December 15, 2011

          Guess what? Today's a Thursday!!! We had Christmas performance today. It's okay. I enjoyed most of it and I enjoyed watching the show. It's pretty interesting to see all those tickets get drawn out hoping that I could be called. But I know I won't be called because I bought no tickets. When I got home, I asked my brother how much tickets did he buy and guess what did he say? He said one. Well, at least it's better than nothing. :P. Today, I went to a store and bought a pet turtle for someone in our class because we are having Secret Santa even though it's no longer a secret. Everyone knows who they're giving. It's not even a secret. The turtle is nice and small and young. I hope the person enjoys the pet turtle because I kind of do. lol....

December 14, 2011

          Today, we had our first and last rehearsal on stage. It was not that good and we have to improve on a whole lot of stuff. However...nevermind.....I heard that we're changing some ideas after school at about four. I stayed that long after school is because some of the orchestra players are playing a song and I'm one of them and we practiced after school today. It's pretty funny. Jojo was also there. Then, on my way back home, guess who I saw on the road? Mr.Paul, my history teacher! I saw him at 4:13 in front of the Starbucks near my house. There's a 7-11 right next to it and a police office right across and a bank nearby. I am pretty sure it's him but I am going to make sure it's him by asking him. Winter Break is coming up and I'm hungry....I really am...I'll be back tomorrow...fulll....bye....

December 13, 2011

          We had to sing in the morning today and the song lyrics are in my mind all day long....~I wanna wish you a merry Christmas ~etc....It's kinda annoying. Anyways, we had fitness test today and by 9 PM, I can feel that my arms are going to be painful tomorrow since I didn't stretch out after doing the test. The test went okay except for the three laps we had to run...It's really annoying. Anyways, I joined orchestra for the first time this year. Then, I went to dinner with all the grade 7 students and Ms.Padachie, Ms.Ru, and Mr.Jojo. Happy Birthday Mr.Jo-Jo-Bear....   :P......We went and watched Real Steal....It's really awesome...I enjoyed it. 

December 12, 2011

          I feel sick but it doesn't mean I am sick. I think I'm feeling sick because I ate too much, something weird in my stomach. Today, I thought about the event of meeting Andrea's cousin at my grandparents' house. I think that it is barely possible. Out of all the houses in the world to be in in that exact hour and minute, they are at my grandparent's house. And not only that, out of all the places to be in during that hour, I was at my grandparents' house. Also, it's such a coincidence that I've been to Andrea's house during the summer of 2011 and that her cousins are also there so that I could recognize them again if I ever saw them again. It's all one big cool coincidence. I realize that my family meet a lot of people at the least expected time. For example, past years, my family and I went to America and guess who we met there? Grace's parent, a student from HAS...I also this summer, we went to Italy and guess who we met there in Rome? My violin teacher who teaches violin in Taiwan!!!!! You can say the world is small....or....the world is huge but full of surprising coincidences. I mean, seriously, will you except to meet someone you know in Italy? America? And most of all, at your Grandparents' house?

December 11, 2011

          On Friday, I had my piano competition and it sucked! I sucked! I thought I played really well on stage and I am really, in fact, completely sure that I will make it into the top 12 but I didn't. I got wiped off the first round. I was sad. My mom was sad as well. :(


          This weekend, I went back to my grandparent's house to visit them. They live in Tainan, and my brother's college is nearby so on Saturday, my mom and dad drove me down. Then, Ben came down to Tainan by train because he had to take a test. Then, Sam went down to Tainan and we spent our weekend there! I love it. I enjoyed practice shooting with my slingshot my dad made for me. My dad made a slingshot for me because I was in Italy where I spotted one and I really wanted it but my dad says that those rubber bands are too sucky and I begged him to buy me one. But instead, he promised to make one for me when we come back to Taiwan and while we're visiting my grandparents in Tainan. Well, he made one for me. The "Y" stuff is made out of pure wood my dad sawed off an old tree. As for the rubber part, he found an old tire stuff and cut it. It's really awesome but I'm still working on aiming. Living at my grandparents house in Tainan is a lot of fun because their land is awfully huge!!! There's a house with a path around it where I can ride my bike and roller skate. Then, nearby, there's the land where we can dig holes, where my grandparents grow mango, banana, and coconut trees. He grows alot more than that! But I'm not in a mood of listing them all out. Well, enough about my slingshot. Guess who I met in Tainan, at my grandparent's house? Andrea Pai's cousin!!! OMG....The world is small in a way...lol....um....so on Saturday, we arrived during the afternoon and the moment I entered the house, I was like "Why is he here?" Then, I wondered to myself whether he's the right guy and later he asked me because he also recognized me. He is the right guy. I know that he's Andrea Pai, my friend's, cousin because I spent her birthdays at a sleepover at her house and this year's August 8, I sleptover and her cousins also went and I met them and we had so much fun! The world is small.... :p..... nevermind that, I actucally sawed a tree this time! It was awesome. The tree was thick!!! Really thick!!! It's an awesome holiday. I also brought four books from home to Tainan: The Hobbit, The Son of Neptune, From the Mix Up Files, and The Adventure of Tom Sawyer. I finished two of the book: The Hobbit and The Mix Up Files. I have half way more to go in Tom and barely started The Son of Neptune. It was an awesome holiday and I wish I can visit them more often. 

December 8, 2011

          Tomorrow is the piano competition and after that, everything is over!!! Today, while checking out the website where they posted the results of who won what, I spotted two elementary students who is going to school at HIS. Those two students are also my violin teacher's students and they are so awesome at both piano and violin. The younger brother got first place for piano out of 50 people! Awesome~Awesome~More competition...Not only that, my mother's students got fourth place out of 67 people! Actually, there are two fourth place winners because there score are the same and from the fourth place to the first place, there's less than 2 points difference. My mom's student got something like 80 something and the first place is only like 1.something higher than him.....Wish my luck tomorrow.


By the way, I'm going to my grandparent's house to visit them during this weekend!!! I'm going back to Tainan and I'm also going to visit my brother's college for the first time!! I heard that the school have a really good environment and that they have all kinds of sport courts. For example, they have swimming pool, bowling center, arrow shooting, tennis, badminton, etc. But those are information I've heard....it may not be a fact....


=D

December 7, 2011

          It's almost winter break and the weather's still like Summer. It's awfully weird. I dislike winter break since I'm probably not going anywhere. Are you going anywhere for your winter break? My brother's going to Japan to snowboard. But I'm not going even if I can go. I don't want to go because I dislike mountains. They let me feel sick. For example, this summer, my family and I went to the Alps, Mount Blanc, and on the stuff that takes us up the mountain, I felt sick. I feel like throwing up and my head hurts. Worst of all, I couldn't walk. I was all like a noodle on land, trying to walk but couldn't manage to lift my weight up. That's why I am not going to Japan to ski or snowboard or whatever activities they have. 

December 6, 2011

          I finally came home at 10:30. I feel so tired. Today, my brother had his viola competition. He got a higher grade than me and he got into the finals. ~Duh~Since he's the only one attending for the high school viola B group. By the way, my mom is a piano teacher. So, today, two of her students who are attending in the elementary school B group, got pretty good grades. One of them is a sixth grade boy who got fifth place out of 66 people or so! He's awesome. There's another sixth grade girl that my mom teaches who got the same stuff as me which I don't know how to translate into English. I feel tired. I really do. Today, we had PE which I always seem to enjoy but I don't seem to really enjoy the PE today since my legs sore and we're going to get yelled at...probably....

December 5, 2011

          Today, I had the competition. I got an okay grade but I don't know how to express my feelings. Sigh...I don't know what to type today. I feel weird...and tired....and my legs sore...well, not only my leg but my whole body.. jajfkljzkljklzjfl;ajfwealfjeogjagja........I don't know....I want to express how I feel here but it's not suited for words...haha...... I don't feel like doing work. Sigh again...I am going to have another competition this Friday. I really wish that they post the scores for what each person get because now, they just put grades like "A" "A+" "A-" and with that, we can't tell who is better than who. I feel sad....However, on Friday's competition, there are 6o something people and they will choose 12 people out of those so if I get into the twelve people, I can know at least that I am pretty good to get into the 12 choices. Get it....? I can understand if you don't...

November 4, 2011

          As planned, this weekend is super busy for me. First, on Saturday, I went to school to take the SAT because of a camp I might go during the summer. Right after the SAT, I went directly to violin class. It was kind of tiring. Well, after that, I went home and did a bit of homework but then, I ended up playing more violin. Then, today, we had Sports Day. I am in the Red Team and we won the most events. However, we didn't have much spirit. : P  It's kind of tiring during Sports Day. I won the Middle School 100 meter dash for girls. However, when they are handing out the awards, they count it by time so I came in third place for the whole middle school. Wesley came in first place and Steven Tsai is second place. Wesley is so fast!!! I feel as if I became slower throughout last year and this year. *sigh...On Monday, I'm going to have the competition as well as Kevin Chien in 8th grade. 36 people...Well, never mind that...Later on, at 7 pm, other people that my violin teacher teacher who are also competiting in the competition, is coming to my house where the piano person is going to come...tough day...tough luck....good luck....good day...

December 1, 2011

          I am in the Angry Bird Team! I think my team is pretty awesome. I like my team. This team have some interesting people. However, I would rather have clubs because clubs is far more better than sitting in a room, yelling out chants, waiting for all this to be over with. Clubs would be much funner. I could get to run around, play with balls, and have fun. Never mind all that, this week is like the most busy days of my whole seventh grade year. First, on Saturday, I am going to school to take the SAT. Then, on Sunday, we have Sports Day. Finally, on Monday, I have violin competition and on Friday, I have piano competition. I am busy so I'm off practicing. Cya.,..

November 30, 2011

          Today is the last day of November, which means that tomorrow is the first day of December. Time flies so fast and before you know it, it's 2012. Nothing interesting happened today. I really don't know what to type in this journal for today since it's so boring. I feel as if my amount of homework is stacking up because each day, I practice violin and piano longer than usual so I have less time to do homework if I want to try to sleep at the same time. Well, at least I am managing to do all my homework on time. I'm always wondering what other people in our class do. What do you do, my dear classmates, if you are reading this journal? For example, like Sam, he didn't learn any instrument, he don't have after school classes as far as I know which means that he have almost all the time from 3:10 till whenever he sleeps to do his homework. We don't have that much homework but they have such a long time to work on it. *Sigh....nevermind...

November 29, 2011

          My head hurts and I am exhausted today but I think it's worth it! Well, the head hurting part isn't actually worth it because I don't deserve that.....The reason because of that is we have PE today and we had a football game as a test. I did most of the running which I don't mind. I ran most of the running plays and I pulled a pretty good amount of flags during the game while we're defensing! Alice and Lucy are also in my team and they pulled a huge amount of flags as well! However, we lost but it's a fairly awesome game and it's worth it. That's the result of why I am exhausted...Well, it doesn't explain why my head hurts. So....my head hurts because while we are defensing and I ran and was standing ground to the ground right in front of Howard, who have the ball and who was charging right at me. He came toward me and ran me over like a bulldozer. My whole body fell...my head hit the solid hard ground....Howard was lying next to me saying sorry and are you okay....and my head hurts....but guess what is in my hands? His FLAGS!!!! I was not sure whether my memory serves me right but I think I pulled his flag off....But it sucks!!!! The game was a close game and I wished we filmed it so I can rewatch everything we did...the mistakes...and what we did awesome at!!! By the way Howard, if you are reading this journal, it's not your fault....don't blame yourself....Anyways....Gooooood Joooooob....Joseph, Dylan, Clement, Lucy, Alice, and Phoebe Lee!!!!! I think I'm missing someone...there's only 6 people but there's 7 on our team....I know who I'm missing....!!! It's young Darren Boy!!!!!!!!

November 28, 2011

          Time does fly! That sucks...because it means a lot of things to me. First is, I'm getting older which I dislike because I wish I could stay like who I am now and don't have to change my personalities to fit the fact that I'm older. Second, my brother will be going off to college, leaving me alone with my parents. Third of all, the competition is coming up with less than a weeeeek!!!! That is mostly why it sucks. The violin competition is next Monday and the piano competition is next Friday. The next week will be so busy for me! First, on Saturday, I have to go to school to take the SAT test. Then, on Sunday, we have Sports Day which I really like but dislike it when it's the day before my competition because I might get hurt and my legs will sore a lot the next day which brings pain. Then, on Monday, there is the competition as well as one on Friday. I wished I could stay home for the whole day on Monday and Friday but my mom said I will only be absent for half of the day, which I'm fine with because there is only actually one serious class. On Monday, the classes after lunch is Music and Spanish and on Friday, it is PE and History. 

November 27, 2011

          Today, I was daydreaming and I thought about something that Howard said to me during the lunch line while we're getting our line. He told me that my life seems so boring and thinking about that today, I agree with that statement. My life is such a replay over of yesterday that I could sit down in class or at my mom's office practicing my violin and wondering whether this day have happened before. It did happen before. Once, I've been in school and I'm doing work of some sort and in my brain, it seems as if I've done something exactly like that before. Everyday seems so boring even on Saturdays and Sundays. Nothing changes on those two days. So this is basically my schedule for my whole week: First, wake up in the morning at 6:50 and get ready for school. We drive down to Tiffany and Amanda's house because we're carpooling at 7:25. We get to school at about 7:50 and start our daily classes. Then at 3:10, school is dismissed. I head downstairs where the school bus of my mom's office comes and picks me up and drive me to Jubei. By the time I reach Jubei, it is 3:35. I head out to some store near my mom's office to buy a few snacks. When I finish those snacks, it is 3:45. By then, I have to get ready to play either piano or violin. I always choose to play the violin first. So from 3:45 to 4:45, I will be playing violin. Then, from 4:45 to 5, I will be having a break. Then from 5 to 6, I would be playing piano. Then, my mom finishes her job and I finish practicing so she drives me home from 6. When we reach our home in Hsinchu, it is already 6:30. I turn on my computer and look at all the homework and check my email and get my books out while my mom cooks dinner and by the time I'm ready for homework, it's dinner. We eat dinner at 7. I eat dinner in front of the TV from 7 to 7:30. After dinner, I starts working on my homework from 7:30 all the way through 9:30 with few breaks in between for snacks, games, and bathroom break. Then, I get ready for bed which means showering, brushing my teeth, drying my hair, wearing my contacts, and walking up the stairs. By the time all that is done, it will be 10. 
          That is my daily routine!!! It is boring isn't it...? What's yours...?

November 24, 2011

          Today, it is a different day at school. We had Thanksgiving Lunch and we had a Sports Day meeting. I think my team is pretty awesome. In middle school, we have me, Sean, and Dylan, Lucy, Kevin Kao, Dubby, and Ting. As for elementary, we have two of the fastest person, Evan and Tiffany. I don't know much about  the  highschool team. Our team captain is Sean Yu. Our highschool leader is Ricky, middle school leader is me, and the elemantary captain is Tiffany. At school, we had a dodge ball game which I wished I could join but I couldn't join. Nevertheless, I think our class did an awesome job!!! It looks so fun that I wished I could join. I want the freaky feeling to get smashed at or dodge the ball. It's so awesome!!!

November 23, 2011

          Out of all the things I brought home today, I didn't bring one thing home...and that is my laptop. It sucks even though I don't mind spending time without a computer or laptop. However, it still sucks because it is on a school day where I have to check out what homework is due tomorrow and do my homework. I have completely no idea that I didn't bring my laptop home until I came back home and sat down at my desk and stare at the blank white wall where my laptop should be. I am so forgetful....Anyways, today, we had art and instead of drawing a self portrait, we worked on our Christmas performance costumes. Then, Howard asked whether I would join the dodgeball game tomorrow with him and some of the other boys. I agreed but then, I came back home and asked my mom whether I could and she disagrees....so it seems like I'm not going to play dodgeball after all...Sad Face....

November 22, 2011

          Today we had PE which is so awesome. I volunteered to be Captain while Howard is the Captain for the other team. These are my players: Phoebe, Dylan, Clement, Joseph, Lucy, Alice, and Darren. Howard's team members are Howard, Sean, Samuel, Willis, Vivian, Kathy, and Eve. Which team do you think will win? I thought that their team will have better advantage because they've got all the 7th graders but in fact, the game turned out as a tie. It is such an awesome game! I wished we can have PE everyday and play football everyday. Anyways, after thinking about it, I think the teams are actually pretty fair. 

November 21, 2011

          Today after school, I went back to my mom's office like usual but I saw something unusual. I saw that in the room where I practice piano and violin, there are three cases of violin. I asked my mother about them and she told me that she borrowed those violins from her friends. We need to borrow another three fourths violin because my violin teacher thinks the one I'm using now is not really good. Well, I tried all the four violins out and I think that the violin I am using now actually sounds pretty good. In my opinion, I think there are only one violin which sounds better than the one I'm using now but to make sure, I brought it all home so that my brother can listen to the sound and test which one sounds the best. 

November 20, 2011

          Yesterday, my oldest Sam came back from College. We normally play badminton on Sundays, today, however, we played badminton yesterday because Sam was home. He drove our whole family there except for Ben because he's in Singapore. It was scary! It is my first time riding while he's driving. He just got his licence and he's 18. Do you have any siblings? If so, have you rode the car in which they drove in? It's scary and kind of interesting. Then, during the badminton lesson, the coach told me to head on over and have a match with a boy that is younger than me. I think he's about fourth or fifth grade. But nevertheless, he's really good at it because he practices it everyday and he's in his local school's badminton team. Well, I played with him and he won. The score is 16 to 21. I thought that it really is an awesome game. I tried my best and the coach never thought I would get 16 points. Haha~~
          Today, my brother came home from Singapore and the other one's heading off to college. One comes, the other leaves. I feel so tired. Yesterday night, I watched X-Men First Class with my family till some time about 11. However, I think it's worth it because the movie really is awesome. Well, after watching, I got ready for bed and today, I woke up at 6:30 because I have violin class at 7 in the morning! I woke up early, have violin class for a long time, it seems like forever, and then after class, I went back to bed. =D :D :P =3 

November 17, 2011

          Today, the last class before lunch is Science and we took a 30 minute science test. Sean, Joseph, and I couldn't be able to finish it but Ms.Liu gave us more time to complete it. Sean and I finished it right on the extra time she added but Joseph did not. He have one more question to go as well as 3 bonus questions unfinished. Then, before we leave, I asked Ms.Liu about the last question on the test (not bonus). She told us the answer and why it's the answer and I realized that I got it wrong. Sean also got it wrong. Knowing that I got it wrong made me feel sad. But I "might" have bonus to make it up. 
          Then, we went to lunch at Ms.Padachie's room. Today, we are eating tacos and other food from Tacos House. The food was different and it's pretty awesome. But even though we have tacos, I still feel sad about my test. 
          But then, today, we have clubs!!! We didn't have club for last week and we won't have clubs for the next week so I am glad we have clubs even though it's a bit wet upstairs. 

November 16, 2011

          Today, after lunch, my classmates walked down the hall way and on our way paste the music room, we spotted the teams for sports day which will be on December 4, the day before my violin competition. The teams are the same teams as the Camp teams. I sort of like our team because my team have Kathy, Joseph, and Dylan. Seeing the date, made me feel bad. Two years ago, when I am in fifth grade, we had sports day on the day before my violin competition as well. I thought all would be fine but my mom had a feeling that something bad is going to happen. I ignored it. I ran a lot and won all the races but the next day, something bad happened. Since I didn't start running as fast as I could for months and on one day, I ran as fast as I could, the next day, my legs hurt. It hurts and sores really badly. It's so bad that I couldn't get off my bed nor climb the stairs downstairs. I struggled and manged with tears in my eyes to get on stage and finish playing the piece and it sucks. This year, I don't want it to happen again but I like Sports Day a lot but I also practiced so hard for the music competition. I went home and told my mom and she told me not to run at all. But then, she called me over and said that you can run but she don't want anything to happen to my legs and my entire body. So now, I will have to come up with a plan where both events will work. Wish me luck 

November 15, 2011

          Today, we had PE. Finally, after so long! It's awesome. We played flag football and the teams are Sean, Dylan, Darren, Joseph, Willis, and Alice versus me, Howard, Samuel, Clement, Lucy, and Kathy. According to the teams, which team do you think will win? I think our team will win because we have Samuel and Clement (they can block and Sam can throw and catch), Lucy (she can easily pull flags because she's smaller), Kathy (she can run), Howard (he can catch and throw), and me (I can run). But guess what? We lost. We lost because Sean got two touched downs while I scored one touch down for my team. It is pretty fun but it would be funner if the court is bigger. Football is a fine sport like all the other sports expect for basketball (I really don't like basketball) but I don't think that's why I enjoy playing football. I enjoy playing football because of the chasing and running. I think it feels awesome to be running with people chasing after you trying to pull your flag and it feels awesome where you try to slide past and in between people's gap to get to the touchdown line. It really is awesome. I hope and wish we can play a game next class (Friday) as well. 

November 14, 2011

          Today, the report cards are out. It may be out days ago but I saw it today. I consider my grade okay since I have an older brother who excels at a lot of subjects and by that, it means "a lot" of subjects. Well, since the grades are out, I could see what grades I would want and need to improved. I think that there are no grades that are like seriously in need of improvement but I would like to improve certain subjects because of my own will. I would want to improve my Public Speaking (Speech and Debate) grade and if you ever saw my report card, you might know why. I would also want to improve my PE grade even though it's not at all bad. I want to improve it because I think I can do better and I got that grade because I lost the volley ball game which is our midterm. There are more that I want to improve but for now, that's it. 
          My brother's going to Singapore tomorrow because of MUN. He's lucky. He's going to Singapore, then he's going to Japan to snowboard for winter break( my mom asked whether I would like to go but I don't want to because I don't like being on mountains...it brings back memories of what happened on the Alps this summer and not only because of that), and he's going to the graduation trip to Bali (I think). Lucky~Lucky~Lucky...Also, he will be going to America soon...I hope it's not too soon because life at home will be boring with two....I was about to type old but then, I think that calling your parents old isn't a so good idea so I will type....life at home will be boring with only two "grown ups".

November 13, 2011

          Homework needs time to finish but practicing violin and piano also needs time. These past weeks are a total mess! First, there's the competition coming up so I got to practice more but then, there's homework. Normally, when an assignment is assigned and it isn't due until the next week, I would still finish it within the following day or two. But then, when you have to practice violin and piano more, you haven't got that much time. So, this weekend is also a total mess because of all the homework that is piled up in front of me. I finished most of them and I am glad of that because it takes off a huge weight on my shoulders. The homework left that is due this following week are the movie essay due tomorrow, I am going to work on it right now, the outline of The Fall of the House of Poe, study for History test on Tuesday, Spanish test on Wednesday, Science test on Thursday, Expository Writing's Communications Book pages 48 and 50 and finally Wordly Wise. I have finished a lot today since I didn't have time to do any yesterday because I first practiced piano and violin in the morning, then went to Taipei. I'm glad the loads are off my shoulders once again but then, I would be waiting for the next weeks to pile up on my shoulders for the next weekend!

November 10, 2011

          Today is a Thursday and we were suppose to have clubs but instead, we got to watch a movie. The movie was pretty interesting but I would so much rather to have clubs, where I get to play sports with my friends. Watching the movie and all that was fine but as I said, I would rather have clubs. However, one thing that was not fine while watching the movie is the essay we have to write in result to the movie. We need to write a one and a half paged long essay. Tomorrow, we are going to have PE but I wonder whether it will rain and whether we will get to play flag football or not. I really hope we can play flag football. I hate it when it keeps raining and ruining my Thursdays and Fridays where I get to go out and play...

November 9, 2011

          I feel nervous because of the competition even though it is less than a month away. Today, they choose the piece from the three pieces and for violin, we got the piece Etude No 29, composed by  Fiorillo. That song was the second hardest out of all three pieces for me. As for piano, they choose February, composed by  Tchaikovsky. Since the piano competition have 65 people, we are going to have two parts. The first part is where we play the piece they choose and they will choose 12 people that they think are the best and the 12 people can get the chance to play the song they choose by themselves. 65 people and they can only choose 12!!! That's really hard. I heard from my mom that when my oldest brother was in elemantary, he had that for violin and he didn't make it into the finals. I hope I does. As for violin, there are less people but still, there are 36 people. However, we won't have to compete for two parts. We just go on stage and play the two pieces and wait for the result. I really hope I make it well and alive. My brother, Ben Lee, won like 6th place when he was in 8th grade, competiting violin against 7, 8, 9th graders, according to my mom. That is pretty, really, awesome! I feel lucky for my brother again. This year, he is still competiting for viola, and guess how much people does he have in his group? 1 and that's himself!!! Out of our school, there are four people attending the competition. My brother attending the viola competition, I attending the piano and violin, Kevin Chien attending the violin (I think...but not for sure), and a high school person competiting in piano. 

November 8, 2011

          Today, it was raining which is what I kind of expected since yesterday was also raining. But, I was sad that it was raining because today have PE class. I was late today by a tiny bit but still, I am late. Then, later on in the day, we had PE class. However, Mr.Li is sick so we had Mr. Williamson as the substitute teacher. We went up and we voted whether we should have PE or head downstairs for free time. The majority is to have PE but then, we couldn't get through the gate because there is a lock and the key doesn't fit! That sucks! Nevermind that. We went down and the class hanged around at the auditorium. Then, Joseph, Clement, Samuel, Sean, and I head toward Dr. Porter's room where we get to play board games. Joseph played chess with Clement while I play the Chinese kind of chess with Sean. I would have won if Sean didn't quit. Then, we played another game that I don't know the name off. Later, Sean went over and played chess with Joseph while I play five in the row with Dr. Porter. I beat him two games in a row out of two games! I suppose I am not bad at it! Then, I played Chinese chess with him but we didn't get to finish because it was time for the next class. Getting to play board games are fun but I would prefer PE because it is much more fun! (That is an opinion)

November 7, 2011

          Today, nothing much happened. The weather is a bit unusual. It's now November and it's still hot hot hot!!! But today, it's a bit cooler in the afternoon and it also rained. I really hope it doesn't rain tomorrow because tomorrow have PE and I like PE since we are playing flag football. I like flag football. It's interesting. However, I think it's going to be really dangerous. Before we even start playing flag football, Eve jammed two of her fingers while trying to catch the football. I kind of jammed my right thumb but it still can type, play piano and violin just fine. Also, while trying to block Sam from getting the football during the practice, I tripped over his leg and got a bruise on my knee. So as you can see, we haven't even get to play a real game and people are hurting themselves! There is one thing to be happy about and that is we are playing "flag football". 
          Also, today, when I woke up, I heard my mother telling my father that she spotted another rat on our stick rat board. She said that after she saw a mouse yesterday, she left a sticky board outside again and today, she caught another rat. However, the rat this time is much smaller, according to her. I wish we don't have any rats at our house. 

November 6, 2011

         The competition is coming closer now. It is less than a month away. We have to play four pieces. The first piece is the piece that we, the competitors, get to choose. As for the other three songs, it is songs that the music judges choose and on next Tuesday, they will pick one song out of the three songs to be played during the competition. It sucks and I suck. Before the competition, I play the piano and violin, each one hours per day. Now, the competition is coming close and my violin is still pretty sucky so I play one and a half hour for my violin and half an hour for my piano. However, today, my mother told me that it's getting close so I have to bring my violin home from my mom's office and play it at home with my brother beside me correcting my mistakes. Other than that, there's not much different from today and all the other Sundays of my life. Oh, there is one difference. Before dinner, while my mom is cooking, she went out the backyard to get some stuff and she spotted another rat!!! RATS ATTACK!!! We caught one small rat. Now, there's a bigger rat outside. At least, it's not inside. That is certainly one thing out of plenty nasty things to be happy about.   =D

November 3, 2011

          Do you think parents are weird? I think they are...Today, while I am practicing violin at my mom's office, I heard her say good job to a student. Then, I thought about the last time she said good job to me. I could not remember the last time she said good job. I thought whether I could count the times she said good job to me before and I think I can be able to count the times with my fingers. *Sigh...Have you ever thought of running away? I have thought about that for a lot of times because of several reasons. One of the reasons is because in novels, running away seems so cool and interesting. *Sigh again...I wonder where I will run to if I ever run away. If I live in the rural, country side, it would be far more likely than doing it where I live. *Sigh once again...I just realized that there's so much homework due tomorrow. I got to go do...cya

November 2, 2011

          Today, I am watching Hunter X Hunter from 7 till 8 because I just can't help myself mostly because of two reasons. The first one is because I really enjoy this Japanese Anime and it is so interesting. The second reason is because today, is probably the last day of it's last episode that was filmed. This anime was from a comic but then, it became an anime and it filmed but it never got finished. I hope the director or whoever that is making the anime will continue doing it. And it sort of is. Samuel told me that people in Japan renewed this anime by refilming everything, so the characters looks a bit different and it is more bright and colorful.


This is a link of that anime and I found english subtitles for it...However, this link of this anime is really old and it's not the one i'm watching...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyNZ3znkDKM&feature=related


I found this link later on, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evaO2x5miT8 this is the link I watch on TV except that it's in chinese...this is newer than the link above...

November 1, 2011

          Today is finally November 1 in Taiwan. Guess what special day is November 1? Nothing...expect that we had two midterm tests, English and History, and we had a PE test. First off, the English test is kind of easy with some trick questions and I did study but most of what I studied did not appear on the test. I studied Rikki-Tikki, Three Skeleton Key, The Ruum, Eeking out a Life and that's basically it. The test tested some materials that I haven't read in a while, including Here Be Dragons. As for the History midterm, I thought it was really easy but then, I didn't do so well on it...Finally, there's the PE test. We have to do push ups, sit ups, digging, pull ups, run three laps, and run back and forth. Out of all those, we did sit ups first. I did improve but I forgot what's the number. Then, we did push ups. I think I went down for this. I did 33 and I thought that was a lot until I saw the others. Then, pull ups, I still manage to do the most pull ups, which is some number in the ten digits ( I forgot what it was). Then, we ran back and forth. Throughout the three PE tests, I have ran 14 times and this time, I managed to reach almost 15. I got to the other side and while I am bending down to touch the floor, Mr.Li blew on the whistle, so still, I did 14... Then, we ran three laps across the street at the part. That is the most trying one of all. All three laps took me 3 minutes and 15 seconds. Throughout the three tests, I managed between 3 minutes and 20 seconds....so I suppose, that's not that bad. 

October 31, 2011

          Guess what? We caught the rat in our mouse trap. Today morning, when I woke up, I walked downstairs and my father asked me something in Chinese about guess what happened. I said we caught the rat and I was  right! It was the scariest thing ever! The rat was still alive but half of the body was stuck to the board and it looked as if it could climb up any second. Anyways, that was the answer to my blogs from several days ago.
          Now, this is my answer for my other blog. Today, our science test score came back. I felt pretty happy about my score until I saw Joseph's. Joseph got higher than 100 from the bonuses. Sad Face. Then, I saw Sean's test score. He also got higher than 100 from the bonuses but he's test score is lower than Joseph's. Then, mine...so my test score compared to theirs is so low.
          By the way, I asked my brother about the 30 white horses on a red hill riddle, he thought about it for a long time and I gave him no clue and in the end, he came up with the answer! He's good! Then, he ask me one in return from Mr.Dahl's class. It is something like this and he didn't give me the whole thing because he couldn't remember it: Toothless bites, wingless flutters, mouthless mutters, and something like that. I couldn't figure it out at all! It's so weird....well, I will keep trying!

October 30, 2011

          Finally, today, we went to our normal badminton class. We haven't been there for a really long time because we are really busy. First, my oldest brother's getting ready to leave for college and Ben is getting ready to take the SAT and after that, we have the concert. But now, all the busy things are all over! So, after a month or so of hard work, we finally get to go to our normal badminton class routine. 

          Now, back to the rat attack! We haven't got any more news on the rat. However, on Friday, when I was taking a shower, I heard my parents and my brother shout and then, the sound of footsteps running across the floor so I guessed that the rat made an appearance. I am right. The rat came out of nowhere and ran close to my brother and then, ran far far away and vanished. Later on, on Saturday, nothing much happened and still, we haven't got any rat in our rat trap. However, today morning, while my mother grabbed a banana from the ground with a newspaper under it because if we leave it on the table, it will leave the white liquid bananas produce, she noticed that there's a tiny part of a banana that is chipped off. We all suspected that the rat did it. Then, we thought of a way we could catch the rat. Let's see if it works. If it does, I will write it on my journal.

October 27, 2011

          Are you scared of rats? I thought I wasn't until today. Today, I came back home with my mother from my mom's office and the moment my mom stepped into the kitchen, she yelled rats! I thought that she had finally understand what rats means in English. For example, rats, I forgot to do my homework. But then, I noticed that it really was a rat. It wasn't that big but it will be growing and having babies if we don't finish it off. Months ago, during Summer Holidays, I was talking on the phone with my mom and I saw a big rat outside our yard running past. It's so scary. This time, it is a small rat inside our house! The rat sensed that it was being watched and someone was here so it ran down the kitchen wall and ran around the floor of our kitchen. My mother chased it while I stand high up on a chair. Afraid. Are you more afraid of cockroaches or rats? After today, I think I will go with rats because they are faster and smarter than cockroaches. My mom chased it around and finally, it went into a room. My mom quickly closed the door behind her. Now, she and the rat is in the room. She stayed there for some time but then, she came out, saying that she can't find the rat and that she have to cook dinner for us. My mom left the room with the door still closed. Then, I saw a faint shadow near the door through the crack. I told my mom to hurry by and that the rat was still in the room. My mom went in once again and this time, she stayed inside for a really long time but still, no rat. Then, we ate dinner with no rat bothering us. After dinner, my mother went outside to buy things that could trap or stick rats. My mom finally came home and I looked at the stuff she brought. It really is sticky. I didn't dare touch it but by the look, I can tell it is sticky. I also smelled it and gosh, it smelled a..w..e..s..o..m..e..!!! It smelled awesome! The smell reminds me of honey but the look reminds me of rats. I hope they get caught...


By the way,  I normally don't do journals on Fridays but if the rat got caught, I will do it either on Friday or Saturday.

October 26, 2011

Today, during lunch, we started a discussion related to Halloween and I brought up my brother. I told her that he is so weird in a creative way. A couple years ago, he dressed up as a ghost by taking a piece of white cloth and cut two holes in it. He won a prize because of that! Then, the year after that, he dressed up as a mushroom by taking an umbrella and stick white circle papers onto the umbrella and kneel down on stage. He won a prize because of that! He sure is creative and simple and weird! I think my brothers are weird especially Ben and I think I am also weird...Ha~Ha~...I come up with all the different kinds of ideas which get my classmates and me in trouble quite often. Nevermind all that...

          Today, we have science test. It sure is hard and I feel negative about it. (Sad Face). The first test, I got really close to a hundred and the second test, I got higher than a hundred percent....and if I get a 90% or something close, I will feel as if it is not that good because all the other tests are so high.

          Tomorrow is Halloween. I wish that we have Halloween for the whole day or we don't have Halloween at all. I don't like Halloween so I would rather have a normal school day. Plus, Thursday, we have clubs! But since we are having Halloween, I wish it could be the whole day so we don't have to have any homework and school. 

TRICK~O~TREAT, SMELL MY FEET~GIVE ME SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT~IF YOU DON'T, I DON'T CARE, CAUSE I CAN SEE YOUR UNDERWEAR......That was a chant we learned long time ago like in kindergarten.

October 25, 2011

           Out of all the days throughout the week, I like these days the best: Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Do you know why? It is because on those days, I get to exercise. On Tuesdays and Fridays, we have P.E., and on Thursdays, I have clubs, which I joined sport. Today, we played volleyball and me and Howard's team lost totally. I do not want to loose the game on Friday because it will be the last day playing volleyball throughout the whole year and it will be counted as our midterm. I hope we do good on that day. 
          Today, at night, the DVDs of my brother's concert came and we watched the whole show over again. That was fun but it took all my time away. I realized that I get addicted to two kind of games and the television. Each day from Monday to Friday, from 7 to 8 o'clock pm, there are two Japanese animation show that I like to watch. The first one is HunterXHunter and the second one is The Prince of Tennis. I love Hunter X Hunter. I think it is so cool. However, it never got to finish the animations while the comic is still running. Since I was small, I started watching Hunter X Hunter. It was not because I wanted to at first but it was because I never got hold of the remote control and being five or six years younger than my brothers, it was impossible to get the remote! Without fighting with them, I just watch Hunter X Hunter with them. It is really cool. Out of the four main characters, I posted a picture of them below, I like the person with grayish white hair. He was born from a family of killers and every single person in his family is a killer. But then, he attended a competition where he met another kid. Spending his time with that kid, he found that it was happier spending time with his family and the story continues. The other animation is The Prince of Tennis, which I like but not as much as Hunter X Hunter. 

These are the four main characters. They
met in a competition and became really
good friends for ever.

I also think I am kind of addicted to two games on the internet. The first one is Tetris. Since I don't have a facebook account, I play Tetris in www.tetrisfriends.com. The other game is in armorgames.com. I mentioned about it yesterday. It really is fun. 

October 24, 2011

          Today, while I am typing my journal post, wondering what I am going to type, my brother asked me whether anyone commented on my journal before. I asked him why and he told me to come over and check his out. Somebody called Nerd commented on his journal but we don't know why that person is. Isn't it interesting? Well, never mind about that .
          These days, I am playing a really interesting game. It is like bacteria inside a person and you have different players and they conquer each cell and it's really hard and fun. Yesterday, I played it with Joseph, Samuel, myself, and my brother. We fought each other. I hate to invade into my brother's territory because once he spotted someone bothering him, conquering his land, he will fight back until you lost the game. I never came in first in that game. Most of the time, I came in second or last. That game is kind of cool. The name of that game is Phage Wars Live. 
          Another thing that happened today during music is that, I got elected to be a person visiting Africa for a play we are going to perform on Christmas. Samuel got elected as the African Santa, Howard got elected as the script writer, Vivian got elected as the music person, and Dylan got elected as the narrator. Last of all, Sean is in charge of being the director and stuff because he won us by rock paper scissor shoot against Sam and me. Not trying to be mean but I don't think he fits that job. Let's just hope nothing goes wrong. 

October 23, 2011

          On Saturday, my father left for Tainan and today, my mom left for Tainan because my grandpa's brother passed away. I don't know him very well but I have heard about stories about him and that's really cool! Anyways, today, me and my brother are the only ones home. Horray!!! My parents are coming home tomorrow afternoon. Normally, my father drives me and my brother and Amanda and Tiffany to school but tomorrow, Tiffany's mother will drive us to school, probably. Today, I played a game on Armor games with my brother, Joseph, and Samuel. It's so challenging! I barely win any and that's sad. I often came in second. I want to keep playing it but I feel my eyelids are getting heavier every minute so good night...by the way, I said good night at 10 but by the time I'm in bed it will be 10:30 because I didn't take a bath, brush my teeth, and wear my contacts yet. 

October 20, 2011

          Happy Birthday Willis and Kathy. It is such a coincidence that their birthdays are in the same day and they're classmates. Today morning, we had homeroom with Mr.Carlos in  the computer lab because of the recent event from Wednesday. The sixth graders now have homeroom with Ms.Padachie, I think but I am not really sure. (I don't think they are)...I am still feeling a strange mix of emotions, sad, disappointed with myself and I still felt bad for what I've done. Not only that, alot of people know about that event. It is no longer small news. By comforting myself, I said to Sam that we're famous, in a not so good way during clubs!!! Hahahaha. 
          Today morning, we have the Math Olympic test stuff. I think that it is not that hard. I did 18 questions out of 29 out of those 18 questions, I guessed none. My brother took the Math Olympic test, but different version, when he was eighth grade and he got the highest score in the whole school! WHOLE SCHOOL!!! I was surprised and proud of my own brother at the same time. I was also disappointed that I am so not like my brother but at least, I have other talents. 
          The other event happened today is that, my brother's SAT score came out! He got 2350 out of 2400. That's really high. Derek got 2370 and my brother got 2350. My mother as well as my father is very proud of my brother. 

October 19, 2011

          What happened today morning is all my fault and I am really sorry for what I've done. I would never do it again. I should be the one to receive all the punishments because it was I who started it. If I wasn't there, none of this would have happen. Today morning, I was bored and sleepy so I took the empty container on Ms.Padachie's desk and started playing with the object inside it. Then, the students from Mr.Dahl's homeroom came in to her room for homeroom. Still, I played with the objects. But I play with most of them nearly everyday, so it's getting bored. Really bored. I decided to play a little joke by daring Samuel to turn on the Smartboard because I know that he wouldn't dare to turn it on. What turned out unexpected is that Samuel passed the remote control to Sean and they passed the remote control back and forth like a hot potato. Then, someone turned on the Smartboard. I am not sure who because they kept passing the remote control to each other. After someone turned the Smartboard on, the image of the desktop started turning on. Then, we tried to turn it off. First, Sean tried to turn it off but since, it didn't turn on completely yet, it didn't let us turn it off. Then, Sam tried, then finally I tried. But it still didn't work. The other people sitting by our desk started laughing probably because of our actions and Sam tried to stand up and head for the bathroom and that's when I started laughing. We were all laughing in the matter of seconds and Ms.Padachie turned and stared at us. She probably didn't know what we're laughing at. Then, she spotted the Smartboard, who is turned on. She shouted at our table and shouted who did it and told that person to get out. Samuel stood up and was ready to leave the classroom when Ms.Padachie said bring the other people who helped you with you. I stood up immediately and walked outside with Samuel. That was when I realize how much trouble I have caused because of one simple joke. I am really sorry. We stood outside and within a minute, the other people from our desk, came out. We stood there, motionless. Then, Ms.Padachie came out. She yelled at us and told us that she never want to see us nor talk to us again. She then told us to grab our belongings and head for our first period. The six of us headed for Mr.Joubert and stayed there. Then, we continued our whole day, unlike the usual because I felt bad and not in the mood of having school. When school ended, Samuel, Sean, and I decided to head for Ms.Padachie's room and say we're sorry and Eve decided to come since she felt as if she's guilty even though she isn't, or at least I think she's not. By the way, this is my point of view of what I saw and know. Then, we walked toward Ms.Padachie's room. We were ready to head in and then, when I looked back, I was the only one there. The others are far behind me...I walked over to Ms.Padachie and before I get to spit out my words of apology, she said that she don't want to hear it and told me to leave. Today, I feel a mix of emotions that are mostly negative, I felt sad, bad, miserable, guilty, sorry, and what bothers me the most is that I caused the whole thing to happen. If I didn't dare Samuel to do it, none of this will happen. 


I am very sorry. 

October 18, 2011

          Today, something really unexpected happen. We were lining up for PE outside the front door. All was fine then. Then, Mr.Li came and told us we can head up stairs. We all head up stairs. Some went by the stair, others went by the school elevator and Samuel, Howard, Sean, and I went by the Kung-fu elevator by the far end. At first, the elevator only have Sean, Howard, and me but then, Samuel came. We pressed the second floor so the elevator would go down to second floor and we can push Samuel out of the elevator for fun (no intention of being mean). But when we reached second floor, the three of us aren't strong enough to push him off. Then, I pressed fifth floor because that elevator doesn't go to sixth floor. However, Sean pressed sixth and it actually worked! That's really weird because normally, it doesn't work. When it reached sixth floor, I held the door open for everyone to get out but since last year, Samuel and I have an elevator game. We are testing who can stay in the elevator longer while holding the elevator. So, I stayed in the elevator and Samuel stayed in the elevator. Then, I gave up because I am excited about volleyball. I went out and when I stepped out, the door of the elevator slowly closed. However, before it closed, I saw that the light inside the elevator turned dark. I walked away but then, I saw something unusual. Normally, it will say 6 outside the elevator but after the door closed, it said it's broken or something like that. We went in and told Mr.Li about the elevator. He told us to run our laps while he went and check what's the problem. On my fifth lap, Mr.Li came back and told me to head downstairs and inform the office people about it. I went down as fast as I can and told Ms. Sue. Ms.Pamela probably heard it so she came out and together, we went to the elevator. We went upstairs to sixth floor and since I'm done with my duty, I head back inside the basketball court and wished nothing happened to Samuel. We started playing volleyball while Samuel is stuck alone in the elevator. However, when we are ready to get started with the game, Samuel came back. Three smiley faces for Samuel.  :) :) :) . I was glad no one was hurt. However, I still wonder why the elevator went up to sixth floor now.

October 17, 2011

          Do you like Halloween? I absolutely dislike it. It stinks so badly. Every year, we have to dress up as something and I have been dressing up for close to 7 years, maybe. Let me count. Kindergarten times 3, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, Fourth Grade, Fifth Grade, Sixth Grade, Seventh Grade. Oh My God! Counting this year, I would have dressed up for 10 years. I don't remember what I dressed up when I am pre-k. But I do remember what I dressed up for the third year of kindergarten. I think I dressed up as a cartoon character that doesn't even look like her. That year's Halloween was awesome, since I was small. According to my memory, I remember going upstairs with the class to the second floor in HIS and we walked into a room and there are mummies lying on tables, but in fact, they are real people. And guess what? They grabbed our feet. That was so scary since I was only kindergarten. I remember what Howard dressed up for Halloween that year. It was really cool. In Monster Inc., there is a little girl who wore a purple outfit. I remember Howard dressing up as that. 
          I dislike Halloween because I have to come up of what to wear every year. I remember I once dressed up as a really cool robot and I thought I would won the prize but I did not. However, my brother dressed up as a mushroom, a person holding an umbrella  with white paper as dots while bending down, won a prize. I took such a long time making that really cool robot and my brother took like five minutes and he won a prize. (shake head). The other reason I dislike Halloween is because I don't get as much candies now that I am no longer elementary or kindergarten. During kindergarten to second grade, I got super much candies that could probably last for a month! But nowadays, I get enough candies to last less than one day. I wish we could skip Halloween. 
          After typing about the Halloween stuff, something really funny happened so I decided to edit my journal and to type more about it. Four of our house's light bulb died out. My father brought the broken sample to the store far far away to my house. Suddenly, he came back and told us that he didn't bring any money to buy a light bulb. Now, he's going out again because he didn't bring any money. I am laughing so hardly that my stomach hurts. 

October 16, 2011

          The day before yesterday, Friday, was my brother's concert. It was fabulous! Today, we played all the play backs from our video camera and it sounded great!!! It really was awesome! Out of all the pieces, my brother explained about the pieces in his journal, I liked the duet the best. My brother played the viola while the conductor of the orchestra played the violin. They played the Passacaglia. Go listen to it on YouTube. It really is hard! Even though it's hard, they played really well! Not only did I like that song, I also liked the Libertango, composed by Astor Piazzolla, played by the quartet and Passacaglia and Hong Dou, a chinese pop song. 


This is the Passacaglia song, instead that it is played by Julia Fisher with the violin and another guy with the cello. My brother's version is the composer with the violin and my brother with the viola. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNsxXued784


This is the Libertango song composed by Astor Piazzolla. This includes alot of instruments but my brother played it with a quartet, a music group of four people. A first violin, a second violin, a viola, and a cello. One of the top students of my violin teacher played the first violin, my oldest brother played the second violin, Ben played the viola and my oldest brother's friend played the cello. In this following link, it have way more instruments. It sounds better in the video because of all those instruments. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUAPf_ccobc

October 13, 2011

          Today is a wonderful day. After two weeks, my oldest brother came back from the south and my dad came back from China. Now, we are back to five humans in our big empty house. My dad, my mom, my oldest brother, my second brother, and me! My brother came back today on Thursday because tomorrow, is my brother's concert and my oldest brother is playing as the second violin for the quartet and second violin for the orchestra. It's a happy day where all my family members are back home. Tomorrow, it's the big show for my brother after a super long time of practicing. I hope everything goes well. I hope he doesn't make any mistakes that everyone could spot. Well, we'll see about that tomorrow at 7:30.


By the way, HAPPY BIRTHDAY MS.PADACHIE

October 12, 2011

          Do you think that talent can be inherited? I don't think it can be. I think that each person have a unique talent from their family members as well as other people. Of course, it will be overlapped now and again but I think a person's talent can not be inherited. What do you think? I am wondering about this question because my mom is a piano teacher and I learned piano and violin since I was young but to tell the truth, I suck really much at it. It is either because I have no talent or because I don't have the passion for music as much as other people. My mom might have the talent or passion, but that doesn't make me have them. I don't inherit passion and talents from my parents. Well, at least I don't think I do.
          The other question that came to mind is a question that Howard once asked me. What will you learn if you can choose three things to be really good at. What will you choose? For now, I think I would choose I want to learn how to fence (fencing), learn karate or kongfu, and running. When I am small up till now, I am always fascinated when I see arrows and bows but most of all, when I see swords and shields. I once bought a toy sword for Halloween but it's toy but I had a lot of fun with it. I use the sword while either my dad or my brother use the sword's cover and we fight each other. The winner wins by using his sword to touch the other person's knee below. It's really fun and I am pretty good at it. I want to learn karate or kongfu because that way, when my brother grasp hold of my hand, I will know how to defend myself and I would no longer be under his control. (EVIL SMILE). I also want to run. Sometimes, at my house, sitting down by the table, having nothing to day, I would feel like running but my mom probably won't let me because of several reasons. 
          Today, I really got some crazy questions in me. Don't I?

October 11, 2011

          Guess what? My dad's going to China for a business trip tomorrow and he will make it back just in time for my brother's concert. I like it when my father leaves for China because he always buys a lot of legal DVDs for us to watch. For example, on his last trip, he bought a huge amount of DVDs such as The Tourists, Toy Story 3, Tron, Iron Man 2 and a lot more! It's really awesome. I hope he would buy a couple more. However, he probably won't buy as much because he's only going for two days and a night. I also like it when my father goes to America because I could give him a whole list of books of what I want to buy and he would normally find a couple books on that list and bring it back to Taiwan. However, I dislike one point when my father travels. My mom is going to drive us to school. I prefer my father to drive us to school because when my mom drives us to school, we get to school later than before. Hehe. You probably know what that means. 

October 10, 2011

          Happy Birthday Taiwan!!! Today, I spent my morning as well as my afternoon at Eve's Dad's company. We are working on a Spanish project. I really dislike doing projects at people's house because we barely get things done . I once worked at a friend's house on a really simple project, thinking that we have all the time there is to accomplish the project, we worked way slower than expected. By the time I have to leave, the project is not done yet. By working at people's house at a project, we have no time limit to tell us how long we have to finish this project, so most people will take a long time. Nevertheless, we completed the project. I didn't enjoy working on the project, however, I enjoyed playing foosball. It is so awesome! Since I was little, I have always been wanting a foosball table kind of stuff. It is so fun! I begged my father all the time, but I never got one. (Sad Face). Today, after playing with Eve and her family, I went home and begged my father for a foosball table, once more. I thought of all the possibilities of getting a foolsball table as soon as possible. The music competition ccame into my mind! If I manage to get some kind of place, it's really likely that I can get rewarded but probably not a foosball table. Well, who knows. Even though I have came with an idea of how to get a foosball table, getting it is the hard part. Getting first, second, third, fourth, or either fifth in a competition out of 66 people and 37 people is tough! Well, let's hope it works! If I get a foosball table, come play!!!

October 9, 2011

          Today was such a busy day. My oldest brother, Sam Lee, is still in college down south. My dad is in Tainan because of some family issues, leaving me, my brother, and my mom at home. My brother and my mother woke up early in the morning while I continued sleeping. They woke up early because Ben have to head toward Taipei for rehearsal with the piano for the concert. Then, at about 11, my dad came back from Tainan and the four of us, including Daniel Shieh headed toward Taipei as well because the two of us are in the orchestra performing in the concert.
          We started practicing at one o'clock and then, practiced all the way to 4 or 5 in the afternoon. That really was tiring! Well, if I count that tiring, I wonder what Ben feels after a whole day of practicing. Just so you know, it sounds really good and I hope all of you could go! It would be a pleasure if you could go.