clicking, timekeeping abilities to Alex and the low winds, endurance to Jennifer, camaraderie to Han and Adam, and joyous error-free lab experiences to Raymond, Ruchi, and Marian. I, Howard Huang, bequeath my java skills to Alan Lin and Rahul Sarathy, my tallness to Gavin Dersh-Fisher, and ability to drop dogs to Annie Zhu.
I, Hubert Tsen, bequeath the future of TeamS to the junior group on the corner picnic tables, college sweaters to Sunny Zhang, life lessons to Patark Lee, sugar packets to Bombay Bullet, and pecs to waterpolo and swimming. I, Imani Behrens, bequeath my humor to Evita, fashion to Alice, boutonniere to Justin, beufo handoffs to Gianna, volumized hair to Claire, my innocence to Anjali, rocketships to Ryan, dance moves to Shawn, biscuits to Catalina&Beatrice, name hollering to Mariel, sunscreen to Ishani, accents to AK, and music to Arianna. I, Insiya Attarwala, bequeath my spontaneous park adventures and Panera study dates to Harsha, my Tuesday lunches to Guneet and Anna, my pmt problems to Lillian Wu, my math bs-ing abilities to Ishani, and my grape juice to Raags.
I, Izumi Shimanouchi, bequeath my awesomeness to Daniel Wang, my beautiful stories to Melody Hsu, my mindset to Harsha Bolisetty, my storytelling skills to Jun Seo Park, my fabulousness to Rachit Kataria, and my smile to Griffin Tanaka. I, James Chow, bequeath the crown of bm to James Nishijima, my Japanese skills (or lack thereof) to Tony Peng, and my orange-scented eraser to Billy Lu.
I, Jacob Antony, bequeath to Kassi empty water bottles, pots of ice water, and many late night conversations, to Yoni my punching skills (call me Mr. Hands), to Keffrey the title of Epic’s resident sketch man and the jacket of your dead gardener, to Izzy only the most obnoxious Snapchat stories and the quality of whiteness, to Sabrina the ability to drive over the speed limit, to Michelle the ability to relax and all the YAC hours I never accrued, to Khaya good posture, to Divyya a box of Kleenex, to Dhiraj a box of Kleenex along with lotion, to Freya many successful days at Math Squared, to James my godlike content editing skills, to Michaela the balls to go stag, to sports, news, and opinion my clutch Photoshop magic, and to next year’s Epic staff I wish the best of luck as you move forward: be smart, be diligent, and be a family. I, James Lee, bequeath my pet snake to Alan Wang, my hatred of the Great Gatsby to Jeffery Yang, and my varsity two mens doubles spot to Wesley and Stanley.
I, James Ma, bequeath my extraordinarily refined vortexing skills to Brandon Chou and Elora Mallick, my maturity to Alex Hong, my eight sides to William Lu, my beloved buzzer set to Nithin Buduma and Pranav Lalgudi, and my science to Oliver Dong.
I, Jane Wei, bequeath my school supplies to Melissa for a (hopefully) wonderful start to high school. To Ryan, Siddhi, Kishen, Alina and MB low brass I bequeath my MB binder, and my awful tone to Jeffery.To Sherry I bequeath my exploding pen, if she wants it, of course. I, Janet Wang, bequeath my best wishes to
Gigi, my persistent determination to Rini, and my occasional good luck to all those who have supported me along the way and whom I will miss forever.
I, Janselle Justo, bequeath my awesome artistic cooking talent and my humor to my cooking buddy Sharon Ray, my amazing calc skills/advice about life to Tiffany Huang and Pallavi Sreeram, and my funny awkwardness to third period dropout Agnes Tang. I, Jarrett Chan, bequeath my speed to the Indian-chanting dudes in the pool, and a love for pötàtöēs to everyone. Pötàtöēs be gud. I, Jason Guo, bequath my amazing driving skills, my rebellious spirit, and my Yearbook legacy to Joseph Zhang, my right stuff membership and huge muscles to shadowstar6197, my fashion sense to Kevin Lin, my water supply to Benjamin Wu, my business card making skills to Winston Lan, and my stickers to Rachel Tu.
I, Jason Xie, bequeath my sweq to Alan Wang (my best bff friends forever), my in-class napping to Anusha, my trolling to Sahil, and nothing to Rani.
I, Jefferine Li, bequeath my Spurs love to Kyle, fandom for 7 little words to Sahil and Rex, choir love to Ashley, Michelle, and Emily, flowing prose & poetry and infinite hugs to Marian, Spanish wisdom (or maybe lack thereof) to Katherine, Cheryl, and Jessica.
I, Jennifer Liaw, bequeath my zombie appearance to Cynthia, Ms. Tarley’s movie and restaurant recommendations to Linda, some legit black dress pants to Felicia, the future of the alto section to Ashley, and my American citizenship to Louie. I, Jenny Ho, bequeath chicken to Jinwon Heo, love to Alexis Theony, and a seabra to Victor Yu. I, Jenny Xie, bequeath my french tutoring time slots to Catherine Day, many bear hugs and related puns to Luke Ge, love for blue gatorade to Katie Lam, good luck in hopes of an injury free season next year to Maggie Cai, awesome lolita deals to Katherine Cheng, Sebastian Stan and an egg to Nanxi Wang.
I, Jerry Luo, bequeath the adventures of exploration to Jane Lee, Billy Lu to Emily Zhong, and the confidence, courage, responsibility, and faith, for leading Agape and bringing out God’s love, to Alyssa Zhang, Emily Chen, Esther Kao, and everyone else who will be on Agape Core Team.
I, Jesse Chou, bequeath my pink bowtie to Jeffrey Chang and Jane Lee, two chains to Dolly, PowerPoint skills to Rani. Fried chicken to Renee Cai, $$$ to Jocelyn Sun, planar-magnetic circumaurals to Jin. Odewa-ofrankugadaiskinandaiyo and 512thnote pickups to Khushal Gujadhur, and migraines to NeuroBureau: Rachit, Sonia, and Nancy Xu. I, Jessica Cao, bequeath hugs and onesided conversations to Khaya Bhatia and Michelle Su, happy thrifting, fresh sushi and Tnahpele (on behalf of Veronica) to Maddison Ficovich, scholarship-winning art portfolios, the best outfits and imagination-opening Instagram accounts to Sarah Park and Sheng Lin, secret clothing designs to Michelle, goals come true, manicured brows and focus to Eric Chiu,
the cutest clothes and individualism to Christina Liu, sass and AP Style to James Wilhelmi, pointed questions to Stephanie Lu, production attendance and tons of popcorn to JJ Ignatescu, JJ to Shushank, proving me wrong, spirited debates and colorful trousers to Anand Chukka, 22 Jump Start to Izabella Kipnis and Sabrina Jen, smushed brownies and better Secret Santa skills and Hungry? to Kristen Wong, hardcore non-procrastinated studying to my JBowl kouhai. An eternal supply of water to the Epic staff. To the new ENCs, may the odds be Everinyourfavor.
sa Chen, and my love for boys to Khushal Gujadhur
I, Jessica Lin, bequeath my water polo skills to my kid brother and my butt-kickin’ girl’s varsity team, my nonexistent artsiness to Julia Wang, and my love for games and stupid memes, League skillz, ability to swim, and One Piece feels to Shanie Liao.
I, Kathy Jang, bequeath a streak that will never end in spirit, the right suitcase, a high five, and the Cal curse to Gianna Wu. Benito, Stalin. The team’s yours now. To Clahh, good moods for my man Wen. Yiss. To Andy Shen (the real bluecars11), a rainbow to run on, 4x exp, a Nalgene, and the smuggest smirk in the world. To Anjali Pemmaraju, a neon sports bra that’s meant to be seen. To the shaved ice crew, a single sunhat, a GLS, and neon4lyfe love. 12.8, 12.3, 1:56, 60. I believe in you. To Evita, the real world. We’re stayin’ alive. To Justin, a row like a stegosaurus. Can you believe it? To Jim S, evenness. To Julia Cat, peelypops. To Prasann, my acceptance of Counting Stars and to JJ, Steph, and Dhiraj, music that isn’t Counting Stars. To Keffrey, cheezburgers +100% picability. To Yahnateng, 47 colored pencils + ombre trapezoid. To Rani Mavram, I want them to see. To James Wilhelmi, fictionality and luck with RHF. To Quyen, a place to stay after concerts.
I, Jessica Lee, bequeath Charlie Wei, Hazel Shen, Tiffany Tzeng, Ali Chen, Gauri Jain, Wendy Chen, Junting Han, Kimberly Ku, Joseph Wang, Jessica Shu, Amy Hung, Ankita Saha, Alexis Foldvary, and Subhodeep Bhattacharya INFINITE flute pride, Catherine Day and Gauri Jain my sectional gossips, and Jennifer Lee my good looks.
I, Jessica Zhang, bequeath my steadiness in aiming on boats and ability to pull allnighters to Chiuchiu, my discrete napping and tippy-toeing skills to Tamtam, and my fondness for Russian accents to Archita and Angela. I, Jialin Lee, bequeath all the food in the world to Kasturi Pantvaidya, my lack of directional sense to Khaya Bhatia, boy troubles to Guneet Kaur, fattiness to Maddi Ficovich, postermaking skills to Albert Kim, math brains to Eunoh Shin, hatred of my job to Caitlyn Liao, ratchet adventures to Anusha Sundar, and beauty to Sunny Zhang. I, Jimmy Zeng, bequeath responsibility and dedication to Pranav Lalgudi, HL Decomposition to Matthew Hase-Liu, and college acceptances to Allison Tam.
I, Joanne Chan, bequeath the leadership of IPC and weekly Panera meetings to Crystal Mah, my hatred of physics to Eunice Ko, completed planners to my Engage kiddos, and running restaurant donations to Shivani Gupta.
I, Joey Li, bequeath ramen raps, frisbee, desert boots, and Asian girls to Anand; my apathy, appetite, and driver’s license to Kassi; black coffee and gavels to Numair; fades, honeycombs, shibes, and corgs to Billy and Emily; firm handshakes, full frame colors, and perfect histograms to Soonho; my stunning eyes and dreams of going to Disneyland to Kelsey Hurwitz; all my 3s, real clothes, and cheek rubbing to Izabella Aliza Frances Kipnis; CREAM and Anand to Michelle; sass to Freya; missing race starts at Crystal Springs to Jesse, Rags, and Ethan; and J&J’s at production to the rest of the Epic. I, Joshua Tripp, bequeath my knowledge of the lack of knowledge of bequeathals.
I, Joyce Chen, bequeath my amazing driving skills, count chocula print outs, cute pug gifs, and gullibility to Divyya Munshi, all the ice cream sandwiches with marshmallows to Lucy Kim, officer position to Rena Jiang, and string cheese to Mel Chen!
I, Julia Huang, bequeath my phone hiding skills in orchestra and my laziness to Alys-
I, Kat Tatley, bequeath my bequeathal skills of bequeathing bequees to Sarah as well as my soccer skills to future players of the V soccer team (although some may not need it Anjali... Kristen...) - but really, I bequeath Sarah my love for sarcasm and Rachel my optimism!
I, Kathleen Ko, bequeath sass and fish faces to Joan Chen, mini-me’s status and Australian accents to Jennifer Pan and Eileen Mao, sister love to Tiffany Chang, Kathleen McCarthy to Dara Jovkar, math sessions to Andy Shen, secret food stashes to Jenny Gao, random musings/facts to Brian Pea, delirious nights in the yearbook room to Soonho Kwon, Rachel Tu, and Jane Lee, bad jokes and music playlists to the Valhalla family, and my love, Disneyland, and dance parties to the Valks.
I, Kavita Krishnan, bequeath my sass and gossip abilities to Avanti Mehrotra, my AP lit good luck charm to Vidya Palepu, my confused humor to Audrey Zheng, and my “desi”ness to Anshul Shah, Vaidehi Duraphe, and Shreya Kumar.
I, Kelly Masterson, bequeath the assistant director title to Sam Khan and Olivia Walker, my sass to Clair Dunn, my sarcasm to Talya Gilboa, my blunt humor to Rebecca Wendler and Makenzie Larson, my constant need to quote friends to Astha Goel, my weird pranks to Raaghav Minocha, and my desire to be adventurous to Justin Robison.
I, Kelsey Hurwitz, bequeath the sports section all the pica boxes in the world, as a metaphor that even small things can make a huge impact. To Urmila I bequeath my slow running skills. To Ashwin I bequeath my lady-wooing skills in the hopes that I can help you “pull” more. To Izzy I bequeath the role of Head Jew (Yoni, please know that it was a close race, and you were quite deserving of the position as well.) To Prachi I wish I had some sort of skill to bequeath but you’re a genius and I hope you’re running the world someday. I guess I’ll just bequeath you my well wishes. Lastly, to Prasann, I thank you for being the best ever, and I bequeath you my signed baby picture that is on the wall in the cave. I hope when you encounter difficulties next year, you look to the photo to remind you of me and it offers some wisdom and guidance. Love you all! You better miss me next year ;)