Term 2 Blog #33

New Year's Eve today!!! i wanna go eat. bye

Term 2 Blog #32

Sunday, December 30th, 2007
YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW FRUSTRATING A SCIENCE FAIR CAN BE!! in my science fair, i need to put staples on a piece of plastic one by one until the plastic drops. you have to balance everything, and if u blow it slightly or move it, it will drop. on average, i had to re-do everything 5 times before i got something that i didnt make an error on. aaargh!!!

Term 2 Blog #31 (Multimedia Blog #16)

Saturday, December 29th, 2007


a picture of a nice merry santa i found.

went to daniel's party today. it was FUN!!!! we skated, and i got to play on daniel's wii. now i understand why it costs 400 dollars year. or is it 300? i think the xbox 360 is the one that costs 300 dollars.
before i went to daniel's party, i went to tom lee and piano house to try to find a better piano. my piano, a sherlock manning, is OLD. extremely old. we're thinking of buying a steinmann (not steinway & sons) or a yamaha 52". my mom even said we could buy steinway if i liked it a lot. cant wait to see my piano teacher's expression when we get it!

Term 2 Blog #30

Friday, December 28th, 2007
i stayed at home and played piano and did my science fair today. this week, i actually worked on the feeling of one song im playing, and the teacher complimented on it!! :D that was great. i'll play more piano this week too. at least try to.
my science fair is taking an incredibly long time. i mean, i use tweezers and put one staple on top of that little piece of plastic one at a time. the highest number that i got up to is 300-something. i made clumps of staples and wrote down the number on it instead. still it's extremely tedious. i still havent finished 1/4th yet. ><
and i still have to study science. there may be a test when we come back.

Term 2 Blog #29

i went shopping on robson street again. guesss what i bought??? an EVENING DRESS!! its very pretty i love it. oh and i also bought a pair of paints from off the wall.
the evening dress was from sears - only $60 dollars. i think it fits me very well.

hehe...i love the dress :D:D
today, in total, ive only spent 82 dollars. compared to yesterday, this isnt a lot.

Term 2 Blog #28

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007
OOOH WOW!!! GUESS WHAT WE BOUGHT FROM FUTURE SHOP [or best buy] TODAY??? a colour laser printer, 2 phones, a DVD player, and a camcorder!!! that is quite a lot of stuff, in my opinion. printer - $130, phone - $50, DVD player - $60, camcorder - $400 thats 640 dollars plus tax.
i also went to garage and got $99.64 worth of clothing. thats 5 pieces by the way, so its rather cheap. today is the best day of my life :D:D

Term 2 Blog #27

Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
YAY!!! Christmas Day!! [tho the day was the most boring day of my life]
I went to this little kid's house to eat dinner, but while i waited for the dinner to cook [itself, not], i had to teach her to play the piano on a tiny tiny [so tiny u wouldnt believe it] keyboard.
i cant wait for boxing day tmw. im gonna buy a colour laser printer!! mr olson, the laser printer u bought wasnt worth it. i see one on sale for $130 dollars tmw. gonna wake up EARLY to buy it :D:D

Term 2 Blog #26

Monday, December 24th, 2007
ahhh oh no...didnt get much done today. maybe should have done more. boxing day is when i really relax.

Term 2 Blog #25

Sunday, December 23, 2007
WHOOOOOOOO i finished my tuque AND i finished 1 tenth of my science fair!! the experiment part only tho.. ooh and i played piano, and i watched the prestige a second time! actually, i was knitting my tuque while watching the prestige, but hey, multitasking rocks!
now...i still have that jean-paul marat research to do, the other 90% of my science fair to do, and the reviewing of the science we've learned so far. nice. i love my winter holidays.

Term 2 Blog #24 (Multimedia Blog #16)

yay!! a family photo!!! we havent had a family photo in such a long time.
i got my chinese school exam over with :D as well as a bit of piano. i think now, i would have to practice 2 hours a day. not gonna practice today tho. too tired.

Term 2 Blog #23

Friday, December 21st, 2007
today's the last day of school!!! whooooo!!! 2 weeks of NOTHING.
i just realized, i cant write numbers in english. take, for example, 103,492. is it a hundred and three thousand, four hundred ninty-two? or is it a hundred three thousand and four-hundred ninty two? i have no idea where to put the hyphens. maybe i should check this up..

Term 2 Blog #22

Thursday, December 20th, 2007
ONE MORE DAY TO GO!! ONE!!
you know whats sad? ive got NO HOMEWORK absolutely NO HOMEWORK from any courses in day 2, but ive got TONS of homework from day one. i think u all know what that means. MIDDLE YEARS COURSES ARE THE END ME ME!!!!
SCIENCE SCIENCE SCIENCE FAIR.

Term 2 Blog #21

Nolan's Parablog:
Bad luck is part of life, but within that bad luck, there is always good luck.

NOO chinese exam on saturday. gotta get it done. and science fair. gotta think it through again. tho i think ive done so a MILLION times.
i actually spent half an hour writing stuff in cards for my teachers. this is my first year of doing it actually, since in previous years, ive never felt guilty about not giving out cards. this year, seeing as ms hu said "I LOVE CARDS MORE THAN PRESENTS", and witnessing countless ppl giving teachers cards, i decided i would buy some too.

Term 2 Blog #20

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
strings concert today. i really want to join choir, but when i asked the director lady, she gave me a very strange and bewildered look....hmm...
christmas shopping for me is actually a problem now. ppl started giving me gifts, which means i would have to return them. ahh well...

Term 2 Blog #19

Levels of Suspension and Disbelief on Galaxy Quest

i dont think i actually believed Galaxy Quest very much. thoughout the whole show, i kept on thinking about how stupid it was. i hate shows that dont make sense/are stupid, but is funny because of that. why cant they have sensible humour? this stupidness of the movie constant reminded me that this movie isn't real, whereas in the Prestige, my level of suspension and disbelief was actually very low, cuz i was completely mezmorized by the movie. It was so captivating, I don't notice much around me.

Vivian's, Didi's, Karen's Paraphrases

Vivian's Paraphrase:
Even people who are educated can be very poor if they dont manage their money well.
Didi's Paraphrase:
Somtimes people work better when there's rivalry with someone else to achieve the same thing.
Karen's Paraphrase:
You need to try hard many times to achieve something you're truely interested in.

Term 2 Blog #18

i spent the whole day WHOLE DAY studying. and yet, i didnt get that much done.
i think i worked out my science fair project, but i really need to study for the chinese exam this weekend. oh my gosh. so much work, even before the winter break.
it took me quite long to memorize the socials time line. i think my memory's going downhill. this sucks. everything sucks. aaargh

Term 2 Blog #17 (Multimedia Blog #15)

oooh did i mention that i got my report cards yesterday?? i dont know why im not excited about report cards anymore. its probably becuz i get the same EVERY SINGLE TERM.
now...i need to think about my science fair. what concentration of sulfur dioxide do i need??? and is there a PH scale on which i can calculate the PH of smth??
here is the second page of my mini assignment for science.

Term 2 Blog #16

Friday, December 14th, 2007
my piano teacher raised her price today. sad :(
i have a chinese recital tmw. sucks.

Term 2 Blog #15

Paraphrase:
Sometimes people work better when there's rivalry with someone else to achieve the same thing.

got one more chinese poem to memorize. >< this sucks. i hate chinese poems. they dont make sense. i understand what they're saying, but as soon as i start memorizing them, i memorize them word by word, not by meaning, cuz they dont really make sense to me. english poems would have been so much better.
its 10:16 and i havent taken a shower. better take one now.

Term 2 Blog #14

Michael Ho's Paraphrase:
It is not right to do only part of the work u're credited for and take others' work as your own work.

i slept from 4 to 6 today...it was quite refreshing. i just wish that my internet is as fast during nights as it is after school. at nights, i have to wait for something to load if i want to watch a movie. after school, it loads 4 times faster than the rate at which i watch. sucks. is all internet services like this? is shaw better than telus? cuz if it is, i want to switch to shaw.

Term 2 Blog #13

The Willing Suspension of Disbelief
I think everything we comprehend envokes emotion, not just movies. books, for example. even boring textbooks make emotion rise. even if we know the situation is not real, we are able to place our feet into a character's shoes and feel part of what the character is feeling.
The emotion gets more intense, whether its happiness or sadness, anger or hatred, when the plot becomes more dramatic. when its old and boring, without drama, it makes us fall asleep, and thus, we do not feel anything. The emotion that rises because of something we watch keeps us interested.

now, my blog...
i decided to eliminate half of my science fair. it is totally irrelevant, and i do not see what i can analyse from it. i just NEED to find my thermometer!!
oh no...i just went to find my thermometer. turns out i found it. BUT guess what? it BROKE!!!!! i need to pay for it. tell ms hu. this sucks.

Term 2 Blog #12

I AM SO HAPPY TODAY!!
JESSICA JUST MADE MY DAY!!!
tho i cant really tell this blog why, i am happy inside.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!
i wonder if jessica reads this. if you do, jessica, u have my deepest assurances that i wish you and _______ a happy time together.
im gonna ask to use the lab tmw. really. i really need to use it. ms hu will let me, im pretty sure, it just that she really doesnt need to watch over me.

Term 2 Blog #11

another super BORING day. why is everything so boring lately. oooh i just cant WAIT for the winter holidays. actually...i really got finish my science sheets tho. half my science fair..
did u know that greensleeves was composed by Henry VIII for anne boleyn? i knew the fact when i was in grade 6, but was reminded of it again just yesterday while watching Elizabeth I.
do u understand how tragic that is? Henry VIII composed a song for a girl that he would eventually BEHEAD becuz she didnt bear him a son.

Term 2 Blog #10 (Multimedia Blog #14)

its multimedia blog day!! heres a picture of the first page of my mini science assignment.
i really need to get ink for my printer. really. urgh
nooow...
i feel so sleepy.
i dont noe why. i slept for 2 hours between 12 oclock and 2 oclock, i had 8 hours of sleep last night and 9 hours of sleep the night before. perhaps tonight, i'll get 12 hours. then i wont feel so sleepy.

Term 2 Blog #9

Friday, December 7th, 2007
last day of the week!! whoooooooo!!!
SCIENCE FAIR.
I TOLD MYSELF I WOULD FINISH THE FIRST PORTION OF MY SCIENCE FAIR BEFORE THE WINTER HOLIDAYS.
I NEED TO DO THAT WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
NEED TO BOTHER MS HU FOR PERMISSION!!!
have you noticed, i've been writing sentences without a subject in my most recent blogs? this is when i get frustrated at my inability to do things when i need to do them. the theme of the story i read for chinese school this week is "the biggest regret you'll ever have is not doing [or not doing a good job of] something that is crucial". in my case, it is crucial that i finish half of my science fair experiment before the winter holidays. and the preliminary theory booklet.

Term 2 Blog #8

karen found a white hair on my head.
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
im becoming yan-like.
*swaying*
actually, this doesnt shock me as much anymore cuz karen played a prank on me in grade 7 where she pretended a piece of fox hair was actually my white hair while she pulled out a black one.
that really shocked me.
now im not shocked. i actually have a REAL white hair, and im not shocked.
funny how pranks can do these things to u.
i have white hair. white hair = stress = not enough sleep.
which is why im going to go to sleep NOW.
goodbye.

Term 2 Blog #7

Arun's Paraphrase:
One has to be aware of what is going on around them instead of concentrating on one subject one is interested in, or else, there would be drastic consequences.

oh great. just great. i really am stuck. I NEED TO BUY NEW PRINTER INK. aaarggghhh.. this sucks. juuuust sucks.
Homework left to do:
type in info for Science Fair Project
Research Jean-Paul Marat
Finish Science worksheets
review science
do chinese homework
play piano
do theory

Term 2 Blog #6

ooh i was looking through the snowball fight i had on sunday. vivian emailed me the pictures she took. i'll show u two of them.

DO YOU SEE VIVIAN AND COLIN SNUGGLING TOGETHER?? so cute <3. im pretty sure they'll hook up soon.

this is just an nice-looking group picture. :D

Term 2 Blog #5

Harry's Paraphrase:
It takes a long time for people to acknowledge/accept the existance of something they don't already know.

YEAHHH!!! SCIENCE TEST NOW OVER. OFFICIALLY OVER!!!
now...i need to study for socials.

Term 2 Blog #4

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007
STUDYING FOR SCIENCE.
I REALLY NEED TO STUDY.
cuz i went snowball fighting today. it was fun.
and i hurt my foot.
:'(
I LOVE THE SNOOOOW!!!

Physics 100 Greatest Discoveries Notes

Aristotle:
• Objects with greater masses fall faster than objects that are lighter
Galileo
• Objects with more air resistance fall at a slower rate
• Gravity pulls on an object with the same air resistance at same rate
Newton
• Moon is kept in orbit around the earth because of gravity
• Universal gravitation: bodies in universe attracted to each other
Thermodynamics
• Engines able to function b/c of kinetic energy: when work is created, some energy must be lost
Maxwell
• Electric charges can spread over metal surfaces b/c of magnetic fields
• Electrical current causes charges to move to outer sections
Einstein
• E=mc2
• E = energy
• M = mass
• C2 = speed of light
Quantum Theory
• Probability of outcomes
• Matter = probability waves
Light
• Newton – light particles, corpuscles
• Young – wave-like properties
• Einstein – wave + particle-like
Atoms
• Made of nucleus (protons, neutrons)
• Electrons
Electrical current
• Electrical current in metal dependent on temperature
• Low temp = constant resistance
Atoms
• Smaller than electrons – quarks
Forces
• Strong nuclear force
o Bonds protons + neutrons
• Weak nuclear force
• Gravity
• electromagnetism

Anson's Reading

By the middle of the 1800's, it was thought the the Earth was at least a couple million years old. Charles Darwin tried to calculate how old the Earth was, but eventually, it was proven wrong. In 1824, WIlliam Kelvin was born. He was an extremely smart person who began university at the age of 12 at Glasgow University. He later went to Cambridge. By 1907, he had written around 661 papers, most of the papers about mathematics. In addition to these papers, he contributed to the science of thermodynamics, refridgeration, and made the sending of telegrams possible. in 1862, Kelvin predicted that the Earth was 98 million years old by using electromagnetism. Like Darwin, his prediction was wrong.

Term 2 Blog #3 (Multimedia Blog #13)

whooooooo hooo!! TERM TWO!! its multimedia blog day today, nonetheless.

its snowing, so i decided to put a picture of a snow seal. cute isnt it? i love snoooooooooooow :D:D
it just might add my hopes up to a delayed science test. im really hoping to get over 20 cm of snow by monday. actually, i think there's a low chance of that, but im still hoping!!

Term 2 Blog #2

Friday, November 30th, 2007
nooow what?
i did a bit of science fair. actually, more like 1/20th of my science fair. but that's good enough. i did a bit.
my mom cancelled my piano lesson today cuz theres this little crack on my index finger that hurts A LOT. and i mean A LOT. even typing hurts. the keys on the keyboard are quite light and easy to press, but it still hurts when i press them. imagine a piano. let's see...the keyboard of a piano is 5 times more stiff than that of a computer keyboard. -_-"
SCIENCE TEST!!! ANOTHER GREAT BIG SCIENCE TEST TO STUDY FOR!!! >< really now, i might have spent over 10 hours studying for each science test there is. this science test is no exception. cant waste time on this.

Term 2 Blog #1

Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Joyce's reading:
Many discoveries in palontology were made in the 18th century. In 1787, the very first dinosaur bone was found in New Jersy. Since people did not know what it was, they decided to put it in a storage room, and thus, the forgot all about it. In 1788, Beaufort discovered another dinosaur bone, this time in Kentucky. Beaufort overestimated the size and strength of the dinosaur. He pronounced it to have the strength of a tiger. he also announced that the dinosaur to be extinct. SOon, many more dinosaur bones were discovered, and sent to France to be pieced together by George Cuvier. Cuvier added to the idea that catastrophies happened on earth which caused the extinction of dinosaurs. This idea opposed Thomas Jefferson's idea that the world was carefully ordered and that nothing becomes extinct.

Pre-IB, Pre-IB!! ... i think im gonna go. tho there are quite a lot of pros and cons. for example, im really looking forward to pre-IB camp, but then, there's also another year of science fair to consider. ugghhh!!! i already did 3 years of science fair (including this year, i also went to the district science fair in grade 7), two science celebrations (grade 7 and 6), and the heritage fair (grade 6). >< that is a total of 6 GREAT BIG PROJECTS that last A COUPLE MONTHS!!
geez i hate projects that take such a long time.

Term 1 Blog #84

i just realized how much i enjoyed the disney movies. really.
i was watching aladdin after school today, and it made such a good impression on me. i mean, it was very funny!! the singing was awesome too. it want one of those recent pop/rock songs with lots of drums and rap, it was actually SINGING and required TALENT. another thing i like about it is that its peaceful and actually had a MELODY. that's wat music is all about. its not the DRUMS and FAST TALKING that celebrities do nowadays cuz they dont have the talent but want the title of singer.

Term 1 Blog #83

NOOOOO SCIENCE TEST
ITS MY DEATH.
IM SURE YOU'LL ALL BE VERY HAPPY.
:'( :'( :'(
i dont remember whether i did my blog yesterday.
gotta go sleep.

Term 1 Blog #82

I WANT SNOW.
WHO DOESN'T WANT SNOW?!?!?!?! [actually, daniel does]
IIIII WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT SNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW
SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW SNOW
YUKI YUKI YUKI YUKI YUKI YUKI
XUE XUE XUE XUE XUE XUE
NEIGE NEIGE NEIGE NEIGE NEIGE NEIGE

:( i think i do too much of these.

Term 1 Blog #81

-_-" i need to sleep...and take a shower.
sry for the short blogs recently.
i neeed to do theory. :( badly. i cant just leave it all till the end. well, technically, i left it till almost the end, so i dont have much time left. :( reaaaaly gotta start working...

100 Greatest Discoveries Notes

The Planets Move
• Mesopotamians – did lots of astronomy
o Recorded on clay tablets
o First records
o Earliest record of astronomy, Venus
o First record of planet moving
• Greeks – went to Mesopotamians
o Developed vision of solar system
o Planets move around earth
• Nicholas Copernicus – challenged Greek’s Idea
o Fixes sun in center
o Earth moves
o Published book on day of death
• Johannes Kepler – planets didn’t orbit in circles
o Ellipse
o Calculated accurate orbits
• Galileo Galilai
o Telescope
o Mountains on moon
o 4 stars around Jupiter
o Clusters of stars
o Theory supported by facts

Halley’s Comet
• Comets = fear and terror
• Halley found 3 comets following same path every 76 years
• Predicted the comet would come back in 76 years
o Came back, but Halley died

Milky Way Cluster of Stars
• Hershall from musician to telescope builder
• Found Uranus
• Divided sky in sections
• Counted stars
• Milky Way too large to count

General Relativity
Einstein – orbit of Mercury
• Mercury’s change in orbit every century
• Refined Newton’s laws of gravity
• Gravity takes time to travel
• Curved space
• Theory of General Relativity
• Eclipse tested Einstein’s Theory
• He was Right

The Universe is Expanding
• White nebulae
• 1924 Edwin Hubble study white nebulae
• Now called white nebulae galaxy
• Colour changes as galaxy moves
• Finds lots of colours
• Big Bang

Milky Way Emits Radio Waves
• 1930 Carl Jinsky
• 3 forms of radio waves – thunderstorms, earth, 3rd-mysterious?
o Looked like was from sun
o Actually found black hole
Cosmic Radio Waves Background…something
• Arnold Penseus, Robert Wilson
• Measure radiation from milky way
o Two theories at the time
 Big Bang
 Stationary Theory
o Big Bang would leave extra temperature
• They found extra temp.

Gamma Ray Bursts
• 1960’s – made Gamma Ray detectors
• Supernovae produces gamma ray bursts?
• Made new telescope
• Discovered gamma ray bursts a few trillion light years away
• Gamma ray bursts = past animal extinctions?

Planets Orbiting other Planets
• Looks at waves wobbling as it orbits around
• Universe is expanding
• Explosion of Type 1A supernova

Term 1 Blog #80 (Multimedia Blog #12)

Saturday, November 25th, 2007
Multimedia BLog today!! horray!!
heres a picture of a person :D vague right? not till uve seen the picture!! [actually, i think u looked at the picture before u read the sentence]

hehe. obvious.

Term 1 Blog #79

Friday, November 24th, 2007
Paraphrase:
Isaac:
1940s- geologists could bascially guess from what time period the rocks came from. There was an archbishop who guessed when the Earth started, and this other guy proposed that u could measure the age of the earth by measuring the amount of salt in the ocean. However, this was impossible to do. The estimate by the archbiship was off by a looot.

everything sucks. i have decided that i neeed to finish rudiments 2 by june. which means, i'll have to finish the rest of preliminary rudiments and rudiements 1 and rudiments 2 in...7 months. actually, i think thats a lot. most likely, i'll finish them before my goal. still, i have a goal.
i also have a goal to memorize the new words and new chinese four-character sayings every weeks. tho i dont think that's gonna continue for many more weeks cuz i dont have much time with the science fair and all. still, im gonna try.
...math is supposed to be in my daily schedule, but somewhow, i decided to ignore it. i dont think i'll be doing very well in math next year cuz of it.

Term 1 Blog #78

thursday...over...
i went to my mom's company's Family Day today. needless to say, it was a waste of my time.
tmw is pro-d day!! yay!! i plan to finish science tmw tho (the project about bohr and newton). and i need to play A LOT of piano, seeing as i havent mastered the two songs im supposed to play yet. and ive got to revise the other songs too. originally, i was gonna do my science fair tmw cuz the school will be open and i dont have to go to class. but since im so busy, i guess i can afford to do it during lunch somewhere b/t now and winter break. one month should be sufficient for half of my experiment.

Term 1 Blog #77

oooh no...
i feel sad...
MATH TEST TMW!!!
i really have nothing to study, but i feel nervous.
theres a project due on monday (from science)...i have to work on that on friday
i think thats it
oh yeah...socials, forgot.
SOCIALS HOMEWORK. i'll do that tmw. i'll leave everything until tmw =D sound good?

Term 1 Blog #76

Mike's Paraphrase
Lyle eventually lost his sight becase he was originally shortsighted to begin with. He worked as a professor of geology at King's College from 1831 to 1832. Although he worked on many theories, he never actually read Hutton's theories.He believed: that the earth was created by a catalysmic event, that all earth's processes were very slow and that it shifted. Many scientists read about his ideas. However, he couldn't answer simple questions like how mountain ranges were formed, how glaciers worked (he forgot about ice ages). He didnt think that plants and animals suffered from instant anhihilation and that these plants and animals existed since the beginning of earth. Geologists grouped rocks together by the time period they came from. There was a lot of discussion about these two time periods. So, to solve this arguement, the geologists added yet another time period between these two.


yay!! the reach game was soo fun today!! i answered at least 10 questions :D horray for me!
i think this is due to me sleeping early and all tho.
well, speak of sleeping early! i need to sleep NOW.
bye.

Term 1 Blog #75

aww geez.
i feel lazy.,
i procrastinated a lot this week.
i do not intend to pick up the slack
gotta get some chinese done tho
really, i wish everybody could cut us teenagers some slack
we need to enjoy our lives

Term 1 Blog #74

i didnt do much today. basically, i finished doing that english handout so that i could hand it over for mr hauck to copy and read sherlock holmes. nothing else..oh theres piano that i played.
i feel awwful. i feel lazy. i wish i could take another day off. actually, i feel like that on all weekends. i dont do any work on saturdays becuz i just come back from chinese and french school feeling tired and needing a nap. sunday is spent cramming on homework (which i aparently didnt do today). i need a day off each week at least. thank god theres a pro-d day this friday. i wouldnt be able to live without it.

Term 1 Blog #73 (Multimedia Blog #11)

...i dont wanna talk about what happened today
its too depressing to be talked about.
its multimedia blog day.
here is a picture of the periodic table of elements:

im trying to memorize all of it. so far, im up to 40 elements (last one: zirconium)

Kelly's Paraphrase:
A guy called Parkinson became a geologist. He wrote books on geology and discovered Parkinson's disease. Also, he bought museum of specimen until he had no money left.
Another geologist, Lyle, was born when Hutton died to a rich family. Lyle and Bucklem met and Lyle decided to devote himself to geology.

Term 1 Blog #72

huh...piano teacher gone...
another week of piano again...
GOTTA DO SCIENCE FAIR.
...and memory book.
...and go to sleep
...and the science fair again. it never ceases to amaze me how much pressure a little science fair can put into our lives.
u like science fairs? aparently, i dont.
...gotta go paraphrase
...gotta do 7 activities for the presentaitons in AS
...gotta figure out how to teach the class about euphemism (tho its pretty easy to understand)

Term 1 Blog #71

ahhhh gotta go to sleep soon!!
i've kept up my record of 4 days of sleeping starting at 10 oclock!! i wont break the record now!!
anyways, today was a boring day. gotta start science fair project ><

Term 1 Blog #70

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007
ooooh geez. had PE test today. it was easy...except i forgot the word CAPILLARY!!! how can i forgeeeeeeet it??????????? :'( I REMEMBERED IT STARTED WITH A "C" but couldn't remember the rest of the word...shame on me.
oh, in total, i memorized 40 elements in the periodic table!! gooo me!!! got..lets see, 63 to go. i'll manage that. in two weeks. prob.

Term 1 Blog #69

Jesse's Paraphrase
In the 19th century, geology became extremely common. Hutton wrote a really loong and lengthy book and geology that no one could understand, and his friend Playfair summarized his book and his theory on the Earth. This time, people finally understood what Hutton meant, and voila! geology became more popular!!

ookk my blog
i tried sleeping early yesterday, due to a sudden urge to be as healthy as i can. it didn't go very well. i laid there awake for 1.5 hours, unable to sleep. it was a shame, to lie there doing nothing and finally falling sleeping at the time i usually sleep... maybe i'll try again today, see if i can change my sleeping pattern. god noes i need to change it.
theres a french and PE test tmw...its quite easy actually. i'll just study until my parents come home, play piano, read sherlock holmes, and go to sleep at 10 again :D

Term 1 Blog #68

AWWW GOD...THREE WEEKS LEFT. gotta get my math mark up by 3 percent. one percent per week. can i do that, YES I CAN. I CAN AND I WILL. theres a difference between can and will. I WILL GET THAT THREE PERCENT AND GET THE A I WANT SO MUCH.
reading sherlock holmes isnt a bad way to end this rememberence day long weekend. its really good actually. ive read 3 of his stories this week, and i read a lot more when i was younger, but it still interests me. ive also read a book called looking for alaska. this book describes the life of a boy "looking for a Great Perhaps" when he stumbles upon and falls in love with a girl called Alaska. the first half of the book describes all the pranks he does with his group of friends (including alaska), and the second half of the book is dedicated to his thoughts and feelings after alaska's death. it was quite a good book...even with all that smoking involved.
this morning, while my parents were out, i watched sweet home alabama. the only reason i watched it was because patrick dempsey (mcdreamy in grey's anatomy) was in it. unfortunately, he only played the supporting actor. and his hair was weird in the movie.
ooh have i ever mentioned that reese witherspoons is pretty? i dont think i have. well, ive mentioned jessica alba and mariah carey. but not really reese witherspoon. geez, if all i do is mention pretty girls, ppl will start thinking in lesbian. WHICH I AM NOT.

Term 1 Blog #67

rememberence day today...gotta think about dead soldiers. lol.
actually, i did think about them...for around 2 minutes or so. but what was really great about today was that my parents spent about a hundred dollars on food. dinner was goooood. it should've been thanksgiving dinner instead.
anyways, i finished most of my homework today. i didnt actually finish much, but theres not that much leftover. at all. theres no chinese and french school homework cuz i finished it last week...i finished my 3rd part of my memory book (1 part left to go), i redesigned my science fair project, and i finished math homework.
oh nooooo darn...french test on wednesday. forgot. ah well, i'll study a bit tmw. theres a whole day off tmw~!!! i'll play a bit of piano and do a bit of theory. and READ!!! i love reading, now that ive got the time for it :D

Term 1 Blog #66 (Multimedia Blog #10)

isnt this picture pretty? its called moonlight memories. :D

YAYA!!! I DIDNT REALIZE THAT THERE WAS NO CHINESE SCHOOL TODAY!!!!!!! WHOO-HOOO!!
NOOWWW, I WILL HAVE SOME FUN!! (meaning reading...:P)
theres not much homework this week, surprisingly. i will finish all there is left to do, do some thoery, play some piano, and REAAD!!! i havent read much since the beginning of term. at all. now i shall try to make up for all that lost time :D

Term 1 Blog #65

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Joy's Paraphrase
The size, mass, and all other properties of the earth have been discovered. There was a mention of a guy called Huttson who was the leader of the Oyster Club amongst specialists from many different areas. Huttson was extremely interested in geology. There was also a mention about Neptunians and Plutonians who believed different things in the field of geology.

ahhhh i cant breathe!! im getting an...83% in math. ahhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo is it possible for me to get my mark up by 3 percent by the end of november? i reaaally reaaally hope so. OOH ALMIGHTY GOD!! MAKE MR STUART GIVE US MORE EASY TESTS SO THAT I CAN GET AT LEAST 3 PERCENT MORE. PLEAAAAASEEE!!!! IM BEGGING YOU1!! i will NOT break my record of A's in math since grade 5. noooooo way jose. >< plz

Term 1 Blog #64

Thursday, November 8th, 2007
i remember, a while ago, my uncle's doctor told him he had all the symptoms of having this type of cancer. a week later, after he did a scan of some kind, he was told that he didnt have cancer. how do u think he would've coped that week? i would have been terrified, horrified...and all other words that describe fear of dying.

Term 1 Blog #63

today was fun. i went on tours all over my mom's company (it was only one floor), and i got to go to the site of a water sewage plant. they gave me a loooong presentation about using radio waves to detect the type of rock underground that was immensely boring, but with content interesting enough, as well as paying food for me in a restaurant!! (actually, the company paid for it cuz the daughter of the boss came today)
i got to finish most of my socials notes after all the touring, as well as math, though that didn't take long. now, i'll just have to find a different science fair project (or change the one i have now), memorize french, do chinese homework, do french school homework, and finish those applied skills activities. :D that is significantly less than this morning.

Term 1 Blog #62

Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
yay!! tmw is take ur kid to work day!!! imm happy!!!
well, today was a boring day. there was homework for each and every class, and ... yeahhhh...
there was a substitute for science, so i couldnt ask ms hu about my science fair proposal. gotta ask her soon. very soon.

Term 1 Blog #61

its quite late. i should be sleeping. arrghhh still doing socials notes.
i just realized i have to finish my memory book and big bang article. dont noe when its due..i think its sometime soon.
oh michael just answered my question. its due on friday.

Term 1 Blog #60

ahhhhh socials notes!!! theres a lot of socials homework now that we've switched teachers, but this teacher marks fairly.
gonna do more

Term 1 Blog #59 (Multimedia Blog #9)

its multimedia blog today!! the picture above is of mariah carey. i honestly find her pretty. reminds me of michelle, for some reason.
anyways, i did HORRIBLE on my chinese exam. sucks. i suppose, if i get a really good mark in science, the horrible mark on my chinese exam would make up for the extra happiness i got yesterday.

Term 1 Blog #58

Friday, October 2nd, 2007
Paraphrase:
This time, Mr Olson read about the accomplishments of john cavendish. He found Ohm's law and the law of the conservation of energy and a whole bunch of things a century before they were found, but since no one looked at his work, all these discoveries were already named after the people who discovered it afterwards. Then there were a lot of stuff afterwards which were not as interesting, and thus, I do not remember them.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!! IN YOUR FACE, BOYS WHO THINK THAT THEY'RE BETTER AT SCIENCE. WHO'S THE ONE THAT GOT THE HIGHEST MARK THIS TIME? MMEEEEEEE! ME ME ME ME ME ME. MOI MOI MOI MOI MOI MOI. WATASHI WATASHI WATASHI WATASHI WATASHI 我我我我我我我我我我我我我我我我我. alll me. i got 5% higher than the next person in line. :D HA!
sry if im bragging right now >< its just that i get a rare chance to brag about science. usually, i end up 3rd or 4th. sometimes 2nd. but first is always dominated by NOLAN.

Term 1 Blog #57

yay!! day two today!!! i felt sooo happy that i wouldnt be getting much homework. yaya!!! but at the same time, i really want to know the outcome of my science test. i worked so hard on it...i feel so eager to see my outcome.

Term 1 Blog #56

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
we went trick-or-treating today!!!! horray!!!
we walked all the way from 71st and fremlin to 54th and cambie. actually, we didnt walk in a straight line. we walked sideways a bit, and halfway through trick-or-treating (we were at around 65th street), we had to take karen's sister back home cuz she complained that she was getting tired. that means we walked a total of at least 30 blocks. by the time we got to 54th and cambie, it was already 9:30. my parents happened to phone at the time, and my dad came and drove us home.
i finally got a crush!!! horray!!! it feels awful to be without a crush. :( i mean, when i had a small crush last year, i thought no having to stare at the person was bliss, so i became crushless for 9 months. lol...i think the only thing it does for me is to give me a topic to think about before i fall asleep. if im crushless, i think about homework (especially science fair) and i am going to do them. then THAT keeps me awake for quite a long time.

Paraphrase:
There was a part about contour drawing when it was invented by people measuring the elevations of mountains then connecting the dots on a scaterplot. This was used to measure moons, planets, and the sun.

Term 1 Blog #55

black day tmw. lol. but still black day.
i have my socials presentation tmw, as well as my english speech and my science test. fun? really.
i feel sorry for those people who have the applied skills presentation in addition to all the things listed above. seriously, tmw is the day that all our projects are due. well, its like the MY hand-in-homework day.
ive been studying hard for science after i finished my 2-hour nap today. i feel ever so refreshed :D but i didnt play piano at all. really, i already passed 4 days without practicing piano, i dont see how im gonna make up for it by friday. maybe i should persuade my mom that it's halloween and i should get a day off from my overloading homework plus piano. after all, i DID have all those things due tmw.
arrrrgh theres so much socials homework now!! even though mr martin marks very fairly, he gives SOOO much homework!! ms hu gives a bit of HARD homework, and HARD tests, but mr martin gives a LOT of homework that we can quite easily do (i shall emphasize the A LOT part of it again). and when he gives a lot of homework, we have A LOT to memorize.
arrrgh english civil war notes due in a week. less than a week in fact. and i havent even started. how nice!!! it's my procrastination (again).
however, that is my only piece of homework other than reviewing for my chinese exam and the exercise for french school. oh and math homework and the PE sheets we have to read on the heart. that's not so bad. :D

Term 1 Blog #54

yay!!! so much homework finished!!! all i have to do now is finish that essay on "Justified Actions" and study for the science test!! oh wait..i'll still have to ask Ms. Hu about the science fair...and write a big bang article on napping. oh english civil war notes too...this sucks. here i am, thinking that devoting my whole sunday to homework would make me homework-free. it certainly doesnt.
really...there is no part of the year when im homework-free. at all. there is always one project or another. i would really like one day with no stress. no piano, no french, no chinese, no homework, no theory, no anything. that would be soo nice. actually, i had that for 2 months during the summer, but that doesn't count! it was supposed to be the "resting" month.
anyways, here is my summary for the book on everything.
Lots of people went all over the world to measure something, I don't remember what it is. This guy spent 9 years of his life in another country trying to prove something that was already proven. After he returned to England, his family had already sold all his estate because they thought he was dead.

Term 1 Blog #53

Sunday, October 28th, 2007
soooooooo much homework.
today, i went over to thanusan's house to do homework. actually, he virtually did the whole powerpoint. i just sat there, studying science.
i came back at around 4 oclock, and did my english speech. then, i tried studying science again. i also did my annotative bibliography.

Term 1 Blog #52 (Multimedia Blog #8)

Saturday, October 27th, 2007
YAY!! today, i am exactly 14 years and 3 months old. :D:D i feel oold. 27 has always been a special number to me.
it turns out that, in the chinese test, there wont be much need to study during the week, but there will be a looong essay to write as well as a looong part to read. i suck at those. if it were english, i would have been very happy it was like that. or i would be indifferent. but in chinese, nooooooo. i suck. so much.
It's multimedia blog today. I would like to compare pictures of the simplified chinese world "ai" (meaning love), with the traditional.


the one on the top is the simplified, and the one on the bottom is traditional. see the missing part? the part with three dots on top and roundish look on the bottom? it looks like this:

this little word inside the tranditional word (which they have omitted in the simplified), means HEART. What is love without a heart? do you think simplified words make sense? This is my arguement that traditional words are better (and make more sense) than simplified words. also, they're a lot prettier. don't u agree? traditional words are more pretty. and pictureistic.

Term 1 Blog #51

arrrrghhhhhhhhh fricken SCIENCE, SOCIALS, AND ENGLISH. THEY GIVE A NEVER-ENDING STREAM OF PROJECTS FOR US TO DO!! this just pisses me off soooooooo much. AHH NOOOO TWO SWEAR WORDS!!! IVE GONE OVER MY LIMIT FOR A MONTH!!! actually, i dont have a limit, but im pretty sure my maximum was 2 swear words per month (excluding darn and damn; i say those quite often, but not in an offending way. i say it sometimes instead of "oh no!" or "aarrgh"). i really dont know how im gonna find the time to finish all this. plus my chinese mid-term exam is next week too. i guess most things would be finished by the end of this week. and we'll have another large stream of projects from MY classes. theres never EVER EVER a large stream of french, math, strings, or PE homework. well, for PE, thats obvious, and as for math and french, theres only 10 minutes of homework each class. i can practice string whenever i feel like. actually, i dont practice much at all, but i should. i will. and i will do theory. theory is very important. if i pass grade 2 rudiments, i'll get my grade 8 certificate. and after i pass grade 5...analysis, harmony, and counterpoint, i'll get my grade 10 certificate. actually, i havent done the practical for grade 10 yet. But doing all these exams will earn me a total for 8 credits. thats a lot.

Term 1 Blog #50

wow, fifty blog entries. i feel old already.
mr olson, here is my paraphrase for what you read to us today:
Neweton fought with Leibnez for the crediation of inventing calculus. He also proved that the earth was not entirely round.
One of the people who tried to find the circumference of the earth by using trigonometry. He measured a part of the earth and when he calculated the distance, he was only 600 yards off. His two daughters married off to bad husbands and that fact added to his depression.
Another guy also tried to find the circumference of the earth by pretending that the earth is completely round (which it is not, as Newton already proved).
That's all I remember about what you read today, Mr. Olson.

Term 1 Blog #49

ooooooff THANUSAN IS SUCH A GOOF!! HE HASNT EVEN FINISHED HIS SOCIALS NOTES YET, AND WE HAVE LESSS THAN A WEEK TO FINISH OUR POWERPOINT + PRESENTATION!!! thanusan!!! u better finish it, or im gonna KILL, MURDER, ASSASIN, CHOP ETC. YOU!!
this is what happens when a person in a group project doesnt cooperate. i think thanusan thinks michael, kelly, and i are people to be ignored. really, the nerve of him!!!

Term 1 Blog #48

ever heard of a guy called luigi boccherini? weird name isnt it? bet its german. oh wait...its italian.
anyways, he composed a minuet that i really like. u noe the 649 comercial with 2 rich people sitting on two of those golden old-england chairs that kings sit on? well, the song in the background is the one im talking about.
anyways, i saw this song in my suzuki violin book, and decided to play it. after playing it for a while, i looked up the piano version on the internet. honestly, violin is sooo much easier to sight-read than piano!! it took me around 2 hours to perfect the song, and even then, its not really perfected PERFECTED. if u catch my meaning.
anyways, my mom and dad are gonna be mad i havent gone to bed yet. bye!

Term 1 Blog #47

huhhhhh
its monday again....and i soon have to finish my socials project. we really need to get going. THANUSAN IS NOT DOING ANYTHING!! he just wont meet up with us, and if he cant cooperate, then we wont be able to get anything done!! aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhh
THANUSAN, IF URE READING THIS, (but i dont think there is a slight possibility that u are) PLEASE CONSIDER HOW ANGRY I AM BEFORE SAYING "oh, i can't come today because my mom isn't home. and you cant come to my house either, because my dad's home." THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DOES UR EXCUSE EVEN MAKE SENSE???

Term 1 Blog #47

I did a lot of work today...im glad i finished everything :D:D ...

Term 1 Blog #46 (Mutimedia Blog #7)

chinese school, french school today. my chinese exam is in two weeks. gotta study. and i need to finish my science fair proposal. pu-ru-po-sa-ru puruposaru. does that sound like proposal? im trying to make a japanese word for proposal. u noe, announcer is a-n-na-u-n-sa-a annaunsaa in japanese. and disneyland is di-su-ni-la-n-do-u disunilandou :D i love these wonderful translations.
its a multimedia blog day! heres a picture i took on thursday, during the field trip.

Term 1 Blog #45

Friday, September 19th, 2007
YEAH!! PRO-D DAY TODAY!!! i love pro d days. they are soo relaxing!!! i didnt do any ANY work at all :D:D. i love the relaxing-ness of pro-d days. now, i shall continue my relaxing instead of writing this.

Term 1 Blog #44

yahhh i finished my socials summary!! i'll have to memorize approximately what it is and i'll be almost set for my presentation next week!! as for my applied skills...im pretty sure i know what to say. yup...

Term 1 Blog #43

yay i feel happy!!! tmw's the double field trip day!!! and friday's a pro-d day!!! whhhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!! u know what? i should have gotten all my homework done today. instead, i took a nap and read fanficiton. i really should have done my work...ahh well, i'll finish it ALL tomorrow. i NEED to finish them tomorrow.

"A Short History of Nearly Everything" summary & Term 1 Blog #42

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007
Mr Olson, you need us to summarize what u read to us during applied skills today right? here it is.
There's a guy called Bouguer in the lease pleasant science school called the Royal French Academy of Sciences. in 1735, ppl tried to figure out how old, how big the earth was, and how it hung in space. A person measured 200 miles around the earth, and everyone became hectic.
A guy called Edmung Halley, sea captain, astronomer invented a map. He also wrote about opium and was a devoted alchemist. Halley and Rein talked about celetial objects circling in an elipse. 40 shillings were given to anyone who can explain why. Cook said he knew but won't tell anyone. Halley went to Cambridge to talk to Newton. Newton built his own lab. _________ (dont remember name) stared at sun for longest time possible. He got away with it, but had to stay in a dark room for a few days. He also stuck a needle through his eye to ssee what happens. He studied calculas in highschool and didnt tell anyone for 3 years, and devoted most of his life on alchemy.

Term 1 Blog #41

too tired to write. i'll write more tmw morning.

Term 1 Blog #40

yayay!! my parents bought more stuff!! they bought a hundred dollars' worth of shoes for me!! (thats two shoes by the way) yay!!!! oh and we went out to a restaurant to eat breakfast by the way. i havent done that since the end of summer. it felt goood. having a car = spending more money. its true. my parents got 10,000 dollars when they crashed their car in february. and they also got a year's worth of monthly bus cards. they didnt have to pay for insurance and gas anymore. thats a lot of money. but the price of that is the time wasted to get between places. take me for example. it takes me an hour to get to chinese school and back. it also takes 30 minutes to get to french school and back.
anyhooo (haha, im copying anne now) my mom gave me her two-zone monthly bus card and told me that i could take the bus to school for the rest of the month. i told her i wanted to sell it and take the money instead. she said ok. note - that bus card is worth 52 dollars today, 49 dollars tmw, 46 dollars on tuesday, etc.. somebody better buy it soon or its gonna loose its worth altogether.

Term 1 Blog #39 (Multimedia Blog #6)

Saturday, October 13th, 2007
Horray!!! MY PARENTS FINALLY BOUGHT A CAR!! after 7 months of not having a car, here i am, with a CAR!! ok that sounds stupid. but the idea is, we have a car again!!! its a blue corolla. yup..i wont say anything else.
i had french school today...then i had to go see my doctor at 12:30. since my doctor's office is in china town, and i had chinese school nearby at 3:15, i decided to stay there for a while. actually, i stayed in tinseltown. i spent 4 dollars on bubbletea, 2 dollars and a bit more on apple tarts, another 2 dollars and a bit more on mcdonald's, and another 4 dollars on a pencilcase and a file case. thats 13 dollars in total. i was bored out of my mind, believe me. although i brought my social studies to look at, it was soooo boring.
then i went to chinese school. it was boring too. and i got a load of homework. 7 pages of exercise, a re-write of my essay without mistakes, memorization of around 20 words, the copying of definitions, and the copying of the words that i have to memorize.
i had no idea before chinese school that my parents were going to look at a car. but after chinese school, they phoned me, and just said "dont take the bus today. wait for ur dad outside. hes driving a blue corolla."
and thats how they broke it to me. that they bought a car.
its multimedia blog today...here is a picture of newton.

Term 1 Blog #38

i finished soooooo much work today!! AND i watched a whole movie!! yay!! it was called the convenant. ever heard of it? it was pretty scary...lucky i watched it in the afternoon, with the sun beating on me.
well, in total, i have got a good understanding of the civil war in ivory coast today by reading a wikipedia artical CAREFULLY. and i mean carefully. i read it slowly to make sure i got every sentence. it took at least an hour to read 7 pages. oh and i highlited some things.
i also read half of the assigned socials homework. remember the timeline we were supposed to work on? i finished about half of it. well, it didnt take that long, but i finished a bit!
i also finished my chinese essay, which didnt take long, considering the amount of time i took to do my chinese essays in grade 6. now it takes 2 hours long...which is still long, but not as long as before...
my science homework is almost finished except for one question.
my isaac newton powerpoint is done, as is half of the script im reading from.
i finished memorizing my french school oral presentation.
i didnt play piano. that's the only thing i DIDNT do.

Term 1 Blog #37

YAY!! I FINISHED SIX LAPS TODAY!!! i feel so happy!!!! i mean, i only did 8 seconds worse than the beginning of grade 8. at the end of grade 8, i was doing around 1 minute worse. i have no idea why whatsoever. but i hope i'll improve.
today, i slammed the door of my locker into my thumb. now it's bruised. there's a thick black line under my fingernail that blobs up. my mom called the piano teacher and told her not to come. YAY!! no piano this week!!! now...as for my chinese essay...

Term 1 Blog #36

Thursday, October 10th, 2007
oooooh i really gotta get working on ivory coast. its due in two weeks. im gonna go over to kelly's this weekend, probably. i havent cleared it up with her, but we all should meet somewhere.
i really should start my etude. i havent played it during the weekend, and ive got to pack it all down before friday. >< gonna play right now

Term 1 Blog #35

i went to a jounior reach for the top game in david thompson today. i suck. BADLY. i think i suck the most. in the WHOLE GAME, i answered a total of...GUESS WHAT...5 questions!
i think im gonna study for reach for teh top. so far, i memorizied the capital cities and countries in central america. im fine with north america. duh. US and canada...oh actually, i still need to look up US and Canadian presidents. and flowers...oooooooooh gosh theres so much to do. i'll just do a bit everyday. i actually enjoy doing it.

Term 1 Blog #34

hmm
i finished studying for socials. i just hope i dont have to run langara tmw. i'd die if i did.

Term 1 Blog #33

ooooooooooooooooh bored.........
soooooo very bored.....
im gonna finish reading "the curious incident of the dog in the night-time" today. its quite interesting actually, but i would prefer science fiction.

Term 1 Blog #32 (Multimedia Blog #5)

aaaaawwwwwwww today was exhausting.
when i got back from chinese school, i took the wrong bus. instead of taking the 17 OAK, i took the 17 UBC. i ended up in the middle of UBC before i realized, right across from the "University Chapel".. i went inside, borrowed a cellphone, and called my parents. my dad told me to take the 41st to joyce then turn 17 oak. i decided to keep on taking the 17 UBC till i reached the main stop.
aaaaaaaarghhh its gonna take too long to explain. and ppl will get bored. basically, chinese school stopped at 5:45, i took the wrong buses (but made it back in the end), my parents worried themselves to death, i came back 3 hours later, and they decided that mexico would be too dangerous for me. the end.
its a multimedia blog today. here is a picture of my teeth right after my braces were taken off. arent they straight??

Term 1 Blog #31

my mom and dad said i could go to mexico, but only if i could prove that its safe. they said mexico is a very dangerous place, and i could be abducted at any time. they also added in the fact that mexico is significantly poorer than canada, with people who speak spanish. so...all in all, they want mr olson to switch the place we're going. can you please consider going to somewhere else? i dont think my parents will let me go anywhere but europe and the US. or australia and new zealand. frankly, i agree with my parents. its quite dangerous for me to go into another country without either my mom or dad.

Term 1 Blog #30

karen and anne forced me to watch a walk to remember today. well, they didnt have to foce me past the trailer. it was soooo good. still watching it now. im watching it for the second time now.

Term 1 Blog #29

im still coughing like crazy. i donno if this flue is ever going away. I hope it does, for my throat's sake. and for my body's sake, for my lungs' sake, for my health's sake, for my life's sake...etc.
i finally ofund a science fair project!!! i think its a bit too easy tho, but ms hu gave the okay sign. im gonna look for another one nonetheless. I won't begin my writeup until im sure i want to do this, and that i can analyse it properly enough to get me a decent mark.
our socials test was quite hard today, actually. for once, i wasnt sure about some of the questions on the test. i hope i can get an A this term.

Term 1 Blog #28

aaargh still coughing. you were right, mr olson, i should enjoy my youth while it lasts. i should not worry about the distant future, and take one day at a time. and what my mind is on right now is my flu. my horribly frightening flu. my absolutely wonderful flu. my phrases condradict each other, but you understand me nonetheless.
mrs blake made us play football in the POURING RAIN today!! its was not a drizzle, not a shower, but a ... you guessed it ... THUNDERSTORM. we could have been struck by lightning, if there had been lightning. well, maybe not. but the kids under the trees who were hiding from the rain while their classmates did 6 laps would have been. we were out in the open - on the oval soccer field. hoooow nice. we love you mrs blake! we got to feel the pleasure of playing football in the wonderfully wet and non-muddy grass while the not-so-heavy rain floated past us!

Term 1 Blog #27

oooh 27th blog, my favourite number.
Looking back at my old pictures, i realize how cute i was, and how old i am now. i mean, why do i have to grow old??? cant i just stay cute forever?? ive been complaining about gettin old a lot lately. im only 14, and im complaining about getting old. oh well, gotta study for socials test on wednesday.

Term 1 Blog #26

my fever went down, my headache went do, but GUESS WHAT? the mucus in my nose and throat have gone waay up in density and yellowness. eeww... when they come out, they dont flatten out like water does, they stay a yellow, slimy blob in the middle of the sink, refusing to budge even when i turn the water tap on. uurrgh..
ive officially given up grey's anatomy. noooo way am i gonna watch that show again. there have been soo many break-ups between meredith and derek, its painful to watch. i prefer shows that are light-hearted and funny, not full of angyst, anguish, and anxiety. hey all these words start with "an"! is an- a root for something that makes ur heart suffer to no end? uurggh
im gonna go to school tmw, with a camping chair. i dont wanna sit on the floor while eating lunch anymore. a camping chair is much more suitable, dont u think?

Term 1 Blog #25 (Multimedia Blog #4)

i woke up this morning with a sore throat. i have no idea why. but it sure is bothering. me. whenever i talk, a raspy voice comes out. its not laryngitis, im sure. well, i dont think ive ever had laryngitis before, but from what i heard, one cannot speak above a whisper when they have laryngitis. im not sure tho.
its another multimedia blog day...here is a picture.. of a very happy and full squirrel.

Term 1 Blog #24

Thursday, September 27th, 2007
im exactly 14 years and 2 months old.
yay pro d day today!! guess what? i finished my english short story!! now i'll just have to read it over. and i did quite a lot of notes on newton, tho i cant say the same for socials. im doing okay tho...
tmw's friday...again. piano lesson...again. im actually not dreading chinese school this time. u noe, i finished my homework ahead of time instead of doing it right after french school, and it feels good not to procrastinate.

Term 1 Blog #23

TOMORROW IS PRO-D DAY!!! IM SOOO HAPPY!!! i really gotta finish my homework tomorrow. or at least get most of it done. well, i still have all that socials, applied skills, and english homework to do. im about 1/3rd finished my english homework, 1/10 of my applied skills homework, but guess what, 0% of my socials homework. except for the map. i finished the map. and theres the science fair project that i have to look up for. -_- i did NOT vision my first pro-d day like this. i envisioned it to be me eating in front of the computer, watching grey's anatomy all day.
did i mention that on top of all my homework, i would have to play two hours of piano? i missed my practice on tuesday. sooo...i have to make up for it tmw. oooh goody. that sounds good. DOESNT IT? :@ *twitch twitch*
it seems that on every blog, all i rant about is homework. yes, homework is taking over my life right now. yes yes yes...goody goody gosh. i dont even have time to worry about the 6 laps i'll be getting on friday now. geez.

Term 1 Blog #22

arrgh...gotta finish english short story by next monday. and i still have the isaac newton thing to research. oh and did i mention? I HAVE TO GOT A SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT IDEA AND SUBMIT MY IDEA BY OCTOBER 5TH! (that is, if i want a mentor, which i really DO).
well, i think i'll talk about lynching today. its horrible. ppl tie ropes to branches and and execute slaves when they misbehave. thats basically all i know. but ITS HORRIFYING!! they get lynched for running away. at least give them their life if they're not gonna be working for u! whats the problem with human beings killing other human beings?? generally, the same species of animals dont kill each other! even lions and sharks dont kill each other for the SAKE OF IT! we, humans, are an ABNORMAL, BLOODY, MURDEROUS, CANNIBALISTIC RACE! ARRRRGHH!!!

Term 1 Blog #21

arrghh...i just wish i could find a way to work the SMV-converter on windows vista. i mean, its not windows vista compatible!! what am i supposed to dooooooooo???????? now i cant even play videos on my MP3 player. i really like grey's anatomy. wish i could just watch int on my mp3 while running 6 laps or langara....i can....but i dont think i'll run very fast...

Term 1 Blog #20

huh....still have to finish my english short story. its due in a week. so is the map. tho ive finished the map. the map test is in 2 weeks (so is the applied skills presentation), and....socials project and science fair proposal due in a month. tho it doesnt sound like a lot, it sure feels like it. i never find the time that i feel like doing homework that requires me to think (and not be able to watch tv while doing it). drawing maps are great. so is drawing pictures. anything that has to do with words and numbers take up my whole brain, and therefore, i cant digest what the tv says. or the other way around. its mostly the other way around. its like listening to 2 people talk at the same time. hmmmm...gonna give up homework for the rest of the night and watch tv.

Term 1 Blog #19 (Multimedia Blog #3)

i went to chinese school today. and french school. both were very boring. this time, i actually learned quite a lot in french school. theres a bit of homework too. i finished the exercises when i came back home, but i still have to re-write those 10 sentences in futur proche. that's alright. it'll take me 10 minutes max. ive already fininshed 5/6th of my chinese homework. excluding all the translating that i have to do from old chinese to modern chinese. and the copying of definitions. that'll take me...prolly an hour or 2. more like 3 hours. or 4. or 5. nah im getting ridiculous. it'll take about an hour to two hours. and theres piano to consider. ive got to finish waltz in e minor (CHOPIN!!! I LOVE HIS SONGS) and practice czarny op. 299 no. 19. well, lots to do tmw. better go to sleep! (or better yet, watch grey's anatomy since my dad's gone to sleep now!)
here is a picture of middle years...

String Theory Notes (Parts 1, 2, and 3)

Part 1
• String theory
• Universe 11 dimensions
• Universe made of strings
• EVERYTHING MADE FROM VIBRATING STRANDS OF ENERGY CALLED STRINGS
• Vibrate differently
• UNIFICATION of laws throughout the universe
• Every law points to one spot
Newton
• Unified heaven + earth in Laws of Gravity
Einstein
• Light is an extremely fast beam
• Solves Newton’s problem of not knowing what gravity is (??)
• Sun disappears: planets out of orbit
• Not true: takes time
Einstein thought of fabric of space time
• Curve of space time is gravity
• Curve caused by sun’s gravity
• Resolved conflict of Newton
• Ripples happen when sun disappears
• Earth doesn’t feel effects until ripples reach earth
Electromagnetism
• Telegraph  uses electromagnetism
• James Carl Maxwell (Scottish)
• Electricity closely related to magnetism
• Compass runs wild with lightning
• Compass runs wild with lightning
• Unified electricity and magnetism
• Einstein wanted to unify his equation with electromagnetism to get an ultimate equation

• Jump off building collide with sidewalk
• Sidewalk doesn’t break  because electromagnetism binds atoms together
• Gravity much smaller force than electromagnetism
Neil’s Bore
• Found nucleus
• Nucleus cannot be bound together by gravity or electromagnetism
Theory of Quantum Mechanics
• Predict possibility of one outcome or another
o Cannot predict everything
• All possibilities HAPPEN
• Can probably walk through wall
o But try for an eternity
• Einstein believed that everything was predictable still
o But experiment after experiment proved him wrong
Two Forces in an Atom
• Strong nuclear force – bind nucleus together
• Weak nuclear force binds electrons to nucleus (radioactivity)
• Strong nuclear force  think nuclear bomb when split
• Cannot put general relativity into other forces

Part 2
• Investigate blackhole
• Shortshield found that huge energy compacted into dot = black hole
• Center: tiny+heavy
o Use quantum general relativity
• String – everything in the universe as strings, vibrating
• String theory – can’t test, so it is not science, its philosophy
Two Sets of Rules
• Quantum mechanics – atoms (web of space chaotic, twisted, unpredictable)
• Theory of relativity – planets (web of space predictable, smooth)
• Set two theories together; breakdown, they conflict
• Scientists are not trying to combine everything

• Gravity, electromagnetism, quantum theory, radioactivity can explain the birth of a star
• Young physicist 1968 found accidentally an equation that explained string theory (this is the birth of string theory)
• Messenger particles (in between) drag things together
Electromagnetism + Weak force + Quantum Mechanics meld together when universe started
String Theory – particle of gravity (graviton)
Maseless particle
Anomalies in theory
• Solved by Michael Greene – made lecture called “Theory of Everything”
• Electron made of corks
• Corks made of strings
• Strings are so small, it is like the atom is the size of the universe and the strings is the size of a tree
• Strings vibrate differently
o Thus allowing different masses, properties
String Theory makes Quantum Theory Calm
• But this needs to be proved
• Universe may have 4 dimensions
o Perhaps a tiny tiny dimension smaller than atoms
• String theory proposes 6 other dimensions
• Dimensions are twisted and curled
• These dimentions control the way the string moves
• Strings may have open strands, causing 6 dimentions
o Which one is ours?
Five Unanswered Questions that I Thought Of
Is there a unified equation to unite the 3 forces of the universe?
How would you be able to experiment with string theory?
Are there really 11 alternate dimensions?
If so, which one is ours?
Is there even a theory of everything?
Questions I need to Answer:
What is the difference between theory and philosophy?
Theory is when a scientific concept is widely accepted to explain a phenomena, but cannot be proven
Philosophy is a set of individual belief that influence they way they live their life and the way they look at others.
When does a theory become a fact?
A theory becomes a fact when it has been tested and proven.
When will string theory become a religion?
String theory will become a religion if it doesn’t get proven for a long time.

Part 3
• Shortest distance between 1 points – straight line
• Albert Einstein said space could bend and create wormholes
• Space bend, distance between 2 points decrease
• Einstein says space can’t rip
• Wormhole doesn’t exist because of that face
• Strings calm chaotic world of atoms
• World of atoms rip, strings put protective shield over rip
• So space can actually rip
5 different string theories competing
• Ed Witman solved this problem
o Provided different view of string theory
• 5 different theories turned out to be 5 different ways of looking at string theory
• Called M Theory
• 10 dimensions (normal), 11 dimensions (M theory)
• 1 Time Dimension
• 3 Space Dimensions
• 6 Tiny dimensions
• Other dimensions
o  think movie – 2-D
o characters look like they can move, but really, they are stuck in a frame
• String can stretch 11 dimensions
• String called membrane (or brane)
• Can stretch as big as universe
• We can live inside a larger, bigger dimension
o Like living in a loaf of bread
• Gravity very weak electromagnetism 1000 billion billion billion billion billion times stronger than gravity
• Possible that gravity is just as strong as electromagnetism, but we can’t see it
• Strings may be open-ended – end tied down to earth
• Graviton strings tied together, leave our membrane
• We believe big bang was a bang out of nothing, not a little dot
• Could be caused by 2 parallel branes colliding with each other
• When membranes collided, there was debris
• May see signs of strings on other stars
• Two labs tried proving string theory by colliding two atoms together without their electrons
• Fermilab and CERN
Bonus: I would send Ptolemy because he was probably the first scientist who tried to understand the universe.

Term 1 Blog #18

im in the mac lab right now, taking pictures with karen and anne. u cant believe how fun the photo booth is! still, i got some work done. i have reseached isaac newton until i dropped dead on the floor. *strained smile* i will try to have my powerpoint finished by in GUESS WHAT...ONE WEEK. one week!! thats all i have time for!!! im dead. im dead. theres also the english short story due in one week. im worried about both things. probably should get the rough draft of that short story done tmw.

Term 1 Blog #17

wow can you believe it? this is my THREE HUNDREDTH POST/!!!! i feel so happy for myself :D:D;D
anyways, i got a little obsessed with grey's anatomy today. its a really good show! and prison break too. i like it.
theres the safety test for science tmw. i hope i do well *crosses fingers* im not gonna dwell on tests so much this year. im not gonna study 3 hours a day for a major science test for a week. that's just too much. instead, i'll look over my notes that day after class and just relax during the test. i think i'll do better that way too.
still havent thought up of a science fair topic. think think think!! hmmmm something ive wondered about...is heat related to the dryness of your hair? that answer is obvious... how about "does the amount of growth of fingernails relate to the amount of injuries you get?" hmmm or the amount of growth of hair related to the amount of injuries... hair and nails are made of dead cells afterall. anyhooo there's no way i can test those questions. i wont bother dwelling on them.

Term 1 Blog #16

im bored. im soooo bored. even though i have a lot to do. i never do them unless it's absolutely necessary. i really need to do these things. arrrgghhh
chinese homework, for example. if i dont finish it, i dont noe when im going to finish it.

Term 1 Blog #15

you know what? i think i did quite a lot of work today. i played piano enough, finished my french project, got through to the halfway mark on my map, even looked over the safety sheet for science. i really should look up more on the ivory coast civil war...its so confusing!

Term 1 Blog #14

ohhhhhhhh damn it, i'll do my blog tmw. im so tired right now, i can drop to sleep right here, in front of the bright light of my computer monitor.

String Theory Notes (Part 2)

• Shortest distance between 1 points – straight line
• Albert Einstein said space could bend and create wormholes
• Space bend, distance between 2 points decrease
• Einstein says space can’t rip
• Wormhole doesn’t exist because of that face
• Strings calm chaotic world of atoms
• World of atoms rip, strings put protective shield over rip
• So space can actually rip
5 different string theories competing
• Ed Witman solved this problem
o Provided different view of string theory
• 5 different theories turned out to be 5 different ways of looking at string theory
• Called M Theory
• 10 dimensions (normal), 11 dimensions (M theory)
• 1 Time Dimension
• 3 Space Dimensions
• 6 Tiny dimensions
• Other dimensions
o  think movie – 2-D
o characters look like they can move, but really, they are stuck in a frame
• String can stretch 11 dimensions
• String called membrane (or brane)
• Can stretch as big as universe
• We can live inside a larger, bigger dimension
o Like living in a loaf of bread
• Gravity very weak electromagnetism 1000 billion billion billion billion billion times stronger than gravity
• Possible that gravity is just as strong as electromagnetism, but we can’t see it
• Strings may be open-ended – end tied down to earth
• Graviton strings tied together, leave our membrane
• We believe big bang was a bang out of nothing, not a little dot
• Could be caused by 2 parallel branes colliding with each other
• When membranes collided, there was debris
• May see signs of strings on other stars
• Two labs tried proving string theory by colliding two atoms together without their electrons
• Fermilab and CERN
Bonus: I would send Ptolemy because he was probably the first scientist who tried to understand the universe.

Term 1 Blog #13

oh science fair. i cant wait to start it! *sarcasm* its going to be great! *more sarcasm*
i still have 6 laps tmw. i am NOT looking foreward to that. at all. heh...getting tired is NOT my idea of fun. at all.
did i write that my cousin in china (who is 7 years old) takes english lessons and american english lessons?? gosh...she'll get even more confused! i mean, there isnt much difference. theres the pronounciation difference, and theres the little bit where the use the loo or the laboratory instead of the washroom. the word "crush" here would be "fancy" there, and one of their swear words is "bloody"...honestly, thats all the difference i can think of.

Term 1 Blog #12

ahhhhh i finished a lot of my homework, espeically science. OH NO!!!!!! I FORGOT TO PLAY PIANO TODAY! shucks..it sucks. i slept for 3 hours and did chinese homework instead. now my mom's asleep...meaning i cant play. this sucks!!
i sorta did research on ivory coast. well, i skimmed through it. i'll look at it carefully tmw morning, and talk to my group in block A. i wonder if thanusan and kelly did any work? michael said he'll do some right when i asked him if he looked at it yet.
did u noe that piano is the shortened form of pianoforte, which comes from the latin phrase gravicèmbalo col piano e forte (literally harpsichord with soft and loud)? the first piano was built by Bartolomeo Cristofori, with the support of the Medici family. the 3 earliest pianos were built by him, and they survived into this century. the name of the pedals are: una corda, sostenuto and damper. i never use una corda and sostenuto...i have no idea what the symbol that indicates that i need them look like. as for damper, i use that a lot. everyone does.

String Theory Notes (Part 1) & Questions

• Investigate blackhole
• Shortshield found that huge energy compacted into dot = black hole
• Center: tiny+heavy
o Use quantum general relativity
• String – everything in the universe as strings, vibrating
• String theory – can’t test, so it is not science, its philosophy
Two Sets of Rules
• Quantum mechanics – atoms (web of space chaotic, twisted, unpredictable)
• Theory of relativity – planets (web of space predictable, smooth)
• Set two theories together; breakdown, they conflict
• Scientists are not trying to combine everything

• Gravity, electromagnetism, quantum theory, radioactivity can explain the birth of a star
• Young physicist 1968 found accidentally an equation that explained string theory (this is the birth of string theory)
• Messenger particles (in between) drag things together
Electromagnetism + Weak force + Quantum Mechanics meld together when universe started
String Theory – particle of gravity (graviton)
Maseless particle
Anomalies in theory
• Solved by Michael Greene – made lecture called “Theory of Everything”
• Electron made of corks
• Corks made of strings
• Strings are so small, it is like the atom is the size of the universe and the strings is the size of a tree
• Strings vibrate differently
o Thus allowing different masses, properties
String Theory makes Quantum Theory Calm
• But this needs to be proved
• Universe may have 4 dimensions
o Perhaps a tiny tiny dimension smaller than atoms
• String theory proposes 6 other dimensions
• Dimensions are twisted and curled
• These dimentions control the way the string moves
• Strings may have open strands, causing 6 dimentions
o Which one is ours?
Five Unanswered Questions that I Thought Of
Is there a unified equation to unite the 3 forces of the universe?
How would you be able to experiment with string theory?
Are there really 11 alternate dimensions?
If so, which one is ours?
Is there even a theory of everything?
Questions I need to Answer:
What is the difference between theory and philosophy?
Theory is when a scientific concept is widely accepted to explain a phenomena, but cannot be proven
Philosophy is a set of individual belief that influence they way they live their life and the way they look at others.
When does a theory become a fact?
A theory becomes a fact when it has been tested and proven.
When will string theory become a religion?
String theory will become a religion if it doesn’t get proven for a long time.

Term 1 Blog #11 (Multimedia Blog #2)

Saturday, September 15th, 2007
i went to my first class of chinese school today. it wasnt that bad. i found that my chinese has improved. either that, or my chinese was always like that. i doubt it was the former choice. i havent done anything to do with chinese in the summer. nothing.
i just found out that it takes around 5 years to finish theory, history, harmony, and analysis. i mean FIVE YEARS??? are you crazy??? if i start now, i'll be in university when i finish it. and i can only take the ARCT if i finished those. im gonna try to break the record and finish it in 4 years :D how about that? and take grade 2 ARCT in grade 12...that is, if i have enough time to play piano in grade 12.
On top of all that, im pressured to do grade 11 math. i really need to get ahead in math, so that i wont have to worry about it during the school year. and i plan on memorizing at least 10 chinese characters a day. OH DAMN IT!! WHERE AM I GONNA FIND THE TIME TO DO ALL THESE??!! i really want to, its just that i'll be sleepless if i get to finish (and master) these things by the end of grade 12.
here is a picture of me sitting on an otter! i was infatuated with otters once...

Term 1 Blog #10

uuuuuuugh SCIENCE TEST
i really hate memorizing so much. i really need to do a lot of studying this weekend as well as researching. and a lot of piano playing. no more fanfictions for me! (except before bed)
it was quite a boring day today actually...my PE teacher told us we'll run 6 laps on tuesday. im dreading that day. im glad i got my mp3 player tho! im not gonna lose this one.

Term 1 Blog #9

i joined reach for the top yesterday, and today, i joined grassroots recycling. im not sure whether i'l lbe able to keep with grassroots tho. its time consuming and boring. and mindless. not that i dont like mindless work, its just that it gets too boring. take copying a map for example. its mindless, but its not mindless enough to be boring. everything is laid out before me, and all i have to do is copy. the copying take a little bit of mindwork, and that is why it doesnt get boring. but putting boxes in front of the right classroom...that is just plain exaspperating! cant we just apparate around the school like wizards and witches do?

Term 1 Blog #8

YAY I GOT A NEW MP3 PLAYER!! this time with 2 GB. i lost my mp3 player back in february, and today, I GOT A NEW ONE!!! YAY!!!! but i'll really need to finish math. arrghhh
and i still didnt finish typing my notes. ahh i'll leave it until tmw. i promise i will finish everything i wanted to do tmw. as well as think about the science fair. i really cant think of a subject, and i dont want to be as pressured as last year in thinking up a topic.
my mom is making a case for my mp3 player so it doesnt get scratched! go mommy!!

Term 1 Blog #7

nooooooooooooooooooo I HAVE TO DO LANGARA TMW!! or theres the possiility of it. i dont like langara at all! darn darn darn!! i still have to get my field trip form signed. MUST REMEMBER!
lets see...i have to research Ivory Coast for socials, finish checking my science paper, i have nothing for english, and i have to type up my notes about quantum theory. u noe, string theory is actually quite interesting. granted, it seems more like science fiction than science, i still have trouble processing it. i mean, is it actually possible to pass through a wall, even if its one in a googleplex chance that i'll get through. actually, i think its more than googleplex. does googleplexplexplexplexplexplexplexplexplexplexplex work?
oh no..stomach hurts and poo is threatening to burst out.

Term 1 Blog #6

Monday, September 10th, 2007
it was a day two today. i dont like day two's. mrs blake says she doesnt warn when we might do the langara run or the 6 laps. i suspect it must be wednesday. I DO NOT WANT TO DO THOSE RUNS! EVER~! aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhh this is one of the things i dread about school. the other being the science fair. aww shucks. school sucks. i used to like school quite a lot, when i didnt have much homework to cope with. now, i actually have to WORRY so much over them! this really sucks...

Term 1 Blog #5

Sunday, September 9th, 2007
my dad went to whistler today, along with my neighbours. i stayed home and played piano for more than 2 hours. it was quite tiring actually.
my mom and i went out during the vening to shop and eat in richmond. i bumped into byron and kelly. ahh i dont feel like writing today. bye

Term 1 Blog #4 (Multimedia Blog #1)

thank goodness for day one. although mr martin gave us 2 projects to do already, and mr hauck gave us the memory book and the year end performance to do, PE and math do not agree with me. its not that im bad at math, its just that ive grown to not like the teacher. and PE is just plain EXHAUSTING!
im gonna email mr olson to see if i have to mail him my blogs again. do our blogs even count for marks anymore? im hungry. i think i shall eat.
heres a picture since itsz multimedia day:

Term 1 Blog #3

Thursday, September 6th, 2007
ooh goody goody gosh. my math teacher is a BUM. i prefer ms hu to him ANY DAY!! what kind of teacher doesnt let us take a test on a later date if we were sick on that day? i SIMPLY CANNOT BELIEVE HIM!! oh and guess what it says in our math textbooks? it told us to boil hot chocolate, take the temperature of the drink every minute for 20 minutes when its boiling, then graph it. all that for the purpose of graphing it! i usually only use 20 minutes MAXIMUM to do my math homework. there were actually 4 more questions like that. i decided to make up the results instead. theres NO WAY im wasting my precious time like that.
oh its feels good to release my feelings into this blog. :D im sorta glad i have to write everyday now.

Term 1 Blog #2

Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
first day of lessons today. mr martin is a pretty good teacher. oh and MS HU GOT ENGAGED!!! i feel so happy for her, tho im not terribly happy with her new last name. how will i ever remember to call her... uh... mrs. jay-something.. well, i hope she lets us keep calling her ms hu until grade 12 (that is, IF we get to be her students until grade 12)
there was quite a lot of locker trouble. i dont like where my locker is (across the gym) karen and i tried to change that during lunch. we got another locker near the graphics room. we saw that lockers were empty across our old lockers tho. we took those instead.

Term 1 Blog #1

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
today is the first day of school!! summer could have gone longer...i really didnt want summer to end. nevertheless, school started, and its high time for me to get back into my studies. i saw karen and anne again, which was nice...
i read some more harry potter fanfiction after i got home. they're really interesting. ahhh this is boring. i'll write about something interesting on later posts.

Summer Blog #12

ooh i havent written in so long. currently, im infatuated with lily&james fanfiction (from harry potter of course). it makes me wonder why i havent discovered them long ago. well, im close to finishing that grade 10 mathbook. turns out i noe more than half the stuff. and my violin teacher is still as bitchy as ever. im getting a new teacher this week.
I have finally started practicing for the grade 10 piano exam. the songs are quite nice actually. i started 4 songs already. one i already noe so well, i dont need to play anymore. well, its a short czarny study.
oooh and ive become obsessed with chopin's songs these days. i always liked them, but i really want to try playing minute waltz. actually, i DO have the sheetmusic from a book i bought in china, but its hard! argh! still, i can already play 4 chopin songs. all very nice by the way.

Summer Blog #11

i finished the algebra book i was on, and i finished half of grade 10 mathematics textbook. i already noe muost of the stuff, surprisingly. i think i should spend more time on math.
my birthday came and went. we bought 2 cakes (one blackforest and the other yam), and i went to watch the simpsons movie with karen. anne got a boyfriend, surprisingly. good for her! im not exactly in a hurry to get one tho. i dont even want one at this age! maybe in 3 or 4 years or so.
my mom decided to keep our apartment in china and not sell it to anyone. arrgh. so nobody in my family are gonna go back to china this year. also, i really have to start thinking about my science fair project. what am i gonna do??
my violin lessons are going well, i suppose, but the teacher is strict. its great that shes going on vacation this week. i didnt practice 6 days in a row. my piano teacher bought me the grade 10 repertoire, study, and ear test stuff. im gonna start practising for grade 10 practical exam next week. i love the songs in there!! tho i didnt expect them to look so easy. well, i guess, as i practice more, the sheet music at my level starts to look easier.
my dad's birthday was yesterday. i couldnt think of what to get him, so i didnt get him anything at all. he didnt say anything. now i feel guilty.

Summer Blog #10

my mom has just decided that we should go back to china!!! im soo happy!! also, im going to PNE on the 21st!! soo excited. i guess i'll just have to wait for the harry potter book...borrow it from somebody. im pretty sure some of my classmates would have it.
we went to the UBC nude beach today. oh gosh, my eyes were burning! there were naked mothers and fathers, with their naked children. and there were ppl having sex too, i think. oooh the pain!!
my new violin teacher is soo snobby. she says (in her list of rules) that she lets us inside 5 minutes before the starting time of our lessons and sit on her couch because she "respects us and wishes us 5 minutes of rest". i mean, we're basically her employers here! give us at least the right amount of respect! also, if we want to go on holiday and miss a class, we have to put down a "deposit". that deposit will be used for extra lessons in the future in addition to our normal classes. BITCH!

Summer Blog #9

we went hiking on monday, canada day. it was fun. i climed a full 4 km up grouse mountain. it took longer than i expected, partly because there was a little girl dragging me. the view from the top was spectacular. we ate pizza while admiring the view. my dad and the little girl's dad climed down the mountain while the girl and i came down by skyride. my mom treated us to starbucks frappucinos when we met her, and afterwards, we went to eat vietnamese noodles.
today, karen and i went out with the intention of bowling in mind. it turns out that the bowling alley doesnt open until 2 oclock. so, we went to an antique shop, looked around (karen bought some records that she thought would be worth quite a lot later), and went to superstore. we didnt buy much at superstore, only weird-tasting food that karen likes. u noe, the pickles and salted olives? i ofund those quite hard to eat.
my mom cut my hair, by the way. here is a picture of me with my haircut:

i like my haircut.

Summer Blog #8

i donno why im obsessed with PI no. its OBSESSIVE. 3.1415926535897932384i actually memorized 20 digits after the decimal point. well, that was becuz there was a pi-off in ms hu's class, but i still remember it. soo proud. now i shall write down all the long numbers i remembered. i wont tell u wat they are, just noe that i didnt just make them up. actually, u can probably guess that they are.
3.141592653589793238421383020805375
21383020805375
21383018392979
21383016410388
111104712
whsfzppc (well, these arent numbers, but random letters are just as hard to remember)
i think thats basically it, outside from phonenumbers. did u noe this guy in japan memorized to the 100,000th place after the decimals point of pi? crazy. but the world record that had actually been presented to the judges was 26 thousand something after the decimal point, recited by a chinese guy who recently graduated from university. it took him 24 hours and 6 minutes.

Summer Blog #7

im trying to catch up to math now... i did 3 and a half pages yesterday (that doesnt sound like a lot, but believe me, it takes a long time), and im gonna do another 3 or 4 pages today.. im supposed to do 2 pages per day, but i didnt do any during the weekend, so im quite behind.

Summer Blog #6

u noe, i regret declining gladstone mini now. its OFFICIAL, unlike middle years, and it teaches you quite a lot too. AND, it looks like so much fun, not that middle years isnt fun. i also regret not going to the waterfight. darn. i hope there will be another water fight. :'(

Summer Blog #5

i watched 1/3rd of happy feet today. it was good, only i had to go to metrotown with karen and anne before i was finished. we went around, trying on clothes. karen and anne bullied me. their never-ending teasing annoys me so. when they kept on saying i was following them around, i looked at karen seriously and told her to stop it. and i pretended to punch her head twice, stopping quite near her head. that did the job. they didnt bother me again. i just think that karen gets so mean when shes shes with anne. not that anne's mean, its just that they think of never-ending things to tease me about. im tired of this. i wish they could stop. next time they say anything about my hair, i dont really tease karen. why should she tease me?

Summer Blog #4

i did more math, played more piano, watched more movies, read more pride and prejudice, and ate more ice cream. ooh i watched 3 movies today; the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, fantistic four: rise of the silver surfer, and shrek the thrid. they were good. now i wanna watched AVIATOR. arrgh its sooo slow!!! i think i'll use this summer to catch up on movies that i neglected over the past 2 years that were really good.

Summer Blog #3

today was one of the most boring days of my life. i sat in front of the computer, doing nothing, played piano, and did math. actually, i played 2 games of solitaire and 2 games of chess. i won both :D i think im getting better at chess. i mean, ever since i discovered that i could play a game against the computer, ive been playing at least once a day. i keep on cheating tho. cuz ure allowed to undo. and as many times as you like too!
karen downloaded mr and mrs smith, she asked me for the codec, i found the URL, she watched it. oh shes still online! aw darn shes not replying.
i started reading pride and prejudice. its ok, considering i didnt get bored after 5 pages. actually, i think i would finish the whole book. probably..
i hope aviator finishes downloading tmw. i really wanna watch it. then after that, i wanna watch the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe. then, bridge to terabithia. after that, return of the king.

Summer Blog #2

yesterday was sooo fun!!! i got my year book signed, by my classmates, and by some of my teachers. we then went to shamisen sushi, where karen and i talked with daniel and michael while eating. i think i tried everything except dumplings. we watched pirates of the caribbean at 2:00 to 5:00, then we went to get slurpies.
when we came back, guess what we talked about to michael ho? whether he was planned or not. that was weird, but karen and michael both said they were "an accident". ... i was planned, i asked my mom when i got home.

Summer Blog #1

its saturday, i have done absolutely nothing except sleep and eat, and im already feeling bored. actually, i think i'll clean up a bit tmw, and then play piano and do math. gotta do more math to catch up, or im gonna get a B next year!!
i joined summer reading club yuup im so old, yet i joined summer reading club. do you think i should write in full, complete sentences with capitals now? i'll start right now.
Hmmm... What to write about? I think I should just type what's on my bookmark.

Catch the Reading Bug
When you're bored and you're restless
And you don't know what to do
TV is useless,
The computer is too;
When they ask you what you want
And all you can do is shrug,
The best thing for you to do
Is catch the reading bug!

When everyone's on holiday
And all your friends are gone,
They're trekking mountains in Nepal
Or paddling up the Amazon,
And you're left all alone at home
Feeling like a slug,
The only thing for you to do
Is catch the reading bug!

How do you catch the reading bug?
Where do you start to look?
Head to the library,
And open up a book!
Once you've started reading
You might find you just can't stop--
Morning, afternoon and night,
You'll read until you drop.

Once you've caught the reading bug
There's nowhere you can't go
You'll discover wild amazing things
You didn't know you didn't know
Adventure, fun and mystery
Wait between the covers
The reading bug unlocks deep secrets
Known to all book lovers

But one night while you're reading
From the pile stacked by your bed
An errant little notion
May wander through your head,
With all those books you want to read,
You'll wonder, which is true:
Did you catch the bug
Or did it catch you?

this is gay. no offense.