Simple Life

This evening, Mr. Wang came over and talked through a presentation about preparing for college. It was a truly eye-opening and humbling experience. My friend Winnie also came for the lecture. Originally from China, Winnie lived with a host family in Canada for a while before coming to the U.S. through my dad's immigration service. She's attending my school currently, and it's her Junior year, the busiest year of high school. It's no wonder that she is in need for college counseling. Prior to Mr. Wang's arrival, I was asleep on the bed. I had a track race at 7:30 this morning, but stayed up late last night to play games on my phone. Yep, the problem's still there. And I was also enjoying myself in bed until it was 12:30. So I was exhausted, from both the race and the lack of sleep. Dad interrupted my nap so I could hear what Mr. Wang has to say. So I, quite reluctantly to be honest, got out of bed to meet our new counselor, also teacher, also consultant. My ...

Surprisingly I woke up at 7 this morning. Last night we had another dinner, with the Winston & Wesley bunch, that went to midnight for a happy new year. I didn't expect to be awake at all today. My parents won't let go of guests that come to our house when they promote Market America and its products, which they do to everybody whether they like it or not. They began by chatting about parenting, but the end topic always goes back to our business because we try to recruit as many people into the team as possible.  I got woken by Sean, who turned on the bedroom light early, apparently to read a book. Strange. Why did he decide to read so early? It was good for me though, because my parents definitely did not wake me up in time to run. Since my parents were in their bedroom, I didn't want to interrupt them from whatever they were doing. I prepared some breakfast for myself and walked to school myself. I went on the longer but arguably safer route today, with no...