*sigh*

day after 4th of July. Fireworks down by the beach in Evanston were pretty good. i was worried about the ozone though, not gonna lie (g'damn...wat a nerd i am ~_~) anywho, it was fun watching fireworks with fellow USS pplz. it's been a while since i've seen fireworks. the last time i saw em was like 8 years ago... i've been deprived big time.

now i'm sitting here....RESEARCH PAPER IS DONE!!! AND PRESENTATION!!! woot woot. 2 pages of single space HELL. haven't done that in a long long time (single spaced that is) oh well...i shouldn't be complaining....ppl like Meliss hafta type 15 page papers....single spaced...and she supposedly typed in a format that her employer didn't want her to...so she had to type it up again. so yea...i should just duck tape my mouth and shut up.

USS is going awesome so far...very fun...and its always good to know fellow classmates before the normal school year begins. makes you feel special and like...in the loop :P. at least i won't be standing there like a loner at Fling at the Field, which is the dance party preNew Student Week. That'll be interesting. can't wait for fall to come...meeting new peoplez is always fun.

ok well time for some AWESOME sargent food ~_~

hm....two days left till i leave for NU (i have to arrive on campus by 10 am on saturday). I've been waiting for a long time for this USS program to start. It'll be my first ever research program. Supposedly the research this year will be on stress and how it's related to the endocrine system, along with its effects on the chemical level. Sounds like interesting stuff for a first-timer like me.

I got so lucky this year to get into the USS program. i didn't know till later, but they only take like 13 people out of the hundreds that apply. i guess it was as bad as the college app process. there weren't any essays required on the app. so i thanked god many times the day i decided to fill out my app.

i'm hyped about everything EXCEPT for the shopping part. Since i'll be dorming at Kappa Sigma frat house for like 6 weeks (june 25 - august 6), i pretty much need to get everything that i'll need for the regular school year. And to think that i got the information pack about USS like a week and half ago means i didn't have alot of time to think about what to buy. My list is getting there but every now and then, i keep thinking up other things that would be helpful to get me through the dorm life. Initially, it was so much fun taking trips to walmart, target, marshall field, abercrombie etc for clothes and etc. stuff. but now....shopping....ugh....BLEH!! i'm sick of it now. with two more days to go, i'm really burned out. i have a crap loada stuff to take and to think of more detailed stuffs to take to the dorms....ACK!! my brain....it hurTZ~!!!

ok....well enuf complaining. imma go spend the next hour thinking of whatelse i'll be needing and then that's it. enuf thinking about move-in items. the rest of today will then be dedicated to the gazillion movies that i've burned off but was unable to watch cuz of the school year.

*sigh* definitely having mixed feelings right now. sad to be moving away from long time friends, but excite outta my mind to be meeting new ppl in a wider environment, where its teeming with endless fun and countless hours of joy. the past four years have definitely been one of the most precious four years of my life (altho i've been alive for 18 years....).

 i won't forget the first day i walked into Mrs. Gagliano's Alg 2/Trig class at 7:43 am. i have never been as nervous as i was back then. i knew absolutely noone since i'd moved into hinsdale from glen ellyn, which is right where COD is. sitting right next to me was sameer m. who didn't say a word. he was so quiet that i HAD to say something. so i said "hi" and he said "hi" and what started out to be a really really dry/boring conversation became quite an interesting one.eventually, i came to befriend many butler kids before others (cuz i sat with sameer and his pals at lunch the first day..which were all butler kids) and it was a smooth start to high school.

now 4 years later, sameer and i don't stop talking. :P just as with others that is.we had math class yet again to top off HS (math topics). he was also in my micro and english class....b00..... but anyhoo....that's one of the biggest memories that i have in HS, but definitely not the only one. way too many to remember now that i think about it. from the smallest pettiest things in the world to big school rumors (and school problems that ended up in the news, like mueller sex scandal and last minute computer hacking problems), i'll never forget the times i've spent at HCHS. i'll miss them dearly and i'll be back now and then to check up on stuff.

changing gears, graduation was mediocre. the almost-600 student senior class took a long time to finish, with applauds when Kevin Zhang was called up (kev being the last person up for his diploma thingie), but compared to the juniors next year (they have like 800+ students...friggin crazee record-breaking #), we were a breeze. i don't think anyone cried at graduation but there were definitely millions and millions of hugs. i coulda/shoulda taken more pix but it got too late ...so had to follow my parents to go eat 2 Pappadeux!! greatest seafood restaurant in the world!!

i'm working on u/ling all the pix i took so plz be patient. once i have it ready, i'll have it on aim and here so till then....

totallee and absolutely bummed out right now....

i hate latin....its so gay...so many lines to look over. seriously, looking over ten lines takes a good 20 minutes...

so i was fishing through some websites and i found this stuff. in the spirit of updating here's what it was: