebe, Guess, and BCBG to look for my dress. I finally found one at BCBG! It was the best deal ever haha. I got my dress for $39 original was more than $100. I love final sales haha. I looked so hard for a bright color dress. I tried my best to avoid the black ones cause I always wear black. I ended up getting this metallic charcoal dress haha. It may not be a prom-like color, but it's still a pretty dress. By the end of the day, I was so sored and tired, but I felt accomplished haha.
Tuesday - Bowling
What a day! We went all over the place haha. In the morning, Andrew called me up to go jogging. I was late, so I power-walked to school to meet Andrew at the library. We went to the track and waited for Andersen and Nafiri to join us. When they arrived, we only jogged three laps. They also brought Star along haha. I was afraid someone was going to yell at us for bringing such a big dog to a school's track haha. I decided to walk home early and left them playing bball. When I got home, I was in the mood to get some chores done. Haha Weird how I can get so hyped up about cleaning. I spent like two hours cleaning the bathroom. I scrubbed the tub so hard, but it's still not white haha. I did the laundry right after, and got ready. Sharisse picked me up around 1PM and went to Target to wait for Michelle. When we met up with Michelle, we went to Tapioca Express. I called up Matteo to go bowling with us. Matt, Lala, and Richard were being lazy, but we got them out in the end haha. Then we walked over to Baja Fresh, so I could get lunch. When Matt, Lala, and Richard finally came, our plan completely changed because Andersen and Nafiri had to go to their piano lesson at 5PM. I felt really bad for calling the guys out haha. To kill time, we all went to the school to play bball. Then we drove down to Florin. While waiting for Andersen and Nafiri's lesson to be over, Michelle, Sharisse, Andrew, and I went to Mervyn's. Then we stopped by SF to buy some Asian candies. Around 6:45PM, we went bowling at AMF near Fruitridge. We only had one free game, and that took more than 15 minutes! I came in 3rd place after Michelle and Andrew. When we were done, we drove to Yummy Guide Cafe for dinner. Good thing I did all those chores that day haha.
Today - Borders & Thanwa's House
Today was completely random. No joke. I planned it to be a study day at home to finish my calculus homework, but I ended up going online haha. I was supposed to go jogging with Andrew, Andersen, and Seo this morning, but I was sored and lazy haha. In the afternoon, Matteo called me up go to Borders because they had another essay revision for Jensen's class. Even though I don't have Jensen or English this term, I went anyways haha. Dad dropped me off at 5PM, and I told him to come back in two hours. I only saw four people: Kim, Matteo, Thanwa, Rachael, and Luis. Kim was the first to leave. We didn't know what to do, and none of us wanted to work on homework. So we decided to walk to Thanwa's house. I couldn't leave at first because Dad was taking a nap in the parking lot haha. The guys had to walk outside to see if Dad was still there. I told them he drove an old white Camry; I didn't know until I got back that we took the Silver Honda hahaha. I decided to risk it, and got out the side door. I was kinda of nervous on the way to Thanwa's house. I was thinking of possible excuses to tell Dad if he happen to catch us out on the street haha. When we got there, we just chilled in Thanwa's room. Then we went downstairs and played outside. The guys played bball, and Rachael and I kicked a ball back and forth. Rachael was trying to teach me how to kick the ball straight up haha. It was pretty fun though. At 7:15PM, Rachael and I walked back to Borders. It was perfect timing too because Dad was driving back to Borders from Grandpa's. When we got back, I walked out of Borders like I had really studied for two hours haha. I don't know how long this will last. Every time I'm out with friends, I always have to come up with new and better getaways haha.
OHHH HOW I MISS THEEE!
Day One - Tuesday
I walked to school at around 9AM to take the EAP. The first person I saw was Julia. We had a choice to go to Andersen's or go to school because once you get in, they won't let you out. So Julia and I waited outside the school for 5 minutes deciding whether or not to go in haha. Then a thought came to me: "Crap I might not get into Cal, so I probably end up in CSUSF." And so we proceeded to school. The EAP test was just a 45 min essay. I got version 3, which is about how children nowadays don't have manners. I felt like I was back in AP Lang & Comp again. I dislike timed essays. I fail miserably at those type of prompt because I'm always on the middle line. I don't a strong opinion on pretty much anything. Basically everything just floats my boat. Anywho, after the EAP, I ate brunch with Matteo and Lala. Then, I just walked around school with Lena and Laura. The classes were super short. In biology, we started writing essays on the ten presentations. I didn't remember squat. My whole essay was half a page while everyone else wrote a novel haha. I mean geebus, how much can you bs?
Day Two - Wednesday
Mom dropped me off at school at 9:30AM, and I waited for Julia's mom to leave the parking lot before Julia could come out of her "hiding" haha. Then we walked to Andersen's house to play Brawl. It took me a while to get use to playing with the Wii controller. I was so close to beating Michael with my Kirby, but he kept using his special attack to shoot me down. At least I was in second place haha. Then Sharisse, Melanie, Michelle, and Julianne came. Around 11AM, Andresen got up and made us breakfast. I was really impressed haha. All the guys in the kitchen. The spaghetti was so good. We only had like 5 minutes to eat though haha. Then we jumped into the car, and Sharisse rushed to school. We all thought we were going to be tardy. Oh the thrill of it! haha The rest of the day was pretty chill. I finally paid for my limo. Fifty bucks, yikes. At least I found a ride. Now, I just need to find my dress.
So childish
How you implement such deceitful thoughts
To purify your image, your facade
So childish
To presume people's thinking, people's words
Half truth, half lie
Reverting the story from its prime
So childish
For making comebacks and revenges
Only to do what's just for you
Hurting those like they do to you
So childish
Talking bout spaceships, flying cars, and super heroes
Can't find the horizon that separates the reality and the animated
Lost in wishful thoughts
So childish
Speaking without thinking
Cause words create themselves
Like sticks and stones can't break no bones
So childish, you say?
Continue my poem. Just follow a similar format beginning with "So childish".
Show us your bedroom.
Submitted by Wel.
Two weeks ago, my room underwent an extreme makeover. No joke. Right when I got home that Friday, I locked myself in the room for three hours straight. I was that determined to clean my room especially after the shock my uncle got when he "accidentally" stepped into my room. Ok, maybe that's an exaggeration because really my room wasn't that messy. I mean sure I had clothes here and there and a bunch of papers on the floor, but it was "livable".
BEFORE
YAWN...plain and boring
It wasn't this bad haha.
AFTER
I rotated my bed 90 degrees and moved in the sofa.
my "entertainment system"
Who needs those fancy mancy furnitures. I do just fine with my cheap Target storages haha. I guess I am some what of a hoarder. I just keep things for the memory of it, and they just pile up. Well this is the best I could do for my room. And I think it looks pretty darn cool haha.
I'm beginning to place a high value on those who follow through what they promise or say they would do. This is such a hypocritical statement coming from me because sometimes I don't or can't even do that. Regardless, this is a character that I often let slide and I just shrug it off later. Like if your friend promises he/she will be there at a certain hour, but they end up bailing out because something came up. What do you do? "No, it's ok, I understand." You just don't give much thought to it. No big deal. The act alone has many levels and of various degrees.
- Yourself. I told myself I will not procrastinate. I told myself I will not judge. I told myself I will not have regrets. I told myself I will be optimistic. I can honestly say that I do stick to most of these commitments(?). (Of course procrastination is a debatable topic) I chicken out a lot mainly cause of some confidence/self esteem issues, but they're all practical reasons. Sometimes I wish I am stronger inside so I don't back out on my words.
- Others. There are those who say certain things that I doubt. I don't like to think that way because I know they are capable of sticking to their words, but I also don't like putting my hopes and expectations up. But there are those who I can fully trust to pull it through in the end. Disappointment is something I've been trying to avoid. Life would be great if I can be immuned to disappointments.
I guess to a certain extent a broken promise is harmless. You can let it go. I can let it go. But there are words that stick to you. You keep them in the back of your mind hoping you or that person will not forget. Then there is the question: What's more important? Keeping your words to others or to yourself? I think this act can speak so much more.
I shall add onto this thought later.
I am a very indecisive person who can't seem to stick with one thing for long. Yall should know that by now haha. Anywho, I slept for 10 hours last night. That's ridiculous considering today's a Friday haha. Boyy, can't wait to make up all my tests on Monday. So what's new in life? I haven't blogged in ages. Funny how everyone started blogging when I was on hiatus.
Last Saturday, Hong-An threw a surprised birthday party for anh Bao. It wasn't much of a surprise since he already knew about it. We had hot pot on the floor; a total of 30 something people on the floor staring at one small pot haha. Chau and I had to be on our feet at all time and grab as many squids, veggies, and quail eggs as we could. The whole family room was turned into a mini club that night. We had clubbin' music on full blast and the flashing lights in the background. I was exhausted, so I just chilled on the sofa haha. Everyone else gambled all night.
We had our course selection for 2009 on Tuesday. After Key Club, we stayed behind and Richard drove me, Matt, Lala, and Stephanie to Carl Jr. for lunch. Then we went back to the library and ate our one dollar burgers in the parking lot haha. It was pretty fun. The course selection started at 4:30PM, and it took forever. I was planning to stay for 30 minutes, but it took us two long hours haha. I only picked four APs: English, calculus BC, art, and economics. All my electives are art oriented. I might change anatomy to AP physics after seeing the cat that Michelle dissected. That cat had no eye balls, and its eye sockets were wide opened. It scared the heck out of me haha. So much for wanting to face my fear.
I've been hanging out with Andrew, Andersen, Sim, and Nafiri a lot lately. I love a group that actually does something every week haha. During lunch, we'd chill in Spickelmier's (I know what nerds!) haha. We have good entertainment though--Andrew and Andersen's guitar duet. Michelle and Sharisse still drive me around, and we just hang out at Michelle's like first term. The only good thing about this term is that I actually get to see everyone. What will I do when they're off to college next year? haha
I complain a lot about this term. I ought to be more optimisitc haha. I'll try to like Spanish more since it is my last year besides I have Lena, Katelyn, and Chris Seo to enjoy it with. I have Tiffany and Andrew in biology haha. Computer science is pretty much the same. The more Mr. Dwyer lectures the more I want to fall asleep. I do enjoy writing Pokemon programs haha. History is still boring. I take every opportunity to fall asleep. It's pretty fun talking to Lala, Ryan Cheung, and Nick in that class though. CHERRY PIE! We mess with Ryan too much. He probably hates me now haha.
On Wednesday, my two uncles from Vietnam arrived. The four Ha brothers reunited under one roof. The house is not quiet anymore, and I kinda like it haha.
Today was...odd. There was a mix of the goods and the bads. I don't like when I've finally decided on something and determined to do it, I end up missing my chance to do so. I had three chances today. Damn, I'm such a chicken haha. I was having second thought after hearing people's input. Things happened for a reason. I don't regret it anymore.
During lunch, I hung out in biology, so Andrew could teach me how to play Fresh Prince of Bel Air. It sounded nothing like it though haha. During computer science, the fire alarm went off. Apparently, some kid called in and said there was a bomb. We all waited at the basketball court. I tried to play ping pong, but failed miserably haha. I really want to join Shane's ping pong club now. After 4/5 period, no one went to class, so we just hung out haha. James and I was flipping a quarter to decide on something, and it flew somewhere haha. Mann it was so embarrassing. In history, James and I decided to go with Alex's song, In My Car by The Pack. I just stood there and did the little hand movement while Alex sang haha.
Going down the street
I see a jobless girl
She wants job
I give jobs
I'll take her to my world
cause FDR a star
For the rest of the period, Ryan taught me how to play the beginning of Seven Nation Army on the guitar. It was pretty cool. After school, I went with Andersen, Nafiri, Sim, and Andrew to Harriet Eddy for the Teen Program. They had to leave, so I just stayed behind with Julianne. We spent most of the time on the basketball playing football. I am so joining powder puff next year. I can't throw, but I can catch haha. At 6PM, Andersen came back to pick me up. I didn't plan on going with them to the movies because I was so damn sleepy, but I went anyways. First, we went to Top Yogurt. It was my first time there, so I took forever to decide on what to get. It was pretty good. We just sat around and waited for Sharisse, Melanie, and Michelle. Then we stopped by Nathan's Cuisine for dinner. Andrew had to go home, so it was just the girls eating. Around 7:30PM, we left to Century to watch Cloverfield. The movie was alright, not as bad as I thought. The flashing lights were annoying though, but everything else kept me awake. Around 9PM, Andersen dropped me home.
This week went by pretty fast (maybe because Monday was a holiday). First off, lets discuss my failure to talk the talk, but can't walk the walk. On Tuesday, I was determined to drop computer science for business law or guitar lab because on Monday night I just went "fcuk it " to the intersession work. On my way to the office, Sharisse told me the due date for the intersession work is postponed to next Tuesday. Hallelujah! I was relieved because I didn't want to go through the whole dropping-out process. Plus, I wanted to keep the A- I worked my butt off for in first term. On the other hand, I really wanted to take a different class. I signed up for computer science to work with Html not Java. Well, it's too late for everything.
The second failure of mine is of course calculus. I told myself not to repeat the past--I must start off strong this semester! Psych! I didn't even start on my portfolio until Wednesday. I decided to try something different. I would sleep first and wake up super early to study instead of studying late and falling asleep after. So I went to sleep at 11PM and set my alarm clock to 4:30PM! Luckily, I woke myself up at exactly 6:30AM. I was late, and I didn't even get to study for the chapter 4 test. Omann, I suck at life. I am almost positive I got an F on the first part. I was pretty much bumped out for the rest of th day. I don't worry too much about my overall grade because I have plenty of time to raise it, but I don't like to see or hear Mr. Pi's disappointment. The man actually acknowledged me after I finally passed one test with a pat on the back! Now I am back to where I was in the beginning of the year--hanging onto a C. Today, however, I think I did pretty well on the second part of the test. I went all out last night. When I finished my homework packet at 1AM, I had a cup of tea, went into my room with my notes and homework, and turned on the light. For the entire night (or rather morning) I slept for five minutes, looked over one page of note, checked the time, went back to sleep for another five minutes, and repeated the same process. At 5:30AM, I got up and drank a whole bottle of Starbucks Coffee. For some miraculous reason, I did not feel tired this morning. I did feel a little dizzy throughout the day.
Anyways, after the calculus test, the rest of the day was pretty chilled. Sra. Ricks is still stuck in LA, so we had a sub again. We just watched Notre Dame in Spanish. Lena and I were passing notes and taking turns writing a poem/lyrics haha. It doesn't make much sense, but it sounds pretty good on the surface. Is there a deeper meaning? Who knows haha. In biology, we just worked on our packet. I didn't get anything done because Rafael kept talking to me haha. He's such a gentleman though, a nice fella. I have to admit, I am so jealous of his life. The guy went to Japan two times as an exchanged student, so he's pretty much fluent. And this summer, he's going to China to watch the Olympics. Mann what have I been doing for the past seventeen years?! I want those experiences! When is it my turn?
Mr. Dwyer's been gone all week, so we just did whatever in computer science. I spent my time wisely by doing my homework for other classes and postponing my program. That class is tiny now after so many people dropped out--only fifteen students. Nonetheless, the remaining people still make the class fun. "WHY AM I IN THIS CLASS?!" Amir cracks me up so much haha. History is lame as ever. Mrs. Murphy is pretty cool though. Like Mrs. DeShaw, she sympathizes our struggles with AP classes by minimizing our homework. Cheers to that!
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