just another saturday

homework day tomorrow...ugh.

*warning:
the following post is extremely long. leave while you can.
also, the photo quality in this entry sucks. i brought my compact camera around today because it's much less cumbersome :P
thus: unfocused, blurry pictures.

the PLAN (practice ACT) test was this morning from 9-12.
time limits are so stressful; i probably bombed the science portion of the test. i mean, who can process 30 questions' worth of information on things such as pollutants and their effect on daphnia and celiodaphnia growth/offspring in 25 minutes?
the english/reading and math sections were easy though.
hooray. it's comforting knowing that i at least have grammar and arithmetic to fall back on while i continue to discover my various shortcomings.

afterwards we headed over to yuri's house for lunch, and then to the second harvest food bank for volunteer work. it was supposedly a key club event, but it ended up just being yuri, ellen, diona, and me.
it was actually really nice though. i felt productive. ellen & i mainly worked on taking apart boxes (recycling purposes), while diona & yuri constructed new ones for the assembly line of other volunteers.










yuri should be in the picture but she left a bit early and i didn't have my camera with me because we left our bags in the office :/

in-n-out afterwards.




ellen and i then proceeded to go to tj maxx and take silly cliche camera-whore-esque pictures of ourselves.

they have some good selections though.
shoe lust. omg. i wish i could wear heels :P
too bad they're basically knee suicide.



i was going to get the middle pair to match with my dress for winter formal but i doubt i will have a date and there isn't really a point to wearing heels if i don't, since i won't be taking one of those professional couple picture thingies & i'll be changing to sneakers anyway to walk around the park in. (woodbridge's wf is held at knotts every year!)

anyways.
their furniture section is to die for.
i was seriously so excited. excited enough to walk around for about an hour and a half just exploring the aisles of centerpieces, [fake] plants, pots, globes, frames, artwork, couches/chairs, drawers, etc etc etc., instead of giving my knee a much-needed rest. (i'm icing it as we speak.)

they had various santas throughout the store. whether they were for display or for sale remains unknown...i wonder who would buy a life-size santa.

then we went to target! but the starbucks in it ran out of peppermint mocha :( and i've seriously been craving a peppermint mocha frapp for a few days now.
got some sweatpants. and a kingsize peanut m&m package. 480 calories, which i consumed in about 20 minutes. yum.


HAHAH guys' underwear section.

and thus concludes my longest entry ever, and also my first what-i-did-today entry. (although it actually should be what-i-did-yesterday, since it's 1 AM now.)
these things are exhausting.

deja vu ?

"so do you guys like...go to disneyland every week?"

haha, if only.
although that'd be a lot of makeup work.
and i suppose disneyland would lose its novelty pretty quickly.
twice a year is fine by me (:




ellen and brenden decided to have a who-can-tie-shoelaces-more-creatively contest with my vans.










i will never outgrow merry-go-rounds. ever.




our mighty jungle / explorer picture (:




why yes, that is in fact a turkey leg.

(somewhat belated) thoughts

the girls lock-in was really eye-opening.
i'm glad i went.
i hope the renewed bond between my sisters and i lasts, though.

i'm extremely sensitive these days. the smallest things upset me. and certain moments get stuck in my head and replay themselves over and over and over until i over-analyze them to the point of insanity.

asians are generally either extremely rude, or painstakingly polite.

sometimes, when i'm feeling insecure, i go on the testimonial app on facebook and read some of the kind things people have said about me. even though they're exaggerations, it's nonetheless nice to feel like i have some redeemable qualities.
and yes, i realize how pathetic this is...

i've been obsessed with all things disney for pretty much the past 3 weeks. been rewatching all the classic disney fairy tales & listening to soundtrack music.

i have always wanted a treehouse.
but they cut down the tree in my backyard when i was in elementary school because it was getting too big and intruding on our neighbor's yard.
it probably wouldn't have been suitable for a wooden structure anyway. too leafy.

i can't wait for summer 2010.
i have plans.
major ones :)

college seems so close.

i feel so young. it frustrates me that people who are and have been legally old enough for a while don't bother getting their permits or licenses.

sometimes i kind of see the reasoning behind the whole "live fast, die young" mentality. after all, no one wants to get old and wrinkly and forgetful and all those other things that come with age.
but i do want to be wise. and i want grandchildren. and i want to see how the world will change in the next few decades.
so, God-willing, of course, i don't think i will mind growing old.

haha wow i'm 14 and i'm already thinking of my future senior citizen status.
this is probably not very healthy.