monday.december.23.2002

it was a girl's day out. that is, until i went to visit johnny at night. around early afternoon, mio came to get me, then we headed for washington mutual. i don't understand it. you would think that because mio is a SoCal gal now, she would be fine driving here in san hoe. boy, was i wrong! we seriously almost got into two accidents just on the way to and from the bank. crazy! anyway, we carefully made our way to joanne's house. this girl misplaces her keys and goes bonkers looking for it! the entire time, it was in her car. she left them there - luckily, with the doors unlocked. we went to drop off mio's car at the mechanic's house, and clever angela ended up dropping mio's phone on the street. in addition to this, all the gazillion pieces of her phone landed convieniently underneath her car. ohh yes. i had to lay on the street to fetch out her parts. leave it to ang to take care of the dirty work. freakin jo just rolled down the window and said, "good one, ang. hahahaha!" argh. i guess that's what i get for being so clumsy.

the three of us girlies spent the entire day at valley fair. i had fun, especially when you consider the fact that all my girlfriends have moved away for school. it was good to have a girl's day - mucho bonding, which always makes a person feel good. we went with joanne to work, and since wilson was getting off when she was going in, he was going to take us home. before the three of us left for home, we stopped by jamba juice and panda express. geezus, the guy was helping us at panda express was acting like a complete dickface. grrr... anyway, we got our food without and left. wilson still needed to get some shopping done, so we ended up going back to valley fair. we roamed around for a while, saw a guy in structure with 'sexy' jeans, according to mio. wilson brought us to get mio's car at gary's house, then the two of us went to great mall. yup, one mall after the other. surprisingly, we were lucky enough to get good parking each time we went to the mall. ohh man, mio broke my kung fu shoes today. i suppose it makes up for me dropping her phone on the street. but yeah... i was even more janky than ever. thankfully, the only one to really see that was mio. we saw lots of familiar faces at both malls... including one familiar face both mio and i were NOT too thrilled to see. bleh.

mio dropped me off at johnny's house before she headed home. we chilled for a while with adrian. watched parts of the drive-thru records dvd - again. SHUUDUP!! haha. aww man, that asian guy is just tooo much.

sunday.december.22.2002

picked up my computer today. well, it works, which is always a wonderful thing. i've lost some of my programs, and a few things here and there. a bit sad, indeed. i'm getting used to my computer all over again. strangely enough, i think that my speakers may be the problem.. not the soundcard like i originally thought. it seems that my speakers and my mom's speakers don't work with my computer. but when we tried out the computer at johnny's, the sound worked just fine. very strange. i'm thinking that maybe my speakers aren't compatable..? i swear, angela and computers do not mix.

mio is back in san hoe! whoo hoo! she came by to visit her bestest friend in the entire universe after she unloaded her crap at home. haha, GANGSTA style to be exact. we picked up joanne, then headed to in-n-out for a little "girl time." always a pleasure. it's amazing that i've known these two girls ever since the good ole' brooktree days. ahhh... i met mio through violin class with mrs. brobst - YIKES. heheh. that woman and her piano... the memories just float back. i really don't remember how i met joanne. it might have been through mio, or through wilson. come to think of it, we might have met because i used to play thetherball all the time. not many girls used to play back in the day. hahahaha. that reminds me - back in my day, ho...

saturday.december.21.2002

i have a present with my name on it under the tree! oooOh! the excitement is too much for me. actually, i'm just fucking around. alain took me to get my present today because he didn't know what size i was and wanted to make sure it fit the way i wanted it to. we ran around to our favorite surplus store, best buy, and great mall. aiyah. i really hate this mad seasonal rush at stores, and at the mall. geezus. i know i can't really say anything because i probably add to the chaos. hehe. but coming from someone who hates big crowds and gets claustrophobic, it really sucks. i think reisa and i might wake up super duper early tomorrow and hit up one of the malls to get the rest of our last minute stuff done. hmm.. i'm just worried that i won't get certain gifts done in time. me being the creative girl i am (not really) have decided to make some gifts. i just figure that since i don't have as much money as i wish i did, it wouldn't cost me as much. AND making gifts on your own is much more sincere. can't go wrong with hand-made gifts! but i'm just worried about time. one of the suckiest things about being a perfectionist is that you really don't rest till things are done EXACTLY how you want them to be done. stress, indeed. and i know that the only one to blame is me. *sigh*

friday.december.20.2002

woke up early and spent the day shopping with reisa. it was really fun since we haven't really hung out since graduation. in addition to that, it was her first time riding in my car! haha. yikes. she witnessed how 'patient' i am, and how i'm such a 'nice' driver. it was good, though, because the both of us got a bunch of our shopping done. i'm sure we'll make another round before christmas comes since we still have a few presents to get.

my computer is fixed! oh, the joy that overwhelms my heart! luckily, kevin was able to find out what happened, and now it's as good as new! but my poor computer is still at johnny's. we chilled late last night, but i couldn't really bring it home with me. for some reason, i had a super duper painful headache. i think it might be my new phone. all that radiation is starting to get to me and my brain. i'm glad i had my johnny to take care of me and feed me drugs. now i don't know for sure if i was really tired, or if the drugs started to hit me, but i was acting really goofy. i mean, johnny even called me drunk girl! sheesh, that title is only for the parties! just kidding.

thursday.december.19.2002

whooo!!! party time! i'm finally finished with my first semester! crazy beans, eh??! i'm a little scared to get the results of my history final. i didn't do too bad, but then again, i'm not confident that i did my best. instead of really using my knowledge of american history to finish my final, i used my wonderful skills of bullshitting that i've been fortunate to acquire after long years of school. ahh yeah. as for my other finals, i'm feeling good about them. second semester, here i come! thankfully, i won't be going back to school for a while. damn, i need a break! i sold back some books today for a little extra cash in my wallet. whooo! christmas shopping money. i hate how they dick you for money though... i bought a book for forty-six dollars, and they were going to pay me FOUR freaking dollars for it. damn. don't they know that we're already poor college students??!

this weather sucks to be out in. and what pisses me off the most is how stupid people drive when they know the weather is shitty. urk. on my way to school, some guy was driving like a total dick. i know i have road rage, but i'm totally serious when i say that some people provoke it.

on the lighter side of things (of course i meant that sarcastically), my computer is a bit "under the weather" right now. it's resting at johnny's house after our unsuccessful attempts to (finally) install a soundcard! damn. i finally met kevin, as he was helping us try to figure out why my computer decided to suddenly die. so here i am... on my mom's old skool computer.. with a mouse that has no scroll bar. man, i've been spoiled with my own computer. shit, at least her sound works! i think that's really the only advantage her's has over mine. other than that, mine kicks serious ass! no really! because it belongs to ANGELA! oh heck yeah. hehehe. i guess it's all good, though, since johnny said he'll get me a new one if my old one is really dead. muwahahaha.

wednesday.december.18.2002

and one more awaits me. dun dun DUN! i went through my english final like a breeze. crazy that it took me about ten minutes to finish the test. there's something about being the first one to finish a test. it's either that you get the impression that this person is a complete dumbass, and took the test carelessly... or this kid is a genius and really knows her shit. hmm... i'd rather not take either side. after school, i headed to baskin robbins with dianna, my pal from english. ohh man, how crazy is this? we went to a baskin robbins that had a DRIVE-THRU! i was so amazed when we got there. man... ice cream place with a drive-thru window - that's when you know you're not in san jose anymore. i tried a new flavor for once, which wasn't bad. my tummy started hurting a little after, and i was assuming it was the dairy battling my system in a duel. es todo bueno ahora. i visited johnny at work, and brought him a nicely melted ice cream smoothie. haha. hey man, i had to drive with it in between my legs since my car doesn't have a cupholder. geezus, you DO know that the space in between your legs is one of the warmest, right?? ohh yeah, just ask johnny! *snicker snicker* as i waited for him to get out of work, i studied in his car. got a good amount done... not enough though. that's probably one of the downsides about studying... you can never get enough done. that is, until your brain overloads and smoke starts coming out of your ears. hmm.. it hasn't happened yet. i guess that means i'm not studying hardcore enough. as i was on my way to his house, i ended up driving behind dan, seeing colleen's mom a few cars behind me, and ran into collen at a stoplight. haha. wow. talk about coincidents. spent time at johnny's, ate yummy food (as always), and chatted with his daddy for a little. always good times. hehe. well, right when i arrived home, it was time for me to leave again. abel had to baby-sit sydney because bernie and lei were going to do some shopping, including for sydney. they dropped her off at abel's place. you know, it's different for kids when they're not in their own home. i'm sure it has a different effect on each child, but damn... this girl was as wild and stubborn as being wild and stubborn gets! whenever i baby-sit for her, it's in her own territory, so she's much more content. yeah, she's hyper, but what else do you expect from a five-year old girl with no siblings. aiyah. i was trying to help her with her homework and stuff, and she was totally trying to use me! ahhh... like johnny said, the kid knows what's up. when the girls came to get sydney, bernie was saying that she's keeping me in mind to be a tutor for sydney. hmm... i should really think about this one before i accept. angela trying to help a little hyper girl... that is really super lazy to do schoolwork, and can be a big brat that cries and gets upset if she doesn't have her way - that's a tough one. ahh, decisions, decisions (like the song! oooh... starting line)

i really dread the end of this day. that just means it'll be time to take my wretched history final. i'm so scared. i know i just complain over and over how scared i am to take this final, and i should just shut up and do something about it. damn, i wish it was that easy. coming from one of the biggest procrastinators - it's not easy. okay, enough of me lagging and being distracted. time to hit the books! whooo!

tuesday.december.17.2002

if you really like someone, you accept every part of them, but you can't do that until they're willing to share every part with you.

monday.december.16.2002

one down, two more to go. completed my math final today. i know i didn't do the best on it, but i really tried. and most of the problems seemed familiar to my knowledge. i'll just have to wait for the results.

spent time with johnny today, of course. yayee, he got off work early for me! hehehe. later on in the day, we went to get sammy from ryan's house. we chilled there for a little bit, which was kool. ohh yes, ryan and his awesome computer desk and pink blanket. hehe. i haven't seen those bunch of guys in a while. always fun.

i went to get miranda, and we met johnny, adrian, and sammy at valley fair. roamed around here and there, looked at some nice art, searched for astro boy, watched some weird weed twisty thing in the 'as seen on television' store... sigh. oh yeah, and me being the klutz i am, i almost dropped a digital camera on display. thank goodness it had one of those little strings that retracts when you let go of it, or else i would've been dead meat... and thankfully miranda was the only one to witness that. after the mall, i took miranda to get some boba. we ate dinner at her house, tried to figure out valerie's SAT stuff with her mom, then jammed on the guitar for a while. awww, i love her guitar. so pretty. and it smells like wood - mohagony to be exact. hehe. not pine, mohagony. aww, my guitar seems so dinky compared to her's. it's okay, though. my strings let me finger pick easier! we went online after and she showed me this janky site since my soundcard STILL isn't hooked up! argh. anyway, it was almost as janky as taco the wunder dog. haha. funny stuff though.

sunday.december.15.2002

early early early this morning (and by early i mean before the sun even popped out) johnny and i chilled in the back of his car. it was really nice. comfortable. shoot - whenever we go on long trips, screw renting a motel or something. just pop down all the seats and ta-da! instant "bed." it's pretty funny that i can actually stretch my entire body in the back of his car. just shows how short i am! hehehe. abel and i were supposed to head off to my uncle's house in hercules for a party, but the weather was being a bitch. ahh well. many more parties to come. instead of going anywhere, i watched alain play his old sega dreamcast system. bass fishing. i think the last time i saw someone play it before today was johnny. there were a bunch of us at chuck e. cheese's this one time, and we had all these tokens to use. haha. and johnny liked the game too. well, later on in the evening, my brothers and i went to best buy's, borders bookstore, sportmart, and fry's. out of all those places, abel and i ended up buying a bottle of fruitopia and a bottle of powerade. whooo.. so much for getting christmas shopping done. ugh, not having money really stinks. i have no clue how i'm going to get ANY shopping done... and it's not like i really need to buy a bunch of presents or anything. my gosh, i barely had seventy-nine cents to buy my drink today.

and my day is quickly coming to an end. it's finals week for me, and i'm going crazy. i have my math final tomorrow, which i'm thinking shouldn't be too bad. scary as it sounds, there are times that i actually LIKE math. i probably like it because i actually understand all the shit we're going over in class. hahaha, i better. it's my third freakin time. it's weird. there's this stereotype about asians being really good at math. and that's just what it is - a big fat stereotype. i say this because i am NOT one of those 'smarty-pants asian kids.' i think alain took most of that smarty-pants gene... then abel got the remainder. and then, ten years later, angela comes along and wow... what a surprise - no more gene left for the little girl. you would think that after ten years, more smarty-pants gene would have developed just in case my parents decided to have another kid. sheesh. i worry for my children. mommy has no smarty-pants gene to pass on, so it looks like it's up to daddy!

saturday.december.14.2002

you know it's bad when the fingertips start hurting. i practiced my violin hardcore today. i ran through all the old music i've collected throughout the years. ahh... memories of dvorak, brahms, fugues, a few marches and processions here and there, and even huapango. i'm getting nervous about the orchestra class i'm contemplating signing up for. we'll just have to wait and see what is required for the auditions...

tonight i went to a christmas party for abel's division at work. this year it was at rayleen's house. majorly awesome house out in south san hoe. but i met abel's new friend jason, which was kool because i guess they've established a friendship over the adoration of golf. saw lots of his other friends from last year's christmas party. it was nice that lots of them remembered me! hehe. of course, the addressed me at first as "oh! it's abel's little sister!" but ohh man - there was YUMMY food. ahhh... and pumpkin pie!! aiyah. i almost died.

friday.december.13.2002

soaring high in the sky,
he may be small but only in size.
astro boy, astro boy,
he is brave and gentle and wise!

stronger than all the rest,
this mighty robot will pass the test,
oh villans fear him, so we cheer him,
the amazing astro boy!

when you need someone strong,
our robot friend will never be long.
astro boy, astro boy,
he will try to right any wrong!

when there's danger near by,
no matter who, what, where, when or why.
he'll defend us, he'll defend us,
the amazing astro boy!

thursday.december.12.2002

usually the end of classes means it is finally time to relax. hah! i wish this was true. i still have three wonderful days left for my finals. then i can party like a rockstar. math wasn't bad. my teacher complimented my kung fu shoes. it was nice talking to her because she seems like a really understanding person. and she was really impressed when i told her that i went to beijing. i'm not too worried about my math final. i really need to review everything, but i'm feeling confident about the material. of course, i say this now. we'll see how much my attitude changes on the day of the final. history kicked my ass today. my professor fit the word 'fuck' into many of his sentences today. i'm really stressed about this final. hopefully, i'll be able to work something out to study with my buddy lindsay. we're both losing sleep over this class. ack! actually, i think the entire class is worried.

spent some time with my hunny afterschool. traveled around to his bank, then to my bank, then to the mall. later on in the evening, my brothers and i ventured off to home depot, staples, orchard supply, then grocery shopping. i'm such an awesome sister. i have an albertson's savings card thingie, and i saved us $8.44! whooo! go angela! ohh yeah, and we all ate dinner the way we used to back in the day - with a scary movie playing on the television. haha, and good ole little sister screaming at the bloody parts.

wednesday.december.11.2002

i met johnny at the church by his house. christy and a friend were skating, and i guess johnny went to say hi and stuffs. i dropped off my car at his house, and he drove us to great mall. he bought christmas presents for nga and gina. damn. i need to go shopping. i haven't been able to get any of that done for two reasons: 1)no time. 2)no money.

after we headed for some grub, we went to independence's music concert. very fun stuff, as always. it was really packed - like fudge. my hunny and i decided to sit with reisa and chris, whom we were actually supposed to meet up with before the concert, but we were a little late. i saw tooo many people i knew... i think about it and there are definetly more upsides to that than downsides, so it's all good. anyway, the concert was great. makes me miss orchestra so much. band too. ahhh...

tuesday.december.10.2002

BUSY. finals are less than a week away and i should really start preparing. but no... i'm stuck on this damn computer that pretty much distracts me from getting anything done.

monday.
went to school. received a crummy score on my math test, but i blame no one but myself. i clarified lots of my misinterpretations with problems and such. in english, we had to take the first part of our final, which was an in class essay. my computer ended up crashing in the middle of my essay, but luckily i saved my work. whew! i didn't have enough time to write a thoughtful conclusion, but i think it was most developed within the body paragraphs. scary to think that if i fail that essay, i fail the class. after school, i went to spend time with my johnny. we picked up bren in the pouring rain, grabbed some food, then headed back to his house to finish the princess bride. awww, i love that movie. it's so great! just like johnny!!! ahhh yeah. anyway, after the movie, clint asked me to meet him at starbucks. i listened to what was on his mind, and tried my best to give him some friendly advice, as well as my own insight on the situation. an hour or so later, i headed home and received a phone call from my mucaca buddy colleen. it was awesome talking to her and just catching up here and there. fun stuff, indeed. i miss colleen. it always makes me think about my days in the percussion section of my junior and senior year. especially my senior year, and our band trip to san diego. sigh. well, as i was on my way to getting to sleep and hopefully start dreaming, i was awakened by a call from mio. it was great to talk to her too, seeing as how we're both pretty preoccupied with our own lives.

today.
woke up earlier than usual to register for classes. i'm glad that i was able to get the classes for the schedule i had originally planned for. i'm still debating whether or not to add one more class. hmm... as the days get nearer to finals, i grow more and more worried and tired. school was how it usually goes. i seeked for more help from my math teacher, and it's a relief to see that she enjoys helping me. i'm not as stressed as i was about the math final. i just need to review everything all over again. not too shabby. as soon as i entered my history class, i felt all the stress build up. i'm so scared about this final. i really want to do well on it, but it's just a matter of me focusing and studying. and we all know how wonderful my study habits are. eeep. after school, johnny and i went to fry's to look for a present for his mommy. fun stuff. on the way home, i decided to play this game that i used to play when i was little. it's a bit strange to explain on this, but it deals with you closing your eyes while in the car and guessing your whereabouts on whatever route you're taking. it's so weird that johnny actually used to play the game too! hehehe. i've seriously never met anyone else that used to do that. i started to get tired when he was driving around, but then my babe decided to take a detour... yeah, to the hills. that really woke me up. we went up sierra and made it all the way to milpitas. fun stuff. after our adventure into the wild outdoors filled with cows and one-lane roads (and soft shoulders - hehe), i headed home. it was odd because as soon as i reached the end of johnny's street, this old man we saw bicycling earlier in the day was sitting on the ground with his leg all wrapped up, and a cop had blocked off the road. i think the poor old guy was hit by a car. awwww... poor guy! seeing that made me worry about my daddy since he always rides around.