The Head Cheese

Election Protest in KL

2007-11-12T14:13:00.000+08:00

Oh my goodness I'm about to lose my mind.It's Brooke here, and just to inform you, Ashley and I just wrote a beautiful post all about a protest going on in KL as I type, BUT the evil computer had to lie to me when it said it was saved, then delete when I tried to post it.*deeeeep breath*The backwards nature of our host country never ceases to amaze me.Dad called us while on his jaunt around KL

Spare time

2007-09-05T13:56:00.000+08:00

So I don't post as much as I should.I know this because people never check my blog and my blog-to-blog links aren't as common anymore, but why not? Why would anyone want to keep checking an abandoned blog?Anywhoz, I'm now sixteen, and it does feel a bit different.Yes, you know how as a teenager with every birthday people think it's just so original to ask "So do you feel different? Old? Grown up?

sweet stuff

2007-08-24T11:18:00.000+08:00

So I'm officially sweet sixteen as of August 22, 2007 =]On Wednesday night we went out to the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for their "Birthday Bash" to celebrate 10 years of making music, so unfortunately not just for me. ;] That was great and the music was really nice to relax and listen to, even if the story for the piece Peter and the Wolf was slightly censored. haha So today at 4.30

Here we go again

2007-08-09T08:40:00.000+08:00

First off, "Here we go again" is a great song by the group Paramore [go check it out if you don't know them], and it describes my situation pretty well; starting school over, starting a few friendships over, starting soccer try-outs again... haha I already have butterflies and it's still six hours away! Oh well, It's my second day of being a sophomore and we start normal classes today. Oh boy.

Discovering what we're made of

2007-05-06T02:25:00.000+08:00

Tonight I got the scare of my life.Not from a scary movie, or a haunted house,This was real.I was scared because my best friend in the entire world could have been in real trouble, and I was powerless.I cried, I cussed, I couldn't take it.I broke down.Gone.For a walk?She wasn't there.I couldn't get to her.Separated.Was she in trouble?Is she ok?What's going on?Panic.Worry.Tears.Friends holding my

i made it.

2007-04-23T22:20:00.000+08:00

Heyy everyone. I survived IASAS in Singapore. And it was pretty awesome. Singapore was a refreshing change from Malaysia; clean-er air, sanity on the roads, a comforting lack of back allies and trash heaps, nice people and safe food. I shattered my personal best in Javelin. Before IASAS my record was around 17.28, and when I threw in the actual competition, I threw over twenty meters! BUT

Not drowning, but choking.

2007-04-12T22:09:00.000+08:00

Wow.There is so much to do.So much going on.I think I'm gonna pop.I made it to track IASAS, which is the equivalent of the huge end-of-the-season track meet, where only about half the team gets to go to compete against the best athlete's from all the other schools, like Singapore American School [who is hosting IASAS], Jakarta International School, International School of Bangkok... You get the

Rough around the edges?

2007-03-18T22:34:00.000+08:00

alrigth guys this is going to be short and sweet.i woke up wednesday mornign feeling like i had swallowed a bunch of sand paper.yesterday i had a big track meet where i got some bad sunburn and a little congestion from all the rain.thismorning i ran the KL 10k, part of the KL marathon, [whoo Houston Striders! ;] which left my hips rather sore [my form must have been crap because we were

Life moves along

2007-02-09T10:25:00.000+08:00

Heyy guys. Sorry i haven't written in so long. I've been quite busy lately with school of course, now track [yay! =], and friends when i can squeeze them in. ;]It's alot different having three out of our clan of five in school now [yes i count the dog]. Ashley and i have to rely on the bus and neighbors more than ever, now that our lovely chaufer is in music school and our wonderful father is

So close...

2007-01-19T07:58:00.000+08:00

Darn!I missed out on the Vietnam trip by a DAY!I was going to turn in my forms and stuff today and all the spots filled up yesterday and last night.Man.I'm SO bummed right now.=[There's a local build coming up, and Habitat for Humanity does normally have a few trips a year.And I guess I do have a few more years to take trips like the Vietnam build.But still.I was so excited.Well thank you guys

Veitnam?

2007-01-17T20:57:00.000+08:00

Alright guys. I have been faced with an awesome opportunity-To go to Vietnam on a “build trip” with Habitat for Humanity!As you probably know, Habitat for Humanity is a non-profit organization whose goal is to provide decent affordable housing for people in need.From March 30th to April 5th the Habitat for Humanity group in my high school will be taking a trip to the city of My Tho in Vietnam to

Whoo! Another new year!

2007-01-01T20:06:00.000+08:00

So it's New Year's day, mom and dad are out to dinner, Ashley and I just finished watching the moovie Taxi, and and Alfredo is sleeping on my bed. So things are nice and peaceful over here, the last little bit of clam before school starts back up on the 8th.Christmas was nice, but it has a whole different feel over here. It's truely a Christian holiday. In the US pretty much everyone celebrates

Phuket = Pooket

2006-11-23T17:12:00.000+08:00

So here we are in Phuket, Thailand enjoying our artificial Thanksgiving holiday. =]We spent just about all day at the beach, either swimming or reading books and magezines under some beach umbrellas. We're taking pictures by the bucket full and i hope to post them up as soon as we get home. well i hope you are enjoying a wonderfull thanksgiving yourself, and have a great day.laters guys,<3rooke

Hong Kong pong tong long...

2006-11-13T23:35:00.000+08:00

Yes, so as you have probably read on my dad's blog, I was in Hong Kong for four days a while ago for the South East Asia Honor Band. It was simply AMAZING!!! My school mates and i are SO sad that it's over, when we get together that's all we can talk about!The Hong Kong International School [where we practiced as a band for 8 hours a day on 2 days] is basically built on the side of a mountian, so

i can't stand it

2006-09-27T10:48:00.000+08:00

Wow. i feel like the ADD is eating me. i can feel it. during tests i just can't keep my mind on the paper. i know its happening and try to focus so hard. it's an uncomfortable feeling that makes me want to squirm, being aware it's going on and not being able to stop. it's so agrevating; taking some stupid drugs to keep me straight. drugs that very well might be hurting me more than they help

The post you've been waiting for...

2006-09-05T16:52:00.000+08:00

Ok, so I just checked my blog, to read comments and stuff when I noticed I'm missing a post!! Last week during my prep(free) period in skool, I wrote a new post and put it all up and everything. Then just now I notice I must have closed it or signed off before it was finished publishing!! Grrr. SO not fun. Sorry about that. SO how would you like to hear about my day? So let's see....I made

Birthday!!

2006-08-18T19:26:00.000+08:00

Ok, sorry I haven't been able to post in a while, so i'm just gonna combine a few posts that I've been meaning to put up to create one big superpost. Well it's august 23, here in KL, and it's my prep period right now, or like free period. So I decided to blog. Lucky you. SO yesterday was my birthday, and it was nice and layed back, which was relaxing. My friend Katy made me an awesome sign that

yes, brooke is still alive....

2006-08-14T21:31:00.000+08:00

Heyy guys! Sorry i haven't blogged in FOREVER!! First i got sick, and was misrable and didn't feel like doing anything, then we moved into our house, which required packing up the puter @ the hotel, lugging it to the house and waiting for the cable dudes to finally come hook up the internet, then skool started, which left no spare time with homework, school supplies, and trying to get the house

chillin out

2006-07-28T16:18:00.000+08:00

Heyy guys! I'm am literally chillin. Ashley mom and i just ran home from the mall in the pouring rain and i went straight to the computer to write this so i didn't change. We went to a place called Little India, where we got some saris, and rings and stuff. It was fun, but towards the end we were all so tired we had very nearly completely lost our decision-making abilities. Scary.Anyways, i'm

Poor Ashley!

2006-07-23T23:49:00.000+08:00

WARNING: This blog post might contain material cosidered disturbing to overly-emotional readers. Viewer discretion is advised.Today we had to bring Ashley in to the Emergency room for the second time. The first time was about three weeks ago because of her "food poisoning". We went back again because she still hasn't recovered from whatever she got that first week, and now she has to stay at the

Day of rest

2006-07-23T13:55:00.000+08:00

Ahh, Suday afternoon. Probably the most relaxed part of the week. Since mom and ashley are asleep, i'll just relax and blog for a bit. Last night Ashley and i had our new friend Sara sleep over, and she's realli kool. Sara is exactly 20 days older than me, going into 10th grade, a wonderful singer, and the daughter of the pastor of the church we've been most frequently visiting, the Bridge

Look! Exciting pictures!!

2006-07-20T11:45:00.000+08:00

Today Ashley, mom and I went out to do some batik today, with a few girls that we've met at church and at our hotel. It was realli rather relaxing and i can't wait to post up some pictures of mine. Anywho, the koolest Icelandic girl ever, and one of my very closest friends since fifth grade, is going to blog a bit here while she's on vacation in Iceland. I'm realli excited for her and can't wait

hanging in there

2006-07-18T13:52:00.000+08:00

Hey people. I'm just hanging out in our hotel, as always. Yesterday was realli tough. Missing my friends in Cypress, and not realli having any friends over here. It's hard to keep myself occupied, considering i'm never in a mood to do anything in perticular. So Mainly we've been sitting around watching tv and eating. Not fun. And it doesn't help that food is a major attraction here. I'm pretty

Just seeing the sites...

2006-06-29T16:08:00.000+08:00

We've decided that we should get out and see all of the "tourist" sites here in Malaysia while we can still get away with it and not be laughed at. So, we've seen the "Sky Bridge" the double-decker brigde connecting the two petronas twin towers at floors 41 and 42, KLCC, the Kuala Lampur City Center which is the five-story mall in the middle of down-town KL that unfortunately has jacked up

Just hangin...

2006-06-29T08:19:00.000+08:00

I'm just chillin here with my fam, of course, and MR.QUINTERO!! Our first official visitor! Haha. I'll put the picture up here as soon as I get it on the comuter (and figure out how to post pictures, lol). Yesterday was insane! We went to the "Aquaria", the Aquarium here in KL, and we saw some pretty crazy stuff! Like a GIGGANTIC fish, that was like four-feet long!! We have pictures, and again,

Selmat datang ke Kuala Lampur!

2006-06-26T09:28:00.000+08:00

Or welcome to Kuala Lampur for all of our US-based friends ;) So, it's 8.20 Sunday morning over here, and I'm just chilling out, talkin to a few friends on aim. I'm currently the only one here, mom dad and ashey went to the work-out room to do whatever (Yes i'm a slacker but u love me), and we actually have some stuff goin on today. We're gonna go to a church that's by our house sometime this

BlOgA oN a PlAnE

2006-06-23T09:10:00.000+08:00

Well, I’m currently typing this entry on good old Microsoft word, due to the fact that there is no wifi in our airplane. ;D So I think it’s currently 7.38 in Houston, and I have already stopped over in LA for a few hours, and was in a plane to Taipei for around 13 ½ hours. By the way, we are flying Malaysia Air on a Boeing 747. And we had a VERY long day yesterday, including a minor luggage

Doctor, doctor!

2006-06-17T00:32:00.000+08:00

Heyy everyone! I'm currently in the waiting room @ the doctor's office where my family and i are all going to get our immunization shots. I'm not sure how many we had to get, but we want to make sure that we won't catch some desease. Life has calmed down a bit lately, we're staying in the hotel, we cleared the last of our stuff out of our house yesterday, and i'm trying to spend as much time with

CrAzY!

2006-06-14T11:29:00.000+08:00

I'm just chillin in out hotel right now. Litterally chilling. It's cold. Anywho, alot has hapened lately. On sunday morning my friend came and picked up me and ashley to go to san antonio. It was so fun! The first part of the day was spent driving all the way to san antonio (duh) and when we got there we went to natural bridge caverns, when we had a lovely picnic lunch before buying a bag of dirt

365 days

2006-06-08T11:49:00.000+08:00

Wow. I haven't posted in a long time! I've been busy, not busy enough to account for 362 days of no new posts, but whatever. This is so crazy, but i got my braces off today. Exactly one year. Now that's stinkin' nifty. I'll post some pictures once i upload them from our camera. Something i've been thinkin about a lot today is my aunt Laurie. Just how much of an impact she has made on everyone she

Hi

2005-06-10T23:03:00.000+08:00

Hey, people! I'm just hangin' out @ the library while Ashley is volenteering for community service hours. Not much is up with me lately, I leave for Washington D.C. with the rest of my fam tomorrow, so that'll be fun, but nothin' is really goin' on. I have a pretty bad headache form my stupid braces, but I already took some painkiller so now I'm just waiting for it to kick in. Well, for some

June 7, 2005

2005-06-06T01:49:00.000+08:00

Hey people! I am just thinkin' about Aunt Laurie's Birthday, and I've found some interesting information. I will be getting my braces on on June 7! It's kinda odd, yes, but still. I've been thinking of anything we could do to honor Aunt Laurie, and one thing that I came up with was, maybe we could just try to spend the day helping, and thinking of others as much as possible. I like the ideas we

Happy-happy-joy-joy!

2005-05-11T20:39:00.000+08:00

Yay! As you should know, my History Fair group and I have accomplished quite a bit. First of all, we found out how to work well togther, and that's quite a feat. Then when our board went to the region History Fair (we didn't have an official school fair), we placed first. Then we advanced to State, where, after several boards, various revisions, and lots of hard work, we placed first. This means

Merry Christmas....But it's Easter.

2005-03-27T23:39:00.000+08:00

Hey peeps! This is my first entry and I just felt compelled to share a card that aunt Laurie wrote to me in the Christmas of 2003. That Christmas she gave me a pack of personalized stationary that I still use. So here's the card.12-25-03 My lovely Broooke-Merry Christmas!I wanted to get you this cute stationary to remind you of how important it is for us, as Christians, to encourage, love, and