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27 April 2003

I WON!!!!!!!! *dances*

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Webbyness
» Awaiting with Bated Breath
[08:12 PM]

Just under 2 and a half minutes left on an auction for a Kittie necklace. I'm on the verge of peeing my pants (not literally but you get what I mean... hopefully). Oh the anticipation of auctions! *nervous*

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F5
» The Last ________ and My Weekend So-Far
[09:01 AM]

1. What was the last TV show you watched?
Some interview on the CBC with Rudy Giuliani (sp?).

2. What was the last thing you complained about?
Not having a T1-83+ Silver Edition graphing calculator (or any graphing calculator at all for that matter) and how I want to buy one on eBay. RAHHHH for eBay!!!

3. Who was the last person you complimented and what did you say?
Probaby Jason, I don't know what I would've said though.

4. What was the last thing you threw away?
Kleenex I blew my nose on.

5. What was the last website (besides this one) that you visited?
eBay, my site in shining armour (RAH!! =D).

Friday: did hw, talked on the phone, eBayed.

Saturday: hw, watched Identity (verrrrrry spiffy, go see it!), ate all-you-can-eat sushi, phone, read Spin Magazine (the one with LP on the cover) grade 8 yearbook and reminisced. I love reminiscing. Heh.

Now: eBay, coffee, F5, listening to Meteora (LP). Why I've been up since 7am on a weekend is beyond me. *shudders*

Later: church? (I don't feel like going though), mail a Laundro sale, get my passport picture taken, maybe go and buy something although I don't know what or where, especially since I have nearly no money, finish tweaking English ISU (literary analysis on A Prayer for Owen Meany, worth 20% of my final mark, due tomorrow), finish (almost-impossible-for-my-dumb-and-math-defunct-self) math hw (sinusoidal curve word problems... GRRRRR!), watch The Practice.

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21 April 2003

I just won an auction for a Weezer lunchbox.

W O O T   W O O T ! ! =D

I cannot live without thee, eBay.

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F5
» Celebrities
[05:55 PM]

1. Who is your favorite celebrity?
The Goo Goo Dolls.

2. Who is your least favorite?
Avril Lavigne. *GAAAAG*

3. Have you ever met or seen any celebrities in real life?
I've seen tons, but I've actually met Simple Plan. David is a sweetie. =)

4. Would you want to be famous? Why or why not?
I would love to be famous. You get free stuff.

5. If you had to trade places with a celebrity for a day, who would you choose and why?
I don't know, I'd have to think about that one.

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15 April 2003

I never thought I'd call any day during which I had to spend any amount of time in school "the best of the year-so-far", but today has most certainly garnered such a title.

I had a full rehearsal at 7:15a. Not the BEST start, but it went well. Ran through stuff we're going to play for the Pops concert (May 1st, Markham Theatre).

Wrote the Euclid contest 1st and 2nd periods. By no means did it go well; I think I only answered 5 or 6 questions (and those are the little a) b) c) questions, not even a full question!) but I don't care. I'm not even supposed to write that contest this year anyway. The "good/best" part was I got out of 1st and 2nd periods, which was a refreshing change.

Lunch was the best. It was sooo gorgeous outside (high of 28°C!!!), so we ordered 3 pizzas from Pizza Pizza. We waited outside for it to be delivered and the weather was so beautiful and everyone was so cheery and goofy (not that we're not but y'know. Maybe its the weather). When we got them, we strolled back into the caf at school with everyone gawking at the pizza boxes and polished them off in like 10 minutes (probably less). I ate as much as the guys (4-5 slices) and Ryan was surprised. LOL.

Wold Religions was cool. Had a quick lesson/lecture/intro thing and then we started watching The Prince of Egypt. We're going to finish watching it tomorrow.

Math was a breeze. We were given a big fat investigation (37 questions!!!) and told to do it during class and take whatever wasn't finished home for hw. Ally's Algebra/Discrete class which is next door to mine didn't have a teacher today, so they took attendance and then she did her Physics homework in my class. I got through a good chunk of my investigation thing and I finished it up when I got home.

And that was the best school day ever this year. YAY! If every day were like this, I wouldn't mind writing a Euclid contest every morning, seeing that I left my answer booklet about 85% blank anyway. =)

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13 April 2003

Found in the Markham Economist and Sun, Saturday April 12, 2003, page 6:

"Re: Too much spent on minorities, letter to the editor by Jan Rogers, March 29.

"I agree with Ms Rogers. english and French are the official languages in Canada, including Markham.

"I believe everyone should have basic English and French skills before they live here, if only for public safety concerns. You cannot relay a distress signal verbally unless you speak the language. Emergency services staff must be at their wits' end trying to find people in distress situations when they cannot communicate.

"Constantly trying to meet the language needs of newcomers is crazy.

"In Markham, we have seen invasion, not immigration. I don't believe for one moment the Chinese community has any other intention than to recreate China here.

"No doubt the people in that community consider learning Enligsh or French not worth the effort.

Roy Weldon
Markham"

Allow me to begin by expressing my disgust at Mr. Weldon's ignorance, which is not unlike the attitude of colonialists who arrived in North America from Europe who successfully reduced cannibalism to "simply a perverted appetite and therefore offered proof that Europeans were superior by virtue of their rational self-discipline and moral restraint" (Frank Lestringant in his 1997 book titled "Cannibals").

Mr. Weldon: You have no concern whatsoever for the well-being of Chinese people, so don't go on about how people who don't speak the official languages of Canada are a safety hazard to themselves.

You also need to check your dictionary for the definition of the words "invasion" and "immigration". Markham has not been "invaded" by the Chinese: those who are of Chinese origin have legally immigrated here because they have the right qualifications according to the points system.

You say that constantly trying to meet the language needs of newcomers is crazy. Unless you are calling any and every Chinese news publication printed for Chinese people by Chinese people in Chinese “crazy”, I do not see your point. Unless Chinese had been added as an official third language, I do not see this as "crazy".

You are a bigot when you say that the collective goal of the entire Chinese community is to recreate China. I am Chinese, and therefore a member of the Chinese community, yet I know for a fact that my goal is not to recreate China. I am not even from China. You disgust me with your ignorance and when you stereotype all Chinese people into one Satan.

I find it hypocritical that you don't complain about the Chinese immigrants who built the Canadian Pacific Railway. They were probably not fluent in neither English nor French, but I suppose it comforts you to know that many of them died when their non-Chinese supervisors blew them up while they laid dynamite in rocks to cut through cliffs so the railway could be built.

I am disappointed to see such bigotry in existence in such a beautiful place like Markham. I have lived here for 15 years and until now, such blemishes I have not seen.

Tina Wong
Markham

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12 April 2003

1. What was the first band you saw in concert?
The Wild Strawberries. I was in grade 6.

2. Who is your favorite artist/band now?
The Goo Goo Dolls

3. What's your favorite song?
I can never ever pick a favourite song.

4. If you could play any instrument, what would it be?
The tuba or bagpipes. Just because.

5. If you could meet any musical icon (past or present), who would it be and why?
The Goo Goo Dolls because they're my favourite band of all time.

Went to Jono's last night for Mike's birthday party. Weezer singalong around a campfire, roasting marshmallows, pizza in the hut (not Pizza Hut, but cooking frozen pizzas in Jono's hut thing), and a few laughs resulting from too much booze and enough weed. I don’t smoke at all (no cigarettes, no weed, nada), although Mike thinks I’m lying and that Ryan and I probably our trumpets as a bongs. That has got to be THE funniest trumpet player joke in a while.

I have two rough drafts of essays (both cumulative assignments... ARGH!) due on Monday and the Euclid contest on Tuesday. So its going to be WORKstudyWORKstudyWORKstudy until tomorrow night’s Trading Spaces Goes Hollywood from 8-10p on TLC.

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10 April 2003

Well, maybe not, but our rating at MusicAlive's Sr. High School Jazz class certainly was. Woot woot!

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9 April 2003

I'm not quite dead; I'm actually very much alive drinking PC Sparkling Grapfruit soda, listening to Queen, and studying for my trig test.

Jazz festival tomorrow.

Doot doot doot.

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5 April 2003

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4 April 2003

1. How many houses/apartments have you lived in throughout your life?
2 apartments in Hong Kong, 1 apartment in Scarborough, 2 houses in Unionville.

2. Which was your favorite and why?
This one! Its the newest and nicest and biggest out of all the places I've called home.

3. Do you find moving house more exciting or stressful? Why?
It is very stressful. I am a pack rat and I can't bear to throw things out even if I know its useless. But redecorating is sooooo EXCITING!

4. What's more important, location or price?
Location affects price. I think it is important to be satisfied with both location and price.

5. What features does your dream house have (pool, spa bath, big yard, etc.)?
I would definitely need a replicator and a holodeck. ;)

Done? Good. Now go to the TF Boards and register because Ally is the best. =)

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Life or Something Like It
» Four-Day Weekend
[06:44 AM]

Environment Canada: Freezing Rain Warning Continues. Buses have been cancelled again. I am not complaining.

*dances*

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3 April 2003

Buses have been cancelled due to a severe winter storm warning. We're expecting a lot of freezing rain (3/4 inches of ice accumulation so says 680 news) with a few centimetres of snow in Toronto and surrounding areas.

Its insane. But if I get to stay home, that's fine. =D

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1 April 2003

We played the best April Fool's jokes in Music today.

It all started a few weeks ago when we noticed this one guy in class would always go to the bathroom at the same time every single day (10:30a). So today, at 10:25, everyone asked to go to the bathroom and most of us left class.

When we came back, Mr. Taylor decided that he'd send the clarinets (which included the 10:30a bathroom person) to the other room to work on a section. He also sent in flutes to work on an entirely different section of a different piece and oboes to tune in the same room as well. It sounded like a zoo and we all just laughed and laughed and laughed, those of us who were still in the big room.

When people started coming back from working on stuff next door, someone swiped the "James Bond Medley" score from Mr. Taylor's stand when he was standing away from it. He realized it soon enough, but he never got back during class. Seeing that we weren't going to give his score back, he said that we're going to play "Irish Lullaby", which we'd already played earlier in the class and we all hate, pretty much. So, being the rebellious children we are, we started playing "James Bond" when he counted us in for "Irish Lullaby".

He was so frustrated, he just got up and LEFT. The other music teachers told us that he was weeping in the keyboard lab and that we should be ashamed because we made a grown man weep or something along those lines (they were being sarcastic, of course).

So we started playing "James Bond" on our own without a conductor. We actually got through most of the piece, even with everyong trying not to laugh.

So after class, Ryan and I decided we ought to give him back the score. We knocked on the office door, but no reply. We tried sliding the score under the door but there was a rubber strip so there was no space to slide it in. We ended up putting it on a stand and placing the stand right outside his office so he wouldn't miss it. Ryan drew a happy face on the score and wrote "I always win" and left his name.

And that is the end of the funniest April Fool's ever. Until tomorrow, of course.

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