O.T.

  I had P.E. today and it was our first day of O.T. I would tell you what O.T. was if I knew, but I don't. I just can't remember that word, it starts like orient--- and I don't know the rest.
  It was snowing this morning, and I knew I would be walking around outside (because O.T. is like learning how to use a compass, and find your way with a map and stuff. Like navigation.) so I brought an extra jacket. When class first started, we were under the impression that we weren't going outside today. But then after doing a quick explaining of the compass, Mr.Dykstra told us we would be going to find fire hydrants with maps.
  Me and Tina were partners, and we were a great team. We half jogged, half ran the whole time, and it was tons of fun. We were the first to leave, and the first to get back. We were pretty fast. Tina didn't bring her jacket, and it was raining outside, so what I did was hide the paper under my jacket so it doesn't get wet. I read the map, Tina runs off the find the fire hydrant, she tells me the number, and I record it down. In the end we were so tired from all the jogging and running, too bad we weren't timed, because I would have loved to know how long it took us to do all that. I have a feeling I am going to really like O.T. I mean, we get to run off by ourselves, and explore the neighbourhood around us. Plus, I love navigating and reading maps, a habit that I picked up ever since I was small. I just hope that the weather gets better, I don't want to be out there reading maps in the snow or hard rain...

Eragon

  I have passed by this book so many times in the library I won't even bother to count. I watched the movie Eragon and was always interested in the book, but just never got to reading it, or actually taking it out of the library.
  When I was at Narae's sleepover party some times ago, she was reading it, and I took a look too. I started reading it, and it was pretty good. Unfortunately I was took sleepy that night, so I basically had to re-read everything I read that night.
  I returned some book today in applied skills, and I just say so many books waiting to be read. So I took out two books, and one of them was Eragon. I was going to read it on the bus, but did not because I learned from past experiences that it gives you a killer headache.
  I am still half way through the book, probably not going to finish it tonight because I have to sleep early...
  Really excited for the field trip tomorrow, I also have this choir performance at John Olivers later on in the day. Can't wait to blog about it tomorrow!

(Vivian told me that the boy (her original words) who wrote the book had this family publish the book for him because the other publishers won't. It turned out pretty successful.)

Mistake!!!

  My auntie thought that spring break started a week before the actual spring break. There is only 1 week of spring break normally, but this year there are two weeks. We were going to go to Hawaii to visit my cousin, but we probably will not be able to go because of some complications.
  I always wanted to go to Hawaii, I heard it is very awesome there. It is really sunny and warm there, unlike Vancouver which has totally strong winds that go crazy. My cousin sent pictures that involved totally blue skies, and totally blue waters, and these beautiful beaches with golden sand!
  Plus, my auntie really misses my cousin. My cousin went there for an exchange program, and she called me today. Can you believe the time in Hawaii was 2 hours earlier than ours? So, my cousin told me the Asian food in Honolulu sucked, and everything was expensive. She told me that she really missed the food here, and I totally know what she means. I miss my mom's cooking everyday. I think when you get used to someone's cooking (like eating it every single day for 14 years!), then you really get used to it like no other foods. I remember my dad used to always say how good my grandmother's cooking was, and I think he mentioned it was his favourite. I have never gotten why, because even though my grandmother's cooking is awesome, it never really got to me like my dad. But after my mom went back to China for Chinese New Year, I realized how much I loved my mom's cooking. I MISS my mom's cooking so much!!!
  Now I'm hungry....

Pics From Company Project

  I don't think I ever posted these pictures from when we were selling stuff for the company project.

  I regret not taking pictures of everything I ever made for this project. This is so sad!!!

6 LAPS

  Today I ran 6 laps for P.E. I guess it is better than Langara, because I hate the bumpy trials.
  Generally, I would say that I got a pretty good mark. 12 minutes and 22 seconds. If I had gotten this last year, or even last term, I would be totally proud of my self. But his year, I can't help but feel a little disappointed. Truth to be told, I was aiming for something 11ish.
  But, I did improve by quite a lot from last term. Last term I got 13 minutes. That is like more than 30 seconds, Tina keeps reminding me. She says that 30 seconds is a lot of improvement when it comes to running. I really pushed myself today, I was really really tired. More tired than ever before, at least that was how I felt.
  I was going to make getting under 12 minutes my goal for third term, but that is going to be impossible because I am doing Sun Run. I guess I will just have to wait till next year to fore-fill my goal in 6 laps. I just hope that I don't fall out of shape by then...

Lock And Key

    My friend Narae suggested me to read the Sarah Dessen books. She is a author who wrote many books on real life fiction or something (there is an actual name for these kind of books, I just can't remember it).
  My auntie took me to a flea market all the way at Killarney community centre during the weekend, and the only things I was looking at were all the books that the people were selling. There was a lady who was selling two Sarah Dessen books for only 4 dollars each. They were both fairly new, and one of them was Lock and Key. I remembered Narae told me she really liked the book. So since it was only 4 dollars (and a book like that in chapters would totally cost at least 20 dollars), I bought it. The best part the woman was getting ready to leave,so I managed to 2 almost new books for only 6 dollars!!!
  I should have gotten more books, but there were just not a lot that looked new enough, or interesting enough.
  2 books were enough for now. I have placed like a million holds in VPL, but my books are taking a real long time getting there, so I haven't read for a long time. It was a relief to hold a new book in my hands...
  I am half way through Lock and Key, and so far I totally love it. I have no doubt that I will totally love it more when I finish it.

Hoodie/ Sweatshirt.

  I just realized I have no idea what the proper name for what we are making in Textiles is. Is it a hoodie? Or is it a sweatshirt? But doesn't matter, I am almost done!
  This week I brought it back home, because I had done some extra designs on my hoodie, but because I was using a friend's sewing machine, and she needed to use it. I rushed, and some stitches went off. So I brought it home to hand sew the holes together. Nothing serious, but I wanted it to be perfect.
  I have everything done except for the zipper, Ms. Nicholson says we will be done in a week or two. My hoodie turned out really nice. I had a hard time when buying the fabric. I really wanted 2 colours that had a big contrast, but I was said to be impossible because the lady kept telling us that the fabric will bleed into one another. So I can't have red and white because the red will turn the white into pink...
  So I ended up with purple, and white. I also have black ribbing, so there are quite a few colours on my sweatshirt.
  I added lots of stripes on it, and it looks totally awesome. I was going to cut out my name on some fabric and sew it on the back, but I realized I didn't want other people to know my name by just looking at what I was wearing. That would be really weird. So I was thinking of adding this # thing and putting a leaf in the middle.
  I was thinking of saving up money for a sewing machine. That would be so cool. But then again, I probably wouldn't be able to make anything real big, because I still need help with instructions and what to do next when I am making something... Sadly no on win my family but my grandmother actually made clothes on the sewing machine, although I am sure my aunties know how to use the machine, just not how to make something with it.

Cross Stitching

  My grandmother did these cross stitching in China. Basically you had this grid, and you stitched crosses on them. When I went back during the summer, my grandmother taught me how to do it. It really is very simple, and you don't need a lot of skill to do it. Just a lot of patience, because there are a lot of grids.
  So before I came back, my auntie in China bought me some purses that you make out of cross stitching on this Chinese E-bay. She bought me a lot. Starting from last week, I started working on them. I have been working really fast, and patience was never something I lacked. I love stitching, and doing stuff with my hands. Time totally flies when I do these stuff. I barely notice the time passing, its like I am totally concentrated on doing this one thing. When you use that level of concentration, you do stuff much faster than you think.
  I am proud to say that, even though I didn't really work on it during the school days, after around 2 weeks, I am finally starting to see the finished purse. I am really close, I just need to personalize it a little, because I don't like that button design for the purse, so I am going to design another one and change it. I guess you can't call it a purse, because it isn't really a bag. I think it is more of a wallet, but those long kinds that you can open  in the middle.
  Can't wait till its done, I probably won't use it when I am done. I don't want to get it dirty and stuff. But I noticed my auntie seemed to really like it, I might give it to her as a early present... for something. ^^

84th Oscar

  This afternoon I was just in my room, when I heard my auntie saying they were replaying the Oscar on TV. Sometimes my mom and me would watch it, it is usually pretty fun. So that is what I did, I watch the Oscar this year. There were some movie that I didn't know, but I knew most of them. I find it really fun to see if you knew this movie, actor, even song. I was pretty surprised when the movie Hugo Cabret won so many awards. The movie kept winning 2 awards at a time, and it won at least 5 Oscars (at least!) I watched the movie at home on my computer, I didn't think it was that good. Frankly I liked that book (in which the movie originated from), much better. But I guess the movie was really good in some ways.
  I never got to finished that Oscars, because I totally lost interest in it because the TV channel was keep playing commercials. It was a replay so I guess they just added more commercials in. However, I did see the Cirque Du So-lei perform. It was really beautiful, and very new, because as I recall I have never seen any real live performance like that happen during the Oscars.
  I never got to see who won the best actor and actress award. I hear Brad Pitt was a nominee, I hope he won...
  I can't wait till March. THE HUNGER GAMES is finally coming out!!!

Math Contests

  Today I have had enough of MATH for a whole week.
  In the morning I got to school early for choir practice. Then before first block started, I stood outside the cafeteria with countless others waiting for the math contest to start. I was taking the Pascal (grade 9 Waterloo) in the morning. I saw different people from different grades, and we were all taking different ones. There were Gauss for grade 8, Cayley for grade 10, and Fermat for grade 11.
  If that was all, then I have nothing to complain about. But after taking the Pascal, I already know I got 6 marks off for sure. I was thinking about it for the whole day. During lunch time, Yunni and me were looking over the Cayley from last year, because we were going to take it after school.
  Unfortunate for me, I also had math class today for last block. After school, I hurried to get my science fair board from the science wing. Today was probably the only day I was getting a ride, so I needed to take my science fair back home. Then I hurried off the room 110 with Kaixin, we took a little detour when finding the room, but we got there on time.
  The Cayley this year was no doubt harder than last year. I was really surprised and frustrated. There were 5 questions that I didn't get, and that is a lot. I finished the first page really fast (Sections A and some Section B), but started to get stuck on questions on the second page (last questions of Section B). When I got to the last 5 questions (Section C), they were the hardest of them all, I could only do 1. The other 4 was confusing, and I had no choice but guess or leave them blank.
  By the time I finished, not only was I not relieved or free of troubling thoughts, I had more than ever. Math keeps getting back to me. I have officially had too much math in one day. To dig a little deeper, I guess it is not the math that was really annoying, it was the stress of the math. Thinking about how your Cayley marks affect whether you get to enriched next year etc is not very helpful.
  However, although the contests are important. I think that marks in class, and a teachers recommendation is just as good. So QUIT WORRYING!!!

Concrete Poems

  I am researching about concrete poems for English. I am really excited to finally be learning poems. I love poems, and I like writing them too, but usually with a rhyme. I can't write free style for some reason though.
  Any ways, I found this really interesting concrete poems:

"The Mouse's Tale", by Lewis Carroll.

This is the unpublished version of "The Mouse's Tale" from Alice in Wonderland.

This is the actually one in the book.

  I like the unpublished one much better. The published one is kinda confusing if you don't read the book and story before it.

  I really like this poem not only because it is the cutest ever, but because it is a great representation of concrete poems. The shape of the poem paints a really good picture of the poem itself. It speaks much more than the words.

Mother Teresa

  Socials project on agent of change. I am doing Mother Teresa. Truth to be told, I have always thought that Mother Teresa was some ancient woman from a long time ago (like mid-evil or something...) But now I know better, and her story totally blew my mind away. To think that one person, one young nun, can make such a difference. It makes you think that anything can happen in this ever changing world (which is true...)
  Here are the info I gathered:

Mother Teresa was born in an Albanian family on the 26th of Auguest, in Skopje, Albaniz. Her family name was Bojaxhiu, and she was christened Agnes Gonxha when she was 1 day old. By 18 she made up her mind to become a missionary in India. She went to join the Irish Order of the Sisters of Loreto. She had to go to Paris for interviews, and then was sent to Dublin (Ireland) to begin training as a nun. After 6 weeks she boarded a ship for India (Dec 1928). 

On May 23 1929, she changed her name to Teresa. (“Little way” is serving god by doing the most ordinary dull things in life. Mother Teresa followed this too.) She was first sent to Darjeeling (a town on the foot of the Himalayas), she worked at the Loreto convent school ans helped at the hospital. Then went to Entally (Loreto sister’s compound) and taught history and geography. She was a great teacher. On May 14 1937, she took vows and became a professed nun (and principal of St.Mary’s School). 

Soon India changed, 1943 famine in Bengal city (taught plus nursed the sick), there was chaos. After 1946 “the Day of Great Killing”, Teresa had to go out to find food for her pupils. Nice soldier helped her find food and bring back to convent. “Call Within a Call” Sep. 10. 1946. “Inspiration Day”. She was convinced that God wanted her to go out onto the streets of Calcutta and live among the live ans work among the poorest of the poor, in filthy slums beyond the compound walls. Archbishop did not allow, she waited patiently. 

Finally there was a decree that allowed Teresa her plan. She said hard good-byes to Loreto, and arranged to stay for a few months with the Medical Mission Sisters in Panta. Soon went to live with the poor. Found a hut to live in and started a school. More and more children came, people donated furnature. Soon other sisters that were once Teresa’s students came to join her. They needed more space because of the increasing amount of students and sisters. A kind man named Micheal Gomes let them teach on the second floor of his house. Things continued well. 

After the year of trial the sisters were allowed to continue their great work, and were formally accepted by the Cotholic Church as the Missionaries of Charty order (October 7, 1950). Sister Teresa took Indian citizenship, and became Mother Teresa. A Muslim Friend of Father van Exem’s gave Mother Teresa her first proper house. (~Waste not, want not.~) Took care of all the children with love and care. Many were adopted, and others the sisters kept well and did everything to make their life as wonderful and happy as possible. The sisters went where ever the suffering called. 

Mother Teresa even insured that a woman half eaten by rat on the streets was offered help in the hospital. She would carry her patients to every hospital until one accepted. Mother Teresa asked the Health Official of Calcutta for help. He found her a place where she can treat her patients. And so nuns came to the place, cleaned it up, and started treating patients. This place was called the Nirmal Hriday, “Place of the Pure Hearts”. There were problems such as the Hindus objecting their stay, but soon all who objected or look down upon the sisters were all inspired and touched by all their love and kindness. More and more sisters joined, and by now the Missionaries of Charity had already spread across the world. 

In 1963, Mother Teresa welcomed brothers into their work. 

In 1979 Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. She was offered a grand feast, but Teresa refused and asked instead for the money to be donated for the poor. Schools, hospitals, shelters began to spring up all over the world. 

Mother Teresa also did many things to help cure leprosy (a contagious disease that mostly affects the skin and nerves. Left untreated can cause permanent damage to skin, nerves, and limbs). Eight leprosy treatment stations were set up throughout the city of Calcutta, and set up a treatment clinic on unoccupied land owned by the Titagarh (rail company). 

Mother Teresa changed the world. Now, her missionaries of god are all around the world, aiding the poor, helping the sick, feeding the orphaned, giving care, love and education to the poorest of the poor.

What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger

  There is a song called Stronger by Kelly Clarkson. I first heard it in Textiles, usually when we work on something that takes a while, Ms. Nicholson lets us open the radio. And I am guessing it was 94.5 or virgin radio? I am not sure, but it always plays the top hits and stuff. One week it kept playing stuff like Moves Like Jagger, and other songs. Once they played Uptown Girl, I was really surprised because it was actually a older song by Westlife. Any ways, today they kept playing Party Anthem, and Stronger. And a few lines in the lyrics really stuck into my head. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Stand a little taller. Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone. What doesn't kill you makes you a fighter. Footsteps a little lighter."
  I was listening and listening to this song again and again. I totally love it. "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" makes me think of all the book I have read. Usually what happens in fictional books are the main character has to undergo dangerous and near death experiences to complete their journey. And every time, what doesn't kill them makes them a better, stronger, deeper character. I feel like these lyrics totally explain and summarize what characters in books go through. This also happens in real life to many people, and it is really true. I believe that what doesn't kill you really can make you stronger.
   And the song rhymes!

French Presentation

  For our final project in French, we had to do our own little fashion show. Today in French I got to see a bunch of my classmates dressed up in different clothe walking around the classroom as models. It really is a great idea for presentation.
  I was very relaxed this class because I didn't have to worry about presenting. Last Wednesday, it was a collaborative day, and it just so happened that Ms. Todd chose our group to present. So we already presented last week, in fact,  we were the first to present in the whole class. Presenting first was scary, we didn't really know what we were supposed to do, what was best. But I think we proved to be a good start, and did very well for the first group.
  Today when I look at all the other people that were going to present, I can see how nervous they were. And I was glad that we went first, that we got it done. However, like all the groups that go first, our groups observed the other groups and tried to find things that they did better or worse than us. Some of the presentations were really good, creative, and funny. It kinda made our first boring presentation seem a little less appealing.
  Watching all these people get dressed up in different costumes was a wonderful; treat, I hope we can have another fashion show (but maybe cut out the presenting part ^^)

Feeling of Accomplishment

  For these past few weeks, we have been working on making your own sweat shirt/ hoodie in Textiles. Textiles is one of my favourite classes. I really enjoy the feeling of accomplishment after finishing each piece of clothing or project. Mostly clothing because smaller stuff tend to take less time and work. So we have been working on this hoodie for a while now, and the whole thing has finally started to take up a recognizable shape. Just looking at it, so beautiful, so close to being something that I can actually wear, it gives me great happiness. You can not imagine the happiness that it brings me...
  However, I am not taking Textiles next year. I love sewing, but I just don't see the point of taking the same class for 2 years in a row. I am currently taking Textiles 10, and next year it would probably be the same... I can't wait to finish the hoodie. I really love it because I personalized the hoodie with some of my own designs. It looks really good. I have Textiles again tomorrow. Can't wait!

Badminton

  Ever since the start of the year, I wanted to join to badminton team. Only problem was there were none. Today there was this badminton meeting in room 118. It just happens my locker was close to the room, or else I would have been late. So I signed up on the sign up sheets, and even then I noticed that a lot of people had signed up. When I say a lot, I mean like at least 70 people maybe?
  There were many people at the meeting, generally Asians. There really are a lot of people who want to go into the badminton team this year. Totally sucks for me, the only sport I am really good at. I don't have confidence that I will get in... I haven't picked up a badminton racket for a long time. We used to always play it in China...
  I do hope I get in though. Always wanted to be on a school team. Nervous... I think I am going to ask my auntie or uncle to practice with me. I hear they are really good.
  When I was small I used to always play badminton with my dad. My dad is pretty good at badminton. He can make me run all around the court without even moving a step.
  I hear that some people are reallly good. It totally doesn't help because I don't know the definition of "good". Is it totally awesome good, or so-so pretty okay good? I don't even know if I am measuring myself and all those other people on the same scale. And the scary thing is I won't find out until the actual try-out. Makes me really nervous. 50 people, they are only taking 10. And only 5 girls and 5 boys. That is a lot of competition, and I hope I am up for it, because I really want a spot.

Science Fair Marks

  We got our science fair marks back...
  OMG!!!!
  Horrified..
  I am totally not going to put my mark on this blog, because any one can see it. But it was a B. It was one of those high Bs that was close to A, but far away at the same time. Any ways, I guess I did pretty well for my first science fair. At least that is what everyone else says. Of course, I myself, think that I could have totally done better! First thing that sucks is I had a lack of qualitative data. The thing is I included this in my log book, because I record what I observe every experiment. But I didn't think to include it in my science fair display board... The second thing is a mistake that only a person doing their first science fair would make. I had fonts that were too small. I used 12, while most used 14 and double spaced, or larger fonts. Basically, my information was a little hard too read (not very hard, just a little). And there were lots of other small things such us not listing my uncertainties in my discussion (which I was sure I did, but I guess Ms. Jay doesn't think so). And I got bad marks for my graphs, because I know my summarizing graphs were not really good. I also got marks taken off for putting extra pictures... I probably would not have to do that if I did not have extra space, a result of my small fonts yada yada yada.
  In conclusion, I got an okay mark for science fair this year. And I am pretty happy with it considering this is my first science fair. But I can't help wonder what a higher mark I would get if it were not my first science fair. But everything has a first, and since this time is my first. Next time, I am totally bringing home an A!

Napoleon

  I find that Napoleon is a very interesting person. He, like Hitler, and many others, is a genius. A great man no doubt. But with great power comes great responsibility. I think one of the biggest mistakes Napoleon made was Nepotism. The whole giving power, in his case not only power but a whole kingdom or realm, to his own family members is totally not fair. I think Napoleon only did this because he thinks that he can control his own family better, that his own family members will bow down to him when he wants them to. But the truth is, I think family not only will not bow down to him at certain times, but will be harder than normal to control or dictate. If he gave the position of king or ruler of a place to any one else, a close general or advisor, I am sure they may be more gratified towards Napoleon. On the other hand, family members tend to think that perhaps Napoleon owed it to them, simply because they were family. Also they expect Napoleon to be less demanding and hard on them also because of the simple fact that they are family. Well, that is completely not true. So it resulted in failure for most of his family members and their kingdoms or realms...
  I think Napoleon loved his family too much. He should have assessed whether his family members were up for the job, instead of just giving them so much power all of a sudden...

Sleep Over

  I had such a busy weekend last week. After the flash mob, I had to attend this sleepover party at one of my friends from elementary. But I also needed to get her a present, so Mimi, Carina, Jennica and me went to Broadway again to Michaels. We also got Starbucks! I got my friend the present, and by the time I got home it was already 4:20. I told my friend I would be there at around 4: 30. but it was totally impossible now, because I had to take a shower and pack stuff for the night. I ended up getting to her house at 5, which was pretty good. I was kinda nervous for this sleep over party. Every year my friend Narae would have a sleepover party for her birthday. It used to be just Michelle, Carmen, and me. But this year, Narae invited a lot of her high school friends. So of course I was nervous. Narae goes to D.T, and it was really nice to get to know her friends. But I have to say, sometimes Carmen, Michelle, and me did feel kinda left out. So mostly it was just Michelle, Carmen  and me hanging together, and Narae and her other friends.
  It was the largest sleepover I have been too, and largest Narae has ever held. 12 people showed up in all, but only 7 stayed for the night. It was really fun, and we played monopoly! YAY! I love sleepovers, but truth to be told, it isn't that fun with too much people. Or was it only because I didn't know those other people well...
  But never the less, it was an awesome day. Friday was so super busy, and Saturday had a tiring start. I only slept for 4 hours that night, so when I got home I slept a little. Then I started working on English project... It was going to be a real busy week.

Flash mob

  Great. I totally forgot to blog about this.
  So last Friday, we had a flash mob at a certain community centre. I have no idea where we were, because I am really not familiar with the place we were. There  were 7 of us travelling together, and we went to get pizza for lunch on Broadway. It was really fun to eat lunch with all those friends in a small pizza diner. We were totally crazy, and the best part was we were the only ones (mostly, some people came and went) in the restaurant.
  My time schedule has been messed up for this whole week, starting from last Friday.
  So we got to the flash mob place, after getting on the wrong bus, and a lot of other stuff. Oh, yeah. When we were almost at the community centre, there was this tiny road we had to cross. So a few of us, seeing that there were no cars coming immediately, started to cross. And the rest on the side walk started screaming stuff like "OMG, what are you guys doing? Do you want to get hit by a car?". All the people crossing (including me), stopped in the middle of the street. It happens to be that it can be pretty scary when people scream at you that there is a car coming or something. So everyone on the street froze, and started to panic. There was a car coming from both sides, but they were driving real slow and was still a distance away. We were just standing in the middle, shocked and panicked. In the end we all ran back to the side we came from, and earned a deserved honk from one of the cars. I bet they didn't see teenage girls standing in the middle of the street panicking a lot.
  Once it was over, we all laugh really really hard. It was all so funny. The people who were crossing the street could have totally made it, but were only stopped because the people on the side walk started panicking and yelling stuff at us. There was no real danger at all in the crossing the street because when we were first crossing the cars were so far away it was impossible to reach us. But the only reason it did, because after we heard the people yelling, everyone was so confused, and could not decide what to do next. The confusion and panic resulted in everyone standing in the middle of the street like idiots.
  This time I learned the full force of panic, and I suggest to everyone that when someone is crossing the road with no street signs, don't start yelling stuff like "your gonna get hit by a car" unless they really car going to be hit by a car.
  The flash mob wasn't really a flash mob, because we were all standing there for at least half an hour? And then we did the dance a few times. I noticed the teacher said "this is the last time" for at least 2 times. The dancing was pretty fun, but there really were no space to move freely. I got squeezed by the little kids and formed my own line. But no one ever noticed, because everyone was like that. One of the guys couldn't do all the turning moves, because he was right beside a pole. And also it was really cold before we started dancing, standing there in t-shirts was not a good idea.
  Next time, I think we should be more organized, and should spend less time just standing there. But it was all really fun, and I enjoyed dancing with the little kids a lot. I think we should totally do it again.

Boredom

  When I was using the computer in applied skills, I saw the huge poster was yoda on it. It said something like "To do or not to do, there is no bored." Today I finally realized what it means.
  Boredom is actually the time when you don't want to do anything. There are so many things in the world a person can be doing, and if they are bored, then it is only because they choose not to do anything. So, there is no such thing as "bored", there is only whether you choose to do or not. And about a few minutes ago I was really "bored", but then I chose to write this blog, and so now I am not bored.
  Yoda is so deep... Star Wars is so awesome. Now I know how to keep myself busy and not be "bored". Last year I spent a lot of my free time being "bored", I didn't know what to possibly do. But now that I think of it, doing anything is not bored, bored is only when you do nothing. And most people are bored because they choose to do nothing, not because they can't do anything.

Best Valentines Day Ever!

  If you haven't noticed, today is Valentines Day. Today is THE best Valentines day not because I found true love or anything, but because I found a long time no see friend.
  So the whole day was pretty normal, except for all the hearts and stuff (talk about that later). So Yunni (I think that is how you spell it), just got on the 49th bus. And we were walking towards the back cuz it is one of those long buses. And I hear me name. "Celinna? Celinna", and I look forward and see this girl sitting in one of the seats in the connector part of the bus. And she was like "Celinna, is that you?" And I was like "Yeah...", I was pretty sure I didn't know her. But random people don't just know my name, even some people in my school that I see everyday don't know me name! So the girl said something like "OMG! I'm Melissa!" And then something clicked, and I realized I DO KNOW HER. Melissa is a friend I met in grade 3. She is one year older than me, and we were totally BFFs. And then she moved and changed a school. Even under that condition, we still stayed in contact, I even went to her Birthday party. But then I went back to China, and we sorta just lost each other. So you can imagine how surprised I was upon seeing her on the bus.
  Of all the things that I expected, or imagined that could happen, this is not one of them.
  I moved so much that I barely remember every single person, but Melissa... So awesome. I mean after all these years, I think the fact that she could recognize me is a miracle. I asked her how she new it was me, and she was like "you haven't changed much”. Honestly to me, I think I have changed a lot, but perhaps I haven't... Except for maybe grow much talker, I was a real shortie when I was small.
  So this is my Best Valentine Ever, because finding a long-ago friend, is way better than getting chocolates and having guys-ask-you-questions-so-they-can-take-your-paper-heart.

LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL

Blow My Mind Away

FAST ART:

TAPE ART:

TEMPO!

FLYING PEOPLE OVER NEW YORK CITY:

POGO STICKS:

SOMEONE FOLDED THIS!!!

Simon Schubert is a paper artist from Germany, he creates magnificent works of art from blank paper sheets using a unique paper folding technique. So cool!

AMAZING NANO ART OF INCREDIBLE BEAUTY:

One word – amazing. This is not Photoshop or any other manipulation made by any program. This is real hand-made metal bicycle. It’s placed on a needle to show how small it is.

Amazing Nano Art of Incredible Beauty by Nicolay Aldunin.

HISTORY IN 2 MINUTES:

Happy Sheep and Big Bad Wolf

  This is the cartoon I was talking about when I was blogging about Tangled. This a a really popular cartoon in China called Happy Sheep and Big Bad Wolf. In Chinese it is: 喜羊羊与灰太狼. I think that it is one of the best cartoons in China. In my opinion, the comics in China really sucks. Especially the newer ones, they just get more and more strange and completely loose the cartoon feel. The TV shows in Canada are really good, they are all so creative, bright, and have a good moral. But the TV shows or cartoons in China are mostly just random stuff, about more random stuff, and other things that little kids should know about. The thing is, I think it is the way they interpret the things they want to teach kids, it always seem so... cryptic. Don't know how to describe it. But Happy Sheep and Big Bad Wolf is one of the really good cartoons, and even I like to watch it. It sounds so weird referring to it as "Happy Sheep and Big Bad Wolf", I have gotten used to calling it "喜羊羊与灰太狼“. Actually I believe if you translate the words directly from Chinese to English it is "Happy Sheep and Grey Wolf", but I guess "Big Bad Wolf" sounds better.

This is the starting song, and I totally love it. EVERYONE in China know this cartoon. There were some English versions, but I think the Chinese one sounds better...

This is the song for the second season of the cartoon. At the beginning of this song, they start by singing about a list of vegetables, and then moves on to ho how happy everyone is or something like that. I just heard the English version, and it was totally off... Or maybe it just sounded wrong because I got used to the Chinese... I had a friend who memorized this whole song. She would sing it in school, and I would laugh at her when she sings about the vegetables... So FUNNY!

This is such a cute cartoon... The Wife of the Big Bad Wolf has a frying pan too, she often hits her husband with it. LOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOL it is really funny. They even made a movie out of this cartoon...

  I think I kinda miss it, they never play it in Canada...

Tangled

  Since I was on a movie spree, I watched Tangled too.
  My cousins were talking about it once, and I was like "what are you guys talking about?" They were totally shocked I have never watched it, so now I have, and I totally love that movie!
  I have to admit, the Rapunzel in Tangled is the best ever! She is so cute and beautiful, who ever designed her is a genius! Such big green eyes, so much better then the barbie ones.
  The story was great too, the evil step mother, the lost princess, and the thief that brought her out of her tower gave a complete new twist to the original story. I love the colour in the movie. Every thing was so bright, and colourful. The lightings, ever shadow was well portrayed. And the music, the characters were occasionally singing, and it was beautiful.
  My favourite part of the story was the Lantern festival. All the lanterns in the sky, so beautiful. I think I cried...

  I have to say though, the poster for this movie is really freaky. Every time I see it I think of something evil.

  I think it is the expression on Rapunzel and Eugene's faces. It looks really evil, especially since it was only their face showing. And all the hair made it even stranger... Their expressions really look evil, the more you look at it...

I love the lanterns!!!!!!! ^^

The fry pan is so epic, I should totally get myself one.

I watched this show in China called Big Bad Wolf and Happy Lamb or something (I am not sure about the translation, it sounds really weird in English...). The wife of the big bad wolf also had a thing for frying pans, it was like her signature weapon.

That horse is super smart. I think he is like a genius or something. The horse is my second favourite character in the whole story. The first is Rapunzel.

THE END

Easy A

  After watching Mean Girls yesterday, I watched another movie called Easy A.
  It is also about high school, and unsurprisingly the kids in this high school were even older than the one in Mean Girls. I totally don't get the main character Olive. She is really kind, but what she chose to put herself through was really stupid. She agreed so that other people can say there was something that happened between them, so other people can be more popular or something. So stupid. I thought in this movie, the kids were definitely not like high school students, and the whole thing didn't feel like high school at all.

The whole thing about taking a blame for something you didn't do took on a whole new meaning.

Mean Girls

  Yesterday they were playing the Notebook on TV. My auntie was watching it, I didn't catch the whole thing. But the ending was really sad. My friend Xantia was talking about how her mom and her were watching the Notebook together, and they both cried at the ending...
  But after the Notebook, they were playing Mean Girls. I always hear people talking about it, and I think I did watch part of it, but never the whole movie. So I sat down and watched the whole movie.
  I think it was a really good movie, but I couldn't help but notice that all the American movie about high school make high school students so mature. Honestly, if you walk in an actual high school, half the kids are still like elementary school students (grade 8s and 9s). We aren't even that tall in general. And there is definitely less drama. But it was a great movie.
  I really liked what the main character did in the end. It takes a lot of bravery and strength to admit to something that you did, apologize, and live with the consequences. I feel like I missed a lot of movie, movie almost everyone knows. And also by typing this blog, I have noticed that the word "movie" does not have a plural form. You don't have to add "s".

Sunny

  If you haven't noticed already, the past few days have been really sunny. Sunny as in super-sunny-like-the-kind-you-get-in-the-summer kind of sunny. And it was the best days of the week. I love the sun, and I love spring and summer. But I can't help but feel a little strange. It would seem like spring was here, but the time isn't quite right yet. Plus the day still gets really dark, really early. Like 6 in the afternoon early. Today the sun isnt shining as bright. I sort of regretted not going outside much the past 2 days. Sunday is the only day I have lots of stuff outside, and it is super none sun-shiny.
  I do hope spring comes soon. I mean the gloomy weather in Vancouver totally gets to me. When the day is all grey and cloudy, I can't help but get brought down by it. There is no school tomorrow. What a nice long weekend... I am anxious because of my science fair. I named my board ‘Eye Want Colour" with (in smaller case) "Peripheral Vision" on the bottom. I hope the name is okay. It is a little bit weird, and my insists that "Eye Want Colour" is grammatically wrong. But I can't change it now, too late.
  Oh well, its not like science fair is very strict on English... It isn't right? Hope not. Okay, now I am just hyperventilating.