upty up / Saturday, March 28, 2009
How deep the Father's love for us,
How vast beyond all measure
That He should give His only Son
To make a wretch His treasure
it's been more than a month. i decided that i had to update this thing before march is over so that i have at least a history of each month on this blog.
so what have i been up to? well, of the eight/nine colleges i applied to, i've heard back from three. umo - accepted, uvm - accepted, smith - waitlisted. and i'm still waiting to hear more. my guess is that i'm going to be rejected from northeastern, but who knows. and.. i really want to get into bu.
and whatelse have i been up to? there was disney and jazz fest and.. horrible chem and sleepy calc. where should being? FLORIDA!
it was awesome. i still miss it. the water was horrible. every morning, the reason why i dreaded getting out of my bed was because everytime i rinsed my mouth after brushing my teeth, i wanted to puke. why cant all water taste like maine water? i like maine water.. it tastes like singapore water. i never noticed the difference between either of them in the first place.
let's relive that wonderful vacation
day oneas hard as i tried, i didnt sleep and went to the jetport at 4. waited at the check-in, plane, ear popping, pain. flew to baltimore. called my bro and told him i was so near virginia. plane, even more pain. orlando. changed into shorts and flipflops. eric, the tour guide!
coach bus, air conditioned, ahh. epcot brochure. meal card. park pass. little blue pouch thing. arrival at EPCOT! big golf ball looking globey thing. mexico. ooh! i have a funny story of something that happened at mexico: jalana's vegetarian. and the burrito at the stall in mexico comes with beef. so she tells the lady no beef. the lady puts it on the receipt, NO BEEF. ladeeda lala, she gets her burrito, and takes a bite. CHOMP. oh what's this? "oh, it's ALL BEEF."
and, "what does it say on my receipt? oh, it's even in caps" NO BEEF. hahaha. that's mexico for you. at epcot.
so went round epcot. england, japan, china, germany, switzerland, africa, america and lastly ending up at italy to do our clinic. which wasnt as spectacular as i thought it'd be. it was in this trailer kind of building.. you know. i was expecting some.. more concrete kind of recording studio. but whatever. we played tarzan.. fun. and recorded it onto a tarzan clip. also fun. but.. still a little let down. whatever again. then FIREWORKS :D me likey. went to the hotel, ahh... and slept on an empty tummy.
day 2what did we do? i dont really remember. we.. played at downtown disney i think. yeah. and i saw this place called.. buil-a-dino! haha and totally thought of angela and rachel at build-a-bear ((:
playing was fun. saw mrs crocker, oh and get this, mr crocker. and you want to know what the sad thing was? they were sitting so far apart from each other. mrs crocker talking with an empty seat next to hear and mr crocker sitting alone, in a different section. i will say nothing more.
and can i say that i love olympida? it was so epic because it was sorta raining at the same time! after playing, we went to animal kingdom. splash splash puddle, wet leah, wet shorts, wet feet. pizzafari!.. where i ate a kid meal of spaghetti, because it was more worth it than the non kiddy meal! and i wasnt feeling very pizza-y. then i went on this safari tour on the SIMBA ONE! "simba one, do you read me? over." let's save the baby elephant from poachers!
then splash splash on some wet ride that got me pumped with adrenaline for the highlight of my trip.. the first time i went on a rollercoaster in more than.. 10 years! EVEREST. i think i made it more scary for myself because i closed my eyes and when i do that, it just creates more fear because i dont know where i'm going. so i hated that ride. the drizzly day was pretty much perfect for animal kingdom and its jungle atmosphere.
then off to hollywood studios aka mgm, to watch jazz. everybody took pictures of the giant magician hat and the old 20s-30s style hollywood buildings with the dreamy background of the evening sky (i still havent been able to upload pictures, yeah). some little building in the corner, jazz. sat in the the last row, up top. famous trumpeter with awesome cuban accent played fenomously, better than wayne begeron. legit. started bopping around in the our last row with elizabeth and katie and clancy. jazzing out. electric air intrument thing. cool. barbecue at the hotel. jamie lied about not being able to mini golf with me. played with lucas, colin and ill kyo, even though the lady said it was closed for the night (it was because they ran out of balls).
day 3 got up early to play put put aka mini golf with sarcastic eric and colin. ate breakfast first. splash waded in the pool after put put. ate 2nd breakfast. bus to magic kingdom! -.- overrated. i hated that place the most. it was where i was the moodiest. everywhere i went i saw little kids screaming and crying because their parents wouldnt buy things they wanted. spoilt brats.
i missed the first monorail to magic kingdom though. the first took off with most of the band and all the chaperons. but in the end we were all safe with our pictures in front of the castle. then lost leah, jalana and kaiya because i went to talk with colin. found leah, split up with colin wanting to go to space mountain and me being too petrified. got fast pass to.. something mountain, with the mining and yeah. pirates ride while we waited. passed by the smoking section (first part that annoyed me). then mountain ride! the next highlight of my vacation! the first rollercoaster i actually liked! WOAH.. then splash mountain! and as we walked round and round we passed by the same smoking section! and saw little kids standing with their parents, waiting for them to be done with their cigs! and then hi baxter's mom! who doesnt smoke.. she was getting fries (:
then pirates again and i was starting to get a little annoyed with leah's impatience (2nd thing). but i didnt let it show. then food at some place in tomorrowland. space mountain fast pass. tom sawyer ride island. parade passed by, with high school musical-esque sound. got petrified of space mountain as the time came nearer.
leah, jalana and kaiya went on without me, while i watched another spoilt brat nag her mother to buy her a chipmunk hat. mom says no. dad's like whatev. child cries. screams. mom says fine. talks to dad. some sales problem. mom and dad talk to sales personal. little girl plays around on a stone bench or on a bush branch or something. falls. cries again.
leah, jalana and kaiya are back! find jamie, ally and kyle. go on the tram thing around tomorrowland. whoowee! find dinner at some hotdog place. see meg there too. dont know when to meet at the exit. something about watching fireworks together. jalana and i go to the exit together. lost jamie and others. see no sopo people. head to the castle. find jamie, leah and kaiya. find colin and rachel. jamie, jalana, leah and kaiya go get ice cream. split with colin and rachel. get pushed around, because disney workers tell us go in front of the rope to watch the parade, BUT NO FREAKING PERSON LET US IN.. "oh, my husband's here" pfft.
disney man: please move along and find another spot.
rachel: but i waiting for my boyfriend
disney man: really?
rachel: yes, prince charming!
we were so pissed man. find space finally. watch a light show flash parade of disney people. then fireworks. it was so funny. as we walked through the crowds we were holding hands like little kids because we didnt want to lose the only sopo people that we were. (:
day 4downtown disney. annoyed with leah yesterday, went with molly to a kodak store to buy a battery for her camera. then window shopped. snow globes (: and HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. saw the cartoon glove i was debating to buy. split a pair with molly. gobbled a statue bust of walt disney. jazz ensemble played. high school musical again. more window shopping? frozen coke. narnia. star wars. stuff.. high school musical. every hour on the hour. ate lunch and got three cups of coke for the price of one, because of the free refill place. so mary ann bought a cup and i borrowed it to pour coke into my empty water bottle. indiana jones. my favourite day. bought a plushie, my ball of joy, a round baby mickey. so cute! colin said it was so throwable.. -.-
back to jazz and we were the underdogs. skeff shook hands with mickey!
day 5woke up. breakfast. wanted to play put put with colin, but decided packing was more important. waded in the heated pool with kaylee. played lotr pinball. raced with colin. didnt play put put. checked out. downtown disney. spent all meal card money, but three dollars. listened to we the kings at virgin music store. good buy tour guide eric! plane. good buy florida! and your chlorinated water!
i really miss it.. disney. not the water.
jazz fest was pretty awesome. besides our out of no where judge scored us an 84. i worked as a judge runner too, after playing. which i have to say was the best job for me. no cranky bands to guide. listened to jazz all day. fun.
yeah! i'm proud of myself. i managed to actually update with a long post.
cheerio!
/Hopped!
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