Yay! Fun Day Today! =D

Anyways, Clarie and I went to the mall today and got a pair of red/black plaid flats and pink Airwalks for $17!!! Yay! And if you think that's a weird choice of shoes, trust me, it's for a project we're working on, not just because we wanted those shoes. xD Then we just shopped around and got TuttiMelon! Pomegranate + mango + original tart flavored frozen yogurt = ♥!
Then we just went to Michael's, Ross, and Marshall's just to shop around for more stuff (for our project ;D) a bit more.

And I came home, finished up piano, and totally ignored homework and watched Pokemon! I just started at the Sinnoh League, even though I never finished like, the three seasons before that. xD But I wanted to see Dawn, and it's pretty interesting so far! Well, I'm back to the episodes! Bye! =P

I ♥ Chinese School

Why yes, I DID just say that I ♥ Chinese School. And no, I'm not going crazy. At least any crazier than normal.

But anyways, today was awesome! Michael, Lance, Jimmy and I had this eraser throwing fight, and it was hella fun! Sort of dangerous too, but no one got hit in the face, so... xD

And then we (Michael, Kim, Lance, and I) played this game where it's like someone writes a sentence, passes it on, the next person draws a picture based on the sentence (then folds over the sentence), the next person writes a sentence on the picture, and so on. It was SO messed up! It's way more fun with lots of people, but we came up with some rather interesting "stories."

Then we acted out this Chinese lesson which was RETARDED but it was pretty fun too. =P

And according to Michael, I have Down syndrome. -shrugs- Oh well. xD

But Chinese school was pretty dang awesome today! I remember why I have dealt with 2 hours of it every week for the past... 9 years. Yay!

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Then my day in general was just awesome. It started off sort of bad, since I was TA-ing and didn't see people that were signing in, so the office lady got a bit annoyed with me...

But then during math, we learned stuff that I learned on my own the class before (since the stuff we learned the class before was wayyy easy), so I just sort of took crappy notes and doodled. Then when we had like an hour left to do homework (including 30 minutes of tutorial), I just talked to people about random stuff. =P

We didn't do anything in English either. We "discussed" chapters 11 and 12 of All Quiet on the Western Front. Technically we went over themes of the book, and symbols. Which was self-explanatory pretty much. Then we watched this HELLA stupid war movie that was more funny than like... showing the horror of war. xD

We watched a movie in Euro too. Well, a documentary-movie. It was actually interesting, but Alex and I just played games on my Touch. xD Got the internet WiFi code too! I would post it on here (have it memorized already! =D), but I don't exactly feel like typing out all those numbers and giving the pass to that many people. So, ask me for it, and if I actually talk to you and know you, and know that you aren't just talking to me because you want the pass, you'll get it. =P

I Miss My Little Kid Days...

...When all you had to worry about was if you'd get in the lunch line fast enough on Friday's to get a slice of pepperoni Domino's pizza. -sighs- I miss the days without Honors/AP classes... And stress... And amazing drama... And when I didn't even have to think to get A's (or technically 4's) in all my classes... Ah well. Enough of this madness! Back to Euro notes! ...-sighs-

★ Undefeated As Of Yet! ★

So anyways, go Cal High Mock Trial! 4-0!!! Definitely one of the top two spots in the quarter finals; just have to see the points between us and Miramonte. It's going to be awesome! Anyways, we rock! We DEFINITELY killed tonight! =D

Edit: First seat going into quarter finals! We're ahead of Miramonte!!!

Girls Are So Weird...

...And yes, I am aware that I'm a girl. But I'm talking stereotypical prep girl. Like the kind that wears tons of makeup and brings it all to school. Like the kind that wears heels to school regardless of the fact that she has to walk up three flights of stairs in order to get to class. Like that kind.

Anyways, first point: makeup. I don't get the point of wearing it. Seriously? Like okay, blush, lip gloss, sure. You put eyeliner or mascara on me, I can guarantee you that by the end of the day, it'll look like I have two black eyes from how much I randomly touch my eyes throughout the day. Plus that stuff is SO HARD to remove. I'd rather no deal with that, thanks.
Anyways, I bring this up because we had a HUGE theft at school today. The girls' locker room literally got TRASHED. Thankfully I don't have PE this semester, because I've been hearing that the girls' locker room is getting raided a lot. But my best friend lost her cell phone, and lots of people lost money and stuff. But the thief stole tons of makeup. Like, hundreds of dollars worth apparently. Which is lame, because I don't get why anyone would bring that much makeup to school anyways, but... Yeah it's retarded. If I get my hands on the girl (presumably at least, why else would they steal makeup?) who did this, I will need to exercise quite a bit of self-control in order to refrain from beating her up and cussing her out. What a loser.

Okay heels. Not so big of a problem, like they make you taller (which I sort of need), but those things KILL your feet. I swear, I was changing into my Mock Trial outfit for our competition today, and I had to walk down three flights of stairs, and by the end I was like, "I am NEVER doing that again. I'm taking my shoes off before I walk down." xD And my feet are still sore from all the walking around we did in Martinez to get food (yummy!) and stuff. I don't care if they make me taller. I dislike them. So yeah, I guess you get used to it over time, but I just wouldn't even bother. Short periods of time I can handle, but if I need to wear them the whole day... Plus, you can't run in heels. And that sort of sucks.

So yeah, I don't get girls. I don't really get guys either. But I actually sort of sympathize more with the average guy than the average girl. Like sure, I'm a mushy romantic, and I like looking nice and stuff, but I don't know. The way guys act sometimes makes WAY more sense to me than the way girls act. Call me weird, but hey. Just how I feel.

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Anyways, the Mock Trial competition today went pretty well. We went to McDonald's before, yay! Go fatties! xD Then Lana, Lisa, Marc's mom, and I all went to this place and got fried rice. =P We were going to go to Lana's old hideout (this little Japanese restaurant), but it wasn't open yet. =( But yeah, we got fortune cookies and everything, it was cool.

The actual trial was... interesting. I really don't think Heritage was prepared enough... They were on notes, one of their experts (Detective Malone) said "I don't know" about four times throughout his DIRECT, and their attorneys stumbled on questions (and occasionally forgot them). Oh, and their clerk (the timer) was so off the whole time. She kept getting time signals wrong, or forgot to give them totally. My favorite part by far though?

"OBJECTION! Counsel is blocking my view of the witness!"

Yeah. Not a valid objection. But it was hilarious, and the judge overruled it really fast, but when it came time for him to redirect, the judge was like, "Feel free to block counsel's view of the witness now." xD

My direct went really well (I would be depressed if it hadn't, given the amount of time I spent running through it with Lana), but the cross was weird. Like, it wasn't a hard cross per say, it was just... weird. Like, random questions that you wouldn't bring up because they're sort of irrelevant... But I don't know. And then the opposing attorney kept talking to me with this fake smile on her face like she was trying to make me feel stupid, which sort of pissed me off. So according to Nick, Julia, and Shezaf, my cross was like a catfight. xD Like I was talking all respectfully but I guess you could tell that in my mind I was like, "What. The. Hell." I think I did pretty well with my facts though; I just have to tone down the attitude. I tripped her up a few times though, because some of her questions were sort of stupid or really vague... And then she got some facts wrong, so I had to correct her. Ah well...

The judge ruled in our (the defense's) favor, but we're waiting for score sheets to come out tomorrow. I'm sort of nervous given my whole cross attitude thing... But I think I did okay...

Then Lisa and I went to In-N-Out afterwards and pigged out on more fast food. Yay! =D

On Love ♥

Well, all I have to say is that I think some girls would absolutely love to be in my position. Talking solely on the love/like aspect, of course. So yeah. I bet lots of girls would love to have a guy who sends them presents from halfway across the world, but... I don't know, somehow it makes me feel bad, almost as if I've done something wrong. I mean, if this happened to someone else, I could totally imagine myself being sort of jealous and all, but it's just different this way...

I really don't deserve any of this, and I don't understand why it's happening. Like, sure, he'll disagree, but I'm really nothing special. There's tons of girls out there better than me in every way, so why is it me?

It's so cute and everything, but now I feel bad for rejecting him continuously because I guess I've been forced to realize just how much he likes me? But I don't like him back, so what am I supposed to do? I don't want to go out with someone who likes me so much when I just don't feel the same... But I don't know.

It's just confusing.

Happy Valentines! ♥ And Lunar New Year's!'

So yep! Happy Valentine's to all of you happy couples out there! I hope you guys are having lots of fun and have a great relationship that will last for years to come. =)
For those of you not so engaged, Happy Singles Awareness Day! =P Aw yeah, that's right! We're going to be awesome celebrating ourselves! We're the better and WORST half! Beat that! xD

So yeah, I see my prediction of drama during February has DEFINITELY come true; probably more so that I ever would have expected. "Slavy Ding" (I still refuse to believe that's the actual couple name; we NEED to come up with a better one. But your guys's name are so hard to combine! Seriously!) is so cuuuuute! It's gotta last forever! ♥
And then my drama. Which I am NOT going into detail on here; sorry guys! You want to know, ask me in person, and I may or may not tell you.
And Clarie's! Also very cute. =)

Well, I personally feel as if Valentine's has already passed for me... I guess there's a second wave coming though? (Personally, I didn't even expect to have to make a big deal out of Valentine's, but hey... Guess I was wrong?)

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So we never do much for Chinese New Year's, but I feel as if it has been neglected a great deal by the teenage/young adult Asian-American population given the fact that it lands on the same day as Valentine's.
But yeah, I hope those of you who celebrated had an awesome time eating dumplings and fish and oranges, and whatever else you ate. =P

Happy Year of the Tiger!!!

One of the BEST Days EVER!

So anyways, the normal school day: boring, etc. But the Science Bowl party afterward was HELLA beast!

So we played Rock Band, which was hecka awesome! I can half-play guitar... on easy. xD I'm not too bad at singing though! Even though the only songs I actually knew, and sang pretty well were "Eye of the Tiger," "Livin' on a Prayer," and "That's What You Get." But it was awesome!

Soham, Zach, Yichang, and I played "Dodgeball" and "Street Fighters," on Melanie's mini-arcade thing. I am proud to say that I beat each of them at both games at least once. xD

And then we played Texas Hold 'Em, where I owned the first round, but ended up tying with Soham because I got sort of bored near the end and squandered all my money. =P I'm amazed at my luck in Texas Hold 'Em, I've won games the first, second, and third times I've played, and I don't even really know all of the hands (like flushes, straights, whatever). And it's not even like, I win by a chip or something, I actually WIN. It's amazing!

Then came Mafia. I was the Mafia for like, three different rounds, it was pretty funny. But we had some awesome stories. I made one up about a camping trip. xD People got killed by being attacked by deer, falling off a rope string (over a river), getting shot by hunters... It was really amusing.

And then I got picked up a few times today/yesterday too, and poked like crazy and everything. But it was all good. And there were balloon fights (somehow I managed to pop a balloon even thought I cut my nails yesterday), and me getting snared in butterfly nets (inside joke), and climbing Melanie's play structure. So yeah, the party was SO awesome! Definitely made my day one of the best in a long time.

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And just when I thought my day couldn't get any better, one of my friends finally told me that he is dating one of my best friends, and it's so amazingly cute! Apparently neither of then have ever "loved anyone more." It's adorable! So I'm repeating the little drama synopsis sort of thing that I heard from them, with a few edits of my own. =)

"There was once a girl and a boy, who met in high school. The boy tried to cheat off of the girl; she didn't let him. They seemed just to be normal classmates, acquaintances, maybe friends. No one knew that they were secretly watching each other. But over the summer, they became close friends, then came best friends. He met her family, and they love him too. Pretty soon, this platonic friendship blossomed into a quick-growing love. He didn't know why he felt this way, and was unsure how to act at first, but now, one thing is certain. They love each other, and nothing can stop that."

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This day was so awesome, I really can't even express it in words. Let's just say that it could probably get into the top 10 most memorable days in my whole entire life...

Food = Love

So today was pretty cool. In general, at least. TA was boring as usual, 'cept one of the other TAs left a note for her friends in 6th period, which was mildly interesting.
But then when I was leaving, I saw Brandon being wheeled in in a wheelchair. I was so freaking worried; I didn't even get to talk to him because the vice principal (who was pushing him) totally just pushed past me. I found out later that he was going for a rebound in PE, and fell on his leg wrong. What a loser, he had me so worried! And now he can't go for tennis tryouts since his leg is still sort of screwed up, and the tryouts are today, tomorrow, and the day after. =(

Chem was pretty awesome; we made smores! OMG they were like heaven! I burnt my marshmallows, but they were sooooo good! -sighs- I wish I had some marshmallows right now... But they were delicious! ♥ I haven't had smores in so freaking long... -drools- xD

I handed in my CSF form during brunch and just talked with people, which wasn't that interesting, but ehh. =P

Physics was all about forces, and gravitational constant, and blah.

Lunch was AMAZING though. So Robyn, Zach, and I had this amazing grape/cucumber food fight. So it started out with grapes, cuz I had grapes, so we (Robyn and I) totally just chucked them at Ross, then in the process, we hit Zach, who is much more... erm... likely to attack back than Ross is. So yeah, he started chasing us, then Robyn found these cucumber slices, and we chucked them at him. I got a few headshots; it was amusing.
Then Robyn gave me a piggyback ride, but since I had cucumber slices in my pocket that I was going to through at Zach, he kept poking me and trying to reach into the pocket. So, I tried to get away... and fell off. xD It sort of hurt, but it was more funny than anything. Then I hit him in the head with the cucumbers again. =P

And... French was sort of boring. Andrew texted me during class and I was like, I am SO glad I turned off the beeps for my texts. xD But it was pretty cool.

So yeah, all in all, not too bad of a day.

And to think there was a time I thought my family was perfect...

Sooo... Euro...

It's possibly the most pointless class I've ever taken. And it's also possibly the class I've spent the most time on. Stupid Euro notes have eaten up at least a month of my life. That's 24 hour days, 7 day weeks... But anyways, chapter 24 isn't that bad, it's about stuff like Freud and art, so it's actually sort of interesting. Better than 7 different treaties and 4 different Alexanders at least...

Anyways, not much has been up. CAHSEE was epically boring; I finished SO much homework during testing, and I don't even like, work work. I procrastinate work. Meaning I do a problem or two, "sleep" for five minutes, repeat. The math portion was ridiculously easy; there was a question that went like "How many cubic cm of water are in 5,000,000 mL of water? (Hint: 1 cubic cm = 1 mL)." Like seriously? That's the standard to graduate from high school?

I'm going to go see "Dear John" this weekend! Yay! I want to read the book first, but I don't know if that's going to work... Ah well. The one thing I'm looking forward to. I also have SAT testing and another Mock Trial get-together on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. I'm so busy these days, it makes me depressed...

Oh yeah, and Mrs. M got mad at me for having to leave early from Kumon on Fridays to go to Chinese school. So, her solution? I don't have to go to Kumon on Fridays anymore! Yay! xD I don't really care; I mean, it's not like I really use any money at all... It's nice having money and everything, but at this rate, I still make about $100 a month, and each month, extreme max, I only use like $20. Usually I don't use any. So... whatever. =P

I just had an epic status convo (191 comments)! It was pretty weird. I bet if some random person reads it over, he won't get 99% of what we said. We're just too cool for NORMAL people.

Anyways, I should go back and touch up my Euro notes a bit; I'm like, done though. Actually, you know what? Screw touching up notes. I don't care if I misspelled something or whatever. I'm going to bed. G'night guys!

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What do you look for in a guy?

Not really anything specific I guess.
Drama guy, chivalrous, romantic. Someone to lean on when I'm down, etc.
Best friend type of guy; someone I can be myself around. Just have a good time being the idiot that I am.

Yep. Find a way to win my heart.

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Haha yesh I do know her. And you're only about the... 500th person to say that? xD

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