20080929

Chut Kiseu

i'm so overwhelmed with school these days, what with yearbook, tennis, dance?? (??), SATs this saturday, and college apps??
i cannot wait until december.
and it's not even october :((

at one point, i might have liked the class of 2010 as a whole. i thought they were cute with their annual christmas parties and what not. but then i heard them talk sht about seniors way too many times for unjustified reasons
and i've simply lost respect for them.
i like them individually! but not together -__-
i am no fan of this whole smack talk business because to be fair, they are good competition on wednesday.
but i hope karma bites them in the ass >:D

i have nothing to write atm. but i will later!

EDIT:
I. AM. FRUSTRATED.
1. i suck at art.
2. i suck at math.
3. english was okay
4. yearbook <3
5. mandarin was boring. and i was getting really annoyed at people during lunch -___- grow up please :)
6. i don't like psych.
7. apes was alright :)

20080927

Always be my baby.

i don't know if it's just me but this year, fridays never felt so good.
these weeks have been too long and too stressful and tiring....
weekends are well deserved.

or they're just extra time.

we won on friday! there's something about friday night lights that make me so happy.
it's the amazing atmosphere at school football games that make me feel so good.
and i'm so happy we won, bcus our boys deserve it!

we also made 40dollers and steff-o is happy.

BUT. the SATs are on saturday! saaad face :(

i was thinking about graduation the other day. and it made me sad so i stopped.

have you ever loved someone/something so much you felt giddy/nervous/pain/joy/kindagross inside all at the same time? i do, all the time.

secret #8
i'm afraid of being forgotten.

EDIT:
mr. draper sent our last last spirit email like this:

Go Seniors!!!

Jeff Draper
Proud Dean of the Senior Class

aw :)

at least four of my photos have been pfed on fb. i'm proud.
shelby, anteneh, connie, sean morgan, check itt

20080925

Inspire me.

today was a terrible day but it ended up really well. or maybe i'm just so apathetic towards everything that i'm just always...happy?

first period....ms. aguero totally ripped us apart T_T i'll admit that this project really sucked for me and i didn't really put much heart into it....
and she said she was disappointed in us :( i hate when adults say that. and then she singled out shelby and it pretty much sucked from there on. and she totally got on lauren about coming late and told her she wasn't committed -___- poor lauren.
i don't think we'd still be here after a semester of pre req if we weren't committed. anyways. that wasn't fun to hear first thing in the morning.
advisory was fun though :)
second period was lame since we discussed our tests and i ended up with a B T_T BAH and i felt like i did so well on it!
psych was SUCK. omfg i think i'm getting an interim. and i have like a borderline B?? schatz is the only senior teacher i know who cares about the whole 85 and below business. and now i have two weeks to bring it up. soo sophomore year repeat. that was the last time any teacher really got on me for that -____-
LAME. the class isn't fun at all :(
APES was fun, though :) haah our class is so chill.
TENNIS MATCH! we wonn :) against castilleja :D i think that moni and i played pretty okay today :) so that makes it so much better. WE'RE UNDEFEATED. perhaps that's why i'm in a good mood. and i'm done with hw and it's only 1040! well. "done"
i still have to do some sketches for apsa and catch up on math hw.

this is a really lame and wordy post but i felt like recapping my bad/okay day.

geez i read so many emo and depressed posts/hear about these things from people. LIFE WILL GET BETTER, DON'T WORRY.
STEFF-O SAYS RELAX! or maybe i should stop this business and get on things that need urgent seeing-to such as my college applications....
not that i'm behind but....
SATs IN 9 DAYS?? D:

to all the juniors....
senior year is harder so suck it up! there's a long way to go :(
i'm so ready for school to be over. it's not even october. HAHAH last whine of the day, i promise. junior year, i thought, taught me to get over myself. sort of.
NO MORE COMPLAINING, STEFF-O.

but the year seems like it's going by so slowly. every friday feels good and well-deserved, though. which is good. and every weekend feels so short. which is very bad.
i'm looking forward to tomorrow though,
we're going to present at the assembly on our trip to europe :) bah my fug face is going to be on display for the whole high school T_T
and tomorrow is the football game! :)
super exciting.

I WISH SEAN WOULD NOT MOVE T_T

i had a dream about homecoming last night -___-

NEXT LONG TERM DESIRE: PSAT DAY/APP DAY/SENIORS DON'T GO TO SCHOOL DAY/HC SHOPPING DAY :))
OCTOBER 15.

halfquoting mr. thiele....
BEAT SENIOR YEAR.

20080924

回家吧 回到最初的美好

GOOD NEWS:
JAY CHOU'S ANNUAL ALBUM IS COMING OUT ON THE 9TH? i think.
he promised an album every year and he's delivering :) what a beast.
i'm so happy hahaha :D
the new concept is SO much better than last years hahaa
cowboys. what was he thinking T_T

hmm
DODGEBALL was intense :) i'm excited to see seniors play the juniors next wednesday! ultimate epik match.

I'M SO EXCITED FOR HOMECOMING. and i have nothing real to say right now except that i do not want to paint and i do not
want to think about college
and i do not want to write essays and i do not
want to go to statistics bcus thiele's class is absolutely BEASTLY
and i do NOT want to go to psych.

i LOVED my classes but not anymore T_T

i DO want to sleep
to go frolic in the fields
to eat johnny rockets
ramadan to be over
friday to come so i can go to the fball game!
HOMECOMINGGG <3 teehee :)

this is a boring post. i bid you good night !

EDIT:
i lied, i'm back. to whine.

AUGHASJDSOFJOAIA!!!!
psych is killing me T_T i totally slaved over a stupid book that isn't even worth much and due on the same day as a massive test that i didn't even do as well i as should have i guess and THEN the next day we had a pop quiz on which i probably scored 30%. max. AND we probably have another one tomorrow on WHAT? I DON'T KNOW. GAAAHAIDLF

brian was bothering me about why i was so happy
and i said "WHY, AM I NOT ALLOWED TO BE HAPPY FOR NO REASON?"
and dr. schatz said "not in my class."
that REALLY freaked me out T_T

the end. of meeee :(

EDIT2:
I HATE. WHEN I HATE. MY WORK.
and i hate THIS PIECE OF CRAP that must bring in to be critiqued, it just should just burn. along with my other piece that's sitting my cabinet. I HATE THIS FEELING
rararara

20080922

:)

HULLO ANGELI :D

20080920

Love like Oxygen

i went to harker this morning to take retakes, that was fun :P

i ate too much at lunch.

i hate writing poems about neurons.

my mom told me about this seminar she listened to recently that had multi-ethnic speakers from local companies speak. they were all female bigshots.
Q and A
Q: how did you get the place you're at in such a male-dominated field?
A: i've never though about it. i grew up in china and the communists teach that men and women are equal. women own half the sky, we are capable of doing anything men are.
owned.

BBL!

20080919

Matriculation was less than four weeks ago.

O_O senior year is slooow
that's good and bad :( :)

this week was pretty okay!
i felt good about my stats and mando tests and i'm totally :D over my english paper :))
apes kinda sucked though :(
i got to play one tennis match and i won!
wasn't very productive with APSA
the fall sports program is selling sooo well, if only the printer would cooperate!

week in a nutshell^

this afternoon was fun, i got to wear anthony's jersey even though he's crippled (in the brain)
i was so excited!! i've never worn a jersey before O_O hahaha
i want to wear one to hc :B hahaha
today, i hung out with juniors D: grosss
just kidding. sort of.
i like individual juniors so yeah i hung out with the ones i liked.
the game was super fun
although kinda heartbreaking at the end :/
our boys were amazing, though!
they take it so seriously and i love that.

JAMES LICK, next week :))

senior portrait retakes tomorroww blerrhgghhg D:

20080917

Love story.

A woman's heart should be so lost in God that a man needs to seek Him in order to find her.

20080916

I was the scarlet letter

GERRY
the essence of gerry is :) :( D: :D :/ :P
TADA!
the mehnee faces of gerry !

today we played our first match against fremont high. we won! by three points in the tiebreak but it was a really frustrating match bcus the girls definitely thought we were cheating/making bad calls so they called line judges and talked in cantonese the whole time so we were like -___-

i need some music :)

taylor swift is so mega gorgeous T_T in her video :(( so jealous!

i want a romeo!

edit:
I NEED GIRL TALK WITH MIMI! i'm looking forward to EH tomorrow with her :)
BTW HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BESTEST FRIEND!!! 17 :D

I'M EXCITED FOR HOMECOMING!
daniel hawking is such an epik speaker/person in general.
bah i'm excited i'm excited
i'm going to be annoyed though, if the juniors show up in kimonos and rice picker hats and get points. IGNORANT FOOLS D:<
although kimonos, i suppose, were based off the hanfu.
HANFU > QIPAO i wish we wore those instead T_T
tahahha
our last homecoming :(

secret #7
i'm scared of being alone.

20080915

Riding phone lines

THINGS TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE GRADUATION (so far).
1. get to know everyone in the senior class
2. wear someone's jersey at homecoming :)
3. watch the sunrise on the beach with my friends (minus laguna)
4. look decent at formal events :) hahaahahahah

RECAP OF PAST FEW DAYS!
football game was SUPER fun :) i got to hang out with a lot of friends and we printed like 14 FSPs hahaha because the printer was stupid and nirjhar managed to sell all of them in like ten minutes!! i spy income :)
so i spent 2 hours watching a printer print. and talking with friends while they stayed on the border of the forbidden room (44). and then seany and i went to the mall to buy stuff for the dance! :D
the game was AMAZING, our team was AMAZING!!!
dance was slightly stressful until it started, mr daren was upset that we came half an hour later than we said we would (we called!!) and the decorations were meh bcus the glow in the dark paint didn't have enough time to set AND the dj came 15 minutes before 8. SO nervewracking. besides that, the atrium is NOT the ideal place for a dance, i came out sweating like no other and mostly deaf :/
but i had fun!!
sunday,
i went to church, than to crepe daniel with my sisters, mother, cousin, and viriginia! afterwards, i got my hair cut. lol second time EVER at a real place, and this is why i don't pay for haircuts. it looks exactly the same as when my mom cuts it -__- sort of. then i did hw and cried and whined about college until the wee hours of the morning/worked on my personal statement.

this week, i have three tests
and i feel like school is REALLY starting now. i didn't do an SAT practice test this weekend :( and my personal statement is crap.
BUT
i'm playing tomorrow! and the fall sports program came out despite all the chaos and problems.

i REALLY don't want to do this psych "book"...

20080914

What goes around comes around

this post is long overdue.

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

things to learn:
there are seasons of life, they have beginnings and endings, time does not stand still.
there are ups and downs, and sometimes, little satisfaction in hope for the next season.
so recognize the season you're in, don't forget that it will be over. realize that time doesn't stand still nor can it be reversed.

encouragement:
live in the here and now, don't be naive or overly concerned with what is out there, be on your knees and know where God is taking you.

(lesson courtesy of eric maxwell :))

20080911

like learning to fly or falling in love

one step at a time.

i've been writing one paper all night, thank goodness it's my only homework.
today was a good day :)

i love my class. so very much :))
we might suck at spirit but we have character! hahaa!
Our focus should be on unity, not pushing a personal agenda or participating in other partisan actions. As a member of the Class of 2009, the greatest class to be present on this campus - no, the greatest class to be gracing this campus with our very presence - I will personally state that I, [insert name here!], will put forth my best foot in regards to supporting whichever decision you lot come up with.
THANK YOU, DANIEL HAWKING, thank you! :)

nothing says bonding like a chain email between 173 kids.
ohana, '09.

20080910

Nuh Reul Saranghae

for some reason, when i watch big bang's parody of S.E.S, it makes them like 5x more attractive. same with watching the boyband collab "WONDERBOYS" hahaah that stuff is SO good and taemin is SO cute! and seungri :)
however, jokwon has the best expressions and shindong is the manliest....
sungmin is just plain girl :(

lol TODAY someone said
"i never knew yearbook had so many hot girls!"
....
HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHA
:DD
and also
"if you were coming it'd be ten times more fun"
:(( I WISH I WERE, I WISH I WERE.

anyways, the FSP is nearly there! i'm kinda proud of it :)

I AM SO EXCITED FOR HOMECOMING
i LOVEEEE our class
our email chains are SOO STUPID and every year, we manage to have a couple, but they're so hilarious and i like reading them :B hahaaha
i hope the juniors get the theme they voted on ;)

TEEHEEEE
anyhooo

EVERYONE NEEDS TO BUY THEIR YEARBOOK AND GO TO THE MIXER ON SATURDAY! i'm sooo psyched :))

i feel happy for some reason :/
should i? hrm

bahaha i hear beijing huang ying ni downstairs
they still play that??

20080909

WHAT about my mom?

i'm so torn D:
the whole santa catalina tournament + FSP release is killing me.
i feel like most of responsibility lies here while part of me wants to be there.
and i think that if this wasn't an issue, cecil and i would definitely be on the ladder as 3 doubles :(
I DON'T WANT TO REGRET THIS DECISION.

i'm kinda jealous of the team~

otherwise, this week has been alright. i'm getting used to the lack of sleep pattern i have going on here, and getting to school at an unGodly hour for various reasons...
WAFFLE WEDNESDAY TOMORROW! :)
free food makes getting up early allll better.

on another note, i'm COMPLETELY psyched for the dance on saturday! i'm kinda sad that we're potentially losing 400 dollars just if those many people show up in neon clothes, 400 dollars we could have had!!! bcus honestly, i don't care if you guys dress up or not. 400 dollars! i suppose 200 bcus we split. but whatevs, it's going to be SO FUN.
i'm excited to DANCE THE NIGHT AWAAAY~
it's been too long :)

i'm yaaarninggg to move.
last night mai and i talked about all these dances we would learn/perform/dance production!! and i'm excited to do things. lol

I HOPE THE FSP FINISHES TOMORROW! i'm getting slightly frustrated with yb, i'm not blaming this entirely on ANYONE but i mean, we're all busy...
people just need to learn that these deadlines are VERY important D:<

i think i'm one of those people who need to be honest with themselves and everyone else.

20080907

Closer

dear steffo's blog,
HAPPY 100th POST! :)

i just drank this herbal tea that's made out of...甘草 and 经银花
and it has this strange sweet aftertaste, it's magical.
my mom told me to "watch my pimples" in case they disappear bcus of this stuff.
LOL thanks mom....

I HAVE TOO MUCH WORK THIS WEEKEND.

yesterday,
i woke up early to go to the dentist
then i went to blackford for 5 hours of dance
i did an SAT practice test
and worked on the FSP for 2 or so hours
then we got to see some people after the lawn-in which was fun :)
the weather was so perfect

too bad deniz and i were inside :(

now, i will share some sentences i found of interest in my SAT book:

"The effects of being in love are not only apparent in a person's behavior and appearance, but (answer c) also have an intangible influence on the person's outlook."

"By 2076, the United States will have been a nation for three hundred years, while, by the same year, China has been a nation for almost four thousand years." (mistake still present)

THE END. will blog when stress ends. which is never.

EDIT:
module two in the psych book is a BEAST
"Variations in language-spoken and gestured-may impeed communication across cultures, yet all languages share deep principles of grammar, and people from opposite hemispheres can communicated with a smile or a frown."
"We are each in certain respects like all others, like some others, and like no other. Studying people of all races and cultures helps us discern our similarities and our differences, our human kinship and our diversity."

i read too much today. and i'm not done yet :/

SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE.
i don't care HALF as much as i thought i would
but as a friend?...seriously?
manwhore D:<

"sleep is for the weak." amen, julianne.

the psych book also says that we laugh 30 times more when we're with other people. bcus we don't laugh when we're by ourselves. but i've laughed SOO many times today and it felt good. i suppose i was talking to other people, but still alone.

i didn't go to church today but i prayed real hard. for everything to fall into place....

20080905

20080904

Gossip Boy

younha's new album is pretty :) i love her piano parts.
which reminds me that i still haven't seen the opening of gossip girl!!! SAD FACE (as gerry and won say loll)

[22:10] biettang: aww
[22:10] biettang: i miss you too

bahhh
:(

photo day is tomorrow! yeaaahh no. not excited :( i hate being unphotogenic.
I'M SO EXCITED FOR HOMECOMING :))
i hope tomorrow is fun.
it's too hot to do anything physical/statistics.
MEGAN MIGHT VISIT TOMOROW AGAIN <3
this post is rather sporadic.

on another note, if you have any classes in the S&T building (or even if you don't), try going upstairs and running by the soundproof walls really fast and close to the wall. you go deaf in one ear O_O it's pretty cool. i did it several times today.

20080902

Tragedy of the Commons

is what we had to read for APes yesterday, the title is so epic but the only thing epic about it is how ridiculously long and boring it is. well actually, it's not TOO bad but at 1am, it's pretty bad.
i'm considering rereading it for the quiz tomorrow, though.

we had people over at our house everyday this weekend and on sunday, albert and anthony paid me a visit. bcus the only way they would leave winny's house is if they could come to mine -_-
so we stood in my dark driveway and chatted. sooo shady.
anyways, that was exciting, kind of.
the yearbook party was also at my house on sunday and i'd say it was a smashing success :) i miss the old kids. BTW HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY JIEJIE :)
the food was excellent, as always.
i stayed up late working on APsa and the homework i procrastinated on the whole weekend :(

today would probably be a BAD day but it's not thursday and for some reason, i don't feel BAD.
i feel kind of happy all the time. i don't think i feel the extreme pressure yet. i realize it, though.
my locker hates me and wouldn't open the whole day until like, after college counseling :(
and i flunked my psych pop quiz bcus i don't have a book and blehhh i'm so annoyed, even though everyone failed it and she's dropping the lowest score...
i felt like i failed the FIRST QUIZ (beside summer reading) OF THE YEAR and yeah i felt pretty crappy. but not anymore :/
have i become apathetic? not really...
i don't know :/
i got to see won hee today during lunch. and i'm really happy that i'm seeing ana so much more than the past three years and simi is in my yearbook class :))
i don't see the guys THAT often i GUESS
at least brian thinks so :P haha i see you guys enough :)

mr. walsh is really cool, i think. he's gone all over the world and speaks so many different languages and has a great sense of humor :P plus, we got upgraded to the S&T building!! so exciting.
anyways, afterwards, i had to go to tennis :( tennis should be illegal on hot days like today. i sweat a lot and probably burned my cheeks (although not as bad as before).
TOMORROW IS WEDNESDAY AND I LOVE THOSE cept they're not as laidback as thursdays. i think bad days may fall less often on thursdays this year! my schedule is slightly in my favor. kind of.

in psych, we talked about how we can't really trust our own intuition and our feelings and our minds and whatever. that makes me VERY INSECURE.
God, why are we so complex?

i told my mom today about jose's adventure in mandarin in telling us that
他买了八只鸡。
and i asked her, WHY WOULD HE BUY THEM?
and she said
well we bought some in australia and you played with them when you were little and i was like
wtf
...i played with bebe chickens. LOL
apparently at the victora market in melbourne held every weekend, they sell strange things like bebe birdies :P

those were good times! the '90s, LOL
in australia,
i remember driving to sydney once WITHOUT MY SEAT BELT, i was born a rebel.
and being afraid to walk to the park because of wolves and dingoes. and when i would make my cousin buy me balloons even though all he wanted to do was watch basketball.
and when i visited my grandparents in shanghai, it was pouring rain. my grandma could still walk then :)
and when i went to fuzhou, my grandma made chicken soup and i planted a pipa tree. my grandpa killed it, i think. i used to make him send me monthly updates on how his i'm-going-to-quit-smoking plan was going. it didn't work :(
i also remember chasing down the ice cream man when we lived in the ghettos (jk) of berkeley with my daddy. and watching asian boys steal turtles from golden gate park every weekend, and flying kites on the beach!
my childhood was good.
i pity my sisters, somehow. they're growing up in a much sadder world.
is this tragedy of the commons? not really. i'm not exploiting all the good, natural, simple pleasures in life in self-interest. they just seem to disappear by themselves...
and i'm sorry for it.

i'd like to meet this ABC guy at my mom's work. but i'm afraid i might slap him.
he's a real asshole :)