Tearful Sorrows

Last night, my grandmother passed away. It was a peaceful death, but it was a depressing one. Yesterday, all the adults were scurrying about, saying things and going to the hospital. I had no idea what was going on, and I was offered to go somewhere with my uncle, who was going to the hospital at the time, but I declined, not knowing where he was going. Afterwards, my dad picked my and my brother up from my cousin's house, and everything was just all weird. My mom called when we got home, telling us to go to the hospital. My dad told us to grab a jacket, and I asked what was happening.
"It's your grandma," he replied. I asked her condition and he replied, "Not good." I was crestfallen, afraid of what was next, even though I already knew at the pit of my stomach. When we arrived, one of my uncles escorted us in, even though it was only one person at a time. My uncle told them that she was dead already, and they let us in. We rushed to her bed and we saw, two of my uncles, and me mom, sobbing, next to my grandma. Me and my brother looked and we embraced our mother. We all cried, and talked for a bit. She was already admitted to the ER around 12 or 1, (it was around 6:45-ish by the time we got there) and the doctors came in and talked to her. They said, "Ma'am, how are you?" She nodded. Then another question, "Do you know where you are?" "Hospital." They did checks and the felt her abdominal area all enlarged. They talked about putting her on a machine when her heart stopped, and she said, "Why? I'm healthy enough." She was also asking for two of my cousins. One in Florida, and she also got to talk to her on the phone. The other was my baby cousin, who didn't come until later at night. My mom left when the doctors were talking, and when she came back, her eyes were already pointed toward the ceiling.
Some of my relatives from Escondido came. My cousin came through the curtain and I just hugged her, sad. She looked at my grandma and she started sobbing as well. Soon, 3 of my cousins came, and they were sad as well. We were escorted from he room to a waiting area while they cleaned her up. Some people didn't talk, and the others just talked softly, outside. I sat there, thinking of my grandma, all the times we had together, not believing that she was gone. But yet her yellowed skin, gaping mouth, and bluing tongue was stuck in my mind, like it was saying, "It's true she's gone." We were then brought to a room where we could see her. My uncle left to get my auntie, who left early from work I think, and my cousin who was taking care of my baby cousin who also came. Some of us, including me, left to go eat at a nearby restaurant. It as odd that when we got there, most of the songs playing were all sad songs. We came back and looked at her more, and pondered. We said a prayer and left. Me and my cousins were disturbed at the fact that she was put in a body bag, making her look like she was a victim of a crime scene. We gathered outside, and the adults were talking about what was next. We went to my cousins house, then went back to our house.
It left me wondering everything about my grandma, how she was and how she really cared, even though we didn't see it sometimes, she really did.

RIP Ignacia M

Recent Mishaps

Sorry for not posting in forever. This past 12 days, some of my relatives from Florida came over. It was fun and I will go briefly as to what happened during their visit, and a little before that time:

• We went to SeaWorld and it was so fun. Shipwreck Rapids, Shamu, Clyde and Seamore (sp?), Journey to Atlantis, the Dolphins, everything! We got soaked a mighty couple of times too.
• My cousin from Florida and a couple from here watched Get Smart. LMAO-funny, especially the last parts.
• I got interested in the Septimus Heap series, really good if you like magic adventure books.
• I just got Mario Kart Wii. My friend code is 1633-5586-1977. I suck though :p
• I'm starting to play Trickster Revolution, by Ntreev, the same people who did Grand Chase, as I mentioned awhile back. I like it more than GC.
• My relatives just went home today. Really sad, but the rest of the family (2 older siblings + my cousin's bf) are coming in September.

I think that's about it. Keeping it short, because I want to play Trickster. Look up Tokome, if you play.

Early Morning Post: Last Day of Middle School

So the day is finally here for me to accept my certificate and move on to high school. It feels weird, and I'm feeling a lot of emotions right now: melancholy, happy, confused. I guess it's just a part of the whole experience. As I look back to the beginning of 7th grade, it seems just like yeterday I was on the bus on the way to my first day of middle school. The many things I've encountered while I was here and the friends that I've made have been and will be unforgettable. What makes it harder is that this school right now is going to be closed, which is a bit of a bummer because, I looked forward to all the future generations here. Doesn't mean that the buildings won't be here. Everything's going to be brand new.

The ceremony itself is really something. Though the practices we held really didn't help at all... ^_^' An hor and 30 minutes of sitting there watching other people recite their speeches and grab their diploma/certificate things. This is really something, but I'm sad because everyone is going to a different school than me. Oh well, I'll have to make do.

Twitter!

Notice on the top, under my profile, there is now a Twitter badge. Just signed up today, now everyone can stalk me! Nah, I can block any followers, though :p.
After cooling off in the hot tub (haha, oxymoron) then [look at twitter for whats next], it isn't so hot anymore :)

Escondido

I'm at my auntie's house right now, waiting for my other cousins to come over and start...something. I'm a little in the dark about the details, but I think it has to do with my relatives coming over from Florida. It's so hot here! Ugh, I'm about to melt. But the goods thing is we might be able to go swimming later. All for now.

New Anime: Real Drive

While I was searching for any news for Haruhi Season 2 (though I found nothing, I did see that there's going to be a Wii game for it), I was looking through a blog and the anime title "Real Drive" came up. It's fairly new, started in April of this year, and I decided to check it out. I'm fairly not sure what it's about, but it looks good. The first ep, i was a bit disturbed (I'm not a big fan of blood and gore), but nontheless, it looks enjoyable.

OBTW, my relatives just came over from Florida, at 9:20 am, yay! I get to see them bedfore my brother, hahaha. They're staying for 12 days, which is cool 8). All for now.

Domo-kun!!!

Who is Domo-kun? (cut and pasted from my powerpoint)
-Domo-kun was hatched from an egg, and lives in an underground rabbit cave.
-His favorite food is Japanese-style meat and potato stew. Something in his DNA causes him to dislike apples.
-He is the mascot of NHK’s BS2 (a Japanese channel’s broadcasting satellite).
-He enjoys watching TV, and when is upset, passes gas.

And a clock widget from domomode.com:
(I'll post each of them when I feel like it.)



Bird Version

Anyways, the math exam isn't so bad, there's only maybe 10 problems that I didn't get the first time. Then, after asking my friends, that number dwindled to about 5. Graduation practice was short and torturous. We had to stand in line for 10 minutes, walk to our sides, practice getting our certificates, and walk back. XP

Blocked in China?

Not so much anymore I think. Here are results of some tests I ran:

Okay
Packets Lost (10%)
Okay
Packets Lost (10%)
Okay
(just-ping.com)

That's wierd, but why? Is it because I mentioned China in my previous posts? Or at least post? Notice there's a pattern occuring here. Let me try another ping site...I can't find another one that uses checkpoints, or I'm too lazy to look deeper.

I chose to do another post because I felt this was totally off topic from the other post ↓

First Period Post!

(Listening to: Parallel Days - Aya Hirano)

Here I am in first period, typing this blog during free time when we're supposed to be doing persuasive speeches for Model UN. Yup. Behind me, or at least next to me, Plant Earth: Deep Oceans, plays. I'm about to fall asleep. we have a huuge mondo math exam today. Ugh.

Yesterday, I went to the Welcoming Party for the high school I'm going to next year. It was pretty cool. I'm looking forward to it. :)

Sorta-Rainy Wednesday

Man am I tired. I stayed up till one last night working on my pohto journal. And I had to work on it today too. My mom helped me and I am so thankful for her. She even delivered my journal to my teacher! How nice is that? So that's why I wasn't as school today, though the cover story was that I finished last night and woke up with a headache, and I couldn't go to school. Woo. (I am NEVER scrapbooking again!)

What bums me out was that we had that Holocaust speaker today and I wasn't there. Oh well, there's always another time.

I'm currently reading Magyk by Angie Sage, and it's pretty good. Just a couple days ago, I finished Everlost by Niel something (I forgot his name) and it is really good. Colorful characters, good storyline, awesome twist, the works.

In other news, my website is blocked in China. Here is proof. I've also included a map that roughly shows where the checkpoints are located at. This is just a little wierd. Here I am typing this up, and some person in China won't be able to read this. Why do I care? Because I don't see why my website is blocked. I don't see anything inappropriate, do you?

PHAIL PHAIL PHAIL!

I'm not gonna finish... I'm not gonna finish...

Thses are the thoughts that go through my head right now. This week has been very stressful for me, let's see why:

Monday - Final PE Project Due (which is dumb, because PE isn't supposed to have something like this.)
Tuesday - Anne Frank Final Project Due (didn't bother me much)
Wednesday - Photo Journal due - (I still have to type up captions, put in titles, tape in my memorabilia, and put the scrapbook together because the pages were taken out for easier work), Holocaust Survivor Comes and Speaks (I don't mind this one either)
Thursday - Final Math Exam (supposed to be next week, but graduation practice got in the way), Return Textbooks and Other Books (I lost one book so now I owe like $3 and the book was $10. Why does manga have to be so expensive?)
Friday - Jewish Feast in English in honor of Holocaust. (Bringing soda.)

I also have piano lessons on Tuesdays (today), so I can barely do everything on my photo journal (our scrapbook for our East Coast Trip that is like a weeks worth of grades).

To top it off, my necks been killing me ever since yesterday, cuz' I slept all funky-like. Ugh...

O BTW, he counter broke 100! 100 visitors, so far! (It counts visitors not hits, so it won't jump everytime i look at it.)