Thursday, September 29, 2011

Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Momo,

I'm pretty content right now. I stayed home from school today because I felt kind of sick (and my parents were like, it's a pretty useless school day, stay home and study :3) so I've been studying the whole day. Literally. I took a 40 minute break to watch ANTM, and a 30 minute break for my piano lesson. Other than that, I've been studying all the time. I've read through 3 Bio books and taken 2 practice tests. On the practice tests I've consistently gotten 700+, so I'm satisfied that I'm not going to totally fail. :)

Now I'm taking a break to watch Gossip Girl, then maybe I'll study a bit more (I still can't seem to remember all the details about classification, and they're kinda important since I'm taking E instead of M).

Why do you go to so many different schools? It's so random. I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I'M GONNA SEE YOU NEXT WEEK! :DDD CAN'T WAITTTTTT.

So since I've spent the whole day studying, I don't really have anything interesting to say. OH I finally got teacher recommendations! :D But they're in paper form... Now I have to tell the teachers to somehow put them onto the Common App... Eh, at least I don't need to worry about getting them anymore.

<3 Rika

P.S. I don't care where we eat, anything's fine with me. I just wanna see you. :) And we shall tour the school because otherwise I will be completely lost on Tuesday. I have no idea what I'm gonna do on Monday though because my dad starts work then so I'll be lonely. :( Maybe I'll enjoy some quality American television. ;D haha

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Senioritis, Senior Skip Day, and Senior Citizens.

Rika,

Sucks you have to go to school from 8-4, but at least its still 8. remember, when you get here you have to wake up at freaking 6:00, or if you are me, get waken up by my sister at like 6:50 and start flipping out.
Anyways, so lucky your school days are 10-4, though.
And oh my goodness...my mom gets worried when I sleep earlier than 12-1..LOL. it sucks.however, thats usually because I wait last minutes to do notes. On a typical school night I will go to sleep at 12:00.
School is horrible for me... First, I go to highschool A from 7:20 to 12:30, then i go to highschool B from 1:00-2:30, and then go to highschool A again 'till 3:00.
Today after 3:00, I went to Saher's house to work on a project...then at 4:30 we went to the hospital to feed senior citizens. It was very difficult, and I decided that I would never try waitressing. Anywho, we got out at 6:30, and I just got home now. SO STRESSED
so yea. i definately feel your pain :(

Fortunately, it is a Jewish holiday tomorrow so I have off, and I am skipping school Friday for Senior Skip day. Unfortunately, I have to go to ANOTHER highschool on thursday and friday, Highschool C from 1:00-2:30.

LIFESUCKSLIFESUCKSLIFESUCKS IJUSTWANTTOGOTOCOLLEGE

and btw, I failed SATs...I think you will do fine!...ugh...

EIGHT MORE DAYS!!!

<3 Momo
P.S. That would be wonderful. Do you want to go out for lunch? Your parents could drive, but we could easily walk somewhere! After, I have to talk to the guidance counselor, which won't take long at all! Then I can tour you around the school!!!!

Stress-Induced Rant

Momo,

I'm stressed. Really stressed. Really really stressed. I'm starting to sound like you (or you're starting to sound like me?) with the whole "I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO COLLEGE" thing. But seriously, I have SATs on SATURDAY. That's in like 3 DAYS. And yea, they're the subject ones (Bio, Math 1, Math 2). And like, I ordered this Bio SAT Study Guide thing a while ago, and it arrived like last week, but last week I had to study for bio and chem tests so I didn't have time to study. So basically, I have to learn everything in that 400 page book in a week. OH and I have to do all of the homework we get from school.

My day yesterday:
School from 10-4. Got home. Did math homework. Studied for SATs until 8. Wrote chem lab report. Did practice SATs until 12. Got pissed off remarks from my parents for staying up so late. Got pissed off myself because it's not like I even WANTED to stay up until midnight.

And for tomorrow I should write a commentary/analysis about a poem and read 4 chapters from our book. In addition to studying of course, because yesterday I took a practice bio SAT and my goal was to get at least 730. Let's just say that my result was nowhere close to that... Oh, and tomorrow my school day is from 8-4... THE JOY.

ap93847398qurj WHY DO I STILL NEED TO DO HOMEWORK? ISN'T IT ENOUGH THAT I GO TO THE CLASSES, I'M LEAVING IN A WEEK ANYWAY, UGHHHHH.

TOO MUCH STUFF TO DO.

NOT ENOUGH TIME.

I HATE THIS.

I DON'T WANNA FAIL SATS.

GRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

<3 Rika

P.S. We should totally meet at 12, I'm sure the meeting will be over by then. :)
I'm just want it to be next week already, then all of this will be over.

Monday, September 26, 2011

MAN, I LOVE COLLEGE, AY! ASHER LIED TO ME

RIKA,

COULD WE MEET UP AROUND 12ISH? THATS WHEN MY LUNCH STARTS. I AM FREE FROM 12:00-2:30! ERICA ALSO HAS THAT LUNCH.
ANYWAYS, YEA DREXEL. I THOUGHT IT WAS MY SAFETY SCHOOL UNTIL I FOUND OUT THAT IN MY MAJOR THEY ONLY ACCEPT 28/400 APPLICANTS. SHIT. I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO COLLEGE. I HATE MY LIFE.
CURRENTLY, THE NEIGHBORS ARE HAVING ANOTHER HOUSE PARTY...I HEAR TECHNO MUSIC...IT ISN'T HAS LOUD AS USUAL BUT STILL.
BUT DUDE, I FEEL LIKE I'M NOT SMART ENOUGH. I SEE PEOPLE WITH LIKE PERFECT GPAS AND 2400 SATS, AND I'M REALLY SCARED I CAN'T GET IN...
AND WELL, YOU KNOW MY SCORES...
ARE YOU TAKING SAT REASONING OR THE SUBJECTS? IT SEEMS LIKE YOU ARE TAKING THE SUBJECTS.
I TYPE IN CAPS AND START HIGHLIGHTING THINGS WHEN I'M FRANTIC, SO FORGIVE ME. THIS PHASE WILL HOPEFULLY BE OVER SOON.

<3 MOMO

P.S. THE ONLY WAY YOU GET A RECOMMENDATION IS BEING ANNOYINGLY PERSISTENT.
P.P.S. NICE SONG.

Sunday, September 25, 2011

College: Love It and Hate It

Momo,

I'mma be there on Thursday already, at like 4 or something. On Friday we're meeting with the school at 11.

I know what you mean about college, I'm so freaked out. College is gonna be so fun, but the application process is scawyyyy. One of the teachers I asked to write a recommendation keeps avoiding my request.
Me: "Could you write a recommendation for me?"
Teacher: "Uh, I have to consult with the IB coordinator about this."
Next week
Me: "Even though I'm leaving, I still need a recommendation."
Teacher: "Yes, I got a message about that, but I still haven't talked to the coordinator."
So basically, I've gotten nowhere with her. With the other teacher it was so much simpler!
Me: "Could you write a recommendation for me?"
Teacher: "Ok."

Ugh, anyway, I have NO idea what to write for the essay! w8au39p8u4a :(
Haha, Drexel, that's my backup school. They sent me this email like "You're VIP at Drexel" and then they waived my application fee and stuff. Preeeetty nice. ;)

Yesterday I read The Glass Castle, it was pretty good actually. I liked it, even though the family was incredibly dysfunctional. I was surprised at how interesting it was because usually school books are boooooring.

I also spent like 4 hours typing up a study guide for the SAT Biology test. Now I have 41 pages of stuff to memorize. I also have 2 chemistry lab reports due, 10 chapters to read from our English book, and a Math test on Monday.

Now I'm gonna go do my Bio homework...

<3 Rika

P.S. This is a pretty song, I like it ^_^

I can live without you, but without you I'll be miserable at best! :(

RIKA,

THIS IS JUST A POST TO TELL YOU HOW PSYCHED I AM FOR YOU TO COME.
I'M JUST A MESS RIGHT NOW. I REALLY NEED TO GET INTO COLLEGE.
LIKE SERIOUSLY. DO YOU KNOW HOW SAD IT IS THAT THE CULMINATING POINT/BEST POINT OF MY LIFE WILL BE GETTING INTO COLLEGE....
LIFE SUCKS.
UGH
ADSJFALKSDJFLAKDSJF
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
REALLY :(
ANYWAYS. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS ARE YOU COMING FRIDAY MORNING OR AFTERNOON? BECAUSE I'M FREE FOR LIKE...2 AND A HALF HOURS DURING SCHOOL, SO IT WOULD BE COOL IF YOU CAME. LOLOLOLLL.
UGH IDK WHAT TO DO WITH MY LIFE.

<3 MOMO

Why my life sucks even more than before

Rika,

WOW. Neighbors had ANOTHER house party. GO FIGURE. COULDN'T SLEEP. LOUD MUSIC.
THEN, apparently, my mom tripped over my computer cord.
So my stuff on word documents saved, but stuff I was working on, on the internet...DID NOT.
meaning my short response for common app and my DREXEL ESSAY.
Neither of them were super long, but took TONS of time and THOUGHT.
and I'm immensely pissed, because this is not the first time this has happened. My mom once deleted a 12 page essay. I know.
The thing is, on this computer, the cord is pretty much in an obscure area where you wouldn't go...
Why does my life suck so much?
Oh, and since I'm getting fatter, my mom won't let me eat chocolates anymore.

<3 Momo

P.S. good luck on SATs and i'm jelly of your chocolates.
P.P.S. NEXT FRIDAY!!!

Saturday, September 24, 2011

College Before a Life

Momo,

This weekend is dedicated to studying. I have decided to spend a lot of quality time with my SAT books. So far I'm over halfway through with the Bio one, pretty good. Not that I remember anything... but my plan is to first read all the chapters and take notes on them, and THEN memorize everything. SATs are next Saturday so I still have a couple of days...

Because of this, I really have nothing interesting to post. I ate a chocolate croissant today, it was so good. It was filled with this chocolate hazelnut stuff, YUM. I also ate a lot of other yummy stuff... I like eating, eating is yummy, it's satisfying and fulfilling. Wow this makes me sound sad... lol.

Ummm yea... My computer is really annoying. It does this really annoying thing where, if I leave it on for a while without using it, the sound doesn't work anymore. When that happens, I have to turn off the computer and then turn it back on. SUPER ANNOYING.

With that said, I'm gonna restart my computer now. -.-

<3 Rika

P.S. I like that countdown calendar of yours. ;D

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

pretty much angry beyond belief, at the moment

Rika,

OK. WOW. i have so many things to tell you.
FIRSTLY, two nights ago, i believe? I went to bed at 12am. On my phone, one of my applications is skype.
So basically, I'm on skype 24/7 because it is on my phone.
WELL, my douchebag/tool of a senior prom date decides to call me at like 1 in the morning when i finally try to get some sleep. i almost threw my phone, but realized it was already BROKEN.
my senior prom date was a total tool. i have been ignoring him for like 6 months, because i finally realized he just wanted to get laid. to be honest, i only said yes because i felt bad for him after hearing he got rejected by six other people. and also, it is actually really sad that he feels the need to contact someone at one in the morning, when i have clearly been ignoring him. this tells me:
1) he has not made friends in college
2) he is desperate enough to still talk to high school girls
3) he is a tool.

ANYWAYS, to continue the horror, during the day, first period physics class, i got a spontaneous nosebleed. it sucked. a lot.

now TODAY...HA...HA..TODAY...today i was SUPPOSED to have a college interview.
UH i ended up waiting in front of his studio for an hour and a half. YEA.
IN THE CITY. a lot of people were staring at me and two guys whistled at me and i just felt really miserable.
now my parents are being annoying.

i hate high school.

<3 Momo

P.S. Popular actually sounds good after listening to that.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011

We only got four minutes to save the world! Grab a Finn, Grab a Cambodian.

Rika,

Sorry I won't have a lot of time to post right now...I do, however, have many things to tell you tomorrow (speaking of which, I have a college interview tomorrow UGH).
http://www.timeanddate.com/counters/customcounter.html?msg=Party+in+the+USA...ha...haha...&month=10&day=07&year=2011&hour=00&min=00&sec=00&p0=198

<3 Momo

3 WEEKS AND COUNTING. Oh and Lotsa Hate.

Momo,

I hate this song.

I hate it with a burning passion. It is the most annoying song ever. Yes, even more annoying than Popular. Just listen to it. You'll understand what I mean...

It really annoys me when people switch languages all the time. Like today I had a free period so I was sitting in the IB lounge and reading our English book and there was this one girl there that really got on my nerves. She'd like say something in English, then in the middle of the sentence she'd switch to Finnish, only to switch back to English after a few words. IT STARTED TO REALLY PISS ME OFF so I took my iPod and started listening to music loudly. It helped.

Also, German class is so stupid. Usually we have a substitute and I don't like her. A few weeks ago we were discussing accusative and dative and genetive (AGAIN, WE'VE DONE THAT LIKE EVERY SINGLE YEAR. HELLO, I LEARNED THAT IN LIKE 7TH GRADE!). Anyway, so we were looking at sentences and had to identify stuff and then she asks what we use with während. Somebody answered dative and she was like "Yea, good job". I'm just like "Uhh, it's with genetive..." and she's like "Well people are starting  to use it more and more with dative, but technically it's with genetive. So if you want full points on a test, use genetive." and I was just thinking like "Naw, it's not like I want full points on a test or anything..." UGH STUPID TEACHER.

I feel like such a hater... It's not my fault that the world is full of annoyingness. :P

I'll add a happy picture to distract you from all the hating because I'm so clever like that. :)

TIMES SQUARE! <3

...IN EXACTLY 3 WEEKS I'M STARTING SCHOOL THERE! AHHHH scawy. I still can't believe it. I don't know, it's weird after all these years I can finally come back.

Your video's loading. It's slowwwwwww. I'm doing math homework. LOAD FASTER. GRR. Aww you were so adorably awkward. ;) I'm glad nobody's ever interviewed me, I'd have no idea what to say, I'm not good with improvising like that.

Oh by the way, I don't think we'll end up being roomies for a week or two after all because it seems like my mom will be there before my dad leaves. :/

And I don't think I'll start my own blog, at least not at the moment. I wouldn't have anything to say.

<3 Rika

Monday, September 19, 2011

Asian parents=UGH and my lack of blog

Rika,

Hey, sorry I didn't exactly respond to your previous post about the graffiti and stuff. I was sososo busy :( ugh.
I posted that picture, because I just wanted to post something really quickly.
Anyways, CONGRATS!!! Dude, you are so freaking gangsta
and uhh,,,, I KNOW HOW YOU CAN GET EXTRA PRACTICE AT GRAFFITI-ING! ;) winkwink (illegal methods, hinthint)
yea, but I doubt you would do it...nor do I condone it.
graffiti sktetchbook? that is awesome. i think it's called a black book or something. I knew people who had that. however, it sucked.
but truthfully, YOURS DOESN'T. I really like your graffiti.
my favorite graffiti artist is fafi, but i only know her because of MAC, because she had a line of cosmetics. also, i like this japanese graffiti artist, but i don't remember his name :( japanese graffiti is cool though. I'm also into their tattoo art. SO NICE.
ALSO. coincidentally, it rained TONS last week and the week before. This was after the hurricane, but I think that was because there was another hurricane right after.

haha yes, we must go to saks. Speaking of the flags, i remember when you counted the flags the year before because apparently america has tons of patriotism. SO TRUE. I remember we passed by like a whole cluster of flags and we were like "lets count that as 50" or something like that.

here is the video...I am so awk
the IMPORTANT part is 12:58 HAHAHA where I am :D
http://vimeo.com/28943058

<3 Momo
P.S. You gonna make your own blog too?

One Day I'll Actually Go Inside...


Just thought I'd post this pic of Saks Fifth Avenue. I thought it was really pretty with all the flags.

Randomness Like Always

Momo,

I really have nothing interesting to say. Today I got a haircut, got some lowlights, it looks purty.

Had a bio test today, was pretty easy. Except now I'm kinda annoyed how the teacher told us to learn all about the differences between angiospermophyta and bryophyta, etc. I really couldn't care less whether a plant has true roots or if they're actually just rhizoids, whether they flower in multiples of three or four or five, or if it contains naked seeds in cones, just to name a few inane things I had to memorize and that will never affect my life in any way whatsoever.

It's raining. It rained yesterday. It's rained for the past month. It'll probably rain tomorrow. Yay....

You look so awesome in that pic, sort of touristy in a way, haha.

Last night I had a dream about registering at high school there and there were lots of Finnish people there and it was really confusing... I didn't really like that dream.

So here is my attempt at drawing something graffiti style. I'm pretty happy with it, I think it looks cool. Now I really wanna color it, except I gotta buy those special alcohol markers (copic markers, is that what they're called?) since they apparently blend really well and nicely.


I feel like your blog posts make a lot more sense than mine. They're a lot more coherent and focus on one thing. Mine are all "blah blah blah OH AND BLAHDY BLAH BLAH and also blah blaaaah". OH WELL.

Now I'm gonna go try to find my phone. ADIOS.

<3 Rika

P.S. Are you going to homecoming?

Saturday, September 17, 2011

I'm a Bad Blogger, but You Love Me Anyway

Momo,

Ah, you've posted a lot! I feel like such a bad blogger.

So yesterday was the graffiti contest and there were three teams there. We got second place. Oh well, I'm satisfied, our graffiti turned out way better than I expected, especially since it was the second time my friend and I had ever spray painted. The first place team was like these two 13 year old boys and their graffiti was so amazing. I feel like they've had plenty of coughillegalcough practice.
Anyway, so basically I'm obsessed with graffiti now. I really wanna learn how to spray paint like the little boys did! Too bad there aren't like graffiti courses or something, lol. I'm determined to learn though...

Today we went to my cousins' house with my grandparents (who've been staying with us since Thursday). It was fun spending time with relatives and eating yummy food, except we got home at like 8 and I was so tired. Then I remembered that I have a bio test on Monday and should study so I spent like an hour highlighting stuff from the book. Bio is a bit useless now because it's not like I can take it there anyway, so basically I don't need to know this stuff.

Oh, and I have SAT Subject Tests in 2 weeks... I need to study for those as well... Blaaaaaaah.

I don't think I really have anything else to say at the moment. Sorry that my post is a bit short, I'll post something better tomorrow (hopefully).

I'm gonna try drawing a graffiti design in my sketchbook now, bye. :3

<3 Rika

P.S. Why must you be so pretty? Makes me jealousssssss :S
P.P.S. Your other blog is adorable, I love it. POST SOMETHING THERE.

Friday, September 16, 2011

HAIR PIC

Rika,

I have been posting tons lately, and realized you haven't seen a picture of my hair! Here it is:
There we go! I took it from my iPhone, which still works...YAY, but is very unattractively scratched. BOO. :(

<3 Momo

P.S. This photo was taken before going to the sweet 16!
P.P.S. I really am getting FAT...I had like 6 meals today. 
Breakfast-FRIED dumplings
Lunch-Creamy alfredo pasta
Snack-Seaweed
After school-Roast beef sandwich from whole foods!
Dinner-Tuna sandwich from whole foods! (so yummy)
Before bed meal??LOL (11PM!)-Thai Lake fried seafoods. SOO YUMMY. my parents went to a baseball game and stopped by my fav seafood restaurant. 

YOU SUCK DR.OZ. I SUCK TOO...I SUCK APPLE JUICE.

Rika,

Maybe this should go on my other blog, because I'm ranting again, but OH WELL. So Dr. Oz, said there were high levels of arsenic in apple juice. OH MY BUDDHA...
ARSENIC IS EVERYWHERE, including drinking water!!!!!
Who is he to tell people not to drink apple juice? The food and drug administration APPROVES of the level of arsenic in the products before they are sold to consumers. I find nothing wrong with apple juice.
IT'S FREAKING APPLE JUICE.
HONESTLY, people in Africa eating from trashcans and drinking dirty river water are in more danger than people in America drinking APPLE JUICE.
For my birthday one year, my friend David bought me a whole pack of apple juice.
I REALLY LOVE JUICE. A LOT. I drank the whole pack in a day. It was delicious, and I don't care what these "studies" say. I'm going keep sticking it in, and sucking it. (it=straws, YOU DIRTY) TEHEHEHEHEHEEE ;P

<3 Momo

P.S. Lingonberry juice <3
Ima get a drank of a juice now.

Thursday, September 15, 2011

Fail upon fail and blog

Rika,

Dude, I'm failing school so far. I need to bring my grades up ASAP! wahaha...SO STRESSED. I'm pulling my hair out!!!
GET TA AMERICA NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

so I have a personal blog, it was probably created a bit before this one...
rawrimmomo.blogspot.com
I decided I might post on it because I vent out a lot of hate on this blog, and this blog is more meant to be an everyday update kind of thing...SO....tell me your opinion on the layout. I thought it was funny.
If you want to make your own blog, just tell me!!! I can help you with the design <3!!!

So funny story of the day. This person whom I do not particularly like, his brother, is in Amanda's Calc class.
Lets name these people to make it easier and less confusing:
Amanda-Amanda
Boy who I do not like-BigBird
Boy's brother-CookieMonster

Ok...so basically BigBird is in college right now, and a rather good one, actually. We were on OK terms until he turned kind of creepy. He went to senior prom with "my friend" (the "friend" who moved to NewYork). Anyways, today, CookieMonster was talking to Amanda and was like, "Oh! I know Momo, she's BigBird's best friend!!!" Amanda started to crack up.
CookieMonster is actually also in my Literature class...LOL.
I find it ironic, because this is not the first time something like this happened...where one of my little sisters tells me that their friend's/classmate's older sibling is my friend....when clearly, these people are not.

Btw, I have been OBSESSED with mochi ice cream and seaweed recently. It's like I'm pregnant and I'm craving food (BUT I'M NOT). LOL...
If you haven't eaten mochi ice cream, you should. It is literally one of my fav ice creams. So good!

<3 Momo

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

facebook deactivation

i deactivated my facebook.i will reactivate it nov 1st..LOL
college comes first ;)
-momo

I hate my neighbors. I need to stop being a hater. My life sucks.

Rika,

Sorry I haven't posted in a bit. Tons of notes. sucks. Anyways, you can post without me, and vice versa, if one of us hasn't responded.

I hate my neighbors. I really do. Not the ones that live in my neighborhood, but the people that live behind my house. These people are the most annoying neighbors you will ever find.
WHY?
(1) Stupid ass house parties where they BLAST stupid ass music
(2) Stupid dogs that bark at like 11PM, it didn't even sound like barking--- sounded like the dog was a screaming little girl
(3) They are loud, obnoxious, and enjoy shouting curse words a lot---uhhh hello, I have a 10 year old sister
(4)Thank god they built a fence, because the people behind us would always trespass---I could tell especially when there was snow (footprint evidence)
(5) Once, their stupid ass (HUGE) dog, decided to run into our house (before there was a fence), upstairs, everywhere, and drag its dirty feet on our hardwood floor---we were outside having a BBQ, hence, the porch door was open
(6) Stupid ass house parties...OH WAIT, I ALREADY SAID THAT! DID I MENTION THEY CAN BE EIGHT HOURS LONG?
(7) This person probably goes to my school, is PROBABLY in my grade, and is PROBABLY very obnoxious

Why am I talking about this? Because the neighbors are annoying. CONSTANTLY. It isn't even once and a while.
As I am typing this, this person has a friend over, I think, and they are making pelican noises. I'm not sure what a pelican sounds like, but I'm sure it sounds like them. Stupid.

I just finished baking a cake. It is cooling right now. I can't bake. I suck at life.
Life sucks at me. What?

Sorry this is short. I'm major busy :( SORRYZ, will post more soon

<3 Momo

P.S.
CONGRATS ON BECOMING A GRAFFITI ARTIST! AND MOVING TO AMERICA!! LOL
btw, sleeping at 1 is normal for many students here. Get used to it. ;)

Monday, September 12, 2011

Imma Be A Graffiti Artist! I Wonder If There's A Spray Painting For Dummies Book...

Momo,

Ahaha that dress. "I believe I'm a 0, I believe I'm a 0, I BELIEVE I'M A 0!" I don't know how you managed to eat hibachi with that dress, that must have been quite an accomplishment.

9/11 made me sad for some reason, I don't really know why. It pissed me off though how people can just kill so many other people and not care about it. It's weird how I can't remember anything about that day. I know I was pretty young, but still, you'd think I could remember SOMETHING at least... Yesterday I was listening to these random songs about America and in one song there's this one line I really love. It goes "We might not always get it all right, but there's no place else I'd rather build my life." It's so true, there really is no other place I'd rather be.

Haha your magazine interview thing reminded me of something I gotta tell you. So at the end of last month my friend and I found out about this graffiti competition and we decided to just randomly enter. So we drew some random drawing and sent it to them. When we hadn't heard anything from them at the beginning of September, we thought that we hadn't made it into the finals. Today during free period I get a text message like "Thank you for entering the competition. I am pleased to inform that your team is in the finals." Then it went on to say that on Friday, we get to spray paint our design... This will definitely be interesting because neither my friend nor I have ever spray painted... How do I get myself into these situations? Oh well, I'm determined to win! We're going to practice on Wednesday I think.

Today I told people at school that I'm leaving. They were shocked. Many of the reactions were kinda entertaining though, lol. It was like "I'm moving" "... what, no you're not." "Yes I am" "...WHAT, NO YOU'RE NOT."

Oh so in math we finally started calculus and I was all excited about it so I raised my hand for every question. The teacher started to ignore me. I was sad. Wow I'm a nerd... OH WELL.

I'm determined to go to sleep earlyish today. Yesterday I fell asleep after 1 or something, so I only got like 5-6 hours of sleep...

...LALALLAA bye.

<3 Rika

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Sweet Sixteen, CAMBODIAN PEOPLE, and Sundays

Rika,

So I went to a sweet sixteen on Friday and had hibachi. Yay! It was quite yummy. I wore a cute Ralph Lauren tartan dress (the one I bought with you), and an express belt (the one you also have that I bought with you), and military boots. HARDYHAR
It was super fun! I love eating hibachi , because of fire, cool chopping skills, and FIYA! yumyum.
I got a steak and chicken hibachi!

On Saturday, I went to a Cambodian Festival in the city.
(1) Tons of Cambodian people
(2) I knew a lot of people
(3) I was interviewed for a magazine
I have been to two Cambodian festivals before the one in my city (not naming, just in case LOL). The ones before were in Boston. THERE WERE SHITLOADS OF CAMBODIAN PEOPLE. But to be honest,those festivals kind of sucked. They had bad performances, and bad weater (freezing!).
Ok, so the one we had here was smaller...WAY SMALLER, but I thought it was much better.
The only thing I have to complain about is the food. So one of my students found me (a student from when I used to teach kids in summer camp), and made me get food with her. I ordered around ten shishkabobs (cambodian style, called sekko an) and two eggrolls. I also bought two drinks for us. Guess what the total was? 35 freaking dollars. First off, there was not much meat on the shishkabobs AT ALL, and the drinks were mostly ice. I wanted to punch that cheap woman in the face, but held my anger in. $35 could be like a fancy steak/lobster dinner!!! WTF!!!

So you know that stereotype that all Asians know each other? Well, its true. I saw like ten of my students there, my family, and family I didn't even know I had. First off, there was a girl MCing the performances, like a host...Apparently she's like my third cousin? Haha. You see, the funny thing with having so many family members is that Cambodian people who date within the city have a high chance of dating their cousin. Anyways, other than that, I saw my two of my first cousins, and their immediate families. I haven't seen one of them in YEARS, so that was nice.
Lastly, I was interviewed for a magazine. That was the moment I realized I wasn't very good at making things up on the spot. My cousin, the one who was MCing the performances was also interviewed. Standing next to her made me sound very very stupid. LOL

So since we're on the topic of Cambodian people, recently, there was a Cambodian woman who is like 27? She killed her 12 year old daughter and 8 year old son by stabbing them to death. After, she tried to commit suicide, but failed. Apparently a lot of people knew her in the Cambodian community. Scary. Saying this will probably give off my location. MEH. hahaha
What kind of pisses me off is that...if you want to kill yourself, then kill yourself. Don't take away innocent lives as well. It would probably be hard to live without a mother and have that memory, but honestly, having NO mother is better than having a mother like her. And now what...They say she has bipolar and depression? Ok, whenever people say they have a mental illness or something it really pisses me off because it makes it seem like an excuse. Killing someone because of a disorder is not an excuse. Murder is murder. Having Bipolar/Depression doesn't lessen the CRIME.

Today is 9/11. It just makes me sad, and sick that people who can kill like that can exist in this world.
Relevant to 9/11, I believe, is the Virginian earthquake. OK, a lot of west coasters have been pissing me off. I was browsing youtube a while back when the earthquake happened, and a lot of Californians were like "that's like a fat boy running" or "you guys are (insert inappropriate word)s."
I hope these west coasters understand that at that time it was close to the tenth anniversary of 9/11. WHEN NEW YORKERS FEEL SHAKING, THEY ARE REMINDED OF NINE ELEVEN, NOT AN EARTHQUAKE. THEY ARE REMINDED OF A TERRORIST ATTACK.
Also, buildings on the east coast are NOT made for earthquakes. This is all NEW.
It really stuns me sometimes to know that people are really super insensitive.

Really, I feel like a total hater, but I am super opinionated, and can't stand it when people are ignorant.
This post ended up being me just ranting A LOT...LOL

Anyways, it is Sunday, and I haven't done anything. AHHH BUDDHA...hehe. Lunar New Year=Mooncakes <3
Sorry you are sick! GAH!!! I never really get sick. Just cramps. Hellish cramps. (I feel like I'm becoming super crude on here)
I looked up the geeky weddings thing. ADORABLE. SO CUTE. If someone ever did that for me, I would be so happy! HAHA.
"I'm running scared because I adore you...." uhh the power of love is just too intense that I just have to run away? yes...Azerbaijan...you make total sense.

OMG I HEARD THE GERMAN EUROVISION SONG IN H&M when i was with two of my male friends and I pulled them out of the store once it came on. LOL

AGHHH. I'm so weird.

<3 Momo

I Hate Ecology and Evolution... Instead I Read about Geeky Weddings on Yahoo

Momo,

...AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Ok, I'm done... AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BRONIES
Krhm, ok ok...
That's really weird, I never realized that Finnish men were so fond of My Little Ponies...
I didn't even like that show as a kid, but I doubt I'm missing out on anything.
I don't know how you find these things, but I don't particularly want to know either.

HALLOWEEN, oh how I've missed it! All that free candy. <3
I'm so totally dressing up.
And I finally get pumpkin pie again! I've been deprived of it too long.
Less than a month, this is gonna be fuuuuun.

So I didn't end up going to math camp because somehow that slight sore throat from Thursday turned into a fever on Friday. Oh well, I talked to my friend on fb and basically told him that it's not gonna happen. I was really worried that he was gonna like hate me or something after that, but we've talked normally so I guess it's fine, thankfully.

I should be studying for bio and chem right now, but I don't wannaaaaaa. In bio we're learning about ecology and evolution, which is THE MOST BORING THING EVER. Ughhh...

Oh so today I found this random article on yahoo about geeky weddings and it said that somebody proposed by putting a ring into a pokeball with a note that said "I choose you". Haha I found that rather entertaining. And apparently some guy in Japan got married to a video game character...? Slightly strange, I wish all the best for them...
OH AND THEN SOMEBODY HAD PAINTED THEIR LIVING ROOM TO LOOK LIKE A SCENE FROM MARIO. I was jealous, it looked really cool.

There was also an article about who's running for Miss Universe. There was no Miss Azerbaijan, I was disappointed. By the way, I'm still not quite sure where that place is...

Well back to studying I guess... blaaaaaah.

<3 Rika

Friday, September 9, 2011

Bronies and highshcool angst (as usual)

Rika,

UGH. i'm not sure how i came across this, but i found something called "bronies." A combination for bro+ponies I am assuming. They are men who find pleasure in watching my little ponies, and go so far as to order mcdonald's kids meal AND ask for the girl toy. OH, and guess what? in Finland, it is apparently easier to change your name...so this man decided to legally change his name to Rainbowdash. Yes. Rainbow Dash. A pony.
So i decided to go on youtube and find an episode of my little pony. Since so many men are hyped over a show created for five year old girls, it MUST be good.
oh my buddha.
I couldn't even last through a minute of that. It kind of made me cringe a little. I'm not sure what people (over the age of, lets say, ten) find in this show.
Then I clicked on the video statistics:

Audiences

This video is most popular with:
GenderAge
Female13-17
Male18-24
Male25-34 


ANOTHER VIDEO:

Audiences

This video is most popular with:
GenderAge
Female13-17
Male18-24
Male13-17


uhuh....ok...alright...
i really don't have more to say...
actually, i do...on the statistics, they also have population by country. and one european country in particular watches more than the rest...FINLAND. but its still far less than america...ha...

ANYWAYS>..................
breathe in. breathe out. HIGHSCHOOL. i'm excited your coming! yay!!! *golf clap*
we can start having fun...i dont know...WHEN WE GET ACCEPTED INTO COLLEGE
ok. so since you're gonna be here for halloween...UH i suggest we have a coordinated costume!!!!! LEGIT haha
i'm guessing you don't celebrate halloween over there...and if you did, it would be kind of awk...actually, really

A bit later I'm going to WabiSabi to celebrate my friend's sweet 16.
i know, i need to get friends my own age.

<3 Momo

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Ninja Mode and Other Randomness

Momo,

Sorry I didn't post yesterday. There was so much going on that I didn't have time.

Anyways, do you seriously have that many notes? I'm worried now because I gotta take US Gov too, and naturally I wanna take AP (because AP always looks better on apps), but I don't want to spend all my time doing homework... Oh well, it'll be worth it. Hopefully.

I have so many mixed feelings about this thing though. I'm so happy to go back, but I'll miss people here, and I'm kinda nervous/scared about school. By the way, October 7th, remember it.

Oh is that the little baby cousin I saw? She was adorable, and I usually don't like babies.
Haha, I like how she laughs at the ass-kicking parts, it seems like she'll be like you then.

Two different high schools? Is the other school for that health thing? What do you even do in that program? And that sucks about the rain, you two should decide more specifically about where you'll meet...

So today I realized that I can change the name of silent mode on my phone. Now it's called ninja. I feel pretty awesome when my phone's on ninja mode, haha. ^_^

I won't be able to post this weekend because I'll be going to math camp (nerdy I know, but it's fun). Anyways, my friend will be there (the one I told you about....) and I hope it won't be awkward, but he's been awfully persistent... Eh, at least I have other people to hang out with. It's bound to be... interesting though so I'll tell you what happens.

I feel kinda sick, my throat hurts and my nose is a bit stuffy... fun... I'm gonna go take some medicine or cough drops or something.

<3 Rika

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Labor day, babies, and parking lot mishaps

Rika,

Sorry for the lack of postage. My only excuse is: NOTES.
So this past weekend was labor day weekend+labor day.
I assume since you go to a European school, you don't give a crap about labor day...Anyways, on Monday, I had to take care of my baby cousin, Xiao S. She is the cutest little thing ever! <3 her (expect when she throws up, poops, cries, etc...)
So baby sitting and finishing homework was super hectic. We watched the green hornet together. She smiles at the ass-kicking parts.
Today I went to school. I go to two different high schools for this program I take. So in the afternoon, my mom drives me to the other high school, and it was raining. HARD. She told me to meet her in the usual parking lot, which is really far away, because she doesn't want anybody to scratch her new car. So I get out of class, and walk around searching for my mom. I have no umbrella and I'm completely soaked. After like ten minutes, I decide to walk back into the school, because I was cold, wet, and upset. When I got to the front of the school, my mom was waiting there, and I was like "OH MAH GOD." This was the second parking lot mishap. -__-
So lucky you don't have school. I hate school. I don't think I need to elaborate. Oh, and I so wanna streak my hair red!!! Definitely streak it a cool color.
I remember that Nightmare on Elm Street scene. Old movies really show you more primitive times...LOL

I really hate that lady.

<3 Momo

P.S. THANKS LOL!

Monday, September 5, 2011

Awesomest school day ever tomorrow, Freddy, and an inconvenient number of French people

Momo,

That sucks that you have a lot of homework. Well think of it this way, at least you're getting a quality education! I have three free periods a week so I basically do homework then. Oh, it's so amazing, tomorrow I only have one class which means my school day is from 10-11:15, YESSSSSS! :D Actually I'd have school until 4 (be happy you dont have school until 4, it's not fun..), but we don't have English or German tomorrow due to some teachers' meeting so yay!

I saw your haircut, it was cute! You did a good job cutting it yourself then, maybe you should become a hairdresser. ;) I've been thinking about what I'll do with my blonde streak when it grows out too much, maybe I'll dye it another color because I don't wanna go back to having hair that's only one color, haha.

For some reason, I really wanna watch Nightmare on Elm Street (the original version). I started watching it once, but I just ended up laughing at Freddy's laugh and run so I stopped. Maybe I'll force my friend to watch it with me.

OH GOSH, I JUST REMEMBERED SOMETHING I GOTTA TELL YOU. Ok, so I was talking to a few friends about the camp I went to in the summer and how I learned really random things in other languages. I said, "I learned what menage a trois means, 2 French guys taught me" After that everybody burst out laughing. Yeah, that's an inconvenient number of French people...

Hmm, what else? I gotta read a few chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, edit an English essay, and write a chemistry lab report. Eh, I can do that tomorrow BECAUSE I GET OUT AT 11:15! Sorry, I just had to, I'm happy about it.

About the phone thing, our school has like no rules. People get calls during class so they just go out into the hall and talk, it's pretty ridiculous actually.

As a final note, the lady still hasn't responded to my email... This is getting annoying...

<3 Rika

P.S. The little figures on our page are so cute! I love the little blonde streak mine has. <3

Sunday, September 4, 2011

Haircut, Birthdays, and Gov Notes

Rika,

To Asians...or Asian parents...labor day weekend or any long weekend=more time to study/do homework. YES! I'm practically bursting with excitement. Anyways, I don't think I ever told you, but I got a "haircut." Now let me explain. The day before school, I went to get a haircut very early in the morning. The hairdresser did a terrible job, so I went back home, tied my hair in two pigtails, and just cut my hair off. My hair as of now is about shoulder length. My dad thinks I was trying to be rebellious or something for wasting a haircut. No, just no. It was just ridiculously ugly. So basically...bye bye to my long hair :'(

So today was my sister's birthday. Sister 2 and Sister 3's birthdays are only like 5 days apart but they refuse to celebrate it together. It was pretty uneventful. We didn't do anything until later at night, and all we really did was just eat the cake. She is probably celebrating it next week with her friends.

Homework sucks. APs suck, and I'm not even in a lot. I've been having hot dates with my AP gov book every night. I KEEP ON DOING IT WITH MY AP GOVERNMENT BOOK. <---Homework. What were YOU thinking?

Lastly, replying to your previous post, the little German class mishap is freaking hilarious. Lucky you didn't get your phone taken? In my school they would've taken it in a heartbeat. I wish I could have seen that play down.
And OMG. Seriously? I was such a little geek. Sister 3 is falling into that phase. OHhh my goodness.

<3 Momo

Saturday, September 3, 2011

first blog post ever, AHHHH

Momo,

This is my second attempt at writing my first blog post ever, so does this even count as my first one? Basically blogpost hates me...

Anyway, it's sad what happened with your iPhone. Mainly because I know how you and electronics don't seem to get along, but also because I wanted an iPhone. After that hate list though, I'm not sure anymore...

Speaking of phones, something awkward happened. So we went with my German class to a church because my teacher wanted to give us a tour of it in German. While the teacher is telling us about its history and such, I get a text message and my message alert tone goes "That's when we, that's when we, that's when we ride, that's when we, that's when we ride on these bitches" (Dead in Ditches by Hollywood Undead). Anyway, my phone's ringing and I can't find it in my bag and everybody's staring at me. It was awkward, but pretty funny as well. Maybe that wasn't the best choice for a message alert tone though...

Oh so I found this picture you drew me in like 7th grade. It's so cute, all full of random doodles and such. Remember our manga phase? Haha yeaaaa, good times, good times.


Well I'm gonna go watch Friends now. Lately I've been obsessed with that show and I watch at least 3 or 4 episodes a day. Of course it helps how we have very little homework. ;)

<3 Rika

I hate my iPhone...That and other things...No, I did not drink haterade.

Rika,

I hate my iPhone. A lot. So the other day, I was walking from lunch, and a freshman collided into me. He was probably late for class. I saw the whole scene play in slow motion...My iPhone slipped out of my hand and dropped screen first onto the ground. "Crack."

This is already my second iPhone within a couple months, and it broke. I've probably had over 30 phones throughout my short life span. How? Well, two phones ago, I had this hideous Nokia flip phone which I broke about 20 or so times. So yes...I guess I'm clumsy, but that is besides the point.
I'm not trying to blame this freshman, because it wasn't entirely his fault. I mean, I wasn't looking.
Anyways...here are a couple other reasons why I hated my phone (just to name a few):
1. Whenever I laid down, the screen would not flip the way I wanted to...(This is kind of a whiny complaint. Yes, I know)
2. Dropped calls. You have no idea how many calls my phone has dropped.
3. AT&T (though I have nothing against the server) does not provide unlimited data plans anymore!
4. Most apps are not for free.
5. No removable battery, and really terrible battery life.
6. Freezes so much, and closes the applications I am using on random.
7. Takes me hours to put in the ringtone I want it to (SYNCING, etc...)
8. Apple is just selling the brand, and I bought into the hype.

That is all I can think of at the moment. But to be completely honest, even though I hate my phone I still do love it. My iPhone is kind of like a dysfunctional child. As a parent, I have to love my child no matter how annoying and messed up it is...
After this, I really need to debate what phone I should get next. iPhone, Blackberry, or Android?
Despite the tribulations with my iPhone, all in all, things have been decent.

<3 Momo