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hi all.  hmm the past few weeks have been fun but hectic.  lets see..

two weeks ago was my birthday! as you can see from below..hehe.  we went ICE SKATING! at vallco.  aww it was so much fun! i felt like i was flying!  thanks guys!

then...the week after was the RICEBREAKER.  in other words...an icebreaker for hella asian people (haha get it? i didnt make up the name lol).  it thought it went REALLY successful!  it made me feel good cuz we've been working for about 2 months to put it together you know? so yah that was cool.  we had little icebreaker games, then major competitions like an rice eating contest, karaoke, and scavenger hunt musical chairs.  one of the main attractions was the bboy battle at the end.  my boys form mitty won 2 rounds! i was so proud.  i had a lot of fun and i hope everyone that went did too.

then weekend...well thanksgiving!  HAPPY TURKEY DAY by the way!  i hope you all had a good one and i am thankful for YOU  but yeah went over to angela's house and had some good food and catching up.  then after i met up with my cousins form my dad's side and grabbed q-cup.  havent hung out with thtem in a while too.  it was good times.

today (the day after thanksgiving sale) I think eveyrone and their great grandparents were shopping. lol.   no no i didnt go. But I passed by the valley fair exit on my way to breakfast and it was MAD crazy.  The exit had a line all the way to the exit before it. Aiyah.  im not very patient when it comes to long lines and fighting for items.  but my best friend megan is surely a dedicated shopper.  her and mike padua woke up at 6 AM to go to the mall!! and i heard ADRIAN woke up at 4 AM to go to fry's!!!!  wth man.  you guys are nuts. but i love you guys

i instead watched Ray.  i liked it very much!  then went over to megan's and baked chanelles cake.  "hoppy birthday"....thanks guys.  anyways...after frosting it with our cool food colored frosting, we went to deliver it at CPK in oakridge.  we stayed for a short dinner and sung chanelle her birthday song.  woot woot! happy birthday sweetie!

and yeah.  im surprised tmrw's only saturday! but at the same time i know im gonna want more vacation. lol. i think tmrw ill wake up and whatever and im thinking about going over to the library to study and do hw for a little bit or something. lol.  i know it sounds nerdy but i actualy have a lot of work to do and i know i'll procrastinate til sunday and that wont be enough time cuz ill even lag then and stuff.  so yeah.  wish me luck! hehe.

but yeah havent updated in a while and just leetin y'all know whats up.  leave me comments! i think its fun. hehe.  ill talk to you all later.  bye peoples!

alicia

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY

TO ME!!! 

HI EVERYBODY!!!

i just have to say....hmm im REALLY REALLY HAPPY but at the same time like minor stressed.  im not sure if that make sense....but ehh.. it works. hehe.

just happy with my life in general and how its headed.  but i mean school's in the back of my head and i think thats the only bad thing going on right now.

yeah sure my parents have been kinda "eh" lately.  kinda lecturing me about going home late or tlaking on the phone and school and stuff.  and its not that i dont care, cuz i do, a lot.  just, i dont think they understand at the moment.  or i could be making up excuses. 

ok i dont know my mind is just all over the place. but overall, im good.. hows that?

theres my update.  i need to put up pictures for y'all. and i will.

OH! this past weekend i went to the NASCAR race in atlanta!! it was mucho fun!  tell you more baout it later. i now have to go do my physics lab and my religion paper.

good night y'all!! byeee!

 alicia

Oh my goodness.  So I havent written in here in forever.  Its not that I didn’t want to, its just that I haven’t had the time.

A lot has been going on lately.  I haven’t even been able to go to piano since I did my show!!  I feel so bad.  But everyday is always packed with some type of activity or another.

Like every Tuesday I’m at school until 8PM cuz I have peer counseling after school until 3:30 and then another meeting for LIFE Team from 6-8PM.  In between, it would take too much time to go home and come back—especially when you think about traffic and all.  Every Thursday I have been out until about 7PM, because I have peer counseling again until 3:30, and then I have a meeting at the Teen Center for the RICEBREAKER we’re planning for various asian clubs among Bellarmine, Notre Dame, Santa Clara, Wilcox, and Evergreen.  I’ll explain more about that later.

Lately I’ve been worrying about college apps, and multiple tests like SATs and ACTs.  Every weekend always had something to do with either family or friends.  Like a couple weeks ago was HOMECOMING!!  Mucho fun by the way!  But unfortunately, because I sprained my ankle the week before from Powderpuff Football, by the end of the night my ankle was swollen and was in pain.  BUT I still had fun!! hehe. See! Can’t believe I forgot to tell you guys that!  We were practicing for the real game on the coming Wednesday but some girl tackled me and I fell on my ankle.  To this day its not fully healed so I can’t strain it too much.  Like I cant play football or bball too much just in case I slip it would get worse.

And I cant believe I forgot to write….I GOT A NEW CAR!!!!  Hahaha it was totally unexpected too!! I love my parents.  Are you ready to find out what it is??  Durmroll……I don’t like to brag. Lol..i don’t wanna say it tot the entire world! Haha so heres a picture of it and you can figure it out yourself. 

But anyways, despite my busy schedule, hopefully I’m recharged and ready to get my life back on track and take charge.  I just came back from the KAIROS retreat, and it has definitely been one of the best experiences of my life.  I was already grateful for everything I had when I went, but Karios has only taken it to another level.  I cried my heart out and let myself go.  But let me tell you it was probably the best 3 days I’ve had for a while.  I was able to get away form the real world and just be in touch with myself and they people around me. 

I’m so not ready to be back.  Although I’m here physically, my mentality is still at Kairos.  Coming back has only reminded how much it sucks here in the real world, but I’m ready to live the 4^th and continue my journey.

You guys must think I’ve gone nuts or something. Lol.  No worries, im not planning to become a nun or something—im still same Alicia but just with a little more insight and appreciation.  I don’t think that hurts, right?

Much love, Alicia Nguyen

Ok to continue with Monday…

I was waiting for Anthony and his friends to head out cuz I thought we were gonna go hang out so I didn’t make plans with other people cuz I would feel bad if I ditched.  So I waited, and waited, and waited.  Anthony said they’d be going form 5-7.  I agreed to wait.  Then came 8.  I was SOOO BORED.  Like I would’ve just gone out by myself so bored.  And I knew it was late, but since I was waiting the WHOLE day to get out of the house I thought an hour or two wouldn’t be too bad.

So I went all the way to creek area to pick up Anthony and paul.  Drove all the way back to Milpitas to golfland, and played some games with them.  Fun times with paul, lol.  Umm around 10:30 I felt like It was time for me to head home.

Went back to doing the rest of my homework.  I got sleepy around 11:50…so I decided take a 10 minute nap and do the rest.  Well…even tho I set my alarm, I ignored it and I slept until 2:45.  that’s about 3 hrs of sleep.  I stayed up until morning finishing up everything.

Tuesday/Today:  Did a lab in physics, and watched a video and a quiz in anthro.  I slept for like 15 minutes of the video..it was about human evolution.  So eh…and then written comp was regular, and spirituality fell asleep for like 5 minutes during meditation.  But I actually thought I had a lot of energy for going on 3 hrs of sleep.

Cuz…I went home after school and I go to the gym. Hahaha, sometimes I think im more attentive when I don’t get to much sleep once in a while.  lol sounds funny.  But yeah it felt so good working out since I haven’t since school started.  I ran on treadmill and cross trainer for a total of 30 minutes (not that much I know) but then I did weights on my arms for about another 30.  felt good. Wanna do it again.

Then…came home, ate a little, did homework but I fell asleep, and I woke up to shower and finish hw..cuz my cousins nette and chele came!  Nette came up from san diego and she’s leaving tmrw, and chele moves down next week so we decided to hang out and luckily I finished hw before so yeah.  We were gonna watch garden state but we were late for the showing and so we decided to go to qcup and just chat and catch up on things.

Got home at midnight and here I am blogging before I go to sleep.  I hope I fall asleep fast cuz this heat is killing me.  wow I wrote a lot about today. Hehe.  Guess is till have a lot of energy in me.

But I know if I don’t sleep now it will all fade away tmrw.  So, im off.  Good night!

 alicia