October 31, 2004 Happy Halloween!
Spent mostly the whole day completing hws..so nothing special this halloween. Well, there is one thing: I guessed a person's chinese name correct! It was pretty amazing..especially that it happened on halloweeeeeeen.
Featuring Dri's pumpkinOctober 30, 2004 Happy Birthday Thomas! Sweet Sixteen!
Raced against Kent today. It did sound like a joke that we, including some of New England's best runners, are racing in a remote cornfield away from town. And we took them down too - both varsity and jv won easily. But nonetheless it was a great plain-field-style race course, with very well-kept grass and path. Nice job guys.
Mr. Mac and Wandelt are in HK now. In the next few days they shall interview people interested in applying to Taft. Two years ago I undergone the same experience. Good luck to all applicants this yr. P.S. Possibly including my bro.
Also, daylight savings time ends at midnight.
October 29, 2004 Halloween Dressup Show
It was mad fun tonight! Basically, we had freshmans as superheros, sophomores as seniors, juniors as celebrities, seniors as faculties and faculties as seniors. Some really good imitations came up, and of course, I have a video to share. [Featuring Agent Smith (yes my xc coach DID show up) and more.]
Unfortunately, in the middle of the sophomore class' dressups, a student performed something offensive and the dean of students had to cut if off. I heard that the show continued illegitimately in the Blackbox. Still, it was enough of fun for tonight. Until next year..
Also, received the ipod mini case today. Take a look. As for the unit itself, it should come by next friday.
October 28, 2004
Have I never mentioned about my xc coach? Wow..how could I have missed that. He is simply the most alike clone of Agent Smith in Matrix. He has eyes, mouth, nose, teeth and everything else except his height and hair (he's bald) almost identical to that actor (whoever that is). Why am I suddenly saying this? Because some kids today asked him to dress up as Agent Smith for tmr's Halloween dressup contest. Picture that, "Mr. Anderson..."
Unfortunately yet naturally, he denied. We'll see what happens.
October 27, 2004 Oh how much I despise him! That hypocrite going around saying how weird people are; talking about his grand plans on how to get this or that girl; building his happiness among others' misfortune!
Still contemplating which ipod mini to get. Nothing much happened today.
October 26, 2004
I don't know why, but I suddenly seem have a strong desire for a few things:
1. A mini iPod
2. A parcel/present from friends/family
3. Love
Again, I don't know why. But we'll see what comes first.
Also, iPod photo was announced this afternoon.
October 25, 2004 Community Service Day "Friends are like elevator buttons, they can either bring you up or put you down."
It was fun today. We traveled to three elderly cares and sang Ezekeel + some folk songs. All the old people seemed pleased. We had to do so little to make them happy, so little to get so much back.
Meanwhile, life goes on.
October 24, 2004
How could I have missed talking about the play! Yeah.. I watched it on friday night. Damn Yankees. Not bad..not bad. Overall a more whimsical play since its main theme was 'fun'.
Didn't do much today..since I have no pressure of handling hws tmr. Why? It's community service day tmr. My assignment is, same as all collegium members, to sing for some local retirement homes and nursing facilities. It will be fun.
October 23, 2004
First Parents Weekend this year. It was fun.. Collegium had a performance in walker hall right before lunch. Well, I remember myself in chorus last yr admiring those people in collegium..and I made it this year. I wonder if I have any secret admirers?
Cross country race vs Williston (home) afterwards. Varsity lost (32/23) while jv won (26/29!!). I guess I also have a new 'personal record'. So it wasn't that bad today..
Olympic Dream Decided to add some music here to make it more spiritual. Introducing Maksim's 'Olympic Dream'. Yes, I know the Olympics 2004 is over. Nonetheless, it's a beautiful rhythm.
October 21, 2004 Holographic televisions!
Read more here. Enough said.
October 20, 2004
"人生如四季, 人生如旅程"
Indeed. Received another letter from my mum today. Yep, the quote is derived from the letter. She's so spiritual these days.. Anyway..
Worked the whole night in the library trying to finish my english paper. Turns out that we only need to hand in a rought draft tomorrow. But it's okay. At least I'm done with it.
Notice the fade in, fade out effects on the left column links? Yeah, hope they look good.
October 19, 2004
Had a relatively tough xc practice in the rain today. Anyway, after finishing my hw, I downloaded some high definition wmv to fool around with. Well, the system requirements seem quite demanding, but my notebook played both the 720p and 1080p versions smoothly. Download and try them here.
October 18, 2004
Got several mid term grades today. There were disastrous.
Roommate getting his new notebook this weekend. What is it? A Benq joybook. While I do not indulge any cynicism over Benq, I'm not too big a fan of taiwanese notebooks. But hey, its specs look good. We'll see.October 17, 2004
Headed to the woods to take pictures right after I woke up. It was beautiful. Well, for that, I was 'rewarded' for joey's cd's dl links. Very glad.
6:15 @ my room | Alarm rang..snoozed it..argh..too tired..
6:30 @ my room | Alarm rang again..sigh..need to get up do my final preparation for today's huge history test
6:46-7:30 @ my room | Hate history! So freaking annoying and boring!
7:31 @ my room | Gotta change..and have a full breakfast before the test
7:34 @ bathroom | Hair didn't look as good as expected..need to work on that
7:40 @ my room | Decided not to go to breakfast - 5 mins not worth it
7:45 @ stairs | Headed down to my history classroom
7:46-9:00 @ history class | Two 5-paragraph essays + m.c.?! Is he mad?!
9:01-9:15 @ my room | Finally..a much needed break
9:16-9:30 @ Bingham | Argh..assembly again..good that this time it only took 10 mins
9:31-9:40 @ my room | Got a request from Kevin + Michelle + Thomas...argh..argh..
9:45-10:55 @ french class | French lesson..not too bad..got a small pop quiz
11:00-11:20 @ english class | English class..got my vocab quiz back..did quite well..left at 11:20 to catch the xc bus
11:45-1:30 @ bus | On my way to Suffield..getting nervous
2:00-4:00 @ Suffield | After v. boys and girls, we have to go. I did bad in it..25/4x..but frankly I don't care
5:30 @ Taft | Wooo..finally back! Weekend officially starts for me..
7:00-now @ my room | After dinner, headed to my room with a great mission - download joey's cd. Well, still attempting to do so.
That describes today well. Guess what? I actually wrote the following to myself this morning.
October 14, 2004
Had a great time with the Harrisons @ Matteo for dinner today. They so affable!
Math test + science quiz tmr. Bye.
October 13, 2004
FlashFXP suddenly stopped working last night, so yesterday's daily was uploaded today.
PSAT was fine; screwed up some english..and math too. But it's okay. Anticipating tmr's dinner with my uncle and aunt who shall be paying a visit here.
And Enya's new disc is coming out! Cover art:
October 12, 2004
Just like any other long weekends, I don't find them 'long' at all. I aver that we have longer 'long' weekends so that they justify the meaning of a long weekend. As for now..
Did much more today. Finished the past practice test. The results, of course, are way too low to be posted so as to impress you guys.. Then..I wonder if I would ever have the chance of posting my psat or sat score here. Also revised some vocabs; but hey, a few vocabs won't make a difference, will they?
No, I told myself. I should start revising them everyday.
"Anguish is a comeuppance of ignorance." - Eugene YoungOctober 11, 2004
Today, I came across Matthias' xanga. Alas, I have to say that I'm impressed with that kid. Remember we used to conceive him weird and cocky (at least I do)? He has indeed changed quite a bit. His philosophical thoughts ensnared me into reading all his entries. Such act did not quench my thirst; I yearned for more. In fact, his rendering of words made his entries most addictive and reads like smoothly woven silk. I encourage all of you to read some of his works. Not only do they make me think, they influence me; just like God has influenced him. [Link]
Anyway, did even less today. Done some math and science. PSat on wed. Hope that it will turn out well.
October 10, 2004
Didn't do much today. After brunch, took my camera and walked around to take pictures. Sigh..autumn again.. I used to like it a lot, but now I prefer summer - the good old summer that brought me back to my family.
Watched 50 First Dates after dinner. Well, my roommate didn't like it that much..said it was kinda stupid. But I like it. I think it was pretty touching when Lucy found out that her life was set up and controlled by her family every day. But anyway..
October 9, 2004
I don't know..long weekend..it feels so weird..boredom..
Anyway, today we did badly @ Loomis. Varsity only got 2nd, while jv got last. I myself started strategically slower this time, hoping to save energy. Well, unexpectedly, I passed at least 7 ppl in the last mile, ranking 31/8x. So it wasn't too bad for me. And I was, for the first time, credible to the score sheet (top 5 of our jv team)!
Came back, took a shower, went to the super-cool (that's french) japanese feed.. It was okay.. But..but...
October 8, 2004 @ 6:49 pm
I'm so lame.
When could I ever get a grip?
October 7, 2004 @ 9:35 am
Ever recall any dreams when you wake up? Coz I did today. Last night, I dreamed about myself missing a special school meeting. From what I could gather, I was talking to my friends about that and they said something I forgot. Well, the interesting thing is, that special school meeting is supposed to be held today at 2:15. What would I dream about something that hasn't even occured? And why did I miss it? How could I miss it? What does it mean to dream about missing something? Am I forecasting something? Or is my brain stimulating me to remember the event?
Dream; dreams; dreaming. Indeed, life is a dream - an unrealistic dream.
Addition @ 10:09 pm
HAHA. I did not miss the meeting; nor was I late. Well anyway, return to work.
October 6, 2004
Didn't run today. Instead, I did the wonderfully-easy job of "timing and scoring".
I miss home.
October 5, 2004
Received quite an amount of stuff today. Pls refer to the pictures.
My ankle's pain almost killed me during today's xc practice. I failed to keep up with the group and headed to the trainer instead. Well, Surge (the trainer) advised me to stop running and do more stretching. So, most probably I will giveup tmr's race. Sigh..we'll see.
October 4, 2004
For some reason..l'll skip today's daily.
October 3, 2004
Accomplished very few things today. My first planned work was not done till 3:30 in the afternoon. Also, I realized that our next xc match is on the coming wed, not sat..sigh.. Anyway, the pix below should be posted yesterday - but I forgot about it. Enjoy.
Sony's upcoming MDR-EX81SL earphonesOctober 2, 2004
Oh God..today was certainly eventful. Let's start with my history speech. Gave a sermon on 'human cloing is dehumazing'. Well, it wasn't as bad as I thought..at least people looked interested.
Then, english scene performance. Our group remade a scene from The Crucible into the Jerry Springer show. I played Jerry. Although I was quite nervous, overall we did an awesome job.
Four hours after that, raced in xcountry as a jv candidate. It was a riot. We basically had to run around the whole campus, yet not till sometime before the match, I found out that we actually have to do two loops in the top terrain. Sigh..I used up a lot of my energy on the first slope (there were four). Therefore during the sceond loop on the top part I actually walked, yes walked, for about ten seconds while at least 7 Choate kids passed me.. Well, eventually I regained my pace during the down-hills. A somewhat interesting thing happened in the last 200m. An asian kid, most likely a Korean, attempted to pass me and was successful. Only two seconds later, with the help of eruptive screams + cheers, I accelerated and passed him back, ending my first match with a position of 45/8x (20'20''). I glad - glad that I'm done. Am I pumped up for the race next week? Hell no. I felt like shit, and still do.
October 1, 2004 "It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward." Then, I thought, I must have the worst memory ever. Sometimes, I would just sit and think of the past. I would force myself into happy memories and feel sad. I'm terrified by them. I'm scared. Am I not living happily enough? Am I still not..satisfied? Why do I feel so insecure, so weak?
Today for xcountry we ran the whole course once to prep up for tmr's meet against Choate, K-O and T-P. What's "K-O"? Kingswood Oxford. And what's "T-P"? Toilet-paper...or actually Trinity-Pawling. Well, hope that I'll do well in it.
Addition @ 10:21 pm
Added another prologue for home. It's more spiritual than before. Enjoy.
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