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Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Wow...that's 3 blog entries in one day!!! hehe...Anyways...update on the hamster: 1) I'm debating on the names "Poopie" and "Tong Yuen"...but I must say that, as silly as it is, "Poopie" is starting to grow on me=P and 2) I went hamster supply shopping today and (having given most of my old stuff away to another family a couple months ago)I spent a total of $34.56 (interesting number, eh?)!!! Man...this is gonna be a hefty investment...
So, I managed to get most of Brave New World done (I have a few more pages...I'll finish that before going to bed)...but that's all I've done. I've realized that I work well by myself, but I need soneone around in the viscinity of where I'm working or else I tend to work A LOT slower and doze off a lot easier=P And since I was home alone for most of the day, I ended up slacking=S
BUT I did find some really good quotes while online...and I'm thinking of posting "Quote of the Day"...or rather "Quote of the Blog" for the next while...cuz I've got tons of quotes saved up. So check back periodically for new quotes=)
Sweet Dreams,
Quote of the Blog:
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Tuesday, December 30, 2003
AHHHHH! I'm in soooo much trouble! School's less than ONE WEEK away and I've still got tons of homework to do!!! Why am I still online!?!
Man...such a procrastinator...I woke up at 10am today, took a shower, went out to buy hamster supplies, came home, ate lunch and have been online ever since!!! Where does the time go?
Guess I better start now=P
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Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Jeff and Enoch! You guys are crazy!!! hehe...Yes...for those who weren't at Jeff's tonite...They got me a dwarf hamster for Christmas! Unfortunately, its age and gender is unknown and his name is still pending...since Jeff and Enoch had named it "Poopie" on the account that it pooped a lot on Jeff=P But, yeah...the gr. 11s brainstormed some other names: Checkers, Je (Jeff and Enoch's initials), "Tong Yuen" (i.e. "soup ball" in Chinese), etc. If you have any other good names, feel free to e-mail them to me!!! Any suggestion (except for anything related to washrooms) is fine!
So, yeah...tomorrow will consist of shopping for hamster essentials at Petsmart for "Poopie"=P And then it'll be homework, homework and some more homework! Man...really need to stop procrastinating!
Gotta go to bed!
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Sunday, December 28, 2003
Sweet home Mississauga=) Yup! I'm back from "Mee-chee-gen"! Did you guys miss me? I sure missed home. The past 3 days seemed like an eternity! But overall, the trip turned out better than I expected.
And guess what!?! Timothy took his first bath today!!! hehe...for those of you who haven't met Timothy yet, he's my "pet dog". You may have seen him sometime during the past 3 months travelling around with me on my school backpack. He's white with brown spots and measures about 2.5 to 3 inches in height. Anyhoo...I was being told that he was getting really dirty (he looked like he was more light brown and grey with dark brown spots...), so I finally gave him a bath=) And he is currently hanging on the clothesline in the basement drying.
Anyways, back to my trip. I had begun my trip thinking of buying nothing but a jacket, but I ended up buying everything but a jacket. Yes...my parents managed to buy me a CD player (cuz I keep using my mom's), 2 pairs of running shoes (it was supposedly cheaper if I got 2 pairs instead of 1=S) and a new Roots backpack (although the one I currently use and which I got as a b-day present from the Leungs and my sister is perfectly fine)...and my mom kept trying to make me buy other stuff. She seems to think that buying many, many, MANY cheap items is never as expensive as buying one very expensive item. Oh well...I guess I shouldn't complain...just feel guilty having spent so much money in 3 days.
I gotta go say "hi" to my aunt...yeah...I was not informed until sometime during my trip that she was coming tonight and NOT tomorrow nite=P
Hope you guys have a great week!
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Friday, December 26, 2003
It's Boxing Day!...Meaning it's time to go to "Mee-chee-gen" (a.k.a. Michigan)! That's gonna be 3 days of which I was told 12 or so hours will be spent in a car with my parents and my grandfather. Then the rest of it will consist of the madness of post-Christmas sales and shopping=S I hope we don't bump into any Chinese bus tour groups=P They scare me sometimes...(who do I think I'm kidding!?! Alright...)ALL the time!
So I guess it's "goodbye" to my home sweet home for 3 days=( I'll miss you guys!
Bye for now!
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Thursday, December 25, 2003
How weird is that!?! I wrote a li'l less than 12 hours ago!
Anyways...I was crazy (I think I've established that already...) and I stayed up until 3am opening presents with my family and sending out some last-minute e-mails=P Woke up quite a few times, but went back to sleep...and finally got up at 11am to clean my room.
While cleaning, I came across some photos of my hamsters...and since I have a scanner now, I figured I'd scan them and put 'em up on my site=)
Since my photography weren't that great and since he's the cutest and most recent of my four hamsters, meet Timbit everyone=) Yes...I named him that cuz when I first got him, he was the size of a Timbit (maybe even smaller...but yeah, you get the point=P)
Dad's calling for lunch...gotta run!
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Thursday, December 25, 2003
"Christmas time is here. Happiness and cheer. Fun for all that children call their favourite time of year..."
YAY!!! Christmas time is finally here! The church children's musical was great=) hehe...One of the kids fell of the riser...luckily he didn't hurt himself. It was a lot of fun.
Anyways...while opening my gifts, I couldn't help but feel a li'l guilty. It is finally Jesus' b-day...yet I was the one getting the gifts. I mean, 2000 years ago, His coming down to Earth was God's great gift to us...and yet now, 2000 years later, we're still the ones receiving the gifts. I've often contemplated on giving gifts to people on my birthday. Not like cheesy loot bags with junk from the dollar store...I mean cool/meaningful/personal gifts (most likely hand-made knowing me=P) You know, something given to thank the special people in your life for being there for the past 16 years and for putting up with you, you know?
To give gifts to people on my birthday; that's my goal for my 17th birthday. I'll just have to make time for it...and plan it early.
Anyways, enough about me, back to the Birthday Boy=) Now, most of you know I like to sing, so there's no way I can skip singing Happy Birthday!
"Happy birthday to You! Happy birthday to You! Happy birthday to Jesus! Happy birthday to You!"
It's getting late,
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Wednesday, December 24, 2003
Why is it that I ALWAYS get bullied by people who are younger than me!?!...wait...never mind...don't answer that...You were gonna say: cuz they're bigger than you=P hehe...no, I'm not bitter...but today, just before rehearsing for Dr. Newheart's Christmas Cure, I was attacked by 3 grade 10 girls! Well...maybe not attacked, but you get the point=P
Oh yes, for those of you who don't know already, the children's choir at my church (MCBC - located at 5220 Creekbank Rd.) is holding a musical called "Dr. Newheart's Christmas Cure" at 7:30pm tomorrow nite=) Feel free to come if you're available!
Anyways, it's Christmas Eve and I'm finally done making and writing my cards...yes, I am capable of procrastination as well...So I guess I should be heading off to bed...*yawn*...yup, I definitely should.
Sweet dreams,
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Tuesday, December 23, 2003
God is good.
Sometimes we, human beings, are just so near-sighted. For me, that was yesterday. I really thought that God had screwed something up...that the Big Guy up there didn't know what He was doing with li'l me down here. But then I finally talked to people I haven't talked to in a while, gave hugs to people I haven't hugged in a while, laughed with some people I haven't laughed with in a while...and...you know what? God has truly blessed me=)
I look back at these short 16 years of my life and I remember so many times when time seemed to just stop and I couldn't find the strength to go on...but there are so many MORE other times when time just flies by and you wish that that one moment - that one precious moment - would never end.
I said in a few of my previous blogs that I often can't seem to find a "good"
solution to my problems, cuz all of them have a high potential of going wrong or hurting someone. But I realized one thing this morning...I kept trying to find solutions to MY own problems using MY finite li'l mind. But I forgot to go to the Big Guy with the incomprehensibly INfinite mind. Any ONE of his solutions would be better than the best thing I could ever conjure up!
*sigh* God is good - all the time...Even when we don't realize it.
Wishing you a VERY Merry Christmas!
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Monday, December 22, 2003
It hurts to care.
That's the conclusion I came to this past week. Christmas is 3 days away...yet people are getting more short-tempered with having to finish purchasing and wrapping Christmas gifts and writing cards. Families come together to celebrate the season of joy, yet seem to be so distant, because of all their pre-occupations.
And it often feels like you're the only one who cares to try and see things from others' perspectives or to think before you speak...while everyone else is just coming to you and ranting about each other and talking about each other behind each other's backs...and you're sitting alone, crying inside, cuz you don't know how to make it better...cuz all the solutions you think of will most likely end up hurting someone.
And you realize: It hurts to care.
And then you think to yourself...if only I could be like them...and NOT think before I speak and talk about them behind their backs and say things out of anger and in spite just to hurt them the way they hurt me.
But then you realize: Even though it hurts to care, it'd hurt even more if nobody cared to care.
That's what I realized today. So, if you ever find yourself carrying the burden of caring alone...I want to thank you for taking up that burden...and tell you that you're NOT alone.
Love,
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Tuesday, December 16, 2003
Heyo. Sometimes I just wish there's a "how-to" manual for life. There's so many situations where all the possible outcomes are bad and when you do find that one solution that you're sure will end up correctly, it ends up worse than all the other bad outcomes you had envisioned. But then again, with a "how-to" manual, life would be too predictable and it wouldn't be any fun, now would it? hehe...like Cedric's MSN name says: "Despite the high cost of living, it remains very popular."
Anyways, school today wasn't that bad. In English, the teacher offered us an extension on our poetry project (originally due Friday, now due first day back in 2004). In French, I have a unit test tomorrow, but there's not much to study for. Lunch was eating lunch and reading "Le Petit Prince". Skipped 4th period Design Tech (WHAT!?! Angela's SKIPPING!?!...hehe...well, not without a legitimate reason of course!) for a musical performance for the li'l kids that came from Forest Glen. hehe...Forest Glen goes to Glenforest and on Thursday, we, Glenforest, are going to Glen Haven=P Last period was construction and I'm beginning to build stairs to the attic of my house (it was supposed to be a 2nd floor, but we don't have time for it=P)
After school, we had the GCF (Glenforest Christian Fellowship) Christmas "Party". We had a bit of praise and worship, ate food and played "the couch game" (which dragged on a lot and I mean A LOT longer than expected).
Anyways, that's been my day. It felt like a Friday, but, unfortunately, it's only Tuesday=P Gotta go now...Dinner awaits!
Sooooo hungry,
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Monday, December 15, 2003
Hey peeps! I'm sooooo worn out! The church cantata is this coming Saturday and we had a practice from 1:30-5:00pm yesterday. The children's musical is on Christmas Eve and tryingto teach the kids their actions is sooo hard, cuz they are sooo unattentive.
I'm refraining from any school work today. Two of my subjects' projects can only be done in class (i.e. Construction and Design Tech.), while the other ones, the teachers have promised class time...so I'm gonna do my work then.
So, I'm making Christmas cards right now=) Something I actually don't mind and enjoy doing=)
Anyways, the main point of this blog is more or less to ask you guys to check out the Toronto Humane Society site. They're really desperate and have reduced the adoption fees for ALL cats from $95 to $20 and ALL dogs from $125 to $50!!! So, if any of you know someone who's looking for the perfect pet, tell'em to check out the humane society first! Or, if you guys wanna help, donate money, blankets or check out the othew ways they suggest on their site=)
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Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Hey guys! I actually have some work I've gotta finish tonite, so this'll be pretty short. I just wanted to share this poem I heard on 97.3FM this morning on the way to school. Unfortunately, I dunno who wrote it, but I thought it was very sweet. So, I hope you all enjoy it!
Christmas wishes,
Santa's Wish
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Hey there! Just got back from Second Cup! Went there with my sister after going to Becca's. They had a small group meeting, so brought Brave New World with me to read. I actually managed to read more than a third of it in 2 hours...but was forced to stop when I discovered that pages 103-104 were missing=P Oh well...I'll have to ask for another copy...or read someone else's pages 103-104...
I'm quite tired now...Reading has that effect on me...especially when it's such a complicated book like this one...SO, I'm gonna go read my 5 Psalms for today and go to bed=)
May God bless you so that you may be a blessing to others...
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Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Just got home and finished reading my e-mails. And guess what!?! I got my hair cut!!! Yup...that's right! But it doesn't look that different...according to my mom anyways=P
I also found out that my grandpa will be going to Michigan with me and my parents=) I am quite excited! I haven't gone on a trip with him in ages!!!
I got a French assignment today...which is due Monday, but my English poetry assignment has been postponed to next Friday as opposed to the Monday=) So, overall, I guess today has been a good day. Uh oh...dad's calling for dinner! Gotta run!
Stomach's growling...
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Monday, December 8, 2003
Good evening, everybody! Discovered two things today: 1) My aunt's coming from Shanghai again at the end of the month...which mean...CLEAN-UP TIME!!! and 2) I'm going to Michigan (or "Mee-chee-gen", according to my daddy) on Boxing Day and coming back on the 28th.
*sigh*...Thought I'd have a relaxing Christmas break, but I guess I'll be spending the first part of it cleaning and entertaining my aunt...oh well! It'll be Christmas, so it's gonna be good no matter what=)
I've got no homework due tomorrow...but got a few assignments due in the near future...and some work from Chinese school=S Better start reading Brave New World!
G'nite!
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Sunday, December 7, 2003
Hahaha! I was playing spider solitaire on my computer and chatting with Amie on MSN...Anyways, she told me to try this out...It's pretty interesting...Go to http://www.google.com and type in "miserable failure" and click on "I'm feeling lucky"...
Man...two blog entries in one day...See how much I love you guys!?! hehe...
Later guys!
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Sunday, December 7, 2003
Hey everybody! How are you all doing? I've had a pretty long weekend. I went to WAY on Friday and ended up leading worship with Samantha, Sarah and David, cuz the rest of the original team was sick, then we had a speaker, then a committee meeting until 11:30pm...I went home and feel asleep studying for a Chinese school dictation sometime around 1am...
Yesterday, I went to Chinese school and then went to church around 4pm to help my parents set up for the Mandarin fellowship program...practiced for Junior worship from 7:30-9:00pm-ish and hung around until 11pm...after we finished cleaning up.
Today, I got to church around 9:10am, lead Junior worship with Hubert, went to service, helped out with Sunbeam (it's a new term...I'm helping out with the 3.5 to 4.5-year-olds...they're soooo hyper!!!) and then helped out with childrens' choir until 3pm and went to teens' choir until 4:30pm...
The highlight of my day was watching the end of "Baby's Day Out" on TV with my sister when I got home. We had rented it once ages upon ages ago...Baby Bink is soooo cute! hehe...I wonder how old that baby is now...
Well...I've got a feeling that I'll have more homework than usual this week...Unfortunately, I won't be able to go to prayer meeting this Thursday, cuz of a school music nite...and I'll probably be late going to fellowship on Friday, cuz my school's Chamber choir is performing outdoors at city hall.
I can't wait for Christmas break!...But there's so much work to finish before it comes=S
Have yourselves a great week!
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Wednesday, December 3, 2003
Bon soir! *yawn*...NO HOMEWORK AGAIN!!!...hehe...at least nothing due tomorrow=P I'm gonna start studying for my Chinese school dictation though...Somehow, even with "nothing" to do, I still end up going to sleep at like 12am or 1am=S
Today was pretty good...We had a really good guest speaker at school today - Norbert, I think was his name...He's a former paramedic and currently travels nation-wide bringing about youth awareness of smart decision-making (ex. stuff about drunk driving, drugs, etc.)
In design tech, we explored the Golden Mean (a.k.a. Devine Section) even further today! We drew "perfect rectangles and divided them into smaller "perfect" rectangles and then drew arcs in them to create the "perfect" spiral - which is what most conches have...Yup! Even nature follows the ratio 1:1.618...It's kinda freaky...
Well, I'm off to studying and sleeping! I gotta wake up early tomorrow for jazz choir!
Good nite and sweet dreams!
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Tuesday, December 2, 2003
Good evening! Once again, my parents had the crazy last-minute idea of going to watch a movie on a weekday! hehe...last time it was a 10pm-show of the Runaway Jury...this time it was a 8:10pm-show of Gothika.
I must say that Gothika is a very good suspense film...hehe...but it was kinda funny cuz everyone either jumped/squealed/screamed at this one at-the-edge-of-your-seat kinda scene and everyone couldn't help, but start chuckling or laughing...(hehe...one woman said, "Wah!", in a really Chinese way...and I had to try so hard not to laugh out loud...hehe...yeah, that broke the tension a bit=P
Today seemed so long...early start with GCF (Glenforest Christian Fellowship at 7:30am), field trip to the ROM for the Art Deco exhibition (fun, learned a bit, saw some interesting things), went to construction tech class(we got back earlier than expected - 5 minutes after the last period started...), went to chamber choir/band practice - it's nice to have my voice back (which was supposed to be half-an-hour, but dragged on for one hour), walked to Burnhamthorpe Library (a relaxing, but extremely cold, 20-minute stroll of humming/singing/looking at cars passing by...), waited until 5:15pm for my dad to pick me up (reading Aldous Huxley's Brave New World...just finished the foreword and it's already confusing=P), went to Kipling to pick Cecilia up (she ALSO went to the ROM, but with HER class...we bumped into each other when I was leaving and she had just arrived at the ROM), went home, ate dinner, went to AMC, watched Gothica, got home, and am now checking my e-mail and updating my blog. Yup...that was my day! *sigh*...no homework to do, yet it's still rush, rush, rush...busy, busy, busy...
Anyways, highlights of my day were bumping into Cecilia (we hadn't planned on it), going crazy with Cecilia in the car driving home from Kipling during Rush Hour listening to 95.3FM (yes...I'm very much into country=P)and finding the Golden Mean/Golden Rectangle everywhere at the ROM and on Bloor St. during lunch...and bugging Cedric about it...(hehe...Did you know that beauty and perfection can be based on numbers?...Yup! the Golden Mean/Golden Rectangle/PHI...a.k.a. the ratio 1:1.618 is the key to perfect proportion...who would have thought? Try it out! hehe...measure the length of a playing card and divide that by its width...it should come out to 1.618=P)
Singing my heart out (once again),
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