May 11, 2012

          Today is hopefully the last day I'm doing the journal even though it is now a habit to me. However, i won't be working on this during the summer holiday so, yea, this will probably be the last day typing this jounal. It was quite nice typing journals each day even though some days, there will be nothing to write about and I ended up making things up. I hope that you can come in handy in the future. For example, when I become famous in the future, this journal stuff can be a lot of use when they start asking me questions of my childhood, but then, I might not become famous at all.

June 10, 2012

          On Saturday night, we had the musical: The Wizard of Oz. It was quite nice even though compared to last year, it was a bit worse. I really enjoyed it. A lot of people I asked also enjoyed the musical, so overall, it was fairly well. On the other hand, today, when I came back home from my piano class, I was surprised to see the amount of cockroach roaming around on the street. I swear, there are at least 30 cockroaches roaming around the street. While parking the car into the garage, at least 20 came in to the yard and it was nasty! I wonder what caused all these cocakroaches to come out. Also, it is known that a typhoon is coming and I really hope that in Tainan, it doesn't flood because my grandparents live there. They are getting older and it will be a trouble to move things up and down so I really wish it doesn't flood.

June 7, 2012

          Today, was pretty much the same. However, I was so impressed by how much better the musical was. Today, I played tag and explored the place and it was great fun. Lucy, Alice, Joseph, and I played tag. The whole place is really big and there are weird places that led to other weird places. It was great fun. However, the disadvantage of that is that right after that, when we play violin, we are all sweaty and disgusting smelling. Hehe.....School is almost over. I am happy and unhappy. But mostly unhappy because I like school. During Summer time, I can barely do anything. Just hang around, learn more math, practice piano and violin and things like that. It's awfully boring. I hope I have fun on these last days of school.

June 6, 2012

          It is how interesting. Yesterday, at 10, I realized that I didn't type my journal when I am all the way in my bed, drifting off into sleep. Well then, I thought to myself, it doesn't matter much since school is almost over and I didn't get 1 strike yet. Well, not typing anything yesterday earned my first strike. I still have a couple to use up so it doesn't matter. The reason why I didn't type my journal yesterday is because my Google Chrome stopped functioning so I started using Internet Explorer and since I don't save the tabs, I keep forgetting to do my journal. Today, I didn't go to school because I"m not supposed to. I went to the rehersal place and rehersaled. It was really boring. However, I did enjoy some parts. I really hope I enjoy more since tomorrow, we're staying till 5 and if I don't enjoy it, I am really going to explode! :D...I published this journal entry and then, while viewing my blog, I realized that I didn't type my journal two days in a row. That means, I only have one strike left. I better stop forgetting to do my journal.

June 3, 2012

          I am really busy this week and weekend and since we have a lot of tests and finals coming up in the following weeks, I really should get started on them. Today, I'm really busy since I have to go to my brother's graduation and play the violin and I ended up staying from 1 all the way till 6. During all that time, I could have be doing my homework. But since it passed, I will have to keep moving forward. To keep things straight, I will do this short. I got my kindle on Friday and I quite liked it. I read some but not too much. I enjoyed the kindle. Thanks to Eve and her dad. Also, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, I'm not going to school. :) Ain't that awesome? Sound awesome but it actually is not awesome because instead of going to school, some people are going to another place for full days rehearsals. Good luck actors and actresses!

May 31, 2012

          Today is my dad's birthday. I don't know what to give him so, I made something that I found quite cool in the end out of junk for him. I took an old compass box (not the kind that point to the north but the kind of compass that help you draw circles). Well, I took one of those boxes and then, decorated the box so it look pretty and attractive. Never mind that, today, I stayed at school until 5 because at first, the musical ended at 3:15 and then, like yesterday, the three people stayed after school to practice for the graduation. We have so many homework and tests coming fast up and this weekend, I'm going to really busy. I really hope that I get good grades on the tests and don't do badly on the homework. 

May 30, 2012

          "A whole new world~~~~A new fantastic point of view~~ No one to tell us so, or where to go....." Today, Victor, Sean, and I practiced for the Graduation. We played two songs " A Whole New World" and "You Raise Me Up". The tune and lyrics of A Whole New World is now stuck in my head. I quite like this song because it is quite good and I like it very much. Also, today, we took the Spanish Test, I find it easy but I don't except it to get a very good grade because whenever I think I"ll get a very good grade and I don't, I will feel bad. However, if I expect to get an okay grade and I get an okay grade, I'll feel fine and if I get better than an okay grade, I'll feel good so it's always better to feel okay about tests for me. 

May 29, 2012

          There are going to be a lot of upcoming tests coming up this week and the following week. For this week, there is going to be a Spanish Final tomorrow which is a Wednesdsay. On Thursday, I don't think there are any finals so far...maybe math but maybe not, and if not, it probably will be on Friday. On Friday, we have the English Final which is very specific in question and we also need to turn in our history take home test. I don't like take home tests even though I normally get a higher grade. I don't like it because it takes more work and my time at home. I don't mind doing it at school because we're using the school time "time". Not only the midterms will keep me busy. I'm also staying after schools these days and there are also a lot of projects. I stayed after school today for the Action Plan. I am going to stay after school tomorrow to rehearsal for the graduation day which is on Sunday. Me, Sean, and Victor are going to play a song called You Raise Me Up. On Thursday, I might stay after school for Spanish dinner but maybe not. On Friday, we have a lot of test. On Sunday, it's my brother's graduation day. Next week, on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, we are going to the musical is it is going to be a very busy week/last few days of school for me. 

May 28, 2012

          Today, Samuel showed me in which comic did the main character find his dad. This anime/comic is called HunterXHunter. It is my favorite anime. It is so cooooool! However, they never continued with the anime which I was disappointed since it was so good. However, I soon learned that they started making a brand new anime. Everyone in that new anime from the same plot looks so different. I like the older version because the theme matches. The anime's plot is sort of old and the main characters are very country like and with the color still faint and darker than nowadays anime, it is awesome! However, I don't mind that they made a new anime and I hope they continue with this one. I highly recommend you to watch or read it.

May 27, 2012

          Today, I held a party at my house. I invited everyone and most people came. Howard, Joseph, Willis, Samuel, Clement, Vivian, Kathy, Eve, and Sean came to my house and including me, there's 10 people. Also, parents came as well and we had fun. Well, most of us had fun. We played games and we ate a lot. We ate so much that I am still full right now as I type this journal. We also worked on our Spanish project. I hope we get a good grade for it since we took quite some time working on it. Well, not that much anyways. Hehe.....My dad came back from London yesterday and after a couple days, it's going to be my father's birthday...So....Happy Birthday Papa....Hehe....(Just so you know, I don't call my father papa).

May 24, 2012

          Today for clubs, there are only 8 people playing for the musical since all the other people are in PASMUN. It is so interesting. We only have 8 people and so, Ms.Ivy told me to go and play first violin for the second time. Last time is also because of MUN so I went into first violin and played since the only people playing first is Alice and Howard. Normally, there are Alice, Howard, Ben Huang, Jeremy Huang, and Ben Lee. However, today only have Alice and Howard and I went and played. Even though first violin is harder, I find it easier to play since they have all the major tunes. I wish I am in first violin. However, Ms.Ivy wants me to be in second violin. Another thing I learned today is about the anime/comic of Hunter X Hunter. Hunter X Hunter is one of my favorite animes. and I learned that the comic continued and that the main character found his dad finally! I am so excited. 

May 23, 2012

          Every Wednesday, the class after lunch is art and today, for art, instead of drawing or doing something related to art. We are invited to go watch the Mr.Lincoln movies. It brought back so many memories. Also, Joseph and Samuel looked so young then and so different! It also brought back memories while we are working on the project. It was fun to re-watch the videos. Last year, while watching the sequel, I somehow thought it was awful. However, this year, while re-watching it, I find it not that bad at all. I find it quite good. The first one is also quite good. I am quite looking forward to the third one. However, I heard that the third one is not going to be about Mr.Lincoln. I heard that it have a super long tittle name of the movie and I wonder what it will be about. I guess that I will have to wait until the Graduation Day. 

May 22, 2012

          Today, Eve gave me an Nintendo DS. Well, she didn't actually give me since I used 50 NT to buy it from her but since it's only 50 NT, I will count it as if she gave it to me. I played some games. I played Mario Party which I find kind of boring. I will rather play the driving car Mario. However, I don't mind that. She also gave me another game called Civilization. I decided not to play it so far because I am scared that when I start playing it, I won't stop. Well, I played some parts of Mario and I couldn't stop playing it even though it is very boring. I have never owned anything like this before. My home don't have wii or anything like this. We don't have PSP, and those but we do have laptops and that is the only thing I know hot to play games from. 

May 21, 2012

          Today, my mother came back from Tainan. From her, I learned about my grandparents and how they are now. From my mother's information, my grandmother is getting more healthy and more healthy but of course, there is a downside to that. My grandmother have Alzheimer. She doesn't remember my mother and her own son, my dad. So, she probably doesn't remember who me and my brothers are. However, even though she doesn't know who we are, she knows that we are people close to her because she asked my mother when she's coming back again and she gave us a huge big stack of banana. Meanwhile, a visitor came and visit my grandparents and my grandmother kept asking when she's leaving. It is quite sad. She is very very smart but yet, she doesn't remember anything. By smart, I mean like last time, she wanted to run away from home and she knew what to pack in her luggage and she even remembered to bring her medicines when she doesn't even know who her own son is...I feel so sad...I wish I can go back and visit them soon. 

May 20, 2012

          A lot of things happened this weekend. The first thing is that on Saturday, my mother went back to Tainan to visit my grandparents and something unexpected turned up! It flooded..sort off....It rained a lot over night and the water flooded. The water isn't very high yet but if it is, things will not be good. It flooded two years in a row already which meant that we changed furniture two years in a row. We also changed cars two years in a row and since my grandparents are very old, they barely drive the car any more which is a great waste of having to buy two cars in two years. I hope there are no more floods anymore. Also, if a flood did came, it will be quite dangerous for my grandparents since they are quite old and they don't have much strength to keep climbing up the stairs to the second floor to be out of the flood. As for today, I woke up at 6 to the sound of rain banning against my windows and the roof. Well, at 9, we arrived at the Spring Fair area and we played a lot of games and helped sold the rice out to people. It was quite fun! The only thing that sucked is that my whole shoes are wet and inside my shoes, my socks are wet and inside my socks, my feet are wet! That really sucked since right after Spring Fair, some people have to go to school for rehearsal for the musical. I don't think we are very prepared for the musical this year so far. I hope we will be prepared when it is time for the big day. As for tomorrow, I saw on the news that there is going to be an eclipse. I want to see it but then, I would have to wake up early and if I woke up early and see nothing...I will be grumpy.

May 17, 2012

          This week is almost over but I don't think I am ready for the following weeks. The following weeks are going to be very busy for me. Let me start typing my schedule of next week. First, on Tuesday, I have to stay after school with my group from Expository Writing since we are working on a very major project. Then, on Thursday, we are going to stay after school and present the project to the leadership team. Then, on the Sunday, I am going to hold a party sort of stuff at my house, where my classmates come to my house. The week after that, I am pretty sure that a couple days during that week, me, Victor, Sean, and maybe someone else is going to practice the piece we are going to play during the Graduation day. Then, there are going to be a lot more practice for the musical which I think we are still far from getting good. 

May 16, 2012

          Today, we too the Iowa test on the math section. It is very very easy but I am sure I got two questions wrong. I got two questions wrong on the computation place wrong for sure since I recalculated  the answer after the test booklet with taken away with a calculator. I don't mind getting questions wrong on a test but I do mind getting questions wrong on that test especially on the math section because it really is very easy and simple. For example, one question is what number is greater than 60 but less than 70. Then, they give you a lot of choices. That question is really easy. *Sigh...However, ignoring the bad start from the morning, I quite enjoy Art and Spanish Class. In Art class, I learned a lot of stuff that is super non art related. =D

May 15, 2012

          School is almost over and I dislike that. I like school because it is much more interesting than being at home "meaning my mom's office" all day long and playing piano and violin and learning extra math and maybe science. I am quite sad that school is almost over because when school is over, it means a lot of things for me. First of all, it means that my brother is going away to Princeton soon and I will be the only kid in my house which I will not like. There will be no one to fight with me, no one to argue with me, no one to make jokes, and no one to ask homework questions to. The second reason is the reason I mentioned before of what I do during Summer Holiday. Third of all, when school ends, it means that I won't see some people for a long time such as Eve since she is leaving to Canada the next year. I will be sad when school ends so I will try to enjoy the last moments before school end. 

May 14, 2012

          Today, we took the Iowa test. I find everything very similar to what we were tested last year. This year, however, our teacher that helps with the Iowa test is Ms.Ivy. It is quite interesting with Ms.Ivy being the teacher since she have never taught the Iowa test thing before. So, I had some fun today morning. Then, after that, we have Science class. Science class is as usual, hard but interesting. Then, we had Music Class. In Music, we watched a movie called The School of Rock. I quite enjoy that movie. It is very interested. However, I soon realized that I have watched some parts of that movie before. After Music Class, we had Spanish Class. I like singing and I sang during Spanish Class for a bonus activity. Also, I got 85 on my Spanish quiz which is not quite good just looking at the score but it is a great improvement and I like my score. 

May 13, 2012

          Since I don't have to do journals on Fridays and I really enjoyed last Friday, I am going to type this journal based on the things that happened last Friday. Last Friday, our first class is math. However, on Thursday, I checked Veracross and found out that I got one question wrong on the math test and on Friday, I looked over the test and I realized that the teacher graded wrong and so, my test went back to 100%. I'm so happy. Then, we had PE. We ran the three laps which I kind of like much more than Frisbee golf. Me and Sean is always aiming for our goal which is to try to break our record and have a number that started with a 2:something. And guess what? We did it!!! We ran three laps with the record of 2:59. It is so close, if we are one second late, we wouldn't have achieved our goal. Also, last Friday was Sean's Birthday so Happy Birthday Sean. Then, after PE, is History. I got three questions wrong and then, after trading test scores with Sean, we realized that we both got the same score and the exact same questions wrong. How cool. I really enjoyed last Friday. Also, I realized that the following weekends are going to be very busy. First, next week is Iowa test and next weekend is going to be Spring Fair. After next week, I am inviting my classmates to my house so that week will also be busy. Then, after that, my brother is graduating so we are going to be busy as well and after that week, the school is going to have the musical show. 

May 10, 2012

          Today, we had clubs and I didn't know what we have to stay till 4. I knew later on since I didn't check the email. We ended up having to spend 2 hours and 20 minutes playing violin and watching the actors act. But unlike most days, today, Ms.Ivy had to leave early because her son is sick or something. I am not too sure. Well, Sean Juang took the place of Ms.Ivy and started conducting. It is hilarious! Not only that, there are so many funny moments. Also, today, some seniors from last year came back from the States such as Esther, the cello player, and Jack, the main actor in Guys and Dolls. They stayed and helped out during the rehearsal. Esther tried conducting even though she'd never heard the piece before and it turned out not so good. 

May 9, 2012

          At my mom's office which is like a bushiban place, there is a kindergarten kid who comes to the place to wait for her parent to pick her up. Everyone likes her since she is very cute to most people. I find it very interesting how this little kid barely knows how to speak and already can sing. She can sing songs even though she can't really speak. Well but then, it might also be because people lure her to sing with the bait of giving her something to eat. I find it quite interesting. Well, today, nothing happened much. We sang during Spanish and I enjoyed that part since I like singing. Also, Science is getting harder. It is so confusing!

May 8, 2012

          There is a person that I knew since I was very young he came and visited my mom but my mom wasn't at the office so he called my mom. That person once came to my mom's office which is like a bushiban sort of place. Well, I was very young then. I was like in kindergarten or first grade and that boy was like four to five years older than I am. Unlike most normal kids, he have some problems but he is a very nice person. Well, he left my mom's bushiban at like 6th grade since we don't accept middle school students and he sometimes come and visit us. Well, he called my mom yesterday and from far away, I can hear his voice coming out of the phone. He still sounds the same. He is a kind of kid that doesn't like to study but yet, yesterday, while my brother is talking to him, he told him to stop watching TV (which is what we were doing then) and go study. How very interesting. Also, like even with at least 5 years of not seeing each other, he still remembers my brothers name which is quite cool and since he have some brain problem. He is a very nice person. 

May 7, 2012

          Today, we had science class. I don't get it at all. There are so many weird concepts and I don't get it at all. For example, the right hand rule. It is so weird for me. It is not weird for many of my classmates. I really wish I understand it soon because so far, I don't understand that, I don't understand all the other things Ms.Liu is teaching. But then, if I understand the right hand rule, I will maybe understand most of the other stuff Ms.Liu teach. Not only is the right hand rule weird. Well, nevermind about the science. Today, we had two tests. Both are from Mr.Carlos. The first one is computer test. It is on excel and I find it quite easy. Then, the next one is Spanish. I find it not that hard but then, I don't expect to get a very good grade. After Spanish, we are using the new book which I really don't want to use and later on, in computer, we are now heading into powerpoint. 

May 6, 2012

          Today, I am awfully busy. Early in the morning, I wake up and started practicing piano and violin since later in the afternoon, I am going to have piano and violin class. Well, at 10, I went to violin class and after violin class, I went to piano class. After piano class, I went playing badminton with my family. Well, we play with a coach. After badminton, on our way home, my aunt, who lives down south, called and said that she is visiting her son which is studying in Hsinchu and she is at our house right now. So, we decided to go to dinner together. While walking to the restaurant, we decided to invite my other aunt which also live down south. We waited a long time while the other aunt come but we had some fun. There are 9 people eating in all. Our family include my father, my mother, my brother and I and two of my aunts and one uncle and one child from the first family and another son from the other family. Then, we ate till 8:30 which took longer than I expected. I came home right after and started doing my homework. 

May 3, 2012

          I wonder whether it is better to have an older brother who is smarter or a younger brother that is smarter. Well, I suppose that both have it's benefit and disadvantages. Well, that is what I thought about during orchestra. Well, never mind that. Wow, I just realized that I typed three "well" in a row. I shouldn't do that. Today, during Expository Writing, my group, the Platypus is very busy. The Platypus team includes me, Joseph, Willis and Howard. During Expository Writing Class, our team went around the school to deliver polls and to take the polls back and so far, we have at least 50 polls. I guess...Even though today is a busy day, I enjoyed it very much because for exactly 90 minutes, I stayed out of a chair. I ran around the school, going from room to room, I didn't barely sit at all and I enjoyed that! 

May 2, 2012

         Today, I feel upset but I don't know why. I hope I don't feel upset tomorrow. We have quite a lot of upcoming tests coming up. Well, not a lot...we have three upcoming tests. Some major while some are quizzes. On Monday, we will have Computer and Spanish test. I am not very worried about the Computer test but I am a bit worried about the Spanish test so I better start studying. As for Tuesday, we have Math and History test. I am not worried about math test but I should study for the History test. I don't really like History since I find it very boring but I should try to find a way to like it so that it will be easier for me to remember things and events. 

May 1, 2012

          Today, nothing much happened in school. We had PE and we are now playing Frisbee Golf. It is such a boring sport. You barely need to run at all. So, I am not very excited about that but I will still try my best. However, I am excited at the next sport which is Ultimate Frisbee. The rules are Ultimate Frisbee is very similar to the rules of American Football which means we'll get to run a lot and that is something I will enjoy. I hope we can finish Frisbee Golf as soon as possible and move onto another sport because I really find it boring since you don't really run like the other sports. 

April 30, 2012

          I realized that I am going to be an aunt soon. Isn't that weird? Well, I am already an aunt to some people that I've barely seen in my life before. It is all because in my mother's family, her sibling range ranges from a huge variety. I am not too sure but there might be at least 15 years difference between the oldest and the youngest sibling. So, basically, I am an aunt to another kid my age. Isn't that interesting and weird? That is not the weirdest part. The weirdest part is to be called "aunt" by another kid of the same age. Haha...how weird...However, as far as I can remember, I don't remember them at all...which is kind of sad...Also, today is so hot hot hot! It is burning hot! After raining for like a week, the weather is hot. I don't know whether I'll prefer it to be hot or for it to rain. I think I will prefer it to be hot since when it rains, it's kind of dangerous. 

April 29, 2012

          Today is such an interesting day. Today, at 10 in the morning, me and my brother had violin class. For the first 50 minute, my brother played and the next 50 minutes, I played and meanwhile, my father who dropped us at the place went shopping at Big City. After class, me and my brother stood outside of the class and waited and waited. We phoned our father and he said he is coming to pick us. Ten minutes passed, no one. Then, twenty minutes passed and still no one. Then, forty minutes passed and still no one came. Then, I phoned again but before I can dial the number, my mom phoned. She told us that she is coming to pick us up and not dad since the car my father drove got pulled away by a pickup since my father parked at the wrong place. However, my father claims that he parked at the right place. Well, after waiting for 1 whole hour of sitting there since I didn't bring a book to read, my mom came and picked me, my brother, as well as my father. Then, my mom drove us to the place where they keep the cars they pulled away. Then, me and my mother went to Taipei. Today is such an interesting day. It is almost May and I realized that in May, I will be very busy. 

April 26, 2012

          The weather these days are so weird. I kept on raining and it's not normal rain because the rain is huge! I dislike it since I like it when it's sunny and when it's raining, it causes traffic, and it's very dangerous when driving on the high way and you get wet and sick, and it's just very annoying for me. Also, we probably won't have PE outside tomorrow even if it isn't raining during PE time because it probably will still be wet since it is raining like crazy right now. Each droplet is huge and gigantic. I hate it when it rains and when I typhoon comes. I hate it because my grandparents live in Tainan and they are pretty old and when a typhoon hits Taiwan, Tainan floods and every thing gets damaged and it's not good.  For example, there's the August 8 flood one year and the year after that, it flooded again. We changed cars twice in two years because of those flood and typhoon! We also changed the furniture and stuff, and now, it will be worse since my grandparents are even older and my grandma have Alzheimer which is pretty bad...

April 25, 2012

          These days, I am so forgetful. On Tuesday, I forgot to print my history paper out. Today, on my way home from my mom's office at 6:15, I forgot to bring my violin so my mom and the car and I drove back and I got the violin and we drove back home and when we reached home from Jubei, it's already 7. In the car, I tried to sleep and I finally managed to fall asleep and we arrived. Now, I just feel tired. I feel tired these days and I wish I can sleep earlier and my eye sight are getting blurrier. I wear contact lenses and I might need to get a new set. I have already changed a set this year. I might have to change it again. 

April 24, 2012

          Today, during homeroom, I suddenly realized that I didn't print my history homework out. We are supposed to write or type an essay on a god or goddess that we chose during class. Since, I got to go pretty last, I got Aphrodite. She's not that bad though. Well, I didn't print it nor email it to Mr.Paul. I finished it on Sunday night and it is supposed to be due Tuesday. At first, I thought that I will email it to myself and print it on Monday at my mom's office but then, I didn't since I was a bit busy. Then, I came home completely forgotten about it. Then, I realized it when it's way too late. But then, people often make mistakes. 

April 23, 2012

          This weekend was pretty awesome! On Saturday, my brother and my parents headed to Taipei since my brother need to attend a meeting about Princeton. At first, my mom was going to drive me home and leave me at home but then, my mom decided to let me go to Andrea, my friend's house to play since on Saturday morning, my mom need to go to work and she comes to my mom's office to learn piano. I went with them and had some fun until we went to an activity where I became involved. I really didn't want to be involved but I didn't have the guts to tell her mom that I don't want to attend so I ended up having to attend in that event next Saturday. It sucked...I wish I had the courage to say NO! I DON'T WANT TO GO...but I don't. Well, then, I spent the rest of the afternoon at their house playing with Andrea and Brandon. Then, on Sunday, my brother and I went and had violin class at 11 and after violin class, my brother and I went to Vivian's house. We went there because a group of my classmates are having a meeting congratulating my brother and asking him questions about the process since he got into Princeton. It was pretty fun since I get to play with Joseph, Samuel, Clement, Eve, and Vivian. Then, we headed home and I started doing homework. That part sucked because we have a lot of homework. At 7, we went to dinner and after dinner, while walking home, I laughed so hard that I had to use the restroom. I was laughing at how my brother is copying how people walk. For example, my brother will copy a way a teacher walk or what a teacher do and it is hilarious! Today, I went to school for orchestra and I won't consider it as a fun activity but it wasn't that boring. I get to watch the musical, laugh at people in a funny way, play poker cards, arm wrestle, eat pizza, and have fun! Tomorrow, school is starting again and I haven't complete my homework yet. 

April 19, 2012

          I am reading Lord of the Rings book 2 and I find that book 2 is far more interesting than book 1. I am deeper into the book than what I thought I will be. Also, I am now reading Speaker For the Dead. It is a sequel to Ender's Game. I really liked the Ender's Game. It expressed how the boy felt very well. Well, today, we had orchestra and it was pretty fun. Well, I kind of enjoyed it. During orchestra, people played happy birthday songs for Ben and Jeremy since it's their birthday. Also, some people just started playing movie theme songs such as Star Wars, the Titanic, Indiana Jones, and other movies. It's quite interesting and I often wonder how they remember all those songs in their head. I can't remember songs in movies that I've saw before. But I wish I can. That will be cool. 

April 18, 2012

          I can't believe that this week just started and it's about to end. This weekend, my father is going to England for a business trip and I wish I can go as well, since I've never been to England. But, I can't because of school. Then, next Monday is PD day but I have to go to school. That's pretty unfair right? Well, I guess it's not really fair and the reason that I have to go to school is because I am part of the orchestra. On Monday, all the students in the musical, orchestra, and stage art have to go to school on Monday because they have a rehearsal going on. Also, I found that when you go to school, you need to swipe a card and when you leave, you also need to swipe a card really weird. Also, in some classes, when the bell ring, you can't go in from the outside unless you have the card and when you are inside, you can't go outside unless you press a button. How weird. This quarter, my grades are pretty awesome and I improved from last quarter as well. However, I had a bad start of this quarter. My English grade normally start from an A+ (100%) at the start of the year but now, it is starting from an A (95%). I started from an A because on the myth retell homework, I got a 90%. And for the reading circle, Joseph is in our group and he didn't do his work so our grade also went down. :( Sad face ):

April 17, 2012

          Today, I woke up at four o'clock in the morning to a weird sound. I didn't know what that was and I can't get back to sleep. So, I got up and used the rest room. Then, I went back to bed and slept but with that weird noise that sounded like a machine but yet, I've never heard that noise before ringing in my ear, I can't fall asleep. But then, the noise stopped and I soon found myself falling asleep. When I woke up the next time, it's 6:30 and I continued sleeping then, at 6:50, my dad came and woke me up. I asked him about a weird noise during the night but he said he didn't hear. Then, I went downstairs. That is where I learn the answer to my question. My mother said that the dish dryer machine sort of burned up or something that I don't really understand and then, she found out that I heard the noise. Then, she start telling me that when I hear something unusual, I should tell her even if it is 4 in the morning. Then, I understood. 

April 16, 2012

          Today, my eyes are very dry and it bothers me a lot especially for the first class of school. Today, the first class is Computer and I don't normally stare at computers, TV, or any electronic devices early in the morning so it hurts my eyes. Especially today since my eyes are very dry. Then, the rest of the day, it is just as annoying. But now, at night, things seemed to be better. I hope tomorrow my eyes aren't as dry. Also, I hope that tomorrow doesn't rain because we have PE. We are playing basketball during PE now and I don't like basketball in particular but I don't hate it but it is still exercising. I will prefer to run around then sit in a chair for 90 minutes watching a movie. Especially if we are watching a move I've watched before. Then, it tends to be really really really boring. 

April 15, 2012

          I wonder what I will do if I just stopped playing violin and piano. To be honest, I don't know what I am going to do. I have been playing piano and violin for a real long time and it's just part of my life now.  If I just stop playing the instruments, I have two hours to spare each day and I don't really need extra hours and I won't spend the two extra hours playing computer games. I really don't know...since music have became a part of my life now. But yet, I have been playing for such a long time and I am not just good at it. Maybe I'm just not the kind of person to learn music. I got to go. Bye.

April 12, 2012

          Today, we had orchestra and like what I typed yesterday, I enjoyed it. I know that might sound weird because if you give most people as choice of any club they can join, they wouldn't be joining orchestra. I wouldn't as well but since Ms.Ivy asked me, I joined. Today is pretty interesting even though we have to stay at least 5 minutes after the bell ring and after that, we need to put the desks all back together which took another 5 minutes. The part that I like is that I am able to watch all the people act. I just like it with no details to back it up. I realized that my journal's length is decreasing as each day pass and I should do something about that. But yet, sometimes, there just really isn't anything to type about such as a few days ago. But still, I'll type about my day. 

April 11, 2012

          I feel sad because of several reasons. Some reasons, I can't tell but others I can and I will type what I can here, in this blog. Okay, so yesterday, I told my father that I got 100% on my math test and he said good job and then, I showed him the test and he said that the test is so very easy compared to math from local, which I agree, and that if I didn't get 100, I suck. The math we learn in PAS is much more easy than the math from local chinese schools. Well, nevermind. I want to be happy so, I will stop talking about sad things. Well, tomorrow have orchestra. I don't dislike orchestra. I like orchestra. I find it fun even though I don't know why. It is as if I can be with a group of people that share something the same that is not their age. I don't really know how to explain but I like orchestra. I also like orchestra because we can see the musical before hand. Also, this is the last year that my brother and I will ever be in the same orchestra. During orchestra, I often look at my brother and then, my brother turns to me and we started laughing. It is as if we can read each other's mind. For example, the Friday before Spring Break, we were playing for the musical and I looked at my brother and my brother looked at me and then looked at Ms.Ivy and then back to me and we both started laughing of the same reason that I won't mention here. Then, at home, we discuss and talk and it's pretty fun. 

April 10, 2012

          My computer is acting really weird these days. Sometimes, I can use Firefox while I can't use Google Chrome. Sometimes, I can use both Firefox and Google Chrome. Sometimes, I can't use either of them and sometimes I can use Google Chrome and not Firefox. But always, I can use Internet Explorer even though I don't like using Internet Explorer. Today when I turned on my computer, I can't use Firefox as well as Google Chrome and my Internet Explorer doesn't allow me to make a blog post and I'm trying to fix that problem right now. So, I decided to do my journal later. And now, I clicked on Google Chrome and it worked! It is very weird indeed. I really hope that I can fix Firefox and get it back to normal and I really hope that Google Chrome doesn't have any more problems and I really hope that I can speed up the speed of Internet Explorer because it is really slow. 

April 9, 2012

          As I typed yesterday, I am going to tell you what I did during Spring Break. So, over Spring Break, I did nothing special until the last three days which is Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. On Friday, my family woke up at 5 and we headed to the train station where we got on a train to get to Hualing. The drive was long but I didn't notice since I was sleeping most of the time. When we arrived at Hualing, we rented a car and headed to a restaurant to meet my mother's older sister and her son which is my cousin. We had fun together eating. Then, later taht day, we headed on to all kind of places in Hualing. Then, the next day, my family and I traveled alone without my aunt and cousin. We continued going around the Hualing and having quite a lot of fun. On the second day, we drove from Hualing to Taidong and we continued having fun in Taidong. Then, on the last day, we walked on a mountain that took forever. There are at least more than 2000 steps and it's so tiring. But since we need to catch a train, we need to hurry and we barely rested. After climbing the mountain, we headed for the train station. The ride took at least 5 hours and it is annoying. I wish I brought a book to read but I didn't so I spent a lot of time sleeping, playing poker cards, and playing my oldest brother's i-pad. But the trip was worth it. It was a lot of fun. And now, school started and I have to start my daily schedule of going to school then to my mom's office to practice piano and violin. 

April 8, 2012

          Even though today is April 9, I am typing a post for April 8. That's because there's something wrong with my Google Chrome as well as my Firefox so I have to use Internet Explorer. I didn't update my Internet Explorer yet and so, that might be the reason why I couldn't type a blog post since it doesn't support the IE. I wrote it down by hand and now, I'm typing it in. Well, over Spring Break, I did nothing much until the last three days where my family and I went to Hualien and Taidong. I had fun but as we came back on Sunday, we arrived home at 10 and so, it's a bit late to continue typing my blog. I will type what I did during the break tomorrow. 

           Tomorrow is almost Spring Break and most people need to stay until lunch and they can leave but people that are in the musical, stage art, adn orchestra need to stay to 3:10. But before school end, we have two midterms from the only two classes we have. The first midterm is Math and the second is English. I am not worried that much for math but I am a bit worried about my English midterm. However, after school today, I practiced piano and violin then, I played Draw my Thing from omgpop.com. The game is pretty fun and I played against my brother as well as other people.

March 28, 2012

          My grandma is kind of sick and is in the hospital so my mother went down to Tainan to take care of her, leaving me, my brother, and my father at home. Since, no one can pick me up now after school, I left like 15 minutes earlier before school end so that a driver from my mom's office can come and pick me up. Then, I spend time at home playing the piano and violin. I also read a little since 30-50 minutes of sitting in the car is no longer needed. I also took a little nap and I slept a bit too late...Today, Mr.Carlos handed us back our Spanish Midterm and I got much lower than what I expected to get. But then, I checked Veracross and found out that Mr.Carlos used the curve to grade so my grade increased by quite a lot. But still, I know that I am not very good at Spanish.

March 27, 2012

          I updated my blog and it looks completely weird. Everything looks different not that I like it or dislike it. I wish I can undo and make it back to normal because I am a routine kind of person that when things are different, they won't get used to it. Well, nevermind that...Today, we had History test and I find it okay even though I don't really like History. I don't really like History because I find the subject boring and it doesn't catch my attention at all. I find other subjects more interesting. No offense meant...

March 26, 2012

          We have so much midterms these days. When I type much and I think to myself, what a wonderful world...just kidding, and I think to myself, when do we use much and many. I can never remember the difference. On, as I mentioned in the beginning about the and I think to myself, what a wonder world.. That is a song from Louis Armstrong, I think. Today during lunch, Eve said "and I think to myself" and I cut her by saying "what a wonderful world". It is quite funny and interesting. Today, we had a science lab and it's awesome even though it stinks. It is very colorful and I recommend you to try this lab out.

March 25, 2012

          During the weekend, I went to a piano competition unlike the ones I've ever been to. This competition is a competition that isn't separated between middle school and elementary. Not only that, this competition is not separated from the music school people and the not music school people. By that, I mean students who study music in school as their major subject. I don't know how to explain it clearly. But that is not the point. The point is that hose people really are good. I might be good at music in school and in my class but I sucked totally. The people in the competition are so good and I feel sad. But now that it is all over, I should study and focus more on my homework and tests. Midterm week is coming up and I should study especially when my Spanish Grade is about to change into another letter. 

          There's something weird looking about my journal today but I don't know what. It's just very weird, unlike the usual. Well, nevermind that. Today, I had a not so good day. I feel so tired and bored and annoyed. I know why I feel tired and I am the only one to blame. Yesterday, my father came back to Taiwan from France from a business trip and he brought quite a lot of stuff. He brought some bags for my mother, some clothing for whoever, a rubik's cube with Mona Lisa on it for whoever, a little book of post cards, and quite a lot of amount of chocolate. I claimed the rubik's cube since I have a very small 3x3 but this one is bigger. I am hoping that I can improve my skills on it but I find it harder to figure out since it's so fancy. I also want to claim the little book of post cards since I collect post cards but I decided to leave it for my oldest brother who isn't home. He also collects post cards. I have quite a big collection of post cards. I have at least 100 post cards and I like them all and would be sad to give any away. Fine, to tell the truth, I will be happy to give some post cards away that I find awfully ugly. But, since I wrote a tally mark system with marker, I can't erase it so I will still keep all of my 100 post cards.

March 21, 2012

          Today is a happy day for me and I do not know why. But because I'm happy, I am going to type a lot of what I found out and what happened today. First things first. This is my number 101 post in my journal. I'm happy. Today, on the way to school, I realized taht I have to feed my brother's turtle for 4 weeks in a row. We rotate each week but since this week, I made a deal with him, I need to feed it. Next week is my turn and next next week, he's going to Grad-Trip so I have to feed it again. Then, after that, it's still my turn. I hate feeding the turtle even though it's a very simple job. Today, Vivian didn't come to school so we didn't take the class photo which is a good thing because I don't really want to take a photo. Then, we had public speaking class and it is so interesting. We need to do alibi and we have to suspect each other and I find it so interesting. I wish we can do that again. Then, we have science as usual. After lunch, we had art and I made a praying-mantis and I like it very much. It's pretty cool and it's one of the artworks that I make that I like (hinting that I don't like most of my artworks from art). Then, we have Spanish. I like Spanish class quite a lot. One reason why I like Spanish is because we get to sing. I like singing. It's fun! Today, he handed back the test we took last week and I am so happy of my score even though it still will bring my grade down. I improved by quite a lot and I beat Dylan for the second time in Spanish! Then, after school, I headed home as usual and played piano and violin as usual. Then, for break, I went upstairs to find a friend/teacher(grownup) where we chatted and I learned how my dog died. I don't like dogs and today, I learned that we didn't kill that dog. The dog died because the previous owner feed him a kind of dog food that was not good for the dog. Not only that dog died, a lot more dog throughout the world died because of the food that company produces. Then, on my way home, I learned that one of the kittens we gave to a friend, is going to die because of some kind of bug in it's blood. I feel sad since I once owned the kitten which is now a cat and I like cats. Also, my dad came back from France today. :) It's such a happy day.

March 20, 2012

          I hate hiccups. They are so very annoying and it never seem to stop for me especially when I want it to. When I try to talk, try to laugh, and even yawn while I have hiccups, the hiccups come out as a very loud burp. I hate hiccups. I also hate it when people order me around to do this and do that. Normally, my mom will tell us kids to do something and the first thing my brother does is "Sister" and of course, he says it in chinese. What he means is he wants me to do whatever my mom told "us" to do. Today, it happened today. My mother said that salt is running out and the first thing my brother does is "Sister". Then, he started saying that he has an essay to do and that he didn't finish it yesterday at 12:30 and then, i said...."Ehh...what were you doing before? Playing computer games, chatting...." *Sigh...Then, we rocked paper siccored and I lost so I went. Tough luck.

March 19, 2012

          Joseph's life became so boring since he got banned from computer games and he started reading a lot. He finished quite a lot of books which is quite scary. He finished How to Kill a MockingBird in about a week I think and if I am the person reading it, I probably won't even finish it in a month. Talking about books, I nearly finished Lord of the Rings I. It is so boring but yet, I want to finish it. Science is getting so hard. I don't understand this coming chapter. Spanish is also very hard. A lot of subjects are very hard. But some is really easy compared to others. While some classes are totally boring while others are very interesting. However, some classes are not boring but the subject is which sucks...I have a huge variety of classes ranging from hard to easy, boring to interesting. 

March 18, 2012

          My brother is very unlucky these days. Last Friday, he went and competed against other people in the music competition and won fifth place. Two years ago, he won second place. It is still pretty good. I didn't go this year but according to my mother, everyone's level is much better than two years ago. This Saturday, my brother, me, and my mother went to a funeral of my cousin in Juang-Hua. Me and my brother and other cousins stood up with nothing to lean on for at least one hour. I feel so restless. I want to bend my knees, run around, or at least walk around and talk! But, I can't. I have to stand there, hands together, knees straight for one hour. I cried at the funeral as well as many other people but I didn't cry as badly as other people. I don't know whether that's a good sign or a bad sign. My house is so lonely these days. Long ago, there are 5 people living in it. Nowadays, there are 4 people living in it since my oldest brother is in college. Now, there's 3 people living in it because my dad went to France on a business trip. But soon, it will go back to 4. Then, after Summer, it will go back to 3. I will be so lonely. I don't feel like doing any homework. I wish I was smarter. Today, I started working on my Science homework and I didn't understand a couple questions and I keep bugging and asking my brother and all he answers is nothing.... So, I decided to make a deal with him. I will feed his turtle for this week since it's his turn to feed his turtle and I will also feed it next week since next week is my turn. Then, he told me to search a key word from the problem and after searching it up, I realize what the answer was. Now, I am going to have to feed his turtle for nothing much. He is such a cold blooded animal!!!...!!!

March 15, 2012

          Today is the Poetry Contest. I didn't even except that I will get into the finals but I did. In our class, Eve won. My brother also won and the way my brother read the tittle "Sonnet" is so funny. Today, the results for MIT also came out and my brother didn't get in. Also, my father is going to France today. Also, today is such a shinny day in the morning but at night, it is so very foggy. Also, my brother is not coming to school tomorrow because of the viola competition. Also, me, Howard, Dylan and Sean made a choir during Ms.Ruperez's class. We sang her name from low pitch to high pitch. Howard was first then came Dylan. However, Dylan's pitch is lower than Howard's which makes it very funny. Then, Sean sang and I sang last as the highest pitch. It is so fun.

March 14, 2012

          So much things are coming up at once now. Tomorrow is the Poetry Contest and my father is going to France on a business trip. On Friday, my brother is going to have the Music Competition for viola. On Saturday, me and my mother and my brother is going to JuangWua to visit relatives. It is going to be a busy and annoying following days. For a long time, I right eye hurts when I move my eye balls. I don't know why but I hope it get well soon. Also, we took a Spanish test today and it's so hard. I consider Spanish as a very hard subject and a very hard subject to get an A. So far, my grade is standing on an A- which is good and then, when the test is finished grading, my grade probably will go down even if I get a 80. 80 is improvement for me but it's not good enough to keep my grade the same.

March 13, 2012

          Yesterday night to today morning, I had a very weird dream. I dreamed of all the students in our school as well as teachers in my grandparent's house in Tainan. Isn't that weird? Well, somehow, there is a super gigantic lake that popped out of nowhere in my grandparent's yard! Then, Ms.Sherry announced each grade to be paired up into groups of three and since people often complain we have to less sport related activity, each group is going to try to build their own raft to head from one side of the lake to the other side. However, the lake is huge! But, I am glad this dream took place in my grandparent's house since I know where everything is. I got paired up with Joseph and Howard and I do not know why so don't ask me why. Then, later on in my dream, I remembered going around the yard, gathering wood pieces and tying them up all together. During that time, I have completely no idea what Howard and Joseph is doing. Then, while exploring the yard for materials, I saw some big pieces of styraphone and an idea popped out in my mind. I took all the styraphone there is and I put it under the wooden boards, causing the boat to float. It turned out that our boat was steady and firm and awesome! Thinking back to my dream now, I wonder...how people can be so smart in their dream and combine things that are totally weird all together. Also, why did I have Joseph and Howard and Ms.Sherry in my dream and not any one else!!! I have other questions as well. One day in the future when I can imagine anything I want, I am going to invent a dream catcher. It will catches what I think while I am asleep and catch what ideas I have. For example, a lot of times, while laying in bed, I thought about my homework and suddenly, I remembered that I forgot to put my Spanish Cards in my bag so I ended up having to walk all the way down to first floor with my shorts, put int in my back, and run all the way up. With that new invention, I wouldn't have to get up and I won't forget anythings while sleeping and I will know what dreams I dreamed of.

March 12, 2012

          Today is such a boring and cold day. I have nothing interesting to type about. I slept at 11 last night because I watched a movie and I'm feeling a bit tired right now, but I voluntarily stayed up till 11 so, I can't blame it on anyone but myself. Yesterday, I planned to read for the night but then, I ended up watching a movie. I planned to finish The Fellowship of the Ring but my planned failed. I still have about 100 pages to go. To be exact, I have 87more pages to go. I find this book quite boring. There are some interesting parts in this book but most of it so far is quite boring. When both me and my brother are younger, he liked to watch Lord of the Rings movie on TV. I didn't like it much since I was younger and it's full of weird looking people and monsters. However, I want to rewatch the series to see whether anything changed about my opinion about that series. Even though I find the first book boring, I am still going to continue reading the second and finish the third because if I stop reading the series and later on in the future, I want to read it again, I will start from the second book and I won't understand a bit.

March 11, 2012

          Even though today is a day unlike other weekends, it is a boring difference. Early today morning, my father drove me and my brother to violin class and then, my parents and my oldest brother drove down to Changhua. Then, at Changhua, my oldest brother headed back to ChaiYi. After violin class, me and my brother have to ride the bus back and walk back home. Then, my parents came back from Changhua at about noon. Also, I feel very unbusy today since all my homework are done...This week will be very busy. Next week, my whole family except my oldest brother is heading down to Changhua. Also, the results of the colleges my brother applied are coming out and next Friday, my brother is going to have the viola world competition.

March 8, 2012

          Today is a day of many events. A lot happened today, some for the better and for the fun while others for the worse. In my life, I know of three people that have cancer. One is a grown up who took care of me when I was a baby while my parents are at work. I miss her very much. The second is my relative who is very young and I will miss her during family visits. The third one is a friend who is the same age as I am who I see quite often. That is a hint of what part of my day was. Today, 5 in the morning, I woke up to the sound of the telephone ringing and my first thought was really bad. I then, tried to go back to sleep but I can't so I went and used the restroom. Then, I went back to bed but then, I still can't fall asleep because my stomach hurts and so, I went to the bathroom and stayed their for some while. I had a stomach ache. Then, I went to bed. Finally, I woke up at 7 and the normal school day started. All was like the usual until club times. During club, I joined Orchestra (the musical), several people are missing. My brother is missing because he is going to Taipei to rehearsal with the pianist for the up coming competition. Ben and Jeremy is also missing from the first violin while Victor is missing from the viola and Christiana is missing as well. That means that there are only two first violin and that's not very well especially when the two first violins are Howard and Alice. Ms.Ivy then told me to go and substitute in first violin. I did...Then, a lot of funny things happened. After orchestra, I went past to Mr.McCool's room and saw who entered the competition and in our class, Eve, Dylan, and I entered. Then, I scrolled my eyes down and saw my brother also entered the competition. How interesting...

March 7, 2012

          These days, I am teaching Joseph Huang how to play Bridge, a card game. I am teaching him how to play Bridge because he claims that his weekends are so boring without a computer since he is banned from computer games. So, I decided to teach him how to play Bridge. Bridge is an uncommon poker card game that young people play nowadays. I learned Bridge from my brothers who probably learned it from some of our relatives. I like playing poker cards. In fact, I am a huge fan of them. :) . Bridge is a very complicated poker card game and it involves a lot of thinking and memorizing of the cards. Unlike, Big Two, Bridge is more of a strategy game while Big Two depends quite a lot about luck and what cards you get. I wish the world can be full of more Bridge players but not necessary gamblers.

March 6, 2012

          Today, I am very sad because we had a PE final and I lost again. I nearly always win every single PE final. I won probably like one or two and got one tied and the rest are all losts. I wonder why.... I want to win but it just don't happen....I try my best, my teammates try their best...I wonder what the problem is...After the game, Mr.Li walked over to me and asked how I feel..I told him that I feel bad..Then, he gave me a long talk about leadership. It's pretty interesting and I agreed mostly with him. Either than that, today was a very awesome day for me. I received two tests back today and I liked both my scores. But soon, I forgot completely about my test scores and stayed grumpy and sad for the rest of the day...The world is full of a lot of different kinds of people. I am a kind of person who set a goal and don't have the determination to fulfill the goal. My brother is a completely different person. If he set a goal, he will try to achieve it and most times, he does. Next Friday, he is going to the world (Taiwan) viola competition. Two years ago, he won first place...I wish I can set goals and achieve it. I can set goals alright but I can't achieve that's why I wish I can achieve that. I do wish a lot of things and I should stop wishing and wanting.

March 5, 2012

          This week, there are a huge amount of homework. Well, at least in my opinion. Thinking about that, there is a huge amount of homework that I have to do during the week because during yesterday, and the day before yesterday, I barely worked on any homework. So, now, I have a huge pile of homework waiting for me. Also, for English homework, we need to come up with a haiku that we need to submit for the poetry contest and I can't be able to choose which poem I want to use. When I think of one poem, another idea keeps popping out. So far, I have 5 poems that I wrote to choose from and I like them all but before the end of today, I will need to think of one to turn in as homework and the one to submit for the contest.

March 4, 2012

          On one of Willi's Journal Post, he mentioned an anime Major and I always watch it on the weekends when it is on TV. It starts playing on Saturday and Sunday at noon and at night. The night version is an earlier version of the noon version. Like Willis, I really like the anime. This weekend, I did barely any homework that I should be doing this week. Also, a week ago, I bought the book, The Temporal Void for my brother and he finished it ! That book is thicker than The Fellowship of The Ring and he finished it in a week. I started The Fellowship of The Ring at least months ago and I am not even through it yet. I find that book really boring and slow moving but there are some parts that I enjoy more than others. Even though I enjoy some parts, I don't really enjoy most of the book so far. I've read more than half but not quite more than half just yet. I hope I can finish it soon and get on to some other more interesting books.

March 1, 2012

          Today during clubs (orchestra), I learned that we are going to perform in the Science Park place where we performed the Christmas performance. I am happy as well as sad when I heard the news. I am sad because we won't be going to the Chauda University's auditorium like last year. I had a lot of fun with Joseph exploring the whole place and there are still some unexplored places. However, in the Science Park auditorium, we won't be able to explore much because above, there's a restaurant which is other people's land and we shouldn't be poking our heads into such places. I am also happy that we are going to the Science Park auditorium because in my opinion, the space over there is bigger. By that, I mean we can wonder around all on the first floor but not in the auditorium and not outside on the streets so we won't get yelled at. If we can't run around, we can always find other things to play such as poker cards! I am a big fan of playing poker cards. I like playing poker cards from a young age since when I am young, my brothers are always at least 5 years older than me so whatever they do, I do the same or I tried. So, I learned how to play cards at a young age. Out of all the poker card games I play, I like Bridge the best even though it's very complicated and it's seldom played by young people nowadays. 

February 29, 2012

          Today is a four year a turn February 29 and I'm not celebrating it. I didn't plan to celebrate it and today turned out to be a not so good day after all. Something happened to my gmail account and I seriously dumb and I am being serious. I don't read the instructions at all or the text above that I should really really really read. I am experimenting some things would my Gmail and I changed my password. After the experiment, I tried changing it back but it doesn't allow me!!!!!!!! Then, I spotted the text above. It said "Note: you can't reuse your old password once you change it!" I didn't read that at all and now, I ended up having to choose a new password again. It sucked! That rule sucked! I suck....! I should always read instructions before I do things. I made a very bad mistake and from now on, I should always read instructions. I really wish I come up with a new password that is good and awesome like the first one that I won't end up forgetting. I often forget my passwords. 

P.S. I wonder how many times I have to tell what the homework is for each day of the week for a schoolweek. I bet it's more than 10 times! It would be interesting if I start counting. :)

February 28, 2012

          For some days during the whole month, I often think about the idea of whether this day that I'm going through now have passed before. What I mean is....for some time, I feel as if I've been through this day before because of what we are talking about, or what I am seeing, or what I am doing. It is hard to express what I mean. I just feel as if I've been through this day because of what I'm doing now, what I'm hearing now, and just my feelings. For example, today, during English class, everything seemed so familiar. During class, I'm sitting down in my chair. Then, I saw my brother walk past. He knows I have English class now and I know he have free time, meaning he's being a Teacher's Assistance, and when he walks past and I saw him, I smile and he smiles. It's pretty interesting. This event happened several times before. Also, today, we talked about the SAT stuff with Mr.Dahl which we talked about before and the day seemed to be another day from the past even though I'm positive that this day did not past before. Also, the idea of playing violin and piano everyday things to affect how I feel about this day as well. While playing piano or violin, the thoughts often come back. It is very interesting.

February 27, 2012

          We had a three day long break and it was pretty awesome. My family went back to Tainan again as usual. I enjoy going back to Tainan and this time, I broke my record. Last time, I ran for 3 minutes 12 laps. This time, I ran for 6 minutes and 40 seconds and 20 laps. I broke my record but I didn't improve...My mom and my oldest and I also went to Cavesbook in Tainan and that bookstore is huge compared to the one in Hsinchu. It have like 4 floors full of books, some English and some Chinese. My brother told me to search a book called The Temporal Void and I found it and bought it. I went around searching for books and normally, I would buy a whole lot of them but I didn't buy even one single book. I suppose that the books I'm waiting for right now is still not published. Also, on the three hour drive there and back, I tried memorizing as much elements from the periodic table as possible because I'm trying to beat both my brother's records and also, Ms.Liu is giving as bonus for the amount we memorized. I can memorize a couple and it's pretty interesting. I enjoy the ride there but I totally hated the drive back. Just 40 minutes before we reach Hsinchu, I decided to take a nice little nap but my brother wouldn't leave me in peace! He kept on bothering me! He pulled my hair, poked me, tickled me, whisper in my ear, shaking his leg which caused the seat to move, and doing all kind of weird stuff. I really want to blast his head off even now as I'm typing this journal! Well, I'm glad I'm home.

February 23, 2o12

          These days, I'm jump roping with a jump rope and it's fun. I'm trying to jump as much doubles in a row as possible. What I call a double is to jump up in the air and turn the rope around twice. So with one jump, you will have two turns done. Yesterday, I tried, I did four doubles at most and my position is very ugly. I'm going to try to change my position and try to jump as many as 10 doubles. I hope I can reach my goal. Today, I felt so tired even though I slept early these days. I hate it when I am sleeping and I slept for 1 or 2 hours in a row and no one woke me up while everyone else was working. I also hate it when I am sleeping and I get waken up right after I fell asleep because I feel even more tired. I also hate it when my brother wakes me up. He starts hitting me, tickling me, and doing all those weird stuff that is super annoying! Well, I get to wake up even though I don't want to wake up so soon. I do hate a lot of things when it comes to sleep. 

February 22, 2012

          Today, I thought about the things and subjects I like in school and I realized that what I like is what I'm good at. For example, I like PE and I'm pretty good at it and I like Science as well and I think I'm okay at it. It's same with my friends. Then, I tried and tried to think of something that I like that I'm not good at it and my brain nearly exploded! It's so hard. Whenever I come up with an idea, I realized that I like it. But after thinking for a long time, I realized that I do like something that I'm not good at. I like music but I'm not really good at it compared to my family and other people who've learned as long as I had. Well, nevermind...Today, we had Public Speaking and I did okay presenting my poem. Soon after, Joseph presented his poem and everyone was laughing so hard. His poem is as simple as pie. It is something like this: Sad is lonely. Sad is unhappy. Sad is blah blah blah and so on. Mr.Joubert allowed him to do this poem because you need a lot of emotions and Joseph did put interesting emotions into it. It's very funny. Then, while lining up in lunch, Kevin Kao looked at Joseph and said "You look tired". Then, Joseph said "I'm always tired". I find that funny. Do you?

February 21, 2012

          For a lot of days these days, I feel like a homework machine who tells my classmates today's homework. Clement asked me whether it's okay if I email him the homework while he's out on vacation and I said sure. I don't mind helping. Howard often also ask me to email him homework from some subjects especially Math and English not that I mind, which I don't. Then, on Skype, Joseph knows the Spanish homework but he don't know how to do the vocab cards so I end up telling him how to do and ended up sharing screen so he can see. Oh and also, Eve. I skype her homework as well which I just copy and paste from the email I'm about to email Clement. It's interesting how skype is used as a verb. I wonder whether that's correct grammar or not. I hope it is... :P.....I wish we have more PE classes a week. I wish for so many things that I know I should stop wishing but yet, I'm still wishing. I find my brain so interesting. For tomorrow, I'm memorizing a poem that I've been memorizing for two days and still can't remember and I opened my science textbook to look at the periodic table and within some time, I memorized 14 elements in order and there initials but not the mass number just yet. I think memorizing these things are easier and by these things, I mean numbers and stuff like that. For example, I can remember Pi, 3.1415926535..... for a lot of digits but not as much as my brother and I can't even remember a simple poem! Yikes...

February 20, 2012

          Today, three people are missing from our class. Eve is sick. Clement is visiting China and I don't know where Peter is. I am glad school is starting again. I think I tend to like school days better than weekends. I don't know why. There is a homework due on Wednesday for Speech and Debate and for the homework, we have to memorize a poem we selected. I selected a poem I like from the internet and I just can't memorize it. I am not very good at memorizing things. For me, I find memorizing something from Science easier than memorizing text and vocab from English because in Science, when I understand why or how the things came to be what it is now, I remember it. But English, it's different. I hope I get to finish memorizing the poem before Wednesday. I shouldn't say I hope because I have to memorize it before Wednesday. =D Also, I found a website that can make letters into very cool looks. For example,  ˙punoᴚɐ ʇxǝʇ dıןɟ uɐɔ noʎ (You can flip text around) and make text look really cool:  

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It's pretty awesome

February 19, 2012

          A couple of days ago, I mentioned that our TV recovered with no reason and it died out with no reason and it stayed dead all this week. I really dislike that! I really hope it is going to get fixed some time this week. Next week, Saturday through Monday, my family might head back to Tainan to visit my family. Also, I went to the bookstore today that barely sold any English books but thanks to that, I found another book that the author of The Invention of Hugo Cabret wrote. It is called Wonder Strucks. I really like The Invention of Hugo Cabret because it is unlike most books I've read and not only that. When I read most novels, I read it once and I won't touch nor open it again to read it a second time. However, in The Invention of Hugo Cabret, I read it like at least 6 or 7 times and each time, I have a different feeling. I really want to get the book Wonder Strucks. Also, recently, the movie of The Invention of Hugo Cabret is made recently. I don't know whether I want to go watch that movie but even if I do, I probably won't go and watch it. I am glad that there are weekends so that I can finish the homework due next week and have a simple and quite and calm week.

February 16, 2012

          These days, I'm so fond of the music from a movie called Amelie. I've watched the movie when I was really young and I remember absolutely nothing from it but these days, my dad play it while I head to school. My dad downloaded but a while ago, my oldest brother brought a CD that is full of the songs from the movie and I took it away from his room and play it in my own room when I go to bed. So, I listen to the music on my way to school and when I'm sleeping and sometimes, I listen to it when I'm using my computer like now. I find the music really different and interesting and exciting. When I'm listening to the music, I feel as if I'm into some mischievous adventure. Also, this music uses unusual instruments and in some music, the beginning have sounds of a typewriter or something clicking. It's really interesting. This music just brings a different feeling to me when I'm listening to it. Maybe it is because when I'm young, I watched it once and my brain stored the music into my brain and when I listen to the music, I feel the sense of being 4 or 5 years old again, that was a guess, I do not know why it makes me feel different. I really want to rewatch the movie sometimes. The movie is called Amelie and this is a link of one of the music that I like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaBcs0NEc6w

Febraury 15, 2012

          Today, something that I find interesting happened in school. Sam and Dylan are having an argument about who is normal and who is weird and when i walked past them, Sam raised his hand and threw an imaginary ball at me and so, my first reaction is to raise my hand and pretend to catch it. And, I did the same to a lot more people. The people who raised their hand and tried to catch the invisible ball are me, Sam, Ms.Monica, Mr.Carlos, and Howard and maybe some other people that I'm not too sure about. The other people who just ignored the ball and continued working on their stuff are Dylan, Joseph, Willis, Eve, and maybe Kathy. There is one exception. When I saw Ms.Liu coming down the hallway, I said "Catch, Ms.Liu" and I made an action of throwing a ball toward her. Then guess what did she do? She turned her head around as if I really threw a ball. It's pretty funny. Then, during Spanish, I did the same to Mr.Carlos and then, he pretended to catch the ball. So, I turned to Dylan and said that we, the people who catches imaginary balls are normal and they are not. And then, Mr.Carlos started laughing and said that me and him are the not normal people :D. I wonder whether there will be more people just ignoring it or more people that will catch the imaginary ball of I pretended to throw.

February 14, 2012

          Today is Valentines Day and our whole class have to stay after school because all of us got at least 1 question wrong on the reading check. I don't like staying after school because it creates trouble for whoever is picking me up. On everyday of the school week except for Tuesday, my mom's kindergarten's school bus comes and picks me up and I normally have to be on time, between 3:10~3:15 because she needs to pick up other students later on, so if I'm about 10 to 20 minutes late, she might not be able to pick me up and things get all complicated. Well, I am very, no, super happy that I only got one wrong because I only get to stay 10 minutes. Well, after 10 minutes, I head down where I spotted my mother chatting to Howard's mother. That took quite a while. By the time, we are speeding down the Kuang-Fu Road, it's 4 o'clock already. I can be able to have 3 questions wrong and still be waiting for my mother. Well, from now on, I should just read more carefully and beware!! Also, our television just popped back to life. Another thing that happened today is that my oldest brother went back to college today since school is starting next Monday for him and unlucky, he didn't pass the motorcycle test stuff so that he can ride the motorcycle.

February 13, 2012

          My TV broke down a few days ago and it sucked totally! In my opinion, I think I rely more on the TV than on my computer, which for most people, is the opposite. My family's TV some how lost it's connection and it couldn't function anymore! Every single channel is black and white and sometimes, red, green, and blue, the three major color stuff. It's so boring during the weekend without a TV. Normally, when I eat dinner and lunch, I eat it while watching the TV. But now, there's no TV which means that I have to eat with the dinning table with my family and hear them blahing about stuff. Then, at night, we normally sit out in the living room as a family and watch movies on HBO, Star Movies, and movies from other channels but most times, we've watched the movie that is playing at 9, so we often go to the second floor and watch from the projector. But these days, I get a headache from watching from the projector so I don't go upstairs and watch these days and without a television is kind of driving my times at home boring! I hope that it get fixed soon. The other thing that sucked is when I am watching a series of cartoon or anime and then, I can't continue watching it! Let's just hope it get fixed soon.

February 12, 2012

          I like having an older brother and I don't think I will mind having two or more older brothers. It's interesting to have a brother who does weird thing such as memorizing random numbers to the hundreds place and now, he's in 12th grade and he can make games through the java stuff and I get to play his game. He made a maze with three levels: easy, medium, and hard. The easy level is where you just try to go to the end without having a ghost catch you. The medium level is harder because it have two ghosts. However, the hardest level is much harder because you need to collect two keys in order to reach the end. There are also other games he made. There is one where there are square blocks and you have to memorize it. The first level have is a two times two square which you need to memorize which two squares have a picture on them. The second level have more squares and more objects you have to memorize. It's pretty fun. Then, there's also a typing game just to see how fast you can type abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz. It's also fun. Then, there's tic tac toe, and a game called snake where you move around trying to eat tiny circles and the snake gets longer. Recently, he tried to make Tetris but I don't know whether that's successful or not so far.

February 9, 2012

          Today is Science Fair and it's quite interesting. I saw a lot of interesting posters as well as interesting topics. Out of the middle school topics, I like Clement's the best because I think it's very interesting. Who would ever think of a topic where you need to talk to plants!? It is interesting. I also saw an interesting High School poster about people's age and their short term memory. I find that poster also interesting. Then, there is my brother's poster. I like his topic pretty much but I don't really understand his poster since I think it's complicated. Right before school ends, the teachers announced the winners of Science Fair. Sean Hu won first place for middle school while I won second place and Howard and Dylan won third place. Also, my brother won first place. It is an interesting day and it still will be even if I didn't win second place because I learned a lot of cool stuff and also, I had a lot of fun playing my sticky tag. It also was an interesting day because while we are sitting in the cafeteria, waiting for the results, Eve and I played some fun games...

February 8, 2012

          Today is February and tomorrow is Science Fair. I'm not worried or nervous. I find Science Fair annoying because it's hard to come up with a topic that is interesting and it's annoying to make a poster...however, that's my opinion. Today, while I am practicing piano, a thought went through my head. The thought was the idea of how my family (not just my parents and my brothers) was all music related. It's quite interesting. My mom is a piano teacher and my brothers and I all play or used to play the piano and the violin. My mom's brother (my uncle) is a violin teacher and he also plays all those weird instruments that's related to the Haka culture. My mom's oldest brother plays the weird instruments as well. My mom's oldest brother's oldest daughter teaches the flute, the recorder, the piano and I've heard that she once played the cello. My mom's oldest brother's second daughter also teaches the piano and the recorder. My mom's brother's oldest son teaches the violin and piano and my mom's brother's second son plays the piano. It's all so...musical related.....

February 7, 2012

          Today is my birthday and it's not the best birthday I've had...To tell the truth, I feel as if it is the worst birthday ever. First of all, my brother is sick and yesterday at 10, he went to the doctor but they're all closed so he went to the hospital. He kept throwing up non-stop and he keeps shaking because he's cold and now matter how much he wear, he is still shaking. He can't eat much especially because of that. He stayed overnight at the hospital. The second thing of all is it rained so hard today. My father drove me to school and he dropped me off so that I need to cross the road since he is going to the hospital to pick up my mom and my brother. So, I had to cross the road in the rain...I got my socks wet and my pants and my bag wet. It sucked! Because it rained, we don't have PE. Which also sucked. I kept myself mysterious until lunch. Haha...No one knew it's my birthday but then, I told Eve and Kathy during lunch and it spread around the class. Then, there's more....However, I don't really care about birthdays now...because my definition for birthday is that you are one year older than the year before. And, I don't find it at all interesting that I'm getting older which means that people will expect me to act all grown up. Also, people are aging every second so why not celebrate every single second of your life...or why not celebrate every half a year..So, I will have a birthday when I'm 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 years old and so on...And by the way, that's my opinion.

February 6, 2012

          Have you ever sat in a car while waiting for the driver to finish parking? I really hate sitting in my mother's car while she parks. To be honest with you, she's not a very good parker compared to my father. However, today, my mother told me to go outside to assist my oldest brother park the car into it's place. My brother is 18 last September so he's a new driver on the road and Oh My God, by watching him park the car, I think I can do a much better job than he did. He just parks so badly! He needs to park at least 3 or 4 times to get the car into the parking space. And by standing by the side and watching the car wheels turn and stuff, I really think i can do a much better job than he did. Let's just wait until I'm 18 and see whether I'll be better than he did. I hope I does because if I suck more than he does and I'm reading this journal in the future, I will feel......

Science Fair really is closing in and tomorrow, we're going to take a fitness test. Normally, I feel horrible about fitness tests but this time, I am really going to try to break my own record. This time, I want to run 15 shuttle runs and for the 3 lap stuff, I'm going to try to make it under 3 minutes. I hope I can make it! And also because tomorrow is my birthday, it makes me want to break my own record because my breaking the record and not staying the same, this birthday will stand out. Haha...

February 5, 2012

          Today is February 5, 2012 and tomorrow is February 6, 2012 and the day after tomorrow is February 7, 2012. February 7 is my birthday...Yikes...I'm getting older...People are getting older every single second but they don't feel it and when a year passed and they are exactly one year older than the year before, they won't realize it expect for the fact of "It's my Birthday". I don't think I explained it very well. In simpler words, people celebrate their birthdays because they are exactly one year older but they get older every single second, minute, and hour..*Sigh...On February, 9, 2012, it is Science Fair. I am pretty sure that I could finish everything by then but I would need to work on it. My Science Fair project is based on gambling and the possibilities, combinations, and expectation values. It's complicated but once my brother explained everything to me, it is as clear as crystal. Even though it is very clear, it's hard to explain. I don't know how to explain it in English well because my brother explained it to me in Chinese which is the way I remembered it. Well, nevermind about Science Fair.

February 2, 2o12

          As a fan of every week's Thursday from the beginning of the year till now because of clubs, I am disappointed once again...I am no longer in sports club and I'm sad. I liked sports club a lot. I joined the High School Musical even though I'm not in High School and I didn't join the Tuesday after school orchestra. Ms. Ivy asked me to join orchestra for club and I accepted it. I want to help out so I agreed. There is one great point about joining orchestra that I've discovered from last year. Last year, the musical was Guys and Dolls and it is performed in Chin-da's auditorium. However, before the performance, the orchestra and the actors went to the auditorium for practice everyday and it was fun. When we are not practicing, me and Jo and Howard and Kevin played tag in the auditorium. But after some time, Howard and Kevin didn't want to play anymore so Jo and I decided to explore the place. It was awesome! We knew basically every staircase, every hallway, and it is fun especially when we try to hide from people's view. We don't want to get yelled at. I hope this year, it is not in Chin-da's auditorium because that place is explored completely. I hope it is in a new different auditorium where we can explore once again. However, if it is in Chin-da's auditorium, we will still be able to find something fun to do.

February 1, 2012

          Today is the first day of February. I look forward to February because my birthday's in February. However, I also don't look forward to it because Science Fair is a couple days after my birthday which sucks. Well, Happy February. I don't dislike Science Fair. But I don't look forward to it especially when I barely started anything yet. Well, I started the experiment and finished typing some stuff but that's all I've got and Science Fair's a week from now! Not only that, I don't know how I'm going to design my poster and also, tomorrow, there's new clubs!...Which kind of sucks because my club is orchestra also known as High School Musical. Yep..no more sport club to look forward to. Well, I'll see how tomorrow will turn out.

January 31, 2012

          Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Is that a sentence? I don't get any at all. All I know for sure is that the second word and the seventh word are the city Buffalo. The first word might also be but all sentences start with a capital. I don't get it but I think it's interesting. Today, in PE, we learned about hand-eye coordination stuff. To be honest, it's not that fun because we're playing dodge ball because it uses a lot of hand-eye coordination skills. "Never turn your back on your enemy," said our PE coach. Haha....Today's a fun day because it's the first day from break and it's also the day where a lot of things happen. Willis came out of ESL so now, he have all the classes with us! Also, there are two new students, Peter Lee, and Leann Yu. So, our class now have 13 people. It's interesting. Life is interesting. Buffalo are interesting!!!! Not really....