**edit** new layout/prof pic...check out taiwan pics at: http://photobucket.com/albums/b59/monbon06/ yay!**

so i definitely think its time for an update. lets see if i have the skills to make it a chu-like entry.

so its finaly the END of the semester. i couldnt be any happier. no more exams...and hte BEST part of it...is that i have NO homework. i dont mean homework as in stuff teachers give us...but as in no doing of anything. -i dont think that makes sense-. i remember last winter or last whenever...if i didn't have any homework, in spare time, i had to study for sats. or maybe start on an ia. or maybe think of an ee topic. or maybe worry about group 4. but this break...i was thinking as i drove home...i have NOTHING at all to do. i dont even think i can start on anything in advance if i wanted to since i dont know what we're gonna be learning next semester. i think thats pretty darn awesome.

however, when i got home today, i felt kinda lost lol. i didnt have anything to do or keep me busy and if made me feel like i was doing something wrong. i decided to go to sleep and i slept for about 6 hours straight. apparently my mom tried to lift me up by my arm a couple of times but i dont think i felt a thing. sleep is an awesome thing when you're extremely deprived of it, due to exam week.

i'm sorry for the juniors who are reading this =( i love you guys! i feel bad for most of them who seem really stressed and are trying really hard, but aren't getting the results that they deserve. instead of talking to you guys separately, i can tell you guys that junior year is like the innermost level of hell, as in daunte's inferno. then slowly you start...leaving hell throughout your senior year...actually no i dont think that's right. ahh i'm not really good at metaphors...but i do know that if you get through junior year, you'll be ready for anything. lol i can already imagine a lot of people opposing me on that statement. but hang in there! if you guys need to vent, i'm here =).

i wonder if this entry is getting so long to where people just stop reading. i think i do that in some people's entries..haha i'm guilty of it as well. oh well i'll contineu because im sure some people will keep reading =) so this semester in a nutshell...hmm. definitely less drama than any of the past years lol. horray. its been...relaxed? i think that if i didn't take chemistry in the first place, this year would have been smooth-sailing. but because of chemistry...i have like an F...but i think everyone kinda does so thats okay...other than chemistry, my other classes were really not burdensome (?). 90% of the days i got home, i did chemistry all the way until i fell asleep at night. thats pretty crazy...i wonder why i took chem in the first place if i plan on doing engineering. anyhow other than chem...its really been alright. i'm so glad this semester is over because THIS was the one semester im like alright...i just need to keep working hard for this semester -since colleges still see it- then next semeter i can totally let loose. and i totally plan on doing that. so now that i'm done...i feel relieved =)

i think this is one of the most exciting times of high school. everyones finding out from colleges!!! congrats to everyone who's gotten into places, which is probably a good like 10-15 people i know =). its so exciting! some colleges seriously take forever. some of mine come in around april, which really sucks. but it tests my patience, so thats alright.

i'm excited because i'm going to taiwan over the break starting THIS saturday! i'll be gone until like midnight of january 2nd. school starts january 3rd again. i think i might skip the first day of school since i'll be tired from like a 20 something hour plane ride =(. will comes home friday! ohhhh im so excited. im gonna get tons of stuff.

well thats all i can think of to update now. maybe i'll update when im in taiwan! yay! adios. =)

*edit* by the way...when i'm in taiwan (from dec 17 to jan 2), i cant really bring my cell phone b/c..it ...wont work..haha well i can bring it but it just uhh yea wont work. soo unless you wanna like...leave me a nice message when i come back...dont call my cell =)! thanksss...i hope everyone has a GREATTT christmas =)! yay <33

gahhh i meant to write an entry on my birthday yesterday! =( thats okayyy. anyhow! so i had fun this past week =) thanks for yall that took me out, i had a great time. i have the bestest friends ever! altamonte and chilis was fun. then my brother came home yesterday and i was like yayyyyyy =) thanks also for the presents on friday. love u guys =)

18 doesn't really feel that different. i made like...a HUUGE deal of it like a week before...haha...but it feeeeels the same. at least i know i have the power to actually do some stuff, which is pretty cool =) its hard to think that in 2 years i'll be 20. ahh enough grown-up talk!

so school's been alrighhht...kiiiiinddaaa stressful...this month there are like a billion things going on. extended essay, history ia, english journals and such, and...other stuff, like chem, which gets its own little category. i can't wait til next semester when everything will cool down. oh side note: happy birthday to andy today =) hehe i'm one day older than him. i hope you have a good one =)

why are my entries always so boring? at least they seem like it to me. sorry for wasting like 5 minutes of your time =(. maybe i'll update when i have something realy interesting to say. bye =)

11 days until my birthday! the big 1-8. i can totally buy advertisements off the tv and vote. not like im gonna vote but having the priviledge is exciting enough. i can't wait...! y'all better not forget. =) <33.

that was lovely...i just wrote a whollllle huuuge entry -a chu like entry- and the power went out because of this lovely storm and i lost it all. that suuucks!

anywho. now i dont' feel like updating lol. ahh...ill try anyhow

so...school started. its been alright. i feel like a nice superior senior now b/c i get to drive and see all the little kiddies get off of their cheesemobiles =) other than that...we've had a decent amt of hw every night. its still a lot but not so much to where i have to work constantly through the whole night like last year. i actually dont have much homework tonight, which is why im writing this entry...haha. the hw load...well its more like history ia, extended essay, and those dreaded college apps to worry about...its amazing how many times craft has come in to talk to us about it. i think ive heard the word "college" over like 300 times thep ast few weeks. ok maybe im exagerrating but it was a lot. =)

i like my classes, theyre pretty cool. a lot are very de-stressing like tok haha...i love those stories she tells us =). so hmm not much has gone on the past few weeks, just getting adjusted to waking up at like 5:50 every morning now. ib picnic this saturday! not sure if i'll go since its gonna be like crazy hot. the heat index has been well over 100 the past few days...i think thats insane.

i got free oreo cheesecake today at fazoli's! they made me wait aw hile for my order for takeout since they were busy and felt bad so they gave me extra breadsticks and a free cheesecake. doesnt get much better than that =). just felt the need to share. =) 

ill make this nice and brief since im still a little mad at the storm for erasing my awesome entry. i shall update later when i have more timmmme...adois =)<33

man. i dont think ANY words can describe my experience at ysp.

we had a lot of great times...it'd be too much to write about. i have pictures posted at my photobucket in my profile, and from them, im sure you can tell how great of a time i had. if you want details, you can ask me if you want =)

i didnt think i'd become so close to people there...but i think we all became a really close family after like the first week or two. i dont think i've ever had that great of a summer in my life and i dont think i'll ever forget it. i want to thank each of the 42 people there individually for making it the best experience of my life =). i love everything you guys signed in my scrapbook, it all really touched me. i'm not trying to make this sound corny, but it was because of you guys that i kept smiling and laughing. i love you ALL and i hope we can go along with the idea of a great reunion =) after realizing that 42 people became my best friends in six weeks, i've realized that there's nothing else that i could think of to finish off the best summer ever. =)

after a couple days of returning, i've realized that i must get back in the o-town mood. well...school's starting! and i get my wisdom teeth pulled this wednesday. not a great combination lol...i'll still be puffy the first week of school =(. but i get my senior portraits done tomorrow! im excited about that =) im drivin and ready to go. well i hope everyone's ready for school. i cant wait to see school friends for the first time like the whole summer =) <33 you guys!