My college applications are due next week on Wednesday. D: That means that November is ending into December. That means that the year AD 2011 is about to melt into 2012. Which means the last time I ever take the AP tests. Which means the end of high school. And that means that soon I'm going to start college. And then the cycle repeats, or the world ends. Whichever. hahaha
I'm going to miss high school life and all the friends I have now. My applications are going out to UC Los Angeles, UC Berkeley, Yale University, Stanford University, and BYU - Provo. I'll consider costs after I see which ones I get accepted into. UCLA is currently my top choice. Yale and Stanford are a long shot. UC Berkeley is nice. BYU is my back-up school. (I do have friends in that area too that I will be crying just thinking about saying bye to them.. hahaha Makes me secretly wish I don't get accepted to the other schools. xP)
I wonder where I'll be a year from now..
2011-11-22
2011-11-15
[十三] The Hunger Games
Today I just finished reading the first book in a series, The Hunger Games. Most people have already read it. I'm actually surprised that I just barely started. I finished this first book in one day. it cost me several hours of sleep and homework time: All well worth it.
Basically, I found this book to be nothing short of amazing. The story was well told in an easily imaginable setting. For me the main characters were so easy to relate to. I was immediately attached to them. I even cried when Rue died. hahaha Don't judge.
The most haunting part for me was the parts preceding the actual Hunger Games. I couldn't help but run the characters situation through my own head and wonder about how I would deal with the situations. I kept imagining the people I knew. And the situations were present so strongly in my own mind that I felt the same anxiety as the characters in the book. I remember, when I got home from school earlier, I was reaching the part in the story when each of the tributes were being interviewed the day before they were to be sent into the Arena. As soon as I read the last line of that chapter: "It won't work for me, because she came here with me.", I literally collapsed on the couch in shock because I couldn't bear the thought.
That was probably the most poorly written response to a book that I've ever written.. but it's past midnight and I have to be at school early tomorrow.. and I still want to read more of the second book.. therefore, I don't care.
There's an insight to the dramatic me. hahaha
Basically, I found this book to be nothing short of amazing. The story was well told in an easily imaginable setting. For me the main characters were so easy to relate to. I was immediately attached to them. I even cried when Rue died. hahaha Don't judge.
The most haunting part for me was the parts preceding the actual Hunger Games. I couldn't help but run the characters situation through my own head and wonder about how I would deal with the situations. I kept imagining the people I knew. And the situations were present so strongly in my own mind that I felt the same anxiety as the characters in the book. I remember, when I got home from school earlier, I was reaching the part in the story when each of the tributes were being interviewed the day before they were to be sent into the Arena. As soon as I read the last line of that chapter: "It won't work for me, because she came here with me.", I literally collapsed on the couch in shock because I couldn't bear the thought.
That was probably the most poorly written response to a book that I've ever written.. but it's past midnight and I have to be at school early tomorrow.. and I still want to read more of the second book.. therefore, I don't care.
There's an insight to the dramatic me. hahaha
2011-11-13
[十二] 快瘋掉
There is no deep life story behind this post. I just want to write. These are my realizations.
First off:
- Realization that all of the conversations with my dad since 2008 have gone exactly the same way:
"Hi, *how was work*?"
"Do you have homework?"
"Yea.. *Thanks for answering my question*."
"(Insert 'well just work harder' comment here)"
End conversation.
** As of late I've been omitting this parts of the sentences when speaking to shorten the conversation.
- Realization that the above will probably never change and frankly, I'm sick of trying to make it change.
Screw it. It's no longer worth the effort for more disappointment.
- Realization that Blogs are basically oversized facebook wall posts.
For real. hahaha Just fewer viewers and you don't necessarily know what kind of people are reading said wall post.
- Realization that college application deadlines are approaching.
Not too worried actually. I'm making good progress on those. :)
- Realization the even the most mild anxiety inducing thoughts can occupy my mind for hours on end.
Those anxious thoughts are the 1%.. hahaha political joke. >_<
Back story:
- Realization that: The biggest one on my head has been there for the past couple months now. Sometimes I'd rather just find out about something now than later, even if said knowledge is potentially heartbreaking. The problem is that to find such things out usually requires asking which is another big anxiety producer.
- Realization that I realize the above because of my friend last night. :( Sorry PJ.
- Realization that these realizations are going to drive me insane at some point.
- Realization that this blog post needs to end now.
- Realization that this post will not end right now.
- Realization that this entire post is random.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
I actually have a purpose to writing whatever I write.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
First off:
- Realization that all of the conversations with my dad since 2008 have gone exactly the same way:
"Hi, *how was work*?"
"Do you have homework?"
"Yea.. *Thanks for answering my question*."
"(Insert 'well just work harder' comment here)"
End conversation.
** As of late I've been omitting this parts of the sentences when speaking to shorten the conversation.
- Realization that the above will probably never change and frankly, I'm sick of trying to make it change.
Screw it. It's no longer worth the effort for more disappointment.
- Realization that Blogs are basically oversized facebook wall posts.
For real. hahaha Just fewer viewers and you don't necessarily know what kind of people are reading said wall post.
- Realization that college application deadlines are approaching.
Not too worried actually. I'm making good progress on those. :)
- Realization the even the most mild anxiety inducing thoughts can occupy my mind for hours on end.
Those anxious thoughts are the 1%.. hahaha political joke. >_<
Back story:
- Realization that: The biggest one on my head has been there for the past couple months now. Sometimes I'd rather just find out about something now than later, even if said knowledge is potentially heartbreaking. The problem is that to find such things out usually requires asking which is another big anxiety producer.
- Realization that I realize the above because of my friend last night. :( Sorry PJ.
- Realization that these realizations are going to drive me insane at some point.
- Realization that this blog post needs to end now.
- Realization that this post will not end right now.
- Realization that this entire post is random.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
I actually have a purpose to writing whatever I write.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
- Realization that the above post is a lie.
2011-11-11
[11-11-11 11:11] 願望
我希望_______.. ha 我不會寫. Telling other people something you wish for is supposed to be bad luck right? xD Hope it comes true. ^__^
2011-11-10
[十一] 氣球實現願望
In about 12 hours it will be 11-11-11 11:11:11. (November 11, 2011 11:11:11 [time]) And you know that wish cliche that almost everyone will be participating in? Yea, I'm doing that too. hahaha I have been waiting 17 and a half years for this to happen, so if I miss it: I. Will. Be. So. Upset! It has been 17.5 years of waiting but I didn't actually think of what to wish for until like 2 months ago. haha but do i know know? Definitely. ^__^ This is the only time this will happen in my lifetime so Ima be wide awake tomorrow. And my mind functions on a 24-hour clock. So 11:11 pm just doesn't count for me. xD Anyways. YES! :D 11-11-11 11:11:11! Don't miss it. oh even lucky-er: This is the 11th blogpost! ^__^ Best line-up ever. hahahahaa!! Hope everyone's wishes come true!
2011-11-07
[十] 語言
Realization that I am studying so many languages. ^__^ Languages are probably my favorite subjects in school. I also feel that being multi-lingual is a very important skill to have, one that a lot of people in the United States just don't seem to have.. D: Languages are like keys. When you first learn to communicate with your mother as a baby, it opens up a sort of door that allows you to communicate with the rest of the family. As you go through the stages of picking up your first language, it opens a door to a room filled with even more people that it's now possible to communicate with. Each new language you pick up is like that: another open door to another whole new group people to meet. And that fascinates me. Perhaps I should look into linguistics and foreign language more in college? But Psychology is really fun also. haha Who knows where I ultimately end up at.. It will be fun to find out. Curious? Here's a list of the languages I'm studying:
-Filipino/Tagalog (First Language)
-English/Engrish (Second Language xD)
-漢語 (Mandarin)
-한국어 (Korean)
-福建話 (Common Chinese Dialect spoken in the Philippines, mutually intelligible with Taiwanese)
-廣東話 (Cantonese)
-日本語 (Japanese, still in the basics)
-French (Still only know a few words but I've started)
These are the languages I will start eventually:
-Italian (always been fascinated by this one)
-German (sounds easy)
-Spanish (only coz a lot of people in the US speak it)
-Vietnamese (the next difficult one after Korean and Japanese)
-Thai, Cambodian, Lao (don't even know where to begin with these.. but it's a dream I'll go for)
-Malay (the roots of the Filipino language)
I wish i could just instantly speak them all..
-Filipino/Tagalog (First Language)
-English/Engrish (Second Language xD)
-漢語 (Mandarin)
-한국어 (Korean)
-福建話 (Common Chinese Dialect spoken in the Philippines, mutually intelligible with Taiwanese)
-廣東話 (Cantonese)
-日本語 (Japanese, still in the basics)
-French (Still only know a few words but I've started)
These are the languages I will start eventually:
-Italian (always been fascinated by this one)
-German (sounds easy)
-Spanish (only coz a lot of people in the US speak it)
-Vietnamese (the next difficult one after Korean and Japanese)
-Thai, Cambodian, Lao (don't even know where to begin with these.. but it's a dream I'll go for)
-Malay (the roots of the Filipino language)
I wish i could just instantly speak them all..
2011-11-04
[九] 很忙
Yesterday was the last day of the first quarter of the last year of high school for me. It's a very weird feeling to think that there is literally only a few months left. This month all my college application are due even.. 0__o This past week, since the final marching band tour, has been way too busy. I don't even get straight A's like I used to anymore. >_< But at least no C's or below. That's the new standard I've lowered myself to in order to keep from going insane. hahahahahaha~... Okay, that's not really funny.. kinda disappointing actually. But yea.. insanity is pretty bad. Tonight I have to ballroom dance at a family friend's 18th birthday party at this super fancy hotel.. in Salt Lake City, UT. (I bet only politicians ever actually stay there.) Fun right? Except I have the SAT Subject Tests tomorrow morning.. .. ..in Orem, UT.. .. ..about 45 minutes driving from where I live.. .. ..and it's supposed to storm tomorrow morning.. .. ..meaning I will have to wake up super early if I want to have time to find out where exactly on the college campus I'm supposed to go once I get there. Afterwards though I hope to go visit some of my friends in Provo for the rest of the day. It's been a couple months now since I've seen them. :( One of them is busy though. :(
hmm.. Now I have nothing else to write about.. so Ima cut it off here.
2011-10-30
[八] 做完了
October 29, 2011:
Copper Hills High School
Competition at Clark High School in Las Vegas, NV.
Achievements:
- 3rd Place overall (Out of 5)
- Highest Percussion Score (No official caption award :( )
- Most Kickass Band (Unofficial)
We're now back at our hotel in St. George, UT. I came into the CHHS Marching Band in 2009 summer after moving to West Jordan from Brea, CA. My initial reactions to the music programs here were not very good. hahaha Since 2009 I have been a part of the CHHS Marching Band drumline, playing every part of it (Cymbals [2009] - Bass 2 [2009-2010] - Snare [2010] - Pit [2011]) except for Tenors, which I might try out for this year's winter season. :) Since then I have seen this band grow by more than 20 members, improving dramatically in music and marching quality: finally turning into the band I greatly longed to still be a part of at Brea. We may not have taken any 1st place trophies home, or even seldom not in last place, over these two years, but none of that matters. The growth I've seen has been too amazing to comprehend, and I'm extremely proud to have contributed to that growth. My last words to the non-seniors in the band: "Guys, I've seen this band grow every year since 2009. Don't shrink next year. If any of you drop out, I'll beat you. >:)"
After that we had a pretty emotional moment. I felt a little bad coz I was one of the only seniors not tearing up.. hahaha Reality is I'm going to see all of them tomorrow morning and on Monday around school. xD
CHHS Marching Grizzlies. It's been great. Thank you all. I only wish I didn't move here in the middle of that summer so I could have marched that 4th year with you. But the last 3 have been an amazing experience.
傷別啊。
Copper Hills High School
Competition at Clark High School in Las Vegas, NV.
Achievements:
- 3rd Place overall (Out of 5)
- Highest Percussion Score (No official caption award :( )
- Most Kickass Band (Unofficial)
We're now back at our hotel in St. George, UT. I came into the CHHS Marching Band in 2009 summer after moving to West Jordan from Brea, CA. My initial reactions to the music programs here were not very good. hahaha Since 2009 I have been a part of the CHHS Marching Band drumline, playing every part of it (Cymbals [2009] - Bass 2 [2009-2010] - Snare [2010] - Pit [2011]) except for Tenors, which I might try out for this year's winter season. :) Since then I have seen this band grow by more than 20 members, improving dramatically in music and marching quality: finally turning into the band I greatly longed to still be a part of at Brea. We may not have taken any 1st place trophies home, or even seldom not in last place, over these two years, but none of that matters. The growth I've seen has been too amazing to comprehend, and I'm extremely proud to have contributed to that growth. My last words to the non-seniors in the band: "Guys, I've seen this band grow every year since 2009. Don't shrink next year. If any of you drop out, I'll beat you. >:)"
After that we had a pretty emotional moment. I felt a little bad coz I was one of the only seniors not tearing up.. hahaha Reality is I'm going to see all of them tomorrow morning and on Monday around school. xD
CHHS Marching Grizzlies. It's been great. Thank you all. I only wish I didn't move here in the middle of that summer so I could have marched that 4th year with you. But the last 3 have been an amazing experience.
傷別啊。
2011-10-28
[七] 化學考試
The following is an actual question given on a University of Washington chemistry mid term.
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :
Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell,then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
P.S. there is a become a fan thing in facebook for this :P
I wish this would work for me in AP Chem. :'(
The answer by one student was so 'profound' that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet, which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well :
Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle's Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different religions that exist in the world today.
Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell,then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, 'It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,' and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct......leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Teresa kept shouting 'Oh my God.'
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED AN A+.
P.S. there is a become a fan thing in facebook for this :P
I wish this would work for me in AP Chem. :'(
2011-10-27
[六] 愛因斯坦相對論
"Women marrymen hoping they will change.
Men marry women hoping they will not.
So each is inevitably disappointed." ~Albert Einstein
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity." ~Albert Einstein
Proves that he is a genius.
Men marry women hoping they will not.
So each is inevitably disappointed." ~Albert Einstein
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity." ~Albert Einstein
Proves that he is a genius.
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