smile for me. (:

today is september fourteenth. but i thought today was wednesday, blog--until someone told me that tomorrow is wednesday. what a shame.

to all the hands that ever struck me on the head: i need my braincells back. thank you very much.

my first english paper was due today. and it wasn't stapled. because i didn't have a stapler and i was still living in high school times and i thought i could staple my paper when we turned in our paper. but to my dismay, there was no stapler for my teacher had none.

(teachers don't get their own classrooms at college. what a pity.)

but that's why they're called substitutes. i had a roll of tape for just in case in my very hip green diesel bag (because the spongebob backpack is broken *sob* he has a big hole on the bottom left side and his bones are wearing out. ._. i got him when he was only two years old. man oh man. backpacks live a very short life. but don't worry blog--he's not dead yet. i'm just letting him rest in the nursing home. but i do miss him dearly. and his little pocket where i could snugly fit the little red book of stress that reube gave me. @_@) and i just taped my papers together at the left corner. so they gladly didn't get pierced.

and my nice teacher said it was okay and said to make sure i have access to the stapler next time. so steph brought me a stapler.

she came today with jones. they like me so they accompanied me to dinner at the cafeteria. (:

sidenote: i have a secret name for steph: chinx.

chinx was very excited to caf food. she clapped her hands in joy. (but sarai was worser. when she came to visit, every other sentence she said was: I MISS DORM FOOD! to glori and reube: watch out! sarai's going to force you guys to treat her everyday to dorm food eheheh.)

and we got pizza, salad, and we got to make our own sandwiches. but there was no tuna. -_- and no peanut butter. ._. so i got egg bread which reminded me of boo (who is jessikao because i'm scout from to kill a mockingbird.) because she would always get egg sandwiches for lunch.

and steph made a roast beef sandwich that looks better than arby's.

steph wanted to sit down first and we were to sit alone excluded from everyone else because in a cafeteria everyone eats together. but then noey (noah e. kim) motioned us over to sit with him because he was a loner. eheh.

and because he used to be a film major, him and jones were conversing about films the remainder of the time. -_- what film nerds.

me and steph got "chinese hot and sour soup" except it looked like little tiny ants drowned in brown water. and tasted like medicine mixed with vinegar. *grimace*

well, i didn't drink my soup anyway because noey flicked his boogers in the soup. -_- and he had an eye booger and me and steph guffawed gracefully.

my favorite in the caf are the animal crackers! and BANANAS! (: and i ate some corn pops today too that numbered to sixty-seven pieces, i think. and i did eat some greens because my mother says they'll help me grow. (:

sad to say, caf food today was dreadfully unpleasant. *sob* it's usually professional food. why don't they give the yummy food when i bring guests! @_@ maybe every time someone comes i should warn them and tell them to cook super good food. or maybe i should just work there and cook. and bring in kwan recipes to the kitchen -> caf food > super.

so we won't have to harbor anymore complaints from unsatisfied guests:

i am steph kwan (2:56:42 AM): your dorm food is yucky!!

so we ate and got full and conversed. and then we walked out of the caf. and noey danced away. jones couldn't go with us to my room so him and steph just stayed in the lobby while i put the goods away. and then i walked them to the car and *sob* we had to say our goodbyes.

they were the only familiar things on campus. and they were leaving me. DAH! i miss home! i miss you kwans. i miss you daddy, mother, chinx, couldeena, ange, abey and maribe. but again, i'm only ten minutes away. SO YOU GUYS SHOULD COME HERE MORE OFTEN. -_-

steph, ange and maribe came to visit me yesterday. (: they brought me soup, law mai gai, and a stupid board that says "boy crazy" with a rather silly-looking red-headed girl. -_- heh thank you guys *hug* *hug* *hug*

steph, ange, abey and maribe sent me off on sunday and i treated them to eagle's nest food. and surprise surprise, we come face to face with: jon earsley. but i didn't know it was him. and he said: you're evangeline kwan! and i was taken aback but no worries blog: God spoke to me and told me that he was jon earsley. yay. a fellow wilson wildcat! a drummer. and he was homecoming king too. a pretty boy. (:

so all my siblings (MINUS COULDEENA who was long gone @_@) dinnered with me and we played and i had to say sorry goodbyes. -_-

steph's my most frequent visitor. (: she came three days in a row and on the first day to help me move in. *glee*

oh wait. she ties with denny. eheh. i made him take me home twice because i don't have a car. @_@ what a nice boy.

askdjasd. i hate dressing up. i had an audition for the PRISM concert today. it was eight-fifty six pm and i walk in the music building. yohanny struts up to me and says: don't you know you're supposed to dress up for auditions?! GO CHANGE!

and i told him that nobody told me. my piano teacher just told me and sam to dress decently. and i was. -_-

but lo and behold, there were people all over the music hall dressed in gowns and black dresses and pretty clothes. @_@ so i run back to alpha chi, my koolio dorm hall to change. except i see suke, ereka, hudsey and davey on the way and they wish me to do well and davey tells me to wear a green dress but i don't have a green dress! so i just wore black because i wanted to twin with everyone else.

and i sprinted all the way there. and i was so loud because i had to wear high heels and they make ugly thump noises and not clicky noises like sophisticated women. and i was panting when i got there but they were behind schedule so i ran for nothing. -_-

my performance time was nine o'five pm but i didn't play 'til nine twenty-one. i played the cat and mouse by copland. it's a song about a cat chasing a mouse. but i had the butterflies and bees fluttering inside of me. me and sam are the only freshmen pianists to try out.

whoever "wins" the audition gets to play in the concert. @_@ bless my soul. results come out tomorrow.

i'm supposed to be studying for communications because we have a quiz. @_@ but i missed you too much, blog. i'll converse with you later, okay? *pinkie promise* i have so much to tell you!

-_- i told my sister that i fell into the pit of despair today.

but she loves me. (:

here's proof:

i am steph kwan (2:07:02 AM): love you. hang in there! ^_^

i am steph kwan (3:00:23 AM): sleep soon ok?
i am steph kwan (3:00:27 AM): i'm gonna go to bed in 2 minutes

i am steph kwan (3:09:56 AM): ok i'm gona go to bed now
i am steph kwan (3:10:55 AM): i love you so much, take care
i am steph kwan (3:11:11 AM): *hug* i'll come viist you tomrorow

i am steph kwan (4:10:26 AM): tell me if you like my away msg

Auto response from i am steph kwan (4:12:40 AM): HEY LET GO OF MY EGG-O.

i am steph kwan (4:13:55 AM): REMEMBE RTHE COMNMERCIALS FROM A LONG TIME AGO!? SIGH NEVERMIND!!! OK. goodnight. :-) ILOVE YOU STOIP BLOGGINGNGNGNGNGN YOU FREAK! xoxooxoxoxooxoxox iM IDSSS YOUS O MUCH bdbfbfbdbdbd. okbye. sotp blogging. stop STOP STOP! go to bed. the nice, bed. it feels so good to just close your eyes...CLOSE YOUR tIRED EYES YOUR TIRED AND WEARY EYES AND JUST SLIP INTO YOUR NICE COOL BLANKETS
i am steph kwan returned at 4:13:55 AM.
i am steph kwan (4:14:05 AM): mmmmmmm SEE? so nice right? just to fall into bed and rest your tired joints
i am steph kwan (4:14:13 AM): and snuggle your face into the pillow
i am steph kwan (4:14:23 AM): and close your eyes and just get some rest.... YESSSS
i am steph kwan (4:14:24 AM): ok.
i am steph kwan (4:14:24 AM): bye

three wishes. that's all i ask.

so it was finally here. may fifteenth, two-thousand-four: the glen a. wilson prom came prancing before us.

so it's supposed to be the perfect day when i have no tired feelings.

but shucks, i reap my consequences of sleeping unearly. i was dead beat.

after two minutes of blinking away sleep, i get up to joshua d. echeverria calling at nine thirty-seven. seven minutes late. hah. (:

he was to swing by my reconstructing house to get a good look at my dress so he could go buy matching color shirt and tie. (yep, he's man enough to wear pink, blog)

yes, we're the masters of procrastination. or maybe it's just me. i bear the sadly name alone. -_-

i hope someone beats this so they'll suffer miserably from stress:

a) i got a dress five days before prom
b) prom bid wasn't purchased 'til two day before prom
c) i ordered a date two days before prom (thanks joshoe ^_^)
d) ordered corsage a day before prom
e) didn't start getting ready for prom until two hours before prom started

i need to learn my lessons. -_- *shriek*

a) procrastination is the root of all inquitiies.
b) getting to know people isn't hard.
c) indecisiveness is bad.
d) overloaded = stress
e) it's okay to concur

as my good chum, erike n. poomiwatracanont would say: don't bite off more than you could chew. yes; he could be wise--sometimes, that is.

so joshoe didn't come 'til thirty-two minutes later after he gave his word of being there "in five minutes." goodness, how he lags. heh just kidding. (:

he shows up with eugene at the door, who kept insisting that i met him before.

so we all talk because we like to talk. i haven't seen joshoe for almost eleven months--since his graduation. he's still pretty and has a nice giggle. (:

with a quick look, they leave to go on the shopping spree. and i was left with a million things to do because i like to exaggerate sometimes.

well at any rate, i craved swimming. i miss the water terribly but the clock only held
two hours and twenty-four minutes.

with precious minutes ticking away, i left to savons to purchase prom accessories because for girls, prom is very mah faan and accessories become necessities. -_-

coming home, i shower because i hate it so. (and when i was small, my mother and steph used to force me to shower.) and then i pack everything in my "going to grandma's" suitcase.

it was around lunch and my siblings got the urge to eat so i baked them lasagna and they ate happily.

then i darted to the piano to practice because you know, practice makes perfect.

piano and prom don't equal. but i had a piano recital at azusa pacific at one-fifteen pm. it was a bach festival. i made it to regionals and we were to compete again to go higher.

i was about to have a cow and my mother wouldn't let me drive to apu. so we ended up meeting at the chevron gas station with denny who graciously drove me to apu. asdfgh. my mother thinks i can't drive under stress. -_-

pressing for time we battle traffic and arrive there twelve minutes late. but i was toward the end so it was fine. except i got struck with stage fright and my fingers were numb when i performed.

and i don't think i played like bach did so i just gave my quick bow and smile and dashed off the stage. but denny was being the gentlemen and said i played "great." but he always might be lying.

after receiving my ribbon, i said farewell to apu, the school i could've been welcoming as my new home for the next four years but no, it's going to be my rival school the next four years. GO BIOLA! (with the short o sound, mind you)

i met up with my car at church, where there was a wedding going on. uncle yang jie was to be married.

it was the one where i got invited to--i got my own name in english and chinese on the pretty envelope addressed just to me! and not to pastor kwan and family. hah. it's high time i got my own wedding invitation. i shall treasure it for life. besides, it's green.

after taking a quick peek at the wedding, i sped to yvonne's house with jessicawa who came to watch me get ready because she's the dearest girl.

once we arrive, yvonne the hairdresser sets to work. sarai dropped by for eight minutes. jessicawa watched. and i stared at the wall.

i was supposed to meet up with the girls at lisa tanaka's house so they kept calling. but it was no use; it was way past four and i missed out on pictures. ._. i like pictures.

after my hair is done, chriseley drops by. and it's camera time. farewells to all three,
i hit the road to go home to find steph, stina and ange waiting, my prom assistances. (:

hair fix, make-up, nail polish, thanks to steph and company, i was finally set.

except i was running super late and my phone kept making sounds, people were waiting, prom was soon starting. the clock just didn't have enough minutes. -_-

while steph goes to pick up joshoe, off to jia jia's i go to pick up the last corsage/boutenniere that was there. "we all thought you forgot to pick it up," they tell me.

you don't understand, blog. i almost didn't want to go proming anymore. i was ready to flop down on the couch and read a book.

but it was still may fifteenth, prom was an hour away, and joshoe was at the door, looking his handsomest, in his pink shirt and stripped tie, waiting there with roses.

i was quite touched and the roses were pretty so steph took pictures of them.

both steph and joshoe didn't know how to pin the boutenneire on so my dear expert mother did.

as late as i was, we took plenty pictures inside and outside of the house with different kwans. but i was about to have a horse. then off me and joshoe go to school to take prom pictures. because you know, pictures = memories.

at school in the den, joshoe starts fretting about not knowing how to smile. @_@ but then we laughed while they took the first picture.

i was to carpool with edwin kim and steph yoko to biltmore hotel so they were waiting patiently the whole time. (sorry edwin and steph. thanks for waiting. *hug*)

me and steph yoko sat in the back so we conversed and i found out we are so like twins. (: edwin sped there so we got there on time.

enter the biltmore hotel. rich carpets, golden walls, marble floors, shiny chandeliers. it was too much finery; it dazzled me. @_@

there was a wedding/banquet going on simultaneously so we weren't the only ones who were having a special night.

long flowy gowns, eye-catching corsages, intricate hair styles, and tuxes, everyone was a prince or princess tonight.

we got the whole wing to ourselves. flashes went off everywhere. it was impossible to not find anyone to take pictures with. i finished one roll of film in ten minutes. -_- and my smile was stale by the time the roll was done.

somebody took my seat at the table so me and joshoe had to travel all the way across the room to sit with somebody else. (: but later boo/jessikao and pier came to sit with us too.

the centerpiece at our table was claimed. so i was a bit sad. but there was little arabian see through jars with corks on top.

with beads lying around, me and joshoe took three and made three wishes apiece and put them in the jar. (:

dinnertime and byron got extra hungry so he came to our table and ate chris chacon's steak and he looked so hungry so i donated him my steak and chicken.

all was well except he had a terrible stomache when everyone was dancing. but i prayed for him and he got better, or so he says.

group pictures was downstairs and we had to be patient and wait.

back to the very hot dance floor, where we stayed straight for almost three hours, joshoe started dripping sweat and i was drenched in sweat. but so was everyone else.

boo/jessikao said joshoe looked like he came from the ocean. and he did.

me and joshoe stole water from everyone around our table. i must admit i'm a waterholic. i took water from debbuah's table too. @_@

i had to dance barefoot because i was scared i was going to sprain my ankle/tendon again but a lot of people stepped on me and now my feet are probably going to be purple and black tomorrow. *sob*
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well congrats to my dear juliet piang hwah kim and nickelas gonzales and errrwin espinelli for winning prom queen, prom king and prom prince respectively.

so we danced the night away and to our dismay, prom came to an end.

but i got to take home a centerpiece! i found it under a table. (: it's a big clear curvy glass arabian bottle with cork. and inside it's filled with sand and there's jewelry pieces glued on the front and there's a big purple that hangs.

i found another centerpiece so i was going to take home two but i gave it to carin because she didn't have one because giving is caring too.

i stole other arabian jars and peacock feathers! (: i felt so greedy when everyone looked at me with doughnut eyes because i was holding so much. and joshoe, being the perfect gentlemen, carried the centerpiece.

i'm so lame but i love artsy things. i might as well change from being a music performance major to a visual arts major.

or maybe i should just double-major those. but my mother said that would be a pain in the rear end if i do so since they're both art and art could never be perfected. -_-

well back to our comfortable land of hacienda heights we go and me and joshoe get dropped off at school in my parking space where my car was resting.

so i haven't seen joshoe for a while so we had catching up to do. then steph came with john or i should say chien lin and we took more pictures.

then me and joshoe went to go play at his park, which is about three blocks down from his house.

the slides were wet and so were the swings so we ran down the slides and joshoe walked backwards on a concrete ridge. and he sang ben harper and we danced under the stars. then we just played and talked because we talk a lot.

my daddy kept calling so i had to fly back home. and went home i did to find a tired steph.

there was a bake sale at church the next day so i stayed up to bake cookies because angela's cookies were half baked.

but i accidentally put in too much water so the dough was watery when it was in the oven so i added flour and mixed everything together. and the melted chocolate made everything brown so i ended up with ugly brown cookies. (that only happens when you're depleted.)

but yes. thanks jessicawa for coming to see me get preped up and chriseley and sarai for dropping by to visit. thank you yvonne for doing my hair for free because you're so good at it.

thank you, stina and ange, for being little prom assistants because i will be yours in a few years. and thank you steph for doing all the last minute errands and for being the good 'ol sis and making prom possible. i love you guys. (: you guys get to rock my toes. *hug*

and thanks to my chums who made it merriment. *huddle*

this is a night that i shall be telling about to my grandchildren. thank you, joshoe for being a super date and for putting up with the very intense stress (after all, calm is for wimps). prom was a blast. (: i shan't forget this day until i get alziemer's disease. you're paramount. *hug*

well blog, prom's forlornly over. but at least i could go flop on a couch and go read a book! *glee*