Friday, June 12, 2009
The Smoke Signal
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I, Abhay Malik, bequeath Megan and Niku the the right to pick my nose.
country and track teams.
I, Akshaya Ramanujum, bequeath my powerpoint and skills to Priya and my love of hugs to Rohini.
I, Chris Chang, bequeath to the little whitey girls (Ada included) my “game playing” skills and Rosalita, Turby my SAUM moves and looks, Wester my guitar, DOTA and polo skills, and Ashlyn all my love.
I, Alex Cheung, bequeath my books and my dog to my sister. I, Alex Kwan, bequeath my natural luck to all the students who are entering or currently in MSJH. I, Alison Lee, bequeath my beloved 10’6” 100 spirit to Leona Zhu and Josephine Suen, my two adorable epic noob pole vaulters. I also bequeath my nastiness to my ex-stand partner Eric Wang, who should better appreciate my unique humor. MSJ pole vaulters for life! I, Amanda Kwan, bequeath to Karen Lin and Tina Tseng Centerspread Editorship of the Smoke Signal, to Alisha Makmuri the Presidency of Gay-Straight Alliance, to Frank Zhu many walks home, to Vito Prasad my hamster organs, and to Benson Chien all my love for Karen Lin. I, Amanda Tam, bequeath to Erika Cherk the responsibility of saving the manatees. I, Amul Bhatia, bequeath Sunny my amazing beard and three pointer. I, Amy Leung, bequeath all my old projects and homecoming gear to my brother, Craig Leung. I hope these help you survive three more years at MSJ.
I, Christina Chuang, bequeath my meaness and ghetto-fabulousity to Benson Chien, my math skillz to Jerald Xu and Joseph Teng, my delightful scent to Monica “stank” Li, my awesome editing prowess to my Yearbook twin Alyson Au, and my saltines and physics love to Sam Kim, the stupid junior. I, Christina Lin, bequeath all my shoes and ever-lasting love to Jason Liu. I, Christine Nam, bequeath my soccer captain badge to the studly, jbox taco eating Amrun Singh, my Michelle Wie like golf skills, unbelievable fashion sense, and all of the chubbiness in my cheeks to my best friend Madison Hirsch! I, Christopher Mayer, bequeath all my soccer skills to Neil Marion.
I, Anna Kehl, bequeath my M16 to Christy, musical marching madness to Tara and Rachna, unorganized piles of Jazz music to Esther, and Powerhouse memories to Christy, Lance, Alison, Richard, McKenzie, and all my other Ph friends.
I, Darya Bolgova, bequeath the M wing to Katya and all the other little underclassmen <3. Also I bequeath the drama room and all the little hangout spots to my brother Egor. And I pass on the awkward stick to all the Russians who come through this school!
I, Anthony Chao, bequeath Jeffrey Chon my childhood cuteness, Angela Wu my innocence, Tiffany Yen my cool calm, Brandon Pang my sanity, Lisa Xu my brains, Michael Wong my assign, Sid Parihar my relaxing skills, William Klepac my Asian-ness and Matthew Chao my experiences and good times at Mission.
I, Debra Yen, bequeath, concentrated solar power and space to Dawei Liu, ACPA craziness to Diana Li and Jessica Chen, my dying orchestra cello to Karen Hsu and cello freshmen and national Marine sanctuaries to Youngjun Na, Ishmael to Calvin Jia and Mr. Howell’s scale to Joy Chen.
I, Billal Hararah, bequeath my awesome sandwich making skills to David J. Wilson. I, Brandon Ha, bequeath David Roche my Captain privileges and scoring title two years and running! I, Brittany Hraiz, bequeath my wonderful dancing skills to Miss Sara Ann Garden, my “grueling” study habits to Ishan Shah and my knowledge to my brother, Brandon Hraiz. I, Cassia Homann, bequeath all my old science notes to my brother, Adam, and my sense of humor to anyone who needs it. I, Catherine Cook, bequeath my 1st clarinet jazz folder to Calvin Xu with hope that he will be the best ever! I, Charlene Nguyen, bequeath my secret weapon to Tiffany SQUARED, Stephu, Tongers, Yanni, Sahana, AndiePandie, Aneesha, Leslie, Sonia, JPAK, Raashi, Dora, Elizabeth, Indu, Lakshmi, Mrdula, Jasleen, and Sabrina, and my INTERACT LOVE to Cassie, Nikita, Michelle, Vicki, and Alex QinChin and my Amazingly Amazing Talents to my loving brother Charles. I, Che Ouyang, bequeath the keys to the Acura TL to Raymond Chen. I, Chelsea Kitta, bequeath my track and crosscountry speed to Madison Hirsch, my aggression and the beast to Lica Monobe, my flamboyant clothing and eyeliner to Anjana Bala, my math skills to Jeffrey Kiu, my necklaces to Linda Xu, my hopes for future success to Erica Cherk, and everyone keep beasting MSJ athletics up! I, Chirag Vasavda, bequeath Anjana Bala and Sheila Lin my Berkeley decision (good luck! :D) and Nealay Vasavda the cross
I, Jeff Mukai, bequeath my godly shooting skills to Eric Yai.
I, Jessica Chow, bequeath my incredible procrastinating skills to Joanna Chow and Justin Chew.
I, Danielle Havard, bequeath my stellar, exquisite volleys to Allison Tong, my amazing, powerful backhand to Stephanie Quan, and my outstanding endurance to Lesley!
I, Azhar Malik, bequeath many thanks to all my underclassmen friends. Oh, and my cousin gets my car.
I, Jeanette Su, bequeath May Wang, Edward Leu, and Thomas Feng my endurance for spray-painting the field, my ability to dodge band maces, and my tolerance for dealing with my annoying students without going crazy, respectively.
I, Coco Liu, bequeath the tree by the office to all the underclassmen who are someday eating lunch, enjoying their closed campus and are seeking some shade. The tree is there for you!
I, Andrew Jiang, bequeath my Chinese yo-yo to Jeff Chang, my violin skills to John Park, and my cunning form to the track distance team.
I, Austin McKenzie, bequeath my dancing skills and all my talent to Nicki Gallinati, who will be amazing one day.
I, Jeanette Lau, bequeath Aneesha Desai the best of luck with Children at Heart, Jeankaylyn Ebreo the Tahitian performance during the MC week, Cindy Tieu my softball beastliness, and everything else to my love TIFFANY HUANG!
I, Jenn Chin, bequeath my amazing smoothie recipe and rest of my steroids to Eric Wang, the laziest pole-vaulter I’ve ever met, and my DI skills to Dillon Chang, because he’s really good at that kind of stuff.
I, Dallas Andrews, bequeath Omar ElSadany with my height. Also Shashank Agrawal with my sense of humor and ability to shave.
I, Audrey Tseng, bequeath my rap skills to my Wu-Teng Clan so they’ll stop stealing my rhymes, my muscles to Jen, Mina, Allison, Brent and Trey, my squirrel tail to Vito, my artistry to Ashwin, Aneesh and Andy, my slaps to Albert, Eric and Tim, and my heart, nose, and puppy-dog look to none other than Jerry Ting.
I, Jason T. Wong, bequeath Brandon Wong, Mike Zheng, Katee Trinh, Sheila Lin, Michael Kagan, and Andie Kuan the rawness of all that is Jason Timchun Wong. The rawness of my rhymes, the doneness of my flips to the ridiculous amount of swag. Amen.
I, Clara Ma, bequeath my rooms and whatever clothes, books, and miscellaneous stuff I leave behind to my sister, Polly :]
I, Amy Mao, bequeath my laggy News computer and Smokie Love to Megan Bernstein and Sargun Kaur.
I, Anthony Oshiro, bequeath my dancing/ choreography skills to Adrienne Lam, Ray Chung, and Sarah Ching.
I, Isabel Tseng, bequeath Yihuan Zhou to Ranhee Jung, my Dactyl record to Dr. Matthew Thomas Lazar, and Ran-hee Jung to Yihuan Zhou.
I, Denise Tsang, bequeath my fun/crazy moments to Victoria Lee, my peppy friend. I, Derek Wong, bequeath my brother Aaron Wong my ability to choreograph, my apparently similar looks, and my overall beastliness. I, Derek Yueh, bequeath my exquisite taste in music to Cynthia Kang, my headline forming creativity to Sonya John, and my luck with the ladies to Yihuan Zhou. I, DJ Erraballi, bequeath all my style to handle emergencies to Pallav, Kelsey, Matt, Miranda, Sarah, and Kiani. I, Eddie Naimi, bequeath “madsuspect” to Alondra Fernandez, and “church” to Hans Strobl. I, Elaine Lim, bequeath to my baby sister, Whitney Lim, the four walls of my room, my dry humor, and bold-faced “truths”. I, Emily DeStigter, bequeath my piece of Universal Performers to Karthik Raman and the pre-show “Do You Feel That Spirit?” chant to Gina Gori. I, Eric Choi, bequeath to Edward Wang my mallets; to Anthony kang my mallet bragging rights; to Thomas and Elly the right to annoy Kraft; to Alex Lo my support; to Josh Chen and Matthew Tse my brotherly love; to Stephen, Ryan, Isaac, and William my hope that you guys don’t stress. Bang! stays with me. I, Eric Sun, bequeath my liberties as an A&E editor to Niku Jafarnia and Cynthia Kang, my coolness to Sonia Dhawan and Kristi Nguyen (those in need), my electric razor to Jerry Ting (shave that goatee!), and my rhymes to Wu-Teng Clan, so that they may stop getting owned by Audrey. I, Eugenia Ho, bequeath my master viola to Theo Ma and Karina Wong, VIFE food, spinach dip, to Tiffany Yen, Amantha, Denise, and Dorothy, and my Giraffe brain to Kristi and Kevin! I, G. Tirupachur, bequeath my amazingly great looks and bball skills to Sunny Rupani, and all my pink things to Allison Tong. I, Gina Liu, bequeath my ability to stay awake during long English lectures to Joseph Teng, my tardy-free record to Kimberlee Hu, and lots of gymnastics love to Kylan Nieh and the rest of the team. Thanks for the memories, and keep up our undefeated record! I, Hiren Bahal, bequeath my game and swagger to Francis Kim, and my golf skills to Ian Dickeson and Kevin Okhora.
I, Joe Chen, bequeath JV Soccer sandbagging to Edward Wang and all awesome biology videos to Kevin Shen. I, John Jackson, bequeath the cheese steak shop to David Wilson. I, Jonathan Ye, bequeath my gangsterness to Hijab twins, maltese to Polly Ma, HPC legend to Preetman Sandhu, million slaps to Joseph Teng, laziness to Jerald Xu, godliness and much more to Sonya John, Gridwar skills to Stephenie Yuan, and everything to be better than me to Jordan Ye. I, Justin Chang, bequeath my super, sexy, speedy swimming skills to my younger brother, Dillon Chang. I, Justin Liou, bequeath my point guard savvy to Eugene Chen and slurpee runs to the junior studs. I, Kat Abruzzese, bequeath Scottie, the Michaels, Lancey Poo, Dova and my Gnomes an answer for all the theatre problems. I also bequeath my treble girls and apprentice a purple platypus, Lizzy Bode my Cappachino +hot body and Kaut and mi hermana all my love+food en mi casa. I, Katherine Chen, bequeath my homework and textbooks, my singing abilities, and my cuteness (according to Alan gege) to my two meimeis, Thu Tran and Elaine Kuo. I, Kathy Zhong, bequeath to Vito Prasad my hamster love life. I, Katie Yang, bequeath my chores, my car, and my bathroom to my brother Patrick. I, Kevin Hoang, bequeath the student store and all the stress that comes with being ASB Treasurer to Shelley Wenzel and my parents’ overhearing nature about high school to my incoming freshman brother, Brandon Hoang. I, Kevin R. Yang, bequeath the Yang Dynasty to Vincent Tang, my randomness to Thomas Lee, and my mischievous behavior to Kenny Chin. I, Kevin Yeung, bequeath drumline captaincy to Phoebe Chou and the responsibility to annoy Kraft to Edward Leu, Aaron Yang, and Atisheel Kak. I, Krista Abrams, bequeath all the “tiburonitas” and tacos to Christy Stumbo, and the off-beat marching music parts and mellophones to my beloved horn section. I, Kyle Tse, bequeath the hurdling team to Allen Xiao, Sam Kim, William N-Gun, Alyssa Fujikawa, Allison Hsueh, Cathy Chen, and Lydia Lui. Don’t screw it up! I, Laura Yoon, bequeath my job at Elite Education to my favorite sophomore: Christine Yoo. I, Lawrence Ku, bequeath the future of Academic Challenge and Science Olympiad to Joy Chen, Go Club to Brian Shi, and my 8 hours of sleep each night to Vicky Hwang (and Youngjun Na, who will ignore this and continue his irregular sleep patterns. I, Lena Liu, bequeath my gymnastics skills to Kimberlee, Kylan, and Trina, my physics knowledge to Joseph, and the prestigious position of Feature editor to Sonya and Alissa. I, Lillian C. Wang, bequeath my keen skills on finding “scales” and my delicious pointe shoe toe pads to Courtney Cheng. Keep dancing, chubs! Also, I love Cynthia Song. I, Lillian R. Wang, bequeath my quirky loveable-ness and a million and one hugs to Joy Xu, who will always be mini Joy to me. I, Lisa Selwan, bequeath all my baking supplies
to make people cookies on Fridays, upon Christian Selwan. I, Lohith Ramannjam, bequeath my lit books to Alex Cruz. May he slay dragons with it. I, Lu Li, bequeath to Vito Prasad my hamster brains. I, Mala Neti, bequeath to Hannah Scobel and Jerry Ting my unconditional Smokie Love. I, Marcie Jhong, bequeath coffee cookie dream ice cream to Chloe Tung and all the songs I’ve ever sung on the radio to Anson Fan. I, Marianna Mao, bequeath my bum ankle to Vito Prasad. I, Mazie Hui, bequeath Bryan Tsang my chick flicks and butterflies and Ada and Brenda Hui (aka the Queen and baby Brenda) my SAT and AP books. I, Michael Chen, bequeath honesty to Leon and David, my assertiveness to Andrew, and my clear speech to Hader Syed. I also bequeath my fun and annoying attitude to every teammate that I have played with in high school. I, Michael Wu, bequeath my heart and love to Cassandra Ang. I, Michelle Lo, bequeath to Vito Prasad my hamster fetus. I, Michelle Shieh, bequeath Megan Bernstein, Mel Carter, and Tiff Lind the laziness and pounds that have yet to come senior year and Melody Shieh all of my California-appropriate, summer clothes which I will unfortunately no longer need. I, Mingjian Wang, bequeath the mantle of chess master of MSJ to Vincent Tian, Eugene Kwok and everyone else in En Passant. I, Moriah Kreeger, bequeath to Vito Prasad my hamster voice. I, Muneet Shoker, bequeath my red ruler to Mihir Jain, my amazing jokes to Kelley and Jai, and my attendance record to Gman. I, Natalie Yang, bequeath the Centerspread editor positions to Karen Lin and Tina Tseng and my parents to my brother, Aaron Yang. I, Natasha Gupta, bequeath my love for Peer Counseling to Sonya, Cecilia, Golzar, Stephenie, Yussra, and Sonia, the homecoming/multicultural committee to Golzar, L2 love/drama to Anjana Bala and Kylan Nieh, and lots of QQing to next year’s Van Deusen physics students.
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I, Sabrina Yeh, bequeath my obnoxious job of organizing group events each Saturday to Andrea Wu and my share of Kevin Nguyen’s house to Andrea Wu, Connie Sung, Hermione Gaw, Jesse Chang, Manning Huang, Shixin Yu, Eric Chin, Howen Jou, and Joycelyn Wong. I, Samir Shah, bequeath my trusty fencing foil, Grey Fang, to Joy Chen, in the hope that it will continue to taste victory. I also bequeath my Thinking Cap to Trisha Sen, confident that the secret to my success will not go to words. I, Samuel Mak, bequeath Theo Ma my awesome Canto skills, deep thoughts, and procrastination abilities. I, Sandeep Dinesh, bequeath Reena Dinesh the B-wing corner, because the N-wing is for freshmen. I, Sarah Folk, bequeath the En Garde Fencing Club to Joy Chen and all my Treble love to my fellow lady tenors Natasha Parkh and Elaine Kuo. I, Scott Fong, bequeath Chris Gonzalez jersey #23 and centerfield. I, Sean Zhang, bequeath Stephenie Yuan, good luck and congrats for being president for Key Club. You’re going to be very successful in the future. I, Sharon Kim, bequeath Youth Alive to Steph Kwok, Chris Chen, Kevin Sui, and Tiffany Yen and my parents’ undivided attention and nagging, as well as my computer and my mysterious “absences” to my baby brother Brian Kim! I, Sophie Diao, bequeath unconditional Smokie Love to Harry Tobel (Hannah and Jerry), the Wu-Teng Clan, and the rest of the SS crew, and lunchtime adventures to Vito Prasad. I, Stephanie Cheung, bequeath my love for badminton to Lisa and Crystal, Key Club to all my beloved sophomore officers, “Steph Legacy” to Stephenie, my portable CD player , bears and beets to Cecilia, and my faith, post-it notes, passion and love for others and my parking spot to one of my best friends, Sonya Maryliz John. I, Stephen Yu, bequeath my team mojo and my number one crown to Evan Dankiewicz, my C.O.D. and gear-shifting skills to Brandon Nguyen, and my 1991 Accord and blackmailing skills to Chad Ho. I, Steven Tang, bequeath the legacy of the badminton chest bump to one Thomas Lee.
I, Neha Jain, bequeath my car, my large white soccer T-shirt, and my ability to get away with everything to my favorite, Mihir Jain.
I, Swati Bhonsle, bequeath Darieu to the next greatest bass clarinet player in the MSJ Band.
I, Nikhil Saini, bequeath my soccer sills to Ashwin Khurana. He will follow in my footsteps for leading the team to another year in MVALs. He will be a captain and a mentor to all the younger players.
I, Tammie Tran, bequeath my broken coolness scale and a can of LARD to Joycelyn Wong, my excess art supplies to my adorable freshies Angela Zhu and Polly Ma, a slice of my awesomeness to Joy Xu, and some eye drops to Sara Shroyer.
I, Olivia Wagner, bequeath my kindness and craziest to Alexandra B. I, Phillip Mui, bequeath my pretty eyes to Linda Xu, my superhuman strengths to Robin Huang and Danny Tieu. I, Preston Lam, bequeath my backhand volley to Evan Dankiewicz, Calvin Chiang, and Anjan Balgovind; my smooth talking to Abel John and Nikhil Krisha; my leadership to Yanni Dzoan and Aneesha; my hugging skills to Chad Ho; and most importantly my love, thanks, and luck to Mr. Attic Weng. The NCS champion. I, Priyanka Gwalani, bequeath my amazing insults to Natasha Parikh, my chemistry “beastliness” to Stephanie Ge, and my “superiority” to Shelley Wenzel. Last of all, I bequeath my car and all my responsibilities to my brother, Jaimish Gwalani. I, Rachel Greathouse, bequeath my amazing hugs to Saadia Amin, my tinikling skills skillz to my favorite MC group underclassmen, and my lovable strange-ness to Eileen Nguyen, who gave it to me in the first place. I, Raj Atluri, bequeath my charm, heart, and soul to Nick Patel. I, Raymond Chou, bequeath the Phoenix to Colette Jaycox and Chelsea Dass, and the Smoke Signal Online to Christine Cheng and Tanu Patel. I, Rebecca Holland, bequeath all words related to The Game to Jerry and hope that the gang will survive. I hand my quirky role to whoever dares to fill it, as judged by Leila Garcia. CHEESECAKE! I, Rick Shi, bequeath my calves to Alicia Shi and my height to Alex Qin. I, Rohan Naik, bequeath my Bhangra skills to my little cheche, Sonya John. I, Ryan Tanakit, beqeath a pair to David Westerhoff and Dillon Chang, my obnoxious editor ablities to Anthony and Joseph, and a little bit of my haterocity to Megan Bernstein.
I, Taylor Cooper, bequeath Scott Kavanagh take-out Friday, choose well. Also, my world domination plans to Karthik Raman. I, Vicraj Gill, bequeath the Arts & Entertainment section of the Smoke Signal to Niku Jafarnia and Cynthia Kang. I, Victor Chen, bequeath Jeffrey Kanemitsu my quick hands, Franky Peterson a year’s supply of handprints, Renzhi Yu a lot of Wingstop, Sharleen Tu my blackness, Jerry Ting all my commi love and Zaki Sarwary absolutely nothing. I, Victoria Gu, bequeath the theatre to Alisha Makmuri, MUN to Neha Teekappanavar, Pooh to Kristi Nguyen and Golzar Yousefi, a million slaps to Joseph Teng, aka Gus Gus or Bob the Tomato, my Daily Cal position to Anthony Wu, and Smokie love to next year’s J1, J2, and J3. I, Vidya Mahavadi, bequeath newsie love to Megan Bernstein and Sargun Kaur, all around coolness to Sonya John, my stupidity to Sonia Dhawan, my eating compulsion to Cecilia Huang, a million slaps to Joseph (gus gus), gridwars to Stephenie Yuan and my skinny legs to Yussra Mossadak. I, Vincent Leong, bequeath my passion for track and cross country to Jeffrey Liu, as well as my varsity jacket. I, Vivian Chou, bequeath cetaceans to Joy Chen, planktonic larvae to Calvin Jia, ocean circulation to Youngjun Na, and all my ocean science tossups to posterity. I, Ying Xian, bequeath my insane driving skills to Manning Huang and my awesome piccolo abilities to Rebecca Gao. I, Yvonne Lin, bequeath to Alice Ding hours of practice, the word “disparage” and my pi(e) sabre. I, Zoe Lu, bequeath Evan Dankiewicz to Linda Xu, my XC love to the varsity girls of ’08, my shark drawings to AZIA, my amazing texting skills to Brendan Tsao, and my piano-ing to my lil bro, David Wu.
background image by staff writer karen lin and sophomore tina tseng; senior wills compiled by staff writers sonya john, cynthia kang, and jane wang; background texture from masterjinn.deviantart.com