Huskies

UW. Huskies.
As the time gets closer to leave for college, I find myself getting more and more scared and intimidated. Since the school is so huge, I know I'm going to be really intimidated when I arrive there. I'm afraid that college is going to be really hard and I won't be able to handle it. I'm going to miss my family, my dog, my friends, and the warm weather. I hope I can adjust well to the cold and rainy weather. But since my sister attended UW as well, I already have many warm jackets and she can help me prepare for the weather, the city, and the school. Many of my friends are also attending UW, but I doubt I will be hanging out with them much. They are all paired up with each other and plan to room together, but I have chosen to room with a random person that I am paired up with. I think this is a better strategy to meet people, but I also think that rooming with someone you know is beneficial to becoming more adjusted to college life and it can also serve as a sense of security. I'm excited!

my last day of high school

It's so hard to believe that it's my last day of high school. A year ago, when watching the seniors perform at the last day assembly, I remember thinking to myself, it's going to take so long for us to be in their position. But it really hasn't been long at all. My senior year went by so fast. Especially this second semester. Because we seniors were so busy in the first semester with college applications as well as school work, time went by faster because we had a lot to do. Tommorow is skip day, and I can't believe that it was a year ago when we were the juniors that made our "senior shirts" that we wore to school on that day. When a senior friend of mine told me that senior year goes by really fast, I found it hard to believe considering all of the events we have during senior year. It seemed as if the year would take forever to complete. But he was definately right, because this year did indeed go by extremely quick. Baccalaureate is this weekend, and I can remember many years ago when I attended my brother and sister's baccalaureate ceremony. They looked so old to me, and now I can't believe that it's my turn.

the ap test

On May 15th, I took the most miserable test of my life. I didn't think chemistry was THAT hard until I took that ap exam. As soon as I woke up I felt sick and dizzy and just...horrible. I got to the classroom in Alexander and sat down on the ground, waiting for the teacher to open the classroom door and let us in. It was freezing cold and even though I had a sweatshirt on I felt extremely cold. As soon as the teacher opened up the classroom door to welcome us in, I began to get a runny nose. I usually get a runny nose when I'm in a really cold place. I knew this was not going to be an enjoyable four hours. I was miserable, and didn't want to take the test at all. Not only did I have a runny nose, but I was also extremely exhausted from lack of sleep nights before the exam. I wish I had started studying for this exam earlier, and perhaps I wouldn't have been so miserable. I barely knew anything on the exam, I couldn't think very well because the temperature in the room was so cold, and there was a lack of kleenex. Overall, I think AP exams are ridiculous. But thankfully, they don't affect our semester grades.

motivation

My AP chemistry test is about three weeks away and I'm having a lot of trouble finding the motivation to study for it and attempt to pass it. In order to pass the AP test, I have to get one-third of it right. Sounds pretty simple, right? NOT. We started reviewing material to prepare us for the test about a week ago, and I don't remember anything. My teacher gives us quizzes on very old material that we learned during first semester, and everyone does very poorly because nobody remembers anything that we learned during first semester. There are also review sessions held after school in a classroom with a teacher that can help us answer questions we may have. I wish I had the motivation to do well on this test, but I just can't find it! Since what we get on this test doesn't affect our grade for the semester, it's hard for many people to find the motivation. Especially for seniors who are graduating in about a month, it's even harder because we seniors tend to not care about school anymore. =)

graduation

So this past cycle's assembly began with a video showing tid bits of last year's graduation ceremony. By showing this video to us seniors, it made me realize just how close graduation really is. This weekend is prom, and then the following weekend is holoku. The next big event after holoku is graduation!!! Of course, there are many senior sing practices along the way, but I don't mind them so much anymore because I like the songs we're singing, and we sound pretty good! Plus, having these practices gets me pumped up for graduation even more than I already am without the practices. So overall, it's a good thing that we're having these practices so often. Prom is in four days. I can't believe it's already prom time. I remember thinking about prom, and how excited I was getting, about...six months ago! Now it's only four days away. How fast time went by...
Anyway, watching the video of last year's graduation made me feel some butterflies in my stomache as I was sitting in my chair in dillingham. I pictured myself in the video walking down the aisle at the neil blaisdell center, linking arms with fellow classmates. I noticed how nice and clean cut everyone looked and got even more excited because I thought to myself, that's going to be me in about a month!!

rain

As I sat here at my computer browsing around myspace, facebook, and uploading some pictures that I took over the weekend, a familiar smell entered the room through a nearby window. I didn't have to look out the window to figure out what odor was coming through the window. As soon as the distinctive smell entered my nostrils I knew that it was the smell of rain. Sure enough, when I glanced at the window from my seat at the computer dozens of rain droplets were hitting the glass through the screen.
What actually makes the rain smell like it does? Rain is just water, right? Water fron the sink doesn't have a smell. So what makes rain smell? Wow I never really thought of that until now..I always thought rain smelt like how it does because it's rain.
Perhaps for my nature essay I could write something about rain...

At My Spot

While sitting at my spot at a picnic bench between Alexander and the library, I noticed: A whole bunch of asian people, a couple of cliques sitting in various spots around me either gossiping with each other, or playing cards. I noticed people walking in and out of the library, people laughing with each other, people studying together, and people eating lunch together. I noticed plumeria trees in front of me, leaves being tossed around on the ground by the wind, and I noticed the trees above me that were shaking violently in the wind, causing a couple of branches and many leaves to fall to the ground.

Observing my spot from another angle, I noticed similar things such as the trees shaking in the wind, and branches and leaves tossing in the wind. I noticed cliques talking and eating, but I didn't notice as many cliques as I did when I was at my spot because my vision wasn't as good as it was when I was at my spot.

I didn't have that much time to observe from another angle because time was short...