Procrastination. I'm just too good at that. I need to start my science fair project today and I'm going to get all my materials. I hope I will make it in time for the deadline, but other then the experiment, I'm pretty confident I will complete everything else that is required.

Lust, desire, and envy are all attributes that have prevented us from becoming a successful as our potential might have reached, so we must mind a way to suppress that emotions to become more successful. Though a person cannot truly eliminate their lust, desire, and envy, they have the ability to suppress it into a state that is much like it has been defeated. To achieve this, a person needs to be content with what they have at the moment, not care about what the other person has, and simply ignore anything that might make them feel this.
To be content means that you must be happy with what you have already and not want more. The moment there is the feeling of want, then you might be steered into a direction that is not beneficial for yourself and other people. You must think that you have enough already and everything else is just a bonus and not mandatory. Once you know how to be content, then you will be able to become more prosperous.
Once someone doesn't care, nothing will be in their way because they simply don't care. Also if you ignore a conversation that might relate to things to make you envious then you won't be exposed to those things and therefore no harm will come.

I've always wondered why sometimes people have people who are working on the 'inside'. I know that that tactic may be very effective, but it's just wrong and unfair for everyone because it is a way of betrayal. The people that are working on the inside should feel a certain degree of guilt unless they are working and they get a gain. Sometimes people will just become your friend so that they can betray you and since there are so many of those people, no one can trust anyone anymore which doesn't create a good atmosphere in general. This can potentially create bad relationships between groups of people such as at school where people sometimes tell secrets that they shouldn't be and the the trust is lost and there is lots of tension during lunch time.

Dec 26, 2009

I saw a very interesting movie. I was quite a disturbing movie actually, because of some of the themes that it had shown. The movie was about a layer named Mr. Lomax who was invited to come to the city and work for a large firm. He was invited because he never lost a case in his whole career as a lawyer. Mr. Lomax and his wife were not used to the city and because of all the new things, all the pressure, the stress, and the loneliness, they started to hallucinate and that make his wife become insane and in the end, she committed suicide by slicing her own throat with broken glass. Then it turns out that his boss is his father and Satan. He wants Mr. Lomax to create a child with another one of his MANY children and create an anti-Christ family. Also, Mr. Lomax's father (Satan) tells him that his wife's death was his own fault because he focused too much on the firm and winning cases instead of helping his wife who he knew was going crazy from the start. Mr. Lomax is now unbelievable furious and since he knows that he cannot escape Satan, he commits suicide by shooting himself to prevent an anti-Christ family.
In the next scene, he wakes up from that story like how someone wakes up from a dream and he finds himself back at the time when he's at the courthouse where he wins that case that allows him to gain the offer to go to the firm and he loses the case on purpose so that he won't make the same mistake twice. The problem is that Satan has followed Mr. Lomax back to the 'real world' and has disguised himself as a friend of Mr. Lomax.

Dec 27th, 2009
I didn't have time to type (But I wrote it on a piece of paper) up my blog yesterday because I got home late from shopping and then I watched the Devil's Advocate. Today, I got a trench coat, a shirt, and a pair of jeans. (They look very nice when you match them together) I think that money can be spent too easily because in a matter of one day, we already spend 3000 dollars. That is definitely WAY TOO MUCH. I don't really think I deserve what I got, but I don't know how to repay my parents.

I didn't do my blog yesterday because I had guests over until around 1 o'clock and I'm always counted on to keep the children of the guests entertained eg. watching movie, playing piano, etc.

The Kitchen:
My guests call it The Kitchen of International Cuisine because of it's diverse styles of dishes. The chefs are from the finest restaurants straight from Paris, Shanghai, London, and Rome and the dishes they make when they work together are like massage therapy for your taste buds. The kitchen is connected to the dinning room from an opening in the ground that opens up like automatic doors, then the platform raises and out comes the chefs with the food. The dinning room itself has walls and ceiling that is painted to imitate the Sistine Chapel. The ground is covered with a thick carpet that is red and has yellow designs that wind their way like how vines wrap themselves around a fence. The table is long and it fits 20 people and the chairs at the ends had high backs that were at least twice the height of the real person. The lights once again were chandeliers that hung from the ceiling like a gigantic disco ball.

Why do parents always have to be in the way whenever you want to do something?
They are afraid you will get robbed when you are going to see a movie with 20 other classmates.
They don't know when it's right to say something or when it's the wrong time.
They don't understand that you just want to be away from them sometimes.
They don't know about the problems that you are having
they don't know your feelings
they don't that there are things you just cant tell them
they don't know anything
i hate them.

lemme see, write something...
My Dream House?.... Okay! =D

Dream House Part 1: The Waiting Room
My limousine drove through the tall gates and across the marble driveway. We stopped at the entrance to my house and the driver opened the car door for me as I stepped out onto the blood red Persian carpet that led into the house. As I walked up the steps that led up to a pair of automatic double doors, my leather shoes made no sound in the thick carpet. The moment you entered through the doors, servants would be there to help you take off your coat and bring you a cup of tea, while you could smell the aroma from hired cooks from France who were preparing dinner in your huge kitchen. The lobby had a water-fountain that displayed an ornate carving of the Greek god Poseidon who is riding his golden chariot upon the raging seas. A garden of exotic plants would border the walls of the lobby and exquisitely carved antique chairs would weave around the decorations. On the walls, there would be portraits of important people and paintings done my famous artists such as Vincent Van Goh and Leonardo da Vinci. On the ceiling, there would hang a grand chandelier that was decorated with crystal lights that reflected fluorescent glow onto the walls and it illuminanted the room once turned on.

I know that this winter break will be a very long one because I won't really have any work to do and I don't have a trip planned. Sometimes I would just sit there and stare into space or I would try to go to sleep when I've obviously had enough already. I just think that I should study hard for the next term so that there won't be so much stress on me. Also I need to start on my science fair project since it is worth 150 marks for science. I think that if I just read ahead in all the subjects where I have textbooks, I can make those subjects a lot easier for myself. I can read ahead in science, math, band, and french. For the other subjects I think I will just have to make do with practicing myself. For example I can practice my scales for band, write short essays or stories for science, read some history books for social studies, and keep in shape for PE. I think that if I can keep using my holidays to get more advanced in my academics, I can breeze by my school year.

I could feel the wind flying into my face as I stood on the top of the mountain. It was chilly, but I was wearing thick clothing. I was on the peak of the Swiss Alps and I looked around me and I saw the wondrous mountain range that was high above the world.

that`s my dream ;)

- To Priscilla

The books were lined up along the shelves row upon row and each shelve was stacked to the high ceiling so that they looked like columns that held it up. I walked through every single row and saw every single title, yet none of them tickled my fancy. As I slowly reached the end of this vast sea of paper, I saw what looked like a section of the library that was closed off. I knew it wasn't allowed, but in the end my curiosity won over my morals and I tenderly walked over the rope that acted as a mental barrier to warn people not to cross. The air suddenly changed, yet I was still in the same room. A chill had just ran down my spine and I sensed something sinister was about in this dark section of the room. A little ways off, I saw a display case and as I peered through the glass that was clear as ice. I saw the perfect book. I lifted the cover of the case and I gently took out the book. This book was unlike the other ones that were covered in dust, this one was old yes, but it had not a single tear, a single page that was folded, or even a speck of dust. As I felt the cover of the book, I could read the words "Il Diavolo's Maledizionepine". I flipped open the book the front page and I saw the most monstrosorous beast that human eyes has ever seen, yet I stared at the page and I tried to tear my eyes away from that horrid creature. Eventually the page turned itself and the next picture was even more terrible then the last and as time progressed the pages fliped faster and faster. I could see that the pages formed a story and as the pages flipped faster, it looked much like a flip book, yet I still couldn't tear my eyes away. The story was filled with murders, torture, and deception, and as I looked harded, I could start to hear the voice of the story becomming louder and louder. Then with the voices, a wave of heat came surgeing from the book, yet all this time I could not move. I smelled the putrid scent of rotting meat mixed with smoke and death.
Suddenly, A hand came out from the book and grasped onto my waist. I looked down and I was that it was slowly being blown away like how the wind blows away the sand in the desert. Slowly, that wind rose to my neck and then my chin, then my mouth, and my eyes were gone. It was all dark, except for the face of hell. I just remembered from my Italian class, the book title was The Devil's Curse.

um... yesterday, I had an argument with my parents so I was unable to post. D=

Today was the last day of school!
I'm just wondering what I'll be doing over the holidays. I think I will do some homework, look ahead through my text books, play piano, and also enjoy for some of the time!

I watched the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it was quite an enjoyable ride. I also watched some other movies on my computer, but this one stood out. I just made my imagination go wild because of all the endless possibilities that can there can be in this world and I can't even start to imagine what things that we don't know about things we think we are so knowledgeable about.

Today, we had the Winter Music Concert. I was playing in the beginner band, but I really enjoyed listening to the higher level players. When the stage band was playing, it was really cool to see the whole front row to be taken up by Saxophone players. I hope that I can play at that level by the time I reach grade 9 or 10.
Also today, we received our report cards...
I'm am thankful to you for giving me an A, but my parents were not happy about my report card. I didn't get an A for math, science, socials, English, or French. I WILL TRY HARDER AND PROVE TO THEM I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

There has been so much much news about Tiger Woods lately and all of it has been bad. I think people really need to think about all the good things that Tiger has done.
Tiger had a fascinating childhood because he started to play golf at a really young age. Since the age of two, Tiger had already started playing golf and by the age of eight, he won the 9–10 boys' event, the youngest age group available, at the Junior World Golf Championships. He has won the PGA 71 times and the European Tour 38 times. That is an accomplishment you cannot argue with. Tiger is a figure in golf, the first thing you think of when you think of golf is Tiger Woods.

I'm sorry I didn't do my blog yesterday, but i had a piano exam and then i had to go to massage therapist then i had to go to piano lessons, so by the time i got home i was really tired and i simply flopped on my bead like a piece of dead meat and then i just slept like a pig.

I'm really looking forward to the Christmas party on the seventeenth because not only will it fill our ravaging appetite, but it will also let us have a chance to meet the people in synergy nine. i think it is important to meet some of the people in synergy nine because they can share their experiences of high school with us and it will be a good thing just to become friends with them.

War (No More Trouble) lyrics Until the philosophy which holds one race Superior and another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned Everywhere is war, me say war That until there is no longer first class And second class citizens of any nation Until the colour of a man's skin Is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes Me say war That until the basic human rights are equally Guaranteed to all, without regard to race Dis a war That until that day The dream of lasting peace, world citizenship Rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion To be pursued, but never attained Now everywhere is war, war And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes That hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique, South Africa sub-human bondage Have been toppled, utterly destroyed Well, everywhere is war, me say war War in the east, war in the west War up north, war down south War, war, rumours of war And until that day, the African continent Will not know peace, we Africans will fight We find it necessary and we know we shall win As we are confident in the victory Of good over evil, good over evil, good over evil Good over evil, good over evil, good over evil

This song is obviously trying to make people go against war, but it also says that some wars are fought over pointless thing such as race, social status, etc.
They also say that war is something that we cannot demolish unless we get rid of race, social status, etc.
Also they say that some people have to fight for basic things like human rights.
They say that all of these things relate to the problems that the people of africa have to face. They want us to help them.

It was chilly and my breath turned into a frosty white fume and it looked as if I were smoking. I was not used to this cold because I come from a place that has winters where the sun shone and where the sand was warm.
I stood there in a black cotton coat and some black jeans. In this abysmal darken of the night, I was nearly invisible. I was waiting for the right moment to pull the trigger of one of many guns I had skillfully concealed within the inside of my coat. So skillfully, it got passed the airport security when I flew over here.
The man who hired me gave me a simple task: "A man who is wear a pair of blue pants, a brown leather coat, and a black hat... is your target."
So there I waited, in the deep snow of Moscow where the snow fell lightly like grains of sugar that were floating down from the black cloth people call the night sky. I looked up and I could see the moon shining like a huge street lamp giving light to the world and I could see it's reflection on the ice that had once been a river.
I faintly hear footsteps that were approaching at rapid pace. I stealthily drew out a pistol and attached a silencer onto it. The foot steps grew louder with every passing second and I knew the time when lion pounces on it's prey was walking closer and closer. Tap, tap, tap, TAP, TAP, TAP.
Just before I was going to reveal myself, the target had walked up in front of me. in that split second I knew my timing was flawed because the softness of the snow muffled the sound of walking and when I thought he was far away, in reality, he was quite close. Regardless, I could see that he was unarmed so I pinned him down onto the ground and pressed the muzzle of the gun into his temple.
In the moonlight clearing which I had pushed him into, I could now see his face.
I saw my face.
He was my twin.
"What is this?" He asked. I hesitated for a second and I replied in a merciless and cold voice. "This is called good business."
I pulled the trigger.

Stand By Me

When the night has come
And the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me

If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me

And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah

Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me, oh now now stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

Darlin', darlin', stand by me-e, stand by me
Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me

I think that this song is trying to tell us that if we all stick together we won't suffer as many hardships compared to if we didn't help each other.

It tells us that no matter how bad the situation is or how desperate things might be, if we have each other for support and help each other, we will survive until the end.

Sorry, but I didn' have connection yesterday, but today I went to the library to do this!

One Love

One Love, One Heart
Let's get together and feel all right
Hear the children crying (One Love)
Hear the children crying (One Heart)
Sayin' give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Sayin' let's get together and feel all right

Let them all pass all their dirty remarks (One Love)
There is one question I'd really like to ask (One Heart)
Is there a place for the hopeless sinner
Who has hurt all mankind just to save his own?
Believe me

One Love, One Heart
Let's get together and feel all right
As it was in the beginning (One Love)
So shall it be in the end (One Heart)
Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
One more thing

Let's get together to fight this Holy Armageddon (One Love)
So when the Man comes there will be no no doom (One Song)
Have pity on those whose chances grove thinner
There ain't no hiding place from the Father of Creation

Sayin' One Love, One Heart
Let's get together and feel all right
I'm pleading to mankind (One Love)
Oh Lord (One Heart)

Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right
Let's get together and feel all right

I think that this song is about trying to eliminate sadness among all the people of the world, that's why they are attempting to sing this song to make people more aware of the bad things that are happening all around the world. Also, lots of people turn towards their holy figure (usually god) for help, so that is why in the song they use these ideas.

Some people don't like school and think it's pointless, but obviously there is a reason we do it. After a little bit of light thinking, I came to the conclusion that people need education because without it,
the world wouldn't be what is is now. Without education there would not people the people serve us on a daily basis, such as doctors, bus drivers, political leaders, etc. Also, without it, people would never be satisfied, because people just have the natural urge to learn about the world around them. If you ask any question at all, may it be "How big is the universe?" or "What is your favorite colour?" you are still learning. If you learn well or not is also a big factor of how well you will do in life.

Sometimes when I read stories or tales about people who were corrupted by selfishness, greed, power, etc. I always wonder if they could suppress that feeling. One was about a man who was corrupted by power and killed is superiors for a promotion. I would understand it if his superiors where not doing the right thing, but if they were good people I don't see any reason for him killing them. Another story was about a man who stole money from his company and ran away to another country with a large sum of money, but for what? Would he really take the risk of getting caught just for money. If he was caught, not only would he have to return the money, but he would also spend time in jail, or have high price for a bail. He could really just have settled down comfortably with his family and learn how to be happy with what you already have and not wanting more.

Today when I got to my swim practice, someone had mysteriously puked in the pool. Charming eh? Well, you haven't heard the best part, we had to swim in that pool and it smelled like sour Mc Donalds's Chicken Mc nuggets. It sent a unconformable tingle in my nose. I somehow endured that painful experience, but once I finished getting out of the change room, there was no one to pick me up so I had to walk back home while carrying that colossal sized equipment bag of mine. Then I got home and there was no food so I had to wait to eat and in the end I won't get enough sleep for tomorrow's evil morning practice.

I think that I waste too much time. From now on, I will force myself not to go on facebook, email, social studies forum, or read manga until I have finished ALL my homework. I hope I can develop more of these study skills so that I can amp up my grades so everyone will be happy.

I'M GOING TO GET A IPHONE IF I GET STRAIGHT A'S THIS TERM!!!!! SO HAPPY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PHONE AND ALL MY FRIENDS TOLD ME TO GET ONE! sorry... excited.

Family Reflections:
I assume you don't have to do lesson 11.

LESSON 12
Think about it: What is the essence of your family? In one phrase or in a few words, describe what you are about.

I think that family is made up of what we want for the future. They want me to have good future no matter how hard the present may be.
I think that I'm about getting the most out of being on this plant. I want to experience everything for myself by traveling and doing new things that I want to do. I also want to write a novel to immortalize my experiences so that I have something that I will leave behind after I am gone.

I think that religion all comes down to one thing: they want to know how every was formed such as people, the earth, the sky, and the everything else too. The reason that they seek this answer is because they want to know, since they can't come up with a scientific explanation for these things, they are forced to come up with mythological prof. Since groups of people make different explanations, they are bound to come to a disagreement when the interact with each other. I think that if everyone just accepts the truth that we can't find out what the answer to everthings is, then we won't have these religious disputes.

I'm gonna sponsor a kid from a country in turmoil. I've seen those annoying commercials over and over again, but after I though about everyone being equal, I think that if I actually do something to help, because after all, actions speak louder then words right? I think that the whole point in life is to enjoy it, and the best way to do that is giving to others. I believe that if we can give to others then its better then just having everything to yourself. Of course I'm not say that you shouldn't enjoy the things that you have, but I'm just saying that we need a balance of both of them. Also, I'll be able learn more about the people in other countries and how they live there.
I think that education is the key for a country to get out of bad financial circumstances. Because children are the key to the future and the key to a prosperous country is education, if we educate the children then we will have the perfect combination of the two 'keys'.
Also I think that this may have a domino effect, so if I do this then some family friends might also consider doing the same thing.

The movie 2012 came out quite recently and I have yet to watch it, but I already think that this movies might not be one that I should go see at a theater, because all the movies that talk about world wide catastrophes are very predictable. I watched a movie review for 2012 and it said that the acting was horrible, but the special effects of destruction made up for what they lacked. They also said that the reason why the some people say that the movie is good is because it's very stimulating and the big explosions etc leave the people wondering. Also, I think that the reason why some people like it is because they get an adrenaline rush from the movie, because it's 'supposed' to be true, but I'm going to wake up on Dec 12, 2012 and say 'Bring it!'

Today, the bus I was taking came very late so I got home way too late.
Two Questions: 1. Why did the bus come late.
2. How can I avoid it next time.

1. I think the bus might have come late because the driver came late to work, or some accident might have happened along the road. Also I think that the bus driver could have been new and wasn't very familiar with the route.

2. Next time, I think that I can avoid these things by planning all the alternate routes that I can take in case something like this happens. I can also see if my friend conveniently can carpool me, but that's unlikely because I live in UBC. I think that the best option would be the alternate routes one...

I really dislike it when you are in a group project and then someone always seems to not be able to complete the homework on time. For example, Jacob just gave me the essential information for our English project today and it's due tomorrow... I'm going to have to rush it!

Oh, well first thing I have a question to ask you: How many hours of computer time should synergy student's be using each day? Because my eyes are getting sore really easily.
Well, during the day, I continued to ponder upon the question is planted into my mind yesterday. Everyone is born the same, it`s not like from birth we can tell is one person is smarter then the other, they are all born with the same physical abilities, etc. So I think that everyone should be equal when they are born, though I know that it`s not possible to make the rich people poorer just to have an financial equality, but we can make the poor people richer. Also the other big problem is that some children are born into different parents, countries, neighborhoods, etc. so that will also need change.
First off, the government can just randomly give money to other people to make them richer, but instead, they should set up clinics that can help the people learn how to become richer. Also the government should find a way to use their money more effectively so that they won`t need to enforce so many high taxes.
Then comes that harder problems that we need to face. Some people in places such as the poorer countries in Africa are under constant civil unrest or extreme poverty. In every person`s mind they will always have the though that they could die any day, may it be this year, this month, this week, this day, or even now. So I think that International Organizations such as the UN or NATO should create more ways to help the people that have unfair conditions that aren`t brought upon by themselves. I think that they should force the opposing countries to make a peace treaty. If some children`s families are unfair such as child abuse, I think that it must be the government`s duty to get rid of these offenders.

When people are born, not everyone is equal, but that is not fair. Some children are born to families that are so rich, they would die trying to spend all their money. Then there are the children that are poor and are born in countries in constant political turmoil and have the possibility of getting killed each day. I hope that we can create a way for everyone to become more and more equal to each other from the very second they are born. First off, the world needs to equalize the countries that are in need. We need to help the poor countries like the ones in Africa, then after that comes the small political boundaries like states or provinces, then comes the cities, then comes the families. It just wouldn't be fair if one child was born to a normal family and one was born into Bill Gate's family. So I guess, if we take their wealth, it would be unfair since they were the ones who worked hard for the money. So I think it should be righteous for Bill Gates to have his money, but not his children. Then that would defeat the whole point of having the money, if they can't use it for their own family. So I think it must be impossible for the world to be completely equal, but at least we should make more of an effort then we are currently to make the world more of an equal place.

Every since I was a little boy, I've lived beside the beach. It was a nice breezy place to live, but the best part was that I always had dolphins that would play by my side. I practically grew up with those creatures and every morning I would be able to swim with them like how people in the city take a jog in the morning.


The air was chilly as I walked out from my house and walked down to the ocean and took in a breath of the salty wind. I started to take off all my extra clothes and with each layer the wind nibbled on my skin a little harder until it felt like a bite. I got into my swim suit and I dove into the water. It was a much warmer in the water then in the air. I waited for the dolphins in come and they we played until the sun came up.

Um... I didn't know that we had to do family reflections on our blog so I wrote it on some paper, but I'm going type it up now. Sorry it's going to be a lot of reading for you.


Lesson 1
If someone were to describe you family character, what would he or she say? What character qualities are high on your family list?

If someone where to describe my family character, they would say we are a nice family that cares for their child and their child is smart and kind. But every time that our family does something with other families it's like putting on a show or and act to make ourselves look good, but in reality, our family is like a fireworks show. We constantly explode!
The character qualities that are high on our family list are respect to each other and having everyone do their 'duty' as part of the family. My parents don't respect me at all because they yell at me for 90% of the time that I'm with them. Also the duties of our family is that the adults work, and the child does his homework, BUT all my dad does other then work is read the news on the computer and my mom just watches movies on the computer so they always have arguments over that. THEN whenever I am resting or stretching for a while they yell at me because they say I'm not doing work.

Lesson 2
What are you family goals? Is there anything you would like to accomplish together?

Our family goals are buying a house(mum and dad), getting a Mercedes Benz convertible(dad), and getting a grand piano(me). Those are our goals and from what you can see, there isn't anything that we want to do together.

Lesson 3
Principles are timeless and lead to success. What principles does you family live by?

Our family lives by the principle of good attitude, but we don't do it half the time. We all try to be nice you each other, but it really doesn't show because yelling at each other doesn't feel like maintaining a good attitude, but we do it anyways.

Lesson 4
Your Point of View: Talk about a family situation in which someone had a limited POV, and discuss what led to the POV shift.

There was once when we had an argument over something I can't remember, and he had the POV of a adult and I had the POV of a teenager, but none of those arguments ever got resolved.

Lesson 5
What are you EBA's like with your family members? Healthy? Bankrupt? What small acts of kindness can you do to start making some deposits for each other?

I think that the EBA with my family is pretty much bankrupt since my father hasn't been very nice to my mother since they were married, he hasn't been nice to me. And everything is vice versa so I don't think we've made any good deposits because everything nice that we have done together has been very scarce and also the things that we do are very small and never last over a day. Sometimes I try ot make myself very nice and self directed but sooner or later there is an argument that ends my good mood. So I think I will try that tecnique again, but try to resist the temptation to get angry again.

Lesson 6
At home, when is your family highly reactive? How can you help each other be more proactive?

Whenever we both want something, but there is only one, or when we want to change something in different ways but there is only one thing to change. So basically every single time we disagree with each other we end up being highly reactive.
I will try to make the people who are having an argument not to just look at the problem in their own POV, but instead look at the problem in a completely unbiased and logical POV.

Lesson 7
Listen this week as a family, and catch each other using reactive language. Be proactive! Talk the talk of someone with self-control.

....okay! =D

Lesson 8
Take initiative. Make "what can I do about this?" your question of the month. Get you family into "influence and initiative" mode.

uh...okay! =D

Lesson 9
Decide on a family code word or phrase to remind each other to count to 10 before sinking into a "reactive rant zone." Post your Press Pause phrase on you fridge.

um...okay! =D oh... didn't work! D=

Lesson 10
Discuss your family's future; what does it hold for you? Are you going to have the relationships that you want with each other? As a family, are you making things happen, or are you on autopilot.

Well, in our family's future plans, my future is bascially studying until university and then I can do whatever I want. So since it's all been planned out by my parents, I'm fored to be on autopilot.

I wish I can have photographic memory. Wouldn't it be so convenient if you could just look at something then be able to remember it? Imagine skimming the text book in one day and then know the whole thing the next day. School would be so easy. For piano you could look at a music score just one time and then you would be able to memorize the song. If we expand that further, imagine what would happen if you had video-graphic memory? wouldn't that mean that you could remember a whole series of events, so instead of remembering what the textbook looked like you would be able to remember the words when you read it line by line. For piano, you could go to a concert and remember exactly how the person played it. It would definitely be a dream come true!

They say to end a chain of hatred someone in that chain must be the one that needs to bear the hatred. That person will be a breaker of the chain of hatred, but how do they bear it? I just don't seem to understand. 'sigh' \
I guess that if there is a chain it must be a really durable one because there aren't many stories of people 'bearing' the hatred and still kept on living normal lives. You see, for every bad thing that someone does to you, you always have that urge to fight back for revenge. There are also the times where you accidentally harm innocents that managed to be in the wrong place and time. Then the innocent people try to take vengeance and there goes the spiral that is ever expanding.

Yesterday I got a really bad case of fever and my mom called 811 or 881, anyways they said that I might have H1N1. That's why I didn't do my blog and why I didn't come to school today. I'm feeling better today, but I still have a headache and I'm still very tired so I'm not in the right condition to go swimming or anything.
Dead serious, I though for an hour before I fell asleep I was going to die in my sleep. HAHA, what a fool I was.

MR. Olson.... I lost my binder... what do I do, because my go book is in it and I check the lost and found everyday and also the office. I'm sorry. :'(

I think that in this world, 10% of what happens is things that you can't change, but 90% of what happens is how you react to that other 10%. I think that you reaction all depends on you attitude. If you are a good attitude good things will obviously happen to how you react, but if your attitude is bad, you might do something that you will regret doing later. That's why I think attitude is more important then anything in you life, more important than money, property, or cars. I really wish that I could be happy everyday, but sometimes that 10% of things won't let that happen, so I will try to happier everyday!

People say that in this world, there is every kind of person you can think of and imagine. Some people will do really bad things such as robbery, murder, etc. and then there are people who go beyond normal to go good things like donate millions and millions to a charity. The question is why do people do these things?
I’m guessing that the people who do bad things are either insane or in great financial need. Robbery is obvious for financial need, murdering could be for a hit man, but random attacks are just for the mentally deranged.
As for the good people, I think they do these things because it makes them feel better that they are contributing to the world in a positive way, but I think that millions and millions is still a little too much, unless you are Bill Gates.

Why are there some people who just seem to be able to manage their time so well?
Why are there some people who just seem to have a time management handicap?
I really hope that I will someday learn how to manage my time properly so that I can get my work done faster.

Yesterday, I lost my binder. It had everything in it, day one, day two. It also had my agenda, calculator, go book, pencil case, and all my homework. Not to mention, I didn't have a calculator to use during my math test, so naturally, I FAILED! I really don't understand why someone would want to steal my binder, unless they wanted me to get a bad grade or because they wanted to copy my homework. I really wonder why some people look for alternative ways to become better then someone if they can just get better by working harder instead of doing bad things to someone else. I WISH KARMA WAS TRUE... But then I'd probably get a load of bad stuff done to me. :)

People have their regrets and I have mine. Everyday we search for a way to undo the things that we regretted, but that is impossible, like trying to swim while you are in space. On this long path that we named life, there are too many crossroads and forks to chose from. There is always a problem though, you can never go back, it's like the path behind you closes up so that you cannot undo what has already been done. I too have regrets.

There once was a poor fisherman and he who was at sea one day when he found a particularly heavy catch. He wondered what riches that this big fish might bring, so he used all his might to pull up his fishing line. He pulled and pulled with all the might he could muster with a stomach that was a chasm of emptiness. I finally pulled up his catch, but it turned out not to be a fish, a whale, or a squid, but rather a curious looking box that had a huge metal clasp that locked the box, but compared the box itself, it seemed more like a speck of dust. The fisherman wondered in vain what this mysterious box could contain, but it was so heavy he could not sit near to it to prevent the boat from tipping over. He had moved all his tools and provisions to one side of the boat and moved the box to the other side. He hurried home so that he could final find out what this box had stored inside it.
Once the fisherman got to the shore, he dragged the box home while people all pointed and ogled at his interesting box. The fisherman reached his little wooden house and he bolted the door, closed the shutters on the windows. Then he lit some candles and wiped off the debris that covered the box. Now that he was able to get a close look, he found that there were ornate carvings into the wood on the box. He tried to open the metal lock and with greater ease then he expected since it was rusted from the water. Inside he found a horde of treasure.

The next day, he asked his friend how he should use his money. They told him that he should spend it all so that there would not be any left over for people to steal. They also told him to buy a better house, boat, clothes, and hire people to help him fish so that he can start his own port. His friends meant very well and did not have the slightest though of harming him at all. He took their advice into great consideration. Once he bought all of those things, he still had a little bit more of his treasure left over so he just managed to build his own little port.

Soon he started to ignore his friends more and more because they were not on the same social status and he gained more rich friends. They gave him a lot of advice about how to become more and more prosperous and helped him all the way. One day he went to his prosperous port and he found that everything was gone. He immediately went to the meeting and he found that one of his rich friends stole everything he had so he hurried home and found that it had been sold. He cried so deeply and asked for the help of his original friends but they gave him no heed since he abandoned them to begin with. When you follow the advice from mouths that are false, you lost what you really treasure.

Random Remembrance Day Speech

Every year we commemorate this special day, but what is it really? Is a just a way to tell veterans that we care or is it something more? To me, this day is the most remarkable day in all of the year. Not only do we remember the soldiers that risked their lives to bring us peace and freedom, but we also take this time to be more appreciative of what we have already. The values that we have right now would not be here if the soldiers back then didn't fight for them. Freedom, family, and choice of government would not exist if those brave men didn't fall on the muddy field, dirty trenches, and at the bottom of huge cliffs. This is what we should really be grateful for, not the things that are bought by money, but rather the things we needed to buy by lives. We payed a great price for what we have today and now is the time to commemorate that.

Huh, interesting. Twenty long year ago from today, marked historic event of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. This event was a day when the entire earth stood still. The whole world was watching in wonder as the people of Germany protested against the horrible communist regime. This wall was the mark of hundreds of people killed and thousands more that were being oppressed by the communist East Germany. I hope that other countries that are being oppressed by unsuccessful communism are able to wiggle free of the evil grasps of their government.

The snow was billowing down from the sky like a swan had just shed it's feathers. Soon the downy white fluff covered the ground and the world seemed so different that it was before, almost like someone had covered my meadow with a huge tablecloth. I was peered out from my window like a mole that has just dug out of the ground and I could see everything, but I noticed something that didn't seem like it changed out at all.
It was my cherry tree.
My cherry tree was always blooming with it's light-pink blossoms and it never gave up it's flowers, like a child who would never let go of his teddy bear. Then I saw her, there she sat in my meadow wearing a short trench coat and a light brown scarf. She was reading a book as she sat there leaning against my tree while the the blossoms flew by.
I hurriedly pulled on some clothes: a pair a jeans, a t-shirt, some socks, a pair of black leather shoes, and a black coat. I walked out into my the meadow behind my house while tip-toeing all the way so that my parents couldn't see me. I casually walked up to her and acted like I didn't notice her until I got within two meter or her, then I asked "Oh, hello... um, why are in my meadow?"
She looked up from her book and she smiled then said in a friendly tone "Oh, sorry, I didn't know that this was your meadow." "I'm Amanda* and I'm your next door neighbor... in case you haven't noticed."


And that's how I met my best childhood friend.

Since I missed one from yesterday, I'll do an extra one right now to take responsibility of my mistakes.

Today I cleared up all of the junk that was on top of my piano, it's sounds a lot better and now, I'm more determined to keep it clean. Many people are forced to learn musical instruments and they never learn how to enjoy the music. Me, I'm one of the luckier ones that seemed to have found a way to connect with music and give feeling into what we do. To me the piano is almost part of myself, ironically I'm not a very good pianists, but I still love the way my fingers fly across the keyboard.
Even though I enjoy the piano, it wasn't always like that, before, when I just started learning piano, like most children I was forced to learn. Everyday my parents would push me to practice the boring scales, annoying Hannon exercises, pieces that sounded horrible, but now, I can see that it's all paid off because I'm so happy that I have this amazing skill to create wonderful with my fingers.
I still remember that day when I got inspired to play piano well. I was walking down an alleyway on the way back from school when I noticed a girl that was a little bit taller them me was riding a bicycle towards me. When she got a little big closer, I noticed that while she was riding, she was also reading a sheet of music while whistling a familiar tune. She had a backpack slung over one shoulder and she wore a scarf that was the color or roses. Since she was so engrossed in the music score, she didn't notice that there was a steep slope that she was just about to approach. Right when I was about to call out and warn her, she already started down. After a few seconds she finally noticed that she was in some big trouble, so she tried to steady her bicycle, but in the end, she still lost her balance and fell over. I immediately sprinted over to see if she was okay and to help her up.
When I got to her I could see that she had an abrasion on the left arm, but everything else was okay. "Are you alright" I asked trying to sound a caring as possible. "Oh, I'm alright, thanks." She said while scratching the side of her head nervously. After a few seconds of an awkward pause, we bother started to pick up the music sheets that were flying around in the wind. While I was looking for the papers I took some notice of the girl. She looked like she was and asian girl around grade 8 and had long flowing brown hair that went down to her waist... yes I admit, the first time I saw her, she was pretty good standards in terms of beauty. I looked at the music and I recognized it, it was Waltz in C# Minor opus 64 number 2.
Once we picked up all the papers, she thanked me. "Your welcome, but where did you get these music scores?" I said while pointing at the title of the music. "Oh, uh, just some simple illegal downloading." she said causally while trying to hide a grin. "And I see that your fingers are so long, you must play piano too... right?" she asked shyly. "Oh, yeah, but I'm not very good though." I replied quite embarrassed and I secretly pinched myself to refrain from blushing. "Tsk, Tsk, you should really work harder you know." she said while patting me on the head like a child even though she wasn't that much taller then me and I wasn't that much younger then her. "Here, I'll give you this book of sheet music so that you will work harder because you were so kind to me."
She smiled, gave me a wink, then left. Ever since that day, I have been trying to learn the whole book, but I still haven't finnished the first Etude yet, but I knew that there was something about that girl that made me want to try harder, it made me want to become good at piano. Now that I think of it, I still don't know her name, school, or any other information about her. maybe it was her kindness to a stranger that made me work harder, but all that I really know is that I should try harder, so that's what I'll do.

sorry I didn't do it last time...

I don't get why people are scared of friday the 13th. Just because the numbers match doesn't mean something bad is going to happen. eg. if I was playing a game of badminton, just because the score is 7/11 doesn't mean that a bottle of slurpe will just randomly fall from the ceiling for me. and all of theoes myths of people bleeding only on friday the 13th are just gobbledygook because there is no scientific proof that god, lived, died, or even existed. All that god has done to help the people is from the sense that to people are doing good things to please god, not that he really exsits, but because of the people's belif they exist they relate all good thing to god.

How come my parents won't let me go to places with my friends? is it because they think it is a waste of time, or is it because they don't like my friends, but anyhow, I still think that they go a little too far in terms of restricting me and my friends hanging out together. i really hope that my parents can one day understand that I'm not the type of kid that stays at home doing work everyday.

BTW I DIDN'T DO MY POST YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE INTERNET CONNECTION FAILED ON ME AGAIN. PLZ LET ME BE FORGIVEN.

I've got too many tests. I hate tests, did I ever tell you that? They are just things that try to make you work hard, but end up giving you more stress and you might not do well as you wanted to. I hate French and English. I hate, I hate, I hate... oh that's being reactive, a proactive response would be to manage my time more efficiently and then I would finish my homework faster. Oh, did I tell you that me and my friends might take me to get my hair permanently straightened? That will save me so much work because if I don't do my hair in the morning my hair will curl into circles. Not good! :(

There has been a lot of dispute over whether someone should know one thing about everything or everything about one thing. My view on that is that I would rather know everything about one thing.
For example, if someone where to know everything about one thing, such as a balloon. They would know where the rubber came from, what type of rubber it was. If the know everything then they would also know everything about the rubber trees and that goes on into soil, atmosphere, the sun, photosynthesis... etc. Also, if you were to know the absolute everything about one thing, you should know the things that scientists haven't even discovered yet, so they would consider you a genius, and since one thing stretches out to all the other things, you would end up know everything about a few things rather then just one.
When you know one thing about everything, you simply don't know as much as the other option.

I stood on the roof of the skyscraper and I looked at the beautiful city below me. I could see the cars like tiny ants carrying fireflies on their backs scurrying about. I could see all the other towers that light up the city and the street lamps that line the road. Then I close my eyes slowly and I could feel the cool breeze of the nigh air rush by me and hear the laughter of the late parties. I could hear the sound of the cars that drove by and I could almost taste the sweet wine that the people at the old parties just opened.
It was a wonderful night in the city.

Alright, whoever is reading this, go into a room with no windows and close all the lights.


I walked down the crooked alley while keeping my head down. I walked as fast I could while holding a dagger in my hands just in case I get into some trouble. In front of me I saw a door, it was not attached to a wall or anything, it was just a door on it's frame. The frame was curiously carved with figures entwined in the wood, but they were dark figures with faces that looked like they were expressing a great deal of pain. the knob on the door was black, but the door itself was white. I looked at the door from the side and all that I could see was a column of brown wood. I cautiously opened the door and stepped inside.
It was pitch black.
I looked back to see the dark alley that I came from and then I looked into the strange darkness. Something was pulling me through the frames of that door like a person that was beckoning me to move faster ahead. I stepped into the darkness but I was careful not to close the door behind me. I swiveled my head to look at my surroundings, but there was nothing to see. I lost my interest and I was just about to go back through the door, but when I looked back, the door was gone. It was replaced by darkness.
Out of nowhere, I heard a voice, "Walk forwards two steps." The voice hissed it's S's, but did not at all sound like a snake. I tried to find where it was coming from, but when I heard it, it seemed to be coming from every direction.
I stepped forwards two steps.
"Sit down." the voice said.
I sat down.
"My name is Darkness."
"You have entered me."
"I must eliminate you."
Now I looked back in a panic and I could see a door. As I looked closely, I saw that it was the one that I came through. Slowly the door creaked open and in stepped a hooded figure wearing a long cloak.
It was carrying a machine that looked like a electric screw driver, but it had meat cleavers attached to it.
The figure walked up to me so I stood up in a panic.
I could not stand up.
With each step it walked Closer
and Closer
And Closer
And closer
And closer.
Then it pulled a chain on it's machine. It started slowly at first, but slowly the machine started to spin so that the meat cleavers were like a chainsaw. It moved closer and when it got right up to me, it said in the same voice, "I am Darkness."
It pulled off it's hood and you could see a face. This face was bald, but it looked like he had his mouth, nose, ears and chin cut off so that it still had blood dripping down his neck. His eyes were just indents in his face that looked like someone had plucked them out with a spoon.
Then he said
"You are now ELIMINATED"
and drove the meat cleavers into me.

Now every time you enter a dark room, you must watch out of Darkness or else he'll get you with his meat cleavers.

So, I finished all my homework, so I'll just write another one.

His fingers danced along the keyboards so fast, the black keys almost looked like they were melding with the white ones. It’s like how a ballet dancer soars along the stage on the tips of their toes. I was consumed and mesmerized by how the pianist’s hands moved along the beautiful grand piano. Then the he ended the piece so fully and satisfying that you would want to listen to it over and over again until your ears went deaf. In that instant of joy, I knew that the musician sitting on the piano chair was playing Black Keys. The song written by the poet of piano.

Sorry I missed yesterday's blog, but I was too tired from the dance.


I was belting down the hall as fast as my two legs could carry me. I don't know what I was running from, but I have a feeling that I need to get out of this place as fast as I could. I couldn't see an end to the walls, the ceiling, or the floors. I was trapped in a tunnel that went on forever while something was chasing me trying to grab at me and pull me down. On the walls, there were doors on both of the walls. they were as tall as the ceiling and wide enough for me to fit in. I couldn't see an exit on this one, so I tried to open one of the doors. I quickly by cautiously peered inside to see if there was anything there. All was clear. The door was a change, but all I could see was another corridor, the only difference was that the doors on this one were white and the walls were black. I just kept running again, but now, I could see a black shape that was behind me. it was constantly changing shapes like a mass of a clay that was constantly being played with by a child who does not know how to use it. I ran and ran, but I knew that my strength was slowly decreasing and the shape's speed stayed the same.
I felt something brush against my side, so I immediately sped up think that it was the shape that was catching up to me, but no, I looked to my left and I saw the wall. It must have becoming smaller and smaller the moment we stepped in, the shape didn't seem to have any trouble getting past this obstacle because the child who was playing with it was flattening it to be as thin as a piece of paper. It twisted it's way through like a thin snake and gain some more space between us. I made the quick decision to just open another door to another corridor, but this door was a curious one, because I found it on the ceiling.
The first thing I noticed when I entered this hall was that I was standing on the wall. The gravity seemed to change when I went through those doors so that I was now walking up. This corridor also had windows, so now I could tell the weather outside. I ran up as fast as I could until I saw a door at the end.
I opened the door and I was out. I stepped into the sunshine a long way from the ground and I could see a mile all the was around. The shape just stopped at the entrance like when something is pressed against a window. I saw a small speck coming towards me. Suddenly it cam up right in front of us and stopped. What was the speck turned out to be a tall bearded man who was wearing a cloak and he said "I'm surprised you made it through :)" with a smile and then he said "Now try to find exit two." with the same warm smile.
Then he pushed me back into the hall, this time the gravity was normal.

It's really cool, but it's too hard for me to learn. XD

Today was the best day of my life! Not telling why though because it a SECRET \^__^/
But anyways, i did all of the Go program stuff :).

I finally finished my swim meet today, although I got many best times, I'm still not fully satisfied with my times, so I will try to train harder then I used to so that i can improve faster. I also need to work out more to build more brute strength and I really need to stretch my muscles that are all too tight.

I stood there behind the diving blocks of lane four. It was one heat before my swim race. I was trying to swim my race through my head, trying to imagine my name on the results at the top. I had painfully trained all year for this one event, I was ready, I knew that. Slowly doubts started to creep into my mind, "What if they trained harder?"
"What if my goggles fall off?"
"What if I slip on the dive?"
Every passing second doubts were leaking into confidence like when food coloring is poured into the clear water, drop by drop. I was set on getting the golden medal, the greatest accolade in every swimmer's mind.
The preceding heat was just starting their last lap, trying to make a final dash for the wall. The person next to me in lane five* accosted me and said in a acidulous tone, "Don't get in my way you skinny short guy." Then he left. I looked at myself, he wasn't right, but he wasn't wrong either. My arms weren't very big, but there was still some thickness to them. The bigger problem was that he was on the other end of the scale with huge biceps and monstrous looking chest.
The starter told us to step onto the block. Two steps to the top of the block then you get into diving position and wait.
"Take your marks!"
We waited for a grueling ten second then-

BANG!

The gun went off.



* usually lane 4 is the person who has the fastest time going in and lane five is the second fastest.

I walked through the misty layers of trees. Everything seemed so ominous in the fog and I abstained myself from running away in fear. Although the forest was fairly accessible, I refrained myself from accelerating too fast in case I trip among the abundant roots in the forest. I walked and walked wandering aimlessly and ate abstemiously in fear that I might run out of provisions. Though it was slow and tedious, I soon found out that it was a good precaution because I came to the edge of a colossal abyss. The abysmal pit was the abut between the mysterious forest and a tropical paradise. reading this in print may be an abstruse and abstract idea, but the chasm seemed to absorb everything into it like a vacuum. Whatever mist or birds that flew too close to it was getting pulled in by an invisible force, so I scurried back and instinctively held onto a tree trunk. Immediately I pulled back in shock because I didn't notice the abusive thorns that abraded my hand. With that swift movement I accidentally lost my balance I was thrown into the chasm.

Same idea as last time.

I had absolutely no choice at all. I was forced to unwillingly abet that coward to abolish the corporation of the man who helped me when others would only give a blind eye for me no mater how many abortive attempts I made for just a little bit of help. He never looked at us like we were someone abominable to him, but he treated us kindly like a guardian who is watching over a useless, abject piece of garbage. Sometimes people say that I am a person with low self esteem, but I say that’s because the truth is that I am abhorred by everyone. He says that I have to abduct my guardian angel’s only son. If anyone knew, they would definitely abase me because of my aberrant actions. Then it would already be impossible for the event to abate so I will be abashed since everyone found out, not to mention, I would be throw in jail.

Just trying to piece together a paragraph from the first few words in a dictionary.

The agony isn't a punch or kick at you, it goes deeper, deeper than a knife that penetrates through your flesh, deeper than starry night sky. It will make your mind go into chaos and make you have visions of people screaming from inside a deep unknown dark cave. So exposed to all the terrors. Slowly you know you are being pushed closer and closer, second by second. People are all around, so you scream and shout desperately for their help, but no pitiful voice comes out of your mouth. You see the distance between you and the chasm gradually becoming smaller inch by inch, while you struggle and beg so weakly for mercy of the unknown force, no knowing who or what it is. All that you can do is to brace yourself for the horror that you cannot escape. It will drag you down until you reach a point where you cannot regret, because it's already too late.

I've always wanted to go somewhere hot! Feel the warm breeze when you lie under the lush, green, tropical trees. Then you watch the rolling wave that gently glide along the beach leaving flecks of foam on the sandy shores. Then you can hear the waves singing their soothing lullaby while they lap against the beach. Slowly, you reach over towards your side and your fingers find a cup that you bring up to your lips to cool yourself down with an iced smoothie. So fine and delicate as it sends your taste buds dancing. That's how I would want to enjoy myself on a hot summer day.

I lost my internet connection yesterday so, I'll write my blog today.

I've always watched on TV how little kindergartens wear those funny little scholar robes and the hats then they stand on a chair and tell the parents who came to watch the performance what they want to be when they grow up. Well, usually I laugh at those little people, but I've really started to think about what I might do when I've finished my education.
First off, I need to at least finish a Masters at a good university. BUT, what will I be studying at the university? maybe law, economic, business. I really want to become someone, not the Mr. Garbage Man who nobody knows, I want to be someone that can help the world, someone who will strive to change the bad ways. (In speeches my elementary school teacher told me to make everything be said in threes :)

I pulled my calf today and it hurts soo much so I'm going to see the massage experts for sports injures. A little spoil I guess, but once in a while is OK. :)

I really wanted to join the swim team, but the day of the swim competition is on the same day as a field trip that counts towards your marks, so I guess that I can't join the team. 'sigh'
Other then the swim team, I'm not on any other clubs or organizations.

I have a plan to get my act together because if I really want to get onto the honor roll, I'm gonna have to work a LOT MORE then I am right now. so I will try to get A's in socials, science, math, PE, Band, French (sorry Mr. Olson.) and I will also try to get A's in the other subjects, but I don't really think I have to ability to do that so, I'll be quite content if I get 3 B's.

The map of Europe is now stuck in my head. The six characteristics of living things are also stuck. Then again, I suppose it's a good thing. I really want to get better at this song I'm learning on the piano and I need a partner to help me learn the four hands piano piece called Marche Militare by Franz Schubert.
hehe piano freak >D

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October is Energy Saving Month!
If you think about it, I know that we need to save energy and gas emissions, but I haven't really done anything to reduce our energy and gas emission. Well, From science, on of the characteristics of living things is that the obtain and use energy, so its impossible to not use energy, but we can still reduce the amount. I'll try to remember to turn off all the electricity I'm not using and take short showers. Now, our TV isn't working we will just unplug it and maybe give it to one of the electric alliances return depots. I really wonder if we can do something more to tell the rest of our friends to do the same. huh!

Today, was the first swim meet of the season. Although it wasn't a big meet, it just gives us an idea of how we are doing in this new season. I'm pretty upset with my 50 freestyle time because I didn't improve a single millisecond, but other races, I did pretty well. Also, our four best swimmers did a relay and tried to break the provincial record, even though the time was fastest, they had a very small mistake, a false start. So unfortunately, it didn't count. Now, I'm motivated by them to do better in swimming.

SOO sleepy today since i sleep at four last night. on the bus i met this guy who looked like part of the mafia because he was wearing his hood up, he had shades on, he was wearing something like a trench coat and he had dark jeans and leather shoes. Also he was sitting in the corner and had a laptop and a case that had a lock on it. creepy.

OK, I'm really really worried about the traffic during the Olympic games because I have to take the bus to school every day. i think i will wake up 30 min early then i'll be ok

The trees billowed in the wind and the branches swayed back and forth slowly with the gentle autumn wind. The ground was covered with golden leaves that were shining because the sun’s light was reflecting off of the last night’s rain. The pond was quiet and ripples slowly glided across the water only when the leaves land softly on its surface. The swans in the lake tenderly slid across the crystal clear lake like how an ice skater skates down the clean, white ice. There I sat, under the peaceful willow trees, in the cool autumn air, watching the reflections of the swans swim by.


Just a little something.

I already did two, the White House and the US Capital Building, but both of them are symmetrical, so I'm doing the Neuschwanstem Castle in Germany. I might quit swimming.

I did my first acupuncture today and it hurts a bit when it first pokes in, but it's better when it's been in for a longer time. To go with the acupuncture, the doctor also gives you a massage to ease out the throbbing feeling of the acupuncture. One thing that I wonder is how acupuncture actually relives the pain. It's just a couple of needles that they poke into you. Right?

I'm sorry I didn't do my blog yesterday, but I was at Jacob's birthday party and we were not allowed really allowed to use the computers. At Jacob's birthday we watched a movie on capitalism and it was pretty funny and we played rugby once we went back to their house.

The Go program thing isn't bad, but the movies are pretty unrealistic because I haven't been pushed into a locker or been shoved around by the gr 12.
By the way, I've been really trying to perfect this piano piece, but every single time I practice I always seem to get at least one note wrong or I don't have the right sound or my fingers don't move nimbly enough over the keyboard for the faster parts. WHY!?!?

Over the lengths of time I've been watching the news, I've always been wondering about a question, "Vancouver is such a wonderful city and it was voted to be one of the best places to live, but how come there is so much gang violence and homelessness in our city?" I came up with not answer. Mr. Olson, if you have some ideas it'll be great if you could tell me thanks!

The Secret I Cannot Tell

I love this movie it's in Asian (mando) but it has English subtitles

hehe, but only one per week..ugg
btw you can always just watch the other 10 parts if you have time and i recommend it too.

Mr.Sale introduced us to the social's forum so that just adds another thing for our internet homework. I really need to study for the unit test for Math 10 Unit 1 test. That's the arithmetic and geometric sequences. I also want to get to the next stage for the Writer's Festival writing contest.

Wee, I can play OH CANADA. hehe.. On the sax!
We also got three goldfish, one black and two red. but it doesn't look like their eating the food...
and I really want to go to jacob's birthday on saturday and to see a movie with some of my friends. also, i'm happy because i'm improving on my piano every time i practice. if you have time i'm practicing YouTube - Frédéric CHOPIN: Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (Op. Posth.)
THANKS!

P.S. the youtube thing i hope counts as my superblog!

I played some golf today for around 3:30 hours and I played badminton for 2:30 hours and I got yelled at by my dad for maybe 3 hours in total, but I already finished my schoolwork so that's good. I played maybe 30mins of piano today, so I'm upset because my dad won't let me and he makes me do other stuff like do the dishes, hand wash the clothes even though we have a washing machine. now, he won't let my mom in the house because he says she cares about other people more then our family so she's being locked outside... uh, my family is a little weird. On the other hand, I got some fresh air from golf and I feel more refreshed... she's been knocking for almost 30 mins now and my dad still won't let her in... I want to practice my piano to make myself feel better, but he won't let me. oops, I just remembered, I haven't finished my piano theory homework. I so bad, but I can't do anything about it... I just want to play piano, then sit on my bed and read until I go to sleep. BUT I can't because my mentally retarded jerk of a dad won't let me. 'sigh' UGGGGGGGGGGG.
I really don't like me haircut. But I can't do anything about it because my dad doesn't give me a choice to pick what type of clothes I wear, or haircut, or if I can go with my friend to a movie, or to their house, just to get together, so in a way, it's like my dad is trying to encage me in my house and have a BIG pile of papers, handouts, and textbooks. Then there is going to be a sign saying, "Studying is hour life. Studying is good for you. You must study. If you don't like studying the YOU ARE WRONG. Your parents are always right. They are most superior. You mustn't defy your parents." Now even my dad is arguing with my neigbour. I feel so bad for my neigbour. okay, I think that's enough, I'll go to bed now, see you on Tuesday! :)... not really.

P.S. By the way, I'm sorry that I'm dumping everything on you. :P. hehe. Bye!

Yesterday, I rolled in my bed for 3-4 hours and consistently getting up to go to the washroom or working out, but in the end. I got to sleep at around 1:30AM. The next morning...today, I had swim practice at 5:45 and I had to wake up at 5:15. so I only got 3.75 hours of sleep. I also had a nightmare last night. I was being torn apart by cannibals and watching them eat my limbs... ewww. disgusting.

i finally got a norm display picture for my msn.
now i'm just listening to classical music by chopin and doing my homework
well, class today was pretty easy. :)

I'm not eating very well these days, don't know why. I really hope I win the Writing thing for the festival. I REALLY WANT TO GO SEE THE MOVIE WITH MY FRIENDS ON FRIDAY, but my parents won't let me. UGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG. sorry, just annoyed at them. no freedom. they also said they might get me a cellphone at the end of the school year.

swim practice... so tired now i'm at home and i'm going to go practice piano.
by the way, i got off easy from french because the teacher says she made a photocopying mistake. thank god. (though i had to do it all at lunch)

So sorry forgot to do my blog over the weekend.
Over the weekend I convinced my dad not to go shopping with me for photo day, and I'm getting new aviators (shades) and be got a fish tank at home.... going to have to wait for the fish though. I also want to devote more of my time into practicing piano because I like it and I want to improve.
eg. I practiced 4 hours on.. uh.... Sunday.

I want to get into the habit of drinking a half cup of milk each night, before I sleep.

Well, today's Field Trip to Bard on the Beach and we was All's Well that ends Well.
and i'm broke from spending money on the chocolate.

Today was really uninteresting, and swimming practice was hard, but i was able to get the email's of my friends today, but mom won't let me on msn and i'm not in the mood for piano or sax. My life is very dull.

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9/17/09

Today, after school, I went to the chiropractor and he cracked 50 bones, then I did electro-therapy, and then I went to my swimming practice. After practice, the lifeguard wrapped my wrist with stretchy cloth.

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9/16/09

IT'S MY BDAY....ENOUGH SAID SORRY, GOTTA PARTY!

today I was at badminton tryouts and I'm so happy because my name got written on the "want-to-see-you-back-next-time list", but its so unfair because you have to play against grade 8,9, and 10 students so, I have a 50/50 chance of getting in. The biggest problem is that the badminton and my swim practices are pretty much the same times so I will probably quit. It's sad, but I'm going to have to face the fact.

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9/14/9

P.S. Tomorrow is my B-Day!...hehe.

Today, was supposed to be fabulous birthday celebration, but in the end, it didn't turn out the best. I was very happy to begin with and then when we went to buy our saxophone, my dad kicked in. You see, my dad is usually a nice person and cares about me, but when we went to Tom Lee we were trying to look for a model of a sax, then my dad was always upset about the service that the store provides. He always seems to be able to find some sort of problem in anybody, BUT NEVER HIMSELF that always ******* ticks me off. he had an argument with the employee for like 30 mins before my mom and i could even say anything. in the end it took us over and hour to buy the sax. just for your information, i'm just beginner so i don't need anything too special on the sax... just a normal sax would do. then we went to dinner. i wasn't even allowed to announce that my birthday was on tuesday becuase he was afriad that it would bother the other parents to buy my gifts and such. so it was like a nothing. then he gave me a hour long lecture about how my attitude was bad at the dinner and how he didn't like the shoes i was wearing and how afraid he was that i might join a gang and start taking drug..... okay sometimes i argue with my parents but overall i'm a good kid, ask jacob, or jonathan, or eric, of any of my friends. i just don't like that guy.

Term1-oh nevermind

Today I had swim practice at 8:00 and then I did all my homework but I spend 1:30 on the drawing...I think, but I didn't use a ruler. I had Piano from 5:30-7:00 then I played golf, I hit, 210 feet or yards? Tomorrow I'm going to spend my birthday with a friend and we're going out to eat dinner with our parents...boring, but I get my new SAX tomorrow. My actual birthday is one the 15 but I don't have time then to celebrate so yeah.

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9/12/9

My body is so sore from Swim Practice and i've got it tomorrow, and on sunday i've got badminton.
What store has paper bags to cover textbooks?

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9/9/10

Today was a normal day, but I feel asleep on the bus and my friend got on the same bus and slapped me awake. Unusual.

Post 2-Term 2
9/9/10

Day one at high school.

Hehe... today is the first day of high school it's was fun except I was late for every class.

First class socials....that was okay...oh wait.. it took me 10 min for my locker to work ugg stupid locker

Second class science...this one was really okay

third class english...haha I missed half the class because I needed to talk to the counselor

fourth class applied skills... I needed to go to the washroom and Jacob said "oh, we going to 213" after washroom I went there and I got in and it didn't look like the same group of people and...it was a french class so then I had to actually open my backpack and look for my courses and then I found the room...sigh

it was really tiring to have to carry two bags around... one for school and one for swimming cus I have to bus from near UBC and then I have to transfer at Broadway and oak then get to school and I have to go all the way back to UBC because I have swimming there right after. sigh

a funny thing was, on the ride home I though I was going to the Lord Byng pool so i got of at a school with a red building and all...but it was the wrong school, so then I got on the next bus and got to Lord Byng and I went to the pool, then the coach there said we had a switch for the week at UBC, but I had to buy another ticket because I already threw away my first one because I thought I was at the right place so then I went back to the bus stop and got on the bus... hey look who's on the bus it's my swim buddy, so I borrow his cell phone and call my mom at work to call my dad, because my dad doesn't have a cellphone and I don't know his work phone.

Swimming:5:00-7:00

after swimming I waited for 20 min because my dad didn't get the call and he thought I was at lord byng and when he got there we was yelling because he still thought I was at Lord Byng... woah when I got home did I get an asian parent lecure...long and the like swears at rapid fire pace while the neigbours at the bottem floor can hear (I'm on 7th floor). then I did this and I will probably do some english and field trip form. Done!


Post 1 term 1 9/9/9 hehe lucky day!