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| As I finished paying my bills today, I put my billing statements into the binder that's filled with numerous other billing and account statements. Some of them even date back to 2001!! I shuffled through the big stack of statement papers, and I've realized how I have learned to become responsible over the years. Every month, I have to pay the utility bills, pay off my credit card debt, and balance my checkbook. So far, I'vee been doing fairly well. Since a couple of years back, I'vee also started to file my own taxes and even my parents' taxes. Fortunately, their taxes aren't too complicated for me to handle so that we don't have to hire someone to file taxes for them. But even without financial burdens, we have become more responsible in other aspects of our lives, such as education. Take choosing classes as an example. In elementary and middle school, I never had to choose classes. Class schedules were already set up, so all I had to do was attend them. In high school, counselors set up my schedules when I requested which AP classes to take. But college, ah college, I'm the one who needs to look at the options and put my schedules together. I'm the one who needs to keep in mind the requirements I need to complete to graduate.
Taking on all these small responsibilities is part of becoming an adult, and I've realized the older I get, the more paper work I have to do. How frustrating! How I wish I could just cut off all the strings of responsibilities that are tied to me and run off to a carefree and joyful world. Oh how I wish to be a child again. However, I know that 10 years from now, I would probably be wishing I were a teen again when I just needed to focus on homework and school. This makes me realize that we must cherish the present moment. It's true I was a pretty happy child, but I was also young, naive, and stupid. I remember when I was 8-years-old, I went over to a friend's house that was just a couple of doors down from my home. I lost track of time and before I knew it, it was already dark outside. I started crying because I didn't know how to get home, afraid that I might get swallowed into the darkness by monsters if I went outside. Now, I'm glad I don't act stupidly, well, at least not as often, hehe.
Although I have a lot more responsibilities placed on my shoulders, I can also appreciate my increased knowledge about everything around me and my increased freedom, such as driving to different places, and I'm able to do a lot more things like watch R rated movies, haha. I should cherish and love every day and every moment that I have because why feel sad and wish for something that's impossible (i.e. being a child again)? I don't want to go backward in life. Instead, I want to go forward and become more experienced and mature with each passing day. I remember reading in Jin's xanga one time about how he tries to always smile and be happy every day. I think that's the attitude that everyone needs to adopt. Of course, there will be times when we feel like we're down in the pits, but what's more important is to keep a bright and optimistic attitude in life. We should look for the beauty in the world because after all, life is short, and we should enjoy it while we can. | | |
| I guess kids can be useful after all. Haha.
courtesy of spazzylikethat. | | |
| I used to be so happy and full of life, but now I'm just so frustrated and want to cry. Why? | | |
| HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!! Wow, I can't believe it's already 2005! That means I'll be going to Davis very, very soon! 
I've been checking my grades these past couple of days, and the class I'm most worried about, OChem, is not out yet. Each time I click on "view grades" and "scc fall 2004," I can just feel my heart beating wildly. And then when the page is finally downloaded, the place where my grade should be is still blank. BLANK!! grrrr....... I thought all the grades should be out today, but guess not. Oh well. However, I am pretty satisfied with all my other classes though. I still can't believe how crazy I was to take 7 classes in the Fall. I told myself that if I get all A's this semester, then I'll treat myself to something nice. So far, all my classes are A's, except for the still unknown OChem. I'm starting to get impatient now........
On a lighter note, I thought I'd post up some pics from the hot pot party I went to some time in the beginning of November, or was it October? Anyways, I went with a lot of my Taiwanese friends, and we had a blast!!
Here's a group pic.
We sang Karaoke,
played some kind of dance game, 
then we ate, ate, ate, and ate some more!! 
Oh, and this is Adrien. He's a sushi chef and makes the best fried shrimp handrolls!! 
And if you're wondering about my ski trip, well, I'll blog about that some other day, and I'll post up the pics once I get them on my computer.  | | |
| I got into UCD!!! YAY!! Some of you are probably wondering how I know about my admission status since the deadline for UC applications isn't even over, and it's not even spring yet. Well, I signed a Transfer Admission Agreement (TAA) which basically plans out all the classes I need to take one year prior to transferring, and as long as I maintain a certain grade point average, then I have guaranteed admission if my TAA is approved. And guess what? It's approved!! So happy, so happy, but now that it's November, that means I need to start my UC applications on top of all my school work.
Gee, I really can't wait till the semester ends. I feel so burnt out already. However, I'm doing fairly well in all my classes so far. I really do hope to get an A in OChem though. That class feels like it's 7 units instead of 4 because that's the amount of extra time I put into that class. The semester is going by pretty quickly, and at the end of December, I'll be going on a skiing/snow boarding trip with my friends from Taiwan and some of my English speaking friends!! I'm so excited!!!! That's going to be my first time skiing and snow boarding. Mimi said it'll be 4 days 3 nights, and we'll head up to Lake Tahoe first to ski/snow board/ice skate/shop/get a spa (a spa? oo....  ) Then we'll drive to Redding (I think) for an awesome casino buffet and some more shopping!! Wow, it sounds like so much fun!! As you can see, I'm already very eager and counting down the days.......which reminds me, I need to get some brochures for Auntie Katie and Sammy. Hopefully they will all come too!! I really miss spending time with them. 
I've been hanging out with my friends from Taiwan a lot this semester. I was actually introduced to some Taiwanese friends in my first semester at sac city, but I never really hung out with them because I was always around my other English speaking asian friends since we had science classes and breaks together. This semester, however, my English speaking asian friends aren't really around during my break times, so I've been "re-uniting" with my Chinese conversations among my own peers. I've been speaking so much more Chinese on campus that I'm starting to accidentally slip some Chinese into my English conversations. Hanging out with Taiwanese friends is really so much fun. Sometimes when I'm really into a Chinese conversation, I actually forget I'm in the United States! How bizzare is that? But anyways, I'm glad to have so many more opportunities to practice my Chinese. | | |
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