Four day break is ending!

On Saturday, the family went to Andy's indoor soccer game at Reeves. They lost, but it was entertaining to watch. Nothing exciting really happened on Saturday actually... On Sunday, I finished my power point on Aphrodite which took FOREVER.

Then yesterday, I went to Portland! Yay! We ate at Ocean City for lunch and it was dim sum! =]

My parents bought me 4 plates of noodle fried shrimp! MY FAVORITE DIM SUM THING EVER. Well, along with pepper tofu and calamari. Here's Karina during lunch. :)

Then we went shopping at Clackamas Town Center and I got a new pea coat, an owl necklace, and a flower headband. :)

Then we went out to dinner at Ocean City again because they serve different things for dinner. They make the cutest pepper tofu ever. They're mini! They were yummmyyyy.

Today, I finished reading My Forbidden Face, which is such an incredible story. Then I went off to clean my room and I am quite proud of the work I did. I'm thinking about decorating my room again since it's so plain, but as usual I'll probably be too lazy to or want to save up my money. Afterwards, I finished my business card assignment for Hummel and finished reading book 11 of The Odyssey. Some insurance guy came to check out our house and was in the backyard. Andy had no idea though so he saw the guy and he started freaking out. It was hilarious! I actually had time to watch and play with Karina today and it was fun. I love my sissy! :) In the picture, we were watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse while eating lunch. That's what I look like in the morning...

Oh yeah, I was cleaning out my room and I found CDs with pictures files from like forever ago. I found these professional photos from 4th grade!

End of the school week! Hooray!

Well, I'm exhausted as usual on a Friday night. I feel so tired and don't want to move at all. I didn't mention this on the last post, but on Monday the PE/Health class started its health unit on sex education. Freshmen and their immature minds... There have been so many sex jokes going around, but the good thing is that they're actually funny. At the same time though the jokes gross me out. Mrs. Summers makes the class hilarious though. Some of the things we learn in sex ed is so unnecessary though... For example, we learned what could affect the taste of sperm. GROSS. Anyways, I've been so behind in The Odyssey that it's depressing. I never procrastinate so I've never been behind! It was seriously stressing me out! It's because annotating takes forever and I'm too lazy to read through it first and then annotate. On the bright side, even though I don't actually read it before I take the quizzes I actually pass them and get the highest scores on them...On Tuesday, the 8th grade choir from the middle school came to listen to us sing and we were supposed to pick and vote those we thought would be a good addition to the choir. GOODNESS GRACIOUS, some of the kids were OBNOXIOUS. They pretty much ruined my day with their annoying-ness. On the A.C.T. day, Davis and I watched the last SNL so that was fun. :) I spent most of yesterday studying for the bajillion tests and quizzes that I had today. I stayed up till around midnight and I actually dozed off reading... I was annotating and reading The Odyssey so I have pen marks on my bed... Today, I worked more on Pur Dicesti O Bocca Bocca Bella for Solo Ensemble... I am so nervous for Solo Ensemble that you have no idea. Everyone's probably sick of me complaining and freaking out about it. But oh well. Oh yeah, I'm in charge of organizing how to raise money for nets to send to Africa to help them prevent malaria. It's so exciting! I love being secretary. I've had a pretty good day regardless of tests and quizzes today. Also, I LOVE our choir songs. Especially Yo Le Canto and Crows and Clusters. I love Kyle's piano playing on both songs... His playing on Crows and Clusters always makes me crack up. Of course if you're not in choir you wouldn't understand! YOU LOSER. Hahaha, just kidding! :3

Songs/pieces I keep having stuck in my head or constantly listening to:
1. Pur Dicesti O Bocca Bocca Bella (Which is a good thing considering I need to know it by next Saturday...)
2. Postcards From Italy- Beirut
3. Nantes- Beirut
4. Higher- Taio Cruz ft. Travie McCoy
5. Hey Baby (Drop It To the Floor)- Pitbull ft. T-Pain
6. Start Again- Sam Tsui
7. Hold It Against Me (cover)- Alex Goot
8. 054- Detektivbyrån
9. En Annan Typ Av Disco- Detektivbyrån
10. The Way You Are - David Choi & Kina Grannis (DUDE THEY'RE LIKE MY FAVE SINGERS EVER AND THEY MADE THIS COLLABORATION!)

It's been a month, blogger...

This past month, I've learned that finals suck. I can't get a 4.0 because of algebra in Jone's class last year. One A-....Homework stinks. Having lots of stress is horrible. Annoying people bug the crap out of me. Being sick SUCKS. Singing in front of others is terrifying. The Odyssey gives me a headache. Solo ensemble is next week and I'm shaking just thinking about it...

On the bright side, Val- O- Grams are amazingly fun. I've made many new friends in choir. :) I also have a 4.0 this semester. I've sadly learned that I can get a higher grade on quizzes that most kids in Hummel's class without even reading all of the assigned parts... Not that I'm going to not read the assigned parts anymore... Davis liked my gift and didn't throw it out of the window so that was good :).

Oh yeah! Last friday was Alex's birthday and we played pictionary! Matt was on my team and I had to draw without looking...

(Matt labeled it afterwards :3)

Also, the day of val-o-grams we played Just Dance 2... These are some of the guys in choir :3

Cody actually ended up winning this one...but Ian says he did... I actually don't remember..

I don't remember who won this one though....

I love choir.

I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT THIS UNTIL JONNY REMINDED ME. So we decided to go sing to Jonny since he's Brittney's neighbor, but he was in the shower... So we went into his home and sang to the (closed, just clarifying) door. :)

Happy Birthday to my bro Andy :)!

Last week has been SO stressful. Luckily, all that stressing out is mostly over. It was a stressful week but it was filled with fun :).

On Wednesday, we had an intruder drill during 5th period... Lauren decided to be my savior and carry me into the art pod! haha :) Oh Lauren. I love her.

After school on Friday, Ha-Yoon, Juli, Madi, and Maya came over to my house before going to watch Once Upon a Mattress. It was fun! Did each others hair, hung, and etc. We all ate wonton type noodles with tofu and pork. I made them all eat with chopsticks. hahaha Juli struggled so much with it that it was hilarious :).

The musical! When we got there I bought Davis a flower and gave the rest of the cast cookies. There was a lot more cookies but people kept eating them before we got there...-cough cough- Then Reagan arrived! Yippee. Just like old times! The musical was enjoyable :). I've never heard Lauren sing before but her voice... it's AMAZING. Liza was brilliant as the queen. Brennan as the Mute King made me laugh hysterically with Juli. Emma was the Nightingale and also made me laugh :). Juli and I kept laughing when other people weren't and it was pretty... interesting. We're just cool like that. We even head banged to the overture.

Yesterday, we celebrated Andy's birthday with the relatives. It was pretty fun. The little kids had toy whistles which I got really annoying... I ended up ripping them out of their mouths. :3

OH YEAH! In ballroom, Natasha told me about a workshop in Seattle with BUDDY SCHWIMMER. LACEY AND BENJI'S DAD! That's so cool. I'm so extremely excited!

Well, January 23rd... My brother's 10! It's so weird seeing him at a 10 year old in 4th grade... I can remember myself when I was in 4th grade. Oh, time goes by so quickly.

Also, this is a video Natasha showed me of Benji Schwimmer and I think it's amazing! I love it.

3 Day Weekend!

On Saturday, I went to ballroom as usual which is always fun. Then afterwards, Daddio and I went guitar shopping! We didn't get one but we had fun browsing. Aha. I discovered that Daddy is actually super duper amazing at guitar even though he's rusty since he hasn't played in years. I never knew Daddy was that good! Afterwards, I went to Ashley's birthday party at West Side Lanes! It was so fun! :) Ashley like Davis's and my gift so that was good.

Yesterday, I started on Davis's Valentine's Day gift! :)

Today, Grandma, Grandpa, Dad, Karina, Andy, and I went to Seattle. We ate dim sum, bought food, went places, and etc. I'm almost done with Davis's gift and I'm so excited! I found out Matt's birthday was yesterday! I don't really get why he refuses to tell people... I am so ridiculously behind in homework... I need to do it all tonight! Yikes.

So I decided to just make lists of 10 song I really really like or listen to all the time every time I post now.... So here we go! (no particular order)

1. Something 'Bout Love -David Archuleta
2. Postcards From Italy- Beirut
3. King of Anything- Sara Bareilles
4. Lucky- Jason Mraz ft. Colbie Caillat <----- has been my favorite song for like a year now!
5. Back To Us- Kinna Grannis
6. Elephant Gun- Beirut
7. Headphones-I'm From Barcelona
8. Marry You- Alyssa Bernal covering Bruno Mar's song
9. Stereo Love- Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina
10. Rhythm of Love- Plain White T's

Friday! Yippee!

This week has been pretty whack. I got horribly sick and had to skip school Tuesday and Wednesday. I lost my voice! :( It's coming back but it's still icky sounding. These two days happened to be the days where we had a test or quiz in like every class...I came back to school yesterday but I actually did not read to the chapter we were supposed to read to in To Kill a Mockingbird because I was actually sick and I had a lot of other homework to do... I was hoping that Hummel wouldn't give us a pop quiz and guess what? POP QUIZ! Luckily I was able to answer most of the questions... I got a 15/20 and the class average was apparently 11/20... hmm... That is saying something there. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that Maya and Davis made it a competition to see who could hug me first after school... haha. Hmmm... What else...? Oh hey, today was the most fun I've ever had in biology... We went to the library because the computer labs were busy and I didn't really have to do anything and it was also during second lunch so Maya, Juli, Madi, Ha-Yoon, Matt, and Kyle came to talk to me! :) Nothing exciting happened but it was the best time I've had in biology because biology is miserable. Also, ever since the Spanish classes got to watch the first and second semester of Spanish love songs... I've been called Phanny Pantalones...

The day I came back to school also happened to be the day that Tracy was at home sick... He has the same symptoms as me and everything from when I was sick. Everyone was so shocked he was absent because he's never absent! I just ruined his perfect attendance. hahaha. I feel bad thought because I was REALLY sick... Oh well.

Also, I've discovered some pretty amazing bands. Death Cab For Cutie, Boyce Avenue, and Plain White T's. Well I've heard of Death Cab For Cutie but I've never actually listened to them. I knew a few of the Plain White T's songs before and I really liked them but I never looked into them until now... :) Boyce Avenue's covers are really good and I've discovered them through David Choi and Kina Grannis! Oh youtubers.

Updates!

Hmmm, I guess I'll start with New Year's eve. Dad, Uncle Hai, and I went to Portland to celebrate Aunt Tien's mom's birthday. It was pretty fun :)! Aunt Tien got me a late birthday and Christmas present and I loveeee it!. It was a coat and a cardigan from Nordstrom. I have to return them though because they don't fit...She thinks I'm an extra small... :3 We celebrated at some Chinese restaurant. I thought a barely related relative was Uncle Hai from behind so I started pushing, shoving, and hitting him because Uncle Hai and I are just cool like that... The guy turned around and was like terrified... That was very embarrassing. The table next to us were being really loud and obnoxious so when they laughed really loud, I decided to laugh even louder than they did and they stared at me. That's how Lina rolls. On the way home, there was this house COMPLETELY on fire... It was scary.

Juli, Maya, Madi, and Reagan dedicated a video to me at the New Year party I couldn't go to... haha I love them! The words are all backwards though. :3



So today was the first day of school after winter break! In Hummel's we just had SSR... Thank goodness she didn't give us a quiz or test because I would've smacked her silly. During Pack time, Alex and I discussed life and Adam's apples and it was hilarious. In P.E., we jogged for 12 minutes and that was pretty much it. Lunch was pretty interesting... Davis and I hung out and were joined by Ian. We then proceeded to the library to play BS and it was entertaining. Biology! We finished Lorenzo's Oil and I don't even know whether I feel happy or sad about the movie... In chamber choir, I talked to Kyle, Matt, Ethan, and Lauren so it was fun. In math, we got slips of paper with math terms and vocabulary. We had to divide ourselves into categories with those slips and somehow Ha-Yoon, Sean, and Trent were in a group but they were missing someone so everyone was like "Lina you should be in that group!" because they were all the Asian people in that class besides me. It was HILARIOUS. It's a you had to be there moment though. Oh yeah, I just remembered the missing person was Matt! xD

After school, I spend a little time in the P.A.C. I walked there with Kyle and I showed him the song I'm doing for Solo and Ensemble and he died laughing... Yeah, the lyrics are pretty darn amazing. So anyways, everyone asked about Davis and me so it was pretty interesting... Ashley basically attacked us with her phone to take pictures. Apparently Kindra decided to blurt out in Acting Company that Davis and I were together... Haha how lovely. All in all, I've had quite the lovely day. :)

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention weeks ago that before a Twelfth Night show, Davis and Emma forced me to watch A Very Potter Musical and I absolutely love it. I've watched the sequel too :).