im aware that no one really uses xanga anymore but i just felt like writing out some stuffs because a lot has happened this year... Jan 2: my dad leaves for korea for a month and my mom's in texas so rachel n i are home alone. sad beginning... =T Jan 5-7: my last day at omei md. n my mom comes bak on the 6th. the 6th was...i guess my first official day at va. i also decided to convert to bsword that day. anywayz, those were prob the hardest days this year. hard decision but no regrets right? and doing it "alone" was hard but im glad tenyia was there part of the time. and i dont really feel like explaing what i mean when i say "alone." anywayz. the year basically started out excrutiatingly bad n crazy. Feb 17: it's md's last sash test. i go there just to....talk to laoshi n cheer everyone on, but they're short on ppl so i end up being the scorekeeper person... Feb 28: md's "last" day. they move to..some synagogue. March 2-15: school friends n i start preparing for international night. crazy fun yo. lots of paint fights. may i always remember how we smacked paint on each other... man it was just so amazing. late nights painting. n getting up extremely early just so we could get it all ready in time. we spent so much time n energy on the preparations. but we only got like 25 hrs of community service.. but none of that matters because had too much fun doing it all. xD anywayz. int night was a success. and it gave me a chance to hang out w/ mike n andrew again. ^^ April 7: friends n i go to six flags...on the one day that it decides to snow. keep in mind, it's already spring then. flowers were blooming!!! but it was fun. most of the rides were closed but one water ride was open. n i kept thinking, "psh u never get wet on these rides." so naturally, i get soaked...my butt was extremely wet and cold. very memorable~ followed by...an interesting sleepover. April 12: shakespeare festival. also crazy fun. making those costumes.... kinda painful considering the lack of sleep but it was fun nonetheless. the same goes for the face painting. and i still have that lil...cloth ribbon thing. ^^ i love my md school friends sooooooooo much~!!! couldnt have gotten thru the year without them. April 28: surprise bday party for meeeee~!!!!!! sweet 16. amazing. such a surprise.. ^^"'' n seeing my school friends and my wushu friends all together. evn better. ultimate bliss, happiness, satisfaction, etc. also very memorable. also got some remarkable presents. i mean...seeing them was just adpoiahge!! June 13: last day at whitman. prob wont ever get to see ann taylor (ian taylor). that makes me really sad. u_u but uh that day, it RAINED CATS AND DOGS. we all got soaking wet because we stayed after school to hang out. but we just had fun in the rain. steph evn screamed from the thunder!! xD jumping in puddles. sweeping the puddles... my shoes had oceans in them. every step and they went squishhh n water splashed out... anywayz afterwards, i went to hang out w/ ben n ken. attempted to sneak in to a movie but failed so we watched spider man 3. i dont care. i was happy to hang out w/ them~ last time i got to see ken. =T then sleepover w/ school friends~ just one of many sleepovers. July 13-15: Team Trials. what a rush. ^^ how alive can someone feel? and dang...such intensity. July 21: bowling with md ppl. last time i got to see justin. what a dramatic goodbye~ n carrie came bak that day so school friends n i had a sleepover. last one too. i think it was too sad for me to process that it was our last hang out all together. goodbyes just dont feel like goodbyes until ur long gone. July 24: moved out of the house and into the mandarin oriental hotel. sad night. actually that day was really long. it took them forever to move all our boxes. last dinner there: sandwiches from giant. but they were too plain so we used some leftover dan dan mian sauce from our fridge (b/c we left it there) to spice it up. July 25: checked out the "md school" for the last time. it was nice seeing the kiddies again. wont get to see them improve and grow... my last dinner with laoshi. i said my goodbyes to him. July 27: mike n i visit the old old school. the warehouse. such a long time ago but we all remember what it was like. dunno if id still wish for it to come bak. i think im past that... but good times. then again, a lot of painful memories too. but still, overall, good times. i think everyone will always remember that warehouse and what it meant to some of us. anywayz, then i go to va omei for the last time. it was pretty much a bum day b/c ppl are still chillin from post team trials syndrome or w/e. after class, we go to uno's. awesome dinner. awesome good bye. jon n dennis picked me up onto their shoulders n we all took a group pic. i love them~ (the worst part was, it was also my last time seeing tenyia. i love that girl. i miss her dearly. we went thru so much together...) but it was so fun hanging out w/ them. im so glad i got to kno them. n team trials with them was really nice. then i go to the last sleepover with md wushu ppl. July 28: of course i fell asleep. but when night time came, it really hit me that i wasnt going to see these ppl again for a really long time...possibly ever. there were some ppl that i couldnt possibly bear to let go of. a lot of it was lhjd. thinking about that alone made me start tearing. i remember the good bye so clearly. so vivid. i could barely make out the word "bye" during those last few minutes. i admit, i was bawling... hardest goodbye so far for me. July 29: early morning. we leave md for texas. sad day. August 4: nationals. it was pretty fun. got to see some ppl again. ^^ August 21: joined..i believe... "songshan shaolin temple." (justin yu's school) and i have to say...i love that school now. ppl there are really nice. my coach. no words to describe him. but i (can) really appreciate having him as a coach. means a lot... but yea he's really good. very funny n crazy. and open enough to dance freely (and sing...loudly)..all the time. August 27: first day of new school. i hate this school btw. HATE IT. w/ a fervent ardor and passion and just a hatred that can darken any beacon of light and yea... >_> September 15-23: parents are out. a lot of....horrible things had to happen then. lizard in the apartment and i had to find a way to get it out... i get locked out b/c the door and lock break. these kind of things never occurred before or ever again. October 21: first demo with this school. this is when i really feel like i fit in with them. like i kno im definitely, without a doubt, one of them. some other semi memorable/fun stuffs happens...but too lazy to describe them. December 22: it's the end of the year performance/party at wushu. interesting day for me. i wont go into too much detail about the beginning of the day but i get to wushu w/o any of my wushu stuffs because my dad was stuck in traffic n my mom borrowed her pingpong coach's car to get me to wushu. (my stuffs is in my dad's car.) but at least im there. i messed up a few times during the demo. ONE BIG ONE: first attempt at staff: within the first couple moves, i mess up really badly. that surprised me b/c im pretty good at that move. but a few moves later and I BREAK MY STAFF INTO 3 EVEN PIECES. (i loved that staff btw. i dreamt about it too!! it was my best staff so far. it's gonna hurt to throw away 2 out of the 3 pieces...maybe i can buy one when i get bak to md/va.) i was pissed. but i go again using someone else's staff and i did badly b/c im not used to that staff. what sucks is that i can do so much better than that. anywayz, after the performance we re all just chilling and eating, but then i start armwrestling ppl. so then everyone starts arm wrestling each other. i beat all the ppl i go against cept for james and the coaches. i am very pleased with myself...but then i remember my staff's corpse. December 27: i ll be going bak to md. bak home. I CANNOT WAIT!!! overall, this year...2007. right from the start and right to the end... has been....hard ... crazy.... fun.... unforgettable... painful... amazing. u kno...i think i ve matured... i went thru a lot and im still going. i almost feel...kinda accomplished. but i couldnt have done that without the support of some ppl. actually there are too many ppl to name so i shall leave them anonymous. but it was really hard at first....thanks so much to those who held me up. moving was also really hard. couldnt have survived without wushu and my coach and some of my friends. and although it's been difficult, i have no regrets. happy holidays you guys. | 
