SPEAK


okay cant blog for long..

first week of schools doing well

i have a Chem test and two english quizzes tomorrow.. vocab and grammar..

no time to blog

time to study my @$$ off.. will blog saturday or smth..


Ciao~


NanaBanana on Top of Tour Eiffel

Qu'est-ce que ca veut dire?

Bonjour monsieur, mademoiselle..

comment allez-vous?

you might be wondering why i m speaking french.. well.. basically.. its coz.. i got kicked out of spanish. and i m 'forced' to take french.. I originally planned to take spanish as my foreign language in school.. and there didnt seem to be a problem until my 2nd day of the new semester.. one of the school administrators came and asked the upperclassemen to leave..

the reason is coz the class was only meant for frenchmen oops i mean freshmen.. and upperclassmen are not allowed to be in that class.. just so you know..

9th graders here are called Freshmen (first year in high-school)
10th graders are called Sophomores
11th graders (ME) are called Juniors
and
12th graders are called Seniors..

yea so.. spanish I was in the freshmen academy or the freshmen hallway.. where most of the classes are.. so i wasnt spose to be there.. and the only available class was French.. unless i wanted Spanish with the other upperclassmen but that would mean my whole schedule revamped.. and i wouldnt be able to take Performance Ensemble..

this semester i have

Chemistry Honors ( BOOM goes the chemicals) and YUUCK goes the stink bombs
English III ( i dont think many would enjoy english here)
Performance ensemble (arr.. i shouldnt have dropped creative writing.. BLAH.. i have to PLAY the piano)
and
FRENCH I.. bon soir

so thats my sad little tale.. i know a few french phrases.. by the end of my senior year.. i hopefully would be able to speak french.. haih.. i wanted spanish so bad.. YEEBA YEEBA ANDELE ANDELE.=( oh well..

nothing i can do..except visit Paris and the Towr Eiffel and Luxembourg. and RATATOUILLE.

its hard.. learning a new language.. when you re 16.. its so foreign.. and how am i goin to associate french with nything.. BOO..

i wish Lake Norman offered Itallian or Japanese.. arrrr...

Oh and this year.. i ll be 17.. my FIRST birthday away from home.. aiks.. so weirrrd.. i m turning 17.. can get my LICENSEEEE..wooots.. i need a car.. hehe.. nybody? NYBODY? =)


before i bid you au revoir..

i would like to say



Congratulations to XIN HUA FOR GETTING GOOD GRADES FOR HER O-LVLS!!

PROUD OF YOU.. twat..



NanaBanana bids you AU REVOIR

Things to do

1. French Homework ( i m taking french as a foreign language in school.. i did post about it.. but my blardy blog was acting up..curses)

2. Practice piano for Performance Ensemble (what the heck have i gotten myself into)

3. start putting papers into my folders..

4. do white laundry

5. put away laundry on the floor

6. check english homework..


NanaBanana has Things to Do..

My blog is acting up..

i just posted a post about something eventful.. and it acts up.. wont turn up on the screen.. screw it.. dumb blog.

BOO-YA!

that is SO Kim Possible..

anyway.

my room. is BRRR.. cold

for some reason.. its cold.. i like it at night when i can cuddle up in my blanket.. and still feel warm under the covers.. but during the day.. i dont want to cuddle coz it doesnt feel right.. UNLESS its raining.. haha

so whats been happening lately..

hmm. mommy had an operation.. major surgery.. but shes doing well.. seems like everyones goin for operations lately.. or being admitted to hospital.. hmm.. weird..

Chinese New Year is around the corner.. more like 2 more weeekss!!

makes me miss home a little bit more than usual.. all the chinese food.. all the cookies.. all the decorations.. and ALL THE ANG PAOS.. but the best part is.. seeing ALL.. and i do mean ALL your relatives during CNY.. all the cousins who have been too busy with college.. or have flown overseas to study flock back home for the festivities.. all the relatives who live in Penang or Australia or Singapore come home to celebrate..

then you get to see the grandparents.. or in my case.. grandmothers..

you can look on their faces how happy they are to see all their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren together...

then the COUSINS.. and nieces and nephews...

on my moms side.. the family is wicked big.. the oldest is mayb 40? and the youngest.. is probably only 2.. yea.. but you see them run around screaming and misbehaving.. its actually quite funny.. until someone starts crying.. which happens fairly often when we re together.. buts all bits and pieces of a happy chinese new year. =)

on my dads side. i have only one married cousin.. and she has a daughter who is 3? or 4? [signs of aging.. you forget your nieces/nephews ages] blah.. nyway.. the youngest cousin on dads side.. is 2.. adorable-ness.. or mayb he s 3.. lolx.. ANYWAY.. its pretty fun too.. esp when cousins from singapore come down.. coz the age group is closer to mine.. and me and XH and whoever else wants to join.. would have either a tv marathon or a computer marathon.. where we watch shows..be it Jesse McCartney or Full House.. or just plain music videos..

this is the FIRST [and i foresee many more to come] chinese new year that im going to miss.. =(

but my good wishes will still remain.. GONG XI FA CHAI.. have a prosperous chinese new year.. blessed with joy, peace, love, good health and prosperity.. AND good food. (cheeky grin)

i for one.. will be going to SCHOOL FOR CNY.. tackling chemistry, english, and spanish.. BLAH..


welcoming the year of the RAT..

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR ( ill have a REAL cny post .no worries)


NanaBanana in a Cheongsam..

Ski trip

Aha! the long awaited post of my ski trip. =)

lets see if i can remember all the details..

arr...

we left mooresville NC on Xmas around 10 am.. drove to the airport. cant remember what time we boarded the plane.. but i remember the plane ride being a rather pleasant one. nobody sat in the 2 seats next to me.. so.. i had room to occupy all 3 seats.. we had a layover somewhere.. dont exactly remember nymore. BLAH. but when we finally reached Denver, Colorado. it was dark. and it was COLD.. and there was SNOW.

and it was good snow. powdery kind of snow. light. so we went to the car rental place and rented a minivan.. omgawd.. tight squeeze. and had to drive up to leadville...10,152 ft above sea level. coz of the elevation. all the liquids we were carrying, eg: toothpaste, shampoo (in tubes) squirted when you opened them.. lolx.. it was actually quite funny..

when we reached leadville.. it was past midnight.. and there was NO WHERE TO EAT..all the shops were closed.. sucked BIG TIME. we were cold and hungry.. so we went to our hotel. and it so happened the hotel had held a xmas party for its employees.. and they had some hor'devours.. it was actually quite good.. very hungry.. scarfed some food down.. very tired.. went to bed

the interesting thing about where we stayed was.. it wasnt a fancy schmancy hotel.. it USED TO BE.. keyword = vintage.. yeap.. it was a very fancy hotel back in its day.. mayb the 1800s? i dont know exactly.. but it was the time where women still wore those big skirts with underwires..

ANYWAY.. we had the biggest room or should i say SUITE in the whole hotel.. it was the corner room.. and it had 2 rooms with a connecting bathroom.. it reminded me of the bathroom jie and i, and babe used to share.. kids had one room and the parents had the other.. so all 5 kids in one.. and 2 parents in the other..

NEXT DAY- 26th Dec 2007

we went to the ski rental area.. which was conveniently just across the road.. one thing i have to say about colorado-ians. they STOP FOR ANYONE.. lolx.. well generally in US .. pedestrians have the right of way.. but it doesnt mean everyone will stop for you.. whereas in colorado.. everyone stops for you to cross the damn road.. lolx..

but i got fitted into my ski boots.. which by the way are not very comfortable.. those things are like rollerblades minus the wheels and plus weight... they were heavy.. and chunky.. and made you very clumsy-ish.. and my skies were actually the shorter ones.. they were about up to my collarbone height.. and they too were heavy.. after everyone else got fitted with their gear.. we drove up to Ski Cooper.. the ski resort

i got my lesson together with jie.. our instructor jim was nice and he was funny.. then after the lesson.. both of use practiced on the bunny slope AKA the easy slope.. and then HOT CHOCOLATE.. which was super sweet.. i only could manage to drink half the cup.. jelak after drinking such a sweet cup.. and the weather was AMAZING.. the skies were blue and the sun was shining.. perfect day for skiing.. Supposedly Colorado is known for its blue skies..

later that night.. we had dinner.. if i m not mistaken we went to Rosie's BrewPub.. good stuff.. =)

next day - 27th Dec.

oh my poor muscles.. how they ached.. actually it wasnt so much aching.. it was just my thigh muscles and my arms hurt a little.. i guessed i was literally pushing myself a leeetle too hard.. but thighs hurt from bending forward.. sandra would know what i m talking about.. lolx

we went back to SKi Cooper.. we went on the bunny slope agian.. tryin to turn properly and coming to a halt.. and braking and STOPPING.. blah.. i thought i was gettin the hang of it. jie was gettin the hang of it pretty good tho.. then eric suggested we get on the green slope..

FYI.. slopes on ski areas have their levels of difficulty.. so green are the easy slopes, blue are a leeetle bit harder.. and black are the hardest.. so AS I WAS SAYING.. eric suggested we get on the green slopes.. i remember the name of it.. it was Molly Mayfield.. that was the name of the wretched slope... me being a beginner and all.. omgawd.. it was too hard for me.. HELLO it was like my SECOND DAY OF SKIING.. i kept falling.. my skis kept flying off.. i was so @#$%^ frustrated.. i was so ready to give up and just sit there and bawl my eyes out.. the was how frustrated i was.. and i saw jie going down slowly BUT making it down.. eee.. i was even more frustrated..that she was gettin it and i wasnt..since i was the sportier one compared to her.. grrr.. then i made it down.. slowly.. s..l...o..w..l....y.. but i MADE IT DOWN.. took me freaking 10 hours to get down.. well not that long.. mayb 45 minutes?

Then we had dinner and we went to bed..

Next day.. 28th Dec

we went to copper mountain.. it was a bigger mountain.. and it was a dense crowd.. jie hurt her ankle so she decided to stay in.. so i went to the beginners slope.. no way was i going to go on greens after the disappointing day the day before.. so i bought my own ticket.. and WALKED ABOUT 7 minutes west-bound.. 7 minutes you might think is nothing.. go to %^(* try walking in the COLD where it is ELEVATED in the SNOW carrying SKIS wearing SKI BOOTS.. it seems like an eternity.. and i was ALONE coz everyone else went to other slopes.. and i only had a map.. and lolx.. confession time.. i ve never used a map in my entire life.. the only map i comprehend.. is the directory in the malls.. so i was pretty proud of myself =)

when i got there.. LO BEHOLD.. the ski attendant was cute.. and the slope was easy enough for me.. and there wasnt a crowd AND here s the best part.. there was a warming shack.. it was like a small pondok with walls and HEATING.. and i went up the lift like 3 million times and down the slopes like a PRO.. was happy.. and did i mention.. the ski attendant was soo cute.. ahaha

and that just made me happy.. i dont know how long i was out there.. probably for about 3 hours.. but i really was enjoying myself so much.. when it was time to leave.. i hiked back to the lodge and had a sandwich and a mocha.. bleargh.. coffee is gross..gives me caffeine headaches..

I ll continue the last 3 days of my ski trip tomorrow or smth.. now that i m DONE with tests.. and its exam week.. and its pure bliss.. ehehe.. i have pics.. which i ve already posted on facebook.. who ever has facebook you can go see.. i have loads of pics there.. it hink blogger takes too long to upload pictures..

Anyway.. NanaBanana is Back in Blogging Business

My 100th POST!!!

exciting aint it..

i just saw sandra's blog and it reminded me of MY ski trip in Colorado..

all that snow.. honestly? i actually do kinda miss it..

even the cold weather..

here in mooresville..

its stinking cold sometimes.. but cold doesnt feel right without snow..

oh well..

its warm here..

i can get away with short and a long sleeved t.. its that warm.. in WINTER..

Anyway.. im gonna have and EOC (end of Course) exam for Algebra II this tuesday.. its the NC state exam

i hope i dont bomb it..

i think if you fail the EOC you dont get credit for the course you took

AND I M PASSING THAT CLASS..

WITH AN A..

i have a 94 in that class.

so i better stinking PASS with at least a 94%

ugh.. i m nervous about it.

i can do MOST/MAJORITY/95% OF THE QUESTIONS

but you know how MAATH is..

it deceives you... TRICKS YOU, MAKES YOU LOOK STUPID WHEN YOU DONT GET THE ANSWeR..

so i better ACE the test..

i know i will

imma beast like that..

Oh.. and all you ppl who say i m getting fat, who keep TEASING ME ABOUT IT...

FYI.. i gonna lose weight.. just.. you WAIT (henry higgins!)

so not gonna give you the satisfaction of seeing a fat Elena..Hmph

pictures will be posted soon..

i think i ll do it after tuesday.. i have 11 days off for exam week since i only have that ONE state exam..

i ve already had 2 of my finals..

i have a 97% in my world history

and i have so far 104% in my chorus..

LOOKING GOOOD

i m trying to get like high marks for Health.. i wanna ace PE/Health no thanks to ms. myers.


NanaBanana Over and Out

Depressed


i cant find my star shaped pendant i bought at the renaissance faire..

i love that thing

but i cant find it

and its driving me absolutely crazy

ugh

Argh

NanaBanana wants her Star shaped pendant back..