First thing I did when I went online this morning was sending everyone who's online a "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!". Christmas is probably one of the most wonderful holidays of the year. I love how much spirit people have, putting up Christmas trees, Christmas lights, etc. And speaking of Christmas lights, check this out!
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Yes, I got my haircut. I actually got it right after I posted my last entry. To be honest, I literally cried for a couple of hours that night because I missed my long hair. At first, I didn't think I looked too good with the haircut. In fact, I thought I looked like the 5th Beatle. However, my mom tells me that it actually turned out better than she had expected. So far, most girls have told me that I looked good with the haircut, but most guys told me I looked like a boy. I don't know what to say. Maybe the girls were just jealous of my long hair? - Heehee! Oh well, too late to stick each strand of my hair back on... Besides, helping people who are suffering from hair loss is probably one of the best gifts I can give for Christmas.
Anyway, tell me what you think.
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I've taken the bus to and back from school for a couple of times ever since school started. I kinda feel proud of it actually. However, I do get lost from time to time and I rely on other people to pull that buzzer thingy most of the time so I can get off the bus for transferring.
Anyway, last month when I had to take the bus home, I saw a 604 coming my way that said English Bluff. When I asked the bus driver just to make sure if they pass by Ladner he told me he didn't know in a way that makes me seem like I'm annoying him. He probably had a bad day or something so whatever. I got on the bus anyway since my mom told me to take whatever bus that started with 60*. But I kept thinking to myself, how can he not know where he's going? Does he even remember where he lives??
Ok, fine. I needed to take the bus again yesterday because I got off school at 5:30 and my parents have already left. I bumped into the SAME bus driver and he closed the door while I was on the stairs and hit me on my shoulder really hard. Not only that, he didn't even apologize! The only thing he said was "OOPS!! Watch your back!!". I seriously wanted to yell at him, but since there were so many people in the bus (and some were sleeping) I didn't want to make a scene (and wake some of the people up). My shoulder is now bruised. I thought that he didn't deserve a "Thank you" so I left the bus without saying anything.
When I told my mom what happened, she said that the bus drivers use to be so nice. They'd remember where you need to stop and stop there for you. That bus driver that brought me back home was probably new - that's why.
The title of this entry basically describes the highlight of my day. Literally.
I went to see my Comp Sci 101 teacher yesterday, hoping to talk to him about what kind of ideas I could use for my term-long project. It wasn't office hour and I knew that, but he was there. However, he was talking to some other girl, so I decided to wait outside his door for him. People passed by staring at me. Weirdos.
Anyway, I waited outside for like half an hour and then I decided to leave. I went into the elevator and pressed the button to the ground floor, but the door wasn't closing or anything, so I pressed what I THOUGHT was the button to close the door. The door finally closed, and then I began hearing this dial tone and a voice saying "dialing to campus security". That was when I realized that I pressed the emergency button and started panicking. As it was dialing, I was like "oh, crap! I better get out of here fast". But neither me or the elevator was fast enough. A few seconds later on the other side of the phone, some woman was like "Campus Security" and then I had to explain to her that I pressed the wrong button.
It was kind of embarrassing... but at the same time funny. I had a good laugh on my bike ride back to Brock Hall.
Ah... I'm finally learning to relax. I've began highlighting my books and stuff, it actually feels really weird. Remember when back in high school when we were taught not to highlight our textbooks? Well, this is not the case anymore. I feel like such a rebel. But to be honest, after beginning to highlight my books and stuff, I was able to concentrate more on what I'm reading. Probably because it helped me focus on what the important points were. For the past few weekends, I've only been breaking down because I understand what I'm reading and getting fustrated with myself. My highlighting pen is now my best friend.
A note to the university students who are not highlighting their books: seriously, begin highlighting your books. Taking notes from your textbook consumes way too much time, especially when you have other homework. And who says you're 'wreckng' your book? I understand that most of you will probably sell your books back to the bookstore after the term is over, but think about it. If you keep your book in such good condition, the bookstore is just going to give you back 50% back of how much you bought the book for. Not just that, they might sell it back out as a new book again and earn even more money off of students.
I have come to the end of my research to why UBC professors suck! Well, I guess I shouldn't say that since my computer science professors are pretty cool. However, a PhD doesn't mean a thing. The main reason why all these professors are here at UBC is because they are doing research under which ever faculty they're in and in order to get paid, they have to teach part-time. Professors do not have a Bachelor of Education like our high school teachers (God, I miss them...). They never learned how to present their ideas to their students. This is the reason why we are all suffering from the adjustment of learning from books.
I can't believe it. Just two weeks ago, I was so excited to go to university. But now, I really miss the feeling of being in high school. I missed how the teachers actually teach instead of making me learn from books.
I'm not that great at learning from books because I'm a really slow reader and sometimes when I'm reading, I doze out. It's like, I'm reading all these words, but I'm not paying attention to what they're trying to say. So then I'll have to read it over again. And the cycle continues
Yesterday, I just survived my first rainy day at UBC. Once I got to Buchanan, I was shivering. What really pisses me off is that today is all nice and bright again. Why couldn't it be like this yesterday.
Anyway, I'll have to keep this short since I have so much reading to do. See you later.
So sad that I haven't posted onto MSN Space in such a long time. There's just no free time in my hands. It's kinda sad... School's been so tiring. I've had to wake up at 6:00 every morning. Not just that, I'd pass out at around 10:00 every night just because I can't keep my eyes opened. Teachers assign so much reading to do, it's not even funny.
I've been sorta bugging Hanson about having lunch together for some time already; however, he's just really busy... I can understand that since he's at WORK, WORK comes first. I bet that he's sorry that I made it into UBC, now he'll never have free time.
At first, I was having a bit of trouble with Calculus, but after reading the text book, I feel a bit more confident. Also, Computer Science is also kind of giving me a headache. Fortunately, I still remember some stuff from Computer Studies in grade 10 that could help me out (QBasic - Binary, Algorithms, etc.). They're pretty similar, I think (so far).
Anyway, since I have so much work to do, I'm going to keep this short. See you later!
Today was the UBC First-Years' orientation! It was pretty fun. However, I ended up being the only girl in my MUG (My Undergraduate Group). Hanson warned me about this. There aren't many girls that go into Computer Science. Since computer science is a branch of the science faculty, there weren't a lot of people in total, maybe around 40-50 people? But out of those 40-50 people, there were only 3-5 girls.... Scary, huh? Well, wish me good luck.
First of all, we started out with a campus tour. The tour was almost the same as the AMS/UBC FirstStep Orientation, but a little more specified towards computer science (duh!). At least we got to go into the computer science department building. There's this giant thing made out of pipes that acts like a logo. Lynn and I couldn't figure out what it was, so she told me to tell her if I find out one day.
Afterwards, we met the dean and learned the science faculty cheer to get ready for the pep rally later on. The dean asked us to be as loud as we can and that we have to cheer so loud that we'll make the engineers bleed from their ears. Anyway, I thought that our cheer sucked. It goes:
We're skilled!We're smart!We're Science UBC!
Anyway, the pep rally was very fun. I don't think I've ever yelled so loud in my entire life. But no matter how loud I yelled, I couldn't hear myself because there were always people louder. I thought that the speeches that the "important people" had to make was going to be really boring, but it wasn't. Most of their speeches were very inspirational, and it gave us a good push to start our lives at UBC. I'm beginning to like this school very much. Tomorrow is our first "real" classes. I need to go to sleep early so I have enough energy to stay awake during lectures tomorrow.
In 11 hours, I will have to attend my first day of school as a university student. I am nervous and kind of excited; however, I'm very worried about the workload. I guess I shouldn't be *that* worried since I heard that UBC is a party school. So if they have so much time to party, maybe the homework load isn't SO bad afterall.
Lately, I've been waking up at like 6:00am and not being able to go back to sleep afterward. I have a feeling that it has something to do with my biological clock and Japan. I kinda hope that it will stay like this though. It probably sounds a bit crazy, but you see, if I am able to wake up so early and not need to go back to sleep, I am, therefore, "awake" and ready to go.
The reason why I'm nervous and excited is probably because of the fact that I'm going to a new school and make new friends. I hope I won't have any problems with it. Everything will be so different... and I'm totally clueless. Anyway, I think I'm gonna post again tomorrow so I can update you on my first day of school. It's actually just going to be an orientation, so there aren't really any "real" classes going on yet.
It's so nice to be back home. Alex said that the weather was gloomy for the past few days and today is actually sunny. Even the weather is glad that I'm back to Vancouver.
On the flight back from Japan, we watched different movies than we did when we went to Japan. We watched "Monster-In-Law", "Guess Who" and part of "House of Wax" (another movie that Lynn wanted to see). I didn't like that movie - too gorey. I had to cover my eyes with my pillow throughout some parts that I watched because I was too scared. Afterwards, I lost my appetite to eat because I kept on thinking about it. I wonder when I became such a baby. I didn't mind gore before....
I decided to try and ask for the toys again this time, and she actually gave me one! She opened this case and told me to take one, so I did. I chose this JAL (Japan Airlines) plastic model. It was the coolest one there. She wasn't too impressed that I asked her for toys since I'm so old, but at least she gave it to me.
When I got home, I found out that the UBC Bookstore is filled with idiots. I signed up for FastStart, this program to buy books online. I asked them to send it to my grandparents place since I wasn't going to be home due to the family vacation, and they decided to send it to my place. Obviously nobody was going to be there when they arrived, so now I need to go pick up the books myself at the UBC Bookstore.
I'm so tired right now because I didn't sleep on the plane at all. I even called Hanson and asked to see him today right after I got home. Now I'm just sitting here waiting for him to arrive.
To answer Alex's question, yes I am planning on riding the bike at UBC to get to some of my classes that are far away from eachother when they are back to back. The bike's pretty cool, and light too; therefore, I won't have to bring my heavy Dunloop Mountain Bike to school everyday. And now for David's question. My mother mentioned something about going to Japan, and they said that they would like to go as well, so that's why they followed along. It's not like we asked them to come along, because that's just a really big mistake.
Today, Jeffrey said that he saw a hippy-looking Hanson. He had this long goatie and was wearing a toque. I thought it was so funny but then again, I was laughing at everything today. It's so hot here, I'm going crazy! I opened a fridge earlier looking for my pajamas.
Anyway, I went to as many anime bookstores as possible, but they all say that "Love Hina: Art Collection" is sold out. how disappointing. Oh well, I got myself better souvineers now (bike, Kimono, etc.).
We went to the store outside of Tokyo Disneyland today because Tokyo Disneyland is not worth spending money on. Funny sounding, I know, but it's true. There are so many people that go to Tokyo Disneyland everyday, we would be lucky to get on ONE ride for the day. Why do these people have so much free time during weedays?? Anyway, we were just there to get cute Disney stuff. We came back with a big Nemo pillow and some keychains and stuff. We spent over $100 CAD there.
Afterwards, we went to Ueno and bought some Japanese junk food (rice crackers, dried seafood jerky, etc). Actually, let's rephrase that. We *stocked up* on Japanese junk food. Yep that's what we do. Everytime we go to Japan we would go to that store and stock up on almost everything since they don't sell it in Canada.
Oh yeah, some stuff that I didn't mention. On the plane ride to Japan, Jeffrey and I watched "The Ring Two" . Now, I don't normally watch horror movies just because I can't sleep afterwards, but because there were no other good movies that were playing on the airplane, I decided to watch it with Jeffrey. The movie was alright, I was scared of going to the bathroom afterwards just because I was afraid that Samara might crawl out of the toilet and grab my ass - HAHAHA. It's funny because the toilet could represents a well in a way (the shape, and the fact that they both hold water). Another thing that I did on the plane was ask the stewardess if I could have the toys that they give to kids. She said that those are only for kids and that she's not allowed to give them to me.... so that's another disappointing moment.
It's like a sauna here. It's not the sun that's making this place hot here I don't think, because I'm always outside and I haven't gotten any sun burn. It's just stuffy here. The heat plus all the walking isn't pretty. Every night, it feels like my ankles broke off.
Well anyway, I got what I wanted to get from the last few times I went to Japan. I got myself a Kimono! Not just that, I also bought myself a bike. That's right, a bicycle. It's one of those that are foldable. Quite cool I must say. However, it's difficult too carry. We bought the bicyce from Osaka and we had to carry it on the trains and subways back to Tokyo. You can imagine how difficult that would be considering we have to get on and off when transferring.
I was hoping to get the "Love Hina: Art Collection" book in Japan because it'd cost like $50 in Canada. Sadly, the book was published in 2001 and all the book stores that I've been to says that it's sold out. Anyway, I'm not surprised, just a little disappointed.
We didn't go to Japan alone this time, which was pretty new for us. We went with my grand-aunt and grand-uncle. No offense or anything, but they really piss me off sometimes. They keep complaining that everything is expensive. It's Japan, what do you expect?? Not only that, it seemed as if we had to do everything that they wanted to do (ex. they insist of looking for the place to eat the famous steak at Kobe, which we didn't end up doing because we couldn't find the place). On the other hand, they sort of refuse to do anything that we want to do (ex. Shop for cutesy stuff). Speaking of the steak place, if it wasn't for daddy spazzing out, we wouldn't know HOW much longer we'd had to look. That's the kind of people they are - selfish. They're pretty useless and just another baggage that we have to worry about. They see that the four of us (my mom, dad, brother and me) carrying a lot of bags and just loose belongings, and they would just walk off with their own luggage (that's right, singular) and then walk off holding hands. No wonder my mom doesn't like travelling with other people.
So I finally got my mark for my LPI, and as the title says, "I GOT A 5". For those of you who do not know what I'm talking about, the LPI is short for the Language Proficiency Index. This is an exam that UBC makes their student take. Before taking first-year english at UBC, I must get at least a 5 on the essay portion of the exam. Anyway, I PASSED!
I just came back from the AMS/UBC First Step orientation today at UBC. It was pretty cool, but too much walking. I actually met another guy in our orientation group that was also going into computer science. If I remember correctly, he said that he was from Bulgaria, but he has studied in Germany.... However, the tour that the girl gave us was more for "science" science students. She never got around to showing us the computer science part of the campus. Also, we got a free clipboard! It's so pretty.
For those of you who haven't gone to the AMS/UBC First Step orientation, GO NOW! You know, before all the pretty clipboards run out. Hahaha!
So yeah, the title says it all. Mommy and Daddy are going to be in Japan in maybe around 10 hours or so. I can't remember how long you have to fly for. Anyway, in exactly a week, Jeffrey and I will meet them in Japan. I'm kinda scared about going to the airport and checking in ourselevs since we've never done that before. However, we're not alone. Our grand-uncle and grand-aunt is also coming with us. We made a deal with them. As long as they will help us through the check-in process, we will help them find my mom and dad when we get there.
So yeah, I can't even remember how many times I've been to Japan. My mom packs kinda funny. She puts this luggage inside another luggage. She says it's so she can stock up on the cute stuff. Well, she has her points.
Wow, it's so nice to know that I am finally done the LPI. Fortunately, it wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be I just hope I get a 5 on the essay portion. Anyway, I picked this topic about what kind of things I would spend my personal budget on. I just gave a scenario of the things I would need to financially worry about after I move out. The most important things I would need to worry about is food, entertainment, and then clothes (sorry, no emoticon for this). Clothes was kind of an extra just because I wasn't able to think of anything else and they wanted three items. But it makes sense since it's nice to look presentable. You never know who you'll meet (as Hanson always says).
Anyway, after that was done, I wrote the summaries (also another part of the LPI). Surprisingly, one of the summaries was about the love triangle between Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. That was was pretty easy just because I've been following up on that story. It's just so unforunate that a golden couple like Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt had to split up. I despise Angelina Jolie for that. Oh well, people tell me not to be so
So after the LPI, my next goal is to get my Learner's. That's right. I'm eighteen and I have never been in the driver's seat. Well, maybe once. Wait, no. Never. I thought about it, and I guess it would be nice to learn how to drive. Besides, I've calculated that if I get my license now, I wouldn't be able to get my complete license until I'm 21 (assuming that I pass everything smoothly). One year for my "L"; two years for my "N". So might as well start soon.
SSSOOOOO..... My marks for the provincial exams are........
You know what? I'm not going to bother posting my marks on the internet, especially my blog. I don't like to show off or let other people see how bad I did on my exam. So I'm just writing to tell people that I got my marks. If I want you to know, I'll tell you when you ask. Let's just say that I'm not happy or disappointed with my marks. I did better in some classes than I thought, but I also thought that I deserved a bit more credit in some other classes. I didn't know that our marks were out until 1:30am this morning. I finished watching this tv series my dad downloaded (it's such a sad ending...) and when I went upstairs I saw that Melissa's screen name was "I PASSED MATH!!" so I started to get excited. I ran downstairs to get my report card for my PEN number and ran back upstairs like a little kid. So yes, I got my marks.
Anyway, my LPI rewrite date is approaching soon. I am sort of nervous, but that's ok I think I am much more prepared than I was last time. Last time, I didn't prepare at all because SOME people told me that it was impossible to prepare for an LPI exam. Well, boy were they wrong! I could have done so much better I knew what they were looking for... Damn those people who told me it was impossible!
Ok, the first thing I would have to say about my tutor is that she's so creepy. She reminds me so much of Ms. McGregor; I didn't like her that much, but that's not the only reason why she's creepy. She is SO pale. I now understand why so many people like to tan because it IS honestly creepy to approach someone as pale as my tutor. Not just that, the way that her skin is so pale makes her wrinkles stand out more, including the huge bags under her eyes. All in all, she was a pretty good tutor although all the stuff she taught me I have already learned in grade 8. In contrast, she told me to NOT do everything I had learned in grade 12.
She told me to list the three points of the body paragraph as my thesis. She told me not to use the complicated metaphors to make it sound all deep and stuff because in an academic essay they want it straight to the point and easy to understand. Well that's easy enough for me to do. The fact that LPI markers and College/University Professors are not looking for an interesting essay was the message that I got from my tutor. The tutor said that because LPI markers/professors have to read and mark so many essays, they prefer essays that are easy to read and understand.
So now, I have to throw away all the information I learned from grade 12 and try to bring back all the grade 8 information back. That's easy enough to do. I have faith in myself that I will definitely get a 5 on my LPI essay this time.
Anyway, my summer's been quite boring actually. On the first weekend, my mom and my brother went camping somewhere on Vancouver Island. I didn't want to go becuz I didn't exactly have fun last year. The adults there (we go camping with my parent's high school buddies) were nice and everything, and some were really funny, but it's just not the same. Sometimes I think I would prefer staying at home than going out. So I had the house all to myself for the whole weekend. I invited Hanson over and we started building this motorcycle papermodel. It's so cool. It's still not done, unfortunately, but we're starting to see the form coming out. Also, my dad came back from Japan on Monday! The family is back together.
Also this summer, I got my right ear pierced. I always wanted to get two more piercings on my left ear. Why two piercings? Well, it's cuz I don't want them to balance out, not because I favour my left year (haha). Why do I want to pierce my left ear? Well, that's because I already pierced my right ear and also because I sorta want both ears pierced even if they're not going to be "balanced". I don't know if my dad knows yet, but he hasn't said anything. I think he's against me piercing my ears because he's always like "why would you want to put holes in your body?" But yes, I'd hate to point it out to him, so let's just have him find out for himself, because it might take longer...
Ok. So does anyone want to know my theory and why I was debating with Melissa the night before my Physics exam? If you do, read on.
I find that the BC Education System is screwed up. In grade 12, English is a mandatory class where as Math can be optional. This is just unfair to the people who are better at Math than they are at English. The people who are good in English can avoid Math and go into courses like Literature and History and stuff, therefore, no courses would bring down their GPA (Grade Point Average). For the people who are better in Math and are not doing so well in English - like me - have GPAs that are pulled down because of English.
I'm not saying that one is more important than the other. I understand that we need to learn proper English in order to survive in this world, but Math is also very important. Without Math, who's going to keep track of your pay cheques to see if your employer has paid you the right amount? Who's going to count your change for you when you go buy stuff? Sure, you might rely on credit cards now, but trust me, everything around you revolves around Math. For example, the car your drive. The number of miles it travels before you have to fill up the gas again, the number of km/hr you're driving and how far away you are from the speed limit.
Sure, the stuff we learned this year in Math was pretty useless (Trigonometry Graphs, Trig Proofs, Conics, etc.), like when are we going to use these stuff in real life? But that's the exact same thing I can say about English this year (Post-Modernism, Existentialist, Nihilist, etc.). Even grammar and sentence structures would be more useful than this. When are we going to use this? Sure, we'll understand it, but how does this apply to life? How does this work in the business world?
So therefore, to conclude, I just want to say that Math is just as important as English. If English is going to be a mandatory class for Grade 12's, so should Math. It is unfair to Math people when they have English pulling them down; where as English people are zooming their ways through high school getting averages like 90%. It's not because I'm jealous or anything, but it's only fair. Math people are complaining. English people don't need to complain. People who are good at both won't be bothered. People who are bad at both, well, there's nothing to do about that, so too bad. But I believe that the BC Education system can be fixed.
I'm finally done High School!!! Not that there was anything bad about it or anything, but can you actually blame me for being a TAD excited? I couldn't sleep the night before the exam for 2 reasons:
1) I spent the whole night debating with Melissa that Math is just as important as English and that if they make English mandatory, they should make Math mandatory as well. But anyway, I won't get into that at the moment. I'll explain more later my reason.
2) I was so excited that the next day was going to be my last exam and then after that, I'm done High School forever.
Stupid reasons, I know. Judge me? Screw you! No, just kidding. Whoa, this is sound like the grad write ups in the yearbook. Yeah, I got my first yearbook ever! Everything about today should be exciting. I can't stop looking at my yearbook, it's so.... beautiful.
Also, another thing that all grads should be excited about tonight is COMMENCEMENT!! the thing I'm most happy about for commencement is that "WE GET TO KEEP THE FREAKIN' HATS!!" Don't ask me why I'm going crazy, because I don't even know. So yes, commencement is today, not tomorrow. I dont know why I always thought that it was tomorrow. Remember to make it there on time everyone!
To make my last band sectional special, I decided to follow Stefan's "Angry-Man-Trav" comic and wore black shoes as a joke. It turned out fun. On my last day of high school, I wanted to do something that I've never done in high school before. So I wore a skirt. It felt kind of funny... and difficult to sit, the girls would know what I'm talking about. (Guys? not so much). Unfortunately, I didn't bring a camera or anything so I didn't get to take any pictures with friends or anything, but I guess it didn't matter anyway because I didn't see most of them for the whole day. Some people decided not to show up because they didn't have class or anything. Whatever. Their choice.
I had three spares in the morning and just one class on the very last block of the day. Ironically, I still had to stay after school to right a test. It was a pretty relaxing day indeed. I spent most of my spare hours inside Mr. Sak's room working on physics and trying to understand it. I think I got the hang of it by the end of the day. Before I took my Physics test though, I still had to go to Chemistry class. I was hoping I wouldn't forget everything with just one block of Chemistry mixing in with the Physics. I guess I'm one of those people who have a one subject mind.
Math "Rave" is today evening. PIZZA!! ...I think. I'm at UBC right now. Hugging Hanson. NOT! He has work to do and I felt so unwelcomed last night when I told him I was going to go today. Whatever. I understand it's work and it comes first... when at UBC (and work hours). All the other times, I hope I come first.... *giggles* So yeah, I'll post again later! See ya!
So yes, today is my birthday. I took a Physics and Chemistry test today; they were both really hard. This week, I have at least one test everyday. I can't afford to slack off, but knowing that summer's coming soon, I feel a lot better and convince myself that I can do it. I can't believe it. It's not even Provincial Exams yet and I'm already stressing out about tests and subjects. I have no idea how well I did on the Chemistry test, but on the Physics re-test, I improved by one mark.... I don't think it's going to help my mark much though.
Turning 18 isn't really a big deal, I know, but I don't want to turn 18. 18 just seems... so old. I want to be 15 again; the age where the fun never stops. Because I'm turning 18 today, I was thinking about buying my first legal 6/49 or some kind of lottery ticket, but then again, that's $1!! I know it might not be a lot of money on its own, but just watch as I save it up! I'm more of a saver than a spender. After getting a job and actually working, I've started to see the value of money and try not to spend all of my parent's money.
Let's keep track of what kinds of tests I did or is going to do this week as a momento of how stressed out I was on the last week of school of my High School years:
Monday: Chemistry
Tuesday: Math
Wednesday: Chemistry and Physics
Thursday: Math
Friday: Physics
It seems like they're all from the same 3 classes!
So yes, the final band concert at DSS was a success. The tickets were all sold out; no empty seats left. My mom asked me if I wanted her to go, I told her I did, but it was too late by then. During the concert when Mrs. Behenna was making the speech, I sort of felt like crying. It was going to be the last concert I'll ever do. It feels so sad to leave. I began in band in grade 9 as a flute player. In grade 10, I switched to Tenor Sax. I had to skip band for a year because of all the science courses I was taking. I missed band so much that I decided to take band for my final year in high school just to make my high school life more memorable. Mrs. Behenna gave all of the grade 12's a pin of their own instrument while on stage. I got a Tenor Sax pin. It was adorable. Anyway, after the concert, all of the grade 12's headed over to Mrs. Behenna's house for a party. I don't know when the party ended because I had to go home and study chemistry.
Then, on Saturday, time for my own party. I asked Hanson to come early just so we could have some alone time. He did what I asked and came at 9:30. Unfortunately, my whole family was up by then. I didn't get to spend alone time with Hanson; infact, I didn't get to spend ANY time with him that morning. I felt so bad for making him come so early and not being able to do anything with him. He was so tired by the end of the night.. poor baby.
Sarah called to wish me a happy birthday and asked if she could come to the party. I said sure, but it's going to be pretty boring because I think we're just going to watch movies and stuff. I know because this is the way family parties always turn out. I think after hearing that, she decided not to come and told me that she would give me my present on Monday. I actually thought that the Tarot Cards were my present, I didn't think that she actually got me something. Alex knows what it is, but he wouldn't tell me. He said I'm guaranteed to like it. Anyway, for the whole party, Lynn, Alex, Hanson and I and the rest of my family just watched asian movies like "Shaolin Soccer" and another movie by Stephen Chow called "60 Million Dollar Man". I got a Dairy Queen birthday cake and everyone had a piece and then opened the presents that I got. Alex gave me Totoro stamps, which I thought was really cute. At first, he suggested to give me burnt movies, I was like no thanks. First of all, I don't watch many movies. Second, if I want to burn movies, I can do it myself. So yes, and then my uncle (mom's side) gave me Digi Charat DVDs and then Hanson gave me a phone (speaker phone included). It was sort of unexpected. I always wanted a phone with a speaker phone on it just because it's easier at times and he actually got me one. Which means, he remembers what I want and has me on his mind... at least I hope so... They stayed past 12, which was really surprising considering Hanson's early bed time. Alex just HAD to finish watching "Shall We Dance". My mom said that he has a "law mai see futt"
So yeah, apparently I'm having a birthday party on Saturday and I didn't even know about until Friday last week. Actually it was SUPPOSE to be like on the 10th or something, but because it was so close to exams, I said that I didn't think it was such a good idea. It was just some spontaneous thing my dad decided. My dad is leaving two days after my birthday to go to Japan for some installation work. He is probably going to be gone for approximately a month. My granny asked him what they're going to do for my birthday and my dad just invited everyone to come over to our house on Saturday. Our house is a mess, and dont exactly want people to come over. I definitely don't want my 2nd aunt to come over. I get this sense from her that she hates me. Everytime I go over to my granny's house, I just get this cold glare from her and she doesn't answer me when I greet her or anything. You think she would have been over the "blowjob" thing by now. I mean, if everyone believes that she didn't do it, why the hell is she still all pissed off about it? Is it real of what I said? I dont want to go there anymore.
It's most likely going to be a family party even though I invited Hanson, Lynn and Alex to come along. If anyone else would like to come and wish me a happy birthday go ahead, but most likely not enough food for everyone if they decide to come.
Speaking of the "blowjob" incident, that reminds me of Emily. Not that I know she did it or anything, but just because she was involved in the incident. I remember that she use to have this really cute keychain with her ex-boyfriend. It was this heart that can break in half and then they have their names engraved onto it. Hanson and I went to metrotwn and I bought one too. Just as soon as I said that I haven't seen her for a while, she shows up at my granny's. Speak of the devil. Anyway, the keychain is so pretty and I kept the side that says "Hanson" on it. So yeah, everything that Emily does is so spontaneous. I gave her my cell phone number and then she called me on Sunday night and asked me if I wanted to go to the night market. I said that I can't, because 1) I can't drive and my mom doesn't like going to crowded places and 2) the next day is a school day and I have no idea how long she wants to go til. Anyway, I think that's all I have to say. Have a good day. Enjoy the beautiful sunshine!
Grad was yesterday and well i woke up at 8:00 to get ready for Hanson because I asked him to arrive at my house at around 9:00 or something. Some of my friends started messaging me over MSN and was telling me how excited they were about Grad. I was like "well then you probably shouldn't talk to me or else I'll just bum you out." I wasn't excited about grad at all to be honest. Strange me, huh? But after everything, I'm glad I went.
Hanson came over at around 9:00 like he was going to. Because earlier, like a few weeks ago, we put Lynn's stand in the back of his trunk hoping to give it back to Lynn, but never got a chance to. So I went outside with him. He popped his trunk open and there was this big bouquet of roses. I was so shocked, and happy at the same time. This is my first time receiving flowers. It must have cost him a lot because it was a really big bouquet. He also got me a corsage, he asked for a wrist one, but they gave him a pinned one, but that's ok. So right now, the big bouquet of flowers is just sitting in my bedroom, I really dont want it to die, or else I'd have to throw them out...
So later, before Alex came over, we ate McD's and and then my mom helped me put on make up. When she was going to put on the eyeliner, she told me to look up. So I did, but I still saw this pen coming towards my eye, I was like "OH MY GOD!! I don't want it anymore!" So yes, no eyeliner. This was probably my first time wearing make up. Hanson said I looked different. Well DUH. I thought I looked older, which I kinda didn't want to. Oh well.
We got to the school and almost everyone was there already. It was pretty pointless to waste like $100 on a limo when nobody even saw what you came in. Alex and I avoided the red carpet by getting Hanson to drop us off at the side of the school and Alex and just walked into the crowds so nobody saw us. Oh well, it was no big deal. I really didn't want to have the feeling where people are just staring at me. I saw Lynn and Cole walk down the red carpet. They look so good together. When I saw Lynn's dress the day before Grad, I thought that she looked like a bride. The color of her dress was so close to white but when she went outside to show my mom before I left, It looked sort of beige in the sunight. There were girls at Grad who were wearing white though.
At the Banquet, the food wasn't exactly good, but i ate most of it anyway. I left some food on the plate because I was too full, and if I was to eat anoter bite, my dress would probably rip, heehee. Anyway, the slide show was good, but there was only one picture with me in it. The speeches were funny. And during the speeches and slide show, I couldn't exactly go find Hanson, I saw him coming in, but I couldn't exactly get to him. Until people started dancing was when I could get through to him. We went onto the dance floor at the very end of the last song. How long was it? Like 10 seconds before the song ended? Anyway, they started playing the song, "Celebration". We saw Travis disco-ing and kinda joined in. I've never been to a dance before, it was actually pretty fun.
Later, I was trying to look for Alex because I wanted to get going to my Granny's house. My Granny finally got a chance to meet Hanson (she asks every week). I kind of fell asleep on Hanson's lap while he had his arm around me. So sweet. Later, I didn't wake up until my mom said that my dad was back from my Uncle's (he went over to fix his computer). Hanson didn't get to take me back home, but he gave me a kiss on the cheek before he left. On our trip back home, Alex and my mom started talking about gas prices, heehee, but I fell asleep at the back of the van and didn't hear much. So overall, the whole day was good. I'm glad I went, but I dont think I would have exactly "regretted" anything if I didn't go, like what some people say. But anyway, thanks for making me go, Lynn.
Hey guys! Haven't posted for such a long time. I'm guessing that nobody cares anyway. Well, badminton season is over (so sad, so sad). I wish it lasted longer, badminton is just so fun. I tried convincing my mother to let me go to badminton in Vancouver on either Fridays or Saturdays. But since I'm usually out with Hanson on Fridays, Saturday is my only option.
I went and came back from Alberta, the band trip. It was good until we were in Calgary. Why, why would the twins invite "it" to go see our concert... and then not just that, they blamed it on Tara and said that she invited "it". Whatever. I call that backstabbing. First lying to me that they blocked and deleted "it" back in September or something until I found out in December and then inviting him to go see our concert when they knew that I was gonna be there. Not just that, at the end of the concert as I just walked out of the elementary school, they were taking pictures together near our bus. What the hell were they doing??? I'm not blind! Have they never considered my feelings??? Honestly if they don't care about my feelings, I could care less about theirs.
Anyway, on Sunday, I went to the mall hoping to get my top left ear pierced and apparently they dont do gun piercing on cartilage anymore. I was so bummed out. They banned gun piercing on cartilage in BC only! So if I were to drive to Alberta and get my ear pierced there, it'd be ok. And the worst thing was that they only banned it about two months ago. Quite the burn. They said something about how gun piercing is so fast that it could easily damage your cartilage. I've had it done before, but I guess there's a reason for why they banned it (probably someone got hurt?). So yeah. Lynn and I decided to go downtown and get it needle pierced in the summer. My mom was like "I dont trust those places" but the thing is that I really wanted to get it done.
And now, the biggest thing this week, GRAD. Honestly, I didn't want to go in the first place. It was such a hassle to get things together. I know I already have a dress and everything, but there are other things to worry about too.. like how to get there. I got Hanson to drive Alex and I to Grad, but then that meant that I had to ditch Jaimee and Kellie. It took a lot of courage to actually tell them that I got a ride with Hanson because the twins and I had decided earlier in the year that we were gonna go together. Actually, we decided on a lot of things together but they never happened because all they procrastinate too much. I know that they're crazy over anime. I use to be too, but I have my limits. We got into this huge fight over the internet and they just blocked me. Whatever.
That happened a couple of weeks ago and now they just pretend that nothing has happened. Although I had this feeling that the twins were spreading rumours around the school about me (kinda had an idea cuz of Saherish's question in chemistry class), but I won't mention what it is over the internet. I want to ask them about it, but then they're just going to make it a big thing again and say that I'm jumping to conclusions. They make little problems big. When I see Tara in the hallways and stuff, she doesn't even say hi anymore. I could honestly care less, just because I'm that kind of a person, but whatever they were probably talking behind my back like they talk behind Melissa's back all the time.
So yeah, I made the cut and is now in the badminton team (Woot Woot for me!). I went to this badminton drop-in on Saturday; my uncle works there. I think I've warmed up quite a bit and loosened my muscles. Oh god, some of the muscles still hurt. Well, I thought my smashes were coming along well. Althought I need to work on the timing. Maybe my uncle can help me! (If he was reading this now, he's probably scuttling away). So yeah, our first game is on February 15th, a day after Valentine's day (Not to bring it up or anything...). I am partnered up in girls double with a girl named Nelly.
Right now, I'm just sitting around at UBC. I need to get to Canada place's IMAX theatre by 10am for this Animation Presentation thing that's happening. I'm kind of excited about it. I dont exactly know what it is, but I will soon. Kind of ironic that I'm excited about something that I dont even know what it is. I just got kicked outta Hanson's Office because one of his co-workers arrived. So mean! So mean! Anyway, I should probably get a head start on English and Math while I can. I'll tell you more about the Animation Show when I get back!
So yeah, there's finally going to be a senior badminton team this year and yes, I tried out. I made such a fool out of myself... lost to some of the players I use to be able to beat. It was so depressing. I want to make it onto the team, but I don't know what went wrong after school on Thursday. I wasn't trying my best; and to tell the truth, I was in pain.
I haven't done sports in 2 years. I'm quite rusty. The first tryout was on Monday, so I went to that. Nobody expected it to be on Monday. so basically nobody was ready. On Tuesday was the second tryout. I was in jeans, doesn't give too much movement ya know? On Thursday was the last tryout. I finally got my shorts and my new racquet. I was already in so much pain. I couldn't walk up the stairs. I played a total of 5 games and lost 3 of them.
I'm pretty much praying that either there will be another Badminton tryout, or I'm going to make it onto the Badminton team. Hopefully Ms. Huff will remember that I made it into the regionals in grade 10 and give me a shot at the team again this year. I know I'm a bit rusty, but with a bit more practice, I'm sure I can do it. It's quite unfair to tell the truth. They had a Badminton team last year, seniors (11s and 12s) didn't, so the seniors was pretty much forced not to improve (except for the ones in who are in like a Badminton club or whatever). If Ms. Huff is going to choose four grade 12's and four grade 11's, then I have a pretty good chance of making it onto the team; but if she just chooses the best ones... I'm really doubting myself.
Ms. Huff said I could be the Manager of the team if I don't make it in. Hopefully the Manager gets to play. At times, I don't even really know if I want to be on the Badminton team. Don't get me wrong, I love badminton. But to play it for the school seems to be a lot of pressure on you, ya know? If I'm the Manager, I wouldn't have to play it competitively. But I just don't want people talking behind my back saying how I'm just the manager because I didn't make it onto the team.
*Sigh* Wish me good luck...
In the new year, I want to start fresh. That will be my New Year's Resolution. I've never had a resolution before, so hopefully I'll be able to keep this one. I want to start fresh with all my friends and forget all the fights and bad times that we've ever had. I want to forget about the people who have hurt me this past year, and by forgetting them, I mean to forget them completely, forget that they even exist. And if they're reading this right now, you know who you are. I want to start a new life. Everyday is a new day. Whatever happened yesterday is completely forgotten. Although that might be a problem when it comes to school work. We dont want to forget everything we learned at school... heehee... hope not.
Also my goal for the year would probably be to get into UBC, I need to work harder at school and everything. I'm pretty pissed off at my Math test mark and my Chemistry mark is dropping terribly. So I have to bring them up. Physics is good and I need to keep it up. so I guess that's all. Have a Happy New Year, Everyone!
