lol this blog is so dead.
im gonna make a new blogspot blog!
soon.
ish.

probably tonight. we'll see...

wandaywang @ 4/22/2009 02:07:00 AM

YAY, im in business! well, the food i hung up for the birds are being eaten. =]

wandaywang @ 2/23/2009 07:31:00 PM

jump for joy and see this:
mostbeautifulman.com


annddd while you're at it, check out the mean kitty, sparta. owned by the 'professional idiot', Cory "Mr. Safety" Williams.

wandaywang @ 10/20/2007 01:18:00 PM

its time, to keep online records. i rest that email i no longer trust. i grumble.
so,
here is my paper about de beers. do enjoy it..... i whacked myself many much while attempting to write it. my true inspiration is the movie: blood diamonds. yeaaaaaa. i love that movie!
i shall now entitle it,
"Unruly thoughts, Diamonds, Ethics"
and so, here it is:

What is the true value of a diamond?[i] Is it just the monetary price? The labor expended to find it? The labor expended to cut and shape it in an appealing manner? Perhaps the negative effect it has? That is a question that has been raised as society now contemplates the situation of De Beers in the diamond industry, with their control over the diamond trade. De Beers Consolidated Mines, Ltd is a merger of major investors in the diamond mines. These are the people who have realized that to control this diamond supply they would have to cooperate with each other. Their merger resulted in a cartel “powerful enough to control production and perpetuate the illusion of scarcity of diamonds.”[1] This happened in 1888.

Records have shown how De Beers has applied very effective marketing, selling the diamond as a necessary luxury good. They have fused it with human emotion, integrating it further into human society tradition. Their marketing line: “diamond is forever” and other such advertising campaigns they have embarked on has revolutionized the global view point on diamonds with very effective marketing. One example of such a culture revolution is how Asian societies, who have not had a tradition of sealing an engagement or wedding with a diamond ring, are now expectant of a diamond engagement ring. As quoted by Edward Jay Epstein from his article in ‘the Atlantic Monthly’: “The diamond invention—the creation of the idea that diamonds are rare and valuable, and are essential signs of esteem—is a relatively recent development in the history of the diamond trade.”[2] The article “the Diamond Business Gets Rough” by Bristol Lane Voss addresses the situation of De Beer’s dominance in the diamond industry and takes the stand that “De Beer is the diamond industry”.[3] Voss handily provides a concise overview of the diamond industry, and most importantly draws attention to the high superiority of the De Beer state of affairs.

To further the point on this perceived rarity, it should be noted that De Beers has created in a sense, gilded picture of diamond value. It could be said that De Beers, in marketing actions, and how it has morphed human perceptions on diamond significance, has in a sense masked and confused the idea of a diamond in the eyes of many consumers.

In the past, the diamond had been a luxury only the rich aristocrats could afford. Then, diamonds were rarely found, and then only in certain locations in Brazil and India. The world’s production of diamonds were then only a few pounds per year, until the late 1800s when major diamond mines were uncovered in near the Orange River, in South Africa. The diamonds found there were soon being scooped out by the ton, and the world’s diamond market supply increased drastically. “The British financiers who had organized the South African mines quickly realized that their investment was endangered; diamonds had little intrinsic value—and their price depended almost entirely on their scarcity. The financiers feared that when new mines were developed in South Africa, diamonds would become at best only semiprecious gems.”[4]

This event, and many other diamond mine discoveries following, had caused the unrest amongst diamond investors. To safeguard their investment, they needed to keep the price of diamonds high. The simplest way to do so was to control the supply of diamonds into the world market. The fewer diamonds in circulation, the more precious they would be to the consumer, and hence the price of the diamonds would remain high. Thus begins the problem for De Beers, which is the largest diamond trader and supplier to the world. Their careful marketing of the diamond would go to ruins if the price of the diamond plummeted. This could happen overnight. Every moment a new diamond mine had been discovered, the world sees how the diamond is not that much of a rarity.

Being a cartel is in a way dangerous for firms. The general trend of thought is that markets should be free, without inhibition to competition. Competition, after all, is what encourages development in the market and ensures that consumers are not taken advantage of by profit grabbing firms. This also does not allow for infant industries to develop—big multinational companies take over that country’s market, not wanting any competition. And these infant industries are given the opportunity to develop, with such restraint put on them by such powerful firms; in addition, governments may not even have the power to help. So the practice of forming cartels is frowned upon and in some ways outlawed by governments. Therefore, De Beers has had to tread carefully in its quest to make a fortune out of the diamond trade.[ii]

De Beers took many forms all over the world to hide its presence. “In London, it operated under the innocuous name of the Diamond Trading Company. In Israel, it was known as "The Syndicate." In Europe, it was called the "C.S.O." -- initials referring to the Central Selling Organization, which was an arm of the Diamond Trading Company. And in black Africa, it disguised its South African origins under subsidiaries with names like Diamond Development Corporation and Mining Services, Inc. At its height, it not only either directly owned or controlled all the diamond mines in southern Africa but also owned diamond trading companies in England, Portugal, Israel, Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland.”[5]

To bring the focus back to the original matter: it must be established the true value of a diamond and what should be considered a truly precious diamond. There are many classes of diamonds, and only some are considered true gems, rather than just very hard pieces of carbon. The discovery of diamond mines in such an impoverished place as Africa has resulted in civil unrest. Groups of people, be it militia rebels or ones out to strike it rich, invest their energies into acquiring as many diamonds as possible. The process may not be entirely morally correct, and it is from here that the predicament of blood diamonds emerges.

De Beers worries about an oversupply of diamonds. And yet Voss’ article reveals that not all of the newfound mines have quality diamonds. It follows that only diamonds of a gem quality[6] would contest in the market De Beers broods over. The discovered diamond mines in Canada for example, does not produce diamond gems. Thus, if it is as CSO [Central Selling Organization] says that in the long term, only diamonds of gem quality would be prized, they need not worry about the new mines and restricting the supply of diamonds. In essence, it is inferior quality diamonds flooding the market, not diamond gems. What inherently De Beers is doing by buying up diamonds in the market is providing an assured buyer and source of capital for any diamond supplier. This includes those mining diamonds illegally.

From the above follows a point on corporate social responsibility. The Cartel that is De Beers causes detriment to the development of human society. The distraction on diamond esteem and their controlled hike of the true price of diamonds has created a false sense of worth to the diamond. Another significant point to note is that in actual fact synthetic diamonds can be made. Should the consumers feel that the diamond is treasured as a symbol rather than treasured for its properties, then, such a substitution could be made use of. But because of De Beer’s marketing as such that “A diamond is forever”, some have the opinion that governments should step in to regulate this. After all, De Beers has immense powers over the diamond market. Compare this to Organization for Petroleum Export Countries (OPEC), which is in present day facing much objection in their practices, which are similar, if not nearly identical, to De Beers. The products are different, OPEC’s a necessary good, the De Beers’ a luxury good that has been marketed as a necessary luxury good, but the result is the same on human society.

In conclusion, De Beers’ market position and strategy has caused it to be the dominant player in the diamond industry. De Beers’ has had an adverse affect on human society, causing culture and traditional revolution as well as civil unrest. Due to this, they should be regulated so as to rectify the problems it has caused, ergo: quell the blood diamond trade. It could be deduced that, should the stockpile of diamonds in De Beers’ coffers be released into the market, the price of diamonds would fall, but that depends on the true amount of diamonds in the world. If there is not much more than what has been discovered thus far, then the price may not drop much, and may also rise as the limit to the diamond supply is in view and consumers rush to own a diamond for themselves. A diamond is an attractive stone, with a unique property as the hardest substance on Earth; therefore even without the added glory by De Beer, it certainly is a prize, especially one that is of ‘gem quality’.

Bibliography

· De Beers
www.debeersgroup.com

· Ekati Diamonds
www.ekati.ca

· “A Diamond Is Forever”
www.adiamondisforever.com

· William Goldberg Diamond Corporation
www.williamgoldberg.com

· Lucent Diamonds
www.lucentdiamonds.com

· Diamonds: the Real Story by Andrew Cockburn http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/data/2002/03/01/html/ft_20020301.1.html

· Have you ever tried to sell a diamond? by Edward Jay Epstein http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

· "The Diamond Business Gets Rough" (Bristol Lane Voss, Journal of Business Strategy, July/August 1998, pp 36-43)

Appendix

wandaywang @ 5/12/2007 01:11:00 PM

go grease lightning ur buring up the quarter mile! hahah
i gotta learn the grease medley for the voix concert
i've just combined my google account with this blog. hmmm.

wandaywang @ 3/01/2007 10:39:00 PM

heres my learning journal1 for LTB!!!omg its like...1500+ words..haha..i just felt like putting something up on this dead blog.

Foreword:

Individually, each thing I have to say from what I have learnt previously and what I have concluded now is but dry and uncouth. But put together, it is like a painting –either one finds it amusing, or one finds it to be kitsch.

Blurb of Wanda:

Leadership and team building, so I heard. What is this about? What is this for? So I was thinking.
When I first heard about this, I figured that the course would be trying to brainwash students to either be the ones in charge, or to be the ones listening to the ones in charge. A general trend of thought is that a group, (I hesitate to use the term team here), should have one dominant person, whilst the rest of the group cooperates with the alpha.


I personally have to disagree with this idea of how a group of people should work together, and after the in class discussions about the roles of a leader and so on, I have concluded that a group of people should a) work together. This means being cooperative and understanding whilst working together, willing to hear the opinions and ideas of others*. Then there is the role of a b) facilitator. I feel that this role is important as direction and objective viewpoints are crucial in preventing things from going off track and horribly wrong. And of course, c) the leader. Now, when I say leader, I am referring to one who could not only motivate the crew, but also bring them on to greater heights**. This role is of course different again from a manager, a manager may be able to achieve these goals. But I believe that the fine line is that a leader would be altruistic, and a manager would be one that is more interested in organizing the crew in order to meet a target, while paying no heed to each of the members of the crew themselves.


This reminds me of the personality test that I took. It definitely gave me an interesting outlook on myself. Twice. Once when my friend got it in his class, and again when I got the link in the power point in LTB. I was convinced that some statistics must have been off. Like how intellectual I was. Well, the IPIP-NEO narrative report stated that I have a low level of altruism. Do I agree with them? No. I feel that helping people is rewarding! That’s why I am a camp counselor. An unpaid one at that too. How did I ever clock up 150++ hours of community service in a little more than a year without having a sense of altruism? And I was also described as having a low morality. So what does this make me? Like Hitler? I actually respect Hitler as a leader quite a lot. He is a successful*** man. The report also noted that I am not very sympathetic—well I guess that’s why I can cast aside my grief at the deaths caused by this man and commend on his good points.

Then we can now talk about why people follow leaders. I have a theory that people follow leaders because they see qualities in the leader that they respect. Either that, or they agree with the leader’s point of view. Hitler has very handily combined both of these—he is a charismatic speaker, causing the people to feel that he is a very able person, and at the same time turning their point of views to his. Which include the mindset that Aryans are the best race, Jews are impure, the handicapped are to be culled, etcetera. So some, like me, would then say: “oh, actors must be great leaders/figureheads then!” but then, one must look to this story—
A turkey was standing in a field chatting to a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of yonder tree," the turkey sighed, "but I haven't got the energy."
"Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. They're packed with nutrients."
The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fourth night he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Whereupon he was spotted by a farmer who dashed into the farmhouse, emerged with a shotgun, and shot the turkey right out of the tree.
Moral of the Story: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.
Interesting yes? Well, I do find it quite true. But there have been actors who have become leaders, for example Ronald Reagan. And he did manage to lead a country. He led America with his “reaganomics” into its trade deficit. No comment.


Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through change. This is the definition I got off the slides from class. So any kind of change made would be a show of one’s leadership skills, good. I can do that. So now I know why the “worldview youth conference 2006” was aimed at cinching the “leaders” from each of the schools participating. Except the international students—we make changes because that is what we are used to doing.


There was that discussion about managers and leaders. Well now I have a thought: managers are expected to be leaders, but the superiors of the managers expect the managers to not have catalytic characteristics to an extent. They want obedient sheep that do the job but do not steal their own job!


Should one choose to be a manager or a leader? Managers seem to make more money. Leaders invest time into helping those in their care, which in the long run would be a benefit. But to quote Keynes; in the long run, we are all dead.


Here is a point of interest: What does it mean to be in a team? How is my project group working together? We’ve gone through all sorts of models in class. But I feel that as long as there is some sense of cohesiveness and a crew of focused, driven people, and then the group of people would do the job needed. This is exactly the case with my project group. I do agree that we could be working more efficiently if we felt as though each of us were associated by something more than the fact that we were in the same group. But for now, we have three very driven people, three normal but focused people, and one normal person whose never had to do such a thing before. Hilarious!


I’ve realized a lot about team management and leadership, and discovered many new viewpoints of it. However, what I find strangest and most fascinating are the arguments between whether a leader is born or nurtured. But what I think is most important, is how to be a team player. A lot of focus has been on leading, when what is just as is important is working with your team. Taking example from past group discussions in my experience, when everyone wants to lead****, nothing is accomplished, and when no one wants to lead, we sit and still nothing is done. Hence, striking the balance between this compliance and dominance would be my goal for all my group works. Good thing the course has covered leadership skills.

digression:
* Everyone has their own unique experiences, hence yours truly playing the role of Juliet and Zhang Zhi Yi playing the role of Juliet would result in vastly different expressions of this Shakespearean character. The artists’ values, opinions, background, speech patterns, etc. are different. This is why I love diversity and I have found that being back in the Singaporean system is really limiting the creativity and dynamics of work produced. But be assured, I do appreciate everyone’s difference, no matter how annoying, for it is still something special to me!
**In reference to both a personal growth and progress in the tasks that are to be done.
***Success is the day to day progressive realization of preplanned, personal, worthwhile goals. The argument here would be if the goals are good goals; in Hitler’s case, if it is ethically sound. This in the end was the downfall of his plans.
****

It was crazy how in local school, I could never get my groups to get moving because they would never be saying anything. At all. Please say SOMETHING, I would groan. But to no avail. Though, because of the great Asian values and government conditioning of obedience, once the goal is set, the children go off and do their tasks.
THEN, I went to international school, what a refreshing experience! No more goading people to speak their opinions. Now I had to fight for a say in things. And balance had to be brought in, for people could debate over points, or get over excited over plans and ideas for the future. But since the students have had a lot of experience in group projects, the work process flowed out quickly, and we were able to be more ambitious in our plans.
This is what I hope to be able to do in all my project groups—being ambitious is what makes one stand out. Sure the risk is big, but ambitious projects are done when the team is capable and understands the potential of outsourcing! This is how I amuse myself.

wandaywang @ 10/03/2006 09:01:00 PM

wow.its been awhilleeeee since i posted here.bah..the other is better.but this.now this has blue.and i like blue..hahaha.oh well.gotta split.

move along move along everything is gone.

wandaywang @ 6/19/2006 05:20:00 PM

You Were a Zebra

http://images.blogthings.com/whatanimalwereyouinapastlifequiz/zebra.jpg">You tend to see life in black and white - clearly without filters.You enjoy being part of a group while maintaining your individuality.

On Average, You Would Sell Out For

http://images.blogthings.com/atwhatpricewouldyouselloutquiz/money.jpg">$199,472

Your Hair Should Be Purple

http://images.blogthings.com/whatsyourfunkyinnerhaircolorquiz/purple.jpg">Intense, thoughtful, and unconventional.You're always philosophizing and inspiring others with your insights.

Your Career Type: Enterprising

http://images.blogthings.com/idealcareerquiz/enterprising.jpg">You are engertic, ambitious, and sociable.Your talents lie in politics, leading people, and selling things or ideas. You would make an excellent: Auctioneer - Bank President - Camp DirectorCity Manager - Judge - LawyerRecreation Leader - Real Estate Agent - Sales PersonSchool Principal - Travel Agent - TV Newscaster The worst career options for your are investigative careers, like mathematician or architect.

You Are a Good Girl

http://images.yournewromance.com/areyouagoodgirlorabadgirlquiz/good-girl.jpg">You are 70% Good and 30% BadGenerally speaking, you're a very good girl.(But you don't have us totally fooled!)

Your 80s Heartthrob Is

http://images.yournewromance.com/whosyour80sheartthrobquiz/john-stamos.jpg">John Stamos

You Have Your PhD in Men

http://images.yournewromance.com/howwelldoyouunderstandmenquiz/good.jpg">You understand men almost better than anyone.You accept that guys are very different, and you read signals well.Work what you know about men, and your relationships will be blissful.

haha..omg i think this is damn funny la.im gonna b doing this all night..hehehe

You Are Fun Sexy

http://images.yournewromance.com/whatkindofsexyareyouquiz/fun-sexy.gif">You're funny, quirky, cute, and sassy.Guys always have a great time with you, and that alone is sexy.You've got an upbeat, optimistic spirit that totally shines through.Any guy would be crazy to turn you down!

wandaywang @ 12/14/2005 07:46:00 PM

oh..weird dream.

wandaywang @ 10/23/2005 04:41:00 PM

i need to find good blog skins.if not its bad.

wandaywang @ 6/25/2005 03:30:00 PM

i really should be doing work.move.

wandaywang @ 5/19/2005 09:04:00 AM

and i found out i forgot to put spacing for paragraphs..brilliant.....now i hav to print again...lalala

wandaywang @ 4/14/2005 08:02:00 AM

wandaywang @ 4/14/2005 02:06:00 AM

http://www.coursework.info/i/74965.html
:~~~~~...
" A work of art is the artist's way of achieving his self-expression, particularly the expression of feelings."[8] This is a typical view of art. And we have an excellent illustration of the expression an artist in Guernica, where Picasso demonstrate his feelings and emotions about the Spanish civil war in his painting. Some emotions can also be conveyed through music. For example the famous composer Mozart conveyed his unhappy life through music. He showed his frustration of his life through his music. But not everyone are born artist, but they can still some convey their emotions through music, paintings and sculptures. For example, when a depressed person can express his/her feelings through hard rock music. These are obviously ways of knowing for some people in certain situations, which are not dependant on a language. These include the other means of expressing our emotions. For example, " I am really angry"; will I have a happy expression on my face? Facial expression also determines our emotion. An emotion is a strong feeling and each individual react differently some uses body language and other facial expressions. For instance, when I face a discomfit moment I flush and turn as red as a potato. So if we think well there are definitely other means of expression apart language itself we it comes to emotions.
The next way of knowing is logic or reason. There are two types of reasoning inductive and deductive reasoning. Inductive reasoning is based "on potentialities not realities.[9] This type of reasoning relies a lot on experiences. For example, if everyone finds that a Maths class is boring; therefore I will get bored in maths class. Such generalizations are being made when we use inductive reasoning and this involves the use of a language. However, the use of language in inductive logic is affected by our perception and culture but also when two languages are translated. For example, in Hopi language the word 'masa'ytaka, means flying, but this includes everything which flies that is helicopters, mosquitoes and birds.[10] Now if an American Indian literally translate, 'All mosquitoes are parasites, from English to Hopi language, then he will imply that birds and helicopters too are parasites if he uses inductive reasoning. This example shows us one limitation of differing language. But sometimes there are
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wahahaha..itz online..im in the library trying to do my tok essayyy..itz not really working..kim is doing her chinese oral..and i still have to research about the abuse of human rights for catalyst for fri..andd then get the draft of the econ thing edited for submission on friday!!so many..hehe.why so many essays?im tired from yesterday..tennis.which was weird for awhile coz my forearm felt weird.really weird.it felt jammed..i tried stretching it..din work really..haha..and i stil cant believe harry is in elite.. after tennis did tt body combat thing..but i was so hot..so i stopped and went back up to the tennis courts so kepo arnd..haha

wandaywang @ 4/13/2005 09:15:00 AM

http://i.xanga.com/miles_of_icons/2192001.gif look at this!!i found it frm lucia's xanga..haha

You are

im not done yettt...

Your Seduction Style: The Natural

You don't really try to seduce people... it just seems to happen. Fun loving and free spirited, you bring out the inner child in people. You are spontaneous, sincere, and unpretentious - a hard combo to find! People drop their guard around you, and find themselves falling fast.

talk about being quiz obsessed...

wandaywang @ 4/10/2005 01:41:00 AM

create your own visited countries map
or vertaling Duits Nederlands
i think im missing one.but i cant figure out wot tt damned place was..they had bull fighting.and dad nearly got pulled into the ring..haha

wandaywang @ 4/10/2005 01:37:00 AM

You Belong in the USA

Sweet! People either love you or hate you And you really don't care what anyone thinks Big and bold, you do things your way

hehe..wot can i say..

You Are Scary

You even scare scary people sometimes!

well..i hav ppl tt can vouch for tt..hehe.

Your Element Is Fire

Your passion and emotion are as obvious as the brightest flame. You make sparks fly, and your passion always has the potential to burst out. You are exciting and creative - and completely unpredictable. You sometimes exercise control, and sometimes you let yourself go. Friends describe you as sensitive, spirited, and compulsive. Bright and blazing with intensity, you seem mysterious and moody to many.

really...HRMM>>

You Are a Rottweiler Puppy

Powerful, smart, and protective. You're eager to growl at anyone you hate - but you're a big sweetheart inside.

realllyyy..hehe.well.im fine with tt..grrowl!

You Are 5% Redneck

I'll slap you so hard, your clothes will be outta style. You ain't no redneck - you're all Yankee!

i aint no southern redneck!

You Are 45% Normal (Somewhat Normal)

While some of your behavior is quite normal... Other things you do are downright strange You've got a little of your freak going on But you mostly keep your weirdness to yourself

You Are Bold And Brave

But daring? Not usually? You tend to like to make calculated risks. So while you may not be base jumping any time soon... You are up for whatever's new and (a little) exciting!

wahahah..im on a spree!

You Should Be a Mental Patient for Halloween!

hm..shoudlnt be hard..hehe

You Are From Jupiter

You are exuberantly curious - and you love to explore newness. Enthusiastic and optimistic, you get a kick out of stimulating intellectual discussions. Foreign cultures and languages fascinate you. You love the outdoors, animals, and freedom. Chances are you tend to exaggerate, so try to keep a lid on that. If you do, you'll continue to be known for your confidence, generosity, and sense of justice.

funny.im a gas giant.now how would u see tt, full of bull or stormy??orrr would i fart alot?hahaha...

You Are 18 Years Old

18 Under 12: You are a kid at heart. You still have an optimistic life view - and you look at the world with awe. 13-19: You are a teenager at heart. You question authority and are still trying to find your place in this world. 20-29: You are a twentysomething at heart. You feel excited about what's to come... love, work, and new experiences. 30-39: You are a thirtysomething at heart. You've had a taste of success and true love, but you want more! 40+: You are a mature adult. You've been through most of the ups and downs of life already. Now you get to sit back and relax.

close enough..haha

wandaywang @ 4/10/2005 12:37:00 AM

ice cream!!haha..the burnt caramel is yummy!!but the tehtari is yuckyyy..hehe..desmond is deserving of the charades sentence i gave him. daylight savings time is a cheat for warcraft!!!hehe.took half an hr!and then,later he wouldnt go to macs.but still went there anw.i had to search high and low for ppl to go to macs with me.so i went with his sister.and halfway there, i find des and joel behind, going to macs too.wth..
kevin is gonna come to uwc!yippeee..then maybe UWC wont die..hrm..

Your Brain is 46.67% Female, 53.33% Male

Your brain is a healthy mix of male and female You are both sensitive and savvy Rational and reasonable, you tend to keep level headed But you also tend to wear your heart on your sleeve

wandaywang @ 4/09/2005 11:50:00 PM

the last exam day!!and i hav to stay in schooll...first for the oral.then for the activity bus..i hung with aki,izzily, stephen before the cheena oral..then while waiting for the activity bus i went to kachaow all the lao shis and so i got dragged into the chinese camp thing.grade 2-4..i hope i live.23rd or april.i can barely do the knots properly!!and i cant stand the small ones!HOWWW?
jesh is back!!but i still need sum1 to go with me for that drama thing.gotta help chelz sell tix..hugh doesnt wanna go and wife hasnt replied..

wandaywang @ 4/09/2005 12:51:00 AM

You Are A Fir Tree

You love anything beautiful, and you have extraordinary taste. And while it's hard for you to trust, you care deeply for those close to you. You are a social butterfly, and you have many friends. You handle stress well - and you are a master at relaxing after a hard day. Overall, you are modest, talented, unselfish, and very reliable.

a tree.of all things..same as fweddy..haha..same bdae!

wandaywang @ 4/09/2005 12:46:00 AM

Your Irish Name Is...

Shauna Nugent

wandaywang @ 4/09/2005 12:44:00 AM

You Know You're Addicted to Buffy When...

You look at pieces of wood, deciding if they would make a good stake You decide that you will only see your boyfriend at night and in the graveyard "A happy slayer is a good slayer" becomes your motto You have the whole collection of Buffy T-shirts But you won't wear them - you want to keep them in mint condition. You've taken up karate and practise your Buffy moves regularly You refuse to go out after dark... just in case You have suddenly taken a liking to tweed You start calling your boyfriend Angel You prefer to watch Buffy alone because other people just "don't get it" You find yourself quoting the show several times a day You go shopping for clothes and only purchase things that have appeared on the show You always say the words "the wacky", "wiggins" and "a happy" All your user names on the internet are "Willow" You start hanging around libraries You love to hack into the coroners office You have either a cross necklace or a Claddaugh ring You decide the graveyard is really cool hangout You look at abandon warehouses in a whole new light You never invite anyone into your house after dark You find yourself in a situation and say "This is something Xander would do" You are secretly in love with your best friend Your licence plates read "Queen C" You think "Too much Buffy? Never!" You name your puppy Willow or Xander You recite Amy's rat-turning spell when in the company of your older brother You demand that people call you Buffy Every time you step out of the shower you say "I seem to be having an extreem case of nudity" You appoint yourself a watcher and choose someone to study/train etc. You stay away from your teacher just incase they turn out to be prey-matis' Your room looks like a shrine, you have Buffy posters as wallpaper, a Buffy bedspread, curtains etc. You won't take cookies or mini pizza's from your Mom's new boyfriend You find a whole new liking for miniture golfing You hear that song "I hope you dance" and think of fighting Faith You cried two hours after the fifth season finale of Buffy was over because she died even though you know she is coming back. You pondered becoming a vengance demon after your last breakup. You own enough Buffy comics and novels to have your bedroom be considered a fire hazard. You won't go out past sunset unless armed to the teeth with stakes, crosses, and holy water. You have crosses nailed over every window and door. You start tracking the local murder rates after a new girl moves into town. You read all the occult books in the school library searching for the Watcher diaries. To you, sexual protection isn't birth control, it's making sure you're partner is human. You practice sticking thumbtacks through houseflies and mosquitos--"Just to be safe." You perform the reverse invitation spell after every visit from some person you haven't recently seen in sunlight. You insist on traveling from class to class via the ceiling. You try to exorcise the possessing hyena spirit when your best friend gets PMS. You cast a gypsy soul curse on the sadistic principal who gave you a suspension. You whittle wooden stakes. You kick doors open. You carry around a stake, just in case. You take long walks in the cemetery at night. You have a strange fear of hospitals. You don't complain about going to church anymore because you remember that your supply of Holy Water is running kind of low. You wear crosses every day and have a vast selection of them. You never verbally invite anyone into your home. You keep all your important information on yellow disks. You avoid fraternity parties. As a rule you don't like to be surprised. Your friends are fearful that if they call during "Buffy Hour" they'll be in for a long lecture the next day. You bookmark the Coroner's Office Web Site as a favorite place. When you hear that there's a new librarian at your school, you slam open the doors of the library and yell; "Okay. What's the sitch?". You can recite a whole Buffy episode(s). You wallpaper your room with pictures of the Buffy cast and complain when there isn't enough space to put them all up. You ask a priest to bless your bottle of Perrier. Just for the hell of it, you enter Moloch into several search engines. You name your doll Miss Edith. You let your bird die of starvation. You paint your nails like Drusilla. When your brother comes back from the zoo, you won't let him in the house. The only way you know how to say the word bitch is 'bitca'. You get your hair cut like Buffy's and your hairdresser keeps remarking that the picture you show her (for your haircut) looks oddly familiar. Whenever you quote Buffy Verse, you laugh hysterically while your friends stare at you like you've grown another ear. You always protest that Buffy is NOT a ditz's name. When watching a new Buffy episode, people gawk at you when you manage to say the actor's lines right before they do. You can't think of a thing to talk about with people who have never watched a Buffy episode. You spend hours on the net looking for new Buffy pictures. You get really really excited whenever you do find any new pictures. You sit on a grave twirling a yo-yo and say: "Come on, rise and shine. Some of us have a ton of trig homework waiting at home." You look for padlocked sewer access systems in mausoleums. You decide to be Buffy for Halloween but your friends don't notice a change. You own everything possible with the words Buffy the Vampire Slayer on them. You get wigged out by mimes and dummies. You have a chest in your room with a fake bottom that contains garlic, stakes, holy water and crosses. You freak whenever you have a substitute biology teacher. You never go out with your boyfriend on the night of the full moon. You avoid supposedly empty warehouses. You have a fear of railroad spikes. You punish your dolls. You get a wheelchair just so that you can be called "Roller Boy". You never have sex with your boyfriend for fear of what might happen to him. You take up tae kwon do, kick boxing, karate, street fighting and gymnastics. You eye your librarian to see if they're trying to tell you that you're the next Slayer. You sleep with a stake under your pillow. You sneak out of your bedroom window at night and hang out at the park because you've heard that several people have died there lately of exsanguination. You're horrified of people who have never even heard of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You want to kill people who dis the show. You dream of past lives as a Slayer. Whenever you have a dream and you see your friend in it you run up to them the next day and choke them as you shout: "What do you know?". You never sign in someone's yearbook "Have a nice summer!". You don't like to use the word Master. You write Buffy FanFic. You date men whom you meet in dark alleys (but only after kicking them in the head). You bring a fire extinguisher to cheerleading tryouts. You get nominated at school as "Person Most Likely To Be The Next Slayer". You buy knee-high boots. You get five holes pierced in each ear. You're on a first name basis with all the actors of BtVS except that you've never met them. Though they used to appreciate your interest, the actors on BtVs are now scared to death of you. You check people's lockers to make sure they don't have any books such as 'Gray's Anatomy' and 'Mortician Desk Reference'. You read a Buffy transcript at least once a day. You befriend a computer genius and her dorky friend. You file complaints that the substitute biology teacher is harassing you. When asked what your hobbies are you answer; "Slay...slay...slave to the television". As far as you are concerned, Buffy and co. are actual people. You drive to California to look for Sunnydale, you dial operator and ask him where it is, operator says there is no such place and you yell back at him that he's probably in league with some demons to keep you out of Sunnydale. You enroll at Torrance High School. All the actors on the show are shown a picture of you and are told to stay away at all costs. When asked what you'll do when you're older you answer either dead or it's already been 'sealed in fate'. You tape all Buffy episodes, then retape them so they're in chronological order. You buy all the CDs of songs that have ever been on Buffy. You've been to all 1000 or so Buffy sites on the net. You legally change your name to Buffy Anne Summers (or another character from the show). You practically had a nervous breakdown when the series ended. You cannot remember what you did with your life before Buffy. Your motto is 'Life is short' or 'Seize the day'. You never bring your date to the morgue. When buying your Halloween costume you make sure it's something you'd like to be in real life. You always beat up a snitch. You nail crucifixes to your wall. You needed to visit a grief counselor when Tara died. You make sure your parents never come to Parent-Teacher night at school. You watch, mock and laugh at talent shows. When given an egg for parenting in Sex Ed class you boil it or smash it with something heavy. You're frightened of cheerleader wannabes. You avoid saunas, who knows what they put in the steam? You don't let people with long fingernails get too close to your throat. You use a Thesulan Orb as a paperweight. Whenever there's a Sadie Hawkins dance at school you lock yourself in your room. You refuse to buy any candy being sold by the band at school. You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends who are addicted to Buffy.

wandaywang @ 4/09/2005 12:35:00 AM

talked to jeshhh!and i still cant believe it.well i can.but not properly.howw.and whyy.well, i noe, but still.hrmm.
today's exams were so irritating.i dunno how else to describe it.i din even get to draw the lipid membrane watchamacall it in the bio exam.byebye extrinsic and intrinsic protiens.so i drew it during economics.whihc i din do too well in..i need to work on act noeing the theory.what IS the main macro objectives of government?low inflation..low unemployment..and the rest i couldnt quite rmb..hehe..i said stuff abt foriegn investment and no debt and tt balance of payments thing..
stupid david.WHY chicken out and go for the exam?YOUR QUITTING FMATH TOO!!!and mr blythe!urgh..made me sit for the exam anw.i hadnt even signed in yet!!grr..well, that paper wasnt so bad.juz tt if i had studies grpah theory.or even studied at all, i woulda had a decent pass..hehehe..

wandaywang @ 4/05/2005 07:14:00 PM

bloody exam..first the stupiddd math.with rajat tapping his feet behind me, the clock not working, and juz not enuf time!!!hrmph...but the english was okay..i did the poem..and i finished 20mins early..not a good thing i think..i nearly brought my hp into the exam too!but i managed to stow it in adam's bag for the duration.and he nearly brought it home too..grr

wandaywang @ 4/04/2005 07:10:00 PM

i hate the stupid computer.it cant handle anyth!!!argh..i think i need my own pc or smth..so i dont hav to bother with wotever my parents dnld.this is why dad has his own pc.
i din noe insane aquarium could be played on a palm pilot!hehe..weiwen is gooddd..he lends me his to play games on..there r sooo many games!!!hehe..kieth is evil.i wanna play jawbreaker on his, but nooo,does he hand it over?nooooo...how could u even juz sit and listen to pastor gerald..he uses old jokes.he is BORING.
manatee is joining tcc!yayy..hehe..and i stil cant figure how they split the cells.coz like, since uwc is nxt to acjc, how the heck is the area different?soo strange.weird thinkingg...
goodd..more ppl to take the bus with me..hehe..now the team includes nash and his bro.huz name i cant spell.issit indren or smth?hahaz..

wandaywang @ 4/03/2005 12:02:00 AM

simba got bigger!i can carry him tho..at 5mths he's small for a golden retriever..i think the petshop lied abt his age or smth.mebbe he's only 4mths old?hrmm..i hav to rmb to wish chelsa happy birthday on monday..
i dont like holidays like this.coz it isnt a holiday.what a cheat.

wandaywang @ 4/01/2005 11:17:00 PM

illinois.galesburg, illinois.i cant even spell illinois w/o looking at the letter..and it wasnt even signed by the dean of admission.it was a copied signature tt was printed on the space at the bottom of the letter.you create ur own destiny, you choose the path, you can be you, you're free to flourish..propaganda frm knox college.

wandaywang @ 3/31/2005 06:26:00 PM

doing math today..its juz so boring.really..yesterday was gor's mom's bdae!!haha..happy birthdayy!

wandaywang @ 3/30/2005 12:56:00 PM

at the hong kong airport..my belt made it thru the scan.no bleeping..hehe..

wandaywang @ 3/28/2005 05:33:00 PM

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wandaywang @ 3/26/2005 05:57:00 PM

im in the library..and the browser stuff is in chinese.fan ti zhi too!!not zian ti..so hard to decipher..
we got an upgrade to the presidential suite!hahaz..its cool1i love the sound system!theres a piano!!16 tv sets!!a sauna, and ther are 3 bathrooms!!hehe..a biggg jacuzzi..andd jlo stayed there!mariah carey too!!also bill clinton, some china famous guy huz name i dun remb, mic jagger, and keenu reaves!!!hehehez..
i din get any studying done the past few days coz my grandmother stayed over.
ohhh,and thers a personal butler too!!!hahaz..scott was so funny, he was telling us to use a bell to call ryan..hehe..and my mom was all like, okiee, we'll tell ryan tt scott told us to call him to do our every bidding!so he quickly said " dont tell ryan scott teach you, scott only teach u how to call him!" with the hongkee accent of course..he also said smt abt "im only a butler, but ryan is personal butler" hehehez..dad told scott to spk to me in canto.the attempt at learning..haha..itz been 16 years of listening to canto.i dunno how i'm gona start gettin it now..
i got the family history told..evidently my paternal grandfather fell in love with my grandmother upon sight, then started gg aft her.aafter he got dunno hu to intro and blah blah long chain of ppl hu were involved...and coz at tt time she was an announcer at the race track, he would go ther every day to catch her for dinner after work..thus preventing any1else from dating her out..hehehez..wot a plan.. andd,evidently i have a half aunt.coz when my grandpa went to hong kong, without my grandma-coz she was busy having dad..hurhur.points finger at culprit. he cheated on her with a dancing girl.man, the expression on her face and the way she said "dancing girl" was quite angry..she said she is still mad at tt..oh well.dad says tt it was coz he was in hongkong without a clue to wot the rest of his family was up to n all..i still think he shudnt hv cheated..there was a girl frm tt 'union' too..san san or smth.now in toronto i think.. man, family history is so weird..in between tt i found out tt my grandfather was a lawyer hu was also a professor at this university..hrmm..better not tell tt to my teachers..

wandaywang @ 3/26/2005 05:36:00 PM

going to hk..how to studyyy..really.HOWW?i din even bring all the books..so heavy alreadyy

wandaywang @ 3/23/2005 12:59:00 PM

i had the weirdest dream.
it had to to with some japanese invasion..hurhur.itz a not-nightmare.one of my adventure dreams.now why do i always run arnd in my dreamz?i think i dont run arnd enuf while im awake..hahaz..i made up characters and we tried to sabo the jap invasion..they came in bicycles too..i din ride one tho..haha
and then i was made to wake up by my MOM.
kuh,WHYY did u not go to sch??

wandaywang @ 3/22/2005 01:10:00 PM

American Idiot

Don't wanna be an American Idiot
Don't want a nation under the new media
Hey, can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind-fuck America

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Everything isn't meant to be OK
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
That's enough to walk you

Well, maybe I'm the faggot America
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda
Now everybody do the propaganda
And sing along in the age paranoia

Welcome to a new kind of tension
All across the alien nation
Everything isn't meant to be OK
Television dreams of tomorrow
We're not the ones who're meant to follow
That's enough to walk you

Don't wanna be an American idiot
One nation control by the media
Information age of hysteria
it's going out to idiot America

wandaywang @ 3/20/2005 07:00:00 PM

hehe.ran over to court 6..then had to go back up to court 7 to play doubles..coach hashim and i beat the others,so we r the champions!!!hehehez..i bet my knees will be sooo badly damaged by the time i stop playing tennis.if i keep playing on concrete courts..or hard courts in general..haiz..the assesments came back.din go as badly as i thot it wud.bumped into ppl at american club.that woman and her sons from sicc,dad's frenz, and then mark.
i feel energetic,but theres nth to do.
i am so unfit to b sitting dwn studying.but i have to give it a go.

mine was like, 190.which is alot more than aus$40..and alot of mine was spent on gprs.hrm.but then,it u look at it from >20, to 20, then 2x20.nottt good.and then the confiscation of poor joel's hp..oh man this is not good..

wandaywang @ 3/20/2005 06:36:00 PM

its st patricks' day!!
friendster is green too!!! and that river is gonna get dyed green too.in boston.or was it chicago?hrmm..i forgottt...
melissa and i are really hyper...well wanda is. melissa kind of disagrees because she's tired.
but she's typing. yes i am.
because i have better typing skills =)
and we were typing like this to write an email to omi. i think she is rather confused.
its a confusing letter.
but its okay.
she'll get over it.
hopefully.
melissa is pretty cool.
wanda thinks so too.
wow. its unanimous.
wanda is pissed because ritika and swati think that naman and her look cute together.
from the fashion show.
melissa thinks she won a diamond thing.
wanda's jealous.
'i want one', says wanda.
omi's gonna get a new horse. i want to see her new horse.
must be pretty
i want a white horse..says melissa.
why white? asks wanda.
because it'll be like a unicorn says melissa.
and unicorns are so cool cuz they can fly over rainbows...like in story books and cartoons and stuff.
wanda says thats pegasus.
melissa doesn't know pegasus.
she likes unicorns though..
unicorns can heal with their uh..horns.
melissa does not know what wanda's talking about.
but she likes unicorns.
wanda said something like allicorns. i don't know what those are.
its like an alligator witha horn. that would be pretty cool..thinks melissa.
thats dangerous says wanda.
they'll kill you...faster...says wanda again.
yes..alligators are scary things...cnotemplates melissa.
and she just made a typo. i am sorry, it was supposed to be contemplates.
wanda just vibrated.
it vibrated the keyboard and it affected melissa's tyyping skills.
wanda's giggling now.
we were supposed to watch 'teachers' in economics. but mr woolrich wasn't there because he is cycling to phuket! i don't think he'll make it though because that's crazy. woolrich says he'll come back in 2 days, says wanda.
melissa thinks that they're silly for doin this...but she likes mr coskinas..so she hopes he doesn't get hurt.
wanda says one of them will fall off their bike.
we were on tv...because we were sending them off. it was silly and there was a silly song about 'i wanna ride my bicycle' it got stuck in melissa's head and she was rather annoyed because its a rather annoying song.
wanda says 'oh shit' because she was doing weird things while sending off those teachers, and so she does not think that will look too ..pretty on tv.
so tired.
wanda was bullying grade 9s.
whoopsiiiie daiiiiiiiisy
the bell just rang/rung..what is it.
rang.
we just looked at pictures.
it scared melissa.
wanda's used to it though because wanda's a scary person! HA HA HA. melissa is VERY funny.
=)
on page 225 of the new bio text book, theres an obscene picture of a woman breast feeding her baby..says wanda.
melissa thinks wanda is immature =)
wanda still thinks that its disgusting.
silly wanda. thinks melissa.

we are done writing here.
we hope you enjoy reading this.

goodbye!

wandaywang @ 3/18/2005 12:06:00 PM

http://www.angelfire.com/ak/gchicken/ omg..go see.
and another http://www.earthportals.com/Portal_Messenger/sitchin.html

wandaywang @ 3/17/2005 01:30:00 PM

i got omi's email!yayyy..they fin picking the grapes..:P
so rush xia.aft doing the math.got bio,then the trying to get sum1 to get that form for economics extended essay!thank God for joelle!she got one for me..i cant believe i missed rock climbing for safar.i cud've gone.the blacknwhite went.but nooo..i was under the impression that the rehearsal wasnt gonna end so late..and that revolting outfit..wasnt so bad.but OMG... and those circular metal things on the front wasnt even on properly.and they clanged like cow bells!i felt like a COW...urgh..naman and i were too fast.but wth.we did it.nth happened..jhelum's singing was great and the dancing was cool too..haha..and im still wondering about wots gonna happen for tennis..wud i make it or not?
oh crap..tok.i better refresh my memory for the presentation..kim and martina aint gonna b ther!

wandaywang @ 3/16/2005 07:27:00 PM

hehe..in sch doing math..i finished the graphhhsss..i think.

wandaywang @ 3/16/2005 08:10:00 AM

i win and you lose quinten!!!*evil laugh* this is why u shuda done the stuff!and i juz realized tt i forgot to bring tt damned poster paper!!!arghh...why was i in such a rushhh?!!!
kublai fainted during the middle of the lesson..he juz toppled,and they had like, all the helpers ot hold him uo and coax him to the ramp to get his rider off..mayb it was the heat tt made him faint?fraggle was acting up then..so i din hav a clue abt it till later..why IS fraggle so frisky anw?she's funny too..after i tacked her up and went to get hoof oil, she started scratching her rump on the railing..hahahaz..tt was sosoooo funnyyy!!!
stopped by camp on the way back..they hav 34 campers!!so much less than usual..and ther r like, so few full time resources..ken, natalie,um...tt ns guy?and i think tts it..hurhur..sadd!!

wandaywang @ 3/14/2005 07:11:00 PM