7/17/06

The day started with Jennifer Tam and I walking to Peggy’s house at 8:20am. When we got there, only Jeffrey Liu was there. Peggy Wu wasn’t even ready yet and this was her house. Then, Titus Samuels came, then Kevin Lee, and then Karmun Tang. I was in the car with Kevin, Titus, and Titus’s mom. Jeff drove Jennifer, Karmun, and Peggy. On the way, we made a rest stop at a mall. Some of the stores were Dunkin Donuts, Borders, Coldstone, Sears, and Macys. It took about two hours to get to Shawnee Village and we all were very excited. On the outside, there was a mini golf course and once you walk through the doors, it smelled like chlorine. The recreation center was really big and there are so many activities to do. Titus’s mom checked us in and we walked around the center and then we went to the cabin. In the cabin, there were two showers, two bedrooms, a kitchen, and a living room. It was really big and really nice. Our cabin is RT-124. The first event we did was shuffleboard. Shuffleboard is a game where you use a stick and hit the pucks onto numbers. You want all the numbers to add up to 21 or greater. Jeff and I were partners and we beat our first opponents by landing on 8, 8, and 7. Kevin and Titus, and Titus’s mom and Karmun beat their first opponents. In the second round, Jeff and I were against Kevin and Titus. Unfortunaly, we lost to them. In the third round, it was Kevin and Titus vs. Titus’s mom and Karmun. Kevin and Titus won first place and got t-shirts. We had dinner at 4:30pm and we ate chicken, mashed potatoes, rice, and salad. After dinner, I went grocery shopping with Titus’s mom. We bought breakfast for the next day. There were sausage patties, potato tots, cheese, ham, bread, chips, cake, ice cream, and butter. We bought cake to celebrate Peggy and Titus’s birthday. Peggy’s birthday was July 13 and Titus’s birthday is July 28. Karmun and Jenn signed up for karaoke and I told them that I would like to join them. We sang, “I Want It That A Way” by Backstreet Boys. Then, Jennifer, Peggy, Jeff, and Karmun went into the pool. I was watching their stuff along with Kevin and Titus. We then rented the ping pong equipment and we played. First, it was Peggy vs. me, then it was Peggy and Jennifer vs. Kevin and Karmun, and then it was Peggy and I vs. Kevin and Karmun. We didn’t keep score, because we just played. Then, we paid $6.00 for mini golfing. I had an orange ball, because Peggy stole the pink one I wanted. The order we went in was Titus’s mom, Jeff, Titus, me, Jennifer, Kevin, Peggy, and then Karmun. There were many mosquitoes and they were biting us. In total there were 18 holes and the 19^th one is to give back the ball. After the 10^th hole, we all started to itch a lot and started to not have the patience to golf. After we were done, we all ran into the car and raced for the showers. The order was: Peggy, Karmun, Jeff, Kevin, me, Titus, Jenn, and then Titus’s mom. After that, we watched “Click” with Adam Sandler. We didn’t sleep till around 1:30am.

7/18/06   

Today I woke up at 6:50am, because I needed to take a shower and get ready to go horseback riding. Jennifer, Titus’s mom, and I were the only ones going horseback riding. It was a caravan to the Pocono Adventures Stables, which means that several cars follow each other to reach the destination. The horseback riding costs $18.00. I had a horse named Jenny, Titus’s mom had a horse named Frances, and Jenn had a horse named Sally. Our horses kept on eating the grass, so we needed to pull the rope for it to stop. Also, Sally was being mean to my horse and scared her. The trail ride was about 45 minutes and they taught us how to ride the horses. For example, if you go uphill, then you have to lean forward and if you go downhill, then you have to lean back. Horseback riding was pretty fun and a new experience for me. My mom said that I rode a horse when I was younger, but I don’t remember that and I was with a guide. This time I was on the horse myself. We went back to the cabin around 11:00am and everyone was still in the cabin. Then, we decided to split up. Peggy, Kevin, Titus, and Titus’s mom would go back to the recreation center and do the activities there and Jennifer, Karmun, Jeff, and I would go water rafting. Water rafting costs $26.00. We paddled past three islands and we swam around in the water too. Then, we went back to the cabin and changed into dry clothes. After that, we went to the recreation center and played volleyball in the gym. We met up with the other group and they were playing games in the arcade room. In the beginning of volleyball, it was a lot of fun, but then a man kept on jumping in front of the ball and I never had a chance of hitting the ball. I was really mad and I was really sad too. But, everyone cheered me up again. Kevin and Titus’s team won and were undefeated. Then, we went to Piezon’s, a pizza parlor and restaurant. I had a cheese steak hot hoagie, which is really a cheese steak sandwich with chips on the side. It tasted really good, but I couldn’t finish it. So, Titus and Kevin finished the other half in the cabin. We were supposed to go play bingo, but we didn’t feel like it and were too tired. We played Texas Holdem Poker, but I lost all my money (chips). Also, Peggy was really high that day. She was very crazy and doing some weird things, like dancing with butter. Peggy and Titus were planning to put butter on Jeff’s face and eyeliner, but when they were about to he woke up. LoL. We then watched and sang the songs to “Mulan” and started watching “Mulan II”, but we didn’t finish it. We then let the guys sleep and we watched a little more television in our room with Titus. About 1:30am, we went to sleep.        

7/19/06