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.