Thursday, October 4, 2007
Moment of truth; the winner if the Hawaii state ACADEC CHAMPS were about to be announced. We had lost for the past two years and we sure as hell didn't want to lose this year. For us four seniors, this was our last chance. We all were nervous - what if after all of our medals, our obsessive listening to Chinese music and adoration of Pang Long; what if we lost? Nellie would kill us. Hell, he would execute us. Okay, they're saying who won...and we finally made it! Jump forward to April 23rd. We're getting on the plane for a week of studying Chinese curriculum and other stuff that I will never again need to remember. From Chen Lin to Peark S. Buck, from Chieng Hsieh to John Cage, we had to know it all. After months and months of obsessing over the music CD and how Pang Long looks like Kim Jyoung-Il, we finally had to prove ourselves. Over three days, we competed in ten subjects and got a few hours of sleep. After the last day of tests, we finally got to talk to other people; we were able to be SOCIAL! Something that was uncalled for in acadec. We watched other teams get awards and we even got Rookie of the Year! We finally accomplished something.
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