Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day! What a wonderful day to be thankful for your fathers, or at least a influential man in your life. Actually, my opinion on Father's Day is that you shouldn't just be thankful for your fathers once a year but daily. I'm grateful for the men in my life that care for me: my dad, my uncles, and my grandpas. Without them, I wouldn't be who I am today.

My dad is probably the most influential man in my life; he has loved me, cared for me, and etc. He has bought me things, made me feel better, taken me to place, and been there for me. Though he had many some mistakes, I'm still thankful for him. My uncles have taught me to be strong, even if I'm a girl. They've showed me what I should expect in a man when I start dating. I've always heard stories about how they captured the attention of my aunts; it's always been interesting to hear. My grandpas have taught me many things; it would take me forever to list them. I've truly been blessed with the men that have a fatherly impression on my life; I couldn't be more thankful for them.

Most importantly, I'm thankful for my Heavenly Father. He has loved me unconditionally, even at my lowest points. I thank Him for His amazing grace and for saving me. He has answered my prayers, loved me when no one else did. Though I fail him everyday, he never fails me.With His Word to guide me in my life, I can know that he'll always be there for me. He'll never leave nor forsake me. He's taught me countless things but yet I have more to learn. I pray that I seek His will for my life. I want to thank Him for putting people in my life that mean the world to me but I want to thank Him for sending His Son, Jesus,  to die on the cross to save our sins. Thank you Lord! Glory to You!

A song for this is "He's All I Need;" our choir director sings it as a special and I love it dearly. Hopefully I can find the right lyrics to share it with you.

Painting Your Nails

Painting your nails? The struggle is REAL. I don't even have to include the hash-tag (#thestruggleisreal); well oops, I just did. Anyways, so I just painted my toe nails and that was a piece of cake but the real struggle is painting your fingernails by yourself. I just can't stand it; it gets on my nerves. Why? I get frustrated when I make one, tiny error and try to clean it off, which leads to accidentally touching another nail and ruining it. It just sucks, like your period. It drove me insane to the point where I just gave up and decided to paint my fingernails tomorrow instead of tonight. So, that means I just have my fingernails painted at the moment.

Nail art? Ain't nobody got time for that! Seriously, how do you manage to spend that much time to add nail designs to your nails? You must have no life at all or that's actually your job... I can't even do nail art and I'm Asian (Haha. Sorry. I had to said that since I'm Asian). I frustrate easily because of minute errors I make just painting my nails!  I don't know about you but my hand gets shaky when I try to do nail art. I can do grass and sometimes daisy flowers; that's like about it. I love seeing cute nail designs; it's impossible to not love them! They're so pretty, especially the really cool ones. Most of it looks difficult so if I ever ended up wanting to do them, my reaction would be something like "HahAhAHaHA. No. You must be kidding me." So, to those who can do nail art, I applaud you because I don't have the time or patience to do it.

Life's been busy so sorry for not posting in a couple days; it's not like it matters but just saying. :)

Who I fell in love with...

As you can guess by this title, I fell in love, but with who? The British owners of JacksGap. Who are they? They're Jack Harries and Finn Harries.

If you don't think they're cute, I'm judging you. But really, there is something wrong with you. Those beautiful, green eyes had enticed me to fall in love, also their charming smiles. What makes it even better is their sexy British accents. I don't know about you but I'm positive that every American teenage girl will fall in love with them because of their accents. Why? Because we love foreign accents, especially British ones. I love their personalities; they're so humble, sweet, funny, and cheeky. It's a complete package. Any girl to catch their eye would be extremely lucky.

Now, which twin is my favorite? Finn. When I first saw Finn on their "Twins" video, my eyes nearly fell out of their sockets and my jaw dropped open. He was absolutely gorgeous. Don't get me wrong; I'm in love with his brother too but there was just something about Finn, that had caught my attention. That idiot caused me to fall madly in love with him.

 Finn Harries

Before I knew it, I was being a typical fan, like watching all of their videos, following them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram; finding pictures of them, watching them on YouNow, and reading some imagines. Since they aren't really well-known yet, I kept this secret to myself. Eventually, I had to tell my best friend; it was hard not to tell her about them. Once I told her, it went downhill from there. We would talk about the twins, how sexy they were, and etc. Soon, I told a few of my other friends and they fell in love with Jack and Finn too. My best friend and I soon came up with an idea to get shirts that said "She's my Jack and She's my Finn." I found it through Wanelo but it turned out to cost $30 per shirt; we didn't want to spend that much money for it. Then, we came up with a better idea: to make iPhone cases. It was really cute the way I designed them but unfortunately, we haven't purchased them yet.

You know what's even crazier? They were in Orlando, FL for a YouTube convention A WEEK before I left to go to Disney World for my band trip. It drove me absolutely insane! It would have been awesome to meet them and get autographs but that didn't happen. It really did crush me because I was SO CLOSE to meeting them. I'm sure the next time they come to America, I probably wouldn't be able to meet them. Maybe one day, I'll be lucky enough to meet them. Who knows? I definitely did put "Meeting Jack and Finn" at the top of my bucket list.

If you don't think that I really love them, I can tell a story that will prove it. One night, I was talking to Directioners (yeah I know, go ahead and call me lame) on a group chat and this one girl asked if we could keep a secret. Let's call this girl Becca.We all agreed and begged her to tell us what her secret was. It turns out that she was a cousin of Jack and Finn. Let me tell you, another girl and I completely FREAKED out, like no lie; we'll call that girl Taylor. It got a little chaotic on that chat, which caused everyone to leave that chat except Taylor, Becca, and I. Just so you know, those aren't their real names. Taylor and I fangirled like crazy; it was absolutely nuts. Becca kept asking us why we were fangirling because she thinks that they're normal lads. They are normal lads but they're popular British YouTubers. She also informed us that she sees them all the time at family events and we're like "CAN WE COME WITH YOU? OMG. I'M CRYING. HELP! I NEED LIFE ALERT! I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!" That is some serious fangirling right there. So, Becca decided to text Finn that she's talking to two of their massive fans and that they were fangirling over him and Jack. Finn responded and she showed us the picture of it. It got even crazier on there! You can say that we had lost our sanity. Something that they didn't know was that I had texted my best friend and told her that. She went absolutely bonkers because she's also a huge fan of the twins too! So here I am, sitting in my room, completely freaking out how I am talking to a cousin of THE Jack and Finn Harries. About after 30 minutes of fangirling, Becca said that she also had to tell something to us. So, we're like "what is it?" It turns out that it was a prank. At first, Taylor and I were like "That was not funny. I hate you. I hope you die," but we soon joined in laughing with Becca. It definitely was hilarious but we felt like idiots for believing her. I bet you're wondering how was she texting "Finn." It was her best friend pretending to be "Finn." Unbelievable. We fell for it hook, line and sinker (Is that how you say it?).

Is this enough proof that I love them? If that isn't enough, you should see my phone; I have countless pictures of them. They're my dream. They're one of the many reasons why I started this blog. I just hope that one day in the future, I'll get meet them face-to-face. Those two cheeky, British twins have captured my heart, without them even realizing it. Their charming, captivating, cheeky, sweet personalities and their incredibly, good looks have swept me off my feet and left me trapped in a hole to love them forever. I definitely won't ever regret "Those 5 minutes I'll won't get back."

Periods

One sentence: I HATE going on my period.  But then again, what female doesn't? It just freaking sucks. Even before your period, it's awful; you're PMS-ing like crazy. I hate it especially when people ask "are you okay?" Well what do you think? Of course not! My uterus is killing me; I'm bleeding; What do you expect me to be feeling? It's not like I'll be prancing around in a tutu, singing "Over the Rainbow" because I'm on my period. Periods aren't that fabulous. What makes periods so bad? Well, it feels like you've been stabbed in the stomach a million times. You're sent into the crankiest mood ever. It makes it worse when you can't wear white/light-colored pants or your favorite underwear because it might get ruined. Why do girls have to suffer this every month? It's just not fair, you know?

I snap at everyone when I'm either PMS-ing or on it, especially to my brother. It's not my fault that the smallest, annoying he does to me, makes me mad. I'm already cranky; you really don't need to push my limits. It's like I turn from the nicest person ever to the meanest person in the world. Trust me, I'm really nice. Even if I don't snap at everyone, I will get upset at someone but I wouldn't show it. It's like I'm thinking "Stop it. You're annoying. Please stop. Or I'll kill you. OH MY GOODNESS, CAN YOU STOP?" No lie, I'm pretty sure those are my thoughts half the time.

I don't know about you but I like to sleep on my stomach a lot especially I'm flat-chested. I already accepted that fact that I'll be flat-chested forever. It sucks most of the time but I'm getting a little off subject. Since I like sleeping on my stomach, I hate it when your breasts swell up because it hurts laying flat on your tummy. You know what's even worse? Riding a a roller coaster. I'm like crying in pain because you're bouncing up and down on the ride; it hurts like crazy. I just went to the amusement park the other day and rode most of the big rides there. The first ride I rode was a wooden, bumpy ride; it was awful; I was dying to get off the ride because it hurt so much.

I'm positive that any female can explain to you while we all hate our periods. It's just the worse week of every month. I think we all could have been spared from having periods but apparently not.

However, the only good thing about periods is that your body is cleaning out, like my mom told me. I think that's like the only thing good about your period...

My Sophomore Year

It's the beginning of June 2013 and you know what that means? The end of my sophomore year at West. It's time to reminisce the good and bad memories! Mainly, the good memories. Let's start before the beginning of the school year because I play tennis. We got a brand new coach this year and my reaction to it was "Why do we have a old, fat man as our coach?" I know, it's mean but that was my initial reaction. As you can see, I had a girl coach last year so it was different for me. Since I am an underclassmen, I paid attention to how our seniors reacted to him. All of our seniors loved our coach, well pretty much everyone on the team did. Seeing that everyone on the team accepted and liked him, I allowed myself to see what he was really like. Soon, I rapidly grew closer to my coach and I'm very grateful that I didn't let my first impression block me. My coach didn't understand tennis so that wasn't really helpful. A good thing about him was that he was motivational. He made us feel proud of ourselves even when we lost a match. We lost our second seed player because she didn't like our coach and I'm not going into detail about it. Overall, this past tennis season was absolutely great and I couldn't be more happy to be a part of the team. All of us got along together and we just had fun! Because of my coach, he taught me to not judge people by their cover and many more.

First semester? So far in my high school career, that is my favorite semester EVER. I had all core classes, all honors and one A.P, and I don't regret it a single bit. It was a bit difficult sometimes but it was worth it all. I've literally have had the BEST A.P. United States History ever and I feel so honored having him as my teacher. That was my favorite class ever and sometimes I just wish I could go back to it. There's so many memories attached to it, either from my classmates or my teacher itself. It was just a wonderful experience and I couldn't be more happy. My other classes, however, were just lots of fun. I may or may not have liked the teacher but my classmates were just lots of fun! I've met some great people with interesting memories attached to it. For example, I played the Game of Life with my best friend and good friend of mines for my Oreo truffles in Honors Geometry. My Oreo truffles are just amazing, for your information. We really did bet on them but I won the game both times so I got them all. Since I'm a nice person, I shared some with them. Honors Chemistry? I've met one of my best friends in there and she's just awesome. In English, I can't quite point out a memory but I can just say that class was interesting since it's one of the only classes I have that's just my grade level. I had lunch with all of my best friends and many fun-filled memories were created during that period. I've had some discouraging moments but my coach taught me to ignore it even if it hurts. That's what I love about my coach; I can talk to him about anything. I could go on and on about first semester but it's time to move on to second semester.

Second semester did not quite fill up to first semester's standards but I definitely can say it was just an exciting semester! Since it was a different set of classes, it was interesting to experience things I haven't discovered yet. I finally returned to have band once again and the first time we did seating, I got first chair in my section (clarinet). I was so ecstatic and I guess you can say my "rival" (not really) wasn't too happy about that. I was soon defeated to second chair but I was okay with it. Sometimes you just need to accept defeat. You can't win all the time. In my section, it was just fun considering that I have an awesome clarinet buddy. I love band; it's just so much fun. When we went to festival, we came back with a 1 and two 2's. I couldn't be more proud of our wind ensemble. We played difficult music and were able to play it above the average ensemble. In March, we went to Walt Disney World and let me tell you, that was amazing! I had a wonderful time, at the parks and playing music. I can't go into detail because it would take me forever to tell you everything that happened. Moving on, I had Honors Pre-Calculus with the same teacher I had for Honors Algebra II. I thought the class was easy and there were definitely something hilarious moments in there! I love math. It's favorite subjects. You probably think I'm crazy. I don't love math because I'm Asian but because, there are very few solutions to a problem. What I mean by that is that , you can have several answers to one problem but everyone will end up getting the same answers (hopefully). In English, there could be a million answers to one question and I don't like that. I like seeing one accurate answer that you can explain. That's why English is one of my weakest subjects. Next, I had Principles of Business & Finance, I'm thankful that I took it because it's very helpful. I now know how to handle financial decisions and such. My last class of the day was psychology with my coach. It was a class mainly of juniors and seniors, with a few sophomores (like me). It was just so fun (during the experiments and random moments) and boring (when we read out of the textbook). The most recent memory I have from that last is my prediction from my coach. He predicted that I would be a surgeon, in fact, a successful one. I was so successful that I had my own reality TV show. Hilarious right? It gets better. He said that it got cancelled because I won't talk. You don't know me personally but I can be shy sometimes. Plus, I was supposed to get married to his son, one of my good friends. That's not going to happen but it was just funny, seeing everything connected to it.

Alas, graduation is coming. Some of my seniors friends will be leaving me and I'll miss them dearly. Especially my best friend since I was in kindergarten. She's my best friend forever and we're neighbors. We've share so many memories together and I just know I'll miss her a lot. Graduation is June 8th and I"ll be there, watching them graduate. I'll have to be there anyways. I'm required to play in graduation band so I guess that's a perk, because I'll be able to see them.

(My best friend, Savannah and I [I'm on the left; she's on the right])

My sophomore year was definitely amazing, if I had to describe it in one word. I've met one of my best friends that has the same birthday as me; I think that's pretty awesome! I love her! We call each other birthday twins well because it is true! Hahaha! There were a lot of memories created! I have to say the good memories outweighed the bad. I couldn't have asked for a better year and for God blessing me greatly. I couldn't be more thankful for a wonderful family and friends that are supportive of me.

(Thank you for reading this because I couldn't really think of a better way to kick off this blog. I hope you enjoyed it!)

-Jessica

What You Should Know About Me

So hi there! I'm Jessica! I'm going to try to introduce myself a little more in this entry because the "About Me" section to your right is pretty brief. I'm just a small town girl who loves God with all her heart. God is everything to me and I trust Him and His will for my life. I fail him everyday but yet He NEVER fails me. I love music; it has a major impact on my life. I play the piano and clarinet and it always amazes me. Realizing that I love to perform this year, I've realized how important it to me and how people can stop for a minute in their busy life and to enjoy themselves listening to it.

The reason why I created this blog was that my friend, Savannah, decided to make a summer blog on here and I thought, "well why not join with her?" So, I've created this blog, not just for the summer, but for my life. That's the main reason but there is a smaller reason for this. I run another blog, which must not be named, and it's different from this blog. Since this blog is more of a written one, I thought it would be interesting to try something new.

A few things that interest me is that I love to read, play tennis, and traveling. I'm sorry, I can't help but being a bookworm but if you ever wanted to catch my attention in books, all you have to do is mention Percy Jackson & the Olympians and/or Heroes of Olympus and the Gallagher Girls. What was just mentioned was that they are my two favorite book series in the whole world. I've been reading Percy Jackson since I was in elementary school and the whole series isn't complete! I just love it completely and the way Rick Riordan always surprises me and I just fall in love. I also have another interest in the YouTube channel, JacksGap (Click here), the British twins, Jack and Finn Harries. They're absolutely amazing, charming, sexy, and funny. I could go on and on about them but I'll save that for another blog entry! I do have a keen interest in One Direction; go ahead, judge me. I guess an excuse is because they're British. Have I mentioned I love British accents? I don't think I have but I do. That's a lame excuse but hey, it caught my attention. There's some other reasons but I'll stop there. I absolutely love to travel. I've been to many places around the United States. It's not as much as I want to visit but I hope that one day, I'll be able to travel to more places around the world. I think that's enough for you to know about me, at least for now. I might add some fun facts every now and then in my other entries!

I hope you like my blog and hopefully you can come back! I might as well apologize in advance for any horrible and crappy entries in the future. Haha! I'll try to entertain you if I can and bring at least a small smile to your face! Thanks for reading!