[RE] Drinking Snapple

Ever had Snapple before? Well, you should go try some if you haven’t already.

This is from Raymond Chiu. Snapple is a very, very good drink! As he said if you haven't try it yet, you should get some. Snapple is a tea and juice drink that has a lot of flavor in it. It was pretty good that schools were able to sell these drinks and the students liked them. Replacing sodas with healthier drinks was a smart choice, but Raymond did mention that Snapple started adding sugar. Its still delicious either way! I don't actually know if the school sells Snapple drinks, but if it does, I would buy one because its been a long time since I had one. Good flavors were incorporated in Snapple. There are tea drinks coming in diet or not, juice drinks, lemonade, and bottled water. One thing I found interesting reading Raymond's post was how Snapple drinks included a world fact under the bottle caps. I never realized that because I have no need to look under that cap. Snapple is doing great and if this keeps going, it could be the best selling drink ever!

When I was young, I always ask my parents to buy me Snapple. The most common flavor I buy is the no diet tea drink. It was packed with good flavors. Every time I opened one, I would savor that moment since it is delicious. I stopped purchasing Snapple drinks because I was tired if the flavor of it. So I began drinking soda and became unhealthy. Didn't regretted my choice because soda had lots of sugar and I was attached to its kind of flavor such as Coke, Sprite, or Sunkist. It doesn't taste the same as a Snapple, but it was an okay replacement. After reading and writing about this, I really want a Snapple drink!

[CE] EARTHQUAKE

Rescue teams are striving to reach many people believed to be trapped under rubble after an earthquake in eastern Turkey that killed at least 272 people and injured at least 1,300 people.
They added that 970 buildings collapsed in two cities in Van province as a consequence of Sunday afternoon's 7.2-magnitude quake.

Another earthquake strikes again, but this time in Turkey. It was in the city of Van in the Ercis district. This quake is pretty high. A 7.2 quake! If Alameda had that kind of earthquake, buildings would crumble and kill people just as what happened in Turkey. There were nine hundred and seventy buildings collapsed killing about two hundred and seventy two people and injuring one thousand three hundred people. It was a strong quake for having to that much damage. Rescue workers are currently on the move to find survivors. Eventually they did find over seven hundred survivors. They were able to so because they heard their voices using a listing device and it also helped locate them. This earthquake has caused panic in countries near Turkey and they better be ready if an earthquake comes.


If Alameda really had an earthquake that big, we will be doomed! Buildings will collapse and will kill many lives. It was like the other day during school. An earthquake appeared, but didn't do major damages. Another happened at night, but still nothing was damaged. That earth was about a 4.0 magnitude or less and didn't do anything, but if that quake was the same as Turkey's, we are definitely doomed. The school will fall, students and teachers will have a hard time getting out of the building, and Alameda will be in a tight situation. It was lucky that Alameda's quake wasn't high, but it was sad for Turkey since it did. Hope the survivors will have a safe home to stay in for a while.

[FREE] Haunted House

Every year here in Alameda, there is a haunted house sponsored by the Alameda Youth Committee(A.Y.C). So I'm in A.Y.C. and helped setup the place. Other clubs from Alameda and Encinal High School helped be part of it too. Each group creates a scene that would scare the visitors. The clubs had magnificent ideas. Alameda High School's Key Club and Leo Club participated. Leo club did Babies R' Us, and Key Club did Beauty Salon. When setting up, I saw there decorations and I must say it looks better than my group. A.Y.C have three groups. One is Petco, Disney Store, and last is Gamestop. I joined the Gamestop group since I don't see how to scare people when your in he Disney group. For Petco, well its okay, you could make scary animals. Other scenes include Blockbuster and Food Court. Making it scary its gonna be challenge since it requires a lot of hard work.

I think our group is a fail. We don't agree well with each other. One group member thought of how to scare the people, but another one thinks its a bad idea. So we arranged it a little better to make it terrifying. We only have one days left before the event starts. Our idea is a zombie horde attacking the visitors. But come and see how we did. The events are only on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays over at South Shore next to the Spirit Store. For Friday October 21 and 28, its starts at 6:30 p.m. till 9:30 p.m. For October 22, 23, 29 and 30, its 2:30 p.m. till 9:30 p.m. Kids under 17 pay $4 and adults over 17 pay $7. It's really fun to go, I only went to this kind of haunted once, and it was spectacular, hope this one is too!

[RE] Cartoon Comics

This is like my second comic website that I had read in my life. The one thing that I love about this website is that it takes the first, original cartoon shows ,such as, Samurai Jack or Powerpuff Girls, and do a crossover when they are like a couple years older. The thing that intrigues me the most is how the artist combine the traditional american cartoon style and anime style.

Alex Lau and I like to read this type of comic. Its very similar to manga. Getting cartoon shows and turning them into comics is a unique idea. Its unique because the author is taking many shows and transforming their styles different from the television series. The author also does a crossover which makes it fun. In the actual television series, they wouldn't do much crossovers, but with this comic, cartoon characters are meeting other characters and would learn about them. Like Alex said, the artist combine the American cartoon style with Anime style. Doing this transformation gives the viewers a different look and are comparing to the actual shows. I would recommend this to everyone since they can see the difference and learn the amazing storyline.

I started taking an interest in this when my sister was reading this. I was in the fourth grade and looking at what she was doing. She was reading cartoon comics! I was amazed by it and I had to find the website for this. She told me and I started reading it everyday. Starting from chapter one to the current one took forever. Eventually I caught up and waited for the new ones. By the time I was in seventh grade, I had stopped reading this because I forgot what the website was called. Last year I remembered it and returned to reading it. There were new comics out and new pages of the old comics. I quickly caught up to it and now I'm still reading it. I only read three of these comics: Powerpuff Girls, Sugar Bits, and the Grim Tales. These are may favorites since it talks about the cartoon shows I watched before and the artwork is very good. The link to the comic is this sentence!

[CE] Animals Gone Wild

Dozens of exotic animals, including tigers, lions and bears were let loose on Ohio farmland by their owner before he committed suicide, sparking a shoot-to-kill hunt in which 48 of the wild beasts, including 18 endangered Bengal tigers, have been killed.

So many exotic animals were killed in Ohio! From reading it, I don't understand why the man suicide. Was he tired of his life? Before his suicide, he released the animals from the farm. Over forty animals were released and entered the city. Schools were closed and homes were locked because of the animals behavior. Animals included were tigers, bears, lions, primates, and many others! Police have killed forty-eight of the fifty-six animals and the animals are buried on the farm. Animals running around has put fear in the citizens. Luckily the police handled it in time and no humans were hurt except Terry Thompson, owner of a farm that the animals came from. Having to be in this situation will be bad because I will be terrified if the remaining eight animals demolished my apartment door and kill my family, hope everyone can survive.

Having said that, why were the animals released and how come Terry Thompson suicide? He released the animals, and then killed himself. That's so messed up! I'm not sure why he would do that, but did he have to released the animals? No! He could have kept them at the farm were its safe from anyone else. Letting them out was a terrible idea since so many animals were killed. Police officers killed a lot of them, can't they just fire one of those darts that make them go to sleep? It would better because they won't be dead. Wonder what will happen Zanesville and the remaining animals, hope they are all right!

[FREE] The show Wife Swap

Ever watch that show Wife Swap? If you have is it great, because I think its great. I have never watch Wife Swap on television before. I started watching on youtube. My first episode was the King Curtis episode. The reason I think Wife Swap is good is that it teaches other families a lesson. They take two wives from opposite families and swap them. By opposite I mean their lifestyles. They would swap a messy wife with a clean wife, or something like that. During week one they follow the manual and experience how they live. After the first week, the swapped wives make their own rules so they know how the other family feels. I have only seen a couple of episodes and having the wives make rules, has changed the families lifestyle. That's why I like this show. It teaches others a new lesson that they normally won't do. Its so inspirational.

What lead me to watching Wife Swap was a scene from the King Curtis episode. It was about Curtis running away(but came back later) because the wife "Joy" tossed  away bacon and other fatty foods into the garbage. After watching the whole episode of this, the families did change their lifestyle. Joy's family was originally a healthy and unsocial family, but that all change thanks to Curtis' mother whose name I don't know. She taught the father to have more fun with the kids and eat other foods beside vegetables. Curtis' family did start eating vegetables, but Curtis still rejects eating them because he considers them disgusting. Curtis there is nothing wrong with vegetables, they are pack with many minerals and vitamins. So consider watching Wife Swap, it could change some of your bad habits into good ones.

[RE] Halloween is for Everyone

I'm probably too old to still trick-or-treat and stuff but it's so fun. I know, I'm hella immature.

Gigi Zeng, you are never too old to go trick-or-treating and there is nothing immature about it. Getting candy and dressing up in a costume is what kids like to do. Kids enjoy receiving delicious candy from strangers and dressing up. No one is too old for it, I mean I still want to go trick-or-treating. I just go for the fun of it and to receive candy. I need candy to give me energy. I really want to go trick-or-treating again. Not only do I get candy and dress up, but I can go past my bedtime. Though I will be tired the next day. The last time I went was probably four years ago. During that year, there were kids at my age that went trick-or-treating. I scored a lot of candy though, but my mom throwed some away, I was furious with her. All that remained for me was chocolate. But its still delicious and I'm happy that I got candy that my parents won't buy.

Usually my family doesn't celebrate Halloween. We don't buy pumpkins, decorate our apartment, or even buy candy since no one ever comes to our place for trick-or-treating. The only time I celebrate Halloween would be at school. Doing fun activities taht would include drawing pumpkin designs or writing a fictional story relating to Halloween. It was pretty fun when I did it in elementary school. I also like to point out that I have never seen someone trick before on Halloween. When kids say trick-or-treat, they receive candy. Never have I seen adults not giving away candy and having the kids pull a prank on them. But I would like to see or hear a prank being done on Halloween.

[CE] Man wielding a Bomb

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a bomb in his underwear aboard a US airliner on Christmas Day in 2009, has pleaded guilty to all charges against him and warned the US of "a great calamity".

Wow! When I saw this, the man is like crazy. Having a bomb placed on your underwear is bad. When you sit down, it could activate. Once its activated, he dies along with the passengers and the plane crashes. A bad guy having a bomb is worse than having a gun. A bomb kills people in certain range, while a gun kills one person. When he tried to ignite the bomb in his underwear, it killed him. "It malfunctioned and burned him," a witness said. Even though he is a criminal, he shouldn't have died. If the cops have discovered this earlier, he wouldn't have died and he would be in jail. The passengers were lucky they weren't in harm, but they witnessed something that man nor women should do, and that is having a bomb.

What I don't get is that why he even has a bomb, and worse its sewn in his underwear. Having a bomb near your butt is dangerous. When you trigger it, your gonna die, so why have it in your underwear. Its really stupid. But why does Abdulmutllab even have a bomb. Is he selling it to criminals for money or drugs, or maybe he is using it to scare people so he can get what he wants. Either decision is horrible. From reading the article it said he has one to avenge the deaths of innocent Muslims. So basically he is doing this for revenge. If you want to get revenge, don't use a weapon, talk to the government or something. 

[BC] Living to the Fullest

When Steve Jobs died, people want him to remember his achievements. His advice of living life to the fullest and making choices of living, is pretty inspiring. Well, I agree with his advice. Its pretty good since its giving yourself a reason to live. By living to the fullest, you can possibly achieve something. Steve Jobs always try to make things possible. He made the ipod and evolved it into better style. Pretty amazing! He was able to do this because he's living life to the fullest and not giving up on his dreams. He made the choice of being an inventor and you can be too if its your dream. Someday you will be able to accomplish that dream of yours, and all you have to do is not give up on yourself. If your giving up, then your desired dream would be for nothing. So try to do something people will remember of you when you die, otherwise they will think your a nobody.

If I were to start using his advice, then my life would change. Each day I would set a goal and complete it. If its incomplete, then I would be sad. When Steve Jobs founded the Apple Company, he set up a goal for himself. That goal could be to make everyone happy of his inventions. He wasn't afraid of making mistakes and he wasn't scared that people won't buy his products. He is certain that his inventions will be great. I could someday be like Steve Jobs. I would start something and finish it until I have satisfied everyone. I won't back down or give up because I am not a failure.

Steve Jobs' advice has made me live better. An advice that I heard that was similar would be, "what do you want to do today?" This is most likely a question, but can be an advice also. How? Well when people come up and ask you this, they want to know what your doing today. This is similar to Steve Jobs quote, "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" Its similar because he is asking himself what he wants to do and that question/advice that I pointed out is like that. You want to do something that makes you happy and not sad. Make choices that you can do and don't push yourself into doing something that you can't.

In conclusion, Steve Jobs has made an impact to the world. For founding the Apple Company, people will  surely remember him of his amazing ideas of the itouch or ipod. His advice on getting people to live until you die, has change some peoples way of living. For example, I always thought I can't do something and would give up, but after reading his advice, it kind of inspired me. And now I'm living the dream of being alive. So follow Steve Jobs' advice and it could change yourself into a better person.

[FREE] A Show about School

One show that was really amazing, but stop airing was a show called: Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. You may have heard of it and watched it before. I watched this since I was little. It helped me survive the entire time when I'm in school. Very useful tips were given. The main characters Ned Bigby, Jennifer "Moze" Mozely, and Simon "Cookie" Nelson Cook attend middle school and try to do the impossible. This show is very weird. Their friends are strange, the janitor befriended them, and the staff are all different in their own ways. One friend of them is called Coconut Head, because his head is shaped like a coconut. The janitor likes to have fun and chases a weasel within the school. And the staff, well one teacher stays home and uses a monitor to teach kids, and the vice-principal acts spiteful. Mainly the show talks about how to survive in school and interacting with the world.

I miss this show a lot. The advice Ned gives were very useful. One advice he gave was always be organized or else things could be disastrous, like unable to find your homework. I'm just guessing on this advice since I don't remember any others. Not only this show gives advice, but it also shows you fun. Fun things include what to do for your community service or what to do for a fundraiser. Pretty funny and smart, but they always get caught for doing bad things. Mostly this show influenced me to go to school. Shocking isn't it! It made me so happy and whenever this show would air again, I would always try to watch it.

[CE] Runaway Stranger

A malodorous and hirsute man robbed a woman as she jogged Saturday on Palm Drive near El Camino Real, the Stanford University Department of Public Safety reported.

The robbery took place at noon, when the man bumped into the woman and forcibly took her keys and cellphone, campus police said.

Having to know about this is a tragedy. The action taken place here was over at Stanford University. This robber bumped into her and took her stuff. She no longer has a cellphone and her keys. Its a good thing she notified the police because now everyone would know who this man is. He is a middle-aged tall man wearing a black shirt, red basketball shorts, athletic shoes, and a baseball cap. Also with a stud earring. Now that everyone know how this person looks like, people are beginning to watch out for anyone with this particular dressing.  At least this man didn't take anything serious. Sure your keys and phone are important, but since no money or I.D. was taken, it should be alright. This woman should not freak out and be calm about it because the police are searching for this man.

The victim here should have try to defend herself. Even though your scared, try to stop that robber. Chase after him or attack him. Calling the police after the event is not what I would do. If a robber came and try to take my stuff, I would attack him and yell police so the citizens around me can go get help, if there is no one to help me. If he got away I would chase him until I am unable to go anymore. Everyone should be cautious and should take care of their stuff. You wouldn't want a stranger to break into your home and steal your documents, and you certainly don't want someone to kidnap your children. Plan ahead so you would know what to do. In conclusion, watch out for the man that was describe and call the police if anything dangerous as this happens.

[RE] A College Course

So this year I am taking four courses in high school and one course at the community college. This special part-time enrollment in a college class is a unique experience that I am happy to take with me to university next year.  I have taken several college courses before, but this is the first time I am taking a course during the academic school year.

Christopher Lam really wants to get into a good university! Having taking a college course during high school sounds so hard and impossible to me. But to Chris, its easy. I have never met anyone anyone taking a college course while there in high school. Most people would take a course during summer. The class he is taking is Calculus three. He really enjoys being in that class! What really amazes me is that he doesn't complain or regret making his choice on this. If I were to be like him, I would immediately fail. I already have to handle my classes in high school and taking a college course would seem too much work. Now if I were a senior like he is, I still won't take a college course. Sure you get a free period in school, but won't you get tired? This guy right here is what I call an overachiever.

I once took a college course, and that was during this summer. My friends and I were planing to take a writing class, but apparently something happened. We took the test, met the counselors and figured out there was no more room. They say we have to go there the first day and the teacher will talk about it. Once roll call was taking, there were people missing. It was an opportunity for us, but then something came up. During break my two friends say they quit because they don't have the energy to take the class. I was mad cause I would be alone, but they persuaded me to leave also. Eventually we all left in the middle of class, didn't tell the counselors, we just walked out. I regretted doing that, but I got over it since I found community service to do, which is All-Star Academics. Well I learned my lesson, never take a college class unless you have the energy to do so. 

[ESSAY] All we need is.....

The definitive characteristic of humanity is imagination. And by imagination I mean your mind/brain. In my opinion imagination is what describes humans. Our imagination is what helps us live. Without it, we would be like caveman eating mud. Throughout life, we use our imagination for lots of things. We use it to help get us through school, work, and to help us play. Your imagination is different from others. You think of one thing, and the other person thinks of another or the same. Now you may think creativity is the same as imagination, but it isn't. From what I read here, it says that creativity is like a thinking process while imagination can be whatever you want it to be. And from what I read here, it says creativity is something you do and imagination is something you think about. Make sure to follow along of what I'm writing because its going to be a long reading.

As a human, we use imagination for school and work. When your in any class, your brain functions and tells you what to do. The imagination in that is your telling the brain to do something. Though it doesn't feel like it, you really are. From what I learned and observed, your mind is always imagining things. In class when you doze off and are looking somewhere else, you are using your imagination. How? Well when your ignoring the teacher in class, your always thinking of something. You could be imagining anything. The reason why is because thinking requires ideas and thoughts, and imagination is what gives it that. Also when your having fun in doing art or doing a physical activity, imagination is going on. Now you may be thinking how? Well art is when you dream. When dreaming imagination comes to your head and with a thought in mind, you might draw it. When having fun, your using both creativity and imagination. Creativity on how your game works and imagination on how you want to play it. You see how imagination affects your life, pretty powerful I say.

Now, how come imagination is different from others? Well, as humans we think differently. Great minds may think alike, but not every time. An example of this is when your teacher gives you a question to answer. You think you got it right and so does your friend, but you don't know who is correct. That is how imagination works in this situation, I think. Another way we think differently is when you play outdoor games. When your playing, it gives you tons and tons of imagination. An example of this is when you and your friends are playing a fantasy game. Pretending your pirates starting your adventure and finding gold and other riches. That is imagination. Many ways you could be thinking alike, but everything will not be exact.

As a kid you like to be creative and imaginative, but didn't know they are different. Imagination and creativity is different, you could agree on this or not, I don't care. Imagination is when you create a picture in your mind while creativity is what you are actually doing. An example of imagination is when your teacher asking the class something. Like telling you to close your eyes and imagine you being a slave, having to work for a cruel ruler so you would know how people in past feel like. That is imagination because you could do whatever you want with it. An example of creativity is when your writing a song or story. You are using your brain to help express your thoughts and you would do something with that so you can show the public how your being creative. Notice the difference people, otherwise you will be failing life.

Humans aren't the only ones who use imagination because sea creature use it too. A perfect example of this is the Spongebob episode: Idiot Box. This episode is about Spongebob and Patrick playing inside a box using there imagination. Irritating noises were made which bothered Squidward and he thinks its not their imagination. Spongebob keeps telling him it is, but that doesn't fool Squidward, or does it?

Everyone might think imagination is not what describes humans, but I'm sure it is. Others might say humanity is having the ability to reason, or being evil. Totally agreeable! It doesn't matter if the idea doesn't make sense, just have lots of reasons to backup your idea. I don't care what my classmates written about this, but as long as I understand the topic I'm will be happy. We each have our own opinions and thoughts on this. And like I said, we may be thinking about the same thing, or we may not. If someone is writing about the same topic as me, then that would be awesome since we have similar minds. And if someone is writing about creativity in this essay, well your stealing my idea because imagination is used in creativity. An example of this is when your drawing. Your imagining something so you could be creative on your drawing. So be cautious of your idea on this essay.

Basically this is what I want to talk about. Imagination is used by every single person. I don't know what could be better to describes humans because having imagination help got us through our lives. Without it, were nothing. Useful in many ways. In school, at work, or at home. Just go somewhere and use your imagination. Remember everyone has a different mind. The only way I think imagination can be the same is you share ideas. Then anyone can see what the person is talking about. Also don't forget creativity is different than imagination. I'll explain it again so you will remember. Creativity is something you do, and imagination is something you think about. As Spongebob said, "we don't need television, not as long as we have our imagination." Now you understand why I think the definitive characteristic of humanity is imagination.

[RE] Food is Something

Well I don’t know about anyone else but it bothers me so much when people take the food they get for granted! They would buy stuff take one bite and just throw it away! So many people would die for that food but they are over here not even caring!

I got this quote from Julie Le. I also happen to hate it when people waste their food. Technically when your wasting food, your actually wasting your money! You use money to buy food and when you throw food away, you lose your money. Even its a small amount like what her friend had, its still money. Small amounts or big amounts I consider it money. Sometimes when your eating there will be extras. Like when I'm eating dinner, theres gonna be some leftovers and I don't call that wasting because my family will eat it the very next day. Also in her post, it did say something about others. The homeless people and orphans would definitely like that small amount even though its not enough. Every last bit of food counts, just get how much you can eat so you won't have to throw it away.

There are ways to not waste your food. If you order a lot and can't finish it, offer it to someone so it won't be wasted. But if they don't want it, you could save it for later. Everything counts. I would always eat everything on my plate, but my mom on the other hand sometimes don't. She would throw it away just like Julie's friend. I would tell my mom that is wasting, but she said it doesn't matter, you don't like this anyway. Its true that I don't like some foods, but I always tell her that you could eat and that you wasted your time, effort, and money. It irritates me. So listen to Julie, me, or other people that care about wasting food and you will learn something in return.

[FREE] Far Away Friend

Have you ever had a friend that moved and you missed them dearly? Well I for one have some, but I usually forget about them, but not one of them. That person is name Timothy Yu. We are not brothers or cousins, just friends. He went to Wood Middle School and Alameda High School last year, but sadly he moved during this summer. I'm sure his friends miss him. If you haven't met him, surely you've seen him. He's short, sometimes loud, and can speak Chinese. He's really smart, but doesn't take any advance classes. We were gonna be in the same math class this year just like in eighth grade. But  if were aren't place in the same class, we could still help each other by giving tips or comparing homework. It would be nice to see him again and surely his friends would too.

You never forget a friend, especially the ones you have great friendship with. I met Tim in sixth grade and we got along well. Didn't have classes with him until eighth grade. And last year, I had one class with him. Hes very grateful and can be depended. But sometimes he takes things for granted. For example if you lend him money, it will take him time to repay you back. Also Tim and I are sometimes like brothers. Whenever we have the same classes, we would say to the teacher we are brothers just to fool them. Its pretty funny how teachers find people with the same last names as yours and thinks your related to them. Well to end this I'll just tell you where he is. He is currently in Castro Valley and hating it there. Call him, talk to him on Facebook or something and see how he's doing. Timothy Yu will always be a friend that I can't forget.

[CE] 3 Countries, 1 Earthquake

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Rescue teams are battling landslides and torrential monsoon rains after a powerful earthquake rocked a remote Himalayan region, killing at least 63 people and damaging more than 100,000 homes.

Another natural disaster occurs. Three countries were hit: India, Nepal, and Tibet.  Killing sixty-three people with over one hundred thousand homes destroyed. It was a 6.9-magnitude earthquake. The homeless people are sleeping outside the rain, rescue workers have stuff that are blocking their way to the people, and three were killed, said R.K. Singh, an Indian Home secretary.  Luckily the people there can survive. Food was given and the injured were treated by nine helicopters. The Xinhua News Agency in China state that deaths in Nepal and Tibet were harsh. A kid died in Tibet and the injured are being place in a hospital across from Nepal. Also, Singh said that some villages have people trapped still and can't be reached. The information here is still unclear, so more information will be released later on.


This was likely gonna happen. Before, homes in India were hit with rain and it weakened the homes, which cause the houses there to collapse. I was wondering if countries here have a earthquake shelter or something. It would be really great if they build one so nothing this serious can happen again. Also a fund raiser would be helpful. With enough money and support, lives can be saved and homes can be restored. I would start a fund raiser, but the problem is I don't know how. The affected people should be able to survive for a while, but eventually something bad will happen. So help them now and you will likely be rewarded.

[BC] Chase in the Dark Room

I was walking down the street and then I came across this door. I went in and it was a pitch-black room. The door then closed by itself making this screeching noise. As I slowly walked in, a light appeared before my eyes. It  blinded me, and then it left. So I quickly went after it. As I'm running I here this loud and booming voice. My ears were hurting like it was gonna be cut off. I used my hands to cover my ears and continue running. Everything was okay as I continue chasing the light, but I thought too soon. I stepped on something and didn't know what it was. I touched it and it felt soft and moist. I sniffed it and then taste it. It was horrible. It tasted soft and slimy and smelled like someone pooped. I realized it was poop, dog poop to be exact. Maybe I'm not the only one in this room. I quickly wiped it somewhere and continue going. If there's someone else here too, I could get help and get out of here.

So I kept on running and I think I found someone or something. I know I was touching something and then this thing bit my hand, ouch! I told this thing my name and he told me his name: Thomas, and his dog's name: Jeff. I told him about the light and apparently he knows about it too. He said its a key, the key to getting out of here. So we teamed up and went looking for that key. Where could it be, its so hard to look for something in this dark and scary room. We kept running so fast that I tripped. My body touched the ground and my knee got injured. It hurts so bad that blood was dripping onto my knee and it felt all wet. But I wiped it with my hand, which became sticky since the blood dried up. We soon caught up to the key and I grabbed it. This chase felt like a marathon, I was about to pass out. Now with the key in my hands, I thought to myself,"Where is the door to this key?"

So we have to run again. Tiring we were, we just have to get out of here. Later, we came near this wall. It felt like one. When feeling it, I felt a knob. It was a door! We have finally found the exit. So I took the key and try to find the key hole. Then I found it and unlocked the door. The door opened, and I saw the sun. I glared at it and my eyes were burning, shouldn't have done that. As soon as I came out, Thomas rushed outside and sniffed the refreshing air. He was so happy to see the sun and the citizens. After a while we left, and gave each other a firm handshake for working together well and  for a start of a new friendship.

[CE] Water is Poisoned

This story I saw got me to write about it:

Relentless rain has caused catastrophic flooding in the eastern United States, killing at least five people and forcing the evacuation of more than 130,000 in three states.

Another hurricane has strike again in the United States. This situation here is the same when Hurricane Katrina happened, but its even more dangerous now. It is said that the water is polluted with sewage and toxins. People are scared by this because it can cause harm to their health. Test kits were given to the residents by Vermont's state health department so they can check their wells for bacteria. Though the hurricane may end, its still not over. Steff Gaulter, a senior meteorologist, said the Atlantic hurricane season will not end until the end of November. Escaping from here is very hard to do so. In Philadelphia, mud and rock slides are blocking the roads, New Jersey has the same situation, and New York shut down the rail service. Lives are at stake here, we must hope that they can get out of here alive.

These natural disasters have got to stop occurring. People are dying, losing materials, and especially losing themselves. Health plays a major role when dangerous things happen to you. You try to keep your body healthy, but can't because certain things happen to show up. Whenever a disaster comes up, you should always make sure everyone in the household is present and safe. After that you would do something depending on the kind of disaster. Be cautious so nothing terrible happens. I just hope everyone is safe after the hurricane and the people alive should stay alert so they know whats gonna happen to them. 

[FREE] A Deadly Show

Deadliest Warrior is a show that talks about historical and modern warriors and their weapons to determine who is more deadly. The way it works is that they pick two historical or contemporary warriors, or two historical individuals. The hosts explain their culture, history, and fighting philosophies. They then test out the  weapons they used on various targets, like a mannequin or a dead pig. After they determined which weapon is better, they put the data into a simulator. And the purpose of a simulator is to see the warriors battle so the winner can be decided. 

From watching this show, I learn many powerful and intelligent warriors and what they did in their time period. Some famous and well known warriors I was familiar with, while some I don't even know. I never knew that George Washington participated in the American Revolutionary War, or that Joan of Arc led the French army to victory in the Hundred Years' War. The weapons these warrior use are magnificent. Hannibal's War Elephant and Joan of Arc's Seige Cannon did major damage to their enemies and were triumphant with them. When I first watched this show, I was amazed. Its amazing because they give a lot of background information on the warrior and when I listen to that, I learn a new thing! Learning this in history class can be a fun thing. When we are at a certain topic, our teacher can show a clip that relates to the topic. You should give this show a try so when your teacher talks about about a famous warrior, you will know the answer!

[RE] School is Cool

Some say that school, is the most boring and worst thing ever. I believe that school is actually somewhat "Cool", the way you act and picture school is what makes a person think that school is stupid or time wasting.

I agree with Nick Sarmiento on this. School is cool in the way I see it. I make new friends, learn new things, and I am able to have some freedom. Now some do say its boring, but why? Is it because you have a bad teacher, no interest in a certain subject, or is it just very boring. Though try to listen so you won't FAIL. Also, how can school be the worst thing ever? Sure its difficult to wake up early in the morning, but your doing it for a good cause right. Your parents and teachers want to help you pass high school so you will be able to go to college. Plus by going to school you can fulfill your number one goal. If you actually try, you will soon start to like school than finding it boring. 

Everyone I know seems to enjoy school. School has provided you lots of things. They provide for you exercise, knowledge, food, shelter, protection, and teachers that want to help you. So far I enjoy school because my teachers and friends are always there for me when I'm in a tough spot. Your friends and teachers will do the same for you, if you behave properly though. Some of my teachers I dislike, but I gave them a try and I seem to enjoy having them, even though they are cranky and boring.  Difficult it may be to go to school, but it sure beats the heck of doing nothing right, so give it a try you school haters.  

[RE] Whats with Stereotypes?

People may think i'm a straight "A" student cause im Asian. 

I tend to find this happening a lot. I got this quote from Sharon Wong's blog by the way, so take a look at it. I find this stereotype really annoying other than saying Asian's are good at math and having chinky eyes.. Whenever people see someone, they obviously think of a stereotype. Like how Asian's are good in math, the Americans being all fat and obnoxious, the Mexicans being all dirty and stuff, and etc. People will definitely be annoyed and hated by this. People should at least get to know each other first so they can see that they are nothing like the stereotype. As I'm writing this, I googled the word stereotype and on Wikipedia it has a great definition of it and its origin. Stereotype comes from the Greek words:(stereos) meaning firm, solid and (typos) meaning impression. Combine those words and you get stereotype meaning solid impression. People should be judged by their attitude rather than an impression.

Now I want to say something. Back then, people say I always do great in math, get the straight A's, and have the chinky eye. Well, they are wrong. I don't get straight A's, I'm not very smart in math, and I certainly don't have eyes that are flat as a line. I get annoyed by this because it hurts my emotions. I sometimes hear people saying Asian's are bad drivers. Well they are also wrong because my dad can drive very good and has not gotten a speeding ticket before...I think. That's all I want to say and stereotypes shouldn't exist because problems will happen. If you would like to know more about stereotypes, click on this and it will take you to information on stereotypes.

[CE] A Stupid Mistake

I have found this article and quote that seems interesting:

A US soldier shot dead an Afghan journalist working for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in July after mistaking him for a suicide bomber, the NATO-led military force in Afghanistan has said.
"After a thorough investigation, it was determined the reporter was killed in a case of mistaken identity," International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said in a statement on Thursday concerning the death of Ahmed Omed Khpulwak.

While standing around minding your own business and doing whatever, you suddenly die. Ahmed Omed Khpulwak is journalist and works for the British Broadcasting Corporation(BBC). He was doing his work near a broken wall and he was suddenly shot by US soldiers. Why he got shot you asked? Well its because one of the US soldier thought Ahmed Omed was a suicide bomber. Also, they said that he has something clinched in one of his fists and is reaching for something with his other hand. When they saw that, he was shot by an assault rifle. He died at an age of twenty-five which is really young if you say so. Right now his family, friends, and colleagues at the BBC will dearly miss him.

After reading this article, I have been thinking of how I should be careful because something like this can happen to me. If the police sees me with something and mistakes it for something that is dangerous, he would ask me questions and call my parents. Its just like what Mr.Sutherland said about the free post assignment, "Have some common sense with your writing and don't write anything that makes the cops knocking on your door." But, whatever you have can indeed be use for violence. For example a pencil, backpack, notebook, fork, and many other things can be used for sinister purposes. Just always be careful of what you do and see because you don't want to end up like Ahmed Omed Khpulwak and get in serious trouble.

[FREE] All-Star Academics

During this summer, I did community service at a place known as All-Star Academics. All-Star Academics is a summer camp and an after school program for kids in kindergarten through eighth grade. During the summer, I worked on Thursdays and Fridays from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. I got six hours each day and I got a total of ninety six hours from working there. Working here is pretty tiring and intense because the kids there are hard to control. Loud, obnoxious, rude, and crazy is what describes the younger kids. As for the older kids they are more behaved, honest, and kind. When I volunteer there for the summer, they learn new things about math or science. They also have work to do. If they don't understand it, the volunteers and the teachers will help them so they can understand the problem. These kids may look very smart and playful, but on the inside they are actually little demons.

Now this place, I don't like working here. I don't like working here because it is very difficult to do and I usually get tired. I have asked people over there and some agree with me. The only reason why people would work here is to just get there community service hours. Once they got the hours they would leave and never come back. I worked there just to get the hours and because my mom wanted me to do something for the summer. But it wasn't all bad. I had only one friend that I knew who worked there on the same days as me, so I would talk to him. Soon I made new friends and I got along with them. This place is all right though, but if you want to work here, then go ahead and you will feel the pain that have done.

[BC] The Introduction of Me, Myself, and I

Hello, my name is David Yu, a fifteen year old student. Ever since I was born, my life became complicated. I needed to know how to do a lot of things like read, write, and do math. This is very crucial because my parents expect me to go to a good college and want to help me do better with life. If I ever fail something, my parents will try to help me, or they will yell at me for being stupid or for not paying attention in class. Each morning before I go to school my parents would always tell me to have fun and learn some new things because they don't want me to come home stupid. As this writing goes on, you will get to know more.

I like to play sports. So far I only have two favorite sports: badminton and swimming. At first I don't play badminton, but my friends introduce it to me. At first I thought it would be difficult. But as I play along, it became easy and I enjoyed it. I wouldn't say I'm great at it because my first time playing it was one month ago. I would practice whenever I have the time because I want to be on the badminton team. But we'll see because I need to pass the try outs. Now for swimming, it started way longer than badminton. I started taking swimming lessons approximately 3 years ago. I was really horrible because I failed level one. But during the following year, I passed and passed and reached to level five. I stopped going there this year because my parents don't want to pay that much and I was also pretty busy. I am very great at it, I could do many moves, and I can survive in the big kids pool. With these two sports I do, it helped me get more exercise and I got more active from it.

I also like to learn new things. Learning Japanese or Korean is one of them. I learn my Japanese from watching anime and my Korean from Korean songs, or I just use Google translate. I would also like to learn how to play the piano. The piano is a very fun instrument and I want to play songs on it. I have never taken band class before or piano lessons, but someday I will get the chance too. These two things is something I really like to do and someday I wish I can fulfill this dream.

This is basically it, but I do want to tell you my writing goals for the year. I would like to improve my spelling, grammar, writing, and vocabulary. I always have trouble with these whenever I write. I would lose some points for these and get a grade that I won't like. If I improve these four skills, I would write better. I would like to write about many things like cooking, music, games, and everything else. Now you know everthing about me and I hope that this year I would be able to acquire my writing goals.