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Here’s an all Filipino group singing “6, 8, 12″ by Brian McKnight.
ps me and my boyfriend broke up tuesday. sad. sad.

Hot Fun in the Summer Time

So yeah. Summer = uneventful so far. Kind of. I think I’m still comparing it to last summer and not measuring up. Ah well. Summer is summer. Anyhoo. I’ve been sleeping most of the summer away… I know sad, right? I’ll try to start shaping up soon. Promise. Just been in a funk. Today I’m starting to change. Hope I brighten up soon. Anyhey. Follow me on tumblr if you would like

K I’m outtie. <3

California Dreaming……

California Dreaming……

Originally uploaded by LaTur

I found this random picture from Flickr when I typed in “California Dreaming” haha, it works. :) Anyhoo, today is quite the happy day. I slept in til an obscene hour, and then woke up to go shopping with mum and my little sister. We went to Target first to buy me some new sports bras (2 for $8 yay!) and then to Harris Teeter, and then to Compare Foods, the hispanic grocery. It was fun, I enjoy running around doing errands and what not. And I really needed new sports bras haha!

So then when I got home, and got online to check my email/facebook, I learned through various status updates, and my friend Jenni, that report cards had come today! My parents were one step ahead, regardless of my technological edge, and had already opened and were reading them. I was EXTREMELY happy with my grades! I’m so pumped haha. I got all A’s except for in pre-calculus, in which I got a 92(almost an A, but it’s no different from a low A in terms of GPA). This last semester was a bit difficult for me, for someone who never really had to try in school, it was a shocker. Between (all honors) Chemistry, Pre-Calculus, Civics&Economics and Spanish 2, I was busy trying to keep up. Chemistry and Spanish both came easily to me. However Civics and Pre-Cal were a different story, mostly because it was hard to focus at times, and my teacher in math was not the best. So you could imagine my satisfaction when I saw a 94 on my Pre-Cal exam (a 92 in the class) along with another 94 on my Civics exam (a 95 in the class). It was an awesome feeling, and not only that, I passed Spanish 2 with a 100 on the exam and a 99 in the class! Then in Chemistry I got a 95 on the exam with a 97 in the class! My class rank is 20 out of 443 and my UNweighted GPA is 3.93(the weighted is 4.43)! Also attached to my report card, was my writing test score, I as pretty disappointed a few weeks ago when I found out I didn’t get a four(a lot of people expected me to), but it turns out I was only ONE point away from getting a four. Ah well, just building character I suppose, I didn’t earn a four and I can’t win at everything.

I’m also pretty excited to be able to come back to my current high school in the fall. My parents were stressing me to go to this other school because it is one of the country’s “elite” schools. I didn’t get in when I applied, so they were making me appeal the decision. I don’t know. Once upon a time, I thought I wanted to go there. But after thinking it over for the better part of this year, the thought keeping me up many nights, I realized it wasn’t what I wanted, it was what everyone else wanted for me. This statement says a lot about the people who love me, they want the best for me, even some of my closest friends said they’d miss me but they knew it was a great opportunity to leave. Yet, after months of thinking, and preparing, I it hit me, this isn’t right. I don’t deserve to go to that school because I don’t want to go to that school. So many other kids just know that it’s right for them. I know those kids, I go to school with them. I’m not exactly one of them. I want to be successful(failure is probably my biggest fear), but that school is not the way I want to go. I’ll make my own way, it’s how I’ve always done it in the past. Not only that, I find new ways to challenge myself every day. I have so much at my current school, I’m not just staying for my friends, or my boyfriend like everyone may think. I’m staying there because I know I’m not ready to leave it yet. Sure, partly because I’m afraid, and partly because I don’t want to give up all I’ve built, but also because I know it’s right for me. It fits, it’s home. It’s me. I hope my parents, friends and family will be happy with my decision, if not now, someday. And I also hope that I won’t regret it some day. There’s no way for me to know for sure, but so far, I’ve not been the kind of person to have regrets. I’m proud of my accomplishments, and they are bound to keep happening. I have a lot to look forward too, and now that I don’t have to go through with a decision that wasn’t mine, I feel like a giant weight has been lifted from upon me.

Today’s a good day for me, hope it is for you as well. And if not, remember the sun will come out tomorrow. It’s cheesy but it’s true, and it’s helped me through many rough days. :)

<3

Summer 09 woot!

SO It’s finally summer vacation. Friday was our last day, we got out at 11:30 so some friends and I went to eat at the mall, then saw Star Trek(my 2nd time..). It’s actually a really great movie, one of the better ones I’ve seen in a while. Any hey, I’m so happy its summer. I hope this one is as good as last year. It’s been chill so far. Hung with boyfriend yesterday, he stayed until 1AM cuz we watched The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and started it all late.

Then today I got up earlier than usual, took a shower and visited my old 5th grade teacher, who also happens to be my little sister’s 5th grade teacher. It was nice. My older sister came with me, and afterwards we went and had a little lunch at a local diner. I had some fries and a chocolate milkshake. On the walk home I realized how insanely out of shape I am. And field hockey starts soon! Eeep. So nervous. I have not taken very good care of myself lately. I keep putting off my workouts too. :/ I’ll go today since I feel inspired and have nothing better to do.

I was supposed to go out with boyfriend today, plus his brothers and my friend Jenni. But it didn’t work out. It sucks cuz I was looking forward to hanging out at the Rock Quarry. Ah well. He leaves Thursday so I hope I see him tomorrow and we get to go to our high school’s graduation ceremony together. :)

Anyhoo. That’s all for now. Check out this video by Jana Verdes. I’ve plugged her before because she’s really a talented, sweet person on YouTube. I automatically clicked on her latest video when I saw it in my subscriptions since I’m in and interracial relationship right now. Thought it was kinda funny haha.

Real Quick :)

Hey ya’ll! So only 3.5 days of school left. woot woot! I’m pumped. Take my first exam tomorrow, it’s Spanish 2. I really love spanish, I’m doing pretty good. I was watching “El Orfanato” (The Guillermo del Toro film) and I actually understood it without reading the subtitles, it’s just tricky cuz my ear isn’t used to the speediness yet.

Anyhoo. Quite a bit has been going on, and it’s been pretty fun if not a little stressful. So glad school’s just about over. Time for a job, volunteering and hanging out with friends non stop. I think it’s gonna be especially great with new boyfriend. yayyyyy. haha Gotta love it.

Anyhoooo I’m gonna go wash dishes since it’s my turn again–unfortunately–and day-dream about vacation which starts friday at 11:35 AM. Woot!

Here’s random pictures…

Won’t Be ..16.. Forever

Hey there ya’ll. I’m sorry for not posting or updating in forever.. Haha, I think twittering has made me less inclined to post on here as much. Not to mention, I have a bit of a life nowadays. School is keeping me busy as well, four of my three classes are “core” classes, aka hard ones and not just electives like last semester. So I actually study and do homework and actually try in school, haha.

Well, in case the title didn’t tip me off, I just celebrated my sweet sixteen on March 30. I feel a bit older I suppose. 16 is supposed to be a big year isn’t it? I don’t know what I’m supposed to expect. I didn’t even get my license yet because I haven’t even got my permit yet! Even though I took drivers’ ed almost a year ago.. It’s just that I’ve been busy, and scared because I didn’t want to fail my little written test. It’s dumb really, now I have to go to the office and explain why I’m not getting my papers signed until now.. hopefully they aren’t expired or anything. Blah.

For my birthday I kept it small. After a great day at school (honestly, it was nice and I was in a good mood all day), I went to Costco with my mom and my friend Ben to buy my cake. Then we went home and hung out, and afterwards we met up with some friends at a little Mexican restaurant. We ate (I had a tasty chicken tamale with a horchata to drink ) and then we walked around, and even went down to the nearby elementary school to play on the playground and take pictures. It was perfect. Then last weekend mom took me and my sisters to eat at this Thai/Japanese place. They have tasty Pad Thai. So I’d say it was generally, a good birthday this year. My friends got me some cute stuff, and my mom bought me a bunch of new make up from eyeslipsface.com.

However, this week hasn’t been as nice. I’ve been a little sad (I went from insanely happy on Monday&Tuesday, to insanely emo Wednesday on), I guess it’s the side effects of being a teenage girl. But I’ve had some private stuff going on and it’s been driving me nuts. However, I’m trying to look at the bright side and not be so dreary. After all, it is spring break! I’m going to a little party tomorrow for my friend’s birthday/Easter. It should be fun. Home-cooked Vietnamese food yay! Also, I’m supposed to be going to another friend’s birthday shin dig Tuesday. It’s a little more upscale. He’s going to have a limo and then we’re eating at Maggiano’s. I have to find something impressive to wear. And part with a significant bit of money on dinner, unfortunately. I don’t think my “date” will be paying for me.

Other than that, I don’t really know what I’m doing for Spring Break. Hopefully there will be more updates on here, soon.

Snowing.. so tired!

I feel bad this site is so neglected. Ugh I have plans to work on it as soon as possible though.. The computer is just so unbearably slow sometimes. Not to mention our Photoshop is the Limited teaching version. Grrr. It’s flaking a little bit outside. Probably wont even get us a 2-hour delay, although I wouldn’t be surprised since the area freaks out with the littlest bit of icy precipitation.

I’m supposed to be doing dishes and taking a shower right now. But I’m procrastinating. Because I absolutely hate washing dishes. Argh. I’m so tired. I really just want to get in bed. Oh well.

Good night! I promise I’ll try to write more.. :]

Hooray for today!

Hey guys, I’m typing from my friends iTouch so this will be relatively short I hope.I’m watching the inauguration and Obama just got sworn in and is giving his speech. I truly hope he does good on his promises and becomes a great president, especially because of all the faith we have put in him and all that he symbolizes. I hope he doesn’t let us down and prove all the opposing parties right. However, I don’t think he will let us down….On yet another happy note, it’s snowing! When I went to sleep it had just started. I was surprised when I saw it had accumulated an inch or more and was still snowing!! After the inauguration I’m gonna go outside and play with Amara. :) okay i’ll ttyl cuz I really wanna watch the speech. Byeeee!

Happy Holidays!

HEY guys! Happy Holidays! I hope yours was good and that you were happy and with people you love! Mine was uneventful, but I’m greatful for what I have. I was hoping to do some good by volunteering and bring desserts to a friends house but that didn’t work out.

Gosh I miss my friends lately! They are such a big part of my life this year and last year. I don’t know how I would get through life without them sometimes. I’m sure I could but it would be much more unpleasant and hard to bear. They put all the light into my life most days.. I finally got to hang out with some yesterday. I went to my friends house and we planned our New Years Party we’re having and then we walked around the neighborhood with my other friend. Then I went to the mall with Jenni and ate dinner and then went to a movie with more friends. It was pretty fun. I bought myself a few belated Christmas presents with some of my X-Mas money. I got an outfit for the new years party and my friends upcoming birthday. I love shopping!!

Anyhoo, it’d been a while since I last updated, so I thought I would let you know what’s been going on with me. Here’s a random food pic:

This World that I’m Livin’ in..

Man.. today was just one of those days. Life just sucks the energy out of you sometimes.

First, in 2nd period, these kids in my class say “can we take a moment? Our friend just died at Northern. We just got the text.” I felt my stomach drop. I’ve got friends at that school. Then I hear it’s some kid Anthony who got in a car accident, his friend is in intensive care. The news kept coming to me, I got a text too. It made me realize how much we kids connect, even though we’re all so different and apart. The fact that the news spread so fast with technology and stuff just puts things into perspective as much as the accident did.. in different ways.

My friend Heather also got hurt today. I don’t know the details but we have a dance show tomorrow. So she should miss it, unless she forces herself–which wouldn’t surprise me. A lot of other stuff is going on at school. During after-school practices for Dance today there was a lot of drama. Girls were arguing about silly stuff, their attitudes were so outta control I had to excuse myself and just take a break by myself. Some people just don’t think, they don’t care, they don’t know. It’s so frustrating.

I wish I could get away from everyone right now. Except for a few people. A few friends that make my days bearable.. Well I’m off to shower! Good bye!