Wise words from my father

"The SAT is a test for test-takers. That's what the Chinese are trained to do: take endless yes/no, black/white tests; your mom is very good at tests like the SAT cause she's been trained. I am not. But you Americans learn the maybe/depends, gray-area tests, so I love American tests.

You know, Caroline, the area of China near the Russian border is very cold, so I went to the library. The library was always warm. After dinner, I would tell my friend to save me a seat at the library and I would go there after I eat so that I could sleep. I slept until closing time, then I went back to my dorm to play. I played all day."

Wow, thanks Daddy. Those are some great genes you gave me...

All over the place

It's getting harder to keep up with everything... too much is happening now. Homework load is at its all-time high, and that's pretty much on a daily basis. But I guess that's good. I feel like I'm actually learning math this year cause my AP Calc teacher, Ms. Nguyen, is a demanding yet awesome teacher. My other teachers quite likeable too: with Madame Topping, I'm actually starting to enjoy French; it's impossible to fall asleep in Ms. Conradson's class cause she is so lively; Mr. Henschtke is quite laid-back and the concepts he teaches in Anatomy are pretty interesting; Ms. Meyer's class is a lot of notes and homework problems but Ms. Meyer is still Ms. Meyer lol; and I'm kinda looking forward to actually covering and writing events in Journalism. Some classes are a draaaag and feel like they're never ending, but I have some pretty great people in my classes.

I miss swimming a lot. I feel like I'm getting fat and my eating patterns are slightly off. It's gonna be quite difficult to juggle swimming and school once MTW starts in October, but I think I can manage. I can handle 5 hours of sleep each night... as long as I get myself used to it.

Chinese school might not be insanely boring this year. My teacher, Kong lao shi, loves our input and actually listen to what we have to say. Plus, it's a small class so everyone kinda knows each other already. And we're doing stuff that we actually feel like we need to learn. It's appearing to be a really personalized class and I love that. I really need to focus on Chinese this year cause I need to decide whether I want to take AP Chinese or SAT II Chinese.

I feel stupid talking with retainers. But there is no way in hell I am getting my braces back on again. On the bright side, my retainers are a beautiful shade of blue that I very much like!

OH HEEEEY, I'M LICENSED! But no car yet, boooo. My cousin is going back to China in October though, and I think I might get his kinda boring but driveable Toyota Camry, the car that I grew up in lol. OH, AND FOR THE RECORD, I will NOT offer rides. People are already starting to ask me for rides and my answer is NO, unless you have a legitimate reason or it's some kind of an emergency. Otherwise, get your own license, buy your own car, and break the law yourself.

I blush too easily. It's increasingly becoming a much-hated problem.

Junior year at-a-glance

My "locked" schedule, as determined by the loooovely Ms. Harke. I am pretty pleased with it, I got most of the teachers I wanted. Hopefully, I pass US History this summer so I can take Ceramics 4th period instead (and have 3 electives, hehe).

1st - AP Calculus AB (Nguyen)
2nd - Honors English (Conradson)
3rd - Anatomy (Henschtke)
4th - AP US History (Ducote)
5th - AP Chemistry (Meyer)
6th - Journalism (Colburn)

I have been taking naps on a daily basis now... I NEVER take naps! I think I am stressing out a little with all the crap I have to do, almost as stressed as I was during the school year. Did I mention that Tram found a white hair on me? I believe it represents my sophomore year, cause at the root, the hair was black... but it gradually turned to brown and blonde then WHITE for at least 5 inches, then at the very tip was black hair again (which probably represents June, which was kinda laidback).

9am

Relay for life was grrrreat! :) It was COOOOLD as hell but we had blankets to share, WHEEWOO. For the record, Vy Phung likes to sleep on the inside and snore, Tram is annoying at night (actually, all the time!!!), Brian Trinh is a freakin pillow and blanket hog as well as a twitcher and snorer, Meera is a coughing-in-the-face jerk<333, Jeffrey inhales fried rice and falls asleep in a popcorn pit, Ashley knocks out completely!!!, and victoria aint ever going to Marsh Road again (but congratulations!, teehee). I got 2 hours of sleep, yay meee!

Dude... Valley Christian High school is on a hill! They rich!

I am in a uberly goodgoodgood moodmoodmood tototoday (Which is actuallly realllllly annoying- Tram). I love everyone!!! I love morning practice!!! I love physics!!! I love life!!!

Oh by the way, my computer has a damn virus. ASDFGHJKL;!@#$%^&*()@#$%^&*

Smooooothie

PE is over! I am pretty sure I have an A in that class, although our team's 2 losses today might lower it to an A-. Today was my last day of PE... EVER! I am all done with those unnecessary credits, BOOYAH. And the Honors Chem final is over!!!! And I don't know my grade on it exactly, but my overall grade is an A-, whoot whoot! Time to celebrate :)

I think I might sleep early today, like at around 11 o'clock. The earliest since... as far back as I remember. Maybe since February break even. Thank god I don't have any hard finals tomorrow. Just AP World (AP testing is over, so we aren't doing anything hard) and Precal (if I get a D on the final, my grade go down to an A-). 2 more days of school!

It was nice catching up today, it's been a while.

Sleep no more

I am really bad at memorizing things, due to my sucky memory. And I need to buy something to get rid of those dark circles under my eyes. I have been getting 5-6 hours of sleep each night and sleep deprivation makes me feel miserable, vulnerable, and extremely moody. Everything is instantly interpreted by me to be more dramatic than it would have been interpreted in reality. I am so drained, emotionally and physically.

You know the character, Ross, in Macbeth? I really feel like we have a lot in common, and not in a good way. I feel like I am not as honest to certain people as I should be, sometimes because a certain person told me not to and sometimes because I didn't want to for my own reasons (selfish much?). Or maybe I am just overreacting. God, I really need some damn sleep!!

Yay my mommy is back from Canada! And OMG she bought maple cream cookies!<3 And OMG there is a chocolate version, like Oreos! Or should I say... biscuits a la creme d'erable & biscuits au chocolat a la creme d'erable.

Materialistic

I got a new queen-sized bed, finally! It was a Christmas present my parents promised to me when I said my bed was too small, then I changed my mind when I realized I would be leaving for college in 2 years anyway, then a week ago, they convinced me to get it cause it was like 70% off and SUPER COMFORTABLE. I really could have fallen asleep in the middle of Sears in Newark. I am so excited to starting dreaming in it! (Hopefully it will be set up by tomorrow night)

I am considering getting an iTouch, with my own $$. The Apps are so awesome and I absolutely love anything touchscreen. But mostly for the reason that my mom lost her nano (actually, she left it at the gym and the guy who said he found it ended up denying its existence, STUUUUPID!) and doesn't want to buy a new one, so I am giving her mine. I am possibly even considering an iPhone to replace my LG Shine that I am beginning to hate. I use the internet on my phone almost daily but it's so damn slow. And texting too, ugh.

Other than that, TGIF definitely. My eyes were fluttering in every class (especially 6th with Mollot!) from sleep deprivation. I desperately need sleep. But... life goes on. No sleeping in tomorrow, gotta wake up early to get those 8 hours of community service time.

I swear, my memory is getting worse and worse.