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(photo taken by: jaimeepage)

I opened my window today to air out the room and sat on my bed to relax after my two finals today. As I sat there, I could hear everything going on outside. Slowly, I could hear light keys being played and then all of a sudden played with gusto. It was beautiful piano music that totally reflected the mood I was in. And I just sat there kinda soaking it all in. It was very peaceful. If I hadn't opened the window, I might've missed it. Kinda reminds me to take a chance on things, cause you never know the unexpected surprises awaiting there behind it.

Still waiting...

People from my past who I want to acknowledge #1

I was thinking about random people from my childhood and who were around when I was growing up but lost touch with cause I moved around a lot. I guess I wanted to do a series (though not in any specific order and they probably won't be one right after another) of people in my life who made a difference, but maybe never knew it.

The first person I was thinking of was Ms. Mckenzie. She showed up in random parts of my elementary school years.

I first met her when I was in 2nd grade. She was the yard attendant that kept an eye on the children during recess. She was this extremely tall (well at least tall compared to my 2nd grade self), auburn-haired woman who had a huge smile. Since my family lived out of district, we got moved around a lot within the school district. This was my second elementary school, PCY (Paradise Canyon Elementary School). Since we moved around a lot I didn't have any friends when I went there. I eventually met some people in my class like Teresa Tseng and others.

Anyways, during recess I used to talk to Ms. Mckenzie all the time, since I didn't really hang out with the other kids. I'd always get so excited. She was one of my first friends in elementary school. I wonder what she thought of our conversations. hahaha Later on, I started to hang out with this girl, Lindsay Deutsch and I didn't talk to Ms. Mckenzie as much anymore.

Then in 5th grade...I think... , by this time I was at PCR (Palm Crest Elementary), I remember walking down to playground and I see this extremely tall woman with long auburn hair and I got so excited! It was Ms. Mckenzie!! I ran as fast as I could down to the playground and hugged her. She had this huge smile on her face and she said "wow! you almost knocked me down." All I could do was look up at her and smile at her. I guess 5th grade was kinda tough too, friends wise. But it was good to run down at recess, spot her and dash over and give her a big ol' hug. I wonder where she is now. If I ever met her again, I'd probably do the same. Dash over and give her a big hug. Though now I'm wayyy taller than when I was in elementary school (I got my growth spurt in the 9th grade). Thanks for being my friend, Ms. Mckenzie. :)

寶貝

My heart is restless because He called my name today.
What did you want to bring to my attention?

"貝貝".