So there are two things I’m concerned about: my grandmother and homework.

Today, my grandmother had a sugery on her knee and it was sucessful. But now, she’s trying to recover so I have to take care of her. So these few days, I would probably go to the hospital and visit her often. I just saw her today afterschool. I took the bus down with my cousin to the hospital. My ‘dad’ is suppose to bring food for her, but he’s still at the house. I told him to bring food and that she’s hungry, but he’s not responding. I’m kinda actually REALLY angry at him, because what’s more important: your mother-in-law or television? I hope my mother comes back soon so she can bring some food for grandma. I’ll visit her tomorrow too.

Then I have homework. As usual, I have A LOT! But mainly just reading for AP US and LA. For AP US, I seriously need to catch up and finish reading up to at least Chapter 18. Too many pages to read!

School has started and my weird sleeping patterns strikes back! Well I kind of sleep at 11:00 pm til 2:00. I wake up at 2:00 am, and begin finishing my homework. Then at 6:45 am, I get to Joanne’s house and ride the metro bus (because my father would no longer drive me to school)… oh well. But taking the bus with Joanne is actually not all that bad. We got to talk more… since I’m always busy during lunches printing homework and essays, I don’t really have time to talk to my friends. So this would be a great chance for me to do some bonding.

Yeah, my weird sleeping pattern. Now it’s 9:30 pm and I’m getting sleepy. Probably because I’m in my bed and I don’t feel like doing my homework. I plan on finishing my Japanese homework, my chemistry homework, and my math homework by today. Then I can work on my AP US homework and language arts homework tomorrow and Sunday. Good plan. Good plan. But they always fail and then I fall behind. D:

Annabelle Lee

By Edgar Allan Poe

It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee;
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.

I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love -
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.
And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me
Yes! that was the reason
(as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the angels in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In the sepulcher there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.

I thought this poem was too romantic. It was really sad at the end, but I love this poem. I loved the way he wrote it. I love the rhymes and the way he described it. When reading it, I imagine myself in a fairy tale book. This kind of reminds me of a painting done by Maxfield Parrish: The Dinky Bird. This is probably one of my all time favorite poems and possibly one of my all time favorite authors.

I’m glad a new year has come: 2009! I have so many things I could leave behind from 2008. Bad things, good things, just everything. But there are some things where I have to say it out. Some things I found out and I don’t really want to keep it in. Arguing with her, I was about to slip it out. I just want to say it out and get over with it because my resentment on her is piling up because of that little secret I found out one summer day.

BUT I KNOW for sure, this will slip out sooner or later even if it isn’t me telling. Let’s just say someone would be super pissed.

So New Years: my sister’s birthday. I don’t really know what I am doing today. But my dad says we’re going to eat dim sum later and I just have to buy her a present then. When it was my birthday, I didn’t get many presents. None of my siblings ever gave me presents, but apparently, SHE gets presents from all of us.

I seriously need to be more positive in this blog! Okay! I finished Chapter 14 and I’m moving on to Chapter 15! WOO! I’ve also downloaded this Japanese drama which I still don’t understand the plot. It’s kinda weird, but the ‘L’ from Deathnote is one of the main characters in the show. MAX POWER!

I’m am currently sitting on my bed, typing in my room, without lights. And it makes me sleepy. Last night at midnight, people were shooting fireworks and they were like “BOOOM BAM BOOM BAM BOOOSH BAM BOOOM!” And then my siblings were outside watching Disney Channel. And I was inside my room, watching my Japanese drama.

It doesn’t look really good outside; it’s pretty much dark and gloomy feeling, even though it’s New Years.

WOOOO! A new year! I think this year has been the worst years of my entire life (and for many others as well). I am very excited to start a new year and a bright future. It has been really hard for me in the year of 2008 and I hope that 2009 would be NOTHING like that!

Well, I wonder what people are going to do this year? Hang out with family? With their lovers? With friends? Last year, I spend my New Years Eve on the train at Hong Kong. I wonder what I’m going to do this year. Probably read my AP US History Book as I watch Chinese TV Dramas. Pretty chill, just like my other winter break days.

But school is starting next week! And I need to do so many things! AHHHH!

HOHOHO! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

It doesn’t feel like Christmas. Christmas isn’t as exciting as it use to be anymore. I’m suppose to get excited and jump around because it’s Christmas! But today, I feel like it’s just another average day. This year, I didn’t get as many presents. I guess I’m too old to get Christmas presents. I thought I would get presents from my mom’s friends, but I guess they didn’t. I still need to hand out my presents to my friends. Here is the list of friends I would give presents to:

• Alyson
• Annie & Joanne
• Qi-Wen
• PB
• Cynthia
• Lisa
• Mayu

Our family is just having a nice dinner. And then I might play outside in the snow again! It’s currently snowing outside again, and I’m excited to take more lovely pictures! Now, I could take pictures of the whole family and send it to my uncles and aunts from HK. I’m excited!

ILOVETHESNOW!

It has been snowing all week! And many things have been canceled because of this crazy weather! I personally love the snow no matter what, so I don’t care if anything is cancelled. As long as it is snowing, I would dance outside everyday. I mean, it’s pretty rare to get this much snow in our city, so I better cherish this moment. The YouthCAN party has been cancelled. And my first aid training has been cancelled. On facebook, a lot of people have been complaining  about snow messing up their plans and they need to shut up and play more! PLAY PLAY PLAY! Then come back in and drink a nice cup of hot chocolate, under the warm blankets, watching your favorite television shows and read your favorite books.

I admit, the snow has kept me from doing the things I want to do, like, shopping or going to my friend’s house, and being in the house is kind of boring. There was one time, when I was wide awake, sitting there complaining because there was nothing to do. I couldn’t go outside, facebook was boring, youtube was boring, I’ve already blogged, blogtv was boring, internet was boring, too late to cook, nothing to watch, don’t want to call my friends… BUT SNOW FTW!

I just made key lime bars and they didn’t taste as good as I thought it would be. First, I thought it wouldn’t be as sweet. IT IS WAYYY TOO SWEET. Second, I thought there would be enough crust. THE CRUST ISN”T EVEN THERE! This is definately not my favorite dessert and I don’t think I would make it for a very long time.

So, I would love more snow! I’m going to build an igloo today! WEEEE~

Last night, I had the weirdest dream! We were at school and the new messenger came out. It was light green and was “one of the best messengers in all times.” I was talking to this girl named Laura. It was after a swim meet and the swimsuits were all being dried at my room. My room was a classroom/dormroom at school. It was really weird. I was changing in my room when suddenly, Laura almost came in. And then she told me something and then we became friends. Then when she left with her friend and said something about going to the beach.  A guy named Chris came to look for her. I told him she was going to the beach; then he asked me if she was going with Danny. I said I didn’t know and he left. There was an assembly outside; it was just like the baseball stadiums and everyone was just talking. Just as I was going inside, I saw Danny. He had the biggest afro I have ever seen. It was puffy and his skin was silky smooth. He was not the Asian Danny; he was white. Then he was telling me that I did a great job about the messenger and kept on rambling about cameras. He was talking in codes that I didn’t understand. For example, “The D3421 is a good camera for wideshots and ranges like a G2358 or a G32456…” But I acted like I understood what he meant and nodded. I guess I was part of the messenger crew. Then he was done talking, I was about to tell him Laura did most of the work, but he left really fast and dissapearred. I felt bad, so I tried to find Laura and tell her all about it. I went inside to look for her and I found her dressed in a black robe and a purple necktie/ribbon. I looked like she was graduating, but it wasn’t the time yet. So I had to wait until the speaker was done talking and when the speech was done, everybody left. I waved and she noticed me. She sat on a seat and waited for me. I told her that Chris was looking for her, and she laughed. I told her that he asked if Danny was going and she giggled. Then I said Danny came and asked me for you. She seemed really surprised and happy. She said, “Really?!” And then Danny came right behind her and I told her to look back. They talked and I left. Then as I was going out the door, I turned back and told him that Laura was the one who did most work. I said, “Laura was the one who did the most ‘gonglo,” and paused because ‘gonglo’ was Chinese and he didn’t understand it. So I said ‘gonglo’ halfway, stopped, and said work. We discussed what a huge success this messenger was and told us a good job. I said I really liked the stories and the colors of the newspaper. And he said we needed to have a meeting on other good stories. Then somehow, they came to my room. I was searching for all my old messengers in my white tub and they were talking about things. Then Danny told Laura that she needed all those kinds of photography books and listed out names.

And a phone call from my uncle stopped the dream. THE END. C:

Today is the official day of WINTER BREAK! Some people could say it was Wednesday, but I had to wake up 4 am to see if there was school tomorrow. But today, I just slept throughout the entire night. It was great.

But I woke up at 8:30 am, so it wasn’t as late as I expected. I slept at 1:30 and thought I would sleep until noon. But I guess my sleeping habits have changed. I sleep less and I wake up too early… I guess that should be a good thing.

My plans for today:
1. Play in the snow.
2. Play in the snow.
3. PLAY IN THE SNOW!
4. Drink Hot Chocolate.
5. And maybe a little bit of homework. C:

I have a long break… but I also have a ton of homework. I guess it would be a good time to finish it all and not stress about it.

All Seattle Public Schools are CLOSED today, Thursday, December 18.

So I just found out there was no school today. Last night, there was a mix between hail and snow. It wasn’t snowing that much so I thought the schools would be cruel enough to send us off to school. But we don’t! But something scary happened…

I tried to go outside my room, but all of a sudden I saw a flash. At first, I thought it was some creep taking pictures or something, but it wasn’t. Then I heard “ROOMBOOMBANG!!” Oh yes… it was lightning! It was really loud and super scary. It was the first time I’ve heard lightning in Seattle this loud. It was freaky. After the lightning, I heard sirens. I’m not sure, maybe a car was hit… but then it stopped after 3 minutes. So I told Alex on Facebook about the thunder and siren noises. Just when I finished typing, I saw another flash. And this one was even bigger. The rumbling noise lasted about 5 seconds.

So now it’s foggy and it’s snowing HARD. And I’m glad, excited, and happy. C:

I wish it would continue to snow for the rest of the day. I just want it to snow, snow, snow! I don’t have to play outside today because I could always play tomorrow! My web-cam is on because I want to capture the glorious moment of lightning… but there hasn’t been one. :C

I closed the lights so it could see the flash. But you can’t see my face at all!

This is what’s happening outside my window! Isn’t it wonderful?

UPDATES

5:30 am – Thunder and snow

11:30 am – More snow

1:03 pm – More snow

2:33 pm – More snow

4:33 pm – More snow

8:35 pm – Just snow