Gah...I haven't posted much since June! Summer sure went by pretty fast and whoosh---we are back in school again! The new school year is not easy. Math is a bit hard and takes time to comprehend. Textiles is also a bit difficult to master but I think I will do better later on. International studies...I don't know, it's more like a discussion class. I really enjoy my science class because our teacher is AWESOME~~~~

Right now I am very tired. I just finished decorating my pocket for textiles and tomorrow I have to wake up early to catch up on my work. But it's alright~ I will manage~Short first blog of the grade 10 school year. I will try to post every week or twice a month. I know....school is getting busier and busier and I apologize for being away for so long, my dear blog!

Coyote

This morning I saw a coyote on Langara golf course! I was practicing and picking up my golf balls when my mom called out to me. Of course I was a bit far away from her so I didn't really know what she wanted to tell me. As I walked closer I could hear she say: "There's a coyote behind you." I was like :OOOOOOO Then I turned my head around and not far from me there was a coyote! It was big and fluffy and fast. I was very curious and excited to see the coyote (Never seen one so close before!) but a bit scared as well, so I picked up some golf balls and clutched onto my club in defense position. The coyote probably saw that so he changed his direction. He wandered into a nearby bush for a bit, then wandered back. A golf cart drove closer and it was the maintenance person. The coyote heard the noise the cart made and he disappeared into the bush! It was a great sighting. The coyote really looked like a fluffy husky.

Wow...

It's the end of grade 9 already. Fast, isn't it?

I am not going to say goodbye to Blogger yet. This old pal has been with me for two years now, and I am not gonna let it go. I will still blog, but maybe less frequent (not much as I use to). I still feel a bit emotional right now. Synergy is over! Only two short years, and how I treasured these two fantastic years! I will never forget anyone in our Synergy cult.

I can't believe school is out already! After report card summer break will officially begin! I have a lot of plans for the summer. Just this afternoon, I am going to an art exhibition with my mom. During the summer I will work on math, writing, piano and volunteering work. I am so excited! For the past few years I've matured a lot and gained a lot of experience. I can really feel that I am growing up now. This feeling is slightly creepy but fun as well. This is going to be a wonderful summer.

Synergy Party

Woot! What a nice Synergy party we had this afternoon! Yummy pizzas, delicious cookies, okay-ish salads and good pops! Me very full. ME GUSTA. Then we watched Socials Network! What a cool movie. Nerds are cool. Harvard is awesome!

It's so sad we will be grade 10 next year and the our Synergy group will dissolve into the Pre-IB crowds. It's been two fantastic years, my awesome Synergy classmates!

K, time to talk about some of my dreams.

I am listening to Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies now. I love all of them! My dream is to play them on the piano! I think my skill has to be really, really, awesomely good in order to master the rhasodies. I am going to resume playing piano after Friday. I need to prepare for ARCT!

Soccer!

Gah just finished soccer and now my face is all red (tomato). Today we had such a good game! It was really fun and intense. I wish the weather was a little bit more cloudy, because the sun was kinda drying everyone up. I like defense. Colliding with people is so scary (especially if they are taller than you)! But it was so fun. The two soccer balls made it even harder...I ran around a lot this afternoon. So tired right now! Gah I am writing my blog in fragments. Anyways, tooooo tired to write properly. Came back and ate a bag of lychees and a mango and a mini-pizza. Still not full. Gotta eat more. I think one more mango will do.

The Worm

I forgot to talk about this, but yesterday while I was walking home from tutoring, I saw a crow. The crow was actually not far away from me (3 feet?) It was weird, because usually if you get really close to a crow it would fly off quickly. But that one didn't. It hopped a little and picked something off the ground. I got closer to the crow and it was on the grass and it dropped the thing and moved away. I saw it. It was a fat, juicy worm! The worm was moving so fast, trying to dig its way back underground. I could almost hear it say :" OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG I ALMOST DIED OMGOMG OMGOMGOMG HALLELUJAH OMGOMGOMOGMOMOGMOGMOGM". So there. I saved a worm.

Blueberries

MY FAVORITE FRUIT <3

I bought a box of blueberries this afternoon and ate them in the car. I WAS SO HUNGRY. THE BLUEBERRIES TASTED SOOOO GOOD.

I love blueberries.

Anyways, I was also reading a book called Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. I am also reading another book called the Clockwork Orange. That is one hard book.

Hmm

Hehe, I finally finished my French oral test today! I think I did good. Anyways, we are going to have our socials, math, and science finals next week. The science finals is on Monday so I have to use my time during the weekends wisely. Right now I have some theory homework to finish and some math stuff to do. I can't wait for school to be over! There are so many things I want to do! I want to drawwwwwww. GAH. But right now, looks like studying is on top of my list. Priority. Go program. Yes.

FITNESS TESTSSSSS

Ha, notice how I said "Fitness TestS?" That's right, I had TWO fitness tests today! The first one was at school. We did it during PE and I was proud of my scores. Other than my shuttle run and my height (which shrank two cm, apparently) I improved in every category!!! So proud of myself. I did 46 sit-ups!!! :p I am slowly getting stronger! THEN. I HAD THE TOUGHEST FITNESS TEST IN GOLF. Here's a list of what we did:

-how many push-ups you can do in a minute
-how many sit-ups you can do in a minute
-how far can you do a crocodile crawl in a minute (crocodile crawl is basically like you are lowered into pushup position, arms bent and you move with your toes. Extremely tiring and hard.)
-how many frog jumps you can do in a minute (frog jump is when you have two golf clubs spaced far apart and you have to jump over them. If you step on club it doesn't count)
-how many arm-to-knee alternating planks you can do in a minute
-how far can you toss a medicine ball in golfing position in a minute
-how far can you hit a super heavy bean bag thing with your golf club in a minute
-how many (I forgot the name, but it's like you are holding a heavy medicine ball with your arms stretched out and you are in lunging position and you turn your body sideways. Hard stuff) in a minute
-how many bunker jumps you can do in a minute (HARD. It's basically jumping vertically from sand to the edge of bunker. You can't be too much on the edge or it doesn't count)

That's how much stuff we had to do (I might've forgotten one or two more activities). Hard stuff! I was soooo exhausted at the end. I couldn't do my push-ups properly and I ended up doing only 12. My arms were just flimsy. Same with the alternating plank. These things were the hardest to do because we did them at the end. Everyone was pretty tired by then. My best activity was the golf club hitting bean bag one. I hit the furthest! Yay. I was soooo tired. When we came home, we quickly stopped by Starbucks to grab a cup of white chocolate mocha. They were almost gonna close when we rushed in. YESSSSSSSS. Tonight I want to finish all my work quickly and get a good night's sleep. I have a feeling Imma fall out of bed tomorrow and my muscles will be all sore.

Ouch

I accidentally hit my ankle with my golf club!!! Ow it hurts so badly now. The cold weather just made it worse. Anyways, we are going to have the English finals tomorrow and French oral test on Friday. Uggggghhhh. I am looking forward to next next week, when we can stay at home and have some rest. These days I am really really tired. For example, this afternoon when I got home I was soo tired I fell asleep. I usually sleep past 12:00am these days and I don't really think that's good for me. Tonight I am going to finish my bio booklet and study the terms for English. I will try to sleep before 12:00am. Wish me luck!

Happy!

I am sooo happy today! I finished most of my assignments. I handed in my story map and I think I did a pretty good job. Pat pat. The reason I am writing this blog right now is because I am going to my writing class at 7:00pm and that takes up 2 Hrs of my night. I still have to finish up some extracurricular assignments, e.g. my theory homework. We have our English finals on Thursday and I want to do good for that test. The French oral is on Friday. Still a lot of work to do!!! This afternoon when I get home I need to write three compositions for my writing class-----a quote reflection, a summary of a travel article and a story about REASONS I WILL NOT GET OUT OF BED. ''-.-

Reasons I Will Not Get Out of Bed:
Mehhhhhhh.
Soooooooo tired....
Get away from meee
RAWR.

The bed has taken me as a hostage!!!
Evil pillows muffle my desperate scream for help.
The morning sunlight slowly seeps in
To watch me suffer.

My date with homework did not go so well yesterday...
It was a long dinner.
The bill was pricey.
I am literally bankrupt.

I owe the Bank of Sleep a huge sum of money
And now they have sent their best assassin
Laziness
To murder meeeeeeeee

Grrrrrrr
Hurrrr
Derrrrrrp
Merrrrrrp

Memes

Btw, I also found a cool video about the moon under the science category of Memebase. Not sure if its legit though. But worth checking out!

What do you think about the video?

Okay, now to talk about my day. It's a pretty good day overall. We had the French presentation and I think we did fine. The math quiz was good, and I am happy I am on the list for 11E next year! Socials was excellent, because we got our Industrial Revolution test back! All these hours of translating the textbook into Chinese finally paid off. I got a good mark!Lawlz K gotta go now, have to study for the upcoming science test tomorrow!

working day

I've been working a lot today! I finished my story map and now I am writing the answers to the 2nd part of the assignment. I am so proud of myself! I also finished the socials map and my math homework. After I finish the entire English assignment I am gonna practice my French presentation. I also want to finish up some writing assignments from my writing class, so I don't have to worry about them tomorrow night. On Tuesday we will have a science test and I want to study really hard for it. There are so many things to do right now! I don't want to stay up very late tonight so I am gonna get back to work now. I will write more when I have more time!

Alien Planet "Full Documentary"

Busy

We will be very busy for the next two weeks, with all the assignments due and finals and all that. I am cancelling my tutoring for two weeks so I can have time to study and prepare for all these things. Gah. Looks like no TV for two weeks until we finish all the exams! Grade 9 is going by so fast! After summer we will be grade 10s and we will be so old!!! I remember when I was in grade four and I looked upon the grade 6s and I was like"WOAH THEY ARE SOOOO OLD" and now I am like "OMG I AM OLD". Noes. I don't know why, but all teachers seem to pile a bunch of assignments all together and try to turn us into cats. Nuuuuuuu. Speaking of which, I am kinda glad we finished Langara last time, because if we do it today, I would be sooo tired I don't even think I can run. Last night I stayed til 2:30am to finish up my science homework, since I came home at around 9:00pm from golf. Tonight I am only gonna have 1 Hr of piano and 2 Hrs of math, and the rest of the time I shall finish my theory homework and do some English stuff. I am gonna be pretty busy, and this is why I am writing this blog right now, so I can have more time to study tonight.

Langara!

Today we did Langara! It was kinda unexpected but expected at the same time. Anyways, I was determined to get a better mark this time, because the last time I did it, I was having a fever and ran almost 17 minutes! Today I decided to follow Fang-yu, who is really fast and has good endurance. I was right. She kept me running and I told myself, "I MUST NOT STOP!" Then my legs just got all loose and I started to go past Fang-yu. I saw Andy and I wanted to catch up to him, and I did, and I went past him. I couldn't really stop my legs. Then Matthew caught up to me and we ran at the same speed. There was a point where he went past me but I caught up, but then close to the end my throat got blocked and I couldn't breathe so he went past me, and Andy did as well. They were fast! I still managed to finish the run with a time of 14:25. That's my best record since grade 8! I think I did really well with the run at my standard. We went back to the gym and on the way back, I checked the mark and 14:01-14:30 was 8.5, so I got an 8.5. Not bad for Mimi! I am really proud of myself!

Triumf

What a cool fieldtrip we had at Triumf! We got to see the ISAC I& II and the place was huge. There were so many machines and wires and high-tech stuff! I wish I had my camera with me! It looked like the stuff in sci-fi movies. I remembered the huge computers Dragon and Tigress. It's a wonder how they built these machines. I wish we could see the big disk-like thingy buried underground, but I guess it would be too radioactive for people without proper protection to be in contact with. Still, if was pretty cool! The tour was short and sweet, and without the tour guide we would never come out of the place! It's so big and filled with machines and stuff. Overall it was a good fieldtrip.

I got an aphid on a stick on the way back and named it Eugene. Me and Carina played with it for a while and I tried scaring Tony with it. At the end I accidentally dropped Eugene so he went somewhere on the floor in the bus on on the seats. He was too tiny and it was impossible to spot him. So I lost him. I was sad... But that was okay, because we got off at Oakridge and I had white chocolate mocha and saw LEGO and jumbo blueberries. These things really made my day, and Mido had a happy day!

Concert

GAHHHHAHAHHAH FINALLLY FINISHED LE CONCERT!!!!!! It was so fun! This afternoon before the big concert I had to go to the salon to get my hair done. It was soo cool because I got my hair curled (temporarily) and made into a pretty hair-do! OMG..0.oThen I had to do makeups so I don't look too horrid. It was like them drawing on my face. My teacher was like "apply fake eyelashes" and I had that as well, and it was my first time putting on fake eyelashes. They felt soooo weird at first, but eventually I got used to them. After putting my gown on and all that, we headed to the Roy Barnett Hall at UBC.

The concert started at 7:00 pm, but we had to get there around 5:00pm for our dress rehearsal. The symphony orchestra would work with us to first play a small excerpt from our concertos so we could test the piano and see if everything's alright. We all went backstage when the audience started filling in the seats. I was the seventh and the last before the intermission. I was a little bit nervous, but that was alright once I got to the piano. I got really really excited and hyper when I was playing, but I think I did great! It was a very wonderful opportunity to be able to work with the symphony orchestra and I was absolutely thrilled....and a bit tired as well after the performance. It is now very late, so I shall get to sleep nao. Talk to ya tomorrow!

Meme Day

Contacts

I wore my contacts to school today because I want to get use to them before my concert. It took me about 15 minutes to put them on. So many tries! The lens kept sticking onto my finger and wouldn't go into my eye! Ughhhhhh. But after a while I finally put the two of them on. YAY! It felt a bit weird at first, and my eyes were a bit irritated. I am still getting use to it right now. It's like having perfect vision! MAGIC. However I shall take them off before I sleep.

Sore

My whole body is aching so badly today. Yes, that's right, I am all sore right now. Yesterday I was feeling a bit tired already from the 1.5Hr of canoeing and 2Hr of golf and fitness (we did 30 burpees, a bunch of basket lunges, crocodile crawling, 20 alternating planks and 20 elbow-knee planks and a bunch of other intense activities). Today we ran 3 laps and my muscles were just not cooperating with me. Then we did soccer and again, I had 2 Hr of golf. I was stretching my muscle and we were doing some shots today. I feel like this is too much. This workout is getting outta hand. I am feeling very sleepy right now.

I am trying to save energy and not be too tired because I have a concert on Sunday and I don't want to wear myself out. Right now my arms and my back hurt pretty bad and I feel like I should get some sleep. Ugh. I don't like getting tired because I can't really do anything with my time. Now I must go to sleep because I am very desperate for rest. If I don't rest now I will probably wear myself out and collapse (I've done that before). So cya!

Woot

Yay! Today we went kayaking/canoeing at Deer Lake. What a wonderful Last Synergy 9 Get-Together we had! I misse it already. We had so much fun! The lake was big and Celinna, Vivian C and I were doing the three-people canoe. We got in. I was getting worried, because I didn't want to get soaked. I didn't, at the end. We started paddling, but our direction was all wrong and we were just like 0.o A lot of people were already so far ahead, almost at the other side of the lake! We were having trouble manouvering our canoe. But finally, we figured it out! We had Viv at the back, steering the canoe, while Celinna paddled on one side and me on the other side. We would take turn, so I would paddle after Celinna and we alternate our paddling so our canoe can go straight forward instead of turning in a circle. It was soo amazing! I've never canoed before, and that was totally cool! Later we got into the lily pad patch and I got a close up look at the lily pads. So cute. Afterwards we slowly paddled back and I got our canoe under a tree and Viv and Celinna were screaming in my ears to tell me turn the boat away so we wouldn't get stranded and get stuck. Luckily we didn't hit anywhere or got stuck anywhere. It was a nice afternoon and I just wanted to lie down in the canoe and stare at the sky. That would be so serene. Of course time passed by quickly and it was time to go. I miss this fieldtrip already! Synergy 9 is such a big family! :) I will miss everyone here, after we separate in grade 10!

OMG Gonna be another busy week

I can feel it. It's gonna be another busy week! I just finished my rehearsal and I am very tired right now. My eyes were not cooperating with moi while I was wearing my contact lenses, and the focus kept shifting while I was playing the piano, which was quite annoying and I couldn't really concentrate that well because my eyes were playing tricks on me. It was quite weird, because one second my eyes were doing pretty good and my vision was clear; the next second I see clouds on the keys. Ugh. Maybe it's just because I am not really used to my lenses. I just need to wear them more and make sure they don't bother me when it's the real performance.

We are going canoeing/kayaking tomorrow! I was just scanning through the boat rental website and it said something like "experience highly recommended for canoeing" LOL RIGHT I am gonna do so good with the canoe. But it's gonna be fun, because Celinna, Vivian C and I will work together to not flip the canoe over!!!

The bad thing is, after the party, we have a major chemistry test on Thursday. I am not looking forward to that. I am not gonna have a lot of time to study because tomorrow night I have golf. I just have too many things going on in my life, and I just miss the times of my childhood, when I actually had good amount of free time to myself, when I could just draw or tinker with stuff. Maybe this is part of growing up. :'(

Meme Day

It's rainy outside. What a day! Let me post some memes to cheer everyone up :p

Divergent

I just finished reaidng Divergent by Veronica Roth. It's sooooo gooooood! Dystopian thriller <3 OMG I love this book so much! The second book is called Insurgent (I am not sure if it's out yet) can't wait to read! It's good that I have some time to read some books nowadays, considering I've been so busy for the last couple of weeks I actually didn't have any time to read. Right now I am reading Matched (by another author), but I don't think it's better than Divergent. OMG. Divergent is just my type of bookies. I also recommend Battle Royale. Battle Royale > Hunger Games. Mr. Olson you should check these books out!

Today

It's Pro-D day today so we didn't have to go to school. I got to sleep in til 8:00 (calling that a sleep-in, eh?) and then I got up and ate breakfast. Then after that I did math 'til about noon and then we ate lunch. In the afternoon I went out with my mom to put up some concert posters. We went to the downtown Central library. While I was putting up posters, I noticed the science section of the library and there were so many coool books about scientific stuff with a lot of awesome images!!!!!!!! I borrowed one about fossils and another one about fruits. I was reading the entire way on the skytrain. Lolz. Lolz. The pictures of jackfruits and all them tropical fruits made me hungry. I LOVE JACKFRUITS. ONE OF MY FAVORITE FRUITS OF ALL TIME~~~~ Have you ever tried a jackfruit before? If not, you MUST GO AND EAT ONE BECAUSE IT WILL MAKE YOU CRY IN JOY.

Sorry for the missed blog yesterday

I had a rehearsal with the orchestra yesterday. Our performance is next Sunday! I am so pumped. There's gonna be a lot of preparation going. I stayed from 7-10 pm last night at the rehearsal place because I wanted to see how other people were doing as well. I think I did good. It was a lot of fun, but a bit exhausting as well. I am having another rehearsal on Sunday and next Tuesday. What a busy schedule! Now now, let me move onto my blog about today...

Speed Golf

Before I go into golfing today, I would like to talk about my school day! It was pretty fun and we had a sunny day. I finished uploading my pictures for the ADAY.org time capsule. I am very proud of my photos! We also had a science quiz. I was really happy because I got perfect on it (small victory). Even though it's just a pop quiz it will still help me with my mark. We had soccer the last period and it was pretty fun, if my throat would just stop bothering me with all that coughing.

Now now, back to golf. Today we did speed golf!!! Our coach was training us to be fast and decisive when playing golf, because if you drag on for too long in a real game and you take too long to hit your shots, you get 2 shots penalties. I was like O.O My teammates were really good because they are more experienced. One of my teammate, William was really awesome because he hit pars (for all holes i think) and got the lowest time. That makes him the lowest score and lowest time, which was excellent (the lower the better). I was actually doing a bit better in the 2nd hole!!! But it was so tiring because I was running so fast back and forth and carrying my clubs. I think I did the worst in my last hole because I was exhausted and I was just dropping my clubs and tripping because my feet and hands were going out of control. It was pretty exciting but I was just really drained of all my energy. I feel like crashing right now and my knees are burning up because they got so overworked. We had to run all the way back to the teaching area and it was a long run, and I was like nuuuuuu. I almost had to do 20 pushups and 20 situps for not catcing up to my coach, but I didn't have to at the end because I told him I worked hard during my PE class and my piano hour. Overall I got some serious workout done today. Now all I need is a good night's rest.

Yay!

I finished the socials test today! I feel so proud. I studied like crazy yesterday and today when we were writing the essay part I was pouring the textbook out. Okay. Maybe a bit too dramatic, but I was very happy that I remembered a lot of stuff and wrote it down! I also did the math investigation thing with Viv after school, since we missed it on Friday due to our theory exams. It was pretty fun but I ended up rushing a bit at the end. Overall it was a good day. Tonight I think I might have some time to relax!

Ugh Tomorrow

Tomorrow is gonna be very busy for me...Ugh. I have some French stuff due and need to catch up on math (because I was away for theory) OHHH And I need to write my absence note. Just remembered that. Applied Skills wouldn't be too hard but socials is gonna kill. We've got a major test and right now I am studying like crazy. I really really want to go to sleep...but I don't want to get a bad mark on this exam so I have to stay up late and study. Sigh. When am I ever gonna get some rest and take one good day off?

Sunny Day

I think it will be summer soon! The sun is blazing so bright today it hurts my eyes. Lolz. I like sunny days because it just makes my mood all bright and happy. Because it's happy day....let me post some good memes and pics!!!!

Woot!

I finally finished my intermediate harmony exam today! I am sooo relieved. After the exam my mom got me mcdonalds and we went to Granville Island for this art show at Emily Carr University! Some of the exhibits were really cool, and I was especially drawn to this long doodle art work that's a bit creepy but FILLED WITH EPIC IMAGINATION! Just what Mimi likes!!! Weird drawings and doodles. While the art show was definitely a good treat, we also toured the Island. I think the last time we visited that place was a couple of months ago. I haven't had time to go out as much these days, due to my busy schedule. But today it was such an awesome treat! I was taking pictures. Yep! I brought me camera with moi!!! I took a lot of cool pictures and I will be posting them on the website when I finish organizing them. The best part was, WE SAW A SEAL!!!!!!!! A REAL SEAL!!!! A REAL REAL WILD SEAL!!!!!! It was just sunning its tummy at one of the docks. I was actually taking a picture of the goose that was floating on the water when I saw a floating "log" and I thought the "log" was pretty cool and decided to include that in the picture. But when I shifted my camera to focus on the "log", it turned out to be a SEAL!!! I thought it was a beaver, but it was a SEAL! It has whiskers, spotted body and slick tail (kinda like a mermaid's tail, so I knew it wasn't a beaver). It was soooo cool, because I've never seen a wild seal before! I think it would be rare for wild seals to be spotted at such crowded place! I took a picture of him (I think) before he looked at me with his lazy eyes and did a flip and dived into the ocean. AWWWWWWW. But that was definitely my highlight of the day. Spotting a wild seal was so fun!

Sunny Day

I fininshed mon history exam today! YESSSSSS Now I have to take harmony 2 tomorrow. Nuuuu. Well, at least this one is done! Today is extra sunny which is good. After the exam I got two slices of pizza and a white chocolate mocha from Starbucks. I am sorry for not writing a long blog today, because I have to study some harmony as well! I hope tomorrow's blog will be longer, since I would have more time to write! That's it for today! Sorry for my short blogs, but I've been really really busy lately. I guess this is part of growing up!

Another Missed Blog

I am very sorry, but I've been missing a lot of blogs lately! Yesterday I couldn't write my blog because I was still sick and came home late. Anyways, let me talk about yesterday. It was very bad, because it was when my sickness was just like BOOM. My throat was very very sore and I even had some difficulty breathing. I almost coughed my lung out. I hate being sick because I feel really uncomfortable and can't even eat anything other than vegetable porridge. I went to bed as soon as possible yesterday night because I wanted a good night's sleep to get enough rest. That seemed to work because today I am feeling a lot better! I think by tomorrow I will make a full recovery. My throat and nose are still a bit under the sickness but that's okay, because if I drink a lot of water that will help with the recovery :p

Sick....

Okay I am seriously sick. I don't feel like doing anything right now. I don't want to sleep, but I don't want to stay awake either. What do I do?!!!!!! My nose and my throat are suffering so badly right now. I feel so bad. A lot of people are getting sick these days. I hate getting sick because my body goes all weak and I feel so weak and useless! Now I can't even touch my favorite foods and snacks because these will just iritate my throat more and make it burn like asdasudhasudhsuhd.

Sick.

Guess what. I am sick. Again. Last time I was sick was when we were doing our Langara test for term 2. I started feeling a bit weird yesterday, and today when I woke up it was like dizziness~~~~ I got to school and I felt really feverish and I was both cold and hot at the same time. My nose was stuffy and my throat was really irritated. I was basically like a zombie for the rest of the day. Ughhhhh. I am a bit scared because this could turn into another bad fever for the night. But oh please! Don't. I have work to do and this is one of the busiest weeks in the month!!! I have two theory exams this week...so please don't let me get sick!!! Now I must drink a lot of water. I don't want to eat any sweet stuff right now because they might irritate my throat more and make everything worse.

Gah Sorry

Really sorry! I couldn't blog for the past two days because I was just immersed in my theory studies! I had to cancel tutor for this week so I can study for my two exams. Normally people would start studying like a month before the exam, but for me, I could not! Weekends were always packed for me. Right now I am making cheat sheets so I can study and test myself. Sigh~~~~~ Next Friday and Saturday, here I come! Gotta get back to studying so sorry for the short blog! I promise it will be longer once the exams are over :P

Golf Course

Today we were on the course! I think we played at least four holes (in about one hour and a half-ish, minus the walking and stuff). It was soo fun and it was my first time to really play on a golf course! For the past few months I've been doing a lot of driving range practices and occasionally some putts and that short-game test, but that was it. Today it was a real experience! Woot! I teed off (couldn't remember which hole we played first) with my hybrid. It was my first time using my newww hybrid! Because I haven't done a lot of full swings before, my shot sorta went off the faraway, but it wasn't too off so that was okay. Then I used a 7 iron and got it closer to the green! It was sooo exciting because I was very new with my clubs and it was also my first time playing formal golf on the course. The second hole I did a good tee off, but then when I was trying to get it onto the green I hit the golf ball under this tree! That was sooo weird, and kinda funny as well. So I was trying to get the ball under the tree onto the faraway. I could barely fit under the small gap under the tree and I couldn't swing that properly because I was literally stuck in a cage of branches. But I managed to pitch it onto the faraway! Woot!

Later on we hit more holes and it was quite fun, but I realize I need to work more on putting and my drivers/hybrids! Also I need to practice more on setups and directions and stuff like that. Overall, I had a very good day and golf was very fun!

Apologies

Gah. This is bad. I am writing this blog past 12 am!!! Noooo it's Wednesday already! But last night (which was like what, an hour ago?) I was busily working on my AP presentation and French stuff. Got back from golf at around 10:00pm. Ohhhh and I bought a new set of golf clubs from U.S Kids Tour Series!!! My own golf set <3333333 When I get better I am probably gonna buy another set (woman set, but different brand?) Anyways, fun stuff today, we did a lot of bunker (sand pit) shots and it was so fun and I found this worm and one of my friend just put it on one of the golf balls and whipped it away. Then something fell into her shirt and she was so scared because she thought it was the worm that had fallen from the hit Lolz. Then we did putting and it was fun to use my new putter. My new club set is really nice and I hope I can practice a lot with it this weekend! But I guess not...since I have the upcoming theory exams. But that's alright. I have lesson tomorrow and next Wed and Thurs. Then next Sunday I can probably go out and play since there would be no more theory exams until the summer. May is a super busy month!

Work Day!

My writing class got canceled today because my teacher was sick. Now I have some time to work on my assignments. Right now I am doing my science skit, which is due tomorrow. I also have to finish my AP presentation before Thursday. I have so much work these days! Why~~~~And I have to study theory. There's only one week and a half left so I really need to get the most out of my time. I really do hope I get a good mark for theory! My busy schedule is shaping me into a more mature person! I have to literally plan out my day so I can fit everything in!

Kitteh Day!

Occupied!

Gah I have sooo much work to do this week...no rest during le weekend! Theory test next next Friday and Saturday, piano rehearsal (four times, first time being next next Thursday), golf, tutor, math and a bunch of other things I don't wanna think about right now. Well, I guess in Pre-IB I will just get busier and busier...because that's just the way like is! Still, I would like to relax more during the summer...

So Cute and Clever

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Sorry...

I cannot believe it! I missed another blog yesterday! I was soooo tired after my golf practice...it was supposed to end at 9 but we ended at around 9:30pm. Lolz. Anyways, we did a lot of block practices and did a jog in the forest. It was really nice, but soon after dark it got really really cold. Gah. Today I am still very tired and I was so tired my hands were like meeeeehhhhh during piano class. I need to eat more and sleep more! But oh...there's moar theory homework tonight! How am I ever gonna finish! And right now I have to run because I have tutoring at 6:00pm! Nuuuuuu~~~~Busy Mimi has to go! Cya!

Rainy Day

We had to leave at 11:00am for our photography fieldtrip at Kits Beach. It was raining sooo hard! Honestly I was expecting good sunny weather, but oh well. I got Lillian to be my partner! WEEEEEEEE~~~~ We took pictures, with her posing and me taking pics. It was really fun, but we had to carry umbrellas because the rain was attacking us and we were just dripping wet. Poor Lillian! She had to take her shoes off for some of the pics! But it was great team work, and it was just really fun. Overall, if it wasn't for the poor weather, we could've had more fun. I wouldn't have to carry my umbrella while taking all the pictures. The water was a bit cold too. When we were taking pictures in this pile of beach rocks near the corner of the beach, thousands of beach flies just swarm up like crazy! We were like O.O Then -.- Lolz. Anyways, good day. After that we bused back to Canada Line and I went to Broadway to get Starbucks white chocolate mocha and a slice of hot beef ranch pizza. Mmmmmmm. Yummmmmy.

Garlic Bread

I had some garlic bread for evening snack. I couldn't use the oven because my mom hasn't cleaned it yet, so instead I used the microwave. The garlic bread tasted pretty good. What I liked about it is that it wasn't too strong (some garlic spreadings tend to give off strong smell and taste, but this one is okay). Then I had some yogurt. Right now I am sooo full and it's about like 10 ish. Evening snacks are fun! But it's not too good for me diet. Oh whatever. Mimi shall eat whatever she likes anytime in the day!

Why Are There So Many Things Due

I logged onto gmail and saw this doc Mr. Olson sent us. It says like presentation starting from the beginning of May. I was like O.O Wut wut. I've started my presentation already, but lately things have been jumping up and my schedules are just sooo pack! Why is May so busy! Let's see, I've got mah two theory tests around May 11th & 12th, my concert practices, my piano concert, my piano competition and a bunch of other things. Gah. I feel tired already! Well last week I was really busy too because I had a speech competition and today I was away with my student for a piano competiton and yeah...Oh and there were TWO debates in Mr. Martin's room today?! Darn. I missed them! Geez, I really wish I was there...I always love debates. Anyways, hope there's more debates left! These things are really fun.

Kitteh Day

Western Public Speaking Competition

I just came home from the Western Public Speaking Competition held at Collingwood school! Oh my, what an exciting day I had! I think our school was one of the two public schools (the other one being Port Moody Secondary) entered in this competition (among a bunch of other private schools: WPGA, Little Flower, Crofton, York House, St. George, St. John, Collingwood, Oak Bay) We had five rounds in total: 2 persuasive rounds, 2 interpretive reading rounds and 1 impromptu round. I was a bit nervous for the impromptu round, but at end when I got the result I actually did okay! I was in the top ten for Junior's impromptu round. Then other rounds I was being really enthusiastic, well----maybe TOO enthusiastic and expressive! Lolz. Again, the private school ppl sweeped the trophies and awards, but that's okay! I think I did great today! I had soooo much fun and it was actually easier than debate because you can just stand up and deliver a speech! The girl from WPGA named Samantha Starkey-----she is really really good! She took the Junior trophy! Congrats Samantha! I was in a round with her and she was just amazing! Overall, I had tonnes of fun and this is an unforgettable experience. :P

Soup Catastrophe

I was gonna prepare myself a yummy bowl of wild mushroom soup when I saw the unusual color of the soup in the can. Wild mushroom soup is usually kinda white (like the color of a button mushroom) but this soup looked kinda...light brown? I sniffed it and it smelled like...GARLIC. I looked at the label and freaked: It's wild mushroom WITH GARLIC! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I had to give up this soup to my dad and now he is enjoying the soup and I am just eating crackers. Nooooooooooooo next time I have to wear glasses when I am choosing out my soup.

Today

Today went by pretty fast! This afternoon we finished Mr. Olson's Quantum Stuff video and it was sooo cool! It really changed the way I thought about matter. I am really really interested in space and astronomy and all that kind of stuff now! I am really excited for our quantum project. All this science stuff is sooo new and sooo fun!

After school I did some golf. I found out I was getting a lot better than before! My wedge shots are improving bit by bit. I still have a long way to go, but I am getting better and better each time!

Gahhhhh

I can't believe it! I missed yesterday's blog!!! So sorry...I was really busy with my practice and I came home at 10:00pm and I was really tired so I went straight to bed. I am really busy this week! On Tuesday I had about five papers due and I was just like 0.0 But now it's a lot better because I've got these done! Now I just have a competition on Saturday and some normal daily routine stuff. It's always like this. Sometimes you just get one or two week where things are just sooooooo busy!

Socials Debate!

We had the epic socials debate today it was was a tonne of fun!!!!! I think our team did pretty good. I went first and then Austin and then Jason for rebuttal. Our resolution was focused on whether the teachers are getting fair treatments from government or not. We were the opposition (the BCTF side) and we had three big points followed by a lot of supporting examples. I think our speeches were solid and really good. It was soo fun going back and forth refuting Kevin's points. Lolz Kevin so enthusiastic. Austin did good refutation, and Jason wrapped up our opposition points. The debate went by so fast I didn't even realize it was almost over until Roy stood up and presented his speech. Lolz. Overall it was a pretty intense debate and probably one of the most exciting debates in the class. I think I did well because I was really enthusiastic and pumped and I delivered my speech with confidence. Yessss. Mission accomplished. Now, I just have to the do the speech comp on Saturday... :P

Capilano College Field Trip

We had a great field trip today at Capilano College! It was kinda hard finding our way to the rooms, but we did it! The whole morning we were doing brainstorming about DNA and we started a crime scene investigation activity. We were presented with a case of a dead woman found at the softball diamond with a bloody bat at the crime scene and we were asked to analyze a bunch of DNA samples from a list of suspects. It was quite fun and exciting! We got to use the pipette, this syringe/sucker tool that can draw up a small amount of liquid. It was soooo cool using the device and suck up small amount of samples from the little containers. At the end we played Jeopardy and it was really really fun and everyone was really competitive. Congrats Josh Kevin and Andy! You guys won the game! I think after this field trip most of us are ready for the upcoming test on Wednesday!

Sun Run!

Today we had the great Sun Run! The weather was good too, you know, not too sunny and not rainy either. The perfect running day. My and Viv and Fang stuck together for the run. It was pretty fun, although I must admit that my endurance level is going down....like A LOT :p Sigh....There were a lot of people and it was really cool. The music bands were singing for us which was really nice! There's this first nation band thing. I TOTALLY LOVE THEIR SONG. It goes like this: "Nooooo you are awesome! Yessssss you are awesome! You are awesome, you are awesome you are awesome" and basically they just chant it in a really monotoned style. Epic. Totally awesome!

We finished the run and went into Rogers Arena. Got some lovely juice and bagel and energy snacks. It was pretty crowded in there and there were long line-ups at each food station. Later on me and Leslie grabbed a bite at Macdonalds and went home.

When I got home I noticed that one of my socks had blood stain on it and I was like O.o So I took it off and saw one of my toe had a HUGE cut and it was bleeding. Well, not that much, but still, it was kinda...you know. I figured that I probably stubbed my toe during the run...not great. It has stopped bleeding now, which is good. I hope it heals soon!

Overall I've had a fantastic day today! I am definitely gonna do the Sun Run again next year!

Today...TIRED

Gah. I feel so tired today! As I have mentioned in my previous blog, I had a really exciting and energy-consuming day yesterday, and I experienced the after effect today. When I woke up this morning, my whole body was soooo sore I could barely get up. In fact, I couldn't do it the normal way (just sitting up) so I rolled around and rolled my legs down the bed so I could stand up. But my body hurt so much because I worked out too much yesterday -.-

The whole day was a bit tiring. After school I had to RUSH to my piano teacher's place because I had lesson at 3:30 (had to walk). I played the Yellow River Concerto and it was so difficult because my whole body was sore and I was not able to use all of my strength. That sucked. Then we tried other pieces but my body was drained of energy so it was really hard and stuff. The only pieces I had no difficulties with were the lighter pieces such as Grande Valse Brillante. But I love the Yellow River Concerto so much! At the end I figured it was close to class end so I used the last bit of my energy and managed to play a part properly. After that I was sooooo exhausted I almost crumbled to the ground. When I got home I ate a big bowl of mushroom soup to boost my body up and an orange for the sugar. That helped me a bit. I still feel kinda tired right now. I hope it gets better tomorrow!

Gah So Sorry

Sorry I didn't write yesterday's blog! I came home so late from golf practice and basically I was soooo tired I just crashed and slept 'til dawn. But....here's a make up blog! Let me tell you what I did yesterday:

PE-Badminton~~~~ I love badminton. We played two against one. Viv Alex against moi. They were being evil on me. Okay, first, one of them would hit the birdie really really close to the net so I had to lunge forward, and then when I hit back another one of them would hit it reallly really far so I had to run backward really fast to hit the birdie. Lolz. It was pretty fun and intense and Viv and Alex were really good and evil and at the end I was sweating a lot because I was running a lot the whole time :P

Then after school I played an hour of intense piano. I played my Yellow River Concerto and it used up 1/2 of my strength. Well..what can you expect from a piece filled with 95% of intense speedy octaves?

Then I had two hours of golf with my class from Wednesday! We did a test to see where everyone's at, and since I was the least experienced, I got the lowest mark. But that's okay! I only started golf like what, two months ago? The rest of the kids have already played at LEAST one year. I have a lot to catch up to. I was okay at chipping because I tied with two of the really good kids, but my putting sucked like -.- because I have almost no experience in it and yeah. Everyone did badly on the wedge shots because the ground was so flat and grassless and it was so easy to hit a "Fat" shot (basically you dig a hole in the dirt and the ball goes like blehhhhh) Lolz. It was really fun and everyone had a great time. I was really tired at the end though because we were so focused and that took up a lot of energy. That's why I came home and just slept without writing this blog. Lolz.

Work Out In Golf

Today I had my first formal day with the golf camp! My dad is putting me into this golf camp thingy and it runs 4 hours per week 'til October, and our main focus is to do competitions and tournaments. Anyways, I am the oldest of the four in our group, but that was okay, because I quickly made friends with everyone! WEEEEEE. Today was our fitness day so we had "circus training", meaning we had to do a series of fitness tests related to golf. Some of them were: two people standing on unstable balance boards and throwing a medicine ball to each other; two ppl passing an object to each other while doing side plank back to back, and etc. A lot of these activities were actually a bit hard and required some muscles. THE MOST AMAZING PART was when our teacher took us for a run in the Pacific Spirit Park (the HUGE park in UBC). It was getting dark and I wasn't wearing my glasses so everything was blurry and kinda dark. It was actually a bit...well, mysterious in the park as well because there were just the five of us (including the teacher). We had to run the course and it was raining pretty hard and there were just big water puddles EVERYWHERE. I almost ran into a tree. Hheheheheeh. It was like running Langara but I felt pretty relaxed and wasn't tired at all! That run in the park was like an adventure! Our teacher said next time we do a fitness test he is gonna bring his dog Bailey (Bailey is a big fluffy dog and loves running in parks). Hehhehe. Can't wait 'til tomorrow cuz we are gonna do some golf skill tests tomorrow!

Woot Badminton

I am enjoying PE a lot right now! We are playing badminton----one of my favorite sports! <3333 ME GUSTA. I love badminton because it doesn't really hurt my hands, unlike basketball or volleyball where there's a high chance of hand/wrist injury. I can also hit really far with my racket...well, sometimes a bit TOO far. Hhehehhe. I remember me playing badminton with my mom when I was in China. We played outdoor and there was no boundary, so we each hit as hard as we could with our rackets and sometimes my mom would hit a tricky shot (like extremely left) so I have to run for the birdie. Hhehehe. Those were the good times. Today we were really lucky too, because we got a whole court to ourselves, just me and Viv. We had such a great time! We were doing a lot of them tricky shots as well, and Viv is a really good player! Sometimes she is very sneaky. Sneaky Viv is sneaky.

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