My weekend kicked off with a movie at my friend's house. There was about seven people and we had a crazy time. That was the only thing I did that day. I also had a lot of homework to do. Chinese New Year was on Sunday. My family and I went out for tea. My dad said we have to drink tea and eat dim sum on the first day of Chinese New Year. I also get lots of Red Envelopes.
Chinese New Years also comes with lots of cleaning. So I had to clean every spot in the house. Chinese New Years is practically the equivalent of Spring Cleaning. So cleaning every inch of the house was really tiring. Chinese New Year also has lots of other traditions such as giving praise to religion and all the Gods. I don't know why I do it but my parent said it's for luck.
Praying is something I really don't really get. We have to pray at certain days of certain times and use specify things to pray with. In the of praying we also have to burn stuff for the dead. I really don't see why we have to but I was just told to do these things since I was little and so were my parents. My parents also believe in Fong-Sway. Which is Wind-Water. It is basically super sedition. All of that includes things like not washing you hair on Chinese New Years because it will wash away your luck. And sweeping the floor because of sweeping away your luck. There are more than hundreds of things and I have basically follow all those "rules".
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Ready Set Go
Track season just started this Monday. I can't wait until I start running. I couldn't run on Monday because I didn't turn in all my forms. I got all my forms done and all I need to do it turn it all in. There's also a new policy where we have to pay a lot more for track this year. There are also new track uniforms so I am really looking forward to it. One thing that has been really disturbing me is the freshmens. All the freshmens this year seem to act very differently. What I think is that they are really full of them selves. Some of the freshmens don't really know what respect is and they all brag about how they are so good.
For an example, there is this one freshmen in my French class that said that he is faster than me. When in reality I'm actually faster. The thing is he won't stop bragging about how good he when he isn't. It sort of annoys me. Another REALLY annoying thing is when people say that they can do track. This is a very big one. Practically everyone said that they can do track and track is easy. People that are in basketball, football, and more says that its easy. It is as if we are looked down upon. People think that track is a easy sport. It really annoys me because not everyone can run track. Well everyone can because the coach doesn't cut.
Not everyone is talented in running and people just say that track is a weak sport. So anyways. Track season is about to start and I really hope all the freshmens that don't care about track and think that it is a easy sport would leave. Because that generally happens every year. When the season starts and we are two weeks into it all of the people that think that way will quit. Only the people that want to work hard will stay for the real challenge.
For an example, there is this one freshmen in my French class that said that he is faster than me. When in reality I'm actually faster. The thing is he won't stop bragging about how good he when he isn't. It sort of annoys me. Another REALLY annoying thing is when people say that they can do track. This is a very big one. Practically everyone said that they can do track and track is easy. People that are in basketball, football, and more says that its easy. It is as if we are looked down upon. People think that track is a easy sport. It really annoys me because not everyone can run track. Well everyone can because the coach doesn't cut.
Not everyone is talented in running and people just say that track is a weak sport. So anyways. Track season is about to start and I really hope all the freshmens that don't care about track and think that it is a easy sport would leave. Because that generally happens every year. When the season starts and we are two weeks into it all of the people that think that way will quit. Only the people that want to work hard will stay for the real challenge.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
My Day February 4, 2010
Today was really tiring. I really dislike math. Where’s that dislike button? Anyways stuff are just getting harder and harder. I mean the class is great and all but I think it's a bit to hard. I’m going to do my best and just try to pass the class and go into regular Calculus. God knows what grade I will get. Anyways. Our P.E. wasn’t suppose to go bowling today because our teacher wasn’t there but then we went anyways because of the substitute. It was actually really boring and I didn’t feel like bowling today.
I finally got my physical done. All that is left is turning it in. I went to track today. There are only five or so Freshmens there. I can’t wait until track season starts. So juiced cause France and Andrew are joining. But it is going to also suck with out Alvin and Laura. Not to mention all the Seniors from last year. I only saw one Freshmen that was some what fast. I think he is faster than me actually. It's nice to have fast people on the team. Now if only we had a better field. Today I saw this guy doing track conditioning and I swear to God his hair looked exactly like Inoue Joe. Inoue Joe is a famous Japanese singer. I’m not lying. Oh yeah this one Freshmen kinda mad me mad because she stopped doing the drills and stuff just to talk to other people. Sigh.
Anyways after track. Me, France, Ricky, Shuan, Alvin, Andrew, Johnson, and Ian played some basketball. I got really sore afterward. Oh and Raymond joined in a while later. So that’s pretty much it.
I need to start focusing like crazy. My grades are dropping so much…At least that’s what I think. Do you ever get that feeling where you are failing? But in reality you have like a "B" or something. When you think about it, it isn’t that bad. Anyways I know for sure I’m not getting math. I should study more. Like without the computer on or something. Tomorrow I’m going to "TRY" and not go on. Fighting!
Friday, January 29, 2010
Games
Today in class we talked about how games can affect some people emotionally. I think that this is very true and some people take gaming to much like playing it nonstop. Gamers can get so addicted they almost lose control of themselves playing the game. Some people tell them selves not to play but in the end they end up playing anyways. I think originally games were made to take the stress off of people but now people can make money from it. For an example World of Warcraft players can sell their accounts for high prices.
Video game designers are only creating games to gather attention and players. But now I think that they have gone to a whole new level where people are getting emotions from the actual game itself. Thus the video game addicts are born. They are the people that should really take a break from games and unplug. I'm not saying that gamers are bad I just believe that they are people that are unfortunate that that they are addicted to games. I mean no one wants to be addicted to anything. Unless there is really something strange about you.
I use to be a hard core gamer myself until I finally quit. When you are addicted to games it is very hard quitting. I took me at least 6 months for me to let go of a game called Maplestory. Of course I still play games once in a while I still have troubles after I get into it. I think that if you don't really put 100% of your attention to the game it will not take control of you. This is very much like gambling. Once in a while you can play it for fun but once you have an addiction you can hold back and your just keep doing it.
Video game designers are only creating games to gather attention and players. But now I think that they have gone to a whole new level where people are getting emotions from the actual game itself. Thus the video game addicts are born. They are the people that should really take a break from games and unplug. I'm not saying that gamers are bad I just believe that they are people that are unfortunate that that they are addicted to games. I mean no one wants to be addicted to anything. Unless there is really something strange about you.
I use to be a hard core gamer myself until I finally quit. When you are addicted to games it is very hard quitting. I took me at least 6 months for me to let go of a game called Maplestory. Of course I still play games once in a while I still have troubles after I get into it. I think that if you don't really put 100% of your attention to the game it will not take control of you. This is very much like gambling. Once in a while you can play it for fun but once you have an addiction you can hold back and your just keep doing it.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Final-Li
6. In what way(s) have you surprised yourself this semester on your blog? Have you tried topics you didn't think you'd write about? Approached a familiar topic from an unfamiliar angle? Discovered more "depth" to a topic than you first thought was possible? Explain.
I surprised myself by blogging about random things. When I first started, I decided to blog about the environment and healthy foods. I thought that I knew a good amount of stuff related to the environment to keep me blogging for a while. But after the first month or so, I started to run out of ideas. So I decided to change my topic to technology and new inventions. Those two topics went really well until I ran into the same problem. I ran out of things to say and I had to change my topic again. I did not except myself to be stuck twice in row. So in the end I couldn't stay on the subject I planned to. Instead I jumped around and tried a little of everything.
I tried to a lot of other subjects that I wouldn't have thought I would have put into my blog. For an example I told myself that I wouldn't use any of the Quick Writes because a lot of other people were doing the same thing and I wanted to do something different. Then I changed my mind and posted a post talking about Multitasking. I posted that because I felt that it affects my life a lot too.
Then later on into the year I changed my topic again to things that happen to me. These topics includes things such as track, bad things that happen to me, and stereotypes. I did not think that I would go way off subject to things about my life. In the beginning I started off with the environment and then somehow I ended up talking about my own life.
7. What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? How do you tend to get unstuck? Notice any patterns?
I have learned that you have to keep your options open when writing so you don't run into writer's block. In the beginning I tried to only focus into two main subjects. After a month I ran out of ideas so I had to switch. That happen to me twice until I finally gave up and just blogged about things that interest me. When I absolutely have nothing to write about I talk about random things such as my day.
I think the main reason why I get stuck sometimes is because I feel very repetitive when I talk about the same subject over and over again. So in the end I force myself to write about something else. I don't know if its a good thing or not but it has helped me get unstuck. Another way I usually get unstuck is to start typing about anything. I usually type for ten minutes and then I delete most of it and by that time I have thought of something really good to write about.
I noticed that you have to keep your opinions open so that you won't get stuck. Since we have one week to do the blog post, I usually brainstorm and write a little each day. By Friday if I really don't like something I can always change it because I have been thinking about the blog everyday.
8. How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
I like having a blog because I can talk about things that has occurred in my life. I also like rant about technology and how somethings are overpriced. Bogging has now changed how I write because when I first started it felt like it was just homework and now its more like a hobby. In fact I have another special blog that I write on talking about my day. Its more of a diary and I rate the day from one to ten. So blogging now has opened up a wide range of topic I can write about. I don't have to focus and only talk about the thing I have planned to. So it is okay to go off topic as long as you write about something you like.
Blogging has influenced me to write more diverse things. I always thought that there is only one way to write but when more topics are introduced there is actually no wrong way to write. Now blogging has made me want to blog more often. Whether it is about my day or really important things that happen.
10. Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
I got my ideas from hearing from others and reading articles but most of the posts are my opinions. Some of them also include what I did and what has happen to be before. One blog in particular is the Quick Write that we did in class. The Quick Write is on Multitasking. I did not plan to put this on my blog however I did because I agree with it. I think multitasking is true and it can destroy you or help you in many ways.
What inspires me to write is the thought of looking back at all the post and begin to see improvement in my writing. What I usually do is just write and I throw my writing away but by blogging I get to keep my writing and I have the opportunity to look back at it. When I look back at my writing I might not agree with all of it and I might have lots of grammatical errors. At least I can see the growth and improvement in my writing. Another inspiration that makes me want to write more is seeing other people blogging or vlogging about their day. I thought that is kind of cool being able to write about your day and improve your writing skills. I can also express what I feel on the days and remember what had happen.
I surprised myself by blogging about random things. When I first started, I decided to blog about the environment and healthy foods. I thought that I knew a good amount of stuff related to the environment to keep me blogging for a while. But after the first month or so, I started to run out of ideas. So I decided to change my topic to technology and new inventions. Those two topics went really well until I ran into the same problem. I ran out of things to say and I had to change my topic again. I did not except myself to be stuck twice in row. So in the end I couldn't stay on the subject I planned to. Instead I jumped around and tried a little of everything.
I tried to a lot of other subjects that I wouldn't have thought I would have put into my blog. For an example I told myself that I wouldn't use any of the Quick Writes because a lot of other people were doing the same thing and I wanted to do something different. Then I changed my mind and posted a post talking about Multitasking. I posted that because I felt that it affects my life a lot too.
Then later on into the year I changed my topic again to things that happen to me. These topics includes things such as track, bad things that happen to me, and stereotypes. I did not think that I would go way off subject to things about my life. In the beginning I started off with the environment and then somehow I ended up talking about my own life.
7. What have you learned from your struggles with writer's block? Why do you tend to get stuck? How do you tend to get unstuck? Notice any patterns?
I have learned that you have to keep your options open when writing so you don't run into writer's block. In the beginning I tried to only focus into two main subjects. After a month I ran out of ideas so I had to switch. That happen to me twice until I finally gave up and just blogged about things that interest me. When I absolutely have nothing to write about I talk about random things such as my day.
I think the main reason why I get stuck sometimes is because I feel very repetitive when I talk about the same subject over and over again. So in the end I force myself to write about something else. I don't know if its a good thing or not but it has helped me get unstuck. Another way I usually get unstuck is to start typing about anything. I usually type for ten minutes and then I delete most of it and by that time I have thought of something really good to write about.
I noticed that you have to keep your opinions open so that you won't get stuck. Since we have one week to do the blog post, I usually brainstorm and write a little each day. By Friday if I really don't like something I can always change it because I have been thinking about the blog everyday.
8. How do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing?
I like having a blog because I can talk about things that has occurred in my life. I also like rant about technology and how somethings are overpriced. Bogging has now changed how I write because when I first started it felt like it was just homework and now its more like a hobby. In fact I have another special blog that I write on talking about my day. Its more of a diary and I rate the day from one to ten. So blogging now has opened up a wide range of topic I can write about. I don't have to focus and only talk about the thing I have planned to. So it is okay to go off topic as long as you write about something you like.
Blogging has influenced me to write more diverse things. I always thought that there is only one way to write but when more topics are introduced there is actually no wrong way to write. Now blogging has made me want to blog more often. Whether it is about my day or really important things that happen.
10. Where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write?
I got my ideas from hearing from others and reading articles but most of the posts are my opinions. Some of them also include what I did and what has happen to be before. One blog in particular is the Quick Write that we did in class. The Quick Write is on Multitasking. I did not plan to put this on my blog however I did because I agree with it. I think multitasking is true and it can destroy you or help you in many ways.
What inspires me to write is the thought of looking back at all the post and begin to see improvement in my writing. What I usually do is just write and I throw my writing away but by blogging I get to keep my writing and I have the opportunity to look back at it. When I look back at my writing I might not agree with all of it and I might have lots of grammatical errors. At least I can see the growth and improvement in my writing. Another inspiration that makes me want to write more is seeing other people blogging or vlogging about their day. I thought that is kind of cool being able to write about your day and improve your writing skills. I can also express what I feel on the days and remember what had happen.
Writing Groups
I think having Writing Groups will be an improvement to our writing.
Discussing our writing with one another would goo nice.
I think that passing around our work and having more eyes on it is better.
I think we should also connect through blogging so we can actually edit each other work.
I think we don't necessarily have to keep everything positive.
We can have some negative constructive comments.
I think that if people don't want to talk about a certain subject then I think we should avoid it from privacy reasons.
I also think that people should contribute at least one comment about a piece of writing and it can't just be "very good".
They have to say what they liked about the writing and what they disliked.
Discussing our writing with one another would goo nice.
I think that passing around our work and having more eyes on it is better.
I think we should also connect through blogging so we can actually edit each other work.
I think we don't necessarily have to keep everything positive.
We can have some negative constructive comments.
I think that if people don't want to talk about a certain subject then I think we should avoid it from privacy reasons.
I also think that people should contribute at least one comment about a piece of writing and it can't just be "very good".
They have to say what they liked about the writing and what they disliked.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Multitasking
Multitasking is a major fault that I have. In class today we were talking about multitasking versus focusing on one thing only. Personally I think that multitasking is a bad thing but if you think about it we are doing it everyday. I think that there are two different types of multitasking. One that is completely harmless to you and other is the one where you do too much things and you can't focus when you want to. Things like the internet, texting, and TV are all things that make u not able to focus. Sometime music is too. For an example, when I was little and I didn't know how to use the internet I focused on my school work more. But now since I've grown up, its become a habit where I am constantly on the computer checking this and that making me unable to focus. This caused me to do longer periods of homework and in the end I might not even understand it.
I think for people to beat the "bad" multitasking is to focus more and gradually lessen the task that you have to do until you are focusing on one thing you want to do. The "good" multitasking is very different than the bad one because it is something we are always constantly doing such as listening to music and walking. I think that the "good" multitasking is a good skill to master because when you grow older more tasks ahead of you so it would nice if you knew how to juggle all of those things. It also great for working too. Things would be done a lesser rate. In conclusion, I think that people should learn what is good multitasking and bad so they know how to spend their time wisely instead of sitting their doing stuff way longer than expected.
I think for people to beat the "bad" multitasking is to focus more and gradually lessen the task that you have to do until you are focusing on one thing you want to do. The "good" multitasking is very different than the bad one because it is something we are always constantly doing such as listening to music and walking. I think that the "good" multitasking is a good skill to master because when you grow older more tasks ahead of you so it would nice if you knew how to juggle all of those things. It also great for working too. Things would be done a lesser rate. In conclusion, I think that people should learn what is good multitasking and bad so they know how to spend their time wisely instead of sitting their doing stuff way longer than expected.
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