LAST BLOG

... for class at least. I'm pretty sure I'll still continue to update so I will have sometime I can read back on. 

Hahaha, I find this picture really funny! So yes.. work tomorrow :( 

I'm starting to not like my manager. She's so fake sometimes.. I want a new job! 

Hopefully, I'll be able to take summer classes so I'm not stuck at work all the time. 

I don't think I have any finals on Monday, so I'm free that day to study. Yippie.. 

Arts final on Tuesday. English papers due Tuesday. Finally, Russian finals on Wednesday and I'm forever done... until Summer session I/II or Fall. After all these finals, I will finally have the time to do whatever, like visit Northeast High School which I planned on doing since forever ago. I definitely need to visit my pre-cal teacher before he move to Israel. I'm pretty sure my chemistry teacher had retired already.  I think I'm just going to sit back and watch all the Disney movies I can. I went camping for 3 days and 2 nights last summer. I had no idea it was a Christian camp, but I should have known... I should have known. I mean, it's really beautiful.. the things they do, but I'm not really religious. We camped at Maryland and the place was wonderful. Especially at night time. Oh my god, never have I EVER seen so much stars in my life. As I looked up into the night star, I feel like I'm floating. Wish I lived in an area like that. The scenery are amazing. The only thing I hate was those damn insects. So GROSS. There were spiders that had like 4 inches legs. It give me the chills. The best part was kayaking. It was indeed very tiring, but it was so much fun. I was afraid I'll tip over, since I can't swim. Plus, the water was green. Gross, eh? They're inviting me back, but I don't think I can handle all those insects/ bugs again. Almost 10, heading to bed soon. Farewell, so long and goodnight.

Royal Wedding

I'm feeling more sad now that every class is over. I'm no longer a freshmen after finals :( 

I got back my third Russian exam today and I scored a 86. Not bad, eh? Thought I might have failed.

There's this awesome photobooth at Lares today. It's free from 11 am to 3 pm. My cousin and I took one and I hate it. Probably because the camera was so close to our faces. I could have left campus, but I wanted to stay just a little bit longer. Hopefully, I get to take photobooth with other people today :D 

I wanted to wake up at 5 am to watch The Royal Wedding live, but I woke up at 7 am instead and I saw a little bit of it. I didn't get to see the bride on tv, but I just saw her photos. Her wedding dress is beautiful. It'd be so cool if I could attend the wedding ceremony :( 

Doctor Appointment

Went to the doctors today! It was also my sister, cousin, and dad's appointment today. Then this nurse or whatever she was, screamed down the hallway, "What?! You brought your whole family?"

I replied, "Yeah!"
She then said, "Where's your uncle? Where's your grandma?"
"They're coming," I said.  

Um... okay, what the hell, haha.  SO LAST DAY OF ENGLISH CLASS. Honestly, I was sad that this class ended. Unlike other classes, this class was actually fun and I did look forward to it =[ Now I'm left with a bunch of finals to take. Can't wait till those days are over.

100 :D

My final art project got graded right after class and I got 100! Really wasn't expecting 100, but it's always welcomed. I couldn't watch it when I show the film to the class and everyone laughed at the part where I pushed the swing, haha. Everyone's film was at least 5 minutes and the longest was almost 11 minutes, while mines is exactly 53 seconds. My professor loved it and thought it was beautiful. She actually went out the room to get her colleague, Mr.Thompson, who also happened to be my other art teacher, to watch it. It definitely would've been better if it was longer and more work could be done. I did the best I could, especially since it's last minute. I always wished art class would end already, but now, I feel that I will miss going into that class. I guess I did okay for a first time video editing.

The Art of Nature

I finished editing my video around 12 A.M. yesterday and surprisingly I wasn't as tired as I thought I would be this morning. The video turned out only to be like 53 seconds. There were parts that I didn't film that I should have :( Now there's nothing I can do. Some classmate asked my cousin and I to join them, but I rejected their offer simply because I wanted to work on my own idea. None of our ideas turn out to be what we wanted, haha. Their idea was to built a house with sticks, but it failed. Instead, they called it the "shelter," but I called it the hut. They didn't let me see their video so I will have to wait till later in class. I'm pretty sure we have the shortest video and I bet the professor will think we didn't put enough time and effort into it. What we made seem simple, but it wasn't as easy as it looks. Maybe it's easier for others, but we definitely put time and effort into it. We walked a long way to find the flower we need and there wasn't much of them, so we did the best we could with what we had found. I'm not exactly proud of my work because I imagined it to be much better. I feel kind of embarrassed to show my classmates my work actually. I'm sure everyone's idea were better than mines. I don't want another B or lower. I need an A ='( I might upload the video here later on after class. For now, goodbye.

This is SO not cool

Who is messing with me on my blog?! Haha.

"DorkieASIAnNerd has left a new comment on your post "WHYY":

why you want to know ? turn that frown upside down." 
Why wouldn't I want to know? 

I just came home from filming my art project. Now I have to do the editing which I never did before. Yay.
Nature is beautiful and all, but the bugs are gross. I had fun though. Went to Rita's afterwards..
Hmm.. I'm getting upset that my freshmen year is almost over. It went by so quick. Felt like I did nothing, which I probably haven't. Everyone is moving up to UPARK next semester and hopefully I will be out of Abington as well. 
On the bright side, it'll be cooler tomorrow, I think. K, bye. 

WHYY

There was some sort of community meeting today at Max Myers park and my mom made me go with her. I didn't really want to go, but I'm glad I went. I learned more about what's going on here in the Northeast Philadelphia Community and what we can do to help out the neighborhood. I was hoping we weren't the only Chinese people there, but we were. Well except for Ken, who was suppose to be the Chinese interpreter. Haha, I guess that's okay. It's always cool to be the first, I think. Some reporter from WHYY interviewed me and it was horrible. I was so nervous and I don't even remember what I said. Hopefully it was nothing stupid. I do hope my mom will be able to convince more of her Chinese friends to attend the meeting to find out what they can do to help the neighbor. I also know that most of these Chinese people don't speak English so they couldn't speak out what they're concern about so this would be a great opportunity. I guess I don't mind being their voices.

That was that. So I only have tomorrow to finish my art project. Another last minute work. ='[
I know it's not the worst yet, but it's incredibly warm today. I can't believe it's the last week of classes. I don't want to be a sophomore :( It's almost 10:30 P.M. Got to sleep. Goodnight!

By the way, who is "Get Money!"? Please do reveal yourself. :(

Don't Rain :(

It was very slow at work today since there wasn't much customers in the morning due to the heavy rain. I also had a very rude and idiotic customer that doesn't know how to calculate. He walked out feeling more stupid than he did before. I don't want to be mean, but he.. suck. Haha I don't know. I'm sort of sad that I brought this video editor from BestBuy for $50 and I saw it at Target the other day for $30. That $20 difference could have gotten me a tripod. :( Next time, I should do a little more research before I make another purchase. My little sisters and cousins went to the movies today to watch HOP or RIO. I don't know what they watched, but I wasn't in the mood to go. Yesterday, I went to PennyPack Park to film my project, but that was such a fail. It was cold, but it was nice walking through the park. Instead, my friend Phanna played some scary music and we end up trying to film a horror movie. It creep me out haha. The weather looks pretty bad tomorrow and Monday, I think. Hopefully that will change because I really don't want to do it on Tuesday which will be like last minute work. Last two weeks of classes will be hell. :( Bye.

It's Hell Once Again

What I predicted came out right. My sister came home crying because of my dad. I mean it's pretty obvious, because I went through the same crap with him last time he came home from the hospital. He is absolutely the MOST IMPATIENT man in this damn world. Why is it that we're to blame if the doctor doesn't show up to have him dismiss? We can constantly ask the nurse, but they won't be in charge of when the doctors comes. Is he too stupid to know this? He thinks we want to be in that hospital room trapped with him? No. We want to go home just as bad as he does. He keeps calling us "useless," but he's more useless himself. All he ever do is bring tears to us. You're a DAMN FATHER. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO PUT US DOWN. You never did anything right as a father. You think having us as your daughters is hard? Having you as our father is hell. We're so sick of putting up with your crap.

Dear Clouds,

Please don't rain today. I really need to start working on my final art project today. I have to create art using one kind of item found in nature. I think I have stated that in my previous post. I have a couple ideas in my head and I drew them out. Hopefully, it works out as planned. I've chosen PennyPack Park as my filming scene. I wish I have enough money to buy a camcorder right now. What I really need right now is a tripod, which I will probably get later at Target before I head to the park to start filming. I never actually film something, but I think the difficult part will be editing which I've never tried either. The weekend looks like it will be wet as well, so nothing's going right :( I wish the professor gave us two weeks in advance instead of one. Last week's weather was beautiful and this week is just... eh.

Selfish

Honestly, I don't think if it's my dad being selfish or it's just me. I asked mom for a ride to school at 10 A.M. and then dad called around 9:45 A.M. saying that he's getting dismissed from the hospital. So mom told him that she had to drive me to school first and he gets angry, saying, "Don't come. I'll take the bus. Deal with your crap first." You know you're not going to get dismiss right away even if we get there right away. We still have to wait for the doctors to give instructions and all. It's 11:30 A.M. right now and the doctor still haven't came in yet. So why the heck are you so irritated? I understand that the hospital felt like a jailhouse to you, but isn't it important that I get to school first? I'm upset as heck. I'm upset that you thought of yourself first and that you're coming home. I don't know if you'll still be the same person because if you didn't change even after this, home is going to be hell for me again. I'm so sick of my parents arguing in the middle of the night like it won't affect the kids in school the next year. I can't even stay focus in school because of all the crap I have to deal with at home. Sometimes, this blog is the only way I can express my feelings. I tried to express my feelings to my mother this morning, but she couldn't understand me cause I was so choked up in tears.

Update

I found out why visitors have to wear masks before entering the room my dad's in. Doctors did an x-ray and saw spots/scars on my dad's lungs so they think it might be tuberculosis. Today, doctors inserting a camera down his throat to get a better view and they're also getting the saliva deeper in the lung area for testing. I really hope it's nothing so that he can come home today as a new, changed person. They also performed a heart test on him, but I don't know the result of that yet. I think some neurologist asked me to keep a watch of any signs that his speech is unclear. It's one of the symptoms of a stroke. 

I have one more final project for my art class. I'm sort of excited for it. One problem: I don't know what to do yet. Basically, I have to create art using one kind of item from the nature and I have to film it. I might use rocks or flowers to built something. Hopefully, my creativity kicks in soon since it's due next Wednesday. I'm really hoping to film by Friday. I want to go to BestBuy today to get a recorder, camcorder, and a tripod, but I don't have that much money at the moment unless I buy a really cheap camcorder. The reason I want a camcorder is because I want to able to film from another angle, while my camera can record in another angle. A cheap camcorder wouldn't have that high definition though :(

I'm at the hospital...

and I'm wearing a mask! I actually don't know why, but it's precaution for airborne issues. Probably something with his lungs, or is that obvious? I don't know.
It's so hard for me to breathe in this surgical mask :( Oh sorry, I didn't say that my dad's in the hospital since Sunday because of weakness in his right leg. Good thing we went to the hospital, because the MRI scan came out positive, meaning he had a minor stroke on his left side of his brain. I'm telling you smokers out there, quit while you can. The weakness in his leg was basically a warning sign. I mean he's really lucky to have a warning sign before the actual stroke. He's currently on nicotine. Hopefully, he can fully quit smoking. I'm really worried. What if he doesn't quit?! I mean what idiots out there would want to continue smoking if they know that one more cigarette can cause them to be paralyzed forever. I hope my dad's not that kind of idiot. He had so many tests and scans. Tomorrow, he's going for more scans. After this is over, he better realize that only his family treats him well. None of his damn friends even came to visit. They're only "friends" when there's gambling and food. I will update more later.

Exams, Exams, Exams!

Finally over with the Russian exam. I definitely didn't do so well though. I might even be happy with a 65, but I probably got lower ._. Right now, I'm almost stress-free... I think.

Tomorrow, I will have another exam for Art, but I'm not worried about it. I was suppose to go to the New York trip with my art class tomorrow, but I forgot to sign up and now it's too late :( Darn it. I don't think I want to make up for my art test anyways.

On Sunday, I might be looking for a car for me with my mother. I sort of want a mini cooper, but some people think it's ugly. Oh well, I don't care what they think. It's my ride! The only reason I want a mini cooper is because of the size and I heard it saves you gas... I don't know. I'm not too sure on the prices yet, but I hope it's something affordable. 

Class Cancelled!

Great, Russian class is canceled..

By the way, it is spelled "cancelled" or "canceled"? I've seen my teachers used cancelled before. I googled it and people said In the U.S, people use "canceled" while people in the UK spelled it with two L's. 

So I'm at the Lares computer lab and this guy walks in with his music turned on so loud. Some guy decides to come over and nicely asked if he would please lower the volume. This stupid boy replied with, "What?! Oh. I'll think about it." It's almost been 10 minutes and he still haven't lowered it. People are so stupid. 

Evil

So...... it's my grandma's (dad's side) birthday today.

I'm pretty sure that my dad's whole side of the family went out to dinner today, but my mom, sisters, and I didn't get invited. I don't know if I should be angry or upset because a part of me really don't care, nor do I know what to say about it. It's just messed up, I guess. I can't say that I don't love her, but I never really looked at her as my grandma either. To me, she's sort of evil. She promised my mom she would take care of Lina when she's born. Instead she made up all these darn excuses that she can't take care of her, but she goes off and take care of all her great-grandchildren. I guess it's because we're not males, so she doesn't care. Well, sorry to disappoint you.

Trapped

Two days ago, I found out that my cousin is 3 months pregnant. I really hope it's a girl this time, since she already have a 6 years old son. Ahh, excited! 
So, Monday night when I almost fell asleep, I got a text when it was close to 11 P.M. I thought, "Oh..what the heck.. I should just check it." I found out that my friends were trapped in the elevator. The first five minutes, they pressed the emergency button and on the other line, some lady said she will get help. For the next half hour, they sat down and played with their DS. It was getting unbelievably hot for them, so they had to take some layers of clothing off and air was getting thin, making it hard for them to breathe. Especially, since there were 15 people cramped into that one space! People were falling asleep and they had to keep each other awake since there's lack of oxygen. They decided to press the emergency button again and the lady replied with, "What?! Ya'll still in there?" Wow, seriously? After nearly 2 hours later, firefighters and polices finally arrived. They had to open the top of the elevator and insert a ladder for them to climb up. Sounds pretty epic. I'm glad they all made it out fine without any medical attention needs.

Weekend

Feels great to have an extra hour and a half to sleep this morning. Last Friday, I went over a friend's house to bake a cake for the birthday boy. It got too late that I didn't get the chance to decorate the cake, so Tha and Sophanna had to do it while I'm at work Saturday morning. They end up making PacMan with the cake. After work, I went over to Jim's house so that we can surprise him with the cake. It was pretty successful, haha.On Sunday, I spent my entire morning putting wood pieces together to build that buffet cabinet my mother had brought. Later, I had to take my sister Lina, out to get her Easter treats for her party at school. She chose the colorful plastic eggs and we got a bunch of candies and put them inside those treat bags that is shaped like a carrot. Hopefully, those 5 years old like them! After that, Lina, Wendy and I went over to Tha's for his sister's birthday BBQ. I wasn't expecting it, but I got caked all over. Thanks to Jim, Sophanna, and Tha! Overall, I had a great weekend.

It's finally my turn to pick classes today. I'm in the process of transferring out, but I haven't finished my essay for my application. I just hope my credits are transferable.

April Fool Snow

I don't get it! Why is it snowing? 

Today is my last day to finish on my tile art piece and I don't want to do it. I have to go to an art school later and come back to campus probably around 6 P.M. Boohoo. 

Happy 19th Birthday to my dear friend, JIM LINH.  My friend and I planned on baking him a cake today, but I don't think I can since I have to work on my art piece. AH! I don't know what to do. 

Then tomorrow... will just be another boring day at work. YIPPEE.  OH! PAYDAY TODAY. Nice.

I can't wait till April 10th. It will be Sukara Sunday which mean it's time for the Subaru Cherry Blossom Festival again. I never went before, so this year my mother will take me there, although she doesn't really want to go due to her allergies. Please don't change your mind on me mom!