how i met you (part 1)
it's the final year of school and i've been spending the last while recounting memories. and since i have nothing else to post about, i've decided to share some of those memories, starting with the ones dealing with how i met certain people. i'll try to limit it to people who are on lj and who i know reads my lj.
first off, of course, is lauren, since i remember this one pretty well. i remember when she came to st. max in grade 4 from saudi arabia. i remember my first feeling towards her was: jealously. she could write a better story than i could! it wasn't a dislike type jealousy. i didn't particularly like or dislike her. i was just jealous of her. i actually didn't talk to her until about halfway through the year. the friends i was with at the time ditched me during the lunch hour and i was wandering around the yard by myself. ashley d., a girl in our class (and not the ashley we all know now), was playing red light green light with lauren and some others (to be specific, mishi and carmen). i remember ashley d. talking to them after seeing me, and then invited me to play with them. and so, i met lauren through her.
that part is interesting because at the time, ashley d. was generally disliked in our class. while i tried to be nice to everyone, even i couldn't deny that ashley d. was a compulsive liar. but i was still grateful to her for showing that bit of friendliness during that lunch period. a couple of years later and after a lot of changing of friends, ashley d. became very buddy-buddy with stefania (and yes, this was the stefania we all know, the clarinet player). i remember carmen asking stefania why she would hang out with such a liar and i understood stefania when she said that it didn't matter...that if someone's alone, you should show some kindness, no matter who they are.
next...how i met ashley (or azileath), which i probably remember better. i believe that i met ashley even before i met lauren... i think we were in grade 3 and it was during a mandarin class, one that was before some holiday. a lot of people (including all of my friends...and i made a lot of friends during those torturous years at chinese school) skipped that class and as a result, i had to sit at a group of desks with ashley, her brother, and emerson (though i doubt they remember that far back). we were reviewing some stuff and everytime the teacher said something or we read something out loud, ashley would make a very weird joke (nice jokes though, she wasn't making fun of anyone) and everyone at the table would laugh but me. i remember one of the jokes was about bananas. and i remember looking at ashley and asking myself, "who is this weird person?" eventually we started talking and formed a friendship sustained by discussions of digimon during our chinese school recesses.
of course, emerson and i only formally met when i was in grade 10, at csuna.
betty...that would be first month of grade 9. she was in my english and music class. i remember hearing her play the flute during music...and there was that envy-without-dislike again. like with lauren, i was indifferent towards betty as a person...just that i wished i could play as well as she could. then, one day after an english class (scheduled days), betty caught up with me as i left the math seminar room where we had the class and started talking to me. we just moved on from there.
i know i met vivian through ashley and that it was in the french resource area. we were french partners in grade 9 and did most of our group presentations together.
if any of the above people want to add something, feel free. i'll probably continue this on another day for more people. if one of you remember something that i don't, remind me and i'll post it.
first off, of course, is lauren, since i remember this one pretty well. i remember when she came to st. max in grade 4 from saudi arabia. i remember my first feeling towards her was: jealously. she could write a better story than i could! it wasn't a dislike type jealousy. i didn't particularly like or dislike her. i was just jealous of her. i actually didn't talk to her until about halfway through the year. the friends i was with at the time ditched me during the lunch hour and i was wandering around the yard by myself. ashley d., a girl in our class (and not the ashley we all know now), was playing red light green light with lauren and some others (to be specific, mishi and carmen). i remember ashley d. talking to them after seeing me, and then invited me to play with them. and so, i met lauren through her.
that part is interesting because at the time, ashley d. was generally disliked in our class. while i tried to be nice to everyone, even i couldn't deny that ashley d. was a compulsive liar. but i was still grateful to her for showing that bit of friendliness during that lunch period. a couple of years later and after a lot of changing of friends, ashley d. became very buddy-buddy with stefania (and yes, this was the stefania we all know, the clarinet player). i remember carmen asking stefania why she would hang out with such a liar and i understood stefania when she said that it didn't matter...that if someone's alone, you should show some kindness, no matter who they are.
next...how i met ashley (or azileath), which i probably remember better. i believe that i met ashley even before i met lauren... i think we were in grade 3 and it was during a mandarin class, one that was before some holiday. a lot of people (including all of my friends...and i made a lot of friends during those torturous years at chinese school) skipped that class and as a result, i had to sit at a group of desks with ashley, her brother, and emerson (though i doubt they remember that far back). we were reviewing some stuff and everytime the teacher said something or we read something out loud, ashley would make a very weird joke (nice jokes though, she wasn't making fun of anyone) and everyone at the table would laugh but me. i remember one of the jokes was about bananas. and i remember looking at ashley and asking myself, "who is this weird person?" eventually we started talking and formed a friendship sustained by discussions of digimon during our chinese school recesses.
of course, emerson and i only formally met when i was in grade 10, at csuna.
betty...that would be first month of grade 9. she was in my english and music class. i remember hearing her play the flute during music...and there was that envy-without-dislike again. like with lauren, i was indifferent towards betty as a person...just that i wished i could play as well as she could. then, one day after an english class (scheduled days), betty caught up with me as i left the math seminar room where we had the class and started talking to me. we just moved on from there.
i know i met vivian through ashley and that it was in the french resource area. we were french partners in grade 9 and did most of our group presentations together.
if any of the above people want to add something, feel free. i'll probably continue this on another day for more people. if one of you remember something that i don't, remind me and i'll post it.