When I first go Picasso, my dog, my dad was totally against it. He said that we'd be really irresponsible and won't take care of the dog. He was the reason why I didn't have a dog for the past 14 years. But now, my dad is in love with my dog and my dog is in love with him. When I first had the idea of taking care of fish as pets... well, if you read below on sats and parents, you'll know. Now, I constantly find my mom and dad sitting in front of the fish. Its pretty funny. My dog is really jealous and hate the fish with a passion. Hahahaha poor Picasso...
I hate the world. I judge people way too easily. Dammit.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
crazy physics teachers and guppies
Is it just me or are all physics teachers terrible? And if they're good at physics, they have a crazy strong accent and don't know how to teach. I'm sitting at mega right now throwing 1k out the window because im not paying attention at all. The physics teacher just talks and talks. Stuy kids know how bad I have it now. Dr Li is teaching now and its ridiculous. I actually have no idea what he's talking about. Meh.
On a brighter note, my fish tank is officially complete although I have a small snail infestation. I bought a hood, air pump, and a pair of guppies. I've found 3 snails so far and killed them all. I shouldn't have bought those plants. There were snail eggs on them... time to buy snail eating fish! I'm planning on getting a brustlenose pleco (those algae eating suckers), maybe a shrimp, and a snail eating catfish. Those guppies will reproduce well enough to keep it populated. I just need to find some fish stores to sell those babies to. I bought an orange red tailed male. It has kind of a pearl colored body. The female has a black tail, but the fry will be of another father. Ho snap! Hahaha. Just another month. I should get a tank separater and a breeding tank. Yummy :)
On a brighter note, my fish tank is officially complete although I have a small snail infestation. I bought a hood, air pump, and a pair of guppies. I've found 3 snails so far and killed them all. I shouldn't have bought those plants. There were snail eggs on them... time to buy snail eating fish! I'm planning on getting a brustlenose pleco (those algae eating suckers), maybe a shrimp, and a snail eating catfish. Those guppies will reproduce well enough to keep it populated. I just need to find some fish stores to sell those babies to. I bought an orange red tailed male. It has kind of a pearl colored body. The female has a black tail, but the fry will be of another father. Ho snap! Hahaha. Just another month. I should get a tank separater and a breeding tank. Yummy :)
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Asian Parents and SATs
I'm so sick of my dad constantly telling me to work on my SATs. He never talks to me about anything of any importance, and rarely ever even communicates with me. Sure we watch TV together and eat dinner together, but we don't talk. The only time he talks is when he's yelling at me for talking to my friends on AIM. And every time he sees me on aim, he says the same exact thing:
"WHY AREN'T YOU STUDYING FOR YOUR SATS? YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A BAD COLLEGE WITH SUCH A BAD SCORE LIKE YOUR SISTER. AND YOU NEED TO GET INTO A GOOD COLLEGE SO YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD JOB".
But I know that this is complete utterly nonsense. Sure a good SAT score may get me into a good college, but it's really not going to get me anywhere. If I'm studying to be a nurse, then why the heck do the hospitals have to care which college I went to? I could simply go to CUNY Hunter and I'd get the same education as someone at Binghamton or even UCLA. The only difference is that it'd just be a boring as heck commute and it'd be like high school all over again. But still. I just came home from 3 grueling hours of ISO Symphony orchestra with the Julliard conductor that stops at every 3 measure, and is a perfectionist. I'm tired as heck and I just want to relax and socialize with my friends of how they thought of ISO. And here my dad is, doing a whole rant on how I'm wasting money on SAT tutoring because I'm not practicing SAT tests.
"Oh prep schools only going to get you a 1700 on your SATs. You need to work hard to get over 2000".
Oh man, it's not even just my dad. My mom has the same problem. She's all like "YOU GOTTA TAKE IT UNTIL YOU'RE OVER 2000. I'm not even complaining if you get a 2350. My standards are 2000"
But my moms less strict about it because we're pretty close and talk about stupid stuff like the stupid people we've met and stuff like that. She understands that I have a life, and I have way too much on my plate already from THREE prep classes (physics mega, english tutoring, and math tutoring) as well as homework from school DURING JUNIOR YEAR. Add onto that, TWO orchestras, both rehearsing for 3 hours TWICE a week. Plus one hour flute classes, AS WELL AS church organization stuff.
Change of topic that's kind of related:
Last weekend I had a sudden urge to take care of fish. I decided to take my godmom's fish tank and use it as my own. When my dad found out, he said "psh, you have time to take care of fish but you don't have time to STUDY FOR SATs???" My mother rolled her eyes at him. She never said anything about me taking care of fish. She smiled and approved. I love my mom.
but yeah. My parents are total opposites and I really wish my dad would stop caring about SAT crap. It's just complete STUPIDITY. He really doesn't understand how much stuff I have to do every week compared to the average high schooler.
But yeah. my fish tank is complete. I just need to get a full hood from the fish store across from my church, and buy guppies to place in my tank, as well as a breeding tank for them preggy girl guppies. :)
"WHY AREN'T YOU STUDYING FOR YOUR SATS? YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A BAD COLLEGE WITH SUCH A BAD SCORE LIKE YOUR SISTER. AND YOU NEED TO GET INTO A GOOD COLLEGE SO YOU CAN HAVE A GOOD JOB".
But I know that this is complete utterly nonsense. Sure a good SAT score may get me into a good college, but it's really not going to get me anywhere. If I'm studying to be a nurse, then why the heck do the hospitals have to care which college I went to? I could simply go to CUNY Hunter and I'd get the same education as someone at Binghamton or even UCLA. The only difference is that it'd just be a boring as heck commute and it'd be like high school all over again. But still. I just came home from 3 grueling hours of ISO Symphony orchestra with the Julliard conductor that stops at every 3 measure, and is a perfectionist. I'm tired as heck and I just want to relax and socialize with my friends of how they thought of ISO. And here my dad is, doing a whole rant on how I'm wasting money on SAT tutoring because I'm not practicing SAT tests.
"Oh prep schools only going to get you a 1700 on your SATs. You need to work hard to get over 2000".
Oh man, it's not even just my dad. My mom has the same problem. She's all like "YOU GOTTA TAKE IT UNTIL YOU'RE OVER 2000. I'm not even complaining if you get a 2350. My standards are 2000"
But my moms less strict about it because we're pretty close and talk about stupid stuff like the stupid people we've met and stuff like that. She understands that I have a life, and I have way too much on my plate already from THREE prep classes (physics mega, english tutoring, and math tutoring) as well as homework from school DURING JUNIOR YEAR. Add onto that, TWO orchestras, both rehearsing for 3 hours TWICE a week. Plus one hour flute classes, AS WELL AS church organization stuff.
Change of topic that's kind of related:
Last weekend I had a sudden urge to take care of fish. I decided to take my godmom's fish tank and use it as my own. When my dad found out, he said "psh, you have time to take care of fish but you don't have time to STUDY FOR SATs???" My mother rolled her eyes at him. She never said anything about me taking care of fish. She smiled and approved. I love my mom.
but yeah. My parents are total opposites and I really wish my dad would stop caring about SAT crap. It's just complete STUPIDITY. He really doesn't understand how much stuff I have to do every week compared to the average high schooler.
But yeah. my fish tank is complete. I just need to get a full hood from the fish store across from my church, and buy guppies to place in my tank, as well as a breeding tank for them preggy girl guppies. :)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Cliques and Groupies
In school, it is typical of us to form groups as soon as possible so we don't need to deal with other people, and we can gossip amongst ourselves without anyone else knowing. I however, was pretty reserved in freshman year and did not form a group with anybody. I was super judgmental (at least more judgmental than I am now), and judged everyone by first impressions, whether it were (was?) your bad habits, attitude, excessive cursing, etc. But near the end of the year, I found a close friend to be with, but still no group. I'm still best friends with this close friend of mine :).
However, this past year was the sweet sixteen year. I didn't feel comfortable enough to go to certain sweet sixteens only because there were cliques and groups invited, and so, I would be left alone with nobody to stay with or talk to. I look at past friends that have graduated recently, and everyone had their own groupie.
I didn't have a groupie and I still don't. I'm kind of a floater that just goes to each and every group and hangs out with everyone. It's alright, but you don't really get to know anyone too much. I'm kind of part of a crazy asian group consisting of really nice and funny half asians and asians, but my best friend isn't in it, and she doesn't really have a group, so I feel kind of bad sometimes... I hung out with my "group" today, which totally just came together 5 minutes before we were leaving, and I found it to be a lot of fun. I got to know everyone a heck of a lot better and I'm not regretting it at all.
I'm just saying I have a group to make myself feel better... :(
However, this past year was the sweet sixteen year. I didn't feel comfortable enough to go to certain sweet sixteens only because there were cliques and groups invited, and so, I would be left alone with nobody to stay with or talk to. I look at past friends that have graduated recently, and everyone had their own groupie.
I didn't have a groupie and I still don't. I'm kind of a floater that just goes to each and every group and hangs out with everyone. It's alright, but you don't really get to know anyone too much. I'm kind of part of a crazy asian group consisting of really nice and funny half asians and asians, but my best friend isn't in it, and she doesn't really have a group, so I feel kind of bad sometimes... I hung out with my "group" today, which totally just came together 5 minutes before we were leaving, and I found it to be a lot of fun. I got to know everyone a heck of a lot better and I'm not regretting it at all.
I'm just saying I have a group to make myself feel better... :(
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