Sleeep

Is it me or does everybody get more tired when they get more hours of sleep? I think that is really weird because if I get 7 hours of sleep I feel great throughout the day.  I feel happy, energized and ready to take on whatever I need for that day.  But if I get a little more, lets say 10 hours, I feel beyond tired throughout the day.  I am more sluggish and unwilling to do anything.  I have always wonder why is that? I always thought the more sleep you get, the better especially being a teenager.  I heard from countless of people that a teenager should average 9-10 hours a night, but is that even true?  If I get 9-10 and I feel more tired than I was the day before.  It feels like I did not rest at all.  I really do not know why it turns out to be that way, pretty weird if you ask me.  

Text Message

I think texting is one of the best inventions ever made.  It makes everything so much easier.  You can have a conversation with someone in class, although you're not suppose to.  You can ask for favors quietly because asking out loud may not be an option.  You can actually talk to the person for a very long time while doing something else and not having to put your full attention on them if you were talking on the phone with them.  One thing that I really do love about texting is that I am more comfortable talking about things outside my comfort zone because I don't actually have to say it out loud.  Sometimes I find things harder to say out loud compared to texting them or saying them in a different language.  I don't exactly know why, but it just happens to be that way.  I guess writing a note can do the trick, but how personal is a note?  It can get lost and someone else can pick it up and read everything single thing.  But phones are a little more personal, you can read it and delete it.  People don't really lend out their cellphones to people so the chances of it getting out is a lot lower.  Texting is great, and everybody should use it.

Hot weather = A trip to the beach.

The beach is probably the best place to go on a sunny day.  You get to go out and enjoy the sun while being with friends because people do not usually go to the beach by themselves.  It is a really relaxing place to be because you can sit there on the hot sand staring out into the ocean.  You can listen to the waves, watch the waves, take a walk along the ocean and let the waves hit you, walk on the hot dry sad, or just sit there and stare out into the ocean. I'm pretty sure I am not the only one trying to see whether or not I can see what is on the other side of the ocean.  I personally love going to the beach because it is the time where I can think.  It is a place where I feel like nothing else really matters and that soothes me.  I love knowing I can be there, enjoying the sun, and getting a lot of thinking done in the less stressful way you can think of.  I hope summer will be hot so I can go to the beach a lot more and maybe even get a tan.

A Night of Disappointment

First off, let me just come out and say it. PROM SUCKED. Now for the reasons why it sucked. I showed up expecting to see a big ballroom because I heard that is what the Regency Center is known for, but what I saw was a mediocre sized ballroom with not much decoration. I walked in and the music was already playing, but not a lot of people were dancing. The first thing I did when I got there was take pictures, but there was a long wait so I grabbed a drink. The drink fountain and the snacks were alright, nothing really that special. It was fun going around seeing everybody all dressed up and taking pictures, but when I wanted to dance, I realized how horrible the music selection was. The DJ played a lot of oldies, and I do mean a lot. He also played a lot of Latin music, not that I do not like it or anything, but he played so many in a row that it got boring. I was literally standing there on the dance floor waiting for him to play some up-to-date hip hop, rap or R&B music, but that did not happen. He probably only played 5 up-to-date songs and those were played in the beginning when everybody was still taking pictures. I did not really get to dance and I was pretty disappointed in that which pretty much killed my night. So those are the reasons why prom sucked for me.

How the weather can bring my family together.

The weather this weekend was great. It was really sunny out all day long, and warm throughout the night. I love it when it is hot out because it makes me want to be active and go out to have fun. Although at some points of the day the heat was unbearable, I still enjoyed it. I think warm evenings are the best part of nice days because it gives me an excuse to be out when the sun is starting to set. It is really relaxing to sit outside on a warm night, feeling the light breeze with my family. It gives us an excuse to be together and bond while catching up with what has been happening in our individual lives. Family bonding is probably one of the things I look forward to the most because it does not happen very often. But when it does happen, it does not stop for a while. We can go on and on forever talking about absolutely nothing and I love that. I hope my summer nights will be just as great as my weekend was.

Prom Dress Shopping

It is that time of the year where all the girls shop til they drop. Everybody is going everywhere to find the perfect dress for the biggest dance of their high school life. Sadly to say, I am one of those girls who are having dress issues. I literally went everywhere, I tried on every dress that looked decent, but still I didn't find a dress I really love and within my price range. I went to Stonestown, Serramonte, Tanforan, Westfields, Jessica McClintock Outlet and Great Mall in Milpitas. The dresses that I really want are too expensive for me. I guess that is what happens when you try to get a good looking cheap dress that you like, you can't. I don't know where else to go to for a dress but I will have to keep looking. After I find a dress that I really love, I will stay away from the malls for a while. I am someone who loves shopping, but after going every single day makes it less appealing to me. Hopefully I can find a dress soon so it will be one less thing I have to worry about.

A Trip to the Apple Store

I've been hearing a lot of talk about the new iPod Shuffle recently, so I decided to check it out for myself. I walked into the store and picked up the Shuffle. I looked at the headphones and saw the controls on it. There were only three buttons, 2 volume control buttons and a center button. The center button controls everything, play/pause and the voice control. But when I tried to play a song, I realized that it was out of battery. I wanted to see for myself how the voice that tells you the song title works, too bad I didn't have the chance. So instead of leaving in disappointment, I decided to check out the iTouch. An iTouch is like an iPhone minus the phone. I always thought the iTouch was a pointless invention because it doesn't compare to an iPhone. But after actually looking at it and playing with it, I realized that an iTouch is not that bad and it is a better version of an iPod. With an iTouch, you can download games and keep yourself entertained while listening to music. You can also connect to Wi-Fi and surf the web if you like. I guess there are the goods and the bads of the iTouch. The biggest attraction of the iTouch is probably the applications and the bad thing about it is you cannot call anybody with it.

Softball season

This year is pretty difficult to deal with because a lot of personal issues. And dealing with rookies, is kinda hard but pretty fun once it comes down to it. Their personalities are a lot mroe refreshing because they bring a little goof to the practices. Its funny but sometimes its difficult because theyre not serious when it comes down to it or when it comes to the practices before a game. but then again its not always a bad thing to losen up before a game because sometimes thats all people need. I love sports and I dont think think this little set back can make me stop because this is something that is really fun to deal with.

School = STRESS

Trying to balance 3 honors classes and an extra class that I needa make up for college credits. It seems almost impossible to feel like I know every subject. Sometimes I dont understand how school works. Its as if every teacher feels taht we should ace every one of their subjects while trying to have a life. I understand that you need to time manage and priorotize but its not that easy. Especially playing sports all year round and then having a full schedule with 3 honor classes, difficult teachers, and a 3rd year in a language when it feels like we have to start all over again. I dont feel as if Im learning much of anything mainly because Im so behind in school. Its just so stressful.

RIP Ms. Hansen, Burton is definately missing you.

RIP Ms. Hansen. It is still so unbelievable that I'm going to walk into Burton on Monday and not see you there always being so cheery and happy. Always yelling Koshiyama. I'm going to defiantely miss you. But it definately is a trip because it was not long ago since you passed, that I was talking to you about teaching at Burton next year because there's no where else you rather teach and that I was going to be your student. You were always so happy and cheery and always saying good morning to me. I loved how you loved life. It's still so unbelieveable that you're gone but you are defiantely not forgotten Ms. Hansen. Your students love you, from every class to current and past. Your informal memorial was extremely succesful, with more than 250 people there from every class, people are definately missing you. The memorial was just not the beginning of realizing that you are no longer with us. I led the moment of silence for you Ms. Hansen because you definately deserved a bigger moment of recognition. But one thing that a boy from one of your previous years has said after the moment of silence was "why we having a moment of silence when everyone know Ms. Hansen was one of the loudest." It made me smile because you were definately always so loud and so happy. Definately couldn't be sad when by you. Ms. Hansen, you're definately missed by EVERYONE at Burton and from Burton. RIP MS. HANSEN on 12.19.2008, gone but NEVER forgotten. WE LOVE and MISS YOU MS. HANSEN !

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! 2009 !

It's a new year and it means a new beginning. My new years started off great, no details needed. :) But this year I made some resolutions with every aspect of my life with family, school, friends, and of course MYSELF only. I hope and want to accomplish them because Junior year is supposed to be the important year of school and I can't let this make me down. I need to get it together for the new year, because new year, new start, but definately not a new me. I'm going to always be me, just more improved. I want to start paying attention in school a whole lot more and focusing on it more than I have been. Family, I want to spend much more time with them because they are my number 1 priority no matter what. Friends, I want to keep them going because so far they're going good just a few tweaks. And for myself, I want to improve my game in sports because only I control how I play and I needa learn how to separate my life from my game. It's a NEW year, NEW beginning, FRESH ME. :) Can't wait to start this year off RIGHT. BTW, HAPPY NEW YEARS EVERYBODY !

School=STRESSED OUT !

With finals coming up and projects being due, this is the time of the school year that I absolutely dread. And junior year is seriously going ridiculously with 3 honors classes and classes expecting so much. I feel so stressed out and my time management skills are so not coming in effect right now because the 3rd quarter and all of my grades feel like they are dropping because I'm putting my personal life way high right now but I'm trying to change the procrastination because it's a new year and I need to start getting things under control and understand what parts of my life I need to control before the other ones. I'm so stressed from school especially from finals coming up because I do not know what to do because I'm so stressed that it overwhelming me and my brain to a point where it's just brain dead. I know I'm going to do better because I made a promise to myself. I definately don't wanna let myself down as well as my parents. This year will be different, I'm doing it for me. School is still the biggest STRESS FACTOR ever. =/

Winter length, too short?

Winter break, sometimes I think that the length that they give us is too short especially with all of the work that teachers give us. And I understand its 2 weeks and we should be able to manage our time because we are getting older and getting into the real world but they got to understand that we are still young and we want to have life and not have to be buried in school work through our whole break. You know how teachers always say you should manage your time blahblahblah, but they don't know our home life, our other classes, our personal life going on. Sometimes they do which is why they give us a longer deadline, I think that this is better because you get to finish the teachers work with the shorter deadline first. But sometimes I feel that the 2 weeks we get on break is not as much as we need to finish everything, getting a project from pretty much every class especially being so close to finals, needing to study. But then again, I do get where the teachers are coming from with time management because you do need to set your priorities better, just I wish the break was a little bit longer.

Christmas.

Christmas is the whole reason I look forward to winter break. This christmas was a whole lot different because it was exciting and I was with all of my family. I love the feeling of Christmas and the smell of Christmas. I love how it was raining throughout the break, because I love the feeling of rain. My dad is a big fanatic of Christmas because he loves putting smiles on our faces. He loves the feeling of Christmas because how everything is. I guess I'm just like my dad in that concept. Christmas was extremely great this year, and although I knew like all of my presents because my dad made me pick out everything since he wasn't sure what I wanted, I didn't care. I loved wrapping all of my brothers and sisters gift and still labeling them santa because that's how our family is. I love the feeling of Christmas. :)

Black Friday..

Black Friday was quite ridiculous with all of the people that went shopping especially at the times they woke up. Some of my friends told me they pulled all nighters at there homes because there was no point in sleeping then having to wake right back up. The lines at some of these places were really crazy in length. At all the department stores, it was like there was nothing left by the time it hit noon, but at other stores that didn't have such a big discount the lines or store were not as packed. I was relieved because those are the places I wanted to be at. The first store I did go to with my dad, waking up at 5am, was Kohls and that line was ridiculously long. When you thought that you were at the end of the line to line up there was another extension. It seriously took almost 2 hours just to get to the cash registers. It was so shocking at how long it took, and I was not going to get out because it was going to be like this everywhere and this was the point of Black Friday. To stay in line for these deals. While going to Serramonte, it was extremely packed and my dad started talking about recession and that we can't possibly be in a recession with all of these cars that are out here and how much packages people are carrying. And it made me think about the recession and I don't think much of it anymore because people were seriously carrying so many packages. Black Friday was packed and ridiculous but not the worst I've seen.