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People take summer school to get ahead. Instead of taking a course over 5 months, it’s in 5 weeks. It’s an extremely condensed version of the course and honestly, you will hardly remember anything by the end of it. It should only be taken to “get it over with”.

I have taken 3 classes in 3 years. I repeated one of them because the course went by so fast, and I don’t remember anything from the other two. So I should have taken only one of them. It all depends on how fast you can learn and retain information.

Second, I don’t know how the hell some people can manage two summer courses. Props to them. 

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Anyway my mini rant is I always hear “You’re taking summer school? YOU ARE SO SMART”. Those people don’t take into consideration said person’s success in the course. They could be getting 55%… or 99%. It’s relative. OR when people see someone taking a course 1/2 grade level higher: OMG YOU R SO SMART. No it doesn’t mean anything. I could be taking this course now… or 10 months from now. It makes absolutely no difference when I’m taking it. 

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chemistry is hands down one of the dullest class I have had to sit through. My teacher talks and talks and talks ever so quietly. I sit at the back so I only hear some of the things he says and that’s dependent on how hard I try to listen. 

There is a handful of people I was unjustifiably mean to in the past few years. I admit I was bitter and I had to apologize.

1. He’s still mad at me and we don’t talk at all.

2. Awkward smiles and salutations whenever we see each other. A few words here and there, but really it’s just weird. 

… #3. He was sat in front of me last yr and would often turn around and ask for help. Everything went well, until he would ask me all the time… even when my teacher was still explaining the lesson. I don’t remember exactly what I said but it was along the lines of “stop asking me for help. do your own work!” We never spoke after.

Now, 1 year later I feel really bad and want to apologize. 

a) message him via FB apologizing
b) add him. if he accepts, say sorry
c) message and add

I don’t know what to do, but I do know I’m afraid of rejection. That shouldn’t be that big of a deal though… seeing that he’s half way around the world for post-sec…… 

A B or C?

arc-flash-:

$6.42

2010-04-27 - DEPOSIT
- $960.00 -
2010-04-27 - DEPOSIT
- $510.31 $1,476.73

Woot Tax return ftw <33333

Not ballin but $1476.73 sounds feels alot better than having $6.42

lmao xD

LOLLLL I get $73

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Very true. 

The more French I learn, the more I acknowledge the sophistication and beauty of language. 

Driving in a parking lot is no fun. It’s not very long, so if I drove fast I would have to brake fast. My fastest driving at the time was 30 km/h and that felt like 100 km/h. I drove up to 60 km/h.. doubling what I deemed “fast” before because my dad kept saying “GO FASTER GO FASTER” lol! because cars were trailing behind close.

The last two times I drove with my dad at a parking lot, he said:

It’s going to be a LONG time before you can drive on the road.

During those lessons, when he would drive home he also said:

YOU should be the one driving home after the lesson. That’s when you’re good though.

:(

Instead of going to our usual parking lot, we drove around the neighbourhood near coast meridian elem. because mom has been nagging him to just let me experience real driving instead of sheltering me in order to learn faster.

After 30 mins or so, he said:

Ok drive home.

NO WAY!!!! It was the first day I actually drove on the road with other cars and lights and stop signs, he told me to drive home. Also, I couldn’t believe he had that much confidence in me.

Before I was incredibly scared of being at the wheel. I was afraid of crashing, losing control and hitting curbs. I’ve completely overcome that and can probably face the highway now.

Next….. parking and backing up. I CAN DO THIS!!!!

I am so grateful that I don’t deal with customers at my job. It’s tolerable on temporary basis though. I’ll write about why I love my job later ;)

1. Cheap people

Chinese lady who wanted a $550 white Mackage leather jacket for $50….for her 13 yr old daughter. At the sale it went from $200, which already is a steal. She found a blue pen mark on one sleeve and at my cashier station, demanded further markdowns. 

Who would buy this anyway? I’m already taking a risk BUYING this because the pen might not even come off. + other lame reasoning..

Cashier said go to the dry cleaner and it’ll come right off. It’s just pen! She was hesitant and still demanding more so I had to ask Fr. He said give it for 99$. She kept insisting that it won’t come off, which irked me so much I said that if she won’t buy it, I WILL even though it is an xxs because it was dirt cheap. 99$ + one tax compared to 550+tax is an insane price. that is LESS THAT 20% of the original price. 

Chinese lady continued repeating herself so I kept my stance. She wanted it for $80. Me and C were getting pissed and the line up was insanely long. I said take it or leave it cause I’d buy it. (I didn’t want it.. but I wanted to get rid of her ASAP). She finally gave in, giving me glares whilst paying. 

I know this is a sale and the point is to save money, but really? 

Yes a 13 year old needs a 500$ leather jacket. 

2. People who refuse to check-in their bag. 

Come on.. it’s not even a sale at a proper store. It’s at an old warehouse location in “cracktown” (area between gastown and chinatown w/ a lot of shady looking people). The policy is that you must check in all bags. No bag check = no entry. Simple policy that some think they can disregard. A tiny coach wristlet or your wallet is acceptable to take in because you can’t hide anything in there.

I guess people are intimidated by the “COMPANY IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOST OR STOLEN ARTICLES” sign by bag check. 

How do I know you or your friends aren’t going to steal my money/look in my bag/steal my bag?

I vividly remember one lady who had a huge fit. I think she was carrying an LV bag. She put much emphasis on “a lot of money” trying to make herself seem superior to us kids. She tried to bypass the security guards with her big bag after ignoring our requests. There was a lot of yelling and arguing.The manager was brought out and her poor husband had to stand outside holding her bag while she shopped for who knows how long. 

Why would I leave my bag with you? Do you know how much money I have in this bag? I have so much cash in my wallet and everything inside my wallet is valuable and worth A LOT OF MONEY. Like I have A LOT OF MONEY. 

Hey, thanks for advertising that so loudly. If I were to steal anyone’s bag it would now be yours. ;)

I think these are the nouveau riche. They feel the desire to flaunt their extravagant bags/items at place where there are ridiculously cheap clothing on sale. I see girls wearing the 600$ leather jackets FROM this company at the sale. If perchance, you take off your jacket and someone else accidentally takes it, you are screwed. I have found totally different brands… ie. abercombie and fitch?

Since we allow the wallets to be taken in, people tend to lose them far too often. I have found so many wallets beneath piles of clothes and fortunately for them some people, out of the kindness of their hearts return it to the lost and found. Stealing is cake. Safest bet is to just check all your shit in and to not lose your bag location #. 

3. People who think I will go to the back and get shit for them.

I am not your bitch. 

People crowd around the back after making rounds around the sale and wait for the new stuff to come out… then they pounce. It gets so crazy I see men film it. They act like a pack of wolves. I go in and out, and some people even have the nerve to ask me to “get small sizes of nice clothes for my GF”

The other scenario is people beg me to bring racks of the more desirable items out. Uhh no. Racks are brought out whenever management feels like it. Do people truly think I’d say “Sure! just because you asked so nicely.” The security guy gets a kick out of it. Some racks are emptied 10 seconds after leaving the back. Do…not…want……to be apart of that. 

- haven’t received email confirmation yet so I can’t buy my tickets….I’m refreshing my browser continuously. 

— Michael Buble!! I am more excited for this than my Quebec trip. One of the cashiers at school that I work with, saw MB perform in a tiny cafe in Vancouver before being discovered and finding massive success. I had always known of him, but the defining moment was watching his Madison Square concert on TV. JA’s mom bought us tickets right at 10am. <3

—- on Sun I worked out for the first time in 10 months. I went to the rec and got on the treadmill, fully expecting that a) my heart gives out and in turn faint or b) my endurance is shit and I have to stop after 5 minutes. I was pleasantly surprised. I ran for 60 minutes without stopping for 3.3 miles(5.31 km) at a moderate pace. It said 30 minutes max but I ignored it LOL and doubled it.  Yes it is a bit slow, and it’d take me 1:45 to complete the 10k sun run.. but I’ve trained once. I doubt I’ll beat last year’s pitiful time: 1hr 29. 

Anyway, the treadmill stopped at 60.. so I stopped too. I went to sit down and my legs were so weak I was afraid I couldn’t support myself any longer. I sat there and waited for my parents to pick me up. Next week I’m “training” again with my cousin. Training means I don’t get to sleep in at all. Mon - Fri school. Sat work. Sun train. Everyday I’m up early. I saw JN, LB, MN. 

Q said people should start making bets. Slowest, fastest, least likely to finish, etc. I’m fairly confident that I will get slowest out of the 60 A. staff so START MAKING THOSE BETS! You can thank me later ;)

—— Oh the joy of pranking people is immeasurable. Our pranks are lame, but satisfying nonetheless. Tomorrow I have one planned :-)

• EY - we ran out of class to put lotion on his lock. JA’s locker is right beside and so we were just *there* at the time. He touched it and said “what the… HELL IS THIS WHITE STUFF ON MY LOCK?!” we told him to smell it and he did. *face brightens* “oh that does smell good!” It was strawberry or something. We couldn’t stop laughing
• vngo - decided to do the exact same to vanna the next day as she wouldn’t expect it. I did it.. but she didn’t even go to her locker so it dried up and yea. didn’t work
• MM - JD had his combo so we kept MM upstairs while we emptied out his locker into a bag. We found a fork, a few pills and some dirty clothes. *opens locker* “WTH???” oh man.. there were 4 or 5 of us there hysterically laughing. My face hurt and I had a stomach ache =(  

——- list of olympic items I own…. brace yourself. I *think* that’s it. 

• miga towel
• mukmuk towel
• miga fleece blanket (mom bought these two for me on sun!)
• sumi fleece blanket
• van 2010 backpack from aritz
• white van 2010 hoodie - aritz
• whistler hoodie arit
• mascot vinyl set : 2 mukmuk, 2 quatchi, 1 miga, 1 sumi
• red official canada hoodie
• black mittens with maple leaf (related…ish) from aritz
• blue official canada tee
• quatchi and miga key chain

I need some mascot plushes to be happy. I think I can get all 4 small ones for $20. Don’t know if I should though.

——— Today the grads voted for the valedictorian. Some guy gave a speech to my class saying we shouldn’t vote for SS or AG cause nobody knows who the hell they are and will not properly represent the grads as they do not even attend any functions. Anyway.. I want to be valedictorian. Teachers nominated people on academic excellence and overall involvement in school activities. I don’t really like giving speeches, but I don’t think I’m entirely bad either so I may have a chance 8D. Plus it would look great on my resume. Note to self: be more involved w/ school, pretend I care and most importantly.. suck up! 

My mind is always ailleurs, somewhere else. The only thing standing between the present and the future is time. Will the future come? How will I know once it comes? Or will it always be something unattainable, out of reach, as desires are everchanging? Will I ever be fully satisfied?

MICHAEL BUBLE IS HAVING A SECOND CONCERT IN VANCOUVER DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND.

JA’S MOM IS GETTING US TICKETS TOMORROW WHEN IT GOES ON SALE. I’M TYPING IN CAPS CUZ I’M HAPPY <333333333333333333333333 *sigh*

1. Buy an expensive camera

2. ??????????

3. ??????????

4. ??????????

(via spittinvividly)

- don’t know why my mom even bothers to “consult” with my dad. Things will still go her way even if he disagrees. My mom’s faults: talks in circles(repeats herself endlessly), closed-mindedness and the inability to admit she was wrong. 

— got my package late, so I rushed to complete all the paperwork to mail back. It has to be there this Thurs. Regular mail = 7 business days, which is too late so I had to “express” mail it, costing me a ridiculous $15. However it guarantees it will be there in 2 days. 

—- I love putting stickers around on the streets. I stuck around a dozen WTEV ones between yesterday and today @ OAK and METRO. I should get some more, as I only have 5 left.

—— there are 2 new people at work. I met one today. 

——- mom is going to hire a driving instructor for me. Me and my dad are really lazy so we never go for drives. She decided that this way I have no choice but to learn. Hopefully I will have my N by SEPT at the latest. 

——— my family friends were on the same plane as MICHAEL PHELPS to cali during the Olympics. they talked about BC’s weed. B took a picture with him. Apparently he’s really skinny and tall with clothes on, and not at all muscular and big boned as he looked during the summer Olympics. I’m jealous.

*lame title. I can’t think of another one lololol

re: post - fr films, customers

- Don’t like angry LG’s and their incessant swearing.

eg. piece of shit fucking dumb cunt faggot who can’t shut the fuck up for her own fucking good

— I’m afraid my 10lb dog will be carried away with the 80-90 km/h wind so I forced him inside. Et puis, ensuite il a fait caca au rez-de-chaussée tout de suite. 

—- JA and I skipped chem to watch the speeches. Most were tediously long and dull except for a few. I didn’t get to watch the speeches I had come for.

“When it was announced that he was dead at 50, everyone died a little inside…..BILLY MAYS!” Another funny speech worth a mention is about things every anime has. I was so amused. 

eg. in dragonball Z there is the “law of uninterrupted metamorphosis” where no enemy can attack because they are so stunned. 

—- I want my letter/package so I can book my flight!!! My mom’s excited to see if I’m able to live by myself. I haven’t been on a plane since 2006. I can’t wait!  Westjet or Air Canada? For both I have to transfer at MTL or TO, and the price difference is minimal($50). I’d be at ease knowing I’m in a huge plane then a small one… so hmmmm

—— Buying a domain soon. S is helping me with the hosting and hopefully it’ll be up and running by the time I go so I can have entire updates there. It will definitely be public bauahah

——- I want to buy my dad a wallet. He’s used his for probably a decade and doesn’t want to switch because he hasn’t found one worthy of his coins(or have a coin pocket for that matter). He has a lot of change because of coffee. Apparently Hugo Boss wallets have coin pockets!! re: harry rosen, boys co, holt renfrew??? Where else?

- found out some other girl from BC is going to in the same program as I. I talked to her through SC, she added me on msn and FB. Anyway, the only pictures she has are her family ones. Her dad and mom look like people I would have a superb conversation with. Her brother 15 year old brother went on her msn and asked if my sis is hot. Apparently people in maple ridge call surrey, surrey land…. 

First impressions mean nothing. My first perspective of everyone changes entirely when I get to know them.

— TN texted me asking if she could get a copy of my assignment. I didn’t answer… exactly 10 minutes later she copied and pasted the same text *in case I didn’t get it*. she’s really getting on my nerves. I don’t mind helping sharing assignments but THIS IS CONSTANT. 

—- LOL @ me and JA pranking VN on April Fool’s Day. I put a wet paper towel in her bag when she went somewhere. Later, she put her hand in her bag to get some gum and didn’t see it. VN was still tearing at the time and wanted to wipe her eyes.

JA: do you have tissues?
VN: No
JA:  I think I saw some in your bag. *reaches in* here
VN: I don’t have any———-*touches* what THE HELLLLL????

It was hilarious. The first prank JA told her something really *bad* that she did and she fell for it. JA deserves high praise for her wonderful acting. *claps*

——- I’ve noticed that everyone wants to be in love. 

——— I need to practice driving. My road test should ideally in Sept. at the latest. 

———- JA is having her debut next Jan. She told me that she wanted me to be *something which I can’t remember the name of. it’s not rose because roses are guys….* The first thing that came out of my mouth: Does this mean I have to wear a dress?! Last time I wore one was for the gr. 7 grad and franchement, I’d rather forget those icky times. Colours are dark purple and gold. Royal.

re: side scrolling, POP of

MARY: Sunday afternoon. Nothing like a round of Big Two with the fam jam right when I woke up =). T’is the Nam way of life.

JENGO: Today we went again but with the famjam.. and it was so gheeeeeey. We only saw the cauldron and they wanted to leave. =/ But naw, we ended up walking up more, took some pictures, then left. And boy oh boy, we parked extremely far!!! -.-” After, we ate at Hon’s. Mmmm <3 And came home, watched Olympics and chyeaaawww. Just chillin’ it. I wonder if LC is coming stilll.. hmm! K well I be going, PZZZ

btw jenegro did I see u at the AWHS? someone who looked like you said hi to me. was that you?