Yes that's right. The dream is over. They WYD dream, that is. All my other dreams are still in the midst of coming true! hehe.. yes, after waiting for SO LONG for WYD, it's now over and i'd say that it wasn't as great as we thought it would be. I suppose that so much preparation raised our expectations for WYD and so when we finally got to experience it, i t was a major letdown. All those TN ppl who went to WYD would know what i'm talking about: the food was indecent to a certain extent, our group was TOOO BIG, our community didn't reserve the focus for the YOUTH even though it was world YOUTH day, etc. etc. Yes the list goes on and on and on. But you get the general idea..
Otherwise, it was awesome to be able to spend so much time with friends and the rest of the community. The sleepout at Randwick on Saturday night wasn't as bad as everyone thought it would be. Everyone said it would be really really wet and really really cold and you wouldn't be able to sleep well at all. On the contrary, it did not rain a single drop, it was SO HOT that it became unbearable and we all slept like babies. Other groups slept in perfect rows with all their luggage lined up, whereas OUR group? Well let's just say we slept wherever there was space. So we just slept all over the place and pretty much leaning on everyone around us. And our stuff was randomly placed among us, again wherever there was space.
It was a good experience, though it could have been improved, especially our community and not letting the youth have much say. On the whole, it could have been more organised. And that 20 hour bus trip....no comment here.
OH! another good thing was our dance! IT WAS AWESOMEEE!!! it was like a MILLION times better than our Mission Ignition performance! We had SO MUCH FUN on stage! It was like just mucking around half the time because chi tuoi wasn't there, yet we did really really well in terms of timing and judging of distance because we were enjoying ourselves so much! It was simply a blast.
Now everyone is sick. Everyone from TN in Adelaide, that is. This was because on the Monday night, we all had to sleep in the same room, without any ventilation and so everyone who WAS sick became even sicker and got everyone ELSE sick too. Then at the TN event the next day, there was just the Adelaide bunch coughing throughout the evening mass T__T. And one more thing: WHY DOES EVERYONE ALWAYS PICK ON ADELAIDE?! yeah yeah, we know, they even said it at the opening mass with all the Viet ppl: ADELAIDE PPL ARE SLACK AND ARE "PHA PHACH!" so yeah... oh well, we're proud of it!
More later,
Me
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Special Mention for Andrew
Sighhh here i am again with the speical mentions, but THIS time, it was rather requested. Here goes everyone:
AAAANDREEEEW!!! ...also known as Thinh, but i didn't just say that.
He's a "nice bloke", quite tall, with VOGUE GLASSES LIKE MINE!, and he's a very....tall person! oh dear. Correction here, i meant to say that he's a "nice chap". That he is. He is a TALL, NICE chap, with VOGUE GLASSES.
AND! HE"S GOING TO WYD!! he's just earned himself some extra brownie points with me just because he's going to WYD!
He told me to make him sound "good". hmmm dunno how to do that, so i'll just stick with the "nice chap" bit. OH ! and he's doing the MISSION IGNITION dance too, so that's pretty awesome.
Anywys, now i will quote him...it took him quite a while to think this one up...but that just goes to show that he's careful about what he says..*cough cough*
"my quote for the day: life is what you define it. my definition? look it up in the dictionary XD"
LOL!!
i like..i like alot.
There you have it, my special mention for Andrew, the very tall, very nice "chap" with the VOGUE glasses and who is going to WYD and is doing the MISSION IGNITION dance. and a special quote from him! a very special, YENtelligenta nd YENspiring quote from him.
Let's all put our hands together for the wonderful, very tall ANDREW!!
and ladies and gentlemen, only 13 days left until we leave! and 11 days until MISSION IGNITION! hope to see you there...
Yen =]
AAAANDREEEEW!!! ...also known as Thinh, but i didn't just say that.
He's a "nice bloke", quite tall, with VOGUE GLASSES LIKE MINE!, and he's a very....tall person! oh dear. Correction here, i meant to say that he's a "nice chap". That he is. He is a TALL, NICE chap, with VOGUE GLASSES.
AND! HE"S GOING TO WYD!! he's just earned himself some extra brownie points with me just because he's going to WYD!
He told me to make him sound "good". hmmm dunno how to do that, so i'll just stick with the "nice chap" bit. OH ! and he's doing the MISSION IGNITION dance too, so that's pretty awesome.
Anywys, now i will quote him...it took him quite a while to think this one up...but that just goes to show that he's careful about what he says..*cough cough*
"my quote for the day: life is what you define it. my definition? look it up in the dictionary XD"
LOL!!
i like..i like alot.
There you have it, my special mention for Andrew, the very tall, very nice "chap" with the VOGUE glasses and who is going to WYD and is doing the MISSION IGNITION dance. and a special quote from him! a very special, YENtelligenta nd YENspiring quote from him.
Let's all put our hands together for the wonderful, very tall ANDREW!!
and ladies and gentlemen, only 13 days left until we leave! and 11 days until MISSION IGNITION! hope to see you there...
Yen =]
Friday, June 27, 2008
WYD JACKETS!!!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE THEY'RE FINALLY READYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WITH ONLY 15 DAYS TO GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
C= =D =] OMGSH I"M SO HAPPEEEEE
can't wait to get them.....
C= =D =] OMGSH I"M SO HAPPEEEEE
can't wait to get them.....
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
WYD!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! ONLY 18 DAYS LEFT!!!!!!!!! YEN IS OFFICIALLY SO TOTALLY EXCITED!! T__T ok that was so lame. I"M SO HAPPEEEE!! only like 18 days to wait! wow...that means like 16 days till our dance!!! = oh dear...oh well i really can NOT wait!
Oh and the bulletin from SJH came home today and i made the front page!! They wrote about my talk and there's this strange picture of me...of the side of my face while i was talking to Talisha and April and Katie. Yes, a great experience i will always treasure...*sigh*...
18 days!
Oh and the bulletin from SJH came home today and i made the front page!! They wrote about my talk and there's this strange picture of me...of the side of my face while i was talking to Talisha and April and Katie. Yes, a great experience i will always treasure...*sigh*...
18 days!
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Beyond what you see...
I've been described as "confident, always happy". Is that really true?
You see me at school, always laughing, happy smiling at everyone, friends with everyone except those who annoy me, and i'm always joking around. But you'll never really know what goes on in my head. I'm not always happy. Not always confident, even though i don't get stage fright and am apparently confident in everything i do, from public speaking to playing games at TN. [LOL Julian said that]
Let me explain: The biggest thing happened to me on Monday, i pulled off the greatest thing i've ever accomplished, and achieving a life's ambition-to talk in front of a real audience about something that i've achieved, becoming a real idol for something good, rather than just being smart T__T. Ok the biggest thing happened to me...and no one seems to care. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?! I mean, it's ok because some of my friends didn't know about it, but they were actually happy for me. Whereas, the people who KNEW in advance didn't give a damn about what i did. NOT AT ALL. I tell them, hinting at the fact that i've done something cool, but they're just like, "Cool, that's great, so Susan, are you going to tell Gia-Yen what's going on this Friday?" That's one reaction i got. NOTHING AT ALL. Just cared about what Susan's hiding from me. Oh and my parents? They don't give a damn either. I come home real happy and they're just like "calm down, you can't be too happy it's not good for you" And my dad? Never asked why i needed him to take me to SJH. Oh and when i told them i was doing it, they were just like "oh" and i'm just like WTH??!!
Some people were really supportive! Ok let me rephrase that: THREE people were really supportive. Tuyen, Kayla and Julian. Funny how they're people that i don't see every day, except for Kayla. As for the people i always hang out with, they're just like "yeah cool."
Most of all, i thought that my parents would at least be proud of me. At least they could ACKNOWLEDGE that i've actually done something cool. Something MEANINGFUL. They probably have yet realised that all the ppl at SJH now practically idolise me. They don't care at all. All they want me to do is be the top. I'm expected to be the TOP of the class, otherwise i'm just not good enough. My dad and i had an interesting conversation once. It went something like this:
DAD: "So, are you top of the class in Maths?"
YEN: "No..." (Because as long as Andrew Hayes is in my maths class, i can't be top. Unless a miracle comes by..)
DAD: "So where are you? At the bottom?!"
YEN: "No..i'm like second or third because of Andy"
DAD: "Second or third is not good enough! If you want to get somewhere in life, you have to be NUMBER ONE. You have to be the TOP of every class."
YEN: Sits there completely awestruck.
Oh and that time last year, when i came home with straight A's, i told my mum and she had the decency to praise me but dad was just like "yeah cool, get better next time"
I was like...WHAT??! YOU CAN"T GET BETTER THAN STRAIGHT A'S!
And this year? Yeah well it's not much better. Mr. Dunstan offered me to join a year 12 english course for a few weeks and i told mum, thinking she'd be proud of me but NO. Nothing at all.
HA! See, now you know why i strive so much. To get my parents to be proud of me. No wait, scratch that. I USED to study real hard for my parents. NOW i only do it for myself. For MY benefit. I mean, it's MY life, right? So i think that my study should be beneficial to ME. So now i only work really hard to get good marks for me because i guess i wanna prove to the world that i really can do great things, even though i'm so small *blush*
LOL, got a lot going on in my head. That's not even a fraction of it...*sigh*
Oh well, i'll work through it.
Lotsa love,
Me
You see me at school, always laughing, happy smiling at everyone, friends with everyone except those who annoy me, and i'm always joking around. But you'll never really know what goes on in my head. I'm not always happy. Not always confident, even though i don't get stage fright and am apparently confident in everything i do, from public speaking to playing games at TN. [LOL Julian said that]
Let me explain: The biggest thing happened to me on Monday, i pulled off the greatest thing i've ever accomplished, and achieving a life's ambition-to talk in front of a real audience about something that i've achieved, becoming a real idol for something good, rather than just being smart T__T. Ok the biggest thing happened to me...and no one seems to care. WHAT'S UP WITH THAT?! I mean, it's ok because some of my friends didn't know about it, but they were actually happy for me. Whereas, the people who KNEW in advance didn't give a damn about what i did. NOT AT ALL. I tell them, hinting at the fact that i've done something cool, but they're just like, "Cool, that's great, so Susan, are you going to tell Gia-Yen what's going on this Friday?" That's one reaction i got. NOTHING AT ALL. Just cared about what Susan's hiding from me. Oh and my parents? They don't give a damn either. I come home real happy and they're just like "calm down, you can't be too happy it's not good for you" And my dad? Never asked why i needed him to take me to SJH. Oh and when i told them i was doing it, they were just like "oh" and i'm just like WTH??!!
Some people were really supportive! Ok let me rephrase that: THREE people were really supportive. Tuyen, Kayla and Julian. Funny how they're people that i don't see every day, except for Kayla. As for the people i always hang out with, they're just like "yeah cool."
Most of all, i thought that my parents would at least be proud of me. At least they could ACKNOWLEDGE that i've actually done something cool. Something MEANINGFUL. They probably have yet realised that all the ppl at SJH now practically idolise me. They don't care at all. All they want me to do is be the top. I'm expected to be the TOP of the class, otherwise i'm just not good enough. My dad and i had an interesting conversation once. It went something like this:
DAD: "So, are you top of the class in Maths?"
YEN: "No..." (Because as long as Andrew Hayes is in my maths class, i can't be top. Unless a miracle comes by..)
DAD: "So where are you? At the bottom?!"
YEN: "No..i'm like second or third because of Andy"
DAD: "Second or third is not good enough! If you want to get somewhere in life, you have to be NUMBER ONE. You have to be the TOP of every class."
YEN: Sits there completely awestruck.
Oh and that time last year, when i came home with straight A's, i told my mum and she had the decency to praise me but dad was just like "yeah cool, get better next time"
I was like...WHAT??! YOU CAN"T GET BETTER THAN STRAIGHT A'S!
And this year? Yeah well it's not much better. Mr. Dunstan offered me to join a year 12 english course for a few weeks and i told mum, thinking she'd be proud of me but NO. Nothing at all.
HA! See, now you know why i strive so much. To get my parents to be proud of me. No wait, scratch that. I USED to study real hard for my parents. NOW i only do it for myself. For MY benefit. I mean, it's MY life, right? So i think that my study should be beneficial to ME. So now i only work really hard to get good marks for me because i guess i wanna prove to the world that i really can do great things, even though i'm so small *blush*
LOL, got a lot going on in my head. That's not even a fraction of it...*sigh*
Oh well, i'll work through it.
Lotsa love,
Me
Monday, June 16, 2008
I KICKED BUTT TODAY!
I. Am. Awesome. I AM! i totally kicked butt today at SJH with my 20 min oral. that was totally unprepared. I AM SOO AWESOME! i was apparently very confident, had an answer for every stupid question those kids fired at me, didn't let anyone faze me. NO ONE CAN FAZE ME WHEN I'M HAPPY! I'm so proud of myself C= Kayla was there! she was there for moral support and well, THANKS KAYLA!
Yes, my old teachers have been constantly telling me how proud they are of me, and i guess I AM TOO!!
Anyways need to go now,
Me
Yes, my old teachers have been constantly telling me how proud they are of me, and i guess I AM TOO!!
Anyways need to go now,
Me
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Here against my will
Julian says:
just say something along the lines of "i have this inspiring friend who is always there for me and he is always there when i need him. Without him i wouldn't have done the silent protest! his name is Julian"
So, here goes nothing:
I have this inspiring[cough cough] friend who is always there for me[except when i'm angry at HIM] and he is always there when i need him. [gee...redundant much?]Without him i wouldn't have done the silent protest! [pffft yeah he wishes] his name is Julian[he answers to everything from Julie to Juliet].
Yes, it is up there against my will. I only did it out of friendship!
Yen
just say something along the lines of "i have this inspiring friend who is always there for me and he is always there when i need him. Without him i wouldn't have done the silent protest! his name is Julian"
So, here goes nothing:
I have this inspiring[cough cough] friend who is always there for me[except when i'm angry at HIM] and he is always there when i need him. [gee...redundant much?]Without him i wouldn't have done the silent protest! [pffft yeah he wishes] his name is Julian[he answers to everything from Julie to Juliet].
Yes, it is up there against my will. I only did it out of friendship!
Yen
LOOK OUT, SJH!
HERE COMES YEN! or HERE COMES GIA-YEN! Here to make a statement, to change the minds of the SJH seniors, to change their insights on the world! Tomorrow, i shall be leaving school early [HAHAHHAHAHAHA] and going to St Joseph's Hectorville, my primary school, to give them a good talking to. LOL I'll be talking about my SILENT PROTEST and how it affected my life and the lives of all those around me. I'm hoping to be YENspiring to them so one day they shall be in pursuit of a better place.
Oh and i'm so not ready for this massive, 20 min oral. Maybe i should practice? Or maybe that would just make me more nervous...i think i'll just go with the flow...and fall flat on my face. Oh well, it'll be an enlighting experience.
Stay smiling!
Yen
Oh and i'm so not ready for this massive, 20 min oral. Maybe i should practice? Or maybe that would just make me more nervous...i think i'll just go with the flow...and fall flat on my face. Oh well, it'll be an enlighting experience.
Stay smiling!
Yen
Crossroads..?
Have you ever read "The Illustrated Mum" by Jacqueline Wilson? It's a good book, read it if you haven't. Jacqueline Wilson is one of my favourite authors. In the beginning of the book, the mum finds herself confused and says that she is "at crossroads" and goes and has a tattoo done on her arm of a celtic cross. (then comes home and doesn't care about her daughter, drinks a whole heap in what she thinks is private, then collapses on the couch..but that is besides the point)
I think i'm at crossroads too. See how i said "i THINK"? I can't even make up my mind whether i'm at crossroads or not. How pathetic of me. Ok, i guess i AM at crossroads. At least ONE thing is clear. *sigh*
*You're my sunshine after the rain,
you're the cure against my fear and my pain
cause i'm losing my mind
when you're not around
it's all
it's all because of you*
It's an old 90 degrees song, and it's on a CD in my family car. And i listen to it rather often because my parents like the CD too much to let me change it every now and then.
And because it's music and because it has singing in it (hehe), i sing along, as i do to just about everything. And as i sang to it today, i wondered, "Who is my "you"?" If you understood that question, i'm proud because it doesn't seem to be an easily understood question.
Why am i confused? Well, i have an idea of who my "you" is, but it has a question mark next to it, because i'm so unsure. Also, i made it pretty clear to my ex that i didn't want to be tied to someone in a relationship, and it would be mean to go for a "you" when i made it so clear to my ex that i didn't want to be tied. Hmm...maybe it's time i just sat back and let things work themselves out for now. Take action only when it's really neccessary. I'll see how things work out, because i must admit, i wouldn't mind having this "you" to myself. Then again, who doesn't want their "you" to be their own?
HOW CONFUSING WAS THAT??!!
glad i got it out of my system, though..
Confused,
Gia-Yen..Yen..i answer to many names LOL
I think i'm at crossroads too. See how i said "i THINK"? I can't even make up my mind whether i'm at crossroads or not. How pathetic of me. Ok, i guess i AM at crossroads. At least ONE thing is clear. *sigh*
*You're my sunshine after the rain,
you're the cure against my fear and my pain
cause i'm losing my mind
when you're not around
it's all
it's all because of you*
It's an old 90 degrees song, and it's on a CD in my family car. And i listen to it rather often because my parents like the CD too much to let me change it every now and then.
And because it's music and because it has singing in it (hehe), i sing along, as i do to just about everything. And as i sang to it today, i wondered, "Who is my "you"?" If you understood that question, i'm proud because it doesn't seem to be an easily understood question.
Why am i confused? Well, i have an idea of who my "you" is, but it has a question mark next to it, because i'm so unsure. Also, i made it pretty clear to my ex that i didn't want to be tied to someone in a relationship, and it would be mean to go for a "you" when i made it so clear to my ex that i didn't want to be tied. Hmm...maybe it's time i just sat back and let things work themselves out for now. Take action only when it's really neccessary. I'll see how things work out, because i must admit, i wouldn't mind having this "you" to myself. Then again, who doesn't want their "you" to be their own?
HOW CONFUSING WAS THAT??!!
glad i got it out of my system, though..
Confused,
Gia-Yen..Yen..i answer to many names LOL
Friday, June 13, 2008
Special Mention for Julian and Thao
As you may have guessed, this is a special mention for my good friends, Julian and Thao. Whilst doing a database assignment for IT, i had to put in 20 friends and their interests. Here's what it looked like:
Name Age Interest
Julian Nguyen 15 Thao
Thao Nguyen 13 Julian
Yes, well all agree...IT'S SO CUTE!!
They are perfect for each other, and i have Julian's permission to post this here, even though who knows who's reading this right now. Might even be one of their parents! LOL
Hey, i had permission, so yeah.
AWW THEY'RE SO CUTE!!!
It's their 2 month anniversary next Friday, the 20th of June and it marks exactly 2 months since they started going out (DUH).
Man...i keep picking up these stupid cheesy lines from julian...MUST SPEND MORE TIME WITH THAO...
Anyways they're both going to WYD and will celebrate their 3 month anniversary in SYDNEY!!
LOL HOW CUTE
i have GOT to stop saying that!
Keep Smiling,
Gia-Yen, Yen, and everything else i answer to
P.S. For Magdalena Jackson: HEY GORGEOUS!
Name Age Interest
Julian Nguyen 15 Thao
Thao Nguyen 13 Julian
Yes, well all agree...IT'S SO CUTE!!
They are perfect for each other, and i have Julian's permission to post this here, even though who knows who's reading this right now. Might even be one of their parents! LOL
Hey, i had permission, so yeah.
AWW THEY'RE SO CUTE!!!
It's their 2 month anniversary next Friday, the 20th of June and it marks exactly 2 months since they started going out (DUH).
Man...i keep picking up these stupid cheesy lines from julian...MUST SPEND MORE TIME WITH THAO...
Anyways they're both going to WYD and will celebrate their 3 month anniversary in SYDNEY!!
LOL HOW CUTE
i have GOT to stop saying that!
Keep Smiling,
Gia-Yen, Yen, and everything else i answer to
P.S. For Magdalena Jackson: HEY GORGEOUS!
WYD WYD WYD!!
I am probably the most excited i have ever been for quite a while...and for this simple reason: WYD!!
Yes, all those of you who share my excitement, there are a mere 29 days until we BOARD THAT BUS for that 24 hour trip to SYDNEY, to the highlight of our year, to the most LIFE-CHANGING experience we shall probably EVER have. How AWESOME is THAT??!!
You know, if it weren't for my mum, i would have been packed and ready to go LONG ago, i'm THAT excited...
Then again, i kinda dread that 24 hour trip to Sydney...that's 24 hours on a BUS, in a SEAT...not being able to release excitement and ENERGY through jumping up and down...
Lucky people like Thao get to go by plane...for which i rather envy them.
Oh well, i guess i'll just have a lot of time to read, write, read, read, talk, read, listen to music, read, sleep...oh and did i mention that i'll have heaps of time to READ??! LOL
That's pretty awesome, isn't it?
Know what else is awesome?
Remember my SILENT PROTEST? [yes, the one week in my life when i didn't say a word] yeah, well this coming MONDAY, i have been invited to return to my primary school and give a talk to the "seniors" (years 6 and 7) about my protest! that means i'll be leaving school a bit early, though only 15 minutes, that's 15 minutes less that i have to do PE in T__T.
It's going to be awesome, i'll just rock up in my uniform and badges, white shirt, tie, and be like YAY! I"M AWESOME AND UR NOT! Only joking, i'm sure that they aren't all that younger than me. I might even meet someone OLDER than me! =S
Anyways...many things await me..including HOMEWORK (grr...) and my trip to Hawaii with Jack! All expenses paid for by our "father", Andrew, of course! hehe
RAWR!
Yes, all those of you who share my excitement, there are a mere 29 days until we BOARD THAT BUS for that 24 hour trip to SYDNEY, to the highlight of our year, to the most LIFE-CHANGING experience we shall probably EVER have. How AWESOME is THAT??!!
You know, if it weren't for my mum, i would have been packed and ready to go LONG ago, i'm THAT excited...
Then again, i kinda dread that 24 hour trip to Sydney...that's 24 hours on a BUS, in a SEAT...not being able to release excitement and ENERGY through jumping up and down...
Lucky people like Thao get to go by plane...for which i rather envy them.
Oh well, i guess i'll just have a lot of time to read, write, read, read, talk, read, listen to music, read, sleep...oh and did i mention that i'll have heaps of time to READ??! LOL
That's pretty awesome, isn't it?
Know what else is awesome?
Remember my SILENT PROTEST? [yes, the one week in my life when i didn't say a word] yeah, well this coming MONDAY, i have been invited to return to my primary school and give a talk to the "seniors" (years 6 and 7) about my protest! that means i'll be leaving school a bit early, though only 15 minutes, that's 15 minutes less that i have to do PE in T__T.
It's going to be awesome, i'll just rock up in my uniform and badges, white shirt, tie, and be like YAY! I"M AWESOME AND UR NOT! Only joking, i'm sure that they aren't all that younger than me. I might even meet someone OLDER than me! =S
Anyways...many things await me..including HOMEWORK (grr...) and my trip to Hawaii with Jack! All expenses paid for by our "father", Andrew, of course! hehe
RAWR!
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