Friday, June 14, 2013
The Smoke Signal
I, Jocelyn Ha, bequeath my fabulous jokes, ability to avoid SSS, and supreme trumpet princess power to Aaron Ching and Andy Lai; 42% of my Disney obsession to Megan Jose <2; and my band survival skills to my favorite underclassmen, namely Kai Goodman, Cory Lam, and Joshua Liu. I, Jonathan Shao, bequeath my titration skills to Abhinav Shah, Guhan Sundar, and Mason Qian, my Fantasy Football skills to Nathan Wang, my awesome pool skills and madam title to Zexi Yang, and my queerness and positivity to Ashley Hsu. To Ms. Claudia Shao, all my love and support! I, Josh R Cho, bequeath my stress, frustration, sleepless nights, and undying hope for the ultimate purpose of being in my shoes; a senior free from the oppressive chains of AP tests, SATs, etc. I, Jubilee Cheung, bequeath to Kylie Cheung “the task of annoying our parents”- to quote Phoebe. I, Justine Young, bequeath Susan Tran Girl Scout cookies and rap, Flora Fang, my jewelry collection, Sherlene Hung and Ada La, my totally existent Gazette merch, Senpai status, and wifi, Joycie, Bianca, and Catherine my flag, sabre, and rifle. Jacinda and Gracie… my textbooks and very-Cantonese skills to you. I, Kathy Chang, bequeath Medcorps to Joann Shih and my dancing to all the girls at Rachel’s Ballet – especially my dream senior dance to Sarah Liu and Sara Lo, my Nutcracker role to Kathy Liu, my arch to Samantha Lin, and my presence in every class to Priya Calaimany! <3 I, Kathy Lee, bequeath my stress and responsibilities to Brent Lee. I don’t want them anymore, so take it. May the stress be with you. Love you. I, Kenny Jacoby, bequeath my middle infield position to Jacob Walter and Mitchell Broadwin (given that their arms are strong enough). I, Kevin Liu, bequeath Doen Lee and Ryan Liu #betaswag, thereby promoting them to big betas. I, Kevin Ma, bequeath Edward my laziness, Lillian, Victoria, Lizzy, Jonny my SSS, Alex my sunscreen, and Daniel my “dead cow” stretch. I, Khanh Nguyen, bequeath all future MSJ Band and Orchestra students the privilege of making stupidly silly jokes for Ms. Kraft. I, Komal Bijor, bequeath my passion for dance to Kajal Raju so she’ll remember me forever and ever and ever and ever! I love you my cutie!
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Seniors Wills 25
I, Michelle Lee, bequeath my passion for presidency to Kelsey and Tammy, my love for the “British Broadcasting Corporation” to Alton and Kevin, and the joys of Senior Year to Katelyn, Roselin, Doen, and Louisa.
I, Sharang Dhodapkar, bequeath my mindset to my sister, Maitreyee Dhodapkar. I want her to be strong and positive and be brave enough to tackle any problem she faces in high school.
I, Michelle Lin, bequeath Crystal Jiao with my “big boy voice”, Katelyn Liu with all of v49 deadline spread sheets, Sarah Chang with my Orange kids, Amber Chen with my SD cards, and Samantha Lin with all our Lin clan pictures.
I, Sheila Afnan, bequeath my weird dance moves to Sunny Chen, Melissa Huang, Cari Gan, Rose Chang, Natalie Sin and Natalie De Forest, and Amy Hoffman (you know which one.) Also, all my sisterly love to Mina Afnan-don’t miss me too much.
I, Michelle Wong, bequeath my flawlessness and intelligence to Terence Hu, amazing tolerance of people to Katelyn Liu so she can easily go through her senior year, and my apparent “noob-ness” to David Lin so he’ll be more noob-y.
I, Sherri Zhang, bequeath Melissa Huang my driving skills and need for sales, Christie Chong my niceness and flabby arms and Amy Hoffman my food.
I, Mili Parikh, bequeath my room, my car, and all my love and wisdom to my brother Shivam Parikh; Relay For Life to Sid Ambulkar and the MSJ Relay Committee; my calculus and physics genius to Austin Fujikawa & Dr. Wayhan; and ISACA to Zeel Shah & Shivani Patel!
I, Sherry Xiao, bequeath unawkward awkwardness to Catherine, Anna, & Christine; sagacity to Michael, Sagar, Abinahv, & Stephen; Smokie Photo to Shirby & Anna; Phoenix Layout to Valerie; NAHS to Gurleen, Cathy, Angela, Amy, Christie, & Jebby; and all my love to my kids, you know who you are.
I, Mohit Kumar, bequeath my chill pills to these juniors: Dennis, Rishabh, Edward, and Diana. Lord know y’all need them. My cinematography skills to Dangvu, perfect attendance to Sean, and my hard work and diligence to Sanjay.
I, Shivani Ariathurai, bequeath my love of the earth to Gavin Poon, Joli Feng, and Lea Woodward. I leave show choir in the hands of Sohini Ghosh, Beth Scrutton, and Daniel Zopfi. Please don’t mess anything up. Love all of you!
I, Monica Liu, bequeath my position as ASB President to Tammy Tseng, my awesomeness to Zizi Zhang, my hugs to Joanna Wu, and my cheetah print case to Izzy Gow. I, Nathaniel Liu, bequeath all my unrequited love for Ms. Kraft upon Brian Wu and all of my SAT books upon my brother, Joshua Liu. I, Neha Nayak, bequeath my ability to attract females to Nishant Nayak and Sougat Pradhan, 176 IQ to Satwik Bebortha and Akaash Nayak, AC sway go Tara Ruff, unconditional love to Peer babies, and indian-ess to Alisha Marry and Anjuli Sandhu. I, Neha Verma, bequeath STAND powers and awesomeness to Mina Afnan, luck and love to my favorites Priya Khoot, Grace Wu, Izzy, and Yoshita, and a whole bunch of amazingness and [the few] beautiful clothes I own to the best little sister, Medha Verma. I, Nicholas Ha, bequeath a shirt to Daniel, my punishing duties to Victoria, my endurance to Young Snick, my kick to Edward, a healthy hamstring for Aamir, and my warrior fighting spirit and fish power to all of them and the rest of the cross country and track teams.
I, Siddhanth Sabharwal, bequeath my debate skills and love of collared shirts and sweaters to my brother Shivane. I give my charm and class to Anand, Yash, Anuj, Mudit, and Arvindh. I, Silvia Zannetti, bequeath my love of silliness, my laughter, and my amazing years in Speech to Claire Dobyns. I, Steve Wang, bequeath my sprinting and basketball skills to Parry Dong and my intelligence to Michael Hou. I, Steven Chow, bequeath my big brotherly love to MSJ Badminton, my spontaneity to Stephanie Chin, all those late night drives to Kevin Chan, hours of sleep to Zizi, my racket strawberry to Jim Ouyang, and a duck to Angela Zhang and Lydia Li. I, Sonam Mokha, bequeath the responsibility of lighting up the Darkness to my Peer underclassmen- Praveena Fernes, Rachel Grade, Anjali Kanthilal, Juhi Dalal, Jonah Lin, Cade Nauman, Caleb Han, Anjuli Sandhu, Yoon Lee, and Stephanie Chin. I, Sonia Li, bequeath some cool math experiences to Nancy and the responsibility of making MSJ greener to Stanley and Haroon. I hope everyone has an amazing school year, learns a great deal, meets many awesome people, and tries new things. Mission is what you make it!
I, Kyle Lam, bequeath the box of beets to Mr. Sagar Samantarai and his disciples. May his growl bass be ever powerful; may his box always be full of fresh beets.
I, Nicholas Hoffman, bequeath to Amy Hoffman, my senioritis. To Ashley Yang, common sense. To Justin Kou the caretaking of Anime Club, that its dirty work gets done. To George Wexler, my mastery of firebending. To Phillip Cai my love of books and stalking skills.
I, Kyle Qian, bequeath my quarter-page column space to Opinion editors Catherine and Sanjay, my morally questionable subreddits to Jin, and my shorts-that-come-with-pockets to Genevieve.
I, Nicholas Le, bequeath Brian Ng and John Tu my incredible skills in the art of procrastination and my quesadillas.
I, Stefan Wooding, bequeath my peanut butter to Anna Zeng on the condition that it be spread vigorously over stem-and-leaf plots.
I, Lakshmi Pabbisetty, bequeath my study skills, sense of humor, and favorite possessions to my sister Sweta in the hope that she will find them useful in the future.
I, Nichole Tan, bequeath Stitch and my passion for Key Club to Joanna Wu, my Malaysian pride to Catherine Kang, my stats skills to Amy Xia, Cindy Lee, and Sunny Chen, my weird humor to Veronica Mok and Corrina Tse, my badminton skills to Megan Hsiao, and an onion to Sonia Atagi. Shout outs to Yearbook v50 and Key club! I love you guys.
I, Stephen Tai, bequeath to all of the cool freshmen, sophomore, and junior runners the power of the CROaK! Oh, and a spare pair of legs to run with.
I, Leah Dickstein, bequeath my intensity to Raghu Dhara, the Debate Presidency to Sanjay Sreekumar, my love for knitting to Lindy Zeng and Yoon Lee, and all the soymilk to Jonathan Lu and Flora Fang. I, Leena Yin, bequeath the Mission Anime empire to Justin and Michael; UP and all its beautiful productions to M.C. and co.; the future of debate to all my “novices”; my physics struggle to Anna; all my stress to Zizi; and my love for music to Lynnea. I, Leslie Liu, bequeath the beautiful blessings of Youth Alive to Caleb Han, Natalie DeForest, Trisha Nguyen, Claudia Shao, Daniel Jean, and Jacinda Chan, my perseverance to Amber Ma, Nancy Gao, Victoria Ng, and Anna Chen, Tiffany’s “fish” to Joani Wong, and all my love and knowledge to Evan Chang. I, Lillian Choung, bequeath my AP testing spirit totem cat to Vanessa Kao, the future of CS club to Anna Zeng, and mon vocabulaire francais to Min, Helena, and Hannah. Best wishes to all of you! I, Lindsay Kageyama, bequeath my ability to sneak eat in Physics class to Katherine “100%” Peterson and my compiled list of Ronak quotes to Ronak Modi himself.
I, Nicholi Reece, bequeath Kevin Li all the powers of tech and Emerald Luh all the purple straws. I, Nihar Parikh, bequeath my quest for knowledge and my constant quarreling to Kerrie Wu and Nina Krishnan, my love for small metal boxes and nineteen-page packets to Dustin Chiang, my senioritis to Ryan Chen, and my purple hopseed bushes to mother nature. I, Noa Kretchmer, bequeath my twerking abilities to Chaz Nagata and Julie Kim and my position as assistant director to Maya Zhai.
I, Tanuj Chowdhury, bequeath my $85,000 Honda Odyssey to Bryan McKernon, the continent of Pangaea to China Lau, and my leg and facial hair to Zer Keen Chia. Jerry gets nothing.
I, Rachel Choi, bequeath the amazing Centerspread section to Lindy Zeng and Tingting Bi, my penchant for walnuts to Grace Wu, my random energetic moments to Vivian Jair, and a meaningful and exciting last year(s) of high school to Kerrie Wu, Zizi Zhang, and Yoon Lee.
I, Lynn Huang, bequeath my skills to scream the wrong name to Susan Tran, my skills to yaoi to Jebby Zhang, my skills to push people out of the way to Ryan Chiang, my “special” hairs to Amy Hoffman, my knee to Jay and my elbow to Cody.
I, Rahil Hudda, bequeath my dashing looks to Zeeshan Hudda, my intellectual capabilities to Shivam Patel, my ability to get turnt-up to Kevin Li, my deep conversations to Sid Ambulkar, and my love of speech, my cuteness, and gas pedal to Supriya Yelimeli.
I, Mahima Narayan, bequeath my wisdom and work ethic to Ayush & Avnish, the greatness that is C^2 to Izzy Gow, the title of Head B*tch to Catherine Lo, my Chinese skills to Dustin Chiang, great taste in music to Kevin Li, and Bollywood dancing ability to Satwik Bebortha.
I, Rebecca Wang, bequeath the TSA-TEAMS captainship to Jonathan Lu and Kerrie Wu, my terrible Napoleon skills to Jerry Wu, and my college app luck to Aaron Lin.
I, Meilee Cheng, bequeath to Kathy Liu aka Little Girl my height. To Jebbie my amazing cuteness. To Erikka and Christine my authority as captain and the right to yell at Zuhayer and incoming freshmen. To Cynthia my kung fu powers. To Susan aka Sarah my brain. To Christie and Kevin...cute. I, Megan Lee, bequeath the legacy of MC TKD to continue to be super swaggin awesome to favie Jacob Pingue, Nile Mehta, and tdk buddies. I pass down all my ramen and Korean gourmet to T Chou, and the #1 spot in the Kimba’s heart to Austin Fujikawa. I, Melinda Wang, bequeath my amigurumi skills to Lindosaurus and Yoonicorn, ambition to Stanley and Christie, survival instincts to Rina, infinite memory capacity to Berry, and my passion, incredible consistency, navigational sense, and “mother duck guidance” to the entire cross-country and track teams, especially the freshies; miles of adventures await! I, Melissa Wu, bequeath my ability to relax to Angela Zhang, my confidence to Kevin Chan, my checkmating abilities and work ethic to Ryan Liu, and all my love to the future of MSJ Badminton. I, Melody Fang, bequeath Andrea Cruz my driving skills, yelling abilities and defense chants during games. I also bequeath you all my SAT and AP books. Have fun! I, Merissa Chen, bequeath the responsibility of representing ACPA during MC week to Ceci Leng, Joyce Qiao, and Catherine Hou, as well as warm fuzzies, hugs, love, and any test prep material to all three of them and Renee Yen.
I, Swaja Khanna, bequeath my vast knowledge of the useless to Triveni Gore and my love of photography to Vishaal Prasad.
I, Patrick Chen, bequeath my smash and my extraordinary snapping skills to Megan Hsiao. Don’t be bm. I, Rachel Lee, bequeath H4H to Karen Lee. Also all the seagulls on the bell tower.
I, Lucy Shen, bequeath Girls’ Golf to all you wonderful girls on the team, my total lack of kawaiisugoi to Mission Anime and Dreamcafe, the cash box and my chair-carrying buffness to you amazing theater/UP peeps, and my last minute speedediting skills to the next MSJTV season.
I, Margaret Shen, bequeath Riceballs Winds to Stanley Gu and Lillian Dong, Science Olympiad to Kerrie Wu, and my bookshelves and cat to Amy Shen.
I, Sumedh Bhattacharya, bequeath Jennie Huang the ability to withstand tickling, Chaz Nagata absolutely nothing because he’s perfect, Soukhya Inamdar all my knowledge both inside and outside of school, and Muizz Jivani everything because he’s a mast kalandar.
I, Tanya Raja, bequeath the Arts & Entertainment editorship to the brilliant Peter Xu and fantastic Tammy Tseng, the Mission: SOS presidentship to the awesome Anjali Kanthilal, and all my love and AP test prep books and some of my clothes to my favorite sister, Tanvi Raja.
I, Lindsey Dobyns, bequeath my sock monkey, Socks, to my cross country team, my ditziness to my chem lab group, my awesome singing skills to Claire, and my many clips to the girls long distance track team.
I, Maggie Wang, bequeath Joyce Qiao my study-guiding habits.
I, Sonali Toppur, bequeath the beloved Opinion section to Sanjay Sreekumar and Catherine Wang, my everlasting YC love and dance skills to Sneha Patkar and Sarina Chitre, my Harry Potter obsession to Medha Raman, and my DotA skill to Ishan Goyal in the hopes he’ll start playing.
I, Noah Yang, bequeath my track abilities and captaincy to the Friday Funday group, Jon Kan, Brian Cheng, Ibrahim Moinuddin, and Juliana McCuaig, as well as to Ben Torrez and Nathan Lee.
I, Rachel Chang, bequeath to Cynthia Jiang the House of Romanov, Amy Hoffman rib breaking hugs, Christie Chong all the buing buings and kicks to the ear, Jebby Zhang all the butts and corgis and thug lives, and Anusha Murshed the krown of keth and deluxe spicy McChickens.”
I, Maki Tohmon, bequeath my favorite little brother, Koji, my good grades and household chores; Jerome Sun my heart cuz I love him so much; and Charlie Han whom I’ve never actually met the joy of not being asked if you’re my little brother or not.
I, Srushti Shah, bequeath an amazing Senior year to Ishita Shah and Yoshita Suthar. I hope you guys enjoy it as much as I did.
I, Reid Marion, bequeath the #11 jersey to anyone but Hakeem, my sexy muscles to Ethan Hu, and the title of “White Mamba” to Ryan “shmendy” Henderson. I, Richard Wei, bequeath to Daniel Zhu my duty to call “LLLLLLLLLLLLEG SWINGS” during practice, to Nicholas Cai a basket of market fresh strawberries, to Aamir my ability not to do too much work, and to the track and XC team my everlasting gratitude for the memories. Good luck guys! I, Rupam Gupta, bequeath my DECA Presidency to Ishan Goyal and Amy Huang, my pocket squares to Ruchit Majmudar, and my knowledge to my sister Rumita Gupta. I, Ryan Mark, bequeath whatever speed I have to Ryan Walleman even though he’s already faster than me. I, Sai Chilakapati, bequeath my golf skills to Bryan Yan, my knowledge to my bro Krishna Bharathala, my DECA vice-presidency to Anaha Raghunathan, and my mustache to Ishan Goyal. I, Sailakshmi Moorthy bequeath the Little Theatre to Mrs. Roundy and my baby underclassmen, my muscles and tech strength to Harshita Gupta, my painrful hitting skills to Susan Young and my “gift” to Dana Gurion. I, Sarbari Bhattacharjee, bequeath my inability to see over the dashboard to Raghu Dhara; my incompetence with cars to Arnav Gautam; my college essay writing skills to Arshi Aggarwal and Nisha Subramanian; and a stressful but amazing four years of wandering the halls of Mission to my brother. I, Shannon Chua, bequeath my passing to the Boys Volleyball team, my whale-ness to the Girls Basketball team, and my matrix to the Girls Volleyball team. I bequeath my love, affection, and the protection of human shields to my boys volleyball kids especially Nathan “Baybee” Wang and Alton “Dongsaeng” Lin. I, Shanta Tran, bequeath the legacy and traditions of MSJ Swimming to Kathleen Nguyen, Vivy Hua, and Cat Ha, Green Team to Tiffany Chou, and all my SAT books and Jarvis to my little brother Albert Tran. I expect big things from all of you!
I, Tiffany Kwok, bequeath my awesome nickname to Susan Tran, my height to SUPER TA Ryan Chiang, my pro Japanese language skills to Kenta Oka, my zipper gray sweatpants to Joshua Chao (wink), and my (last minute crash course) study habits to Amal Nanavati. I, Uma Palaniappan, bequeath my punctuality to all my 7 AM Warriors for the Peer Resource class of 2013-2014, ERRC to Sana and Shayaan, and amazing senior years to Aaroshi Sahgal, Meridith Hirsch, Catherine Lo, Sid Ambulkar, and Aamir Rasheed. I, Vaibhav Anand, bequeath all my agarbatti to Vanikaa Keswani. To all my fav underclassman, like Asmita, Snigdha, and Vipula, I give my math skills which will help them survive. To Asassy, I pass my Badminton skills. Mohan Saxena shall receive pinecones and Mansi shall receive Raj. Love you all! I, Valerie Tsai, bequeath Phoenix to Vivian Jair and Zixin Chen, A La Mode to Louisa Hua, and all my love to Flora Fang and Nancy Gao. I, Vincent Meng, bequeath my mesmerizing good looks to Karen and Chaz, passion/know-hows for LEO Club to Austin, Cynthia, China, & the officers, endless piggy-back rides to Jebby, everything else to my lil bro Victor, and an awesome senior year to the rest of my underclassmen friends. I, Vivian Dong, bequeath my cello “awesomeness” to Louisa Hua, Richard Liang, and Aimee Xu, RiceBalls to Darren Li, and much orchestra love (yay!) to Mark Cho, Christie Neo, Albert Wang, Sean Li, Aaron Lethers, Samuel Kung and all the other orchies. I, Walter Yu, bequeath my dashing good looks to Tiffany Chou, my gray scarf to Melissa Huang, my tech skills to Abi and Mason, and my big butt to anyone that needs it. I, Waylan Khuu, bequeath all my math skills to Rachel Grade, my HCMC knowledge to Angela Chen, my WRX to Sarah Chang (just kidding), and all the purple straws, ice cream and dairy skills to Emerald Luh! Samantha Lin gets all my tinikling skills! I, Whitney Liu, bequeath my hyperness and excitement to Sruthi, Katherine, and Jennifer, and all my love to Gracie Chan, Jessica Mar, Jessica Cao, and Shalandy Zhang. I, William Cheung, bequeath my Key Club spirit and service to the ‘13-’14 Members and Board (can I get an OH YEA?!), love and light to Peer, the Handshake to Kevin, my poker face to Hin Hin, and of course, my heart and passion to MSJ Badminton. I, Yilin Jiang, bequeath all my underclassmen friends to keep any and all memories we shared and the love & friendships we have in MSJ. <3 I, Zarrie Samiezade-Yazd, bequeath the future leadership of Peer Resource to Cade, Yoon, Juhi, Jonah, Praveena, Rachel, Caleb, Stephanie, Anjali, and Anjuli. I entrust the memory of “Carry On” to Kristina, Brian, Tarush, China, and Rachel. I leave the Yazd Dynasty to Hamed and Kadie. We, the senior clarinetists (Emma Zhang, Clara Yu, Kelly Chu, Jerry Li, Garrett Chan, Nikita Thomas, Andrew Chang) bequeath our authority over the clarinet section to the junior clarinetists (Ananya Kumar, Stephen Wang, Feiyao Li, William Hsu) as well as the candy-buying responsibility. And good lick to next year’s juniors...
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