A Long Time

 It has been a long time since I wrote a blog post. My siblings write blog these days, but I don't know about what. School is about to start, which seems unreal since I have completely lost track of the days. Everyday I'm stuck at home, and although I try to be productive, I end up doing something else really fast. At first, the thought of staying at home all day was horrible, but now I'm okay with it. I have a lot more free time, and I actually like that. I can still contact my friends so being ta home is okay. Also, blogger had a weird update and I don't know if I like it.

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.

2019 Winter Break Vacation

On Friday, December 20, my dad told me to pack 10 pairs of clothing. I didn't know why, but my parents said we were going to go on a trip. It was completely last minute and unplanned. I was procrastinating, so the night I was packing I didn't sleep until 11 PM. On Saturday morning we left, we were planning to just drive around aimlessly but we decided to go from California to Arizona. We stayed at Holiday Inn that night. On Sunday, we went to Saguaro National Park, we didn't stay there for long. We just looked around, and hiked a bit. We also watched a movie there. We then left the national park and drove to Phoenix. There, we met up with my cousin and uncle. We went to a mall and bought rolled ice cream. Other then that, we didn't do much. After the mall we went to our hotel, which was Springhill Suites. This hotel was very nice, with a modern feel to it. My cousin and uncle stayed in the same hotel, a room away from us. We all went to eat dinner together. We ate Thai food, it was the best meal for the entire trip. I got so full that I could barely walk. We then went back to the hotel and stayed the night. The next day we said goodbye to our cousin and uncle and they drove to California. On Monday morning, we drove to Albuquerque, New Mexico. We spent the whole day driving, and we stayed at Holiday Inn at night, again. On Tuesday, everyone in my family was tired. So we decided to book another night at the hotel. Everyone just used their electronics for a few hours, but my parents decided that we should try going somewhere. So we drove to a mall nearby and just stayed there for a few hours. For dinner we ate at a fancy Italian restaurant. Then we went back to Holiday Inn. The next day was Wednesday, December 25. It was Christmas! We drove to a city in Texas, and since it was Christmas most restaurants and stores were closed. We stayed in a Holiday Inn, again, and my dad and I went to look for food. We finally found an open store and bought a pizza. We were also very last minute and booked the hotel during dinner, or on the road. The next day was Thursday, and we drove to Austin, Texas. We arrived at night time and we ate at Outback Steakhouse, it was pretty good. On Friday, we stayed in Austin and drove around. Since we lived there ten years ago, we drove back to our old house, and also other houses that we had bought. That night we at County Line Steakhouse. On Saturday, we drove to San Antonio, Texas. We went into the mission and explored. After that we went to the San Antonia River Walk. We at Vietnamese Pho that night. On Sunday, we decided to head back. We drove back to New Mexico and stayed the night. Then on Monday, December 30, we drove 13 hours and made it back home. We stayed at Holiday Inn for most of the nights on vacation, and it turned out to be 9 days long and it was a fun experience. Most of the trip was driving or being on electronics, but it was still fun!

Guide Dogs of America Girl Scout Outing

Today, I woke up at 6:15 A.M. to get ready to go to my troop leader's house. From there we would drive to L.A. and go to the Guide Dogs of America center. After I woke up, I went downstairs to eat breakfast and left at 6:40 A.M. Everyone was supposed to be at our troop leader's house by 7:00 A.M. but everyone was late. I just waited out front for the other people in my troop to arrive. At 7:40 A.M., we left for a 2 hour drive to L.A. It was really boring at first, but I remembered that I brought my math homework so I worked on that. I got two out of three pages done, and then I just talked with my friends. When we got off the car (there were multiple cars) we waited for the girls in the other cars to arrive. At 10:00 we went inside the auditorium to listen to our guide. She talked about the guide dogs, and lots of stuff. It wasn't really the fun party because I just wanted to meet the dogs. We watched a video on people talking about what type of blindness they had, and how the guide dogs really helped changed their lives and made their lives much easier. After the 10 minute video, it was 10:30. The guide had brought in a two year old guide dog. It was a labrador retriever named Walter. It was so adorable and friendly. The guide said that some dogs were fit for the job because they had a good temperament. All the guide dogs were breed by them, and they have to be healthy to help the blind. Our guide let Walter meet everyone, and he was so cute. After that, we went outside and went to see other buildings. She showed us the dorm rooms for blind people that were in training to own a guide dog, they stay there for 3 weeks and for free. The dogs were also free, but each dog takes $48,000 dollars to help train and support. Even though they are so expensive, the blind person gets it free as long as they meet the requirements. Outside, we saw a little play area with volunteers playing with the puppies that were only around 7 weeks old. They were so cute, and small I just wanted to hug them. The guide said we were not allowed to touch them because we wouldn't want to spread germs to the puppies because they have to be healthy. After taking pictures and watching the adorable puppies, we went to see the dogs that were around 2 years old like Walter. They were much more hyper, and they were running around and jumping up everywhere. We weren't allowed to put our hands over our fence or else the dogs might make a habit of jumping up, and if they're going to be guide dogs they can't do that. We had to pet the dogs through the holes in the fence. After that we went back into the auditorium to talk more about the dogs. We took pictures with Walter and then we went to the gift shop. We didn't buy anything though. After the gift shop, we went to eat lunch. We ate at a place called Teriyaki Madness. It was pretty good, there were signs saying "Warning: Food extremely addictive". The food was good, but it was not so good to the point where it was addictive. I got teriyaki beef with fried rice. It was pretty good. Then, we got on the car and drove home. I finished the last page of my math homework and talked with my friends. Our car was the first one back, and we were driving with the troop leader so we played in their backyard. They had a tree house with a swing. There was also a little elevator that other people had to pull, it was a pulley sort of thing. It took 3 people just to pull up one person. It was really hard, and it hurt my hands. My mom and my sister went on the trip too, and their car got their after 15 minutes or so. Then, I drove home. Going to the Guide Dogs of America center was really interesting and fun. I learned lots of things and saw lots of cute dogs.