Finished

Last Thursday, on the 27th, I sent in my UC application. What a relief - all these years of "hard" work finally paid off :D Now, the worst part is waiting until March :[
Although I'm applying to a few more schools, the good thing though is that I can reuse my essays, making it a whole lot easier.

I haven't been posting lately mainly because of UC apps, but also I'm getting rather lazy after submitting my apps. But, hopefully once school starts, I'm going to have to get my ass back on track and finish what needs to be done.
Hope you guys had a terrific Thanksgiving!

Restart

"Sometimes, the best medicine is the most bitter." - Mom

A week ago, I was ready to turn in my UC apps - my essays were "perfect" and my application was filled out. But I decided to give it to one more person to read.
She read my essay and completely tore it apart. I was about to cry, no joke. After all that hard work and time putting together my essays, I felt so devastated that someone can just rip up all my hard work in a matter of minutes. Because of this, I lost the motivation to correct them for about a week, which I regret. With a week left until the deadline, I realized I need to complete my essays. It truly sucks because I have to start from ground zero for one of the prompts :[

The quote above may sound very harsh if said to a person in need of that medicine. But looking back a few weeks ago, I completely agree. I now just have to take that medicine before its too late.
I hope that any of you reading this can realize that sometimes, the harshest of criticisms can be the most beneficial. Also, please work hard on your essays, because there is not much time left.

-best of luck


BTW, check out this song. Its pretty cool :]

Another Busy Week

With some cool-down time after the past hell week, I was able to get most of my college apps done. UCs are 95% complete, just need teachers to revise my essays. I plan on turning them in sometime this week.
What is really frightening to me is the fact that a major part of my life is being decided by two essays, some test scores, and high school GPA. Going to a prestigious four year university is something most people plan to do, like me. And whether I get in based on some documents is really a scary thought. I know its hard not to have any regrets later in life, but what if I feel I didn't work hard enough? Yet its 2am, and I'm not even done studying for my Gov test - in a few hours.
There's really not a point in this post. I just felt like writing because I don't want to sleep yet.
I'm really dreading this week, check out my schedule :[
Tuesday: Gov Test
Thursday: Hamlet essay and test
It's not as crazy as compared to a couple weeks ago - but still...
I just can't wait until college apps are over. By that time, I'm not going to care whether I did a sufficient job on the applications or not, I'm just going to be glad its over.
My bed is calling me.
-take care

Almost There

So the four day weekend is coming to an end. And what have I done??
Actually, I'm 90% done with my UC apps - finished the essay and need some teachers to read them - and I barely had any homework.
I'm feeling a bit less stressed, but man once I submit that application... gotta do some more!

So currently, I have been really digging this group called Jamiroquai, their name is a mix of "jam" and "iroquai" the Native American group. I think its pretty cool.

They mainly play acid jazz and funk songs and it is so sweet! I recommend the songs Virtual Insanity, Canned Heat, and Cosmic Girl. You might have heard Canned Heat in Napoleon Dynamite during the well known dance scene. They're just so awesome!!

Here is a video of Virtual Insanity.

Our Friday Adventure

Thank goodness this week is over!
My tests were alright, but more importantly, its a four day weekend! However, I have to spend a lot of time finishing up my UC apps. No worries, my friends and I had an awesome Friday.
Check out some pictures I snapped :D

New President and My Week

Can you find our president??

This truly is a unique election. Not only is he part African American, but also he is one of the few Democrats to be President - the sixteenth to be exact. However, this raises a problem. Before, when Bush was President, there was a divided government - a government where the majority party in the congress and executive office differ. Before we had a Democratic Congress and a Republican President. Now with Obama, we have a Democratic Congress and a Democratic President. What this means is that there might be a dominant power in our American government. But, I don't much about this - will there be a power struggle for the Republicans?
I think Obama will do a good job as president if he is true to his words. Furthermore, I think what determines an even more successful presidency is how well he chooses his cabinet and staff members. By choosing a well experienced group of advisors, Obama will be able to run a quite successful presidency - I think.
More importantly, I think Obama needs to bring us out of this economic depression. We already lost Paulson, and I think Obama needs to choose wisely for our next treasurer. I don't know, we'll see what happens.

Well, this week was one of my busier weeks of the school year. Recap!
Monday - I had a spanish test
Tuesday - I had a government test and a choral concert with a solo ;]
Wednesday - I had a calculus test at ivc (which was terrible!)
Tonight - I had an orchestra concert (which was alright but not our best)
Tommorow- party with the nukkuhs!

I am SOO glad this week is over. But the bad thing is that, college apps for UCs are due at the end of the month, and its approaching quick! damn...

Five Pi Over Three

Referring to my last post, I am going to have an intense week.
I just took a Spanish test, which has pretty freaking hard.
Tomorrow, I have a government test.
Wednesday, I have a calculus test at IVC.
>:[
I can't wait until this week is over...

Proposition 8: C'mon seriously...

Alright, so proposition 8 in CA is about "Eliminating the Right of Same-Sex Couples to Marry." Voting yes would mean that you do not support same-sex marriage. And voting no would mean you do. I do not want to state my current position in this post, but you may have a slight sense of what it might be.

So there are these kids at school who are strongly against prop 8. They protest in front of our high school because they want to "educate parents and students about equality." They like to use the term "ignorant" describing the people who are for prop 8. First of all, you can't be ignorant on such a controversial topic. Same-sex marriage is a very moral issue, and it depends on your personal views - either you support it or you don't. Many times, it is also a religious issue. It's very wrong to call another person ignorant just because they don't agree with your views.

I appreciate their effort and everything, but their argument is very controversial and immature. I believe they are going all out to fight against prop 8 because 1. they are very childish and crave attention 2. because their friends are doing it or 3. they're flaming homosexuals. (LOL) And even more hilarious, they're not even 18!

Now I know I'm sort of being a hypocrite. I totally respect someone's decision to be against prop 8. But if there reason is because people are "ignorant" and they are demonstrating it very poorly, then I believe it is necessary to point out their incongruity.

Lastly, more about prop 8, I personally don't think prop 8 is going to pass. Why? In the state of CA, same-sex marriage is allowed. If it had already passed, it will be even harder to change the people's mind. But, who cares about what I say right?

So I guess my final statement would be, if your going to defend your views on something, please be able to defend it logically and avoid name-calling to justify your view - it's that simple.