turn back the hands of time...............
*BIG SIGH*......junior year has officially come to a close...that is unless u count going back to school to clean out ur locker as "going to school". i sit here now in utter disbelief. i'm not excatly sure wut to say. i dont think i've ever been quite so shocked that the school year is over. everything that happened this year seems as though it happened just yesterday.....wow i gotta say i strongly disliked every project, every reading workshop, every bio outline, and every geography map.....but amist all the struggles of late night coffee binges and hard work.....i loved everything abt junior year (as much as some stuff stunk in the process). the memories that happened were awesome and all the school work just topped it off. school was like a garnish to my junior yr dish. i did all the school work, stayed up late nights...to make myself *look* intellegent.....^_* so now i guess the final blow of my school year will be SATs.....*cross fingers* this will be my last time.....but who knows.... it may still be a part of my life in the near future.
kinna didnt know wut to do with myself today. so i pulled out all the old yr books, all the old photo albums...sorta just sat there and laughed at all the crazy stuff that's happened in my life. as i read the yrbks....i thought of things that happened that year and all the memories that people mentioned. then i looked at every photo hoping to be sucked in...and back into the past. but then i realized...ya know... i bet God's got even better stuff in store for the future....i'll be taking more pictures...making more memories..and wanting to be sucked into more pictures. change... as much as i presentliy dislike it....is definitely a good thing. in the long run.. i always thank the Creator for creating change...and time....past...present and future. the past always gives hope...the present always give opportunity...and the future gives hope and opportunity....and change sorta.. links that all together.. if change never happened... we wudnt have a future. *sigh... time.... good stuff.
i guess the weirdest reality for me now...is that i'm taking senior pictures next week....hahahaa...that means i'll get to be in the front section of the yearbook with a huge head picture! (and prolly a cruddy one at that....that'll go down in the history of clements hs forever!) as much as i dont want to be a senior....i'm curious wut the future holds....but i wont have to be curious for long.. cuz TIME FLIES!
Thursday, May 29, 2003
Tuesday, May 27, 2003
dum de de del lee........
so... one down ...one to go. pre cal exam was just wonderful today...most likely got above 70....*cross fingers*
oiy.. so today i was finally filling out my camp registration...and when i saw the "grade in fall" line.... i cud hardly get myself to write "12". i was eating dinner at the table with my dad and he asked "doesnt time seem to pass by so quickly at your age?". *sigh* it does. his explanation is that when you're younger, and you gain a year (aka.. ur birthday) it seems like u've gotten a lot older cuz it's a larger fraction of ur life. take my sister for example. she'll be turning 7 in july. and when she does, she'll have gained 1/7 of her total age. where as a 40 yr old man would only have gained 1/41 of his age after his bday. make sense dont it?
i got home at around 9:50 today... and it was really weird, cuz i didnt wanna hit the books right away..but then i didnt wanna go right back to sleep. so i sat around and watched some tv. then i flipped to this one channel...and it was a japanese music video. when the video started there for 4 guys dancing, and the camera was at an ariel view, so you cudnt really see their faces. then when the camera got close enuf.....i saw.. four very young/girlie looking guys. and these guys were my age... cept they had better skin and girlie looking features than most girls i know. i cudnt stand to watch it for very long....so i switched tv off..and walked around my house randomly deciding wut i wanna do. i figure it's prolly logical to eat lunch. so i look in the fridge....nothing but milk and orange juice. freezer...full of frozen chicken. other freezer....full of frozen fruit. so basically nothing immediate/easy cooking for lazy teenager. oiy... so i guess i mite end up eating a banana and orange with a side of milk for lunch. ne hoo... next on my agenda is the final chumpage of my junior year... that's right folks.....i'm putting an end to my bio2 career...and for all of you nutty people who are taking that next yr... i wish u luck..and enjoy life while u still have it...^_*
so... one down ...one to go. pre cal exam was just wonderful today...most likely got above 70....*cross fingers*
oiy.. so today i was finally filling out my camp registration...and when i saw the "grade in fall" line.... i cud hardly get myself to write "12". i was eating dinner at the table with my dad and he asked "doesnt time seem to pass by so quickly at your age?". *sigh* it does. his explanation is that when you're younger, and you gain a year (aka.. ur birthday) it seems like u've gotten a lot older cuz it's a larger fraction of ur life. take my sister for example. she'll be turning 7 in july. and when she does, she'll have gained 1/7 of her total age. where as a 40 yr old man would only have gained 1/41 of his age after his bday. make sense dont it?
i got home at around 9:50 today... and it was really weird, cuz i didnt wanna hit the books right away..but then i didnt wanna go right back to sleep. so i sat around and watched some tv. then i flipped to this one channel...and it was a japanese music video. when the video started there for 4 guys dancing, and the camera was at an ariel view, so you cudnt really see their faces. then when the camera got close enuf.....i saw.. four very young/girlie looking guys. and these guys were my age... cept they had better skin and girlie looking features than most girls i know. i cudnt stand to watch it for very long....so i switched tv off..and walked around my house randomly deciding wut i wanna do. i figure it's prolly logical to eat lunch. so i look in the fridge....nothing but milk and orange juice. freezer...full of frozen chicken. other freezer....full of frozen fruit. so basically nothing immediate/easy cooking for lazy teenager. oiy... so i guess i mite end up eating a banana and orange with a side of milk for lunch. ne hoo... next on my agenda is the final chumpage of my junior year... that's right folks.....i'm putting an end to my bio2 career...and for all of you nutty people who are taking that next yr... i wish u luck..and enjoy life while u still have it...^_*
Sunday, May 25, 2003
whats hair got to do with it........
i realized that getting haircuts make me happy. iono like yesterday when i was getting my haircut.. it was a lotta fun. the lady was so social, it was quite entertaining...she was telling me abt her son's prom and how their limo broke down..and they had to ride a greyhound home....hehe. she was laughing quite hard..and i was laughing a bit... i guess that's when she missed a piece of hair.. i have this slightly longer strand that's uncut. but after my haircut, i came out in a much better humor than i entered the place in, even though it wasnt the best haircut i've ever had, the lady was nice and my head felt lighter.... so everything was good. although seeing all the hair that i got chopped off was quite weird, cuz unlike most haircuts... i didnt miss my long hair that much... cuz after all... 5 months from now, it'll be back to that length.
a song to share with u...
so many memories
so many miles
the road that stretches behind us
we've had some laughter and our share of tears
but all these moments unite us
I'll be ur friend for a lifetime
against the wind and the rain of every season
wont walk away in the hard time
i will be ur friend
i'm saying i will be ur friends
sure as the river runs to the sea
high as the mountain that reaches
You were there by my side till the end
and helped me on my feet again
I'll be ur friend for a lifetime...
against the wind and the rain of every season
wont walk away in the hard time
i will be ur friend.
so in the valley walk on
dont have to face it alone
cuz in the hard times we keep growing strong
aas we learn.... as we live.... that we live.... when we give......
I Will Be Your Friend---> Michael W. Smith
i realized that getting haircuts make me happy. iono like yesterday when i was getting my haircut.. it was a lotta fun. the lady was so social, it was quite entertaining...she was telling me abt her son's prom and how their limo broke down..and they had to ride a greyhound home....hehe. she was laughing quite hard..and i was laughing a bit... i guess that's when she missed a piece of hair.. i have this slightly longer strand that's uncut. but after my haircut, i came out in a much better humor than i entered the place in, even though it wasnt the best haircut i've ever had, the lady was nice and my head felt lighter.... so everything was good. although seeing all the hair that i got chopped off was quite weird, cuz unlike most haircuts... i didnt miss my long hair that much... cuz after all... 5 months from now, it'll be back to that length.
a song to share with u...
so many memories
so many miles
the road that stretches behind us
we've had some laughter and our share of tears
but all these moments unite us
I'll be ur friend for a lifetime
against the wind and the rain of every season
wont walk away in the hard time
i will be ur friend
i'm saying i will be ur friends
sure as the river runs to the sea
high as the mountain that reaches
You were there by my side till the end
and helped me on my feet again
I'll be ur friend for a lifetime...
against the wind and the rain of every season
wont walk away in the hard time
i will be ur friend.
so in the valley walk on
dont have to face it alone
cuz in the hard times we keep growing strong
aas we learn.... as we live.... that we live.... when we give......
I Will Be Your Friend---> Michael W. Smith
Thursday, May 22, 2003
funny........
funny...weird... huh? eh.... *sigh*... sorta feeling all of those right now. and as strange at it may seem, i dont really know why. i think this is the second time in my life that this weird feeling has overcome me. it feels kind of like....iono how to explain. kind of overwhelming.....and it feels like... when something happens but you try to forget that anything ever happened. and it also feels like life is hazy....cant see clearly.. cant think clearly....and almost as thought u "cant eat, cant sleep, reach for the stars." it also feels like.. you've been running for 3 miles and the only thing you can think of is finishing the work out... taking a cold shower and sleep on it...wutever "it" may be. or it's like.. taking a slate.. drawing really beautiful pictures on it....and erasing it all at once. something like going on a roller coaster and not realizing that you just went upsidedown. in conclusion....i'm confused right now...=P
currently listening to "Freshman" by verve pipe. wholey cow... that song brings back so many memories. boggles my mind. it's one of those songs.......that are kewl beyond words... not cuz it's a great song.. just cuz it's a song. cant really explain y i use to like that song so much. still had it's ring. anyhoo... maybe i'm feeling all "huh" cuz i'm tired... didnt take nap today.... blame it on lack of sleep....hehe
funny...weird... huh? eh.... *sigh*... sorta feeling all of those right now. and as strange at it may seem, i dont really know why. i think this is the second time in my life that this weird feeling has overcome me. it feels kind of like....iono how to explain. kind of overwhelming.....and it feels like... when something happens but you try to forget that anything ever happened. and it also feels like life is hazy....cant see clearly.. cant think clearly....and almost as thought u "cant eat, cant sleep, reach for the stars." it also feels like.. you've been running for 3 miles and the only thing you can think of is finishing the work out... taking a cold shower and sleep on it...wutever "it" may be. or it's like.. taking a slate.. drawing really beautiful pictures on it....and erasing it all at once. something like going on a roller coaster and not realizing that you just went upsidedown. in conclusion....i'm confused right now...=P
currently listening to "Freshman" by verve pipe. wholey cow... that song brings back so many memories. boggles my mind. it's one of those songs.......that are kewl beyond words... not cuz it's a great song.. just cuz it's a song. cant really explain y i use to like that song so much. still had it's ring. anyhoo... maybe i'm feeling all "huh" cuz i'm tired... didnt take nap today.... blame it on lack of sleep....hehe
somebody shock me.......
presently i'm sitting in business computers typing emails and doing the things that are not normally done at school... and the crazies part about this is... it's actually ok to be on the computer updating my blog... it's permitted...and encouraged...hahaaa
it's a bit strange.. and disappointing to think that my junior year is sorta... completely over in a day. for crying out loud.. today was ... or is the last real day of school.... with the normal schedules and lunch. junior year had its lows... but it definitely had it's ups. y did time have to fly so quickly? i was emailing my friend just a few minutes ago...and all these past memories flooded into my head. it was the funniest thing, thinking about middle school. (when i met my friend) and i was listing out all these weird quirky and crazy things that happened in the sixth grade. i still remember when my buddy diane use to make fun of me for wearing my purple spandex and yellow hoody on spirit day (cuz my school colors were purple and gold... eww i know.... gotta love that). i remember getting that athlete of the year award in track...and i also remember the 8th grade dance...and sneaking out.. the middle of the night to return the matrix. hahaa... gosh memories.....it's we write our own history books as life goes on. wow...and now i'm 17... and in 7 months.. i'm gonna be able to vote...hahaaa that's a weird thought. it's weird enuf thinking that i can get into rated R movies legally.... i'm at a point in my life where i just want everything to stop. even for a second so i can sniff out the air and cheerish it forever. *sigh*.....the bells gonna ring soon... i'll ramble abt my bittersweet life latr....
presently i'm sitting in business computers typing emails and doing the things that are not normally done at school... and the crazies part about this is... it's actually ok to be on the computer updating my blog... it's permitted...and encouraged...hahaaa
it's a bit strange.. and disappointing to think that my junior year is sorta... completely over in a day. for crying out loud.. today was ... or is the last real day of school.... with the normal schedules and lunch. junior year had its lows... but it definitely had it's ups. y did time have to fly so quickly? i was emailing my friend just a few minutes ago...and all these past memories flooded into my head. it was the funniest thing, thinking about middle school. (when i met my friend) and i was listing out all these weird quirky and crazy things that happened in the sixth grade. i still remember when my buddy diane use to make fun of me for wearing my purple spandex and yellow hoody on spirit day (cuz my school colors were purple and gold... eww i know.... gotta love that). i remember getting that athlete of the year award in track...and i also remember the 8th grade dance...and sneaking out.. the middle of the night to return the matrix. hahaa... gosh memories.....it's we write our own history books as life goes on. wow...and now i'm 17... and in 7 months.. i'm gonna be able to vote...hahaaa that's a weird thought. it's weird enuf thinking that i can get into rated R movies legally.... i'm at a point in my life where i just want everything to stop. even for a second so i can sniff out the air and cheerish it forever. *sigh*.....the bells gonna ring soon... i'll ramble abt my bittersweet life latr....
Tuesday, May 20, 2003
as we go on........
until about this point in my life... i wasnt excatly sure what i wanted to do with my life... the goals i had.. the vision i would persue. for a while i guess i had a semi-goal... and that kept me going for a while.. until i realized i sucked at bio...haha.. so bummer.. cant follow in my parents foot steps. which is probably a good thing too cuz i'm not much of a science joe.
the amazing thing that struck a cord in my vision for life... was that it only took a hemme essay to get me thinking. we had to write a practice college essay... and just before writing that essay i sorta decided what my vision was...and what career i cud really use God's gift in. and throughout the essay process i become more convicted of what God's plan was for me...and how nicely my spiritual gifts knitted into my goal for the future.
then today.. in computer we had a motivational speaker... which usually i'm not that thrilled about. but she had some pretty convicting things to say..which was kewl... it was sorta like a sermon... but a sermon from a woman who persued the career i hope to experience in my future... and as she spoke... a thought just sorta came to me.. and i was thinking just randomly.. "well she seems like a great person and all...but is she a Christian?" and then the next thing she said was, "i've been working in the ministry for the past 8 years...." yea.. that was kewl... iono... i think it's true that people who live life to the fullest are those that have a vision for a future..and not people who live for the moment.. becuz u dont know where the moment is going.. but u have control whether u want to persue something or not... do you have a vision?
my all time favorite quote: "you dont know wut the future holds...but u know who holds the future"...which doesnt have much relevance to my previous statement.. it's just a nice thing to ponder.... ^_^
until about this point in my life... i wasnt excatly sure what i wanted to do with my life... the goals i had.. the vision i would persue. for a while i guess i had a semi-goal... and that kept me going for a while.. until i realized i sucked at bio...haha.. so bummer.. cant follow in my parents foot steps. which is probably a good thing too cuz i'm not much of a science joe.
the amazing thing that struck a cord in my vision for life... was that it only took a hemme essay to get me thinking. we had to write a practice college essay... and just before writing that essay i sorta decided what my vision was...and what career i cud really use God's gift in. and throughout the essay process i become more convicted of what God's plan was for me...and how nicely my spiritual gifts knitted into my goal for the future.
then today.. in computer we had a motivational speaker... which usually i'm not that thrilled about. but she had some pretty convicting things to say..which was kewl... it was sorta like a sermon... but a sermon from a woman who persued the career i hope to experience in my future... and as she spoke... a thought just sorta came to me.. and i was thinking just randomly.. "well she seems like a great person and all...but is she a Christian?" and then the next thing she said was, "i've been working in the ministry for the past 8 years...." yea.. that was kewl... iono... i think it's true that people who live life to the fullest are those that have a vision for a future..and not people who live for the moment.. becuz u dont know where the moment is going.. but u have control whether u want to persue something or not... do you have a vision?
my all time favorite quote: "you dont know wut the future holds...but u know who holds the future"...which doesnt have much relevance to my previous statement.. it's just a nice thing to ponder.... ^_^
Monday, May 19, 2003
we're back........
after 5 days of dormancy... the ophinator is back...hehe.... wow.. that's a long time not to be blogging.....
one of the things that is SO kewl abt my dad... is that he truely is the smoothie king...he makes the most awesomest smoothies on the face of this planet. ^_^ yea.. i just finished one... think it was papaya strawberry...with a smidge of his secret ingredient wutever that may be.....
i had a moment this morning....woke up and thought it was the weekend...i sorta scratched my head in wonder thinking to myself....why in the world am i up at 6:30... am i crazy? Then after several minutes of processing.. i realized......wait a sec.... IT'S YET ANOTHER MONDAY!!! hehe... so i get to school... do the whole school periods 1 through 4 dealio...and then lunch.. hit fifth.. and realize that it's not tuesday yet and i already brought my food for the ethinic food lab..=P... u know how i am with food.. i was just soooo excited and looking foward to eating that i brought my food a day early....and now i gotta figure out how mango pudding relates to chinese culture.....any ideas?
pft... so this is the last real week of my junior career. *sigh*.... kinna bittersweet. i'm extremely glad that the year is coming to a close but junior year has been spectacular.....push aside stress and all-nighters and i get kewlness. this year has definitely gotta be categorized in the "one of the best school years of my life" section. well the year's not over yet and i still got exams to take.... so i'll goober abt this year later and enjoy wuts left of it ^_^........
after 5 days of dormancy... the ophinator is back...hehe.... wow.. that's a long time not to be blogging.....
one of the things that is SO kewl abt my dad... is that he truely is the smoothie king...he makes the most awesomest smoothies on the face of this planet. ^_^ yea.. i just finished one... think it was papaya strawberry...with a smidge of his secret ingredient wutever that may be.....
i had a moment this morning....woke up and thought it was the weekend...i sorta scratched my head in wonder thinking to myself....why in the world am i up at 6:30... am i crazy? Then after several minutes of processing.. i realized......wait a sec.... IT'S YET ANOTHER MONDAY!!! hehe... so i get to school... do the whole school periods 1 through 4 dealio...and then lunch.. hit fifth.. and realize that it's not tuesday yet and i already brought my food for the ethinic food lab..=P... u know how i am with food.. i was just soooo excited and looking foward to eating that i brought my food a day early....and now i gotta figure out how mango pudding relates to chinese culture.....any ideas?
pft... so this is the last real week of my junior career. *sigh*.... kinna bittersweet. i'm extremely glad that the year is coming to a close but junior year has been spectacular.....push aside stress and all-nighters and i get kewlness. this year has definitely gotta be categorized in the "one of the best school years of my life" section. well the year's not over yet and i still got exams to take.... so i'll goober abt this year later and enjoy wuts left of it ^_^........
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
hahahahaaa....jenn.. is SOOO funny (jenn lin)... so we're driving down palm royale talking about road kill.......
oph: yea i saw a dead cat on the road.
jenn: oh.. yea.. this morning someone saw an overweight on the way to squirrel
oph: huh?
jenn: did i just say what i thought i said?
oph: huh?
jenn: what i meant to say was, someone saw an overweight squirrel on the way to school.
and after that we laughed our heads off...or well at least until my face hurt and her stomach hurt.....and STILL laughing.. if ur not laughing now.. i guess it was one of those things where u had to be there...^_^
oph: yea i saw a dead cat on the road.
jenn: oh.. yea.. this morning someone saw an overweight on the way to squirrel
oph: huh?
jenn: did i just say what i thought i said?
oph: huh?
jenn: what i meant to say was, someone saw an overweight squirrel on the way to school.
and after that we laughed our heads off...or well at least until my face hurt and her stomach hurt.....and STILL laughing.. if ur not laughing now.. i guess it was one of those things where u had to be there...^_^
keep em rolling...........
the time has once again come to sign yearbooks! more of that same ole same ole HAG....KIT... stuff... and the "nice to know you" "stay sweet" "dont change" "call me" stuff.....but nonetheless a blastin time. i love signing yearbooks especially if i'm in possession of a kewl pen. then every year.. i think up some crazy picture to draw. i think i drew a star... two years in a row! this year... i not excatly sure wut the object is that i'm drawing. it sorta looks like an egg... with hat and shoes on....haha..felt random...ah well... so if u want an egg.. lemme catch a hold of ur yrbk and i shall leave my 2003 mark in it!
ne hoo... funny yrbk signing experience......
so today in bio we watched the matrix. and before we watched matrix, gloria was telling me that she had seen it on tv yesterday or sometime ago and so she cud concentrate on signing the pile of yrbks we had acquired after lunch. so steiny pops in the video and we watch it...and all the while.. glores is saying "oooo this is a good part"....and there were SOOO many good parts that after i had finished signing 3 yrbks.... she was still on numba 1 =P...that glores...hehe
wow... so after that spectacular weekend... this weeks been extremely slow.....it just cant be ONLY wednesday......yay!! matrix comes out tonite!! woohoo.... gonna watch it some time in the near future.......(but then again.. i said that about xmen.. and i still havent watched the first one..hehee....)
the time has once again come to sign yearbooks! more of that same ole same ole HAG....KIT... stuff... and the "nice to know you" "stay sweet" "dont change" "call me" stuff.....but nonetheless a blastin time. i love signing yearbooks especially if i'm in possession of a kewl pen. then every year.. i think up some crazy picture to draw. i think i drew a star... two years in a row! this year... i not excatly sure wut the object is that i'm drawing. it sorta looks like an egg... with hat and shoes on....haha..felt random...ah well... so if u want an egg.. lemme catch a hold of ur yrbk and i shall leave my 2003 mark in it!
ne hoo... funny yrbk signing experience......
so today in bio we watched the matrix. and before we watched matrix, gloria was telling me that she had seen it on tv yesterday or sometime ago and so she cud concentrate on signing the pile of yrbks we had acquired after lunch. so steiny pops in the video and we watch it...and all the while.. glores is saying "oooo this is a good part"....and there were SOOO many good parts that after i had finished signing 3 yrbks.... she was still on numba 1 =P...that glores...hehe
wow... so after that spectacular weekend... this weeks been extremely slow.....it just cant be ONLY wednesday......yay!! matrix comes out tonite!! woohoo.... gonna watch it some time in the near future.......(but then again.. i said that about xmen.. and i still havent watched the first one..hehee....)
Monday, May 12, 2003
a tribute to some HOTT Guys and Girls ~prom~
so after reading about four million people blog about prom....i figured it was my turn.....where to start.......
A.M.
rise and shine early to clean my room....until it literally was sparkling...
then i head off to pick up the dulles guys for our pre-prom operation: "picnic". so i go and pick up alex first...phil second....jeremy last. after picking up jeremy i blind fold the guys...and i must say i had the most cooperative group of guys....(overstatement ladies?)....alex may have stuck my green bear on the outside of my windshield, and phil may have screamed "Ophelia wAng" too loudly until he realized that wasn't my name, and jeremy may have had too much fun making car noises during his "ophie's pimp mobile" ride.....but i am still here alive and updating my blog. after picking all the guys up, glores and bea call me and tell me that they're just going to pick the guys up now.....and i think to myself...uh-oh... i picked em up too early.............
so i take a deep breath and jump into my car. we cruise around in my car and i drive all around lexington to confuse to guys....which worked cuz jeremy thought we were in his neighborhood the entire time....but actually we had drive all around lexington...drove around the mall 3 times and headed over to alex fan's house. so during our car ride i made the guys get out of the car on some random street. i snapped a picture of them... ran into a guy phil knew and then glores calls and tells me she's picking up alex fan. since i still had lotsa time i decided to drive over to the Fan's house and indeed i did run into glores. i peek in her car and i see peter tied up in rope and blindfolded!!! and i see alex....but glores quickly pulls a shirt over his head and ties him up. hehee
after that we get up and drivin again....and after some time the guys start complaining that they're getting car sick....so i decide it's time to head over to the "picnic" site. we went to the arcade...got the guys some tokens and bought em lunch.
P.M.
so i take the dulles crew home and drive melanie and i over to my house where we just sat around watched some homeward bound and this herculean superwoman movie while we waited for the other girls. girls arrive we get ready. we were expecting the guys at 5:30 so we rushed through everything but were ready by 5:30...and no guys.... so then we figured it took the guys longer to get on their suits and hairdos than they anticipated.
guys arrive: it took us a while to get down the stairs cuz we weren't excatly sure how....haha....but we made it down ok....and at the botton of the stairs waiting for us...was a crowd of.....gentlemen....(better looking than yesterday i must say.....^_~) and yes.. i do believe we spent more time snapin shots at my house than at dinner. when we FINALLLY make it out the door we head to vargos. some minor problems...everyone was ok....and off to vargos we went. juice and i had some fun opening car doors for ourselves...which resulted in some "grrrs" on simon and alex's part.....took some pictures as a group....took some pictures of alex and a peacock. ate some green candy...let the "gentlemen" practice some etiquette. food comes.....and alex got to eat "the rock".....mok and jane had some ugly soup....xiao had a water proof 6 yr old camera....guys went crazy in the bathroom...crazy waiter tuckin in ppls tags.....we look at the time....go to prom
the dance
get to adam's mark hotel. arrive at the front... stare at the revolving doors for a minute. juice and simon run in....but ended up going around the door twice...lol....after them alex and i make a run for it....make it in aok and take pictures. we wanted the white haired guy but bummer... we got this weird man instead. dunno wut was wrong with the guys... had no appetite for the food!?!?!? well the ladies forgot abt the guys and went to eat some food.... good fruit.. .and cocktail shrimp ^_^ then the dancin really got started......some guys n dolls dancin like crazies.....some guys busted out with some john lin taught moves.....and unlike cinderella... we left at 1....even though we were trying to get ppl to leave at 12:30 to beat traffic. when we left... being the asians that we are.... we take the center pieces (humongo balloons) and get the money's worth for prom. while walking out of the hotel... wut a funny sight... i was in the front..i turn around and see a mob of crazy asians with giant center pieces walking through the hall....LMBO....(took a picture)
afterwards
we got back to alex's house and he took me home... driving semi-blindly...quite fast....
i got home, i walked up to my room... died of tiredness *snore*. woke up...10:30 the next day.....flew to church....
made lots of unforgetable memories.....thanx to some suave studs....*tear* beautiful girls... wonderful super michelle and vivian...and a mr.Ireland for a roof raising time......
so after reading about four million people blog about prom....i figured it was my turn.....where to start.......
A.M.
rise and shine early to clean my room....until it literally was sparkling...
then i head off to pick up the dulles guys for our pre-prom operation: "picnic". so i go and pick up alex first...phil second....jeremy last. after picking up jeremy i blind fold the guys...and i must say i had the most cooperative group of guys....(overstatement ladies?)....alex may have stuck my green bear on the outside of my windshield, and phil may have screamed "Ophelia wAng" too loudly until he realized that wasn't my name, and jeremy may have had too much fun making car noises during his "ophie's pimp mobile" ride.....but i am still here alive and updating my blog. after picking all the guys up, glores and bea call me and tell me that they're just going to pick the guys up now.....and i think to myself...uh-oh... i picked em up too early.............
so i take a deep breath and jump into my car. we cruise around in my car and i drive all around lexington to confuse to guys....which worked cuz jeremy thought we were in his neighborhood the entire time....but actually we had drive all around lexington...drove around the mall 3 times and headed over to alex fan's house. so during our car ride i made the guys get out of the car on some random street. i snapped a picture of them... ran into a guy phil knew and then glores calls and tells me she's picking up alex fan. since i still had lotsa time i decided to drive over to the Fan's house and indeed i did run into glores. i peek in her car and i see peter tied up in rope and blindfolded!!! and i see alex....but glores quickly pulls a shirt over his head and ties him up. hehee
after that we get up and drivin again....and after some time the guys start complaining that they're getting car sick....so i decide it's time to head over to the "picnic" site. we went to the arcade...got the guys some tokens and bought em lunch.
P.M.
so i take the dulles crew home and drive melanie and i over to my house where we just sat around watched some homeward bound and this herculean superwoman movie while we waited for the other girls. girls arrive we get ready. we were expecting the guys at 5:30 so we rushed through everything but were ready by 5:30...and no guys.... so then we figured it took the guys longer to get on their suits and hairdos than they anticipated.
guys arrive: it took us a while to get down the stairs cuz we weren't excatly sure how....haha....but we made it down ok....and at the botton of the stairs waiting for us...was a crowd of.....gentlemen....(better looking than yesterday i must say.....^_~) and yes.. i do believe we spent more time snapin shots at my house than at dinner. when we FINALLLY make it out the door we head to vargos. some minor problems...everyone was ok....and off to vargos we went. juice and i had some fun opening car doors for ourselves...which resulted in some "grrrs" on simon and alex's part.....took some pictures as a group....took some pictures of alex and a peacock. ate some green candy...let the "gentlemen" practice some etiquette. food comes.....and alex got to eat "the rock".....mok and jane had some ugly soup....xiao had a water proof 6 yr old camera....guys went crazy in the bathroom...crazy waiter tuckin in ppls tags.....we look at the time....go to prom
the dance
get to adam's mark hotel. arrive at the front... stare at the revolving doors for a minute. juice and simon run in....but ended up going around the door twice...lol....after them alex and i make a run for it....make it in aok and take pictures. we wanted the white haired guy but bummer... we got this weird man instead. dunno wut was wrong with the guys... had no appetite for the food!?!?!? well the ladies forgot abt the guys and went to eat some food.... good fruit.. .and cocktail shrimp ^_^ then the dancin really got started......some guys n dolls dancin like crazies.....some guys busted out with some john lin taught moves.....and unlike cinderella... we left at 1....even though we were trying to get ppl to leave at 12:30 to beat traffic. when we left... being the asians that we are.... we take the center pieces (humongo balloons) and get the money's worth for prom. while walking out of the hotel... wut a funny sight... i was in the front..i turn around and see a mob of crazy asians with giant center pieces walking through the hall....LMBO....(took a picture)
afterwards
we got back to alex's house and he took me home... driving semi-blindly...quite fast....
i got home, i walked up to my room... died of tiredness *snore*. woke up...10:30 the next day.....flew to church....
made lots of unforgetable memories.....thanx to some suave studs....*tear* beautiful girls... wonderful super michelle and vivian...and a mr.Ireland for a roof raising time......
Sunday, May 11, 2003
the world goes round and round........
awww my sister is a wimp for tears....hehee she just finished watching this movie (a louis koo movie mind u) and apparently his wife and him were forced to forget each other some how.....and she got so sad that she began to cry and she said to my mom:
(points to eyes) "mom..look"
mom: "oh no.. did u get sand in your eye"
(pause and scratches her head)
isabel: no mom...i'm crying
mom: why are u crying
izz: cuz it's SOOO sad....
heheee
so tonite at dinner... i heard something interesting that was preached in the mandarin service or something.
ask yourself the following three questions:
1. are you happy in the morning?
2. are you happy monday mornings?
3. are you happy when you get criticized?
if the answer to all three questions is yes....you are a very happy person...
i woulda updated abt prom...cept i figured that would take a lot of time so i'll talk about that tomorrow....i needed to do something productive before i began to study for bio ap....SO... stay tune tomorrow for some massive updatage...until next time folks.....good morning...good afternoon...and good night...
awww my sister is a wimp for tears....hehee she just finished watching this movie (a louis koo movie mind u) and apparently his wife and him were forced to forget each other some how.....and she got so sad that she began to cry and she said to my mom:
(points to eyes) "mom..look"
mom: "oh no.. did u get sand in your eye"
(pause and scratches her head)
isabel: no mom...i'm crying
mom: why are u crying
izz: cuz it's SOOO sad....
heheee
so tonite at dinner... i heard something interesting that was preached in the mandarin service or something.
ask yourself the following three questions:
1. are you happy in the morning?
2. are you happy monday mornings?
3. are you happy when you get criticized?
if the answer to all three questions is yes....you are a very happy person...
i woulda updated abt prom...cept i figured that would take a lot of time so i'll talk about that tomorrow....i needed to do something productive before i began to study for bio ap....SO... stay tune tomorrow for some massive updatage...until next time folks.....good morning...good afternoon...and good night...
Thursday, May 08, 2003
and the beat goes on.......
it was hot today. the sun was out and the air conditioning was pumping. the day was bright and the skies were blue and the weather was HOT....those were my initial feelings as i was walking to my car after school. so i was peacefully walking to my car, thinking about how to maximize my time with studying when i got home.....haha jk....when this girl in a mustang is frantically trying to wave people to her car....and my car happened to be next to hers...and she waved me over and asked if i had a jumper cable....and indeed... i do carry a jumper cable in my car... along with a first aid kit...a spare hub cap ...and a buncha other stuff in my trunk. so i bust out my jumper cables and this guy.... who seemed to know what he was doing....plugged up the cables...and for a while.. everything seemed as though it was working... until my feeble 14 yr old car starts making grumbling noices and then.... she was silent. something went wrong and then two cars had dead batteries. so then along comes this guy in a tennis shirt and asked what was wrong and if he could help. so apparently this guy knew what he was doing and so he went and drove his big red truck over and started to start up the mustang again. so as this business is happening, passerbys simon peter walk by and have this perplexed look on their faces and inquires about what is going on. then jeff drives by and after the truck and mustang gets hooked up and everyone is happy, jeff helps start my car up again. and once my car was started back up again....everyone was happy and i went home peacefully attending to my time maximizage....no not really... actually i came home... tired from staying out in the sweltering heat of the may houston weather....and plopped into a giant pile of humongo ikea pillows ^_^
it was hot today. the sun was out and the air conditioning was pumping. the day was bright and the skies were blue and the weather was HOT....those were my initial feelings as i was walking to my car after school. so i was peacefully walking to my car, thinking about how to maximize my time with studying when i got home.....haha jk....when this girl in a mustang is frantically trying to wave people to her car....and my car happened to be next to hers...and she waved me over and asked if i had a jumper cable....and indeed... i do carry a jumper cable in my car... along with a first aid kit...a spare hub cap ...and a buncha other stuff in my trunk. so i bust out my jumper cables and this guy.... who seemed to know what he was doing....plugged up the cables...and for a while.. everything seemed as though it was working... until my feeble 14 yr old car starts making grumbling noices and then.... she was silent. something went wrong and then two cars had dead batteries. so then along comes this guy in a tennis shirt and asked what was wrong and if he could help. so apparently this guy knew what he was doing and so he went and drove his big red truck over and started to start up the mustang again. so as this business is happening, passerbys simon peter walk by and have this perplexed look on their faces and inquires about what is going on. then jeff drives by and after the truck and mustang gets hooked up and everyone is happy, jeff helps start my car up again. and once my car was started back up again....everyone was happy and i went home peacefully attending to my time maximizage....no not really... actually i came home... tired from staying out in the sweltering heat of the may houston weather....and plopped into a giant pile of humongo ikea pillows ^_^
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
You are so good to me.......
had a really kewl experience today. with all the frustrations that have been going on in my life... i've finally come to terms with everything. the ultimate solution to my every problem is always just... simply.. to pray. today went to dgroup and we had a great time just chattin and relaxing from the everyday pressures of life... and we talked about everything in general ^_^ we were running short on time... so we went our separate ways and decided to pray in our cars. so i'm driving along commonwealth on the way home and i decide to turn down my radio and just.... pray. it was this really awesome experience just to pray out loud and drive at the same time. it was kinna weird praying with my eyes open....but the road was empty and prayer had never been so completely between me and God before. one word: WOW.
God really knows how to provide us with everlasting peace.
had a really kewl experience today. with all the frustrations that have been going on in my life... i've finally come to terms with everything. the ultimate solution to my every problem is always just... simply.. to pray. today went to dgroup and we had a great time just chattin and relaxing from the everyday pressures of life... and we talked about everything in general ^_^ we were running short on time... so we went our separate ways and decided to pray in our cars. so i'm driving along commonwealth on the way home and i decide to turn down my radio and just.... pray. it was this really awesome experience just to pray out loud and drive at the same time. it was kinna weird praying with my eyes open....but the road was empty and prayer had never been so completely between me and God before. one word: WOW.
God really knows how to provide us with everlasting peace.
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
hey look.. .it's my computer
i still remember when i got this computer. it was back in the 7th grade when this model of the compaq computers was the quickest there was out there.....i still remember when i use to have this hunka junk in the corner of my little 11x11 room ^_^....and i remember i use to have to pull a 20 foot telephone line from my parents room to my room just so i could hook up the 56K.......and check my email. then after i started downloading songs from my chinese song phase... the computer started to act up and it began to freeze and skip more often....i think the poor thing is going through another phase. ooo.. but my dad moved the computer downstairs onto my desk.... so much roomier and there's a fan above my head. the breeze keeps me awake... and the computer being in the study really prevents sleeping....cuz i realized that i work better in big open spaces... and my comp use to be in a corner upstairs. so we'll c how my outlines go....
spanish ap tomorrow...herm..... that shud be fun... hard.. ..impossible... but.. fun... especially the speaking!
advice for AP spanish takers.
most useful things to say when in doubt:
"Es muy interesante"
"Porque nececite estudiar para el AP"
"muchas cosas"
i still remember when i got this computer. it was back in the 7th grade when this model of the compaq computers was the quickest there was out there.....i still remember when i use to have this hunka junk in the corner of my little 11x11 room ^_^....and i remember i use to have to pull a 20 foot telephone line from my parents room to my room just so i could hook up the 56K.......and check my email. then after i started downloading songs from my chinese song phase... the computer started to act up and it began to freeze and skip more often....i think the poor thing is going through another phase. ooo.. but my dad moved the computer downstairs onto my desk.... so much roomier and there's a fan above my head. the breeze keeps me awake... and the computer being in the study really prevents sleeping....cuz i realized that i work better in big open spaces... and my comp use to be in a corner upstairs. so we'll c how my outlines go....
spanish ap tomorrow...herm..... that shud be fun... hard.. ..impossible... but.. fun... especially the speaking!
advice for AP spanish takers.
most useful things to say when in doubt:
"Es muy interesante"
"Porque nececite estudiar para el AP"
"muchas cosas"
Sunday, May 04, 2003
And So.......
shoes are dumb. i've seen so many shoes today...... i think i'm going to dream about them. shoe shopping has never been fun. it's only fun when you're not planning on shoe shopping but you a find a pair of shoes that you really like and so you buy them. but when you're intentionally going out to buy shoes and you're looking for a specific type of shoe....... you cant ever find it. it's like purse shopping..... when you're looking for a certain type of purse....you cant ever find it. it's when you least plan to shop for a purse that you do. the worse part is always money though. when you look for shoes or purses, you have a mind set of the kind that you want in the perfect price range. but then...IF and when you do find your pair of shoes or the purse, the cost may be the next issue. but then again.... when you find that perfect purse... or perfect pair of shoes......money doesnt matter so much..... there's just so much satisfaction in finding your dream pair of shoes. And so..... i have yet to find my perfect pair of shoes.
that's why shopping without a purpose is so much fun. you dont have anything in mind.... but can possibly end up finding everything you subconciously wanted. anyhoo... enough about shopping.
so this week... i had all the intentions of eating a seafood sub from subway. unfortunately, that didnt get accomplished. i also had all the intentions of doing my friday five on the correct day.....but like my sub.... that was not accomplished... so for all of u who were looking foward to my "friday five" i guess u'll have to get use to disappointment.....for this week anyways. lets hope that i can manage a friday five some time in the near future.
On a brighter note.....i got to eat an Arby's french dip sub and spend time talking with a lotta my friends about everything in general. i love my friends a lot and i appreciate them in every way for just listening to me... and giving me a shoulder to lean on and an ear to talk into. in the same way... i love listening to my friends...i dunno.. i like to just sit around and listen to people talk. wow... it's sunday night again...em.......
cant wait until next saturday ^_~
shoes are dumb. i've seen so many shoes today...... i think i'm going to dream about them. shoe shopping has never been fun. it's only fun when you're not planning on shoe shopping but you a find a pair of shoes that you really like and so you buy them. but when you're intentionally going out to buy shoes and you're looking for a specific type of shoe....... you cant ever find it. it's like purse shopping..... when you're looking for a certain type of purse....you cant ever find it. it's when you least plan to shop for a purse that you do. the worse part is always money though. when you look for shoes or purses, you have a mind set of the kind that you want in the perfect price range. but then...IF and when you do find your pair of shoes or the purse, the cost may be the next issue. but then again.... when you find that perfect purse... or perfect pair of shoes......money doesnt matter so much..... there's just so much satisfaction in finding your dream pair of shoes. And so..... i have yet to find my perfect pair of shoes.
that's why shopping without a purpose is so much fun. you dont have anything in mind.... but can possibly end up finding everything you subconciously wanted. anyhoo... enough about shopping.
so this week... i had all the intentions of eating a seafood sub from subway. unfortunately, that didnt get accomplished. i also had all the intentions of doing my friday five on the correct day.....but like my sub.... that was not accomplished... so for all of u who were looking foward to my "friday five" i guess u'll have to get use to disappointment.....for this week anyways. lets hope that i can manage a friday five some time in the near future.
On a brighter note.....i got to eat an Arby's french dip sub and spend time talking with a lotta my friends about everything in general. i love my friends a lot and i appreciate them in every way for just listening to me... and giving me a shoulder to lean on and an ear to talk into. in the same way... i love listening to my friends...i dunno.. i like to just sit around and listen to people talk. wow... it's sunday night again...em.......
cant wait until next saturday ^_~
Friday, May 02, 2003
ahhhh ahhhh ahhhhhhh chooooooooo
yea.. i've been trying to sneeze all day.. not excatly working. then at lunch koon tells me that when you need to sneeze and you cant.. just hit the back of your head. and so i tried that a moment ago...and all the happened was... it suppressed my sneeze....=/
what a crazy crazy crazy week. this has been the most confusing, frustrating week that i've had since my "no hw for 3 weeks" blow over. *sigh* just sorta realized i still have like...8 extra credit bio outlines to do....erugh... plx pray that i'll hang in there.... i have so many outlines that it means i have to do one outline everyday until next thursday. erugh. and APs next week...gotta get crackin on that espanol. i'm trying to get myself mentally prepared for those crazy things. it's only making me tired thinking about how much writing i'll have to do for english, spanish, and bio. in fact... i'm tired now. it felt like such a long week. however, i have to say that i full appreciated that TAKS testing. got a lotta....stuff accomplished. i will surely miss having 3 free hrs to do....pretty much nothing. ^_^
picked isabel up from school when it hit me.....those extended day people know a lot about me. they know wut school i go to...they know my name...they know my birthday...(my sister spread that to the world)...they know my age...they know my parents... they know my sister... they find me in the places that i volunteer....and they know when i take the taks......whoa.. wut happened to privacy? haha...
gonna get chopping on my food and outlines..... *sigh*....i cant wait till may 13th.....when this will all simmer down.....................
yea.. i've been trying to sneeze all day.. not excatly working. then at lunch koon tells me that when you need to sneeze and you cant.. just hit the back of your head. and so i tried that a moment ago...and all the happened was... it suppressed my sneeze....=/
what a crazy crazy crazy week. this has been the most confusing, frustrating week that i've had since my "no hw for 3 weeks" blow over. *sigh* just sorta realized i still have like...8 extra credit bio outlines to do....erugh... plx pray that i'll hang in there.... i have so many outlines that it means i have to do one outline everyday until next thursday. erugh. and APs next week...gotta get crackin on that espanol. i'm trying to get myself mentally prepared for those crazy things. it's only making me tired thinking about how much writing i'll have to do for english, spanish, and bio. in fact... i'm tired now. it felt like such a long week. however, i have to say that i full appreciated that TAKS testing. got a lotta....stuff accomplished. i will surely miss having 3 free hrs to do....pretty much nothing. ^_^
picked isabel up from school when it hit me.....those extended day people know a lot about me. they know wut school i go to...they know my name...they know my birthday...(my sister spread that to the world)...they know my age...they know my parents... they know my sister... they find me in the places that i volunteer....and they know when i take the taks......whoa.. wut happened to privacy? haha...
gonna get chopping on my food and outlines..... *sigh*....i cant wait till may 13th.....when this will all simmer down.....................
Thursday, May 01, 2003
Yet another beautiful...and hot day.
the clear blue skies and everything else is nice... awesomeness...wonderfutacular.....in the summer i like to soak in the sun..(minus those gosh awful sunburns) and in the winter... i like to breathe in the cold air. so i guess i just cant hate the changing of seasons... so much to offer... cept spring and fall.... herm... fall= leaves... sprin=flowers.
life is so weird sometimes. you might think that a situation is happening a certain way.....but then when you discover the truth..... it's not at all how you thought it was ...... that's the frustration with life... people think too much..... thinking can sometimes get in the way of everything. another thing about life.....it's definitely full of surprises... some unintended and unwanted... others... pleasing and kewl. but then some just leave u dumb-founded and stupified... and kinna feeling like ur stomach just fell out and ur trying to retrieve all crud that fell out. yea.. i feel like rambling lately..... all that studying is getting to my head.. and i'm letting it out with nonsensical talk.
oooo heeeyyyy... dumplings and egg noodles... 4th time this week..score... gonna go claim my share...
the clear blue skies and everything else is nice... awesomeness...wonderfutacular.....in the summer i like to soak in the sun..(minus those gosh awful sunburns) and in the winter... i like to breathe in the cold air. so i guess i just cant hate the changing of seasons... so much to offer... cept spring and fall.... herm... fall= leaves... sprin=flowers.
life is so weird sometimes. you might think that a situation is happening a certain way.....but then when you discover the truth..... it's not at all how you thought it was ...... that's the frustration with life... people think too much..... thinking can sometimes get in the way of everything. another thing about life.....it's definitely full of surprises... some unintended and unwanted... others... pleasing and kewl. but then some just leave u dumb-founded and stupified... and kinna feeling like ur stomach just fell out and ur trying to retrieve all crud that fell out. yea.. i feel like rambling lately..... all that studying is getting to my head.. and i'm letting it out with nonsensical talk.
oooo heeeyyyy... dumplings and egg noodles... 4th time this week..score... gonna go claim my share...