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90. Teach Sama how to macro

Thursday, November 26, 2009 @ 12:18 PM

Before Sama's birthday party, Michelle pressed this weird flower icon on her camera and started taking pictures from a very very close distance. Sama was curious about this and then later Michelle taught her what it was about. The objects were being "macroed" created cool effects and textures. Sama will use this skill to finish the goal of creating 100 deviations!

 

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Michelle came early to Sama's birthday party and they took pictures on Sama's iMac using Photobooth. There were some quite silly pictures.

 

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32. Play truth or dare

Tuesday, November 24, 2009 @ 8:26 PM

During Sama's birthday party we also played truth or dare.

We didn't want to play the normal way. So we used balloons. We got everyone to write down one truth question and one dare, and put each into a balloon. We shuffled them and gave back balloons. It was fun because no one knew who wrote what.

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We had been wearing our contact lenses for so long that people didn't realize we relied on strong prescriptions to see.

Sama's doctor forced her into wearing glasses for a couple of weeks, so Michelle decided to cheer her up. We wore our glasses to school.

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89. Receive a coveted Google Wave invite

Monday, November 23, 2009 @ 5:59 PM

Google has recently introduced Google Wave. This is supposed to be a huge new thing, that would take over sites like Facebook.
However, the catch is that this amazing thing will be released to the public next year, and for now only very few people can get the invites. "Google wave" has been a trending topic on Twitter for ages now, with people everywhere trying to get in. Still, after many weeks, "Google Wave" is still on the list of trending topics.

Sama had been trying to get an invite for a month or two. Finally, in economics class, Karim was talking about Google Wave and Sama asked him for one and she got one! Sama cannot currently invite people to Google Wave, but apparently the invitations should come soon. Then, she invited Michelle and they waved together.

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86. Decorate cupcakes

Thursday, November 19, 2009 @ 8:29 PM

During Sama's party we had a cupcake decorating contest.

We had icing, sprinkles, M&M's, and other fun stuff.

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We were having a birthday party for Sama. And balloons just make everything more festive. So we put up not just 11, but 38 balloons.

There were lots of pretty colors. The metallic ones were the best!

We had lots of balloons pop in our faces...

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76. Sama turns sweet 16

Saturday, November 14, 2009 @ 3:24 PM

Sama turned sixteen today!

We were at school, so our options for fun were limited...
Aslı baked a delicious chocolate chip cake and Taya covered it in Munchkin donuts.
Michelle put a sign for her locker. She made a cake pop-out card, which Sama says is "the coolest card I've ever seen." As a present she gave her "the prettiest necklace ever."
Since Sama deserves an even more memorable birthday, she's having a get-together on Thursday. Fun fun fun :)

Today, and today only, we will sing a Hilary Duff song.
Sweet sixteen
Gonna spread my wings
Sweet sixteen
It's my chance to shine
Sweet sixteen
Discovering
Sweet sixteen
So much more in life
Sweet Sixteen


left: locker sign, center: cake card, right: necklace

We're sweet sixteen!
How cool are we? Way cool.

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79. Write love on her arm ♥

Friday, November 13, 2009 @ 4:54 PM


To Write Love on Her Arms is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.

On November 13, we wrote love on our arms to support those people trying to recover from depression. And when people asked, we told them about the TWLOHA organization and their cause.
We are just two of the people who stand up to make love the movement ♥

 
Michelle's arm                                                 Sama's arm

Do you believe in the cause too? Become a fan of it on Facebook by clicking here.
Or click here to visit the TWLOHA's official website.

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80. Participate in a food eating contest

Thursday, November 12, 2009 @ 8:36 PM

On November 11 we took part in a food eating contest at school.
We didn't originally intend to, but at the last minute they needed two more people. So guess who go dragged into it? Us.

The Student Council's daily bulletin described the chocolate cake we were going to eat as:
It will be one a of a kind cake: double layered with inches of frosting and mountains of yummy sprinkles!


During lunch we walked onto the covered courts to check out this cake. It was even bigger than we had thought, and had tons of Oreo chunks. Uh oh.
We lined up along with two other juniors to start the eating relay. Sama devoured the second slice and Michelle had the third.
It turns out the cake wasn't as appetizing as it appeared.

There's a good reason why there are no pictures.

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31. Go to the ASEAN festival

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 @ 9:22 PM

On October 29, the annual ASEAN Festival was held. This year is was at the Indonesian Embassy.

So Michelle went there with her brother and a bunch of our friends. Sama was stuck at home babysitting that night.

It was a night of handmade crafts, batik scarves, cute stickers, delicious sushi, fresh duck, warm pho, and traditional dances.


Michelle and Anggie waiting for the raffle winners to be announced.

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Michelle and her brother carved their jack-lantern on October 27. Sama was there in spirit.


The jack-o-lantern right after completion.

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We're juniors and need to start thinking about what we're going to put on our college applications. Being the president of a club is always a good thing.

Sama is now the president of TWAC, Technology With a Cause. It's the school's "go green" group. They recycle, raise climate change awareness, and sponsor Earth Hour.

Michelle is the president of The Palette, the art club. It works on campus improvement through art. They are currently working on sets for the fall production and canvases for the Blue Mile.

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.welcome

this is going to be way cool

.about us

our names are michelle and sama.
one day we realized that schoolwork was making us boring and that we needed to do something cool. so we decided to make this cool list of fun things to do before graduating.
we like brownies and singstar.

.111 things

1.
2. Make a jar of happy thoughts
3. Blow bubbles around campus
4. Make a bumper sticker for class of 2011
5. Design the senior t-shirt
6. Go to prom
7. Draw on the same temporary tattoo for a day
8. Have disco night
9. Talk in different accents for a day
10. Talk in a different language the whole lunch break
11. Be shamed for fame for AIDS
12. Do something for the talent show
13. Run for Terry Fox
14. Make a Wikipedia article biography
15. Jump in the pool with clothes on
16. Learn how to play poker
17. Be "Singstars"
18. Make a really fancy birthday cake
19. Go around declaring a storm day
20. Put on different colors of nail polish
21. Wear Mr. Gordon's sunglasses
22. Act like Mr. Sanford (the hand thing)
23. Blow something up in chemistry
24. Make a "chain reaction" game and play it
25. Have a potluck
26. Give free hugs
27. Walk around in costumes on Halloween
28. Vote for American Idol 2010
29. Add quotes to ibquotes.com
30. Make cellphone accessories
31. Go to the ASEAN festival
32. Play truth or dare
33. Be president of a club
34. Watch a beauty pageant
35. Go shopping together
36. Watch a movie together
37. Have a slumber party
38. Be student of the month
39. Make charm bracelets
40. Play in the elementary school playground
41. Make a graduation video
42. Have a Disney movie marathon
43. Do the splits
44. Do a pull up
45. Dance in the rain
46. Make twin plushies
47. Organize a charity bake sale
48. Ride a camel
49. Blow 11 balloons and hang them up somewhere
50. Smile at 11 strangers
51. Watch a sunset
52. Make a campfire, roast marshmallows, and make s'mores
53. Take silly pictures to laugh at later
54. Spend the whole day in pajamas
55. Master the recipe for the perfect chocolate chip cookies
56. Get in touch with 11 people who moved away
57. Write a short story and publish it online
58. Have a "baby egg" and take care of it for a day
59. Create a secret code
60. Make a wish at 11:11
61. Teach Sama how to use Photoshop
62. Be tagged in 1000 photos on Facebook
63. Watch a fireworks display
64. Teach our siblings how to use Skype
65. Have a water balloon fight
66. Solve the equation: 9x-7i > 3(3x-7u)
67. Play dress-up
68. Make brownies
69. Carve a jack-o-lantern
70. Teach Taya how to swim
71. Decorate a Christmas tree
72. Have a photo shoot
73. Eat sushi
74. Try a simulation stock market and make a profit
75. Make a comic
76. Sama turns sweet 16
77. Michelle becomes an adult by turning 18
78. Post 100 deviations each
79.Write love on her arm
80. Participate in a food eating contest
81. Write a song
82. Have a picnic
83. Attend a pep rally
84. Create a Facebook event
85. Tie-dye something
86. Decorate cupcakes
87. Create a dictionary of 100 made-up words
88. Wear our glasses to school
89. Receive a coveted Google Wave invite
90. Teach Sama how to macro
91. Write a letter to Santa Claus
92. Make our own pizza
93. Make pancakes
94. Invent a juice
95. Make a playlist of our ten favorite songs of all time
96. Prank call someone
97. Give each other makeovers
98. Curl our hair
99. Play world of warcraft
100. Have our grad photos taken
101. Go to the Winter Chill
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108. Receive university acceptance letters
109. Go to the senior breakfast
110. Graduate
111. Scrapbook everything on this list

.flash back

September 2009, October 2009, November 2009, December 2009, January 2010, March 2010, May 2010,

.music