*sagebrush blowing in the wind......western howling music in the backgroud..... (if ur not bored, but just a really devoted ophie blog reader, i suggest skip the first two paragraphs...unless u just like to read)

WHOA.....they have a new blog post template.... i feel so lost....this is intense....but i like...cept the html lingo is so foreign to me...not that that's anything new....but now it's just more strange and foreign than it once was for a computer illiterate like myself.

ah yes... so the beauty of summer.....it's got boredom streaked across the sky......ok not really, just the afternoons get a lil drab around my place, not much to do but read. contrary to my away message which says, "kinna bored...no job...no money....and everyone seems to be busy...hehe...SO..im gonna read invisible man....and pick up my sister later so she can come home and play monopoly with me. yea gosh... i sure love summer"--- i am not reading. i started to, read mabbe 3 pages, sounded interesting...and i snoozed. it's the oppresive heat....makes me tired.

today was genuinely a really really good summer day. i was pretty tired the entire day. i had that "allnighter hazzy" feeling that you get the day after an allnighter cept i didnt pull one. went to Star of Hope with my Atlanta mission group, after breakfast at mc Ds. (i love hasbrowns and jam...emmm). it was overall a really good experience. i never felt so useful/productive before. it's like at home, i wud never voluntarily do some of the stuff i did today. i.e. cleaning plates, wiping tables, sweaping, mopping.....chore like activities cept in no way did they feel like chores. it just made me sorta think, "wow, im willing to serve people i dont know in this way, but i dont even serve my family by willing doing these things." sorta my butt kicker of the week. but yea, after that whole experience i kinna wanna make dinner tonite....=P but i think the kewlest part abt serving at star of hope was this SUPER amazing lady named miss BJ (i think) that we got to work with. just a simple lay out of her daily activities
*get up at 3 or 4 am: hike 6 miles to the bus stop
*catch the 4:55 bus and get to work by 5:30 or 6:30 and prepare breakfast for 270 people
*after breakfast, wipe about 12-15 tables, sweep, mop, set silverware, and make lunch for over 100 people
*serve lunch and not get to eat lunch
*after lunch, wipe about 12-15 tables, sweep, mop, set silverware, and at around 1:40ish hike to the bus stop, and wait in the swealtering heat for the 2:05 or 2:15 bus. THEN she's gotta hike that 6 miles after she gets off the bus to her house.

now lemme tell you, this lady isnt of a ripe young age. But she must be SO much more fit than couch potatoes that watch movies and play computer games all day during the summer. this woman goes down in my heros category. i really admire wut she does, which definitely takes a lotta discipline to do that every day. and BOY am i glad we got to lighten her load today by helping set stuff up, clean, and serve food. She genuinely looked like she appreciated it, not to mention we got free food as well. she even told us some experiences she had when she went to atlanta. she made it sound so sublime....maaan i cant wait to go serve there too!!! she wanted us to take pictures of atlanta for her and bring em to her when we get back....hopefully we'll get to do that ^_^.
so after that i went to pick up my pictures from the last day of school. for the first time in years, the pictures i took by myself of me and another person actually turned out decent, of course the ones ppl took for me look better, but yea, that made me happy. so then i decided to hit half price books to see if i would get lucky again and find invisible man or crime and punishment. so i looked around......for like.. a minute...didnt find it....then WAM as i was walking past a cart, right on top was invisible man in TOP condition....ok not quite TOP but...semi-TOP condition, so i got it. Then i headed over to b & n and got crime and punishment, which wasnt costly in itself. after that ordeal, i headed over to gap to purchase an important item. i probably waited in line 20 or so minutes for the cashier. when i finally got there, she apologized and THEN she said i was the lucky winner today, cuz i won a free 10% off my next purchase at gap ^_^. yea.. just my luck eh?
i may be a little bored now, but my good day makes up for any boredom i may be experiencing presently. tomorrow is friday, wow....so fast... not liking the fast time passage tho....time needs to not want to pass so quickly...take it easy, enjoy the summer......calm down......i only get 2003 summer once....gonna go be productive and read...or watch friends or something.....hope everyone had an awesome day.

why cant i breathe whenever i think about You..........

weird houston weather. rains for 15 minutes, power outtage, and then sunshine after the rain.....but i like it... cept the mosquitos.
man... my dad's a silly guy. whenever he reads emails from teenagers he needs me to translate
dad: opheeee what does "hafta" mean?
dad: opheeee what does "wut" mean?
oiy... wut a character....guess that's where i get it from ^_~. it was pretty kewl tonite, my dad and i were both typing our emails to our atlanta mission groups and we stumbled across the same passage and kinna questioned each other and talked abt it. it always boggles my mind how my dad keeps his constant "smile face". seriously...he's looked like he's been smiling for as long as i can remember......from the day i was born till now...he's kept his composure...his smile face. but when my dad's smile face disappears... the world comes tumbling down! so...gotta keep that smile face on my dad. ^_^ I've always liked how my dad and i think so differently and a lotta times he gives me a funny look abt the odd things i do and say, but he respects me for my opinion and he's a superb listener. he may come off as a quiet guy...but when he's ur dad.. u cant shut him up....not that i ever really want to...but just a lil tidbit abt him. i remember the first thing i thought when i found out my dad was considering to be a driver for atlanta was.....GO DAD COME along with us! then when he finally decided to go i took on my dad's smile face. i still cant really believe my dad and i are going on a mission trip together. it's gotta be both the most bizzare and kewlest thing we've ever done together....goes rite along with rock climbing with dad... cept kewler. there's so much my dad's done for me... i cant ever express that gratitude OR repay him for his awesomeness. my dad once asked me a funny question. he asked me, " if you cud choose a set of parents who wud they be?". I told him he was silly and that there's no people in the world i'd rather have than the parents God's already blessed me with.

like a child..........

i think the best part abt summer so far is having time to spend with family. During the school year, im home physically... but not mentally. Like yesterday we had guests over and i helped my mom cook dinner. i dun really remember the last time i voluntarily did that. it was pretty kewl and my mom really appreciated it. i love random acts of kindness...esp for mom. then tonite after dinner, we were all feeling chubbed so my mom was like... yea.. i'm going bike riding and then i wanted to go bike riding and my sis wanted to go and my dad did too. so we went bike riding. isabel and my mom rode their own bikes, my dad rode mine, and i rode my old bike/ the one i learned to ride a bike on. (it's abt 12 yrs old...and still in good shape... a lil dorky but it works) we rode to two parks. I cant remember the last time i went to the park with my family. the last time we went, my sister didnt know how to ride a two wheeler, and she had to sit on my shoulders to go on the monkey bars. now, she rides her bike better than me and she's an independant woman at the monkey bars. I totally felt like i was back in the fifth grade enjoying my uphill bike ride along the golf course at Horn Rapids. As much as i disliked golfers back then... i miss them yelling, "hey kid get off the grass" at me when i rode through the golf course....and then i'd make my daring escape across the bridge, back through the driving range....speedily racing the golf carts back to my house...where i'd find my neighbor...5times a week.. twice a day... washing his car....then i'd proudly treat myself to a lime popsicle.....
tonite.. when i got home from the bike ride....all i cud think abt was how sore my butt was... but how much fun it was going to the park. and then my mom gave isabel and i a popsicle.... cept this one was cherry...but it was still good.....summer... rocks

a little fall of rain.............

i got pen stuck in my finger nail and i cant get it out. *sigh*... just my luck. this weekend was pretty nice. friday morning senior pics funny lady that was a tad over enthusiastic abt "senior smiles"/ "smile big...this one's for mom!" potluck in afternoon watched awesome lilo and stitch/ the ring....hahahaha (scary movie laughter).......friday nite grad nite......fun stuff.... tons of gorgeous girls and nice looking guys and lotsa laughs of funniness, tears of joy, and the works. so many graduates *gasp face*

Saturday morning, SATs...*bleck*...made my poor father ride his bike to church. took him 50 minutes and he got stuck at the light on knights court, fortunately a kind car came and helped my dad across the street. (he wasnt heavy enuf for the light to sense his presence). took a really great 4 hr nap after i got home...*sigh* long drive! then went to club sienna for a nice dip in a nice pool....killer awesome slides, ubber kewlios bugs, lotsa water, attackage, blind nite swimming. ahh yes swimming good times good times...and my joy ho gah pung yao came home!

sunday: kewl kids and middle/younger high schoolers...interesting drama team ~forgiveness~ cake in sunday school/ violence= fool's talk. shopping= crazy, gap= crazier, demo= craziest, picture booth= possible to fit approximately 6 faces in them. brain freeze= *ouch*. watched first 5 minutes of Fight Club at lex's (return to oph plx) and then waved my temporary farewells to jeremy and phil. weekend came to close.. monday morning arrived.... brushed teeth and waved farewell to sunday.

>> "THE POSITIVE SIDE OF LIFE"
>> Living on Earth is expensive,
>> but it does include a free trip
>> around the sun every year.
>>
>> How long a minute is
>> depends on what side of the
>> bathroom door you're on.
>>
>> Birthdays are good for you;
>> the more you have,
>> the longer you live.
>>
>> Happiness comes through doors you
>> didn't even know you left open.
>>
>> Ever notice that the people who are late
>> are often much jollier
>> than the people who have to wait for them?
>>
>> Most of us go to our grave
>> with our music still inside of us.
>>
>> If Walmart is lowering prices every day,
>> how come nothing is free yet?
>>
>> You may be only one person in the world,
>> but you may also be the world to one person.
>>
>> Some mistakes are too much fun
>> to only make once.
>>
>> Don't cry because it's over;
>> smile because it happened.
>>
>> We could learn a lot from crayons:
>> some are sharp, some are pretty,
>> some are dull, some have weird names,
>> and all are different colors....but
>> they all exist very nicely in the same box.
>>
>> A truly happy person is one who
>> can enjoy the scenery on a detour.
>>
>> Have an awesome day, and
>> know that someone
>> who thinks you're great
>> has thought about you today!..
>>

a beautiful sound.......

those three words wud describe the song us wonderful non-seniors are putting together. ^_^ man these past three days have been fun, frustrating, tiring, and awesome. It's so peaceful to finally be able to manage my time. It's kinna neat being able to do everything that i need to do. I shud definitely practice this more often. ^_*
Man... this tribute business spread like wild fire. now everyone has set up their own unique tribute system. woohooo! It's pretty neat seeing all the people that have in some way impacted each persons life. To think of all the memories and footsteps special people have walked throughout life. i guess i'll look foward to senior yr after all. *sigh* i took me like... 5 hrs to update this blog...hahaa.... ok... i think i've worn down my fullness from dinner.....time to sleep!

coollsteve: bye pho
coollsteve: i mean oph
coollsteve: man i'm hungry

Ohana...... (is that how u spell that?)

today was filled with filming, loitering, more filming, more loitering, filming, wearing fun paper hats, strange bug bites, see cute baby pictures, laughing, seeing cynthia, being crazy, enjoying my first real day of official summer, and suffocating in the hot summer breeze. which causes me to recall the four seasons i once enjoyed....i like snow...mountains and rivers...which wud help me remember a senior up there that wud be enjoying all that now.

I dont know him that well, but i feel that he too shud be recognized as a c/o 03 member that shud be remembered. Steve
I think my fondest memory of you wud have to be when Kristin Chartrand slapped you with a really loud smack back in the day in spanish2. that moment on you were known in my mind as the guy who got slapped. although i'm not sure when i met you. i have a recollection that you were once in my sunday school class althought i'm not sure if that was you or Ben Lee. Anyhow, i actually think i got to meet you after i moved away. then i officially talked to you at Alicey's sweet 16th. another random thing i remember abt you is the night of alicey's sweet 16th we went driving around after watching "New Guy" and we were in the parking lot of... shoot.. slipped my mind, but you let jonathan drive and that was interesting. from wut ive gotten to know of you, you seem to be a great guy. good luck next yr up at UW with all those other awesome ppl (namely steeni and deeni...dont know many others) but yea...u made it... ur gonna be done this friday....4 days.. that's it! good luck and wish i was at grad to see u guys get those fake diplomas. be safe, and dont speed so much (u dont ne more right?)

Tribute to a Load of Awesome people........c/o '03 Seniors.... (note to steeni: a tribute to u down below) warning: long blog

WOW....so after attending two graduations, hearing over 1300 odd peoples names called, throat aching scream moments...smiling at flashing cameras and taking blue and red gowned pictures..... i gotta say... the thought that the seniors are finally moving on is well on its way to sinking in. so now i must take the time to list out some of the things i shall remember most abt seniors. (in alpha order by guy/girl)

Alice: calling me "motherly", bringing us donuts at dgroup, praying w/u at winter getaway
Annie: TWINS represent!!!! blanket, purse, smile, eyes, height, frame, Julia Stiles, wild and crazy dancing
Angela: mi companero, waving in the hall and not knowing who u were, writing script at ur house
Jennifer: "overweight on the way to squirrel", dgroup take u home, hallway waves and smiles.
Melody: the Melody wave, lesbian, 1st semester PE, you are hott, a weird picture of us i took that u never saw.
Tina: "mother" "children", excess whip cream story, hugs, laughs, smiles, sleepover talk material really high shoes, Starbucks

a.Fan: googlie bear, skit team, walking toward u and not seeing u, screaming in my face @ WG, accidental phone calls
a.Yang: "person!", Jerry lookalike, your laugh, superhuman strength, "tyl", prom, "if u went to my school........."
Jeremy: chumonsterr, blogtime, long hair phase, ophie's pimp mobile ride, batman, there's only 3 girls?
Mok: your digial camera, anti-chump, SAT pep talks, pizza delivery, away mssgs, orange, fruit roll ups, sticky notes
Peter: speed scrabble, hc, eggheads, sticky notes, chickens, SAT help, i borrowed Anthem from u and never returned it
Phil: met u at WG, "ophelia wang" (not my name), ophie's pimp mobile ride, frown smile, need to give u negatives from prom
Xiao: hammergirl/cottonswabboy represent!, :nono:, sarcasm, :invasion:, seeing u on the way to school, my toe picture

not that these things i remember abt u are in any was ubber significant but they were some of the first that came to mind. i know there are a million other memories in my head....which i'll also remember each of u by.

tribute to my dearest steeni! ^_^
The one thing i regret about our friendship is not being able to attend your graduation. if it was humanly possible, i wud physically learn to fly and return to Richland just so i cud sit on the bleachers at Franrish and watch them call out your name so i cud yell my lungs out. though i may not be there physically i will be there mentally and in spirit. my earliest memory of you is horseback riding at the retreat at ...was it F Flat? Along side that memory is my initiation as the fourth musketeer. I also remember when we use to have prayer meetings sunday morning and u'd come over and play, which would totally make my day. then back when u were in 6th and i was in 5th we had the same black and purple rain boots from costco and the same purple and blue fleece pull over. I've always liked your "swan-style basketball" and when we conjured up the name "steeni" for you. If u dont remember, i recall it was the first year at canby grove. You were running back to your cabin cuz u forgot something and diane and i were waiting for you at the edge of the forest and yelling "run Steeni run!!!!". the best part about our friendship was when we grew closer and shared a part of ourselves with each other. I can truely say that you are a friend that i've share pain and happiness; tears and smiles with. I will always remember when u, cyndi, and i cried an entire roll of toliet paper next to her garage door, and how we talked pretty much the entire night away. It's always been a blessing to share the same bday month as you and being 6 days older ^_* (btw... i have yet to give u ur bday gift =P). and iono if u remember this but b4 i left the four of us were sitting in cyndi's car in front of the mall listening to Friends by Michael W. Smith. and i just wanna end with this phrase from the song...."but a lifetime's not to long to live as friends."


so here concludes my tribute to a buncha special people that will go down as one of the most memorable buncha people. good luck to an awesome future in a big world.....

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!

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...^_*

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

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

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....

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.... ^_^

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 ^_^........

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...^_^

OpHieSpeAks: my fan wont turn on!
DarkJediPete: hahah....
DarkJediPete: oh my...for some reason, i pictured alex fan....

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....)

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......

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...

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 ^_^

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.

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"

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 ^_~

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.....................

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...

I like to Ramble.......

presently... i'm eating this strange poopy-unattractive object that claims to be a peanut cookie. eyeah....i dunno why i have a strong affinity for strange looking and tasting things... just like... MHC IIs have for.. CD4s? *sigh... speaking of the devilish bio test..... BOMB! somehow i should have learned from last six weeks that i should never study for bio tests..... it always back fires. i think i study so hard that i start to confuse myself. and i have this problem of not following my first instincts. i seem to bubble in the correct answers the first time i answer them... then i change it... and BOMB. erugh....stoopid bio....

WHOA......just went to get some milk... a miracle happened.... the gallon of milk is actually empty now. my family is notorious for never finish our milk... not even a pint or quart of milk..... and now.. ladies and gentlemen.. we have finished a gallon! haha... yea that just made my ubber crummy day a tad bit better. i guess it wasnt so much the bio test that ruined my day... i guess lotsa stuff sorta led up to it.. and BAM... the BOMB of a grade.. and spanish was just as confusing. i guess by the time spanish rolled around... the fluid in my ear had lost equilibrium and i was about to faint from exhaustion. right now i just want to breathe a bit....when APs are over... i'll regain my sanity. but for now....i'm just gonna pray hard cuz i know my Lord Jesus can get me through my frustration. *sigh*
up to today... life was pretty much on cruise control of terrific times. it's arite though.. life is full of ups and down and we just gotta be emotionally stable and deal with it. and listening to soothing music helps too. a recent song i've come to like is Somewhere in Between by Lifehouse.....reminds me of floating clouds......
when my sister said....."i'll be you for a day.. and u be me for a day..okay?"..... i should have said yes...wishin i was 6 again....

Steeni speaks:
The world is running out of geniuses. Einstein died, Beethoven went deaf, and I'm starting to get a migrane.

that quote would reflect my physical state right now. my head feels like there are little rocks rolling around it in. i've never experienced such a headache before. but i know that if i go to sleep... i shall wake up even more head-ached than before. so im just gonna linger around... and go studying like a mad woman again sometime later.

note to my future study habits (talkin abt bio):
OpHeEeNieEe: sure was harder than i've ever studied b4..in my LIFE
OpHeEeNieEe: hahaa
fallin f0r Y0U: hehe
fallin f0r Y0U: well, you can do one of 2 things now
fallin f0r Y0U: 1. see yesterday as a traumatizing experience and NEVER study that hard EVER AGAIN
fallin f0r Y0U: or
fallin f0r Y0U: 2. keep trying to beat that record
fallin f0r Y0U: please, make the wise decision
OpHeEeNieEe: wut the... i dont like... 2
OpHeEeNieEe: makes me feel like i'm in the matrix
OpHeEeNieEe: pill 1... or pill 2
fallin f0r Y0U: im morpheus

but before i go study... i'm gonna do one of two things....1. eat candy.....2. eat bread

nehehehehe...*sounding goats* ^_^
i swear... i really DID remember my friday five on friday...cept... i got lazy...or i uh.. studied for ...uh... stuff instead..hehe... so this week.. i've put a twist on this "friday five"

1. What was your most memorable food from the last week?
- the egg noodles i had to cook myself before going on the scholarship walk cuz....i tried cooking it this one new way....or shud i say.. Alice Luo style....by putting it into a bowl and adding hot water from a hot water thing. hahaa....i dunno how it ever works for her...i'll blame it on the noodles.

2. What one food touched your life this week?
- i'd have to say papsitos chips and spinach dip. my mom bought a thing of spinach dip on saturday..... my family and i ate half of the dip an hour after it was bought. then my sister and i finished it off sunday afternoon.....that's a record....one container of dip...one day.. and boy are papasitos chips REALLLLLY good!
- oh.. and i gotta say.. that cold pizza delivered by the "delivery guy" on my doorstep wasnt so bad either.

3. How have you helped food this week?
- my dad always says that you should eat food of every color every day to ensure that you've eaten a balanced diet. i suppose i've helped food this week by eating all different colors. that way...no one gets left out.. and i'm still healthy.

4. What one food do you need to eat by this time next week?
- i hope to have eaten a seafood sub from subway by this time next week.......we'll see...

5. What one food will you eat the next seven days to make your world a better place?
- herm.. this one's tough. i guess i'd have to say.....candy.. to prevent little children from getting too many cavities and to prevent dentists from making too much off of little children...haha.. no...that's not good.....ok ok.. i guess i'd have to say.........apples... to prevent me from going to the doctors... (an apple a day keeps the doctor away) the world cud use one less sick person.

nice twist eh?

so i've discovered.. it's impossible for me to study at home..... everytime i see my house.. my brain automatically clicks into ~must sleep mode~ but..... now.. i have a greater motivation to study hard for bio and pre cal... guess why..?
I'm still in the running for exemptions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! apparently.. i calculated incorrectly.. *sigh* bio... totally deteriorates my math skills..*shakes head* but the challenge now.. is to make an A on tomorrows bio test in order for me to get exemptions...*sigh*.....so... i've decided i should go study.. OH.. and maaaan.... APs...wow... they're just flying at us....so... better make like a plane and jet.... make like a banana and split......make like a bread and roll......

last note: homestar runner..has taken over steeni...hehe..so it seems.....herm....=P


end note:
.......funny the way God works sometimes.....^_~

oh my... so i decided to finally read one of the thousands of emails i receive from my old sunday school teacher today...and it was so kewl i decided to share with you all

Psalm 25:10
All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful
for those who keep the demands of his covenant.


G U I D A N C E When I meditated on the word GUIDANCE, I kept seeing
"dance" at the end of the word. I remember reading that doing God's will
is a lot like dancing. When two people try to lead, nothing feels
right. The movement doesn't flow with the music, and everything is quite
uncomfortable and jerky.

When one person realizes and lets the other lead, both bodies begin to
flow with the music. One gives gentle cues, perhaps with a nudge to
the back or by pressing lightly in one direction or another. It's as if
two become one body, moving beautifully. The dance takes surrender,
willingness, and attentiveness from one person and gentle guidance and
skill from the other.

My eyes drew back to the word GUIDANCE. When I saw "G," I thought of
God, followed by "u" and "i."
"God, "u" and "i" dance."! God, you, and I dance. This statement is
what guidance means to me.

As I lowered my head, I became willing to trust that I would get
guidance about my life. Once again, I became willing to let God lead.

My prayer for you today is that God's blessings and mercies be upon you
and your family on this day and everyday. May you abide in Him as He
abides in you. Dance together with God, trusting Him to lead and to
guide you through each season of your life.

This prayer is powerful and there is nothing attached. If God has done
anything for you in your life, please share this message with someone
else, for prayer is one of the best gifts we can receive. There is no
cost but a lot of rewards; so lets continue to pray for one another.

ever tried sitting on singing on top of your car? (random thought of the day)

the weather was so gorgeous today. was taking kathy home when i realized how much i appreciated the warm weather. though i still miss the cold....this warm stuff rocks. and once again.... the warm weather (like Easter) reminds me of.....GREEN! (new life ^_*)

cant really think of ne thing else i wanna say....just that it's beautiful outside......^_^


I"M BACK..... eh.. not really hehe... but yeeah..

whoa.. i just finished writing an "if i were a senior" column for jesse on our blog...hehe.. it was pretty fun.. i didnt know i had a lot of those words in me. maaan.... i cant believe time is passing...so fast... so fast...kinna had a taste of senior-ness when i wrote our column.. IM me if u wanna read it..hahaa

doncha just love it when ur addicted to an awesome song!?!? i do...hehe.....

wow.. i'm so glad this week has flown by.....like a breeeeezeeeeee... i'm liking this 4 day week business..... shud definitely happen more often... unfortunately...*sigh*.. dun wanna talk abt when the next four day week is....

y is it.. that the more sleep i get....the more tired i am.....8 hrs of sleep last nite...and i cudnt keep my eyes open in bio....or any other class for that matter. but no matter... i shud be sleeping now... must get up early to go to krogers to by some veggies and dip for our.... eh.. DNA party tomorrow ^_^

gosh.. i was SO productive today..did some AP practice... some listening for spanish.. which was a joke... only got one section completely right... then did some english.. much more successful in a language i do understand...did make it to bio.....so i studied for pre cal... lets hope that pays off.... i tend to do better when i study for that class.. unlike all my other classes.... we'll see... we'll see...

aritey... shooting for a long nights sleep.. gnite all

DarkJediPete: naps suck
OpHeEeNieEe: aww.. y?!?!
DarkJediPete: well...for one thing, it messed up my hair
OpHeEeNieEe: HAHAHA

after guiltily sabotaging my car with sticky notes.......

fallin f0r y0u: O:-) (angel smiley)

DarkJediPete: ...i...am...innocent O:-)

so then... yesterday... glores, alicia, and i come out of cat lab... and i look and see my car with numerous sticky notes posted all over my car...using my superior intellect i deducted from some clues on the notes.... who the culprites were. *shakes head*...hence the comments up above.

oiy.. no more cat lab *sniff*sniff*.... yes our michito/mrs.cat days are over. we even gave her kidney snipage and open heart surgery ^_^....gloria and her scalpal and scissors!!! hehe...annie and her super muscle defining skills....kolsom..and her.. watermelon!! hahaa.. man cat lab.. good times.. good times. Oh and to top it off... we had our LAST bio quiz of the year......*sniff*sniff*....not..... no more bio outlines!!! oh... wait.. spoke to quickly.. .still got those extra credit ones to do *_*.....enuf of bio.. moving on.....

the best thing about having track off season is... we dont do anything. for a while i just left after 6th but then coach hollis decided we shud stay in the locker room or workout versus just leaving. so then i realized staying at school 7th isnt so bad. i get most of my hw done...which is good cuz if i'm at school i wont fall asleep and i'll actually get my work done. like today for example... i dont have hw! i've realized that in my three years of hs.. i've never fallen asleep at school. somehow i just dont know how to fall asleep at school. i just end up giving my teachers the lazy eye.....or the groggy eyes... where i look like i'm awake and i stare with contempt at my teacher... but in a way i'm techincally asleep because i cant hear a word the teacher is saying. and i also found out that i can be a sound sleeper when i want to be. yesterday i told my dad to wake me up in 10 minutes from my power nap, which was at around 10. so then when i opened my eyes... it was 1:30......and i confront my father about this mishap. he tells me that he was vigorously shaking me to awake me... but i just slapped him and went back to sleep. usually i'm not a sound sleeper. if i know you're gonna wake me up... i wake at the poke of a finger. herm.....

then today after school as i was wandering slowly to my locker before the bell rang... i was ascending the stairs when i hear "ophelia wong!!!" yelled kinna loudly. so i go back down the stairs a bit but dont see anyone. then i hear another "ophelia wong!!!" a bit more loudly this time... so i walk back down again...but to find no one there. to this point in time.. i still do not know to who that mysterious voice belonged to.


hum.. feeling kinna tired...and awake... think i'll go eat an apple ^_^

i cant believe!!!! ahhhhh my weekend... this really awesome...fantastic weekend.... flash whoosh.... snap.. bang... one hour left. *sigh*.. but i praise God for every moment of it.
SS/Baptism party rocked today. the FOOD.....the pictionary......the mafia.....the ddr.....the people...mrs. fong! i havent screamed so loud... or laughed so hard in a really long time. hence my personal quote: sometimes i like to laugh so hard that my stomach hurts... my cheeks burn.. and my eyes tear :-D
and also feeling kinna like.. i want time to stand still so i can experience that fuzzy cant eat cant sleep reach for the stars kinda feeling

and i've forgotten wut i wanted to say... i shall jabber more latter.

though it's no longer sunday. i must say easter did shed a new light in my life. It just felt like there was so much joy to spread around this year. it felt like dejavu of christmas.... almost.... cept it was in celebration of Christ's resurrection. God is just SOOOO good in SOOOO many ways... puts a smile on my face everytime i think of all the blessings that he pours out every moment. baptisms are are so refreshing..reminds me of my favorite color green... which symbolizes.. new life... i was SOO happy today.. that when i got hugs.. and my shoulders were squeezed too hard.. i didnt even feel the pain of my sunburn ^_^
Congrats and God speed on ur walks with Christ to : Peter, Xiao, Phil, Fred, and Vivian ^_^

HAPPY BELATED EASTER!!!!!!

oh saturday oh... saturday...stinks when time passes too quick

well to start this saturday off.... i woke up at around 7. only becuz i cudnt sleep. that darn sunburn prevented me from sleeping on my side. That forced me to sleep on my back.... and my nose kept stuffing up....so i gave up trying to go back to sleep at around 8ish. so then i aimlessly wandered my house until my sister came home from piano lessons. then fam fam and i went to Andres to eat some... food... dunno where from. but it was SOOOOOO GOOOD!!!!!! we got desserts with our meals......mmmmmmmmmmmmm! that's pretty much all i did today.

oh and my sister and I... we discovered that we can talk like Stitch...hehee.. and we made up this screaming game...that's really funny and annoys ur parents. muwhahaha... ok.. imma go clean my room... again..=P

once again.. it isn't friday.. it was when i started...but when i finished.. i was too late

1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?
-dissecting cat with bare hands
-hanging out with annie
-getting sun burned


2. What one person touched your life this week?
- If God was a man of present day... he definitely touched it this week.. like all weeks... those past.. and those yet to come
- Grace

3. How have you helped someone this week?
-gave several people rides home

4. What one thing do you need to get done by this time next week?
-study for APs

5. What one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place?
-this is a hard question.. its like having to think of a new way to make the world better every week.
but i guess....pray more... for peace and stuff.... that wud make the world a better place

ok... after careful consideration, i finally decided to delete my dreambook. no more health insurance!
*long sighing* It is thursday.... we are on Easter break. what a wonderful time. Man... God is SO awesome ^_^ I've had like the best two weeks i've had in a long time. i must say yesterday was a little crummy... but nothing a little prayer couldnt heal. ^_*. It's amazing how strange things turn out sometimes....

anyhoo.... was today like... let's abuse ophelia day? To start off my day... ms.schroeder was not in pleasnt humor. she was rather.... eurhgkl.. at us for being so lazy and not doing our work that she penalized us... *sigh* so come precal... i'm peacefully taking notes when Sid... decides it would be funny to write obscene comments on my calculator and put that on repeat. being the technology illiterate person i am... i cudnt stop the repeat...so for the duration of that period i had this awful word constantly repeating on my calculator. to make matters even more interesting... i happen to have forgotten all my pens and stuff today... so yea.. lotsa fun there. then after 6th period i was peacefully putting up my books when this green-shirted dragon dude...(didnt get a chance to see who it was ... snuck off too quick) grabbed my head...and shook it around for a bit....think i mitta known who it was tho...

.then after 6th... this girl crashes into me.. and then.. this guy comes running at me with his mouth open about to eat me!!! holy smokes.....and to top things off i was in my car taking jeremy home in the student parking lot when we come across mok walking to his car. so being the kind person i am... i decide to take him to his car. when we get there we encounter simon and peter. simon decides to walk up to my car... and lift up one windshield wiper... and peter lifts up the other... and then they constantly open the doors to my car.. and as most of u know i have automatic seat belts....so my belts where just going crazy! to make matters worse...mok steals my sunshield and puts it infront of my windshield!!!! gaaah.. then jeremy... turns on my windshield wipers... and gets the water squirting things instead. oiy....*shakes head...jpgs...*

but besides that... it was a wonderful day! wuts more... i cant think of hw that i have *gasp* Have an awesome Easter weekend!!!

DarkJediPete: but i close my eyes when i do my morning stuff hehe
OpHeEeNieEe: for the heck of it?
DarkJediPete: cuz i can get that extra few minutes of "sleep"

what a good idea......=P

Back where i come from... 80 degrees is the dawn of summer........

just had the funniest feeling in the world. so i thought i was done with my hw..... then i realized... i have a precal quiz, spanish quiz, and an english quiz...cat practical....i knew no hw was too good to be true *sigh* but compared to my previous life... that's nothing.

i am liking the atmosphere....the environment of the times right now. everyday is a friday to me....it's kinna like i'm getting a small taste of being a senior...haha...but i know this feeling wont last long. i shud take advantage of this time and study for .... stuff... there's always something to study for... or i cud work on my 92 points of bio outlining... but ...nah~

today.. i was suffering from internal hyperness.... like the kind where u see happy people and randomly burst out laughing....(deb can back that up....=P).... .school is so... blah these days... sometimes i forget i'm even at school... i guess i dont mind going to school so much. had an interesting bio day. didnt have anything to study for at lunch... so that was nice. then steinkamp went to open heart with 6th period so that left our class... with an sub. so supposedly we went through the slides for our test on thurs.... which techincally we did... but we didnt. minutes into class and some people started playing n64....mario cart..... i on the other hand.... haha.. worked on precal.. thus the thought of no homework crossing my mind....then arjun, paniz, shannon.. and i.... borrowed steinkamps brownies in his fridge.....


so 7th period... turn in track stuff... *tear*....=P then the open heart people were already back, so i just go hang out with the bio crowd and we studied the cat.

o yea.. had a moment today in english. so i'm sitting in at my desk.. happy that i aced the "quizzy poop" (as ms. hemme puts it) and then yusra says...."there's something coming out of your pants"..... so i tap the back of my pants i pull this thing out... and it's dental floss..... dental floss.. coming out of my pants pocket*shakes head*... that sure beats toliet paper...

oiy... so ya think i can go to sleep b4 12 tonite? i'll sure try ^_^

OpHeEeNieEe: thats ok.. there's better fish in the ocean
aceoFheartsEsquE: but why get fish when u can have the whale?


what? lmbo...

You would think a few extra hours of sleep would allow you to wake up more peacefully. not the case. i need at least 14 hrs of sleep to actually willing lug myself out of bed. so even though i slept nearly 7 hrs last night... i still got to school at around 7:28... cz i woke up so late. that's the problem with having parking spot at school. i totally take advantage of the fact that i drive myself to school. i have less of an insentive to get up in the morning knowing that somehow... i will get myself to school before 7:30 if it's the last thing i do. i realize though... that if i leave my house after 7:15, there's this little traffic jam down elkins.... so to prevent from jamming i shud leave my house 7ish....

wow.. today was kinda kewl.... i mean.. it was just one of those great days where nothing major happens... but it was just a great day. for starters i didnt have any hw freak outs...and no surprise quizzes.....and i actually had time 7th period (my techincally free period) to do my pre cal... so that was a load off coming home. went to chop kitty after school. that was eventful....
kolsum: you dont know what you have until you cut open the watermelon (metaphor of our cat..... we got a good kitty... all the muscles are so well defined ^_*)

then anniemajiger and i went to the mall where we enjoyed some chicken... and pie... and some way kewl twinage time...^_^

and now... i dun know what to do with myself... somedays when the sun is shinning and the world is spinning in the right direciton... just dont have words to say.. only wanna take advantage of the fact that i dont have hw... and sleep for 8 hrs......

fallin f0r y0u: OPHELIA IS NOT A CHUMP! LET THIS BE KNOWN TO EVERYONE! IF YOU PASS THIS LETTER ON TO 5 PEOPLE IN THE NEXT 10 SECONDS, SOMEONE WILL BE VERY HAPPY. GO!

who starts chain letters? that wud answer ur question rite?..... but chain letter starters are... kewl....^_*

HeyLookItsXiao: haha darn
HeyLookItsXiao: i smell like a dessert

can u say...chromosome?


anyhoo... taking a lil more time to Praise God........PRAISE GOD.... for wut? for his conviction in peoples lives... and for the hearts he opens up. at this very moment... another child has returned to Christ... AMEN!

Now at the end of day when nothing seems to go my way
I've got a friend, I've got a love that's never gonna let me go
Since You gave Your life for me
You set me free...---> Zoegirl, I Believe

aritey.... friday five.. sunday five... same diff...haha


1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?
this is difficult... i have several... actually my ENTIRE week... was memorable
open heart surgery, Dare to Share, Rocket's game, shopping with my mom.....

2. What one person touched your life this week?
Mrs.Chu, mrs.Fong... and my wonderful sunday school class... for simply being them.. and sharing openly

3. How have you helped someone this week?
grocery shopped for my mom.

4. What one thing do you need to get done by this time next week?
btw.. my last thing i needed accomplish DID get done. but for next week....i want to be able to live this four day week as though i enjoy school and not just go to school because i want it to be friday.... i think if i have that kind of attitude... i'll be able to cope with school better...
geeze.. this friday five is serious..haha

5. What one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place?
remember to turn off the light when i'm sleeping so that i dont waste electricity and also so that my vision doesnt get worse....one less blind woman and conserved energy wud definitely make the world a better place to be ^_^

This weekend... i'd say my life was in blessings overload mode.. haha.. tho... there's no such thing as too many blessings....^_^

for starters this past week was just... wow...it felt like friday everyday and i got enough sleep.... and i actually finished all my hw b4 class.. mostly cuz there wasn't much of it...haha
then friday... went to dare to share, which was perdy great. it's just kewl to see how Christians use their gifts to spiritually revive others. like those people in the skit. talented actors as well as singers and encouragers. Christian gatherings are always so spiritually uplifting and they have such an encouraging atmosphere. bumma i missed out saturday... cept God had plans for me elsewhere.
well i woke up this morning at around 7.... i forget y.. but i ate some food and then at around 8:20ish i head over to highland elementary school for their international festival. helped set up and met this girl from dulles who was nice and we talked abt spanish. ..... then come 9:30 i was assigned to the "Lucky Key" booth.. .where little kids just loved it and kept coming back... cuz i was SO nice and gave them free games after every five games they played..haha...stayed at that booth for 2 hrs... left highlands around 12... came home... napped until... 2:30.. and then i lunched.....picked up deb... and headed to Settlers Way elementary for their "walkathon" which was techincally not a walk at all.. since deb n i.... techincally didnt walk... we just bumbed around. the only somewhat productive thing we did was help out at these infaltable things and made sure it was safe.
around 6ish i left the school.. speedied my way home and ate food.... good food... mom-cooked food. ^_^ ... there after we headed for the compact center... Rocket's second to last game there.. versus the Seattle Supersonics!!! haha... I enjoyed such a great family time and what's more.. the Rockets WON...haha. they WON!!!! ... i guess i was torn btwn who to root for... i was thrilled the rockets were winning during the game... but then i was kinna.. disappointed that the sonics were losing.. *sigh*.. but i had fun.. my dad even bought me a shirt... and we got free beer bottle holders... dunno wut i'd ever do w/ that.. but it looks like a jersey so u cant really tell what it really is...and next tuesday.. they have yao ming bobbleheads!!! gahh.. y didnt they have them tonite?!?!?! and i STILL cant find the one that flew into the backseat of my car.. haha.. whoops.. it's a goner for sure. *sigh* ... after the game.. we went down to the court to take pictures with the players. my sister took a picture with........ i have yet to find out wut his name is.....bad w/ player names :nono:<-- blogger needs smileys.
i've made some pretty good memories this weekend... Praise God.... and hopefully i'll have some happy dreams to top off a happy weekend....anyhoo... it's... late.. whoa... it's early now.. okay.. sleep tight!

this mite be the longest i haven't blogged... hahaa.. some life i have eh?
oiy... so i was SO incredibly happy last night that i had no hw... so i just laid down in my bed at around 10pm....then bam i fell asleep and woke up at 6:30... talk about catching up on sleep. 8.5 hrs... i dont recall ever sleeping that much in one sitting... woke up around 6:50 this morning, then headed to school, caught a bus and rode to St.Lukes where i got to watch open heart surgery that was perdy kewl. we had these volunteer tour guides that were about 80 yrs old... they were really small and funny old ladies. this one lady.. i think eleanor or ...something, gave us a tour of the hospital and when we were in the dialysis area, one of our high schoolers passed out.. and good thing we were in the hospital, they got her to the er in no time and thank goodness she was ok. when we finally went to see the operation, doctors took this "wand" and sliced open the guy and then we watched them drill into the bone...man.. those doctors... no mercy, they shook the entire body and it was like... shaking on the stretcher... craAazy...but kewl.
then after surgery we waited for the bus... starving.... so i decided to call my parents (who work across the street from st. lukes) to see if they cud bring me something from their snack stash in their office ... but i forgot to ask them....and instead they were gonna eat lunch in the really good st. luke's cafeteria and stopped by to say hi to me... and offered to take me to lunch.. but no cud do.. had to go eat at the first colony mall... where i ate a....... PRETZEL!!! ^_^

got back to school and picked up some stuff... then as i was waiting to get out of the parking lot... melody decides to come by my car and open the door randomly ...just so my seat belt wut slide off and then she runs off.....=P 4:45 rolls around and it suddenly hits me that i have cat lab... and i also had to go pick up my sister.... my solution to the problem.... take my sister to cat lab... which is precisely wut i did. so as annie and i were pulling at the muscles on our cat.. my sister was quietly drawing.. but then she got SO bored and decided to come by and watch us pull on mrs. cat. mr. steinkamp was shocked and appalled that i'd taken my sister to CAT LAB... and then cracked a joke that she'd have no problem dissecting her frog once she got into the 8th grade after seeing this... haha

so there was my eventful day... gosh it feels like a friday... *sigh*.. i'm glad tomorrow IS friday... *whew

herm.. i forgot my friday five... haha... i guess i'll blog that now... monday.. again..haha

1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?
last wednesday i had the best quiet time EVER... God rocks....

2. What one person touched your life this week?
there isn't just one.... there are too many... everyone that prayed for me for SATs... love u all.. thanx

3. How have you helped someone this week?
i helped my sister correct her hw

4. What one thing do you need to get done by this time next week?
sleep for more than 5 hrs on a school night

5. What one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place?
smile... we need more of those in the world

oiy....is it just me... or was today exceptionally tiring becuz of daylight savings? as i look on my buddy list now... there are aproximately.....5 people who are taking a nap....generally... i awake from naps somewut revived and ready to persue the tasks of the night ahead. however, i awoke this afternoon....to the sound of the phone and i wasn't excatly sure where i was. so i picked up the phone and this is wut i heard

man: hello. may i speak to mr. or mrs. Boriano( or something like that)
me: uh... i'm sorry, you have the wrong number
man: uh... ok... may i speak to mr. or mrs. head of the household?
me: *click*
haha.. i thought that was funny... mr. head of the household?

erugh... districts tomorrow... dont feel like running... o well, at least after tomorrow... i'll be DONE. my season will be officially over. so then it'll kinna seem like i have 7th off ^_^. oh and we actually got track shirts this year.... but they're pink...yes.. pink.. my least favorite color...*sigh*... i guess it's a kewl shirt...xcept it's PINK!....sorry michelle and connie.. but pink's just not for me.. u can have all the pink u want ^_*. i think this track shirt is the only pink item i own... haha.. i remember when i was 4.. i had a pair of pink socks... which i didnt like.. so i wore them all the time so that they wud wear down quickly... oiy.. hungry and i have work to do...ta

i've decide to write an entry dedicated to my sister. many of you know isabel as a small, cute, and adorable little first grader. my family and i would believe otherwise. one word to describe her: weird

now i'd like to describe some typcial things that occur at my house.

*i'm typing my bio outline when i get depressed thinking about how my anti-ice cream squad decided to let me down so i too decide that the deal is off and i head to the garage to fetch myself some ice cream. when i come back into the house my mom and my sister are singing karaoke. i sit down on the couch and eat my cone while i listening to my six year old sister singing and dancing to elvis songs. suddenly she turns around and i notice that she is singing with a surgical mask on..... my reaction: *shakes head*

* i once again resume my bio-age but decide that i am thirsty so i head downstairs for some water. as i walk by the study....
isabel: BAD girl.. BAD... stop... stay.. there we go.. there we go.. WHOA... STOP STOP!!!!
( i walk over to see wut she's up to.. i peer into the room and see her playing with the new remote control fan that my dad put up)
isabel: the fan is not crowoporasting with me. do you wanna see it work?.. yes? ok... i'll show you.... (she presses the buttons but the light and the fan remain off) ahhhh... BAD GIRL!! Bad... .grrr.... (scratches head) WUT THE!?!?!?! okay... there we go... see?
me: ok u can turn it off now
isabel: *sigh* (presses a few buttons) gahh.. dont be bad or i'll tell my mom!!!!

*my mother signals bed time at around 10ish and isabel drags her little feet and head and walks slowly to my parents room
Mom: y are u going into my room? remember you're sleeping by urself now.
isabel: oh.. duh! o yea.. mom remember u said i could buy that hello kitty book if i wrote 7 pages of chinese? can i get it?
mom: yes.. but u havent written ur chinese yet.. after you write it u can buy it.
isabel: o ok.....*pauses for a second*.... ok mom? can i write my chinese now?
mom: NO!

presently.. my sister just went to sleep... and the house is silent.. no more karaoke.. no more yelling.. just peaceful calm.
*qualities of my sister: her scream is one of those wonderful things that wake me up saturday mornings.. the heavenly stench of her hair motivates me to pick her up everyday...her melodious pounding of keys keeps me going back to her recitals time and time again....
dont get me wrong.. i love my sister and i dunno wut life wud be like w/o her.... i admit.. her strange nature is one of the highlights of my life.

sat.... one word...suck....it was the ugliest monster i'd seen in a long time.. tho.. others wud say otherwise....tired of testing for a while....
moving along...went to eat a pretzel and had a toffenut frap... much anticipated and very satisfactory.
came home and my mom was watching tv....our conversation

mom: hey there's ice cream... go eat one.. and while ur at it.. get me one
(i go and get ice cream... come back with one cone)
mom: hey.. y didnt u get me a cone?
me: this one is for u
mom: hey... y didnt u get urself a cone?

i was tempted.. cuz it's SO hot today.. wut a good day to go wash my car.. i think that's wut i'm going to do... wash my car..^_^ (i just got bird doo on it today too!)

try to say this monotone fashion and say each syllable as if this was one long word.... without taking an extra breath....

everybody believed we would never be look at us up above we are so in love everyday in ur arms baby cant go wrong we are strong look at us now

the best part about having super younger siblings has got to be the food. our pantry is often filled with childhood snacks:...fruit snacks...ritz crackers...cheeze nips... and many other tasty kiddy foods. the down side is having to practice your temperance and not eat all that junk... no matter how much vitamin C they say those fruit snacks have... i still think of them as candy.
i took isabel to piano lessons today.....and man her piano teacher is definitely not wut i expected her to be... so was very ancient and frail looking...and whenever she talks to my sister, it's with great effort to pay attention. (mostly cuz my sister talks a lot....haha) after her lessons we went out for some ice cream... but dont worry... i did NOT eat ice cream.... i got sour patch kids instead. isabel got a strawberry shortcake cone!!! i thought they only had the ice cream bars.. but the CONE!!! whoa...and now... my car has even more crumbs than it previously had....o well we had fun.. and she told me i was nice about 400 bajillion times... so younger sisters rock.
no one went to practice after the pep rally today...only a few.. super ubber dedicated people... and myself attended practice. when i got within 200 meters of the track i was about to turn around and walk away and GO HOME! (... and study...)...but iono.. wut got into me.. my feet just kept walking to the track. Rankin told us that practice wud be easy today..... xcept i've had easy workouts all week... so today's wkout was the most intense i've had all week.. and after running ten 100m... i wish i had changed my mind abt going to practice when i was still 200m away from the track. not only did i leave tired and out of breath... but my shins hurt so bad.. i had to walk to my car...then drive over to the track and pick up my bags.... i'm SO glad that districts are next week... and after that... my season will be over! *whew

now i'll resume my "studying"^_*

The past two days have been very bearable. I've had so much to do that aim hasn't even really, seriously, in any significant way, crossed my mind ^_^..ooo and this no ice cream business is... not so bad. i realize that i actually didnt eat that much ice cream anywayz.....but now that i realize that i didnt b4.. i do have my moments when the cravings get to me.
cat dissection has turned out to be oodles of fun. though the smell still really gets to me and gives me headaches. after lab i came home and my mom had gone out to eat with my sis and they brought back some pho for me.... everytime i eat pho, i'm always reminded of christine and steve's fetish for the stuff..hehe..

man... my show Journey to the Past (chinese satellite) is getting SOOOO good!!! it's got plot, comedy, historical facts, and a whole bunch of other stuff, not to mention Louis Koo is in it!!! (aka my asian brad ^_*) i remember back in the day when i use to watch 3 shows a day... geeze... those were the days.. no hw.. no sats... no bio. and now... life is a bit different.

i realized that yoplaits custard style yogurt is really good. i'm not a big fan of yogurt, but i am a fan of custard.... and custard yogurt rocks!

I've decided to join in the Steeni tradition and do the "Friday Five" even though it's not excatly friday, and i'm not excatly bored or have free time... i figure.. if i wanted to procrastinate.. there are actually loads of distractions aside from aim....this is one of them.. i promise..i wont blog in excess....(omg.. my dad's watching the spanish channel...weirdo...)

1. What was your most memorable moment from the last week?
when i accidentally gave the lunch lady a receipt instead of a dollar but was honest enough to go back and pay for my lunch.

2. What one person touched your life this week?
my sister for checking up on me to see if i was ok and for sticking little notes through the bathroom when i showered.

3. How have you helped someone this week?
i willingly put up the dishes without complaint.. therefore i helped my mom out so that she wudnt have to complain abt me not putting away the dishes.

4. What one thing do you need to get done by this time next week?
eat a pretzel

5. What one thing will you do over the next seven days to make your world a better place?
i go with steeni... sleep.... one less trouble maker...hehe..oh and do ubberly awesome on the SATs so that money is not wasted... ( i guess i cud recycle newspapers!?!?)

i have succumbed to lowly away message reader~ my only source to the outside world. i am no longer an aim-user but an aim-onlooker. actually it's rather amusing looking at the buddy list and not being able to enter into the world of aim.....or not...
i actually believe i am making the right choice.. hahaa..it turns out that i have a load of work and a very confusing bio test on wednesday. today was a weird day. i knew i was at school but it didnt feel as thought i was actually there.
i had a nightmare about aps last night. i dont remember the content of my dream....but i know i woke up very confused...
i am really sleepy even thought i just woke up from a nap
my legs hurt
i'm being random now
i think i'll go eat dinner
or work on some reading workshop.
sounds good

DarkJediPete: whoa! a week of no aim...I would go kill myself :-P hehe, well good luck at it!

at steven's request.. sharing the laughs

many of you know the story of the mexican ranger on my letter jacket... an incident after sunday school today.

(while jeremy, mok, steven, glores... points & laughs at scary man on my jacket.)

xiao: (looks at my jacket and sees scary man) wut is that?!?! is that a club or something
steven: uh.. xiao.. do u go to clements? that's your mascot!
*laughs*the signature head shake*

big thanx to daphane chang for helping me lose 1000 brain cells by smacking her hand at 100mph at my forehead.

make those evil dreambook signers stop!!!
as if one cold day were not enuf, i decide to spend yet another cold day outside with the ymca crew. we had a lil team building wutchamacalit. push the cold aside and i guess i had a pretty good day. there was this tyte guitarist who played some jars of clay and bebo norman, it was pretty kewl.. .good voice. ( he played love song for a Saviour.) then we played some perdy fun games. human foosball. you actually get strapped into an inflated foosball looking thing and you slide around and kick a ball, it was fun but violent and now i have bruises on my leg. then there was this relay thing which consisted of canoeing, figuring out riddles, rope climbing, and running. guess which part of that i took place in..... u got it.. running. there was also an inflatable where u had to climb up these brick looking things. the team i was on the "J crew" got third place over all. not only was it fun but we also got chik-fil-a for lunch and cheesecake for snack... so basically the food once again made staying out in the cold worth it.

*sigh* SATs next week.... for real this week.. i shall be joining the anti-aim campaign (begins tomorrow)... if u ever see me online.... yell, scream, kick, beat me up... i give u permission... no aim this week (away messages dont count)... unless i have everything completely accomplished...(which never happens... so u can almost always be sure that i'm lying if i tell u i'm done w/ my work.) however, after this week... i shall be able to rest easy... sorta.. until my score comes out.. herm... well i have some stuff to do... lotsa stuff... so i'll make like a plane and jet.

so... i got to skip 5th n 6th for track meet @ Foster. Foster has the worst rep for having windy meets. last yr... foster was where i ate ground and added to my battle wounds by 2 and it was the first and coldest meet. this yr at foster, the weather was FREEZING and it's the last meet b4 districts. i ran horidly and mita rolled my ankle. then my shins were buggin me the entire time. and ever since i landed on my arm that time at fellowship, it's been acting up. for instance, when i move my arm around sometimes my elbow feels weird, and there's this strange pain that's not really a pain but it's is... so it's just sore.... i seriouly think i mita injured something serious. but then i talk to my dad and he gives me a typical dad's answer "with time it will heal". but dad knows all... so i guess he mite be right. the only good thing abt my meet today was buying nachos after my races and getting free hot chocolate. and i guess i had a blast chillin (literally) with my track folk.... we're pretty strange at meets...u think u a person... wait'll u see em at track meets.
while varsity meets are totally awesome to go to... jv meets are more fun to run in (only cuz i medal..hehe) and clements is quite the sight. we have like.. a unintentional routine. we get off the bus, walk to the track and sit smack dab in the middle of the field. then after about 15 minutes, while the other teams are doing a team warm up, about five girls go and do a warm up lap while the other 99% of the team has already whooped out their hw and starts studying for tests. oh and i remember last yr at districts ... it was really sunny and SO many ppl sat out and tanned... they actually brought tanning lotion... quite a site.
herm.. my fingers smell funny... and i shocked my parents when i wasnt asked to put away the dishes but did it by myself anywayz...i actually surprised myself.. then i went to take a nap.

OpHeEeNieEe: but it's better to have studied and kinna forgot than not study at all
DarkJediPete: haha paradox :-P
OpHeEeNieEe: o no! am i really becoming some literary freak?
DarkJediPete: oh dear.....
DarkJediPete: it's probably a phase :-P bio...english....bio...english :-P

*vigorous head shaking......

Had one of those moments today. so i had to drive home at lunch to get my running shoes so that coach wudnt beat me like an egg at practice. when i got back for lunch, i had to pay my AP dues. after i paid, i had my receipt and a dollar bill in one hand. then i went to buy my lunch. after getting my lunch i went to pay for my lunch and i handed the lunch lady wut i thought was my dollar. when i returned to the lunch table, i was going to put my receipt away. instead of seeing my receipt when i looked at my hand, i saw my dollar. apparently, i had given the lunch lady my ap receipt instead of my dollar. so i go back to the lunch lady and i told her that i accidentally handed her my reciept instead of the dollar and all she said was, " o really?" and then she retrieved my receipt and said, "o yes!"... i cant believe she didnt even notice.....

presently my legs are in so much pain.. it hurts to walk and it hurts to drive. when i push down on the accelerator, an intense rush of pain shoots through my shins. when i walk up the stairs, it feels as if i placed burning coals on my shins. as i was running today at track, i dont even think i felt my legs at all. it was kinna like running on air, but at times i cud feel the pain. this is wut i get when i forget to ice my shins for 4 nights. so at the moment, i'm also icing my shins and my legs are regaining conciousness and sensitivity. whew!

gahhh... i'm missing 5th n 6th for a track meet on friday. it's terrible cuz i'll miss bio and then i know i wont understand something or other..then i'll fail the test and then i'll not get exemptions and then... and then.. i cud go on.. *sigh*..haha...i'm really not that bad of a spaz.... i'll miss spanish but.. eh.. that's ok.. taking the quiz in the morning...and missing spanish is actually a plus... next to geocrapy, spanish feels like the longest class of the day. even bio doesnt feel as long and bio is actually the longest class of my day. i think i'm gonna be productive and eat dinner...

OpHeEeNieEe: my house is abt to fall down.. and ur all safe n sound.. inthe other side of town
OpHeEeNieEe: omg.. that rhymed!!!
jdaVII: hahahahahahah
jdaVII: a poet!

^_^ I AM!!

fallin f0r y0u: wow, i cant believe im bout to say this, but im having fun while chumping
fallin f0r y0u: its AMAZING!

OH NO! wut is this world coming to?!?!?

aceoFheartsEsquE: super secret angent Ophie
OpHeEeNieEe: ;-) u know it
aceoFheartsEsquE: Ophie Possible

PEEEYEWWWW.... that pretty much sums up my cat dissection experience. overall though.. the whole dealio wasn't so bad. got to flip the cat a coupla times and pulled lotsa fat off of it. and our cat isnt that ugly... well it's ugly but not as bad as some. oh.. and the cat's name is Mrs. Cat... (annie named it..hehe) but as glores and i were examining the cat... we cudnt really distinguish whether the cat was male or female.... so.. mr. cat... mrs.cat.. iono...

*a sign of too much cat dissection...(already)

(as i was taking gloria home.. in my car)

o: yea.. mabbe those boxes people were carrying into steinkamps room were boxes fulla cats!
g: eww... u mean we were carrying cats
o: o man.. hahaa
(gloria sees a black moving bag on the side of the road)
g: whoa is that a cat
o: in the bag?
g: yea... it was moving!
o: we've been dissecting cats a little too long... we're seeing things now!
g: but it was really moving

hehee....i've decided that from now until may 12.. it'll be pure torture.. it will be stress left and right... and i was bitter about something in spanish.. but i dun think it was important since...i dun remember it anymore. but anyhoo...for me.. stress is only stress when u think it's stress.
Oh and i think my track coach has officially gone insane. today one of my fellow hurdlers went up to him and told him that she coughed up blood last night and that she was coming down with a cold. his reply was, "oh ok" and when i asked to go to the nhs meeting.. he wudnt let me go! then this other hurdler pulled her hamstring and he just looked at her and looked away and said... "go and go through another seven hurdles." track is not wut it use to be. I remember track was fun, coaches were motivating, we got track shirts. ever since i started becoming a ranger athelete (w/ rankin as coach) we haven't had track shirts!!! gahhh... and i've run slower and slower...well mabbe that's me...
OH OH... chinese dessert downstairs... sudden desire for some of that good stuff....

Herm.. i have some pretty strange ppl signing my dreambook....a Jaroslav Perkl and Private Krankenversichenrung.....where do all the random people come from?
Today wasn't so bad i suppose... kinda had to get back into the fling-a-things. geocrapy was... well to say the least, she moved my scholar report up 3 days, so that doesnt make me too happy, that's one more thing i have to deal with today... great gotta go look up stuff on Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan....^_*
i realize now why i'm doing so bad in pre cal.. i think it's cuz i start to zone out when the numbers get too numerous for me.. or they become too big. Like today, i'm not sure i knew what was going on... something about binomial, trinomial something or others....pascal's triangle? *shrug
english however was kewl... got a 95 on video project!!!!! ^_^ all those sleepless nights (more like.. the sleepless night) really paid off.. *whew OH OH.. and i managed to pass my second english test of the year... with a high grade i mite add... very good english day.
bio.. was eh... bio.. need i say more? a couple-a quizzes tomorrow... which i shud go study for rite abt now... grrr OH but get to chop chop the cat cat tomorrow muwahahah!!! ^_^
so now.. i'll be off...i will be lurking around the house aimlessly trying to avoid the pressures of school work.... actually.. i think my nite will consist of ... bio... genghis khan.. some more bio scattered here or there... we'll see... have a great week~