...Wonder if he knows
he's on my radar...

:D
Yayyy I'm really excited for States! Although I'm going to have no one to hang out with because none of the debate kids are going ]: and I don't know any of the interp kids. Hopefully Rona and Akshaya will go for impromptu and Congress.

Anyways, lent has been going pretty well. I've noticed that I've become more conscious of what I say and think (which is good I guess?). Sometimes it's hard being nice to annoying people, but I see it as a challenge which can be beneficial to my growth as a person. [: I've officially inducted Jon Lin as my Bible buddy but he's such a slacker :D (Jon, if you're reading this, you know it's true. AND YOU BETTER READ ROMANS BEFORE TOMORROW OR ELSE I'LL HURT YOU. Just kidding. :P)

I usually don't believe in this type of stuff but...I made a wish at 11:11 last night and it came true! :D I'm going to do this often now (if I can stay up that late)


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Today I realized that sometimes telling the truth makes me seem like a huge bitch, which is in and of itself a contradiction to my aforementioned intent to be generally nicer.

That is all.

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Tomorrow begins Lent, and even though I'm a Protestant, I've decided to participate in Lent this year. Apparently, (according to my Catholic friends) you're supposed to give up one of your vices and also do something that will bring you closer to God. For the first part, I've decided to give up lying and generally be nicer to people. I guess lying isn't my biggest problem but it's still beneficial to fix it, which means that I will be honest for the next 40 days. :P Being nicer will actually be harder, believe it or not, because sometimes people do annoying things that make me want to hit them, but I will have to refrain from doing that. And it'll also be hard to be nice to Cindy. It's worth a try. Anyways, I'm also going to read my Bible daily, which will strengthen my relationship with God. Hopefully, I'll continue this even after Lent and get through the Bible by the end of the summer (unlikely).

[: I'm also excited for tomorrow because I'm missing school for a GOAL field trip to the American Eagle headquarters. Yay, it's always fun to miss school. AND THEN we're getting back at 12 and I'm taking the AMC test. [: 2 hours of extreme math problems...yayyyy. And then I have Chemathon practice after school (which is going to basically consume my life between now and April) which equals 1.5 hours of Chemistry experiments. :P I feel super nerdy.

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10 random things that happened on Saturday

1. After being excited about having a chance to sleep in, I accidentally set the alarm and woke up at 6.
   
2. Cindy's egg explodes in the microwave resulting in my making fun of her (an amusing way to start the day :D)
3. I became a permitted driver (haha I hope you're scared)
4. On our way to Costco, my mom tells a dirty joke...in Chinese (awkward)
5. While ordering at Sonic, my mom announces that she wants ice cream...the warm kind. (...what?!)
6. Cindy and I had a discussion amidst our lunch that we don't want to marry FOBs
7. While walking through Costco, Cindy announces that she wants a baby resulting in my mom threatening to kill her
8. I see my socially awkward AP Physics teacher at Costco
9. I run downstairs to drink some orange juice only to discover that my mom used it to wash her hair. An entire carton of orange juice. >:( Apparently we didn't have lemonade so she had to make a substitution.
10. At the glass slipper ball, we got hit on by 50 year old drunk men. Fun.
    

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I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow,
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I'm calling,
Lord, you catch me when I'm falling,
And you've told me who I am.
I am yours.

(: This is one of my favorite Christian songs of all times. Casting Crowns is simply AMAZING. I just discovered that Passion 2010 will be held in Atlanta, and I really want to go ): (Imagine Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, David Crowder Band, and Charlie Hall all under one roof) Now I just have to convince my parents to let me make a trip down there for 3 days by myself. :D And it doesn't help that it's in the middle of my Senior year so...I'm going to have to play the adorable Asian daughter card and remind them how good I am compared to their other friends' kids. (:

Today was...interesting. Just when I thought Forensics couldn't be more dramatic, the Harvard kids come back. =P


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Today was the first day that I felt sad while doing my homework. I was reading essays for the English quiz tomorrow and read an essay in which ORWELL KILLED AN ELEPHANT. D': He described the death of the elephant in vivid detail and it made me sad. ): And being the nice person that she is, Cindy decided to remind me that I shouldn't think of animals as people. Stupid George Orwell. Stupid English class. Stupid Cindy.

:D Or maybe I'm just a weirdo...

I find it funny that if you search up "weirdo" in the dictionary, one of the entries is "a psychopath, esp. a dangerous or vicious one; psycho"

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(: I heard this song on the radio today, and it brought back good memories. "Lean on Me" was the first song I learned to play on the piano.

Anyways, I went to church this morning, and it was a combined service so YF had to go help the little kids. Sam, Andie, and I were in charge of the 3rd and 4th graders, and I've never noticed how perverted the kids were. Haha, church kids are weird...Then, we went to Sunday school and Jon, Cindy, and I were bored so we made paper frogs and raced them. ): My frog went the slowest but it was cute anyways.

Bethel was actually more fun than I thought it would be. I'm actually glad I didn't break for Semis because the topic was "sci/tech" which I know nothing about...Sadly, I can admit that I don't know what's going on with alternative energy. The topic for Final round was even worse--Gay marriage. It's one of the hardest speeches to give simply because if you offend the judges, you automatically get last place.

Tomorrow's President's Day so no school (: I'm thinking about getting my permit tomorrow...haha I've waited long enough. Which reminds me, I should go read my booklet...

Connie

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[: I've in love with this comic. It has the cutest characters EVER! I found it when we went to San Francisco two summers ago and I was reading the newspaper...they had a character named Connie the cow who was really annoying (: I felt a mutual bonding.

Is it possible to be sick for more than a week?? I've gone through 2 bottles of cough medicine (two different brands), and it doesn't seem to be helping...I hate coughing. But I have to admit...Robitussin is really good =P I swear I'm not addicted...although, I might try doubling the dosage for Saturday because one dose doesn't seem to work too well.

I'm going to talk about religion once again...xD Anyways, today I talked to one of my friends who is Catholic and we were talking about purgatory, which is a major difference between the Protestant and Catholic churches. Anyways, apparently everyone goes to purgatory, which is a place of punishment (?), and the length you stay there depends on how much you've sinned in this life. It's hard for me to grasp this concept because I've always been taught that as long as you believed, you go to heaven upon dying...

I've been doing major slacking lately due to the PSSAs. This week was supposed to be my week to catch up in school and be a good student but somehow I can't bring myself to do anything. =P I guess I'm just a born procrastinator.

Connie

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Random title...haha I couldn't think of a song to fit this situation. ANYWAYS, yes, you are getting 2 posts in one day. I just forgot to post something in my previous post. So, for extemp, I'm in charge of printing out articles for the tubs from the Houston Chronicle. It is an absolutely ridiculous newspaper and I'll illustrate this point.

So I'm supposed to print newsworthy articles. I click on the national news button and here's what I see:

TOP STORY: Stamp prices going up 2 cents to 44 cents in May
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O: <---That was my face after reading this "top" story. Haha, I can't believe they have an article about stamps when the stimulus was just passed today and it's a more newsworthy story... Anyways...I proceeded to scan the remainder of the page and here are some stories I see: "Bourbon spills to protest Ky. tax hike on booze"

"Lesser charge over Texas toddler burned in dryer"

"Midwife births raise questions about citizenship"

"Pot activists rip Kellogg Co. for dropping Phelps"

"No sign of dolphins in NJ rivers, scientists say"

And then there was my favorite of all times..."Colonel's secret recipe in new, safer vault at KFC" Haha, apparently they had to hide the recipe while KFC upgraded security...insane. Anyways, this goes to show the importance of Houston Chronicle in extemp speeches (: just incase you get a topic on Colonel Sanders

Connie




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I posted this picture so you guys can embrace the hotness that is Jay Chou. (:

Today was a really great day. On the PSSAs (which was super easy), there was a passage about A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, which brightened my day because I love that book. Then, all the classes were shortened, which was amazing. I also had double Calc today, which is fun but Volpe made us recopy a section of our book to learn? Apparently, it's a way to teach ourselves--go figure. Then, I went and got some work done in the extemp tubs. It made me feel a lot better about Bethel now that the new tubs are semi-decent. It's not quite there yet...

And now I've been listening to Jay Chou songs all afternoon with no homework. Life just can't get any better (:

Connie

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I have noticed that I've posted some pretty sad posts so far so this will be a happy post. (: I'm going to publicly proclaim that I give up getting an A in English. Haha, I guess that's not really happy? But this year I've realized that I'm terrible at English and I'm actually okay about it. I'm hoping never to have to take another English class in College. They don't make you take an English class if you're majoring in finance, do they? Oh well...hope for the best.

Anyways, today my mom came home from a funeral for some lady at our church who recently passed away from Cancer. After listening to her, I've realized that my troubles seem ridiculously silly and that I've been straying from the one purpose of life: living God's will. I've realized that it's been a while since I've read my scripture and had daily reflections. Worldly views have slowly crept in and replace all that is important so I'm going to follow David Ruis's message and refuse to be shaken (:

The reason I have a Jumanji poster is because I finally found this movie! Haha, you probably think I'm crazy. Anyways, in the South, they have a weird fascination with this movie. I remember in elementary school, we always watched this movie on the last day before break--any time of break. I also remember that this was one of the scariest movies I've seen and sadly to say, I still think it's pretty scary (even though I haven't watched it since elementary school) I really want to watch it one of these days and see why I had nightmares about this (: Something about a scary boardgame...

Connie

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I have been thinking about failure a lot lately which has led to some depressing thoughts. Anyways, second nine-weeks just hasn't been the best for me. People tell me constantly how amazing it would be if they had a twin--to have a friend at all times. However, while it's pretty cool 90% of the time, the other 10% often causes unnecessary anxiety. The reason I'm talking about this is because this nine-weeks Cindy has been doing better than I have in most classes (except AP Calc [:) which has bothered me. I guess to everyone else, this is trivial. I've realized that perhaps my ambitions are hereditary? If you know my dad, you know that he strives to be the best in every environment he has been in. Most of the time...he has succeeded. Likewise, I've inherited this mentality and strive to be the best. However, my hardest opponent has been my sister. My friends all think I'm crazy but it's really hard to get tests after tests back and score lower than Cindy and it has really affected my mood. Does it mean she's smarter than me? I don't know. Maybe I just have a habit of being too hard on myself...but then again, I'm Asian and it's what we do. [: Anyways, I suppose there isn't a remedy to this situation other than to work harder. That's what I've vowed to do this week because PSSAs means no tests and little to no homework. Maybe that will also be my new years resolution.
Since I'm on the topic of my sister, I might as well talk about another thing that has been on my mind. My parents have been pressuring me lately to go to the same college as her so that it'll be easier for visits. However, we obviously don't have the same dreams and I have refused thus far. Now Cindy is also pressuring me, telling me how cool it would be if we were roomies. But is it really my fault for wanting to lead a separate life from her? For 16 years of my life, I have dealed with being called Cindy as well as being constantly compared to her. I suppose I just want to lead a separate life. She's interested in going into a separate field--medicine. To be honest, medicine has interested me as well but I have sacrificed that interest in order to be different from her. Don't get me wrong...I love business and finance and would be completely happy doing that for the rest of my life. Anyways, I suppose I really shouldn't be talking about colleges because I'm only a Junior. Hopefully, I'll think more about this this summer, but I'm pretty sure my mentality won't change--I don't want to go to the same college as her. But ultimately, it's God's plan as to where I'm being led, and wherever that is, I won't oppose.

Connie

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I have decided to title each of my posts after a song that currently describes my situation. [: I love Matchbox Twenty and this song happened to fit particularly well. I got the dreaded flu! Apparently it's been going around for a while now but I've just gotten it. Unfortunately, I also lost my voice, which never happens but I'm drinking lots of fluids and hopefully it'll be all gone before the Saturday tournament at Peters.

Being crabby comes hand in hand with being sick so I've been thinking about the type of people I really dislike. I'm thinking of a person in particular but I obviously won't divulge that name here. Anyways, this person complains constantly about his/her life and I have tried to comfort him/her but it's pretty difficult. However, not only does he/she complain 24/7, he/she also brags like crazy. It's hard to see these two traits existing at the same time but apparently it's possible. Anyways, I guess I'll just continue talking to him/her even though every time I do, it feels like a tremendous burden--as if I have a duty to make him/her feel better. But enough about this person...

I don't really have time to post further because I really should be reading Siddhartha but the first page was really dry.

Connie

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This is my first post (yay) and I've decided to dedicate it to my Sunshine buddy who always makes me smile. Anyways, my sunshine buddy is programmed to use light as an energy source so when it's sunny outside, he sways his head. (The picture looks like he has a mental disorder but it's actually just showing that he's shaking his head =P)
Anyways, I was pressured into making a blog by Johnny. xP So I guess I give in to peer pressure easily haha. I'll post about my life when I can. (:

Connie

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