Well things have been quite busy lately so to make sure I Get it all out of my head I will go as chronilogically as possible.
Let's start with finals:
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Yes, that bad. Really it was simply the fact that I have never had to take these many finals. Ever. By the last day I was completely drained. I didn't even study in reality. I just typed up my biology notes from the whole year (they are pretty now <3) while watching Jackie Chan Adventures and attempting to catch up on Naruto Shippuden (only 100 more eps to go :P). Still I did well overall. Creepily people were telling me I did well on Chemistry before I even looked at my grade. I was relieved when I found out they were just posted outside the door. :). But I'm really starting to hate this "know-it-all" thing. The days where I just zoned out in class and when no one knew I was smart unless I spoke to them directly seem oh so sweet now. Honestly I would shut up in embarrassment like I want to but I know I am learning more when I speak up so I just gotta suck it up and withstand the bad blood.
Sadness: Ting has gone back to China. :( she completely missed Christmas but I hope my present at least made her smile a bit. :D
Happy thought: I took pics of me and Apollo!!!!!! He is so cute! (Although the camera did add ten pounds ;) ). If you want them, you know my email ^^.
We had originally planned to leave for Chicago right after Finals (so about 11 on Tuesday) but Monday night mom was freaking out about a "blizzard" and I wasn't gonna bother packing if we weren't even going to go. Next day= perfect day. We were so not losing a whole day for nothing! Commence operation SPEED PACK. Even so we didn't leave until about 2 (we had to actually go back at one point because we ie I left my aunts maple syrup gift). ...which means we didn't get to Chicago until 12 am. Yuck. We were lucky though because there had been this huge fog while we were driving and it was super creepy/dangerous.
But we made it! And I'm glad we didn't waste a day because we did A LOT in that one day. First we went to this "fancy" restaurant for lunch. While everything looked good it didnt taste the best to me. Then we actually did this "finding my roots" sort of thing. We drove through my old neighborhood, saw the place I grew up in. Saw the apartment we had when I was born. Saw the hospital I was born in (UIC hospital, only Chicago born person in my family! What up!) I saw where my dad grew up, his high school. We saw Unversity of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) where my parents went and I actually really liked it! It's not the best school but the area is PERFECT. It ACTUALLY FEELS like a city. My mom had us stop at a coffee shop she used to love and it will be my official hang out spot if I go to UIC. Artwork all over the walls. Murals on the cieling. Very Latino. Very cool. Then we grabbed some tacos and a tres leeches cupcake from some places nearby and headed home. :)
The next day we went to check out the University of Chicago (with my complaining little bro in tow). Surprisingly, wasn't too trilled by what I saw. It's like the opposite of UIC. Great school but super boring area. All you got is the science and engineering museum. Fun. So glad I didn't apply there. Then we went to downtown Chicago, Michigan avenue and all that jazz. Sadly I ie we lost the camera. We werent there that long anyway. Just saw the bean and checked out an art store which didn't have the color pens that I wanted. Then we got some pizza that my bro loved but the rest of us werent too happy with.
Friday was bro time! Finally got to see my older bro. Sadly he was not bald like we had braced ourselves for (he shaved off his hair for Halloween but it's grown quite a bit already). We mostly hung out as (as always) we were constantly arguing about what to do or waiting for someone beofore we could go. My aunt just HAD to watch the muppets and if I was going to be forced through that punishiment I wanted to at least go shopping beforehand. But thanks to my family not being on the same page and people getting lost, I didn't get to actually shop at all. We did watch her muppets though. She loved it despite her not knowing any of the actors or references. My bro liked it because he likes musicals. The only part I laughed at was when I saw Sheldon because it was so unexpected. Dad was indifferent. Mom was dying.
Saturday ie Christmas eve was pretty much chilling time. People didn't start to come until 6 or 7 and that's when all the gossiping and debates kicked in. It wasnt much, but I liked seeing everyone. My little bro has officially taken over the role of "head adult botherer". I used to have to keep asking "when are we going to open presents?" now my little bro is going to carry on the tradition. I'm happy but also really sad. I got majorly depressed after opening presents not because I wasn't thankful but because I realized I was no longer one of the kids and I would not have any more of those present filled Christmases of my childhood.
Christmas day wasn't much fun. My family was cooking some fish that smelled up the house so my mom and I camped out upstairs. We actually ended up driving around just to get away. The two food places open on Xmas? McDonalds and some Chinese place. So I had Chinese food for Xmas dinner :). The triplets came in about 7 and they are HUGE. They need to stop growing. Finally they are maturing and are not as annoying to be around. I even invited the oldest to come sleep with me at my little bros house (cept now she got me and my mom sick). I also got to play with my cousins kis, who had been asleep the night before. The girl was so cute! At first she was just staring at me then she said: You're pretty. <3
Monday we chilled for a long time. We played many rounds of Headbanz where you have a card on your head and you try to guess what you are. Then we took the middle triplet with us to see Loayola. Wasn't too impressed by it either. On the brightside: we ate at this mediteranian restaurant and it was sooooo yummy! I got my fancy little plate of filet mignion X). I always wanted some fancy plating. Very happy making. I spent the rest of the day reading Son of Neptune which I stole from the girls. ^^
The next day was also chilling. Though we went the movies. The little ones watched Tin Tin and Auntie, my aunt and uncle, the oldest girlies, and I watched Sherlock Holmes. We came out earlier than the others, so in classic Auntie fashion, we snuck into War Horse. The munchkin was super excited because she had never snuck into another movie and her parents were kinda tense afterwards because she was a little TOO happy about it. I was exhausted afterwards, but I did finish Son of Neptune. :) 500 pages in 2 days. Lol.
Wow that was a lot, and all typed on my iPad! Kinda proud of myself. Okay I'll finish this off with a college update.
I was accepted to the University of Michigan!!!!! I was so pumped. Then I got a letter from Fordham. FULL TUITION!!! I seriously had already cut it out of the running, but dang. Now I just need the $10,000 to $15,000 for room and board. ^^'. We'll see but the university is right next to Central Park!
Happy Holidays!
~S~
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Better late than Never!
Sorry y'all for not posting in what feels like a century but for the first time I feel like I can sit down and write my post. (Not for long though, I still have a lot to do, but I still have a little time. :) )
Thanksgiving was CRAZY, as my family is. Two of my aunts came earlier than the rest of my family, which was actually a lot of fun. We hung out and chilled mostly, not too much stress there. One of my aunt chaperoned on a field trip to a nearby university. I was unimpressed, but, hey, an excuse not to go to school and worth a test grade. :P Speaking of not going to school, I didn't go in on Friday. The day was not too fun, I spent the majority of the day reading Heart of Darkness, but we had some fun at night. We watched a Tea Ceremony presentation at the U of A, during which my family acted hilariously curious. X) Then we went to eat at the Greenhouse Grille which is a pretty fawesome place. Even had some live music.
The real insanity did not begin until the rest of my family came in. One of my little cousins was apparently sick because he kept throwing up. We were on high alert every second. To make matters worse, apparently he's a little hell raiser because we could not control him! Everything he touched was destroyed. He pulled all my mom's clothes out of her closet, threw the nuts all over the room, and when he started playing with the wine glasses.... He's just over 2 and a half and it's worse that he knows how to open doors. ><' Nothing was safe T-T
The rest of my family had the crazy idea of leaving at 5 pm. Which meant they would get here at 3 in the morning. Which means, I was woken up at 3 am, 4 am (because the toddler was crying making kiko freak out and cry), and then 5 am. Then woke up for real at 7 am because I could not ignore all the toddler talk. My little bro is HUGE now though! He's almost my height, and he's only 11 T-T. Nonetheless, he's still my little bro ;). It was great seeing him again and messing with him. ^^ Thanksgiving was delicious too! We had italian beef from Chicago for lunch then the whole turkey AND ham dinner.
OMG I RODE A CAMEL!!! It was so much fun! They are so huge! I thought I was riding a giraffe. X) My little bro was too scared to ride it too. XD
I finally finished my novel <3 27 days, 50200 words! I'm so proud of myself! It got really hard at the end, but I so got it done :D.
As for college updates: I've been accepted to four so far! U of A, U of Pitt, Fordham University, and University of New England. I've received $10000 from U of Pitt and $18000 from U of NE, but obviously that's not enough for anything really. So I still have my fingers crossed. :) I just realized though, for Ohio State I have essays due the 1st and 15th for scholarships and stuff. :/ Yikes! I really need to work on that today.
Finally, I have the house back to just us. Kiko is really happy because his sleep schedule has been as screwed up as mine. Now I can finally get back to work and get things done. :)
That's all for now!
~S~
Thanksgiving was CRAZY, as my family is. Two of my aunts came earlier than the rest of my family, which was actually a lot of fun. We hung out and chilled mostly, not too much stress there. One of my aunt chaperoned on a field trip to a nearby university. I was unimpressed, but, hey, an excuse not to go to school and worth a test grade. :P Speaking of not going to school, I didn't go in on Friday. The day was not too fun, I spent the majority of the day reading Heart of Darkness, but we had some fun at night. We watched a Tea Ceremony presentation at the U of A, during which my family acted hilariously curious. X) Then we went to eat at the Greenhouse Grille which is a pretty fawesome place. Even had some live music.
The real insanity did not begin until the rest of my family came in. One of my little cousins was apparently sick because he kept throwing up. We were on high alert every second. To make matters worse, apparently he's a little hell raiser because we could not control him! Everything he touched was destroyed. He pulled all my mom's clothes out of her closet, threw the nuts all over the room, and when he started playing with the wine glasses.... He's just over 2 and a half and it's worse that he knows how to open doors. ><' Nothing was safe T-T
The rest of my family had the crazy idea of leaving at 5 pm. Which meant they would get here at 3 in the morning. Which means, I was woken up at 3 am, 4 am (because the toddler was crying making kiko freak out and cry), and then 5 am. Then woke up for real at 7 am because I could not ignore all the toddler talk. My little bro is HUGE now though! He's almost my height, and he's only 11 T-T. Nonetheless, he's still my little bro ;). It was great seeing him again and messing with him. ^^ Thanksgiving was delicious too! We had italian beef from Chicago for lunch then the whole turkey AND ham dinner.
OMG I RODE A CAMEL!!! It was so much fun! They are so huge! I thought I was riding a giraffe. X) My little bro was too scared to ride it too. XD
I finally finished my novel <3 27 days, 50200 words! I'm so proud of myself! It got really hard at the end, but I so got it done :D.
As for college updates: I've been accepted to four so far! U of A, U of Pitt, Fordham University, and University of New England. I've received $10000 from U of Pitt and $18000 from U of NE, but obviously that's not enough for anything really. So I still have my fingers crossed. :) I just realized though, for Ohio State I have essays due the 1st and 15th for scholarships and stuff. :/ Yikes! I really need to work on that today.
Finally, I have the house back to just us. Kiko is really happy because his sleep schedule has been as screwed up as mine. Now I can finally get back to work and get things done. :)
That's all for now!
~S~
Saturday, November 12, 2011
My life in one word: WRITING
So NaNoWriMo has officially begun.......and it's hijacked my life. XD Quite literally, it has taken over my word. X)
Not that I totally mind. It's totally fulfilling to see the number on my dry erase circle (see pictures of my room if you don't know what I'm talking about) go up and up and up! Gah, I am so happy <3. As of this very second I am writing this blog post: I have written 23,500 words! I've been writing all day (over 5000 words y'all!) and my goal is to hit 25000 words tonight (HALF WAY DONE :D :D :D).
Only, things are gonna hit the fan really soon. As if I was not already playing a juggling act with my 6 AP classes and writing, my family is coming in starting MONDAY! Literally, two aunts are coming in on Monday, staying until the 23rd. Then on the 22nd my aunt, uncle, and baby cousin are coming in (don't know when they'll leave). Then on the 23rd my other aunt, uncle, and little cousin (my younger brother :D Love him, he totally forced his parents to come down cuz he misses me <3) are coming until the 28th. Which means, no days left alone to write. :( I guess I am going to have to get used to running on 5 hours of sleep ^^'''. Oh well, as Tim Gunn says, "Make it work!"
Speaking of work, I broke my rule about not working on college stuffs during NaNoWriMo. :( I simply could not stop myself! But, apparently, I have gotten college stuff down so well that I basically did a whole application start to finish (include a short answer and 300 word essay) in an HOUR. Yea, take that colleges! The only real stress was that one of my teachers could not read the email for the U of A fellowship! YIKES!!! Literally, was freaking out because it is due Tuesday, and it had to be IN THEIR HANDS by that day. Luckily, she was able to get it fixed and done, so no more worrying about rec letters. ^^
And speaking of colleges, the update on that is that I've been accepted by two. :D Of course, one is the U of Arkansas, but today I just my acceptance letter from U of Pittsburgh today! I'm so glad I at least have choices T-T. I'm still waiting for U of Michigan, U of New England, Fordham U, and Case Western to send me the verdict. I still have to apply to the biggies too: Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and some school in Chicago (thinking maybe Layola or something, we'll see what happens there).
But it's not all work and no play kiddies! I watched this really funny movie today called "My Idiot Brother" if you're over 17 and haven't seen it, it's pretty hi-larious. Plus: happy ending <3. Just my kind of movie.
As for school itself, it has decided to try to kill me this weekend. I've got: Bio chapter to read, Bio Quests to do, Chemistry work book, AP Gov essays to prepare, 40 pages of Heart of Darkness with questions for English, AB Calc homework, as well as BC. Fuuuunnnnn. Sometimes, I think I only go to school to see Apolo (my bio teacher's bearded dragon, he's so fawesome!). :P
Anyway, on top of that I also have to clean my room (which has been suffering from neglect thanks to NaNoWriMo) and my bathroom. So I better get cracking!
Off, off, and AWAY!
~S~
Not that I totally mind. It's totally fulfilling to see the number on my dry erase circle (see pictures of my room if you don't know what I'm talking about) go up and up and up! Gah, I am so happy <3. As of this very second I am writing this blog post: I have written 23,500 words! I've been writing all day (over 5000 words y'all!) and my goal is to hit 25000 words tonight (HALF WAY DONE :D :D :D).
Only, things are gonna hit the fan really soon. As if I was not already playing a juggling act with my 6 AP classes and writing, my family is coming in starting MONDAY! Literally, two aunts are coming in on Monday, staying until the 23rd. Then on the 22nd my aunt, uncle, and baby cousin are coming in (don't know when they'll leave). Then on the 23rd my other aunt, uncle, and little cousin (my younger brother :D Love him, he totally forced his parents to come down cuz he misses me <3) are coming until the 28th. Which means, no days left alone to write. :( I guess I am going to have to get used to running on 5 hours of sleep ^^'''. Oh well, as Tim Gunn says, "Make it work!"
Speaking of work, I broke my rule about not working on college stuffs during NaNoWriMo. :( I simply could not stop myself! But, apparently, I have gotten college stuff down so well that I basically did a whole application start to finish (include a short answer and 300 word essay) in an HOUR. Yea, take that colleges! The only real stress was that one of my teachers could not read the email for the U of A fellowship! YIKES!!! Literally, was freaking out because it is due Tuesday, and it had to be IN THEIR HANDS by that day. Luckily, she was able to get it fixed and done, so no more worrying about rec letters. ^^
And speaking of colleges, the update on that is that I've been accepted by two. :D Of course, one is the U of Arkansas, but today I just my acceptance letter from U of Pittsburgh today! I'm so glad I at least have choices T-T. I'm still waiting for U of Michigan, U of New England, Fordham U, and Case Western to send me the verdict. I still have to apply to the biggies too: Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins, and some school in Chicago (thinking maybe Layola or something, we'll see what happens there).
But it's not all work and no play kiddies! I watched this really funny movie today called "My Idiot Brother" if you're over 17 and haven't seen it, it's pretty hi-larious. Plus: happy ending <3. Just my kind of movie.
As for school itself, it has decided to try to kill me this weekend. I've got: Bio chapter to read, Bio Quests to do, Chemistry work book, AP Gov essays to prepare, 40 pages of Heart of Darkness with questions for English, AB Calc homework, as well as BC. Fuuuunnnnn. Sometimes, I think I only go to school to see Apolo (my bio teacher's bearded dragon, he's so fawesome!). :P
Anyway, on top of that I also have to clean my room (which has been suffering from neglect thanks to NaNoWriMo) and my bathroom. So I better get cracking!
Off, off, and AWAY!
~S~
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