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sire. Also, Davy. I, Joyce Qiao, bequeath Catherine Hou ACPA senior status, Florrie Li hugs and music sheets, Lesley Lu my job <3, and Hannah Folk the burden of Mc Chinese folk hahahahah. WILL MISS YOU ALL and I’m sorry if I forgot important people because I wrote this in five minutes. I, Justin Kou, bequeath the powers of Anime Club to Jacinda Ni, Alex Lee, Hisham Malik and my other children. I bequeath my weird to the 3 kids that rock, Justin Seo, Ricky Chu, and Jason Stiltz. I, Kasi Manikumar, bequeath my rhymes to DaRealShane, my luck to Keshav, my gains to Avi, and my manlihood to Samir. I, Katelyn Liu, bequeath my “superior” parking skills and love of people to my little one Annie Lee, my unburnt marshmallows to my littlest one Heather Wang, and microwaveable cup noodles to Aditi “Harfish” and Tracy Mao. I, Kathleen Nguyen, bequeath my water polo arm to Catherine Ha so her shot can have twice the strength that it has now. I, Kenny Win, bequeath all my tofus to Harrison Chu. I, Kerrie Wu, bequeath the Smoke Signal news knighthood to Michael Hsiu and Tiffany Huang, MSJTV journalism to Alice Cheng and Shefali Sastry, Scioly to Nathan Fong and Catherine Hou, epoxy memories to Lara Khamisy, senioritis+PE to Nancy Xu, and derpy funtimes to Tiffany Wong, Taruna Neelakantan, and Shradha Menghrajani! I, Kevin Chan, bequeath my hugs and late night drives to Alan Chuang, my awesome PAD skills to Gary Zeng, my gorgeous derp face to Lydia Li and Jordy Supandi, my GREAT studying habits to Angela Zhang and Anna Tang, and my love and baddy skillz to the badminton team! I, Kevin Li, bequeath Kush Patel my position of Tech Head, Arvindh Natarajan my ‘Ignorant Function’ playlist, Mansi Shah my sense of humor, Alisha Matharu my sense of sarcasm, and my sister Tiffany Li all my lectures and warnings about potential
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boyfriends. I, Kiley Tchang, bequeath my amazing water polo skills and love to Aditi Harish, who will be on Varsity next year <3 To my dear friend, Anastasia, I bequeath both sass and beauty, both of which she doesn’t need, cause she’s perfect. To Marilyn, I bequeath love. To Jenn Dutra, I bequeath nothing, because I hate her sassy guts so much <3 I, Kimberly Kwong, bequeath my derpiness to Max Wu, wisdom of MSJ to Arthur Kwong (c/o 2018), and my HWD/quirkiness in badminton practices and games to Jeffrey “Eric” Wang, Kevin Nguyen, Wesley Gong, Jessica Cao, and Kelly Shi. I, Krishna Bharathala, bequeath Academic Challenge to the newly appointed officers Hemang, Kelvin, Peter, Melissa, Karthik, Brian, Damon, and Alvin, my love for marching band to my freshmen Vivasvan and Alex, my QuizBowl frauding to skills to Karthik, and 5151 Infinity Robotics to Sayan, Karan, and Jeffrey. Best of Luck! I, Kristina Wong, bequeath Monica Kraft’s love for me to Heather Wang, my HBIC Tinikling position to Adam Schaps and Annie Lee, and my passion for guard to Sherlene Hung and Ada La. And my ability to escape dress coding to all my females. I, Kushal Chatterjee, bequeath my unceasing condescension, sarcasm, and ability to concoct ridiculous analysis of literary works from nowhere to my amigos de Espanol, Tejas Bharadwaj, Justin Sun, Bill Cai, and Bryan Chang. I, Lindy Zeng, bequeath moon papayas to Mavis Zeng, iKnit to Yoon Lee, the lind to Lydia Chew, Minji Koo, and Akila Nallappan, fizzy izzys to Lizzy Hu, nose-spoon-balancing to Nicholas Cai, Centerspread to Katrina Cherk and Vivian Liu, swag legacy and sugarcubes to Tingting Bi, and carry skills to Luke Wang. I, Louis Leung, bequeath HAKEEM, ROSE + DANMAN FOREVER, JESSICA, DACO. lovis lovis lovis kelsy will u go 2 prom with me I, Louisa Hua, bequeath a 2x2 square feet plot of land to Peasant
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Wu, my Pokemon mastery (!!!) to Willie, my “I feel fine, all of the time”’s to Sam, Team 4 to Josh, Courtney, and Sage, and my eternal love to Aimee and Zixin. Friends good luck!! I, Marisa Harris, bequeath #cheersistersarerealsisters to Jiti and Tarj, creepy winks to baby Shiv, and finally being a real senior to Nini. I, Mark Cho, bequeath the power of the apples to my boy TC, all the violas and orchestra freshmen to Damon, and the legacy of the Pink Fruffy Unicorns to Advaith and David. You guys got this. I, Mason Qian, bequeath my abnormally sized butt to Andrew Chang, my love to all the officers of next year, my glasses to Joani Wong (what....), and all my complaints about being hungry to Hairol Ma. I, Master Fong, bequeath. I, Megan Jose bequeath homecoming/ multicultural tahitian to Jason Wong. I, Melissa Huang, bequeath a happy senior year and many exciting adventures to John Tu, Sanaea Kakalia, Palak Goel, Brian Ng, and Jerome Sun. Also, I wish Natalie Sin the best of luck with the rest of high school and dance! I, Melissa Ng, bequeath my polo steals to Jamie Ng, the kickouts that I was never called on to Cat Ha, my endurance to Hesper Wu and Amber Chiang, and my head-up freestyle to the polo team. I, Meridith Hirsch, bequeath my leadership and teaching skills to Emily Rotter and my ability to work through a bad round or celebrate because of a good round to the girls golf team. I, Mugdha Kulkarni, bequeath Lady in Ted to Jelena Lee and Take the A Train to Damon Pham. Good luck in future, my kiddly beans! I, Naomi Hong, bequeath Sean Li Mission’s kawaii Japanese club, Sandhya Chari all my life skills, and Arthur Wang an A+ in chemistry. I, Natalie DeForest, bequeath my dance sweat sisters: Cari,
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Claire, Jessica, and Natalie, lots of swag and many fun times. To AJ and Jessica, the rooting reflex; to Natalie Sin, Nat^2 pride; to the tennis team, endless wipeout games and froyo runs; and to my Youth Alive family, many blessings. I, Nathan Nusaputra, bequeath my swimming skills to Albert Tran, Evan Nusaputra, And James Chong, my height to Samir Panjwani, my normality to Melissa Cai, my finance skills to Zuhayer and my friendship to Adrienne Peng. I, Nathan Wang, bequeath to Brian Ng and Andrew Liu my BD, to Andrew Kim my brother, and to Zachary Wang everything that I don’t take to college. I, Neal Vasan, bequeath my swoleness to my sister, my clothes and shoes to Rohan Nair and Greg Pham, and everything else to Sharan Singh. I, Nina Krishnan, bequeath my impeccable driving abilities to Avi Banerjee and Ilanji Rajamanickam, my entrepreneurial shadiness to Kush Patel and Samir Panjwani, my JSA enthusiasm to Harman, Ryen, Suveena, my award-winning DECA skillls to Keshav Rao and Rohan Nair, and my Smoke Signal News Editor position to Michael Hsiu and Tiffany Huang. I, Paul Zupp, bequeath all of my laziness and sugoiness to the Japanese 3 class of next year. And finally, to Anneke Wustenhoff and Raiha Ghatala, all of my abnormalities to survive this next year, you’ll need it without me around. I, Peter Chew, bequeath my questionable study habits and high school struggles to Dominic Melville, Andy Lai, and Rustie Lin. I, Peter Xu, bequeath the fabulous A&E section to my talented successors, Melissa Peng and Andrea Tam; may the two of you do great things. To Sayan Ghosh, Jeffrey Ni, and Karan Sharma, I leave them Team 5151 Infinity in the hopes that they’ll go farther than we ever have. I, Pranav Lodha, bequeath my brother Roshan my spot on the Boys Tennis team. I, Ram Sethi, bequeath the MSJ Boys’ Tennis Team for having the
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most astonishing past few seasons ever; my passion for Key Club and my favorite freshie, Fendy (Fendz) and of course the coolest guy in the world Chaz and lastly to mah boi Zack Larsen for being a great leader for the Class of 2014. I, Rao “Eswar” Vinnakota, bequeath the plate and all it’s responsibilities to Spoorthy Vemula, talking crap to Hanson Wang, and that all around swag to every junior I know. I, Rey Tang, bequeath my looks to Benson Chyr and my Chicken Tikka Masala to Katherine Tsay. I, Richard Liang, bequeath my bow breaking technique and the spirit of Das Cello to Aimee Xu, Sarah Chong, macklim8, and the rest of the illustrious cello section, and also the goodness of beef fried noodles and hope for humanity to my lovely VAMS officers. I, Rishi Malhot, bequeath my swag to Tron Swagkumar, happiness to Steven Wang, manliness to Jimmy Qian, track career to Amin Khan, good looks to Muizz Jivani, intellect to Arjun Umashankker, sadness to Nishant Nayak, love to Sunny Pasumarthi, and finally, my frisbee skills to Tejas Kaladi. I, Roselin Yao, bequeath my passion for service to all the Key Club officers of 2014-2015, my sense of humor to Arsalon Pirzada, my leadership skills to Sierra Lou, my “math” knowledge to Rachel Suk, my sass to Nick Wu, my SAT books to Caitlin Chan,my great-ness to Yoon Lee, and my passion for publicity/ Key to Brian Wu! I, Ru Sia, bequeath my fabulous humor and sarcastic remarks to Sherlene Hung and Ada La, my performing skills to my secret sisters--Julie Wang and Anjali Joseph, and my voice to Joycie Pi. Also, a watermelon for my one and only, Andrew Kim. Everything else, I bequeath to my lil’ brobro. Love you all! I, Ryan Chen, bequeath one of my seven duckies, my senioritis, and a pair of fuzzy pants to Dominique Huang. I, Ryan Henderson, bequeath Vincent Ding my basketball handles, Zuhayer my swag, Justin Han my starting spot, Austin King my hops, Cade Nauman my smarts and good looks, Yvonne
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Chen my amazing personality, Deborah my Spanish skills, and Jeffrey Chen my height. Good luck to my basketball and baseball juniors next year! I, Ryan Ribar, bequeath my collection of selfies to Julian, my style to Chaz and my accent to all those from Alice. And to Divya (Pad), a great prom night. Bestie <3 I, Salonee Thanawala, bequeath pink shirt white shirt, love for Zack Morris, and my room! to Suveena Thanawala, my love for chips, dip and salsa and Jack to Neha Shah, and my love for sharks and punk-pop music to Simren Kaur. I, Sanjay Sreekumar, bequeath the “sriracha” Opinion Section to Alice Cheng and Catherine Wang, the MSJ Debate team to Anand Balaji, Rebecca Hong, Shivane Sabharwal, and Paras Shah, my DI skills to Sanil Gupta and Palak Goel, and my swag to my favorite debaters. I, Sara Lo, bequeath my flexibility and calves to Kathy Liu and Samantha Lin, my Interact love and sass to Lillian Zhao, Apoorva Rajanala, Urmi Mustafi, and Pooja Nair, and my baking skills and sense of humor to Kelvin Zhang. I, Sarah Chang, bequeath Gregory Pham my Starbucks addiction and daily Starbucks runs, my yearbook staff the best of luck, and Amber Chen all my love and “EVERYTHING!!!” I, Sarah Mueller, bequeath the execution of Mysteree 2015 to Cara, Cristen, and Christina, my APES gratitude to Lydia, Adrienne, and Claudia, and the representation of Two Sentinels at Mission to Julia. I, Satwik Bebortha, bequeath my swag to Andrew Chang, Justin Sun, and Mansi Shah, chillness to Kush Patel and Austin King, beard growing powers to Sagar Samantarai, cuteness to Nishant Nayak and Sougat Pradhan, and girl power to Vayum Arora. I, Shirby Wang, bequeath many seasons of immaturity and laughter to the XC and track team, a new bike to John Wang and to Kevin Chen and Lillian Zhao our precious Smokie Photo and a photogenic year to come!
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