nameable

when i was a kid, i always wanted a nickname...so whenever i drew a comic strip or made up a story, i'd make up a name that went along with it. such as danica (but that sounds like a marble for some reason).

and now i have one. or many. it's been more than a few times that people have asked me: "is your name danielle or daniela?"
hmm. for you, I DON'T KNOW. so just to clarify, my official birth certificate name is danielle, but everyone in costa rica calls me daniela (with one "L"). so take your pick. i generally think that the people who don't know me as well will call me by my official name, danielle, while the people that know me a bit better will make up their own name for me or use daniela. i've quite a collection of names, i think: danielle, daniela, daniella (note the extra L), dani, d., danlee (=P..my initials are D.L. also),..ooh. i thought there were more. well, the more embarrasing one the exists no more is "a dan", which, sounded out in chinese, means "an egg".

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the past few weeks i've been trying to be more studious and actually concentrate on homework for more than half hour. since march break my marks have been dropping like a slinky on the stairs, cuz school wasn't one of my priorities. well, it's never been one. as a matter of fact, i never could understand why people would stress so much about school, when there's so much more to life than simply school. (like God....and soccer. XP )

i've always done an average job in school, cuz i have good short term memory (so i can study well for tests) and i'd do my homework. when i came to canada, i got involved with plenty of church stuff, and since God was my priority, and church was 'closer' to God, church activities became priority.
but it shoulda been school. it's a priveledge and a blessing to have an education at all, and the chance of getting into a university. so i'm gonna concentrate more on school these days, till the END. of HIGH SCHOOL. up til then, i'm gonna learn to refuse playing softball and chilling with people unless necessary....so i can do HOMEWORK. *sigh* not looking forward to it too much, but it's gotta happen to keep my marks up.
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soccerin'
so we had our second game against Cedarbrae (spelling?) and, with the super skills of our goalie, liz. we kept the score at 0-0. quite a funny event, cuz we did not shoot ONCE on the other net, while they had at LEAST 2o shots. per half. ON NET. and our amazing goalie saved them ALL. in the words of a cederbrae girl: "i swear, your goalie's touched by an angel!"
i hope we can try harder, work better as a team, and TALK MORE. aiya, that field is silent when we play!
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summer's almost heeerrreeee.....2 more months and school's OVER.....
that means prom's coming up.
not a fan of dressing up and staying dressed up for such a long time...but i guess i have to go. once in a lifetime..why not. still need to get a dress, or borrow from cousin or somebody. :/
aaahh...and it's so expensive! $$$$

gonna be spending so much these days: for soccer (jersey), softball (equipment, jersey, registration, etc), prom (ticket,...ticket...dress + accessories???)
i don't see how people can spend so much on clothes, like $30 pants. and that's probably the ones on sale. =P

ah. and softball...
passed my ump test!!! but then that means i have to ump now...and make decisions...and have people yell at me for making bad calls :$ but if God provided, he wants me there for a reason =) definitely looking forward to meeting all the O's on sunday!! >< can't wait!

anyways, back to chem homework.