2005/Oct/19

Wow! I can't believe I haven't written anything down here for such a long time.
It was because I didn't have time to do so, I guess.
Well, now that I'm back here anyway, I'll write something interesting.
But what should I write down?
There's been nothing going lately except for me deciding on going to Japan for University.
Hey! It's actually a big thing, isn't it?
I talked to my mom the other day about the scholarship I got from Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University in Beppu, Japan.
She thought it was such a great idea going to study aboard in Japan for four years.
There are so many good points of going there.
1. I'll get to experience life in Japan, my favorite country
2. I'll get to speak Japanese very very fluently, then a Trilingual I'll become. (Using the same way of speaking as Master Yoda. lol)
3. I'll get to learn more how to manage my own expenses and to be more responsible for myself.
etc.
I guess I'm done for now.

Benz

2005/Jun/02

Well, i've been left this diary abandoned for a long time.

I wanted to update it, still i've been really really busy lately that i can't have free time to type it.

I just want to warn you that this diary will be the longest one ever!

Well, where should i start?

Let's see....

The last time i really typed about my travel was Disney World.

Dang! It's been a long time ago.

I'll start from the air show then.

On May 8th, i went to the air show in Smyrna, TN with my host dad.

It was so cool seeing all the plane flying spectaculary in the air.

I was really amazed by that.

There was a group called Thunderbird; they were so awesome that all the audiences were infatuated by the show.

The next big event was Senior Skip Day before Prom.

We had to be at school at 8:30 to eat breakfast.

Actually, we mostly talked on that day.

lol

They showed the senior video in the auditorium.

The video was kindasilly, but it's funny.

Well, like i said before that it's a day before prom so i'll talk about prom.

I got up at 8 AM, tried to get ready before 10 to go get my hair cut.

It was pretty short that my host mom was surprised that i got it cut that short.

Then i came back home, took a shower and put my tuxedo on.

I was so excited about prom; who wouldn't?

Then I and my host mom went ahead to pick up Andrea at her house.

Just in case you don't know Andrea was my prom date.

From the forecast, it would rain and there would be a heavy thunderstorm that day.

So far as it was, it hasn't rained until like 3.

I was so glad at first though, and i thought it wouldn't rain.

Then, at the minute we arrived her house, the rain started pouring down like crazy.

So we didn't get any pictures from outdoor at first.

Then Gabe came and Pick us up to Andy's house.

His house was pretty big, with a lot of decoration.

Well, the rain stopped after a while so we all could get some outdoor pictures.

There were Me, Andrea, Gabe, Chad, Torri, Andy, Michael, Jessica, Justin, Kevin, Jessica, Tansy, Miriam, Brooke, Emily, Mark, Bea, Maria, Mayra, John, and Maja that went together.

It's pretty big group, wasn't it?

After we all gathered at Andy's, we went to PF.Chang, a Chinese restaurant in downtown, to eat dinner.

I paid about 30 bucks for my meal and Andrea's.

The price wasn't too bad at all for that gorgeous andfabulous restaurant.

Right after we were done with the dinner, we went straight to Opryland Hotel, the place where my prom was held.

We went to the Governer ballroom which was the biggest one in the hotel.

At prom, it was so wonderful!

Everybody was dressed up and looked soooo nice.

I couldn't recognized some of them because they looked so different from normal.

lol

Well, I tried a bunch of pictures with every single person i knew; i didn't get a picture of everybody, but i tried though.

The first thing they did was announcing the prom prince, princess, King, and Queen.

I voted Josh Parker for prince, Sierra for princess, Chad for King, and Torri for Queen.

All those people i voted for got that place!

I was so excited about that.

After that was the Senior Walk time.

It was pretty fun.

I got the photo frame, which it looked pretty girly.

So i decided that i would give it to Andrea.

Then it's a DANCING TIME!!!!

Whooooo!!

I danced my ass off on that night.

I didn't dance really well; I just moved my body with the beat.

lol

It was fun though.

Then Andrea was pretty tired so we walked out from the Ballroom and Walked around the hotel.

It was pretty romantic.

If only we were going out, it would be so fantastic.

Unfortunately, we were just friend.

We walked around and talked about our lives.

She's doing really fine at school so that was great.

Then we saw piano, a big grand piano, in the hallway.

So i played her a song, actually 3 songs.

After that we went back in the ballroom, and danced a lil' bit more.

Right that minute we went back on the dance floor, somebody stepped on Andrea's dress.

It was torn out!

I felt so sorry about that.

Then we went to Andy's house once more after prom.

We stayed up and talked until 5 or 6 in the morning.

I was so tired the next morning.

I came back home at 9 AM and took a nap until 4.

I took a shower and got ready for Graduation Banquet at my church.

It was pretty impressive.

Well, what else...

Ok after that, i was so busy practicing piano for the Talent show.

I was one of the performers in the talent show.

I played piano blind folded. (I played Canon by Pachelbel)

It was pretty hard to do so.

I was so nervous that i would play it wrong.

But well, better than not trying, huh?

On Friday, May 20th, it was the Senior Skip Day again and The Talent Show!!

We went to the Charlie Daniel's Park for hanging out.

All of them were playing with water and splashing water to each other.

I didn't do it though becoz i would have to perform in the talent show, and i didn't want to be so worn out.

It seemed pretty fun though.

After that we all hanged out at Gabe's house.

I, of course, took a nap.

lol

Hey! C'mon I needed energy for the night.

I woke up and Gabe took me to school for the sound check.

I was ready for it; still, i was nervous anyway.

So many people showed up on the night.

I was so excited about the performance.

Mandy Sauls went first.

She sang Reflection from Mulan.

It was so beautiful.

Too bad she sang it off the beat, or else she could have won.

I went second.

I was so nervous, nervous and nervous that i would play it wrong since i couldn't see the piano.

I didn't know what to press on; i needed to use my ability in remembering the sound.

I turned out that i didn't mess up too bad.

There's just a minor part that i pressed the wrong key, but the sound didn't come out too bad.

I was so glad i got it done without embarassing myself on the stage.

Then Joey Mathias sang "I'm ready to fly" by Richard Marx.

It was such a pretty song.

David, Joel, and Anna performed the song "Light", which was composed by joel.

It was so cool!!

I like the song a lot.

Well the performance went on until the end.

Drumline performed the solo part for the intermission.

Then the moment everybody was waiting for, the award time.

Emily Knox got the first price with the christian song "Alabaster Box".

Elizabeth Harned got the second price with "Fever".

Autumn Watson got the third price with "When it rains, it pours"

They all were so talented.

Congratulation to them.

On May 21st, I, and my host parents went to the Space Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

It was so spectacular seeing all the space thingies.

I mean i was interested in the space stuffs, but i had never got a chance to go to a space center like that before.

So it was so awesome.

We got to watch IMAX about the life in the space.

There's so many stuffs about Nasa and Apollo.

I wish i were younger and had more time so that i could go to the space camp.

It's like the camp for the little kid.

lol

It's so cool though.

There was a ride called "Free fall".

It's so awesome

I had ridden one of those things before in Japan.

It's like my favorite ride ever.

In my Theatre class, we had to do our little play in the class for the grade.

The play called "Following the crowd"

The story line was kinda stupid, but it was fun acting with my friends though.

On June 24th, we had a Choir Banquet at school.

We had to do a skit for Mrs. Elliot.

Well, as a leader of Beginning choir class, I was voted to dress up like Mrs. Elliot.

I put my hair up like hers, andwore girl's shirt.

Luckily, i didn't have to wear makeup and put on fake boobs.

lol

We just did some of the skit about our daily life in the class.

It seemed kinda stupid though.

I thought that Vocal Ensemble group skit was pretty funny.

I like it.

They just danced in a random stuff.

Then we just hanged out at Sonic a little while then i went back home.

On june 25th, it was the last day for many of my friends since they didn't have to take an exam.

My beginning choir fellow threw me a party in the class!!

They collected money from each of them, and bought me a big bag full of stuffs from all of them.

I was sooooo soooo surprised, happy, touched, etc.

I thought i would cry, but i didn't.

They all were so nice to me.

I'm so glad i gotto know them as my friends.

Later that day, in my Theatre class, i had to give a monologue as my final exam.

I decided that i would give a good bye monologue to my friends.

I started pretty well.

Then i started to cry and cry during the monologue.

It's really sad to be apart from someone u know.

It's not easy at all.

I got 100 for the exam though becoz i was stay in character for all time and i spoke from my diaphram.

So that's good.

lol.

Later that night, I, Chad, Miriam, Max, andAndy went out to eat at Hooters.

It's a All-u-can-eat night, so i ate 33 pieces of chicken wings.

It's quite a lot for me.

But well, it tasted good though.

I took my exam on Thursday and Friday.

After the exam on Thursday, i went sraight back home.

I asked Alan if he wanted to go see House of Wax.

He said yeah so we just went there.

It was horrible.

Well, we went skating after that.

It was pretty fun.

But, i didn't get enough time to study for the test tomorrow though.

lol

I did ok on the test anyway.

After the exam on Friday, I hanged out with Amber, Amy, and Scott.

We went to eat at Chinese Buffet.

It was just 5 bucks.

So it's pretty cheap.

I went back home right after we're done with the lunch.

I packed my bag for Six flags in Atlanta.

I was so excited about the trip.

We stayed at YMCA in Atlanta, GA.

It's the coolest stayingplace ever!!!


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2005/May/23

I didn't write my diary for quite a long time.
There's been so many things going on with me.
I'm feeling so sad at the moment.
For some crazy + weird reasons, I cried when i watched Star Wars Episode 3.
Maybe i'm so afraid of being apart of everything i know here.
I just don't want to think that I might not be able to see everyone again.
I knew i said that i would come back to America again, but i'm not sure when it will be.
I'm so confused now.
I'd love to meet my family and all my friends in Thailand so bad.
However, it's so hurt that i would have to leave all my friends and my host family.
I'm not sure how i would act on the day i have to leave.
The only thing i wish now is TIME.
I wish i could have more time here in America to hang out with my friends and my host family more.
I want to go back but i don't want to leave so soon.
I'm sorry if i say the same thing over and over again.
I just don't know how to explain how I feel right now.
I don't think that anybody, but other exchange students, could understand this feeling of going away and not knowing when i can come back again.
Yesterday, I, Maria and Bea went to Amy's birthday party.
It was the last time Bea could meet Alex and Sergio, becoz she'll leave on June 3rd.
I can't believe it's so soon.
She was crying and crying that she wouldn't be able to see them again.
That made me think about my departure also.
I don't want to leave anybody again.
It was so hurt when i left all my friends from Thailand, but i know this time will be hurter.
I'm sorry if i say the same thing over and over again.