Even the best fall down sometimes
Even the wrong words seem to rhyme
Out of the doubt that fills my mind.
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pictures of honors institute Monday, June 23, 2008 post on details at the previous post....                 captions and all will come later....... time for sleep now. =) honors institute 2008 Sunday, June 22, 2008 this week has just been amazing! i can't believe that this whole event has come to an end. it's just soooo sad to think that we ll never see each other again at least 99% sure. everything was just great! i wished we could have had more time together although im sure we re all sooo tired and seminars/general sessions dont sound that interesting or appealing anymore. Nevertheless, I m just sooo glad i went for the honors institute. brief account of what we did: monday june 16 went to school as per usual. couldnt concentrate in class at all. plus it was the first day of my psychology class and the professor really reminded me of potter. haha. didnt have a syllabus so she just went through briefly of what was to come. was staring into mid air the entire time. then was history. same thing happened. wasnt paying attention half the time. i guess i was really excited. took my test at the learning center after. was okay i thought. although if i was given more time to study, it would have been better but its too late for regrets now anyway. will see how it goes on monday. anyway back to the topic. vanson drove me home and i finished packing my stuff. i barely had room to put anything else in my bag. plus it was really heavy too. but i figured it wouldnt be a long walk to the registration and stuff so it was fine. jon drove me there and i registered for the conference and checked in. got my meal card room key and stuff. did a bit of unpacking and saw my room mate. i forgot which state she's from already. such a dory. went for dinner after. met denis who is from my chapter too and went for dinner at the city eats dining hall together. foold was alright. i guess it was up to my expectations. i mean never expect good food when theres huge group of people involved in an event. i mean the food as still edible and normal enough to last me a week. went for our first general session after. it was great. the speaker was just inspiring and it made a whole lot of sense. then it was to our first seminar meeting. i was in seminar 21 and i have to say its the best group ever. the facilitator was just awesome. she got us tons of stuff. she even bought a game for us. the 20 questions thingy and got candy for us too. our group was really active too. i mean she made us go around in a table and talk so it was good. had a pizza and social party after. met a couple of people. was really tired since i got up at 7 for school so went to bed after. lots of people were getting jetlags since they came from other states and theres a time difference. everyone was just really sleepy and lethargic. couldnt really sleep well since it was the first night but it was alright. got up pretty early at 6 even though i could sleep till like 7.30. of course i didnt get out of bed till then. that night was freezing cold too. and the heaters werent working or at least we thought so. it was hilarious. like people started to go buy sweatshirts and there were tons of complaints. people were trying to get extra blankets and stuff at the front desk. tuesday june 17: woke up at roughly 7.30. washed up and went for breakfast. foos was alright. the usual dorm food. eggs, hash brown, ham and all that kind of stuff. went for the general session 2 after at 9. was about katrina. it was great! i really want to get the book now. our facilitator actually wanted to give all of us one but she couldnt bring it along with her. she did however bring 3 books though so we kinda had a lucky draw. too bad i didnt get one but no worries. that seminar just brought up tons of good points about the problems that contributed to the great disaster and stuff. seminar was a roundtable discussion and we all had really good points. went for lunch. food was alright. its just good that they have a variety and it changes everyday. had a 5 hour break after and people were going out sightseeing. i however stayed at the dorms. didnt really want to do anything plus i needed to catch up with my readings. that however failed. i instead went to watch videos, surfing the net and chatting. didnt do any studying at all. felt a lil disappointed with myself but whatever. went for dinner after. then was session 3-honors in action. taught us different ways to look at the topic and come up with activities that we can do in school and for our chapter. got kinda bored since the first 2 lectures was just awesome. so this kinda dropped the standard. at the seminar, we just exchanged ideas and stuff. didnt get much out of it since we already did most of the projects or activities that they were talking about. haha. yes yes we are a five star chapter. =) got out at 10.15. went back to my room since i was sleepy. used the laptop for a while and went to bed. after all had to get up at 7am again the next day... wednesday june 18: had breakfast as usual with a couple of people. some old some new. see it was a god experience. =) as i type now, im missing the experience. by right i should be in a lecture now. but i digress. lecture was about economic policy and stuff. cant remember much now without my notebook in front of me but i still remember it was a good lecture. made tons of sense about how we should downsize and stuff. i mean its difficult considering our standard and pace of life now but i have to agree with the speaker that it is essential for our well being and the environment. again, had our seminar session. went for lunch at noon and since we had a 5 hour break again, we went to chinatown! walked a whole lot especially since we also got off 1 stop earlier. but it was all good. walked by lots and lots of shops. some misunderstanding occurred along the way but it was alright. didnt manage to get any souveniers for myself but got a tinkerbell "crystal" for aunt jenny since it was her birthday. hope she like it. =) oh yes, we went for tea tasting as well. was not too bad. i liked the mango black tea and some lychee tea. it was free but being in america, tipping was out of kindness. haha. walked around more and rushed back to school after since we had another lecture. of course, we were late and we didnt even have dinner! i was freaking hungry after the lecture and seminar. but yeah, the lecture was kinda bad. all the speaker gave us was statistics about the healthcare in america. of course i started to daydream then. seminar was kinda redundant too as a result. went up to another person's room after since they had an unofficial pizza party and this was where the fun began. haha. it was hilarious! so it was just a group of us, aqaintances. there was a girl from texas who was participating in kappa klatch and she was given a poem which was just soo out of the way. something about virgin and what not. we started making fun of her. it was such a funny sight. of course, she changed it after. it just made no sense. then, we made PRANK CALLS! haha. like we were in high school again. i shal not disclose any of the content here since its R rated. apparently there were some guys who were "harrassing" the girls, writing letters and writing on the bar soaps we were provided. we just couldnt stop laughing. didnt go to bed till late 2? was hungry and sleepy but the pranks made up for it. i went back early but if im not wrong, the others played more pranks. wrote on more bar sopas and placed them randomly outside people's doors. also stuck face masks on some doors. to think we are honors students. lol. thursday june 19: GO SANFRANCISCO DAY! yoohoo. no lectures or seminars today. we were provided with a go sanfrancisco card so it included admission to certain places and discounts and stuff. great deal. plus it was spare the air day so all public transport was freee too. that really helped because what happened throughout the day was just oh my god. so we had breakfast first and the four of us, denis marjanie alysia and i headed off to the golden gate, fisherman's wharf. i mean those were mainly the places which we wanted to go. who thought we were sooo bad at public transport. took the muni to union square since thats where the bus services and other kind of transportation were. denis was our tour guide and that was pretty much a wrong decision. haha. we totally made fun of him. we had such a hard time finding the right transport to take.walked round and round. plus denis kept telling us that there were short cuts and stuff which wrere of course detours. lol. we got so annoyed with him after at least i was. asked for tons of directions but we still got "lost". we either took the wronf bus or was going the wrong direction. since transportation was free too, it was packed! there were so many buses that were too packed we couldnt get on. so annoying. after tons of wrong buses, trolleys cable cars and stuff, we finally reached the golden gate. by then we were sooo exhausted. took couple of photos. walked halfway on the bridge. by then it was already 1? and we left at 9? we didnt even spend that much time there so imagine. haha. next was fisherman's wharf/ pier 39. took a bus and clever denis told us to get off. so we did and saw a bus stop but apparently it wasnt the right one. like it wasnt going into the right direction. so we decided to walk and see if theres another walk. but there wasnt!!! zomg. we ended up walking there. it was sooo torturous. i do not recommend walking at all. we walked past stretches and stretches of houses and through the park. it was soo horrible. i barely survived. plus, the weather was killing us. it was like in the 90s. in farenheit of course. and thats how i got sunburnt. didnt reach till like 3ish. and that was only the "entrance" too. to get to where we wanted to eat at since there was a discount with the card, we had to walk even more. i will never forget that time ever. my legs were sooo sore it was hard walking down stairs. not up, down! so yes imagine. had lunch and i finished my cup of root beer5 mins after it was served. food was good though. i mean we were so hungry so i guess anythign we ate was good. had grilled salmon. yum. 20 dollars in total including tip so it was great. its seafood at a tourist location. couldnt ask for more could i. plus i was dying. walked around more. went to the aquarium and wax museum. was okay. my legs could barely support itself after everything. went to buy stuff at walgreens and went to a guy who painted names. got some stuff and we headed off to a mall after since we could get some kind of discount with the card too. might as well make full use of it. thank goodness we didnt get lost again. i was done taking the wrong transportation for the day. by the time we reached the mall it was 8 and it closes at 9. so only managed to go to h&m. i think the discount card we got specifically for the mall still works though. but i doubt i ll be going there anytime soon. went back to sf state after. hung out at subway and denis was again so ridiculous. he tried haggling with the subway guy. it was 5 dollars for a foot long sub but he couldnt finish one whole feet so he only wanted half and wanted to haggle to 2.50. i mean its fixed price so yup. it was just funny. went back to the dorm after to shower and sleeep. much needed sleep and rest for my legs. didnt even wait for my hair to dry. was way too tired and exhausted. never will i do that again. haha friday june 20: same routine in the morning. went for breakfast and had a lecture and seminar again. had lunch after and we had such a hard time deciding where to go during the 5 hour break. after much annoying waiting time we went to the beach. didnt bring any shorts and stuff so didnt go in the water. just hung out on the beach but it was alright since the water was freezing cold anyways. this was where the sad part happened. or almost. haha. two of their cameras dropped not into the water but on the sand for merely two seconds and it spoiled. the lens got jammed i suppose but the battery and all was fine since it turned on but shut down by itself after 4 beeps. hope they could get it fixed. went back earlier to shower and went for dinner before the next session started. i cant remeber what the discussion was about now. have to look at my notes.... alysia and brit had to leave that night too since they could only take that filight back to new york. was sad.. one week just passed in a blink of the eye. its like we l never see each other again. sometimes i just dont want to go to stuff like that since parting is the hardest part. it totally reminded me of perth. but oh wells. all part of life... so anyways, after they left went up to janie's room and she packed. she was leaving tomorrow morning too. since it was still kinda early, we (janie denis and i and clay) headed off to the beach. was really cool. didnt take any pictures then since i didnt bring my bag along. people had campfires on the beach. was really cool. walked and talked along the beach and it was really fun. randomly joined and sat around a campfire with some others and i mean strangers. but they were nice enough to spare us some warmth. it was windyyy. continued talking until around 2.30? i was sooo sleepy then. technically i was just gazing at the stars while they talked half the time. and i remembered looking at the moon and thinking of teddy. sometimes i do think im that emotional. went back and my roomies were asleep by then. showered again and went straight to bed. saturday june 21: last day of the honors institute. i never wanted this day to come at all. janie left before breakfast so i didnt get to see her before she left. was still in bed when she called which i missed. went for breakfast with denis and then to the last seminar session. had our small group meeting with the speaker so didnt really spend time with our group. then was lunch. everyone started to leave by then. went back to my room and packed. i didnt realize how much stuff i had. could barely fit everthing into my bag. in fact i went to the convenience store to buy some stuff so i could get a bag. my psychology book couldnt fit into the bag and i had a couple of newspaper too. checked out afterwards after saying our goodbyes. apparently everyone was out so they couldnt pick me up. in the end aunt elizabeth picked me since i guess she was nearby and she totally ruined my day. i was soo pissed with her i was seriously holding back tears. so i had my sling bag and my handcarry bag plus one plastic bag with me. i didnt think it was too bad since once i get into a car i ll be home like i didnt have to walk a long distance to get back and stuff. but i was soo totally wrong. so she called and told me to wait for her at 19th avenue since she didnt know where i was. i mean she didnt even bother to ask where i was. i was like fine, i ll just go to the bus stop since i knew the way there anyways. i already knew it was a fairly long walk since that was where we took the muni to union square. so i was carrying my bags and my were they heavy. i was actually hugging my bag since it was so heavy i was afraid the handle might break. my hands were literally aching like crazy. so i was walking and she called again to ask if i knew where whatever place that was called was. i was like i dont even know the school! i was basically living at only 1 part of the school and she assumed i knew where everything was. i was soo pissed. i mean if i was carring just one bag i wouldnt mind but hello i was hugging a 100 pound bag with me finding my way around! so i was like i ll try finding the place. and she called like 3 minutes later askign where i was. i was literally walking from one side of the campus to the other and rushing me wasnt helping! she told me they were outside a john somethign hall so i asked for directions. good thing there were people around. and it was embarrassing but it wasnt like i cared. i was suffering, putting my bag and resting at random places while walking. it was killing me! finally reached and saw them sitting oh so comfortably in the car. and i had to walk up a slope to reach them too. i swear i was sooo angry at them. i mean they saw me carrying my stuff but instead of coming out to help me carry my stuff they were pointing. like saying there she is and stuff. i mean if she was the only one then fine but her hubs was there too. isnt it a gentleman's responsibility to help?!! oh yes hes not one. got in the car and they started fussing and asking why i wasnt using a "trolley bag" and stuff. liek i have one. and it wouldnt have mattered if you could use ur car to drive around and find ur way instead of making you wait for so long because i was walking like from one end of the school to the other. even typing this is making me soo mad. got home at last. unpacked and showered. played a while with aaron since he insisted on staying. seriously these people have no brain/heart. i just came home tired and all. i even told them i slept at 3 the other night. but they were like oh aaron go play with jessica. i was wth. i just reached home! was soo pissed. finally got all my stuff done told aaron to entertain himself for the time being while i rested for a while. didnt want to nap since i might not be able to sleep at night so played rock band and mario party with him till dinnner. i was seriously falling asleep while playing rock band. i didnt even care if i was hitting th enotes at all. my eyes were like closing. i was that tired. had dinner and went straight to bed after. finally a nice sleep.... alright.. i shall continue another time.. this was typed btw june 17 and june 27. hahaha. i took ten days to type this out. how great! procrastinate Sunday, June 15, 2008 i'm procrastinating so badly. i really should be doing my history reading and essay but here i am since 9.30 watching videos. do i really hate history that much? or is it my laziness? maybe a mixture of both. i gave myself the day off yesterday and went shopping too. told myself i should study till like 2 then go out but instead i watched episodes of the 7 and 9pm show till 1 and left running for the bus. lol. but i have to say that im extremely satisfied with the things that i bought. went to old navy, target, basic, and many other misc stores. spent 70 bucks in all. and last week on fri i spent like 60? so in all, its about a hundred. ouch! i havent spent that much in a long time. plus, im going off to sf state on monday too so i ll be spending more money again. especially on thurs since its "explore sf day". i should really go draw more cash... still didnt get my pumps and flip flops though. couldnt find nice ones. had a moolatte from dq too. satisfying. i think i went crazy at target though. now my left arm aches and it was so bad yesterday that i could even lift an egg tart for a minute once i got home. it was like weak ang strength-less but its better now though it still aches a lil. my leg was aching from all that walking too. i got 12 by 12 cardstock paper and lots of other small items. should have gotten a basket but was too lazy too so i had to carry them while walkign around. didnt know cardstock was so heavy. haha. i wonder how im gonna survive pe class. i dont even know if i can go for it since i dont even know the teacher nor have his email add. its just like i disappeared. bleah. anyways, went home yesterday at around 7 after dinner at jollibee. bathed and no one was home yet except for aunt jenny. did father's day card and read a lil bit of history before giving up and going to bed. im such a bum. yes nemo laugh. lots of stuff to do today since we're celebrating father's day tomorrow which means party! wont have time to study and pack. alright should really get going now. summer school is ridiculous Wednesday, June 11, 2008 SUMMER SCHOOL IS RIDICULOUS! i think summer school is so much harder than normal semesters. i mean i know that its 16 weeks condensed into 5 or 6 weeks but do they have to make it such that u really need to have everything covered. i had to unwillingly drop my online history class since its just too much reading and im getting so confused with the other history class. now im afraid that i cant fit all into my schedule before i transfer. i had it all planned out before. =( now i have to miss the second part of physics and complete it when i transfer. and i dont know if the class timings for all of them fit into spring 09. help! hope they do or im screwed. so much for that, now i have to take my history exam on monday since im gonna stay at sf state for the week. i have no idea what to expect for the exam too. she doesnt have any sample test and shes like the most uncompassionate teacher ever! why did i even take her in the first place?? i sooo cant wait for summer to be over now. seriously. to think i even wanted it to start a week ago. boredom or stress? hard decision u know. hope i get through these 5 weeks. pysc 100 shouldnt be too much trouble. at least i hope so. now i know why im a science person and not arts. =)) shopping bug Monday, June 09, 2008 I ve been bitten by the shopping bug! i feel like shopping all the time now especially this past few days. i think thats why i ve been saving up all this while. haha. i think i ll go alone on friday after school. was thinking of going tomorrow but i only end at 2 and joyce will be home early so i cant just sneek off. and i dont really wanna go in the middle of the week since i might have homework and i shall not make myself excited unnecessarily. didnt do anything today. but it was a good feeling. sitting in front of the television without having to think about what time it is or whether i have to stop to finish up my homework. but this will all start again soon. like in exactly 24 hours when school starts. went to hillsdale yesterday after getting jamba juice. i think im still addicted to starbucks. walked around but there wasnt any good deals around. at least not until we entered the disney store. =)) it was additional 50 % off for certain items and y was it cheap. got an oswald mug/ flask for 1.61. imagine that. original was 10.50. i think they re wither closing down or clearing their old stocks. too bad the disney store didnt have too much adult apparel. more kiddy stuff or i would have gone mad. went home after and continued to stone. couldnt sleep properly at night again though. sad. alright i ve ran out of things to type. get ready for bed and summer schoool. =)) shopping! Sunday, June 08, 2008 I've got a partially swollen finger making it hard to type but I'll do it all the same since i have nothing else to do. how pathetic. thats the bad thing about holidays here i guess. no homework or revision to do. i know some are jealous now. hahahaha. went out with kaye to shop yesterday. like finallly i could get out of the house. went to tanforan since we didnt want to go too far. plus gas is expensive too. went to eat first. had hawaiian pizzaa and green tea frappe and she had fettucini. satisfying lunch though i think i m having too much pasta now. i need a greater variety of food. haha. like laksa. i survived a year without it! something to be happy about? noooo. bring me to a food court when i get back! then went to old navy. haha. i made her walk like three times up and down the aisle. got a top/ blouse in the end. i wanted to get semi formal tops for the seminar but couldnt find much at old navy. boo. plus it wasnt on sale too. so spent 26 bucks. then went to basic. got another 2 tops there and it was cheaap. 12 bucks for two tops. she got her red top too. next stop was target. got my travel supplies like shampoo and soap just in case what they provide runs out. then was payless shoe source. wanted to get heels but i dont know why i didnt in the end. it was only 10 bucks too. now i wanna get them. got 3 dollars flip flops instead. haha. happy with my buys. spent like 50 bucks in total? not bad eh. i still wanna shop though... maybe i should go after school on monday to get the heels. =) went home after since she had to go to do church stuff. still reached home earlier than everyone else. watched kite runner with janet. was okay. couldnt stand the switching the languages. but i guess i was just sleeeepy and wasnt quite in the mood for movies. went to bed after reading a chapter of history. haha. to think i would be soo studious. =) i guess im desperate for my 4.0. alright off to find something to do now...... another day of boredom. =( questions Wednesday, June 04, 2008 tagged by jaimeeeeee. 01. What disappoints you the most? i dont know. seriously. i think i just forget about what i'm unhappy about in a couple of hours or a sleep so i dont remember the disappointments. but i guess its when my brother makes my parents unhappy? like recently. 02. Where will you go if someone sponsors you a tour ticket? its a tour right. i 'll go around the world. =) 03. What’s your favorite thing to do? just lazing around the house playing with my dog and spending time with parents? 04. Do you think money can buy happiness? At times, yes. I can't deny that. 05. If you can have one dream to come true, what would it be? For now, its to get into UC Berkeley. 06. Do you prefer a kiss or a hug? hug 07. What are you afraid to lose the most? The ones i love... family and friends =) 08. If you win $1 million, what would you do? Bring my parents with me to travel round the globe. Buy dogs and cats. =) 09. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you? Just 3? I'll go on forever. =) I can't just put three adjectives here. Let's see... Caring, Loving and always a good friend who will be there for others. =) 10. What makes you happy? Seeing others happy and not having to go to school and get stressed over results. Haha. There's so much things that would make me happpy. I'm easily contented. 11. What type of person do you hate the most? Annoying people who think they are the only ones in the world. 12. Where do you see yourself 10 years down the road? Seriously i dont know and i'm scared. 13. If you could have a superpower, what would it be? Never though about it. 14. What do you think is the most important thing in your life? Love =) 15. Any childhood memories you’ll like to re-live? There's just too many. I love my childhood! The times i spent with teddy, the times at disneyland, too many to think of now. 16. If you have a chance to change your life now, what would you want to change? My life is great as it is now. Memories shall be memories. 17. Which cartoon character you like most? Disney characters especially pluto and stitch. =) 18. Are you courageous enough to go and tell the person that you like he/she? I doubt so... 19.Do you think you're pretty/handsome? No comments? 20. Who made this quiz up?????????? Thanks. It did kill some of my boredom. Instructions: Remove 1 question from above, and add in your personal question, make it a total of 20 questions, then tag 8 people in your list, list them out at the end of this post. Notify them in their chat box that he/she has been. People who are bored shall go do it. =) Alright. I killed ten minutes of boredom. Seriously these 2 days have been kinda wasted? Okay maybe not exactly. Monday was mainly watching videos and lazing around the house. Thats the life to live. Not having to worry about anything. Was suppose to go out today but kaye was busy and catherine wont be able to go out the whole week so yup. Will be going out on Thursday. i hope. need to shop for clothes for the honors institute. formal-casual attire. Need supplies tooo. Cleaned my room today though. Thats something fulfiling. But yup, it was videos again. I dont know what im gonna do tomorrow. Maybe read. Hope my books arrive soon so i can start reading some history. Being gone for a week is no joke especially since these subjects are gonna be new. Plus, ive got nothign to do anyways and my gpa needs to be raised greatly. Maybe i dont hate studying all that much. Thats a good thing right. My evil annoying bro is going back soon i think this week. i cant help but be jealous. i have to wait till end july which is liek 2 months away. i shall endureeee. cant wait to see my dog and live my previous life. =) alright. i should get to bed soon. didnt sleep well at all last night. it was like drifting in and out of sleep. u know how u are awake not knowing if u slept at all. that kind of feeling is just soo frustrating. i wanted to sleep badly but i kept waking up not knowing if iactually slept. in fact, i lied on the bed and think i was flipping and rolling about till 3. was sooo uncomfortable throughout the night. hope i ll be able to sleep better tonight. my brain was probably tooo active yesterday considering it didnt do much. still had lots of energy to keep me awake. 5 more days to be a bummmm. |
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