homecoming weekend & update on life.

Although my homecoming week was last week, I finally had time to update. Homecoming was pretty fun. I plan to go to all the dances this year for senior year, even junior prom if I can find a junior to go with (hahah). So my homecoming dress was actually less than $5. I bought it at the thrift store. It caught my eye when I went thrifting with Adrienne and Michelle for their first time experience. I tried it on and it was a little ehh because it didn't fit so tight so I decided against it. But I went again the next day with my mom and sister and I bought it because I liked it so much. So on the day of the dance, to make the dress straps higher, I cut them on the back and made them into a halter. Then I put one of those tacky gold sequined belts that were really popular when I was like 8th/freshman around my waist and doubled it and used the clasp as sort of a decoration. It gave the dress a better shape and accentuated my waist. So I think it turned out pretty well. Everyone liked it. And it was sparkly. It was a little old school with the second layer of skirt underneath.

I liked that picture even though it is blurry.
It captures all of our fun and youth and happiness.

So the deadlines of UCs are coming closer and closer. And I have yet to start my personal statement. With college applications coming so close, I have a lots of doubts and fears but I am trying to go past it. I try so hard to continue to believe I can do it, to believe that I will make it, and just keep striving harder and farther no matter what statistics, collegeboard, counselors and my peers say. I will make it to where I want, what I want to do and you know what, I am not going to be like EVERYONE else going toward majors of math/science. Sometimes I feel it is hard to major in english/history subjects or journalism/communications but I will do it. Because that is what I excell in and I sure will kickass to do what I love so I will try hard.

Never quit. Because by doing so, you are giving your oppressors what they want.

I found that quote somewhere, but it describes what I feel and what I need to feel.

Also I have been working my ass off for multicultural. I know I am being a little loco and putting more effort than necessary for a show that is only for one day and just for an assembly and night show, but I really care a lot. Because I am the leader and choreographer of Korean fan dance, I want it to be perfect and ordering around 24 GIRLS is a lot of work. And making sure they are in unison at the right time, in the right order, and emphasize grace and beauty while spinning and moving fans. But it will turn out all right in the end, it always does.

And so far for colleges, I am almost done with state schools, just need to work on personal statements, and thank goodness private school applications arent due until JANUARY!!! After January, life will be normal and I will partying every day to celebrate senior year. Just let me survive through school, work, my crazy family, multicultural and life until then.

this song makes me think it will be alright.


this song makes me happy, great song to sing along to.

--christina.

à San Francisco!

I went to San Francisco last thursday to watch a play with my HISP class! We have a San Francisco trip almost every year (except for sophomore year-- so that ruined it) and every year we also have our little stop-at-the-Golden-Gate-Bridge-Park-for-lunch routine, which is always nice, before we go to the play. I took some pictures but not a lot. Some i stole off of melanie's facebook.





















this year we went to watch "Rock and Roll" written by Tom Stoppard. It was about communism and Czechoslovakia and rock and roll (of course) and Cambridge and Jun and socialism and Syd Barret. That was mostly all i got out of it... i didn't really get it. neither did the rest of my classmates, so i'm not alone. but for some reason, i still thought the play was good.

aside from this play, i really havent done any cultural events yet! which is actually really bad, because the quarter is ending on halloween day and i need to have three cultural events to turn in! i havent even done anything that i can atleast lie and say was a cultural event, although of course i've never done that before, you guys.... i'm going to an Alice in Wonderland Ballet this Thursday, so i think that'll be good. hopefully i can find something to do. maybe i'll finally go to the crocker art museum. i've actually never been there. SN&R is a saver, i was looking through one today, and they have tons of advertisements for events! they also have a nasty personal section too, tsk, tsk.

courtney is super cute.

PACHIA

a good breakfast is all you need.

So it seems my senior year has been a cycle of MON-FRI = stress, stress, stress; after school FRI-SUN = chill. But once Monday starts again, it is stress all over again. Why? I do not know. I think it may be my classes or my anxiety or that senior year just damn sucks. But lately my weekends have been the best and have been super chill. So I will talk about my weekend, because it makes me happy.

So last weekend, I probably spent all weekend with Mimi and Chrissa pretty much. On Friday, I went to Toy Box and ushered and hung with my friends (as told in the previous post).

Here's the picture with us meeting Gabe Bondoc.

On Saturday, Chrissa, Mimi and Michelle came over to "work" on fan dance (I will talk about that later on) but pretty much we worked/chilled. And we got to surprise Michelle for her birthday with our belated gift of a pretty m&m cake that Chrissa baked and a poster we made for her that we were going to hold at homecoming game that said "Michelle Homecoming Princess" because she is one of the homecoming princesses. Then we went to Red Berry to drop me off work and they just hung around. Then Mimi and Chrissa came up with the idea to go thrifting. So Sunday we woke up early and went to Chrissa's house to go eat french toast made by Mimi (which were delicious) and then went thifting. We were at the store for like two hours. Then we decided to go to another one but got totally lost and probably would have ended up really far up north if we had not turned around. We passed a Target and Mimi got really excited and we just had to go in. Me and Chrissa took stupid pictures while Mimi looked at clothes.

I am attacking Chrissa. Camp Rock lovers, my sister and Chrissa.



That was scary. Happy Holidays.

Then we just decided to go eat at Jack's Urban Eats because Mimi really wanted to show us their salads. So it is a make your own salad place, well they make it but you choose what is in it. It was REALLY GOOD for some reason. And they were huge. The urban fries were AWESOME too. They were bleu cheese fries.

They look good, don't you think?



Mimi is a better advertisement for the salad then I was.

We were super tired afterwards. I fell asleep as we were driving. Then I had work afterwards, such a BUMMER. But we got over it.

So today was PSAT day for sophmores, so we got to go to school at 10:50 am. So we decided to do a breakfast at Michelle's house. We made omelettes and french toast (by Mimi again) and had fruit. It was the best thing ever. I had the best morning afterwards. I was happy all day. It is true, a good breakfast is all you need. But we were late to first period and got to school at 11 am. hahah.

We even added parsley for random decoration (my idea).



My hair looks horrible but it was a good picture.
We had to rush to put the timer on.
I wish I could eat it all over again.

----ck.

another one!

there are few things that i truly hate in people, but being rude has really got to be on the top of my list. i mean really, kristina is right, i need to stop being so nice and just bitch back, because some people can be real mean asses.

i was sooo freaking mad after 5th period today, but talking to kristina after school helped. so i've really just got to dedicate this post to her, because everytime i talk to her she'll say "oh yeah that's right, i read your blog" and just simply amaze me :) thanks kristina!

but i guess all this work and no play has just gotten me in a grouchy mood. so today i went on myspace!!!!!! and soooompi!!! (which i havent done in forever) and right now i'm listening to the AMAZING jonas brothers, and life is feeling pretty sweet again. ahhh....

i still really need to catch up on my 90210 and Privileged though. i've only been keeping up through commercials, because i mean that's really all you need to watch to know what's going on, but stilllll! i havent watched 90210 for weeeeks. luckily i've tuned in for a few of the latest Privileged episodes, but i'm sure i'm still missing a few of those older episodes! i dont like Gossip Girls though. even though i kinda get addicted to it, i reallly dont like it because all of the girls are so skanky and backstabby-- how was it a best seller? bleghh. hot guys, pretty girls... but its just not working for me.

i'm kinda regretting not LOOOVVIINNGG the jonas brothers when i went to their concert, because now i love them.

listen to their new album. i love their last one too!!!!

i've noticed that since i started wearing those glasses i bought tommy over the summer, these past two days, i've gotten longer glances my way in the hallways from people! apparently people have noticed, so i've heard.

i'm so disappointed that seniors didn't win float building this year. we seriously suck, we havent won once all four years. and its not even that we didnt win, we got disqualified because we cheated!!! well, i heard that the juniors cheated too... but i wonder why they didn't get disqualified...

i realized, that i didnt take any good pictures at homecoming last weekend. maybe i'll go to christina's homecoming and take good pictures. omg, i neeeed a haircut. my split ends are killer. just ask elizabeth and melanie.

PACHIA

change

everyone has something to say; something to say. i neeeed to find my something to say. i've been having a writer's block for ever now. and that's seriously all i have to say.




school has been consuming my life. but i think its good.
change is goood.

au revoir,
pachia

im feeling pretty good.

So today I was volunteering for my high school Key Club and we were helping host an event for Toy Box (which is run by our chemistry teacher at school) and I was an usher. So the charity event helped raised money to this program called Toy Box, which allows parents in need to pay for toys at low low prices for their kids for Christmas. Well the show had Gabe Bondoc, David Garibaldi, and the Boogie Monsterz performing, and others. I did not know Gabe Bondoc was going to be there and when I heard the host announce I was FREAKING OUT because I was a fan. Not a huge crazy fan but I was very surprised because I did not even expect to see the show and I didn't really know what the show was about. Well, he did perform (wonderfully). So during intermission I was helping out and I also wanted to see Gabe Bondoc. Maggie and I had to man the stage area and guard the dj area. I guess a couple of kids believed that Gabe was going to come out of the side stage doors but he didn't so they just looked around looking stupid. Then Mimi came down to find me and said where Gabe was so Maggie and I ditched our stations (like there was any danger anyway...) and ran to go see him. I took a couple pictures with him. And I got an autograph. I was literally fangirly to the max. My hand was jittery, my heart was pumping, it was crazy. I do not know where these emotions were coming from. I guess the inner fan girl in me. He was really nice because I would be freaked by some many kids hovering over me. Everyone was kind of freaking out over him. Later Maggie and I went back to our stations and those same kids were waiting around and so Maggie was nice and she told them where he was and they rannnn to go see him.

For those who don't know him, here is a little video of him. He sang this song but instead he changed it to wintertime, since it was supposed to be a charity for Christmas.

ahhhh... I still feel giddy meeting him.

Well after intermission, the main event was David Garibaldi. HE IS AMAZING. This was the first time I saw one of his shows. He is a LIVE artist. He paints to music. He can paint a portrait in like 3 minutes. It was amazing and a great show. He was very entertaining. These are the paintings he painted at our event.

John Lennon, Albert Einstein



MLK Jr, Jimi Hendrix

If you did not think those paintings were that great, you should see him live. He painted the Jimi Hendrix one UPSIDE DOWN!!!!! I was in awe. Though I am a little disillusioned after looking him up on youtube and seeing he has painted a couple paintings before. But here is another video of his work. And I think he even went to Sheldon High School.

It was a good show. I wished I had paid to see the show instead of saw it for free. It was great. I need to go see shows more often.

---christina.

just a couple minutes is all i need

So I haven't posted in a really long time. Why? Because senior year is the craziest packed mess in my life. My senior classes, the five (or more?) clubs I am in, work, college applications and life is just a big emotional roller coaster for me lately. And I have been pretty stressed most of the time because most of my classes like to screw me over and have tests on the same day, work is a pain in the ass and inconvenient, college applications are a post-it note in the back of my mind and I have club meetings morning and after school practically every day. And plus I am choreographing & organizing dances for our multicultural assembly for Asian Club and that is in nine weeks and we have just started to practice the dances. I haven't started on my personal statements because I never have a free time to myself really and if I do, I do not want to spend it on that.

Anyways, enough griping about life. I am sure if I am stressed about life, you are too so doesn't help you or me to complain.

My new motto for this year is: WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER because it will pay off in the end.

You know what helps? LISTENING TO MUSIC!!! So here are some songs I found very helpful and peaceful and calming. Michelle's blog post inspired me. She says we all need "happiness in a jar" once in awhile. So here I go, here is my happiness in a jar to you.

I love this song. It is SOOO CALMING


Just in an Epik High mood


I also like this song. Seems kind of cheesy but it gives me a good feeling.


I don't really like them a lot but I do like how cheery this song is.


Homecoming is in 0ct 18th for me :D




WE CAN DO IT GUYS, LETS MAKE IT THROUGH THE YEARRRRR

-----ck