College Acceptances

As the final days of first semester are rolling around, if you walk down the halls of Main, you can hear the Seniors shouting in jubilee and happiness or sullenly sitting by the lockers. I want to be the first one to say that I am so proud of our class. Our dreams are coming alive. Our hard work is finally paying off. After the four years that we've been together, this is the culmination of studying for finals, getting ready for the PSATs, taking our first APs, passing the SATs, and finally putting all of these experiences into the college apps. I am proud to call myself a member of the Harker class of 2010. Through the thick and thin, we've stuck with each other and I know that each member of this one of a kind class will end up somewhere fantastic.

With much love,
Won

Thankgsiving

Thanksgiving is ... well the time for thanksgiving. On top of all the turkey, candles, and cornucopias that never seem to actually be at the thanksgiving tables, Thanksgiving is the time to celebrate everyone and everything that we are thankful for. We probably don't have it as bad as the pilgrims who suffered through harsh winters of Massachusetts without the comfort of central heating. But still in this day and age where random tidbits of information are sent to little devices in our hand at speeds faster than light (almost), it's easy to lose track of what's really worth being thankful for. Things like family, friends, loved ones, and a nice warm fresh-out-of-the-oven pumpkin pie. So remember those things that warm your heart or fill your stomach and be thankful.

My Thankful List
-God for giving me things to be thankful for
-My Family for being who they are
-Stephanie Guo for her constant love and affection. Without her, I wouldn't be the same
-My friends for making me laugh during the good times and listening during the bad
-Harker for being the greatest decision of my life (after Steffo) and the most supportive and nurturing environment
-My grandpa for his hard work to allow me to be where I am right now
-My Home for its warmth and shelter and location in California (thank god I don't live in Iowa)

oh snap.

It's been a while since I've posted anything on this blog and the vast amount of things that need to be spoken about is slightly intimidating.

1. I seem to have succesfully finished junior year of high school relatively unscathed, no emotional scarring, no physical injuries (except for a pulled hamstring), no hateful feelings.
   
2. Summer seems to be in full swing as the weather peaked at over 100 degrees today. I went to the zoo yesterday with a bunch of kids ranging from Kindergarten to 8th grade. I smelled flamingo waste. Not pleasant. Kinda smelled like bread and milk that's been left outside for too long.
3. I've seen the Hangover twice now. I laughed insanely both times.
4. I've realized the importance of having some sort of hobby to do because once summer rolls around and you have hours of having nothing to do, you need something to do. So I've begun to create Photoshop creations. I might post some of them up later.
   

The last year of my K-12 education is quickly approaching. It's gone by so quickly. I had no idea it would zoom past me so fast. I still remember coming to America when I was five, not being able to speak a full coherent sentence of English (although, I knew how to say I love you) then suddenly flying through Elementary school, Middle School, and now suddenly, my High school career is almost at an end. Someday, I'm going to do a post about the events of these past 13 years. Thank god for memories.

Anyway, I must shower now because the stickiness of playing football in 100 degree weather is really bugging me. Speaking of bugging, bugs have been constantly running into my bugscreen thing that covers your window for the past 45 minutes. It's kind of entertaining to hear them buzz and then bump into it.

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Here I am once again sitting in front of my computer as I try to think of something to write about.
Let's see. I can talk about my 3 hour nap that I took, as it was my first Saturday in about 4/5 months that I haven't had a SAT related activity. That felt really good.

that is all.

Life when I'm all grown up?

Hm sometimes I wonder what life will be like when our generation becomes adults. We might be doing all this stuff as adults like blogging, facebooking, flickring, twittering, it's really kind of hard to wrap your head around. Whenever we see our parents we view them as technologically backwards and unable to work the television remote. But are our kids going to look at us like that? Hopefully, I stay trendy and keep up to date with all the new fangled inventions they come up with in the 2030s. Whoa 2030. that's a weird/futuristic year. Hopefully the world isn't over by then. If the world is over by then, it'll be incredibly sad because that means I wouldn't have lived out my life to the fullest. Come on mankind! Let's pull ourselves together and preserve this planet of ours! It's really kind of important.

As far as my daily life so far, it's been pretty good. Spring Break has been FANTASTICAL.
Monday: Stanford
Tuesday: Berkely
Wednesday: BEACH! and failed hot dogs. With buffalo barbecue doritos. om nom nom.
Thursday: hang out with friends? Tino?
Friday: HOMEWORK, FINISH QUESTIONNAIRE, start studying for APs.
Saturday: " "
Sunday: who knows?!

Lesseee.. Countdown to 2 months: 4 days! :O
It's already been two months? That's insane. It feels like two days. I guess time flies when you're having fun. Isn't that some pyschological thing? AP PSYCH PEOPLE?!

All of these college visits have all been melded into one big college tour. It's really confusing sometimes because sometimes it's hard to organize which college was which. But the memorable ones do stick out and I think that helps alot with my college search! I really want to go somewhere I can be super comfortable. I think coming to Harker was one of the best decisions of my life because it's become like a second home to me. A lot of people say, "oh harker sucks! it's so damn boring!" I guess if you've been here for a long ass time, it can feel like that. But to me, Harker is a one-of-a-kind environment that you can't find anywhere else. You know everyone's names, everyone knows your name, the education part is good too. I want to go somewhere I get the same vibe that I get here, wherever that may be.

I have succumbed to the trend and created a twitter account. For those of you who are curious, it is www.twitter.com/wonheelee. I haven't done much with it yet but hopefully it'll become interesting soon. Although, before I start that I should focus my attention on this blog and help it grow. Blogging is really fun to me. It lets me write whatever I want to write, unlike a Huck Finn essay, for example, where you have to develop a thesis and create a central theme. Blogging is like creating your own little world that everyone has access to. It's like almost literally picking someone's brain. :O Some people just use it as a daily journal sort of thing where they jot down a little note here, a little phrase there but I like to think of it as a storage area/venting area/toy box/newsfeed that I can add to whenever I want. Hopefully, it'll grow and grow and grow and become something really special.

Anyway, I must go shower and think about my questionnaire a little bit more.
Farewell my readers.

PS. Happy April Fools Day!!

i am pissed.

I feel incredibly betrayed and manipulated at this moment.

I'm sleepy.

And Won has left me.
:(