Thursday, January 30, 2003

doesnt help much if i got an alarm clock that doesnt wake me up eh? Mabbe it was cuz i went to sleep extremely early last nite that i was able to pry myself from the comfort of my bed. im thinking, alarm clocks just dont like me very much... i've given up on them..all i can count on is sleeping earlier or something crazy like that.

haha.. funny stuff. so today... i walk into bio... and we get our tests back... didnt do too shabbishly.. astonishingly well for a bio-oph who fell asleep w.o studying. *sigh* so usually.. i write the answers to the problems i get wrong in my ntbk... so i dig around my backpack.. and i see no sign of a ntbk.. so i thought, mabbe i left it at home or something. so i finish writing out all the problems i miss and i for some odd reason.. i kick glorias chair.. (in front of me) and i see my ntbk on the floor. and i thought.."hey.. where'd that come from"... so that was pretty kewl... then gloria turned around and looked at my ntbk "hey.. where'd that come from?" and then she looked under her chair and saw a bio book, "hey oph.. is that urs too?" so yea... i left the bio room w/o my ntbk and my book after the test yesterday. what i conclude from this is... the bio room doesnt get cleaned.. cuz... my stuff was in the same position as b4... i also realized.. i am a very forgetful person....i even forgot my guitar after sfc today.

another thing i've concluded.....when i arrive on time to sfc... i forget my guitar... when i remember my guitar.. i dont get there on time.......when i get to sfc on time.. and bring my guitar...... i end up playing all by myself....yea.. it was pretty wild n crazy... usually.. i'm seen and not heard at sfc.. cuz.. i try to keep my mad guitar skills at a low level.. and let jeff run his stuff... but guess today was kewl... new experience..

gahh... parents made fajitas for dinner.. i at like.. 5... man.. HEB tortillas... are.. amazingly wonderful.. never tasting something so extravagantly delicious in my life...wahh.. so good.. so good... so good... imma go outline bio now..^_^ (hey.. if u had a million chapters to outline.. i think u'd be starting now too....)

Wednesday, January 29, 2003

up top... dreambook.. yea.. hard to find... sorry..cant seem to put things on properly... i mean. heck my counter is on the very bottom.. so dreambook at the very top.. just as good.. and even better if u sign i guess... so yea.. wouldnt mind if u do...u all have a very nice week!... sleep tight
fallin f0r y0u: hm..you're awfully close to crossing the line from CHUMBUDDY to CHUMP..

Auto response from OpHeEeNieEe: yes i am working on that wicked subject.....which i love so very much at times....

fallin f0r y0u: especialy with this last part: ....which i love so very much at times....
fallin f0r y0u signed off at 8:20:43 AM.
fallin f0r y0u signed on at 8:22:13 AM.
fallin f0r y0u: ok..

Auto response from OpHeEeNieEe: yes i am working on that wicked subject.....which i love so very much at times....

fallin f0r y0u: you better be sleeping.
fallin f0r y0u: this is FAR too much time spent on hw
fallin f0r y0u: terrible
fallin f0r y0u: if you're not sleeping,
fallin f0r y0u: im afraid to tell ya, but you have entered the world of chumps
fallin f0r y0u: actually, youve been doin hw so long you may be the president by now
Headline news: Ophelia got an alarm clock!!! lets hope this is the end of her ... being late to everything days! OH.. and it gets better... so i thought the clock i was getting was 14.99 rite? but when i got to the register..it was only 10 ^_^.. still pricey for an alarm clock... (cuz i got my old one.. 13 yrs ago at a garage sale......does make u wonder how i'm EVER on time...) but my dad said get a good one.. that'll last me a real long while... so i got a clock priced in the medium range.... and it took me like.. an hr to decide on a clock.. sheesh.

yea.. last nite... my bad habit kicked in again... i've got this.. fold out bed/chair thing in my room.. and i was sitting on it to study so my butt wouldn't hurt. So it's about 9:30ish.. and i didn't take a nap after an intense workout... so by that time.. i was incredibly tired...but i was thinking... no prob.. i'll tough it out... dont have too much hw.. just need to study for bio....so i turn to look at my clock again.. after what seemed like...4 minutes... but it was 4:30am!!!! ....so then i looked down on my bed where i was resting my head... and there was a puddle of drool.. so apparently.. i did fall asleep....and then.. my alarm clock failed me once again.. so when i awoke i told my dad.. and he shoved me some cash and said, "it is most definitely time for you to purchase a new alarm clock...." then it hit me.. i forgot all about my bio test!!!......whoa.. yea...and i had a snhs meeting to.. so then i wouldnt have mass time to study. BUt as it turned out.. the bio test wasn't so bad... i'm pretty confident i passed....=D

herm...im hungry... food!

Tuesday, January 28, 2003

First off.. much apologies to jeff and steph... AGAIN... gag.. when i go to sfc on time.. i forget my guitar... when i remember to place my guitar in my car for sfc.. i dont get there on time.. and time and time again these two great people have put up with me. Thanks and i apologize for today... and.. last thursday.. and wait.. last tuesday too? It's definitely time for a new alarm clock... that sounds familiar.. i think i've been saying that since thanksgiving.. and it's a miracle i'm still kinna waking up on time.....

it's a pain to run in the rain... but i think it makes me run faster.. it just freaks me out to think that i mite eat some ground when i hurdle... (yea.. one of our hurdler jokes... "ur gonna eat it!" Haaaha) i was feeling extreme crummy at the nhs meeting today.. holy shmole.. i hadnt had any water to drink all day.. and we sprinted today.. and urgh.. total lack of oxygen to my system.. so close to passin out.. was my face really that purple?..... thank God for recovery. yea.. from now on.. bringing my own water bottle. OH OH OH!!! i got a personal best today!!! ahhhh.. ran a 33-200 ^_^ OH.. and also got a life record.... (so mabbe u dont get slower as u grow older... herm..) ran a 12.14-100!!! chabam..(tied with Brit..hehe.. numba 1 varsity hurdler..o yeeeah!) so yea.. first meet rollin around in a few weeks... whoa.. wait.. 2 weeks!?!?! gahhh. anyhoo.. finally putting forth some goals... actually i have the same track goal as i've had since the 8th grade (cept i cant beat Grace Travis anymore... ) but yea.. i can still try to accomplish 3-stepping. *sigh*... on my "life's dreams" list.... so when my dream comes true... imma celebrate.. and mabbe leave some other hurdlers trailin in my dust ^_*
yes... bio... test... tomorrow...*sigh...i do not see myself with a life this semester.. every word that comes out of my mouth.... every thought that pops outta my brain.. and smell that i encounter... every little thing... will be bio... bio .. bio.......xiao's rite... i am BIO-oph..imma go study... mabbe get my life back

Monday, January 27, 2003

oh.. whats this? you didn't notice ophelia's dreambook at the very top of her blog? always over look it when visiting her blog? Well, now that you know it's there..... i think it's about time you signed it... it's starting to look real sad... and it's gonna leave soon.. if someone doesn't make it feel special.... so anyhooo.. yea... dreambook... at top of blog.. sign it... plx...*_*

chinese new years food... is truely God sent.
herm... i'm had one of those... weekends..... everytime i'm with michelle... she says "i'm gonna blog you" at least... 15 times... and good thing... she doesnt remember everything.... but last nite... i had this really bad incident...it was so dumb.. i have to blog myself.. i dun think i've done anything so amazingly horrible in my life before....

after fellowship, headed to denny's and decided i wasn't gonna get anything there.. and i wanted to get a cherry limelade from sonic. SO i drive to sonic. If you've ever seen me park... u know.. i cud be given the worst parker of the century award (cept at school.. ^_^).... AND to make things worse... sonic is incredibly difficult for me to park..... as IF parking wasn't a big enuf challenge as it is. SO yea.. i turn into sonic.. and park... and i'm completely diagnal in the parking space... i stick my arm out.. in hopes to reach the button.. no cud do..so i back up... and try to park slightly better. As it turned out.. i ended up running right into the bush....i gasp... and i back out again... and then i attempt parking again and i ended up the way i started (diagnal in the parking space)... so figure... 4th times the charm ya kno?...and i park again... and guess wut?... i smack into the bush...AGAIN... and so.... i shake my head..... and i back up... and my idiotitc nature kicks in...and i try to park.. YET AGAIN... and this time.... .............i park.. successfully. i'm sitting there....and i was thinking.. it's prolly cheaper to get apple pie ale mode from denny's.. so.. i shift into reverse.. (after all my trouble).. i turn to my right... and look at the car 2 parking spaces next to me.. and there's this couple.. staring at me with their jaws dropped open... (seriously.. their mouths were so big.. i cud stuff a pomelo in there... i've never had anyone point and laugh at me so hard in my live b4)... so yea.. i back up... and drove to denny's.. and when i got there.. .i thanked GOd....6 times..(one for each time i parked that nite)... for parking correctly the 6th time...

Sunday, January 26, 2003

jdaVII: i realized that
jdaVII: the way to make ur name sounf ghetto is by
jdaVII: take the first letter od ur first name and combine it w/ the 1st syllabe of ur last name
jdaVII: u knoe
jdaVII: like j.lo
OpHeEeNieEe: o.wo?
jdaVII: or t.mac
jdaVII: hahahhah
jdaVII: at least its not a .ya
OpHeEeNieEe: LOL
jdaVII: (which sounds like aiya)
LMBO

Saturday, January 25, 2003

^_^....wut blogs need are real smiles. YES.. my prayers have been answered. The week actually ended....heheh.... yay!! this whole weeks been great (minus the fact that.. i actually didnt "study" for SATs) but anyhoo.. it was.. *thumbs up* Wednesday... great prayer meeting. Prayer is great. I always have this great sense of satisfaction when all of us gather together and pray out loud. I get this.. contentment.. that cant be fulfilled elsewhere. Prayer is great.
I didn't get too much sleep... which is prolly the only downside to this week.... but i did well on tests and quizzes.. sorta.. and OH.. on monday.. i packed my own lunch. .haven't done that in a while.... i packed: chicken salad sandwich, mini-nutrigrain bars, and a new large size lichee cup. The best lunch have had in a long while.. and i didn't even have to stuff it in my face like i usually have to.

Then.. practice was awesome on friday.... i was a little nervous all days.. and my teeth were getting the chills from being so nervous.. cuz b4 i race.. i always get the chills. BUt anyways.. i ran well...78-400, 34-200... if that makes any sense.. i'm hoping to improve over the course of the season! ^_^ OH YAY... running hurdles next week!!... that means.. shorter workouts.. and more stretching... and doing something i actually like.

SATs.. today... eh.. saw lots of clements ppl at kempner... *shakes head*....late registrators...well.. wut more need i say.. i took the SATs today
then after SATs..hehe the fun began.

chilled with my wavelength sis/ dork brutha. we ate gyros...and stuffed our faces.. like dorks.... (ie... dorky bruthas...) then we watched... "Darkness Falls"... came out of the theaters....and laughed our heads off... and ppl looked at us like we were dorks.... then went to maggie moos... and saw viv, tiff and her dad. We got ice cream.. once again.. stuffing our faces... with much pleasure.

as deb and i headed to ice cream (looking at car in front of us)

O:.. hey.. look at that lisence plate..(Cho-ch)
D: yea.. looks like some ghettos who dont know how to say church
O: ... cho-ch... o yea... it does sound like it...
D&O:.. HAHAHAHAHA LOBO
O:.... omg.. look at that guys hair (talking about the guy inside the cho-ch car)
D:.. whoa....
O: doesn't it look like a birds nest?
D: yea... who'd wanna wear a birds nest on their head?
D&O: LOBO
D:... that's some really weird hair.. wudnt it be funny if it was a girl?
O:haha... yea it wud
(the cho-ch car turns into the mall and i see the profile of the driver)
O: AHHH... it is a girl!!!... she has a ponytail!!!
D:>.....AAHHHH
D&O: LOBO!!!!

Thursday, January 23, 2003

being a female sure is in high demand

DarkJediPete: yeah if i were a girl...i'll probably have break outs all over my face or look butt ugly cuz i'm too lazy to use make-up


but see.. there are plenty of beautiful women who do not use artificial beauty ^_^
score! no intense workout today!.... YEEaHH!! we just had to run to woodstream and back... 3 and some odd miles.. *sigh...that actually made my aching legs feel SO much better. but.. tomorrow.. gahhh.. time trials....i do not like racing (without hurdles that is...hehe...).. i use to be speedie opheeni.. but now... i'm slowfo.. the opho. getting old.. and my running is a sure sign of that. i use to love running track cuz i was actually good... and i actually won... but now.. i'm just running to get personal bests...but i think the best feeling about a competition is knowing that you went out there and ran your hardest and did better than the last time. I always get such a high out of doing better.. i remeber getting a 52 flat frosh year for the 300m... and i cuda kissed my fish.. it was the greatest thing in the world. (at the moment anyhoo).. but yea.. i'm ready for this week to be OVER. Then SAT.. and then i have a wonderful saturday to look foward to! ^_^ oh.. and to make tomorrow even better... after time trials tomorrow... practice is over..*sigh.. i'll be able to get my hinny audi the track when the period ends.. whew*...

yea.. SFC tomorrow.. after school.. rm 1324.... u guys shud come... a great opportunity to give adulation to our mighty God!!! Be there ^_*
alex's greatest fear

jdaVII: did u just call me a girl?

Tuesday, January 21, 2003

Furi0us F R Ed: so can u outrun me?
OpHeEeNieEe: i bet i cant
Furi0us F R Ed: really
OpHeEeNieEe: guys are suppose to run faster
OpHeEeNieEe: and IF ur as buff as u claim to be.. u prolly run faster
OpHeEeNieEe: or actually.....
Furi0us F R Ed: i don't kno, i run pretty close to the speed of light
OpHeEeNieEe: oh well... then.. i can outrun u..;-)
Furi0us F R Ed: so u'd have to b pretty fast to beat me
Furi0us F R Ed: i can also jump 29.6 feet standing
OpHeEeNieEe: u got me there...
Furi0us F R Ed: and i can bench press 190 pounds with one hand
Furi0us F R Ed: and i can fly
OpHeEeNieEe: =-O
words of my fellow brad-aholics


honda51girl: just read da blog........duuude.....if you cant see hot guys farther than 10 feet away...life just isnt the same
honda51girl: i mean...what if you watched brad in theater
honda51girl: would you want his face to look like a blonde smudge?
honda51girl: nooooooo way
honda51girl: but i thought u already had glasses
honda51girl: hrm. yeah. i dont know how you could live without seeing the full intensity of brad and his brad-ness
honda51girl: just my opinion tho :-D i am a little biased....being that i think that i am going to steal him from jennifer some day.......
honda51girl: *ahem* i mean....im a normal person...
honda51girl: but yeah. imo (in my opinion..) I say 2 thumbs up for contacts...or at least glasses....glasses would be fun....mark was wanting me to get glasses...they are like accesories. fun stuff.
honda51girl: okay well i gotta go


actually.. i do have glasses.. cept i sat on em a while back.. and now they're crooked.. and i cant seem to find a pair of glasses that fit my nose.. and now that you put getting contacts that way.. herm.. wut more do i need to think about?
o man... o man.. o man.....the lactic acid in my legs are pumping like mad..... it hurts to walk.. and i waddle like a duck... cant seem to walk straight. i cud sense that there was no oxygen in my head.... i cud barely breathe... so got half way through my work out and called it quits... cuz.. my leg was in cramp SO bad.. i cudn't walk over to the coach. so i sat with my head in the air next to the fence... i got a lot of funny looks.. but when ur in pain.. who cares. This is the time in the track season that i regret running.....5 yrs now... *sigh.. and you reach that point... where u have to drag yourself to practice. When i came home.. i was SO tired... i was kneeling by the couch studying sat vocab... and i looked at the clock.. .and it was 3:45.... it felt like 3 seconds.. but when i looked at the clock again it was 6!!!...man o man... it still burns.. ouch... must go stretch again!

I've realized something else. i'm really considering contacts.. no matter how much i dont wanna get em... i've decided.. i'm pretty blind.. i have a clear vision range of like.. 10 feet... but i've become quite good at guessing who or what a distant object/person is. even tho.. often times.. my mad guessing skills fail me. it's funny... everyday before practice.. i walk down the same hallway and every day i pass alex... and everyday .. i dun realize that he's waving to me.. until he's about.. 2 feet away... then.... today after practice.. i was walking to my car...and i see this figure that looks like mok... BUT... just in case my mad skills had failed me again... i didnt wave.. and as it turned out.. it WAS him.... so.. to get contacts or not to get contacts... i'm leaning towards not.. but we'll see....
so you go to college... and you really do lose track of your years.....

OpHeEeNieEe: well imma taking sats on sat
CyndiC02: you are?
CyndiC02: wait... you're a...
CyndiC02: junior

*shakes head*

Monday, January 20, 2003

got an interesting email

WRITING WITH LIGHTENING IN THE DARK
All things work together for good for those who love God.
--- Romans 8:28

There is no denying the emotional and intellectual impact of the media
on every aspect of our culture.
There are those who do not trust their own convictions and see in every
contradictory image or story a threat which should be removed. There
are those who see all human expression as some kind of poetic movement
back to God.

On soap operas, situation comedies, adventure films, love stories,
whatever, if you look at them through the prism of poetry, you will find
unmistakable references to ancient traditional and Christian stories.
Behind the western, for example, there is the eternal struggle between
good and evil.

Do not let your heart be troubled if something appears on the surface
to run contrary to your beliefs. Behind the action there may be a
traditional figure who mirrors some human quality of Christ. Good will
triumph. Our hearts will know the truth.

i've realized something.... i really appreciate song artists that dont curse in their music... all the secular songs i like are cuss-free.

i had an interesting dream last night. i was sitting on a chair in my bathroom cuz i was suffering from indigestion (which i was last night) waiting for my burps to pass. Suddenly i get sucked into the sink. When i awoke, i was a prisoner of a ship full of canibals. Then this guy that looked like mr. cobra bubbles is wearing a dress and runs towards me and says " a telegram for you miss" and it's from this dude named nathan whom i knew from fifth grade... and apparently he became a sha of some distant arabian country and he was inviting me to be his concubine.... for some extremely odd reason.. i wanted to be his concubine.. cuz he was looking for a concubine that cud play this weird instrument called "the leaf" and it looked like a guitar made out of leaves... and i guess i knew how to play it.. so i'd be the perfect concubine.
Then suddenly i was sitting in a baseball game cheering on some really harry guy and screaming my lungs out.....and then the person sitting next to me spills their snow cone on my brand new shirt and beat them up... then i woke up really confused.
if you get REALLY bored.. go check out joj team blog...(funny stuff)
this morning...while my sis and her friend were deciding what to watch on tv.

sis: do you wanna watch beauty and the beast?
friend: eh...seen that like... a billion times
sis: okaayyy.....eh.. wanna watch monsters inc?
friend: BORING.....wuts next?
sis: fine... eh.. the rockets game?
friend:..... wuts that?
sis: you know.. the rockets game from friday.. it was sooo cool!
friend: what's a rocket?
sis: yao ming... my favorite basketball player... he's like.. 7 feet 6 feet tall.
the perfect solution to indigestion

LeXlAnTiS: u shuld juss punch urself in da stomach
LeXlAnTiS: n make urself fart

Sunday, January 19, 2003

extreme tired-ness... and feeling like a twig... ready to snap from all the pressures of the world. i do NOT wish to go back to school on tuesday... it's like plunging into eternal suffering everytime school rolls back around every week....*sigh*...gah... cycle is beginning again.. never ending! pooh!

anyhoo... had a good weekend....somehow.. some people managed to convince me to go run at 7am on a saturday morning. after 5 days of running during the week.. . i wasn't too enthusiastic about running again.. but to my surprise, it was really relaxing just to run and not have to think about anything...i also thoroughly enjoyed ihop afterwards too... even tho we got a complaint about being too loud.. food was great and it was just some nice chill time...wudn't mind getting up every weekend at 7 and run if i get to go to ihop afterwards (oh.. and if someone payed ^_*....)
skit team practice was eventful... lots of "walking" (khaheea..) not to mention productive and fun times. when fellowship rolled around i was pretty tired...but the problems of materialism still penetrated my head and heart. got home... i was pretty much dead tired...and plunged into bed at 11.

woke up... and ate a really nasty pork bun... begged my parents never to buy that brand again. so i ate.. chee fan again.. (haha.. for dinner and breakfast) God was once again alive during the sermon...and hearing the missionaries talk was very encouraging. sunday school as usual was awesome.... i love my sunday school class....another wonderful motivation to wake up every sunday.
came home after church...dad went to work.. mom went to tennis... isabel went to chelsea's....and i watched lilo and stitch for the first time..hehe.. and yes i did enjoy it. i had the greatest time relaxing today....the fact that i had a tush load of work tonite and tomorrow.. didnt bother me too much... when sats are over.. life will start downhilling a little....OH.. and my mom got this delicious cake from Andre's... whoa. it's like this mango pudding taste... holy chicken.. it was WOW... i ate a big slice... and i still can get enuf of it..ahhhhh.. so good!!!
finally figured out what i'm gonna do with my best buy gift card that davis got me for a going away gift.. haha....(wonder if it still works)
i feel like another movie rite now... herm.. bio first.. then movie... ^_^

Saturday, January 18, 2003

WHAAA.... lakers vs.. Rockets game... it was like whoa*.... so good... so good... so good.....

Friday, January 17, 2003

*long sigh*...was driving to meet up mis padres for dinner.... i saw a site that was a fright..... it was about a million birds on the phone lines on the intersection of austin and hwy 6..... know what that reminded me of? It reminded me of..... THE BIRDS (alfred hitcock movie.....dun dun dun...) it was most definitly a rare site to behold. and a lot of them were flying around in circles (sure sign of pooping birds) and this dude even got a big splat of crap on his window......it was prolly raining poop in that area... i was glad to get audi there....

oh..my song of the week: sweetness - jimmy eat world... the song reminds me of a chick flick..haha.. and of a very funny person i know doing their dance. Now im off to be an SAT mania...7am running? who's idea was this? ^_*
Had a rather strange BUT good day. I've got this funky habit of getting really tired at 11 if i dont take a nap... then i take an 11pm power nap... set alarm and plan on waking at 12... to finish hw. Last nite was the first time this semester i've had to do that..... but then the strange part of power naps is my hand has learned to have quick reflexes when hearing an alarm clock and it doesn't like the snooze.. so then i hit the off button instead and accidentally fall back asleep... so then i end up waking at 2am vs....12am.....I still had to read... 1/2 of Walden (this... yuckness essay by Henry David Thoreau...transcendentalists...*shakes head*).....the natural response for a girl with junioritis/lazybum syndrome.... is say "away with the reading... it's bed time!"...and that's precisely what i did. However... junioritis is not quite as severe as senioritis.. so instead of NOT reading at all... i set my alarm for 6.. so i cud read for 1/2 an hr b4 heading off to school. So when the alarm went off... wabam.. *hand slams off button on clock*

Now.. i also have a second funky habit... it's after i turn off the alarm.. i try not to fall complete back to sleep... so i'm semi-awake and continue waking in 3-minute intervals... so every three minutes i check the clock and close my eyes again and say three more minutes....so... it's abt... 6:45 on my clock and i'm freaking out... like every other morning... and i'm rushing through the shower.... etc etc.... and i run down stairs dreading the thought of how scary my mom wud be if i wake her.... when i get downstairs i head to the microwave for my daily dose of a slice of bread.... and see the clock and it said : 6:09 am........

I had to make a double take there.....wasn't excatly convinced that it was 6 instead of 7... so somehow.. i musta re-adjusted my clock while setting my alarm last nite. BUT after that everything made so much sense.... cuz when i woke up the first time.. i was unusually tired.. and when i was in the shower... i felt like i was gonna fall asleep standing.. but... i usually dont feel that way... so when i saw the clock it all made sense. THe BEST part was that God gave me an extra hr to read Walden.. and i managed to read it afterall!

Then at lunch today.... i asked for roast beef on my sandwich.. the lady gave me turkey.....but that's kewl... cuz... turkey is healthier. English quiz made sense for once... and i managed to pass the scariest pre cal quiz ever... and i finished my track workout w/o puffing and panting too hard. Oh.. but track DID get kinna gross... cuz last nite.. my dad was having too much fun with my computer chair on wheels.. and i was walking back to the comp and he rammed my heal and tore some skin... so when i was running today... it kept scrapping up against it... and i ended up with a bloody sock.. .NE hoo... nap time.. whoa.. long entry..haha..

Thursday, January 16, 2003

aceoFheartsEsquE: maybe i can become aZn :-P
aceoFheartsEsquE: ur hair is cool too
aceoFheartsEsquE: i always wanna pet u cause its cute
aceoFheartsEsquE: ok.. that wasnt out loud

haha.. now it kinna is.....
hey there peaches~ im as tired as a moocow now.. and i have NHS inductions tonite.....bumma....I just got home from half price book stores.... was looking for a book to read for reading workshop... i managed to find Like Water for Chocolate. It's this book that was translated from spanish into english....and like in spanish culture...the youngest daugher cant get married because they have to spend their lives taking care of their folks till the day they die. So basically... there's this youngest daughter of the family ... and she somehow falls in love with this dude. so... they're madly in love and she decides to ask her mother (who is this....whoa momma type of woman) for permission to marry this most fabulous guy in the world. well..... momma says NO... and the worst part is..she offers this chics older sister to marry the dude instead... and the dude accepts this marriage to the older sister.... AND the mom being the tyrant that she is... decides to maker her younger daughter even more miserable by assigning her the task of preparing for her elder sister's wedding to the muchacho of her dreams. However, through her misery... there is one thing that she does not knoe.... this one thing is that... the dude... is STILL secretly madly in love with her.....AND the only reason he's marrying the sister is because he can be with her....

personally.. i think this book sounds pretty good... BUT.. the dude sounds like a totally pathetic bum.. and the mother... is really awful....but i think i'll read it.

Wednesday, January 15, 2003

parents just got home. there are these two pillars between my kitchen and the staircase in my house. I'm eating my slice of bread when i look up and i see my sisters green bear sitting peacefully on the very top of the 8.5 foot pillar. i look at my dad

me: dad...did u climb up on the bar and place the bear up there?
dad: you wont believe what i did... i was jumping around and then i decided to throw the bear up and see if he cud sit on top of the pillar and guess what? yea.. i threw the bear up and he ending sitting erect on top of the pillar.
me: you're lying
dad: NO NO!! i really did... i threw up the bear... and then swoosh it sat down on the pillar.... seriously.. i'm not joking for once
me: (look of disbelief... looks from dad back to top of pillar with bear)
mom: no u didn't... i remember very graphically....i saw you TRY to throw the bear up to the top... failed miserably... and decided to climb up on the bar...and place the bear on top of the pillar.
sis:... what's the right way to eat jello?
Got home from my physical today. Yea...getting physicals has got to be on my "things i abhor most about life" list. However, i have a funny doctor. Every time i go to see her...she asks me the same questions...even though.... she knows the answers.. since she's a family friend and .. well.. parents talk about their kids and she knows all about me anywyz.....so whenever i go to get physicals.. besides her commanding me to do things against my will... she'll ask me a few simple routine questions set aside to be asked.. just for me:

Do you smoke?
Do you do drugs?
Do you have a boyfriend?
When is the right time to have a boyfriend?
Have you ever had a boyfriend?
Do you excersize everyday?
Do you make good grades in school?
Do you think you'd make a good influence on my daughter?
Do you speed when you're on the road?
Are you going to be a doctor when you grow up?

well yea.. basically that's what she asks everytime i go visit. Cept once in a while.. she'll ask me those questions in her mangled canton (she's from some... remote canton province.)
wow yea...glores is rite!... mr. steinkamp does have a heart! WOotyah! no quiz till tuesday! More time to study for SATs!
Track today was painful.....first time in a long while that i've had to run soooo many 150m.....BUT i was saved by the bell and had to go to nhs induction "practice". Total joy...but i am a bit sadden by the fact that we can no longer use real candles for the candle ceremony.....now.. the candles are battery operated. So techincally.... we aren't using candles at all...we're using funky shaped flashlights.......
aiyoh.. got a shot today too... painful to type.. must go now... ta

Tuesday, January 14, 2003

bids good nights...

jdaVII: gnite
jdaVII: goofy ophie doofie
LeXlAnTiS: gnite greg
happiepenguin: byeee
happiepenguin: wonderbuns!
OpHeEeNieEe: nite viv!!
Sunkist8264: nite
Sunkist8264: bbais
OpHeEeNieEe: ta
Sunkist8264: u feelin ok?
one more time now!

"when boys get together, they automatically get stupider." -Mr. Lucus (from the Cosby show)
this is how genius' greet one another

LeXlAnTiS: joe
OpHeEeNieEe: mamma
LeXlAnTiS: wow ur so smart
OpHeEeNieEe: ;-)
OpHeEeNieEe: genius in the house
LeXlAnTiS: u amaze me sumtimes wit ur superior intellect
OpHeEeNieEe: y thank you alex

Monday, January 13, 2003

"when boys get together, they automatically get stupider. It's the rule of subtraction by addition. You have ten boys, now add one girl to that, you lose 10 brains." -Mr. Lucus (from the Cosby show)

First real workout of the track season. So much fun. I was tired, but now i'm alert. It is true, that exercising makes you more awake, but only to be more tired later. So while i'm still awake, i'm gonna do hw! O yea... thanx everyone who helped me with my essay. I guess it went already. Had steady control of the first paragraph then .... my brain plunged downhill. I ended up making up a lil.. story thing in my intro then talking about conformity and all that "foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds" dealio. Bwah... glad it's over.. okay... ta.. have a great week!

Sunday, January 12, 2003

XXXXXXXXX: school is nuts
XXXXXXXXX: i've never disliked it THIS much
XXXXXXXXX: is this natural?
happiepenguin: aiyah
happiepenguin: next year will be worse
happiepenguin: seniors!
happiepenguin: were gona be lazy buns
happiepenguin: i mean bums
happiepenguin: hahha
Yes..some very observant people have noticed that i dont update 10 times everyday anymore. Infact i dont even update regularly (everyday) anymore. I believe... that online time has taken much control of my life. Therefore, it is time to wise up and spend more quality time in my time management department. I am pleased to find that i rank numba 9 on Gideon's blog rankings... i'm still in the top single digits... wabAM! Hum... so my blog entries.. dont make sense eh? Oh ok. I'll admit that sometimes (often times.. as some may say) i am off in my own little world. (as are we all at some odd moments in our lives) Obviously... i do not try to not make any sense... it's just that... my human-ness w/in.. sometimes causes wut i think to make sense only to me. (see.. that didnt make much sense either)
Now.. the question comes down to whether Gideon is a level above me.. or if he's a level below me.. thus causing him to NOT understand my blog? Let's think about this for a moment. seeing that i dont know him very much....wut do those of you who know him think?

Thursday, January 09, 2003

jdaVII: anywys..these companies keep mailing me their prom dress catalogs
jdaVII: they think im a girl
jdaVII: so wen all the girls were lookg at em at skool
jdaVII: i was like hey..i got one of those too
jdaVII: haha

alex's wanna know something funny story of the night

Wednesday, January 08, 2003

Jen Wong is my favorite person of the week (haha....someone actually thought she was a sophomore in our pre cal class.. haha.. yay she's upgraded her self from a freshman to a sophomore) I cant believe she found Meet Joe Black!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ahhh.. holy bananas.. this is like.. a dream come true for this year. I've been looking in stores to find it... and well.. they dont seem to sell them anymore.. only on like... ebay. But when she was like... oh look wut i got for you from china. I was screaming inside cuz i was filled with excitment and happiness. erugh.. and yesterday, i was going to get my lunch when i hear two people screaming "OPHIE!!!!" so turn around and it was Salman and Arjun.. and they come running and sandwich me... and now.. my shoulder is hurting....
every year.. the track season starts and i'm terrified. Dont get me wrong.. i dont join track to torture myself.. i actually enjoy it...hehe. It's a life passion i've had for a while.. just every year.. i run worse and worse....it's true.. the older u get.. the slower you are. Nonetheless i still find a thrill in hurdling.. it's just....whenever i think of a track meet.. and having to run the 300m hurdles.. i feel all queezy and my lunch wants to come out. bahhh.. o well... tracks fun.. and the years halfway done.... i just want saturday to arrive quicker... *sigh*.. gnite!

Tuesday, January 07, 2003

Herm... i was reading over the Best Things in Life list that i pasted from steeni's blog a few entries below... and most of the stuff are probably more applicable to girls. But anyhow..seeing that it's the first day back to school... and everyone needs a little uhph.. i think you shud read it. Cuz one best things in life that is applicable to all of us is "Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God for another beautiful day." (which was my motivation to get out of bed this morning.... and to my surprise.. i didnt even press the snooze.) Okie.. work galore....wishing everyone a great a week as possible.

Monday, January 06, 2003

HeyLookItsXiao: XY is branded
HeyLookItsXiao: copyrighted
OpHeEeNieEe: no one else has those initials
OpHeEeNieEe: that i know of anywyz
HeyLookItsXiao: lol but nevermind
HeyLookItsXiao: i meant like...
HeyLookItsXiao: the xy chromosome in general
HeyLookItsXiao: so every guy you see stems from xiao
HeyLookItsXiao: wait..
HeyLookItsXiao: nevermind...
OpHeEeNieEe: hahha
HeyLookItsXiao: ok no no
OpHeEeNieEe: ur like the new generation adam then?
HeyLookItsXiao: forget what i said
WHOa... i was going to go to sleep... but i ran across steeni's blog... and i couldn't help but steal this from her... to share with the rest of you important ppl out there.....

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE:
>
> - Falling in love.
> - Laughing so hard your face hurts.
> - A hot shower.
> - No lines at the Super Walmart.
> - A special glance.
> - Getting mail.
> - Taking a drive on a pretty road.
> - Hearing your favorite song on the radio.
> - Lying in bed listening to the rain outside.
> - Hot towels out of the dryer.
> - Finding the sweater you want is on sale for half
>price.
> - Chocolate milkshake.
- Homemade fudge sundaes
> - A long distance phone call.
> - A bubble bath.
> - Giggling.
> - Saturday morning cartoons
- A good conversation.
- Coming to school and finding someone special has
left a note in your locker
> - The beach.
> - A warm breeze blowing on your face
- Finding a $20 bill in your coat from last winter.
> - Laughing at yourself.
> - Midnight phone calls that last for hours.
> - Running through sprinklers.
> - Laughing for absolutely no reason at all.
> - Having someone tell you that you're beautiful.
> - Laughing at an inside joke.
> - Friends.
> - Falling in love for the first time.
> - Accidentally overhearing someone say something
nice
>about you.
> - Waking up and realizing you still have a few hours
>left to sleep.
> - Your first kiss.
> - Finding out the person you've had a crush on
forever thinks you're boy/girlfriend potential
- Making new friends or spending time with old
ones.
> - Playing with a new puppy.
> - Late night talks with your roommate that keep you
>from sleeping.
> - Kittens
- Having someone play with your hair.
> - Sweet dreams.
> - Funny, and only slightly embarassing dreams about
the person you like
- Hot chocolate.
> - Road trips with friends.
> - Swinging on swings.
> - Watching a good movie cuddled up on a couch with
>someone you love.
> - Wrapping presents under the Christmas tree while
>eating cookies and
> drinking eggnog.
> - Song lyrics printed inside your new CD so you can
>sing along without
> feeling stupid.
> - Going to a really good concert.
> - Getting butterflies in your stomach every time you
>see that one person.
> - Making eye contact with a cute stranger.
> - Winning a really competitive game.
> - Making chocolate chip cookies!
> - Having your friends send you homemade cookies!
> - Spending time with close friends!
> - Seeing smiles and hearing laughter from your
>friends...
> - Holding hands with someone you care about.
> - Running into an old friend and realizing that some
>things (good or bad)
>
> never change.
> - Discovering that love is unconditional and
stronger
>than time.
> - Riding the best roller coasters over and over.
> - Diving into a pool on a scorching day
- Hugging the person you love.
> - Watching the expression someone's face as they
open
>a much-desired
> present from you.
> - Watching the sunrise.
> - Getting out of bed every morning and thanking God
>for another beautiful
>
> day.
hehe.. neighbors at their wack

happiepenguin: omg
happiepenguin: i just thought i saw a reindeer
OpHeEeNieEe: LOL!
happiepenguin: but..i didnt
happiepenguin: it was a brown bag flying in the street
happiepenguin: false alarm


LeXlAnTiS: i have a kanker sore n it hurts!
LeXlAnTiS: it tastes metallic tho...
OpHeEeNieEe: eww
LeXlAnTiS: mm....
LeXlAnTiS: i wanna taste it
LeXlAnTiS: but it hurts
LeXlAnTiS: theres a dilemma for ya
I dont call michelle a nerd for nothing.


(phone rings dad picks up.. michelle is one the phone, calling after i just finished talking to her online)
O: hello?
M: hi.. guess wut?
O: wut?
M: SATs are on April 4th, so i can take them
O: thats rite cuz u'll be gone that one week
M: yea
O: so wuts up?
M: that's it.. that's wut i called about.
O: wut?!?! okay.. hahaha..
M: bye

*sigh.... that's my "joy ho ga pung yow" for ya.

Sunday, January 05, 2003

Have you ever......

Stayed up late into the night discussing (with your future roomie) the types of things you'll be decorating your dorm room with?
Called your "joy ho ga pung yow" wong fong pay?
seen your sister be dared to bite a dirty sock?
TPed ur cousins bunk bed?
Ribbited like a frog and squawked like a chicken on a b-ball quart at midnight while ur dad and cousin was on the court? (when ur "joy ho ga pung yow" was forced to repeat it?)
Played truth, dare, double-dare, promise, or repeat? (obviously a west coaster/ washingtonian game)
Gotten tricked by Ben, James, and Luke?
Thought that "Michael" and "Theresa" are the greatest couple?
Made up dumb code names for Janet's girls?
Asked if "Jason" was going out with "Maria"?
Said the names Jamie, Alexandria, and Simone?
Asked ur "joy ho ga pung yow" if she knew Josephina who has a sister named Paula (Pauline?), who cut her hair short like a boys, and is good friends with Greg?
Done all of these things mentioned above in one weekend?




Friday, January 03, 2003

New years resolutions. I'm not very good at keeping these..... i know very few who are. But i'm gonna make some this year..... as i do every year. Hoping and praying that i keep these... as i do every year.

1.focus
2.committed
3.sleep
But then... the sleep one... if i get focused and be committed... i get more sleep... so basically my resolutions go hand in hand. I do not believe that i quite believe that it's 2003 just yet. I was writing a letter yesterday, and i actually remembered to write 1/2/03. I always dislike odd years though. Crappy stuff always tends to happen. I moved away from cali in 95.. moved away from wash in 01... All the good stuff tends to happen even years. Moved to cali in 90.. sister was born in 96.. will graduate 04. But for some odd odd reason, i have a gut feeling that this year will be different though. It will be an odd year unlike all others. I do believe that the odds of having a good odd year will be high. So okay... i'm having a good 03 already....3 days into an odd year.. and it's good already. Alrite... that's a good sign. Well, i wish u all a great 03.

Thursday, January 02, 2003

during lunch today

Oph: (hands two forks to isabel) put these in the washing machine
Isabel: okay.....(pauses for a second) WASHING MACHINE!?!?!?! (looks at forks again) WASHING MACHINE!?!?!?!?!?!? oh.. okay (with a little smirk on her face)
Oph:... NO NO NO.. i meant the dish washer.
Isabel: *hysterical laughter* WAHAHAHAAA.... WASHING MACHINE!!?!?!?! Gaj.. i cant stop laughing... haaaaaaa.... once i start.. i cant stop...wahahahaa...

Wednesday, January 01, 2003

DarkJediPete: but i only brought back the good stuff
DarkJediPete: like stephen chiau
DarkJediPete: *drool* i love that man

*gasp*
this is alex doing push ups

jdaVII: owwwwwwwww!
jdaVII: *wheezing...
jdaVII: gonna do more
jdaVII: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
jdaVII: ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Heya... Happy New Years!!! wow.. time flies when you're having fun. This morning... i decided i was going to count my flies. So i put them in a laboratory freezer out in my garage (which is more cold than a regular fridge one...) then i left the flies in there for 15 mintues. Thinking they had died, i sprinkled about 10 of them on a paper plate. After about 3 seconds, they all started to stir... i almost had a heart attack... these flies must not be ordinary flies... they're abnormal...15 minutes in a LAB freezer...and they were still alive!!! SO then... 3 escaped into my house... and i smashed the other ones (cuz.. i have about 400 flies in each vile.. gross.. yes.. very) so... now.. i'm re-freezing the flies.. this time.. to their end.

Annie's was really fun last night. I haven't danced... like that.. since.. cyndi's grad party... hahaa. But it was fun... once we got people movin on the dance floor, we were rockin. Annie was just crazy.. but that's kewl. ^_^ I'm gonna miss 2002.. lots of great stuff has happened... forever memories indeed. But i know... that great things will come out of 2003 as well....and so.. i look foward to it.

One of the greatest things about 02 was getting to know certain special people a lot better. I'm greatful for my buddy who.. yes.. i haven't know that long ^_~.. but has been an ear to my words, always talking about odd... "gay" topics... during the odd hours of the night.. and listening to psychotic songs.... that cause addictions... nonetheless i'm thankful for. And another bud who... is always bopping to eminem in my car... and always giggling during the odd hrs of the nite when our mothers tell us to sleep at 12... a friend who i would defnitely not mind getting "abducted" with.. haha... i'm also really thankful for a "gang"... load of people who've just been sooo much fun and uplifting to chill with.. .so many memories.... thanks.

more with the shoutoutz later.. i think my flies call....

herm.. somethings wrong with my blog....