oO Wednesday, December 31, 2003 at 03:54 p.m. Oo

HEY THERE YOU BIG PILE OF MONKEY NUUUUTS!!
[i used that as an opening to one of my older entries]

so what's up homies? it's the last day of the 2003 year. and i am here to recap my year, partially for my own use and information, to review everything, before i log it all into "THE YEAR 2003" in my long term memory. heh. might get a little boring, but i'm gonna do it in bullet form, and hopefully i won't get too carried away!! anyway i read through most of my entries from this whole year and i'm gonna highlight the important stuff, yep.

so, i ask myself : "self, how was 2003 for you?"
and i reply: "self, lotsa ups and downs man. lotsa ups and downs."

...tell me about it...

~ my motto was: "life without danger is a waste of oxygen"

~ definitely got into the partying thing alot more this year, starting with moe's party.

~hit up the charity ball with larky-larkinator.

~lotsa prom planning since i was on student council.

~ received my car as a gift from my parents. 2003 dodge neon sxt in solar yellow baby (for those that don't know, it's the yellow pimpmobile).

~ my cousin ryan came to live with us here in the states.

~ executive board student council elections, and i won the office of vice president.

~ driving lessons. haha.

~ i was in the musical "The Sound of Music".

~ got kicked off junior student council and lost my new executive board office due to some FUCKED up shit with my teachers and the school. (yea this was a major DOWN), and i have never fully recovered, even though i put on the facade that i have, it hurts too much to think about.

~ got a poem published in a book.

~ went to the kick ass All American Rejects concert.

~ hit up the stylin prom with hunter.

~ got my license!! started driving like a maniac!

~ finals!

....end of junior year.. this is around the end of may now.....

~ summer starts!

~ summer school: american government. 9 day crash course.

~ my 17th birthday!

~ lotsa summer partying, yea! brian's house and alex's house man!

~ debating with myself on whether or not i should go back to singapore, and due to certain circumstances, that didnt work out.

~ 5th harry potter book came out! OH YEAH!

~ chillin out and relaxed over summer, it was the best summer of my life. hahaa!

~ my aunt (dad's sister) passed away, parents went back to singapore for the funeral.

....... the new school year starts... (august-ish) ......

~ struggle to finish summer homework packets.

~ rockin out as seniors, winning rallies and kickin dance ass at the back to school dance.

~ nominated to be one of the homecoming announcement skit committee co-chairs!

~ Senior Prayer Day.

~ FOOTBALL SEASON!!! muchos fun-o's! kickin butt with the football team and parties!

~ college applications- EW. decision to apply to ASU only.

~ more parties.. now highlighted with running from the po-po's [cops!].

~ HOMECOMINGGGGG: complete with video, skit and parade, football game, receiving title of homecoming queen (take that my biznatch of a school!) plus a dance to cap it all off.

~ immediately following homecoming: hit and run on my car!! $)(*$@!()*&!@_()!*

~ ASU party and the walk of shame.

~ accepted into ASU.

~ HALLOWEEN: dressing up as a skanky ho, trick or treating, football game, awesome party and cone-jacking.

~ I GOT A JOB AT HOLLISTER!

~ I GOT A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP TO ASU!

~ still stressing and dying from school, and partying on the weekends to keep myself going.

~ christmas dance with ben.

~ i got the plague/flu.

~ Christmas :).

~ working alot during the winter break.


.... this leaves me where i am right this minute. on the last day of the year 2003....

my new motto for 2004 is similar to the one i had this year. it's simple, and relates how i want to live my life.

.:carpe diem:.

[yeah i had to make it all pretty and such].

for the year of 2004, i intend to work hard (kinda), party hard and graduate from highschool with whatever honors i can pull through with. i will also go back to singapore for let's say, a month? for a nice vacation back home during summer. and then i will turn 18 and hopefully that will be a turning point? or a major step in my life, somehow. i also intend to come back here and chill out in phoenix and work and save up some money. then in august, hit up mazatlan, mexico, with ash, lex and lex's family. THEN i will start college at ASU, and once there, i intend to work hard (yea) and party hard once again, while enjoying the college experience in whatever way i can. then i'll close out 2004 with a bang.

yep, that's my plan for 2004. we shall see how it turns out, eh?

now, for some new year's resolutions (that i really do intend to keep).

1. carpe diem, of course. seize the day. take chances, opportunities, steps to improve my life, don't hold back and no regrets. with this, to also accomplish some things on my "things to do before i die" list. that all rolls nicely into >carpe diem< so it's like one big resolution.

2. don't be so lazy, ya know, chilling out is good, but 24/7 chilling out makes me a fatass and couch potato.

3. spend money wisely or have good money management. since i've got a job, i finally understand how hard it is to earn money, and how easy it is to blow all of it.

4. better time management? continue using a planner/organizer and keep on truckin' with bein' in the know.

5. to volunteer to do more household chores. i've gotten quite a few comments from my parents on how i'm living like a princess and not doing any housework. so i'm gonna clean my room more often, vaccuum the house and wash the dishes every so often. baby steps, okay?

6. to put my foot down and not drive so much. gas= money, i don't want so many miles on my car, plus i'm sick of being the designated driver every single time.

7. spend less time online, because AIM/MSN/ICQ contributes to procrastination when doing homework.

8. keep in contact with friends from highschool and singapore.

9. be more agreeable and nice, not so argumentative and abrasive; cut out any attitude problems, basically, be a good kid that my parents aren't ashamed of raising.

10. finally, be more confident as well as being in balance with my id, ego and superego parts of my personality (pretty much practice some self-help psychology to IMPROVE LIFE!); quit living vicariously through other people, live my life the way i want to, and have fun while i'm at it.


congratulations if you actually read this entry, like i said, this is primarily for my own use, to sort out my thoughts.

hmm. so. with that, BYE 2003!!! you have been good to me in many ways, and i've had many downs that brought me to realize i should appreciate all i have because it can all be taken away in a NANOsecond.

WELCOME 2004! i'm ready for a new year.

[ also, i gotta go plan how i'm gonna party it up tonight, cuz i, for one, am definitely gonna finish this year on a high note. and welcome in the new year with open arms. ]

keep on keepin' on, friends.

kisses, holly.