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i wished i joined tennis sooner…but then i wouldnt be with this years jv team. i love our jv team, even though they annoy me a lot, its sort of like a lil bro ~ big bro relationship. today was cuts and i felt really bad for those who got cut, especially when one of them tried so hard…:/ it was like a rupture in our tennis family…first game of the season on friday though and my first start and athletic event in high school. so exciteddddd but sad that i wont see some players again…

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christinetphan: brunskii10: obsessionjason: thedailywhat: RIP: The two-year-old girl from Foshan, China, who was left for dead on the street after a double hit-and-run, has passed away. The hospital where Yueyue had been under intensive care for the last seven days announced the sad news at a press briefing this morning. CCTV footage showing over a dozen people ignoring the critically wounded toddler enraged the Chinese public, sparking heated discussions about morality and community. The topic remains a popular one on the country’s social networks. [st / shanghaiist.] When I saw the video, my heart literally stopped. What a cruel world we’re living in. RIP. this breaks my heart, RIP baby girl<3 :(

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RIP: The two-year-old girl from Foshan, China, who was left for dead on the street after a double hit-and-run, has passed away.

The hospital where Yueyue had been under intensive care for the last seven days announced the sad news at a press briefing this morning.

CCTV footage showing over a dozen people ignoring the critically wounded toddler enraged the Chinese public, sparking heated discussions about morality and community. The topic remains a popular one on the country’s social networks.

[st / shanghaiist.]

When I saw the video, my heart literally stopped. What a cruel world we’re living in. RIP.

this breaks my heart, RIP baby girl<3

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Anonymous asked: You did deserve to be in the club. However, with our initial amount of spots, we felt that you were overqualified (in a good way) and that others could use the club more. But unfortunately bias did kick in with a someone that lead to more people that did not deserve the spots to get in. In the end, you have astounding qualities academically and as a person that I do respect, but you probably wouldn’t want to join this club that has lost its honor and prestige. You’re still a great person anyways

thank you so much. its good to know some insider information about all of this. i worried about getting rejected because of my schedule before my interview and now, i felt i should have made a strong case that i could manage everything, and i know that i very well could have. oh wells. i completely understand the reason behind my rejection and that the cabinet was partly concerned with whats best for me and whats best for the club, even though there may have been some bias in their decision.  and yes, i was a bit disappointed behind the number of people getting accepted and would not have felt as bad if it had been less people. and as for whether the club would benefit me or not, like i said in the interview, it would definitely help me develop friendships with the members because i don’t necessary hang out with most of them and i would definitely become more social, but i agree that some of the newbies would benefit much more than me from leos.  i also agree with your opinion that the club is biased. maybe have a point system like laurels next time or have a laurel survey the interviews to make sure that the interviews are more objective for not me since im probably not gonna apply anymore, but for future applicants. now, i have already moved passed this whole thing with the help of some awesome people who made me feel a lot better :). i guess the whole situation was just a blow to my self-esteem, but now that i look at it, i still have my integrity and my friends; the only thing i really lost was LEOs. even though it may hurt me a little to see a lot of my friends in their attire every wednesday, i will definitely feel good about the other blessings of my life. thanks anon for helping me tie the loose ends. these messages mean a lot to me and it feels good to know theres someone like you in LEOs. ill probably never know who you are, but thank you. thank you so much :)

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madamboobella asked: Anytime! Even though we don't talk as much anymore, I'm always here for you!justina is too, haha. But seriously you're too good for Leos, if they can't see that, they must be blind. I would have accepted you in a heart beat. You're dedicated, smart, and talented. You deserve it more than anyone. Again, I'm here for you if you need anything.

thanks sandy :’). you’re awesome. oh yeah out of all this, i forgot to congratulate you for getting in. congrats! and i tihnk you’re applying to nhs too? good luck!

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pissed off.

i will forever remember this day. the day i didnt make it into leos the 3rd time. why? because i have too many extracurricular activities. because the interviewers probably dont like me. i don’t get it. i tried a third fucking time and i entered the interview room with confidence and i felt honored to get another chance. i did my best in the interview and failed. they dont think i can manage my time and be active in leos supposely. i work so hard to be dedicated to what i love to do: red cross, nhs, etc. i don’t even sleep at times to do club stuff, exercise, and keep up with my school work. i even spend my time helping others on their hw. i feel like for all my hard work sometimes i don’t get anything back. it would be unfair to others if i used that same explanation in denying people for nhs. thinh told me from what he heard, besides my busy schedule, i was a little too cocky in my interview. thats complete bs. most of the questions were definitions like define success, define a dedicated member, define a nondedicated member etc.  the only cocky thing that i might have said was that i rate my interview an 8 because i felt my interview was much better than my previous ones. i felt that the cabinet probably took something i said and blew it out of proportions. at least, i still have my integrity and dignity. i was truthful my whole interview especially when they asked what rank would i prioritize leos. i said 3rd, knowing that it would hurt my chances a little, but i was honest and did not want to lie to get into a club. my 3rd rejection letter was a sharp stab. there was this line that said “another possible reason for your rejection into the organization may be due to the excess of participation in other clubs”. i felt that it was directed to me. out of 16 applicants, 12 got in. the 4 people who got rejected were me, my friend jenil who totally bombed the interview and didnt care, and two of the 3 girls who applied for leos most likely because the application process is easier. it sucks to know that 12 chances slipped passed me this time. not to be mean but i feel like there’s some people in leos who shouldnt even be in there and there’s people who got in this time around who shouldnt have gotten in. some of the people who got in this time didnt even express any sympathy and just kept blabbing on about how excited they were right in front of my face. it was hard to be optimistic around my friends who made it in and seeing others with their little hats that looked half-assed. i tried to make jokes about my rejection but they failed to make me laugh. the laurels are kind; they made me feel better today by showing sympathy. i need it. thanks kimberly for showing sympathy as well and juan for backing me up when the cabinet was deciding who to initiate. maybe its true when kimberly said that i didnt get in cause of ______. idk. hurts to feel like you’ve been cheated. now that im home i can let out my frustration and sadness. its good that i can hide my feelings well; now i can just cry it out. failure and rejection sucks, especially when you try so hard and you know you’ve been cheated.

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This is a true story of Mother’s Sacrifice during the China Earthquake.After the Earthquake had subsided, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshiping; her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supporting by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescuer team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman’s body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruin house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his had through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement,” A child! There is a child! “The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3 months old little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made an ultimate sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.The medical doctor came quickly to exam the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone inside the blanket. There was a text message on the screen. It said,” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” This cell phone was passing around from one hand to another. Every body that read the message wept. ” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mother’s love for her child!!

This is a true story of Mother’s Sacrifice during the China Earthquake.
After the Earthquake had subsided, when the rescuers reached the ruins of a young woman’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. But her pose was somehow strange that she knelt on her knees like a person was worshiping; her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supporting by an object. The collapsed house had crashed her back and her head.

With so many difficulties, the leader of the rescuer team put his hand through a narrow gap on the wall to reach the woman’s body. He was hoping that this woman could be still alive. However, the cold and stiff body told him that she had passed away for sure.
He and the rest of the team left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reasons, the team leader was driven by a compelling force to go back to the ruin house of the dead woman. Again, he knelt down and used his had through the narrow cracks to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement,” A child! There is a child! “
The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3 months old little boy wrapped in a flowery blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made an ultimate sacrifice for saving her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.
The medical doctor came quickly to exam the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cell phone inside the blanket. There was a text message on the screen. It said,” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” This cell phone was passing around from one hand to another. Every body that read the message wept. ” If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Such is the mother’s love for her child!!

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“When Beethoven passed away, he was buried in a churchyard. A couple days later, the town drunk was walking through the cemetery and heard some strange noise coming from the area where Beethoven was buried. Terrified, the drunk ran and got the priest to come and listen to it. The priest bent close to the grave and heard some faint, unrecognizable music coming from the grave. Frightened, the priest ran and got the town magistrate. When the magistrate arrived, he bent his ear to the grave, listened for a moment, and said, “Ah, yes, that’s Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, being played backwards.” He listened a while longer, and said, “There’s the Eighth Symphony, and it’s backwards, too. Most puzzling.” So the magistrate kept listening; “There’s the Seventh… the Sixth… the Fifth…” Suddenly the realization of what was happening dawned on the magistrate; he stood up and announced to the crowd that had gathered in the cemetery, “My fellow citizens, there’s nothing to worry about. It’s just Beethoven decomposing.”

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