its holiday season!

yup indeedeedooooo! :D time to send out christmas cards and post my yearly christmas wishlist!! hahah oh yeahh! so, without further ado... VICKY'S XMAS WISHLIST '04

1) a sparkly leotard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2) earrings (since i take eons to choose em myself heh)
3) jewellery / accessories of any sort
4) bill bryson's newest book (the history one heh)
5) german books (kino has em ;)
6) uh hum uh hum as uh hum uh hum. hahahah. guess.

okay that's it. for now ;) happy holidays people!

broody broody

what a day.

i made the silliest mistake of all time for my biology mcq - mistaking right for a left. argh. and was so careless for the oxygen ATOM question. plus, i changed my right answer to a wrong one (although i said i would never do it again). roawr. anyways.

prom shopping was a bummer. didnt find stuff i like, and stuff i liked were way too expensive. but mostly i just didnt find stuff that made me want to cought up money for. its kinda depressing this way. whenever im given the green light to buy something OR whenever i actually decide to go out with purchasing in mind, i NEVER get anything. i do, however, spend quite a sum buying little things i happen to see on the way out... stuff i never seem to need much. =/ this really pisses me off!

AND i have not found stuff for prom. bleah. need cash. need cash. i should sell my prom ticket. it'll save TONS of money.

argh, i feel so old.

oh my goodness, ive got so much to do before december rolls along. @@ lets see now ->

THINGS TO DO:
-> get a job. i need the bling bling.
-> up my gym trainings to thrice a week before prom ;)
-> study for the last paper hahaha. yep.
-> get stuff done to my eyebrows and hair in general.
-> major shopping!!!!!!!! *note the frequency of the exclamation marks*
-> bring coach out for an expensive meal haha
-> buy shoes for mom, camera for dad
-> oh yes, and study for SAT II. blearghhh.

CHEN, YOU VOTE WHORE



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The 8th Pawnshop

I have been watching this show for awhile, and besides the fact that Alex To and Teng Shin are simply so delicious to watch, the storyline's really thought-provoking too. :)

Today's episode went something like this. Note that i would rather have this written in chinese but blogger doesnt seem to support chinese characters ugh.

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The story begins with an ordinary couple. The husband is a genius computer programmer, who, because of his devotion to work, often neglects his wife. As a result, the marriage is in shambles. The man, who loves his wife dearly, decides to pawn his computer programming skills for the ability to understand his wife's innermost thoughts. After that, he was able to hear everything his wife thought. It was good initially, for he was able to cater to his wife's needs and the marriage seemed almost back on track. However, as time wore on, he was not happy, for he knew that his wife did not love him.

Disillusioned, he returned to the pawnshop, and this time, asked to have his computer programming skills back. In exchange, he pawned his sense of hearing.

At the same time, Dr. White (the personification of the righteousness the show) talked to the wife, and through his analysis, she finally understood the selfless sacrifice of her husband in attempting to win back her love. Touched, she made up her mind to treasure her husband more, and decided to make it up with her husband by arranging a dinner date with him. The husband agreed, bringing along a huge bouquet of lilies (her favorite flower) to the restaurant.

But just as he was crossing the road to the restaurant, a car sped towards him. Unaware of it despite its honking, he was eventually hit by the car, and died on the spot.

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If there really did exist such a pawnshop, what would you exchange, and for what?

Some people pawn a life's achievements for beauty, others pawn their children's happiness for their own material enjoyment. Yet others, like the man in the story, pawn their talents and abilities for hope of attaining true love.

It all boils down to greed. It is with greed that the pawnshop exists and it is with our neverending greed that it continues to thrive.

Interesting isnt it? For a story, it sure makes you think alot...

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Another Day at Gym

today i resumed doing standing back tuck - havent done that in AGES! did it over the pit without a spot after like two tries, which was kinda cool. but i still need to improve on getting the TUCK, tho the height of my jump is ok. im really bad at the head position thing, with all the looking up, looking front, looking back. i kind of get disoriented whenever i do the flips so i cant tell up from down haha.

anyways, it was a good day for front somer. i did like 13 it think, and landed 10. i figured that i always need one or two warm up jumps cuz i always land on my bum for the first one or two. practiced basic beam work and was pretty rusty ugh. the jumps improved tho, or so i think. :D

think im kinda out of shape after reducing training to once a week. =/ was sooooo tired midway through my class. starting to ache again too -> never ached for quite some time already. bleah. oh well... will get it back after As, which is soon! haha looking forward to 3 day a week trainings :P

I dont run away from a challenge because I am afraid.
Instead, I run toward it because the only way to
escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet. - Nadia Comaneci

so. its the night before the exam and i am not doing much. the intelligence of american voters are being questioned across the globe :P interesting day today.