Break

I love any break we get from school.  It is a time to relax, an extra day to catch-up on work or just to sleep.  I love it.

SAT's

Woke up at around 6:30 today. Why you ask?  Well,  like the millions of kids that got up that early, today was SAT Day. Woke up, ate, and turned up at my testing center at around 7:30.  We started right on time, which was rather surprising, and I was hoping to be done by 12:30, which by chance I was!

As I was watched the sections of my booklet change numbers, I realized how all this seems somewhat unnecessary.  I understand that colleges need some sort of equal testing material for their applicants because each school is somewhat different, but I don't believe that the SAT is the way to go.  More and more colleges are beginning to shy away from SAT's scores altogether, and I'm willing to bet that in about 10 years, the SAT will no longer be used, just like after 2012, SAT II's will no longer be required by colleges.  A better system, one that does not require the student to take a 4 hour test that does not accurately measure his intelligence, but rather maybe some mandatory state class or something, should be seriously considered on the national level.

DECA?

So today I was at my Cathay Pacific Internship and we were waiting for the instructor to arrive. A bunch of interns and I  were hanging around talking about what we did over the weekend and this one guy says "Oh yea, mine was pretty busy cause of states."  And I'm like...."Are you in DECA?" and he's like "Yea, how'd you know?"

So then I tell him I'm in FBLA and we start talking about all the differences and stuff and it was a very nice and fulfilling conversation.  I learned about DECA from the point of view of a smaller school as compared to a powerhouse chapter like MVDECA.  But what was very strange was that I felt that I now shared something in common with this guy.  I don't really know the kids in my internship group and the fact that he was in a business club let me feel like I share something with him.  Even though there are differences between DECA and FBLA, they are both business. And when you're stuck in a group where no one really knows anything about business, it's nice to make friends with someone who knows something about it, whether in FBLA or DECA.

Its raining...=)

So we've entered the classic week  of the year, the week where it rains..non stop.  Not just a light bristle, but fullout pouring.  While I love this kind of weather, it has gotten me to appreciate my "rain gear" so to speak.

My 800 count"poofy" jacket comes very much in handy.  And while others may claim that their much thinner jacket is better, (cough cough), I still trust mine to be the best.  And I was very surprised that my shoes could withstand all those rivers that I stepped through on my way out of MV so I was happy that I didn't have to drench the water out of my socks, sort of....

And while people even dread looking outside their window on a day like that, I find it pleasantly relaxing.  No I don't like to Sing in the Rain, but it is nice to see the rain every once in a while, especially when we need the water very badly.

There's the age old question, "Would you rather spend a day at the beach or a day in the snow?"  I would probably pick a day in the snow......at least for now.

Paying to not see a movie?

So I was watching the Pink Panther 2 the other night (steve martin was hilarious but plot was pretty week), when i heard someone behind me on the escalator say, "My favorite part of watching a movie is seeing the previews!  Sometimes I even forget what movie I'm watching cause the previews are sooo interesting..."

Has that ever happened to anyone?  I know its happened to me a bunch of times.  I get so involved in the previews that sometimes I'm kinda sad that their over.  Yet when I go to see one of the movies that was in the previews, I still get sad cause the new previews are over....

The FBLA Experience....so far.......

So tonight there was "Incoming Freshman Night", where all the 8th graders come and sample electives that they are thinking of taking as freshman next year.  I was volunteering on the FBLA side of the business area.  With constant freshmen reluctantly asking questions about the business club while their parents hovered over them was truly a humurous site.  As I was pitching my regular FBLA spiel to a particual 8th grader, I decided to add some of my experiences about FBLA and all the things that have changed because of it.  In the background I could also hear my fellow FBLA-er, Chris, recalling memories from his parli years=).  As the night progressed while I was sharing my wonderful FBLA experiences, I realized exactly how much I have grown over the last three years (not only physically ha ha ha) but in terms of my high school experience.

I remember when I was a freshmen, not really knowing where I would fit in the crazy high school atmosphere, but when a few very enthuastic senoirs came into my business class to talk about FBLA, I knew was hooked for life.  Through my freshmen year, learning the ins and outs of FBLA was somewhat difficult.  My competition teammates were absolutely amazing, and our state champion win is something I will not soon forget (Tammy and Sasha! =).  Last year was by far one of the most interesting years, and its probably when FBLA impacted me the most.  From the start of the year, with school being really hectic, I always knew that there was someone I could turn to talk to in FBLA, especially my fantastic Parli teamates =).  Parli would have to be one of the most interesting and fantastic experiences of my life.  From the first meeting when I didn't really know my teammates, to the evolution of my studying routine, fyi ever since that first study session, I can always compare how hard something is to Parli homework, and I must say not much has been able to match it =).  All our hard work leading up to States was completely worth it, for I know that those 10 seconds on stage knowing that we had claimed first place is something I am sure I will never forget.   It was soon followed with an absolutely amazing performance at Nationals where I got my first National trophy! It was one of the greatest experiences of my life and I want to thank all my past teammates for such an amazing experience.

All this was running around in my head as I was trying to explain exactly what FBLA is to these soon to be Class of 2013 freshmen.  I can only hope that no matter what they decide to do, they pick the right choice and get a lot out of it, because I know I did.  Now the only thing I don't know is how much more my life will change because of FBLA  in the next year.  While next year I will be a second semester senior and counting the hours until graduation, FBLA will be one thing that I will not be so quick to leave behind in this hectic life that we call high school.

The First One

So basically one of my friends started a blog a while back because of a game we started playing in math class.  After a while of reading hers and a lot of other peoples blogs, I said to myself, "Hey, why don't I start one?"  I've been playing around with the idea of starting a blog for a couple of days, and today I've decided to try it out.  Basically I'm gonna use this "chimney",  stealing a direct quote from http://ashleyashleychenchen.blogspot.com/ =), to claim, state, inform, rant, theorize, generalize, question, introduce, analyze, idolize, prioritize, announce, declare, renounce,  and anything else that ends in -ize. Experiences are about sharing them with the world, not keeping them to yourself, and that's what I hope to achieve with this newly founded blog.  Hopefully there will be periodic updates, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it.  Now as I leave you for the captivating aroma that is secreting from the kitchen, I leave you with this quote that I found in physics today by Albert Einstein, "When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity."