12/29 Journal - A Promise To Myself

            Today is Thursday; I almost finish all the assignments I have. Finally, I do not feel that stress anymore. However, what’s more important than this? Like I said, I really learned a significant lesson. Never ever put you work until last minute, because you will definitely regret. I promise myself, start from next week Monday, which is also the first school day after Christmas break. I will not procrastinate anymore. I will train myself to become a responsible adult in order to survive in college. I hope I will not break my promise. Otherwise, I will have to suffer a lot in the future.

12/28 Journal - A Memorable Lesson

            I learned an important and valuable lesson today. I understand that next time, I should not left my work until last minute, because I it would be easy to make a mess. Although I believe I will still be able to finish my project and homework, I got plenty of time last week. If I could spend more time on my work than on computer games and chatting, perhaps my situation will not be so intense now. So, there is no time for me to play and chat from now on. All I need to do is focus on my work until they are all done.

12/27 Journal - Speed Up

            Today is already Tuesday, which means within less than a week; I will need to get back to school. Moreover, I am kind of afraid that I had too much fun in this Christmas break, because I still have two projects left now. I need to finish them as soon as possible. Otherwise, I probably will have a serious trouble on my final grade. Therefore, I decided to stop playing video games and hanging out with my friends. I hope I can finish all my homework before Thursday. So, I still can enjoy the rest of the days before the school starts.

12/26 Journal - Colleges

            Today, I received two packets from two of the universities that admitted me. I was so happy, because it felt like the admission office want me to become one of their members. In fact, I felt honor about this. I felt like I am a responsible adult. The admission office printed my name on the documents. Also, on each document, it says “Congratulations! You have been admitted.” Although I felt very excited about getting to colleges, I also felt nervous. There are places that I am not familiar at all. However, I think it is about time for me to grow up. I am willing to take these challenges to obtain my success.

12/25 Journal - Christmas

            Today is December 25, which is also Christmas. Some of my friends had sleepover at my house yesterday. We drank a little bit and we celebrate Christmas Eve at a restaurant near my house. They left after we had lunch, because some of them felt tired and decided to go home. During dinnertime, I went back to my grandparent’s house with my family. I talked to my cousins, aunts, grandparents and uncles. It’s been a long time since last time I talked to them. I did not have the chance to come back because of college application and standardize tests. Although I didn’t do anything special for this year’s Christmas, I believe today is still a good day.

12/22 Journal - Improvement

            My third SAT Reasoning test’s score released today. I’ve been checking on College Board’s official website whole day. Around 6 p.m., the score came out. I checked my score. Wow! What a big surprise! I improved literally one hundred. My score boost from 1520 to 1620. I am so excited today. Not only because I improved a lot on my third time, but also I realized that the hard work I did also revealed on the improving scores I earned. Therefore, I believe my chances are good to get in to better colleges with this score. I hope I can get into my dream university.

12/21 Journal - Score Is Coming Out

            Although several colleges already accepted me right now, I am still expecting my third SAT scores. Why? The reason is pretty simple. I wanted to prove myself that I have the fundamental knowledge to the university. Even though some of the teachers said that we seldom see these questions and vocabularies in college. I still take it as an important task and a standardize exam for me. I wanted to see that after those hard works. What score I can reach. Nevertheless, if I did not reach as high as I expected. I will not be disappointed, because I already tried my best.

12/20 Journal - Birthdays

            Today is the second day of the break. I start on one of my projects today. This is a group project. Yet, I decided to do as much as I can first. Then tell my group mate later. However, I received a call from my friend, Jerry. He told me that today is Chris, one of my friends’ birthday. He asked me if I want to come for the celebration. I suddenly found out some of my friends’ birthdays are actually in December. I noticed on my facebook. Therefore, we went to a restaurant near my house and we had a great time.

12/19 Journal - Relaxing

            Today is the first day of Christmas break. Therefore, I decided to take a break, which means I chose to do nothing except relaxing today. I guess this is probably the first time I did not feel any pressure since the college admission and standardize tests. However, I also reminded myself that I would start working on my projects, homework, and exams tomorrow. Otherwise, I not only become a lazy student, but also I will not be able to meet the assignments’ deadlines. That is the last thing I wanted to happen. I wish I will have an excellent break and finish all my work at the same time.