One more class and it'll be over tomorrow. Seems way too strange. Everything is so surreal. We'll never have Bio labs with Mrs. Thomas, no more creative projects with Ms. Goodwin, no more whispering and goofing off in TOK and no more Math fun just the 9 of us...*sniff sniff* I have Physics tomorrow and that's it. I'll miss Ms. Johnson's slangs of "chickies" and "turkey-heads." I won't miss too much of complaining about how crazy French is and how boring History is. Yet, we all bonded because of those classes. The common enemy! LOL. Sigh...it's so weird. It's not officially over yet. Graduation is still a week away. But all the classes where we had fun are over. I'm gonna miss all the great times we had that kept us alive these 4 years of crazy IB work. All of us breaking away from the group and doing our own things next year is the only thing on my mind these past few weeks. Whenever I think about graduation, I just feel overwhelmed by all sorts of emotions. Maybe I'm crazy but I just feel like a part of me is breaking away. I would have never imagined I would feel this attached to high school and people 4 years ago when I entered Freshman year. Now, writing all the yearbooks and reminiscing all the memories...everything has resurfaced. I just feel like crying whenever I think about us leaving. I guess it's not that big of a deal to others cuz they're going to college with so many friends. As for me, I'm going alone to GW. I know, I'll meet new people and it's all great. But nothing will ever be the same. Haha...maybe 4 years from now, I'll be writing the same about college. Hmm, that'd be interesting. Anyway...
Yesterday, we had our Bio final. So in Physics, since we weren't doing anything in class, Kelly and I studied for it. There was so much to study and after an hour, I had a headache. Others were enjoying themselves while we had to study. It was somewhat fun though cuz we were studying aloud and questioning each other and other people had no idea what we were talking about. Kinda felt smart! Haha. They were just intimidated by all the stuff we were studying. Mike came over to look at the worksheets and he looked confused. But on the actual test, I think I did awful. Eeek! We had to identify and locate all the structures in 5 sharks. I hope I didn't do too bad. Otherwise, Mrs. Thomas would cry. I don't wanna disappoint her. But we finished the test earlier than we expected. So for the rest of the class, it was signing yearbooks, taking pix and just chilling. During lunch, I went to the Junior Courtyard to find Devin to sign my yearbook. And guess where he was. He was up on a tree, hanging upside down! Haha...typical Devin! We signed our yearbooks and I started feeling that sadness again. Sigh...it's so sad to leave. :( In History, we finished watching Rocky and it was so corny. The fight took about half hour and then at the end, it seems as if (as Mr. Kane put it) Rocky had ended the Cold War. Then we watched a crazy movie. It was a satire of Arthur and the Round Table. It was like a forced-comedy. Some of the stuff was funny but some of it was just really stupid. Meriem's fave scene is when one guy wanted Sir Lancelot (I think) to cut down the largest tree in the forest with a herring! LOL. That was quite funny. Anyway...Math was totally fun! We have been painting the ceiling tiles and yesterday, we did handprints of the entire class. Of course, I put some hand paint on a plate and I just pushed my hands into it first. My hands were already covered when the others got there. I was having fun. I was like, "Who wants a hug?" Both my hands were covered with red gooey paint. It turned out really well and of course, everyone wanted me to write on it. So I wrote "IB MM2 2004." I'm gonna go take a picture of that tile tomorrow if I can. That'll be awesome!
Last night was Awards Ceremony. Both my parents were working so Aye came with me. We got there around 6:40 and a lot of people were already there. We ate some food and we went into the auditorium. We got good seats though - 3rd row. It went on for a while. When it came to the Booz Allen Hamilton Community Service Award, both Ali and Sylvie said I'll probably get it. I didn't really think so. Plus, I knew I was there for IB diploma medal. I filled out the application but someone else probably has more service hours. So I was just sitting there but at the same time, hoping I would get it. The woman talked for a long time before she said my name but she totally butchered my last name. I get $500 scholarship and the non-profit organization that I put down gets $500. Of course, I put down Special Olympics. I was so happy! It's kinda weird now cuz in the last entry I talked about how volunteering is awesome and last night, I was awarded. Haha. :D And both Ali and Sylvie knew about it too. The woman had been going around, asking people how to pronounce my name. Yet she still mispronounced my last name! She called my Nguyen. I'm definitely NOT a Vietnamese. I'm not insulting anyone. It's just the stereotype that I don't like. People see an Asian with a last name starting with N and they automatically assume it's Nguyen. Anyway... The ceremony was really long though. It was finally time for IB diploma candidates. They called each of us, 42 students, up (the highest percentage ever!) and gave us a certificate and a medal. After about 10 students, we started hearing all these crashes. The medals were coming off of the cloth necklace (?) and falling to the floor!!! :O It was hilarious! About 4 or 5 of them fell off. We worked hard for 4 years and we get a cheap medal?!?! How great! When I got mine, I didn't dare put it on. I held it in my hand carefully. It'd be sooo embarrasing if it falls off at graduation when we're on the stage! Devin was teasing us about it. I told him it could be worse next year when he gets his. Haha...
Today was fun. We took our Math final which was fairly easy. Before I was done with it, Matt took my digicam and started taking random pix. That was funny! I'll put those up soon. But tears...our little Math gang...I'll miss that. TOK was finally a fun class. Mr. B. gave us free time so yearbooks and pix. Fun stuff. Ify was going crazy with my yearbook. She kept adding more to it like 5 times, literally! Mr. B. played the horn for you before class was over though. And I gotta say...I would have been fine without it! :P LOL. It was the end of the day for the seniors since it was a half-day for us. But I went to Earth Force for our end of the year pizza party. I chilled with Devin and Yemi for a while. And Ify came and ate too even though she's not a member!!! Haha. *shaking head* Ify... Right before I left, I was sad again. I had to hug them again and of course, pix! Devin would be taking care of Y-Not, Earth Force and Interact next year so I was asking him to keep them going before he graduates. I'm sure he'll be good at it.
So I went to Panera and met up with Ali, Carolina and Lizzy. Others came later. It was definitely lunch hour and it was so crowded. Luckily, we got there a bit early and got the space. So for the next 2 and a half hours, we were taking pix and signing yearbooks. We were laughing sooo hard too. It was so much fun. Everybody was looking at us and smiling. The school stress was gone and we were just crazy!!! We didn't even make sense most of the time but that's why it was so hilarious. And we were writing essays to each other! My yearbook is completely filled out. I added 4 extra papers and they're full! And I still need a few more people to sign it. Sylvie and Schuyler haven't even signed it yet and I'm sure Sylvie will write a lot. But it's fun stuff. It's really nice to read them. That book is gonna be a good thing to have next year when I'm missing all my friends. Well, anyway, I don't wanna end it all sad. So I'll write again later. This one is already really long. I just wanna talk about soo many things! *shake head* :P Bye.
~ Ei Ei :*
Stay with me
Don't fall asleep too soon
Tonight we belong
It's finally you and I
I wasn't meant to love like this
Not without you
Cuz when I look at my life
All the pieces fall into place
It just wouldn't rhyme without you
Cuz when I see how my path
Seems to end up before your face
The state of my heart
The place where we are
Was written in the stars
