Currently Reading The Good Earth (Oprah's Book Club) By Pearl S. Buck see related

this xanga is pretty much dead, but im gonna post some pics anyway of this year and my trip:

random pics during school and outside of school:

tanisha and I on tye-dye day

my lovely spanish group

Neelam, Me, Jon @ Chipotle

Tahira and I

~~~~~~~China!

pretty fountain in downtown Shanghai

Shanghai nightlife

Wuzhen, the "Venice of the East"

i dunno why but i really like this pic of my parents

my wonderful grandparents

family @ Shanghai harbor

YuYuan night markets

~~~~~~Hawaii!

Paradise Cove Lu'au; my certificate of achievement for completing "lessons" in hawaiian dance lol

show; my favorite was the fire-throwing guy

there he is

one of the MANY flights of stairs we had to climb @ Diamond Head....my mom and I were gonna die

Diamond Head Summit

Horseback-riding on Kuolua Ranch; I loved my horse Blaze :]

beautiful random beach....there are so many on Oa'hu

Dole Plantation: World's largest maze...there was this game where you had to find 6 hidden stations within the maze and try to beat the record which was 9 minutes, so my brother and I told my parents to wait outside cause it didn't seem too hard......they waited for 35 minutes....lol

Hanurama (?) Bay....where we snorkeled for the first time :) it took like 20 minutes for me to learn how to breathe properly though -_-

~~~~hope everyone's having a fabulous summer; i get my license this thursday and then it's off to testmasters and volunteering for me. gimme a call if you wanna hang out :)

-jennyy

Currently Listening Back to Bedlam By James Blunt see related

mmm today was nice  big thank you to everyone who remembered (+ the calls, cards, candy, candles, lotion, CD, cheesecake....) 

im finally 16

-jennyy

Currently Reading Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2) By Christopher Paolini see related

Happy Holidays  hope everyone had a fabulous Christmas

[And happy late december birthdays to Vincent, Pavithra, Cindy, David, Daniel, Deanna, Ramya, Chris, and Jon  ]

My break has been pretty relaxing; I recommend Carnival cruises to all ^-^  we left the day right after exams ended and flew to Orlando and first hung around the Disney area for about a day.  I was disappointed we didn't get to tour Universal Studios or MGM, but we ended up strolling around Disney Downtown, which was really nice since everything was so holiday-y.  The Christmas shows were awesome, and I felt like a kid again with all those Disney characters everywhere. Then we drove to Port CAnaveral to board the ship, which was a lot bigger/grander than I expected, since my parents apparently chose the cheapest package at last minute.  We didn't do much on board actually, just sleeping, watching shows and movies, wandering around aimlessly...enjoying the complimentary buffets and elegant 5-course dinners :D There's not too much to say about the Bahamas either; we didn't take any tours or excursions, and didn't have enough time (or willing to give up enough money) for snorkeling or scuba-diving, so we basically just hung out at the beaches...the water was pretty though.

Pics:

My mom and I in the hotel lobby, trying to figure out where to go

At the Downtown Disney Marketplace entrance

Lego people!

Dinner at our hotel (Disney Swan)

Our ship :)

On deck

Universe Lounge, where the shows were held every night

Pic every family takes before boarding the ship

Shopping around the Bahamas

(bad scanning) Dinner aboard where they had random dressed up ppl come around to take pictures with you....too bad he doesn't look more like Jack Sparrow :P

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Anyways, hope everyone has a happy new year! enjoy the rest of our short break :\

Much love,

-jennyy

Currently Listening Hung Up By Madonna see related

Ground Rules: The 1st player of this "game" starts with the topic "5 weird habits of yourself" and people who get tagged need to write a xanga entry about their 5 queer habits as well as state this rule clearly. In the end, you need to choose the next 5 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "You are tagged" in their xanga and tell them to read yours.

I got tagged by alicia :D

lets see...

1. If I can help it, i go to sleep/turn off my lights at either 10:10, 11:11, 12:12, 1:11 etc. Like if it's 10:30 i'll probably stay up and kill time even if there's nothing to do and get ready for bed around 11:00

2. I always HAVE to know what time it is, even though I usually don't wear a watch; i tend to freak out and drive people crazy if I don't

3. I play with my earrings or twirl my pencil/pen/writing utensil when i'm a) bored  b) nervous or anxious

4. When playing music, i HAVE to finish the entire piece before leaving; ex. if someone happens to call right in the middle of some piano song, I talk, hang up, and go right back to finish it even if its 3 hours later and my parents are sleeping :P

5. I have this pretty sand thing that I won at an auction in middle school, and when you turn it upside down, the grains of sand fall and form some sort of pattern. I flip it over every morning, and try to get ready before the last grain falls, sort of like an hourglass.

I tag tanisha, jessica m, curtis, emmeline, and megan :)

Currently Watching Pride & Prejudice see related

happy thanksgiving  hope everyone's thoroughly enjoying their break like I am

eh, im too tired right now but i promise a super long entry once we all get through this semester

^ all by myself

<3 jennyy