This is one heck of a friend....

daislandman69: check out this picture i think u look hot
daislandman69: now all u need is that raspy voice
*picture of me, rahul, and jp at FLC*
LipsOnFire19: damn. we ALL look hott
daislandman69: i know its like an ethnic abercrombie add
LipsOnFire19: LOL
daislandman69: look at the cheekbones on u though
daislandman69: wow
daislandman69: so defined
daislandman69: hahaha
LipsOnFire19: wtheck. HAHAHAHA. i can honestly say no one's ever told me that before
daislandman69: see theres a compliment thats creative

Now how many times does a person get told they have defined cheekbones? Almost never. I feel so special and so loved =D.

I feel as if I haven't seen DC people in FOREVER. Our next AND LAST (time flies doesn't it?) meeting isn't for another two weeks. I MISS YOU GUYS!

I was maniacal last night because I was rejecting my colleges. It was fun =D. It felt like payback for all the crap I went through with SAT I’s, SAT II’s, AP testing, and college applications. Ah, how I love it when the tables are turned. True, I had a little spaz before I was about to reject UCLA (aka. I stared at the page for a good five minutes, too chicken to click the “submit” button because then my fate would be sealed), but I got over it. And this morning I mailed out two more rejections and THE ACCEPTANCE. Dun dun dun. Hahaha, I’m being so overdramatic. But yeah, it feels good to have this done with.

I am really officially going to Haverford now. There’s no turning back. Unless in the next twenty minutes before the postman comes to collect the mail, I change my mind and decide to bomb the mailbox in order to get rid of my Haverford acceptance of admission letter. But I doubt that.

I'm so happy right now.

I went with JP to Praise Night at MSJ yesterday. What a good night. I feel enlightened.

And today I finally picked a school.

*drumroll*

I am very happy to announce that I'm going to be attending Haverford College next fall. WOOT.

I feel so good right now. It's just a good feeling to know that I'm actually going somewhere. I don't have this burden of not knowing anymore. AH! I'm so happy =D = D =D. Thank You Lord Praise God Hallelujah I'm going to college!

major sugar high today.

all i had for lunch was cake. CHOCOLATE OREO CAKE. (because it was steven's birthday. i highly doubt steven would read this but HAPPY 18TH BIRTHDAY!)

then after school i went to get slurpies with some crazy juniors (michelle, perry, kunaal, sudeep, yang, matt, and chris). mmmm....icees are good.

michelle keeps me insane. what fun =D.

perry drove me and sudeep home, and while we were stopped at the eggers and fremont light, we witnessed something very funny. there was this black guy crossing the street (with headphones on), and he was dancing like his feet were on fire. it was crazy. he was throwing his clothes all over the place (no, he wasn't stripping. it was just clothes he was carrying). and i beleive he was wearing a care bears backpack. HAHA. oh man it was so funny. he was seriously dancing out in the open like no other. it was oh so amusing.

i have five days to pick a college. oh joy.

It's four twenty.

My drama class was pretty crazy because of that.

Happy National Pot Day

This past week has felt like spring break. I've forgotten what it's like to go to school.

The trip down to SoCal with my parents wasn't very fun. The Occidental campus was very nice; I didn't enjoy the Claremont one too much......but UCLA = wow. That is one freaking amazingly gorgeous campus. I love it. It's insanely huge, but it's wonderful. The highlight of my trip was seeing Boris (from RYLA) at the UCLA Welcome Day. I love running into RYLA people everywhere. What fun =D.

One interesting thing happened on the way back from LA. We were stopped at a gas station, and I must’ve been really dazed because I walked into the men’s bathroom and didn’t even realize it until I saw a guy standing by a wall. I remember thinking it was really bizarre…..Why would there be a random guy standing around just staring at a wall? It took me a few seconds to realize that he was standing over a urinal. So then I bolted out of there. I came really close to seeing something I didn’t want to see.

The morning after I got back from L.A. I went to school bright and early to take my anatomy midterm, then I rushed home to pack for Philly, and then sped off to the airport to catch my plane. I love airsickness pills. Flying is so much more enjoyable when you’re not puking out your guts.

Philadelphia was freaking awesome. It was fun seeing my sister again, and I had a great time hanging out with her (and her boyfriend)
- Philly cheesesteaks are the absolute best
- Walking in downtown Philly, my sister and I are the only Asians
- Saw some historic stuff: liberty bill, place where Declaration of Independence was signed, etc.
- There are a lot of trees and brick buildings in Philadelphia
- Got hit on by three guys (the way it happened was hilarious)
- Went shopping in a GIGANTIC mall
- Drivers don’t wait for a green light to go. It’s very funny.

The Haverford Campus Day was good. I love the campus and I love the people just as much as I love UCLA. Damn. Now I have a really tough decision facing me: UCLA or Haverford? Too bad I can’t go to both.

That was my week in a nutshell. Now I have a week’s worth of makeup work to do for school and Interact stuff to catch up on. Ah!

OH, this was also my first time flying alone. I’m proud. Not really….everything’s easy when you have airsickness pills. Drugs are good.

UCLA or Haverford…..

It's 12:50am and I'm supposed to wake up in two hours to leave for L.A.

So why aren't I in bed? My reasoning is that i could sleep for 4-5 hours, wake up at 3am and be all groggy, grouchy, grumpy, and tired OR I could just not sleep tonight and crash in the car. I'm wondering how well that will work out since my Occidental tour is at 10:30am. It should be fine since I'll be getting about 7 hours of sleep. But then again, it's seven hours in a car......not in my nice, warm, comfy bed. Ah, my bed is starting to sound so nice now. I think it's calling to me.

Maybe I'll do some homework.

Brian's keeping me entertained on AIM right now. Thank goodness for friends who are aim whores =D

Either I shower really carelessly or there is a hole in the side of my bathtub that I am unaware of, because recently whenever I finish showering there is huge puddle of water on the floor. wtheck is that.

INTERACT MEETING TOMORROW AT LUNCH IN RM E125
FREE FOOD
THREE UPCOMING EVENTS
SIGNUPS FOR NEXT YEAR'S OFFICERS
GOOD STUFF =D

These past two days have been a blur. Friday kicked off the Ohlone Theater Festival Competition. It was so great being around theater people. We cheer like crazy during roll call =D. The only sucky thing was the never-ending rain. It was so wet the whole day. On the upside I saw a lot of extremely talented people act, sing, and dance. I want to learn how to tapdance.

Saturday was day two of the competition. Sadly, Guys and Dolls and Bad Seed (the contemporary dramatic scene I did with Kelsey) didn't make it to the finals. BUT, "Marry the Man Today" as performed by Julianne and Sarah made it to the mini-musical finals. They performed SO well. I felt proud of them because that was really one of their best performances ever. You could tell that they were having so much fun with it. I didn't stay for the awards but I heard they got third place. "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (i forgot which school did it) was insanely good also. Friday and Saturday really wore me out....running around campus (i hate colleges built on hills) in the rain and changing costumes like mad was tiring.

I watched an excessive amount of movies this weekend. I watched Sin City with Mark and Steph on Friday. That movie is so bizarre. It's good but it has a lot of random killings....and castrations. HAHA. I saw Hitch with Patrick on Saturday, and after that I headed over to JP's house to hang out with her, Michelle, Bjay, Eric, and Ruthann. The Grudge freaked us out too much so we put on Mr.Bean instead. Then Jean came over and inhaled some spaghetti (hahaha....it was attractive), I tried to scar Eric's pretty face, my mom called because she's all paranoid, and Eric took me home.

I'm checking out college campuses this week. I'm hitting UCLA, Oxy, and Claremont on Wednesday and Thursday then I'm flying over to Philly on Friday to check out Haverford. I'm excited. I want a Philly Cheesesteak =D.

I have to attack my homework now. Later all.

I LOVE ANITA FOR BURNING ME A MIX OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONGS =D =D =D

that cd puts me in such a good mood.

heck of makes me wanna get up and dance.

and it's a mix of his old songs.....like thriller, beat it, smooth criminal, etc. songs he made back when he was......not so weird and child moloster-ish.

college is eating away at my brains. i haven't even started it yet and it's taking away all my thinking time and energy.

ohlone theater festival competition in two days. ack.

must go back to listening to michael jackson songs. []Deace

My co-worker is a snail. I’m going to stab him if he doesn’t speed it up.

I’m feeling all this teen angst lately.

My parents are talking as if I’ve already decided to go to UCLA. I guess it’s a good thing they’re happy for me, but ever since I got that scholarship for UCLA their minds have become totally closed to other options. And I think the more they push me towards la the more I push away. Typical teenage thing to do. No wonder so many adults hate us. Come to think of it, why AM I so annoyed? My parents are actually happy for me and proud of my accomplishments. What the eff is wrong with me. Kick me.

I think one of the reasons I’m annoyed is because my parents are only proud of me if the accomplishment fits into their mold of what an accomplishment should be. Does that make sense? Whenever I make the school plays, I get a smile from my parents but there’s never full-on enthusiasm or support. Acting doesn’t fit into their category of an “accomplishment.” Like when I got the dean’s scholarship for occidental, they were pleased but they weren’t extremely happy or proud because it was for a private school. But when I got the scholarship at ucla they were bouncing off the freaking walls. And part of this I understand because a private school is so much more expensive than a UC (even with the dean’s scholarship), but still there wasn’t even a congratulations for me getting the dean’s scholarship. Maybe I’m just an ungrateful child.

I just want my parents to be enthusiastic about stuff that means something to ME….not about stuff that means something to THEM. I was on the edge of my seat waiting for northwestern, and when I got rejected no one cared. But they were practically counting down the days till the Berkeley decisions came out.

Looking back at what I just wrote, I’m really convinced that I’m a fucking ungrateful person. Great. This entry was a waste of my time.

DC meeting yesterday......we were missing a LARGE amount of people. humph. but i won't dote on that cuz the rest of the day was fun. OH! AND THERE ARE 14 PEOPLE GOING TO CHICAGO. that is so freaking awesome. i can't wait till june. DC is gonna rock chicago =D.

after the meeting some of us (rahul, bjay, me, sophia, anita, jp) hit up the falaffel (sp?) place in San Jose. mmmm.....finger lickin' good =D. and we didn't go through an airport and three freeways to get there this time. sophia tried to teach us this nibble wibble dibble game that didn't work cuz that woman goes off on about fifty tangents. hahaha.

that night we had a DC + Brian get-together. yay! so brian and eric took us (me, laura, sophia, carlo, bjay, rahul, and anita. the guys outnumbered the girls for once. hahaha) up to the palo alto hills (or was it los altos?). but first we raided safeway and bought food. to get up the hill we took this road that was very reminiscent of the texas chainsaw massacre. we spent over an hour on the hill bundled up in blankets, talking, and eating hummus (brian: someone put hummus in my mouth). it was funny cuz every thirty seconds someone would say, "where's the hummus?" and every ten seconds you would hear, "who's grabbing my ass?" and it was usually eric. HAHA. the view was really pretty and there were no little girls wandering around. (ah...ski trip night hike memories).

in the car on the way back to eric's house we were saying how we would have never met each other if it wasn't for Interact. ah, Interact how i love thee =D. in the beginning it was fun seeing DC/Ryla folk once a month or at reunions, but now they've become such good friends that not seeing them for two weeks (or even a week) feels really weird. i love you guys so much =D.

back at Eric's house we counted down to midnight on the tv guide channel and our cell phones. since it was daylight savings time we wanted to see the clock jump from 11:59 to 1:00. HAHA. we're such dorks.

we missed you michelle, jp, and tina =(

bonfire next time guys?