Name: Miranda Birthday: January 19th Status:Single! Currently living in: USA
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Language: Mandarin Chinese, English, Taiwanese, and trying to learn
Cantonese
Hobby: blogging,eating, playing piano, listening to music idk,
badminton, looking up
hot guys.
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bugs
Happy new year everyone!! 2013...wonder what it'll be like.
*Feel free to stop reading whenever u want, cuz this post is extra extra extraaa long*
I've started on this post like a week or so ago, just cuz every year, I do my timeline of events, and that takes a long time to go back and find out what i actually did. This post is actually really more of for me than for my readers. but yeahh.
This is how I'll remember what I did in my life; even all the little details. They make me smile or laugh and think back to the memories.
I'm typing up the first 4 paragraphs you see here, on December 31, 2012, at 4:41pm. The sky is a little bit light reddish, and light blue. The sun is setting for one last time...
It's 6:45pm and I'm starting to hear the first signs of fireworks ALREADY(:
2012 was fine. The one thing that left a strong impression on me in 2012 isn't the clothes I bought, the hot guys at school, nor the presents I got. I'm very thankful to have met a really good friend, we've become really close really quick. We're soo alike and I totally trust her on all my secrets.
Being friends with her is the highlight of my year 2012; Thank you L.Z for being there for me whenever I need someone to talk to.
I wanna give another thank you to M.L. Although we don't hang as much now, it still feels like we're really close..well @ least too me. I know I can trust you with anything, and I'm really glad we've been able to maintain this trust between us for so many years. <3
Lastly, thank you God, for helping me get through 2012. I don't even know if I believe in God, but I do believe everything happens for a reason, and maybe God is the reason behind all this. I really don't know.
Whatever it is, thank you for letting 2012 be a bearable year.
Personally, I also think I've matured a lot this year.
Especially the trip back to Taiwan in August. I use to be the smallest on my dad's side until my cousin gave birth to 2 kids; one female (1?)and one male(3 yrs old). 2 years ago, the male was born, and even when I went back to Taiwan I'm still spoiled, the center of attention, you name it. But not anymore. This time I went back, the female was born. And it's as if magically, in 2 years I've became a distant relative.
My older cousins, the ones around 20-30 years old use to fool around with me, tease me, but they've stopped. The family members that use to love putting food into my bowl every minute stopped. They treat me like an adult. And I'm just not use to that.
I'm not jealous of my baby cousins, because I love them very much too. The 3 year old plays with me and thinks of me as one of his centers of attention.
But idkk...something just isn't normal.
I also have another baby cousin (3 year old Taylor) from my mom's side.
I use to like hanging out with cousins from my dad's side better than the cousins on my mom's side. (though i love both sides very much). But this time, I loved hanging out with both sides equally the same., maybe even leaning towards mom's side... Maybe cuz my cousins from mom's side's age are closer to my age. And we can talk about boys, asian celebs, sing asian songs (they have this litttle KTV/ TV thing that has songs, and videos on it) on their cars everytime we rode in it.
I'm taking on more responsibility, and I'm no longer the little girl my relatives once loved to tease and mess around with. They treat me as if I'm an adult, and I have to face it maturely.
Okay, back to 2013. I just hope that all my loved ones and I will be safe, healthy, and happy. And I hope that God will be here to help me get through 2013 peacefully and healthily. Maybe with a little bit of luck, I might even win Mr. Saturn's heart(;
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE(:
My timeline of events for 2012:
Jan:
New Year's Eve watching drama with Kevin Cheng
Found out Kevin Cheng smokes D:
Dramatic increase in pageviews on this blog(:
Returning to chinese school without best friend :(
Bus accident on Friday the 13th
No school on my bday cuz of snow
Debit card
"Love-- comes in many different ways.
I always thought that to love you meant to protect you
and not let you get hurt. But the person that hurts you the
most [in the end] turned out to be me.
People say if you can't provide your loved one
with happiness, then you should let go. But if I could start over,
I will choose to keep you, to use my greatest effort to provide you with happiness."
-The most Blissful Things Special/Theater version;
最幸福的事 劇場版 (Bosco Wong 黃宗澤)
Feb:
C.T's house for Chinese class video project. Obsession with JJ Lin starts.
Very first JJ Lin song I listened to
Mar:
Choosing classes for HS
Yearly checkup (Seattle Children's hos.), free nail polish from nurse
Tumblr
JJ Lin's bday
Practicing sign lang. performance for Chinese school grad. (LoL moments, and brushing past his hand;)
Obsession with Shawn Yue
Shawn!
April:
First place for Chinese school (jie long) competition- what a happy memory
30 Day Asian Drama Challenge
Linda Chung's bday
Weird secret JJ and I have-smelling books, papers xD
Haircut
"Birthdays are just an excuse; you guys are the main roles.
Let me be someone you can rely on.
I finally understand now; photos [of us] doesn't even matter,
Because it's all already in my memories."
-Friendship is this easy/友愛是這麼簡單 (Linda Chung/鍾嘉欣)
May:
Speech for LA
EOC prep and MSPs
Bell. square shopping with S.N.
Leehom's bday
My Wild Imagination #1 (daydream stories) JJ Lin edition-- http://dreams-forlife.blogspot.com/2012/05/my-wild-imagination.html
Show Luo
Mrs. Nissen super pissed at J.Z
June:
Amazing Mt. St. Helens trip(: Great bonding time with G.I.
ML's bday
Algebra 1 EOC
Chinese school graduation-so many memories...
8th grade Mardi Gras Party
New TA orientation (for chinese school), got pretty close with LoL(:
Yearbooks and end of 8th grade
London Olympics torchbearer: Leehom
"When they gave us our trophies And we held them up for our town"...
"Long live the walls we crashed through All the kingdom lights shined just for me and you"..."Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground May these memories break our fall"... "If you have children some day
When they point to the pictures Please tell them my name Tell them how the crowds went wild"... "Singing, long live all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
And long, long live all our memories~"
July:
Independence Day
Discovery of Anthony Neely
Wild Imagination #2 Raymond Lam Edition: http://dreams-forlife.blogspot.com/2012/07/my-wild-imagination-2.html
TVB free 40 2013 calendar drawing(tears of joy from Bonnie H.)
presents from frds, Black out assembly, winter break
Christmas presents!
Gift wrapping @ Northgate mall (volunteering)
Jay Chou's new album, Opus 12 came out
Pre Xmas dinner with family friends, Christmas
Watched movie: Playboy Cops (possibly start obsession with Chen Kun)
# of pageviews for this blog on 12/31/12, 11:59pm: 16, 024
# of friends on Facebook on 12/31/12, 11:59pm: 390 # of followers on Tumblr on 12/31/12, 11:59pm: 31 # of followers on Instagram on 12/31/12, 11:59pm: 20 My weight on 12/31/12, 11:59pm: 100.5 lbs My height on 12/31/12, 11:59pm: no idea.
Okay, the end.
Hope 2013 will be good for everyone!
Merry Christmas to anyone that will come across this post, whether you're a long time reader, or just happen to come across this post on your search engine. I really don't have much to say so I'll keep this post short. I actually really want a white Christmas, but that's probably not gonna happen. Whateverr..
I've never gotten so much gifts for Christmas before, this is the first year. Well, I guess that's cuz half of them come from my friends at school. I hope you guys have fun opening up presents and spending a great time with your loved ones. Stay warm, safe, and have fun!
I woke up this morning, and i was superr excited to open it all up. It was soo fun unwrapping them. Even though I had an idea of what was gonna be inside the wrapping paper, my friends still surprised me(:
I lovedd everything! And like i said earlier, this REALLY is the first year getting so many presents.
presents I got:
Christmas Eve, before unwrapping presents!
[Most of the] presents I received
set of PJs, hello kitty slippers (from E.C.)
Taylor Swift CD (from M.L)
no show socks for flats, eyelid primer, mascara, eyelash curler, liquid eyeliner, eyeshadow (from L.Z.)
USB (from Emily K.)
Pencils, pen, sticky notes (from B.H.)
cute bucket, pencil, eraser, superrr big crunch bar, pencil pouc (from M.T.)
superr warm gloves (from family friend)
New Moon DVD, cocoa powder, candy (from B.W and M.W)
I think thats it, hopefully i didn't miss anything.
Looking at the photos I took, the amount of presents I got looks okay, but looking at the list I just made and then looking at the stuff I got, I felt kinda....spoiled. I guess.
What i did today:
woke up, open presents
watched Ted and ate breakfast/lunch with bro (spaghetti)
listened to taylor swift CD (red), jj lin CD.
play piano for fun(:
ate dinner
comp. stuff
not that much stuff, but somehow i feel quite happy today, well at least i didnt feel that it was boring. I guess Christmas is a magical day, filled with happiness.
Umm okay, Merry Christmas!! And thanks again for all the people that got me gifts! And all the touching letters you guys wrote <3
Woke up, ate breakfast/lunch. Emily C.(family friend)'s mom and her came to pick us up, then went to pick another shi gu up (Howard S.'s mom). she gave us both a goody bag with asian food in it :D
Anyways, we drove to Northgate Mall to volunteer for this gift wrapping thing, to raise money for kids with cancer.
So we just wrapped presents for people, and yeahh. It was actually pretty fun. And i gained more gift wrapping experience, now I want to re-wrap the presents I had previously wrapped for my friends..
There was this old lady that donated extra money. Then she needed some help to bring her wrapped presents to her car (cuz they were extra huge) so me and E.C helped her to her car. and before we left, she pulled out a 20 dollar bill and told us to go spend it yourself, don't tell our parents, thanks for helping her and yeahh. dangggg soo freaking nice.
we decided that we couldn't let our parents figure out we had 20 bucks, so we decided to buy something small, so we could just stuff it in our pocket and not let them know.
Lip gloss we bought with the money the nice lady gave us(:
So then, EC and I went back, told them we had to go to the bathroom, and went to Bath & Body Works. There was a buy 2 get 1 free for lip balm/gloss. so we each picked out one, (turned out that we had picked the same lip gloss) and then she picked another one. She kept the extra lip balm and i kept the extra change. (we did all this in like around 5 min. so it'll actually seem like we went to the bathroom) then we went back wrapping presents happily. What a nice grandma(:
It's like a Christmas present we bought for ourselves, thankss lady.
Then at like 4, we carpooled with the same people back home. EC's mom went to work, and left EC with us. EC and I shared with each other the people we liked. (hehe xD) then another family friend (different one) came and we went to a chinese restaurant together. Full(:
Then came back, EC and I were on Youtube watching videos my friend, LZ linked me. and then we found ourselves clicking on related videos to view more short movies/dramas (around 5 min. long).
EC's mom came to pick her up at around 9:30.
Today was so fun(:
Now I'm just relaxing in my PJ's blogging, and listening to JJ Lin, Mayday,(band), Louis Koo, etc(:
Slippers were somewhat like this
Ohh i also got hello kitty slippers from EC's mom. And got a pair of superrrrr comfy and warm gloves from the family friend that we ate dinner with. My bro got batteries and some lights for his bike. They're soo nice(:
Piano-watched this music flash mob thing, pretty cool. and then this charlie brown thing which was just boring.
Indep. living-NTV took up like half the period. Mrs. Palmer also brought hot cocoa, bagels, and bananas. We had to use the microwave for hot water, but it wasn't hot enough, and didn't taste as good as the ones from Bohlinger yesterday, or the ones I make at home.
Chinese-test, and then just sort of talked. watched the movie "I not Stupid" for like 10 min. A.L had those Altoids and smashed them into tiny pieces so they looked like drugs...it was funny.
PE-we decided not to re-do it, and I'm really glad.
Geometry-math test..pretty easy in my opinion. Also switched seats. I sit in table 7, just me and Miki T(:
Lunch- hilariousss stuff with my fellow grandma members <3 Love themm
English-nothing much really
Biology-nothin much either. finished video and coloring the cell diagrams.
Assembly-not as good as I had expected. The lights were out for a black out assembly(we wore white), and then blue light was directly on my face. Could not see anyone's face when they were performing -.- really hard on my eyes..
A few days ago I mentioned that the best christmas present would be to get the free TVB 2013 Calendar. Well, the winners were announced yesterday, and I (and 15 other ppl that I got to register) didn't win. 40 winners only.
Sigh...oh well, it was predicted. How many people in Hong Kong watch TVB and is a fan of their artists? A LOTT. How many people in all of Asia watch TVB and is a fan? Still, a lot. How many people in US watch TVB? A lot. How many people from all over the world watch TVB and is a fan of their artists? A LOTTTTTTTT. So yeahh, i bet more than 1000 people signed up, and my chances were seriously lowww.
But here, i want to give a BIGGG THANK YOUU to all my friends that agreed to register for the free calendar to help me increase my chances. Although I didn't win, it really meant a lot to me, and I think through this time, I've figured out that some friends are ehhh...not as good as I had thought. Well....i can't really put it that way.
A friend that I thought was really close to me, disappointed me. Let's just put it that way.
But thank you soo much for all my friends who did sign up once again. Really meant a lot to me <33
Alsoo, special mentioning to Bonnie H. I mentioned to her about it during Geometry (5th period) then at lunch, seeing how much I cared for the calendar, she volunteered to sign her mom up too, to increase my chances. And then at that moment, tears of joy came running down my face. And I didn't try to stop it or hide it either. I was just so touched by her actions, her friendliness, and how caring she is.
I love you B.H. <3
Although the crying incident happened quite a few weeks ago, I did not blog about it, because that meant I might be spreading news about the free 2013 calendar, and that meant more people might go and sign up for it, just because I mentioned it in my blog. So i waited until now.
Anyways, soo I didn't get what would be my "most meaningful present" but at least i got the "Best Christmas present" (click here to view/read about my best christmas present) And really, that's something money can't buy. (i really should switch the most meaningful and best christmas titles around, since yeahh...whatever)
I guess this is why I say i think Saturn is hot, instead of I have a crush on Saturn.
Okay, Thanks again to all the people who helped increase my chances <3
Ohh, I'm also getting more followers on Tumblr! (gained 3 this week!) YAYY(:
Piano-nothin much
Indep. living- nothin much
Chinese-so boringgg, at least i sit next to an entertaining person, AL.
PE- formed dance groups. Sonia S, Emma B, Lin G, and Celin C. and we're dancing to 1D
Geometry-Ian (Ms. W's bf) came today!! everyone was surprised since she didnt tell us b4hand.
Lunch-best thing happened. i'll describe that down there.
English- started a movie, and also finished notes on holocaust timeline.
Bio- test was really easy. have a feeling we're switching seats 2morrow.
so now at lunch.
so i was throwing my trash away cuz i saw saturn in the distance about to walk this way. so then i threw my trash away and i was wondering if i should turn towards him and do our usual thing or turn and walk away.
b4 i could do anything he called out "yo miranda, do u have time to do a survey?" and i was like DYING on the inside. i was thinkinng "i have all the time for youuu." but anyways so then we moved to the side, to this table in front of where i sit, and theres no one on that table so we just stood by the edge. so he did this survey on me and his voice is like SUPERRRR low so i couldnt even understand his first few words, it took time to get use to. anyways so he asked something like do i no what a drive thru bobbba is and i couldnt understand so i was liek umm no. and then i realized i do, but i was like whatever, just went along with it. and then he went thru his questions, and there was a back too. and then i kept looking at my frds cuz i was nervous and they were all liek damnn surprised. and then after that i went to my friends, made sure he left and started screaming.
OMG <33 best Monday ever. I was reallyyy surprised though. Seriously, the last thing I expected was for him to call out to me like that <3
I hope he doesnt read this blog, im gonna die.
Definitely the best Christmas present ever. Well, the gifts my friends [are gonna] give to me will be awesome too, but this is idkk different. It's something money can't buy. Thank you God, for this fate, for this experience <3
Noww, there COULD be another present that would be wonderful! TVB's 2013 calendar! Deadline of the drawing was 11 min. ago (9:00pm) I really reallyyyyy wanna win it. Pleasee pleaseee pleaseeeee God. Pleaseeeeee. It's just something that would be really meaningful, pleaseeee.
And if i could get that, which seems a little too good to be true (but i must stay positive, anything is possible, and i definitely have a chance to win it), it would be the most meaningful present. Since TVB really is meaningful to me. All the actors and actresses <3 the company has become part of my life.
Hmmm i think it'd actually make more sense to switch the best christmas present and the most meaningful around, since the Saturn one is something money cant buy, so it'll be meaningful, but whatever. they're both meaningful.
Anyways, please God, lemme win this calendar. Pleasee.