computers are weird

well, i just noticed that my computer that was messing up a week ago and not letting me post randomly posted all the posts i tried posting. it's quite funny, as beth pointed out, that you can see my frustrating growing and my patience leaving. anyway...

big match tomorrow against connelly... in the past, our team has not been able to get a single game against this girl named lindsay kinsler. you know what, this year, i am fired up, pumped up, and ready. i am gonna come out tomorrow swinging and on fire. i want my game off this girl, and i sure hope that i can get it. Isn't it great how one game can mean so much :) i got as close as ad-in against her last year, but this year, hopefully i will get the full game.

well, i am off to do homework.. i wanna get it done so i can sleep and prepare!

hooroo!

fore!

is that how you spell it? you know, when you are golfing and you completely shank it and want to warn somebody that the ball is coming their way, you are supposed to yell "fore!" well, i dont know how to spell, but i sure know how to say it. I went golfing with jenny yesterday at Los Coyotes country club. it was so much fun. I had never played a hole of golf before...only the driving range. I stepped up to the first hole, and prepared to tee off. I was in some funky "golf get-up" that i just loved and was very excited about teeing off. so, i swung and... slice! it was a hard hit, it went high, and it went to the left... hitting a tree and not coming down... haha, it was a great way to start the day. the rest of the day was fairly similar, except there wer times where i just couldn't hit the ball, or i kept on hitting the top of it and it would just pop up 3 feet to the right and in front of me. it was great. My favorite shot of the day: 2nd hole had a lake, and i tee off. I completely slice it (again) but it goes to the right of the lake, hits the bridge that you drive the carts over to get to the hole, and lands on the grass. it was hilarious... i said that i did it on purpose, you know, going across the bridge. its a much safer shot. anyway, the ball landed about 5 feet from the water, and i pull out the pitching wedge (with jenn'y advice) thinking i am gonna hit it on the green. golly, i was wrong. once again, i hit the top of the ball, and lands right in front of me in the lake... now thats sad... seeing your ball land in the water only a few feet in front of you. thats okay though, cause i my next tee off went great.
i will post some pics up... too bad i cant figure out how to do video yet, cause i recorded a few shots. anyway, enjoy the pics.
thats our victory shot at the 9th hole... yay!

3rd is the charm

okay, for some stupid reason, my posts will not post... i just get errors. i spent 20 minutes typing my first attempt. then, not wanting to retype it, i listed things in my second... now, my list will be even shorter and less descriptive... soory

-weather=awesome

-lightning and thunder=makes me happy

-bummed=match cancelled due to rain

-car=filthy=me mad cause rain soiled, not cleaned, my car

-washed my car

-no homework cause i did it in class (when teacher gave time, and in my TA)

-did i mention i am a TA for a PE class... TA=fun

-gonna sleep --> rest up for tomorrow's match.

hooroo

i want to punch my computer

i just spent 20 minutes typing up my blog, and then there was an error so it wouldn't post... i will summarize because i do not want to retype it all...

-weather=crazy, but i love the thunder and lightning... love it! especially the deep vibrating i feel in my chest from the super loud thunder... and i love the crazzy looking lightning!

-bummed out about match cancellation... only downside to rainy weather.

-car was soiled, not cleaned, by the rain... filthy, absolutely filthy... i couldnt see through my windsheild... my car looked like i had gone off-roading.

-so, i washed my car :)

-had no homework cause i got it all done when teacher gave us time in class... and with my free time in my TA period i got my history done. (did i mention i am TA-ing with a PE class? well i am).

-tired, gonna sleep and rest up for match tomorrow

hooroo!

busy NOT doing homework

isn't this weather crazy!?!? it is so awesome though... i mean the actual weather part. i love the lightning and thunder. they are incredible things to experience. i love the flashing of the bolts and the deep vibrating you can throughout your body. it's just great. plus, i love the fact that today, i got by with a tshirt, shorts, and flip flops without being cold or anything... well, i did get wet... quite wet. only in california can you wear that kind of outfit and survive in a random rain down pour. however, i did not enjoy the fact that tennis was cancelled... thats the only downside to rain... no tennis. thats okay though, we have a match tomorrow.

also, when i got to my car after school, i nearly had a heart attack... my car, instead of being cleaned by the rain, was soiled... it was filthy.... filthy!!! i had parked under a tree, so all the dirt came down with the drops that fell from the tree. i am not exaggerating... it looked like i had gone off-roading. when i got in my car, i couldn't see through the windsheild, so i spent a minute with the wipers going and the water squirting... grody. anyway, i came home and washed my car... i didnt mind that one bit!

tonight was my first night without homework, and let me tell you this: it was wonderful. when the teacher gave us time in class to do work, i did it... and i finished it. it was nice to come home and not have to worry about school work.

well, i am off to bed. i want to get some sleep for my match tomorrow!

hooroo!

can we say, "wow"

well, today was a day of cleaning... bedroom cleaning. now, i must say, my room was in terrible, bad, ugly condition. so, it was time. my mum even helped me. it was a task that seemed impossible and tiring. tiring it was, impossible it wasn't. now, you may think i am exaggerating a bit at how messy my room was. because i knew that my words would seem a little hard to believe, i decided to take before and after pictures. i am a little embarassed to show the mess of my living quarters (is that how you spell it?), but hey, it only makes my room now look cleaner and better. so please, if messy rooms make you sick or disturb you in any way, look away and do not read any further.

well, you can figure out the before and after for yourself... enjoy!!




















































so, what do ya think? cleans up pretty nice, eh? well, i am gonna put two more pics up... they are both things i am proud of...one is off my picture fram collage (which i did in the middle of this summer, and the other is of when i broke 6 strings at once while playing tennis (that felt good!)

simple math: school + homework + tennis matches = less time for posting

so, how do you like that... i can add!

ya, school is busy busy busy busy. lots of homework, lots of stuff. luckily tennis after school allows me to forget the stresses of school. today, after practice, i forgot i was in school... it felt like a summer practice where i could go home with no school-worries or homework. sadly, my bubble was burst... pop!

tennis tomorrow... i am excited. there is gonna be really tough competition. speaking of tennis... go kim clijsters! she won the US Open on saturday, along with 2.2 million dollars, the biggest payday in the history of womens sports!!! it was her first grand slam and well deserved. kudos kim!

pomegranite... hmmm, how is that spelled

well, i am off to bed... gotta rest

ta-ta

and so it begins....

yup yup, school has finally begun...began...whatever. maybe i will learn the correct word in AP english this year. school is already busy with homework and quizes. not many teachers believ in easing us in. they are basically asking us to run 10 miles without having run in a few months...ok, maybe i am exaggerating. but seriously, it's hard to get your brain going the way it was a few months ago.

tennis is going great... i had long long sets today. i won't get into the details, but i will say they were long... and i know i am probably be sore tomorrow. but it will be a good sore. i won two of my three sets with the one i lost going to a tiebreaker, then i lost 8-10. all in all, it was fun. i look forward to my next match, but i really need to work on my strokes.

well, i am tired, so i am off...

hooroo

twas the night before school starts...

yup yup, that's right! school starts tomorrow and i am not prepared in mental form. my brain is not ready for school and school work. i am still in the "eat, drink, play tennis, sleep" mind set. i am so adapted to it, i think i might go into shock once it changes!

ok, so i may be exaggerating (sp?) this a bit and being a little too dramatic... but hey, i can do that. however, i will stop now cause it is just pointless to go any further.

so i had my first school tennis match today! ok, lets see... good news: i won all three of my sets :)
news that's not so good: i need a lot of practice... it's a totally different game than what i am used to... i am used to the harder hitting, the chasing down balls and what-not. it's hard to create your own pace... however, it is something i am gonna work on, and i look forward to working on it... and my serve as well... boy, my serve fell apart today... but hey, i can work on it!

well, i better prepare for school... fun fun fun.
i like preparing, but i can go without actually starting. mmhmm

ta-ta

the effects of boredom

Once upon a time there was a wave. The name of the wave was, no surprise, Dave. Dave the wave. Dave was a big powerful wave. His massive blue body surged across the surface of the ocean with great majesty and deceptive speed. Oh yes, Dave was quite a wave. From the moment he rose up from the ocean he felt special. He felt invincible. Ferocious storms battered him with wind and rain, great ships sliced through his very heart, and yet he rolled on. It was not for him to stop and consider the other waves. To stop was to die. Waves have to keep moving… or else.

But then one day Dave saw a strange darkness on the horizon and, for the first time in his life, felt fear. What could it be? Was it connected to the laughing creature sliding across his face on a piece of wood? But before he could make sense of it all, he crashed down into the darkness. For a brief moment, he felt a weird, splashing feeling, then oblivion. Dave was no more. He was now part of the sea. And as we all know, the sea lives to make waves.

i'm divin' in

well, after seeing a pic that tennis player tatiana golovin took, i became inspired and wanted to do similar pics... well, here ya go. at my aunt and uncles house, i took a plunge in the pool along with my racket and tennis ball and came up with these pics... thanks to my pop for taking these pics!

it was a lotta fun. here's a pic of me and my cuz under water...

yup yup... fun stuff!

pics from yesterday

well, here are some jumping pics from yesterday... it's a little bit of foreshadowing for the kind of pictures i took underwater. golly, there is always a racket in my hand :)
a lot of fun with these pics... lots of fun. thanks to my mum for taking them.

long time no post...

its been a while since i posted... actually, not really. there's just been some fun things that have been going on that i haven't posted of yet. so post i shall!

well, lets see. on monday i went on a short hike... i am totally blanking on the location. that's bad though, cause i drove. speaking of me driving, it was my first time on windy roads (whoa, i just realized that "windy" could be pronounced in two different ways and mean different things... so i will spell it out phoenetically... wine-dee). yup, i was a little nervous, but the great part was that there was only one car behind me that i had to pull over for on the way up and one on the way down... that way i could take my time and not worry about other drivers being mad at my leisurely pace.

so the hike was about 5 miles round trip. the view was pretty from the top... here's a pic -->


then tennis was great as usual through out the week.not much new going on as far as tennis goes, but i will keep you all updated.

today i went to see my younger cousins and my aunt 'n uncle. it was a LOT of fun. they have a pool so i got to swim with mu cuz and mess around (she's 4 years old). i also brought my underwater camera and tooka few pics (its a film camera, so i will post those pics later). the theme of these pics is a lot of fun... you shall see soon :) then i played with barbies with my cuz and had fun doing kid stuff. then she showed me how she got ready for bed. she is so cute... she has a whole routie and everything.

i will post more pictures from today tomorrow after i get a chance to crop them a bit. i have to say, having this new digital camera has been a lot of fun and has come in handy... i've already used it a ton!

well, i am tired... gonna go sleep now.

hooroo