Today has been the first official day of my hermit-ness. I woke up @ 8 and began doing poli hw. After I finished all of my poli hw, I printed it out and began the next thing on my list: Business. I read about halfway through the chapter, got sleepy and took a nap.
     An hour later, I went back on the PC, talked to Jenann for a bit, and got inspired to quickly finish my hw so I can go swimming. As I did my math hw, I got hella lost. What the hell is DeMoivre's theorm? Well, okay, we learned that in class. But STILL! It so goddamn confusing! I ended up just giving up. I switched over to making my cheat sheet instead.
     Once I finished, I got ready and headed over to Jenann's place. Swimming in the neighborhood pool! The water was cool and the place was empty! Sweet! After about half an hour of swimming, a family of 4 came in so we weren't alone anymore.
     It was fun swimming with Jenann. We talked about a lot of things! We also ate hella chips and junk food. Oiy. I just burned off those calories too! Fail! Haha. After swimming, it seems as though you get extreme munchies! I love swimming though. I definitely miss it.
     After an hour or so, we went back to her place and decided to "stalk" some people. Haha. Good times, good times.

Happy Father's Day Father!

     When I got home, we ate steak for Father's day. I feel kind of bad that I wasn't able to get anything for my dad. I wish I did, I just didn't have anytime to even think of doing something. I need to learn how to prioritize and treat the ones I truly love with a better attitude and more respect.
     Around 9ish, I went over to Wilson's to brawl. I seriously suck at this game. I played with Kenny, Wilson, Perry and Alex Tu. I went home around 10 though. I let Wilson borrow my game/controllers and console. Afterall, I have his external, so we're even.
     So now I'm home. I'm getting sleepy, so I guess it's time to call it a night. Good night!
     -Banhzaii
 
     The day at the beach yesterday was the SHIT!

RECAP:
     Woke up @ 8. Got some reading for polisci done. Picked up Clarice and headed over to my classmate's house for our "study group" meeting around 12. We took some group pictures of us as proof that we met up, then we left after about 5 or so minutes. I took Clarice home, then went home and cleaned out my car a bit.
     Once it was 1:30, the guys (Perry and Hieu) showed up and we left to go to Sharon's place. Upon arrival, Sharon and Vince hopped in my car and we went to a nearby tapioca joint to grab some snacks before leaving. I must thank Perry for paying for my food (although he did owe me to start with). I ordered the Crispy chicken combo (chicken + milk tea). So delish! Especially after a hard day's work of no food.
     Seacliff Beach! It's so windy there. I kind of wish we went to Carmel b/c the sand is much finer and cleaner. This beach had a bunch of rocks and twigs in it. It kind of sucked, but that's life.
     So many people were there! I was shocked. I'm so glad I went though. It was so much fun. Sharon and I started off by wading in the water. Then she decided to be a stripper and got down to her bikini. Sharon went full out in the water with Sherwin. Elizabeth, Eugene, Jasmine and I decided to not get fully wet and walked around in the water for a bit.
     After that, Sharon and I joined the guys and played a game I believe they called "God". That's where the ball as to be kicked 3 times consecutively, after the 3rd kick, someone grabs the ball and pegs it at someone. Pretty fun! Albert is definitely a beast. I got to peg Perry in the back! Bitchin! Haha.
     A few rounds of that later, we then transitioned to tackle football. If I remember correctly, the teams were:
1- Darren, Akash, Richard, Elizabeth, Tiana, Nhat, Van, Alan, David, Vince, and Kevin.  
2. Albert, Hieu, Eugene, Andrew, Tuan, Edward, Alex Tu, Wilson, Sharon, Alex G, and I
     I definitely felt that chicken in my stomach later on. It was pretty fun yet tiring. I got to tackle some people! Eugene and Richard were definitely at it! Richard mauled Eugene a bunch of times, but in the end, Eugene broke Richard's glasses by tackling him. LMAO! Also, there was some random dude from Alberquerque who played with us. He's pretty good!
    The game ended shortly after a few guys almost ran over a baby. Elizabeth, Sharon and I took some pretty randomass/funny jumping and posing pics.
     A few rounds of that later, we then transitioned to tackle football. If I remember correctly, the teams were:
1- Darren, Akash, Richard, Elizabeth, Tiana, Nhat, Van, Alan, David, Vince, and Kevin.  
2. Albert, Hieu, Eugene, Andrew, Tuan, Edward, Alex Tu, Wilson, Sharon, Alex G, and I
     I definitely felt that chicken in my stomach later on. It was pretty fun yet tiring. I got to tackle some people! Eugene and Richard were definitely at it! Richard mauled Eugene a bunch of times, but in the end, Eugene broke Richard's glasses by tackling him. LMAO! Also, there was some random dude from Alberquerque who played with us. He's pretty good!
    The game ended shortly after a few guys almost ran over a baby. Elizabeth, Sharon and I took some pretty randomass/funny jumping and posing pics.
     Omg! Tuan, Kevin, and Van play the guitar. I swear to god, I was in love for the longest time. They were all free styling it and everything too. Amazing. We all shared Van's Classical guitar. I got to showed them my noobie skills! Haha. I'm so gonna ask Kevin to teach me. He recommended some songs for me to learn. I'm currently on More Than Words - Extreme (cover by Frankie J). 
     Anyways, we sang to Elizabeth. She opened her gift from all of us (iPod nano in Black) and we just chilled around some more. By the time it was 10ish, we all packed up and headed back to San Jose.
     The traffic was terrible! Tuan was following me and he drives like an effin grandma! Lol. Darren was leading, Edward then followed behind. I followed behind Edward and Tuan behind me. But since Tuan was so slow, I had to slow down so much in order for him to not be lost. I got there perfectly fine though. We all met up at Denny's and got our own separate room. Sweet!
     Since Sharon and I didn't have any money, we kind of sat there and chatted with each other while trying to withstand the temptation of food. Everyone was basically high off of sleep. It was fun while it lasted. We stayed at Denny's till 2 AM!
     I then dropped off Sharon, then went home. I almost immediately KO'd when I got home.

Today:
     4 hours of sleep+Cotillion Practice. It was fun today, but not a lot of people showed up. After that, I met up with Jenann and Kat and we carpooled together to the Boiling Crab. The wait was 2 hours! Ughh. Kim, Anthony, Tiffany, Kjn, Jen, Ben, Alex, Jenann, Kat and I just chilled outside for about an hour or so waiting for Jen's friends to come. When they came, we then decided on where to eat at.
     Red Lobster! This was my second time going. My first time was when I went on a date with Daniel. I ordered the Crab Alfredo. It was pretty good! They also gave us bread, which was absolutely amazing. I couldn't stop eating it!
     Luncheon was fun. Its definitely amazing on how different we all are now. We're constantly changing and growing up! It's only in a matter of time when we all go our separate ways once again for college. I love my karate family! Absolutely love.
     When I got home, I did some stuff for my grandma, then KO'd on the bed. I slept till 8! Lol. When I woke up, I got one more reading article done. Now I'm trying to stall as much as possible. I'm not that sleepy right now, so maybe I'll do as much HW as possible by tomorrow. Blah! Hungry is overcoming me, but I must prevail! (12:43AM)
     -Banhzaii

P.S. There were some pretty dodgy photos of me online, so I untagged myself. Sorry fellas! I untagged most of the pics where I had my hands on my hip. Whatcaniay? It's my favorite pose? Haha.
 

Mathematicians Are

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Keke, this cracked me up.
One of the few good times in Math class
 
     I thought blogs and stuff were for happy-go-lucky ideas and hidden lives. But truly, it's the opposite. I always read into those blogs of the super happy people and it's always something negative. Something bad always has to happen every single day. Why can't we let those negative thoughts leave our minds and look at the brighter side of life? I used to hate looking for that silver lining, because I thought that I'd be struck by lighting in the end. I used to always see myself stuck between a rock and a hard place. But if you envision yourselves into those situations, the negative ones that is, then where does that get you in life? No where.
     Look on the bright side of things. Notice the little things in life because that is what truly gives me inspiration to be happy. Chillin with friends. Acing a test. Doing Volunteer work. Baking. Music. Jellyfish. Strawberries. Giraffes. Family. Those are the good things in my life... that I can think of.
     I admit that I have those off days where I'm just pissing shit on the world, where I feel as though everyone has a conspiracy against me. But how often is that for me? Maybe once in a blue moon I would say.
     Be Positive. Think Positive.
     -Banhzaii
 
     So I was just laying in bed, bored out of my mind thinking about where my life will take me. Then all of a sudden it hit me. If I don't get my shit together, I'll never make it into Santa Clara University, the school I am DYING to get in to. I need a 3.7 GPA and my current GPA is about 2.7. Fuck...
     That's when I jumped out of bed and decided on a game plan. I printed out my HW for business, looked at the course requirements to transfer and took the next step forward into my new life.
     I vow to try harder in school. Study hard and excel. I'm going to read all of the required chapters for Business and do the extra assignments to help me. I'm also going to study my ass off for Trig. For Polisci, I basically have it in the bag. All I need to do is take a page of notes on 2 reading assignments and I'll be good for the extra credit assignment.
     I can't wait till this week is finally over. I'm really sad that I couldn't take summer classes, but it's still a win/win in the end for me. I can't risk effin` up my GPA. I  MUST get into SCU. Once I have free time, I'm going to create a Pyramid Goal poster for my room to constantly remind me of what I yearn to achieve. It's going to consistently nag at me to do harder in school, to strive at the level of mastery and to NEVER accept mediocrity.
     So, if I don't respond to you in the next week, don't take it to heart, I'll just be a little hermit in my room studying.
     -Banhzaii

p.s. Starting July 1st, I have decided to relocate my blog to tumblr. It's getting mighty crowded in here. I'll release the site name and everything when the time is near.
 
Monday (6/14):
     Business. Polisci. I got my group in Polisci! There are 6 people: Guilnor, Jonathan, Nick, Clarice, Parween, and I. We are so awesome! Lol! Math. MIDTERM! I hope I did well!
     When I got home, I studied a little. Then I began to bake an opera cake. After I got everything all baked, Carlos came over and we chilled for a little. Then he taught me some songs on the guitar, but because my fingers are so damn small and so close together, I'm having difficulty with the chords. Bleh! Lol. So yea, he stayed for a little while, then left.
     I finished my cake and freezed it. Then went to bed.

Tuesday (6/15):
    Veggielution! This girl and I weeded bean sprouts. There are so many friggen weeds! That's basically all we did, weeding. By the time we finished, it was already time for me to leave.
     I went to Guitar Center afterwards and bought a set of picks, a cappo, and new nobby thingies for my guitar.
     When I got home, I practiced guitar for a bit, then finished my opera cake. Long story short, I sliced it and assembled it then headed to Brent's place for a session.
     When I got home, I cleaned up a bit, practiced more guitar, studied, then got picked up by Bob for our Movie Pizza Night.
     When we got to Mountain Mikes, I bumped into Mr. Licon and us 3 got talking (after ordering pizzas of course). Eventually Alan came and we all just started talking and stuff. It took forever for the pizzas to come, but once it did, we basically bolted out of the door and towards Darren's house. From there we followed Darren to Alex Tu's house. Ate pizza, then watched the movie.
     HUMAN CENTIPEDE. Such an effin` gruesome movie. So morbid with terrible acting and it doesn't make sense half the time... the ending sucked too. Such a disgusting movie. The beginning was extremely funny. The middle was a mix of morbid and what the effs. The end was just a No Comment. ***SPOILER ALERT*** We cheered really loud when the human centipede got up for the first time and started walking. Also, when the cop shot the doctor square  in the middle of the forehead causing his blood to splatter all over the wall.
     After the movie, I went home. IF YOU HAVEN'T PAYED ME $2.50 YOU OWE ME! When I got home, I though that it'd be smart to delete some photos, which was dumb b/c the photos I uploaded on facebook through iphoto got deleted, so now I gotta re-upload them. Yay...

Wednesday (Today):
     Polisci was interesting today. We did an exercise where we got into 12 groups and we were given a bag with stuff in it. Nicky told us to make a mobile of International Justice out of the things that were strictly in the bags. So basically, my group had a piece of construction paper and a broken color pencil. We basically were like "WHAT the FUCK?!" I basically came up (and constructed) the idea of ripping the paper into a spiral like thing and have stuff dangle from it. My teammates had a great explanation. Basically, we connected the green pencil to the mobile and called that nature. We all start off from nature, but as life progresses, we hit bumps and stuff along the way and we die in the end. But in the end, we're all equal, we come from mother nature, and when we die, we contribute back to mother nature. That was basically the explanation in regular text.
     Long story short, my group and 3 others had almost nothing to work with, we're considered lower class.
     4 other groups had a few more tools like usable colorpencils, scissors, pipcleaners, etc. They were considered the middle class.
     3 other groups had a plethora of goods. They had so much that they didn't even need it all. High class.
     Lastly, One group had it's whole mobile built for them. They took it out of the bag and BAM! It was done.
     Basically, he never said that we can exchange our goods amongst each other and he said that this represents our integrity. Some people have it so good, that they don't care to help the people who need it. We're all trying to prove international justice, but we can't because we're not in justice in the end. If that makes sense. You'd have to be in my class to understand it, but it's some pretty deep shit. It really makes you think in life.
     After class, Clarice and I "stalked" Richard, but he was too fast for us, so we just went to class instead. Math. Boring as usual. No exams were given back yet. I'm anxious to know my grade.
     When we got home, Darren, An and I went to Jamba and met up with Vince and David. David bought us all $1 Jamba Juice for their new promo on the 3 new drinks. Yum! After that, the whole hitting on incident, then home.
     I kind of just chilled around at home. Then drove Kat and Jenann to Party City where we bought leis for Kim. When we got to the stadium, the parking lots were filled so we had to find residential parking. ughh.
     The ceremony was long, but when Kim's name was called, us 3 plus SBN Jen cheered a loud as possible. Afterwards, we went in search of Kim. After 10 or so minutes, we finally found her and she took tons of pictures. She has such a large support group! I'm so proud of her! My Kimmy graduated and is growing up! After about half an hour of pictures, Kim and her family had to go home b/c she had Grad Night. Kjn, Jen, Jenann, Kat and I ended up going to Chinese Buffet and dining with them. I ate so much! It was pretty good. We stayed for about an hour I think, then we all went home.
     Now I'm here, I finished blogging and I'm ready to hit the hay! Good night!
     -Banhzaii
 
     So, this is my story about the 2 guys that hit on me today. So, after school I went to Jamba Juice with An and Darren. After ordering, they decided to go home with Vince which gave me the opportunity to go to Staples and buy an external hard drive.
     When I got there, I was minding my own business, looking for the best one with the best price. Then this pretty cute salesperson came and asked me if I needed help. So he basically gave me some info on them, then got the product that I wanted and rang me up. He was really nice! His name was Neo or something. So yeaa. He asked if I was still in school and I told him that De Anza's final is next week. He went to Delta college, then to Utah, and now he's back here. Man, he's so cute! He was like, "Good luck on your finals!" and I was like, "Thaaanks..."
     So after that super awesomeness, I walked back to my car which was parked in from of Jamba. When I got to the front of Safeway, this guy was calling for a worker outside for help, but I guess he was deaf, so I came over and he asked me where the Comcast place was. I showed him where and right before I left, he was like, "Thank you! You're really cute!" Haha.
     Pretty good day so far. I'll recap later!
     -Banhzaii
 
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I want a tatoo like this, but just 1 jellyfish in a tinyer version

6/13/2010

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So much to recap on! Quick recaps!

Thursday:
     Veggielution-Water sunflowers and weeded corn. Helped Mark and Will with the irrigation system, that took a hecka long time!
     Stopped by PCI, Will picked me up and we went to Panera Bread for luncheon. I eat so slow.
     Santa Cruz! Nice, chill ride up there. We hit traffic, but it was alright. When we got there, we boarded around a bit, checked out the boardwalk and had a game of bowling. I hella owned him; I'm getting better! We hit some board shops, but was unlucky with the wheels.
     Will got a ticket for not having a permit in a certain parking spot! I still feel bad to this day, but he was like "whatever" about it. We then went to Santa Cruz Board Shop in this random-ass area. It was really nice though. The guy there was definitely cool. So many wheels to choose from! Same goes with bearings! I ended up buying $40 Blue candy-like wheels (69 mm, 80 a) Fuck yeaahhh!! The guy who worked there put them in for me too! He was so awesome, I know for a fact that he didn't try to rip me off or anything b/c Will asked him if I need more raisers, but he said that I could, but my board was fine, plus it costs money.
     After that, we went to explore the beaches. He took me to Scotts Creek Beach (or something like that). It was super windy and partial deserted. The sand was nice, but we only stayed for a little bit b/c the wind was going insane. After a few more stops to the homless farming community and to the whale bones, we then headed back home. I had such a fun time. I liked that it was all random and spontaneous.
     Cotillion practice! I was late by like 10 or so minutes, but I immediately partnered up with Ferly and got some of the moves down. I missed out on so much! We did pretty well! After practice, Cosmo helped me out a little more, then we went to Starbucks for a little chat. We talked till it was almost 9! Lol.

Friday:
     Woke up and did some math homework.
     Dress shopping! I met up at Jen's around 11, but Allyson and Kirsten didn't come till 12ish. Fail! Lol. When we got to Valleyfair, we met up with Erin and Junette at Macys' juniors. It's not dress season anymore! We couldn't find dresses anywhere! We ended up just trying on a few dresses, then heading out.
     Yum yum! Coldstone for the win! Right Allyson? (winkwink). Everyone else went to get some froyo while Allyson and I decided to be cool and get Coldstone. The guy who served us was this dude from my polysci class, but he dropped out. I was like "Allyson! I KNOW HIM!" and she told me to talk to him so I was like "HELL NO" at first. But after she ordered, I decided to just chat with him. He's pretty cute and pretty nice. Too bad he was such a douche in class. He annoyed the hell out of me... I almost forgot to pay for my ice cream because I was talking so much. Lol! Fail times 2. Allyson really thinks he's good looking though. He's just a white guy with gages. Lol!
     After, Allyson and I looked for the others but they were gone, so we decided to sit down and talk. After that, we searched for the others while looking for dresses at the same time. No luck. Allyson, Jen, Kirsten and I ended up going to Forever 21 to shop. I bought $80 worth of clothes! It's so worth it! We then went shoe shopping and found something that was really nice. It was the same heels I got for prom, the white ones. I'm going to bring them to Cosmo to see if they are okay to use, if so, we're gonna order it in a different color. I hope it works!
     Crossroads afterwards. Bought myself a nice vest/cardigan thingy. I took everyone home afterwards, then went to my brother's band picnic thingy. Jen came there with her mom, ironically. Lol! I'll try to make this long story short.
     Dirty park bathrooms, walked to Wilson's to use bathroom. No Wilson. Walked back to park. Chilled with Jen. Momma needed to use the bathroom so I walked with her to Wilson's. Yay for Wilson! He was there. I played with his 2 dogs. Then Wilson and I took Kobe for a walk to the park. Dog likes ball. Chilled with Wilson, Wilson goes home. Chill with Jen, Jen goes home. Have heart to heart with youngest brother. Then we all go home.
     After that, around 10ish, I hung out with Darren and Wilson. Go to Walmart, then to Borders, then go find Eugene. We see skunk and run for our lives. Chilled outside for a bit (no Eugene). Go home. Brawled with Wilson and Darren till 1 in the morning. Sleep

Saturday:
     HOMEWORK + Clean the house.
     Picked up Wilson, Michelle and Perry. BART TO SF!
     Eat @ Sam's Diner. The service was SLOW today. I have no clue why, but the food was good.
     WICKEDDDDDDDDDD. I liked it the first time. But it's still good either way. I love this musical!
     3 hours later, we walked around SF. Went window shopping, got Jamba Juice. Chugged the drink and barted back home.
     When I got home, I tried to do homework, but instead had a Brawl party in my room with all of my cousins and brothers. Effin` insane. I suck at this game! Yay for ice cream cakes! Brawled some more, then talked to my Aunt about my future. Shian came later! We had girl talk, then I drove Maggie, Remy and Wayne home with Shian and Calvin in the car. Mogos afterwards! Saw Hammy, Weesona and Eugene. Nomnom, short ribs sliders.
     Went home. Watched Ninja Assassin with Shian, Jordan and my brothers... Bloody ass movie. Rain is so hot though, but it was too gory for me. Afterwards, Shian and I talked some more, then she went home. Sleep!
 
     Sunday:
     Homework ALL DAY. I took a nap though. Nothing eventful today besides homework.. Yay...
     -Banhzaii
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I liked the dress I had on. But look at my badass tanline...