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!!