umm heee

i should start catching up...

Hmmm

Alumni

Sick Right Before Christmas?!

Oh NO I Lost Count

how many do i have to catch up on??

Last Day of School!

Tomorrow is the last day before Christmas break! WOOHOO. We're finally done with the performances. At first, I really dreaded doing the performance. There is this assumption in our school that the senior performances are the best. The senior christmas performance legacy gave me a lot of pressure. I didn't expect the class to work together well, because we never had. It was just such a big and diverse class that became hard to make decisions. However, it actually turned out better than I had expected. In the end, our class finally did cooperate to pull off a pretty nice show. I think all seniors should give themselves a pat on my their back for trying hard and finally cooperating to perform the final dance number. Its definitely a great relief to have to over with. Although I did sort of enjoyed the performance, the pressure was far greater. So, now that its done, I'm happy to check one more thing off my to-do list. Next thing on my list: human geo notes (I really don't think teachers should assign homework today) and more essays (yup, another duty of a senior... but i'm ALMOST through with it, just bear with me).

I GOT MY iTOUCH BACK!!!

...and miraculously, I was able to restore all of my pictures and other information from the iTouch. I am SO happy! What's better? It is a completely new iTouch! I had all the information stored in my computer. I just had to connect them and POOF! information restored. 
After I restored my iTouch, the first thing I did was use it to take a picture of my dog, Dudu.  She just had her fur shaved off today because they were all tangled together and its bad for her skin. I feel bad for her because its starting to get cold. BUT, we did get her some doggy clothes so she could keep warm. One of them was just adorable. It is a blue stripped hoody. (yes, i know, a doggie hoody?!) It was too small for her before she shaved, but now all the fur is out of the way, it fits perfectly. I'm not so sure if she likes the hood because its kind of swinging around, but its just too cute! She'll be going to my uncle's house in Taipei tomorrow (because our family is going out of the country and can't being her along). I think I'll miss her. Hmm... Maybe I would find more doggie clothes for her in Korea. ;)

'Tis the Season to be Jolly

Its December! ... which means by the end of this month, there will be X'mas! (and COLLEGE APPS ARE DUE, but right now let's focus on the positive part of the month) So, my family have never been big on any Christmas traditions. The only christmas tree we own in a knee hight tree, which served its purpose for my childhood years. However, in my last few Christmases, I wasn't at home. I was in Japan skiing. This meant that we went to celebrate Christmas at a place where there is snow (woohoo!) but we didn't actually celebrate christmas because we didn't have a Christmas tree and we don't get to open presents. Technically, our ski trip was the gift but its just feels different. Theres this lack of mysteriousness and excitement in tearing open presents. Don't get me wrong, I love the ski trips. Snowy japan does feel a lot more like Christmas than does windy Taiwan. Plus, i even succeeded in making a snow man once. To tell the truth, its not that easy! Our snow ball keeps breaking apart. But once you get the bell rolling, you'll get a huge snowball that you can make your snow man out of! Oh... I'm starting to miss Japan! This year, however, I'm going to somewhere new: Korea. I totally look forward to it!

This is the Closest I've Ever Gotten to a Journal

I'm not really the journal type of person. When I was younger, I wished I was. I probably started on a journal over five times in my five but none of them ever last. In the end, I just felt like I was reporting my life and get really bored with it, or I would just totally forget about it after a while. Daily journal writing really requires persistence. I still do keep my mini-journals here and there but theres really not much to look at. However, this blog thing has lasted for almost half a year (!) and it has recorded one of the most eventful period in my life. All the pressure and business I've gone through are (hopefully) all recorded in the blog. I think I would really have fun coming back to this after a few years and read about my senior year in high school: all the stress in college app and the quirky/random thoughts in between. 
This blog started off as an extra credit opportunity, but it has became part of my life now. Although I sometimes still run our of topics to write about, I am now pretty use to typing my thoughts up in this white box. I realized that I actually like doing this blogging and I am considering to continue this through college... I just don't know is this will last.

60% Recharged.

I am so extremely thankful that weekends exist in this world. I've been sleeping for four hours everyday in the past week I'm beginning to feel like a walking zombie! I finally got to sleep for  normal hours in the weekend. (I even rewarded myself with afternoon naps.) But I am still tired. I'm only about 60% recharged. I'll probably need 50 more hours of sleep for me to be fully alert. I think it might take me the winter break to really get recharged. I am SO looking forward to it! Here are a few reasons why...


1. SLEEEEEEEEEEP!
2. I'm going to KOREA! <3
3. a break from school 
4. a break of homework (thank god)
5. sadly no break from essays, but at least i'll have more complete time to write better essays
6. MORE SLEEEEEEEP
7. the alumni party kindof
8. meeting some old friends
9. the end of 2011!
10. (hopefully) an end of the year celebration with friends
11. SLEEP.


So, yup. I think that's what i'll be doing over the break. I CAN'T WAIT! <3

College Visits?

Lately, with all the college apps, I've been wondering which university I actually want to go to. I'm applying to twelve schools, some reach and some safety. However, all I know of the universities comes from three sources: (1) University websites (2) College Confidential (3) Pamela. I have never personally been to any of the schools and I'm starting to think that might be important. How else would I choose which university I want to stay for four years? What if I decide on a university and after I month of staying there, decide that I didn't like the place at all? I would be stuck for four years! Thats a pretty long time. However, if I do want to visit, I'll have to fly all the way to the US and then to each university. Just think about how much plane ticket money it would cost! I would be flying all over the US! So, I'm still unsure about what I'll be doing. But that would be done during spring break. Right now, I have to work on my essays so that I can get in first. You can do this, Tiffany!

Two Days Countdown Till DOOM.

Yeah, so we have to finalize our essays by this Friday. That means I've got tonight and tomorrow night to finish 7 essays. What can I say? I'm so looking forward to the end of the week but so not looking forward to the process. I really don't like having to squeeze essay production all in one week. It lowers the quality. However, it is also true that my essay production was going way too slow. I guess I have to learn to write good essays faster. Okay, I think I'm going to go work on my essays!

Dear Mr. Post-It Note

I have so many to-do lists that my table is filled with post-it notes! This reminded me of my poem I write one year ago for the PAS poetry contest... (I submitted a longer version of the ode, but I actually like the short version more)


Dear Old Mr. Post-It Note

This is an ode to Post it Notes,

To its red yellow and blue.

It brightens up my table,

So it not a monotonous hue.

It is the best of reminders:

Bring this, take that, and any to-dos,

Scribble it on a post-it,

And there’s nothing you will loose!

This is an ode to post it notes.

Something we take for granted.

But life would not be easy,

If they were never created.

The very first post-it was a basic yellow square,

But now there are quite a few variations.

Choose the right size and color

To make your very own creation!

So dear old Mr. Posit-it Note,

Thank you for being there,

Even when too often I don’t see

The value of that square.

Oh my, oh my post it notes

Please do not leave me

For I’m a forgetful person,

As many would agree.

stuck

I don't think I've cried so much in a day for a really long time. Its kinda pathetic. I don't even want to talk about it. I guess right now I just have to focus on my essays and get my emotions out of this whole process. All I really want to know right now is why...? I am really willing to put all my energy into this. Its really REALLY important to me. Can't she tell? I will try my best, but she won't accept it. She doesn't reply to my mails and she won't talk t me. So I'm basically stuck.

Sore All Over

My arms, my legs and my neck are all very very sore right now. I also got a bruise on my leg. This is result of having to do intense sport after a long period of not doing any. Well, I do play tennis, but I probably haven't sprinted for a year (my last time being last year's sports day). Today, I had to run a total of 300m. Okay, it isn't that much, but i'm tired enough. I also did soccer, which was a lot for fun than I thought! Although I do admit I probably only touched the ball two or three times. I played defense, so thats probably why (because the angry bird are too good at it! WOOHOO!) I'm not a person that is great with controlling a ball with my feet. I actually think soccer is a sport that requires really good skills, because most of us aren't that great with controlling our feet as opposed to our hands (which is what most other sports require). I'm also glad that today's weather is actually really sunny! Just the right weather for sports day. Overall, I had a pretty nice, but tiring sport day.

I Heart College Hoodies

I wore my brown Johns Hopkins hoodie to school today! I later decided that it was a very smart choice because it got really windy and cold towards the afternoon. My hoodie kept me warm and comfy. I got the hoodie three summers ago, then I went to CTY camp in Johns Hopkins. During that summer, I wore my hoodie around in the campus every morning. It gave me this sense of connection with the place because I was wearing one of their logos around. However, I think that is the only college hoodie I own, and probably one of the few that I would wear, because I admit, I am superstitious. I heard that if you wear a college's shirt/hoodie/sweatpants, you might not get into the university. Since I won't be applying to Johns Hopkins, I am safe to wear my brown hoodie. But, I promise that when I get to my university (DUKE OR UPENN OR WUSTL PLEASE!!!!) I will get at least two college hoodies and a college sweatpant and wear them however often I want to. I will collect all the different colors they come it, but will especially treature the one that matches the school color (which is why I hope my school color would be pretty). 
Speaking of which.... I SENT OUT MY COMMON APP TODAY!!! I was really nervous about sending it out, because I wouldn't be able to change it afterwards. I guess I could have sent it out yesterday, but i needed time to prepare myself. So, now that its out, I have to finish my supplements. WISH ME GOOD LUCK in college app and please let me get to a good school!! 

Thank You, Friends

There is really nothing more better in the world than having good friends that really understand and accept you for who you are. I don't know why I am being so sentimental and reflective now, but it was just this feeling that I got after-school today. It was just as a simple thing as going out to buy for food, but the casual simplicity of it all somehow really touched me. See, in my past two years, I just didn't have any close friends. I'm not anti-social or anything, I had friends, but I didn't have anyone who I could just spill my heart out to. I didn't have a group of friends that made me feel like I belong or who when I was with them, I could just be my nerdy/crazy/hyper self. There are no secrets or complicated relationships, its just true friendship. I just love how I don't have to feel restrain myself or hide any part of my personality to be with them. Each person in our group of friends have strange little quirks, but this is what defines us and makes us come together. It is also what makes our lunch table filled with laughter. Thank you friends, you guys make my senior year in PAS memorable. :)

Facebook is so Stalker Friendly

Today, when I was looking through Facebook with Alyson, I found out that one of my friend from CTY camp is currently attending Harvard! She is a friend of Alyson's past school mate who is also currently attending Harvard, which is how we found her. (Yeah I know its confusing.) Anyways, I was really surprised and so I began stalking all my other friends from CTY. (Well, that's not exactly stalking right? Because they are technically my friends, we just hadn't connected for a while.) What I found out really surprised me. I am now officially Facebook friends with someone from Yale, Caltech, Dartmouth, and UPenn! All of those were people from my last CTY summer program! Okay, I did know that CTY is called "nerd camp" by many people, including those that attending it, but I didn't know so many were Ivy League material. Wow... just wow. I really wish that I could be one of those people. They all look so happy in their college lives. 

On Essay Writing.

I feel like doing a very short blog post today. Just because. Right now I feel like I'm lacking my writer's vibe (if that even makes sense). That isn't a good thing for a senior with tons of essays piled up to do. However, I do have to say, I think in the past three months, I've written more essays than I did for my whole junior year. I think that is one thing the school english department can improve on. From my experience, we don't get to write many essays until our senior year, but by that time, we are expected to be able to write good essays. How do we write good essays without practice? So, even though many students will disagree, as a senior, I suggests the school to increase the the number of essays students write before the senior year. I think the minimum should be three essays per semester.

DONE WITH MY UC APP!!

I finally have some progress in my college apps. I sent out my UC apps this saturday! Thats a big check from my college to-do list. That was the very first one though, which means I still have a long to-do list. One thing I definitely felt relieved about was that when we send out our scores, we don't have to send everything! :) I don't have to show the colleges my disastrously low score in my November test! I was jumping in joy when I found out. God bless SAT score choices.
Now that UCs are out, I'm going to be focusing on my common app schools. I have twelve common app schools, nine that need supplement essays. I've been researching some of them lately (most of them have why-school essays) and with each one, there are some really cool things. Some research projects, for example, really it my interests in bio and psych, so I'm pretty curious about them. Another thing about most of the colleges I've searched is that the buildings and the environment are so nice! I really love green and sunny places, it calms me down and puts me in a good mood. If I get into one of those pretty universities, one of the first thing I will do is study on the grass! I've always wanted to do that, but sadly, there isn't any big fields of grass where I live. I will wait one more year, and my dream will come true!

My Love-Hate Relationship with Coffee

For the whole day today, I feel like I am on some kind of stimulant. I am really jumpy and excited, but at the same time my body is extremely tired. My hands are shaky,my mind jumps from one subject to another, and I blurt out random thoughts. This is what happens when I drink coffee. My body cannot tolerate any kind of caffeine, it would just go out of control. I only drank about 25ml of coffee (not even one forth of the coffee in my bottle) and my body is already going bonkers. I am so jealous of those people that can drink coffee to keep them awake. For me, the tiredness does not get cancelled out, I only get over excited and waste all my energy. Even though I go though is every time I drink coffee, I would somehow convince myself to forget the distressful experience after a few weeks. I would think that my body can handle at least some caffeine and then go ahead a buy another bottle. The reason behind this over-optimism is that I just love the taste and smell of coffee. Every time I buy a coffee, I would only remember the smooth taste of coffee and forget the consequences. Of course, another reason why I am inclined to buy coffee is that so many use it to as a wake up drink that I feel like I can do the same. The should not share this feeling towards coffee, but too often I do.


This blog post is probably very messed up, redundant and make very little sense, but this is me under the wicked spell of caffeine. I would probably be this way for the rest of the day, so why not just write the blog post when I am still conscious enough to describe my feelings.

my iTouch is weird

A few days ago (more specifically Friday of last week), my iTouch  slipped to the floor when I had many books in my hand. At the time, I naively thought my iTouch would be alright. After all, my cell phone had suffered more serious injuries and it seemed to be fine. I have thought wrong. it first, it was just stuck. It was just a black screen. Then, I tried to restart the thing. This only resulted in a white screen. Later that day however, I thought it has fully recovered when I tries to restart the iTouch and it went back to normal. But now, my iTouch is getting really weird. Sometimes, it would just give me a blank white screen. I have to tap it several times until i gets back to normal. Sigh... I've only gotten it for two months and now its already broken. 

I FAILED MISERABILY

SAT scores are out today and all I can say is that I failed miserably. I got LOWER than I did last time. I really don't know how that could happen. I spend so much of my time, even postponed my test so I could extend my preparation time. ALL of those time were wasted. I really don't know what to say. 
Right now, I guess I'll just have to accept the truth and move on. Work on my essays so they can make up for my lower SAT score. Now i feel i've fallen away from my dream schools. Everything looked so hopeful, but now I really can't tell. 
Note to self in the future: I hope that when you come back to this blog after I don't know how many years, you would already have gotten into a good university (despite todays tragedy) and feel know that even though I did badly on this test, I was still able to get into the college I want to. PLEASE LET ME IN! I know I may sound extremely desperate right now, but its the truth. I am. I HAVE TO get into an acceptable university, or else... I really don't know or what, but I HAVE TO GET IN.

Jar of Hearts

"You're gonna catch a cold from the ice inside your soul."


For some reasons, this line of lyrics send chills down my spine every time I hear it. Its a line from the song "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri. I really love the song: the soft tune of the song matches the sorrowful mood of the lyrics. The chorus of the song is so vivid and very creative. I listen to both the original and the glee version. I really can't decided which one I prefer. Even though they sing the same song, there's a different feeling in each one. Christina Perri's sound makes the song sound distant and cold. The Glee version (sung by Rachel Berry) is more emotional and sad. This one great thing about Glee. Its reproductions give a different edge, a different point of view and personality to each song. I don't watch the TV show too often, but I sometimes listen to the songs they sing on youtube. Sometimes, the Glee version is better than the original!


Here are the lyrics and for the chorus and the link to the two different versions of the song... Enjoy :)


And who do you think you are?
Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts
And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold
From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Who do you think you are?

Time to bring our winter coats down!

The weather is definitely getting chillier these few days. Right now, as I am typing the wind outside is howling its lungs out. Okay, it might be because of the little creaks from my window that is making the sound this loud, but the wind is definitely a sign that winter is here. I've gone upstairs (where all the clothes I had since I was a child is stored) and duh through clothes from various size until I finally fond the box that I brought up last May. Yup its time for them to see the lights (and the wind) again! 
There is this other thing that also come with the changing season. I think I am somehow allergic to changing temperatures. During the fall and spring months, my cheeks would get rough and course. I've gone to the skin doctors, but the things they gave me don't work very well. When I first had it a few years ago (its curious how I didn't have this allergy when I was younger), I thought it was going to last. Luckily it went away when the weather became more stable. 

Thank You Internet.

I am so extremely grateful that I live in a world with internet. Here are a few reasons why...


1. I GOT TO TALK TO MY FRIENDS WHO ARE IN SINGAPORE! I feel like a lonely duck (i don't know why i chose that animal), while all of them are in Singapore, drinking chocolate chip milkshakes and hanging out together. But thanks to the lovely and wonderful internet, I got to chat with them. I feel just a tiny bit better. At least I am updated with their stories.


2. FACEBOOK. I think i have to admit that I do spend more time on Facebook than I should, but its so addicting. You can connect with friends so easily. It is especially great for long-distance friendships. We can look at their pictures and events to get how they are doing in life. You can just write a wall post anytime without feeing awkward like you would in a letter or e-mail. 


3. ... which brings me to the third point: E-MAILS. It a super fast way to send letters. With just a snap, BOOM, your e-mail is sent halfway across the globe. What a fantastic feat. 


4. RESEARCH. It has become so much more easier to get information. I can't even imagine how I would write a research paper in the times when there wasn't internet. I don't think I have ever gone to a library and search up information that way, but I am sure it would be a lot slower. 


All in all, I have to thank those people that created the internet and made my life colorful and knowledgable. Without them, my life would be completely different.

Online Research verses First Person Opinions

I'll probably do a bit more college app related posts recently because there is exactly ONE month left till apps are due (in our school), and its starting to get in my head. (Plus I think this is a nice place for me to brainstorm ideas.) This isn't totally a bad thing, but I just hope things don't get repetitive and boring (because later on in my life, I just might look back to these blogs and read how I survived my senior year).

So college related stuff, here we go...

Yesterday, I was doing some online research on Duke to write their why-school essay. I found some facts about their various departments and student organizations. There were also some interesting study abroad programs. It all sounds pretty nice, but I just feel like I can't really get the gist of what being a Duke student is really like. I also can't really tell what are the negatives about going to Duke. They wouldn't tell you that on their website. Today, however, I got some really nice perspectives from a friend that I am extremely grateful of. He is now a freshmen in Duke and he loves it there. He says the weather is nice, but Durham, the city near Duke, is not that great (and I almost got fooled by the Duke and Durham video on their website). However, he also said that there is so much going on in the campus that there is not that much need to go out! Well that sounds nice! He also told me that the cafeteria food is just mediocre but from time to time there will be something good. Those are some pretty honest evaluations, but he did convince me that Duke is really nice. Now I only hope that my hard work can pay off - I want to get in!

Lonely Week

Today, my sister most of my friends from school hopped onto a plane and flew to Singapore, leaving poor little me in Hsinchu, Taiwan. I wanted to go with them but unfortunately for me, I've already been to ThiMUN Singapore twice. Due to the great increase of MUN delegates in our school, people don't get a third chance to go to ThiMUN. I will miss them so much and school without them, well, its just not as exciting. So I'll be counting down (three school days and a weekend) to see them again and hear about the stories. 

A funny thing is that two of my classes wouldn't be able to operate properly without all those that went to singapore. We wouldn't be having AP Chem class on Wednesday and Friday because more than half of the students are gone. In my Euro class, I'll be the ONLY student. I am not looking forward to it, because apparently, I still had to go to class. I've never taken a class just be myself before, so I guess this will be a new experience.

My Listing Book

I was rummaging though my bookshelf the other day and happened to dig up my Listing Book. In the very first page of the book, I promised that it would be the complete list of what I would ever need and ever think of. It is sort of like a dairy, but in list form. Apparently, my pledge did not exactly came through. There were only about ten pages of of lists. (The book is about palm-sized, so ten pages of it 'aint that much). Of course, it is impossible to list out all of my thoughts in just those puny ten pages, some of them not even half-filled. However, there were some interesting things in the book. First up is a list of my possible future careers. Among those, a few were actually pretty interesting. I put down "dolphin trainer" probably after I came back from an aquarium. Another one was to be in one of those food and entertainment shows where the person travels to different countries and eat different types of food. I mentally crossed that one off the list because I heard some of the food those people have to eat are that appetizing, for example, insects. A few pages later, there was a list of places I wanted to go. When I was young (and maybe I still do) I wanted to travel around the world. The top three places I wanted to go to were, one, Venice, two, Iceland and third, the dead sea. (Hmm I just realized that all of these places have something to do with water.) Lastly, the longest list by far was the list about things I wanted to complete before I go to college (most of them during the summer before it). I had some pretty ambitious goals, like trying to learn computer programming (which might be a disaster when I try). Another one is to try and learn Hakka, the language of all of my grandparents. I can understand Hakka, but never though out all those years, never brought myself up to actually speaking the language. I think I'll start up the Listing Book again, just for the sake of it. I might even bring it to college. I still have a think pile of paper to go through (probably around two-hundred pages), but I hope to fill out all the pages in the notebook and when I am old, I can look back to all my goals and dreams. I hope I'll be able to check them off by then and feel satisfied.

What would you do if...

you could do something with no risk of failing.
This is a brainstorm for my college essay writing. I thought this is a pretty interesting topic so I want to list a few ideas.


- (the first that came to mind) FLY!
- read people's mind
- invent something (i'm not sure what yet, but i'll know after i've invented it)
- learn ten languages and go to all the countries that speak the language
- open a stores that sells memories
- open a store that sells magic power pills that taste like candy
- live in a rainforest and learn to communicate with all the animals there
- train dolphins (not the one-day activity type, but actually train them)
- live in the ocean for 2 weeks
- watch a video of my life from beginning to what I am now (possibly a little of the future)


Okay these are some really odd and unattainable dreams, but it said ANYTHING without failing right? so these are the things I want to do....
Now I'll just have the choose one I want to do the most.

What's that movie called?

Today, out school made us watch a movie (that they did not tell us the name of) during club time. It was something pretty rare. I think it has something to do with some sort of school policy, but I'm not so sure what exactly. Then, we are to hand in our reflections on the movie next monday, so I'll be be doing that in this blog before I forget.
First up, I'd like to say I enjoyed the movie more than I expect I would have. It was about a Jewish boy from a normal/poor community getting a scholarship because of his football skills to an exclusive high school where many of the boys have family legacies of going to elite universities. I was surprised by how intense and how much pressure some of the boys had. One boy, McGregor (i think) had a family legacy of going to Princeton for 5 years. He didn't do great on a French speaking assignment and got a nervous breakdown. That part definitely shook me. I cannot imagine the amount of pressure these boys are under. Back to the main subject. The Jewish boy (I forgot his name already) had a great time in school until someone found out about his religious background and then everyone turned against him. It was shown early on that the boys had prejudice against Jews (when in fact many of them have never seen any!) For me, the moral of the movie is identity. Even though the Jewish boy lived in a community that hated his people so much, he had to be tough to live through it. His religion set him apart, however, he still cherished his belief.

Introducing The Llama Song and Reasons Why They Are Cool

It goes like this:
Happy Llama, Sad Llama,
Mentally Retarded Llama,
Super Lama, Drama Llama, 
Big Fat Mama Lama,
Moose! Camel! Fish!


It is a pretty random song, but its a cute with hand gestures.
I have to say that llamas are truly interesting creatures. Its uniqueness begins with their names. What other animal has double 'L's as the first two letters their names? What's more?Their names share the same pronunciation as lamas, as in spiritual leaders in Tibet. That in itself adds a certain holiness to llamas.
Also, llamas just LOOK different. They look like a combination of giraffes, sheep and camels. They have long necks like giraffes, wooly fur like sheep and legs that look like camels. I would definitely want to ride one because they look like a comfortable and fun ride. (I learned recently that the wool of an alpaca llama can be made into high quality clothing that is extremely soft and comfy.)
I think it is sad that they are one of the less widely known animals. I didn't know about them until a few years ago. They are almost never in any children's book, where young kids first learn about the wide variety of animals. If I were one of those children authors, I would devote one whole book JUST on llamas because they are worth it.

 

Alpaca Llamas of different color! (Don't they look soft and wooly and comfortable?)

and here is the llama song:

My Pet Monsters

Recently, I've been addicted to this game called the Monster Pet Shop in my iTouch. You get orders to buy certain types of pets and then you raise them until they have matured enough to be sold. Some of the monsters are truly adorable while others are just plain ugly. The monsters come from eggs which you buy and then incubate. After they hatch, you move them to either a mud, water or grass habitat to grow. You have to feed them, pet them, clean their habitat and play with them periodically. Each monster has its personality and preferences of food and toys. They also take different time to grow. One monster had been in the habitat for at least 4 days and it hasn't grown, but several others would mature in just one day.
My favorite part of the game is buying unknown species of monster eggs and hatching them to discover a new kind of monster. I also liked managing the store and getting new orders for pets. 
I've been raising those pets constantly for at least one week now, but today, I forgot to bring my iTouch to school, which meant my pets went hungry all day! I was so nervous that they would die. I was so very glad when I came home and found that they were still very much alive, only very hungry. Several of my friends thought my obsession over those virtual pet monsters was funny. Let them think what they want, but those tiny creature bring me pleasure, so I will continue obsessing over them.

Water Villas are so Amazing

This morning, all the seniors were called to the cafeteria and told that the graduation trip was mandatory. If we do not wish to join, we would have to write a formal letter to Pamela providing a good explanation of why we cannot join. The thing is, my family already planned a trip during the spring break. We planned on going to Malaysia and living in one of those water villas, a small hut-like constructions built in the ocean. You could just walk down the stairs of the villa and you are in the ocean. My sister and I though it was the coolest thing ever and were both super excited when we saw that somewhere in a magazine a few years ago. Since then, both of us had been wishing to have the experience. My parents finally agreed to look for one of those and bring us there during the spring break, but now, because of the mandatory graduation trip, we might not get to go. I am thinking of asking Ms. Pamela to let me off the hook, but from what I've seen so far, my chances are slim. Even if I do get it, I would probably be scolded for not participating in the event. 


here are a few pictures of the super-cool water villas:

You can just walk down the stairs to get to the ocean! 

Here is a view of several of them from the air.

I am so over you.

I am finally done with SATs! Even though I expected to feel total relief and jubilance, I am still kind of nervous. (I really really really hope my scores come out alright!) As I (finally) cleaned my room today and stacked all my SAT practice book to be put away, I felt a tinge of nostalgia. Sort of like saying good bye to something I've come to known so well, not exactly a friend, but not an enemy either. I guess I'll be passing all of those to my sister, who see it as an evil enemy as I use to in the beginning of the process. Although I do admit that the test was not of real english skills, I did learn from practicing it over and over again. 
After the test, it certainly felt like a large stone was taken off my back. I am completely done with SAT, for all of my life! I had a tiny celebration and allowed myself to dig though my bookshelf and pick a few books that I wanted to finish. I know I still have tons of essays to go through, but at the very least, this is a big red check mark on my college app list!


SAT vocab of the day:
(NONE!) WOOHOOO!

SATs This Saturday!!

I've been  avoiding this topic this whole week because I didn't want to be repetitive, but today is only TWO DAYS BEFORE MY FINAL SAT! After one more month of preparation (even though it was a lot less intensive), I am once again faced with the inevitable test. This time, I can't change my mind. There is no more time (and I don't want to drag in on any longer). Last month, one week before the test was Camp PAS for the rest of the school and college visits and basically more freedom and time to sleep for the seniors. Almost all the seniors took the October test, so the atmosphere was pretty intense. The suffocating pressure was in the air. People were ready for their battle of college exams. 
This time, one week before the SATs are midterms. Only a few of us are doing the test. Even though it is only two days before the test, I don't seem to feel the readiness and the intense pressure. Theres an awkward feeling in the pit of my stomach, but theres so much more thats going on in school and at home that everything seems to be distracting me from it. I guess I am still nervous for the test, but somehow, it just feels different.


Final SAT vocab of the day!!
euphoria: a feeling of great elation and happiness
I hope I would be euphoric when I see my SAT results.

Still Not Cleaned Up

Since fifth grade, I dreamed of having a room to myself. Most of my friends started to get separate rooms by that time, and it seemed as though I would never get the chance. My grandmother would live in our house for half of the year, so my sister and I had to share a room. Yet, I would still try to imagine having my own room. I would even try to draw it out: a purple room with a tiny sofa and bunk bed. I also promised myself that I would clean it up every week so that it would look nice.
Two years ago, my mom decided to remodel the house and fulfilled my childhood dreams. That summer, we bought purple paint and colored our rooms a light lavender. My sister and I looked for furnitures in excitement and delight. I, the more artsy of the two, made cute signs for our rooms. We were both completely overjoyed. Over the summer, we each made our beds every single day. However, as time went on, the excitement wore off. I still really like having my own room, but I don't take as much time fawning over every little detail. Finally, as senior year rolled around, the room got a little out of control. I have clothes flying everywhere and old pieces of paper and books stacked on the floor. I desk is probably the worst because I use it the most often. However, I have promised myself that after SAT (which is THIS SATURDAY!!!) I will clean up my room.


SAT word of the day: 
perfuctory: done in a cursory or careless manner; mechanical

Messy Worktable

My table is extremely messy messy messy and it is distracting me from work.
Here are just some random/ normal stationaries on my table:
1 cup
1 air condition remote control
1 eyeglass box
some books
10-ish hair bands or various colors
1 bottle to super glue
3 pencil boxes
tons of pencil, pen, highlighter, white out that I have to sort out
2 boxes of tissue (one of them is empty)
books
1 pile of post-its (green, blue, pink, yellow, and one with cute chicken picture)
1 and 1/2 pari of ear rings
some notebooks
2 calculators
1 iTouch
3 earphones (1 broken, 1 extremely tangled together, 1 new)
more books 
1 double sided tape
1 tea bag
a few folders
1 watch
...... and many more




I have to go sleep early today!
to be continued.

My Past in a Costume Chest

Now that I've gone further into the college app process, I've developed a new perspective. Even though the application deadlines and and testing are still a constant pressure, I found that thorough racking our brains for essay topics, the college essays is sort of a recollection of our life until now. Living in this fact-paced world, we are constantly bombarded with new information and always get a feeling that we have to catch up. Since my high school years, I didn't have much time to look back and look into my past. I lived life as it came to me and had always been chasing after a goal, a trend or a deadline. Writing the college essays forced me to pull out my old costume chest, dig out and try out each phase of my life: a significant event, the start of an interest, or describing a personality trait. As I try out these old costumes, I have to analyze my own feelings and organize them into words. This part of the process is probably the most difficult. This involves critical thinking and good writing skills, which is something I am not especially proud of. As I have mentioned in my english narrative essay, my bilingual context have caused me to loose focus on either language.


SAT word of the day:
pensive: dreamily or wistfully thoughtful; deeply thoughtful, often with a tinge of sadness

A Cup of Cappuccino

Now that the warm weather is ending, it is time for me to change my blog template: I've replaced the beach-y background with a cup of cappuccino. Just the sight of a warm cup of coffee gives me a cozy and peaceful feeling even when the wind it howling outside. Although I rarely drink coffee because I get palpitations from too much caffeine, I still do love coffee very much. I've loved the smell of coffee since I was young. The rich and slightly creamy aroma sends my senses to wonderland. Whenever my dad brewed coffee, I would beg to a take a sip. However, I was banned from any coffee until the age of fourteen, because, apparently, coffee makes children's bones brittle. I can still remember when I had my very first cup of coffee. It was and ice-cold latte on one summer day. I was thrilled with every sip I took, totally wrapped up in the moment. My mother was very smart in letting drink latte for my first cup of coffee because if I had gotten the bitter black coffee my dad usually drinks, I would have been extremely disappointed. After a while, I learned that I cannot share coffee with my dad. He refuses to add any sugar to his while I like mine sweet and creamy (which makes latte the best choice). Yet, after the first month of coffee craze, I've learned to limit myself to coffee because the palpitations after the coffee stops me from doing anything productive.


SAT word of the day:
assauge: to sooth or calm

Emotional Effects of Blow-Drying Hair

Personally, I think it’s annoying. It feels uncomfortable to blow warm wind to your hair (and face), especially during the summers. I feel hot and somehow confined and always just want to get it over with. The constant ringing sound of the hair dryers is a pet peeve of mine and I sometimes even get grumpy after I blow-dry my hair. I also feel like it is a waste of time. I can't do anything else when I blow dry my hair. I guess I am supposed to comb my hair, but I never actually do that. I would try to watch TV, but that ringing sound block all the sound away. I can't sing or listen to music. I can't even think to myself because that ringing sound is just too distracting! I wish somebody can invent a silent blow dryer. Maybe I'll be able to tolerate it more.

My opinion doesn’t seem to concur with many others. I remember talking to Maxine and Judy once about the subject. Both of them said they liked blow-drying their hair. They agreed that it makes them relaxed a sleepy! How does having a loud ringing sound beside your ears made you want to sleep? I really cannot understand. My sister once told me about a friend enjoyed the sound of a blow-dryer and would even turn on the blow dryer to help them concentrate on homework! How in the world an anyone concentrate with that sound? Maybe the reason for the lack of silent blow-dryer is these people that love to use a loud and obnoxious drying machine.

SAT word of the day:

unpalatable: disagreeable or unacceptable; obnoxious; unpleasant to taste

One Pacman, Five Ghosts, A Grape and A Gamer

I stayed after school yet another day. Today, however, for a much more pleasant reason: to finish up out halloween costume! Our lunch table group decided to dress up together as pac man and the ghosts. The main character was Victor the pac man. The girls were various brightly colors ghosts. Vivien was the red ghost. Her piece of cloth was too short for the costume, so Alyson improvised and created a stylish short version of the ghost costume. I personally think that it makes Vivient look vey much like Little Red Riding Hood. Sarah is the pink ghost. Her eyes are heart shaped, probably meaning that she is the lovey dovey one. Alyson's was light blue and her cloth is also a little on the short side. If I remembered correctly, her costume is probably the fat one. I didn't stay long enough to see Wan-Yi's costume get done, but her's is orange. My ghost was dark blue. It is not one of the ghost in the actual pac man game. (We had one extra girl). My favorite part about making the costume was when we stuck the eyes on. According to Alyson (and I absolutely agree with her on that) her eyes seem to bring the ghosts to life. 
We have two more characters in our group: Maxwell as the grape (that gives bonus points) and Sam as the player of the game. Maxwell's costume was made out of balloons and it looks extremely cool. I didn't get to see Sam's costume, but I hope its good!


SAT vocab of the day: 
convivial - festive, lively

First Impressions

Today, I stayed until 8 o'clock after school to study for the AP Chem midterm tomorrow. Somewhere along the lines of studying chemistry and eating our dinners, the study group (consisting of Alyson, Maxwell, Victor and Forence by that time) digressed to the topic of first impressions. Florence and Victor, being the new students, were the targets of our questions. We asked them what they thought of us when they first saw us. Florence's answer to her first impression of me was "one of the Plastics from the from the movie 'Mean Girls'". Victor's answer was similar: "one of those popular and flirty girls". I was pretty surprised by those answers to say the least because I never thought of myself as a someone like that. It turned out there was a misunderstanding/ reason behind those first impressions. Because I was only student who did not take the Reading class, I went to class in the afternoon, (hence Florence thought I skipped the whole morning section of the class). Also, when I walked in the room, I was greeted by many people (mainly because I joined later). However, after I got to know them more, (I hope) they found out that their first impressions of my was not quite accurate. What I got from this was that, even though many say that first impressions can be accurate, we have to take into account of the conditions of the situation.


SAT vocab of the day: (x2!)
specious: something that appears to be true but is actually false
impugn: to challenge as false; cast doubt upon

iProcrastinate

No, there is no space between the 'i' and the 'Procrastinate'. Even though I do procrastinate, that is not the point of today's blog. iProcrastinate is a application I was told about just a few minutes ago. Its a totally cool app that helps you organize homework. It kind of similar to what I already do, but on the computer. It helps you countdown on due dates and allows you to sort homework through subjects and label them with color. Its not too complicated and has a cute design. Another really great part about it is that I can sync it with my iCal (the mac calendar) so that I can see the due dates there as well. I'm really excited about trying it out. If I really get around to use the system well, I might procrastinate less! Now that I am done writing this blog, I can go over to my iProcrastinate and put a check mark beside this task! 


SAT vocab of the day:
utilitarian - designed to be useful or practical rather than attractive

Delegates, laughing is not in order.

Even though it lasted only two days, chairing HsinMUN is definitely one of my most memorable MUN experience. It felt like a revisit to my very first conference of MUN. I saw delegates that were just like me when I attended my first conference, shy, reserved, and dreaded talking in public. By chairing, I got to see MUN in a very different light. I watched as delegates debated fervently, cooperating effectively, and made new friends. It felt great to be there to guide them through the procedures. 
However, there was one embarrassing/ funny moment:
Chairs are not allowed to laugh during debate and are supposed to make sure the house comes to order whenever something happens, but today, I broke out laughing and couldn't stop. At the same time, I tried to tell the house that laughing is not in order. It took the other chair to finally retain the house back to order.


SAT Vocab of the Day:
flippant - not showing serious or respectful attitude.

The Pressure is On

Today is an important day for the seniors. It’s the day SAT scores are out. Some were exhilarated while others were gloomy. Even those that didn’t take test in October (like me) were affected. For the people that received their scores today, I was a relief (or a dread). For me, things have just started. So many people improved today and some even broke the school SAT record! Ben Lee deserves a CONGRATULATION because he got 800 for the critical reading score – that is the full score, FULL SCORE! This has never happened before in our school, so today is PAS history in the making.  As for me, seeing that everyone did so well, I’ve really got to work hard! Every year, the SAT scores of accepted students in the top schools are increasing exponentially. If I want to stand any chance, I will need a better score. So, I’ve decided, probably just for the sake of it, I’ll be doing one SAT vocab of the day until the actual test day.

Today’s SAT Vocab of the Day:

Auspicious – promising success; propitious; opportune; favorable

The Soup Thief

I've noticed that I blog a lot about food recently. I guess its probably because theres no one around and no action about when I'm writing my blog this late into the night. Its just me and... the ice cream (yes, I eat ice cream late at night) or my bowl of soup that I am eating, so food has become an important muse for my blog posts. 
Anyways, because of the cooling weather (or maybe just my stomach's wishes), I've developed a craving for warm soup in the past few days. It is also one of the easiest thing that I could prepare: just dump a few spoonfuls and put it in the microwave, set a time of 40 seconds, and in no time, you get a bowl of wonderfully warm soup. I've been slowly depleting the supply of soup and today, my mother finally noticed. She was opening the fridge to get us soup for dinner when she exclaimed, "Where did all the soup go?" She began to blamed my father for the disappearance of the soup and started to complain about how he is eating to much when I told her who the the true soup thief was... me. Not only did she stopped grumbling about my father, she even prepared more soup for me tonight!

Officially Out of Ideas

At 2:00 am in the morning, my mind is filled with homework I just finished and college essays. I have no idea what to blog about except complain about senior pressure and sleeping habits, which I really don't want to do. Therefore. I am out of ideas. 

So. I went online and searched "creative blog ideas". Most of the had very general suggestions that I didn't have much interest in. I finally saw one that said "free write about ____" and so this is what I will do.

I will free write for 3 min about my room:

It is purple. i have a bunkbed with many colorful (mainly blue) pillows and blankets. i also have a huge teddy bear that I got for a birthday present a long time ago. I still life it very much but it might have to be washed soon. I hope i can bring it to college, because it would remind me of home, but I is impossible to fit the huge teddy in a luggage. Too bad, I'll have to say good bye to my giant teddy when I leave for college. 

I have bird stickers/decorations on my wall. They are also colorful. I also have a desk and a bookshelf which is full of books, of course, but is very unorganized. I think i'll have to do that soon, when I have time. I have so many stuff in my room I don't know how i will be able t pack them. okay never mind i wont be bringing most of them. 

Sit down!

I guess I haven't talked too much about my dog on my blog posts, but I assure there will be a lot more to come. I have, in fact, tried to name the blog after my dog until the unfortunate requirement of having a straightforward title for our blogs. Anyways, today is a day of celebration for our dog Dudu because she finally learned to sit on command! After a year at our house, the only she has learned was to not pee everywhere in the house (which she still does from time to time). I guess our previous failure resulted from a lack of experience in training dogs. We would ask her to sit down right before we give her the treat for peeing in the bathroom. The commands were commands were confusing and the treat given at the wrong time. We tried a different method this weekend and gave her small treats for sitting down on command. Today, we continued the training, AND SHE DID AS SHE WAS TOLD!!! The whole family got very excited and Dudu was extremely happy when we all clapped for her. She literally jumped around with joy. It was so adorable! <3

Pressure Food

Constantly under the pressure of SATs, schools grades and a larges piles of application essays, seniors need to find ways to release their stress. For me, ice cream and other deserts do the trick. It is scary how often to resort to ice cream in the wee hours of the night to boost my energy and continue working on college apps. I am very aware that eating ice cream at night is unhealthy and would most likely make me gain weight (which isn't too bad a thing as of now, but would become a problem if i continue this habit). However, ice cream is just so refreshing! The coolness wakens me up and the sweetness gives me energy. Every bite of ice cream boost my energy up a bit until I am satisfied and ready to continue the endless work load. I might have to find new sources of stress release as the weather gets cooler, but for now, I will not be giving up on my ice cream addiction too soon.

Be Careful With Those Pretzels

They can and WILL make you bleed. Those peanut butter pretzels. Today was the first time I ate one. They tasted nice, but they have their sharp edges. Within a few bites, they had me screaming and jumping in pain. Okay this maybe a little dramatized. But. It did hurt and I did bleed. It took me up to ten minutes to get the bleeding to stop. Yes, it was that bad. I didn't know pretzels can be so dangerous before this. I use to think there were small crunchy and harmless little bits of cracker. Well, apparently I am wrong. Next time I eat one of those, I will definitely make sure that I bite them curefully. I do not want another pretzel scar in my mouth. 

Google Homepage

The Google homepage has started to get really creative recently. Today, the Google homepage featured Art Clokey and his gumbies. Although I've never known of these clay dolls before I saw them today, they definitely made an impression by appearing as animations on google's home page. I spent a few minutes clicking on to each clay ball to watch the animations. The last time Google did something similar was on the 75th birthday of Jim Henson, the creator of my childhood favorite TV show, the Sesame Street. I was so excited when I saw them on google. There were also secret clicks (you had to wait for a period of time) that had special animations in them. I really wonder who are the great artists behind all these creative google titles. One thing I have to say to them is that the creations have significantly improved. It started from the decorated Google sign, to several logos of the same theme, to the recent animations. 

For me, the really wonderful part about all this is that we can revisit these creative headings whenever we please just by clicking on the "I'm Feeling Lucky" bar on the google homepage. There are even additional ones that were shown in special regions of the world that we can access to. Sometimes, when I'm bored I'll just scroll through the many inspiring Google logos from the past.

MUN Resolutions

I have been sorting out and editing resolutions for the coming HsinMUN today, and I realized how little I knew about the job of a chair before I actually tried to be one. I've always thought being a chair is easier than being a good delegate because whenever I attend the conferences, the chairs are just the ones that coordinate the conference. Yes, they are very knowledgeable about the procedures, and they are indeed very experiences, but they didn't seemed to have to go through the turmoil of writing a resolution. Well, I was wrong. After I have been accepted as a chair this past summer, there had a constant pile of work that I had to do. The first was the chair report. This was extremely brain racking. I basically had to start researching from point zero. After that was done with, we have several practice chairing do and chair letters to write. Then finally we have to edit the resolutions of our delegates. Chairing an MUN conference is definitely more work than I thought it would provide. 

Steve Jobs

October 5, 2011. The death of Apple's legendary CEO. Over the Long weekend, I saw reports after reports of the his death and a short documentary of his life. He was definitely a man creativity and intelligence. However his life was full of hardships and battles that he eventually won over. Another college dropout, Steve Jobs founded Apple with 2 other college friends in a garage. The apple slowly climbed to success. Yet, as the company grew, a hard blow in his life came. He was fired from Apple. This is the part of the story that shocked me as much as it angered me. He was an important co-founder, yet he was fired... as an CEO! The next part of his life is the real lesson. He did not give up, but continued to utilize his creativity for other purposes. He bought Pixar and brought it to fame. (Before this, I never knew Steve Jobs was part of Pixar!) He was later hired back into Apple and started the revolutions of music players by creating the iPod. Apple once again rose to popularity and more and more apple products spread throughout the world. Yet, Steve Jobs was diagnosed with cancer. He battled his disease as he continued to create incredible developments to the i-products. On october 5, 2011, at the age of 56, he died after fighting with cancer for 8 years. His death caused a sensation in the world. Documents were made of his life. And this is how a girl learned about his story and typed to write a blog (on her macbook) in memory of him. 

..........
I was searching a picture of the apple logo a few minutes ago and learned some pretty shocking news. The article discussed Steve Jobs as a person instead of a legendary icon. It described his personality, and to my surprise, he was portrayed as rude and disparaging. He also have no public record of giving to charity.


Moral lesson: there is always two sides to a story.

Colleges and Sleeping Habits

Its 2:55am right now and the rest of the family are already sound asleep in bed. I just woke up a few minutes ago, starting my day at night. I feel very much like a nocturnal animal, waking up after everyone as fallen alseep, foraging in the night and rummaging for food (in the fridge). This feeling is quite exciting, even though I though I am pretty much still half asleep.

Anyways, I wanted to talk about my day. We had 3 topped ranked school come over for college fair in PAS: UChicago, Rice and Vanderbilt. All of those school are prestigious and as they had explicitly stated, selective. I was really nice that they could come over and give us some background to the colleges. After attending a few college fairs, I'm starting to get a better understanding of the differences of each school, but each time, I would come back feeling that I learned something new. 

Later that day, I went with Alyson to an interview with University of Southern California in Taipei. (The traveling was very exhaustive and time-consumering, but we had good time nonetheless.) This was my first college interview and I was pretty nervous. Thankfully, it was a group interview, so I had a chance to listen to different point of views and get some time to think over my response. I thought it was a great experience. One thing I think I gained from the interveiw was that it got me thinking about some questions about myself and my goals in the future.

Ants Invasion

Just a few seconds ago, I almost drank from a cup with up to five dead ants floating in the water. I don't know whats up with the ants in my room recently. They have taken a special interest with my water these past few days. I have a bar of snickers on the table and they would pass chocolate for water (that drowns them)! I really don't like killing ants. It makes me feel like a murderer because I there are usually hundreds of them gathered together. If I want to get rid of them, I had to kill them all together. But these ants in my room are either extremely thirsty or suicidal. The chain of ants keeps coming. If I leave my cup down for five minutes, there would be two more dead ants drowned in my cup of water. Sometimes I would forget and almost gulp down some ants while I drank the water. I actually suspect that I did drink some of the drowned ants, which makes me not only an ant murderer, but also an ant-drinker. If the ants don't mind, I really do prefer not to have any extra ingredients added to my water; I am perfectly fine with drinking pure water. 

Time-Consuming

As I grow older and into my high school years, I began to understand and fully concur with the phrase "Time is money". ( I know I might come to an even more thorough feel of the phrase when I start working, but my belief in the phrase has increased drastically throughout the years.)  This long-established phrase has proven itself to be very true. Time is money, maybe even more valuable than money. There is a similar phrase in Chinese that further illustrates the importance of time. It goes something like this: an inch of time is like an bag of gold, yet you cannot buy time with a bag of gold. (I know this is badly translated.) It means that time is as valuable as gold, but you cannot get time back once it is gone. This further shows the fleeting character of time. 
As I have said earlier, the impact of ephemeral time had hit me the greatest in the past few years. As I elevated in high school, my sleeping time has decreased each year. Now, I often feel feel drowsy in the afternoons during school. I sometimes even zone out because of this lack of sleep. I really have to take actions to secure my sleeping time so I can focus in class.

Tennis in the Rain

It was drizzling the whole day today, so most of us tennis team members didn't think that we'd have to go to the tennis court. However, the tennis coach was especially insistent that we go play tennis today. He even had to call the bus driver, who apparently thought it was too wet for outdoor tennis today, to come pick us up. I am surprised by the tennis coach's determination, because he is usually the one that called all the overly enthusiastic boys to stop playing when there was rain. But today, things were different. He didn't tell us to stop when the rain started again when we played, so everyone continued. Today marked my first tennis match in the rain. I guess the rain wasn't too bad today, but I am still extremely thankful for the big jacket that I borrowed. Otherwise, it would be quite certain that I would catch a cold again. Still, I think I got a headache from the rain and wind (which is why I am wearing a winter hat as I type this blog). I think my head tends to get a headache more easily than most other people. Everyone else had no problem playing in the wind, but I had to quit midway, because of the headache. I am also the only tennis team member that has to wear a winter hat while I play tennis in the winter. Anyways, I hope my headache won't last!

SAT postponed.

After one whole month of hard work on the SAT, I decided to postpone it. The decision came rather intuitively for such a big decision as that. In the beginning of the week, I would never have dreamed of the idea of postponing the test, but on Tuesday after looking at the second full SAT practice test results, I had an uneasy feeling that might need more time. The second test would be my last chance, so I can't take any possibility of mistakes in the test. Then on Wednesday morning, Ms. Pamela called several of us to the office and offered the suggestion of postponing the test. Most people didn't like the idea very much. After all, we have practiced so hard for one whole month and are all worked up and ready for the test. I took the suggestion, which surprised many people, including myself. Yes, it is hard working on SAt problems everyday. It definitely is a lot of pressure, and to have the SAT over with (as most people would like) seemed great. However, I want to be able to do my best. So, I've decided n Wednesday morning that I am going to take the challenge. Another month of SAT prep and intense pressure, HERE I COME. (and please wish me the best of luck in my test next month!)