I’m back from Italy!!  It was the first time I had been overseas, and it was such an amazing experience.  I was gone from june 12-june 22.  here are some highlights:

June 12

Left Chicago at around 3:30 pm

June 13

Arrived in Rome at 8 am!  We immediately started sightseeing because the hotels weren’t ready for us yet.  Rome is such a crazy city.  It’s ( Read more... )

ap tests are over!!  i'm still a bit stunned from them.  i did the best i could, and hopefully the college board will be nice to me.

the year is finally winding down, but it feels like nothing will ever be completely over.  there's always one more project, one more test.  i've definitely learned to manage my time.  but at the same time, i've learned ( Read more... )

ok, maverick, you wanted to be mentioned on my lj, soo here you are!!

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my mom was on the phone with leslie before, and she was teasing you as usual.  she was like "hopefully choco will make it back home before the end of the year."

i hope you have safe and smooth flights back home from las vegas tomorrow

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So I am updating upon an urgent request from sarah.  I hate her.  J  it feels weird to be posting something that won’t be graded for participation (unlike our English blog).  By the way, does anyone know when the quarter ends? It’s already midterms, and I haven’t participated in many of my classes.  I feel like I don’t exist in any of them.  I ( Read more... )

so it's been a while since i've updated.  and i really really really shouldn't be typing this now because i have loads of hw still waiting for me.  but after reading robin's blog and his comments, i felt it was only necessary.

because you know why?!?!  because this idiot jerkface posted his little **magical** comment, talking about major and minor ( Read more... )

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this past week felt like finals.  i can't wait until next tues and fri are over.  i had a chance to listen to a recording of my trio's piece from monday.  it actually sounded a lot better than i thought it did.  esp. the allegro triple tongue part.  i nailed it, thank you God!  yet i screwed up the section w/ the upbeats.  ppl said that they didn't ( Read more... )

"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." -Epicurus       (speaking of Greek philosophers, Babylonian astrology was introduced to the Greeks early in the 4th century B.C. and, through the studies of Plato, Aristotle, and others, astrology came to be ( Read more... )

THANK YOU to everyone who was involved in making my bday so special!!  Samy, Kuri, Sarah, Carla, Yeji-my locker was amazing, thank you so much for coming to school early to decorate it.  i love all the pics and collages!  sarah and carla, your balloons are the best.  i didn't lose any this yr!  and the chocolate hello kitty is too cute to eat!  ( Read more... )

ahh it felt soo soo good to sleep in today.  i haven't had a chnace to do that since christmas break.  but let's start from yesterday, huh?

i had to wake up at 7 am cuz of an ortho appointment.  then ran some errands, drove around, and had to find an appropriate shirt to wear on tuesday.  that kinda took a while. came home at around noon, at lunch ( Read more... )