Changes and Escape Plans

I feel bad about not posting anything for the past 2 years.

SO NOW, A NEW POST!

Now why, of all times?

Because I need money. For a scholarship. Yes, it is sad. But, money makes the world go round. It makes me go round. (Alright, that doesn't make any sense, but whatever. Actually, you use money to buy food, and then when you eat a lot of food, you "go round.")

So, changes that will I implement as of now:

• Instead of just writing of things that are happening to me, I will be regularly be posting opinions about things from anime to zoos.
• I will be posting something AT LEAST once a week. Actually, this is more of a blog-preservation rule for myself.

Now I will begin.

I started this blog when I was a cute little freshman, still innocent, sheltered from the harsh realities of the world. Now, I am not so innocent, and would rather be sheltered than be exposed ("ignorance is bliss"). Reading the past posts have made me laugh, and now I think of how silly I was. However, I do find some truths in my observations, and from evaluating myself now, I think I've been brain-washed. But these days, instead of complaining and contemplating about how horrible being in the middle of nowhere is, I am now past that and have begun scheming to escape El Dorado Hills, the middle of nowhere. Whoa, now what is in this plan???

1. Apply to colleges that are outside the 100-mile radius of El Dorado Hills.
2. Accept the college that is situated in whatever city or town that is the most opposite of "the middle of nowhere.
3. Appease my parents by hoarding money in order for me to persuade them that I can live on my own.
4. ESCAPE.

Now, number three is the most problematic. This is because I don't see myself hoarding money to pay for school. In fact, I throw money everywhere, from things like glass-encased geisha dolls and defective neon-green silicone watches. Also, this year of high school is the most expensive, because of the $100 yearbooks, prom, senior shirts, club fees, college app fees, and other endeavors that will cost a lot of money. And I don't have a job. Because I was beaten to them by those of the large pool of jobless high school students who applied into a relatively small job market.

But, there is a solution: scholarships. And there is this one particular scholarship I am aiming for, one where I have to basically write an essay IN this blog. But, the chances of me being chosen will be very low if they find me to be some uncaring and manipulative girl who just wants money so she starts her dusty-and-untouched-for-years blog. But I am not this heartless. I volunteered in libraries and helped little kids. Also, I find myself lazing around these days, so I need stuff to do. So the outlet of opinion this blog will be, will contribute to the stimulation of my neurons and will hopefully help the boredom that was born when I moved here, in the middle of nowhere.

SPRING BREAK!!

Judging from the title, you can tell that I am excited about spring break. For one, there hasn't been a vacation from school for quite a while now, and it has been kind of dull and tiring without one. The only bad thing about it, is that there is STAR testing after that week, so I basically have to study during the whole break. In addition, I have to do HOMEWORK, which is never fun, which includes this idiotic P.E. homework where I have to run 2.5 miles or for 25 minutes somewhere. The thing with that is that I have to have my parents sign the piece of paper to prove that I ran; I can't have them fake that either, because I'd have to print a map of the route I went through, and describe my surroundings while I ran -_- . I also have piles of worksheets to do, and lots of paragraphs to type, so I'm not exactly happy about all of that.

Technically, today isn't spring break yet, it's Friday, but I figured that I should post something now before I forget to later. Anyhow, I'll go over all of the happenings that have happened since the post before this one.

• Well remember last post when I kept mentioning about some guy who I liked? Bad news: he has a girlfriend, which totally saddened the next few days. I even wrote half a sonnet about it. For now, I am not really sad because, I thought, you never know, I might have some kind of chance with the person.
• I GOT AN A ON MY 180 QUESTION ECOLOGY TEST!!!! Took me a whole period, a nutrition break, and a lunch period to finish the whole freaking thing! The thing that made me the happiest was that alot of the smart kids got a lower grade than I did ^^;.
• I CAN SURVIVE RUNNING 2.5 MILES! I CAN EVEN RUN A MILE NOW WITHOUT GETTING TOO TIRED! I thought that I would somehow have a heart attack during those freaking runs, but I survived!
• SHOPPING IS FUN! Seriously, it is. I don't mean to be a girly-girl right now, but it REALLY is fun. Especially when there's a huge sale and you have all the time in the world to be in the store, so you can try out everything!

For future events:

• Well of course, there's Spring Break.
• My step-aunt, uncle, and cousin are coming over, which is good, considering that nothing has really been going on for the past month.
• My youngest sister's 1st birthday is coming up, which is even BETTER because alot of my family will come over, and nowadays, I never see any family (HA, well I live REALLY far from all of them).

Well that's it for now. Until next time!

P.S. COMMENT! Or else...well nothing, but it won't hurt to comment right?

Happy Spring! (For real this time)

I've realized that my last post, when I titled it "Happy Spring!", it wasn't even spring yet, so now, it actually is spring, so I guess it would be appropriate to title it that. Anyway, the rest of the month has been pretty okay; there hasn't been a break at school yet, but spring break will be on next next week. For now, I have been just going on routinely with school and such. I will break down what's happened so far chronologically:

Well, the female part of my P.E. class had to do self-defense as I had already mentioned in my last post. The dreaded day came when I had to duel a mock-rapist with my eyes closed. The worst part was watching the other girls go through it, which was strange because they seemed terrified at first, until after the fight, where they felt extremely excited and somehow forgot their fear. At my turn, Jonathan, the other guy who would mock-rape the next class after mine, gave me some guidelines about the duel, like, getting the choke off my neck, and using my legs to get Gary (the guy who was gonna fight me) off of me, and also reminded me that I represented the Asians (I thought, "WHAT ASIANS?!", seeing that there was no other Asian in the class except for me). I don't remember much, but the fight ended really quickly; I remember being pushed down to the ground and I somehow kicked him so hard that he flipped over (!). I think that's my glory moment of the month, because all of the girls were amazed by that, and I felt (and still do!) that I can pretty much beat up any guy out there.
Now, P.E. is pretty much torture, because the unit is now RUNNING, and believe me, I SUCK at running. Next Tuesday, I have to run 2 1/2 miles!!! OMG! I just hate it! I get so tired, and it's a horrible feeling. If I ever was sent to hell (and I'm pretty sure I won't be), that would be my hell. On the bright side, we don't run ALL period long (an hour and 45 minutes of running? I would get a freaking heart attack by then!), so we also play pickleball (OMG, REMEMBER?! Well, it's for you guys who went to Vallejo Mill). Unfortunately, my skills have been rusty, so I pretty much suck at it. I think I only like P.E. because there's a certain someone in that class that I kind of like... I won't write any more details about that, so you'll have to ask me about that later.

Well this past month, I have been carefully spying for my friend, like how side characters would in a shoujo manga. I have also been spying on the person I like (more like stalking), and it just seems to take over my mind these days. Some advice for you readers, DON'T LIKE PEOPLE YOU WON'T GET WITH. It's really all nice and good-feeling in the beginning, but when you think about the future, it is really depressing.

I am quite excited for Spring Break, since it would give me some time to catch up on sleep, but I would have to painfully study for STAR testing then, since it will occur immediately after. Oh, and remember the Fall Out Boy Concert that was going to happen at my school? Well, in the end, they are not really going to preform at my school, but to some place in Sacramento, and only the first 200 people from my school will get to watch it. So, overall, it was just hype, and I am quite disappointed in how they arranged this. I'm not going to go to the concert now, so I am kind of sad about it, but it's not really affecting my life drastically or anything like that.
Also, the little piggy I was making earlier during the month is almost done! It has all four legs now and one ear, one twisty tail, and a stuffed body! All I need to add is the other ear, its eyes, and of course, the snout.
I am also deciding to write a sonnet (which is kind of hard, but I like a challenge), because I want to, and I have nothing better to do nowadays but continue the monotonous routine of going to school and doing homework then going to bed. The sonnet will be romantic, but I don't really know what I'll do.

Well, I don't really know what else to write here. I'm going to end the post for now, because NOBODY posted a comment on the last post! PEOPLE! I FEEL SO UNCARED FOR! *sigh* It's okay, you people probably don't even read the blog anymore. T_T UNTIL NEXT TIME!

Happy Spring!

Aaahh...isn't spring great? Well, I haven't exactly watched the sun break through the clouds dramatically yet, but hopefully that will come around this week or maybe next. I mean during the 1st day of March, I experienced heavy rains and really strong winds (about 2 times my umbrella did not shade me from the rain because the wind was actually strong enough to flip the umbrella inside-out-ish). Anyhow, I shall start out the post by highlighting the events that occurred after my last post.

Let's see... Well, my step-grandparents came over. I can't say it was that great to have them over, it is a little considering that I don't really have to watch over my sisters as much. It's kinda awkward too, to be around them, since we're not exactly related, and sometimes I am confused about if they're trying to be polite and nice to me, or if they are genuinely nice people. On the other hand, school has been okay. And I still am a horrible procrastinator, especially for project. i don't remember, I think it was about 2-3 weeks ago, but I had to write a HUGE report on evolution. It took me 6 hours of my Sunday to write 12 pages. Unfortunately for me, it wasn't really due the next day, it was actually due in 2 days! I was so angry for staying up late... plus, the majority of the people in my Bio class wrote about 20-30 pages worth of report! On other matters, I have also taken up crocheting (Yeah, I thought it was knitting, but I didn't know the difference! C'mon, there's a needle, and some string...). Currently, I am knitting a stuffed piggie (the kind called amigurumi). The next thing that I have to do for it is stuff it and put its eyes on. Suprisingly, crocheting is really easy, you should try doing it, it is quite addicting. Furthermore, I have also developed a new love of the band, Coldplay. Most of their music is not your cliche pop or rock, and definitely not hip-hop or rap, but they have alot of piano-y and guitar-y music. Most of the time, there is not a lot of singing in the songs, except maybe for a few of them.

On another note, I actually wrote this post over a period of 3 days, because during the first two days, I only had about 15 minutes to write anything and it usually takes me about 2 hours to write a post... Anyhow today, which is the third day of this time period, I had to learn self-defense techniques and moves against potential sexual predators o.o It is kind of scary actually, and to prove that, there was a guest instructor that came to my class. In the beginning of the lecture, he unexpectedly and surprisingly ATTACKED the girl he was demonstrating some moves on. The girl flew 12 feet from where she originally stand and was on the ground! I was SO scared, I got a little teary-eyed! Well, the attacks did not end there. We were told to try some moves on our partners, but my friend, Natalie, was tying her shoe and I was waiting, until suddenly, he ATTACKED me too! I, being mostly terrified and knew was being tested, of course, broke away from the choke (the chokes made here are not fake), but he gave me some advice on not turning away from the predator after escaping. On the other hand, I also was VERY angry about a couple of weeks ago, because on American Idol, one of my favorites was so close to getting to the top 3, but did not go...so I would have to wait for the Wild Card week and hope that the judges choose him. By the way, his nickname on the show was Anup (or is it Anoop?) - Dawg. If he gets in, VOTE FOR HIM!

On the other hand, I am going to start a section in my posts where I address/answer your comments. Let's see...last comment was from Michaela:

• @ "Your life reminds me of a high school novel."- Well, it's not really... I mean I guess the new people and all kind of remind me of it, but I don't think it's exiting enough to really be written about in a high school novel =/
• @ "Do you have any interesting friends or been attacked by gross guys? I'm really curious about what the people you know now are like"- Okay, well let's see... interesting friends? I am not going to name any names here, but I will just briefly describe them. Well, one of them is really kind, smart, and pretty. But she has a crazy side too, which I find much more fun to be with. She can be amazingly boy-crazy and sometimes embarrasses herself in front of them ^^;. The other friend is really silly and very outgoing and talks a lot, and not to mention very loudly (like in a library full of quiet people). For other people, I can't really say. I'm not a very social person, and I don't really try to get to know people I'm not interested in, so what you could say is that I really don't know anyone... As for boys, I just see some, and most are okay, some are very good-looking.

Now, for future events... next weekend I'm visiting San Jose to see my step-grandparents off to the Philippines... I think that would be about it for this March because spring break would be around April I believe. Maybe more events would pop up, but this would be it for now. Well, I think it is time for me to end this post for now. Please comment, and I shall reply in some way either directly with the comment, or on the next post =3.

Yo~

It's been about 2 months (?) since I wrote anything, and I'm really sorry if you were following this blog and weren't seeing any new posts ^^; Well I am now writing a new post, and I will write the new stuff that is going on and the old stuff that happened but had no time to write.

December- I think my last post was written in this month...I'm a little too lazy to check now... Anyway, this is where Christmas and presents happened. My mother visited me from Florida by driving (1,500 miles!), and we had lots of fun and ate out and shopped and all of that good stuff you do with your mom. Also, I had to visit some stepfamily around the 25th to celebrate the holiday and open presents. As for presents, I didn't get much. I mean I didn't really expect much, but I kinda hoped for more. Well I guess getting less presents is the effect of getting older =( , before you know it, I might be the one running around Black Friday buying the presents. Shall I tell of some of the presents I got? Well I got this board game called "The Settlement of Catan"; it's this really complicated game that takes "15 minutes to learn" (that said on the back of the box, but it really takes an hour or two with idiotic people like me). I also got a bunch of money, which I had spent 3/4 of buying project supplies for school on January -_-.

January- Of course, the new year came, and there was much drinking involved (no worries, I had cider ^^;). And you know when people watch TV and watch the countdown (we watched the one at Central Park in NY)? Well most people during this time of year would count down along with them, but we were so preoccupied with toasting wine glasses, that we did the countown 10 seconds after the official new year -_-; . During this month, I mostly went with the flow of school, and that kind of boring stuff. And there was also the matter of one of my friends getting a boyfriend... well, none of the rest of us really liked him... at least I didn't like him. In the end, they eventually broke up because the guy only really went out with her because he wanted to have (s-e-x) with her. Right now, they are back together; she is blinded by love I'm guessing, or she really wanted to have a date during winter ball (Yes, there is a winter ball in February; No, I'm not going).

Now it is February, 5th to be exact. I have a bunch of worries in my hands, homework mostly because it is EVIL. I have a couple of projects due soon, and I'm gonna have to work on them. One of them actually involves me interviewing 20 people and asking them personal questions you don't want to ask people usually like, "What do you notice in a potential romantic partner?" and stuff like that -_-; Also, there is the matter of Winter Ball, and I AM NOT GOING, because that is all hype, and besides, there is talk of an Anti-Winter Ball (^^) and I hope to go if there really is one that will happpen. For now, I guess the month will go by quickly; nothing exciting has really been going on with me; that stuff usually happens to my friends. Well I shall be leaving for now; I hope I doesn't take me another 2 months to have the will to post a new post... Bye!

P.S. PLEASE FREAKING COMMENT! Thanks ^^.

Super New Update! (gasp!)

First of all, sorry for not posting or chatting with any of you. I have been preoccupied with school and other things, like my new love for a video game. It doesn't mean that I have forgotten any of you, in fact I miss you guys A LOT and are always in my thoughts (and prayers) everyday. Anyhow, here's the important part: I AM BACK.

Let's start with the weather. The weather is COLD. If you've read the previous post, you will remember that I have constantly complained about the hot weather. Well now it's cold. At night, it's like 40F and during the day, it is very windy. I absolutely hate these extreme weather conditions! >_<

Most importantly, school. School is the most dominating thing in my life right now, so it is very fitting for me to say that it is the most important. Let's divide it with subjects.

• P.E. This is the sole thing that is causing me physical pain at the moment. I am sore almost everyday because the class last for an hour and a half, but is fortunately only on every other school day.
• Psychology I seriously did not know what I would be dealing with this class. Everyone is seriously mature (everyone's a senior in that class), but I still love it because it is interesting and fun. There's also this sophomore dude (he's considered a "bad boy") who always says hi to me. I politely, always say hello back, because I do not exactly want to be associated with him.
  
• Spanish Quite an educational class (all the classes are, it's just that this feels the most educational). Not that much to it. But today we got a foreign exchange student from Chile, which is pretty exciting.
• Geometry Ok. This is the most boring class of all. I literally fall asleep with my eyes open because that is the only way that I can listen-ish to the lecture.
• Biology I actually like this class. I have to pay attention alot though, but it's really fun to be in it. I guess it's the people in the class including the teacher. He makes funny voice imitations of stereotypical dumb people, to mock us.
• English Another boring class. But, I kinda like it better than the other boring classes because everyone's a freshman there.

I actually have friends now too. I had a friend before them, but I found her true colors, and I tell you, those colors are dull. Let's see. Pep rally, during school in nutrition break (which I now find pretty useful compared how ridiculous I thought it was before). This is the week where I am trying to avoid her (after last week's Sprite "accidentally" spilling in my shirt? Oh, H-E- double hockey sticks NO.). The last seat in the stadium is right next to her, unfortunately. I sit. Then, the rally organizers say that there are special notes that might be under my sitting spot that I can turn in to them to get a random prize. Well, what do I know? There IS an orange piece of paper under me. Apparently, she says, "I'll come with you," I think, "Whatever." She comes, I get the $10 Jamba Juice giftcard. Then, she says, "We should split it." In my head I say, why the HECK should I?! I say, "No." She persists. We then argue about if we should split it. I get really sick of the argument, her, and don't care about the dang (I am censoring myself) card. I leave the scene. I never see her again, for she is the most selfish and distrustful person I have ever met. I pass her occasionally, but I ignore. That is what she gets. Besides that, I now have nice friends that are quite girly and optimistic. It's ok though, since they are better than most people I have met before.

Let's go along with my new love, a (this is long) massive multiplayer online player game, called Perfect World. Here's a screenshot of me in-game. It is quite fun. You all should join, so we can chat there and play and stuff. Well that is it for now. Hopefully I will come and write some more, for my time (1 hour) is up.

A Tiring Yet Rewarding Day

Well the title relates to me waking up at 6 am and going to the community pool at 7am, then retaking my 10 minute tread test. Random: I was signing up for the retake, when I saw that one of the P.E. teachers spelled tread without an a (tred, LOL) ...or is that the right way? Ok, back to the topic; I did pass. I then had to run a mile next period. I was so tired, that in 3rd period, someone commented that I was "as red as a cherry bomb", whatever that is. I was also fanning myself with a notebook that whole period, so it was REALLY tiring.

The day went through smoothly; my knees were somewhat merciful today, so they let me use them. As for Saturday, it was pretty crazy. I went to Fremont, then went to Milpitas where my cousin had her party. The theme was purple zebra stripes, but of course, I didn't know. My other cousins who came didn't know either, so I wasn't all alone with my anti-theme clothing. One of my cousins claimed that, "purple is just a hype color." Hype, if you didn't know already, means something that is highly regarded, but dies away fast. The party got crazier as more people came, especially when my gay cousin came. He was basically the life of the party. This other guy came too; I thought he was 15, but he was really 18, and he was a really talented person. He could play the guitar and sing well, and dance. One of my cousins wanted to hook me up with him, but I said no. I also saw the cake they had, which was really good. It looked really weird, because it was purple, and had weird brown crosses across it. It was supposed to be black, and they were supposed to be zebra stripes. Well the cake was good, but some claimed it was too sweet. Everything I like seems to be too sweet. Jeez.

I'm so excited because one of my games are coming in through the mail. Yay~ It's called Perfect World, and it's an MMORPG (Multi Player Online Role Playing Game). I felt like adding this paragraph about it because I can't wait until it's here~ I ordered it through the internet and it will come in a cd instead of me downloading it on my computer, because my internet is too slow to download anything that big of a file size (around 2 gigs). It's a game based on Chinese mythology, and you get to wear alot of cool asian clothing. There's a fashion mode, where you can create your own clothes and wear it over your armor. *Sigh* I can't wait to play it! >.<

Well, that's it for today. Oh and I almost forgot; You guys can send me questions and what not about what's happening here through my gmail email, which I can only check on Wii Internet Channel, so I'm not going to reply through there (try typing through a remote that only types one letter per 3 seconds). I hope you people have a nice day, and until next post! =3