Korean boy bands

They are terribly addicting. It's like going through a phase.

Junior year started out well. One and a half months into school now; getting the workload, especially in AP classes. But goodness, it has just been crazy; insanely crazy. But sometimes I don't understand a few things.
-When a pass says leave 7 minutes early, it means get your butt out of class 7 minutes early; and not 30 seconds before the bell rings


Have a heart and donate the the Canned Food Drive(:

Eco friendly?

You would think that if they are Eco friendly, they will be friendly in general...right? WRONG. I wanted to listen to Sorry Sorry by Super Junior. First time I asked, they said, no foreign language song. Then another guy plays a foreign song, I ask again, and I was ignored. Third time, Jeff helped me ask, they said they were "cleaning up" but they weren't "cleaned up" until 20 minutes later. I just don't understand that.
Numero dos. We cleaned up our area, and basically we were playing ninja and waiting for our rides. One of their helper askes us to send several of our volunteers to help move chairs and tables. While I was moving a table along with other helpers from our club, we noticed around 10-15 of THEIR volunteers were just standing around. What in the world is that?! You hosted this event and expect others to clean it up?! Did I mention it was really hot today?
Number 3. We were also asked to dump their recycle bins. It was DISGUSTING. No clear instructions on where to dump it, so Jeff and I just poured it somewhere. And there were filled soda cups. GROSS. STICKY GROSS.


I am still mad at them, and they have left a bad impression on me and it's never leaving.
Now off to AP Bio notes!

where did summer go?

It's going bye-bye in 2 weeks or so. I haven't done anything this summer besides studying and reading and more studying with a spontaneous trip to Venus Cafe. Oh, going to the East Coast was fun too! *sigh* this week is so booked with stuff. Wednesday meeing, then Link training Thursday and Friday. Don't get me wrong, those things are fun, but its work. :[
Maze Day coming up! I'm excited to know what classes I have. Not that I don't know them already, but that I forgot what I chose -_-"
Clubs are as confusing and frustrating as ever. I think I'll be half dead by the end of this school year.

Time flies

When you're having fun. Seriously, it's almost August now. I guess you can say I'm looking forward to school. I mean, I am excited for the classes I'm taking. [kind of]. It's funny how this summer seems to go by so quickly. Usually my summers were long and boring and just plain nothing to do summer. This summer however, filled with different books to read, learning to drive, studying :[ [not to mention meetings]
Ah well, more to come in August.

My Time in Boston

The past week and a half in the East Coast was the best vacation I had ever had. Within that week and a half, I made a few discoveries.
You know you're in Boston when:
1: You fall in love with the city the minute you land
2: There are more Dunkin Donuts than Starbucks
3: You can jay-walk in front of the police and they won't ticket you
5: There is a college or university at every block
6: There are lots of "chocolate chip cookies"
7: Everyone takes the subway


But I didn't just spend my entire Boston. Okay, I explored Boston MOST of the times, but I also went to Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Virgina. Each of these places has it's uniqueness. Maryland/Virgina for Washington DC. I greatly enjoyed exploring the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum which some of its artifacts were influenced by the movie, Night in the Museum TWO! the White House, Capitol City, Jefferson Memorial, Lincoln Memorial, and a whole bunch of other memorials. In New York, I was able to walk in Times Square. Although I had hoped to see it at night, late afternoon/early night was cool too. Busy as ever. It's wax museum was pretty neat. I "met" some famous people there. In Virgina, Shenandoah Valley was beautiful. Cold but beautiful.

East Coast <3

I was up until 4am last Wednesday. I thought I'd be super tired. But shockingly, I was super energized. Even though I had energy to spare, I am NEVER staying up that late again. Unless I have to.

Last week of school! Well, just 3 more days. Then we're out! Nothing much in the following 3 days. Just a math final, and I'll be done with sophomore year forever!
Plans for this week:
Mon: Run the last mile in the LAST pe class EVER.
Tues: Math final
Wed: UP movie day!
Thur: sleep XD
Fri: Class of '09 graduation!!!
Not a super busy week. You're not busy either? Then let's make plans :)

as we go on...

We'll remember. The Class of 2009! :D I must say, Class of '09 is the coolest, smartest, funnest class ever! I will definitely miss them ): They'll be off doing their things, and we'll be doing ours, but I'll never forget the seniors of '09 who left a good impression of high school for me as well has having everlasting memories. For those who aren't heading far, you guys better visit. :D But for those who are going far, swing by at school when you're on break and say HI. I'll for sure yell a HAI back XD
Looking forward in seeing all you guys graduate at TAK :D


Now time to suffer an almost all-nighter for euro project

Green-ness

I love Wong Fu's support of going green.
Their vlog 22 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QYwo_23qAM

I got a twitter. Follow me at http://twitter.com/berriedrops

Everyone forgets

Including my mom. Haha. Mom said she would pick up the cake after work. She came home and I walked out to help carry the cake in. The minute she opens the car door, I said, "Hey mom, where's the cake?" Yes. She forgot to pick it up. HAHAHAHA. So I went with her to costco to pick it up. It's quite beautiful, but heavy. Very heavy. But I can't wait to eat it tomorrow :D [woohoo. party time]

Who turns on the sprinklers at midnight? Apparently my neighbors do. I was just about to hit the hay last night when I heard them go on. That's a big weird. My dad waters our lawn in the morning.

Next week is offically known as terrible week. Monday is lab final. Tuesday/Wednesday is study like a mad man. Thursday, I've got a chem final written portion and a speech to do in english. Within that week, I could be spontaneously chosen to do my architecture presentation. BUT Friday is going to be known as Funday. API is hosting the first EVER movie night! We're calling it [insert name here] We will be screening Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist and we're also selling refreshments. Entrance fee is $1. So come with all your friends to relax on a Funday night! [bring pillows and blankets if you don't want to sit on the floor] Held in the gym. More details to come later!

windy days

It was 4 o'clock, and I was tired of doing homework. So I told my dad I'll go outside for a while. I stepped out to feel the windy breeze in the air. Which kid can't resist a windy day to fly...KITES! YES. Kites. So I took my kite out and started to fly it. My dad came out to do some yard work. I was flying my kite, and it wouldn't stay up :[ It went zig zag all around and landed in my neighbors yard. Yep. I fail at flying kites.

It's almost June?

The past month has definitely been a stressful. One AP that I failed terribly. But especially last week, didn't get a chance to eat lunch with people and the following week, I'll be busy as well. Clubs can be stressful...a bit too stressful. At least I'm kind of floating through the last 2 and a half weeks of school (:
Last time I was NOT sick, I went for a whole year and a half without catching any flu or cold. But this past March I was sick and that ruined my record. And to this day, I am still sick. It's not a fun experience. Headaches are not cool and I just want to sleep for the rest of the day. TOO BAD I have a chinese final tomorrow which I realized had 7 PARTS to it. Here, let me list them for you.
1: Vocab 20%
2: Fill in the blank 10%
3: Chinese to English translations 15%
4: English to Chinese translations 15%
5: Question and Answer 10%
6: Chinese phrase match up 10%
7: Essay 20%

On a lighter note, I want to congratulate all the seniors who will be graduating and heading off to college!! [jumps for joy]

Mini Days

Twix mini's. Mini candy, we find those a lot during Halloween right? But what's the point of Mini's? You get less candy :[
But i do like MINIdays. Get out of school at noon. Almost end of school year. How awesome is that?

Why...?

Why must you use the vocab book, on a vocab quiz? It's not difficult to memorize 10 words and its meanings.
Why must you pass around the homework to copy when it takes 30 minutes to complete?
Why must you take advantage of the substitute?
Why must you walk in late?
Why must you plan to cut class?
Why must you make fun of others?
Why must you take advantage of fellow classmates?
Why must you cheat?

Once I have these questions answered, then I believe the mystery I always wonder about will be solved.

The Fall of Soviet Union

I didn't eat a rotten egg. I should have gotten enough sleep. But my head blanked out on me today in P.E. No it wasn't fun. Must be the stinky running activites I had to do today. Every single one. After the first one, I was already tired; the last one, a killer. P.E. teachers are so cruel. They wouldn't let me go to 3rd period >:[ which is not good because that will only mean I get 2 hours less to work on my elevations. But at home right now, at least I can finish up the proposal for chemistry, maybe start the elevations. Then head back to school [yay] for lunch and 5th. So much fun. And no, there is no nap in between this. Maybe I'll sleep in 5th, and copy Erica's notes later >:D

half and half

I need to kill that AP test. Watch me get a 1.

Once on This Island = AMAZING. i would like a copy if possible. Loved every minute of it. <3

F4

Scariest day of my life. To start off, after testing, Deborah, Erica and I some how got to the conversation about "If someone broke into our house..." We came up with all these plans to escape, which didn't work out too well because of the floor plan of our house. I was starting to freak out. Then I kind of forgot about it for 30 minutes. Last minute of lunch left, I went to my locker with Nicole; I open it and the first thing I see is the F4 sign. Just like the one from Boys Before Flowers. My first thought was, "Haha, this must be a joke from Deborah or Kayee." But when they swore on our friendship that they didn't, I panicked. Who knows my locker combo? Who are these F4?
Then I found out who put that in my locker. CLIFTON. D: You scared the bejesuse out of me. I thought I was going to be tortured. Too bad this wasn't real, or else I could have met 4 cute boys XD

it's that time of year

STAR testing is almost over and it's just beginning. I'm going to die on the history portion tomorrow. To top it off, Mcloy's class is soo cold. My hands felt like Popsicle. Just 2 more days...then onto AP testing. Yippee -_-

I'm pretty excited for Friday. Creed presentation. Hopefully, it owns everyone else XD

It's not too early to plan for summer.
For sure doing:
- Study [I know, big shocker]
- watch Harry Potter, Transformers 2 :D
Let's make plans.

what is it

There's something about you, that's attractive. I just don't know what. It's always you. Just you.


Happy Earth Day! Remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle! Then repeat. :]

green

I love Berkeley's campus! It's so green! Everywhere I turn, I see trees and grass. How would I know? Because I took a tour with NHS/CSF on campus today. It was dead hot. But thanks to the shade, it wasn't too bad. Lovely campus. The only "bad" thing about it is that fact that its built on a slope. So it's almost like hiking uphill. The university seems very spirited as well. I never knew their rival was Stanford. I've heard some stories that were fascinating. Like the 4.0 hill and the ax. XD

Good and bad

Spring break is a good thing. Time to relax and enjoy a week off from school. Right when we get back, we get one week of school, then Star testing and next AP testing. How fun! :[

Throughout spring break, I've been working on a few things. Scrapbook, apeh homework and studying for the ap test. Very tiring to be starring at a book all week. That is why, I took a trip with Science Club to the Academy of Science in San Francisco. That place is amazing. Worth going. It took up the whole day and it was a great relaxed day. If you live around the bay area, you should go. :]

School soon :[

probability

It's been a week. School has been too busy. As I mentioned before, my group IR project; which is now filmed and complete!! yay! I just finished. Thank you all who came out and helped. Due to the windy day, sounds not too great, but we'll live. Hopefully, its good enough for an A.

Thinking back to last week, I was pretty Mad due to two reasons.
Mad reason #1: I believe it was last Thursday at school. This police officer walking around the rotunda and picked up a water bottle on the ground and he THREW IT IN THE TRASH CAN when a recycle bin was 3 feet away. I got so pissed, I wanted to yell at him. He's a police officer, yet he doesn't help the community. He should get his badge taken away D:
Mad reason # 2: A certain teacher in a certain 3rd period class [COUGH COUGH] claims to randomly draw cards for presentation. Roughly 15 or so people chose to go.
Day 1: my card was last. Probability 1/15
Day 2: my card was last. Probability 1/14
Day 3: my card was last. Probability 1/13

-selection for group project. You guessed it. My card was last...AGAIN. What are the odds of my card being last every time? If you're telling me the teacher had nothing to do with it, I will not believe you. I would understand if I was second to last, but my card was smack in the end...EVERDAY.

4 more days of school then spring break. I can't wait.
Time to turn in now :)

stopwaste.org

Today was a rewarding day for sure. I have never been in a conference room with so many people sharing the same interest. Irvington, Logan, San Leandro around the bay. There were about 3 junior high schools there. It was great to see middle school students taking an interest in reducing waste. This experience was rewarding because I learned a lot of news ways to beautify the school. It takes more than one to do it. Once the word is spread out, it'll set off a chain reaction. Soon, hopefully, everyone will contribute their part.
We [everyone] did contribute to global warming. That means, everyone should help reduce waste to pay back what they did to Earth. If we get the message out, we're good to go! :)

outraged

3 hours. It may not seem a lot. But it matters to me. And I see that you're doing nothing about it.

Drinks taste better in a carton with straw. The other day I poured a juice out of its carton because it sprung a leak. It tastes...weird...in a cup. Tastes better in the carton XD but that might just be me.
Costco's organic soymilk is delicious. I love it! Its not like vitasoy good, but its almost that good.

why can't I swim?

I realized I can't do the breast stroke. I can do free, back and even fly [kinda], but I can't seem to do breast stroke. Its too hard. I literally don't move. I sink like a rock. Well, I don't sink, I just don't move. XD

I really like strawberries. I don't know why, but they are so good. I like a lot of fruits, but if I could choose one fruit to live on, it'd be strawberries. :] Oh, or blueberries, since they are high in antioxidant.

I am looking forward to Spring Break. Down side is before I can take my break, I have to to two MAJOR presentation. Minimum time 7 minutes, maximum 10. Time is a major part; it's 60% of the final grade. -_- I didn't make time last time, so I'm worried. Second presentation is not as major, but since I have to edit the presentation video, it's MAJOR. If you are interested in casting as an extra, my group and I would greatly appreciate the help! :)

Success!

This weekend started off pretty good. Finished all my homework. Did I mention I finished my house too? I think it looks pretty good. X] Now all I have to do is my spiral skyscraper which WILL take me years.
Sleep in!

woah

Give me a C!
Give me a A!
Give me a H!
Give me a S!
Give me a E!
Give me another E!
What does that spell?!
California High School Exit Exam!
No it was not fun. It was easy, but not fun. I sat for more than 1 hour and a half doing chem homework. One more day of that torture and then its over! [unless I fail]

PI

HAPPY PI DAY. March 14. 3.141596535...you guys get the idea.

Now pass the pie :)

1 and a 1/2

One and a half years of not being sick. Longest record for me goes down the drain.

There seems to be a large amount of homework this weekend...

Pet Peeves

I have successfully cut out all windows and doors to my first floor! [jumps for joy.] Did i mention my second floor is off by 6 inches a lot. I'll live. Anyways, when I was cutting the windows and doors out, I realized I dislike cutting them out. Its extremely hard to make clean cuts [my opinion] I would say I had roughly about 5-12 windows, and maybe 1/12 cuts were clean cuts. That got me thinking; not that I don't think XD. I noticed there are traits and "things" that people do which I absolutely can not stand or come to understand.
1: The F word. For example. Someone says, "Its ******* cold today." I don't see the point in adding that word. Cold is cold right?
2: Kids who don't know what the word R-E-S-P-E-C-T means
3: People who say they can attend, but make up a dumb excuse saying why they can't
4: Cheating on final exams. I've seen it with my own eyes.
5: People who take advantage of subs
6: Copying homework assignment when you have time to complete it yourself. [I literally see the homework being past around and copied. You're only hurting yourself when it comes to the quizzes/tests]
7: CUTTING OUT WINDOWS D:

The End.

worthless

You're a worthless piece of junk and you're wasting my time.

I give up.

Time flies

I remember packing my backpack and starting sophomore year. Now counting down the months, there's only about 3 months left of school. Scary, and exciting at the same time. Sister getting acceptance letters soon, graduation, then packing up and heading to college. I'm going to be one lonely child. :( Then Junior years right around the corner, followed by senior year, college applications, acceptance letters, and before you know it, BAM, freshman year in college. Completely fast forwarded my life right there. But I have to say, I'm excited for the seniors. Some universities acceptance letter comes out this week or next week. Although I'm not a senior, I can sense the tension in the air. Can't wait to jump for joy with them!

Secret Life of Bees

Minimum day today. Happy. I started to work on my miniature model skyscrapers; I made one. XD I turn on the TV to find something to watch, my usual channel, Disney Channel. Instead, I found a movie called The Secret Life of Bees. It was a very touching and emotional movie. I didn't expect it to be that good of a movie, but Dakota Fanning was amazing! That girls got enough acting skills to share with more than the world. Heard she was going to star in New Moon. I hope she is. Looking forward to the new sequel.

BEST DAY

EVER! Well one of the BEST DAY EVER's. Wong Fu Productions was swinging by Cafe Zen in Fremont! I got the chance to meet them up close as well as getting their signatures! Along with Wong Fu Productions, Far East Movement was also there to promote the ISA [international secret agents] concert in San Francisco March 20th! I've got Wong Fu's signatures as well as Far East Movement! Most memorable day ever! Who knew nice guys like them exist in this world. There has got to be more nice guys like them!

Why is this the best day? Because I got to meet super nice people, and eat Cafe Zen's yummmy desserts. PLUS yoswirl!

3/3/09

HAPPY SQUARE ROOT DAY!
This event ONLY occurs 9 times each century. For the mathematically challenged, 3 is the square root of 9. :) The next one will be on April 4, 2016! So mark your calendars!

Can you believe my math teacher did no know today was Square Root Day?

International Week

Today was the first day for International Week. I didn't get to walk around and check out the other booths, but I am super excited in trying out the food from the different countries. Let me think, in my entire life, I have only eaten/tried Chinese, Korean, Japanese, American, and my least favorite, Mexican. Don't get me wrong, I don' HATE Mexican food, I just don't like it for some reason. Tomorrow, there's going to be food from all over the world in one place! How exciting! I'm looking forward in trying some scones. I never had them, but they do look delicious.

That the the beauty of Internation Week, you can experience countries around the world and taste their food, all in one place. On Thursday, there's going to be a fashion show, to let us see what other cultures around the world wear. I'm more excited about the food though :]

Now pass the scones please.
*******flavored (7:06:43 PM): nice picture of muffins btw
what?! Those are scones dear!

new artist

When you have no homework one day, what would you do? I usually watch episodes of dramas that I haven't seen before, OR I watch those funny Chinese talk/game shows. On one of the talk shows I was watching, I came across this guy, 蔡旻佑 Evan Yo. I love his music now. I listen to 我可以 and I fell in love with him! I must say, he's a bit better than Jay Chou :] He has a great smile, lovely hair, and I can actually see his pretty eyes; unlike Jay Chou whose hair covers half his face. 蔡旻佑 plays piano, violin AND he sings. :D
Like *******flavored said: that's like 489102830291839201 extra points

Oh, I almost forgot to mention. PE should just go and tie itself to a bomb, or I'll push it into the pool D:<

dramaa

I've got to admit. I've watched many dramas. Most recent ones include Boys Before Flowers and 霹靂MIT. I'm hoping for 霹靂MIT 2 because the ending left me hanging D:


Even though its an end of a drama, I have discovered there are two new dramas coming out, one of which is already airing. 愛就宅一起 starring Rainie Yang and Jiro!! Episode one was pretty good, and I can't wait for the rest of it!


From 霹靂MIT I loved watching Gui Gui and Aaron <3.>d that they are starring in 桃花爱无敌!!! They were amzing in 霹靂MIT. The plot is about Tao Hua [Gui Gui] who has been pampered and loved by 4 is created among everybody. How amazingly good does that sound?! VERY! Thof her brothers almost to the extend of sister brotherly love. Thus the other brothers tasked the 5th brother Ah Ben to look after the sister, and with the appearance of prince charming Arron Yan, a love battle is drama is currently not being aired, but I'm looking forward to it :]



Alrighty, chem homework /fan fiction time :]

said no

why am I not surprised

firstblog

The library was not open today after school, so I went to watch the swim teams time trials. I got to admit, my friends completely beast-ed the strokes. Locker just pwned everyone :] if I must say so myself. Afterward, I was waiting for 5:30 to come, for the second quiz bowl competition of the school year!



Its the first one as of 2009. American hosted again. We competed against Mills High School, Ma[something] High School & Mission San Jose High. We had enough team members to form a C team, who completely beat the B team. Good Job C team! Oh and A Team of course pwned everyone [ I hope]. There were 3 rounds. Each round switching off the highest score team to another room, and their lowest score to our room. Last round, it was American's B & C team against Mission San Jose's C team. We started off pretty well. Then one of our teammate answered a question. His answer was John Hamilton, when it was suppose to be Alexander Hamilton. Simple mistake. When we were at the toss up questions, Mission's C team received the bonus and it was about actors/actresses. They apparently didn't know any of the answers. When American's B and C team whispered we knew it, they carried on thinking. At one point of that question, when he did a sudden subtle outburst, thinking aloud, this one dude on the Mission C team, Jeffery or something said, "At lease I know who Alexander Hamilton is." WTF. ABSOLUTELY NO RESPECT WHAT SO EVER. The moment he said that, everyone on American's B and C team had a moment of silence and glared at that Jeffery dude. Back to the toss ups. The guy was reading the questions, and whenever B or C team didn't know the answer but they knew, they would whisper, no more like talk super loud. Then they started writing LOL on their papers. What is that all about? So what if you know all the math problems?! You guys showed NO RESPECT whatsoever. Don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on the Mission kids, I just think MISSION'S QUIZ BOWL C TEAM, should get an attitude check, and comprehend the meaning of respect. Look it up in the dictionary, for crying out loud. We did host the event, and at least show a little bit of respect to others, especially that Jeffery guy if thats his name.

phew...I feel a lot better now
Sorry for the long blog.
but its easier to rant on the computer :D