We Can Be New

So I'm up once again before 10 AM. And I slept at 3. AND I can't go back to sleep. This sucks.

I told myself that every Monday I would go jog Lake Merced, but today I'm going to pass because obviously, I'm pretty tired and I have debut practice at 5. So if you're up to motivate me to go to Lake Merced, hollerrrrrrrrr ;p

OH! And I've been wanting to get a glass water bottle, but when I went up to Seattle, my cousin introduced me to a stainless steel bottle. It's called the Klean Kanteen Eco Friendly 18 oz with Sport Top Stainless Steel Reusable Water Bottle. It's $16.50, but I think it is worth it. I told my mom about it and she seemed okay about it. I think she even wants one for herself. Hopefully I can get it before school starts.


I finally fulfilled my sushi craving yesterday. I went to eat with Dianne and Jennifer. I ordered so much, it was bad. When Jennifer just ordered tempura roll, I got tempura roll, spicy tuna, and unagi roll. And before that I ate a big bowl of spaghetti. Then after dinner I went to Sharlene's birthday party and had some mocha cake. It's absolutely not helping me achieve my goal or helping me win the bet. Ten pounds in what, two months? Not good whatsoever.

And the weather has been incredibly ugly the past week and a half. Come back sunshine :)

Can We Chill

Yess Sass x7 is gone. They sucked. But of course Supreme Soul stayed. The best part of their performance was the ending. But damn, Mitch's fan club is too big. Almost every girl is on his nuts or on Jpizol's from Boogie Bots. Whatever. I'm not going to "claim" Mitch. There are hundreds of other girls. But on the other hand, it does kind of suck, when you see a guy and then everyone else does. But whatevaaaa. I saw him before ABDC! lol. Just had to put that out there.


So Meliza's first debut dance practice was yesterday. Pretty cool. We learned HELLA moves for it being only the first day. I've been practicing at home as well. Haha. And even BERNADIT danced. Woohoooo. Haha.

Mom comes back Saturday. I can't wait til she comes back. I hate having to deal with my uncle by myself. He pisses the fk outta me.

I'm tired. I want to sleep until noon. But that's never possible for me. Its always before 10 am. Something is wrong with my teenage typicalness. Lol idk.

Heartbeat

Damnnn why am I up so early. I had to wake up earlier at around 4 to drop my mom and her co-worker to the airport. She's leaving me for a whole week to go to a conference in NEW YORK. I should have tagged along!! But it's too laaaaaaate. Oh well, I get Betty for the whole week, MAX. CHILLIN! Too bad the hella hot weather is gone. Those were intense. That second day, mann, I didn't want to do shiiiit. I would just sit doing nothing, and my hands would get sweaty! LMAO.

Short blog today. I need to get out and haang out so that I'll have a longer post next time :)

The beach once again.

The pack, wzzzzzup

Watching people on e is very entertaining.

Do Your Thing

Back in Californiyay.
Looks like I brought back the good weather with me as well.

It was a good quick getaway. Although I was a bit disappointed at times, it was pretty good in general. Right when I arrived, my aunt took me around so many places, I was incredibly tired and worn out. Then my cousin Marla picked me up so we could surprise Janessa at the Cheesecake Factory. I had to wait awhile after my cousin sat with them at the table, then I walked towards them with my sunglasses on and stopped and said "Janessa, what are you doing here?" HAHA she hella was like "wait, what?!" and then she cried of happiness. Beautiful success. Lol. The next few days went by so fast.

Friday - Went to Broadway with Marla and my aunt. Bought a few things at UO. Chilled at Marla's house. Had a bbq.
Saturday - Janessa's grad. It was weird because it at Tacoma Dome which is basically where major concerts are held. There were 4 graduations that day. I don't get why it's not just at their school, but whatev. I guess there are some positives like viewing the graduates and organization. Ness had her gradnight afterwards so I chilled with Ansell. Called up his cousin John and we walked around Downtown Seattle. Then went back to Sell's and just slept there til like 1. He dropped me off at Nessa's and I just slept til the next morning.
Sunday - Went to Marla's place to watch the game, so Sell picked me up. Ness & Louis came later after their friend's grad dinner. Had a badass headache. Left around midnight. Slept at fcuking 2.
Monday - Ness took me to SushiLand (BOMB) and I beasted. Then went to this apartment complex's pool to hang with Nessa's friends Alice, Divya, and Truc. It was good seeing them again. Then went to Ranch and then went back to the house to get my luggage. Got home around midnight.

I want to go back, but I have no idea when. There doesn't seem to be enough time for a good week or two there since I have alot of senior events coming up.

But anyways, busy this week. Goodnight.

Chillin' at Ocean Beach before I left for Seattle

When I surprised herrrr!

The fam

A heart design I found on an old receipt I had

I Want To Hold Your Hand

40 MPG Hydrogen Supercar Unveiled

Texas-based Ronn Motor Company has unveiled a hybrid-powered sports car that runs on a mix of hydrogen and gasoline, leading to reduced emissions and efficiency figures of 40 mpg. The Scorpion supercar also boasts a high performance V-6 engine, capable of delivering 289 hp, with an additional option for a 450 hp model.

Unlike other cars using hydrogen, the Scorpion does not contain fuel cells. Instead, it employs an alternative approach by reconfiguring a standard internal combustion engine to run on a combination of gasoline and hydrogen. According to Ronn, this technology enables a 30-50% boost in fuel efficiency over comparable gas-only power trains.

The in-built hydrogen on-demand system, developed by Hydrorunner, uses dual-computer processor controls to produce hydrogen on-board and induct it through the air-intake manifold as required. This means that there is no need for an integrated high-pressure hydrogen storage tank or hydrogen fuelling stations. Instead, the scorpion uses a small on-board water tank.

The car is currently in pre-production and due for release by the end of the year. Ronn are currently accepting advance-orders for an initial limited run, with price and production numbers due to be announced “early summer 2008.” - EcoGeek.org

That's a pretty sexy car for a hybrid! If I had that .. oh maaan. Too bad I'm not a billionaire. Going green can be expensive. Like for instance with clothes, organic shit is over $100! For just like a nice top or something. And there are not alot of organic selling places around Daly City. Probably and most likely on Haight, but it's not very convenient. But I'm continuing to try really hard.

This summer ..
- Buy a glass water bottle
- Tell my mom to stop buying plastic bottles
- Use that reusable bag we have from Lucky's for groceries
- Recycle every little bit of paper
- Try to find things to do w/o driving alot
- Use only sunlight until 9 PM

But anyways, on a less green note. I have other goals for this summer as well. Hopefully I can stick to them throughout the entire summer and then also throughout the upcoming school year. They're basically typical ones. You know ones like ..
- Eat no fast food WHATSOEVER (not even in 'n out :[)
- 200 crunches a night
- Go to the gym atleast twice a week
- Jog/walk Lake Merced every sunday (I've been wanting to do this since the beginning of junior year, but no one ever wanted to go ..)
- Study for SAT/ACT
- Apply for jobs
- Get my cousin's car
- Finish personal statement
- Save my birthday money (So far its $330, so don't let me spend any!)
- Win the BET! Hahahah.
Yeah .. pretty much it.

Hopefully today Jay, Dianne and them will come pick me up so we can hang out before I leave on Thursday. Then on Wednesday with the Pack. Muy emocianado. I think that's right. ha.

I thought this was pretty funny.


Until next time, this is Connie Chen reporting your daily news. Thank you and goodnight.

Black Girl Pain

Cool title huh? Thanks Talib.

Well anyways, IT'S SUMMERTIMEEEEEEEEEEE! I can't believe it's already here. I've been wanting it since the day school started. Haha. I really need to live it up this summer because it's the last before the last year of high school. Weird. Not many planned events like last year, but I'm just going with the flow and whatever goes down, GOES DOWN. Lol.

SATs were yesterday. Not very exciting or easy. Saw HELLA random people like Souyma, Celestine, Justine, Karl, Chris, etc. I haven't seen those Westborough people in so long .. I miss them. And then I also saw some people I did not want to see, AHEMAHEM. But then afterwards, since I had Betty, the pack went to go watch Don't Mess with the Zohan. It was alright. Typical jokes, but overall pretty funny. But, it's not something I'd want to get on dvd. Too bad no sex .. and the city. Lol. But then we dropped Julia home and then went to Serramonte, just because. Then to Berna's chill casa. Her brothers friends were there + Jaydee and Kenny which was extremely weird, but funny at the same time.

For some reason today, I was so tired. I was trying not to close my eyes during mass and at my cousin's birthday party. Geez all those boys are grown up now. Their voices have all changed and are actually CHILL for once. Haha. Before they used to be so hyper and crazy. But it's cool, I barely see them. Watched the Zodiac which made me even more sleepy.

And so the summer adventures begin ...






OH WAIT! Gotta jot down a few things
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Falling

So I'm procrastinating on studying for the SAT subject tests I'm taking this Saturday. It's okay because I have plenty of time this week.

I was reading Berna's blog about making a list of all or a few of the things I hate/dislike and I decided I'm going to make one too. Haha.

I hate school. I hate that I'm not naturally smart like other people. I hate that I'm not satisfied with my SAT scores. I hate that I was a fool during sophomore year. I hate that I have so many regrets. I hate how I can never find the right one. I hate that my dad is gone. I hate the fact that memories of him are slowly drifting away. I hate being emo about it. I hate it when people think their problems are always the worst. I hate when people compete to see who has it worst. I hate that we always have to please you. I hate girls who talk about themselves like they're some kind of higher person. I hate girls who say they hate all girls. I hate how there's no effort in the friendship. I hate chemistry. I hate extreme perverts. I hate people who think they're the cutest thing in the world. I hate being an only child. I hate that I only had 7 memorable years with my dad. I hate how its been 7 years since he passed. I hate seeing my mom miserable. I hate how I'm a factor in her misery. I hate my uncle. I hate being underestimated, alot. I fucking hate boppers. I hate Daly City and its ugliness. I hate the vibe here. I hate how I don't think sometimes before I speak. I hate that I feel like a part of me is missing and not knowing what is missing. I hate so much hate.

Yeah, there's my list. Did I beat Berna? Idk. It's probably not all of it, but if I were to make a list of all the things I love/like it would definitely be longer.

Okay, I guess I should start studying.

Coastal Cities

Yeah, I'm still lazy to talk about last week, but here are some pictures ..


It's still hard to believe I'm already seventeen. I still feel like I'm about to enter my teenage years. Weird.

Finals this week and they are going to kill me. I really need to do well especially in algebra II and chem because those are my lowest grades. Photography I can hopefully get to an A- because of that one stupid darkroom day I skipped. English will hopefully also become an A- unweighted. History is like a straight B. Fck. I don't know how much this decade project will bring me up. Chem is slowly becoming a B-. Whatev though, I hate chem to the extreme. Spanish is a B+ which could be an A if Ms. Raley let me do a dialogue, but her lazyass closed her gradebook already! I will kill her one day.

Aiya, I still need to get my yearbook. So much to do still. It's the damn last week of school! I need to start looking at my subject test books to study for Saturday.

But Summer, you're almost here. I can't wait to see you again. YOU'RE THE BEST! Lmao.