We stayed one week at the Anaheim Marriott and explored the local attractions. We walked to Disney Land, went to Huntington Beach by taxi, met up with my relatives at their house in Los Angeles, chilled at the hotels and at Universal Studios, and lastly competed in our competitive events. Our team KFC (Richard Kim, Karen Feng, William Cheng) won 1st place in Business Financial Plan! "When New Jersey rocks the house, we rock it all the way down!" Haha, that chant still cracks me up.
Tuesday, the first day, I arrived at the airport at 7am and boarded with my friends. I spent the 6 hour flight practicing our presentation, goofing around with friends, and sleeping. When we arrived at Orange County airport, we quickly got to our hotel and practiced the whole day. And we all also chilled in the pool! The second day was a free day! Eeshan, Anthony, Richard, and I were roommates and we went to the Health Club to work out. Later that day, Beverly, Karen, Richard, Daniel, Mohammad, and I left to Huntington Beach. There were 20-some volleyball courts on the beach and tons of surfers. Fun day. Soon after we left and got back to the hotel, we walked to DisneyLand. The rides were fun, but the line for the Indianna Jones ride pissed a lot of us off. It was too long! Thrusday was mostly practice for the preliminaries that came the next day. Friday, team KFC competed in the preliminary round and beasted to the finals! After competing, I left to my Aunt Polly's house and gasped at its size. That night, I ate sushi at a local restaurant and rushed to the hotel at 12am. I had to get there quick because there was a mandatory meeting at 11:45 that I missed, and the curfew was at 12am, which I also broke. My uncle drove 100mph on the highway! My Aunt Rosa eventually sweet talked to my teacher and she got me in less trouble! On Saturday, team KFC did awesome! Although I did not practice much since the preliminary round, we beasted again! Later that day, Richard, Karen and I went to my Aunt's house and we presented our presentation to my relatives. I made some huge mistakes on that presentation, but it was fun. After, we explored the house together, showed off our talents to my relatives, and left to Universal Studios. That night was pretty intense. Richard, Karen, and I were getting all personal and had a "girl talk" about working together and making it to nationals. We later slept on the ground in Beverly and Karen's room. The next day, Sunday, we all headed to the Anaheim Garden Walk and watched UP in 3D! It was a very sad, happy, and funny movie, it's a must watch! I got all depressed the whole morning, simply to get it all out of my system, so during the awards ceremony I felt much more confident and put confidence in my teammates. I aimed high and said we're getting number 1, and we did! That feeling on stage, watching everyone get called up from 10th place to 1st place, was the best feeling ever. However, when we were called for first place, I became overwhelmed with emotion and expressed none of it. I wanted to jump or do something cool, but I couldn't. You can even see it on the video. Great Day. Later that night, Richard and I slept peacefully in Beverly's and Karen's room. Monday, our last day in California, we tried to splurge. We couldn't because we're too asian. The plane ride back was so fun. None of us slept and we talked for the whole 6 hours on the plane. When we arrived home, I think most of us undergone PCD...(Post Conference Depression). That's the end.
I wrote a lot of journals during the NLC. I wrote them on a hotel pillow, on random papers, and on Beverly's iPhone. Most of them were like, "We're going to win 1st place!!!", and others were very personal. It feels good to write journals because it's like someone can keep your secrets. Plus, it's fun to re-read.
I hope many people read this and consider joining FBLA next year. It's really fun and, although it may stand for Future Business Leaders of America, you don't have to like business to have a blast. This club builds your leadership skills and it helps you meet new people! I think I got 10 more facebook friends this year from out of this state! Whooohooo... But seriously, it's fun and you'll have a great experience from it.
Pics at aunt's house
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Team KFC presentation at Aunt's house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
NLC Pics are on Karen Feng's Facebook
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