January was such a fun month! My parents shuttled off to China/Hong Kong for three weeks, leaving the car and money behind. bwahahaha. Diane and I enjoyed our dose of long-awaited freedom. I think my culinary skills have improved...
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January:
1. FREEDOMFREEDOMFREEDOM. Freedom to go anywhere, buy anything (well, grocery-wise), sleep anytime, wake anytime, hang out with anyone. I've never felt so unrestricted in my life.
2. tons of driving. Alllll over the Bay Area. Berkeley to San Jose to Fremont to San Jose to San Francisco. Tons of driving to Fremont BART. Tons of exploring. And two almost-accidents heehee.
3. I realized that I'm a closet clean freak. I get irritated when people leave their trash in my car, like when they finish a food item and stuff the wrapper in a crevice of my car. THAT IS NOT A TRASH CAN. REPEAT. THAT IS NOT A FREAKING TRASH CAN!!!!
MY CAR IS NOT A TRASH CAN
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On a side note, I should make some rules if I schlep people around.
a) Feel free to change the music if I don't care... but as driver I get the ultimate say in choosing the station. muahahaha fair enough?
b) Eating in my car is fine. I'm totally okay with that. Go ahead and put your wrapper/beverage/whatever in the cup holder after you're done eating. I only ask that you remove your own trash!!! It is only common courtesy!!! I dislike cleaning up after the people that I've driven around. IT IS ONLY COMMON COURTESY ugh.
c) I don't mind if you are sopping wet from the rain and you get into the car. It's only water; it'll dry. I do mind, however, if your shoes are completely caked with mud. Please try to scrape some mud off before entering the car!! I am eventually going to have to clean after you.
d) Mmm...that's it. lol. Anyhoo before I get sidetracked again...
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4. all the cooking!! I loved the lasagna I made! Even though it's so fatty, I want to try it again. I loved trying the dishes that I've always wanted to make but never had the opportunity to try out.
5. Badminton, badminton, and more badminton! Tons of practicing, preparing, and getting in shape for the upcoming tournaments. Next week is the berk winter tournament, in which I am playing C's and D's doubles with Jenny and C's mixed with Trevor. In February, there's the Racket Supply tournament (haven't asked anyone for that one yet) and the Irvington tournament (doubles with Jenny and mixed with Chrispy). Victor tournament (march?) I am playing D's mixed with Ian. I've been trying jump smashes, backhand smashes, crosscourt net drops, and kills with Jonas. I think we've been doing fairly well with them, but my jump smashes/backhand smashes are pretty pathetic. haha.
On top of preparing for tournaments, I'm going to be doing some assistant coaching for PHHS. I actually haven't done very much so far besides attend a conditioning day and help out at their badminton clinic. Come February/March though, there'll be a lot to do. I only hope that I'll have time to help out as much as I want to; school will take up a large chunk of my time. I'm only going to be able to help out on Tues/Thurs though.
The coaches and tryout judges. L-R: James, Rose, Aaron, Vinh, me, Emily, Michelle, Alex
6. HOUSE PARTIES!!!! What else can I say???
7. new developments heehee. ;D
i hope the rest of the year will be this fun!
