I'm trying to convince myself of said.
It's really something... interesting, and inspiring :]
My kids are adorable, but a couple are really clingy~
It's tough to handle 11 kids at once by yourself o.o
I have a helper, though~ Sir Richard xD
Anyways, please pray for me... I hope I can make it through this week alive and well.
Mmkay. I've gotta be fast, `cause my mom is getting mad D;
Anywaaaaays. Sorry I haven't posted in a billion years- yes, Justine, you beat me- but I've been doing lots of, well, stuff.
I had a sleepover with Natalie, and stayed at her house the whole next day xD Uhhh, we played tons of Maplestory and practiced for our little music group in which I am playing the piano... I had to make it up as we went, `cause it was all chords xD
Ahh. I haven't played MS in yearssss.
Although as KKu so eloquently put it, "WHAT?! What are you doing?! You're going to be a freshman next year!"
I know I play "babyish" games, but they're fun, so don't laugh. And on Neo, I mostly hang out with my guild....
Excuses.
What a weird title, but I hope it made you laugh too :)
I feel strangely elated today. I'm playing Neopets as usual >.> I don't feel like doing anything today, not even making graphics. I'm soooooo lazy. That's why I need school to make me work ;x
I'll add more later, maybe.
I've been bad, not posting for like 4 days >.>
That's because Vic was at soccer camp, so I took it as my holiday and decided to revamp & move my old graphics site, Pitch, to a new location :3 Looks like I still haven't come back from holiday yet...
And I've been playing a ton of Neopets, since my beloved guild disbanded. We've been together for at least 1.5 years, serious. We all kinda joined another guild together though. And Jade is trying to steal my Shou D;
I had a VBS workday today after double services and another top secret meeting that involved rapping. Yeah. We painted props for hours and hours at the workday, but it was still fun.
You probably have no idea what I'm talking about, but I don't particularly care ;x I'm kind of annoyed with myself for wasting so much time.
Anyways, please go check out my new site, Voire. It's pretty spiffy, if I might say so myself. Yes, I coded & made everything personally. I realize I have too much time on my hands-- no need to tell me, thankyouverymuch x3 If you have any requests, please let me know (but they do have to be asian, anime, manga, game, or neopets related). I'm not hiring staff, unless you can make really good graphics-- then please contact me with xamps :3 I will consider. Please leave comments here until I set up some kind of commenting system over there.
Note: you do have to click the sign to get into the site T-T;
Good night.
It's my adorable little brother's 9th birthday today :]
He invited a bunch of church friends over for lunch and epic gaming time. Yes, well. We always play lots of DS/computer games whenever people come over >.> Everyone has a good time though- it's not like people get bored/antisocial or whatever.
Bleahhhh. I know that sounds boring.
Anyways... I had tennis today, group lessons from 8-9. They switched off the power for the court lights, since the new courts will be done soon. Which meant that we started playing in the almost-dark towards the end.
No offense to anyone, but it was pretty easy. I pretty much didn't do anything the whole time. I guess when I have lessons, Coach makes me run the whole time, but since there are so many people in group, we just kinda stood around a lot. Everyone said I was like super hyper, bouncing off the walls and everything. I feel kinda jittery, not being able to get in a really good practice. Thankfully I'll be practicing with Jas tomorrow during the hottest part of the day. Heheh.
I'm bouncing up and down in my seat now :]
Sorry. I haven't been blogging, because I've been too tired or too lazy or a combination of both.
I went to watch Up on Saturday. It's a really good movie :D You'd think it'd be really childish with a boring storyline, but it actually turns out quite differently then you'd expect. Yeah. It made me cry once or twice.
The food bank was cool... we sorted through people's random donations. I think the most interesting thing I found was a packet of fake nails. Out of 12, there were only 3 left, and they all had Disney princesses on them. Who has 3 fingers....?!
The piano exam was okay. I think I did kind of badly, but whatever. The judge was British and pretty serious (you couldn't tell what she was thinking at all, so it was a little intimidating). I totally messed up the sightreading, but everything else was decent.
I got to use my tablet!!! I drew some interesting pics. It's pretty amazing :] You can go to my deviantArt to see one of the pics I drew. It's not too good, but I'm still getting used to the tablet. Please go there often and see my updates :)
I woke up at 10 today. I think there's a pattern... but tomorrow I have to wake up at around 7 so I can warm up for the exam, since all three of us will be wanting to use the piano.
My sister's sick today... but she got blogspot yesterday, and her blog's called kangerine :D It's under "Clicks" on the sidebar, so go check it out. She draws really cute things... like cute kangerines.
I'm going to go to the food bank in around 10 minutes for volunteer work with our church. I have no idea what we're going to be doing. More about that later, maybe.
I'm so nervous about the piano exam. I'm probably going first, `cause I want to get it over with as quickly as possible. That's me. At meals, I eat all the yucky things first and then take my time to enjoy the tasty things.
Heheh :) As you can probably tell, I'm tired of thinking up post titles.
I woke up at 11 today, had a big bowl of sweet potato soup, and played piano for a long time. Seems like no matter how hard or how much I practice, I'm not good enough... Sunday's coming up too fast! I wish I had just a week more.
We went to the mall to buy a couple of things- I needed shoes for the exam that were "clunky," since I have a blues piece where shoe tapping is necessary. So, here they are. Thought they were really cute, and they were on sale too :) I photoshopped the background to make it glow blue, `cause I was bored, and I actually have PS on this computer now. Thanks Vic!
Anyways. My mom's goddaughter is here. She's really cute but super talkative. I can't use my tablet while she's here-- she's 5 years old and I don't want anything to break. It's okay though...
You can see through the picture a little bit, because the main wrapper is set to be a little transparent (so everything in it is transparent too). More coding troubles... If you know how to fix this, let me know :)
Warning: This post is a bit scary. Anyways, I got up at 12 PM today, and technically I could've slept longer except my mom woke me up. It was a good thing.
I had a bad dream and so I first woke up at around 8, but then I fell back asleep. In the dream, a whole bunch of asian families went someplace for vacation, but this guy kidnapped us. He was going to cut us apart and replace what he cut off with "super body parts." He was going to cut off my legs and I remember saying, "But then I can't play tennis and badminton," and he said, "You'll be able to run in a month!" And he showed me how high he could jump and how strong he was, because he replaced his whole body from the neck down. The nurse came in with a huge metal tub of boiling water, and said, "Honey, stick your legs in here and pretend it's cold." I woke up screaming right before he started sawing away...
I haven't had such an awful dream in a long time. The last time was maybe in 4th grade, when my mom and brother got buried alive. When I have bad dreams, they are quite disturbing.
On a happier note, I woke up. And I still have my own legs x]
I have a piano lesson in a little bit. I think I'll do alright, but I'm sure nervous about the exam on Sunday. Maybe that's why I've been having bad dreams.
Happy summer vacation! I hope you enjoy your holiday, wherever you're going and whatever you're doing. Fill me in sometime :)
Today was the last day of my middle school life. The end of eighth grade. The End.
I'm kind of sad... I guess I'm mostly going to miss my teachers, 7th grade dears, and the friends in my grade that I won't have classes with next year (idk who those people are yet, but it's inevitable).
We didn't really do much today. We hung out in advisory most of the time, signed yearbooks, took random photos, ate lunch, and played tug-of-war. My advisory came in second for consolation. We lost to Holeman. Hnnn. Well congrats to Malek, who won the whole thing! I have minor injuries: rope burns, and my feet hurt because I had a tennis lesson after school and Coach made me run left and right and up and down nonstop.
I'm going to try out again in August, and I just might get in. Please practice with me sometime :)
Here's what I'm taking next year, in no particular order (yes, I'm doing IB). I know I'm going to die; I don't need to hear that again. :]
1. TAG English I
2. TAG Algebra II
3. Accel Science
4. WAS
5. Spanish II Enhanced
6. Yearbook (photographer)
7. Symphony Orch
8. Art I or Tennis
I gotta go practice piano now, because I have a lesson tomorrow and I have no idea how to do chromatic scales in contrary motion. I get so confused and my fingering just falls apart. At least I'm doing somewhat better on Schubert.
Happy June! Here's a long post to make up for yesterday.
So I didn't make it into tennis, but I made it into the top orchestra, Symphony :) That's super exciting! I hope that I'll improve a lot, since there will be many amazing musicians there. At the same time, I don't feel like I really deserved to get in. It's definitely a lot easier for violas... but violas are amazing, the best, and all that jazz. Heheh. Shan, I didn't let you down, did I now?
My tablet also came in. YEAHHHHHH!!! Only thing is, my mother is holding it hostage until I finish the piano exam, which is, unfortunately, Sunday. lols. It's not her fault at all, though. I agreed too, since I think I should focus on practicing piano (and viola!) for this last stretch. I've been playing the same three songs and scales & arpeggios since January.
Finals today were pretty easy. I was totally stressing out about the Geometry one, but it was actually easier than the review. Spanish wasn't bad either. It was mostly listening and reading, which took up like 50 questions (the actual test was 75). I got all my orchestra buddies to sign my yearbook... I think that was my favorite class for these past three years. I'm kinda sad to leave middle school behind. I'm going to miss all my teachers so bad. Thank you for teaching me... I have learned so many things from your dedication and patience!
I'm listening to Chris and Conrad's version of "Lead Me to the Cross." It's reeeeaaaaaallly good. It's better than the Hillsong version, at least. Brooke Fraser's is pretty good too, though. But not as good. I tried turning the light on in my room with my head, since I was holding my tablet. I ended up hurting myself.
Mom: "You thought you had a steel head?!" lol.
I love my family to death. We were playing speed scrabble just now, and I didn't win, not even once. I kept getting vowels. Anyways, we were playing, right, and suddenly I heard something like this:
Brother: "Hey Dad, errrr, why are you sleeping on my butt?"
Dad: "It's soft. And nice."
You can imagine what happened after that.
I have a funny family. I'll admit it makes for the best entertainment all day, every day.
I had a delicious dinner: udon + kameboko + smoothie. My mom made it all :)
Sorry for the grumpy post. I'm not naming names, so don't ask.
I gotta go practice piano now... I said one time before that scales would take at least 45 minutes? My teacher actually said they'd take 2 hours. Yay. But I don't practice staccato and legato on the same day.
Math finals review too. I've been putting it off for a few days, and now I finally have to finish it up. I have about 15 questions left, so it's not going to be too bad. Although I'd have to say that I don't get vectors at all. I've been nagging my dad to explain it to me, but both of us always "forgets" or says, "Oh yeah. Well, let's do it tomorrow, because [insert excuse here]." I'm not motivated to do things I don't feel like doing, which is something I need to work through :P As for math, we were supposed to do it after dinner, but now he's vacuuming the living room... ^-^;;
Ewww. I just accidentally touched my sister's rubber bands. They were lying out on the table on a kleenex. On a brighter note, I need to fix the comments for this blog. Apparently they're not working.
Ryou just took the "What does your mind look like?" quiz on Facebook and the result is A Waterworld.
"Your mind is like a Waterworld. You live fast and are impatient, when you slow down it's only to discover your next goal. You constantly look for changes and like to take chances. You have big demands for yourself and are very creative. Some people are scared of you, cause you dont smile much. But your closest ones know that you can be the nicest person in this world."
I think it describes me completely. But, don't you think I smile a lot? I guess most of the time I'm pretty serious. I'm a definitely a very determined person; I just keep going, all the time.
I didn't make tennis.
I felt a bit disappointed as a result... not for long though. Somehow I feel more determined than anything. This is even better motivation to work harder and harder this summer. I like challenges, as you can tell. I feel lost without having something to work towards. That's pretty much how I felt today before I decided to try out again >.> So as usual I went in my room and listened to music. "Always & Forever" by Planet Shakers has been encouraging to me lately when I've been feeling overwhelmed by everything.
I've only been playing tennis for 4 months, so people say I did ok considering that. I personally don't feel it's a good excuse... I did horribly compared to how I usually play and that is all there is to it. But after 3 months of training in the summer I may just have a chance at making the team.
I'm so happy for everyone that made it! Good job- you deserve it. Represent our school well! I'm really proud of you, Pooja. You didn't have to worry after all.
My dad is on my facebook account talking to my godpa (his best friend) in Singapore. They're having a good chat about everything from chicken rice to BSF. My dad will surely be convinced to get facebook now! He always forgets or says, "No time, lah..." Which reminds me, whenever I talk to a Singaporean, Singlish works itself into my speech in a jiffy. It feels natural, although it makes me laugh at first.
Oh yeah, I practiced piano for a long time, which is why I am posting (can't stay off for long, anyways). Finals were all good. The ones I took today were pretty easy: L.A. and Science and Yearbook. We filled out a sheet (or three) to submit parts of the book for IOPC and we also got to eat cupcakes in class. Shhh.... :)
This week is really packed full. Thankfully, there's only five more days of school.
I have about 20 more problems on the math review, most of the USH review, and all of the science. We had Full orchestra recording today, and tomorrow in Spanish we have our writing final. Friday brings 3 more finals... and I have tennis tryouts tomorrow. I'm nervous and excited and confused at the same time!
Probably there's a few other things I've forgotten xD
One other thing: I got into Yearbook! My grammar is atrocious here when I'm typing things out fast, but really, I can speak/write English pretty well. I'm doing photography though, which I much prefer to writing. I heard Yearbook will be super busy.
Ashley and I took a ride home from Westwood with Darren. His car broke down in front of my house, so he came in for awhile and played computer games with my brother xD
Anyways, I'm painting a watercolor for the TAG TKAM project right now. I did it pretty quickly... it's not as good as it could be, but I wouldn't say it's bad. I love being able to do art projects for other subjects :) To Kill a Mockingbird is a good book, but it wasn't what I expected it to be. The movie is alright, but it helped me to draw the characters. The painting's of Scout trying on Tom Robinson's shoe, with supporting cast.
Watercolor pencils are the most convenient thing ever! It's nice to have both pencils and paint so you can do both details and base color. I need to buy more paints soon, because I'm out of most of the colors...
Tennis lessons today= muy muy calor. I'm not doing that great cause I didn't get to practice at all this weekend :\ Tryouts are on Thursday for us. Good luck to the boys tomorrow!
One bottle of water is just not enough!!
Anyways, I got over 150 photos of this weekend posted on facebook, so if you're my friend, you can go see. I took the Singlish Proficiency Test there too and I got a 100% the first time... that made me unexpectedly happy!! Here it is, edited for clarity.
1. What does "Gostan" mean?
2. What is the direct translation in Singlish for the sentence, "This book is mine." ?
This book is my one.
This book is your one.
This book anyone one?
3. Today I'm very "sian" but still have lots of work to do. What is "sian?"
4. "Look at this person so kiasu pushing everybody away just to get a seat on the free train." What is the Singlish word in this sentence?
5. "Nearest train Station where ah?" Translate this into proper English.
"Wait, station????"
"Eh, boy. Nearest train station?"
"Where is the nearest train station?"
6. What is "Can lor" in proper English?
Yes.
Yes. I think so.
Yes. Of course.
7. Person K: "What are you doing now ?" Person G: "Some project." Person K: "Must finish it?" Person G: "Ah (ber) then ?!" Explain Ah (ber) then.
A question that implies one does not see the obvious.
A question that implies one should finish it.
A question that implies one should stop talking.
8. "Wah, so ex ah!" Translate into English.
The price is just too low.
The price is normal.
The price is just too high.
9. "Food in Singapore very shiok, man." Rephrase this in proper English.
10. "Pai Seh" is to feel _____________ in the phrase "very paiseh to tell her about that incident..."
11. What is "ya...ya..." in the conversation: Person A "Eh, I got full marks for science." Person B " ya...ya..."
Showing off.
Acting up.
Saying too much.
12. Which is commonly used when we don't understand or when we want them to repeat the question?
Hah?
What?
Say again?
13. "Is there a problem, Sir ?" Translate into the correct Singlish.
Got problem, Mister?
Got problem, ah?
Got problem, meh?
I don't feel very Singaporean since I've been in US for so long, but I'm glad I can at least do this :) Makes me want to go back this summer.
I'm so sick of school, for real.
It's mostly all the reviews we have to do. The math one is pretty long, and I discovered that I've forgotten about half of what we learned, which is not good. I haven't even started on the USH one yet. I don't feel like working on them at all, but I'll have to soon. Bahhhh. (humbug!)
I don't think the L.A. final will be tough at all (our teacher said, "If I had written the final, it would be ten times harder!!" so I'm glad that the other teachers wrote it). It's on-level :]
Science shouldn't be too bad. I'm pretty good at science and at making educated guesses. I could worry a little, but not as much as I do for math or USH, both of which need a pretty fresh memory. Which I can't say I've got-- I have a terrible long-term memory, but a good short-term one, so yes, I can cram succesfully as long as there's not a mountain of stuff to remember.
Honestly, I'd rather be prepared, because I start freaking out otherwise :P
Tennis tryouts this Thursday. I don't really feel prepared for that, but I'm just going to do my best. Art's my back-up so I'm really good either way.
I watched the French Open on TV at the hotel in Houston! Sliding on clay courts!
The soccer team won the Spirit Cup!
They lost 2 games on Saturday, so they had only 2 games scheduled for the next day. Our team calls itself the "Old-Man Team." We never have enough players, so Matt and Jon played too this time. Unfortunately, both of the teams we were supposed to play decided to forfeit, so we won the Spirit Cup without playing at all the second day. Everyone was a bit disappointed and annoyed, but we did something really fun instead. On Sunday, we went to Galveston- the beach.
It was kind of rainy at first, but we were all wet anyways, so it didn't really matter. We dug lots of holes and channels and made a giant sandcastle. We picked up a few fragments of seashells too. The hurricane caused piles of debris everywhere- we saw guardrails half buried in the sand!
It was fun. We did pretty much everything with Andrew and Becky :)
I'm trying to upload pictures to Facebook, but the camera ran out of batteries and the USB thing is too wide to fit into this computer, cause there's this ledge that sticks out and gets in the way D; Pooh. I guess it'll have to wait until tomorrow.
Okay, so we're going to Houston early tomorrow morning, which means... I get to go to the dance :D I've never been to one before, so I don't know what to expect. Emily will be going with me too... which is the best, ever.
I'm pretty excited, because a lot of people are going, so I'll see my friends. I might actually enjoy it :) I'll write more when I come back, so see you later!
Later: at 11:05 PM
It was pretty fun after all :) I danced with my friends. I didn't know any of the songs though... xD The music was loud (all I could hear was the beat, really).
I had a good time. Now I'm feeling super tired and my feet actually hurt, so I'm going to sleep. Gotta wake up early tomorrow.
Sorry this post is kinda bad, but, I'm about to doze off... Hope you had a good time too! Tell me what you liked.
I don't like conjugating verbs in Spanish.
It's not hard in itself, but there's so many different forms and irregular ones to remember that I get all mixed up. If we don't use a conjugation form in the unit, I kinda forget it. S`yea, I'm having a wake-up call on the review x3 Good luck next year.
Japanese conjugation is harder, though... I'd better study a lot this summer! I'm only at 540 kanji, most of which I have since forgotten. Gotta go through those before adding any more.
There's a little fly buzzing around the lamp. That's annoying too :\
To end on a happier note, we're passing out yearbooks tomorrow... at 7:30 in the morning, thanks to the SAT10. Just pray that I don't trip while sleepwalking down the halls, `cause those are some real fine yearbooks we've got. :)
