Sorry, I didn't write anything for the last 2 days because 1. I didn't feel like it, 2. I didn't have much time. I didn't take pictures either, so I'll start today! Hehe, I've been slacking off so much after I came to Hong Kong. :P

So this is what happened the day before yesterday.

I ate lunch with a bunch of relatives at a restaurant. There were about 14 people in total, so half of us sat at one table while the other half sat at another, but both were right next to each other. So every time my table ordered food, we would eat half of it and give the other half to the other table. Since I was closest, I was always the one to bring the food over, so they called me "Santa Clause." : ) It was nice having people call me that; it's pretty cool!

Then nothing interesting happened for the rest of the day until my cousins (Faith and Will) came over for dinner! Faith is 5 years old and Will is almost 3. And guess what? Faith already wears glasses!!! Anyways, last year, both of them (especially Faith) were so shy so it wasn't that fun playing with them. This year, however, they are both so outgoing and active, so I can't wait for them to come over for dinner again tonight! When they came the day before yesterday, I showed them my French Horn. I played Twinkle Twinkle Little Stars for them, and Faith wanted to try. On her first try, she got a lot of notes out! I think she has a talent for Horn, because it's one of the instruments that are really hard to play in general, but especially when starting. After they got bored, I showed them a handstand. Both of them, especially Will, wanted to learn how to do one. After around 5-10 minutes of trying to do handstands, they became so excited that they started to jump around on the bed and screamed and laughed. I could tell they had a lot of fun, but at that point, they had to go home because it was late. It's weird how everything (all the jumping around on the bed, etc.) started with a handstand. Oh I almost forgot to tell you about Will! He always hugs me, and it's really cute! But I never notice him coming up to me from the back, so when I turn around, I see him hugging my legs! (His head only goes up to my waist.)

I have to go change out of my pajamas now, so I'll write more later!

Haircut (again)

I just arrived in Hong Kong in the morning. I only get to stay here for a few days though, because I'll have to leave to Shanghai to do wushu.

Anyways, if you look back at the post from last year, it's also called, "Haircut." That's why there's an "(again)" next to it. Every year, my mom brings me and my brothers to a place in Hong Kong for haircuts. This time, I just got my hair (including my bangs) layered so it's not much of a change.

Before lunch today, we went to get China Visa Cards for my brothers. I already have one because I was born in Hong Kong. We went there and the lady at the counter told us that we needed to bring their passports. My grandma went back home to get them while my brothers, my mom, and I went to get a table at the dim sum restaurant for lunch. When my grandma came back, we ate lunch and went back to the place. We were so late that we missed 20 something numbers! They let us go ahead of everyone else though, so we didn't even have to wait! We had pretty good luck today, because this kind of thing always takes at least a few hours to get done with.

Now, let's go back to when I was on the plane! Personally, I hate plane rides, but I used to enjoy them until my brother threw up. It was sooo gross! This time, the ride seemed longer than usual and the landing took a really long time. Maybe the pilot was dozing off or something, which I doubt. When we boarded the plane, it was around 1:30 so I slept for a while. When I woke up, my mom said that there was about 5 hours left. I slept for at least 4 hours longer, then I asked my mom agian. This time, she said there was about 2-3 hours left. I was like, "Hmm, weird." Then I slept for at least 2 hours more. (Sorry for the people who are really bored right now!) This time, my mom said there was about 2-3 hours left again! Then 2 hours later, the cabin crew people served the breakfast, which meant that there was about 3 hours left of the flight. So the time was really confusing throughout the flight, which was really annoying. I should bring my own watch next time...

So that's all I have to say for today! I'll post more tomorrow about more interesting topics, hopefully.

Blog's 1st Anniversary!!!

Guess what? I just realized that the 27th is the blog's 1st anniversary! I don't actually post very often; most of the interesting ones are the ones I posted during the summer last year. I'm leaving to Hong Kong at 1:00 ish today/tomorrow, so things will start to get more interesting.

For the past few years, I have been doing gymnastics in Shanghai. But as many of you should know, I quit gymnastics (sorry gym friends!!!!) so I'm doing Wushu instead. I'm so scared, because everyone in the Wushu place are boys/men and are WAY older and WAY better than me! When I visited the place last year, they looked like big, scary giants. : (

Well, I'll post later after I arrive in Hong Kong!

P.S. Didn't this year feel like it passed by so quickly? I told a lot of people already, but doesn't it feel like 2nd quarter has just ended? This break feels like a Staff Learning Day weekend so far.

Sleepover

Yesterday to today, I had a sleepover with my gymnastic friends: Qian Yi, Janicia, Roxanna, and Rhea. It was supposed to be a farewell sleepover for Janicia since she's moving to L.A. :(((((((((( NOOOOOOO. But at least we had fun for the time being! Now, I'm going to tell you EVERYTHING that happened in chronological order. You don't have to read it though; just read this paragraph and the last 2 paragraphs.

First Day
- came at around 9:30 and drank strawberry lemonade that the others made before I came
- prepared Janicia's farewell present (photo album w/ photos and notes from us, and a signed photo frame with a picture) while she played on Rhea's iTouch
- Janicia was obsessed with the game on Rhea's iTouch where you torture little people by burning them, feeding them to the dinosaur, etc.
- played on the iTouches and Qian Yi's dad's iPad
- played "Life"
- slept at 1:30-2:00

Second Day
- woke up at around 8:45-9:00
- ate shiu mai and and pork buns for breakfast
- watched yogurt commercial while eating breakfast which gave us idea of freezing strawberry lemonade into popsicles
- made strawberry lemonade/popsicles
- gave Janicia her present
- cooked lunch (pasta w/ corn, minced pork, green onions, carrots, cauliflower, and alfredo sauce, and garlic mashed potatoes)
- played cards
- made more strawberry lemonade/popsicles
- went to front yard and designed routine for Janicia
- practiced and showed Janicia routine (videotaped routine)
- made "Funfetti" cake and icing (Funfetti=vanilla cake w/ confetti-looking rainbow sprinkles)
- watched "Good Eats" (T.V. show) episode about buffalo wings!
- tried some cake - it was REALLY sweet

The things that were most fun and memorable was when we made stuff in the kitchen and the routine. If you read the middle 2 "paragraphs" anyway, then sorry if that was really boring. I just wrote it so I could remember exactly what happened during Janicia's last sleepover at Qian Yi's house before moving. The routine we made/performed was so cool, and if we had more time, then it could have been much better. Janicia will (hopefully) post it on Youtube soon because she said she would.

Graduation

Two days ago, on the 9th, my brother (Mark) graduated! He had to play in the Band last year and he said it was really tiring because we have to play for the whole time the graduates are walking in. He described it as if it was really hard, so I was so scared! But then, during graduation practice, we basically practiced the whole thing once and it was really short. We play when they're walking in and when they leave, plus another song in between. It still wasn't that bad! My lips were just burning a little at the end.

It's hard to believe that my brother will be in high school next year! At home, he acts more like a 6th or 7th grader.