Looking Back

Today, I looked back on my very old blogposts, and I smiled just reading through them. It was like when I read through my written journal. While reading them, I suddenly remembered that my parents used to want me to write a blog post every single day. I definitely did not do that, and I kind of regret it because I really want to be able to look back on what happened in the future. I'm still shocked that it's been 8 years since I started my blog. I don't have much else to say.

COVID-19 Situation

       I remember before the school closure was announced, many of my teachers were very sure that school would not be canceled and some talked to us about the pandemic, but that same day, right after lunch, at the beginning of 5th period, the school closure was announced. A few days before that Friday, many events were already being canceled, but people still were not expecting school to be closed because the school district had assured everyone that school would stay open.

       On March 13, 2020, school was confirmed to be canceled for three weeks. Just until right after spring break, school was scheduled to start again on April 6, 2020, but that changed. On March 24, 2020, and email was sent out by the school district that the school closures would be extended to May 1. This was of course very devastating, and I thought that It wouldn't get worse, but on April 1, 2020, school was confirmed to be canceled for the rest of the school year. I won't be able to see my friends in person, and I won't be able to celebrate my birthday with my friends. 

       I was super sad, and all my friends were sad about it, and one of my teachers even sent out emails to talk about the situation. The coronavirus has forced everyone to go into quarantine. My parents won't even let me leave the house, and for the first time in a very long time, I'm finally writing a blog post. Since I'm in quarantine, I wrote that shorter blog post a few minutes ago about my old journals. This pandemic is extremely severe, and there have been over one million cases.
       EDL, or emergency distance learning, has also been a very big change that I'm still not very used to. I personally think that it's harder to learn without a teacher in front of you. For me, we don't even do video calls or anything, our teachers just assign us homework, they don't really teach us. It's not a very effective way of learning, but at the same time EDL is kind of nice. I can stay at home all day, and finish my work before lunch, so I can have free time in the afternoon. I'm still very surprised that this happened, and it's like we're living in history right now. In the future, people will read about the 2020 pandemic that caused everything to stop. I just want everyone to stay healthy and safe.

Disneyland Park

On Monday morning, I woke up at 6:50 AM. I was getting ready to go to Disneyland, we had to be there by 8:00 so there wouldn't be many long lines in the beginning. I ate breakfast and got ready with my mom, brother, and sister. At around 7:20 we got onto the car and drove to Disney. We found parking spaces and then boarded a shuttle called the Woody shuttle which transports you to the park if you pay the fee. We arrived at Disneyland and went through bag checks.

This blog post was last updated on 12/31/19, and it was for Disneyland, but I don't remember which trip to Disneyland it was supposed to be since there were three days for it. I will be publishing this on 4/3/20, over a year later.

This was from day 1 on 4/2/19

Day 1

Disneyland Park

Parking spot: 18C Woody

Arrival: 8:00 AM

First ride: space mountain

Second: it’s a small world boat ride

Third: teacups 

Fourth: flying dumbos

Fifth: merry go round/carousel 

Sixth: Indiana Jones adventure 

Seventh: tiki show (birds)

Eighth: Matterhorn bobsleds (single rider)

Ninth: gadget-go coaster

Tenth: buzz light year ride

Eleventh: big thunder mountain

Twelfth: star tours

Thirteenth: splash mountain

Fourteenth: train ride (Grand Canyon, dinosaurs)

Fifteenth: haunted mansion, scary stuff and cool ride

Sixteenth: Jungle cruise 

Seventeenth: pirates of the Caribbean (boat in water, small drops)

Departure: 7:00 PM

Food:

Churros, dole float, frozen strawberry lemonade, jumbo turkey leg, barbecue chicken pizza, chicken pasta, strawberry slushy, Mickey soft pretzel

Day 2 on 4/14/19

Day 2

Disney California Adventure Park

Parking spot: 15C Woody

Arrival: 7:30 AM

First: soarin’ around the world

Second: incredicoaster, (loopity loop)

Third: swinging gondola Ferris wheel

Fourth: midway mania 

Fifth: mater’s junkyard jamboree 

Sixth: radiator spring’s racer

Seventh: grizzly river run

Eighth: grizzly river run

Ninth: goofy’s sky school

Tenth: Jr. Chef show

Eleventh: tower of terror/ guardians of the galaxy mission: breakout

Twelfth: frozen broadway show

Thirteenth: soarin’ around the world

Fourteenth: grizzly river run (no wait, very quick)

Fifteenth: grizzly river run (9 minute ride)

Departure: 8:00 PM

Food: 

cinnamon churro, Mexican food: bean, chicken, rice, taco, orange, salad, lemonade mixed with sprite, apple, jumbo turkey leg, frozen strawberry lemonade

Day 3 on 5/2/19

Disneyland 

California Adventure

5/12/19

1st: Soarin’ around the world

2nd: Soarin’ around the world 

3rd: incredicoaster (3x)

4th: swinging gondola Ferris wheel

5th: Golden zephyr

6th: midway mania

7th: lunch

8th: river rapids (2x)

9th: rock climbing

10th: Frozen

11th: guardians of the galaxy

12th: mickeys orchestra

13th: turtle talk with crush

14th: animation academy 

16th: sorcery workshop

Old Journals

A while ago, I was looking through the scattered cabinets in my house when I came across some journals. I looked through them and realized they were journals that I wrote in a long time ago. I think they were around 2012-2014, but I'm not sure. I read through the journal, and found so many cute stories and poems. I don't really have any memory of writing them, but it's so fun to go back and read them. Back then, my handwriting was really messy, and although it's hard to read, I was still able to read it. Today I suddenly thought of them, and realized that I wanted to keep those journals for memories, and I spent half an hour looking for them. I finally found the two journals, plus another journal that I had. I'm going to keep these journals, and look back on them in the future, or just when I'm bored.