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PWN

My team pwned Audrey's team. Audrey Howell, that is. Totally beat. her team of buff ladies was NO MATCH for us. We PWN!

Rap by Alina Chong

THE AMY POEM/RAP.



There’s this girl named Amy

From the middle kingdom

She’s got the mind of a scholar

Yeah, you can’t call HER dumb !



I met this girl named Amy

In the, 6th grade

She was always so sweet

Yeah, very happy she made ….



Me every single day, and

When ever we’re together

We always have fun and laughs

That we will remember forever



And I know I can count on her

For everything

Yeah, when ever I see her

She makes me wan’na sing



Because she makes me so happy

Yeah, a smile on my face

If there was a contest for a friendship

Ours will win first place



She’s got the cutest little bunny

But they’re nothing compared

To her , because she’s cute

And she’s got great hair.



So, to wrap this rap

All up I’ll say

That there’s never a time

I don’t love her every day.

Alina was here

Elementary school, middle school, and now high school. Time travels so fast, and we are finally moving on. We have climbed, step-by-step, up the mountain of success. We have struggled to achieve our goals and appear here, graduating from Oak Valley as successful eighth graders. We are ready to take on the responsibilities of high school students and continue being successful. Each step is a step to our dreams, a step to our goals, a step to our future.
Rising to success is like a hike up a mountain, with the summit as our goal. When we reach the top, we have reached our goal. Some of us have college goals, and some of our goals may be simply to be happy. The higher we are, the harder it is to keep going, but look at us here. We have climbed, and climbed, and climbed. There have been obstacles, some that were easy to step over, and some that required struggling in order to overcome it. You, the 2009 eighth grade class, have conquered the obstacles in the past. Now look ahead, to the future. There are even more obstacles. They will be tough challenges, and they will be difficult. They may seem impossible, but nothing is, when you have the courage to try, when you have the perseverance to keep trying, and when you have the confidence to know that you can do it. Nothing can stop you. Know that you have been given a life, and with it comes dreams, so live your life, and live your dreams.
When I first entered middle school, I had no idea how it was going to be like. Some people had older siblings, and could depend on them for middle school advice. I had to depend on my friends as my older siblings. I always felt as if my personality was a year or two younger than my actual age, so I looked up to my friends as older brothers and sisters. Middle school was very much different from elementary school. Elementary classes were slow, boring, and easy. In this new class, my fellow classmates all valued education, all wanted to go to college, and all dreamed of success. They were straight-A students. Competition stood before me. Before, I was the top student in my class. I had to do more work to just to stay average. I was no longer the person everyone asked for help on homework, and I no longer stood out. I became the one asking others for help. Once I brought home a D+ on a science test. My parents were totally ticked off, and gave me a huge lecture on the importance of tests in middle school. That D+ dropped my grade from an A to a B. I believed I had disappointed my parents for life, but they forgave me. Instead of punishing me, they found a way to improve my grade. They bought me books and found websites to help with my class. For every test that my teachers returned to me, my parents made me do all the corrections, and understand why and how I got it wrong. My grade gradually improved, and by the end of the trimester, I had gotten back on track with an A. By learning from my mistakes, I changed my failure to a success. I learned that a small stumble up my mountain of success could be fatal, but if I had the heart to change it, then I could be successful.
Success. What is success? Success is the achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted. We all want to accomplish the task of getting something we want. We all want to be successful. Success boosts our confidence, strengthens our hopes, and encourages us to keep on going. Without success, we would be living in a pandemonium of depression. No one is happy when something they attempted doesn’t work. No one likes seeing an F on his or her report card. No one likes being a failure. One of my favorite quotes by Ben Sweetland is, “success is a journey, not a destination.” The meaning of this quote is that not only do you need to set goals, you also need to plan on how to achieve those goals. Such a plan can be anything. My plan is to always learn from my mistakes. If you know your mistakes, know how you got in wrong, and remember those mistakes, chances are, you will not make the same mistake again. Mistakes are a large barrier between yourselves and success. Success is not easy. It is not just a point. It is a line connection you to that point. It is a path that you have to pave for yourself, with barriers blocking your way. You cannot follow someone else to create your success. You create it yourself. You manage your life—you learn from your mistakes—and you can be successful.
We all gather here today, graduating the eighth grade. We have overcome the obstacles so far, but there are more ahead. We graduate Oak Valley as people of character, as people of integrity, and most importantly, we are people of success. Thank you parents, teacher, Mrs. Wrisley, and friends. Without your support and your advice, we would not have gotten this far. We can leave Oak Valley this year, knowing we are successful.

Thank You

Jubilee
a :D in a world of :|
you brought joy into my school days

Alvin
a xD in a world of :|
you listened to me when i chatted with you

Alicia
a :P in a world of :|
you influenced me to never give up

Susan
a :) in a world of :|
you brought me back to life

Alina
a :] in a world of :|
you loved me

Anonymous
I smile when I see you
you gave me a reason to live

thank you

Hot Days

The sun stole my energy

totally pwned

my volleyball team totalley beat the crap out of the first team we played against last thursday.

today we had a game also, at 1:00pm. we got beat. that's so not fair. the other team had like 3 experienced players, when we only had one.

money can buy everything i want

money can buy me everything i want.
i want death
i want a knife
i want cyanide
i want death

god is nothing to me

god is nothing to me
he is like a cloud
i don't care much
i don't care at all

whatever he is
i don't believe he is there
because he doesn't believe
that i am here

always watching,
that's what some people say.
then he is a stalker,
peering at you through your window

watching

god is nothing to me
he is immortal
he does not need to experience
our pain

he is selfish
he doesn't help
anyone
or anything

god is nothing to me
like dust in the air
i don't mind
because he doesn't mind me

he made humans,
that's what some people say.
then he is evil,
because he tortures me.

he made me
so he can watch,
so he can see me,
so he can stare while i suffer

i am like a moth
he is the child with a magnifying glass
he burns holes in my wings
and watches in awe.

as i suffer,
as i cry
as i refuse to obey
he doesn't care

and so i don't care either
he will find another moth to torture
and never learn his lesson
let him do it

see what happens
he will learn someday
and i will see that
right before i die

or he will continue being
his ignorant self,
immortal and selfish,
and also useless

to anyone,
but most especially,
to me

life

birth--work--death
past--present--future

simple as that

from nargis's blog

TEN EMOTIONS.
1. are you missing someone right now?- yes
2. are you happy?- no
3. are you talking to anyone right now?- yes; Alvin
4. are you bored?- no
5. are you german?- no, wtf?
6. are you irish?- no
7. are you chinese?- yes
8. are you asian?- yes
9. are your parents still married?- yes
10. do you like someone right now?- no, an i never will


TEN FACTS.
1. hometown- Shenyang, China
2. hair color- dark brown
3. perfume- no
4. hair style- layered and short
5. eye color- brown
6. shoe size- 7
7. mood- am i alive?
8. skin color- yellow
9. available?- no
10. lefty/righty- Righty

TEN THINGS ABOUT YOUR LOVE LIFE.
1. have you ever been in love?- No, never
2. do you believe in love?- no
3. why did your last relationship fail?- Haven't been in one
4. have you ever been heartbroken?- no
5. have you ever broken someone's heart?- I doubt it.
6. have you ever fallen for one of your best friends?- no
7. have you ever liked someone but never told them?- no
8. are you afraid of commitment?- no
9. has someone ever kissed your hand?- no
10. have you ever had a secret admirer?- no

TEN THINGS: THIS OR THAT.
1. love or lust- neither; i'm not fond of guy/girl relationships
2. hard liquor or beer- Neither
3. night or day- neither
t4. one night stands or relationships- neither
5. television or internet- INTERNET
6. pepsi or coke- ... neither
7. wild night out or romantic night in- neither
8. colored pictures or black and white pictures- both
9. phone or in person- both
10. friendster or myspace- Neither

ONE HAVE Y0U EVER's.
10. have you ever wanted to kill yourself?- yes, all the time

Sketchup

I don't really get it. Every time I download Google Sketchup 7, it results in a virus called Trojan. idk why. I've removed it from my computer several times already. annoying. i wonder what would happen is Conflicker got into my system.

DC

Back from DC Trip with family. VERY NICE. I'll write about it...

Confidential Confessions

CONFIDENTIAL CONFESSIONS is a new manga that I have taken on to read. It's really deep, and I like it very much. The rating is 4.5 stars and is "mature", because of sexual material. It has to do with suicide, drugs, rape, prostitution, harassment, and other girl things. I can really relate to the experiences of the girls in the books, except for the drugs chapter.

music is inspiring

guys

are so perverted

unfairness

i hate my life. why is [almost] everyone against me? someone kill me now...

Life

My life is a rose bud that cannot bloom. Forever a tight case around itself until it drops.

Green

Braces got tightened. Now they are green. I ate sesame seeds.

Comment On Nargis's Post

Nargis's new post was all about suicide and how bad it was. I actually have a comment about that. What if, you wanted to hurt others without hurting yourself emotionally? What if you felt like you were doomed in this life? What if you feel your world is hectic? What if you wanted to end your misery and cause misery to others instead? All you had to do is sacrifice your life. After you give up your life, you feel nothing, like an endless sleep. I would love that. thx nargis.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY

gotta wear green. our school proclaims that it is "harassment" and "bullying" if we pinch someone. STUPID

PE extra credit

Coach Sheehan told us that if we got a time that was better than our last one, then we could get 5 points extra credit. I WAS 3 SECONDS AWAY FROM THAT! 6:47 btw. best was 6:35

B-DAY

GOING TO A BIRTHDAY PARTY AT 5PM!! SLEEPOVER!

?

my life is f***ing hell

partner/group tests

what's the point of a test like this? can't you just copy off the other person?

haircut tomorrow

I'm getting a haircut tomorrow. IDK what i want it to look like.

8th Grade Promotion and Evening Party

Promotion:

I have no summer dress to wear. Last year, when the current 9th graders had graduated, the girls wore these brightly colored light fabric dresses. I have one purple, one red, and three black dresses. I MUST BUY ANOTHER DRESS FOR PROMOTION. I still have time though, it's four months away.

Party:

PEOPLE VOTED FOR BEACH THEMED PARTY!!! WTF!!! What are they thinking? Are they going to come to school dressed in swim trunks or a swimsuit? oh well, i was hoping for masquerade. Maybe Alina and I could decorate masks together...THE RESULTS HAVEN"T COME UP YET...hope they will soon!

Del Norte Course Selections

OKAY...I am taking Chinese credit classes in SDHXCS. Del Norte offers Spanish 1-2, Spanish 3-4, and Mandarin 1-2. I REALLY do not wish to take Spanish. I want to take Mandarin, but that will just be a waste of time. The classes I go to on Sundays counts as high school credit. Is there a way to not take a second language in Del Norte?


I've seen a few pictures of Del Norte. It's coming along fairly well. OMG we (my buddies and I) will be the first freshman!

Annoying Siblings

I am trying my best to be kind to my younger sister. For some reason, she has been in a bad mood lately. I am being very nice to her, but she is trying her best to be mean at me. I don't understand. Somebody comment please?

CM Testing 2009

YES I PASSED! I passed with a 93% in theory and several 5+ on the pieces. I thought I might have failed! Well, I thought wrong. I got into the honors branch, but MTAC won't have a recital this year. They have no place to reserve for the recital, so the honors people just get a shiny sticker on their certificate, like always. I want to test for level 10. I don't believe that I have the time to study and practice. I hope to do much of it over the summer...

CM testing

CM testing was yesterday. Again at SDSU, like last year. I did level 9. Theory was easy. I forgot what a Boree was though. I'm really worried about my playing. I messed up a couple of times on my first and third pieces. I hope I still pass. Honors isn't my goal now. Just passing...

Rain

It's raining. I'm doing homework. Compare and Contrast Essay due this week. I'm doing it on The Monkey's Paw and The Third Wish...

Whoops! Forgot This One...China: January 3, 2009

Dear Mom,

The day before yesterday, we spent too much time picking our ice skates. Our ice skates were probably the most beautiful and professional. They were only sold in one shop out of the entire sports utility mall (we couldn't find them in any other store). In that mall, we also bought Anna a badminton racket and dad a pingpong paddle. The pingpong paddle even comes with a bag/cover. The pingpong paddle's bag is so small compared to the bag of the badminton racket or tennis racket's bags. Yesterday, we went to a picture taking place. Yeye and nainai stayed home. Gugu had to go to work, and liangliang went to school. Even though it was a Sunday, liangliang still had to go to school, because they had a NEW YEAR'S BREAK, and had to make up the missed school days. I'm glad it's not like that in America.

Love,
Amy Gao

China: January 5, 2009

Dear Mom,

We are going ice skating today. The day before the day before yesterday (1/2/09), we went to ZhongJie to eat their special tang hu lu. We also bought feshly made ice cream and yang rou chuan. It was yummy. After that, we (dad, anna, gugu, liangliang, and me) walked directly to Lao Bian Jiao Zi. Yeye and nainai didn't come that day. I don't why, but i enjoyed the day without them :-) At the resturant, we ordered different kinds of jiao zi. We ordered pork, hui2 xiang1, and celery. We also bought two cups of tea. In the tea cups, the waitress first put in ju2 hua1 (chrysanthumum flower), dried long2 yan3, another flower that i don;t know of, and tea leaves. It was pretty. Then, using a BIG tea kettle with a LONG spout, the waitress poured in hot water. Gugu didn't know what to call the waitress, so she called her ya1 tou. We all laughed. I told her to call the waitress Xiao3 Jie3. She called the waitress Xiao3 Hai2. It was funny. I took pictures of the tea and our fun time at Lao Bian Jiao Zi.

We are going to take pictures at a professional photoshoot company's building. At the picture taking place, we were allowed to pick two dresses from their closet and had to bring one set of clothes for our own. The first dress that i picked was red, with a lot of that kind of see through cloth (sa [first tone]). After we pur on our dress, we went to the makeup and hairdresser place, where makeup artists, did our faces and hair. My makeup artist gluedfake eyelashes on me, so my eyes looked HUGE. She also puffed up my hair onto the top of my head, and added a red feather clip. When I looked into the mirror, I looked like an asian princess. Anna's dress was white with pearls. Her makeup artist (the same as mine) put her hair into a bun and covered that bun with fake hair, so that she looked like a queen. She also wore a tiara, which is a type of crown for girls/women. We then went to a photo shoot set. There were staircases, fake pianos, and lots of other fake things, and real things too, like sofas, and fences. After each photo shoot, we switched clothes. After you switch clothes, you go back to the makeup artist and they redo your hair, according to how your dress looks like. My second dress was green, and my hairstyle was made so that my hair was on one side, and flowers were put on that side. I think Anna was jealous ofmy clip, so she picked a red dress, and the makeup artists put the same red clip in her hair too, but her hairstyle was different from mine. Our photo shoot place this time was at the fake piano and the sofa. After we finished that photo shoot, we changed into our next clothes; the ones that we brought. Most of the ones we brought we liangliang's old clothes, or new clothes that were too small for liangliang. They were all very pretty. The photo company provided our lunches. Our lunch consisted of two boxes of rice, like twice the amount of rice that they give you in 99 Ranch market resturant, and other vegetables. For the vegetables, there was: 4 green peppers that had a meatball stuffed at its end, an onion dish, beef with potatoes, and a dish with eggplant and pepper strips. We also got two cups of water. I also brought my own water, which i froze beforehand (out the window). Dad kept drinking that. The photo shoot set that we sent to this time, was a place where paper could be pulled down and used as a background. We used three backgrounds. We both got to hold teddy bears. At the end, i kinda got the feeling that anna didn't know how to smile for pictures. She always smiled with her mouth, but never with her eyes, it just looks fake. But whatever, it's okay, she'll learn in the future. The photo place was actually pretty fun! After we finished doing that photo thing, we asked to go to laolao's house. Dad ponder for a while, and then said yes, but we had to buy something for them first and give it to them as a present. Since the photo place was at ZhongJie, we just went to the ZhongJie market to buy something for them. Dad bought them Mou Tai Wine. I have no clue what that is, but the container for the wine was pretty and it came with a REALLY tiny water cup. We rid a taxi to ZhongJiehouse from laolao's house. She ate a LOT of popcorn and tiny oranges. She even had ma2 hua1! They were yummy. She insisted us to bring them back to nainai's house, and we did. I can't wait to eat more!

Today's ice skating...

This afternoon, we went ice skating on a pond. The ice was smooth, but not as smooth as the ice in the SDIA in Mira Mesa. I also saw people in metal chairs with rods that they held and pushed themselves on the chairs to glide on the ice. I want to try that the next time I go ice skating. Our new ice skates were really good. They also were sharpened really well too. It was a little hard to skate because Anna and I were so used to duller skates. The pond was frozen at the top, so we could skate on it. I wanted to get a pick and make a hole in the ice, so that I could see all the fishies, cold in their frozen home. Then, i could go ice fishing and bring one home to cook! :-) There was also an ice track. Anna and I went skating on it. Some old guy told us that the track was for speed skaters only. I didn't believe him, because there was another hockey skater skating on it too. May she doesn't know either...?

Then we went back home.

Chat with you later,
Amy Gao

China: January 4, 2009

Dear Mom,

Wewent to laolao's house today. She made us yummy corn and bought us that special popcorn that you talked about to us! Dad bought her a new phone that was wireless. He also taught laolao and laoye how to use the blodd pressure monitor. Anna and I taught laoye how to use the yo-yo that you got from your company. He enjoyed it. We also saw a bunch of pictures of you when you were younger. You were so beautiful and still are. Dad looks a lot older than when he got married to you, but you didn't change. You still look the same as the way you were young. YOU ARE SO PRETTY!

Love,
Amy Gao

China: January 2, 2009

We got ice skates today. they are pretty. We spent so much time picking them, that we had no time to go to the ice skating place after we bought them! Mine are pure white. Anna's are white with some blue swirls and flowers. Her's was more expensive, because it is made of cotton. Mine is artificial leather. The real leather skates were really ugly. Mine and Anna's are SOOOOOO beautiful. We ate Korean grill for dinner. We walked to a restaurant and picked a table with two pot-like things and are actually griddles. We ate a lot of meat. We ordered like 10 dishes of food. One of the meat dishes was really yummy. For my favorite meat dish, we put the meat on the pot thing and waited for it to cook thoroughly. Then we put on some sauce and wrapped it in a lettuce leaf. it was yummy. We ordered a sushi dish too. I thought there would be about 10 sushi, but it turned out to be 20 or so! OMG (oh my gosh) that's a lot. I ate like 7. It was yummy, until the seventh one (sushi). On top of the pot is a round tray, with slits and holes for oil and other liquids to drip through. Under the tray, but still in the pot, is coal, and it was lit on fire. After we ate dinner and finished most of the dishes, Liangliang and Anna burned their wooden chopsticks in the fire in the pot. I was in the restroom then. When I came back, the waiter already took our coal away and was getting the bill for us. The tips of anna and liangliang's chopsticks were black when i came back and they were hiting them with each other's chopsticks, trying to set them on fire again. All in all, dinner was pretty fun. I hate China's toilets. They are called squat toilets and there is no seat. Some places, like the good resturant that we went to today had toilet paper. Some, like the toilets of Wu Ai Shi Chang, don't have toilet paper. We first went to Wu Ai Shi Chang and bought Anna her snow boots and then we went to Di Xia (underground place where they sell wen2 ju4 (the numbers are the tones), toys, purses, bags, and other acessories). I bought leg warmers. Anna and I both bought hats that have a fluffy ball on top and 2 that hang down from the sides. These hats cover our ears. We wore them for the rest of the day. We also bought really skinny combs from Di Xia. They are cool. Dad also picked a comb made out of cow's hoof. A hoof is the hard part on the bottom of a cow's foot. From Di Xia, we also bought some small stuff. Anna and I each got a red cow with bells, for the NEW YEAR OF THE COW. I also bought a plush mushroom to hang on my backpack. So did Anna. Our mushrooms are different colors. Tonight, I did half a chapter of my HW. I played some piano in the morning too. Their electronic piano is no long enough for me. Gugu is someday going to bring me to Liangliang's friend's house. They hve a REAL piano. Their building is REALLY close to ours. Less than a five minute walk away! Nainai always has warm water, and Anna and I like to drink cold water, so we just stick a bottle of water out the window and let it sit for a while on the windowsill. Then it turns cold. Once, my bottle of water froze! Now, every time nainai fills my water bottle with warm water, i just put it outside when she turns and leaves out of our room. :-P Right now, it is 9:16 pm. Anna has fallen asleep on the bed beside me. I will go to sleep too. GOOD NIGHT FOR TODAY, AND GOOD MORNING FOR TOMORROW!!!

China: January 1, 2009

I got a haircut today. Anna got one too. We went to L'OREAL Professionals. The hair stylists were sooo good at cutting peoples' hair. My hair is now short and layered. When we first went into the barber shop, they washed our hair for us. Anna's hair is still long, but layered. My hairstyle is the most popular one in China right now. We are going to go shopping at night, and gugu will take pictures. HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!