Mental vs Physical

When you think of basketball, you probably think of sweaty people bouncing a ball while running up and down the court. What you probably do not think of is how the game is more mental rather than physical. In my opinion, basketball is 30% physical and 70% mental. Physically, you need to run, jump, and pass. Mentally, you need to do a lot: Predict movement, anticipate your opponent, and most of all, calm your mind. If you play while thinking too much, you’ll most likely be “off”.

While I play, I try not to think too much. When I think too much, bad things happen: my passes miss, easy shots become terrible failures, etc. Also, I try not to think and believe that I am tired. If I believe I am, then I am. If I believe that I’m not, then I’m not. That’s how I am able to endure so much basketball after both proms. Lol. I try not to stand there when the ball is in the air. I would like to keep my feet moving and keep on working. If I stop, there’s no doubt that I’d get lazy and walk than run. See? Mental. The physical part is easy. Eh! Basketball is easy!

(Just kidding, Kenny)

Lowell Prom: Before & After

Before:

It was just like any other Sunday. I wake up early in the morning to go to church. Had Sunday school, then walked to Downtown to take the 30. The stupid buses kept skipping the bus stops because the buses were full. Darn asians. Got off at Brannan, then walked to Hoogasians to pick up Seward & Betty’s corsage and stuff. Man were the flowers nice. I should’ve picked it for my prom instead! Haha! I’m just kidding, Seward. Walked back to the 30 bus, then took the bus to head to the hotel. Seward ended up on the same bus as me somehow. Got off at Chinatown, walked down to Hilton to check into the hotel. We laid our stuff stuff, then he started watching TV. I haven’t eaten anything at all at that time so I ran out to grab some food. Came back and watched TV with Seward. People slowly started to arrive to get ready. People that came: Angela, Betty, Kevin, Kenny, Jennifer, Annie, An Duc, Sabrina. If I forgot you, I am so sorry! People got ready, then we all went to eat. I walked to Downtown, took the metro to Civic Center, then walked to the restaurant. Man was that a long walk. Ate Ate Ate. After we ate, we walked to City Hall. Along the way, the homelesses on the streets would ask us for money. We just ate … we didn’t have money. Also along the way, we would take pictures. I guess I was the designated photographer, right Annie? Stayed with them until they left, then me and Sabrina took the metro to Downtown to meet up Edward. Walked to 7/11, then the 30 bus to take to Chinatown. I was supposed to buy snacks for the group but Walgreens was closed. We then walked to D&A because Edward had to use the bathroom, then Sam’s Burger for him to buy dinner. Went to a liquor store to buy snacks, then back to the hotel to play Singstar. At around 11:30PM, we left to hotel to meet the group back up again. After the prom ended, they slowly came out. Waited until around 12:20AM, walked to the metro with the group, who are now: Kenny, Connie, Angela, Betty, Seward, Kevin, Edward, Sabrina, Me. Bussed back to the hotel. Played Singstar and random games. An Duc and Annie came back at around 2:00AM? Slept at around 5:30AM. From 5:30AM – 9:30AM, no one really knows exactly what happened, but random stuff happened during that time.

After:

Woke up at around 9:30AM. I only had about 1.5 hrs of sleep tops! Boo! Walked up to Chinatown and took the bus with Seward, Kevin, Kenny, and Connie to Men’s Wearhouse. Returned the tux, then cable car’d it back to Chinatown. Met up the girls back at Sabrina’s house to look at pictures. Left to go eat Pho. After Pho, we took the bus to Helen Wills to play pickup games of basketball for a bit. Played knockout with the girls and some stupid 4 on 4 where guys can’t go in the key. That was a horrible idea. After that, 3 point contest with Seward, Kenny, and An Duc. Winner right here! Haha. After that, took the bus with the group, who was now: Annie, An Duc, Betty, Seward, Angela, Kenny, Connie, Me, Sabrina. Went to Quickly to grab a drink, then went to Woh Hei Yuen to play charades. Everyone went home at around 7:00PM because they were all tired.

Although I didn’t go to prom, I was still broke. How? Ask stupid An Duc, haha. I’m glad everyone had fun at prom. Seeing everyone all dressed up made me miss the Galileo prom. Oh well. At least the hotel room made me feel like I was at least PART of the prom day. Haha. Lame… I know .. boo.

Inside My Head: Conscience

I have a habit of keeping my conscience in check. I wouldn’t want to do something that I know would make me feel guilty. This past week, I’ve been facing decisions like “Do this? Or not do this?” and “Stop doing that? Or keep doing that?” Whether I like it or not, I end up picking the choice that would make me feel good about what I did. Although I may feel good about what I did, I may regret it afterwards. I don’t know if that’s bad or not, but it usually sticks to me like glue. I won’t stop thinking about it until something takes my mind off of it.

I’ve also noticed that I’ve been picking on and making fun of certain people more often. Non-stop jokes and capping. Note to self: Put a cap on how much capping I should do on one person before it gets too far. Kenny should know what I mean.

Cold Sunday

I’m trying my best to update this as much as possible. Man, what a hassle! Well, lets see…

After a long discussion of Lee Hom and Jay Chou with Betty late at night yesterday, I slept late. Woke up soooo tired and sore from too much athletic activities. Yes, I do sports. Anyways, got a ride to Chinatown. Once I got there, I found out that I forgot my phone. I then walked to Downtown to take the bart back to my house, walked all the way back, grabbed it, then walked back to the bart station to bart back to Chinatown. Went to church at around 9:30. Sunday school and fellowship. Lunch at social hall, then just hung around playing 24, shooting some hoops, and eating watermelon/spaghetti. I still have to own Bailey in 24 one day! Got a call from Betty saying they’re at Woh Hei Yuen. Went there to chill for a bit. After much sitting and silence, Kevin, Kenny, Me, An Duc, Betty, Angela, and Sabrina all took the bus to Westfield. Walked around and sat, playing Truth or Truth and random questioning games. Went to Riteaid for some ice cream. Kevin and I then decided for the group to go to Ma’s for something to eat. Ate. Waited for the 12 bus while talking. It was so cold, An Duc’s leg hair stuck up! It was perky! Haha! Left for home. Now I’m here.

What a cold day! Yahoo said it was gonna be 72, but it felt at most 65. It was so foggy everywhere that it felt like late winter, early fall rather than spring/summer. Come on summer! Why do you lag so much!

Recap on Yesterday

We (Angela, Kevin, and I) decided to have brunch at iHop so we got to iHop at like 9:30ish to eat. Done at 10:45. Took the bus to the metro station and took the M to Lowell. Angela had to go to class. Annie soon replaced Angela. We walked around Lowell, then when Angela was done, we left to go to Stonestown. We were suppose to take the M to my house, but we ended up drinking lemonade from Hot Dog on a Stick. Went back to the M stop, then decided to go to Downtown/Chinatown. We took the cable car, but then the cable car got stuck so we ended up taking the … no we walked to Chinatown. Bought some ice cream, then took the 1 to Angela’s. Met up Sabrina there. Chilled there for about an hour, then we went to Helen Wills at 3 to play basketball… then tennis.. then more basketball. Betty, Edmund, and Karen came while we were playing tennis. We stopped when Helen Wills closed at 9. Walked to Chinatown to eat in Hing Lung. Kenny took Karen’s place when Karen had to leave. After we ate, we walked around Chinatown to loiter like we always do. Home. Sleep. Done.

Sunburn

How’s the orange and black look? I’ve been waiting for summer to arrive for the longest time. I’m still a month or so short, but I can still do things to prepare for it. I’m gonna bet that I’ll be getting a lot of sunburns and tans in the next few months. As if I can get any darker, right? Any darker and I’ll look like Kenny

It was Annie’s birthday yesterday, but I’m mentioning it today. Karen, Kenny, Sabrina, and I gave her a nice surprise of whipped cream to the face and fresh-out-of-the-nozzle whipped cream to the head and back. She kept trying to run from me and Kenny, but we caught up easily. Trying to resist is useless, Annie Anyways, happy birthday loser! Hope you liked smelling like vanilla ice cream while going back home. I’ll be watching out for you during the summer. ;]

P.S. About page has been added!

Nothing Much Happenin’

After AP Exams, Prom, etc, nothing much is really happening. There’s no more need to walk around Downtown for 3 hours to look for someone’s dress. There’s no reason to go to Barnes and Noble to study for exams. (Although, I still go to Border’s to read random books for fun. I’m no nerd. Just bored.) All there is to do is go to Quickly and grab a drink, then whatever happens after that is a mystery to me.

I haven’t really bought anything materialistic for the past few months. I should start buying clothes and stuff before I heard down to college. Something tells me that I need to change my whole closet before I head down there.

Prom!

Prom! Whooo! Haha. Anyways, I’ll let you guys in on my schedule that I had on that day.

9AM – 11AM: Stupid UC Writing Exam crap at Lowell. After, Sheldon drove me home. Had to run out to Chinatown early because Edward needed me to surprise Jenny, which he failed to.

12PM – 1PM: Met up with Jenny and Edward and got them checked in to their hotel room. After playing around in there, I had to jet to go pick up the corsage and stuff.

1PM – 2PM: After the long walk to Hoogasians, I took the bus back to the Hilton where Edward and Jenny was. They used the ice box so I had to compromise and use the metal trash bin. Filled it up with ice and put the corsage in there. It worked well.

2PM – 3PM: Asked Kenny to bring my tux to basketball practice. Watched basketball game on TV until time to go to practice.

3PM – 5PM: Practiced obviously. Kenny almost killed my ankle. Worse time to do that, Kenny. Lol. After practice, Ben gave us a ride to get our stuff.

5PM – 6PM: Ran around Westfield getting stuff for prom; flowers, journals, chocolates, etc.

6PM – 7PM: Got to the hotel. Got ready. It was chaotic in the hotel room. People were fighting for the shower and stuff. Got ready, then met up Betty at the girls’ room. Gave her flowers, then headed down to meet Ben. Got our pictures taken, then sat down at a table. (P.S. Betty was walking around finding the picture booth. We ended up walking to where the kitchen was.)

7PM – 8PM: Took pictures with people and sat down at a table.

8PM – 9PM: Dinner.

9PM – 9:30PM: Nothing really happened.

9:30PM – 10:30PM: Grr! Betty!

10:30PM – 12AM: Dancing, of course! We were killing with our own made up dance move.

12AM – 12:30AM: Went up to our room to decide what to do. We all decided to go to D & A in Chinatown to eat. People included: Ada, Chris, Jenny, Edward, Kathy, Richard, Betty, Me, An Duc, Kevin, Jennifer, Kenny. If I forgot anyone, sorry!

12:30AM – 1AM: Heading to D & A

1AM – 2AM: Ate. Mmmmmmmmm!

2AM – 3AM: Head back to Hyatt. Took the 30, then walked along market back to Hyatt.

3AM – 4:30AM: Messed around in the room. Sang songs for fun. Pillow fight?

4:30AM – 9AM: Sleep? .. Well, kinda …. GRR BETTY AGAIN! Nah, just playing. You’re a funny girl, Betty. Haha.

9AM – 12PM: Messed around in the room again. Pillow fight? Shower?

12PM – 12:30PM: Downtown to return tux.

12:30PM – 1:30PM: Ate at Golden King.

1:30PM – 3PM: An Duc’s house to YouTube and chill.

3PM – 6PM: Basketball and Helen Wills

6PM – : Quickly

I had loads of fun! Thanks Betty for being my date! This dance is sure “Unforgettable”!

Back to Pressin’ the Word

Well… since SOMEONE asked what happened to my blog and why I don’t update it(Betty), I guess I’ll start updating it now from now on. Let’s see what happened today …

School obviously. Only 4 more weeks until graduation!

Second period: Langley’s class is killin’ me. So much lectures and talking that it makes me want to cut it, but I never do.

Fourth period: Exam is over! That means no learning and work in that class. Played Scrabble with Jon, Corey, and Tony. Then .. Connect 4 + Othello together with Corey. Then .. Chinese Chess with Corey . Then .. ran to get lunch. Oh yeah! I had to borrow money from Ay Bay Lay cause Edward borrowed my 10 bucks.

Lunch: Intramurals. Enough said.

Sixth period: Physics! Wow! The boringest class of senior year. Adrian and I made a bet on who can stay awake the longest. I THINK I just closed my eyes for like a minute or two, but I didn’t sleep. Technically, no one won. We eventually called it off and went to sleep for a bit.

Afterschool: Took the bus all the way to downtown to pick up tux. Kenny went to his Men’s Wearhouse. I went to mine. Man! There were so many people picking it up that it took about half an hour to get it. Had to take the bus all the way back to Sabrina’s house to drop it off. Chilled there for a bit. Went to Quickly with her. Met up with Angela, Betty, and Kenny. Kevin and Jennifer eventually came by. Went to Woh Hei Yuen. Hang around the see-saw like we always do. Home. Here. Done. Woooooo!