Winter Break FT ! 12.30.11 ;D

OMG you guys! Two more days until 2012! And what better way to start off the new year than hang out with your leadership friends! Today was totally fun! So, we've sorta been planning this event. We were planning on going to the movies, then Ala Moana, and then watch the fireworks. That's pretty much how the schedule worked today. First off, we were deciding what movie to watch. Darkest Hour seemed scary.... But Rhea wanted to watch it(x  But it wouldn't fit our time. We ended up watching Alvin and the Chipmunks. It seemed like a pretty funny movie in the beginning. I was sitting next to Heighlee and she told me she had a headache. She seemed fine at first, but i guess it grew stronger. She felt really sick, so she went to the bathroom. I went with her to make sure she was okay. She came back and i thought she was fine. A little while after, she went back to the bathroom after feeling sick again. I guess she said that the light if the movie was bright or something because she was holding up her bag and blocking it in front of her face. After she went to the bathroom, she texted me saying that she was outside on the bench because she was feeling sick. I showed Shayna the text and she went to go check up on her. Tamera and I followed later. She felt really sick. She wouldn't tell us how sick she felt, because i guess she couldn't describe it. I'm pretty sure that she was dehydrated because earlier on the bus, she told me that she never ate breakfast and all she ate was popcorn and an icee. I stayed with her and Shayna for the rest of the movie and the rest of the leadership people came out to comfort her. She was really sick and she decided that she wanted to go home. I felt really bad for her because she was really looking forward to this field trip and shopping at Ala Moana. I really hope she gets much better! She got picked up and the rest of us walked to Ala Moana. We had to stick together so that one, we wouldn't get kidnapped, and two, so that we wouldn't be blocking any cars. We went to Ala Moana and decided to meet back up together at the Cinabon shop at 7:01. I was with Rhea, Shaela, and Tamera when we went shopping. Shopping was really fun. We went everywhere(x A bunch of places that we went to, we didn't buy anything. Like Hot Topic, Victoria Secret, and the Lego store xD We walked into Victoria Secret and it was pretty weird and awkward... Cause of the clothing that was sold there>_< LOL so i told Rhea them that we should leave, and they said after the One Direction song finished, because it was playing on their radio o.O Lmao, so we left and we also went to the Lego store. It was soooo cool ! They could make almost anything out of Legos!! You should see all the random stuff they made! It was awesome. Rhea also went to get her book for AR this quarter. As we were ending our time shopping, we went to go eat something. I went Subway cause i had a gift card(x and everyone else went to McDonalds. Oh and did i mention that we all got pillow pets??? Well we did. We all got a whale, except for Rhea. She got a donkey xD I named my whale Willy. LOLOLOL so we went back to the Cinabon place. Oh but right before we went back, we went into THINKER Toys xD. Not Tinker Toys, you guys! That's where Shaela got everyone in our shopping group, mood rings. Thank you Shaela!(: Then, we went to the Cinabon place. We were waiting there with Joshua and Jacob. We were thinking about getting Mr. Ing a present but we forgot until the very last minute. We wanted to get him a pillow pet(x It was right across from the Cinabon shop and we had 6 minutes left till 7:01. We went and ran to ther place where they sold it. We got a moose for Mr. Ing :D But when we got there, the man who sold them wasn't there! We didn't know what to do because we had to make sure to get back by 7:01! Luckily we saw the man walking back. We bought five pillow pets from there(x THEN we finally stayed by the Cinabon shop. Rhea disappeared off to talk to Mr. Ing i think, so we just stayed there until they came back. And then, it was time for the fireworks! they were so pretty!(': But we didn't just magically appear by the pond thing, where we watched the fireworks. Oh, no. We had to walk there. And expecially because it was dark, we had to stick together and keep up with Mr. Ing. It was kinda hard because it seemed to me that he was walking fast, or trying to avoid us. I was sorta confused then. He also seemed a little mad, because when we tried to give him his present we bought him,(the moose), he said later. So we just stayed and waited for the fireworks to start, and when it did, it was pretty(': I wish i could watch them every Friday, but apparently, i can't. We then walked back to Ala Moana to get on the bus. Our shopping group all sat in the back, until Rhea moved up by Mr. Ing. We thought that we were supposed to move up too, because i thought that maybe we were supposed to stick together. Even on the bus. So when the bus stopped, we moved closer to the front of the bus. And the bus ride back to Boys and Girls Club, was COLD! But we were then back at Boys and Girls Club, and my mom came and picked me up. Overall, this field trip was very fun, yet hectic. We were all running around, in and out of the movies, all around Ala Moana, and walking back and forth to and from Ala Moana. But today was really fun. Because we all got to be together before the start of 2012. And once 2012 starts, everyone gets a fresh start(': thanks Mr. Ing and everyone else for making me a better and more outgoing person! All you guys broke me out of my shell('; I love all you guys(x Happy New Years Everyone! ;D

What Time Is It?! ^--^

Ayye guys! Guess what time it is?! No, not Adventure Time-_- It's Christmas time! It was the day of the birth of Christ! Hallelujah! Well, yesterday was a Sunday. It was also Christmas day! You think i was soooo excited, right?? Well, to be honest, this Christmas, i wasn't as excited as last year. I guess as we get older, we're not as excited. But hey, i got to put the star on top of our Christmas tree^-^ i felt special when i got to do that. On Christmas Eve, i went over to my grandma's house to open the presents i got from my cousins. We do that every year, because that's when we get to spend time with each other. I was happy i was with my family. My cousin, who is one year older than me, was way more excited than me though(x. She was all like, "When can we open presents?!" We waited till after they finished watching the news. That wasn't till another half hour! But to kill time, we sat down at the dinner table, my brother, and cousins. We then chose out a puzzle. It was a kitty puzzle(x. It was pretty challenging because the background of that puzzle had all grass and flowers, so it was hard to figure out which piece went where. Surprisingly though, that ate up our time. We were hiding in the kitchen until we heard the ending news music play. When we heard it, my cousin jumped up yelling, "Open presents!!!!" In my mind, i'm thinking, "How am i related to this person??" It was pretty funny though(:. We grabbed our presents that belonged to us, and sat down at the table. We had to write down what we got from who because we had to remember who to write the Thank You cards too. I got an American Eagle T-Shirt, some muuula(x , and a Zippy's card. Along with some earrings too. It was really great seeing the look on the people's face when they got their presents. Especially my cousin's. I knew she was going to like her present. Because i picked it out, and i know her style(: . And as i had predicted, as soon as she saw her top, she tried it on. I loved it! The look on my family's face when they opened their presents, was priceless. The next day was Christmas. We went to Church and it was nice how the Pastor's wife told the story of Jesus to the children around 5 years old. She made them sit on the ground, as she pulled out the 12 symbols of Christ. Anyways, not trying to bring any religion in here, after Church, we went home. And there "under" the Christmas trees were our presents. Yes, my brother's got what they wanted, blah blah. I'm sure you wanna know what i got(x . I already knew what i got. I went under the tree to get my camera, which i already knew what it was because i wrapped it myself. I was so proud! :D But there was another present addressed to me. I was like, "Huh?" So i opened my camera and was happy(: . I then opened the other present and saw the camera box of my mom's camera. I was thinking, "What in the world? ANOTHER camera?" But it seemed light inside. I opened it and found a tuner with a note attached to it. It said something like, "Now you have a tuner, yes? Now what would you need a tuner for if you don't have an instrument? Maybe something fell out of his sack and on top of the washing machine when he was trying to get past the family car." You see, i've been thinking of wanting to get an ukulele. But i was thinking i would get that for my birthday, since my birthday is close to Christmas. I went out in the garage, and you wanna know what's sitting there, on top of the washing machine??? An ukulele case! I was so happy!! It was such a surprise! And the sound was beautiful. I started learning from my brother right away. But you know, it's not about the receiving. It's about the giving. And the look on my cousin's face is something i would never forget.('; Merry Christmas to all && to all a GoodNiight!

2nd Quarter...

2nd Quarter. Oh My Goodness. SOOO much has happened. Let's start with new jobs. We added more jobs to our regular jobs. It was because some of us didn't care about our regular jobs. So Mr. Ing decided to add more jobs for us to care more about. Music has to play music in the morning and during wiki, TV has to make lunch playlist, to play at lunch that day. After School Sales has to watch the lounge, (another thing that was added. It's like a relaxing place, to play games or do homework.) during morning and wiki, and ID's still have during morning and wiki. These jobs has helped us become more responsible, like checking the time and coming down 5 minutes early. Also, during quarter 2, we had to work on the yearbook. Almost everyone's page was due December 2 and Mr. Ing gave us an early heads up so we had a lot of time to work on it. It was really stressful because some people didn't start on it until the VERY LAST MINUTE! And what made it worse, was that me and Melani's page were teams, and we couldn't find team 7-3 and 8-3's pictures! It was at Mr. Ing's house on a memory card, and we couldn't get it until December 2. But we got it done and printed out later so that was good(x. This quarter, we had a big thing about "Being taken for granted." We found this out towards the end of second quarter. Being taken for granted is when you ask for something and you think that it's always gonna come for you. But what happens when it doesn't? We had a whole talk about that, so we had to make a powerpoint and video essay about our hero. You read my blog about that right? Well, we shared our video essay with some of us and some of the videos really touched me, because i really know that they cared about their hero. When that situation died down, which wasn't until about last week, Mr. Ing told us that there was a big percentage that he would go to Japan, to teach Japanese children how to speak English. And if he went, he wouldn't come back until next year! So i didn't want him to leave! I wanted him to stay with us, because he is the best at doing this job. He decided to stay, but it was a tough decision for him. I'm glad that he did stay, though(x. On Tuesday, we had a picnic and talked about anything we wanted. We also opened our Secret Santa gifts on Wednesday. These days were really fun and made me feel happy i was there. And today, we had Winter Fair. It's been a crazy week these week, but everyday was SO MUCH FUN! I wish that everyday could be like this week. This week made me laugh, and made me so happy. It felt like a REAL leadership class these past days. It's been a roller coaster this quarter. So much things were going on. We had MANY ups and MANY downs. But i'm super glad that we ended the quarter on a good and happy note(: Merry Christmas guys and Have a Happy New Years! God bless you all(; Buhh byeeeeee!!

Winter Fair!(:

Today, was Winter Fair! It was really fun there. But the leadership students had to work. I was doing the cash boxes for the pizza. There was pizza, ice cream, drinks, and games, and the DJ. We had to set up in the morning, the music, the tables, the drinks and food, and the games. Today was really busy! But i had fun today, even though i couldn't hang around. But that's some of the things that you have to give up, because I joined leadership. But i still had a good time, being with my leadership friends too. To me, the Winter Fair lasted a LONG time. Only to me though, cause i guess it was pretty quick for some other people. I standing for about most of the time, selling pizza. When the Winter Fair was done, we had to clean up, as if nothing happened. Basically, just clean everything up and don't leave any rubbish. We first had to clean up along A-101 to A-103. That was mostly balloon rubbish and drinks. It wasn't really that much. We also had to put away the tables. Then, we picked up rubbish around the courtyard. Apparently, people in the courtyard don't know how to walk to a trash can and throw away their rubbish. Is it really that hard? It was pretty gross>_< We then, had to put away all the sound speakers. Some people were just standing around, not doing anything. Shayna had to yell at them to do something, because we needed to get everything cleaned. We put everything back, and then we ate pizza! :D LOL' today was a very productive day. Even though i couldn't hang out with my friends, it was because i had to serve the people at Ilima. And that's what leadership is about, and it was my decision to come here, and i'm happy i made that decision(':

Secret Santa!(:

Today, we got to give out our Secret Santa gift. We were planning this activity for a while now, and we had some rules. Our gifts that we bought each other had to be $20.00. Not a lot over, and not a lot under. We also had to bring in our gifts by today, December 14. One more thing was that, NO ONE could know who you had. That was really hard, because i just wanted to scream when i found out who i had to buy for. So one day, we lined up outside A-101 to pick the names. We picked from a box, and do you wanna know who i got? Jacob. Wow. But it's like a participation game, so i just had to get what he wanted. I looked at his blog to see what he wanted and he said that he wanted a $20.00 card for Xbox Live points. That's all. Not much right? But it was $20.00 and i couldn't go over the limit. I went to 7-11 yesterday to buy my gift. I know you're probably wondering why i waited so long to get the gift, because i am too. But i didn't want to take the money from my envelope, (that has my big bills that i'm scared i might just waste.) I was waiting for my dad to give me his $20.00, because he said he would. But it was a day before the gift giving, and i needed to go to 7-11 after school that day. I just jacked the money from the envelope already(x. My daddy said he'll pay me back xD. So today, we gave out our gifts to each other. We pulled names from a box, so that's how we gave each other. I gave my gift to Jacob, and he was pretty happy, because he said that now, he can buy his game that he wanted. I was really excited to get mines. I asked for a fedora hat but i didn't know how much that cost, (because i'm dumb) so i just asked for a Claire's gift card, cause i love Claire's(x. Josh gave me my gift, and i look in my bag and pull out a fedora hat! I was so happy! I also found a new wallet, which i needed because my wallet is tiny, and i got a purse! Yay! I so happy with what i got(x. Thanks Josh! We all opened our gifts one by one, and it was funny when Shayna opened hers, because Mr. Ing got her her present so guess how he wrapped it? He put like 7 different layers of wrapping paper on the box. It was so funny watching Shayna rip off the wrapping paper. She was also really happy when she got those Angry Birds. Everyone was happy with their gifts. Today was a very fun day. I wish everyday in leadership could be fun like this, because today felt like what leadership is supposed to be(':

Picnic!!(:

So guess what we did yesterday, during lunch and advisory?? We had a picnic! ;D It was really, really fun! We just got together, had lunch, and talked story. We first needed to bring something. I didn't know about the picnic until Sunday night, when i went on FaceBook. I was excited about it, but i found out that i needed to bring something. So, i thought of something quick to buy and bring. Soo, ya wanna know what i brought? I brought blueberry pie(x but the thing is, no one ate it yet! It's still in the fridge!! I hope it doesn't go bad, and tomorrow is our last day! We better eat it tomorrow, even thought we have Winter Fair. But back to the picnic. Mr. Ing brought the main lunch, and we basically brought dessert. We had some noodles, rice, chicken katsu, meatballs, mac salad, and other stuff i don't know what that was, so i never ate it xD. The food was okay, but food is food, so i eat it(x. LOL' , we sat on the table, ate, and talked with each other. It was really fun spending time with each other as a leadership family. One of my favorite parts of leadership, is just sitting around and talk stories because it's really fun listening to their stories. To me, that's what being a part of leadership feels like. Just spending time with each other and getting to know more about them, and getting closer to each other(:

ISA Bowling!

*late* Okayy, sooo on Friday, we had an ISA bowling field trip. It was really fun, cause, youuu know, we got to bowl(x. I love bowling! But the problem is, i stink at it -,-. We were on teams, challenging the other schools. I was with Heighlee, Megan, Errlyn, and Melani. For our first game, i was doing pretty good i would say. I got 67 points. Not that great. But hey, it was the most points out of my whole team! Our of our whole teams scores, we got 6 place! Really! And that was last place! But, i can't blame my team, cause i was a part of it too. For our second game, i got 54. It got worse -.-". But again, i was still the best scorer for only my team. And once again, we got 6 place. -,-. And now! As we finish our third game, i got like 42 points! So i was the secnd best sciorer and Megan was the first! And would you like to guess what place we got in the team? 6. Well doesn't that just bring my day up. But hey, i'm glad that i had a fun time there(x. But you know what really erked me the most???? That the bowling ball kept on moving to the left! It turns at the VERY END! It goes down the middle, in the beginning, and as it's about to hit the middle pin, it swerves to the left! Like, really?????? That happened almost every single time during the third game. Which explains how i got from 67 to 42. LOL' maybe it's just cause i'm a bad bowler? I should practice on my Wii..... Like that's gonna help at all. But it was still a fun day. Except for the bus ride back. Not gonna talk about that>__< Mkayyy then, seeee ya!!

Drive Safe For Ewa!

On Monday, we had to come to school with your yellow shirt, long pants and shoes. That was because we had Drive Safe For Ewa sign waving. We waved signs to help people stay safe while driving. It was a good volunteering activtiy, because it was fun to see who would honk at us(x. But we also had to make sure that we wouldn't distract the drivers too. That was important because we didn't want to cause an accident. We stayed out there for a while, waving our signs to bring out to the public that driving safe is important. It can keep our community safe. It can also keep our lives safe. We want to stop drunk driviug and stop having people distracted by other things while driving. That could cause a distraction and cause an accident. And that's the last thing we need in our community. It was fun waving our signs because i knew that we were all making a difference in our community. We were helping everyone stay safe. That's what we were really out there for. Well, anyways, Drive Safe Ewa!!