I haven't done these in AGES... XDDD

Update coming soon (-gasple!- She's actually updating???)

Holiday Season Edition
What's your favorite holiday ...

• Song?
• Movie or TV special?
• Memory?
• Baked good or desert?
• Each year, what's the one moment that lets you know it's officially the holiday season?

Answers! :D

1. mmm...  "Christmas Shoes" is such a sad song TT____________TT But... the story is just... wow. It's actually based off of a movie by the same name, which was based off of a novel by the same name. :P

2. none... but if you count a ballet, then definitely the Nutcracker!!

3. OMFSFM... so many memories... It's really difficult to choose... umm... Performing in the Nutcracker the day before Christmas... it was MAGICAL <3

4. Does hot chocolate count? XD

5. When Christmas music comes on the radio. XDDD Christmas music seriously just... makes me happy. Most of the songs are all super super festive and stuff. :]]

<3

This is my Facebook note:

I apologize for not being on in quite a while.

I feel horrible. We (as in the AM) missed the first anniversary of the Asian Mafia! -sigh-... I remember it well...

We (as in everyone in the AM except the RTMS branch [not including Paul. He was AMMS branch before], Madhu, and Donna) went on our seventh grade Rock Eagle field trip. At night on March 7th, 2006, the Asian Mafia was born. As we Asians all gathered into one tight-knit clump on the field for the dance, an arbitrary fellow classmate ran by and yelled: "It's the Asian Mafia! Run awaaaaaaaayyyyyy." We all laughed and the name stuck. -sigh- I remember it just like yesterday. We've grown... =] and lost one member. =[ (Anggie, will you ever come back?)

Anyway, I highly recommend the book, She Said Yes, to each and every one of you (especially my Christian buddies. Bubbles would love this book... I'm hoping that there's a braille or tape version for you, midgetbubbles) It's about the Columbine shootings of 1999 and about one young girl in particular, Cassie Bernall. She Said Yes is written by Cassie's mother, Misty Bernall, and Misty tells us how Cassie perished. Two gunmen approached Cassie (who was probably praying) and asked: "Do you believe in God?" Cassie replied in a strong, unwavering voice: "Yes." The gunmen then shot and killed her. Misty, then, takes us back in time to when Cassie was hanging out with the wrong crowd. She basically tells the story of Cassie's life, and how Cassie went from totally rebellious and hanging out with the wrong crowd to the faithful and devoted Christian she was that day. She Said Yes sent out a very powerful message and was an AMAZING book (which made me cry throughout most of it) and again, I HIGHLY recommend it. 

There was this one quote that is mentioned in the book (Cassie underlined it as it was one of her favorites): "You don't need human love for comfort if you have the love the Lord." I added on with my own words: "Humans can break your heart, but the Lord is forever." I tried taking that quote and applying it into my position... buuuut... yea... -sigh-

-sigh- Jesus and the Lord love you! <3333333333

:::edit::: FIRDAY FIVE! :D



Okee... end of Friday Five.

Jesus and the Lord love you! <333333333333333

By the way, I apologize if you don't know how to read military time. that's how everything was in China and I got used to it:

9:20=> Arrived at Shirley's house

9:20- 10:00=> On the road

10:00-13:30=> Hair (two pigtails-->two buns--> add on silver tinsel and Chinese knots [Zhong Guo Jie]), make-up, changing costume, eating lunch, (all in the dressing room) and moving stuff into the "waiting room" so that Zhao BenShan's company could take over it and do all that stuff that I just listed.,

13:30-14:00=> Rehearsal. slipped and almost fell.

14:00-14:55=> Sitting in waiting room being bored. Did rubik's cube, helped jenny k. study for a vocabulary quiz on MacBeth words, helped Patricia finish her homework (oh the joys of factoring... P's in algebra), listened to Jenny K.'s iPod (JAY CHOU!) and Laura's MP3 (JJ LIN!)

14:55-15:05=> Filing on stage... last minute touch-ups. Show starts five minutes late... actually...the people were talking for five minutes. Saw Zhao BenShan. Lemme tell you... seeing China's number one comedian from about 5 feet away was unreal. Laura and I were spazzing out. Now that we think of it, we were both just watching him on TV like... a few days ago. o.O

15:05-15:10=> DA KAI CHANG! We were performing. All went well. ^_^

15:10-15:20=> Costume change, make-up and hair touch ups. Getting a new pair of dance handkerchiefs.

15:20-17:05=> Watching the performance from the wings. HILARIOUS! I LOVED it. ^_^ OMFSFM! Laura and I were spazzing again because Zhao BenShan was just sssssssssooooooooo close to us... He patted Lillian on the head. -pouts- Laura and I were jealous. Well... for the next dance, I was supposed to start out on stage left... but I was on stage right. P and Laura got up to go a while after Zhao BenShan left and I thought they were trying to find a way to get stage left... so I followed them... They were actually following Zhao BenShan. >.< You can't imagine how embarrassed I was when he turned around, looked at the three of us, and then walked quickly away.

17:05-17:10=> going through the back to get to stage left. Watching a bit longer... getting ready to go on.

17:10-17:11=> Danced. Did wonderful... all of us. I'm very pleased and I'm sure Chen Lao Shi was too. ^_^

17:11-17:40=> Stayed backstage and watched the rest. Zhao BenShan was WONDERFUL. ^_^

17:40-18:00=> Packed up and ready to leave.

18:00-18:30=> on the road

18:30-20:45=> Ate with ZHAO BENSHAN and his crew at "Yi Tiao Long" (Don't know the english name). Got a picture... :P I know he doesn't like pictures... but nnnnnnnnnoooooooooo... my parents just HAD to try and take one like the other people. They tried to make everything as low-profile as possible. But it was kinda funny when I bunch of waiters and waitresses ran in to take a picture then ran back out.

20:45-21:19=> Back home at last.

AGH! I'm ssssssssoooooooooo happy! :D I still feel so... so... I don't know. Stunned I guess.. That I saw Zhao BenShan in REAL LIFE AND UP CLOSE. -sigh- 

<3

Jesus and the Lord love you! <333333333333333333333333333

Y'all... the real entry is below... PLEASE READ IT!!! and now for the Friday Five:

1. What are you most thankful for?
2. Think back one year, have the things you are thankful for changed?
3. What did you feast on yesterday?
4. This time of year is filled with parties, gifts, friends, and family, what are you looking forward to the most?
5. (insert December holiday here) is coming up, what if anything do you want for it?

*BONUS: How do you like to cook your turkey?

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1. The Lord. He's given me so much... you know... He gave me life and many many more things.
2. Oh yes... mainly because of "recent events" and more things.
3. Er... if you're refering to Thanksgiving (which you are... right?) then... I feasted on the "Asian Version of a Thanksgiving Dinner." lol... which contains stuff like... fish and shrimp and mushrooms... etc... Healthy stuff! ^_^
4. Hm... I'm not really sure... I've heard from my friend Shirley that her church (and soon gonna be my chruch too) gets very close around that time of year. I'm looking forward to the strong spiritual bond that will be formed between us.
5. For Christmas... I want... forgiveness from the Lord... I've sinned an awful lot this year.

Bonus!: Asian style.... ^_^ X3

I. hate. life.

1. How much time do you spend on the Internet daily?
2. What are your favorite 3 websites?
3. Do you eat at your computer?
4. Pick one and why - Reading the news online or in a newspaper?
5. How many people are on your instant messenger buddy list?

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1. Lotsa time... I dunno how long... ^^;
2. um... Gmail, LJ, and... I dunno... the site to Jay Chou's lyrics... maybe... (unless Google and everything inside Google counts! :D)
3. No...
4. News online... I have quicker access to the Chinese newspaper... X3
5. I don't have instant messenger... ^^;

Real entry is coming up!

1) What was the last thing that you ate?
2) Who was the last person you shared a meal with?
3) What is your favorite all time dish (recipes welcome)?
4) If you could eat one thing for an entire year, what would it be?
5) If you could have dinner with any five people (dead or alive) who would they be?
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1) um... food! X3
2) my mom and younger brother
3) I dunno actually...
4) Does bubble tea count? ^^;
5) JAY CHOU!!! (Squee!), "Bob from Pakistan", and any other Taiwanese pop stars/friends (I really don't care... as long as Jay Chou and Bob from Pakistan are there... ^^;

God bless everyone! <3 Spread some love in this world!

Shuo's coming to the AMMS concert... yay! <3... but here's the problem... when I practice by myself, I play fine (on my SOLO in "All the Pretty Little Horses"!!!!!!!! X3) But then... when I play with the orchestra, I shake so hard and get so nervous that my notes aren't always 100% in tune... During auditions for solos... I was shaking like crazy... it sounded like I was doing vibrato the whold time (is that good or bad?) I messed up too... What will the concert be like then?! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! I'm so scared... what if I DO mess up and humiliate myself in front of all these people! I'm gonna totaly let everyone down... I'm gonna mess up Tin-Tin, Kirstie, and Shannon on their solos b/c I messed up on mine! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!! T_T I'm just really scared... *sniffle* Sheena (who has the solo for "Entrance of the Queen of Sheba") told me to pretend that everyone else was playing with me... it words for her... but it most definitly does NOT work with me... *shudders* I will succeed and overcome my fear (I hope...)!

So... yesterday, the pond thingy that made the ducks go around and around wasn't working! So... we made the kids spin around 3 times and then made them look up/close their eyes and pick 2 ducks... problem with that is that I got myself freakishly wet... and it was FREEZING outside (or at least for me it was)... I wish I hadn't worn jeans yesterday... but the kids were so CUTE! X3

My dad left today for China... =( It feels different without him... not to mention how stressed I am... today... I was juggling around homework and chores... chores as in: wash dishes (or washing machine broke ages ago.. so yea... HAND WASH), laundry (wash, dry, fold, put away, etc.) and about a billion other things... *collapses from exhaustion*

[WARNING: THIS SECTION CONTAINS MANY, MANY SWEAR WORDS... I could barely read this myself...]

OMFSFM! Hannah Zhao officially SCARES me... *shrinks back in fear* So she sent out this e-mail telling about her new e-mail adress... then this long thing of e-mails start and she gets really annoyed...

Then Shuo gets on and says: "OMG>>>>>
this is sooo retarded...."

How does Hannah reply?: "...AND SHUO WTF EVERYONE KNOWS THIS IS FUCKING RETARTED HOW DO YU THINK I FEEL AFTER GETTING EMAIL AFTER EMAIL OF SPAM EACH DAY GOSH EVERYONE GET A LIFE"

So.... I stand up for Shuo and say: "Please don't talk to Shuo like that." Notice how it was POLITELY and NICELY...

And how does she respond?!: "to anna:
WHY THE HELL WUD YU FUCKING CARE ABOUT ME?!??! ITS NOT LIKE I LIKE HIM OR ANYTHING GOD DAMN HES ALL YURS GOSH SHUT UP ALREADY
GOD WTF YU THINK YUR SOOOOOO OVERPROTECTIVE OVER SHUO IF YU DONT WANT ME TO TALK TO HIM LIKE THAT THEN TELL HIM TO STOP SPAMMING MY EMAIL BY REPLYING TO THIS SHIT
LIKE I SAID, STOP FUCKING REPLYING TO THIS EMAIL YU GUYS R SO SHALLOW IF YU HAVE A LIFE THEN GO AND SHUT UP ALREADY
GOD WHAT KIND OF PERSON ARE YU JUST SHUT YUR FUCKING MOUTH UP ALREADY
THIS IS PURE SPAM GIVE SOME CINDIERATION TO PEOPLE HERE AND SHUT YUR MOUTH"

I really didn't expect her to lash back at me/interpret it like that! This e-mail seriously ruined my day... (and I'm not kidding when I say that). It really upsets me that world has this type of people... Yet... I cannot be angry... God tells us to lvoe and forgive and that's what I shall do. Ok... these words stung a whole lot and it really kills me... I almost felt like crying after I read this e-mail because it was just such a pungent remark... T_T *sigh*

I totally forgot what I was gonna say... I'm just too upset...

Oh yea.... now I remmeber! Anna has good news! but I can't say what... sorry!

Dress warmly people! It's getting cold outside now....

God bless everyone! <3 Spread some love in this world!

OMFSFM... I haven't updated here in a week... well... WE MADE IT TO TALENT SHOW!!!!1 EEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKK!!!!! And yesterday, I was PRETTY SURE that we weren't gonna make it...

*sigh* I dunno if I'm gonna make it onto the Academic Bowl team or not... T.T wah! But then again.. *sigh* A+ for effort! *hopeful smile*

God bless everyone!

:::edit::: *sigh* I just recovered from a cold not too long ago... then my lil brother comes home with... something... and guess what? I caught it from him. I'm constantly coughing, I can't talk any louder than a whisper (and I was already quiet enough) without straining my voice and making my throat hurt. Speaking of my throat... it feels like I swallowed a billion tiny pieces of shattered glass that just kinda... well... you know... Sometimes, I don't even know if I'm really breathing or not! T.T... >.< *sigh* I really should get some rest shouldn't I? Sorry, too busy stressing myself out over grades... *sigh*

God bless everyone! <3

Agassi retired *sigh*.... *glares at Becker* The Legend will never be forgotten.... 21 years ago... he walked into the stadium with bleached hair and bright neon clothing... and now he leaves... changed... =( His speech was inspring and moved me a LOT:

"The scoreboard said I lost today. What the scoreboard doesn’t say is how much I’ve found. I found loyalty. You have pulled for me on the court and in life. I’ve found inspiration. You’ve willed me to succeed. I’ve found generosity. You’ve allowed me to stand on your shoulders to reach my dreams. And I will take you in my memory for the rest of my life."

AGASSI!!! WE LOVE YOU!!! I was crying, the audience was crying, Agassi was crying... it was a very sad day... *sniffle*

God bless everyone!

(BTW, this happened Saturday at around 14:30)

You cannot even IMAGINE how embarrassed I was...:

Ms.Keber: *finishes taking roll* Oh and, Happy Birthday Anna!

Me: *thinks to self: that's normal... considering Jenn yelled it down the hall*

Ms.Keber: Your boyfriend e-mailed me last night just to make sure I celebrated it.

Me: *thinks to self: ... great... she's refering to Daniel Wang*

Everyone else: Who's your boyfriend?!...

I ended up saying I didn't have one... *winks at Madhu and Jenn... just to make sure they stayed quiet*

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So... yesterday, I went with a bunch of AM (and non-AM) people to the movie theater to watch World Trade Center. We were kinda celebrating Jessie's b-day. So yeah... we watched World Trade Center and I just cried and cried throughout the ENTIRE movie... so... If ya wanna watch it... bring a LOT of tissues... Shuo gave up his only tissue and let me use it (<3). It was extremely emotional and yes, It is based on a true story (I read about it in Reader's Digest). It was an amazing movie and recommend that you watch it (but bring tissues!). During the movie... something just totally struck me in my head and I just started mouthing prayers silently in the middle of the movie (still crying though)... Once I got home, I plop down in front of the picture and pray for those who lost their lives during 9/11, the surviving victims, their families, those who went in to help, etc. and I didn't stop for quite a while... (was still crying). Same with this morning... I couldn't stope crying... as we walked out of the movie theater, I was still shaking and crying uncontrollably (I eventually stopped... partially because I think Brittany said something about Shuo being upset... I dunno). And this time... they couldn't say that "it was just a movie". This time... it was real...

God bless everyone!

speed update... I 'll tell you what happened TODAY (my birthday!) in a different entry another time... but... there's something MORE IMPORTANT that I must get across to you guys.

EJ's cancer came back, faster than predicted too. This could be bad... very, very bad. Right now, she needs all the support she can get... so... pray pray pray. Never give up hope on her, even if all seems lost. The only thing we can do is pray. God controls the rest. so... please... drop everything, stop whatever you're doing, and pray for EJ... PLEASE!!!! I will literally DROP DOWN TO MY KNEES AND BEG YOU TO DO SO IF I HAVE TO!!! I cannot stress this any further. Every prayer counts and right now, she needs them the most.... I... don't... want her to... well you know. So please, I don't care if you're atheist or any other religion... get down and pray for her!!! PLEASE!!!!!!!!! Do it for Alice Young... for Alice's family who's VERY close to her... DO IT FOR EJ'S SAKE!!!!!! trust me... I cried and cried once I heard the news on Alice's Xanga... I thought everything would be okay. Look... I don't even know EJ AT ALL... yet... for me to have these sort of feelings toward a person that I don't even know... there's something behind this that says any person deserves love, hope and joy... and with those prayers, the dosage increases. Just please... pray for her...Thanks

God bless everyone! especially EJ!!!

So... the people in Health watched a video about anorexia, (according to Madhu and Brittany) and now Madhu and Brittany think I'm anorexic... and It's not just them.... it's also other people too! --; so here's what happened:

After we put away our instruments.... madhu tells me about that *points above* then....

on the way out, I see Brittany, walk over to her and told her what Madhu said. Quote Brittany: "Yea... I was think aobut you the entire time while I was watching the video. but seriously... everyone in there is about as skinny as you... not only that... they mention that dancing (especially ballet)is one of those "sports" in which many of the people participating are anorexic...

So let me confirm this one last time...:

I AM NOT ANOREXIC!!!

God bless everyone!

so yea... fun stuff today... It was nice because all the boys showed up this time... yea... all five of dem... usually it's only three... ^_^ but anyway... we watched Flightplan which is sad in the middle/beginning and sorta in da end but it's also really creepy and sorta suspensful...yea... and then we pigged out (or everyone except some of us... especially me). We were trying to get Paul and Dave to sing happy birthday in Korean. um... Oh yea.. we went swimming and dat's pretty much it... OMFSFM... I think I caught a cold... b/c right after I come home, I'm sneezing and sniffling a LOT... and using a lot of tissues too...

Ok... God bless everyone!

So... Yang, Ying-Ying, and Maria are leavin' for college this Saturday... *sniffle* Yang is going to... EMORY!!!.... Ying-Ying is going to... DUKE!!! and Maria's going to.... HARVARD!!! Eeekkk! They're all so smart...

Mariah's mom walked in with a poster (that's really well decorated) and is trying to get all of Mariah's friends to sign it... Mariah's in China studying 3rd grade instead of here.... yea... *sigh* and no one told me... I never got to say good-bye. But anyway, yea... Mariah's mom's takin' it bak to China with her and givin' it to Mariah on her birthday... *sniffle* "YI SHENG PING AN!!!"

OMFSFM... There's a person of royal blood living in Norcross, GA!!! Amazing isn't it? She's a "Ge Ge" and really stood out at the Miss chinatown thingy according to what Mo said... she thought she entered many pagents before and had experiance... she's actually... a PRINCESS!!!

bleh... the first few days have been ok... I have PE though... -.- but it's volleyball (YAY!) and flag football (ick...). So yea... I've been healing from that.... big rock that fell from the sky and crushed me.... but.... yea.... it was gonna happen anyway... how are you guys doing?

Someone special to me is leaving the States today... it's probably minutes before she's gone.... I can't believe that all those years have passed... I can't believe the time has come... I wish that time didn't fly so quickly... I wish she didn't have to leave... but at least I got the chance to say good-bye to her.... Thursday was an emotional day for me... we exchanged words and hugs... smiles soon turned into frowns... and tears came spilling out... after dance class on Thursday... as we stood in the parking lot waiting for Laura (her younger sister who was talking with our dance teacher) time passed even quicker.... in just a few seconds... I was waving good-bye to her with tears slowly dripping down... and I watched... her car... slowly pull out... and drive away... She'll never be forgotten and God will guide her forever... Vina... just remember:

WO MEN DOU AI NI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

God bless her... on her journey in college for the next few years....

God bless you all!

(This is only the first "someone special" I've lost... There are several more to come... *waterfalls*)

Come back Vina....

So... BORED... I spent the entire morning laughing at quote Sandra good old times unquote... all of our inside jokes in Nanjing ranging from Starbucks to the name "Shane" lol... X3 I'm hopeless... but yea... today's probably the last day I'm gonna see vina... *sigh* she was an excellent dancer and a great role model in class. She taught me so much... and she'll be missed by all... *tear tear* God bless you. I'm losing so many friends to college... *sniffle... cry* wwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh... And now little Mariah is staying in China to study 3rd grade... I just found out... I never even got a chance to say good-bye to her... *sigh* =( I really hope Jimin can come back to visit sometime... *looks hopefully* but yea... I'm BORED right now.... can't wait for school to start... Addi's at tennis now and I'm sitting here doing nothing... oh gosh... Daniel Wang's on.... --;