Happiness Explosion
It's like everything good in life decided to hit me within these past few days:
One:
We finally finally finally freaking finally got our greencard status approved. It's been such a long struggle through the application process, and even though it was mostly my parents working through everything, and I just passively waited and went on with my melodramatic adolescent life, I still know, vicariously, how difficult and long and tedious and nerve-wracking and frustrating the journey has been. So I can finally finally finally go back to China and Singapore, which I have pretty much been waiting my whole life for (that sounds way too dramatic, but it's kind of true). I am so ridiculously excited for this summer.
I resolve to actually have a meaningful relationship with my grandparents this time. They spoiled me so much when I was little, and they still love me even now, to the point where they've save up their retirement money every month for the past who-knows-how-many-years and are planning to send it to me. That kind of dedication is really touching, considering I don't remember them or think about them at all, ever. The only time they came to visit, I was in 7th grade. I remember they peeled apples for me every day when I got back from school, and I just took the apples, ate them, and went off to my room to do homework, ignoring them completely. I'm more mature than that now.
I also would really like to meet my cousins. Everyone talks about how they have actual relationships with their cousins, and it makes me feel insanely jealous because I don't remember what my cousins sound like or look like, or even have the vaguest conception of who they are. If they walked past me on the street, I wouldn't recognize them. It makes me feel estranged and disconnected. I would like to understand what family means outside immediate family.
Oh. And I also want to practice Chinese. Especially since I don't have a chance to speak it as often as I did before.
Two:
WongFu is coming to Davis on April 30th 2010, and they are amazing. I have a feeling a lot of people know them only for Yellow Fever, which is unfortunate, because they have come so far from that. They're 3 ex-college students with no budget who manage to make quality videos. Okay, granted, sometimes the dialogue may be a little cheesy, but I really admire how they're brave enough to risk cheesiness in the pursuit of making something meaningful, instead of going for stupid humor like so much of the internet. It's not that everything they do is a masterpiece, but it definitely has quality. There's so much heart in what they do, as DRD would say, from their artful cinematography to the depth of their plot lines and dialogues, and you can definitely tell that they put their all into what they're doing.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Meadt
I strongly believe in the butterfly effect. I strongly believe that someone has watched a WongFu video, and their day has been brightened. And they've taken that happiness and spread it to the rest of society and bettered someone else's day. I strongly believe, that in the most nuanced and unnoticeable-yet-significant way, WongFu has changed the world. ./fangirl
Three:
Raptor center next quarter. The more I think about it, the more excited I get. It is just freaking so amazing that Davis has facilities like this, and I get to be a part of it. (:
Four:
Chemistry with Enderle quarter. He's so competent compared to Carter. It's amazing.
Five:
It is actually possible for me to get a 4.0 this quarter. ENG6 AND CHEM2A. UPLOAD GRADES NAO PLEASE. I'm going kind of crazy checking every 20 minutes or so. This is exciting because I have never ever gotten a 4.0. Ever.
One:
We finally finally finally freaking finally got our greencard status approved. It's been such a long struggle through the application process, and even though it was mostly my parents working through everything, and I just passively waited and went on with my melodramatic adolescent life, I still know, vicariously, how difficult and long and tedious and nerve-wracking and frustrating the journey has been. So I can finally finally finally go back to China and Singapore, which I have pretty much been waiting my whole life for (that sounds way too dramatic, but it's kind of true). I am so ridiculously excited for this summer.
I resolve to actually have a meaningful relationship with my grandparents this time. They spoiled me so much when I was little, and they still love me even now, to the point where they've save up their retirement money every month for the past who-knows-how-many-years and are planning to send it to me. That kind of dedication is really touching, considering I don't remember them or think about them at all, ever. The only time they came to visit, I was in 7th grade. I remember they peeled apples for me every day when I got back from school, and I just took the apples, ate them, and went off to my room to do homework, ignoring them completely. I'm more mature than that now.
I also would really like to meet my cousins. Everyone talks about how they have actual relationships with their cousins, and it makes me feel insanely jealous because I don't remember what my cousins sound like or look like, or even have the vaguest conception of who they are. If they walked past me on the street, I wouldn't recognize them. It makes me feel estranged and disconnected. I would like to understand what family means outside immediate family.
Oh. And I also want to practice Chinese. Especially since I don't have a chance to speak it as often as I did before.
Two:
WongFu is coming to Davis on April 30th 2010, and they are amazing. I have a feeling a lot of people know them only for Yellow Fever, which is unfortunate, because they have come so far from that. They're 3 ex-college students with no budget who manage to make quality videos. Okay, granted, sometimes the dialogue may be a little cheesy, but I really admire how they're brave enough to risk cheesiness in the pursuit of making something meaningful, instead of going for stupid humor like so much of the internet. It's not that everything they do is a masterpiece, but it definitely has quality. There's so much heart in what they do, as DRD would say, from their artful cinematography to the depth of their plot lines and dialogues, and you can definitely tell that they put their all into what they're doing.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Meadt
I strongly believe in the butterfly effect. I strongly believe that someone has watched a WongFu video, and their day has been brightened. And they've taken that happiness and spread it to the rest of society and bettered someone else's day. I strongly believe, that in the most nuanced and unnoticeable-yet-significant way, WongFu has changed the world. ./fangirl
Three:
Raptor center next quarter. The more I think about it, the more excited I get. It is just freaking so amazing that Davis has facilities like this, and I get to be a part of it. (:
Four:
Chemistry with Enderle quarter. He's so competent compared to Carter. It's amazing.
Five:
It is actually possible for me to get a 4.0 this quarter. ENG6 AND CHEM2A. UPLOAD GRADES NAO PLEASE. I'm going kind of crazy checking every 20 minutes or so. This is exciting because I have never ever gotten a 4.0. Ever.