The Princess's Day

So I have weird relationships with my friends.  One of my friends nickname from me is 'mother' I seriously don't know where it came from but it's been with him for 4 years already.  We also call him princess since in our group of friends, he's the most girly one out of all of us (which is really just Ember and I).

So today we celebrated his birthday since everyone was busy on the day of his birthday.  It was pretty badly planned but it worked out in the end.  We ended up going to Ala Moana, eating at Island Burgers, going to GameStop, and then to the beach.  Jerald and Ember came to pick me up and then we were off to Kunia (which is at Waipahu) to pick up the princess.  Traffic was a bit bad due to the football game but the car ride wasn't that long I suppose.  When we got the princess, I should have called Daniel to ask him if he wanted to come along at that time since he lives in Ewa buuuut that didn't occur to me.

We then met up with Danny at Jeralds place, it was nice to see Uncle Scott and Aunty Wendy again along with Trixie (Jerald's dog) <3 And we were off to Ala Moana! Everyone crammed into Danny's car.

Parking was pretty bad today at Alas, we had to park at Nordstrom side.  We all didn't eat so we went straight to Island Burgers and got a table.  The server we got was pretty bad.  He would only come when we asked him, so we left him a penny tip (mean but someones gotta tell him that he gives bad service).  It's also around the time I called Daniel and asked if he wanted to come over.  But the first thing he heard from my cellphone was Jerald's voice instead of mines.

After lunch we went to GameStop because Danny and Ember got him a joke gift.

But they were nice enough to leave the receipt inside for him to exchange.  So then the princess exchanged it for a game card instead.  Daniel also meet up with us there too, apparently he didn't know how to get to Ala Moana Beach Park.  The man seriously needs to go out more.

At the beach we buried the birthday boy.

We also turned him into a camel.

We all stayed until 7pm ish.  Daniel ended up driving four of us home since he lives in Ewa and goes through pretty much all of our houses.  Apparently someone farted in the car.  Of all places to fart >____>  Well today was a pretty fun day.  Time to do all my homework nao

Pauhana

I learned a new word yesterday! One of my co-workers was calling a client and when she hung up, she was like “Mr.____ is drunk” Being the naive person I am, I asked “Why would you get drunk in the afternoon?” 

Because it’s pauhana time!! And it’s Friday so that makes it even better.

The girls at the office educated me about the stages.

Clubbing -> Eating out -> Drinking/Bars 

And that’s when they found out how old I am lol.  Apparently being 17 is still considered a baby.  No wonder one of them acts like a mom (cause she is one) to me.

Relieved, Phew!

           So today I had to present my speech, which I put up in my earlier post.  I didn't make the time minimum time of five minutes, most likely cause I rushed.  But I did make the class laugh a bit, which is satisfying to me.  Quite relieved that I got it over with, now I just gotta worry about the collab speech/discussion I have to do with a partner.  Hopefully my partner is more willing to speak up cause he's seriously too quite.

           Turns out that Kenny wants to go to Kam Swap Meet to look for.....Yu-Gi-Oh cards.  I can't believe that I'm going to go with them.  I suppose that I'm going to go there for the food.  Can't deny good food there.  Maybe I'll find some cheap deals along the way if I'm lucky enough.

           I also gotta say that I love my boss.  Seriously the woman bought me lunch even though I told her that I wasn't that hungry.  I swear that she needs to stuff food in everyone.  We went to the Wholesale store and she went on a shopping spree for candy.  I just look at her funny and she just laughed.  But I have to say, gummie coke candy and li hing mui powder is awesome.  I'm gonna be enjoying work while eating that for a few days უ(´థ ౪ థ｀)უ

First Speech for SP 251

“Everybody’s normal till you get to know them” – John Ortberg

Even after a short conversation with someone, you can say something about that person like “Oh he’s a really nice person to talk to” or “She’s not that talkative.”  People tend to have their own opinion about others after the first conversation so then that person isn’t labeled as “normal” anymore. I think that everyone is normal until I either talk or hang out with them. 

You can’t really call anyone “normal” after talking with them.  Because really, in my opinion there’s no real definition for normal.  It’s just like how you call your friends weird or funny.  I don’t even call myself normal, heck even my friends at work call me weird.  I tell them that I like turtles and hedgehogs.  And they say that I’m a strange cause girls’ my age like cute dogs and cats.

You can tell a lot of things about a person from just a short conversation.  Like do they have an accent?  If so what kind?  Does the person like to crack jokes often?  Or are they straight up serious?  So really first impressions only last until you get to know the person better.

The first impression people usually get of me is that I’m quiet.  But when I asked one of my friends what she thought of me when we first met, she said that I’m a dork.  I don’t know how I’m a dork but its okay, better being a dork than a nerd in my opinion.

Encountering people is another thing too.  Say that you didn’t meet your best friend, how would that change you? Would you be the person who you are today?  I know for a fact that my friends really helped me develop part of my personality.  I would have been a totally different person if I didn’t meet them.  It was either fate or sheer dumb luck on how I met some of my friends too.  But it really just starts off with a simple conversation to meet someone. 

Two weeks ago I went to go buy a watch.  The sales girl came up and started a conversation with me.  The first thing she said to me was “Konnichiwa”, and I just looked at her and said “Dude, I speak English.  Plus I’m Chinese.”  Not that I’m angry with her or anything but I found the situation at hand pretty funny.  Later I also found out that she did it to a Korean lady too.

Last week I met someone who had a lot in common with me.  Like how we both lived in Waipahu and went to the same elementary school.  It’s like near impossible for me to meet with someone who went to the same elementary school as me.  And we also like the same type of music.

What people say can also affect you. Words are a very powerful tool.  It can put imprints on people.  Words that make you happy each time you think or read them.  Or the words that hurt you deep down.  And then there’s the words that turn out to be an inside joke at the end.

I know this for a fact because my friend asked me “Can you help me move the fridge?  It’s only going to take five minutes.”  I learned that moving the fridge does not take five minutes but an hour.  We had to get it up the elevated ramp, and then we found out that it doesn’t fit through the door.  So we had to take down one of the doors, and it still didn’t fit till we angled it.  The door was scratch and the window cracked in the process.  Then we had to put everything back together.  In the end I called my friend a liar and made sure that he didn’t say “Oh it’s only going to take five minutes” when he asked me again to help move the other fridge.

You know the saying “Sticks and stones break my bones.  But words can never hurt me”?  Well that saying is a lie!  Seriously, whoever started that saying is a liar.  Should be sent to prison for that because words do hurt.  And you can’t take it back after you say them too.

I know this speech started off that everyone is normal and strayed off to how powerful first impressions and words are.  And it’s ironic to because this one the first impression that you guys are getting from me.   So hopefully I didn’t leave a bad impression.

Errrr Hello?

So I decided to finally make a blog since my other friends made one.  But my main reason is to just write and practice my English since I wasn't able to get into ENG 100.  I'm pretty sure that my English will get even worse if I don't write or anything.  So yeah.  I should go back to writing my speech since I have to present it tomorrow and I need to make it at least five minutes.  So far my speech is only two minutes and forty seconds 휴◡휴 
Hopefully I won't mess up like I usually do.  Makes me wonder why the hell I choose the harder speech class 回言回