Friday, June 11, 2010
The Smoke Signal
I, Aastha Verma, bequeath Amun Rattan, Gurleen Chadha, Sehej Chadha my love for SAGA and all things Hindi. MBK FTW! I, Achille Peiris, bequeath my SAT books and locker to my sister Shantel, my speed in sprinting to Audrey Wu, Maryanne Ching, Lynn Chang, and Michelle Huang, and my luck in college apps to Jay Sheth. I, Albert Yuan, bequeath to Cassie Zhang and Sarah Li the vanishing cabinet, to Roger Chen old computer parts, and to Jordan Zhang my Korean and Japanese music collection. I, Alexis Kageyama, bequeath my gummy bear collection to Lindsay Kageyama. I, Allen Chung, bequeath the keys to the Corolla S to Crystal Chung, my HAWTNESS to Thomas Lee, my Hummor to Jason Lau, my gullibility to Lily Xu, and my cuteness to Theresa Liu. I, Allison Hsueh, bequeath my brain/a manshe/rainbows to Ilene Tsao, my 3-step strides for hurdles/a manshe/rainbows to Alyssa Fujikawa, Green’s soul to Dennis Lee, and my ADD to Nichole Tan.
the Silly Rabbit’s tricks. I, Catherine Chen, bequeath my hurdle workout obligations to Alyssa Fujikawa and my Kodak moments to my dear Syncopasians! Oh and Raymond Chen, you can stop turning around in class and giving me weird looks now.
www.thesmokesignal.org I, Jaimish Gwalani, bequeath the ‘Common Application’ and the worries of college to my fellow juniors (Liu, Sudteja, Chu, Chen, Chang)!!! I, Jeffrey Lee, bequeath to Connie Lee part of my intelligence and charm and my computer.
I, Catherine Lu, bequeath my plastic trophies and (occasional) lucky guessing skills to Rebecca Wang.
I, Jennifer Young, bequeath absolutely nothing to absolutely no one. Nobody can fill my shoes. Except for maybe Jeffrey Liang.
I, Colette Jaycox, bequeath the Phoenix to Chelsea Dass and Jamie Lin, and all of my SAT prep books to my favorite little brother, Adrian Jaycox.
I, Jerry Ting, bequeath my photography/ writing to the Smoke Signal, my leadership and vision to MSJTV, my eye for photography to the “Picture-That” photography club, my uselessness to next year’s L2 UC, and everything else worth bequeathing to my sister Elisa Ting.
I, Cynthia Kang, bequeath the amazing A&E section to Vishal Yadav and Jordan Zhang, my iTunes library to Alissa Gwynn, popcorn to Tina Tseng, senioritis to Justin Sha, RFS love to Joanna Chow and Vanessa Chu, “skypee” to Mihir Jain and Ezra Koenig to Will Gu. I, Cynthia Yang, bequeath my graphing calculator cover to Michael Wu and my AP English books to Monica Yang.
I, Joanne Choi, bequeath my ability to never get in trouble to my sister Shannon Choi. I, Joei Chou, bequeath my hugs and kisses to Sai Moorthy, my unhealthy over interest in boys to Lily Xu, my ability to speak English to Hank Huang, and my heart to Kyle Cho. I, Jocelyn Ho, bequeath Adrienne Lam and Phoebe Jen my throne to the Plastics, and Justin Han and Eric Yai my eyes.
I, Alyssa Gilbert, bequeath my good looks to Megan Howland and my terrible case of senioritis to Josh Yang.
I, Danika Park, bequeath my bathroom to my brother, Jason Park, and all my love and best wishes to Vincent Tian, Heather Tang, Adrienne Lam, and Hilary Yen.
I, Alyssa Tao, bequeath my cereal to Jennifer Xu and my Pooh Bear charms to my brother, Albert Tao.
I, Danny Yeap, bequeath my passion for robotics to Kevin Yeap and my benevolence to Sara Au and Dilip Nallur.
I, Joseph Teng, bequeath the JT legacy to Jonathon Teng, the Oceans Brotherhood to the new cats, my toughness to the Tigers, and the Sports Section to my boss editors Grace Han and Amit Patankar.
I, Amy Lam, bequeath the task of carrying on the Syncopasian legacy to my acapella babies, blogging crazy rehearsals to Tien Lu, and youth group leadership to Jorgie Wu, Alyssa Fujikawa, and Brandon Fuhs.
I, David J. Wu, bequeath the title of “boss” within MSJ Syncopasian to Elaine Kuo.
I, Joshua Kan, bequeath Nathaniel Kan my beautiful bright blue Crocs.
I, Dawei Liu, bequeath my ballerness and cool cat nature to Prithvi Ramesh; and I bequeath my Daweiisms, especially “You’re Kewl” to Amit Patankar. Finally, I entrust Justin Sha with the Speech and Debate Club.
I, Joy C. Chen, bequeath my stacks of text books to AC’s kids and only what’s left of my luck to Kevin Wu, Jared Shen, and Jo Melville, who already have everything they will ever need.
I, Anamita Guha, bequeath my coveted west coast theory files to Prithvi Ramesh and Amit Patankar, the wonders of democracy’s spectatorship to Hiba Saeed, 2 steps to Jeffrey Liang and Anna Korotina, and my luscious locks to Justin Sha. I, Andrew Hsu, bequeath my legacy of awesome flute-playing to the underclassmen band kids, my liberal political views to Tim Steele, my intelligence and motivation to Robert Wang, and my SAT/AP books to Calvin Hsu. I, Anjana Bala, bequeath the title of “fun police” to Dillon Chang, my love for hip-hop and dictatorship to Tessa and Jason, my craziness to my XC girls, and my neverending love and happiness to Eric Yai, Theresa Liu, and Aditi Amlani. I, Anna Meng, bequeath my robotic-ness, fermenting sparring gear, pre-congratulations for the future 2nd/3rd degrees, and all my love and luck to Uma Palaniappan, Sonia Dhawan, Ipsita Dey, Alekya Rajanala, Neha Verma, and Nihal. Thanks guys. Best. Team. Ever.
I, Deepak Lingam, bequeath to my little sister Sneha the ability to get eight hours of sleep each night, to the Insomniacs team underneath the robots, and to Sam Jafarian the Insomniacs drive team. I, Diana Chen, bequeath my Senioritis t-shirt to Juliane Sun. Have fun being a senior next year! I, Diana Dinh, bequeath my endless wardrobe to Gabriel Chow, my everlasting love for clubs, organizations, and sports to Adrienne Lam, and my awkwardness to Frances Tao. I, Dorothy Lin, bequeath my haiku writing skills and In-N-Out burgers to my favorite geography freshmen & junior: Jessica, Melody, Surbir, Brandon and Sharan! I, Edward Wang, bequeath my brains to Ilene Tsao, and my sprinting skills to Noah Yang.
I, Anna Ong, bequeath all my love and awkwardness to my little sister, Priscilla Chiao, and my 7th graderness to my daddy, Andrew Ren, and my mommy, Calvin Lui.
I, Emily Han, bequeath my awesome art skills to Judith Zhu, my amazing tact to Ankita Safaya, and my paper airplane building prowess to Pooja Jethani.
I, Anne Liu, bequeath my Division to Nitya Subramanian, my pinata to Steven Wong and Ati Kak, and my plaid hipster lumberjack shirt to my favorite little baby sister in the world, Gillian Liu.
I, Fareeha Waheed, bequeath Mariya Waheed pens that don’t write, locks with combinations long forgotten, the keys to my van, and my trusty TI-84 for the next best two years of your life. ILY
I, Annie Yu, bequeath reign of the pole vault pit to Leona Zhu, Josephine Suen, Ariel Cheng, & Tessa Anderson. I also bequeath my Barrons AP Stats book free of charge to Leona Zhu. :)
I, Felix Feng, bequeath George Feng all the hot, cute, nerdy, and fobby girls at mission as well as the ability to score a 2200+ SAT.
I, Anthony Wu, bequeath the “A” in my name to Stephenie “With an E” Yuan, my bossness to ladies’ man Leland Bernstein, and the crown jewel of the Smoke Signal (aka the Sports Section) to Grace Han and Amit Patankar. I, Benson Chien, bequeath my SO STYLISH to Thomas Lee, my badminton skills to Raymond Chen, my captain-ness to Lisa Chang, and my parking spot to Theresa Liu. I, Benson Zhang, bequeath my sprezzatura and exclusiveness to Oceans 2012, my blazing speed to the MSJ Wrestling team, and my drive, experience, LOVE, and everything else to Willson Zhang, brother extraordinaire. I, Brandon Pang, hereby bequeath my driving skills to Angela Wu, my flash drive to Ginger Werner, my common sense to Willson, Kyaw, Josh, Dustin, and Ronnie, and my heart to Sonia Liou. I, Brendan Tsao, bequeath sports head to Eric Yai, my track powers to Noah Yang, and the legacy and honor of the Tsao’s to Ilene Tsao. I, Brent Hsu, bequeath my ability to create stupid metaphors to the lost fisherman Sean Yao, the skill of swooping “leg pillows” to Beatrice Sun and Austine Lee, and my laziness to Michael Choi. I, Bryan Tsang, bequeath Ariel Tsang with my awesome sarcasm, Vincent Yang with the power to continue the TsangYang Dynasty, and the MSJ Badminton team with
I, Gina Gori, bequeath my twin, Adriana Aboumrad, my fantastic hair and perfection of next year’s L2 and Taylor Garden my skipping school skills; use it well. I, Golzar Yousefi, bequeath PC VP duties to Sonia “Brown Bear” Dhawan and sweeping B33 to Sharon Chung. Spread the love sweeties pies. <3 I, Grace Baek, bequeath all the KOREANJESUS love to my one and only Isabelle Yi and my UGLINESS and QQ moments from physics to Eric Liu. I, Hannah Imhof, bequeath my swimming skills to Anna, Ginger, and Kelsey, my tiny polo suits to Laura and Tati, and finally my car and amazing senior year to my brother Matthew Imhof. I, Hannah Scobel, bequeath my position as Editor-in-Chief of the Smoke Signal to Alissa Gwynn and Elisa Ting. I, Hannie Dong, bequeath my dancing powers to Jessica Lee, Polly Ma, and Hilary Yen. I, Henna Jethani, bequeath my killer robots to my sister Pooja Jethani, my spirit to the best robotics team in existence--The Insomniacs, and my endurance through many robotics all-nighters to my declared siblings Nitya, Adrian, and Behroz. I, Isaac Wu, bequeath Audrey Wu the art of sleeping late, Joshua Wu the leader in theological apologetic (using unbiased scientific/historical evidences), and Victoria Lee the thought of always being a kid.
I, Joycelyn Wong, bequeath lunchtime bullying sessions to Ethan Chang, Dennis Liu, and Thomas Feldmeier, TeleblubbiesTM Rights to Gina Bumbo Youn, my love of wordplay to Andrew Han, and much love to my amazing friends! :] I, Kamya Raja, bequeath my Bloody Brilliant British Accent to Justin Sha and mis proezas espanoles a Megan McLaughlin and Shayaan Qazi. :) I, Karen Lin, bequeath Centerspread editorship to Aileen Lu, leg cancer to Brian Ning, my sharpest hair-cutting scissors to Tom Li, and my four children to Tina Tseng - I’ll be waiting for you at Berkeley! I, Katherine Au, bequeath my SAT books and my ingenuity to my younger brother Brandon Au. I, Keila Mah, bequeath my volleyball jersey to Elisa or Tiffany, my innocence and morals to Ilene, slaps and handshakes to Jess Woo, and nap time to my basketball girls. I, Kimberlee Hu, bequeath the MSJ Gymnastics team to Courtney Cheng and Trina Duarte, Community/CFS Committee and all my L2 love to this year’s L2 juniors, and the high school experience to my brother, David. I, Kimberly Tom, bequeath my out of control supply depot and bunker wall skills complete with tanks, marines, SCV repairers, upgraded weapons, increased attack range, and (if I’m still alive) turrets to Gordon Tom. I, Kylan Nieh, bequeath Tarang Patel, Theresa Liu, Aditi Amlani, Connie Chen, and Dillon Chang for a successful ASB and Leadership Two year! I, Leon Leung, bequeath to Alex Yi, Anirudha, Isaac Chang and all my great and irreplaceable AP Chinese classmates my perspicacity. Cherish and savor your moments as high school students. Time flies by too quickly. I, Linda Xu, bequeath my “I’m not gonna lie...” statements to Alison Lenci, my Grammy-winning singing voice to Madison Hirsch, my devotion to saving the manafesto to Erika Cherk, my sense of direction to Shruti Merchant, and Evan Dankiewicz to Evan Dankiewicz. I, Lydia Lui, bequeath MishiSyu our future book o’sonnets, PVAileen long chats and love, VaultGirls fail friendship bracelets and daydreams of flying, NYangster change, Calvy luck, DYoon morning texts and optimism, and 4x400mGURLS post-meet highs. I, Matthew Gosen, bequeath a fryingpan to Matt Farberov, my coffee addiction to Victoria Cheung, my Bay Street Coffee hangout to Jessi Cheung and my procrastination habit to Vaishaal, Vishal, Neil, Eric, Josh, Evan, Joey and a taco to Omar. I, Megan Bernstein, bequeath the most important section of the Smoke Signal to my incoming Newsies Megan McLaughlin and Gurleen Chadha, all my BC and smokie lovin’ to Alissa ‘Granny’ Gwynn, the years of memories to my Yoko’s girls, and my organization and diligence to that other Bernstein I call Leland.
I, Megan McElligott, bequeath my Fosbury flop to Tian Shi, my plethora of jokes to Leona Zhu, my love for lunges to my jump buddies, and infinite pouches of Capri Sun to Jessi Cheung. I, Melody Tay, bequeath my dishwashing, EasedUP rules(thx2me), and my LightblueBrokendoorOldComfy minivan to my baby brother Wayne Tay. Don’t DUI of a key lying around. I, Misha Yalavarthy, bequeath Manisha my attitude, Jessica my BBA and flippy shades, Lucy a couple inches, Carolyn my love for duckies, and Maya the greatness that comes with number 25; Emily can have my stronger whip (sorry Kevin). I, Natalie Ariathurai, bequeath the Ariathurai legacy to Shivani Ariathurai and my ballin’ skills to Chaz Lee, Josh Yang, and Megan Howland. I, Natasha Parikh, bequeath my van and broken laptop to Nihar Parikh, music to Elaine Kuo, “cute” earrings to Sharon Chung, track spikes to Lica Monobe, and relationship advice to Sonia Dassapa and Maanasa Sundara. I, Nick Patel, bequeath Dustin my mismatched shoes, Jessica my great taste in girls, and Tarang the birdcalls of the Patel family (KAKA). Leo gets taylor all to himself, and Kevin can have my whip (sorry Emily). I, Nicki Gallinatti, bequeath my dance legacy to Tessa Shanley and my powers of parental persuasion go to Jacqueline Kohler. Use them wisely, ladies! I, Niku Jafarnia, bequeath my Smokie PC love to Sonia Dhawan and Stephenie Yuan, my amazing studying skills to Jordan Ye, the best section of all to Vishal Yadav and Jordan Zhang, and my godliness to Alissa Gwynn. I, Nina Kaushik, bequeath to my brother Nikhil my SAT books (good luck with them, little bro; love ya). I, Otis Lee, bequeath all my band-related skills of class disruption to Atisheel Kak, my street smarts and fluid gracefulness to Adrienne Lam, and total backfield control to future sweeper Neil Marion. I, Phoebe Chou, bequeath my huggableness to Alyssa Fujikawa and Eva Leung, the responsibility of playing for Kraft every freaking thing that’s drum set related to Edward Leu, and my title of “the cool female drummer” to Jonathan Dierkes. =] I, Preetman Sandhu, bequeath my K-RYE skills to Chaz Lee and Josh Yang. I, Pooja Shah, bequeath Rohini’s playing cards to Mihir Jain and my jain-ness - actually my “shah”-ness - to Jasleena Sahni.
Centerspread 11
I, Sarah Dressler, bequeath my “no touch” skills to the volleyball team. Beast it up next year! I, Sarah Rose Thomsen, bequeath the future of the speech program to my wonderfully talented students. I know you’ll make me proud in the years to come. :) I, Sheila Lin, bequeath my late nights, proficient driving skills, Jack-in-the-Box cravings, and obsessive compulsive habits to Allison Tong. I, Shelley Xia, bequeath my love for all Japanese things and awesome samurai stickers to Mika Tohmon. I, Shelly Domadia, bequeath Angela Zhu my ability to remain mentally stable while around Tony Zhang. I, Siddhant Parihar, bequeath my love for music and laziness to Ray Kuo, my focus and dedication to Alvin Zhou, my nerdiness to Rose Liu, and my emotional nature and experience to Jeffrey Kanemitsu. I, Sonya John, bequeath my love for PC, the lovely Feature section to Sonia and Audrey, passion for ACS to Vivian, my “interesting” music to Justin and Neil Marion, my drivers license to Jay Sheth, Bhangra practices to Sharan, my messy left-handed handwriting to the amazing Alissa, my watermeloneating skills and love to Vishak, and all my love to my seester Jasmine. I, Sophia Lee, bequeath my inner Kardashian charm and the best of luck to my favorite junior and twinny Alysha Mistry and all my love to baby llama Liu. I, Stella Chung, bequeath my disdain for cleaning up after someone else’s mess to Dr. Frydendahl. I, Stephanie Ge, bequeath LEO district fun to Brian Ning and hax graphing calculator programs to Willie Wang. I, Stephanie Kwok, bequeath Youth Alive and all the moistness I can muster to Sonia Fan, Theo Ma, Jorgie Wu, Lor-Shing Hsu, James Chang, and those beautiful Korean boys and my shortness to Christina Cheng. I, Tanu Patel, bequeath my title and role as Vice President of Model United Nations to Gurleen Chadha. Be safe and visit me! I, Tian Tian Zeng, bequeath my superior charm, wit, and brains to Michael Wu <3 and my awesome art skillz to Simin Wang and Justine Liang. I, Tiffany Han, bequeath my green M&M story to Shivani Ariathurai and my hypothetical adventures to Ashwin Ganesh and Farhaan Serang.
I, Priya Muley, bequeath my love for sweets and my stupidity to Sonia Dhawan and my amazing texting skills to Aditi Rijhsinghani.
I, Tiffany Yen, bequeath my lovely vibrato to Denise and Samantha, intelligence to Grace Han, “dropshot” to Sahana and Sonia, peanut butters and bus stops to Theo, and all my love to Youth Alive.
I, Rahul Rana, bequeath COPY! to Alyson Au, mini-me tendencies to Mika Tohmon, intense psychotherapy & tough love to Michael Wu, and my sarcasm and affinity for scandal to Aileen Ren!
I, Timothy Fok, bequeath Jeffrey Fok with the will, strength, and heart to outperform expectations in high school, protect our young sister, and above all - continue to destroy me at Street Fighter 4.
I, Raymond Zhong, bequeath an EPP authorization code to Roger Chen and Edward Wang, word-count-reducing hyphens to Nitya Subramanian and Sarah Li, and diamond-tipped scribes to Jordan Zhang, Richie Zeng, Carl Gao, and Eugene Choi.
I, Tracy Chow, bequeath my Cheez-It boxes and sloppy cartwheels to Justine Liang and her brother Kyle.
I, Rebecca Gao, bequeath the Opinion section to Roger Chen and Arthur Jeng with the hope that they will finally understand the following concept: Mission = MSJ and a roll of pennies to Matt Farberov. I, Rochit “Dope” Gupta, bequeath my amazing trumpet-playing skills and solo creativity to Jocelyn “Cheeks” Ha. I, Sargun Kaur, bequeath all the power of the News section to my successors Megan McLaughlin and Gurleen Chadha, the countless fobby stories about stalker Punjabis and biology gossip sessions to Jasleena Sahni, and my teenybopper love, the ability to get lost in San Fransisco, and the Dakota Fanning memories to the always beautiful Alissa Gwynn. I, Sam Kim, bequeath my fly dopeness to my grandchildren, Nichole Tan & Polly Ma (ACCEPT ME EMILY HSU), my hurdle bruises to Alyssa Fujikawa, baby <3, and my many chins to Christine Gan & Jeffrey Liang (derp). I, Samuel Ji, bequeath my brother Joshua Shao my intelligence, Mihir Jain my aloofness, Vincent Yang my good looks, Elaine Kuo my placidity, Beatrice Sun my adorable nature, Crystal Chung my innocence, and Stephenie Yuan my charm. I, Sara Garden, bequeath Taylor Garden and Marisa Lenci my best friend adventures, my math class my anti-Senioritis and my iPhone... NOT, Allison Lucarelli my car, Ramsey Fisher my virtual foosball skills, and Connie Chang my love for Damon.
I, Varsha Gupta, bequeath Sanjna Shukla my sense of humor and witty sarcasm and Goonjan Agrawal the ability to put up with Sanjna. I, Vikash Patel, bequeath always looking good to Tarang Patel. I, Vikram Sangha, do bequeath:Yearbook to Alyson Au (&FT/AT/AL/MT/CY), Interact to Michelle, Nikita, Alex, and Angela, publicity to Richard, L2-fliers to Sarah Ching, and my large-and-in-charge-ness to L2 juniors! Oh and Gurman: carry on the family name! I, Vito Prasad, bequeath some Taco Bell, acorns, and XC luck to Omar El-Sadany; Google-fu and procrastination skills to Amit Patankar; and the keys to 4chan to Jeffrey Li. I, Shelley Wenzel, bequeath to Ginger Werner the fun and always pleasurable Mr. Johnny Appleseed. May you love him forever and never forget our dear friend! :) To Connie Chen, I bequeath the job of ASB Treasurer and all the love and stress that goes with it. Good luck and I’m always here for you; enjoy your new home, the Student Store! :) I, Yihuan Zhou, bequeath Mika Tohmon my walking GPS, Jessie Chen my procrastination skills, and Michael Wu my earring. I, Youngjun Na, bequeath to Jeffrey Li and Richard Zhang the future of MSJQB, to Jared Shen, Audrey Huang, and Wesley Chou my hatred of marine biology, to 3rd period stats my lolz sleeping habits, and to Prithvi all the angst I can muster. I, Yuping Lin, bequeath my spirit of deviant creativity to Tabitha Chew.