After Thanksgiving

I just had my thanksgiving dinner with a few relatives and it was alright. Could be better if more people attended, but yeah. I had ham and turkey this year. WEE how awesome is that?! There were some usual filipino dishes such as lumpia and pancit [lmao seriously]. So I headed to my aunt's place at the valley to spend the celebration with the familia. My aunt's oven wasn't working, so my dad had to drive to my other aunt's place to place the turkey in the oven. Took a few hours to cook the turkey, but it turned out pretty nice and juicy.

While dining, my uncle who I believe was drunk was once again teasing me and said:

Uncle: "Abby, did you lose weight all of a sudden?" *tries to squeeze my knee*
Me: "Uh, no. I feel like the same."
Me: "Are you saying I've been fat?"
Uncle: "What? of course not. All I said is that it looks like you lost weight."
Me: "...which makes me think that you're saying I probably been a fat lard right?"
Uncle: "AY NAKO! YOU SILLY GIRL!" *or that's at least what he said...:P

He spoke in visaya, so I forgot what else he said.

...haha I don't know. I find the convo funny and he just kept laughing while drunk. Now I wonder if he knew what he was saying during dinner 'cause he was saying such weird things o.0

The favorite cousin and I bonded for a bit until she took a nap. Before that, she asked me to look over her CSU applications to see if she got everything in the right order. She asked if I'm applying for UCs, and I decided not to anymore. I don't have time to get any shizz done when I have two days left until the deadline. I had the whole month, but my procrastination got in the way, but yeah. I might as well go to a Cal State University at this point.

Then, one of my uncles and the favorite played Zelda and the Twilight Princess on the Wii. I sat and watched them play. It was funny though because my uncle would give so much pressure to my cousin as she tried tackling the challenges being faced. There were times where she gets pissy when the pressure she gets prevents her from finishing a stage. HAHAHA I told my uncle to calm down...then again, I know how I would feel if it were to happen to me. Geez, they're so addicted to the game, even if it's the game that I do see myself playing...just not by myself. I find it boring when it's just me playing on my own.

The favorite tried helping me with my take home stats test, but it didn't work out. She wasn't familiar with what was given, so I'm going to ask Anna this weekend if she can help me out. Gahh, I also have to work on my spanish project as well...sheesh.

All in all, the celebration was great. Just wish it would last a little bit longer. Dad has work in the morning and my mom was cranky about being sleepy. During the celebration, she kind of felt pissy about going home since she suddenly lost her interest of joining the fun. I mumbled and said 'Dad, she always ruins the fun' and I walked away. Yeah...My dad wanted to dance with me, but having my mom's presence there annoyed me enough.

I almost forgot, this morning I woke up with a text message saying 'Happy Thanksgiving' and such. I didn't recognize the number the text was from, but how the person texted was too familiar. I wasn't sure if my guess was correct. So I texted back saying the same thing. I called the number, no answer. Then, a few hours later...this person calls back. I missed it while I had lumpia at the dining room. LOL. But yeah, finally this person answers as I called. It was from my ex, Paul. HAHAH I knew it...

A little brief history: Paul and I were once best friends. He and I dated for a few months and had our friendship on hiatus a year later or so. Few months ago, he and I ended our 3 year friendship. So this whole time, I've had no contact from him at all...until today. I didn't think he would still have my number. So yeah, he and I had a 15-20 min convo mostly about catching up on some things. He's still the same, but just not the person I would usually go to for anything like a few years ago. Yep, it was nice chatting with him again.

I hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving and always smile!

AIYA, I hate it when too many people are camping out for black Friday. This is like trying to purchase for freakin` concert tickets for some group or something. Looks like I'm going to sit back and let the things I wanted go into someone else's hands...once again.

• No relative would take me and are too lazy to! Seriously, even they're going! HOW NICE.
  
• Wouldn't think of taking a taxi. I don't trust taxi drivers when it's just me.
• I just know it's going to be hectic anyway...so I lost interest.

Yeah, I give up too easily when it comes to an event like this that comes once a year...I WANT A CAR NOW.

*Mark's birthday was yesterday and he just turned 19. AWWWW :D I love you kuya bear!

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5 Day Thanksgiving Break

Yes, instead of 4...I got 5 now. YAYYY and NAY...

I didn't go to school because I was starting to have a slight fever from last night. Mom called the school and said I'm cleared so I should not be getting any calls regarding my absence. One thing that bothers me is how my absence might affect my presentation I was suppose to make for Spanish and my take home test for AP stats. They're both due TODAY! GAHHH.

So I decided to call my economics teacher and notify him that I won't be making it and I'm glad that he understood. I commented my first period teacher on her facebook page and did the same thing. I'm hoping she read my message by now so she can let my AP stats teacher know. Hmm...

Other than that...I'm glad I now have a 5 day weekend. I can rest while working on my spanish project and get help from my cousin for the take home test. Luckily, she and I are taking the same math subject. Now the weather's still cold and it might actually rain again today.

OMG, I heard thunder last night and that freaked me out D: I hate thunderstorms.

Oh, yesterday as I was walking home from school...IT FREAKIN` RAINED. I didn't have an umbrella and I didn't think it would rain in the afternoon. So I got home with my clothes partly wet, which concludes how my fever shot up a bit. Now I'm starting to feel better...no headaches!

Last night was too epic! Sunni and I disguised ourselves as Kyle and a 'friend' name Lexy on skype. Throughout the past 30 mins or so on Skype last night, the guys who were on [specifically Mark, Arren, Jom and Chris] had no idea it was us. So that made it a lot more funner than I thought :D By the end, Sunni and I bursted into non-stop laughter. I really thought the guys were catching on considering that Sunni only changed her name and not the photo. I was at first fooled too, until she PMed me about the idea. I had to join the fun...so why not? Teehee! I think she and I should do this often to fool others >:] Oh yeah, Kyle has no clue about it either since he wasn't on last night. HAHAHAHAH!

I should post up the conversation later today or something. It's gonna be suhsweeeeet!

I had an interesting conversation with BriceorBryce on facebook:

Abby: Oh my gawd, just go to class!
Abby: We can talk later.
Bryce: Lol I know but I was planning on skyping
Bryce: Wow
Bryce: I spelled skype from skip
Bryce: ahahahahaha
Bryce: I was planning on skipping yesterday
Abby: hahahahaha!
Abby: LOLOLOLOL
Abby: I'm saving this convo!
Bryce: Yay! Good times huh?

LOL, Bryce is funnayyy.

Okay, I'm going back to bed and rest. I hope you all have a wonderful thanksgiving and be safe!

. . . and I hate drinking theraflu. Tastes like shizz -___-

I hate being sick

This morning I woke up with a random cold. I thought it would be temporary where my nose would be stuffy for a short while, but it has gotten worse. I've been sneezing and blowing my nose throughout the whole day. I even had to wipe my nose with my sweater since I didn't bring enough tissue to school and I don't trust the unsanitary bathrooms. I'm also catching a headache and loss of energy. Ah, now I regret saying that I want to be sick so I can avoid any work to get done.

. . . Oh lovely, the school fire alarm just went off, as usual. Man do I find this shizz annoying!

So it's Thanksgiving week and I'm stoked. Only just 3 days of school and I have Thursday and Friday off along with the weekend. We're actually having plans for this year unlike last year where all I did was stay home and eat chicken. Yes instead of turkey, I had a freakin' chicken, but that's better than not having anything at all. Anyway, I'll be heading to the valley with the rest of my dad's siblings as we buy whatever we need for the celebration. I think we're having turkey without ham this year. Hmm, not bad but I thought we'd have both like the previous years. Other than that, I'm excited to bond with the relatives [even if it's not all of them but still]. I haven't been hanging out with them in so long, it sucks.

One thing that amazed me today is the fact that my AP stats teacher gave us a take home test that's due on Wednesday. Say what?! I was surprised that she decided to knowing how majority of the class has been stressing over the chapter we're working on. I can turn in my activities or any missing homework while getting some help for the test by tomorrow or the next day. I'm sensing this is a good sign for us *crosses fingers*.

Random thought: I finally received my confirmation letter from CSU Fullerton, which was in the spam mailbox this whole time. What the hell...how is that e-mail considered as spam if it's from the admission office? How odd . . .

Gahhh, my nose is too stuffy at this point. I don't want to use my sweater as a back up tissue D: I think the girl next to me in my journalism class is probably looking at what I'm typing. The thing I don't like about people is when they look at what you're up to as if they're in need to check up on you whenever they want. It brings an awkward moment to me.

If you ask me what I want for Christmas, I'd say I wouldn't want anything special 'cause I got someone like you in my life. I don't need anyone else.

Isn't that a cute phrase? I think so too! And it's for . . .

From one topic to another

I actually like this photo, even though I look like crap.

It feels like just yesterday that senior year started. Now it's the 22nd of November, and I'm more than half done with first semester. After that, I go on a two month break and return in March. Seriously, can it get any faster? It's so quick for me, I wish I can slow time down.

Academic wise, I'm surviving but I can do a WHOLE lot better than this. My GPA is decent, although I know I could've excelled in the AP classes which I dropped. I regretted in some classes, but I realized that I would not have a life if I stayed. I'm only in one AP class, but it's slow. It's not the kind of class where you're expected to turn in two chapters of homework on the same week or something. It's ridiculously slow I tell you. There's not enough people in the class, but we've only reviewed 3 chapters throughout this semester. Eeek, I feel like I'm wasting time in this course.

College wise, I've received an admission letter from Cal State University Los Angeles, which brought me a sense of relief considering of how the CSU budget cuts are taking effect. I'm still waiting for other letters from 4 CSUs and I really need to get started with my UC apps. I think by the end, I may not be able to finish it...and there's only 8 days until the deadline. I have to write 2 personal statements before the 30th and get my application checked before submitted. I'm not going to make the same mistakes that I did with the CSUs. I also have to work on this app for Mount St. Mary's College, and maybe one for Concordia University. My only concern is how much time I have left to get this done and keeping up with the grades. Ahh I'm going to LOVE college...heh.

It's been more than a month and I have not spoken to my best friend. I've called her a few times, but no answer. I've been updated with her guy best friend, Edgar [also my hc date] and said she's been crying over her longtime boyfriend and such. Personally, I stopped trying to break the ice in order for her to tell me what's going on. It's not like I care about her problems with him as I used to. I don't want to keep butting in when it clearly has nothing to do with me. So why even bother? She doesn't even call me either. I'm sure it's about school and all, but not even during weekends when she should be free. So I'll just have to go with the flow and see what's up. As much as I'd like to be there like I should, she needs her space. Over these past few months, we haven't been as close as we used to from the beginning. Of course things happen to change overtime, but that's life. No one expects things to be the same, whether if it's for the better or not. I do miss the good times with her though.

One thing I don't enjoy about working with groups is the fact that people get so lazy to get their part done, they expect others to finish it. I feel like smacking these people with a hard cover book. At my YDAPP meeting, there's people who sit around and make conversation while making very little progress to get their task done. I find it really annoying that they keep doing this, especially when some have to facilitate a meeting. They keep stalling which puts us behind our schedule. The person in charge of the program isn't as strict or aggressive. So people take advantage of his kindness and I find that pretty pathetic. It makes me question as to how they got in the program in the first place. It's not that I don't like these people because I've gotten to know them over these past few months. It's the fact that they're not fully into what's the meaning of being a part of YDAPP. Yeah, I'm sure they're in it just to add this to their resume or college application because that's what I think most people are doing right now. I find it shameful, but I'm not them so I'm not going to be concern about it.

Earlier this week, I've been stressed out while trying to get my stuff together. I got home from my YDAPP meeting, feeling as if I had too much caffeine from that iced coffee I tried from Mcdonald's. Even if it was medium size, it gave me a weird reaction to it. I rarely drink coffee, so I guess that's why. I was afraid that it would boost up my blood pressure, thinking that I may get diabetes or something. When I got home, my mom was somewhat pissed over the amount of calls we received from school regarding attendance. I tried explaining her about it, but she shut me out this time, saying she no longer wants to do with it. So from that point, I found it pointless and did nothing about it. I hate that she doesn't give me the right to say my part and expects me to keep my mouth shut. I don't want to keep arguing over and over knowing that the outcome isn't going to make anything better.

I later broke down while on the phone with Jayther on the same night. I was venting over how much I have to do for school, thinking about what college to go to, and not enough support I get from people around me...even my parents. The amount of pressure I've been receiving brought me down to a point where I want to give it all up. As difficult as it already is, I can't turn back after how far I've come to get here. I'm too tired to keep up with everything when it is my priority. It slowly makes me depressed, but that's not going anywhere for me. I wish I have the amount of support that most teens have from their parents or the motivation that I should have from the very beginning. I wouldn't be in this mess by now, but I put this upon myself. So it's also my fault for it.

Everyday, I'm always wondering how my future would turn out if I were to be a sociology major, or a photographer making very little money. Those are what I feel I want to go after, but would it make me feel any better? People are more focused on the career that will give them a stable life instead of chasing after their passion. Honestly, I don't think I have a passion for anything right now. I jump from one thing to another and that's all I can do in order to find my potential. So Jana, if you're reading this I'm sure as heck know how it's like in your shoes at this moment. What's better...going after something you truly love to do or something that can make you successful, even if what you're doing isn't what you wanted? I'm not sure if that made sense, but whatever it is that you are doing, make sure it's what both your heart and mind want and not because you feel you HAVE to take it. Think about it. No one can decide on how to live your life, but you.

That is all. I feel this blog isn't as exciting. I'm such a boring person :P

I Should Blog Often

Gah, I've been so lazy blogging for a while now. Well there hasn't been so much to tell since my usual day is told through Skype. But then again, I'll just explain whatever it is I left out on this blog. I rather not leave my bloggie alone for a long, long time.

Just last night, I submitted 5 Cal State University applications without realizing I had errors -.- This morning, I printed my CSULA [Cal State Los Angeles] application to show to my college counselor on some of the errors I made. She and another counselor both looked at my application and I knew from there that I would feel so uneasy speaking to them. I rarely talk to them about my college plans, so it wasn't a comfortable conversation. I was put on the hot seat as my college counselor asked why I didn't go to her for any assistance regarding my application when I KNEW that I should have done so. I guess that people have turned theirs in sooner than I did, I felt that I'd be missing out. Although the deadline is November 30th for both UC and CSU, I automatically turned mines in without thoroughly checking it twice. So yes, it was my mistake for sending it in when I should have waited a bit longer. I was told that I can print out my applications and make clear corrections on it; write a letter on the errors and fax it to the admission office of the 5 CSUs. Oh by the way, I paid $275 using my dad's credit card for every $55 application. Seriously, I'm thankful that my dad let me use his credit card. I'm for sure going to pay him back sometime this week with my own summer job money. I just wanted to get these applications over with, but this time the right way.

I decided to not attend my last homecoming dance simply because very few people attended. Even if I should have gone, I had plans on the same night anyway. My dad's friend and his girlfriend came over for dinner along with two of my relatives. I was recording a chubby bunny video when both my mom and cousin walked in during the recording. It was funny yet really random so I didn't bother editing that part. Most people who commented my video found it funny when they showed up. Speaking of chubby bunny, some of us on Skype had a chubby bunny showdown on stickam. Oh wow, it was amazing but deadly. Sunni had about 15 marshmallows while I had 13 but it dissolved in my mouth as we took turns. I'd like to do a rematch, but that would be...next year LOL! Or at least when it's a good time to play again. At the end, the marshmallows made me gag.

As some of you know, there are two wildfires in southern California right now. One in Diamond Bar and one by Santa Clarita. I don't know how these started, but I'm assuming it's bad weather or just an imbecile purposely throwing his or her cigarette in the forest and caused a fire. Those are possibly some of the causes of this. The wildfire has been spreading, especially in Los Angeles. That's why it hasn't been as cold as I thought it would be. Last time I heard, more than 800 homes have been destroyed. That really sucks...but I am thankful that it hasn't really hit our area, but just the bad weather. I do hope that those who are going through this difficult time will find a way to get out of it. It's horrible that we have to go through these climate changes at this time of the year. I really want the fire to go down sooner than later...

I have a few minutes left before this last class ends for the day. I get out early tomorrow and Friday because it's parent conference night. Oh joy, I'm going to get the same grades [or not] for this progress report. I'm hoping that I do get a passing grade for AP stats by the end of this semester. I have about 6 weeks to make it up and thankfully my percentage isn't as low as those who have absolutely no chance of passing. So pray for me guys 'cause I really am in need to pass. Aside from that, I have to turn in my draft for that newspaper project. I think I'll submit my draft by Wednesday since I have yet to finish it.

I know that I've mostly talked about my school life from my past blogs. What can I say...my personal life has yet to be exciting. So if there's any new events occurring, then I'll mention it. But I would explain on Skype before I blog here.

Quicky.

These look so good to eat at this moment.

Congratulations to our new president Barack Obama for the fantastic win on last Tueday's 2008 Presidential Election. I hope he does do what he promises for the good of this nation. November 4 marks a very historical event that will last for generations.

I spent my veteran's day to go to an all-girl private school for a newspaper exchange project. It was awkward at first, but I later let everything sink in and enjoyed the fun. So I followed this girl around for the rest of the day, taking notes during her class as I observed, and met new girls. I gotta say, they are so nice, yet crazy [well some are]. At the senior lounge, they were getting hyper while gossiping and tried doing back flips for the hell of it. Oh man, I love these girls. They were interested into getting to know me and all, which was nice. I was texting someone and they thought I was talking crap about their so called misbehavior at the time, LOL. I'm grateful that I met them. I totally laughed the whole time I was there. Now that I have the notes I need, I gotta get started on that draft that's due next Monday.

I've been doing my part to try to pass AP Statistics. I'm now waiting to see if our test this week will be definite. I'm hoping the teacher can reschedule to next week seeing as how this week's going to be a bit weird. I'm going on a trip to Mount St. Mary's Collge on Thursday for a tour. I didn't realize that it was this week, so I have to start asking my teachers for an excuse on that day. I'm also missing the earthquake drill too ]: Homecoming spirit week is here and I don't seem to feel the vibe for school spirit, which isn't a surprise. There really isn't much pride in our school anyway. I heard that less than 100 students are going to the dance this Saturday. That's pretty sad and Leadership has been working their ass off to try selling all tickets by this week. Since the game is this friday, we'll be leaving at 12:30 p.m. The night game has been cancelled, which puts the homecoming game scheduled to start on 2:15-5:00. Wow, our school really does suck. I'm just going to attend the game, but not the dance this year.

Speaking of Homecoming, my date from my best friend's dance has the pictures already. I still have yet to receive it from him. So maybe I'll call later to see if he can scan them so I can show it to you guys on facebook :] I heard that it came out pretty though. Ahh, I want to see it! So aside from that, college applications are almost done [for CSUs]. I haven't started on my personal statement, but I have my bubble cluster on it though. I have an idea on what to write about, but I have a difficult time to know how to start it off. So we'll see what happens from here.

Recently, my economics group and I presented our ad wars commercial project, and it turned out well. This stupid jock by the name of Eric really pissed me off. He started opening his big mouth about crap and it was annoying us like hell -.- I wanted to go up to him, carry a book and smack it across his face so a huge mark will show. Yeah, I have a strong dislike of this kid. The best part of the project was the fact that our Rockstar commercial owned their Monster ad. I think some of you have seen that part of my economics project video (but I took it down from YT because my phone number showed...what a dummy I am). It's a good thing that we presented after his group. I know that he was pissed about it. Oh well, I can careless for his dumbass :D I just call it karma.

Florisse and I have decided to try going on a diet to lose some pounds. I'm probably going to start by tomorrow and see what I should or should not eat during this process. Florisse is serious about this and I'm going to give it a shot to see how long this will take. My mom has been calling me fat lately. Not that it offends me, but I find it amusing because in a way, I know I kind of added some pounds. I wish I planned this out during summer or else I wouldn't be thinking about this now. Well, there's no harm in trying no matter how late is it, right?

I'm going to edit this later. Chinatown with family for dinner starts in an hour. Woo!

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!
I finally saw Hana Yori Dango FINALE! After 4 months of constant waiting, it's finally here. Luckily, I saw it on the day it was released on Mysoju.com. I heard people have tried to watch it, but failed to do so because of slow downloading D: It was so good! I loved it! I'm going to watch it again :D WEE! I am super happy.


Yeah, I wanted to put this up again just to show how important you are :]

November Already?

Fall is really catching on as I'm home typing this blog. The weather's nice and Thanksgiving is coming in a few weeks. So after that, black friday! I want to wake up so early just to shop, but so would every other individual in this country. I should start having a strategy to avoid any mishaps on that day :P

So yesterday, I went to my dad's friend's apartment not too far from our place. I gotta say, the guy has a sweet crib. I mean it's in an apartment, but it's kind of huge. Everything was decorated with Halloween theme stuff. The party was also Halloween theme/birthday party for my dad's friend. It wasn't as fun as I thought since my cousin Nikki and I were just dead bored while eating some of the food they had, which was good. There were mostly adults there though. Some were chattering and others were just chilling. Some guy was doing the karaoke and kind of improvised. I stayed there for a few hours until I got out of the car from outside when my dad told me we were leaving. I couldn't stand the ongoing noise people were making and I had a slight headache. I called Jana during the party and she told some of the skype peeps that I was drunk. LOL don't worry, I wasn't. Jana's such a tease these days. But I bet some people were like 'for real? what the heck!'

Then I went home around 11 and hopped on skype with peeps. Sam [blinktwice4y] was live on BlogTV along with Brandon, who was totally wasted at some party. He said alot of stuff that kept me laughing throughout the show. I was mostly on skype the whole time while listening to music as usual. Daylight savings finally came and we all put our clock one hour back. Hallelujah! I slept around 4 a.m though. I really need to stop sleeping late on weekends. I used to stay up as late as 5 because of an all nigther I used to do with a certain someone. Oh well, I guess I won't be getting much of that anymore considering how I haven't talked to the person as much...

I almost forgot, I have a bonfire for YDAPP to attend to next Saturday. I gotta tell my parents in advance so it won't be a conflict on whatever my parents have planned that day. Sally Haim, the girl who I was suppose to meet today regarding the journalism project decided to cancel our meet up. She and I both agreed to move it to Thursday and have a brief discussion regarding the switching of schools for a day. I'm kind of excited, but somewhat nervous about it.

I made a video response to Mark's captivity video, which I used my phone to record. You can find the video at [http://www.youtube.com/howjollysweet]. Be sure to make a response video if you want Mark to be free! :D

Here's some of the food I took with my phone from last night's party.



Yum. There was more, but I didn't take all of it.