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Anyways, I went to work and walked a bunch of dogs in the rain with Dan. It was actually kind of fun since we were pretty much talking to each other the whole time. More or less.

Afterwards, I just slept until about lunchtime. Said bye to kuya as he went off back to Rutgers. Oh man...I cannot wait to go to that school. The people there are just too cool.

Went back to work again at 4...but this time it was just weird. Dan hesitated when it came to walking Julius; I thought that was really weird so I said that I would walk him. But Caiti and Dan weren't comfortable about that idea so Cait did. But it didn't work out right...she wound up getting bit by him because he just spazzed on her. But man...I wish I could've done something. I felt so bad...so helpless. Blah. --;

Was about to take her home, but then we decided to go out for pizza instead. So we ordered a whole pie and talked till about 8:30, and talked to Matt for a little bit. It was great. XD

Talked to Jason for a little while...he seems like a really cool guy. I think we would get along pretty well if he lived here...well, that's what I think for now.

OMG I let the perfect opportunity to ask someone to the prom slide by~~ *bangs head on desk 89256297523 times* I'm such a wussy. --; I'm gonna be kicking myself for the next week over this. x__X

First off, I couldn't exactly find where we were taking the tests...yeah yeah, Scott Hall and all, but exactly where in that building?! We (me and a bunch of other random people) had to be led by a student so that we knew where we were going.

Okay, so we started off with the essay section. I could answer one of two questions:
1 - Why is it beneficial for school students to be involved in volunteer work and extracirricular activities?
2 - What invention or new idea do you think has caused an improvement in today's society or the environment?

So naturally, I answer question one. I think I rocked that essay, more or less...not too sure though. The last part of it was shit though. =T Ran out of time. --; Oh well, whatever. It's decent enough.

The rest of the english and math sections were pretty easty. I finished an hour early so I went out and just hung out with some people I met. Also went out and got my ID card done...or something.

The people at Rutgers are so nice! This guy offered my donuts while we were waiting for our turn to get our pictures taken for our ID cards...I hope everyone is this nice at the school. More than likely, people will be bitches, but whatever.

Me and Amy (girl I met there) went and ate at Wendy's...OMG there was this really hot guy there, but dammit he was hanging out with his friends. >_< Hopefully I'll see him sometime next year? LOL Oh well...

After stuffing myself down with a burger and fries, I went back into Scott Hall to take the pre-calc test. Man...I forgot all about logarithms, so I was just kinda winging it for some of the test. ^^; Luckily, I think I pretty much guessed right with that stuff. =D However, with my lack of sense with math, I wouldn't be suprised if I had done something beyond stupid. -___- Oh man...the guy that was proctoring the tests was beyond gay. (Not that I have anything against gay people...damn the slang of the new millenium!) He was babying us through most of the test, and what made it even more ridiculous was that we had done this all before...as in earlier this morning. I must say, some of the comments the people behind me were making were just beyond funny. xDDDD

After that, we took another break and waited for the Spanish placement test to begin. I sat around and talked to Jen (another girl I met there) for a little bit. I wound up sitting next to her during the test, and boy did I feel stupid. That test was just ridiculous. First of all, you need at least four years of Spanish to even comprehend what's going on. Unfortunately (actually it doesn't matter since I'm not taking it anymore), I only had three. So I was just guessing wildly at everything. LOL the guy next to me just filled in the whole sheet within 10 minutes...but there were only 81 questions, yet there were 100 slots. So I tapped him on the shoulder and he was like, "OH SHIT!" and started erasing like mad. That was just hilarious...that and he filled in letters for answers that didn't even exist. xD What sucked even more about that test is that there was this loud humming noise that would start and stop every 30 minutes or so. Not like it would help me pass if it wasn't there, but still~~*

Once the whole test was over with...I didn't feel like going home yet, so I gave Vic and Alex a call. Ah, the beauty of cell phones. Anyways, I called Vic, had like a 2 second conversation with him, and then all of a sudden I think I accidentally hung up on him. --; So I called back, but no one picked up. So I called Alex, and he said I could stop by his dorm. ^^ So I did. I had to wait for a freaking bus though...that sucked, since I didn't really have a clue as to what bus I was waiting for. =T

Somehow, I wound up at his dorm...walking...and going in circles trying to find his room haha~ Actually, it turns out that he was going to be leaving to go to Busch to go do something with Jan. So I wound up staying at his dorm for about 5 minutes and we went back down again. And waited for the bus. But this time it wasn't so bad since I had company. =D

On the way to Busch, Alex's friend Birdie (I really think I ruined the spelling) got on the bus and we all started talking. She's a really cool girl, I must say. Then we all met up with Jan...who wasn't even ready to go out. That proved to be an interesting time, with many remarks being made. ^__^

Jan's such a cutie~~ LOL he's so calm when it comes to everything, more or less. And it was nice of him to invite me to go with his crew to the church thing, but I wish he had told me earlier so that I could have arranged things with my dad. But uh...lying to priests...well...yeah. o__O

And I didn't see Vic! *pouts*

Once they left, I was sitting in the lobby watching basketball for about half an hour until my dad came. Then we went and ate at Park and Orchard; the waitress said that I reminded her of someone famous. xD WHOOHOOO! OMG the food there is soooooooooooo good. I really recommend it to anyone. ^__^

For lunch we ate at the cafe there. LOL the food was okay...Josh's "fruit and cheese" stuff was kinda crazy. I never had fruit and cheese before. OMG I loved their shirley temples and their cheesecake and their desserts~~ So good! =9***

While we were walking through the museum, we saw these guys on the second floor that were trying to spit on people on the first floor. --; Honestly, the immaturity of some people never ceases to amaze me.

I never knew that Josh had never been to Central Park! Damn...haha I definitely think we should have a picnic there. =D CHINESE FOOD!!! Haha he's so adorable. *^^* Snorting like pigs and syncing up our steps...so cute! And wow...the way he interprets art is so cool. Like, I wouldn't see some art the way I do now if he weren't with me. That's one thing about the museum. I don't think I would ever want to go alone. I like hearing other people's opinions about what they see in a piece.

After much walking around the museum (I wanted to see some mummies and play with an accordion...but that didn't work out) we decided to go home. Got caught up in some traffic, and that sucked.

Deed dropped me off at my house; changed, and went to the vet. Walked some dogs...it was pretty cool, since Dolly was there I didn't have to clean up any shit. YES. Josh bought me Cheetos and a Nestea. I liked his mango slurpee, but I couldn't drink it because my teeth are sensitive to the cold. >_<

Once work was over (after having an interesting talk with Cindy about...whatever), I dropped off Caiti and got ready for Tae Kwon Do. lol Then I picked up Caiti again because she wanted to see what the class was like.

Heh...class was interesting. I had to do a split kick and a scissor kick. @__@ I have never done those kicks before in my life. And then we were busting out all this crazy stuff* I wonder if they did that because Caiti was watching and they wanted to show her what we were capable of.

She told me that she was impressed...which was cool. ^^ Haha then we talked about Yung for a little bit...as to why he's so quiet in school and stuff. She said she's gonna try to talk to him later on...so we'll see. ^_^

OMG Will and Grace is the funniest show ever. Yeah.

I mean, maybe I really am performing better than I was, but I just feel inferior to the "past me."

I guess this simply means that I will just have to train harder...but I still can't shake this feeling. Bleh.

I felt bad for Tony though...he was so overworked. --; That and he had to redo my mom's friend because he misunderstood her...aigoz!

Then we had some lunch at Mandarin Court...YUMMAY!!!!!! I stuffed myself with that isht. xD

The ride home was interesting. We had to drop off my mom's other friend and we got lost along the way...almost got into a car accident. That and we almost entered a "Do Not Enter" section. @__@ But we made it home safely, so it's cool.

Cathy called! Well, it was for a different reason than the other "hey, what's up" type of deal, but it was nice to hear from her.

Got a headache later in the day...that sucked. Slept most of it off. Part of me is wondering if I'm just "faking" it so I don't have to go to Tae Kwon Do...y'know...the whole laziness deal. --;

haha I woke up from my nap by Osh. He had called, and that was pretty cool. I talked to him, Josh, Caiti, and Yoshi. SWEETNESS.

Alex doesn't want me to visit him when I go to Rutgers this Saturday...WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY~ It's not like it will take me a long time...-________- Oh well...if he doesn't want me visiting, then I won't...I guess.

Went to Old Navy and looked around at some of the shirts and stuff...Lisa bought a way cute tank. xD I would buy something...but uh...I'm poor. --; LOL Alex almost fell onto some rack or something because I was pushing him and then I suddenly stopped and he kept pushing into me...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Looked around some more and got to know a little bit more about Lisa...looked at clothes and other fun things.

Afterwards, Alex drove us around and showed us a bunch of the really nice houses that they have there...DAMN those houses are huge! It made me wonder if I wanted a really big house when I get older. I don't know...if I had a big house, I'd want a family to fill it up. I wouldn't want a big house and be alone in it. But who knows what I'm going to think as time goes by.

Once that was over with and we were done awing at all this stuff, we went back to Alex's house. Met his family...they seemed like pretty nice people. ^^

On the drive back, I kept on pointing to roads that led to -other- ways to my house...but I didn't feel like giving directions because I'm pretty confident in the fact that I would have gotten us lost. --;

Alex burned me a Two-Mix CD! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY~ *hugs Alex*

Cindi came in to help out too. I felt bad because she was missing her cousin's wedding to work. >_<

While I was walking the dogs...it started to rain. Too bad my jacket didn't have a hood. -___-

On the plus side of today, I'm gonna be going out with Alex and his friend Lisa...we're gonna hit up the mall* =D So I'm just sitting here waiting for them to come...

But why must the instructor always ride me about it? I'm still not 100%...still hella fucking congested...oh whatever. I guess he has such high expectations of me that anything else is crap. Or something. I guess he's trying to get me to work harder or something...but he's making me feel like such crap right now that I'm fucking crying about it. Ugh...

And then I was driving the car towards the exit of the parking lot so that they wouldn't have to walk so far, but they thought that I was driving off...what the fuck. Do they really think that I would do that to them? *sigh* But whatever.

And I know this is a really little thing, but when we dropped off Josh, Caiti was like, "no problem." OH COME ON...I WAS THE ONE DRIVING! And people ask Caiti for rides when I'm the one driving....the fuck. I dunno...I think I'm just taking this way out of hand. It's all probably in my head. Half the time it is.

But it does feel good to blog about it. ^^;

So I get up and get ready and stuff and my parents are nagging me about not having all the information ready at the given time. Part of me understands my responsibility about that and all, but another part of me is saying, "why didn't you ask me then?"

Anyways, we get to the campus and it's filled with all these activities and things to do. I was expecting to see Alex right away and then we could just go hang out or whatever, but he wasn't there. So I looked around and got some info about the campus...and waited. There were a couple of people that I thought were him, but after looking closer, they weren't. I wanted to call his cell, but I forgot to ask for the number. --; So I crossed my fingers and started to go on one of the campus tours. As I was going, I saw him and ran over and we went on the tour together.

Of course, I saw my parents there and I think they were giving me some pretty crazy looks. =T

Alex showed me around the campus and to all those places that the Rutgers people didn't want you to see...which was nice, since I knew I was gonna get some bullshit from that school. So we went back to his dorm after a while and I watched a couple Korean music videos and stuff and he changed his shirt because he was wearing this sweater type thing and it was almost 80 degrees outside. Then after that we met up with Jan and Vic and were gonna have lunch.

Okay, my first impression of Jan was that he looked like he just got up. Which he kinda did. He seemed kinda quiet, which he was. And yeah.

As for Vic...damn he was cut! And he seemed really friendly and an all-around cool guy.

We were gonna have lunch with them but we were going in as they were leaving. Vic had work so we made Jan stick around with us. We chatted some more and it was pretty cool. LOL then all of a sudden Alex gets up and runs out towards the entrance of the building...me and Jan were like "what the fuck is he doing?!" Then he runs back and finds us laughing at him soooo hard...he claims that his friend was at the entrance and that's why he ran out...but me and Jan were like "nice try."

Then we went to the engineering part of Rutgers and played with all the experiments. Hehe the coolest part would have to be the rotating room and the fun stuff with the bubble screen. ^^

We walked around some more and Jan was showing us a bunch of shortcuts (or so he says they are) around campus...Alex tripped on a fence holder while we were walking. I couldn't help but laugh at that.

So back at the dorm I met Vic and a couple of his friends. Basically hung out at the dorm for most of the day. Got to listen to Vic's playlist (he's got the best taste in music) and take a couple of online quizzes (I'm SO A GUY!) and stuff. Haha...I ran into Kuya. He passed by in the halls and I chased after him, and Vic followed. Vic was like "HEY! How do you guys know each other?" And I was like, "Uhh...he's my brother." And Vic was like, "OMG....John, this is not what it looks like." LOL!

Then Kevin passed by the dorm and he saw me and he was like, "Does John know you're here?" And I was like, "Yep!" So I went into his dorm for a while...and we talked for a little bit. He seems like a pretty cool guy as well.

Watched Vic and some other guy wrestle on the floor...yeah. Vic did a pretty decent job, I must say.

Debated about going to that Battle of the Barrios thing. Decided not to because I didn't want to piss off my parents who were already on their way to pick me up. Was gonna go to dinner with Kevin, but parents came. Oh well...

So yeah, that was my day...Alex is such a gentleman. He paid for my lunch and snacks and everything and was opening doors and stuff...just wow. Jan was really quiet but he was really cool when he did talk. And Vic is really fun and outgoing. And Kevin seems like a really nice guy too.

Haha, hung out with guys at college. SCORE.

Drove Caiti and Debbie home...I didn't even know that Debbie was supposed to go to sweet dreams with us. Sometimes it pisses me off when people just assume that I'm okay with certain things all the time, and don't even bother to ask. What if I'm not, y'know?

Stayed at Caiti's house for a little bit, had some dinner, and then went home. Talked to Ginabingsoo and Kimmay unnie for a little bit, which was nice. ^^

Later on, I went to Battle of the Bands. It was really cool to see all my friends play...they were amazing! Especially Mike's band. OMG, he has such stage presence that it's crazy. I just got drawn in by the music. Caiti and I debated if we should stick around or go see Prevent Falls, but I'm glad that we stuck around. If I had missed Mike's performance, I would've kicked myself for like ten years.

I also asked Keigo to the prom...turns out he's going with Liz. *sigh* It's cool though. Who am I thinking of asking now, you say? Haha well...there are still other people on my list, which is way cool...and I know I would have fun with them too. ^^

Mike's band won the Battle of the Bands; I was sooooo happy! I am definitely a fan of his group. Sometimes I wonder if I bother Mike...I dunno. Maybe I'm just thinking too much on the subject.

Anyways, afterwards, me, Caiti, Mike (different Mike), Kristen, and Jaime all decided to go out to the diner. Actually, me and Mike wanted to go to 7-11 and get slurpees, but everyone else wanted to eat at the diner. Which was fine with me...it was interesting how we got there though. We wanted to go to the one in town but that one was packed because the Fire Escape happened that day too...so everyone went to hang out at the diner. Me and Mike were cussing out all these bitches who thought they were all badass and shit because they were in the way of our car. Fuckers. Anyways, we met up with Caiti and Jaime and Kristen and decided to go to a different diner. We took just about the longest route possible to get to that diner. Deng.

Once there, we ordered our food and chatted. hehe, I actually tried chocolate chip pancakes! Everyone looked at me like I was crazy because I hadn't tried them before. Yeah...--; Me and Mike split them because I wouldn't have been able to finish it all. Our chat was pretty fun, but it felt like two different chats...one with Kristen, Jaime and Caiti and one with me and Mike. Oh well...it was still pretty cool. ^^

The trio had to leave early because they all had places to be tomorrow, so me and Mike payed for the bill (we went Dutch) and went to 7-11 and got our slurpees. I think he got Pina Colada and I got Coke. Yummay! We just drove around and talked about whatever...it was just great. I might go hang out with him tomorrow after my little Rutgers tour thingy.

Hehe, I might be able to meet up with Alex tomorrow! YAY! I need to talk to him about it but AIM is being bitchy and won't let me. --;

haha I had like 83659825 people rub it down...I even went to Tae Kwon Do like this! Miss Lisa helped it a lot though. I'm glad I went...almost didn't go because of the knot. She cleared up my meridians...so I should be okay. It hurt while she was doing it though. ^^;;; Class kinda sucked though...instructors were riding me about forgetting my forms and ish. --; I can understand where they're coming from and all, but I've been sick for a while. *sigh* I guess I deserve it.

Talked to Julie on the phone. It was nice talking to her...despite the subject matter. What it is, I'm not saying; it's between the two of us.

Senioritis has hitten me quite hard. Starting my homework at like 11:oo at night isn't the best thing in the world. Heh...I guess I should start then.

Afterwards, Caiti, Josh, and I wanted to get some breakfast, but we decided to bag on that idea since her dad wanted her home at 10.

Once I got home, my parents told me to dress up to get ready to go to NY. Usually, this doesn't seem like a big thing...but they did this last minute and they wanted to know if I could get off work. So I called Caiti and asked if it was okay...and she said it was. But I still felt bad, and I was kinda pissed at them because they get mad at me for not telling them anything until the last minute WHEN THEY'RE DOING THE EXACT SAME THING. And to top it off, I had a headache. I've had a headache for the past couple of days now. --;

Kuya was supposed to go with us too, but he got out of it because he went back to his dorm. Lucky.

NY was pretty much fine. Ate at Ihawan after an hour wait...which was cool because I got to see these really hot Korean guys. XD But they all looked like they were at least 19. Which is cool, but I couldn't do anything but look since my parents were with me. And I got to eat lumpia shanghai and gulaman at sago. XD Good stuff.

Then we visited my Great-Uncle. That was cool, since I didn't see him for a while. He's so nice and generous...however, my Great-Aunt said I was fat. --; I will admit, I have gained weight since I got sick...so I better get back to my Tae Kwon Do and DDR and salads and stuff ASAP. Once I get better, that is.

Afterwards, we visited my Auntie Dory. Hehe, I played with Miles for a little bit...so cute! He's so funny...I also got a dress and a dress shirt from her. Haha it's pretty badass to have family that pretty much have the same measurements as you do.

Getting back home SUCKED. We got home at like 9:30, and I had all this homework to do. So you know what I'm thinking right now? Fuck it all. I really don't want to go to school tomorrow, but I know my parents will make me....sucks.

First off, in choir, we're learning a French piece. I've never spoken French in my life, but I actually sounded decent because (LOL) I'm somewhat congested so I could get the nasal sounds just right.

Then at lunch, I went to go eat at Seschuan (I can't spell) Delight, but I didn't think I would be able to eat it (got take out) because it was getting late. Luckily, I walked right into my voice lesson and was able to eat some. ^^

This is the weirdest part. Me and Cait were just driving around, and when we pulled into her driveway, we didn't want to go to her house just yet because we would have to help out with the chores. So we drove around some more, and we found this stray dog. Funny thing is that since we both work at a vet, we wanted to help it...so we drove back to go see Cindy and see what we could do from there. We wanted to bring it with us to the vet, but it was kinda acting odd. When we went back, it wasn't there. >_<

Heh...I took a nap at Caiti's house. I should've gotten up, but I couldn't help it....I mellowed out after 7th period. It's so cool. I could be at her house doing nothing and it'll still be fun. I love it.

Had dinner at Bellariva's...tried their penne and vodka. Good stuff.

After that, went to Caiti's voice...thing. Her dad drove us there, and we hung out with Jane and Jaime and Keigo and Brian and met Mike. Had weird conversations about how gay you are...apparetnly Jaime is 22% and Caitlin is...52%? I'm not sure how that works but we were joking around about it. Then we got onto more serious topics of debate, like abortion and same sex marriages. I would go into more detail about this right now, but uh...I'm tired. So yeah. Watched Caitlin sing...and she was great, as usual. XD

Yay for work tomorrow~~*

DAMMIT!

Eh, can't really say anything special about my day. I will say that ate Elsa is just adorable though. ^^

Everyone thought I was sad because I wasn't talking very much...but it was because I lost my voice. And I felt bad when Caiti told me that she thought I was pissed about something, but I really wasn't. --; I just can't talk!

First off, we missed the bus going to the mall because she was late coming in and stuff. So I had to have my parents drop us off there...which wasn't so bad, really. ^^; It pretty much worked out for everyone. We watched Akira while we waited at my house for us to go.

Meanwhile, at the mall, I found a Sanrio store! OMG I found the keychain thing that lights up when you shake it...IT'S SOOOOO COOL! *SCREAM* Along with that, I found a Morning Glory there as well...such cute stuff. ^^

We looked at prom dresses, and man...so much to choose from. I have no idea what I'm going to wear to the prom. Well, I kinda do, but I dunno...I don't really like how I look in some of those dresses. Something is always off or something. The perfectionist in me speaks out.

We also went to the Limited Too and I tried on some of their pants...and they actually fit me! Sad thing is that I can't afford any of them...fucking 40 bucks for a pair of hip-huggers. =T Sharon had me try on a couple of outfits, and they looked pretty good on me. It was different. ^^*

After lunch at Johnny Rockets, we rode on the carousel and walked around some more. I wanted to find the arcade that Osh mentioned, but I didn't see it anywhere. --; Damn. I really wanted to play DDR.

Called Paul to see if he was coming, and that didn't pull through either. Oh well...there's always next time. So basically, it was just a "Jaline/Sharon" day. Which was cool. ^^

Bought some more stuff at Bath & Body Works...cucumber melon rawks mah sawks. We were complaining about the high cost of the nice smelling isht tho. --;

Browsed around Hot Topic some...FOUND SOME MAAAAAAAD COOL RAVER PANTS! *SCREAMS SOME MORE*

Then went into Sam Goody...FOUND SOME ANIME! And to top it off...I bought the B2K album! *MORE SCREAMING*

After that, we had a Cinnabon and waited for our bus...nice day.

Now this is where it gets interesting. We weren't sure if the bus we were on was the right one...but luckily it was. We also discovered that the bus went into Penn Station...so we decided to scratch the planned bus route and just go to Penn Station and take the train back home. So we called her mom and made the appropriate plans.

However, this was not the Penn Station in New York. It's the Penn Station in Newark.

So Sharon and I were flipping out for a few minutes...but then we realized that we could take the train to the Penn Station we had intended. So it was all good.

It was quite fun browsing around New York, I must say. We made plans on doing it again, which we might do this Friday. However, with my luck when it comes to planning things...it ain't gonna happen.

We made it to Sharon's mom's workplace and hung out there for a little bit...then my parents had called. So I explained to them that I was on my way home....which was kinda the truth. I was on my way home...they just didn't know that it was New York that I was in.

Once Sharon's mom got her work done, we made our way back to Penn Station to catch the train; unfortunately, we had missed it by a second. So we were going to have to wait about 30 minutes for the next one. I was so dead...my parents were gonna kill me for not being home on time AND the fact that I was in New York.

So we all decided that it was best for my parents to know what happened...after I had a mild panic attack. --; So I called my dad and explained to him what happened...expecting the worst. But acutally, he completely understood. He was like, "it's your first time doing this kind of thing, so it happens." I think he was relieved by the fact that I was with some sort of adult figure and wasn't stranded in the middle of nowhere.

When we came back downstairs though, Sharon's mom had yelled at us for taking so long. --; I felt bad since it was mostly my fault. =T But we got to the train on time (had to pay the extra 5 bucks because I didn't buy my ticket ahead of time), and relaxed from there.

I cannot wait for the next time I kick it with Sharon.