Hi, i'm Claudine! Freshman at Whitney High School, reppin' the class of 2012. God, family, and friends mean the world to me. I love reading books, especially if they're interesting. I couldn't imagine life without music, it really is my therapy. Bonding makes my day & i appreciate people who go out of their comfort zone to act like their selves with no restraint.

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I CANT SLEEP !  i think i still have jet lag. =/

Just got back from retreat, and all i can say is that it was THE best weekend of my life. ever had something so unbelievably amazing happen to you, and you just cant describe it because every time you try, it doesn't do it justice and its nowhere near close to how the experience really was? yeah, its one of those times. For 3 days, i was surrounded by people from all these different places, and in that one moment, we were all connected, and it felt great. in just 3 days, so much has changed. i honestly feel like i found myself again. i miss michigan! i wish i can go back and have retreat everyday. :) this post would be way too long if i typed out everything that went down, so i'll end with saying that..  I LOVE THE COH KAIROS YOUTH GROUP! & MOST IMPORTANTLY, I LOVE GOD!<3

guess what i learned today?!

plaza sesamo doesn't come on
till 9:OO on weekdays. -______-

the past 2 weeks have gone by so freaking fast! and then next week its gonna go by all slow cause of comps. --x i cant wait till next week is over! school has been so freaking hectic lately. so many homework & tests & projects. but 3rd quarter's gonna be over soon! can you guys believe it? went by sooo fast!

so today, chardu came over to work on our history project! and like we predicted, we barely got anything done. we got home, ate for like an hour, took pictures, did a little bit of research, watched one tree hill, and studied for history test. it took us like almost 2 hours to finish ONE section. but i think it really helped cause we actually had a cool method for studying! :D but now i still have to read 4 sections and more than 10 pages of notes from mr. lee's STUPID powerpoints. i swear, they dont even teach me anything. and they're so stupid, and confusing, and pointless, oh and did i mention stupid? -_________- i miss ms. collins. =l i really really really think i'm gonna pull an all nighter today. because tomorrow, at midnight, i'm leaving for a COH kairos youth group retreat to michigan! i'm excited now! but it's gonna be freezing. supposed to be around the 40s? and its a 12 hour flight, so i really dont know what i'm gonna do. anyways, i still have to pack, and finish homework, and study for history. i'll probably finish at 3, if i dont get distracted. which i most probably will. and then i have to wake up at 5 to watch tele for spanish since i wont be here to type it in. cause its due on monday and i get back at midnight on sunday. so what's the point of sleeping. i'm gonna be so freaking tired tomorrow. because i'm going to actually run the mile. i mean not that i dont already every single day of every single week! ;D and then i have pcn practice from 4-6. and then i'm gonna try to finish homework due on tuesday, and then i have a confirmation interview at 8:40 and then i have to go to this one house we're all meeting at before we go to the airport, then we wait there.. for 2 hours, i think. i. am. seriously. going. to. crash.

Just got home from watching Race to Witch Mountain.
'twas pretty good. i actually laughed out loud for some
parts. but it was pretty scary, cause nobody really watches
movies on monday nights, i can't believe my parents even
let us. i guess my brother has that kind of "power" over them.
so anyways, nobody was there. and we had the whole
theater to ourselves, for the first time in my entire life. and it
was scary cause it was all dark and i kept imagining those
freaky bloody people in scary movies popping out. :O and
the prices for food are SO OVERPRICED. they're like
freaking almost $5 for this small box if candy. -______-
man, now my whole sleeping schedule is messed up this
week. i'm so tired. so, g'night guys!

So i was walking to my car after school, and guess who i found in the
front seat?! MY BROTHER! and his wonderful girlfriend, liz. they
wanted to surprise us so they came all the way from arizona for their
spring break. this week's gonna be FUN! =D

i just spent an hour with my history book open in front of me.
i didnt read it or anything cause of computer distractions, but
i just found out that we dont even have history homework today! (:

i just spent 2 hours in kaiser talking to this one doctor who
specializes on pediatric growth or something? and so he was
really nice and he was talking about the chances of me still
growing and the options i can take. and one of them involved
injecting myself everyday for many many years, and that only
guarantees. well its not even guaranteed, but it supposedly gives
you 2 more inches. anyways, it was either that or that leg
operation thing like the one in gattaca where they like take it
apart and make your bones longer, i think? i dont know but
it is a very painful operation, and im not that desperate. i
actually like being short.. sometimes. but the whole point of
that beautiful story, is that i spent all that time to find out that
i had 0% chance of growing. well the doctor said it was possible
but we both knew that will only happen when hell freezes over. =l

i think this is gonna be a really long post. just a warning. :)

SO. retreat was actually really fun! i know, shocking, right?  and just because im extremely bored, im gonna write an overdetailed summary. so first we rode the bus to this one place in rosemead at 7:30 in the morning & we had to wait outside for like, 30 minutes. and then when we got in, we played this game called postmaster. i dont know if you guys have played it but basically, there were chairs around the edges of the room and the postmaster is in the middle & goes, "my name is ________, i am the postmaster and i have a message for ___________. <--- (any category like, for anyone who has a myspace, anyone who goes to cerritos high, anyone who has a butt, etc. ) anyways, whoever applies to the category has to stand up & look for another seat and there's one person who won't have one and that person becomes the next postmaster and it goes on until one person has done it 3 times & that person will then have to sing a song of the audience's choice. so it went on, and it was so embarassing because this one kid was like, i have a message for anyone who's wearing boots and i thought she said anyone who was wearing BLUE. so, like the loser person i am, i stood up and tried moving to another seat but i ended up being the one who couldnt find one. and freaking phillip started laughing really loud & shouted, "you're not even wearing boots!!" & everyone started laughing. now they call me boots. -__________- yeah, i know im stupid.  so then this one girl finally reached 3, and she had to sing but the priest was like. okay, who's birthday is coming up in 2 weeks & michael marin raised his hand and so he went to the middle & called all the girls in the room to come to the middle & surround him and we all had to kneel on one knee and sing happy birthday to him. -_- & then we started playing this other game where there were 2 circles formed by chairs, and the inner circle was facing outwards towards the outer circle. and the 2 groups moved in opposite directions. music starts playing and you keep rotating, and you can switch circles if you want but once the music stops, you find a chair. kind of like musical chairs except for this game, you talk to the person in front of you & they give you a topic and you keep talking until the music plays again & it goes on and on. but they played really cool music! like, the music we actually listen to. & it was really fun getting to know new people.

& then it was break time and the priest called michael up and asked him what school he was from & so everyone from whitney got to leave for snack first. :) after, we just worked on these posters and more getting to know each other activities, and artsy stuff. & then lunch! it was actually pretty fun. there was a whole mess of us just playing volleyball & it felt really cool because we didnt even know each other but we were all having fun anyways. & then we heard mass, and it was going to end good but then we found out that one of the guys freaking etched something into the boys bathroom. -_- who does that in a retreat, you know? but the bus ride back was really fun. i like the game chicken taco! & i love whitney and fatima people! we got back at around 4 ish. the end. i'm surprised if you guys managed to force yourselves to read this much. i'm not done though x)

i have so much work to make up! i dont wanna go back to school. D: & i totally fail spanish now. i really really suck at participation points. ohh, and you know, everyone in my house is now sick except for my mom? haha. so i got it from mostly my dad & someone else i wont name because--SARAHZHANG-- yeahh, that's for you freako, thanks. >:) so i think i passed it on to my sister liezl, because she slept in the bed i slept in when i was really sick twice. & elaine ate from my spaghetti because she really cant resist jollibee, and pia.. well. i dunno, she took care of me on tuesday so thats probably why. but we were watching ugly betty episodes we missed, and she freaking wore a bandana to cover her nose & mouth the whole time because the didnt wanna get infected. haha. but she said it was also because she drank from my dad's cup? but yeahh. this happened before. i got the chicken pox & spread it to liezl and elaine. x)

i wish i could just sleep now. but i have so much crap to do. 25 more hours till the weekend! i think. you know its weird, because it doesnt even feel like we lost an hour? i barely even noticed it. its weird, i only notice it when we gain an hour. ohh, i tried cutting my hair today! i fail. haha. all these random stuff are coming into my mind. okay, i'm gonna TRY to finish homework now. you're pretty crazy if you read this whole post.

oh, and isau! i heard about your knees & i saw your post and picture. i dont know exactly what happened, but i really hope you feel better! i'll help you with whatever you need. :)

I HATE BEING SICK.
i'm so freaking grouchy & mean. i wish i didnt go to school
today, i wish that my throat would just stop itching, and i wish
that my head would stop pounding.

i should have ditched, but i wanted to take the dalley quiz
and IT ENDED UP BEING WORTH ONLY 10
FREAKING POINTS. >:O and stupid old bald head
is now making us run 2 miles. -_________-

cant wait till this week is over.