Halloween 2010

This year's Halloween was special. Because 10/31 fell on a Sunday, it allowed for a 3-day Halloween celebration. And I made the most out of it.

On Friday, I dressed up as Superman for school dress up day as a lot of students dressed up. Saw a few creative costumes such as "Facebook", money tree, minions, etc. It was a great day to be at school to see how creative people could get.

Saturday, I went pumpkin carving with my cousins. We carved the face of three pumpkins as we used templates to help guide us. We made the pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns and all three of them turned out pretty well. Then, watched Paranormal Activity 2. Yes its rated R but my cousin took us there and she is way over the limit so we were good. I didn't watch Paranormal Activity so I didn't understand the main plot. But overall, the PA 2 was a pretty decent movie. Loved the cinematography as it switched between the video camera and the 6 cameras of the house. Plot was also pretty cool, basing it on dates and times and what goes on. Honestly, I didn't think the movie was that scary. The part that made me jump a bit was the loud banging noises such as the pots falling down or those loud booms. But other than that, it wasn't that bad. Didn't like the ending though as the movie just ended abruptly and suddenly. Funny thing happened after the movie. I wanted to scare my sister entering the house but my cousin came by first and saw my shadow and I standing there in the dark and screamed.

Then today on Halloween Sunday, I went trick-o-treating around my neighborhood. Got a whole bag full of candy. Gonna take my time in munching it down.  Now, I'm 16 years old but I'm not too old for trick-o-treating. I look at it this way: Next year will be my last year as a child and when I get to college, I probably won't be trick-o-treating that much. And my costume for today, a construction worker. Wore my yellow safety vest, hard helmet, and safety glasses that I got over the summer in Boston.

Happy Halloween!!! A pretty cool Halloween 2010

It's been a tough journey so far

5 weeks into junior year, all I can say that it has been unlike any other years. These last five weeks have been really hard and tiring as my schedule has been packed. So many things going on in my life, school, AP classes, cross country, clubs, eagle project, SATs, etc.  I've been sleeping at least past 12 every night (my normal bedtime is around 11:30) and would be satisfied if I got 6 1/2 hours of sleep. Taking 4 AP Classes and Spanish III Honors, I have to study every night. And studying doesn't mean just skimming through the textbook, but reading it meticulously and detailedly. I have on average at least 2-3 tests per week and that doesn't include the math openers that we take everyday in AP Calc BC or the pop quizzes we get surprised by in AP Chem. I've done well on some tests but done bad on others. Like this week, I got an A on my chem and calc test. Grades wise, I am cutting it way too close in my classes. I have a lot of borderline grades and need to raise it. Even on weekends, I am now confined to my house as I have so many homework and stuff to do during the weekends. My last few Sundays have been homework, homework, homework! Remember, I lose about 3 hours of study/homework time since I run cross country and have practice everyday. But running is fun and I am having a great time running this season. Made lots of improvements and I'm running A group now.

It's a Saturday night and yet I got to do some school stuff. This is junior year :(