le vingt et un janvier

So, this day's journal entry will be a kind of "So, today I did this..." sort of post.

Today, I basically practiced the "It's not what you know, it's who you know" philosophy. My dad has these (somewhat) narrow connections to this accountant who has internship/volunteer positions at her accounting firm, and I finally got to meet her. My dad constantly reminded me to "leave a good impression of myself" for this accounting, and I'm pretty confident in saying that I did.

However, this accountant didn't leave a very good impression for me. She didn't seem very friendly, and didn't seem like answering my questions. So I'm probably not going to apply for this job... although I honestly would like a non-blue collared job.

Anyways, I was also really worried about the awkward situation of not knowing anyone there, and just being by myself and mingling with adults or something.. but THANKFULLY I ran into an old classmate, Helen, and we had a long talk about school and our educational goals and such, haha. She's a junior so I gave a lot of advice about college and high school and all. But I was so happy seeing a familiar face! Just seeing a familiar face nowadays makes me pretty happy. Most of the time, haha. Well, most of the time I love to run into old classmates at De Anza, or anyone else around the city.

I was telling Helen the things I would have done if I knew better while I was a junior at Monta Vista. I would have not taken so many useless AP classes (but then again, I know I didn't know what to major in anyways so I was kind of just trying things around). I would have tried to be more participative in clubs. I wish I could have been more open-minded because I must admit I was extremely close-minded. And yes, I will associate that with being kind of "fobby". But ironically, junior year was the year I began to develop a keen interest for England (but mostly because I was intrigued at how stupid some of their political figures were). So I guess that kind of was the year where my "fobbiness" was fading away.

I told her I wish I would have read more, and discovered authors like Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte a lot sooner. This way, my SAT score would have been a lot higher and I bet I would have actually enjoyed taking the SATs. But thanks to British Literature, I now do know a whole series of wonderful English novels. I also wish I would have totally avoid AP Biology, AP US History (again, going back to the "useless APs"), and AP Calculus, because I took those solely for the purpose of hopefully saving money in college, which obviously does not save any amount of money as one can see in my current educational situation.

I'm actually very thankful to be going to De Anza college because:

1. I am saving a crapload of money by simply finishing up my GE's here
2. I have a better chance of transferring to any UC I want (in addition to already being in De Anza's Honors program)
3. I get to start off college with close friends, so I at least have some people to be with to start off with.
4. I get to be in a very diverse environment - mostly in terms of age, but my older classmates do say the most interesting things in class.

I'm not bragging that being in De Anza is better - I mean definitely it is better in terms of saving money - but I am just trying to find reasons to appreciate what has been given to me. So this is what my conversation with Helen tonight has led me to think about.

Also, tea does not wake me up. It is making me very drowsy.

And tomorrow I have no time for play. I have been busy the whole day today and have homework for three classes to finish up for tomorrow...