The Matador - Senior Issue (May 2014)

The Matador

Senior Issue May 21, 2014 Volume 59, Number 9

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NEWS

THE MATADOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

Academic students awarded

Photo by Hanfrey Deng

J u d y Ta n g Over 100 outstanding San Gabriel High School students and their respective families crowded into the auditorium on May 19 for the annual senior scholarships and academic awards ceremony.

The evening began with a welcome by Principal Jim Schofield and an introduction of guests and presenters by Assistant Principal John Scanlan. Presenters included Marisa Castro-Salvade from Southern California Edison, Ronnie Donfrio, Richard Klutts of the Eastside Optimist Club, Stan Yonemoto from the Alhambra Chamber of Commerce, Peter Robb, Beth Price representing the National Charity League of San Marino, Dr. Denver R. Foster from the San Gabriel Kiwanis Club, Teresa Ybarra of the Alhambra Latino Association, Ariadna Banuelos, Diana Hyland, and Roger Majano, from Hillcrest, San Gabriel, and Alhambra Council PTA, respectively.

The presenters honored various students of academic achievement, club involvement, and other qualities with scholarships that ranged from $250 to $40,000 in awards. The San Gabriel High School PTSA presented seven seniors with scholarships including Johnny Diep, Brandi Huynh, Stella Low, Natalie Ma, Christian Majano, John Truong, and Man Nong.

“I am so glad that my hard work of applying to scholarships finally paid off, and [I] really felt

Senior Danny Diep receives an award for his academic excellence at the annual Academic Awards Night on May 19. Students were presented certificates for their achievement in their classes and given cords and stoles from various clubs and organizations on campus.

this sense of achievement,” Low said.

The Alhambra Latino Association and UCLA University Grant both gave senior Kevin Loya generous amounts in scholarship, as did the Southern California Edison Scholarship with senior Jestin Ma. In memory and honor of the late John Robb, Peter Robb presented Karissa De La Trinidad and Ngoc Tang with the John Robb Memorial Scholarship.

“I feel so blessed [to have received the award], I feel kind of connected to [Robb] now,” Trinidad said.

After all scholarships were awarded, the Athletic Achievement Awards were given to seniors Henry Akuna, Man Nong, Jennifer Ngo, Angie Lin,Vanessa Linares, and Charlie Diep, and the Bausch & Lomb Award was presented to junior Hui Fu. Individual department awards were then given out to exceptional students of all years, including freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors. Students in different years and subjects were given certificates for being academically outstanding, compared to peers in their respective years.

The evening ended with the presentation of cords and stoles from many clubs and organizations on campus including the International Thespian Society, National Honor Society, AVID, the Business and Technology Academy, Speech and Debate, Academic Decathlon, Medical Careers Academy, Associated Student Body, and CSF.

Janet Perales, Timothy Hopper leave San Gabriel High School H anf rey Deng and Tr an Lam Next school year, Assistant Principals of Student Services Janet Perales and Timothy Hopper will be leaving San Gabriel High School. Perales will become an Assistant Principal at another Alhambra Unified School District (AUSD) school, while Hopper will leave the district to find a position closer to his home.

Perales was offered her new position just a few days ago and feels “bittersweet.”

“I’m excited for the possibilities,” Perales said. “I’m excited for the things that I can implement with the new principal, but I’m also saddened because I’ve made good friends here.

I’ve connected with students, staff, and I’ve had a great administrative team.

And I’ve worked very well with our resource officers, so I’m leaving with a lot of experience.”

Perales will be utilizing her previous knowledge of teaching and counseling from her past years in the district. Perales feels “very prepared” for her new position at a K-8 school.

“I’ve had the experience as a teacher in the elementary level,” Perales said, ”and I’ve had experience [as] the counselor, and [with] the discipline portion [of] school safety at the high school.

And I think that if you can be an effective leader of those things at the high school level, it’s going to be so much easier to implement at the elementary level because there’s a smaller school setting and there are younger kids.”

Hopper will become an assistant principal at another school located closer to his home. Working at San Gabriel, Hopper takes one hour to commute to work from his home in the Inland Empire, and two hours to

Poetry slams into audience’s hearts C arol i na Garci a

Photo by Carolina Garcia

Senior Eric Andrade presents his poem and his response at the Poetry Slam.

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Poetic words echoed off the Multipurpose Room walls on May 16, when San Gabriel High School and Alhambra High School students competed in the Poetry Slam.

The San Gabriel Young Aspiring Writers with Power (YAWP) shared the room with the Alhambra Moors Poet Society (AMPS) in a classical slam, where writers recited a classical poem and then responded with an original poem.

The two schools battled for three rounds before YAWP was crowned victorious.

YAWP member senior Jesus Meza felt very comfortable in the event.

“I saw the event as a place where everyone can tell a story—a story about what we’ve seen, been [through], and done,” Meza said.

The members of the YAWP team took their frustration, anger, and sadness and turned those negative emotions into a beautiful set of verses and stanzas where they poured their thoughts out to the world.

return every day. This situation is further complicated by his eight-hour work day.

“I am immensely grateful for my time at SGHS,” Hopper said. “The staff is an outstanding group of solid professionals and our students have had a great year.”

Hopper hopes that the Matador staff and students will continue to grow and take care of each other.

“Most of our Matador family shows their quality day in and day out,” he said. “I will miss being a part of such a great place! I hope the students will remember to always be kind to each other.”

Principal Jim Schofield acknowledges that change is inevitable and is glad that Perales is given the opportunity to take on more responsibility as an elementary assistant principal.

“Student Services is probably the administrative position in the school district that [you] see the most change over,” Schofield said. “People work in a position and then that builds their experience for other opportunities. She has an opportunity to be an assistant principal of a K-8 school in our district and will eventually be a principal.

There’s a lot more responsibility that comes with that, which is good.”

Coming to take their positions will be current Assistant Principal of Student Services at Troy High School, Richard Peterson and current Alhambra High School Assoiciated Student Body (ASB) adviser and biology teacher, Jocelyn Castro. Castro was also 2013 Teacher of the Year for the AUSD. Although Hopper and Perales’ time at the school will come to an end, this opens a new chapter to their lives and marks a new beginning for the students of San Gabriel.

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THE MATADOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

Article follow up: “Teachers speak out about power outage”

Matadors showcase their dancing skills Lauren Kakazu

E ri n Tru ong and A my Yee Editor’s note: We heard the criticism about our article “Teachers speak out about power outage” (April 30, 2014). We went back over the story and decided that there were facts and issues that needed to be highlighted. Here they are.

The source of the power outage as identified near the school’s main gate is in dispute. According to a phone interview with Southern California Edison (SCE) conducted on May 20, the blackout was caused by downed utility poles located on Ramona and Main Street, with the affected boundaries being West Las Tunas Drive, West Angeleno Ave., and West Mission Drive. SCE could not (by press time) confirm if there was a downed pole near San Gabriel’s main gate or not. The power outage started at 5:43 a.m. and ended at 5:38 p.m..

In the article, teacher Sabrina Morales asked about the accessibility of the school’s safety plan. California Education Bill SB 187 requires every school to have an annually-updated hard copy of the plan on campus. According to Principal Jim Schofield, San Gabriel keeps its copy in his office and there is an additional copy at the District offices. As such, there was a safety plan on site during the power outage. However, according to Morales, the teachers did not have a copy on hand because the faculty handbook is electronic and was unavailable due to the outage.

Morales stated that she was worried about working fire alarms and the monitoring of restrooms, which were a safety risk due to lack of lighting.

However, according to Schofield, “there [were] backup generators that power the campus for a certain amount of time.” These generators powered the school’s fire alarms and emergency lights.

“If you look[ed] at the alarms, the lights were on every fire alarm—just like how there were some lights on in classrooms,” Schofield said.

San Gabriel staff also organized a “fire watch” monitoring the campus area. “Had there been a fire anywhere on campus, we would have been to the classrooms almost as immediately as the bell would have sounded,” Schofield said. He also stated there were “extra eyes” patrolling the campus and frequent classroom visits as security measures.

At the Board of Education meeting on April 22, Captain Elliot Case of the Alhambra Police Department commended San Gabriel High School for how it handled the power outage with the police department.

In the article, Schofield said students needed to remain at school because of state mandated minutes. Later, he discovered that the school could have taken the day off because it had more than enough minutes–378 more minutes–to meet secondary instructional minute requirements for the year.

Despite the controversy surrounding the management of the blackout, Schofield asserts he is very proud of how students dealt with the sudden situation and carried on as if it were a standard day.

Jim Schofield:

Manager of the Year

Photos courtesy of Amber Dykeman and Penelope Hernandez

Top: Choreo performed their Hip Hop competition routine where they placed first at two SHARP competitions.

Bottom: Junior Amber Dykeman, freshman Sharon Lee, and sophomores Penelope Hernandez and Trista Rios were selected as next year’s captains and leaders.

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After undergoing a nomination process and voting by the District cabinet, San Gabriel’s very own Jim Schofield was awarded Manager of the Year on April 6.

“This award was a reflection of our school’s great work,” Schofield said.

NEWS

After spending months of preparation, the Choreo Dance team held their annual Dance Showcase to perform for their friends and families. Choreo, along with All-Male and Cheer, performed past rally routines from the entire school year.

The showcase, normally held in the Matador Arena, was held in the auditorium on May 16.

“I think the showcase looks better on a stage,” senior Cheer member Desiree Espinosa said. “ Choreo and All-Male members had the opportunity to perform either a solo or a duet, such as freshman and first year Choreo member Sharon Lee who performed a solo.

“I was nervous and skeptical but decided to do it anyway because it was a chance to go out and show everyone that I love to dance and I’m not afraid to show it,” Lee said.

Some of Choreo’s performances were competed against other schools at three SHARP competitions. Their Spring Rally routine placed first in the March competition, their Homecoming routine placed first at the December and May competitions, and their Hip Hop competition routine placed first at the March and May competitions.

“I liked the Homecoming pom routine because I feel like it had the most energy and facials,” senior Tiffany Heng said.

Towards the end of the showcase, Choreo and Cheer took a moment to recognize their senior members for their last performance at San Gabriel. The following seniors were recognized: Aileen Hang, Christina Le, Crystal Tang, Desiree Espinosa, Destiny Alvarez, Kimberly Garcia, Lauren Kakazu, Marisa Benavidez, Megan Molina, Michelle Sy, Sammantha Ruiz, Sandy Ho, Teresa Vera, Thu Nguyen, Tiffany Heng, Tiffany Tran, and Yvonne Guerrero.

The showcase ended when Choreo announced next year’s Choreo captains and leaders. Junior Amber Dykeman and sophomore Penelope Hernandez were chosen as co-captains and sophomore Trista Rios and freshman Sharon Lee were chosen as leaders.

“I felt really happy and amused,” sophomore Penelope Hernandez said. “I started crying because I felt grateful to have that spot given to me.”

Matador Band goes regional Kr isty Duong The Matador Marching Band earned an excellent rating at the Southern California School Band and Orchestra Association (SCSBOA) regional festival at Colony High School in Ontario on May 16. They were presented with this opportunity to compete at the regional level after receiving a superior rating for the first time in 13 years at the band festival at Montebello High School. From lowest to highest, ratings range from poor, fair, good, excellent, and superior.

The band was judged based on categories including sound, intonation, fundamentals, and musicianship. The band’s musical selections included “Music for a Ceremony” by John Morissey, “Fantasia on a Theme”

by Thomas Tallis, and “Ascend” by Samuel Hazo.

“It was an honor to be chosen to be there,” band director Tammy Cognetta said. “It says a lot about what these kids have done and how much practice they put in.”

For the site-reading portion of the

competition, the band played “Spring Festival Overture” by James Hosay.

The band director was given four minutes to go over the piece with the band, noting important points like tempo changes, dynamics, and key signatures before the band had to play for the judge.

“This festival was more serious and bigger compared to [the one at Montebello],” trumpet player Jennie Lim said. “It was more intimidating being at a school with bands that all received superior ratings.”

The band faced difficulties in scheduling rehearsals with Advanced Placement (AP) testing occurring the two weeks prior to the competition date and the Monterey Park Play Days Parade on the day following festival.

Despite this, it still provided band members with a valuable experience.

“I felt that the band’s performance was better than expected, since [many of us] had to split our time [between] practicing for festival and doing other things,” junior Celine Hui said. “[We] could [have] improved, but we gave it our all, and that’s all that matters.“

OPINIONS “Sonny” days are here

Sonny Hy Living on a permanent ‘Hy’ I remember the first time I called 911. I also remember the second, third, and fourth time because they were in a span of two days.

The cul-de-sac of Hispanic and Asian neighbors stood in their windows and listened and watched, curtains drawn but eyes peeping, as I and the others in my family fended off our father. Wildly wielding his knife and threatening to pull his gun out, he screamed about how everyone in the neighborhood was going to die in the center of the neighborhood, especially the old woman who came out to speak to him.

“What are you doing? You’re insane!” she said, only to be countered with Vietnamese, Cantonese, and Mandarin cuss that consisted of murdering her and her family in various different words.

He ran up the staircase and before I knew it, he was banging on my door. He pleaded with me to run away with him; he would take me away from all these horrible people like his wife or other children. The operator told me to lock the door, close the windows, and place my chair under the door knob, securing my safety.

However, my safety didn’t come with sanity.

I listened as he screamed, hurled, and eventually broke down my mother’s bedroom door.

“What is your location?” The operator calmly asked and I giggled and answered. At the time, I even asked myself why I was giggling. I was going insane, or maybe I wasn’t.

“The officers are on their way; is he still screaming? Where is he now?”

The policemen came into the house and arrested him. He got out of jail in one hour and came back. By this time I was shocked not by his appearance, but that I would have to call 911 again. He still had the keys to the house and the key to my mother, opening the door for him because she “forgot.” Round 2 went down just as round 1 went, then round 3, and round 4, until finally I had a restraining order in my hand.

I don’t miss my father; he was a broken man in my life and anyone who tried to touch him was cut. His track-marks and rotten teeth correlated with the cloud of marijuana in his eyes, but my mother didn’t seem to mind. The only thing in her mind was a hurricane that I inherited.

I see myself in my mother more than anyone else; she fell apart and will never come back together, but that’s where we’re different. My life is the gift she gave me, but that gift was sealed when my door was.

I don’t miss my family because how do you miss something that you never had? I don’t regret being born into these circumstances; it was something beyond my control. However, my family will not define who I am; I define who I am.

My window will never be open, but I can still see through it. Now, I’m on the other side.

THE MATADOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

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Letters from the editors Left, right. Up, down. Dazed by the abundance of opportunities and amazing people, I felt like a mouse in a maze as I made my way through high school: lost. I ventured off and attempted to explore as many corners as I could. I pulled myself one way and then completely in the opposite direction, never really feeling like I knew myself. Never really feeling like I was doing what I wanted to be doing with my high school career. I had a desire to be one with the people of San Gabriel by teaching them, learning from them, understanding them, and ultimately being a companion.

This role I envisioned myself embrac-

ing was fulfilled by my entrance onto the newspaper staff. It was not until this year that I realized what these pages with ink majestically splattered across them could not only do for the school, but for me. Being part of the newspaper staff essentially captured everything about high school and put it in a jar for my taking.

These words here are a message of thanks, a message that I hope is accepted with the warmth that I felt upon encountering high school. As I leave you San Gabriel, I can only hope that I gave you as much as you gave me. Thank you for taking my sleeping time away, and instead allowing me to live my life awake and

doing homework, activities for clubs, or socializing. Thank you for allowing me to make friends, see people smiling, and encounter those awkward hellos where you do not know if the person is waving to you. Thank you for letting me cover your stories and the 2,500 different faces you have.

High school was an ultimate testing ground for discovering who I wanted to be, and who I did not want to be. I was able to live, laugh, and love. I allowed my high school life to be free, action-packed, and full of no regrets.

Walk on, or be walked on. Change, or be changed. Love and be loved—or lose out and be lost in this four-year opportunity bank we call “high school.” Cash in on the goodies, or check out. Your choice.

From the “freshman moments” of wondering where to sit during lunch to the “I could care less” bum days of senior year, high school has always been a great puzzle for me. My thoughts wind back to wondering what classes I would take, or who my closest friends would be, or where I would fit in at this overwhelmingly scary school. What ifs clouded my horizons; fear rose with the sun every morning. At this school of 2,500 students, I remember feeling both completely sur-

rounded, yet completely alone all at the same.

Thanks to the many clubs, teachers, and activities at San Gabriel, however, my tomorrows became a bit clearer.

Without journalism, I would never have developed as much confidence in my writing, nor would I have decided that I would pursue a career in writing and journalism. Being the Editor in Chief taught me to see things from a different perspective, to be a leader, and to seize the moments we can never reclaim before they are forfeited to the hands of Time.

I am so proud that I could witness my newspaper team win second place 9-12 page broadsheet at the National

Journalism Convention in San Deigo. I saw with my very own eyes that hard work and determination can amount to something I could be proud of—a feeling that is clear as glass.

So thank you, journalism, thank you teachers and staff, and thank you mes amis—vous etes immortel dans mon coeur.

You are all immortal in my heart. Though graduation sounds like heaven right about now, I will definitely remember and miss my memories on the grounds of San Gabriel. I will walk down the aisle a new and changed person who embraces tomorrow with outstretched arms.

Oscar Molina 2013-2014 Editor-in-Chief

Steven Ho 2013-2014 Editor-in-Chief

College does not determine worth A nni e H uang

purpose to getting a higher education. If someone got into an ivy league and he or she has all the right reasons for wanting to attend, Inching towards the end of the year, seniors are either found good for you. If people didn’t, they should just remember that they sulking over the rejections that they received, or indirectly boasting are not the worthless people they think they are. about their acceptances. As a junior, I wouldn’t understand In regards to the judgments that she received how they feel. However, it seems to me that all of these from her peers about her college decision, Zhou Facebook statuses and Instagram posts are all so said, “I feel like they didn’t want me going vitriolic; they act like vultures attacking one to Chapman [University] because it’s not as another with their individual achievements, known as a UC, which is upsetting because it but all for the sake of what? shows how much labels really matter, and Achievement is a great thing, but it is not [they] shouldn’t. It’s about getting to when that achievement is made merely for our goals; it doesn’t matter how we get the benefit of impressing others. In short, there as long as we get there. Anyway, it doesn’t matter how many college acI’m happy that I made the decision to go ceptances one got because in the end, to Chapman. I know I’ll be happy there you can only attend one college. So why and that’s all that matters.” do people feel like they have to flaunt People should not conform to the stantheir college acceptances around to prove dards set by their peers on what they deem themselves better than everyone else, and to as the “right” decision, the “right” impose their standards of a so-called “great career path, the “right” school, and achievement” on others, only to make their the “right” life. peers feel worse about themselves?

The wishes and goals of your Senior Michelle Zhou believes that peers do not necessarily have to be people should not judge other people yours; just because they’ve achieved based on what school they’re going to something great, something that you or what career path they’re pursuing in the haven’t, does not mean that you should future. “In the end, we’re still all pursuing our follow their footstep. Because at the end of the day, those Illustration by Annie Huang dream for a better future,” Zhou said. decisions belong to you and you alone; it is your life and no Some people tend to believe that attending a well-known college one has the right to say anything about it. Disregard what everyone is the only notable achievement, and sadly that just shows how thinks of the choices that you make in your life and do what makes ignorant many people are. Unfortunately, many cannot look past you the happiest, do not let anyone make you feel bad about your the brand names and rankings to actually acknowledge the real choices because you only get to live for so long.

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OPINIONS

THE MATADOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

Grammar, language are diminishing in modern society extremely lazy.

The shame is not necessary toward slang, it is toward the people A Canadian communication program, Roger Incorporation, spreading it rather than frowning upon it. suffered the severe loss of $2 million because of a misplaced Before students start carelessly turning in papers filled with comma. According to The Register, the company thought it had hashtags and “YOLO”s, one must remember the benefits of emaila five-year deal with Aliant Inc. to string Roger Inc. cable lines ing and texting could have promoted a modern way of writing to across thousands of utility poles in each other without paying for a stamp and licking the envelope. the Maritimes. When Rogers heard One must not look at grammar as another lesson to learn in the deal was being canceled, they school, but as a tool necessary to communicate. Musicians must thought nothing of it because of learn chords before creating music their sturdy five-year contract. A and one must learn where to put sentence in the contract contained a a comma if one ever wants to misplaced comma that made the date of the communicate with the English contract unclear. Rogers never planned for a speaking part of the world. misplaced comma to be the loophole, costing English teachers, such as Scott them $2 million.

Myers, include grammar in their daily English Though it is overly cautious to believe every lessons, using books such as Basic Skills in English. misplaced comma will result in a $2 million loss, Sophomore Terri Tang is one of several stuit is true that as a society, the importance of correct dents who has benefited greatly from daily grammar grammar is subsiding. lessons, increasing two points on her benchmark; The 21st century has adopted a new form of comshe received a high six on her end of the year writmunication. Instead of the traditional way of ing benchmark. writing a letter, people are communicating “Daily grammar really did help me. At the through writing text messages, emailing beginning of the year, sentences were just senletters and chatting on social media sites, Illustration by Cassandra Chen tences, but when the benchmark came, I can such as Facebook and Twitter. Technolwrite more than just simple sentences,” Tang said. ogy has promoted writing in our daily lives, but with an added, Society is not encouraging sentences like “wacha doin 2nite?” modern twist: slang. but it is becoming common to send these types of messages and People have become so weak, they are involuntarily thrust into post them online. Poor grammar will not always cause such detwriting the letter “r” instead of “are;” this plague has corrupted rimental effects such as a $2 million loss, but it will result in poor the entire human race, or it could be that people are just becoming communication skills and the stress of English teachers.

‘Zu Zu’ pets

C a ro l i n a Garci a

Editors-in-Chief

Steven Ho Oscar Molina Managing Editor Chelsey Tran News Editors Kristy Duong Rebecca Lei Opinions Editors Vanessa De La Rosa Lauren Kakazu Focus Editors Sonny Hy Amanda Molina Life and Art Editors Derrick Chi Annie Huang Sports Editors Marvin Luu John Truong Features Editors Maggie Cheng Crystal Wong Copy Editors Angela Fong Chelsea Huynh Mimi Lam Christopher Lan Photo Editor Derek Deng Cassandra Chen Artists Annie Huang Emmanuel Maresca Jennifer Thai Carolina Garcia Business Managers Ileana Perez Tran Lam Website Editor Judy Tang Blogs Manager Adviser Jennifer Kim Reporters: Kathering Montelon, Hanfrey Deng, Vanessa Huang, Frank Lieu, Carolina Loaisiga, Cynthia Navarro, Justin Toyomitsu, Erin Truong, Anthony Yang, Amy Yee, Richard Yue

The Matador is a public forum for student expression and highly encourages responses in reaction to issues discussed in the paper. Submit comments as a letter to the editor, signed (anonymity is guaranteed if requested), to H-2, or Ms. Kim’s mailbox.

The Matador is published monthly by the journalism staff of San Gabriel High School. 1,600 copies per issue are published at American Foothill Publishing Co., Inc. The opinions and views expressed in The Matador do not necessarily reflect the beliefs of the school or the Alhambra School District.

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Dear Ms. Kim, Thank you for always being there for us no matter how tired you were and how much youwanted to go home. Thank you for providing us with a second home, a place with a microwave and an escape from having to go out to lunch. Know that your work is appreciated because you are amazing.

Sincerely,

The Matador Staff

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Multicultural point-of-view I read with interest two student points of view on the high school literature curriculum: classic vs. contemporary. (“Classic literature VS Contemporary fiction,” April 30) As an SG English teacher for seven years now, I would like to add a third way to view this debate by redefining classic and contemporary with a multicultural focus. First let’s define classic: considered important and of high quality, with a value that lasts a long time and contemporary: belonging to the present time, modern, or as described by Sonny Hy, “literature as a manifestation of life at the time of its writing.”

Next we need to ask the questions: Who decides what is classic? What is “the present time?” An honest look at the authors mentioned in both columns (Sylvia Plath, Aldous Huxley, Kate Chopin, John Green, Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Joyce Carol Oates) is that they are all of European/Caucasian descent.

To go back to Sonny’s definition, do these works, classic or contemporary, reflect the lives of our students and their families, past, present or future? Is it just coincidental that nearly all of the classics that are required reading for our students are Caucasian, European and mostly male?

A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry was the first play written and performed on Broadway by an AfricanAmerican playwright in 1961. It details the struggles of a black family in 1950’s Chicago to find their place in a racist

society just beginning to climb out of the lynch mob mentality of the Old South.

From a multicultural perspective, it is a classic by every meaning of the word and continues to be performed, most recently starring acclaimed actor Denzel Washington, once again on Broadway. Its themes and character development are just as classic as anything Tennessee Williams or Arthur Miller wrote during the same time period. It represents a culture in transition from an African-American perspective.

Jeanne Wakatsuki-Houston wrote Farewell to Manzanar about one of the most disgraceful periods in American history when 110,000 west coast Japanese Americans, the majority U.S. citizens, were forced into concentration camps from 1942-1945. Published in 1973 but covering the period of 1941-1946 when the U.S. was at war with Japan, it is an intimate look at the resilience of one of our most wronged immigrant populations.

Rudolfo Anaya is considered one of the founders of contemporary Chicano (Mexican American) literature. His novel Bless Me Ultima, much like A Raisin in the Sun is about a family and a culture in transition and is rich with magical realism, vivid imagery, fascinating characters and theme development and is as much a coming-ofage story as To Kill A Mockingbird.

Many of my students have reported a culturally rich and eye opening experience with reading both Bless Me Ultima and Farewell to Manzanar. All three books are in our book room and can be had for the asking.

English Teacher Terri Waits-Smith

Lauren Kakazu Perks of being a wallflower About four years ago, I stepped onto campus as a short and shy freshman with bangs.

Now as a senior, I’m still short and I still have bangs, but I’m less shy.

Looking back, I have always been a shy individual. I was afraid to get out of my comfort zone and I couldn’t take risks. I was one of those people who sat in the back of the classroom, hoping that the teacher wouldn’t pick me to read aloud or ask me to answer a question. I was a wallflower.

I think everything changed in junior year when my parents and friends convinced me to try out for the Choreo Dance team and apply for the newspaper staff. There was a high chance that I wouldn’t get into either one, but I told myself that it wouldn’t hurt just to try.

If I had never taken those risks, I would never have made it into both and I wouldn’t be the person that I am today.

As senior year came around, I found myself gradually changing. When I was given an editor position on the newspaper staff, I had more responsibilities. Through this position, I had to communicate with the members on the staff and I slowly became comfortable with them.

Now, I consider most of them good friends.

After that, I took more chances and became braver. A year ago, I never would have known what I was capable of.

Also, when I began my second year in Choreo, many of the new members, who were underclassmen, looked up to me. I would help them improve on their dancing and techniques.

Most of them called me “Mama Lauren” which made me feel loved and needed.

In my last two years of high school, I have made so many friends who have changed me for the better. They made me realize that I can be a confident person who doesn’t have to be afraid to take chances. They’ve made my high school years so worthwhile and memorable. I can’t tell them how grateful I am for them being a part of my life.

The only thought in my mind now is, “What happens after graduation?” Right now, all I know is that I’ll be leaving home for college and live on my own in the fall.

Honestly, I’m terrified. I don’t really know what will happen once I leave. For all I know, I can get lost trying to find all of my classes or have a roommate that could be an axe murderer. I may be overreacting but the idea of me leaving home scares me enough to paralyze me.

Then I remember that I’m not the shy little girl that I used to be. I’m now a confident person who became an editor on the newspaper staff and had the guts to ask two guys to Sadies and Prom. These accomplishments may seem like little things to others but for me, it was a big step towards becoming the person that I want to be, a short person who takes big chances no matter what the risks are.

LIFE &ART

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Electronic beats, bass supersede lyrics Angela Fong The beat pulses throughout the seemingly boundless room, and the light show flashing in time with the music lends a surreal feeling in the atmosphere, as the shadows of frantically twisting, winding bodies are colorfully illuminated under the light’s neon glow. The audience is enveloped in the harmoniously discordant synths that have been painstakingly crafted into an electronic masterpiece. However, this is no ordinary concert; the main event here features only electronic music.

Contrary to what most people believe, creating electronic music is an art that requires knowledge and mastery accumulated over time. People unfamiliar with this topic often assume that it does not require any technique to produce music on computer software, claiming that it is not as emotive or skilled as music produced with traditional instruments. This could not be further from the truth; producers must go through an extremely complicated process that consists of many time-consuming steps. Electronically produced music transcends acoustic music by constantly creating new worlds of sound that cannot be explored

with traditional instruments. Electronic music is universal; it surpasses language barriers and allows people of all languages to appreciate the Vocals and lyrics may not play a large part in most electronic pieces, but this is hardly a reasonable premise on which to completely reject a particular genre. The sounds produced on computers and synthesizers do not need lyrics to express their meaning.

People who enjoy and understand this type of music are able to translate the beats and rhythms into emotions that the producers are trying to introduce and express to their audiences. Electronic music invokes particular emotions that are unable to be experienced when listening to many other genres of music.

One should not judge an entire genre of music based on a few songs on the radio that do not even completely represent the entire electronic music genre. There are a myriad of sub-genres within the all-encompassing term “electronic music,” and each sub-genre presents a uniquely different sound that appeals to a wide spectrum of audiences; no single sub-genre can typify another. Electronic music is much more than beats synthesized on a computer; electronic music is the future.

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I know that I’m going to not be with you I know that I will never be perfect unless you see me that way I know that everyone has flaws and imperfections.... but you are perfect in my eyes...

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I know that there’s no point of trying I know it’s pointless I know there’s one thing that will never be that is me ever regretting to love you, even though I knew that you would never love me back.

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Tick tick. Da doo doo da da, da de de doo da. CRASH! Do you know what song this is? No worries, we have no idea either. Sure, this song could pass as music, but without lyrics, this medley of rhythms, screeching, bass, and squeaks should be considered a piece, not a song.

Naturally-produced music is supposed to have lyrics to help amplify their meaning. Simply having a myriad of noises without any words would leave it without a clear and tangible message.

While synthesized music, such as Electronic Dance Music (EDM), dubstep, trance, and hardhouse, can evoke a unique set of emotions within a listener, it cannot create the same bond that lyrical songs do with its audience.

After a few listens, song lyrics become more than just words echoing in our heads; lyrics become a part of us. Powerful song lyrics can save a person from inner turmoil and encourage them to see things in a new perspective. “[Synthesized music] is nice, but songs with lyrics allow me to sing along and these songs actually have meaning,” sophomore Terri Tang said.

In a naturally produced song, work is not only put into creating a pleasingly melodic song, but also into the actual lyrics that dif-

ferentiate the song from simply a musical composition. Songwriters put their heart and soul into creating lyrics that will meld with the music and bring out the message the singer is trying to express.

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis promoted marriage equality with their popular song “Same Love” that expresses a powerful message behind a relaxed rap style. Beginning with the first lines, “When I was in the third grade, I thought that I was gay,” the song contains poignant lyrics and relatable experiences that cannot be equivocated with synthesized music—only lyrics can relay such an inspirational message.

Music used to be recorded in a soundproof studio, where musicians would jam out with their instruments and voices. It was a long and arduous process that required the musician’s time, dedication, sense of perfection, and passion. However, the most important factors of creating synthesized music are a producer, a computer, perhaps a featured singer or two, and creativity—not as much soul or personality involved.

Poems can be songs and songs can be poems, but entirely synthesized music falls nowhere between this spectrum. It is in its own realm and should stay there. Even if synthesized music is starting to displace lyrical songs, the strong connection that lyrics provide will never be lost in the rhythm.

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Lyrics bring out soul purpose of music S t e v e n Ho a n d A n t h o n y Ya n g

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Chhea, Pham follow artistic aspirations I l e a n a P e re z

Hand-drawn art reflects personal style Drawing with the same rustic tools that artists have been creating masterpieces for thousands of years, hand-drawn artists set to work on sketching their newest creations.

Art done by hand is a preference of many for it’s versatility and overall better control over movement or strokes. With a variety of different textures of paper to draw on and a collection of pens or pencils, drawing with paper and pencil invokes a sense of organic creation. Theres something truly satisfying with admiring finished work and closing a filled and worn sketchbook with pencil stained hands. Hand-drawn art is also appealing in the aspect of being able to return and touch up those pictures later whenever needed.

One pleasing aesthetic of hand drawn art is the reality of it, hours of hard work on a piece being shown through intricate strokes of the brush or blots of watercolors. Whichever medium, or materials used in drawing, can be seen in every inch of a masterpiece. Take still life scenes for example. An amazing and apparent air presents itself about a painstakingly crafted scene, with layers upon layers of planning and sketching. The struggle in hand-drawn art could be cleverly polished to make it seem as though it is easy, whereas in reality the artist must start with a sketch and then the linework and the color until their artwork is perfect.

In this versatile practice, the hand and technique create images that intrigue viewers

and fill their artists with joy at the hard work paid off. No other way produces inherent results and are not nearly as fun. Using pencils, pens, brushes, pastels, and charcoal are enjoyable art mediums used to capture the artist’s vision. The vast amount of tools and tactics present in the world of hand-drawn art is incomparable in it’s required dedication and aesthetics, and any individual artist’s style could be expressed with evident effort and majesty.

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Both seniors Helen Chhea and David Pham have decided to major or minor in their passion: the arts.

Pham, spent his first three years in high school, playing volleyball. It was not until his senior year, that he began doing drama, which he soon realized he greatly enjoy being a part of. His older brother influenced him to go into drama, by telling him how he enjoyed the experience when he would perform.

“My brother had a big influence on me,” Pham said. He always told me to do drama, do theater, and when I actually tried it, I was like I really like doing this.”

Pham, will minor in theater while majoring in another subject, which he is still deciding on. Pham feels that a career in theater could be risky, which is why he has decided to minor in it. Also, Pham feels that he cannot put all his time and effort into acting since it is a risky career, however he is willing to take the risk since it is his passion.

“Part of me has to be realistic,” Pham said.

“That is why [I am] minoring in theater.”

Chhea is planning to major in theater and minor in musical theater. Chhea loves to perform, and believes that performing is a big part of her identity. Chhea has been told multiple times that it is a risky career, but her passion for theater has convinced her the risk is worth taking.

“I might not make it,” Chhea said. “But I would rather lead a life that I am happy and not

[make] a lot, versus a job where I am totally unhappy but making a lot.”

Chhea decided she wanted to major in theater when she performed for the first time. Chhea loves the feeling of being on stage and entertaining the audience. Also, Chhea was inspired to go into theater by all the great movies and actors there are.

“I like performing,” Chhea said. “It is like the best feeling in the world.”

Although both Pham and Chhea are aware of the risks involved with such a career, they feel it is worth it. Their love for the theater and the arts has convinced them that no matter what the risk are they should not let go of their pass i o n . The y both believe that if you truly love something the you should go for it.

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Digital art takes on modern world Cassandr a Chen As technology advances, people continue to search for easier ways to do things, including art. Albeit not exactly an “easier” way to create art, digital art has swept many off their feet with its moderately simplistic and user-friendly mediums. Traditional art may have been the norm for thousands of years, but digital art will leave its mark on history as the superior form of contemporary art.

Digital art is extremely convenient for many artists; rather than meticulously erasing a single line that is out of place, taking the risk of erasing a wrong line or wrinkling the paper, a simple click of “Ctrl+Z” will do the trick and undo the mistake.

Plus, each art medium provides a spectrum of colors to use when coloring artwork, so there is no need to pull out a pack of 12 color pencils and struggle to find the perfect color for a piece. Furthermore, there are unlimited possibilities when it comes to digital art--an infinite number of brushes that one is able to fully customize, the ability to adjust the hue or saturation of a painting to one’s liking, the power to move and transform a limb that looks different from the rest of a drawing, et cetera. Digital art is limitless.

Although there may be many perquisites of digital art, there are some downfalls as well, such as the necessity of a computer and maybe even a tablet to utilize an art medium to its fullest. Making the choice to upgrade to digital art may be costly, however, that

does not affect freshman Victoria Le’s preference for digital art.

“With digital limited, you can be bold, and you don’t have limited amount of resources,” Le said. “And once you acquire a tablet or art program, you’re good to go for a long time.”

Some may frown upon digital art, not considering it as “real art.” However, digital art is much more than merely relying on the program—it requires skill and patience as well. Just because a piece is done digitally does not mean less effort was put into work.

Traditional art will still be the most common type of art, but in this day and age, digital art will surely go down in history. Perhaps it is time to switch from drawing with a typical pencil to a tablet pen instead.

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SPORTS BOYS VOLLEYBALL CO-ED TRACK VARSITY 5/06 Montebello 5/13 CIF: vs. Viewpoint 5/15 CIF: vs. Tustin 517 CIF: @ Christian JV 4/22 Alhambra 4/24 Bell Gardens 5/06 Montebello

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Lam makes headway in badminton Baseball paves way to CIF after 16 years CIF for second consecutive year John Tr uong

I l e a n a P e re z Passionate badminton player since a young age, senior Tuan Lam made it to California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) for the second year in a row.

Lam has been on the badminton team since his sophomore year; however, he played badminton while he was living in Vietnam. Lam moved from Vietnam in the eighth grade, and since then, he has tried his best with school and accomplished so much.

“I wanted to get involved in high school,” Lam said. “And badminton is the sport I used to play, so I decided to join the team.”

This is Lam’s second year of going to CIF, and he will also compete in the CIF individual.

The badminton team made it to semi-finals,

which is further than last year. Lam and his partner got first place in mixed doubles and second place in doubles.

“It is seriously a great accomplishment to make it to CIF, and especially this far,” Lam said.

Despite their loss in the semi-finals, Lam is proud to have made it this far and feels he has accomplished something. He feels like he has fulfilled his senior year by these great accomplishments.

Lam will attend UC Irvine next fall and major in electrical engineering. While Lam is attending UC Irvine, he plans to join their badminton team so that he could continue playing Lam is thankful to have a great coach and teammates that have helped him throughout the years.

It has been exactly 16 years since the boys San Gabriel varsity baseball team has qualified for contention in the annual California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern Section playoffs.

The Matadors had a rough time in recent years as the program underwent several key changes. In the last four years, there has been constant construction on several baseball fields San Gabriel had to offer. Players were also ineligible to play because of poor academic performance and there has been several coaches who had come in and out of the program.

Three seasons ago, San Gabriel High School hired Head Coach Chuy Pinado to coach the struggling Matadors. His illustrious resume includes his entrance into the Major League Baseball (MLB) draft and playing in Nippon Professional Baseball, which is the Japanese counterpart to the United States’ MLB. Pinado has been credited by players for changing the team’s fortunes.

“We started off the pre-season really slow, going 0-6 with no wins,” senior Diego Cortez said. “Season came along and we just picked up our pace.”

This season, the baseball team placed third in the Almont League, qualifying for the CIF playoffs. Key games this season included their win over Division I Alta Loma High School, who won the Dick’s Sporting Good’s tournament, and a blowout win against Schurr High School.

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“This was just a turnaround season for us because in the past three years I was with the team, we placed last in league,” senior pitcher Daniel Guerrero said. “I think what we did this year that was different from [year’s past] was that my team had such good chemistry.”

Indeed they did; the varsity team went at lengths to develop their team chemistry through various means. For example, in the winter of 2013, the entire varsity team decided to dye their hair blonde in order to keep cohesion within the team.

This season, three Matador baseball players, Cortez, Guerrero, and Ryan Arias, are currently being scouted by several teams, include the University of La Verne, Arizona State University, and the minor league affiliates of the Philadelphia Phillies, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and Colorado Rockies.

The Matadors will compete in the opening round of the Division 4 CIF Southern Section playoffs against La Serna High School.

Sports prove to be blind to poverty across nations M ar vin Luu When one is deprived of proper food, shelter, and clothing, there is something reassuring about even the most dusty and beaten down open field or court. The hard concrete may have dirt protruding everywhere and the field may lack the proper green that so many of us take advantage of, but a few moments with a ball, perhaps just thirty minutes a day, somehow seems to make that hunger and itching all go away.

When we think of sports, the first thing that often comes to mind is competition, exercise, and fun; we never realize that for others who are born into the impoverished circumstances of

other countries, sports is a way of life, a chance to step into an alternate landscape judged not by its superficial beauty but rather a meeting place that allows for an engaging activity which involves movement from everyone and everything. It serves as a sanctuary of hope, an escape from a life that many never asked for in the first place.

This is the reason why the Olympics seem to have such a huge impact on our society even after 108 years of having it. . The event serves as an opportunity for individuals to represent their countries through athletic excellence rather than bringing up the problems that many countries suffer through each and every year. *This article is abridged. To read the full article, go online to thematadorsghs.com.

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“You always look so disgusted when you come in here.”

- Student observing friend walking into math class.

“It’s time to color your hair again because your blonde is showing!”

- Teacher joking with a forgetful student.

“Stop trying to make it rain money!”

- Teacher catching student playing the Make It Rain: The Love of Money app.

“Why are you wearing those illegal things?”

- Teacher catching student wearing flip-flops.

“I would like to commend this class for reducing the academic gap.”

- Teacher joking with his laid-back students.

Friend 1: Who knows, maybe he’ll get a girl in college.

Teacher: He’s not going to a school for the blind.

- Teacher jokingly insulting student.

All quotes overheard

by The Matador Staff.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

FEATURES

Au revoir to teachers Waits-Smith, Arscott K at heri ng Mont el on “Participating in graduation was These have been the best seven years of Terri Waits-Smith’s life like I really got to see the fruits of working as an English teacher at my labor,” Waits-Smith said. “When San Gabriel High School. She had you’re just teaching classes year after retired from Kaiser Permanente after year, [you] see some of your students 18 years working as a medical tran- do really well. It’s like when your kids grow up and get scriptionist, bemarried or have a child.” cause she wanted Waits-Smith would to do something like to spend more time more challengwith her family and coning, and now she tinue to teach on more is retiring from of a part time basis. The San Gabriel High more work there is, the School. Her first more she enjoys it, alcouple of years though at this point she were hard: learnprefers something less ing how to manstressful. age a classroom “First thing I’m going and how to deal to do is take the summer with all the proboff and go to a family lems that come reunion in Oregon and with teenage spend some time with students. WaitsPhoto by Richard Yue my family,” Waits-Smith Smith learned to love freshmen with all their little said.

Waits-Smith’s future plans include features and insecurities.

“In the last couple of years, I re- looking for a job teaching reading at ally started to feel like I really knew the community college level, or at a what I was doing. I really loved the Cal State in a reading program that relationships that I had with students has remedial classes for incoming more than anything. It has really been freshmen.

Waits-Smith feels a combination a profound experience for me,” WaitsSmith said. A memorable experience of excitement for whatever the future at San Gabriel for Waits-Smith was might bring, and sadness because she loves the environment at school. participating in graduation.

Vanessa De La R osa After 41 years of hard work and dedication, devoting her attention and utmost passion to every single day, French teacher Sally Arscott has finally decided to retire.

Arscott has been teaching since 1973 and began in Manchester, England where she also attended university. Since then, she has taught French, Spanish, and English in four different countries, including England, France, Spain, and the United States. She was also the teacher in charge of a residential Observation and Assessment Center in London, a job which she found difficult to leave but does not regret doing so to come to the United States.

“San Gabriel High School became like a second home to me,” Arscott said. “It is a very welcoming and caring place in which I could learn a lot from my students about their many cultures and needs.”

The decision to retire was difficult for her to make, but was finally reinforced in the idea when she regarded technology’s rapid growth. The fact that she has been forced to use the same French book for the last 15 years is a part of her teaching style that she hopes will be left behind.

“I feel it is time to move aside and let someone younger take over, especially as the world turns more and more to technology,” Arscott added. “However, my high regard for the staff and my passion for the students’ education and progress in life will continue.”

Arscott remains very proud of the students for their humanity and efforts to improve themselves, and likewise for the entire staff who support them in this. Despite being torn by the idea of leaving her “second home,” she is excited at the prospect of being able to enjoy her spare time traveling and pursuing her interests.

“I wish for everybody nothing but the best and to Photo by Derek Deng remind everyone to ‘keep that Matador spirit up.’”

Humans of San Gabriel High School “Find solutions to broken things. Find another way so you can have options.

Try to find the most of it as you can.”

- Christian Palonera, 9th

“If I make it to baseball, I have to handle the stress it comes with.”

- Lawrence Chen, 10th

Inspired by Humans of New York How much do you really know about your fellow Matadors? That guy in your English class with a mohawk? Yeah, he’s in football. That girl in Choreo? She’s also in co-ed Wrestling. Throughout your four years in San Gabriel as you walk down the halls, faces past, but how often do you stop and say “hello” to a stranger?

Inspired by Humans of New York, this is a small blurb about four Matadors.

“Everybody usually does the same thing. They are followers. It is better to stand out in your own way.”

- Sita Phakdeesuwan, 10th Photos by Derek Deng

“I’m going to San Luis Obisbo, majoring in electrical, mechanical, and chemical engineering. My father motivated me to think of something original.”

- Fangyou Xie, 12th Compiled by Mimi Lam

WILLS

DHANEL ANDAL Future Plans: Get rich.

Will: I, Dhanel Andal, of clumsiness and laziness, bequeath my awesome punny skills to Monica Tan, my craziness to Jenny Gip, my horrible cooking skills and my adequate guitar skills to Erica Tan, and my love for Harry Potter to Hazel Tun and Jennifer Ung. Quote: “I put the awww in awkward.” -Grace Helbig Memories: Basketball tournaments, all the times I spent with Conflict Mediators, accidentally playing the Harlem Shake song in the middle of a lecture, and when a close friend of mine farted in class.

Predictions: Vivian Ha will finally meet Harry Styles. Monica Tan and Erica Tan will have a talk show. Ulysses Ng will finally get off of Ms. Burkhart’s couch. Stephanie Chan will be a famous comedian.

Hazel Tun will be beast in varsity basketball. Sean Nguyen will be a successful businessman, throwing hunnids. Andrew Duran will be a famous rock star.

Thanks to: Ms. Burkhart, Jenny Vega, Hazel Tun, Jennifer Ung, my Conflict babies, and everyone else who made my high school experience memorable.

BRANDON ASCENCIO Future Plans: Make it up as I go.

Will: I leave my sheer awesomeness to Mrs. Lee to find a worthy successor.

Quote: “It is never too late to be what you might have been.” -George Eliot Memories: BTA, sophomore year, and clubs Thanks to: All of my teachers who put up with me, and everyone else who wasn’t scared off.

MICHELLE BANH Quote: “Was yea ra mea (I am very happy).” -Riot Concerto Long MARISA BENAVIDEZ Future Plans: Graduate from a university, major in Early Childhood Education and become a 1st grade teacher, buy a two story house, own a convertible, own a Saint Bernard (and name him Beethoven), marry the man of my dreams, give back to my community and parents.

Quote: “Do it for the vine.”

Memories: 1st day of HS, making the cheer team, cheer practices, cheering at football/basketball games, performing at pep rallies, school dances, participating in spirit week with Michelle Munoz, cheer competitions, going to Hollywood after competition, the Harlem Shake at lunch, Harlem Shake at Rite Aid, The Boy Band Project performance at lunch, the cheer sleepover, talent show 2013, tech theater, Cathedral/ Bosco dances with Desiree, cheer bus rides and Disneyland with Rosa Gamino.

Predictions: SGHS will eventually enforce safety (which includes canceling school when power is shut off), Desiree will wake up in a new Bugatti and marry Jimmy, the school will start to put effort in making the lunches they serve (and not burn spicy chicken patties or forget to put the sauce in the spaghetti), Yvonne will marry a Russian.

Thanks to: Coach Nielsen for being a great coach and teaching me to always give something my ALL, “go big or go home.” My freshman and senior year English teacher, Ms. Morales, for giving me your knowledge, care and sense of humor that is forever engraved in my brain. Hands down, my favorite and THE best teacher at San Gabriel High School.

DANNY BUI Future Plans: Major in radio/TV/film at Cal State Fullerton.

Will: I, Danny Bui, bequeath my humor to Anthony Nguyen and my love for electronic dance music to Carol Lam and Emily Szeto.

Quote: “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.”

Memories: All those wonderful music events on the weekends, spending time with my crazy, lovely sister at the quad, and coming out to my caring, understanding friends.

Predictions: I predict that senioritis will hit the class of 2015 2x as hard as it had hit class of 2014 LOL. Thanks to: Lilian Wu, Kevin Yim, Irene Lin, Jonathan Thai, Angelica Luc, Dominic Alanis, Robert Phankaysorn, Michelle Zhou, Anh Phan, and Sandy Ho for the best journey through high school! Good luck to you all in the future!

JOSHUA BURGOS Future Plans: Becoming a missionary or an angry dragon.

Will: I leave my gold to whoever finds it buried in the football field.

Quote: “iDied.” -Steve Jobs Memories: Terrible food and some uncaring teachers.

Predictions: I will rot.

Thanks to: Everyone.

CHRISTOPHER CAM Future Plans: Majoring in Psychology at UCSB. Will: I, Christopher Cam, leave my jokes to Qi. If you’ve read her puns, she needs it. I leave James a dollar bill since he’s never seen one before.

I leave Aron my friendship but he’ll never accept it.

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Quote: “Firmly grasp it.” -Patrick Star Memories: Playing tennis on the weekends with my friends. Having tennis matches in the rain with Peter because we’re young and reckless.

The day when the wind gods struck down a tree and blessed us with a day off. My love, that has left for a better place, tater tots.

Predictions: Brandon will elope with a Korean. Peter V. will still be a Vietnamese nerd. Peter L. will stop living a lie and embrace his true identity as Potata. Alan will be rolling up his car windows for the rest of his life. Andy will have 25 girlfriends. Kathleen will become worse than I am at Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm.

Thanks to: My friends for being with me throughout my high school life. I obviously could’ve graduated without them but it’s nice to have some company. Also, thanks to San Gabriel High for bringing us all together.

FRANCO CAPODICI Thanks to: This year was unforgettable. I will never forget the people who stood by me and supported me! Thanks to this school, I overcame my issues and met my future wife, Michele Nguyen. Thank you to everyone, especially you babe!

TIMOTHY CHAN Future Plans: To become a Colonel of the United States Army.

Will: I, Timothy Chan, pass me volleyball skills to the underclassmen who are currently in volleyball.

Quote: “Follow the path you believe in and never lose sight of it.”

-Master Makarov (Fairy Tail) Memories: Playing volleyball for all four years, growing up with my friends since freshman year, and being yelled at by Coach Chris for messing around during practice.

Predictions: I predict in a few years, or so, the volleyball team will make an appearance at CIF finals again and finally take the title of CIF champions.

Thanks to: Family, friends, and teachers for helping me through my high school career and to Coach Chris for helping us win League Champs for my three years in varsity.

KENNETH CHAU Future Plans: Transfer to or attend a four year university (Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Tech, etc) for computer science, get hired by websites like Craigslist, imgur, Reddit, etc. to have a career in computer programming / software engineering.

Will: I leave my meekness to the incoming freshmen and this year’s freshmen, my sense of humor to this year’s sophomores, My wisdom to this year’s juniors, astly to the seniors, a farewell and an Omnipresent High-5 for completing these past four years.

Quote: “Only dead fish swim with the stream.” -Malcolm Muggeridge (Don’t conform to social standards, be your own person, be proud yourself, not others and follow your own path not trends, fads, memes, etc. BE DIFFERENT AND STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD!) Memories: Finding peace & quiet every time at the library and Career Center when I do homework or use the computers.

Predictions: I’m sure the seniors will do great in life, hopefully not in student loan debt.

Thanks to: Mrs. Arscott: - for listening to me and having a conversation with when I REALLY feel like needing to talk to someone (difficult since I’m an anti-social introvert).

Mr. Nguy: - Helped me earn credible job experience and helped me late junior year when I wasn’t... Feeling like myself.

Mr. Robb: Made my BTA classmates first two years enjoyable, teaching us not only the basics but also being a great person to be around. We’ll remember you. R.I.P. And all my other past teachers, they were all great, some were & some weren’t...

CHRISTINA CHAU Future Plans: Go hiking with my friends and hopefully we won’t get lost in the mountain! Pet a moose and visit France.

Quote: “It’s okay to stupid things; it’s just a part of growing up!”

Memories: Car rides after football, basketball, and volleyball games, running in the rain, acid lab, hh’s jokes, Halloween, bday videos, meeting kind people, and our derpy moments!

Predictions: Monkiemasta will find her lucky penny and Kc will build a snowman!(: Thanks to: HH and KC for all the great memories! Mr. Wong for being such an awesome teacher to ta for! Mr. Kanow and his wisdom about life! Thanks to both teachers for having an endless supply of food & Office for being like my second home!

BRENDA CHE Future Plans: Travel around the world, eat at Modern Toilet in Taiwan, and tour around South Korea.

Will: I, Brenda Che, the queen of queers, bequeath my weirdness to Lenh Vong and Senh Chong, my quirkiness to Duyen Pham and Laura Huynh, my love for K-Pop to Denh Vong, my love for Asian drama series to Caren Ly, and my awesomeness to Regina Chen, Diana Guerrero, Vivian Gip, Vien Lai, Jennifer Flores, Maggy Feng,

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Stephen Yu, David San, Jacqueline Llamas, An Chac, Ada So, Nathan Ma, and Phillip Lin. Quote: “The Earth has music for those who listen.” -William Shakespeare Memories: Pep rally performances with Color Guard, field shows with marching band and Color Guard, parades with marching band and Color Guard, band camp with marching band and Color Guard, mini socials with Color Guard, football games, and hanging out with my friends Predictions: Denh Vong and Thuy Nguyen will be beauty gurus.

Stephen will still be a nerd. Diana Guerrero will be a dancing queen.

Dexin Zuo will be a Pokémon master. Joanna Che will be the most awesome girl trombone player and MVP of girls’ varsity volleyball.

Thanks to: All of my teachers, my counselors, my friends, my Color Guard team, marching band, and my family.

SUSANNA CHEN Future Plans: Major in Swag at UC Rio Hondo.

Quote: “You never took a selfie of me.”

Predictions: Dolan will move to Korea and marry Sojin. Bingo will become Bingdeer. Jebreeze will become a dinosaur. Alvin will become a global elite dentist. Kelly will still be looking for that donut. Michelle will eventually find hairy Mr. PERF. Jasmine will find her Korean love.

Cindy will be at the zoo, and I will be best tennis player in North Korea.

Thanks to: Girl’s Day for making the best music, Sojin for being the best leader, and thanks to Dolan for being the bestest friend I could ever ask for.

SAVANNAH CHEUNG Future Plans: Get fried chicken and waffles from Roscoes.

Will: I, Savannah Cheung, bequeath my storytelling skills to Belvison.

Quote: “Hoiyeah” -Swaggie DW Memories: Toy dogs that pee, pick-up lines, racist Chinese music, long nights with free food, awkward first runs, chicken McNugget, SG claps, steady states, work calls, school lunches on china, and that annoying kid from my math class.

Thanks to: My teachers, coaches, and Mr. P. My XC, Track & Field, and Drama family. My little ones: Denise, Jon, Zambrano, Horchata, Little one, Flash, Baby Lozano, Richie, Philip, etc. I’ll miss y’all. And the people who have always been there for me till the end.

HELEN CHHEA Future Plans: Become A Famous Broadway Star/Actress. Win the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony). Graduate from Hogwarts. Have HIMYM and Supernatural marathons. Become the world’s greatest Pokemon Master. Rule the World. Or Destroy it. Whichever comes first.

Will: I, Helen Chhea, of fabulous-ness and smiles, bequeath my nonexistent cat and many meows to Emily Quach, my love to my brother Tom Cheah, “13 Reasons Why” as a DI to Carolina Garcia, and everything else to my little non-freshman Seleen Chan.

Quote: “Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.”

-John Keating (Dead Poets Society) Oh, and.... “My precious!” -Gollum (Lord of the Rings) Memories: Debate tournaments that ended with heartfelt team dinners, landing the role of Christine Penmark in “The Bad Seed,” lunch time with “the guys,” Jestin Ma pretending to be a machine, Justin Yeh being my first Duo partner, and Johnny Nguyen’s sighs.

Predictions: Jenny Bui will rule the world (with style, of course). Oscar Molina will become an underwear model. Steven “Ducky” Ho will win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Mimi Lam will become an award-winning director. Linda Wang will join the Archery club.

Thanks to: The Speech and Debate team. Ms. Revilla and Ms. Mar, for their never-ending support. Coach Brock for his words of wisdom. Ms. Turner for her Letter of Recs. Godfrey Lam, Arthur Thai, Jeffrey Chow, Ryan Duong, Kristen Ham, and Stanley Ho for being there.

JASMINE CHI Future Plans:Become the first female Asian president of America part-time because xD, while spending my summers tutoring children in third world countries,my winters on a beach in Croatia sipping juice from pineapples with my Korean husbands Kim So-Hyun & Seo Kang-Joon as they serenade to me under the stars while feeding me fried chicken from New Orleans.

Will:I leave my driving and laser tagging skills to Gabeand Kenneth.

Finally my endless love for boba, laziness to do anything that ranges from swimming, walking/moving in general, empty bus seat, and shortness to Kelvin.

Quote: “Oh, you have bad day.But did you die?” -Mr. Chow Hangover 2 Predictions:Jebreeze will evolve to become a half t-rex whose only words are ECK-EE and NYEAH, and be surrounded by girls on both his little t-rex arms. Binghan will become a bodybuilder continuing to crave water nonstop due to his infinite thirst.Dolan will still be gold, grow to be six feet and date So-Jin.Alvin will be decked out in swag attending Wondercon with his best friend Yobany from Narnia.Johnson will be a member of kpop group in Korea called “Boy’s Day”with the stage name Kim Tan,replacing Choi Young Do, spending free time walking his pet Shiba and dating Yura.

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THE MATADOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

Thanks To: Adam for visiting Dreamlands with me and for being the most loyal person I have ever met.Wilson for being the wonderful person you are. And most importantly,”The xD Gang”:Bingo, Dolan, Jebreeze, Albin, and Jo-sun Phung(especially)for letting me enjoy a time in my life that was filled with only smiles and laughter.

Justin Moc will become the next Iron Man and Steven Tran will become the next big boss at school.

Thanks To: Those who supported me throughout my four years of High School. All thanks to Sofia, Justin, Steven, Thu, Joanna, Ms. Lee, Ms. Tom, Mr. Hinojosa, Ms. Mar and others.

DERRICK CHI Future Plans: What is future plans tbh.

Will: I, Derrick Chi, of sassiness and goddessness, bequeath my throne to Annie Huang, my weight to my sister, my height to Nina Dionisio, my ability to talk to dogs to Jaina Do, my weirdness and much beautiness to Elizabeth, Kelly, Savannah, and Nancy.

Quote: “If I had a dollar for every brain you don’t have, I would have one dollar.” -Squidward Tentacles

Memories: B@H H@&a $WAg Christmas exchange, talks about “Perfect Hunk,” gossips, and other things with my awesome bestie Vanessa De La Rosa, deadlines and class in H2 with journalism, SNDK hangouts, lunch and AP Biology with Elizabeth Medina, my 18th birthday.

Predictions: Vanessa will be writing for The LA Times, Jaina will own a dog farm, Nina will get taller, Kelly will be in her nurse scrubs, Savannah will be holding a coloring book, Elizabeth will be a better doctor than I am, and I will be in the cover of Vogue.

Thanks To: SNDEK for always being so supportive of me, my dogs for always giving me the best advice, B@H H@&a $WAg, my family, Derek Deng for all those fabulous photos of me, and Vanessa De La Rosa for always listening to my rants and for being my best friend.

JASMINE CORDOVA Future Plans: Become a medical examiner and hopefully travel the world! and move to NYC. Will: Good luck to all who have to take the common core test.

Quote: High school was fun but now it’s done. Off to college everyone!

Memories: Business Academy. It’s been a great year, ya’ll are my family!

The group: Eric, Sheila, Vic, Cindy, Aj, Adrian, Mario, Ray Ray, Felix, Brandon, and Jose the (SF) lol jk...good luck to you all in college! And idk what else to say, I just want to get out of here already.

Thanks To: Everyone! and GOODBYE & GOOD LUCK have fun in college.

JEFFREY CHOW Will: I, Jeffrey Chow, of tallness and greatness, bequeath my ridiculous ideas to Brandon Huynh, a GIANT jihad for Aydin Hau, all of my impulsiveness to Henry Zeng, and a giant fat bag of nothing to Kelvin Cao.

Quote: “I’ll emancipate you from your inferior genes!” -Abradolf Lincler KEVIN CHU Future Plans: Transfer to a Computer Science Major at UC San Diego and become a developer for AMD, which deserves more respect than it’s getting.

Will: I leave my awesome bass clarinet skills to Amber Huynh. To Kristy Duong and Emily Quach, I leave my amazing calculus and physics skills.

Quote: “Fake people have an image to maintain. Real people just don’t care.” -Hikigaya Hachiman Memories: My four years in debate, time spent with friends, and four years of Mandarin.

Predictions: Kevin Kang will join the bass clarinet section and Kevin Tien will be the next great Buddha. Amber Huynh will become a cat lady.

Thanks To: Kristy Duong for being the best buddy ever and to everyone else who understands and respects my unusual personal preferences.

TOMMY CHU Future Plans: President of the U.S.A or any other country.

Quote: “Stop dreaming, start doing.”

Memories: To all the homies, we had the best years of our lives right hurr. We gonna continue to live on with even better years whoot whoot can’t stop our role you know how we do till the day we die. Let nothing stop us to the way to the top cos we on it, we grinding, we finding, we hustle and bustle like no one has ever hustled and bustled in their whole lifetime/career.

Predictions: I predict myself to be some sort of boss. Kenny to be a sexy firefighter, JThai to be a hustler, Alvin to be the same, WIlson to be a royal flushie, simon to be madly in love with ivy, kyle to be kyle, kevin to be a master raver, raymond to be a playboy playgirl, jebreeze to be the next hugh hefner, micheal to be a boss, adam to be a humblebee.

Thanks To: all my friends/family/teachers.

YVONNE CHUI Future Plans: Become a six figure ring earner and meet Harry Styles.

Will: I, Yvonne Chui, of craziness and spontaneousness, bequeath my awesomeness to Kevin Yang.

Quote: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” -Norman Vincent Peale Memories: Asian Forest, APR, and Football Games. <3 Thanks To: Miranda Autumn Servin.

KEVIN CHUONG Future Plans: For now, my plan is to major in Graphic Design, and travel around the world.

Memories: Movie night, Homecoming, Game night, watching Captain America 2 Winter Soldier with Joanna Mai, David Nguyen, Thu Le, and Justin Moc. Sofia’s birthday parties.

Predictions: Joanna Mai will be my LONG distant sister...whom I hate and love haha. Sofia will find a GOOD boyfriend, not perfect in UCSB.

NAREE DACHRUCHA Future Plans: To become a Dental Hygienist and hopefully move to the East Coast.

Will: I, Naree Dachrucha, of awesome serving skills and optimism, bequeath my awesome serving skills to Peter Ma and my optimism to Ivy Pham.

Quote: “Life is too short, just do what makes you happy.” -Unknown Memories: Volleyball Tournament, believing there was a pool, singing in the bus, and conditioning while singing “We All In This Together.”

Predictions: Carolyn Han will marry a chocolate covered man. Heidi Sam will become successful and will still be rearranging her room.

Angie Lin will become a supermodel. Joann Phan will be an awesome psychologist.

Thanks To: Mr. Kanow, Coach Chris, Mr. Ryan, and my friends, especially the volleyball girls, for putting up with me all these years.

ADAM DANG

Future Plans: I will be attending CSULA and marrying Emily Trieu.

Will: I, Adam Thuan Dang, will leave intangible gifts for everyone.

Starting with Emily, the gift of having fun; you need to relax from doing so much. You’re the best I could ever ask for and I love you very much. To the French Copains, the gift of getting jiggy with it, don’t stop the party. To the friends in Chem, party medium and safe.

To future PA’s, make me proud.

Quote: “I have seen some bad days and had some great nights, you don’t really shine your brightest unless you’re in the right light.”

-Kixxie Siete Memories: Lovely lunches with my lady and the homies. The food fights I thought only happen in movies, the intriguing and highly intelligent conversations I had in auto shop, and the jokes with everyone.

Predictions: I predict my family, girlfriend, and friends will be successful with whatever they want to do in life no matter how impossible it seems.

Thanks To: Everyone I met along the way in high school, the teachers, and counselors that helped me get to where I am in life today. I wouldn’t have done it without you.

KYLE DENG

Future Plans: Go to college and open my own business.

Quote: “Survival of the fittest, only the strong survives.”

Memories: Fun times at the Asian forest during lunch!

Predictions: Wilson Yip next speed racer. Stephen Tam marine corps.

Donny Bang successful entrepreneur.

Thanks To: I would love to thank BTA. Been a member since sophomore year! Also I would like to give a shoutout to S.E. DEREK DENG Future Plans: Major in biology at the University of California Remarkables.

Will: I, Derek Deng, of greatness and godliness, bestow my photo skills to Anthony Yang, model poses to Derrick Chi, and mad study skills to Wesley Lam. Quote: “Almost everything, all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure, these things just fall away, leaving only what is truly important.” -Steve Jobs Memories: Countless journalism deadlines, badminton matches, football games, and card games with the gang.

Predictions: Steven Tran will be a nurse in a fancy hospital, Helen Tran will be a rad singer, Dexin a surgeon, and Norman Kuo a professional model.

Thanks to: The journalism class, Conflict Mediation, the badminton team, MESA, and the graduating class for helping me get through high school.

KENNY DIEP Future Plans: FIREFIGHTER OR IRON CHEF Will: I, Kenny Diep, of swag, bequeath my greatness to my wood shop crew, the titles of Mr. Handlez except Cristian Solis. So congratulations

WILLS

Senor Alvarado, McLovin Valenzuela, Crew neck guy.

Quote: “Pain is temporary, pride is forever.” -My Warrians Memories: My OG 6, Koa Kua, LKA killahz, and 2013 Century fam.

Predictions: We all be stacking papers!!!!!!!! (money lol) Thanks to: My Century and SGHS teachers, the staff I hate and love, my girlfriend, enemies, friends, homies, brothers, and my family for everything!!

CHARLIE DIEP Future Plans: CEO of a World-Renowned Company and travel the world wearing a SUIT. Will: I, Charlie Diep, of multitasking and involvement, bequeath my stunningly good looks to Tommy Liung, my volleyball skills to Kevin Liang, and my prized FBLA stronghold to Michelle Lok. Quote: “It’s not about where you go to college, but where you end up.” -Mr. Larry Kanow Memories: Meetings for DAYS. Volleyball practice for DAYS. Mr. Miller’s awesome, spontaneous, yet odd personality. Mr. Kanow’s sarcasm and jokes. Countless tests and AP stuff. Ms. Tran and her evil ways. The number of administrators who disappear after a year.

Predictions: Ryan will work for NASA as a janitor. Nevin will actually study. Chow’s eyes will get bigger. Nick will be fat. Joan will learn to spell her name right. Carolyn will stop giving people weird nicknames.

Amanda will develop feels.

Thanks to: Mr. Miller, Mr. Kanow, Mr. Nguy, Mr. Hendrickson. FBLA for a bright future. SAVE for keeping me politically active. The volleyball program for four years of keeping me skinny. All the amigos that made high school less stressful and more fun.

JOHNNY DIEP Future Plans: CSU Fullerton.

Will: I, Johnny Diep, of 100+ absences and chronic procrastination, bequeath my #shift handles to Jarett, Frank, Emanuel, my humor to Jacky, my last-minute studying skills to Michele, and my dashing looks and suaveness to everyone in ASB. Quote: “Hooooo my goddd, nooooooooo.” -Kevin Hart Memories: Stupid moments with the basketball team, getting spooked in the Enchanted Forest with Loya and John, ASB, cinnamon challenge at Majano’s, being turnt at FBLA State Conference, beach days, and WHAP project with Nevin and Caro.

Predictions: Chris Lew will forever uphold the glorious “PM” title, Majano will be my physician, Joyce will marry an Indian man, John will have a the world’s largest penny collection, Jenny will become a fashionista, and Justin and I will co-own a business.

Thanks To: Guidance counselors, Mr. Hendrickson, Mr. Mason, Ms. Mar and Ms. Lapi, Mr. Miller and Mr. Slagle for the best English instruction, Mr. Garcia, Mr. Gin for the loads of invaluable knowledge, Ms. Kim, Mr. Nguy, Ms. Bishop for the support and optimism, basketball coaches, and all my friends.

NINA DIONISIO Future Plans: Move to South Korea to marry Eunhyuk and live happily ever after.

Will: I, Nina D, of awesomeness, bequeath my neverending Chem knowledge to Winnie Tran, my questionable fashion sense to Denise Kha, my height to Michelle Hau, my loudness to Kelly Chu and Anney Lin, my awesome secretary skills to Leo Liu, and my love to Mytien.

Quote: “Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” -Sonia Ricotti Memories: “OMG ME TOO,” Crying b/c of Jaina’s TV, adventures with Vy, Red Cross Cabinet, B@H H@&a gift exchange, “cheap dates”, annoying Ms. Mar every day in Stats, Cindy Giang being a papaya, meeting the friends I know I will keep for the rest of my life.

Predictions: Jaina will marry a buff guy and have three dogs, Derrick will be ultra fabulous, Michelle Hau will be forever short, Cindy G. will be a famous kpop idol, Ms. Mar will finally let us add her in snapchat, Winnie will meet SNSD, Kim will make Randy buff.

Thanks To: Mrs. Schecter, who was my second mother and was always there when I needed her, giving me the best advice when needed. Ms. Mar, thank you for dealing with my craziness for two years. B@H H@&A for being my rock, and everyone else, I love you guys.

JAINA DO Future Plans: Live in my dream house with my hubby and three dogs, Brutus, Meeko and Otis, who will all be my forever lovers.

Will: I, Jaina Ramadane Do, of annoyingness (Nina) and paleness (Derrick), bequeath all my knowledge and royalty to Danny Fu, my sanity, insanity, and fabulousness to my beloved Winnie Tran, part of my height to BB Nina, and my heart, love and soul to my B@H@&a.

Quote: “Love me or hate me, I swear it won’t make or break me.”

-Lil Wayne Memories: B@H@&a Christmas exchange, Nina crying when I turned off the TV, Derrick rolling on the floor crying, Winnie crying for SNSD, Prom Royalty, KBBQ with Ms. Mar :-).

Predictions: Nina will give up her dream of a Korean boyfriend, be my dogsitter, but will find the boy of her non-Korean dreams, Derrick will be bombdigity male model and our dogs will have play dates, Winnie

WILLS

will meet SNSD, Danny’s fan club with grow larger.

Thanks To: B@H@&a, Ms. Mar, Winnie Tran, Danny Fu, Steven Ho, and everyone else who made my four years of high school awesome and worthwhile :-).

RYAN DUONG Future Plans: Major in Aerospace Engineering at Purdue University.

Will: I, Ryan Hua Duong, of optimistic swagger, bequeath my drum major experiences to Aydin and Brandon, my hawk to the new one, my yams to Celine Hui, my eyebrow move to Joanna Che, and my spirit to Manuel, Koby, and Eric, but nothing to Kelvin Cao. Quote: “Just do what you gotta do to do the do, dude.” -Me “I believe every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine.” -Neil Armstrong Memories: Four amazing years in the marching band, band camps, band tours, FBLA with Nevin and Charlie, ASB, Volleyball, 5th period Tortomasi, 3rd periods with Mark Lieu, homecoming court, all school dances, outrageous hang outs with friends.

Predictions: Michelle Zhou will meet her man at Chapman, Charlie will be the CEO of something huge, Oscar will stay awesome, Michelle Lok and FBLA will be the best it’s ever been, and Celine will be the best tape biter in ASB. Thanks To: Ms. C for making me a better leader, Mr. Hendrickson for making me a better person, Ms. Bishop for making me work harder, Mr. Kanow for making me think more, the Marching Band, and to everyone who supported me through these years, and Michelle Lok. ALAN DUONG Future Plans: Major in Sociology at UCR to become the GREATEST Social Worker of ALL TIME, get buff, and wreck Coach Steve in the next ELAC 5k.

Will: I, Alan Jasper Duong, master of fun facts, bequeath my long distance endurance to Hanfrey Deng in hope that he will carry on my dreams of breaking 17s and all the swag I have to Tony Tran who I entrust will know what to do with it.

Quote: “Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice.” -Wayne Dyer Memories: Spacing out during lunch, Victor’s “Oh Say Can You See,” greasy tater tots, running/dying in hundred degree weather, holding hands in the Halloween maze, getting lost as a freshman, Captain and PR days, Edward’s first SG Clap.

Predictions: Jeffrey Fong will buff up, Aaron Ly will hit a growth spurt, Janette and Hanfrey will be on the next Senior’s Best for cutest couple, Richie will break my XC PR, Tran will be running 4 minute miles and Aron Duong will become a sophomore.

Thanks To: The support of my family, teachers, counselors, coaches, tutors and friends who both guided me through my struggles and helped me become proud of the person I am today. Thanks for giving me the high school experience I will always remember. You guys are the best and y’all know who you are. :’) DESIREE ESPINOSA Will: I, Desiree Espinosa, princess of royalty, bequeath my princess crown and flying skills to Rosa Gamino, my interesting choice of music to Dayana Medina, and my awesomeness of being a big to Wendy Le. Quote: “You only live once; but if you live it right, once is enough.”

-Adam Marshall Memories: Carnivals, private school dances, walking adventures, and football/basketball games with Marisa. Making sure Wendy and Rosa got to class. Being a princess with Rosa. Being a cheer princess. Judging with Aileen and being crossed over with Aileen and Sandy.

Predictions: Rosa will finally get her princess crown and follow my footsteps, Marisa will finally teach me her ways, and Christina will be a good influence.

Thanks To: The cheer team for making me the weird, crazy and loud person I am today and to Ms. Burkhart for showing me ways to help people, understand them better and that opening up isn’t such a bad thing.

LESLIE ESTRADA Future Plans: Major in Accounting and being awesome.

Will: I, Leslie Estrada, leave my leadership skills to my beloved Carol Lam, my Drill skills to Melissa Maranda, my greatness to my incoming freshman brother Carlos Galeana.

Quote: “Once fabulous, always fabulous.”

Memories: My four years performing for drill, kicking it with the kool kids, BTA activities, being accepted to a four year, and lastly APR. Predictions: I predict Cruz Medina will be an awesome lawyer with his talking skills, Michelle Lugo will marry the black guy of her dreams, Samantha McReynolds will be a millionaire and pay my bills, Ms. J. Lee will always stay rockin’, Mr. Nguy will never stop giving packets of work, Ms. Deniz will marry Matt Kempt.

Thanks To: All my awesome teachers throughout the years that have taught me what life is really about. I am thankful for being a part of the BTA family and lastly a special thanks to the Drill Team for being so fab.

AILEEN FANG

THE MATADOR

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

Future Plans: Major in history at University of California, Irvine.

Will: I, Aileen Fang, of endless laughs and social awkwardness, bequeath everything and nothing to all my friends.

Quote: “Ain’t nobody got time for that!”

Memories: Staying up late at night chatting with friends when we should be finishing homework, lunchtime with the best of friends, fangirling over fake animated boys, and songs about happiness and crayons.

Predictions: I predict that we’ll all be immortal one day once we can just transplant our brains into the bodies of robots.

Thanks To: All my lovely friends, family, and teachers (y’all know who I’m talking about, yes, you) for always being there for me especially when I needed it the most and for making high school bearable.

CHRISTINA FENG

Future Plans: Become a veterinarian and save millions of dogs’ lives with the help of Dr. Brownie Bearsz.

Will: I, Christina Feng, of professional dog whispering of all cute puppies in the world, bequeath my cuteness to Brownie Bearsz, my royalty to my K princesses, and my dancing skills to Yong Chen.

Quote: “Whoever said diamonds are a girls best friend... Never owned a dog.”

Memories: Brownies first birthday, Christmas, Thanksgiving, St. Patrick’s day, and day at home. Lunch at the Asian forest, Volleyball games and practices with my VBALL fam, dinners, bonding and dance practice with #kiowalovin.

Predictions: Brownie will start a family with Cupcake and they will make mini brown cups. Maurice will grow one foot and become a male model. Anh will be candy queen. Joann will become a billionaire, Carolyn will win a KBBQ eating contest. Jennica will marry Daniel.

Thanks to: Brownie for being my everything, Aaron for always making me feel like a princess, CCJJ and Maurice for being the best friends, Anh for helping me through HS, Kiowa and vball fam for all the wonderful memories, and my family for unconditional love.

ART FLORES Future Plans: Major in Psychology at Cal State University.

Quote: “The purpose of life is a life with a purpose, so I’d rather die for a cause than live a life that is worthless.” -Immortal Technique Memories: Being a part of Big Brothers, Big Sisters program.

Thanks To: My lovely mother for tolerating me, Ayleen Aranda for encouraging me to be a better person, and Yelitza Moreno for motivating me to pursue poetry. Shout out to the sidewalks for keeping me off the streets.

PAUL FLORES Quote: “If no one comes from the future to stop you from doing it then how bad of a decision can it really be?” -Unknown

ADOLFO FLORES Future plans: The world is very large and still very mysterious. Even though most of it has been discovered, what we do know is heavily outweighed by what we have yet to find out. The same is true about ourselves. Our young minds are still developing and while it may not seem like it, there is still much we have to discover about ourselves; hidden talent and potential that remains untapped. If life were like a video game then for all of us graduating, the tutorial level is about to come to an end and the real game is about to begin. I hope I will be in a position to continue to play this great game and experience everything it has to offer.

Will: I will leave three gifts. My gift of Silence to Jesse Wang: Don’t say anything to anyone about anything. My gift of Wrath I leave to the football team: If you are going to attack something, hold nothing back.

My gift of Humor I leave to my teachers: I hope you will one day look back on my smart-aleck comments and chuckle about it.

Quote: “Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.”

-Alfred Lord Tennyson Memories: I don’t really have one in particular, but I did enjoy sharing/ swapping lunches with Cindy Suen all the time. I’m glad because of Cindy, I don’t have night terrors about school lunch eating me instead.

Thanks for the Ravioli.

Predictions: Oscar Molina will run for President of the United States one day and, although unlikely, if it doesn’t pan out he will still go on to have a successful dictator campaign in a foreign country.

Thanks To: My Best Friend in the whole wide world, Jasmine Cordova, thank you for making senior year bearable. Even though you didn’t get me a birthday gift, our Friendship is superior to any gift I could have received. Also to all those who I have wronged, I want you to know that I didn’t mean to do it.

ALFREDO GALAVIZ Future Plans: I plan to make so much money I could start a bank.

Will: I, Alfredo Galaviz, will leave a legacy on the earth.

Quote: “Life is just a gamble, but I’m in it to win it.”

Memories: Homecoming 2013, and my first dance with that special someone.

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Predictions: You will slowly realize who your true friends are during high school.

Thanks To: All my BTA teachers that never gave up on me. BTA gang forever.

CINDY GIANG Future Plans: Become a hot mom and have 10 kids with Yonghwa and live happily ever after in Korea.

Will: I, Cindy Giang, bequeath my dashing good looks and cactus legs to my cute littles Serena Tran and Helen Dang.

Quote: “Only two phrases can change a woman’s mood: ‘I love you’ and ‘50% off.’”

Memories: Meeting the most important person in my life, hiding from Diana for four whole years so I wouldn’t get dress coded, KK events, Choreo practices and bondings, admiring Peter Adrian at the 626 night market, finally touching Jay Park, fainting because I couldn’t handle Taeyang at the Big Bang concert last year, crying because I saw Yonghwa sing for three hours this year, and losing my hearing and voice at the LA K-pop Festival while my CNBlue babies waved at me. #fangirlproblems Predictions: Tiffany Heng will be the 10th member of SNSD, Ronnie Lee will marry Kris from EXO, Cindy Zhang will still be a couch potato (but I still love her... I guess...), Shirley will cook for me for the rest of my life and her jokes will become famous worldwide, Thu will be a hot model, Nina Dionisio will still be under five ft, Tiffany Yu will forever be known as Lil Tiff, Susanna Chen will soon be a cat lady, and Micheal Yuen will be the new face of Pringles.

Thanks To: Everyone who made these four years pass by so quickly.

MIGUEL GOCHI Thanks To: I would like to thank my family who helped push and support me throughout out my high school years and to my friends who made it an awesome experience.

WENDY GONZALEZ Quote: “Believe it or not, high school can mean a lot to you. It meant a lot to me. I met the most important, and most beautiful person in my life at SGHS. Always remember, good things come to those who wait.

Be who you are and say what you feel. Because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”

BRANDON HA Quote: “Why are senior wills so hard to write?” -Brandon Ha

HOAN HA Future Plans: Learn how to toast marshmallows without burning them, visit Italy, pour pennies into the Trevi Fountain, spoil on a Range Rover, and road trip across the country.

Quote: “A thousand moments I had taken for granted, mostly because I assumed I had a thousand more.” -Unknown Memories: Friday night football games, volleyball games, basketball games, inside jokes, acid labs, pep rally, spirit week, lunch, and Halloween 2013.

Predictions: C.C will be a Private Investigator, hunter, and make me a time machine to fix my junior year mistakes. K.C will pet a lion, and build a snowman.

Thanks To: Mr. Kanow because he would always say “SO? WHO CARES?!,” Mr. Wong for his “STOP BEING WEIRD!!,” and Ms. Tom for her advice, wisdom, and guidance throughout high school.

KRISTEN HAM Future Plans: Spend the next five years at Drexel University with a Major in Biomedical Engineering to find a serum to extend my height about seven more inches, and Minor in German. (jk, chemical engineering).

Will: I, Kristen Ham, of superb sarcasm and bright happiness, bequeath my exquisite trumpet skills to Zach, a luscious new weave to Jessica, freedom to Emily and Mason, my driving skills and better jokes to Brandon, my effervescent laughter to Aydin, and a big fat giant bag of nothing to Kelvin.

Quote: “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.”

-George Orwell “Death ends a life, not a relationship.” -Morrie Schwartz “One doesn’t abandon family. One doesn’t leave them, even in the name of love.”

“Wuba luba dub dub.”

Memories: All the boba trips, yelling, racing, bullying, talks, but most importantly laughing with my band homies, gatherings at Stanley Ho and Jeffrey Chow’s house, and the days of studying and constant work (that drew to a close as second semester of senior year approached).

Predictions: Jeffrey will bust me out of jail, Kristy Wang will stop being so mean, William will morph into a sun, Ryan will learn how to drive, Irena and Helen will become famous, Aydin will come out of his hole, Brandon will live in a box as a failed comedian, and Kelvin will have nothing.

Thanks To: Everyone who has managed to make me smile and laugh, my teachers for helping me get to where I am today, and my friends for supporting my decisions and choices.

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AILEEN HANG Future Plans: Become a chemical engineer.

Will: I, Aileen Hang, bequeath my flexibility and my long hair to my Mooger Julie Truong, my amazing math skills to Elizabeth Castro and Emily Lee, my sense of humor and awesomeness to Alexandra Martinez, my unbelievable cheer skills to my cheer team, my hilarious jokes to Rosa Gamino, my basing skills to Blanca Armenta, and my driving skills to Gabriel Doynel.

Quote: “Enjoy the simple things in life.”

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

Memories: The good times with my mean girls and fence grind, early morning practices before a pep rally, me walking into a pole and tripping everywhere because I have two left feet, that one time Brenda decided to flip a table, that one time we had an actual food fight in the MPR, all the fun memories I made with my cheer team, and when I became captain!!

Predictions: Tiffany Tran will accept hugs, Anthony Ponce will open a quesadilla shop, Michelle Wong will stop saying why, Pauline Vu is going to be very successful and open a macaron store, Brenda Hau will be the one to make world peace by flipping tables, Kevin Yim will stop being a palm tree.

Thanks To: All my teachers, my mommy, brother, sister, and all my friends that were there through all the good and bad times.

RANDY HE Future Plans: Grow six more inches to get to six feet, get the freshman 50 and get buff.

Quote: “The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they make the best of everything.”

“What if they just flash away.”

Memories: Getting grandmaster on a Sunday morning, and quitting a stupid game called League of Legends! “Cheap dates,” taking down Mark Keppel in tennis, trying to cram my senior will 10 minutes before it was due.

Predictions: Nina will not stop talking about Korean guys and continue to be weird, Kim will work out his back and ankle to make them stronger, Vincent will become a genius and help his friend in college, Ali will stay in the United States and will not move to Canada.

Thanks To: Mrs. Lapi and Mr. Man for helping me get into UC Riverside. I wouldn’t have done it without them! Also, thanks to Kim for the help! Glad I met you my last year here.”

TIFFANY HENG Future Plans: Study Pre-Business Human Resources at CSULB. Will: I, Tiffany Heng, Queen of Strawberries and Dancing, bequeath my late life advice to my favorite Choreo baby Ivy Ly, my sharpness to Sharon Lee, my facials to April Vuong, and my confidence in stunts to Kathlene Ha. Quote: “I didn’t know how weird my friends were, until I tried describing them to someone else.”

Memories: Taking OOTD pictures with Cindy Giang, Shirley Zhong’s lame but funny jokes, being poor but still getting Potato Corner with Thu Nguyen, spending everyday with the best Choreo Team in the world.

Predictions: Cindy will become a Kpopstar, Shirley will still make me laugh, Thu will save my life, Cindy Zhang will be Mrs. Ok Taecyeon, Micheal Yuen will be the new face of Pringles.

Thanks To: The best friends I could ever ask for who made me who I am today, the Queen of Strawberries.

STANLEY HO Future Plans: Graduate from UC Berkeley with a degree in something useful.

Will: I, Stanley Ho, of Speech and Debate livelihood, give my Interpretation skills back to the underclassmen, captain-ship to Carolina Garcia and Kyle Qi, my “Punkiness” to Kenny Yeung, and my sarcastic prowess to Shayna Quach.

Quote: “Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” -Dumbledore.

Memories: All those late nights with Speech and Debate; practicing, competing, being a family. Every JCC and SCC moment. Laughing with friends about the weirdest of things.

Predictions: Kenny Yeung will still scour the world trying to be a man.

Dion will stay crazy, Kelly very stressed, and Kyle still “weird,” and Shayna; follow my footsteps, ha. Speech and Debate will crumble, just kidding, maybe.... The Seniors, will do great things in their respective fields.

Thanks To: My friends, teachers, and Debate for being the light that I could trust to also turn on even in my darkest hours.

SANDY HO Future Plans: Major in psychology and further my education into becoming a counselor.

Will: I, Sandy Ho, of loudness and funniness, bequeath my loudness to

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 my little Dominque Bell, my funniness to Julie Troung and Eva Wong, and my ability to stay strong through the toughest times to Jaleen Lujan.

Quote: “It doesn’t matter what you’re doing, as long as you’re being yourself.”

Memories: Pool hopping with FDA. Late night adventures; Danny and Irene. Busting missions with Vanessa. Late night rant sessions with my roomies.

Predictions: Tracy will marry Chanyeol and own a Starbucks. Genesis will become a pro soccer player. Jenny and Kenny will have a kid named Benny.

Thanks To: Vanessa Linares, Julie Vong, Danny Bui, Angelica Luc, Lillian Wu, Angie Lin, Man Nong, Eva Wong, and my fencegrind girls for making my days a whole lot better.

STEVEN HO Future Plans: Study English at UC Berkeley, publish a score of novels and poems, travel the world as a journalist, become fluent in Cantonese, French, Romanian and Russian, become a tea connoisseur, learn a martial art, and find the love of my life.

Will: I, Steven Ho, of lanky limbs and erratic gesticulations, bequeath my study habits to Celine Hui, my expressive actions to Kristy Duong, my hyperactivity to the orators, my posh music to the trombuns, my ratchetness to Sharon and Joyce, my warm hugs to Sharon Lac, my love of k-pop fans to Paloma, and my love of tea to Anthony.

Quote: “We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.” -Winston Churchill Memories: Having the time of my life at the JEA/NSPA convention, exploring San Francisco at the band tour, running with the shirtless gang or die, #teamgucci, falling in love, getting up, PROM, hanging out with all my baes, bumming it in H-2, working with the Copperfield team, reciting poetry, volunteering with NHS, and preparing for APR. Predictions: Oscar Molina will rule the world, Jestin Ma will design it, Helen Chhea will become a superstar, Christopher Lan will learn to tie his shoelaces, Mark Lieu will wake up and stay up, Kristy Wang will dethrone Oscar kindly, Stanley will become an ambassador, David Wang will tan his feet, Marvin Luu will drive himself home one day, and Mimi will finally become the coolest girl in school.

Thanks To: VC for always being there for me, Ms. Kim for being my school mom, my cross country peeps for opening me up, the trombuns for making band bearable, Celine, Jaina, and David for some of the happiest times of my life, my parents for indirectly teaching me about independence, and everyone who believed in me—you all make life worth living.

JERRY HOANG Future Plans: Looking for Love. I’ll promise to never give her up. I’ll never let her down. I’ll never run around and desert her. I’ll never make her cry. I’ll never say goodbye. I’ll never tell a lie and hurt her... or college.

Will: I, Jerry Hoang, of perfectly mastered captivating selfies, bequeath my perfectly mastered captivating selfies to myself. Let me die with my perfectly mastered captivating selfies.

Quote: “It’s no secret that the best thing about a secret, is secretly telling someone your secret, thereby secretly adding another secret to their secret collection of secrets, secretly.” -Spongebob Memories: I remember in my Junior year. It was around Spring time.

I was sitting in class, waiting for the bell. Then that sweet chime rang throughout the school. Lunch time. I went to the cafeteria and got some mediocre lunch. Good bye free lunch. It was fun.

Predictions: It’s going to be sunny all week long. Perfect days to go out to the beach. Hold on just a minute, I’m getting word. Actually it turns out there’s a large blizzard approaching. With highs in the upper -30’s. It’s best advised not to leave your homes.

Thanks To: I thank you, my arms, for allowing me to write. I thank you, my legs, for allowing me to walk. I thank you, my brain, for allowing me to think. I thank you, my heart, for pumping blood throughout my body. I thank you, Me, for being such a weirdo.

JENNIFER HOANG Future Plans: To live the life I always wanted.

Will: I, Jennifer, bequeath my passion for the game to my softball girls, my craziness to my FDA sisters, my laughs to Rina, and my heart to Mercedes. Otra vez.

Quote: “Tell me I can’t, then watch me work twice as hard to prove you wrong.”

Memories: FDA pick ups. Making it to the playoffs. Spontaneous adventures in my fully packed car. Especially pool hopping with my sisters then being kicked out by the cops.

Predictions: Rina will be sleeping on my couch. Sandy will be married with 12 kids. And I will be making bank, with my nice cars, nice house, and living everything to the fullest with the love of my life.

Thanks To: Kim for always being my backbone. FDA for always making my normal days extraordinary. Rina for always staying by my side. Softball for being my second home. And Mercedes for literally everything.

DAT HONG

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Future Plans: Go to college. Assemble an army of super dogs. Take over Antarctica. Live alone with two dogs and four turtles.

Will: I entrust my butterfly swim skills to the Black Stallion (aka Ziming Lin). I pass down my belly and shoulders to Tony Quan. I pass down my $wagalicious $wagger to Kelly Giang, and my signature arm slap will go to Able Kobyashi.

Quote: “All things must end.” -Announcer from Bey-blade Memories: I remember singing “We are the Champions” in the bus every time we won a swim meet. The annoying all nighters from Ms. Bishop’s class. Pulling the infamous AP Thursdays in WHAP while listening to Taylor Swift. I remember dancing with both the upper and under class men of All Male.

Predictions: Eric Hong will be captain of swim team.

Thanks To: Thank you Kayla Medina for keeping me on track of things.

Thank you Tony Quan and Gabriel Doynel for being there when I’m alone. Thank you Coffee for your unconditional love. And thank you Tiffany Truong for completing me.

SOFIA HTET Future Plans: Major in Pre-Chemistry at UCSB, and go to medical school to become a pediatrician.

Will: I, Sofia Htet, bequeath my loudness to my daughter Connie Luong, my awesomeness and weirdness to my hyper, lovely sister Annie Ma, my skills in Calculus to Chin Chiao and Amber Bui, my motivation to Francine Yu. Quote: “Never take someone for granted. Hold every person close to your heart because you might wake up one day one day and realize that you’ve lost a diamond while you were too busy collecting stones.”

Memories: Going to dances with Kevin, Thu, Joanna, David N., Lauren, eating lunch everyday with Aileen, Binh, Christine, Lauren, Melinda, Nhi, Michelle Y., Melissa, and Vivian H., FBLA Section and State, AP Bio labs and projects w/ Derek, Wilson, and Binh, late night conversations w/ Andy and late birthday hangouts.

Predictions: Lauren Kakazu (aka my amazing friend since 7th grade) will become an amazing teacher like her dad. Le Win will become a CEO of her own company. David C. will continue to tease me. Kevin C. will always be tortured by me. Binh Tran will tell all my embarrassing stories and that “funny topic” to my future boyfriend.

Thanks To: All my amazing teachers: Ms. Johnston, Ms.Lapi, Ms. Mar, Ms. Sumi, Mr. Gin, Mr. Kanow, Mr. Nguy & Mr. Wong for all the advice and helping me become a better person. Thanks to my brother Johnny and my twin Joanna for loving me as a sister. Thanks to all my fabulous close friends for unforgettable memories.

QI HUANG Future Plans: Move out of my mom’s basement.

Will: I, Qi Huang, will give Andy Le, G. Caleb Molina, Angela Fong and (Eliza)Beth Rangel.... NOTHING! AHAHAHA. *Ahem* Stay in school and make the best of your San Gabriel High School years.

Quote: “Leave judgment to the one that’s going through the pain.”

-Anon Memories: To all my friends, I love you all. There are literally too many outstanding memories to count. The laughs and moments we’ve shared are the reasons why I get up every morning.

Predictions: Andy will at least break States, Caleb will finally get around to study law, Beth will continue to be amazing, and Angela will be the Queen of England (so she says).

Thanks To: My parents, friends, faculty, staff, and my brothers. You know who you are. Long live and prosper. FloMo. LUSHA HUANG Will: I leave my lights and my position in the theatre to my little brother, Jonathan Hurtado. Our insides jokes made no sense, but... I guess you had to be there. Jeremy Winston!

MANDY ZIYI HUANG

Future Plans: Travel the world with my loved ones, someday start a business with Ronturd.

Will: I, Mandy Huang, bequeath my swim tan to Ambar Stern and Stella Liang, my silliness to Judy Ly, and my bad driving skills to Marshall Yuan.

Quote: “RINSE OFF.” -Brian Truong Memories: Swim meets, when Ron Lee fell over a trashcan, drama class in freshman year, eating with my girls, the pp crew, boba runs, and kira.

Predictions: Ron Lee with a rich husband, Turd Pham with a cute Korean fellow, Shirley Zhong will be successful, Cindy Giang will still be beautiful, and Tiff Tran will still have a messy room.

Thanks to: All my swim buddies for the good times and laughs, and all the people who stayed by my side through the hardships.

KIM HUY Future Plans: Graduate from CSUN with a B.S degree and become a Physical Trainer/Therapy.

Will: I leave my setting skills to Tommy Liung, Buffness to Tony Tran,Toughness to Kevin Liang, Loudness to Peter Ma and Cockiness to David Gonzalez.

Quote: “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of

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What are you doing this summer?

“I’M GETTING A SEASON PASS TO

RAGING WATERS, AND THEN GOING ON VACATION WITH FAMILY TO CANADA.” -Freshman Michelle Tran

“I’m going to spend a week in Las Vegas and visit an uncle, and then go to Mexico to visit my grandpa.”

Have fun in summer

-Freshman Brandon Gallardo

Ju d y Tan g

“I’m going to India to see my grandpa, then Texas to see my girlfriend.”

-Sophomore Jordan Ramos

“I’M GOING TO VOLUNTEER, GET READY FOR

KCON, HANGOUT WITH MY FRIENDS, AND VISIT COLLEGES.”

-Junior Thao Vi Phan

“I WILL BE VISITING FAMILY IN MEXICO.” “I’M GOING TO work, BUY MY FIRST CAR, RUN, AND HANG

OUT WITH FRIENDS BEFORE COLLEGE.”

-Senior Dylan Chu

“Nothing really.”

-Senior Nhi Quach

“I’m going to drive for the first time in forever, road trips to Texas and San Francisco and like it doesn’t matter as long as it’s fun.”

-Senior Susanna Chen

“IM GOING TO GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS WHILE I STILL CAN AND JUST HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS I CAN BEFORE I GO TO COLLEGE.” -Senior Sarai Millan

Highway 9. Watermelon Festival, July 19th-20th, Santa Anita Park 10. Stay in bed all day 11. Get sunburned 1. Hike up to a waterfall 12. LA River Ride, June 22nd 2. Watch a Drive-In Movie all around LA county 3. Picnic at the Park 13. Do your AP Homework 4. Have a pool party with 14. Go to the Los Angeles friends and family County Museum of Art 5. Attend an open concert wearing a flower headband 15. Watch the stars at 6. Hike up to the Hollywood Griffith Observatory 16. Celebrate your own Sign existence 7. Mariachi USA Festival, June 28th, Hollywood Bowl 17. Cut your hair in a new, 8. Drive up the Pacific Coast awesome way

TO-DO LIST FOR

-Junior Sebastian Banuelos

Adventures make up your life story A nni e H uang As featured in many cliched young adult novels and chick flicks out there, summer is known for “discovering yourself” and all that jazz. Well, you don’t really have to find the love of your life in a corner coffee shop in Paris to have a meaningful summer.

Sometimes, it is good to get out of your comfort zone once in a while.

Instead of staying home, you can take advantage of your summer vacation by taking a trip away. Whether you’re doing studies abroad or taking a va-

cation with your family, it will be a nice transition to get away from the habitual summer lifestyle.

Unfortunately, life is just plain expensive; people cannot just drain their bank accounts of a few thousands dollars just to send their kids away for the summer for “educational purposes.”

Not only is it hard to convince your parents and persuade them of all the benefits of traveling, it is also hard to talk your own self into making such a commitment.

What if something terrible happens? What if you absolutely hate the experience? Well, you will never find it if you cannot make it happen for yourself.

Some things in life take time and commitment; so before you go off and

bring home all the travel-abroad brochures, take a moment to evaluate the reasons for your desire to take this trip.

These trips are not about fun; they are opportunities for personal growth and reflections. They are also opportunities to make connections and attain beneficial knowledge. Additionally, you will learn how to open yourself to new ideas and perspectives as well as look at life in a whole new way. After all, the experience will be what you will make of it.

However, before you decide that going to the beach is worth more of your time than going away for the summer, keep in mind that a thrilling personal experience is a better thing to gain before the start of a new school year than a new beach tan.

SUMMER

18. Make Music Pasadena festival, June 7th 19. Ink and Iron Festival, Queen Mary, June 6th - 8th 20. Film Independence, Los Angeles Film Festival, June 11th-19th, LA Live DTLA. 21. Long midnight talks under the sky with your friend 22. See your friends go off to college while sobbing 23. Get excited for the next school year 24. Register for classes for the new year 25. Be Happy

The beach, vacations, concerts, swimming, sunscreen, these are all summer, but we cannot forget about summer school either! For the average San Gabriel High School student, summer vacation is time away from school to relax and chill, to spend time with family, to travel and see what the SGV cannot offer, or simply to try something new. Whatever it is, longer days and sunshine can stop nobody from taking in the sun and making the fullest of a few months of freedom.

Days when the sun is shining at its brightest are meant to be spent in the water, whether it be a fun family day at the beach or at the pool. Can you just smell the Banana Boat sunscreen that reminds you so much of the clear blue water and sand between your toes, the squeak of beach toys and floaties in your ears, as you dig out swimming gear and the grill for the perfect summer barbeque?

For the vacation-travellers, you ought to fly and drive out of the 626 to see family, try new foods, immerse yourself in different cultures, or simply sightsee. Remember to take hundreds of photos, of breathtaking scenery that don’t even need an Instagram filter; remember to enjoy the time spent with family, living in the moment and making memories that will be reminisced about at future family gatherings; remember to bring back souvenirs, from typical key chains and mugs to seashells and sand off tropical beaches’, they will always be a way to look back at your time away and really make the summer, unforgettable.

Most people dread hearing these words put together: summer school. As terrible as they sound, it is important to try to see the good sides of school year-round. Whether you are retaking a course, or just trying to get ahead in school, learning and keeping your brain active during the summer is healthy and enriching. Do not think of the classroom as a prison away from fun time, think of it as a place to grow and gain new experiences in.

Illustration by Cassandra Chen, Graphic by Jennifer Thai

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

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What are you doing this summer?

“I’M GETTING A SEASON PASS TO

RAGING WATERS, AND THEN GOING ON VACATION WITH FAMILY TO CANADA.” -Freshman Michelle Tran

“I’m going to spend a week in Las Vegas and visit an uncle, and then go to Mexico to visit my grandpa.”

Have fun in summer

-Freshman Brandon Gallardo

Ju d y Tan g

“I’m going to India to see my grandpa, then Texas to see my girlfriend.”

-Sophomore Jordan Ramos

“I’M GOING TO VOLUNTEER, GET READY FOR

KCON, HANGOUT WITH MY FRIENDS, AND VISIT COLLEGES.”

-Junior Thao Vi Phan

“I WILL BE VISITING FAMILY IN MEXICO.” “I’M GOING TO work, BUY MY FIRST CAR, RUN, AND HANG

OUT WITH FRIENDS BEFORE COLLEGE.”

-Senior Dylan Chu

“Nothing really.”

-Senior Nhi Quach

“I’m going to drive for the first time in forever, road trips to Texas and San Francisco and like it doesn’t matter as long as it’s fun.”

-Senior Susanna Chen

“IM GOING TO GO OUT WITH MY FRIENDS WHILE I STILL CAN AND JUST HAVE AS MUCH FUN AS I CAN BEFORE I GO TO COLLEGE.” -Senior Sarai Millan

Highway 9. Watermelon Festival, July 19th-20th, Santa Anita Park 10. Stay in bed all day 11. Get sunburned 1. Hike up to a waterfall 12. LA River Ride, June 22nd 2. Watch a Drive-In Movie all around LA county 3. Picnic at the Park 13. Do your AP Homework 4. Have a pool party with 14. Go to the Los Angeles friends and family County Museum of Art 5. Attend an open concert wearing a flower headband 15. Watch the stars at 6. Hike up to the Hollywood Griffith Observatory 16. Celebrate your own Sign existence 7. Mariachi USA Festival, June 28th, Hollywood Bowl 17. Cut your hair in a new, 8. Drive up the Pacific Coast awesome way

TO-DO LIST FOR

-Junior Sebastian Banuelos

Adventures make up your life story A nni e H uang As featured in many cliched young adult novels and chick flicks out there, summer is known for “discovering yourself” and all that jazz. Well, you don’t really have to find the love of your life in a corner coffee shop in Paris to have a meaningful summer.

Sometimes, it is good to get out of your comfort zone once in a while.

Instead of staying home, you can take advantage of your summer vacation by taking a trip away. Whether you’re doing studies abroad or taking a va-

cation with your family, it will be a nice transition to get away from the habitual summer lifestyle.

Unfortunately, life is just plain expensive; people cannot just drain their bank accounts of a few thousands dollars just to send their kids away for the summer for “educational purposes.”

Not only is it hard to convince your parents and persuade them of all the benefits of traveling, it is also hard to talk your own self into making such a commitment.

What if something terrible happens? What if you absolutely hate the experience? Well, you will never find it if you cannot make it happen for yourself.

Some things in life take time and commitment; so before you go off and

bring home all the travel-abroad brochures, take a moment to evaluate the reasons for your desire to take this trip.

These trips are not about fun; they are opportunities for personal growth and reflections. They are also opportunities to make connections and attain beneficial knowledge. Additionally, you will learn how to open yourself to new ideas and perspectives as well as look at life in a whole new way. After all, the experience will be what you will make of it.

However, before you decide that going to the beach is worth more of your time than going away for the summer, keep in mind that a thrilling personal experience is a better thing to gain before the start of a new school year than a new beach tan.

SUMMER

18. Make Music Pasadena festival, June 7th 19. Ink and Iron Festival, Queen Mary, June 6th - 8th 20. Film Independence, Los Angeles Film Festival, June 11th-19th, LA Live DTLA. 21. Long midnight talks under the sky with your friend 22. See your friends go off to college while sobbing 23. Get excited for the next school year 24. Register for classes for the new year 25. Be Happy

The beach, vacations, concerts, swimming, sunscreen, these are all summer, but we cannot forget about summer school either! For the average San Gabriel High School student, summer vacation is time away from school to relax and chill, to spend time with family, to travel and see what the SGV cannot offer, or simply to try something new. Whatever it is, longer days and sunshine can stop nobody from taking in the sun and making the fullest of a few months of freedom.

Days when the sun is shining at its brightest are meant to be spent in the water, whether it be a fun family day at the beach or at the pool. Can you just smell the Banana Boat sunscreen that reminds you so much of the clear blue water and sand between your toes, the squeak of beach toys and floaties in your ears, as you dig out swimming gear and the grill for the perfect summer barbeque?

For the vacation-travellers, you ought to fly and drive out of the 626 to see family, try new foods, immerse yourself in different cultures, or simply sightsee. Remember to take hundreds of photos, of breathtaking scenery that don’t even need an Instagram filter; remember to enjoy the time spent with family, living in the moment and making memories that will be reminisced about at future family gatherings; remember to bring back souvenirs, from typical key chains and mugs to seashells and sand off tropical beaches’, they will always be a way to look back at your time away and really make the summer, unforgettable.

Most people dread hearing these words put together: summer school. As terrible as they sound, it is important to try to see the good sides of school year-round. Whether you are retaking a course, or just trying to get ahead in school, learning and keeping your brain active during the summer is healthy and enriching. Do not think of the classroom as a prison away from fun time, think of it as a place to grow and gain new experiences in.

Illustration by Cassandra Chen, Graphic by Jennifer Thai

WILLS

winning.” -Robert Kiyosaki Memories: I remembered all the time when N.N, K.V, K.C and I used to hang out every weekend and we would always pick on K.V because his idea wasn’t always the brightest ideas. We would always argue but by the end of the day, we are still brothers. I will always remember the all good times we had together.

Predictions: I predict that Nina Dionisio and Randy He will become high school sweethearts, Kevin Vuong will become weird, Nevin Nguyen will be successful, Kevin Chow will have a hot wife and Angie Lin will become a model for Chinese television.

Thanks To: Coach Kwan for toughening me up by yelling at me everyday during practice, Jim Dragon Wu for always helping me out with volleyball, Mr. Kanow for always being so nice to me, Mr. Wong for being supportive to our team and Mrs. Beda for always listening to my silly problems. I also want to thank all of my friends and teachers for always being there for me.

BILLY HUYNH Future Plans: Major in Computer Science/Education at San Francisco State University.

Will: I, Billy Huynh, give my curse of having a deep voice to William La, and I give my Derpiness and Weird sounds to Kylie Tran of the Sax Section.

Quote: “I have A.D.W, A.D.W is a severe, incurable ailment that makes the patient..Able to..Do only..what he/she Wants to do.”-Kagami Junichirou Memories: First Band Camp: “My Milkshake!!!” -Brandon Huynh B.T.A: “Shela!?! When’d you get here?!?!”-Austin Ung JV Tennis: A fellow teammate getting hit below the belt.

Project Hope: “Your Johnny’s Brother?!?!” -Tiffany Nguyen First Vocaloid Song: Tell Your World -Hatsune Miku Predictions: Eric Hong will join the Tenor sax section again. Celine Hui will be Section Leader and Band President. Year after: Kim Le and Lian Zhang co-section leader. The B.T.A gardening club will sell produce… hopefully. Hope will have more members thanks to Mrs. Sumi.

Thanks To: B.T.A, Project Hope, Marching Band, JV tennis, My family, and the friends I made from Freshman to Senior year.

JOEY HUYNH Future Plans: Move to Korea and become a kpop star! Major in nursing.

Will: I, THE Joey Huynh, lover of kpop and kdramas, bequeath my infinite album collection to CY, my SHINee smile to LW, my ‘always ready for a picture’ skills to XT, my long legs to SL, my elem calc skills to CH, and my determination to do well in school to my brother Vincent.

Quote: “I SAY HO YOU SAY YA!” Memories: Tennis, eating lunch by THAT tree, AP Thursdays, KCON, OGS LA, just dance, cafe maji, first time getting a MARS bar, Spring Break 2014, LA Korea Festival, Six Flags.

Thanks To: The girls that made high school bearable JJXLC, AVID buddies, and all my teachers.

BRANDI HUYNH Future Plans: I plan on keeping calm and staying kawaii for the rest of my life and spreading the motto to the rest of the world.

Will: I, Brandi Huynh, of just overall amazingness, bequeath my love for food to the fool, Macy Nguyen, my fanciness to the bae, Aida Yeung, my lazy leadership skills to the meanest person, Tracy Hoang, my sometimes okay fashion sense to the awkward Judy Tu, and my love for romcoms to the girl, Kenny Yeung.

Quote: “Keep calm and stay kawaii.” -Anonymous Memories: Every single painful dance I had to endure with ASB, all the late night deadlines and camp with YBK, trying to sing in ceramics with Justin and Samantha, calling Ashley a noodle, ranting with Qi and Justin, having Target adventures with Halle and Marc, and never getting any of Brandon’s snapchats.

Predictions: Mark and I will still be bffs. Amanda will still call me at night because she’s bored. Pauline will finally marry her boyfriend, Zac Efron. Natalie will perfect the art of sleeping against the wall.

Sonny will be snapchatting me his beautiful friends. Ms. Kim will still be role playing in interviews.

Thanks To: Everyone I’ve ever looked at.

DONALD HWANG Future Plans: Computer Science at California State University Northridge.

Will: I, Donald Hwang, of 2PUMA, bequeath all the Sojin wallpapers and SOMETHING to Benjamin Yap, the 10/10 dance to Aida Yeung and Tracy Hoang, physics knowledge to Brandon Huynh, cheesy jokes to Nelson Luong, and my TWINKLE TWINKLE RP cards to Marc Quach.

Quote: “I don’t usually like thinking about the future. Let’s face it, you can’t predict what’s going to happen, but sometimes, the thing you didn’t EXPECT is what you really wanted. Maybe the best thing to do is just stop trying to figure out where you’re going and enjoy where you’re at.” - J.D. Memories: Yearbook interview, trying to stop Jebreeze from cutting

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

the lunch line with Alvin, hanging out with the DAI5Y, LAN parties with Costco pizza, and changing the wallpapers in yearbook.

Predictions: Benjamin and Ricky will become trainees at Dream Tea, Alvin will become a global elite dentist, Jebreeze will not make it into LCS, Jasmine will not become a FEMALE PRESIDENT, Johnson will have an EASY GOing life, and Bing will eat until there is no more food.

Thanks To: All the friends that I met throughout my four years at SG, DAI5Y, Suswag, DAI5Y LET’S GO Niko Niko round 3, and DON’T FORGET ME ‘cause NOTHING LASTS FOREVER, and to Kelly Xu for all the advice xD #teamsojin #benmovedtoteamminah.

SAMUEL HYUN Will: I, Samuel Hyun, King of the Candy Kingdom, bequeath my trollyness to Miguel Lopez, my shaking and dropping skills to Joel Hyun and Avery Chih, my smartness to Joel Hyun, my wisdom to Derek Ngo, and my fire to the club.

Quote: “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.”

Memories: Kicking it with Daniel, seeing Anh at Jennica’s house, wing chun lessons, practicing with Chris Nguyen, working at Cha for Tea, meetings, and AASO Christmas Exchanges.

Predictions: Cha For Tea will be run by the boys of the Rising Sun, Kenny and Louis will become the next Bruce Lee, and SO will continue to rise.

Thanks To: The Rising Suns for raising me to become the young man I am today, I owe everything to them. Special thanks to my Vietnam #1, Anh Phan, for helping me get through my four years.

LAUREN KAKAZU

Future Plans: Major in Child Development at Whittier College. In about six years, I’ll become a teacher who will teach her students lessons that can’t be learned from a book. I’ll be a better driver and I’ll learn how to dress myself without help from my mom and sister. Maybe I’ll write a novel that I’ll be proud of.

Will: I, Lauren Kakazu, of strawberry Pocky, bequeath my Pocky to Tran, my feels to Kaleen, my height to Thu, my awesome dance moves to Amber, Trista, Bela, Cassy, Ericka, and the rest of Choreo, my love of anime/manga to Laura, and my love of writing to journalism.

Quote: “It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.”

Memories: Performing at pep rallies and FB/B-ball games with Choreo, becoming Opinions Editor, crying at newspaper deadlines, San Diego trip with journalism, Homecoming, Sadies, lunchtime with friends, and asking not one but two boys to Sadies and Prom.

Predictions: Sofia will cure cancer, Nhi and Aileen will love being roomies, Melinda will ask a boy out, Christine will keep drawing, Kevin and Thu will get married, Steven will be a tea specialist, Mimi will be a director, Sonny will love school, Derrick and Derek will forever be twins and Vanessa will love herself.

Thanks To: Sofia for always being there, my friends for making lunchtime funtime, Choreo for teaching me how to be “SHARP,” Journalism for the laughter, Ms. Kim for being an amazing adviser, and all of my teachers for the past four years because they are the reason why I’m graduating.

SHAHREARE KHAN Future Plans: Major in Computer Science at UCI. Will: I only have one piece of wisdom that I can pass to all of you underclassmen. Never regret or look back because that will only drag you down. Look forward, armed with the knowledge of your past.

Quote: “This life is like the ocean. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is.” -Dennis Rodman Memories: I have to say that band created my greatest memories that I will forever treasure.

Predictions: I will rule the world, it is destined because I AM the ancestor of Genghis Khan.

Thanks To: My fellow band mates, my close friends and my underclassmen. I loved all our memories together. Special shout out to my freshmen! <3 RAYMOND KUNG Future Plans: BROKER on WALL STREET. Will: I, Raymond Kung, of laziness and cuteness, bequeath my awesomeness to all the babies after me.

Memories: Rap battles at the ASIAN FOREST!! Mobbing deep with the familia.

Predictions: Donny Bang will be a bum, Stephen Tam will die fighting for his country in some unknown Vietnam jungle, and Senpai Diep will go to LCS. Thanks To: Kimberly Duong for being there for me through my lowest times.

NANCY LAM Future Plans: Major in Business Economics at University of California, Riverside.

Will: I, Nancy Lam, sprinkle my swag onto the SGHS hurdlers, give my strong eyebrow game to Abel Valenzuela, my player skills to Gene Xiang, a big HOIYEAH to swaggy_dw, my right shoe to Nelson Luong,

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and my spirit and support to the future track/xc teams.

Quote: “Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.” -Lucille Ball Memories: Bonding with the baes/track/xc family, Homecoming and Sadies with the honorable and humble, Oscar Molina, mixing work and play with the old Environmental cabinet, and being able to spend my birthday with people who truly care about me.

Thanks To: All my inspirational teachers who have left a positive influence in my life, my supportive track/xc family, the baes, my best friends, Aaron Taing, Dennis Wu, Derrick Chi and Julie Vong, for always being there for me, and lastly, my loving boyfriend, Nelson Luong.

TUAN LAM Future Plans: Electrical Engineering Major at UC Irvine.

Will: Spend the remaining of my high school days the best I can with my fellas, forget about bad times, from now til graduation day, it’ll be just happiness. #tuna Quote: “Life is like a CAMERA, just FOCUS on the present, CAPTURE the good moments, DEVELOP from the negatives and if things don’t work out, TAKE another one.”

Memories: Meeting people that meant something special to me. Getting involved in high school, MESA Competitions, Badminton final games.

LR Finalist with my lovely fellas. Ms. Hom’s class. Ups and downs days feelings.

Predictions: More SG students make it into Ivy League. SG became #1 school in CA. Ez SAT, ACT, and AP exams.

Thanks To: Everyone that I met throughout my high school years. (sorry if I missed you) Thank you to all the teachers at SG that taught me over the years. Thank you Sharon L. for getting me into Snapchat.

Michelle H. for that breakfast and Starbucks, Denh V. for cheering me up on my down days. Chris Y. for listening to all my crap and give me great advice. JT, Le, Susanna, Johnson, Stanley and Ms. Hom crew for making it the best Eng class ever!

MIMI LAM Future Plans: Double-major in English and Mathematics at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania and hopefully work my way up to a movie director.

Will: I, Mimi Lam, of bad tan lines and pink boots, bequeath my copyediting to Chelsea Huynh, my soul to Tran Lam, my AP Lit skills to Richie Phan, my math grades to Anthony Valverde, and my love for music to the clarinet section.

Quote: “Started from the bottom now we’re here.” -Drake Memories: Hanging out with the clarinet section at football games and parades, sitting in Journalism with the copy editors, going to plays with the Track peeps, attending practices with the Hurdle crew. Band tour. San Diego Convention.

Predictions: Helen Chhea will be a Canadian Broadway star, Kathleen Phan and Victor Q will animate the next Pixar, Linda Wang will be the voice of a Disney princess, Chris Lan will troll at UCLA, Kevin Chu will creep in San Diego.

Thanks To: Mr. Hendrickson for convincing me to go out of state, Madame Arscott for your insight and quirky personality, Coach K and Coach Mitchell for teaching me the perfect hurdle form, Mrs. Lapi for pushing me to my limit in math, and Steven Ho for the bus rides and ratchet dancing.

GODFREY LAM Future Plans: Major in General Biology at Cal Poly Pomona and work as a paramedic.

Will: I, Godfrey Lam, of impulsiveness and laziness, bequeath my impulsiveness to Brandon Huynh and a fat giant bag of nothing to Kelvin Cao. Quote: “You are what you love and not who loves you” -Fall Out Boy -Save Rock and Roll Memories: Hanging out and having conversations with mass amounts of stupidity, spontaneity and fun, Peer Counseling, tennis and 2nd period physio.

Predictions: Ryan will have lots of explaining to do because of his cover ups, Stanley will remain a territorial honey badger, Johnny will become Protein Man, Arthur will do something and Jeffrey will still be an angry old man.

Thanks To: All of those who were a part of my four years, friends, teachers, and family who have supported me and made these four years a blast.

CHRISTOPHER LAN

Future Plans: Build myself up at college and keep my promises to retain my connections to close friends.

Will: I, Christopher Lan, of trolling, bequeath my flair to extemp, my grammar and AP knowledge base to my underling copy editors Angela Fong and Chelsea Huynh, and my world class trombone skills to my trombonis Joanna Che, Winston Hau, and Villar Nguyen.

Quote: “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” -Galileo Memories: “Practice sessions and drills” in the extemp room,

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THE MATADOR

excruciating parades of dripping blood and sweat, backroom of journalism, journalism conversations with “sports/copy-editors,” FTB field trips, “mastering” the D and F, passing period walks, Knotts/ Disneyland band trips, and SF tour with trombonis (sleeping with Mark~).

Predictions: Kevin Chu will fly Jestin and me to Prague, Paris, and London as a world class generalissimo aviator. Mimi will direct the next hit Disney movie. Jestin will get turnt up in college and drop out after finally achieving his secret dream of making it into TSM. William will own his own Banh Mi restaurant and continue to give me free food. Kevin Tien will host the next big Minecraft server and give me free diamonds. John and Marvin will still be The John and Marvin.

Steven will give me a free signed copy of his first bestseller.

Thanks To: My best friends Kevin Chu, Kelly Ho, and Jestin Ma who made high school exponentially more wonderful than I ever expected in my lifetime. All my teachers who took their time to build a solid education for me, especially Ms. Mar, Mr. Gin, and Mr. Hendrickson, my amazing counselor Ms. Vergo, and the rest of the school who made these four years truly worthwhile in retrospect. And all the people I stole food from.

KENNY LAU Future Plans: Petroleum Engineering Major at LSU. Will: I, Kenny Lau, bequeath my amazing last name to Brandon Lau, my calc skills to James Nguyen, and my love for Popeyes to Alissa So. Quote: “I’ll do it later.”” -Every student in the history of mankind.

Memories: Singing in the bus during cross country meets and tennis games. Making jokes about communism during tennis practice.

Countless hours of messing around in Mrs. Mar’s class.

Predictions: Andy Zhang will have 13+ girlfriends, Binghan Li will still get mad at getting goblins in Clash of Clans, and Crystal Wong will still be better than me at dancing.

Thanks To: All my teachers for helping me along the way, and my friends (Mafia) for making high school just a bit more bearable.

CHRISTINA LE Future Plans: Become a Criminal Prosecutor. Travel to Bora Bora, Hawaii, Vietnam, Cabo, & France. Let my mom relax while I financially support her.

Will: I, Christina Le, of awesomeness, give my retired pom poms to Tatiana Gomez, my awesome cooking recipes to Elaine Arias, and my “Le” ways to my twin, Christina Tran as in my humor, sassiness, and good looks obviously. (: Quote: “Only eat with those you starved with.” -Anonymous Memories: Cheering at football and basketball games and annoying Yvonne with my beautiful voice on the bus rides.

Predictions: Marisa Benavidez will become my personal dancer, Yvonne Guerrero will be my personal dog poop scooper, Nancy Lai will be my personal chicken caregiver, and Laura Garcia will be my personal servant for the rest of their lives.

Thanks To: Ms. Morales for always listening and being there for me.

Coach Nielson for basically becoming my second mom because I’m with her more than my own. My friends for letting me be the awesome person that I am. :D RONNIE LEE Future Plans: Major in business at Cal State Fullerton, start a waffle business with Mandy and Terra in HK, become the richest woman alive, marry an EXO member.

Will: I, Ronnie Lee, bequeath my jokes to Anita Cung and Julia Vuong, my writing skills to Halle Trang, my math skills to Jimmy Ngo, my fangirling/boying to Tracy Hoang and Benjamin Yap, and my humor to my little, Serena Tran.

Quote: “No matter how difficult and hard something is, I will always be positive and smile like an idiot.” -Park Chanyeol Memories: Getting caught twerking by Ms. C during swim, getting Los Tacos every day, Baldwin girls, getting in a catfight with Mandy at school, going to the beach at 2AM and getting donuts with Tiff Tran, getting lost at LA Times with Sean and Trisha, Pauline being delirious about Harry Potter at Yearbook Camp.

Predictions: Amy will marry Niall Horan, Cindy will become a kpop star, Shirley will become a rich doctor and support Cindy and me, Frankie Zhuang will be number one in QuizUp for Pokemon, Aida Yeung will finally eat guac, and Matt Diep will still “forget” his memory card at home.

Thanks To: My yearbook members, all the sisters I met in KK, members I bonded with in swim, and my teachers, especially Ms. Mar for translating Calc to an understandable language, and Ms. Kim for putting up with YBK and being someone I could sincerely talk to.

CHRIS LEW Future Plans: Major in Biochemistry at University of California, Los Angeles and attend medical school to become an anesthesiologist.

Will: I, Chris Lew, bequeath my mediating skills to my Conflict underclassmen, my love for the beautiful game to the soccer team, my interp magic and sense of humor to my HI-ers and the rest of the Debate team.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 Quote: “Life is one grand,sweet song, so start the music.” -Ronald Reagan Memories: Debate outings, soccer seasons, Mr. Wong’s class, TA-ing for the Science Department, sleeping in Kanow’s, school plays, Junior Class Council, PTSA, and dances.

Predictions: Emily Quach will still be a cat, Ricky Liang will marry Hyeri, Michelle Zhou will still be dreaming about Oscar Molina, and Stella Low will still be slow.

Thanks To: Andrew Nguyen, Mr. Franco, Mrs. Sumi, Mr. Wong, Mr. Kanow, Mr. Hendrickson, Ms. Burkhart, Mrs. Revilla, and Angel Pinedo, and all of my friends who made my high school experience that much more enjoyable.

BINGHAN LI Future Plans: Become an avid Zumba dancer and a dog groomer.

Will: I, Binghan Li, bequeath my zeal, school spirit, love for SGHS, and XD to all underclassmen.

Quote: “Bazinga!” -Dr. Sheldon Cooper “Heroes don’t die, they’re reborn as legends.” -RUmBY Memories: Joy of being a SGHS student, reluctant applauds for new bands performing on the pancake, quiet MoMa meetings, feeling weird watching spirit games, being a motivator in a quiet MoMa meeting, false fire alarms, when Noxus attacked, and loving SGHS. Predictions: Dolan will grow to be 6-ft tall. Jebreeze will finally conquer real life. I will be wrong.

Thanks To: LeFeng, Donald, Gibson, and many others for the rides.

Tony Lam for listening to me complain all day. Fucheng Guan and Alvin Mach for being awesome friends. Anyone who ever greeted me in school for helping me go through school every day.

RICKY LIANG Future Plans: My future plans are to become a mechanical engineer.

I want to be able to work under the big titles such as Honda, Toyota and Nissan. I also want to minor in photography. Being able to capture moments and cherishing them forever helps alleviate the stress that will come by as I continue on in life.

Will: I, Ricky Liang of Men’s Day, bequeath my passion for Girl’s Day to Benjamin Yap and Nathan Lam Ma. I entrust my nerd habits to Eddie Pang and Ethan Ly, and the talent to bring smiles on to people’s faces to Sharon Le. Quote: “Geolsu Day Park Sojin, Geolsu Day Kim Ah Yeong, Geolsu Day Bang Minah Geolsu Day Lee Hyeri” -Dai5y “Monday Girl’s Day party, Tuesday Girl’s Day party, Wednesday Girl’s Day party, Thursday, Friday EVERYBODY!” -Girl’s Day Memories: I was able to see Girl’s Day up front and live! It was an unforgettable experience. The amount of friends I have made from freshman year until senior year will always be kept in my heart.

Predictions: I predict that Sharon Le will be an amazing nurse, Benjamin Yap will be able to marry Park Sojin, Macy Nguyen will be able to marry Taecyeon, Ethan Ly will build a beast computer that can handle any generation of games, and Eddie Pang will have horse legs by the time he graduates.

Thanks To: Sharon Le for being such an understanding person, Christina Tran for putting up with my passion for Girl’s Day, Macy Nguyen for just being Macy, Ethan Ly for helping me out in my process of learning how to build computers, Eddie Pang for keeping me updated with technology, and Benjamin Yap for teaching me about cars.

JENNY LIANG Future Plans: Learn how to swim.

Will: I, Jenny Liang, of quirkiness and big eyes, bequeath my not-soawesome parking skills and phone addiction to Andrew Ly, my KK presidency to Ivy Pham, my kindness to Danielle Huynh, my ability to play smarter not harder to Joanna Che, and my volleyball skills and weird serve to my little brother, Kevin Liang.

Quote: “The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy— it’s all that matters.” - Audrey Hepburn Memories: Ugly selfies with Krispy Kreme boxes, club volleyball, discovering cotton, choking on pizza in front of school freshman year (shout out to those who saw that happen and didn’t help me), Baldwin hangouts, and junior prom.

Predictions: Everyone will go off to college and gain the freshman 15.

Thanks To: Mr. Kanow, Mr. Wong, and Chris Kwan for literally everything, my Kahana Kai sisters for always making my Mondays better, my friends who have played part in making me the person I am today, and my loving best friend and boyfriend, Kenny Diep, for sticking by me through these 4 years of high school.

NANCY LIANG Future Plans: Major in Accounting at CSUN. Will: I, Nancy Liang, of having potential of being a soccer mom, bequeath my all to my fellow underclassmen of San Gabriel High. Hang in there little ones, high school is short, so make it count!

Quote: “Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.” –Kevin Kruse Memories: Tennis tournaments, ASB, hanging out with my little ones,

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and meeting all these awesome people that make me want to stay in high school.

Predictions: Every single one of my favorite underclassmen will be successful not only in high school, but also in the future.

Thanks To: All the teachers that have encouraged me to do well, my tennis coaches who never gave up on me and friends that stood by my side through the up’s and down’s of high school drama.

MARK LIEU Future Plans: Cultivate my bowl cut well enough so it can finally stop feeding off of my non-existent intelligence; in order for it to split from my identity and become a being of its own.

Will: I shall bequeath my apparently-good trombone skills equally to Winston, Villar and Joanna, along with my horrible intonation and blasting potential, also Joanna can also have my late understanding at math, my Brooklyn sheet music to Mason Tran... after graduation, and a big, fat plastic bag of NOTHING to Kelvin Cao. Quote: “Being a person is too hard, I demand a full refund.”

Memories: Third period freshman triangle in Algebra 2 with Ryan and Wendy, although she probably won’t think too much of it! The most ridiculous video project I’ve ever been a part of in: SG Days. The times I spent with the half-sketchy, half-lovely environmental club while I was cabinet. Every single one of our three socials with my amazing trombone section.

Predictions: Ten bucks Winston ends up usurping Villar and becomes section leader instead.

Thanks To: Kristy Wang, for dragging me into plenty of situations that I probably would not have gotten into on my own. Kristen for teaching me so much about life, and helping me become a more dependable, better person in more ways than one during my time here.

ANGIE LIN Future Plans: Future optometrist.

Will: I, Angie Lin, bequeath my setting skills to Julia gulia, my serving skills to Joanna banana, and my defending skills to Icky Vicki.

Quote: “Keep moving forward.”

Memories: Kennedy tournament, cheese jerky, club volleyball, and summer tryouts of freshman year... The day where I first met each and every single one of my wonderful, funny, amazing, loving teammates that I will truly miss.

Predictions: I predict Jenny will not have anymore forbidden love moments, Megan will own an ice cream company, Kim will be the next winner of Master Chef, and Carolyn will go to Taco Bell after reading this.

Thanks To: Mr. Kanow for inventing volleyball, Coach Chris for pushing me to be the best player I could ever be, and Mr. Wong for being the best teacher ever!

VANESSA LINARES Future Plans: Major in Child Development at CSUN. Will: I, Vanessa Linares, pass down my leadership skills to Jaleen Lujan, my passing skills to all the passers, my dancing skills to all my volleyball babies, my beastness to Tony Quan and finally my fierceness to Eva Wong.

Quote: “A life without mistakes is a life without experience.”

Memories: “DANG, you still here? you hella ugly,” “Cheese Jerky, SAY WHAT, SAY WHAT? ,” “We’re all in this together.” Going out with the romies. Meeting new people. Megan getting her churro taken away by a seagull. Ceramics with the best table ever.

Predictions: Tony Quan will win a gold medal for swim at the Olympics.

Krys Pham and I will see each other in the future and still be able to do handshake.

Thanks To: My bestfriends Sandy Ho and Julie Vong, My romies, My Volleyball Sisters, the bae, All my coaches - Mr. Kanow, Mr. Wong, Chris Kwan, and my family.

JUDY LINH Future Plans: Major in Theatre, become the next Lucy Liu, live by the beach with a hundred cats, write plays/scripts, stop saying “aaaaaayyeeee lmao,” finally overcome my shyness.

Will: I, Judy Linh, of cat hairs and pure optimism, bequeath my love for theatre to Jonathan Hurtado and Emmanuel Maresca, my faith and mediocre peer counseling skills to the new Peer Assistants and incoming 2nd years, and my sincerity to Andy Tran and Simon Yung.

Quote: “Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.” -Mark Twain Memories: Long nights staring at a wall, shedding blood and tears on plays with the greatest family in the world, being kidnapped by Henry Tran and Julie Pham, Chantry Flats with Environmental Club, spontaneous trip to Universal Studios with Lusha Huang, Big Brothers Big Sisters, being productive with Sonny Hy, the struggles of AP Lit. Predictions: Lusha will light up the world, Jonathan will become a famous child actor, Vanessa De La Rosa will write a New York Times Best Selling book, Sonny will still be whatever, and Jennifer Pham will always find adventure out there.

Thanks To: Mr. Hendrickson and Mr. Mason for teaching me patience and self-improvement; Mr. Posada for throwing obstacles in my way

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and introducing me to the love of my life; Mme Arscott for all the chit-chat, love, and support; Ms. Daniels and Ms. Burkhart for having faith in my writing; Ms. E. Wu for those pep talks and always treating me like I’m almost an adult; Lusha for being my other sister; Xuan Tong and Joey Huynh for getting me through mornings; Vivian Shi for always letting me stare into the vast beauty that is her soul.

WENDY LIU Future Plans: Major in Animal Health Sciences at CPP (#Broncos). Have sleepovers spent watching marathons of Criminal Minds and MLP: FiM rather than actually sleeping. Keep in touch with those who have laughed, cried, and stayed with me. Live long & prosper.

Will: I, Wendy Liu, of awkward mannerisms and gentle heart, bequeath my optimism to Winnie Tran, my courage to Eva Wong, my growth spurt to Qi Guo, my endless food supply to Jessie Peng, and my Slapjack prowess to Tony Lay. Quote: “Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.” - Kurt Vonnegut Memories: Being fashionably late, screaming my lungs out at talent shows, falling asleep in 0 period literally every other day, suffering through Junior year, waking up hella early for volleyball tournaments, getting into PA, and meeting wonderful people.

Predictions: Nina becomes a great artist, Jaina treats my arthritis, Steven becomes a famous author, Irena co-stars with Johnny Depp, Michell meets BoA, Natalie becomes a jigsaw champion, Viv eats eggs, Vicki finds a sugar daddy, and Andy brings honor to us all.

Thanks To: Nina for sticking with me through thick and thin, Jaina for being my fellow Junior year survivor, VC for giving me faith in humanity, Crew for growing up with me, Volleyball for teaching me the facts of life, and Peer Counseling for everything.

ALISON LO Future Plans: Major in Psychology at CSULA. Will: I, Alison Lo, bequeath Aida Yeung:my every week SB; Jacky Fu:my ability to make the best itinerary; Joyce Tien & Jessica Kou:my love for choir; Coco So:my love; Ashley Jiang:my every week BP; Aydin Hau:my cuteness; Justin Pham:all my food.

Quote: “Just know, when you truly want success, you’ll never give up on it. No matter how bad the situation may get.” – Unknown “I don’t regret the things I’ve done, I regret the things I didn’t do when I had the chance.” - Unknown Memories: ASB activities, Walt Disney Concert Hall performances, the original Boy Band Project, BBBS, Peer Counseling, Choir, SophCC, & MESA. Meeting all the amazing, wonderful, and caring underclassmen who made my senior year so much more memorable.<3 Predictions: Madelyn Areyan will be a super star. Christina Tran will marry a Kpop star. Ashley Jiang will still be cute. Coco So will be a BOMB basketball player. Adrian Jimenez will still have swag. Villar Nguyen and Justine Pham will always make me proud.:’) <3 Thanks To: Ms. Revilla, for being the best choir and ASB teacher.

Mr.Hendrickson and Mr. Mason for being such amazing peer teachers and helping me through my hardest years. The BAE, for giving me something to look at everyday. My underclassmen for everything.<3 GIBSON LOC Future Plans: World domination with Cassidy and Shahreare.

Will: I, Gibson Loc, of bulgolgi and hot pot, bequeath Anime Anonymous to Caleb Ventura, section leader of the bass clarinets to Amber Huynh, and my plans for world domination to Cassidy Pham.

Quote: “This is the choice of Steins;Gate.” - Hououin Kyouma Memories: Band camps and tours, Anime Anonymous’ maid cafes, Halloween as No Face, mint chocolate chip, long talks outside a person’s house, falling on my butt while ice skating and dango daikazoku. Filming SG Days, 3rd period peer counseling and 5th period Tortomasi.

Predictions: Batman will become drum major, Cassidy will go to MIT or another prestigious college, Amber will throw away her cats, Alex will give up 2048, and Wayne will come back white.

Thanks To: Shareare Khan, Alexander Zhen, and Wayne Nguyen for being the best friends a guy could ask for; Cassidy Pham for pulling me out of a slump and making my senior year enjoyable. And thanks to Mrs. Wu for being an awesome teacher and club adviser! I will always be grateful for all the trouble you had to put up with me.

STELLA LOW Future Plans: Major in Political Science at a Frozen based college, St. Olaf College. Travel around the world and explore endless opportunities outside of the 626 area.

Will: I, Stella Low, of happiness, endless amounts of puns, fun adventures, and shifu, bequeath my happiness to my loving sister, Julianne Low, my endless amounts of puns to Adley Tong, and fun adventures to my future hall mate, Cynthia Sor, and the title of “shifu” to my supportive apprentice, Ryan Khoo.

Quote: “You stand alone. Because the only person walking across that stage to get that diploma you worked for, is you.” - My friend

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“It’s fine to just live in the now. But the best part about ‘now’ is there’s another one tomorrow.” - Spectacular Now Memories: Hanging out with my RYLC friends on the weekends, creating team strewilnia, football games with PTSA, traveling around the nation to visit colleges, eating lunch in Ms. Lee’s classroom, spring break 2014 with Joey Huynh, last minute plans with Xuan Tong, Michael Tran, & Christopher Cam. Predictions: Chris Lew will meet SISTAR, Adley Tong will become a food scientist, Cynthia Sor will become my hall-mate, Ryan Khoo will go to a KPOP concert, Julianne Low will visit me, Cynthia Lam will watch Frozen.

Thanks To: All of my teachers for supporting me along my high school career, Team Strewilnia for always being there and taking me out on awesome adventures, Cynthia Lam for giving me funny memories during lunch, & Ryan Khoo for being there for me since day 1.

BRANDON LU Future Plans: To become a popular animator!

Will: I bequeath my ultimate weirdness/awesomeness to Hao Lam, Brian Choy, and Alice Luu. Quote: “I wumbo, you wumbo, he-she-me wumbo, wumboing, wumbology, the study of wumbo? It’s first grade, Spongebob!” Patrick Star Memories: When Mr. Schofield played Super Smash Bros. with me and my friends. Also when I sang the Pokémon Theme Song with Devin Chang.

Predictions: You decide your own fate! :) Thanks To: All my teachers and friends who have made me who I am today. Thank you!!! :DDD KEVIN LU Future Plans: My future plans are to graduate at a CSU and hopefully find a decent job/ career during school or after as soon as possible.

Will: I, Kevin Lu, hope to not let my parents down or make them sad for the actions I take in the future.

Thanks To: All of my teachers and friends who supported me throughout high school and hope they have a great life after high school.

MARVIN LUU Future Plans: Majoring in literary journalism at the University of California, Irvine in hopes of becoming a professional journalist or writer.

Will: I, Marvin Luu, of humbleness and gratefulness, bequeath my defensive skills to the entire basketball team, my exceptional Indesign skills to Justin Toyomitsu (come on now I know you can do better), and my snacks and curry to H2.

Quote: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try again”- William Edward Hickson Memories: Basketball games in the arena, writing for the newspaper, poetry in the auditorium, pondering by the quad, and hanging out with friends.

Predictions: David will become (if not already) the best post player in league, Frank will become the best reserve, John Truong will teach history, Kyle will become an awesome engineer, and Man will continue to bring the energy to the room.

Thanks To: My family for their relentlessness support and patience, my teachers who have helped me grow and mature into who I am today, and my friends who have made high school something else.

ALEX LUU Future Plans: I plan to major in art at USC, have a career as a concept artist for Rocksteady, make extra money performing Spoken Word at clubs.. All this, while living a second life as discount Batman at night.

Will: I bequeath my artistry to Frankie Zhuang, speech skills to Eric Hong, my 500 freestyle to Nathan Ma, my 50 free to Tony Chen, Art Club to Jennifer Thai, my muscles to Kenny Yeung, and my Eminem fandom to Carolina Garcia aka Stan.

Quote: “You can say what a fiend, an eeky-sneaky slimy devil I am.

You’re right, because I am.”-Charles Manson “I don’t give a dang what you think; I’m doin’ this for me, so forget the world, feed it beans, it’s gassed up if it thinks it’s stopping me.”Eminem Memories: When I caused a lockdown at school for wearing my Halo Spartan costume to an art gallery, winning Speech League Champion for OI, earning LA PoetryOutLoud Champion, and being the champion to my girlfriend’s heart.

Predictions: Ambar Stern will be the juevos of the Swim Team, Tom Cheah, Shayna Quach, and my little brother Matthew, will grow up extremely desirable, Jestin Ma will be the humblest billionaire, Speech&Debate will win more, and Dion Jiao won’t change... and won’t have to.

Thanks To: My Speech team for being with me through my struggles, especially Coach Andrew and Angel, my Swim Team for the good competition years, my Art Club for the creative years, Ms. Wong, Ms. Keller, and Ms. Jung for their guidance, and Angelica Lujan for being her and liking me for me.

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KEVIN LUU Future Plans: Get my Bachelors, find a job, and go for my Masters.

Will: I bequeath my cramps to Brandon, my former running skills to Ashley, and my laziness to Tommy.

Memories: Track and Field / Cross Country meets, meeting new friends, and hanging out with friends.

Predictions: Nimol will takeover the world, Michael will own an anime company, and Alan will lose his six pack.

Thanks To: All my friends who made my high school years enjoyable.

NATALIE MA Future Plans: Major in international business at CSUF and live on a farm.

Will: I, Natalie Ma, of awkwardness and motherly instincts, bequeath my seriousness to the trumpet section, my photography and captionwriting skills to the YBK photogs, my badminton skills to DJ Phat Executioner (aka Aida), a giant bag of nothing to Kelvin Cao, and my driving skills to Nathan.

Quote: “Wheres da mop?!”

Memories: Anything/everything with Band, living in H2 and the band room, crazy Yearbook deadlines and staying at school until 12am on a Saturday, Slagle’s sophomore 6th period English class, lack of sleep and watching Vien drop all of the seaweed at Yearbook Camp, Marc Quach’s Hannah Montana concerts in the back room, laughing and crying with Kristen.

Predictions: Tracy Hoang will be Queen of Starbucks, Irena and I will win the Game of Thrones, Pauline will marry Zac Efron and take me surfing, Chhe will take her rightful spot as the Princess of Cambodia, H2 will never be clean, Jessee will become the world’s greatest pianist, Zachary Puentes will be section leader #2TERMZ, Nimol’s hair will become a jump rope, Wendy will become a goddess of wisdom, Steven will always be fab and become a master dragon trainer, and Michell will become an old cat lady.

Thanks To: My family for always supporting me, Band and Yearbook for all of the memories, Ms. Kim, Ms. C and Ms. Torres, for being more than just an adviser/teacher, PTSA, and the rest of the teachers and staff who I’ve gotten to know, VC for always being there for me in my darkest of hours, and to everyone else that I’ve met for being a friend.

JESTIN MA Future Plans: Major in Computer Science at Stanford and find out what I want to do in life.

Will: I, Jestin Ma, of contemptible behavior and awkwardness, bequeath my awkwardness and Environmental heirloom to Kristy Duong, my potential for growth to Mason Tran, my extemp squad to Kenny Yeung, and my personality to the extemp squad.

Quote: “It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.” -Gore Vidal Memories: Speech and Debate tournaments until late night, camping at Joshua Tree, recycling every week, visiting The Last Bookstore, marching, running, Toga, and messing around with extempers and the old man.

Predictions: Chris Lan will become less accepting of other people.

Kenny Yeung will hit puberty. Mark Lieu will get a haircut. Steven Ho’s books will be shelved in every library. The old man will buy out Oh My Pan. The extemp team will thrive and beat Gabrielino.

Thanks To: My teachers, close friends, Questbridge, and family for supporting me and presenting opportunities to mature and learn.

JOANNA MAI Future Plans: Double major in History/ Administrative Studies at UCR, become a museum curator, and travel around the world.

Will: I, Joanna Mai, will leave my inner bunny to David Nguyen and give my sisterhood to Le Win and Sofia Chou.

Quote: “I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.”Anonymous Memories: Injustice Gods on Ipad, Homecoming Dance, AP Art History with Brandon Lu, Jennifer Ngo (Mr.J) , and Loc Duong (Shakalaka), Freshman PE & Starbucks with Hoan Ha and Christina Chau.

Predictions: Kevin Chuong will be proven to be my brother through DNA test, Sofia will find a perfect boyfriend who fits all her standards at UCSB, Le and I will go to Burma.

Thanks To: All my friends, teachers, boyfriends, counselors, and church who made a positive impact on me.

CHRISTIAN MAJANO Future Plans: Major in Psychology at UC Berkeley. Marry Julie Truong, and make a lot of money so I could buy Julie whatever she wants.

Specifically, buy her thousands of Ugg boots.

Will: I, Christian Majano, of happiness, loyalty, and 3-point shooting, bequeath my happiness, heart, and loyalty to my lovely girlfriend, Julie Truong, my 3-point shooting to Frank Lieu, Quoc Ho, Courtland Khuu and Andrew Huang, my dunking and rebounding abilities to David Gonzalez. I also bequeath my love for basketball to the basketball program, and my philanthropy to all of MOMA. Quote: “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”-John Wooden “Believe you can and you’re already halfway there.” -Theodore

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Roosevelt Memories: Seeing Julie in passing period, my Junior year, giving her hugs so i could start talking to her. Seeing her cheer for me at my basketball games (: and Julie’s short motivational talks prior to my games. Countless basketball practices and games, and trolling with Man Nong, Johnny Diep, Marvin Luu, John Truong, Kevin Loya, and Kyle Che. Predictions: Julie will become a successful doctor and be mine forever.

Marvin will become a sports journalist for the LA Clippers, John will be the towel boy for the LA Clippers, but eventually own a nail shop.

Man will change his first name to “Utah,” and have a son named “Salt Lake City” with Tiffany Ha. Johnny will major in the study of “the sleep,” but become a businessman. Frank will master the art of the “anti-carry over” and finally not carry over for once in his life.

Thanks To: My family, friends and Julie for constantly pushing me and always being there for me. Thank you Julie for being my happiness and being my amazing girlfriend (: and thank you for what’s to come, I love you (:. Thanks to the teachers and administrators at SG. Thanks to my friends, coaches, and basketball family for making my four years fun and memorable. I also thank the Lord, Jesus Christ!

TERELI MARTINEZ

Quote: “I am in charge of how I feel and starting today I am choosing happiness.” -Unknown

Thanks to: Thanks to everyone who made my high school years da besss. Thank you to Wendy, Carlos, Paul, Haydee, and Gabby.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 KAYLAH MEDINA Will: I, Kaylah Medina, bequeath my crown and all its glory to Madelyn, my “whatever” attitude to Justine, and my painting, singing, and driving skills (and everything else) to Victoria.

Quote: “Don’t worry, it’ll dry light!”

Memories: ASB and all the crazy activities, Peer Counseling, when the wind closed down school, going out to eat the night before the SATs, and losing my voice twice.

Predictions: Victoria is almost me, Villar will continue to be a backseat driver, Madelyn becomes a queen who still sings like an angel, Steven will still believe everything I say to him, Alison marries her bae, and I will finally bring Kenny to Chipotle.

Thanks To: The best best friend ever and the one who printed out song lyrics for us to sing along to Nicki Minaj for keeping me sane, Stitch for always listening to whatever I have to say, and PR royalty for making ASB so much more memorable.

BEVERLY MENDOZA Future Plans: Major in Biology at UCI, attend medical school somewhere across the country, and become a pediatric oncologist.

Will: I, Beverly Mendoza, of determination and infinite imagination, bequeath my Latina fierceness, love for all things Disney, and leadership to my sister Lindsay Mendoza, my insane obsession with noodles to Alyssa Betancourt, my passion for 1950s fashion and culture to Alexis Mendoza, and my devotion to the show Once Upon A Time to Sharon Ornelas.

Quote: “Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in

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character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.”

- Anne Frank.

Memories: Inventing super awesome phones with Sarai Millan, singing in choir with Erin Gerardo and Jennifer Mohamed, filming A Midsummer’s Night’s Dream with my paisa girls, making fun of “fresh ones” and “hambuhgah” with Vanessa, color coordinating my outfit with my mean girls group, Ryan’s “Gucci bag” moment, prepping for the SAT with Susan Lei, going on Skype with Vanessa until 6 a.m., having enlightening conversations with Natalie Hour, and ranting about everyday nuisances with Maria Cabral.

Predictions: Sarai Millan will continue on being a badass and no one can tell me otherwise, Maria Cabral will dominate the fashion industry one dress at a time, Vanessa De La Rosa will become an amazing writer and sell out of all her books, Kathleen Phan will make awesome video games and anime shows, Jennifer Mohamed will make the most caring nurse, and my sister will one day captivate everyone’s attention with her lovely paintings.

Thanks To: All my teachers, especially Ms. Lee, Ms. Guevara, Ms. Luci Gonzalez, and Mr. Romero, who have given me their support and have believed in me and my dreams from the start. To all my friends who always motivate me and never fail to put a smile on my face, I love you all.

JUSTIN MENG Future Plans: I’ll be rich enough to buy jamba and starbucks on without BOGO. On a serious note, I’m going to major Computer Science but go

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for an MBA, then proceed to climb the social ladder.

Will: Well first I’d like to leave things to my little sister Michelle. Oops but I still have to apologize for how much Mrs. Lapi and Mrs. Tran will hate her just because of me. Hopefully she’ll make more of her high school experience than I did. I would like to say that I’ll leave my laziness and laid-backness to Chelsey Tran, someone who’s been with me through thick and thin. But there just isn’t any way you can get more lazy or laid back than that =/. There isn’t much I can leave to her though, because she’s great in many ways, but only on her good days.

Quote: “Follow the green, not the Dream.” -Mark Cuban Memories: For sophomores in Honors Trig, we have a test every other week. Well on the day of one of these, i completely knocked out after the test and Mrs. Lapi sent me to the nurse’s office with a note that said “Fell asleep during a test” LOL. I was so panicked nobody understands. The nurse asked if she should call my mom and i was so scared I thought I got a cheating notice. Oops turns out I aced the test and no call home.

Thanks To: Mrs. Mar!! She’s great really. It’s impossible to get mad at her and she’s really supportive about everything, and I’ve almost never seen her mad. She’s so easy to talk to not only on a student-teacher basis, but also a typical basis. Y’all should get to know her, she’s lovely!

JUSTIN MOC Future Plans: It’s been a long, tough road up until now, but my journey is far from over. There are still many things to accomplish in the everlasting struggle of life, so I thank everyone who has walked along my route.

JENNIFER MOHAMED Memories: All the times we laughed and made fun of each other. I am going to miss being in choir with Beverly Mendoza. We always sing our hearts out at the concerts and Walt Disney Concert Hall. How we always make fun of Joyce Kuk. Predictions: Beverly Mendoza is going to achieve her dream career in no time. Nhi Vong is going to Japan to find a husband. Chau Tran is going to fly to South Korea to stalk one of her celebrity Korean drama actors. Felicia Lee and Joyce Kuk are going to be Crazy Fan Girls in South Korea.

MEGAN MOLINA Future Plans: To enjoy every moment of life, and not look back with any regrets.

Will: I, Megan Molina, of all weirdness and smiles, bequeath my magical spirit powers to Manuel, Koby, and Eric, and all of my weirdness during choreo practices to Kathleen because I know she enjoys it the most.

Quote: “Grow some teeth!”

Memories: The never ending pointless drama that everyone seems to enjoy, and Sarahi’s “superman.”

Predictions: I predict that Tiff Tran will have to finally open a door, Samantha Mcreynolds will get everything that she works incredibly hard for, Michelle Lugo will meet the tall, dark, and handsome man of her dreams, Sarah and Sarahi will forever be BFFLS, and Lobster will break out of his shell.

Thanks To: ASB because they made me the strong willed person that I am today, Choreo because they taught me to be myself no matter who’s there, and everyone who stuck by my side.

OSCAR MOLINA Future Plans: Do the do to do the Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University.

Will: I, Oscar “The Guy” Molina, of nothing and everything, bequeath my uncoordinated-look-like-a-worm dance moves to the Tenor Saxes, my freakishly-long-unproportional-giraffe legs to the XC team, my ugly note-taking skills to journalism, my craftsmanship to MESA, my ability to yell across the MPR to the 2014-15 NHS cabinet, and my optimism and the rights to my bathroom to my lovely older younger sister, Kari.

Quote: “Some of the most complex things in life are the simplest. Some of the simplest are the most complex. Take time to understand, and to know when just to admire.” -Me in my philosophical mode (or some famous figure unknown to me) Memories: Doing work for class A in class B and vice versa, peeing before XC meets, being socially awkward, spilling glitter on the track after becoming Homecoming King, milking the cow at football games with the band, panicking over the sports section of the newspaper, making a friend’s restroom blue, and holding the door open for my classes.

Predictions: The world will continue rotating and revolving.

Thanks To: Everyone (family, friends, teachers, strangers) who supported me on my fantastic, sometimes troubling, ride through high school. Your smiles, jokes, laughter, handshakes, awkward hellos where I didn’t really know if you were waving at me, kindness, time investment, and comfort have been and are greatly appreciated. My ride ends here, but it’s been amazing to have you here along the way.

SEBASTIAN NANDY Will: I, Sebastian Nandy, of hurdlness and latinoness, bequeath my hurdlness and latinoness to Alissa So, my hurdle daughter.

Quote: “Rise, rise, rise again ‘till lambs become lions.” -Robin Hood

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Memories: After school, chilling with my track family and meeting my amazing, beautiful girlfriend.

CYNTHIA NAVARRO

Memories: I’ll never forget hanging out with the girls, acting like weirdos and being ourselves. Thanks for putting up with me, I know it was hard, especially since I’d bring up Gaga for everything. What can I say, I was born this way. Oops!

JASON NGO Future Plans: Majoring in Computer Engineering at Cal State Fullerton.

Will: I, Jaysin Ngo, deem Brandon Huynh as the heir of the almighty Royal Knights lineage. I shall also grant Nelson Luong my amazingly lame jokes. To Ben GIRLZDAY4DAYZ. Also to Marc i bequeff you the title of Brnz4lyfe. Finally to my dearest Angela Fong the world is 70% water yet you are still thirsty ;) Quote: “I’m not genius, athlete, nor am I perfect but I will work my butt off to be better than that.”

Memories: All the times I’ve spent in Mrs. Mars during lunch and ASB/ Yearbook for making me the person I am today.

Thanks To: Everyone that’s been with me through this journey through high school especially the teachers, staff, and alumni for their advice and for inspiring me pursue my dreams and goals.

MICHELE NGUYEN Future Plans: To be the best I can be as an Anesthesiologist.

Quote: “Smile, simply because it hides every truth that’s within you.”

Memories: Meeting Franco Capodici, STD assembly (freshman yr), BTA field trips, & Football season.

Predictions: Franco Capodici & I will be rich and live a happy life , nothing shall stop us.

Thanks To: Mrs. Lee for her bluntness, Mrs. Tran for her pop quizzes, Mrs. Jong for believing in me, and BTA for showing me how strong I really am.

NEVIN NGUYEN Future Plans: Live life. Get money.

Will: I, Nevin Nguyen, bequeath my humor to Joe the kamikaze, my intelligence to Kenneth Tran, my swag to Scott Lam, my jokes to Tommy Liung, some clothes for Richard Doan, and my PR position to Justin Pham.

Quote: “You gotta risk it to get the biscuit.” -A. Einstein Memories: Basketball and Volleyball season with the teammates, hanging out at the quad, FBLA events.

Predictions: Gavin Fabella will dazzle people with his swag, Kevin Chow will become a nurse in China, Kevin Vuong will become an underwear model, Mo le will go back to Vietnam, Terry will play for GBOA, Kim Huy will buy more things. Nick and Loya will party hard.

Thanks To: My Ohana family (GF,KC,KV,ML,TT,KH,RS) for all the crazy adventures, C. Han and Jo. Phan for being the best and funniest friends, C. Diep for being a great friend since 7th grade, My FBLA cabinet, and Megan Thai my princess.

TRACY NGUYEN Future Plans: Major in Pysch at PCC, work in a boba shop, and live in a crummy apartment.

Will: I, Tracy Nguyen, bequeath my craziness, happiness, and optimism to CG, my good luck to tennis, and my lunch to my little brother and sister.

Quote: “Being happy doesn’t mean that everything is perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” -Unknown Memories: Lunch in Mrs. Wright/Ishida’s room, JACT hangouts, late

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night practice with CG, tennis matches, meeting CBBF, and falling in love for the first time.

Predictions: Senh and Laura will personally meet 1D, Vivian will continue to have good looking eyebrows, Jen will marry a white guy, CG will be even more amazing, Ash will continue to be a guy getter, Chels will design my house, and tennis will win league.

Thanks To: Mrs. Wright/Ishida for being an amazing influence in my life. JACT, CG, and CBBF for always being there for me. And, well, everyone I’ve met these past four years who have made me the person I am today.

JOHNNY NGUYEN Future Plans: Apply for the Voice again and better myself vocally at singing. Make an impact in this world. Persevere and get over any obstacle in life. Journey to the mountains in Japan and learn the secrets of the universe from an old sage.Become a true ninja warrior. Possess an automail arm.

Will: I, Johnny D Nguyen, master of self-depreciation and selfdeprecation, bequeath my social awkwardness to Kristy Duong, drive to better myself to Aron Duong, core master title to Jeffrey Fong, and weirdness to the rest of my underclassmen as there is an overabundance of it.

Quote: “Accept the things you cannot change. Change the things you cannot accept. And have the wisdom to know the difference.”

Memories: Angry Skype calls with friends, What the Bellhop Saw, Tennis, Track and Field, Drama (the class and the real kind), Maid Cafe, Stanley’s house, and movies almost every weekend.

Predictions: Godfrey will break six feet in height. Naruto will become Hokage. Jeffrey will still remain angry at everything. Ichigo will turn out to be part God. Luffy will find One Piece. Victor will Sum Chai his Lum Nai. Natsu and Lucy will finally get together. Alan will remain Stickman Sam. Richie will get all the girls. Kathleen will continue to antagonize me till the end of eternity.

Thanks To: Mr. P for boosting my self-confidence, Ms. Hernandez for offering her guidance and wisdom but most importantly acting as like a second mother towards me, my friends and peers for making my years in high school enjoyable, my Track family for making me better as a person (mentally and physically), and my past depressing self for disappearing and allowing to become much more cheerful and friendly ^___^

TERRA PHAM Future Plans: Marry Yoo Youngjae, travel the world, and become involved with helping children with special needs.

Will: I, Terra Pham, bequeath my coolness and Mario Kart skills to my bear, Frankie Zhuang, my love for Korean men to my bubbie, Macy Nguyen, and good-looking genes to my Pham family, Justine Pham and Cassidy Pham.

Quote: “Don’t be sad and don’t give up on your dreams. Your dreams will come true one day. There’s no person as beautiful as a person who dreams.” -Kim Himchan Memories: Twerking before it got famous, almost losing my life because of a pair of sweatpants, seeing Ronnie Lee fall on top of a trash can, dancing on top of the lifeguard post and getting caught, and seeing Christine Yue drool.

Predictions: An upcoming pancake business will thrive, Ronnie Lee will marry Kris, Joan Phan is going to rule the world with her intelligence, Mandy Huang will go back to her homeland, Tiffany Tran’s gluteus maximus will be famous, and Papa Yue will be proud of Christine Yue no matter what.

Thanks To: My best friends who made my high school experience happier and funner and to my family for supporting me and always loving me. I wouldn’t have made it if it weren’t for you guys!

Seniors awarded numerous scholarships Total amount awarded: $154,596 Betty Rogers Scholarship—Marvin Luu ALA Scholarship–Kevin Loya Doc Kerr Scholarship–Christian Majano National Charity League of San Marino Scholarship– Jenny Bui Thomas Donfrio Arts & Trades Scholarship–John Truong Southern California Edison International Scholarship– Jestin Ma West San Gabriel Valley Association of Realters Scholarship–Joanna Mai Ryan Stringer Memorial Scholarship Asian American Association of AUSD Scholarships–

SEI Student–Qing He

General Ed Student–Guangling Yan Hillcrest PTA Scholarship–Daniel Pollock Alhambra Chamber of Commerce Scholarship–Sofia Ong

& Mimi Lam Kiwanis International Scholarship–John Truong & Christopher Lan UCLA University Grant–Kevin Loya SGHS PTSA Scholarship–Johnny Diep, Brandi Huynh, Stella Low, Natalie Ma, Christian Majano, Man Cong Nong, John Truong Alhambra Council PTA Scholarship–Christopher Lan First District PTA Scholarship John Robb Memorial Scholarship–Karissa De La Trinidad, Ngoc Tang Duane Hagen Scholarship–Alex Luu Jeanne Ward Scholarship–Alex Luu Eastside Optimist Club Scholarship–Angel Solis Alhambra Day Nursery Scholarship–Destiny Alvarez, Angel Solis, Xuan Tong, John Truong

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JENNIFER PHAM Future Plans: Major in Biology at CSUN, get into med school after college.

Will: I, Jennifer Pham, of sarcasm, bequeath my road rage and my dog (Hershey) to Richard Mai, my math skills to Andrew Tum, and my driving skills to Wendy Yu. Quote: “A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.” -Albert Einstein Memories: Hanging out with JACT, volleyball tournaments/games, Rayanh’s affection, and Judy’s willingness to listen.

Predictions: Ash will marry before me, Nina will continue to drive

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 people home, Chel will still listen to KPOP, Tray will bring her kids to my future clinic, Vivian will stop eating dinonuggets, Angelica will learn how to park, and Ray will still be exploring.

Thanks To: All of my teachers for encouraging me, and my friends for supporting me.

KRSYTALYNNA PHAM Future Plans: Major in Biology at San Francisco State University, get into USC’s or Stanford’s medical program to pursue a career as a hematologist-oncologist.

Will: I, Krystalynna Pham, of troublemaking and kindheartedness, bequeath my volleyball abilities to Jaleen Lujan and Joanna Che, my

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weirdness to Julia Vuong, my tolerance to Gabby Gonzalez, and all the sisterly love I have in the world to Ivy Pham.

Quote: “Competition breeds innovation.”-Unknown “Carpe diem.” -Horace Memories: Volleyball games/tournaments, CIF, stair sets and baseline, taking selfies, FTB, the time Vanessa tackled me and made me blackout for 5 seconds, volleyball practice, and last but not least, how I met my best friend in the whole entire world.

Predictions: Heidi will become an OBGYN and live a life like Addison Montgomery, Joan will accomplish amazing things, Terra will meet her fave K-Pop band, Carolyn will find the man of her dreams, and all of my friends will live the life they want in happiness.

Thanks To: My parents, my family, Mr. Kanow, Coach Chris, Mr. Wong, Mrs. Sumi, my volleyball babes, Jojo, Carolyn, Terra, Jenny, Vanessa, all my friends, DJ and Jasmine, Ned Vizzini, SCC, and my best friend, Heidi Sam.

DAVID PHAM Future Plans: Major in Moosology and minor in Theatre at the University of California Irvine.

Will: I, David Pham, bequeath my title of Provincial Moose Master to Amy Pham and my kick-ass acting to the Angelica Morquecho.

Quote: “Real living is living for others” -Bruce Lee Memories: Volleyball tournaments, Laptop Diagnosis with Dr. Jonathan Moc and Dr. Qi Huang, late nights at the Little Theatre, David Pham Club, Oh Lucienne!

Predictions: Posada will run the world.

Thanks To: Each and every one of my theatre buddies for the endless memories, for loving me as much as I love all of you, and for giving me a new home.

KATHLEEN PHAN Future Plans: To become a Super Saiyan so I can fly in place of having to drive.

Will: I, Kathleen Phan, master of the art of cookooness, shall unsheathe my blade of insanity and zaniness to my underclassmen buddies who are valiant enough to accept it.

Quote: “Sometimes everything you know in the world turns out to be a lie. But at the end of the day the lie isn’t what matters, it’s what you do after you tell it. If you work hard enough you can make it true.” -Hope Estheim Memories: Spending time with my irreplaceable pals whom I shan’t forget.

Predictions: The future is full of mysteries to unravel, so who knows what will happen.

Thanks To: All my friends and teachers who made high school a memorable and pleasant place to be in. Also, thank you to everyone who took the effort to talk to me and get to know me. I am very grateful to each and every one of my friends.

JOAN PHAN Future Plans: Go to UCLA and meet my future hubby.

Will: I, Joan Phan, of optimism and strength, bequeath my leadership skills and strength to Jaleen Lujan, procrastination skills to Tony Tran, and all my love to Eric Hong :) Quote: “I’m the man with the cheese. I’m the man with the jerky. You put it both together, and dude it really worky!”

Memories: All the memories made with my volleyball girls, our cheese jerky chant, CIF, club volleyball, that one time we hid under a table when there was a food fight, and lots of laughing.

Predictions: Carolyn Han will cure her jungle fever, Krys Pham will be successful in life wherever life takes her, Eric Hong will be a rock star, and the girls’ volleyball team will make it far in CIF. Thanks To: Mr. Kanow for everything he has taught me and shaping me into the person I am now, to the ones who brought me up when I was at my lowest ( you know who you are ) and to my family who supported me every step of the way.

ANH PHAN Future Plans: Attend CSUN and graduate as a nursing major.

Will: I, Anh Phan, Queen of Candy Land

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

Kingdom, bequeath my love for candy to Joel Hyun and Avery Chih, my swag to Adrian Jimenez, my niceness to Joely Tsan, my love for DJ’s to Carol Lam, my height to Nicole Tran, and my creativity to Yong Chen.

Quote: “People say that nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.”

Memories: Aids Walk, Conflict Mediation, Thanksgiving and Christmas with Kiowa, One direction concert, swimming, SAT classes with Jasmine, summer school, and Danny’s garage.

Predictions: Danny will be promoted to Pizza Hut Delivery boy. Samuel will become manager of Cha. Christina and Aaron will get married.

Nancy Fu will get fully tatted up. Johnson will marry a Korean. Jennica will still be the world’s biggest lagger.

Thanks To: Samuel Hyun for being my #1, Danny Bui, Christina Feng, Jasmine Chi, Amanda Truong, Tiffany Tran, Kiowa, and my teachers for making my High School years fun and memorable.

high school. So, starting now, YOU should find something that you can bestow upon the underclassman/men (be it the good, the bad, or the ugly).

Quote: “I am indebted to my father [and mother] for living, but to my teacher[s] for living well.” - Alexander The Great Memories: The snail-paced students, the broken record nar-, EHEM I mean campus supervisors, my teachers, the gum spotted floors, the food fight in sophomore year, lunch in our liddo groupie, and lastly my youth.

Predictions: Aileen will be a pro-procrastinator, Christine will continue being my babe, Lauren will dance her way to fame, Melinda will pace herself- trolling, Michelle will be Michelle, Melissa will be a dog lady, Sofia will be a CEO, Vivian will swim for USC. Thanks To: Anyone who ever answered my random questions, to my amazing teachers, and the hard working staff!

AMY PHUNG Future Plans: Undecided at Arizona State University and marrying both Niall Horan and Justin Bieber.

Will: I, Amy Phung, of outspokenness and great taste in boys, bequeath my outspokenness to both Aida Yeung and Qi Guo, my great taste in boys to Pollyanna Hang, and my photography skills to next year’s YB photographers.

Quote: “Pick ur balls up off the floor and get on with it.” -Liam Payne Memories: Twerking in the restroom stalls during swim practice with Terra and Ronnie, Ms. C catching us pole dancing at the lifeguard stand, getting tacos everyday during yearbook deadlines with Ronnie, and Ludacris dancing with Crystal Tang.

Predictions: Ronnie will find her Korean man, Mark Vong will marry Natalie Portman, there will still be no cute boys at this school, Michelle Wong will still be “dupit,” and Pauline will find the cure for cancer.

Thanks To: All of my friends and family and stuff like that cause I think I turned out pretty cool.

BRIANNA QUINTANA Thanks To: To my family and friends who went out of their way just to share a smile, thank you very much.

JOHNSON PHUNG Future Plans: Once I hit 18 I will play the lottery, win a few million, fly to Korea and become a idol singer, fall in love with Kim Taeyeon and Kim Ahyoung, marry both of them, move back to America with my new wives, train to become an Olympic gold swimmer, win the Olympics, train to become a Global Elite in CS:GO, train to become a world championship winner at League of Legends, and then retire in peace.

Will: I , Johnson Phung, bestow my everlasting love for Girl’s Day to Benjamin Yap, my swim times to Ziming and Alex W, the swim team to Abel K. and Tony Q., and my favorite junior Amie Truong my music, letters, sweaters, and hugs.

Quote: “This too shall pass.”

Memories: When a bird took a sit on Alvins hand, Jebreeze became a t-rex, Jasmine fell on the floor and wasted makeup, Bing ordered 2 plates of food, Donald did a midget race against Killey, Me messing with Michelle’s car, Zhang wearing her pants backwards, movie nights @ Dolans and Kellys, everyday letters with Amie, and Disneyland with Sue. Good times.

Predictions: I predict that Alvin will become a Global Elite, Jebreeze will not make it to LCS, Jasmine is going to travel all over the world alone, Dolan will stay taller than taeyang, Bing will order 3 plates instead of 2, Kelly will beat dolan in a cart wheel race, Michelle will marry a hairy black man that enjoys tacos, Zhang will finally wear her pants correctly, Amie will go to a good college, and I will be a Korean stud.

Thanks To: Albin Mak, Jebreeze Zhou, Jazzmin Chi, Dolan Hwang, Bingo Li, Killey Yip, Seal Cindy Zhang, Crazy Taco Michelle Zhou, Kangaroo, my favorite junior Amie Troung, Christina “piggy” Tran, all the homies in FloMo, Swim Team, Girls Generation, and Girl’s Day. Also shout out to everyone else. Yahooo

ANTHONY PONCE Future Plans: Victoria Justice will become my s.b.

Will: I, Anthony Cesar Ponce, or “Paul” as some like to say leave my ASB Athletics skills to Jacky, Cassidy, and Calvin. I leave my turkeys to Cassidy, and all the rotation in my 3pt shot to the bball team, and of course my $wag to Swag daddy Qi. Quote: “Everything happens for a reason, however it is up to you to find out who or what that reason is.”

Memories: Senior night for basketball, all those long tiring yet fun basketball practices, funny times and talks in drama class, early mornings setting up for pep rallies and all the fun times gonna put and chilling with the friends from recent years.

Predictions: Boris will learn to catch a ball... sike! ASB will continue to do work, and a statue of me will be placed in front of the school.

Thanks To: All of my true friends who have been there for me throughout these last few years, basketball teammates, ASB for helping me become who I am today, and a special thanks to my princess Crystal Tang, for being my reason <3 NHI QUACH Future Plans: World Domination (I have a long way to go, so who’s with me?)

Will: I, Nhi Quach, have nothing to leave behind in all my 4 years in

ALI RAZVI Future Plans: Live a good life.

Will: If there’s one thing that I could say to all you underclassmen about high school, it’s that you all need at least join one sport, ASB, theatre, band, or any activity outside of school hours that involves you

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interacting with a group of people. These activities will help you meet the most fun and cool people out of your whole high school career, help you gain social skills that are a MUST, and shoot your self-esteem through the roof. Trust me, your classes aren’t going to help you have fun in high school, you need to do what I say and put yourself out there. Plus you will be 10x more likely to find a boy/girl that you can ask out or take to some dances :) Quote: “If you have second thoughts about attending an event, trying something new, going out, or doing something to/with/for another person/persons, then you know you have to do it. What do you have to lose, you wuss.” -Me Memories: Mr. Posada + the theatre crew <3 and the cross-country/ track team.

Predictions: Mr. Wong will teach AP Chem and AP Physics and have his students actually learn something.

Thanks To: Mr. Posada (the most wisest and funniest person you will ever meet), Mrs. Lee (the math teacher), and Mr. Wong (the greatest teacher ever, get him if you can).

SAMANTHA RUIZ Will: I, Samantha Ruiz, of smiles and giggles, bequeath my positivity to Lulu Arnetche, my irresistible looks to Manuel Lems, my buffness to Luiz Nuñez, and my love for life to Josie Ruiz.

Quote: “And although there are a lot of smiles out there, most are fake.

That’s right, I’m talking about you.” -Jonathan It.

Prom court shines across Disney night “Being prom king is pretty exciting. It’s good to see your friends, family, teachers, and administration be excited for you. “

“I didn’t expect it because I feel like everyone deserved it. I feel happy but I feel like there should be no distinction between king and queen.”

King Maurice Le

Queen Julie Vong

Steven Tran

Kenny Lau

Michelle Zhou

Jaina Do

Nevin Nguyen

Alison Lo

Jeffrey Chow

Chhe Tum

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Memories: Cheer bus rides, the fail Harlem shake, crying at the Halloween maze, and Estefany gracefully falling in P.E. HEIDI SAM Future Plans: Major in Biology at Cal State San Bernardino, home to the magnificent coyotes.

Will: I, Heidi Sam, of greatness and perseverance, bequeath my strive for greatness to Jaleen Lujan and my perseverance to Ivy Pham Quote: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” -Mahatma Gandhi

Memories: Indian trails, pad thai tuesdays, ordering pizza deliveries with my vb girls on campus, vb tournaments Predictions: Krys will become an amazing chef with a doctoral degree, Naree will marry a caucasian male, Joan will be extremely successful, i will see Bryan Velasco and Tiff Tran in med school Thanks To: My family, friends and teachers for all their support and motivational stories PEDRO SIERRA Future Plans: My future plans are to attend Musician’s Institute in Hollywood, CA and study to become a music producer. After I have received my certificate and experience I would like to attend the Los Angeles College of Music in Pasadena, CA. Will: I shall leave everything I’ve bought for the drumline to the drumline. My practice tenor sticks shall go to the tenor player who will replace me, my tenors to the tenor player who will show up to practice, and from there on it’s a free for all.

Quote: “When the night is cold and you feel like no one knows what it’s like to be buried in this hole you can make it to the sunrise.” -Our Last Night Memories: Being a member of the marching band and the drumline.

I will always remember the football games, my junior year (my best year), and my best friend. She’s helped me out through a lot and I can’t thank her enough for it. Though this year was crazy for her and me, I still consider her my best friend because when we talk it’s like we never stopped.

Predictions: I know the next leader(s) of the drumline will do great in leading them to an awesome year. It’s not easy but I’m sure they will get by. My final prediction is that the class of 2014 will go great and be successful; I have faith that they will do what they love and just be great role models for the next generations.

Thanks To: Shout outs to Ms. Cognetta for making band a second home for me, Mr. Whitman for opening my eyes about the world in environmental science, Mr. John Mason for helping get the skills of woodworking and helping out as much as he could, finally I’d like to thank Mrs. Kanik because it was in the last few months where I realized that her and I are very much alike and helping me learn the equations that will help me out financially in the future. Thank you Matadors for all the memories, you’re all great and don’t let anyone tell you different.

DANIEL SOTO Quote: “Never overthink your thoughts because one day you will tell yourself, I got nothing to lose but something to gain.”

CINDY SUEN Future Plans: Become an Animator for Disney’s Pixar or draw my own comic, own a big ranch with a few Corgis, Chowskies, German Shepherds, Saint Bernards, Great Pyrenees, chinchillas, and alpacas running around, and hug pandas and cute little fat baby harp seals.

Will: I, Cindy Suen, pass my beautiful garden down to An Ma, and my humor, loud yelling, and craziness to Eva Wong and Ambar Stern.

Quote: “Laughter is timeless, Imagination has no age, & Dreams are forever.” -Walt Disney Memories: Squatting randomly in the middle of something with Victor Quinonez and ended up coming up with the Squat Squad, singing in the car with Fong and David and “JOSE CAN YOU SEE?” to Jose Chavez, and doing incorrect pushups with Jasmine Cordova.

Predictions: Frankie is going to become a teacher and ruin his students’ lives in class, Oscar will keep singing and dancing to Talk Dirty to Me

by Jason Derulo, and Fong and David will be together forever.

Thanks To: Business and Technology Academy for teaching me how to be the very best, giving me many opportunities, and bringing me out of my shell in sophomore year.

RAYMOND SY Future Plans: Probably become a King somewhere.

Will: I, Raymond Sy, of tallness and bad jokes, bequeath lane one to Tony Quan, my breast stroke skills to Eric Hong and Frankie Zhuang, my driving skills to Benjamin Yap, and my cuteness to Richard Doan.

Quote: “Work hard...”

Memories: Hell workouts with the swim team, keeping food away from Darien during lunch, and sleepless nights.

Predictions: Eric Hong will become swim team captain, Tony Quan will become CIF champion, Frankie Zhuang will beat Eric in breaststroke,

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 and Abel Kobayashi will break a 30.

Thanks To: The swim team for all the good memories, Matador marching band for filling my life with music, OH for a crazy senior year, and Flomo for the roller coaster ride.

STEPHEN TAM Future Plans: Intelligence Specialist at United States Marine Corps.

Will: I, Stephen Y. Tam, bequeath my legacy to my brothers, my guidance to my disciples, my love to Allison Dam, and my heart to God. Quote: “Always faithful.”

Memories: My oath of enlistment into the Marine Corps, all the wonderful times I shared with my friends and brothers, and the days well spent with my loving girlfriend.

Predictions: Donny will own a donut shop and/or run a liquor store.

Kyle will be working at a flower shop. Raymond will be manager of McDonald’s. Wilson will forever hook it up with the free bumpers.

Kenny will own his own pet shop/aquarium. J. Thai and Kevin will be world class DJs raving like you’ve never seen. Catch them at ULTRA 2021.

Thanks To: Everyone that has been a part of my life so far. You all have a special place in my heart.

CRYSTAL TANG Future Plans: Marry Justin Timberlake, be his hot wife and mother our 2-4 mixed babies in Malibu, CA and live happily ever after.

Will: I, Crystal Tang, of silliness, twerking, high kicks & great toe touches, bequeath my facials to April, twerking skills to Penelope, high kicks to Ericka, left/right/middle split to Cassandra, high toe touches to all my littles.

Quote: “Don’t chase people. Be yourself, do your own thing, and work hard. The right people… the ones who really belong in your life, will come to you. And stay.” -Will Smith Memories: Choreo, competing at Street Dance, Homecoming because it was the start of something new, performing at pep rallies, Amy almost getting hit by a ball at MK varsity basketball game, screaming my head off for my baby #24 at varsity basketball games.

Predictions: Amy will get all the cute white boys at ASU, Tiffany T will satisfy for chocolate cravings at CSUN, Jebreeze will have a real conversation with Ronnie, Micheal will keep up the First of the Month ritual, and Anthony will be my favorite person 5ever.

Thanks To: All my fab friends like Amy P, Tiffany T., Tiffany H, Destiny, Megs Mols, Thu N, Michelle W, Brenda, Aileen, Micheal, Man, Kyle, Jebreeze for bringing out the real me & Truong because if it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t have met Anthony Ponce <3 NIMOL THACH Future Plans: Become super rich and travel the world.

Will: I, Nimol Thach, with long luxurious hair, bequeath Kenneth Lee my epic hair flips, his brother my smarticles, and Frankie my procrastination.

Memories: The whole high school experience, from freshman year till senior year. Zero period with Ruby, Ricky, Sonny, and Vivian. First period math with Frankie, Darien, and Tiffany. Third period world lit.

With Kenny and Peter. Food adventures with Vivian. 2013 prom with Alex and his good chi in AP art history.

Predictions: Sonny will get a sushi overdose. Vivian will be famous in the film industry. David Pham will find the cure for cancer. Jason will go cow tipping with me. Kevin Luu will continue to sleep through college. Ruby is going to be a famous rapper. Ricky will continue to be my beloved cow. Kenny will open a fried chicken restaurant.

Thanks To: Vivian Sy for being such a great bestie who tolerate me through everything. Sonny Hy for always being there through thick and thin. David Pham for being the best little sister in the world. Jason Ngo for always putting a smile on my face. Ricky Liang for listening to my day to day issues and being my cow. Ruby for being my salamander.

Jerry for teaching things. Alex for being my awexome. And everyone else who played a role in my life.

JONATHAN THAI Future Plans: Being Big Ballin Str8 OUTA HIGH SCHOOL Will: I, Jonathan Thai, throw my Sol Oriens experience to Henry, Chris, Derek, Raymond. My basketball jersey #23 to Kelvin Uong and Tommy Quang. My smartness to Joey Hyun and Franklin Cheung.

Quote: Been Rising. Still Rising. Always be Rising-SOL ORIENS^ Memories: Basketball games. 88 Steps w/ oG6. Crush.nRG. Beach House. Sifu Tams Pad.

Predictions: Joey Hyun as the next Sol Oriens President. Avery Chih Will take over the club. Franklin Cheung and Miguel Lopez will be the scariest members. Kelvin Uong and Tommy Quang will join the blue side. Proposing to Margaret Loc at the beach. Fucheng Guan using his Business Major to do some undercover dirt. Alvin Mach being a Dentist.

Stephen Tam and Chris Tang coming back from War as a gangster Marine. Kevin Yim going to tomorowland and edc. Kenny Diep and Donny Bang OGs somewhere in Vietnam. Samuel Hyun and Daniel Ly at Starbucks being crazy Shakers.

Thanks To: The Original 6. SOL ORIENS. The homiez. My princess Margaret Loc <3. Thanks for all the cool experiences.

WILLS ARTHUR THAI Future Plans: Chemistry Major at UCLA Will: I, Arthur Thai, of friendly disposition but not really, will to Kelvin Cao: a big fat giant bag of nothing, to Mason Tran: the title of Executive Overseer of Juice Affairs, to Brandon Huynh: the tradition of Green Shirt Mondays, and to Darlene Fung: my great prowess over online slang and lots of kbbq.

Thanks To: Wendy’s, IC Med, and my lovely Clarinet section!

MEGAN THAI Will: I, Megan Thai of rainbows and butterflies, bequeath my potential ability to eat in-n-out everyday to Tommy Liung, my capability to do homework before the day it is due to Aydin Hau, Rebecca Lei, and Eric Hong, my useless sprawls and dives to Amy Pham, my crop tops to Judy Tang, and my hot cheetos with cheese to Jaleen Lujan.

Quote: “Darn..... You hella ugly.”

Memories: Never ending volleyball practices with my girls, late night adventures with friends I never thought I would get so close to, doing dumb things with Tiffany Truong because she is the less better half of me, and entering through exit doors with Nevin Nguyen.

Predictions: Tiffany will grow up to be a silly willy, Carolyn will own 5 honey boba stores, Kyle will forever be clueless, Joan will become the best housewife ever, and Vanessa still won’t be licensed.

Thanks To: Mr. Kanow and Mr. Ryan for the countless things they have done for me, the people who have shaped me and been there for me the past 4 years regardless of the circumstance, and Tiffany Truong and Nevin Nguyen for making me a better person.

MELINDA TRAN Future Plans: I plan to work harder and try my best to accomplish my goals. Meet up with my friends before heading off to college.

Will: I will remember all the fun times I had with the people in SG. My friends I hung out with, New people I have met, and experience tough times together.

Quote: Never give up on what you do, always try to do your best!

Memories: Hanging out with friends, volunteering in the office, going to movies and events, and taking pictures together.

Predictions: The people I’ve met throughout the years will be successful in what they do.

Thanks To: Teachers, staff, Aileen, Christine, Nhi, Lauren, Sofia, Michelle, Melissa, Vivian, Davis, and everyone I met throughout the years!

CHRISTINA TRAN Future Plans: Public Health Promotion (Pre-Nursing) at CSUN. Quote: “I try and constantly remind myself that happiness is a journey, not a destination.”

Predictions: Helen Tran will write a book and marry an American guy, Ricky will marry Hyeri, Macy will marry Taecyeon, Le will marry Onew, Joey Huynh will marry Hoya, Alison will marry an American guy, Johnson being a k-pop star, and Seleen will have her unlimited Starbucks.

Thanks To: Seleen, the best friend who picks me up after every fall and being there for me through it all. Helen Tran, the one who always take selfies with me in AVID, listens to my rants, and laughs at all my lame jokes. Also to: Le, Joey Huynh, Xuan, Joanna, Fiber family, Twinnie, Ricky (we survived AP Physics!), everyone else who was part of my high school career, my family, and last but not least, my Princess.

TIFFANY TRAN Future Plans: Major in Health Science at Cal State Northridge.

Will: I, Tiffany Tran, bequeath my twerking to Penelope Hernandez, my sarcasm to Emily Lee, my sassiness to Anita Cung, my sleep to Frankie Zhang, and my love for flamingos to my little Julia Vuong.

Quote: “Actions speak louder than words.”

Memories: Cheering on the teams at football and basketball games, spending most of my summer sweating in the dance studio, all the competitions with choreo, and the unforgettable times I spent with my amazing friends.

Predictions: Frankie Zhang will be homecoming king, Penelope Hernandez will be Captain of Choreo, and Terra Pham will become a k-pop star with Ronnie Lee and they’re going to marry their love Youngjae & Kris, and Megan Molina will learn how to sing well and finally be happy with life.

Thanks To: All my Friends and Teachers for making me the person I am today.

TERRY TRAN Future Plans: I plan to attend San Francisco State University where I will major in Biology. After 4 years, I plan to attend medical school, graduate, become an optometrist, get my Bank of America account to 6 figures, and buy a restaurant and house for my momma.

Will: I, Terry Tran, the tallest kid at SGHS, bequeath my academic excellence and social skills to Tony Tran, my height to Scott Lam, OG SOA position to Kevin Liang, varsity volleyball starting position to Tommy Liung, and my outgoingness to Jacky Chiang.

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Quote: “We’re so busy watching out for what’s just ahead of us that we don’t take time to enjoy where we are.” -Bill Watterson Memories: Ohana Hui, Running to the Lunch Lines, Asian Forest, Mr. Scanlan’s Office, Mr. Douglas’s Office, Mr. Mata’s Office, Mr. Hopper’s Office, Mr. Schofield’s Office, Mr. Mangrum’s Office, and Mrs. Tran’s class.

Predictions: Kevin Chow will come back 5 shades darker, Gavin will have every square inch of his body tatted up, Kevin Vuong will be curved business owner, Maurice will get signed with Young Money, and Nevin will work on the freeways.

Thanks To: All 22 of my different teachers for providing me with the foundations of education with which I will build upon in college to become successful and my brothers who fought the war for 4 years with me and survived.

STEVEN TRAN Future Plans: My future plan is to major in Nursing and become either a Registered Nurse or a Nurse Practitioner. Also, one other plan of mine is to help lend a hand to help the homeless people not live on streets.

Will: I, Steven Tran, will try my best to lose at least 20 lbs before the 2nd year of college and to try my best to get into a nursing program.

Quote: “The purpose of life is to contribute in some way to making things better.” -Robert F. Kennedy Memories: Pep rallies, club picture days, prom preview, running to the lunch line freshman year, doing summons on hot/raining days, hanging out during lunch, and meeting new people who are now my close friends.

Predictions: Mr. Hopper will become the principal of San Gabriel High.

Alison Lo will marry one of the Pollocks. Kaylah Medina will become the world’s nicest business women ever. Derek Deng and Lawrence Yuen will both become great, trustworthy doctors.

Thanks To: All my friends & SGHS Staff/teachers for everything!

Special thanks: to Derek Deng for being such an amazing best friend, to both Kaylah Medina & Alison Lo for always making me laugh, & to Lawrence Yuen for being such an amazing close friend/brother!

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014

Future Plans: Major in theatre at New York University and work on Broadway.

Will: I, Henry Tran, bequeath my abilities and skills in theatre to those who are around, helping them produce fantastic plays in the future.

Quote: “Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street.”-Zig Ziglar Memories: My peer counseling experience, advance choir, technical theatre, and the whole process and endless nights of rehearsals for all the plays I’ve been a part of. I will always remember my experience in theatre forever!

Predictions: Jonathan Hurtado will direct his own films and one day win an award. Lusha Huang will design lights for bands. Denise Kha will continue being a fierce stage manager. Alicia Bermudez will pursue her career in theatre. Savannah Cheung will design many beautiful things.

Thanks To: Mr. Posada, Mr. Hendrickson, and Mr. Mason for guiding me to being who I am today. My tech family, Denise Kha, Savannah Cheung, Jonathan Hurtado, Lusha Huang, and Alicia Bermudez. Teresa Truong for being my wonderful friend who I can talk about “things” with. Julie Pham for being my traveling buddy and someone I can open up to. Lastly, to the rest of my amazing friends I made throughout high school, such as Kaylah Medina, David Pham, Vanessa De La Rosa, Brenda Martinez, Judy Linh, Carlos Zavala, etc.

JENSON TRAN Future Plans: I plan to work in the film industry and to meet all the directors and film producers. I want to also meet all the actors that I hoped to talk to. Buy a nice car to fulfill my dream and a nice house :).

Will: I will hopefully pass down all my backstroking abilities to my competitors who are Tony Quan and Abel Kobayashi. I shall also bring down the powers of our A team to next years A team.

Quote: “When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world would know peace.” - Jimi Hendrix Memories: I enjoy talking to all my little buddies Gabriel Doynel, Abel Kobayashi, Tony Quan, and Kelvin Huang. Messing around with Amber Huynh because she is a dork!! Having to create our dream team for swim.

Predictions: Eric Hong will become captain of the swim team. Amber

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Huynh will continue to send me stupid stickers. Gabriel Doynel will break his 30.

Thanks To: Thanks to all of the swim team as my second family, all my friends in Flomo, and all my teachers for being there for me.

HELEN TRAN Future Plans: To finish all of my TV show and mangas, explore the world, go on late night adventures, write my first book, and “taking over the world with Christina, with one derp picture at a time.

Quote: “The world is so beautiful. Do not let the slumped over homeless man outside the convenience store of the stories of guns and bombs on the television let you believe otherwise. We are all so lost. All of us.

We all show it in different ways. I write bad poems. Others start wars.

There is no inherent evil, only good people searching too hard.” -10 things I will tell my daughter by Julia LaValley Memories: All the times I get to spend with color guard team, when Jie makes me laugh when I drink during lunch, first period derpy pictures with Christina, and the times when Estabon comes during lunch.

Predictions: Jia and Jordan will marry and have cute little babies whom Jia will spoil. Keb Keb will marry and have little cute kebbers. Jie will marry a successful man who will spoil the senseless out of her and she’ll be living the life. Dexin will have at least 1000 nicknames by the time she turns 80 and I will tell it to her rich husband. All of my Color Guard babies will be successful and happy. That all of my OTP couples will set sail ASAP. Thanks To: The Matadors because this is my second submit. I’m really sorry... And also to everyone who would smile at me or made me laugh because I wouldn’t know where I would be without it.

JENNY TRAU Future Plans: To find who I am and travel around the world from Taiwan to Korea to Paris and London. One day, I’ll be the princess to my own fairytale.

Will: I, Jenny Trau, of optimism, bequeath my love for basketball to Judy Huang, positive energy and smiles to Eva Loc and Kelly Nguyen, my argumentative points to Jennifer Speedy Ung, fangirl moments to Lan Truong and the legacy of the Trau to my brother.

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Quote: “Learn to forgive and forget,” “Let it go, let it go, can’t hold it back anymore,” and always remember, “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, stand a little taller.”

Memories: Bball practices and games, filming physio projects, Kenndrick: “I can.. I can.. I am legend,” fun times in Man and Lapi w/ Chhe, “onion on sail,” spamming Tuan’s camera with Susanna Chen, Jessie Peng and her “SUPER,” and “Monsters” with Priscilla DQ Ha Predictions: Girls Basketball, through hard work and dedication, will be 1st place in Almont League and then make their way to CIF. Le Win and Stan the Man will be successful, gifted Tuan Lam will become famous, and Johnson Park will become Korea’s top kpop star.

Thanks To: Vivian Duong and Rina Tim for being alongside of me throughout high school, Jay Tu for being my twin, Hom homies for laughter and memories, Nina Yu for being a loyal friend, last but not least all my teachers and coaches who helped and encouraged me!

JOHN TRUONG Future Plans: Have some fun at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Will: I, John Truong, of self-proclaimed talent (other people may say otherwise), bequeath my basketball skills and athletic ability to Frank Lieu, my ‘first place in state’ artistry to Annie Huang and Emmanuel Maresca, my funny overtones to Anthony Yang, my dubstep/EDM/ singing ability to Angela Fong, and my ‘trolling’ to Richard Yue and Ichiro Justin Tiramisu Toyomitsu.

Quote: “Anyway the wind blows, doesn’t really matter to me.” -Freddie Mercury Memories: The cleanliness of Ms. Kim’s H2 room (which was my doing), conversations with the Sports and Copy Editors, basketball practices with Coach Chris in freshman year ‘BASELINE’, getting in trouble with the basketball team at Kmart, stealing Marvin’s food, Frank and I making Oscar Molina enjoy his time in class, joking with Sonny Hy, singing Bohemian Rhapsody in Mr. Posada’s drama class, doing impressions of Sonny in journalism, and chilling throughout most of senior year.

Predictions: Marvin will become a successful journalist, Christian Majano will never see the Clippers win an NBA championship, Christopher Lan will continue with his ‘troll’ antics, Anthony Yang will finally be normal (not likely), Angela Fong will be truly happy with herself, and Ali Razvi will become a United States citizen (darn’ Canadian using our taxpayer money).

Thanks To: All my teachers, friends, and family who have made my time here in high school so enjoyable. Thanks especially to my brothers Marvin Luu, Christian Majano, Kyle Che, Kevin Loya, Jacky Fu, and Johnny Diep for all the cherished memories I will dearly hold onto.

TIFFANY TRUONG Future Plans: Obviously get married with 1/5 of One Direction.

Will: I, Tiffany Truong, bequeath my royalty to Carol Lam and my lovely self to Samantha Khou.

Quote: “Life’s what you make it.” -Hannah Montana Memories: Homecoming princess, Megan Thai being a silly willy, Cindy Zhang’s outbursts, Nancy Fu’s icejjfish dance, Thu Nguyen’s crying just to go out for Ray Ray’s, 5 o’clock in the mornings with ASB, and Samantha Khou’s Hannah Montana socks.

Predictions: Emily Szeto will always be mad, Giggles will forever be giggles, Pollyanna will be quiet unless ‘otherwise’, and Ava will stay kawaii.

Thanks To: My brothers and sisters for putting up with my ridiculous moments, and last but not least, Dat Hong for completing me.

AMANDA TRUONG Will: I, Amanda Truong, bequeath my third day hair to Marc Quach, my petite size to Tony Tran, my rap songs to Matthew Diep, and my lively attitude to my physics group.

Quote: “Don’t follow your dreams, lead them.”

Thanks To: My mom for being my backbone, inspiration, and motivation.

THANH TU Future Plans: Unlike most people, I don’t have huge aspirations but that doesn’t mean I don’t look forward to what’s after. Like a good plot point in a story, I always want to know what happens next. Knowing for sure what to do with the rest of my life in the first 18 is senseless.

But hopefully, I can become a better artist and the things I draw can be something more than just doodles.

Quote: “DEUUEAUGH!” -Blue Fish (Spongebob) Memories: Waiting for the bus and seeing the embodiment of “swag” offering girls brown rice krispies and saying “It’s not for you... it’s for her.”

Predictions: Friends will still have the maturity levels of 5th grader.

Frankie will still be a weirdo.

Thanks To: The friends and teachers making school just somewhat more bearable.

MICHELL TU Future Plans: Rule the world with King Kaylah Medina.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 Will: I, Michell Tu, of PR royalty, bequeath my PR sweg and secretary position to Villar Nguyen, PR royalty to Justine Pham, my amazing leadership skills to Mark Zamudio, 2015-2016 Drumline section leader to Derek Lam, nothing to Raymond Zhang, Jeff Watt, and Nicholas Huynh, top bunk bed to Judy Tu, and everything else to Aida Yeung, Brianna Ly, and Chelsey Tran.

Quote: “You have to become the ‘first to yourself’ instead of trying to become the second of anyone.” -Kwon Boa Memories: Being part of Newspaper, Marching Band, Drumline, ASB, PR sweg/PR royalty, and being with everyone I love.

Predictions: I will marry the bae, L-Joe. Thanks To: Everyone who made an impact on my life.

ASHLEY UNG Will: I, Ashley Ung, of kindness, bequeath my driving skills and awesomeness to Ryan Ung. Quote: Hanging out with JACT. Volleyball games with Jackson Lang, Timothy Chan, and Kenndrick Vuong, and Six Flags.

Predictions: Chels will be my dentist, Jen will be my doctor friend, Jackson will be my cop buddy, and Tray will be hyper as usual.

Thanks To: Mrs. Wright for helping me out with everything. Mrs. Lee for helping me with my nails and giving me advice. And to all my friends for supporting me.

PETER VO Future Plans: I plan to graduate from UC Ho Chi Minh in 4 years, become President of Vietnam, and reunify North and South Korea into one nation under the name of “A Little Bit to the Top-Right of Vietnam.”

Will: I bestow my experience and compassion to my sister, Emily Vo; my hectic school spirit to the underclassmen, my driving skills to Leo Craig Liu, and my hangout spot at lunch to the two freshmen girls who sometimes gets too close to us, which is cool.

Quote: “A place is only as good as the people you know in it.”

“Senior Year, YOLO. No Regrets!”

Memories: My friends and I getting Anchor Tattoos on the right side of our backs that one day so that our friendship never floats away, The Windstorm of 2012 that cancelled school for like 2 days, and Tennis events.

Predictions: Christopher Cam and Brandon Ha will take over China.

David Nguyen will take over “Top-Right Vietnam.” Peter Lau will live in Mexico. Emily Chang will visit Japan for 6 years. Kenny Lau will volunteer in Kenya. Kristy Wang gets a Dragon Tattoo.

Thanks To: All of my teachers who gave me the tools I need to succeed, my Tennis coaches for keeping me out of trouble, and all my friends for making high school a little less boring.

JULIE VONG Future Plans: Major in Sociology at University of California, Riverside.

Will: I, Julie Vong, of injury-proneness, bequeath my procrastination abilities to Courtland Khuu, my lime hot cheetos to Eva Wong, my sprint-hurdle-shotput-discus skills to all my lovely track and field babies, and my love for volleyball to all my wonderful volleyball family.

Quote: “Where there is love, there is life.” - Mahatma Ghandi Memories: Volleyball games, Mammoth trip, buying ice cream from the paletas man while waiting for the bus, choir concerts, Boy Band Project, ninja with the hurdle crew, random trips with my two best friends, and track meets.

Predictions: Swaggy_DW and Swaggy_AS will get married and live off in the countryside to have awesome track babies, Vanessa Linares will be a college volleyball star, Sandy Ho will be cool with all the celebrities, and Stanley & Grace will be the chosen ones 5ever.

Thanks To: My coaches (Kanow, Kwan, Jay, Wong, Morales, Mitchell, Muhammad, & Crespo) for playing a part in teaching me significant life morals, my volleyball and track teammates for the unforgettable memories, my teachers for helping me get to where I’m at despite the hard times, my best friends for being there through thick and thin, and the two I consider as my little brother and sister (Courtland and Eva).

MARK VONG Future Plans: Major in Biochemistry at University of Southern California.

Will: I, Mark Vong, of patience and burritos, bequeath my patience to Tracy, my burritos to Aida, and my limited design skills to Marc and Ashley.

Quote: “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” - Steve Jobs Memories: Late night adventures, A merry fried chicken birthday, APR, Ongoing game of RISK, Prom.

Predictions: Amy will marry Niall Horan and Justin Bieber and star in her own reality show, Pauline will marry Zac again, Ruby will open up his own Vietnamese restaurant in Davis, Nina will become famous, and the new yearbook staff will become besties.

Thanks To: My best friend/braces buddy for being the most irreplaceable person in my life and understanding me better than myself, the yearbook underclassmen for lifting my spirits during deadlines, and my family for everything.

MANDY VONG

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Future Plans: I want to major in Criminal Justice at Cal State LA and get a better part-time job with my best friend because we hate working at Great Khan’s and wearing their ugly uniforms.

Will: I would love to leave behind my captain position on the Drill Team to Carol Lam and Kaitlyn Chan because I know they’re hard workers. I would also want to leave behind my leadership skills for the BTA T-Shirt Committee to Phillip Becerra, but who am I kidding.

I hope to see more involvement towards BTA from everyone of the students instead of just a couple.

Quote: “If you’re having a bad day, just remember you’re the sperm that made it.” (: Memories: My favorite memories are the times I spent with the Drill Team for the last four years from sleep overs, amusement parks, pep rallies, football game, etc. I also can’t forget how much fun I had being in BTA because they always had some kind of fun activity for us. I also can’t forget about my friends and all the laughter they brought to me. Lastly, I’m glad I got to spend my senior year with my boyfriend, Phillip. :D Predictions: Michelle Wong and I are still working at Great Khan’s and complaining about how much we hate it. I’ll probably come back to be apart of Drill because I can never let it go. Michelle Wong and I will finally be living together after being BFFS for 13 years. Michele Nguyen will soon have her own iPhone case store. Leslie Estrada will probably be turnt more than half of her college years. And I probably will only continue having one friend because I hate the world.

Thanks To: Michelle Wong, Kaitlyn Chan, Michele Nguyen, Leslie Estrada and Phillip Becerra for being so supportive of me and pushing me to be my best. Mrs. Lee for pushing us to go to college and making us realize how important it is to be responsible. Drill Team for giving me all the fun I can ever have and the ability to work with many different kinds of people. BTA in general for literally everything! Mr. Mason for always giving me a reason to smile. Diana Moreno for taking her time out to be our advisor for Drill and letting us girls have the opportunity to enjoy my senior year.

PAULINE VU Future Plans: WORLD DOMINATION. Will: I, Pauline Vu, of short hair and extreme clumsiness, bequeath my space on the server to Matthew, my ability to drive into yellow poles to Kenny, my patience and optimism to Aida and Tracy, my love for yearbook to all my yerds, my healthy diet and motivation to my cousin William, my OCD and everything else to my favorite sister Victoria.

Quote: “When you put good will out there it’s amazing what can be accomplished.” -Paul Walker Memories: JCC dying my sink blue, Prom 2013, Maurice’s APR voice, stepping with SCC, Harry Potter being a really good movie at yb camp, Brandi tripping over Amanda’s luggage, creating Tommy with Michelle, Sundays with Teresa and Kat, Marc saying “Happy Birthday” when I sneezed.

Predictions: I will marry Zac Efron, and we will rule the world together.

Amy will get into some kind of trouble, but I’ll bail her out. Mark will own a chain of islands. I will save Michelle from drowning in Cancun.

Thanks To: The yearbook staff for being my second family, JCC for the blue dye and all the memories, SCC for the good times, all my wonderful friends and teachers.

KRISTY WANG Future Plans: Majoring in none of your business at wherever I feel like it.

Will: I leave behind all my jokes to Peter Vo, Chris Cam, and Emily Chang because they need better material. I leave my awesome clarinet skills to Emily Eng and my NHS swag to new cabinet. To Mason Tran, I leave my job of staring at the wall.

Quote: “Is mayonnaise an instrument?” -Patrick Star Memories: Emily’s sea jokes, KD’s awkwardness, Mark’s bowl cut, being Justin Yeh’s armrest and Arthai studying for calculus on our stand.

Thanks To: Thanks to Peter, Chris, and Emily for always making me smile, Mark for doing everything I’m too afraid to do, and Arthur Thai for putting up with me for four years.

DAVID WANG Future Plans: Major in Psychology in the University of California, Riverside.

Will: I, David Wang, of swaggyness, greatness, and a hot voice, bequeath my swaggyness to Alissa So, my hot voice to Swagmaster Abel Valenzuela, my buffness to Steven Ho, and my greatness to Tiffany Wang and Timothy Heng.

Quote: “Without struggle there is no progress.” - Frederick Douglass “Yolo.” - Drake Memories: Basketball games, Cross Country and Track & Field meets, hanging out with the baes.

Predictions: I predict that Gene Xiang will be a player, Tiffany Wang will be extremely fast, Timothy Heng will be able to debate with anyone, that Julie Vong will be doing several professional sports, Nancy Lam will still say HOIYEAH 10 years from now, Alissa So will have my swag, David Nguyen will be a soccer dad, Nelson Luong will be a professional

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photographer, Richie Phan will be able to leap over 10 hurdles at once, Abel Valenzuela will have a hot voice, Brandon Lau will be a player like Gene, Steven will be a breathtaking writer, and shoutout to the rest of the baes. I predict you guys will turn up everyday and the Track & Field team will be an abominable team.

Thanks To: All my friends, families, teachers, coaches, counselors, teammates, and the baes for playing a role in making me a Swaggy and Awesome person I am.

SIMON WU Future Plans: Buying Scratcher’s till i hit bank. Get myself a Toyota F-150, Slamm it all the way to the floor and duct tape a machine gun on top of the truck. Buy a beach house for all my brothers. Invent a time machine and disappear with my girlprend. XD Will: I, SeemonBB, best Kat NA, bequeath my league skills to Raymond Kung, my cuteness to Donny Bang, Calmness to Kyle Deng, Sweetness to Kenny Diep, Nastiness to Stephen Tam, Luckiness to Wilson Yip, Joyousness to my brothers and my Slick Back to Ivy Pham.

Quote: “It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.” -Arnold Bennett “Violence solves everything.” -Katarina BB Memories: Kickin it and doing the stupidest things with my brothers, Six flags, Alhambra Showcase, Tryouts, Walmart, Focus Plaza, KBBQ, Atlantic, Golfing, Trolling Raymond, Handling OJ, Edwardo Bang, Art, SONZAI EIKYO, and etc.

Predictions: Donny will be faithfully​stuck at SG, Kevin will buy a

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Benz, Stephen will be adopted by Uncle Tony, Kyle will open his own shop, Kenny will continue to troll Jenny, Wilson will lead RF, J Thai will be a doctor, and Raymond will receive the awards for most angriest league player.

Thanks To: All my teachers for making my high school life lively, perfect, and chill. Especially my BTA, teachers xD DENNIS WU Future Plans: Director Of The Best Movies in the Universe or part-time Corn Man. Will: I, Dennis Wu, of baldness and fuzziness, bequeath my breaststroke skills to Jeff Wat, my white tile skills to Frankie Zhuang and Aydin Hau, and my cuteness to Abel Kobayashi.

Quote: “I’ll take your food doe.” -Darien Nguyen Memories: Sitting on the floor for lunch, pollo naranja, and sleeping in class every day.

Thanks To: Everyone I’ve ever known and love who have made me the person I am today.

CHRISTOPHER YAN Future Plans: I plan on attending UCSD double-majoring in “what is social life” and “why is revelle’s GE so hard.” Jk, I’m a comp sci major planning on living in SF or NY as a wannabe Hipster and marrying Jennifer Lawrence.

Will: I bequeath myself to the dirt, my trust to the wind and my positivity to the sun. I bequeath my awesomeness to Crystal Espinoza,

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my good looks to anyone who needs it (proceed cautiously) and my faith to everyone.

Quote: “I want to put a ding in the universe.” - Steve Jobs “Whenever you find yourself on the sure of the majority, it’s time to pause and reflect.” -Mark Twain Memories: Having long and deep conversations with Ms.Bishop and Mr.Franco, playing basketball with Tim and Tuan in freshman year, hanging out in the office during TA period, going out with so many awesome people.

Predictions: Oscar and Jestin will graduate from college and work near me in North Cal. Ms. Bishop will get her PhD and Mr. Franco will find somewhere that fits him. I will not live in SoCal ever again.

Thanks To: So many people, from my good friends Tuan Lam and Tony Lam, teachers who I’m able to call friends (Ms. Bishop, Mr. Lemoine, Ms. Bassette, and Mr. Franco), to my counselor and everyone who has had an impact on my life. Thank you.

JUSTIN YEH Future Plans: I will be running my own consulting firm to help people that are in need of financial stability. Then ...try to run for congress... then...for senate...then RULE THE WORLD AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES! Will: I devise, bequeath, and give my ability to be young to Kenny Yeung. (Stop trying to grow up so fast! Experience your youth, little boy!) I devise, bequeath, and give my speaking skills to Kyle Qi and Eric Thai. I devise, bequeath, and give my networking skills and personal

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connections to Alissa So! I devise, bequeath, and give my outgoing personality to Katie Wong. I devise, bequeath, and give my undying will and the “YEH SPIRIT” to my younger brother, Nicholas Yeh! Quote: “Do what you NEED to do, do what you WANT to do, and by the time you are done, you will be doing the IMPOSSIBLE.” -Daniel Sou Thanks to: Ms. Vergo, Mr. Mason, and Mr. Gin for being great teachers and supporters in my journey. John Gill, Aaron Lee, Daniel Sou, and Larene Woo for being the best mentors. Then finally to David Chen, for being a great and the best brother! Thank You! KEVIN YIM Future Plans: To major in Human resource management at Cal Poly.

Quote: “Shoot for the moon, even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” - Les Brown Memories: Crush, WE ARE NRG, Adventure Club, Trying out for a social club, late night hangouts.

Predictions: I predict that Emily will be the next president of Tomo : ) Thanks To: All the homies for making my high school experience fun, Emily for being there for me all the time and the rave crew for making all the events a blast!!

KELLY YIP Future Plans: Be an ice princess in the North Mountains and marry Dylan O’ Brien.

Will: I, Kelly Yip, of sass, sarcasm, and #sodone, bequeath my divaness to my varsity swim girls, my sunblock to Valeria Duran, my strength and carelessness to Tammy Truong, my awesomeness and humor to Dillon and Elton Hong, and lastly, my sociable personality, mediating skills, unconditional love, and my last name to my brother, Raymond Yip. Quote: “Shut up, just shut up.”

Memories: Sophomore year swim. Bird calls with Tammy Truong.

Animal calls with varsity swim girls. Lunchtime with XD and making fun of Jebreeze. Dillon walking into class wearing a turtleneck sweater with sunglasses. Spontaneous adventures and deep talks with Irene Lin. Carefree days with my 5/5. CM banquet 2014.

Predictions: Irene Lin and I, still, and forever will be attached by the hip. Frankie Zhuang will be King of Lane 1. Crystal Wong will be the world’s greatest ballerina. Andrew Ly will still be the worst mediator.

Thanks To: Ms. Burkhart and CM for always being there with big hearts and open arms, XD for making school bearable, and Irene Lin for always being there and making me a better person.

WILSON YIP Future Plans: Become successful and make bank, be the man my father is and continue on his love of customizing cars as an auto custom/body repairman. In any other cases, perhaps to Major in Computer Tech.

Will: I, Wilson Yip, bequeath my awesomeness to my little Muimui Emily Trieu, my intelligence and great advices to my lilbro Richard Ma, my shyness to Jimmy Tang, and my greatness to Tony Kung.

Quote: “When life is falling apart, it is simply falling into place.”

Memories: OG focus, 40’s pad, and the adventurous and spontaneous endless nights with the homies.

Predictions: Stephen will always be Marine. Simon will be slicc. Raymond will be Temper. Kenny will be Giggles. And Donny will always be 40.

Thanks To: Seemon for being the day one homie and down to ride with me wherever since the 7th grade. Deuces Giggles and 40 that were always down for those nothing better to do nights at OG Focus. the bro’s Jthai, Ayedam, Tubby, and KVuong for always being there. and to the homies you already know who you are. You’ve all made me able to be standing where I’m at today.

NINA YU Future Plans: Attend UC Irvine. I plan to travel, study abroad, and earn enough money to buy myself a blue car!

Will: I, Nina Yu, will pass my: great sense of humor down to Chad, VB skills to Joanna C, long legs to Richard M, sassiness to Helay and Villar, abs to Nick Y, detective skills to Julia, awesomeness to Michael N, and motivation to Kevin L. I give Michelle L. my weirdness, Frankie Z. my white chocolate skin.

Quote: “Stop leaving and you will arrive. Stop searching and you will see. Stop running away and you will be found.” -Lao Tzu “It’s the circle of life, and it moves us all through despair and hope, through faith and love.” –The Lion King Memories: Eating, practices, games, traveling, bondings from volleyball, friend’s shorts ripping, bruises from sprawling, photo booth and embarrasing pics, helping coach for vb, baking/cooking at my house, marathons, food and mafia adventures, and dances.

Predictions: Jennifer P. will find a white guy, Jessie will be a couch potato, Wendy L. will own a horse, Ruby will publish his banh mi jingle, Mark will be famous, Jenny will not grow taller than me, Christy V. will stay a fellow Marooner, and Le will be a business owner!

Thanks To: Every person who has ever been there for me throughout high school(esp. my close friends)! Even the smallest moments. Thanks to my VB underclassmen for all the fun! You guys are the best! Special thanks to Mrs. Johnston, the best teacher and friend, Mrs.Tran for all the tutoring, Mrs. Bishop, Mr.Man, and Mr. Kanow- the best coach ever!

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2014 CHRISTINE YUE Future Plans: Major in Pre-Business at UCR, hope to transfer.

Will: I, Christine Yue, of creativity and quirkiness, bequeath my knowledge to Liya Zhu (Mei), my love for Kpop to my freshie Nancy Ngo, my wishes to my MoMa group, my diligence to my brother Eric, and my love to my mother Fanny and late father Kenny.

Quote: “Treasure your family, friends, and personal things before it’s too late. Keep smiling even when things seem like they’re falling apart.” – Me Memories: School projects, salivating food dates with Turdie, LA Kpop Festival with Vivian, Jaina, & Nina, lunches with Nhi, Aileen, Melinda, Sofia, & Lauren, JJXLC hangouts, AP Bio/PvZ Group, walks with Aileen & Nhi, dates with my Chagiya, Just Dance Jaina, Bio/lunch partner Wendy, old tennis days, Prom.

Predictions: Terra marries Youngjae, Liya marries Lay, Joey marries Hoya, Xuan’s still derpy, I marry Nhi (aren’t we already?), Le’s super successful, Sofia & Joanna stay beautiful, bro finds a gf, Nina fran & I party at UCR, Jaina becomes a philosopher, Randy still has swag, I’ll be happy.

Thanks To: All my teachers, Ms. Haslam, close friends, and classmates who have supported me through my ups and downs, and lastly, my family for always being there for me.

MICHEAL YUEN Future Plans: Major in Business-Finance at California State University Northridge.

Will: I, Micheal Yuen, of the purest of Angels, bequeath my Korean accent and puns to Jacky Fu, my cuteness to Samantha Khou, my high notes to Manuel Lemus, my dancing skills to Eric Thai, and my school spirit to Koby Khauv.

Quote: “Whatever you do in this life, it’s not legendary unless your friends are there to see it.” -Barney Stinson Memories: The “Asian Valley,” holidays and birthdays at “Ghostpad,” multicultural freestylin’, and ASB. Predictions: Adam and Wilson will be beastin’ it at CSULA, Raymond will be on Worldstar, Kenny will be a magician, Amanda will eat my dust in her Lexus IS250F Sport, Tiffany H. will be my secretary, Cindy will become a KPOP Star, and Kaylah will still be guessing.

Thanks To: My brothers in the “Asian Valley,” ASB, Spirit Committee 2013-2014, Peer Counseling, and those who sat next to me in class.

DAVID ZHANG Future Plans: Attend University of California, Riverside, travel around the world, and discover the secret formula to eternal paleness that doesn’t involve vampires.

Will: As a graduating senior, I shall leave my legacy of weird and awkwardness to Nathan Ma, Jennie Lim, Eddie Pang, Mason “My Cousin” Tran, Joanna Che, Caleb Ventura and countless upperclassmen who I left behind.

Quote: “There will always be hardship and sorrow in life. But I’d rather take them upon myself than let the people I love suffer.”

Memories: My Knott’s Berry Farm adventures, daily dose of AVID during first period, Anime Anonymous club meeting and banquet, and Collab Wednesday.

Predictions: SGHS Environmental Club will become the most awesome club in campus. Osbornism will become an official religion in the near future.

Thanks To: Mr. Osborne, Mr. Hendrickson, Mr. Gin, and Ms. Daniels for giving me enough academic challenge to push myself. And special thanks to Mrs.Wright for putting up with my random almost asylum mental states for two year in a row.

ANDY ZHANG Future Plans: Evolve into Gyarados.

Will: I, Andy Zhang of Constant Apologies and Magikarp Qualities, bequeath my hugs to Dion, my frustrations to Shayna, my inabilities to Coach Nguyen, my decent haircut to Tom, my sadness to Joy, my stress to Kelly, my royalty to Kaitly, my awkwardness to Sophia, and my coolness to Ivy. Quote: “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” - Winston Churchill Memories: Tennis competitions, staying out until 2 am, Berkeley trip with Speech & Debate, and getting Oh My Pan every week.

Predictions: Chris will get it in college. Emily will get better jokes.

Jennifer will still have 13 boyfriends somehow. Ben will not get a girlfriend until the age of 40. Brandon will be a bum on the streets.

Thanks To: Everybody in Speech & Debate of 2014, friends, and teachers for helping me achieve my evolution to Gyarados.

CINDY ZHANG Future Plans: Marry Taecyeon and live a happily ever after with him in Korea.

Will: I, Cindy Zhang, bequeath my tardiness and procrastination skills to Marc Quach, my love for Korean dramas and kpop to Kristie Lieu and Shirley Dang, my loud voice to Pollyanna Hang, SAT books and laziness to Jimmy Ngo, and my horrible dancing skills to Selena Chi. Memories: Taking a personal field trip to the California Science Center

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with my fake Korean and ending up lost in LA, going to the LA Kpop Festival with Giang, Shirls, Jasmine and having the love of my life notice me for the first time in my life, working at the 626 night market with the girls and meeting Peter Adrian, seeing Taeyang strip before me, meeting Jay Park, and many many more.

Predictions: Joey Hoang will get fat and live alone as a fatlard, Cindy Giang will still have her cactus legs 20 years from now and have 10 kids with YongHwa, Dat Hong and Tiffany Truong will get married, Thu Nguyen will become an underwear model for Victoria’s Secret, Tiffany Heng marry the chaebol who will buy her strawberries, Shirley Zhong will get rich and marry TOP, Nina Dionisio will still be 4 ft and feisty, and lastly Suswag will become a gang.

Thanks To: the people who have stuck with me since the beginning, no matter how annoying I was or still am <3 SHIRLEY ZHONG Future Plans: Become a successful doctor, marry a handsome guy, and have tea with my friends :3 Will: I, Shirley Zhong, bequeath my awesomeness to my littles Anita and Cindy.

Quote: “YOUNG LADY!!!” - Campus supervisor Diana Predictions: Bindy will be instafamous/ a KPOP star, Ron will have her own company & marry Kris, Jenbu will be the richest woman, Tiff Heng will be a CEO Thanks To: Ronnie, Cindy, Jenbu, Ash, Tiffs, Mrs. Mar & all the people I met these 4 years

MICHELLE ZHOU Future Plans: Major in Biology at Chapman University. Become a dermatologist and use all my earnings to open up a no-kill animal shelter.

Will: I, Michelle Zhou, royalty of the Zhou Dynasty and IDC attitude, bequeath my love and compassion to Annie Huang, debit card to Jacky Fu, boldness to Michelle Lok, unconditional love for tacos to Justin Pham, enthusiasm to volunteer to my RC babies, and loudness to my MoMa babies.

Memories: TBH Jebreeze and I aren’t really cousins. Taco runs with anyone, PLL dancing with Amy Phung, volleying at our opponents with my amazing tennis partner Kristen Ham, being kind souls with Christina Feng, coordinating Freshman Summit, and every single RC event.

Predictions: Maggie Cheng will find her Christian Grey, Jebreeze will be the co-owner of a website, Annie Huang will marry ALL her boy bands, Pauline Vu will marry Zac Efron and take me to Cancun with them, and Oscar Molina will still be Mr. Perf.

Thanks To: Mr. Mason for motivating me to accept myself, Ms. Johnston, Mrs. Sumi, Ms. Daniels, Ms. Gutierrez, Ms. Bassette for still giving me hugs, Chris Lew, XD Groupies, Ryan Duong, Ricky Liang, and everyone else who made these four years bearable.

JEFFREY ZHOU Future Plans: Get XD, nyeah, and kadaa officially added to the dictionary. Get cakes and puppies. Change my legal name to Jebreeze Zhou. Move to Utah so I can marry Dannie Riel and Misa Campo.

Become the Asian Hugh Hefner. Play in the LCS. Nyeah XD #cakes Will: I, Jebreeze Zhou, of the XD and nyeah, bequeath my XD legacy to my sister, Lisa Zhou.

Quote: “Get cakes or die trying XD.” - Jebreeze Zhou “The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.” - George Carlin Memories: Hanging out with the homies, playing basketball freshman, XD. TBH I am not Michelle’s cousin.

Predictions: Crystal Tang will become a rapper.Donald Hwang will never get Sojin. Johnson Phung and Jasmine Chi will be banned from South Korea. Alvin Mach will become a Dentist. Susanna Chen will always have be dark. Kelly Yip will grow 69 centimeters. Michelle Zhou will marry a black guy.

Thanks To: Alvin Mach, Johnson Phung, Donald Hwang, Jasmine Chi, Adam Dang, Tubby Wilson Yip, Simon Wu, Raymond Kung, Stephen Tam, Kenny Diep, Kevin Yim, Kyle Deng, Tommy Chu, Donny Bang, Binghan Li, Crystal Tang, Michelle Zhou, Kangaroo, Kelly Yip and my family! Nyeah XD DEXIN ZUO Future Plans: Will be awesome and stay awesome.

Will: I, Dexin Zuo, of laziness and fatness, hereby bestow my fats to Regina, Senh, Ada, Vivian; my stomach problems to Caren; my creepiness to Denh, Lenh, Duyen, Laura; my weirdness to An, Vien, Maggy, Diana and my love to Esteban (da one mean one) and David.

Quote: “Do what you’re afraid of doing.”

Memories: As cliché as it may sound, I’m truly glad to meet everyone I know. Whether we talk or not, you shape me into the person I am now, and I thank you for that. High school went by as a breeze, but it was good.

Thanks To: Helen for hanging on with me through the rough times for the past 6 years. Jie for making my day a bit more bearable though all the jokes lame arguments. Jia for listening when I need to rant (which is always). Derek and Ryan for the tiring yet memorable hangout times.

Last but certainly not least, cg for making half of my time enjoyable.

Alma Mater

Thy stately walls, dear alma mater Rise proudly in the golden West, Inspiring all thy sons with courage To meet each challenge and each test.

To thine ideals we shall be faithful, Our loyalty will never die.

We raise our voices now in tribute To thee San Gabriel High.

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