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I, Anna Zeng, bequeath Lillian Zhao and Kevin Chen the magic of Smoke Signal Graphics and 3 terabytes of hard-drive space, Valerie Choung and Kevin Zeng the legacy of the CompSci Club, and my brother Kevin Zeng all of my awkward, quiet sisterly love and test prep books. I, Anne Saleem, bequeath my spazziness to Adele, Anum, Vipula, Nithya, Julian, and all my other underclass men homies! I bequeath (some of) my awesomeness tomy lil’ bro, Matthew. I, Anvitha Pillati, bequeath my dancing abilities to Chelsy Simran, good looks to Hershal Bhatia, rock hard abs to Samir Panjwani, body rolls to Ilanji Rajamanickam, my love for deepika to Avi Banerjee, my priceless reactions to Ainsley McClure, my desi swag to Austin Whaley, and Moan to Maya Krishnan. I, Armaan Gill, bequeath the derb life to Jordan. I, Ashley Hsu, bequeath my Ash-ness to Ashna Guliani who will forever be the other half of (Ash)^2 and one of my favorite people. I, Ashley Lin, bequeath the Mantle of responsibility to Rustie Lin and John Wang, the future of Picture Perfect to Jennifer Wang, and the remnants of my engagingness to Sean Li and Ella Chen. No one knows what the future holds; that’s why its potential is infinite. Tabemasu. I, Ashley Yang, bequeath to my love of music to Tiffany and Tammy Sung; my best wishes to Alves/Ruebling’s first period class; any leftover luck to next year’s French 4 class; and to Asta Yang, Nicholas’ “common sense”, because she needs it more than me. I, Ayushi Sharma, bequeath my SAT prep books, graphing calculator, and misery to my freshman brother, Karan, and my fashion sense to Neha Dubey because let’s be honest she could use it. I also bequeath my uncanny ability to get through college apps to Pooja Dubey; good luck <3. I, Beth Scrutton, bequeath my pile of standardized testing study books to my “little” brother Tom. I don’t need them any more and
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I want them out of my room. ASAP. I, Betty Bei, bequeath my bassoon to Sagar Samantarai, my guard skills to Sherlene Hung and Ada La, and my dazzling smile to Austin Pan. I, Caleb Han, bequeath Youth Alive to prayer warriors Derek, Ivy, Josh, Lucille, Stacy, Deborah, Aaron, Claudia, and Daniel, my punctuality and photography skills to Catherine Ha, and my stellar dance moves to Abby Choi and Ms. Jieunhyunjoong. I, Catherine Lo, bequeath my dedication to L2, love for food, and undying sass to Annie Lee and my impeccable humor and sarcasm to MANsi Shah because she needs it. I, Charlie Lin, bequeath my affable spirit to the friends I made in 2nd,3rd and 5th-may they remain ever so friendly and talkative; to the underclassmen, the habit of greeting old and new friendsdon’t be shy, say hi; and finally, my performing spirit to the performers of future HC/MC spectacles! I, China Lau, bequeath Heater VVang muncadragon’s love for me and my infatuation with watermelon and Lazeragna Fridays, John Tu my 100% humidity and kumquats, Adrienne Peng my height, Justin Nguyen China Lau, Inc., Brett Whaley my grace, and Annalisahu gets nothing. I, Christie Neo, bequeath the future of a greener MSJ to Raquel, Stanley, Haroon, and Sean, the violas to Damon and Nivedha, endurance to Jelena, ambition and thanks to the XC-team and JV Girls for the wonderful memories, and love to the rest of you all. Go do great things. I, Colin Liu, bequeath my fair skin and box of caramel apple lollipops to Lesley Lu, and my senioritis to Kevin Tang. I, Connie Kim, bequeath my smarts to Alisha Matharu, my jokes to Kelly Lee, and my ability to talk slower to Nick Wu. I, Crystal Cheng, bequeath my Cheng-ness and all its glory to Alvina Cheng, my Sugoi Senpai Skills to Jacinda Ni, Alison Li, Alex Lee, Joshua Chao, and Sean Li, my mad dance skills to Julie Kim, my kawaii desu desu-ness to Sophia Huang, and Catbug
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for everyone. I, Crystal Jiao, bequeath my stress and love to next year’s yearbook staff, my knowledge of Adobe programs to Amber Chen, my iPhone games and math knowledge to Claudia Ho, my sassy quips to Mansi Shah, and my best wishes to you. I, Cynthia Jiang, bequeath LEO Club to the 2014-2015 officers, my excellent driving record to Claudia Ho and Mansi Shah, my snapchat screenshots to Melody Song and Sharon Li, my witticism, love, and L2 sponsors to Cari Gan and Natalie Sin, and wushu to Shenlum, Jemmy, and Alyssa. I, Danica Fong, bequeath to my sister my everlasting procrastination, to Pooja my driving duty, to Neha my awesome music taste and fashion sense, and to the gymnastics team a great season. I, Daniel Zhu, bequeath my shirtless spotlight to the young men on the distance team, especially to 2 of my favorite juniors, who have brought awesome into my life for the last few years, Nicholas Cai and Luke Wang. Go far in life you two, and don’t you dare wear shirts! I, Darren Li, bequeath our third of the M-Wing Planter and my library of music and software to Donna Li, may she put it to good use. I also bequeath joint command of MSJ Orch violins to Jelena Lee and Sean Li, who are not related in any way. I, David Kim, bequeath the sweetest, funniest, cutest, and best smelling female ever, Karen Trinh, and I guess Andrew Nguyen is cool too hahaha #turnip. I love you guys! Oh and baby, always remember... you da bomba :) I, Dennis Liu, bequeath Jonny Chao a prickly pear; Jimmy Qian, my spot on varsity cross country; k-n0n, several Arizona iced teas; Nick and Luke, bottles of sand; William Zeng, my Asics spikes; and my best wishes to everyone on MSJ XC/T&F. “Be the change you want to see.” I, Destin Trang, bequeath Andrew “OHNOOOES” Kim my video game prowess, Mark Sui the Melody Of A Sunken Ship, my two biggest fans, Heather Wang and Annie Lee, the ownership of the
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tinikling sticks, and to my favorite sister, Colin Trang, nothing. I, Divya Mohan, bequeath my willingness and enthusiasm to attend school to Priyanka Chary, my unparalleled musical prowess and associated fame to Pragathi Guruprasad, and my soul to Simba Guliani. I bequeath to Devanshi Thakar everything else. I, Doen Lee, bequeath the team to Claire Dobyns, my vault to Jen Chin, cartwheel skills to Melody, “Beaches love us” to Austin King, 50 IQ points to Roy & Benjamin, my work/play ethic to Brian Ng, Lee legacy to Kush, and love to Dustin, Andrew, and Tiffany. I, Edward W. Li, bequeath Mark Sui my pants, Andrew Liu my spicy volleyball manuevers, Kush Patel and Andrew Kim the free poon, Allen Hsiao my love for nature and Eskimo brotherhood, Danman117 my diamond Vayne mechanics, Hagrid’s Hut Mr. 305, and Eric Li my BD. I, Emerald Swei, bequeath the choral pitch pipe to the future star of the show, Kathy Liu, in the hopes that she will continue to keep Chorale in key or at least slightly sharp, my sense of humor and driving ability as well as drama-free social life to Rose Chang, and all my love for singing to Hannah Folk. I, Eric Deng, bequeath the Deng family awesomeness to my sister, Sarah, my math luck and skill to Brian Ng and Anuj Desai, and my underwater superpowers to Christopher Ha, James Chong, Austin Whaley, Ash Balgovind, and the rest of the polo team. I, Flora Fang, bequeath my Bay Area know-how to Wenming Zhai and my undying love and affection (and judgemental face) to Lillian Dong, the hubs. I, Grace Wu, bequeath my podium, Smokie love, and attempts to stay calm in stressful situations to Tingting Bi and Laura Chen. My freedom from running miles to Elsie Yi. Extremely awkward moments and luck in college applications to Irene. ACJC to Apoorva and Business Club to Nancy and Vineet. I, Hannah Lee, bequeath Sports Queen title to Katherine Tsay, a splendid #SSS to L2 Class of 2015, HC swag to Julie Kim. I give
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my Yearbook editor position to Sharon Li. Lots of love to Annie Lee, Hagrid’s Hut, and Victor Tu. High school be good to my sister. I, Irisa Lee, bequeath a year’s supply of potatoes to Lillian Dong and, my orange baritone to the MSJ band euphonium section. I, Ishan Goyal, bequeath DECA to Sanaea Kakalia and Shiv Kapur, Reddit to Shivam Patel, my education skills to Kush Patel, the use of the word friendaloo to caribelly, Tim Hortons to Megan Ren, a corgi calendar to Hairol Ma, my baller skills to Mudit Mittal and my love for running to Lillian Zhao. I, Ishita Shah, bequeath an extremely overdue invitation to Samir Panjwani, every accidental curly to Aditya Jayachandran, and The Laughing Monsters to Maya Krishnan. I, Izzy Gow, bequeath C^2 to Lillian Wang, my middle name, Win, to Kush Patel, infinite rides to Roy Lo, and the Bella Win Gow legacy to my little sister Annabella Gow. I, Jacinda Chan, bequeath my picture-taking tendencies, baking skills, and nights of ‘it’ to Gracie Chan, chalk-butt handprint greetings and late-night talks to my Varsity gym girls, the iPhone wiggle (courtesy of Josh) and a heart to serve to Youth Alive, and the words ‘Rabbi’ and ‘luscious’ to Tiffany Chang. I, Jacob Pingue, bequeath my room, RSX, and filipino swag to my brother Jared, and awesome hcmc performances to my TKD and Hiphop kiddies. I, Janis Lee, bequeath the second violin section to Sean Li and the legacy of the Sad Little Calc Group to Rebecca Wu. I, Jebby Zhang, bequeath my ability to bullpoop to Anusha, my art skills to Fran, all my love and ten corgis to Erica, a poop pie to Sam, saturday schools to Lam, a ring to Rebecca, and love to everyone else I forgot; I did this really late!!! I, Jeffery Chang, bequeath all my love and peaches to Kelly Shi. I, Jeffrey Chen, bequeath the reins of MSJTV to Sriya Maram and Shubha Swamy, my love for music to MSJ Band, and all the wishes of success to my brother, Kevin Chen.
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I, Jennifer Chao, bequeath my clothes, special “studying” habits, and my comfy sweater for sleeping in class to Samantha Lin. I, Jennifer Yin, bequeath my diligence, patience, and luck to Jason Yin, my logic and reasoning to Zita Alamparambil and Chloe Wei, and my college app writing abilities to Renee Yen. I, Jeremy Mak, bequeath my AP books to Samuel Liu, my SAT books to Benson Chyr, and my old textbooks to Ivy Chan. I also bequeath my Senioritis to Daniel Jean and my constant stress to Katrina Cherk. My apathy goes to Howard and my leftover muscles to Jeffery Chen. I, Jerry Wu, bequeath the unofficial headcoachship of MSJE Mathcounts upon Alvin Kao and the mandate to blind-flip upon Erich Zhao. I, Jimmy Lau Jr., bequeath Annie and Heather more pho dates to come, Kush Patel my 3-0 playlist, Stephanie Lee my decisiveness, Zach and Andrew luck for the next two years, and as official honorary member of TP, I bequeath its booty talent to Hagrid’s Hut. I, Jin Peng, bequeath the Smoke Signal’s poppin’ new backroom crib to Laura Chen and Tingting Bi, the glory of Google Drive to Melody Song, all of my affection to Dustin Chiang, none of my sass to Mansi Shah, and my sandwich to the brave soul who stole my lunchbox. I, Jon Kan, bequeath Leslie Cruz my love of food, and Sharan Singh my biceps. I, Jonathan Chew, bequeath the MSJ tennis team to Alex Lam, Ryan Chiang, and Jonathan Chen. I, Jonathan Lu, bequeath MASTRFL to Julian, my 120 decibel voice to Brian, Allen, and Tony, sanity to Jessika, my workouts to Wilson, manliness to Yoon, Minji, Lydia, and Mavis, awkwardness to Lara, Centerville to Abirami, and car-dodging skills to Andy and Louis. I, Joshua Lu, bequeath Lesley Lu, Cari Gan, Rebecca Wu, Lara Khamisy, Kevin Tang, Kyle Liang, and Joshua Chao all the study guides, prep books, and homework help that they may ever de-
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