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.