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.