I am having a fantastic week!
On Sunday, I wore my "Gemma t-shirt." There is a girl in her sophomore year who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in her back in October, and she is currently in Bangkok in the hospital. She is getting chemotherapy treatments every couple of weeks, and many of my friends who knew her well are in touch with her and talk to her almost every day. Many people have visited her, and she is staying strong. We hope to have her back in Dhaka (but maybe not school) in around May.
Anyway, in her honor, the senior class designed t-shirts. They are white with red on them, in the front it says "Let's fight cancer" with a red fist, and on the back it says "We have hope for Gemma" or something similar. We gave them free to all the senior students, bought with our class council money, and other students and teachers wanted them, too! So we decided to make more and sell them to whoever wants them. Gemma will decide what she wants to do with the money, and we are currently looking at donating it to cancer funds
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We don't want her to think we've forgotten her, so her father takes presents and things from us every Thursday. The first time the whole senior class wore our Gemma t-shirts, it was international AIDS awareness day, so we wore our red ribbons on the shirts. This time, we got together and made a video for her, with all of us wearing her shirts. She will get a shirt, too
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For that I wore my hair up, and the shirt size is "large" so it was like a dress on me, haha. It went down almost to my knees! That was an "ugly" day, so yesterday I decided to leave my hair down and have a "pretty" day. It is getting cold here - 15 degrees Celsius - which is really cold for our part of the world! Leaving my hair down really warmed me up
. Today I had a semi-pretty day as well; I found a light pink shirt in my cupboard that must be my mum's, and I wore it with my favorite "skinny" jeans and a black sweater. My hair is up in a swirly bun with two of Fox's sticks that have light pink beads on them. AND my parents were in Bangkok over the weekend and bought me EIGHT PAIRS OF SHOES :D (among other presents... they are the sweetest!) so I wore a matching pair of white flip flips that have a light pink "thong" and diamontes on top. All matching!
I had a half-day from school today, and tomorrow and the day after are review days, so I don't have much homework except to STUDY FOR MY EXAMS that are on Sunday and Monday! The ones that will take the most studying will be AP European History and Psychology because there is a lot to remember. Luckily they are on different days! AP French Language and Composition and AP English Literature won't be too hard for me, so I don't have much to study for those. And I only have 4 exams! Yay!
Hmm, wasn't this supposed to be about hair? LOL! Anyway, I should go and get started on review notes!
Love,
~*Leia*~
Pic from December 7, 2005
*Special thanks to Carlynn for this gorgeous doll!*
2bMiii
Current length: 41.5"
Goal: As long as it will grow and still stay healthy!
Growing since January 2003; found TLHL at the end of June 2003 and was at 25". I am 5'4.5".
Leia's Hair Journal
Last Updated: December 13, 2005
