T2 B22: Winter Assembly

In English, we hurriedly finished our Mandala project, which was just a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. In science, we finished the written portion of our test, another huge weight! And then it was time for the fun! In P.E. we had quick square dancing dances, and then it was time for band, where we almost finished watching Home Alone. Almost...we were right at the very important exciting part, when we had to go for the assembly. Oh well, there's always next year...The assembly was just as I expected. We had to do the 12 days of Christmas again, it wasn't as bad as last year, actually. This time though, I got to sit on the benches, so it wasn't as bad as the gym floor last time. Oh, and while I was heading out, I didn't get squished that bad in the crowd of people rushing to get of the school. After school, my sister, Yunyi, and Celinna came with me to Metrotown, and we had a little lunch, then did some quick shopping for Christmas. It was nice to spend the last day of school with some friends!
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T2 B21: Synergy Christmas Party!

Wheeee! I had tons of fun today! For once this week, it made me forget about all that homework looming up. It was just so fun! Some of my friends decided not to skate, so that was only one of the down sides. We skated at Robson, and before we stepped on the ice, it was already bumpy and hard to skate on. But it was still fun, teaching April and Fang how to skate (and the guilt when they fell) and chasing each other around and around the ice. We had time for fun group photos before we left. I love field trips in high school, because you have so much more freedom than being forced to stand in neat, straight, quiet lines while your teachers count heads and herd us back to school. I loved today, it made me feel so much happier, so much in a winter spirit.
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T2 B20: It all comes down to that Collab

Thank goodness Collab was scheduled today. It was perfect, and it certainly saved my life. I've barely had time to study for the Science test, but Collab was the only time I could, and turns out that, the test wasn't all that hard. I knew I got some things wrong, but most of the things was information that Ms. Jay never told us about? Apparently it was all in our textbooks, and we just had to read carefully...
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T2 B19: One down, 4 to go!

Ok, I've made it thus far. Science test tomorrow, Mandala due tomorrow, Science fair work, and other little homework slipping in between. Enough said. Back to work.
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T2 B18: Holy week

So this is it. It's the last week before winter break! I can't believe it's so close. But I'm actually quite loaded with projects and homework still. Now, it's less of hoping for the holidays to arrive. It's more of hoping I'll be able to survive this week, with all it's homework and projects due. So, back to fending off all that homework!
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T2 B17: Awake.

I feel all alive and well again. Thanks for the awesome sleep. For skating today, I was so tired. I actually felt like staying in my bed, and just skipping it altogether. Except I got up, and ran through the freezing cold and rain to go skating. And it was worth it! I learned to do my spins properly today, except I keep rolling onto my toepicks without meaning to. Sigh, that's going to be hard to practice. As long as I don't get too dizzy...
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T2 B16: Sleep!

Hurray, a little time to sleep in! I've been mostly exhausted this week. Maybe it was just like the other weeks, but this week FELT tiring because of the upcoming holiday teasing me. Sigh. Must embrace sleep with open arms. SLEEP.
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T2 B15: Whoa. French test!

Hmm. I've always thought that French tests and quizzes were a little too easy. I guess I've never had a actual French test in Ms. Todd's class yet. This time I actually studied for it. But hey, that paid off, because I actually like how she tested us. It was still all written, but it was a little harder then the tests I got last year, or the test from the student teacher. For one, it was a little challenging and fun.
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T2 B14: Oh no, DEBATE?

There's that dreadful word again. DEBATE. And in science class? I still remember what it was like when that came up in science class. The last time we had a debate in science class was chaos. I've learned that Synergy 9 cannot have debates without a teacher that can control us. I'm sure we we're driving the student teacher crazy last time, with her trying to make us stay quiet. But that's kind of hard when we're jumping up and down yelling at our opponents.
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T2 B13: French Project

Oh, my, 2 projects already? Due in the next two weeks? At least this french project is mostly in-class. Hehe, we're supposed to be creating weird inventions, and Mimi is my partner. It's going to be so weird and fun coming up with ideas and a presentation with her. It's going to be so unexpected. Something like a Pregnant Chef. Eh-hem. The Chef is a MAN. That's something you'll expect from Mimi. Expect the unexpected?
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T2 B12: Mandala project

Oooh. A new project. It's pretty interesting, actually. We're supposed to make these humongous circle things with writing on them, about three books. Mandalas. I guess I'm lucky since my topic isn't really all that hard. We're supposed to share the space with two other books (we're in groups of threes) and our theme is Character Development, and we're not quite sure what our symbol is supposed to be. An ocean? Kind of hard to put down on paper. A butterfly?
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T2 B11: 2 weeks more!

I'm hardly ever able to sit still. 2 more weeks! The halls of the school are filled with holiday cheer. It's so magical, and wonderful. It's reminding you of all those days you get to spend at home...warm.
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T2 B10: Skating lesson

Hmmm, I think I'm starting to forget some of my jumps...Today, all of the sudden, I forgot how to do the Saw Chow (I THINK that's how you spell it, though I'm pretty sure I'm really off), and it was really weird. Good thing that that wasn't what I was learning today. I did waltz jumps around the circle, which really scared me, being all fast and such. I keep getting the feeling that as soon as I step, I'll mess up that surge of speed, and then I'll trip and fall. Grrr. That's got to be one of my New Years Resolutions for 2012. Learn how to NOT be scared to fall. I guess I'll have to get used to the soreness afterwards.
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T2 B9: The REAL weekend

This started out just like a normal weekend. I looked at my beans this weekend and they actually grew! I'm so proud of them, I've always thought that the weather was too cold, and that they won't make it. But those small, little beans sprouted, and now it's a strong, healthy looking plant. Too bad the vitamin will probably kill them, but at least I'll be able to share the joy of the sprouting control group!
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T2 B8: A glimpse at Weekend!

Ah, yes, the weekend. The long-awaited weekend has finally arrived! It's like a present. No wait. One more day of school to get past...

T2 B7: Endless Math

The one good thing about having math in the morning? My mind is all fresh, so at least I can attempt to solve problems without my brain being too tired, so something. The minus side? I get loaded with math homework, and it just makes me miserable, thinking about all the other homework to come...The endless math questions are like a promise that many more will follow. By the end of the day, my bag would just kill my back...
But of course you'll get used to it, after spending almost everyday like this! It makes you appreciate the Holidays, and wonder when it'll ever come around.
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Immunizations!

Shots. I didn't think about it until last night, but I was totally calm, telling myself that I wouldn't be scared. And then this morning...We were in the computer lab, just typing out work, when the horrible announcement came on. I already knew I was going to be one of the first ones getting the shot, since my last name is pretty close on the top of the alphabet. So all the C people (Lillian, Aileen, Jenica, Kathy C) went down with me, and we were all kind of sharing our nervousness. To make it worse, right when we lined up, we somehow started talking about immunization-horror stories that just made us more scared. The actually shot wasn't that bad, it was just needle in, tiny sting, and then you couldn't even feel the needle coming out. We waited 15 minutes after that, just to make sure we didn't have serious reactions, and then we were finished. My arm wasn't sore after the shot. It was a long time afterwards that it started becoming sore. I was back at the computer lab, and it was fine for a couple minutes, and then you could feel the soreness creeping up, and all through science there was this funny feeling whenever I moved my arm. By the end of lunch, it was a lot better. We had square dancing right after, and it wasn't all that bad.
Ok, one shot down, I'm pretty sure we'll have to take another one in February, and then another in June.
I'm glad I survived today,
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Ice cream in Winter!

My dad just bought 4 little boxes of ice cream cones, because supposedly they were on sale for really cheap! We just finished gobbling up our ice cream cones, and now I feel like I'm all frozen up. But it's so fun! Eating ice cream in the dead of winter/fall is perfectly normal in our family. At least it gave me a boost for the finishing of all the homework due tomorrow...Sneak peek of tomorrow? We have to do a rap in science class, as a presentation. I'll leave the rest for tomorrow...
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T2 B4: Beans!

Beans...That reminds of this book we're reading for our literary circle in English. It's called "The Bean Trees", and it turns out to be a pretty good book. There's a lot of good narrative in it. I love it!
What I really wanted to say was that I planted my little beans for my science fair experiment. I really don't want them to die, but then again, if they grow really tall, I have no idea where to keep them. Maybe I'll just continue growing them after. But I'm really happy to get started on Science Fair, because I don't want to repeat the same mistake from last year, not being prepared, and not realizing how close the date for the Science Fair actually is. Now all I have to do is wait...and wait...and wait for them to grow!
One more thing, we had square dancing in P.E. today! It's actually one of my favourite units, next to gymnastics. It's pretty awesome, since we're not at the bottom of the chain, (not the little grade 8s who seem terrified at the thought of dancing with some random stranger.) Our class was dancing with another grade 9 class, and a grade 8 class, and when I look at the grade 8 class, I can't help but think of myself last year. I wonder if we were all like that, all confused, and awkward, and in a way, terrified. It's a lot better dancing this year, that's for sure.
Beans, beans, beans, beans! ... Grow!
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T2 B3: Birthday Party!

Today was kind of a weird day. It started out with it being all rainy and miserable looking outside. I was scared it was going to be like that for the rest of the day. But I had skating, and that kind of cooled me down a bit. I just got my skates sharpened last week, so today was super awesome! More jumping on a circle, and then some spins. Right after that, I had piano lessons, and then I went home for a super quick lunch. At 1:30, I met up with friends for Alex's birthday party! We watched Happy Feet 2, which has got to be one of the cutest movies ever. I barely remember Happy Feet, but I know this one was better than the first one. Hmm, I'll have a fun telling Jessie all about it...
We had yummy dinner after that, and now I'm all full and wanting to go to sleep, even though it's only 8? Fortunately, I checked my agenda, and it's actually Day 2 tomorrow, instead of Day 1, which means that I have homework to do. I'll rather finish my work, and not go to bed late again.
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T2 B2: Free Day!

I changed the blog a bit, since it's Term 2, and I feel like I should have a fresh beginning. I hope you don't mind it much. Since we moved all our tutoring and stuff to yesterday, I kind of have a free day today, just to do whatever I want! I'm really enjoying this weekend, because I don't really have homework to hand in, this being the end of term and all. I'm just a little upset that I didn't get a chance to rescue some of my horrible marks, but that's one good side of not getting a report card. I discovered the magic of Simon's Cat from Mimi's blog, and spent part of the day watching the videos. It's so realistic, and definitely adorable. My brother had skating today, so when he got back, our whole family just went to this new Korean restaurant that my mom discovered. The whole corner was basically filled with all kinds of Korean shops. We stopped at this market, and got a whole bunch of groceries. The restaurant itself wasn't that bad. It was pretty good, and we were happily full. The restaurant was all the way in Coquitlam, and we just relaxed and looked around on the way back. My parents are still arguing over the arrangement of furniture in the living room, and I'm pretty excited about it being different. I love things when they're all clean and neat, so I finally cleaned every inch of my room today. Well maybe half of that.
Back to cleaning,
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T2 B1: Black Friday Shopping

Yay! Another Pro-D, probably the last one in November. We don't get anymore days off before Winter Break. Ahhh, it's getting closer and closer to the day we get our shots, which is something I really don't want to think about. It's black friday today, so my family went out shopping, at all those awesome deals waiting for customers to take advantage off. I ended up not getting a lot of stuff, but having fun walking around with my family. Our parents are thinking of getting a new TV, since it's at least older than I am, but it's not too bad. They want to rearrange the whole living room, and probably get a new couch, too. Interesting, I love it when things change, it'll  be so much more neater and clean-looking. I'm fine with whatever they do, as long as they leave some room for the Christmas tree. Hey, you have to be prepared!
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T1 B66: Band Recordings

My band recordings are due tomorrow, and I'm just practicing until I record. The pieces aren't actually that hard, to tell the truth, they're the same ones we did last year. But I want to see f I improve, and I want to get a better mark then what I got last year. It only took me 30 minutes to do 2 recordings, and I actually sound pretty good! I hope Mr. Hurst doesn't think it's too bad, because there are some parts, too, that aren't that great. Maybe I'm just worrying too much about this whole thing. Rejoice! No more band recordings! Until next term, of course.
Going back to relaxing...
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T1 B65: Literary Circle

It's really cool how we get to do literary circles in English. It's super fun! But I have a hunch that it's not the only think we're going to do, and that he's going to add something to this assignment. This morning, he let us discuss, and then we got 40 minutes for silent reading! Oh my, silent reading is like a sacred present right now, there is no class that would let you read a book that you chose, at silent reading. I can actually think about what the characters are saying, since it's so silent! I'm starting to love Literary Circle now, It's like the best thing ever!
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T1 B64: 25 Worst Countries

Mimi and I stayed up super late yesterday working on our Socials project, which was, I guess, kind of interesting. We had to find 25 countries, based on our criteria, and we came up with questions that were similar to other people's. Oh, and I finished another hat! I'm so proud of myself! I think I'm getting better and better every time, but still, I'll never be able to go as fast as Jessie can. She really IS a mass producer!
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T1 B63: My Great Transit Adventure

My sister and I got out of the house late, so we ran most of the way to meet Jessie, Jenica, and Angel. First, we ran up the hill to the skytrain station closest to our house, Nanaimo.

Halfway there, we were told to meet at King Edward instead of at the school, but that was fine, since we were already almost there.

We waited for quite a long time so we took pictures to keep ourselves busy. 

My sister made me take a picture of the plain sky because she said it was so blue!

We we met up with the others, we walked up this street to take the bus. 

It was almost empty, which was good, since we were still tired from walking so fast.

...And little did we know that we were taking the wrong bus in the wrong direction. We got off at this bus stop, and looked around for the one going the other direction. Hey, it's not an adventure without some risks and dangers, right? Eventually we found the right bus...

We got off at Vancouver City Centre, ate some lunch there, and then skytrained to Metrotown. Originally we planned to go bowling, but because of our wrong bus catastrophe, we ended up only going to watch a movie in Metrotown.

And we eventually got there. I couldn't take pictures of the rest of the places, because we were in such a rush, we were practically running everywhere, trying to get to places on time!

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T1 B62: Salchow attempts

So the Alvis (Lianna's brother) tried to teach my the salchow again. I got it better than last time, but somehow I'm still kind of scared of doing it. I kept thinking about the jump, and so I probably kept rushing through it. Later, we just did edges over and over, which I couldn't really do because of my annoying dull blade that are getting duller again. I did all the forward one fine and then I learned how to do the backward ones, which are just plain weird. Too bad ice skating isn't something you can practice at home, unless I got public skating or something.
Hopelessly salchow-ing,
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T1 B61: Accompanist

My old violin teacher is involved in a recital, and he wants his son, and his other student to perform in the recital along with others. The problem is, Essence (the son) and Calvin (the student) both were violinists, and needed an accompanist. My violin teacher has known my mom for so long, so he asked if I could play for them. It didn't seem that hard, and I'm been their accompanist before, so I decided to give it a try. Essence's song I've played before, but it was so much faster, and I totally needed tons of practice on it. The second song was easier, except for the fact that there were two piano solos in the piece. That was the only hard part. I only have about a week to prepare the pieces and we're performing next Saturday.
I guess I better go back to practice...
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T1 B60: Remembrance Day

For Remembrance Day, my family went out for dinner, and it was so yummy! My brother's friend came over after that, and we just played for the rest of the day. My sister and I were playing Raving Rabbits on Wii, and that has got to be one of the cutest games ever. At one point, the batteries of the controller died, and we spent so long trying to find new ones.
So much fun!
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T1 B59: Remembrance Day Assembly

All we did for P.E. was to run 3 laps, and then we played a game until we had to go to watch the remembrance day assembly. It went by really quickly, and we heard Spencer play "the last post" in a trumpet duet with another trumpet player. They messed up a little, but it still sounded cool. The band students had to watch the assembly three times, since Mr. Hurst was busy conducting the senior band. We also got a nice piece, and I got the first flute part! At least I'll be doing something interesting, and having something new to practice this weekend. The senior band played it for us, just so we could remember what it sounds like, and they were really good! The first part is super slow, but the back part is so fast, we have to do a scale in 32nd notes at the end...It's going to take a LOT of practice.

T1 B58: Issue close to our hearts

We had time to rest after the concert, since it was a pro-d today. In socials, we discussed an issue close to our hearts, and Mr. Martin wants us all to do something to try to change it. We talked about cutting down trees on some streets, and adding crosswalks on other streets, but the one issue we all agreed on was the washrooms at Churchill. Tons of the washrooms have no locks, no toilet paper, the sinks didn't work, the walls were too low, the list goes on....I think a group of us are going to go talk to Mr. Bailey about it, and we'll see what happens after that!
A change for the better,
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T1 B57: Band Concert

Today was the district band festival at Prince of Wales, which is always fun. Last year it was at our school, so we didn't have to travel much. There weren't that many bands there, but they all sounded so good! I saw my friend from Hamber, and talked for a bit. Louisa gave me a tour of the school, and it's actually a lot smaller than it looks. In their cafe, they have 6 microwaves, while we have 2, and their population is a lot smaller than ours!
Hmmm, that just doesn't make any sense. Nevertheless, we were great, though! *errr, not counting the part where someone's clarinet kept squeaking, the saxes came in a bar late, and someone dropped half of their clarinet, then laughed in the middle of the concert...* Other than that, the judicator person said that we were pretty good!
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T1 B56: R.I.P. Hickstead

Today, one of the world's best horses, Hickstead, just suddenly died. He's a famous horse whose rider is Eric Lamaze, a Canadian champion. They were doing a hunter course, when all of the sudden, Hickstead just collapsed. Awww, I remember reading about how great they were in the magazines, and how they looked so magnificent when they were eventing, they were such a great pair, and the worst thing just had to happen. Here's a pictures, basking in glory, evidence of how much happiness Hickstead brought.

At least Hickstead's in horse heaven, where he can play and eat and jump however much he wants, and he'll be able to watch over his owner. And hopefully, Eric will still be able to win many competitions in honour of this great horse!

R.I.P. Hickstead,

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T1 B55: No procrastinating!

I'm trying to finish all the homework I can, so if I get really sleepy after tonight, I'll already have my homework done for tomorrow! Yesterday, our family went out to a Korean Restaurant for yummy spicy food. That's kind of a treat for raking the leaves from our backyard, which took a couple of hours in the freezing cold. Now, for yesterday's homeless blog:

Nov. 5- Day 4: I don't normally open my windows when I got to bed, since I'm really sensitive to the cold, so for tonight, I opened them wide open, just to get a sense of what it felt like. Half-way through the night, after shivering even in my clothes, I got up, shut the windows and kept on sleeping on the floor. I can't imagine what the homeless have to live through. If I can't even last half a night, how do they stand it everyday? I also thought about how they don't really have a choice, and how they are actually a lot tougher and more brave than we may think. To us, they are people struggling to survive on spare change. What I see now are brave people who can take a stand against the cold, with a strong will to survive. It might not even be their fault that they are homeless. And yet, there are people who walk right by them, without a glance, as if the homeless aren't even there. We should treat them with more respect, since if it was us out there homeless, we wouldn't stand a chance, we wouldn't be able to survive.

And that marks the end of me being homeless!

Homeless no more,

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T1 B54: Homeless Blogs

Hmm, I just realized that I forgot to blog about my homeless experience, so I'll just post my thoughts right now.
Nov.2: Day 1
It's still normal, so I had a snuggly, warm time in my own bed, unsuspecting this homeless project.

Nov. 3: Day 2
So I turned off the heat, got a little mat to lay down on the floor of my bedroom.This actually reminded me a lot of camping. We didn't have heat, but we had sleeping bags, so it was almost exactly the same! I've experienced this before, so I was still fine. My back was a little sore this morning, and I was a little cold, but other than that, it was fine! The only awkward thing was sleeping in my day time clothes. It felt so weird, and uncomfortable. I keep getting this sense that I should change into pajamas or something, and it was just so bulking and uncomfortable with blankets. I'm thinking clothes are more important to homeless people, because even if they might be uncomfortable, they actually provide a lot of warmth, with or without the blanket. It's a lot colder outside, sleeping in a house without the heat is nothing compared to sleeping outside. You have to face the weather when sleeping outside, and also, there aren't any walls to block the wind. I'm starting to understand how it would feel to be homeless, and I'm feeling really sorry for them.

Nov. 4- Day 3
Sleeping with clothes AND a blanket was even more uncomfortable. It was so bulky on that mat, you just felt like shedding all those layers, and crawling back into that warm, soft bed. With the homeless, both clothes and blankets are important, and that it's all that they have to keep warm. It is a lot more colder outside, and that's all they have to shelter themselves. They don't even have a warm, soft bed to run to. They have nothing, and being uncomfortable would feel like nothing, next to feeling of loneliness and starvation. I'm feeling grateful that I have a house to provide shelter, and a nice bed to sleep in at night. I'm lucky to have parents that support me, and to provide me with education. I can already imagine the pain the homeless must have to go through every day, the worry of finding a place to stay every night.

Your half-homeless blogger,
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T1 B53: Tests, tests, and more tests

Today was like the day of Tests or something. In football, we played our first actually game, which was not bad, but that could be because we had players on our team who actually got the idea of football. We went against the Ducky mo-mos, who are always fun to play against. It was just friendly competition, no upset feelings, really. In English we had intense, epic debates that were so interesting, it captured my attention for the whole class. The points made were really good, but some people, like Mimi, were debate club members. But I still think Mimi is like a natural born debater, and so is Austin. They debate like their life counted on it, and made presented their points in such a genius way. And their clash was amazing. For both debates, half of the tell, the team members were just standing up and yelling at each other. Amazing!
I'm still mind-blown!
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T1 B52: Another finished hat!

In socials, we got our results, and I'm so happy with my conflict essay mark! It's the best I've got so far in Mr. Martin's class. I only hope the essay test is going to be easy as well. We finally finished the Cromwell movie, but it was horrible when they had to execute the King, because you can see the axe, and it just goes chop! And off comes the head...At least we don't get to see the head actually getting chopped off. Oh, how it freaked me out. As you can tell, I'm pretty sensitive. In Applied Skills, I finally finished a third hat! I'm starting my fourth, but it's taking a lot faster than the ones before, since I'm getting used to it. I hope I'll finish this one by next week, so I can make more hats. It's almost impossible to catch up to Jessie. She made at least 10 hats..
Loop, Hook, Press, Loop, Hook, Press.
Going back to hat-knitting,
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T1 B51: Take Your Kids to Work Day

For Take Your Kid to Work Day, I went to my dad's company office to do mostly accountant duties. Mimi and Yunyi also came along to help out! My dad and I picked up Yunyi first, then we got to the company, and Mimi wasn't there yet. We had a little snack, and by that time, Mimi arrived. My dad gave us a tour around the company, though I've see it about a million times already. Then he gave us separate duties to do. Mimi couldn't really answer the phone, since she didn't speak Cantonese, so she did shelving with Yunyi. I just stayed in the office area answering phones and arranging papers for the accountant. It wasn't exactly boring, you always had something to do. We even had a coffee break! And I drank Coffee for the first time in forever! For lunch we had some sushi, and noodles, since my dad's company has so many brands of instant noodles from his customers. By 3, we were all tired, but still having fun!
Off to fill out my Work Day sheet!
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T1 B50: Math Workshop

In socials, we're learning about the English Civil War, and so Mr. Martin showed us this movie on Oliver Cromwell, this influential person in the English Parliament. He led the army on the Parliament's side, and so we got to the part with battle scenes. The whole movie was somewhat cheesy, but the battle scenes were hilarious. There was this weird marching band thing, and for some reason they included this part with a drummer guy running down the hill, and then tripping and falling for no apparent reason. There were also people getting killed in weird and funny ways, and it was all just so strange!
At lunch I had a rehearsal with the full Intermediate band, and we do sound pretty good. If only the basses could quit making mistakes. Oh boy, I have a feeling that they're going to do that during the concert, or something worse. You never know. Last year, we were great during practice, but during the actually concert, someone forgot to hit the triangle at the end, which is a PRETTY IMPORTANT part. I bet some of us still remember that incident. Oh, the memories of last year's band.
Our test in math got delayed because of Mrs. Knott forgot about the math workshop today. Basically, students from this University came in and gave us these really hard math questions to do. I only knew how to do the 1st page, and I was totally stuck on the 2nd page. I have no idea how Mimi and Leslie does it.
No homework for today!
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T1 B49: HALLOWEEN!

I'm so tired, I'm just going to make this quick. This morning, Bebe's owner came to pick him up. The house feels so much more quieter, but also emptier in a kind of way. After school, we did whatever homework we could finish in an hour, and then we had a quick sushi dinner. My brother's friend came over, and we all headed outside for trick-or-treating! Basically, we went around to every house, until our legs hurt like crazy, and THEN we drove home. My siblings and I have a little tradition of counting and trading our candy when we got home, so we did that, and then ate our first little Halloween candy. 

Now all I have to do is sleep,

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T1 B48: Last Day

Awww, today was our last full day with the puppy. Basically all he did was lie on my bed the whole day, and sleep. He did come in the kitchen at one point because he was interested in my mom's baking. I think she was making pumpkin muffins, which smell kind of funny with other spices. I had skating this morning, and we worked on the Waltz's Jump and the Salchow. I tried so many times to do a Salchow, except it's so annoying when I have to rotate on one foot. It's always so tempting to just stick your pick into the ice...We did more three turns, like I expected. It was pouring outside while I waited for my mom, but it was so much of a difference when I stepped into the house. It's like I want to go into my house, and never come out again. Then, I spent the rest of the day working on my cell reproduction flip book, which was a lot easier then I had expected.
Still trying to make the flip book actually flip,
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T1 B47: Sushi

My brother's friend came over again, but my mom was tired from housework, so our family decided to go out for some sushi. We were already kind of full from lunch, since the trip to the sushi place was kind of a surprise. We still tried to stuff everything in our mouths, since it was still so good. In the end, even after I was super full, the food still looked delicious...I took the puppy for a run in the park in the afternoon, and it's nice having him, since I get a whole lot of exercise, while taking care of him. Sorry for the short blog today, I really want to sleep earlier today, and I'm getting tired already, so...sleepy....

ZZZZzzzzzzz.

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T1 B46: Rejoice! A weekend!

I had french class last block, and our class was so noisy, it was even bothering me! In the end, Ms. Davediuk kept us in for an extra 15 minutes. I hate it when I take no part in the noise, and I still have to suffer. That just upsets me, since I know that a lot of the people in my class even talking, it's just that the talkative people have extremely loud voices...It's finally the weekend, but I'll have to finish my homework early. It's Halloween on Monday, and I can't even do my homework that day, so I'll have to finish everything by today or tomorrow.
Rejoice! It's the weekend!
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T1 B45: Air-plane disaster

Whoa, the debates that we saw today were so intense, they were actually quite interesting. It's fun listening to all the other debates, and we get to see the interesting side of people that we might not have been able to see before. I took Bebe( the dog's name, I guess I forgot to mention that) to the dog park today, and he met so many little dog friends! At one point he decided to freak me out, by almost jumping from the dock we were standing on, into the lake. I gave him a little pull, and he just kept going. Oh my, imagine what would happen if he did jump off, and I couldn't go rescue him. That would have been the most terrible thing to happen. He didn't, so it's all good. My mom was so late in coming home today. When she did get back, she told us there was a air-plane crash, and the highways were all stuck in traffic. I guess it'll be all over the news tomorrow. I wonder what really happened. These things don't happen very often, at least not close to Vancouver.
We're going to go out for dinner, since it's so late. I'd love to come home all full and content, and then be all sleepy...

T1 B44: Sleepy Dog

Oh no, the we got our immunization forms, and I just don't want to think about taking shots! At least I only need to take one, I've seen people who need at least 6 shots. I hope the nurses are really nice, because I've seen so many TV shows where the evil doctors just stab the needle into your arm/heart or wherever...Brr...I'm getting nervous just thinking about it. Awww, the dog got so sleepy after his walk today, he just climbed onto my bed and just fell asleep there. There's no use training him to get of my bed, he jumps back on anyway..
Good night,
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T1 B43: Washroom Breaks

Brr...It's freezing outside, and I have to drag the dog outside for it's washroom break. He likes to take his time, walking around sniffing, and finally, when I can't stand it anymore, he does his business. It's all dark outside, even in the morning! It's a good thing that Daylight Savings time ended because I finally get an extra hour of sleep!
Frozen solid,
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T1 B42: Morning Chaos

This morning, just as my mom, my sister, and I was leaving for school in a rush, the puppy thought it would be funny to dash out the door, and let us chase it for a block. We were about to close the door when it dashed out, ran through our backyard, into the garage, and then down the alley for a block. I only caught it because it stopped at a neighbour's tree to do his business. I got my shirt all muddy from his muddy paws, and my, what a muddy morning chaos.
When we came back, he was whining like crazy, and that softened my up a little.
I'm sorry puppy,
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T1 B41: Dull Skates

Yesterday night I let the dog sleep in his little bed in my room, so he'll be all warm, and at least not alone at night. I did wake up a little early this morning for skating, but the puppy didn't seem to mind, and just stayed curled up in bed. Skating practice was horrible, because of the fact that I had really dull skates and I could barely do any balancing, let alone jumping and spinning. We'll have to get them sharpened at that skate shop, which is kind of far away...After skating I took the puppy on it's first walk in the park. (we live near a park). Well, my dad had to go for a jog, so he took the puppy with him, and I kind of followed. All through the run, he would stop at most of the trees and just sniff, though he kept up the pace. He was kind of scared of the big dogs, and would whine whenever he saw them, but he had a great time making friends with the smaller one. I went for my piano class today. Now, we're going to go out for dinner because my grandma is leaving for China tomorrow, and so we're treating her to dinner again.
I'm thinking what we're going to do for the school day tomorrow. Poor dog, he has to stay home alone for 8 hours...
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T1 B40: Shopping Trip!

This morning, I woke to the sound of the puppy's scratching on my door. I guess he was kind of cold out in the hallway by himself, since he was kind of shivering. I took him to do his business outside, and it was so freezing cold! I spent so much time playing with it, but that's ok, since I didn't have that much school homework anyways. I did go shopping eventually, but my brother stayed home to keep the dog company. Sigh, it's such a good day, I think the puppy's getting used to us already. 

I think I'll go convince him to eat more food now, then he'll probably want to go for a walk...

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New Puppy

So the puppy finally arrived this morning, and it was a Pro-D day, which made it even better. The owner was hugging it, and kissing it, and actually talking to it. I don't think the puppy understood her, because he started whining so loudly when she left. Aww, it left me so heart-broken, like I was stealing it away from her or something. We tried to convince him to eat, but he wouldn't even touch his food. I did take him on a walk later on, and right when he came back, he got on the couch, and fell asleep on my lap. At least that made me a little happier, and I read a book while he slept. When my mom came back,  he started jumping on her like she was his owner. I guess he's more used to older owners. Our family did go out for dinner, and we felt kind of guilty for leaving him on his own again. When we came back, though, he started wagging his tail like crazy...
Filled with puppy love, (I hope that didn't sound too cheesy...)
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Marijuana Debate

We had our English debate today, and we weren't as prepared as we wanted to be, we was probably why we sounded horrible, and our points weren't that great...We were also arguing on the government side, which we were against. It would have been a lot easier arguing on the opposition side, since they have so many more points to address. For science, we made DNA strands out of candy! And we got to eat them, of course. Thankfully, no one got super hyper from all that candy. It was so fun! ...and delicious, of course. For people, we ran patterns outside again. The weather looked kind of misty this morning, so I was dreading getting my shoes soaked. But it turns out that it barely got wet, yet the grass looked so wet. Weird...
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T1 B37: Knitting Field Trip

So we went to the airport on our knitting trip today. My buddy was Madeleine (or just Maddy) and she was friends with Jessie's buddy, so it was perfect. All four of us travelled in our groups. Once we got to the airport, we roamed around, and when we got tired, when found this little resting station for little kids, and sat down there. There was a little TV showing Caillou. At least, I think that's how you spell his name. Anyways, I haven't watched that show in forever, so I watched a bit of it, and then it was time to head off again. Our next stop was at the engine at Yaletown Roundhouse. I actually learned alot about history, and how it was really important before, and it was just so interesting, so many things I had never known! We got a bit hungry at that point, so we went to Lonsdale Quay, ate yummy pizza and gelato, of course, then our group travelled to the legendary playground Mimi and Jessie had been talking about ever since last year. (And I missed last year's field trip, too!) It was really funny, I finally got to see the spinny plastic steps, and had so much fun playing around on them! We made so many funny jokes on the way back, and we just had so much fun talking. Mimi and I had a hilarious conversation with Mr. Sale about his glasses, and his favourite animals, and the conversation was totally random, but always funny. It was a bit crowded, but it was nice to have a chance to bond with our new Grade 8s.
And of course, we had tons of FUN!
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T1 B36: Langara Run

"Today's a nice day." That was the first thing Mr. Lopez said to us this morning, and he had on this big goofy smile. We took one look and realized what was happening to us. Hmmm, it was a good day, and there was cool air blowing, so I would really rather do the run today, then on some rainy day, now I think of it. And the run really wasn't all that bad. It was so unexpected, so I didn't have my iPod with me. I ran with Mimi, and we were near the front, running with the faster runners for half the run. Eventually, we got a bit tired and slowed our pace, but we still kept running....and running...and running. You get the point. It's really nice having a runny buddy, someone to keep your pace, and keep you company, so you won't feel all alone with that feeling that everyone's either really far behind, or in front of you. Mr. Hauck also announced that we'll be starting our Debate unit, which I'm REALLY dreading. I'm seriously not the debating type. Some news to cheer me up after that was that my proposal was approved! I'm going to start project, since I don't want any last minute cramming disasters (eh-hem, like last year?) and besides, you can't grow plants in the dead of winter. Also tonight, one of our family friends' friend is coming over, because she's going to go one vacation soon, and she needs a family to take care of her puppy. Our family agreed to take care of it, and so the reason she came was to have a puppy interview, to make sure we know what to do, and so we could meet the dog. She came in, carry the dog in her arms (it was a small dog, a poodle/maltese mix)  and at first it was a little scared. When she put it down, he kept jumping and jumping, trying to jump back into her arms. Boy, could that puppy jump, it jumped so high! Eventually, he calmed down, and we had a fun time petting and playing with it. I'm so excited when it actually gets to stay at our house!
Filled with puppy love,
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T1 B35: Ha. Ha. Sosnia?

Oww...my back and arms are still sore from my lesson, but after halfway through the day, it got a lot better. So we finally had our socials map quiz on all of Europe, and the funniest thing of the quiz was that I got stuck since I forgot the name of a tiny country. I memorized it according to location yesterday night, so I had to know the names of the countries beside a certain country, before I knew the actual country. So the country I got stuck on was Bosnia. I forgot the name of the country, and some countries that were beside it. The country that I was stuck on was Bosnia, but somewhere in my head, I got Bosnia, and Serbia (which was beside) it mixed up in my head, all jumbled up, and so when I finally put something down, I wrote: Sosnia! I kept telling myself that it seemed kind of wrong, but then the time was up, so I handed it in. Normally, I wouldn't check my notes after a test/quiz, since it always makes me feel really bad about all the things that I got wrong, but I was really curious about this one. Turns out the answer was Bosnia, and when I thought of my silly mistake, all I could do was laugh at myself. It was that funny! Mr. Martin also gave us our textbook, Patterns of Civilization 2, a book we thought we'd never see again, after last year. Now we have book 2. Yippee? I also realized we only had one Day 1 class this whole week, since we have a field trip on Wednesday for Applied Skills. Yay! I'm also done my first 2 hats for Applied Skills. I should work hard to catch up to Jessie, who's already made a bijillion hats...
Must make more hats,
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T1 B34: Skating Lessons

Today, I dragged myself out of bed for skating lessons. I'm always so sleepy, but once I get there, all the sleepiness wears off like magic. Lianna was my skating teacher today, instead of her brother, Alvis. She taught me how to do 3-foot turn exercises today. I already knew how to do three-foot turns, but she taught me this technique, and extra strokes, making it an exercise. So I had to skate around the circle, and I would do a 3-foot turn, then I would switch feet, stroke, then point my foot. It's really annoying how I automatically point my foot downwards when I'm supposed to point facing upwards. I can do it fine against the wall, but when it comes to the actually exercise, I'm always hesitating. Another thing was straightening my back and keep my arms up high throughout the whole thing, which made them ache like crazy. Eventually, I got the proper position, and Lianna said that everything else was perfect, except for the way I point my foot...Sigh, after my lesson (15minutes) I had 45 minutes left on the rink to practice pointing and pointing to try to get the proper position.
What to do with an aching back and arms?
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T1 B33: 4-Day week, once again!

Whew! It's already Friday again! The week just sped by so fast! Anyways, I'm all relaxed again, and in my weekend mode. My brother's friend, Timothy, came over tonight for a sleepover. It's a good thing he's here, so he could keep my brother company, since my brother always seems to be so bored. He's only staying until tomorrow, but he's an pretty responsible, so it's not like we don't like him or anything. His mom and my mom are really good friends, and we always have dim sum with them. It's kind of more a respectful thing to do, a kind of way for my mom to thank them, since my parents are both at work, my brother goes to Timothy's house almost everyday, until my mom could pick him up. Anyways, it's almost bedtime. Starting today, or whenever I'm not busy, I plan to read everyday before I go to bed, so my mind is kind of relaxed, and in a happier mood. Obviously, I wouldn't choose to read horror novels before bed, just those nice, funny happy books that make you smile!
I wouldn't miss my book time for anything,
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T1 B32: Running patterns

I'm so happy, I barely have any work to do today! Yay! So I will blog...Today for football, we practiced running patterns for football. Our group was Mimi, me, Alex and Matthew. All we did was around cones and catch the ball, which somehow always manages to fly way over our heads. Of course, it was really fun, running around and trying to stay warm. Still, our hands were still just frozen stiff, and it really hurt to catch anything. I'm dreading the next P.E. class, when it's going to start raining.
Dear Rain, rain all you want this week, just not on my P.E. days. Please?
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T1 B31: Math Pattern Worksheets

Oh no. I'm up late again doing math. These annoying math pattern questions never seem to end...It's so repetitive, and even every question is only a little different from the last one, it's still really annoying. I have to do 3 pages of them, and I don't think I can last another hour if I don't finish them. Hmmm, Math sure loves to make students suffer.
Sigh, back to work...
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T1 B30: Football

So we started playing football today, and we only had time to do a little practice since we had collaborative day. It was colder, since we were so used to going inside for weight lifting. I discovered that I'm not actually that bad at throwing footballs, but that I can't catch them. Maybe part of the reason why is because my hands all frozen, and it hurts to catch anything, much less a flying football coming at you. I guess it was ok, and that I don't really hate football. Right after football, it suddenly came into my head that I forgot to bring a raw egg for science class today. Leslie was relying on me to bring it, and so I ran down to the cafeteria and just bought a raw egg from them. Who knew you could do that? Anyways, on my way to my locker, I bumped into Leslie, who was holding  raw egg. Since we had an extra one, we gave it to Celinna and Mimi, who also forgot there egg.
Sigh, what an egg-tastrophe,
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T1 B29: Socials Presentation

We had to hand in our second map today, and already, I know I'm going to get marks off because I forgot to highlight the borders. Sigh, there's borders everywhere, and countries are so tiny, why must Europe be all crowded and cramped? We're having a test soon, and hopefully, I can remember all those strange sounding names. We also did our socials presentation today, which went pretty well. The questions we had to face weren't that hard, and I think we got a pretty good mark. We worked hard on it though, and I'm glad that work paid off. We went to school early to prepare and practice, and we spent a lot of time last night editing, and putting the script together. But I'm so happy I don't have to worry about it anymore, and now I feel like a weight has been lifted of my shoulders!
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T1 B28: ME-Day

Yay, today was just totally relaxing, and since I've already finished my homework, I'm just resting. I guess my mind needs to take its own kind of vacation, so I won't be brain-dead for the coming week. Right now, I just don't want to think of school, I'm just going to relax, and enjoy today as much as possible. I did have a yummy dinner, and though it's Thanksgiving, I already had a yummy early thanksgiving dinner.
I can already smell all the yummy food...
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T1 B27: Apple Farm

Our family went apple picking today, like we do almost every year. It's always at the same farm, but it's so fun every time! At the farm, there's this huge jumping pillow, and a cute little petting zoo. This year we tried out new things, since I've already blogged about this last year. So this visit, we checked out the pumpkin patch, and there were tons of pumpkins just scattered everywhere. So we all just went off on our own quest to find the perfect pumpkin. Right next to the pumpkin patch, there was this ring for pony rides, which I would have loved if I were still small. I still want to have a ride, except I don't think I should add to the torture the poor ponies are going through, walking circle after circle while little kids bounce around and scream/cry. I did go take some pictures of the pretty ponies to add to my ever-growing horse/pony collection. I gave them some pats, and just sat there watching them for a while. My brother's friend also came along with us this year, and so his family just joined the trip. We caught up with each other after a while, and decided to try out the hay ride. It was pretty cool, there were stacks of hay on this really long truck, and we rode around the farm. We saw this little factory where they made apple cider, it was so cool! After the hay ride, we went in the corn maze. Somehow, our families got split up. We just walked around and around, and luckily the corn maze wasn't that big, so we got out eventually, and found everyone else. I also got to pet these soft fluffy bunnies, and soft fluffy llamas. The llamas were chewing so funny, I took some picture of them as well. To end the day, we got free samples of apple cider, and bought a jug to bring home. Mmmmm....
I'm never going to get sick of apples!
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T1 B26: Gloomy, Rainy Day

Aww, rainy days always remind me of the cold, dark winter that is on it's way. It looks really gloomy and depressing outside, it just affects your mood, and you don't feel like doing much when it looks gloomy outside. I did go to the library today, it was all warm and snuggly in there, so I read for a bit, and then took home a bunch of good books to curl up with during the weekend. The library's kind of like my sanctuary, so calm and quiet, and so much space to think. It's one of my favourite places! After the riding place, of course. Oh, and I finally found a science fair topic! I actually like it, and I'm actually kind of interested in it, which is a first. I'll keep it secret for now, but you'll find out sooner or later!
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T1 B25: Relaxing Pro-D!

Yay! I'm enjoying my awesome Pro-D and second 4 day week! I've spent most of the day knitting, but watching TV at the same time, which I haven't done for a while now. Who knew watching TV could be productive? Anyways, I'm going to spend the rest of the day doing Socials, just to get it over with. We just need a little more to do on our Sierra Leone project. There's also going to be a map test, but it's always easy, the map just looks so confusing and complicated, but when you study little chunks at a time, it's a whole lot easier. We have another map to do, but this one sounds a lot easier than the other one. I'm guessing he's going to give us a test on this map, too.
I'm going to get back to work, I want to make sure I get resting time and ME time after, and of course, some sleep tonight!
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T1 B24: Science Fair Proposal

Sigh, I have no idea what I'm going to do for my science fair. It always takes so long to come up with a topic, and even if you do have a topic, it takes so much time writing the actual proposal. Maybe I'll do one on plants, and how eggs affect them? But what kind of science fair would that be? Sigh, it's even hard keeping it in in the back of my head, since I forget about it anyway. Hopefully I come up with a topic soon, and it doesn't kill my brain by then. We had an early thanksgiving dinner with our family at our family restaurant (my uncles own the place). We had a nice turkey dinner with yummy potatoes and corn. Mmmmm, I feel so full. I guess we're having it early, since we'll be busy when Thanksgiving is actually here.
I'm all full and ready to sleep!
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A little guide dog

Today went great! We had our socials presentation which was really interesting. I can't believe how good they are, they actually are really interesting, and I just kept learning and learning! Egypt totally blew my mind, and Somalia just made me wonder how cruel humans can be. We also worked on our map, which is really frustrating, since you have to label a lot of things in the teeny, tiny space given.
In Applied Skills, I just worked on knitting more hats! I'm finally on my 3rd hat, and it's getting really easy. This time, since our table was so crowded, I moved to sit with Mimi's company. It was really interesting having a conversation with them, and my hat just kept growing and growing. Hopefully, by the end of this weekend, I'll have two more!
Math was a rush, as usually. Everyone was just trying to finish their worksheet before the end of class, so they wouldn't have to bring it home for homework. Like always, more than half of us didn't finish, or should I say, got now where close to finishing.
French was fun with my new table mates, and we did a review on school supplies since we have a quiz coming up. It isn't bad, our vocab sheet is the same formatting as last year, so I'm pretty used to it. While we were waiting for everyone else to finish up their worksheet, Carina taught me how the art of spacing out. Basically, both of us stared at a waterbottle, and just tried to imaging we were the dust floating on the water. Oh, Carina, she's just so funny!
But what made my dad was what happened after school. I walked home with my sister, and while we were riding the Expo-line, there was a guide dog sitting with its trainer. After asking questions, we found out that the trainer was getting the guide dog used to loud noises and being around really busy and social places. The dog wasn't really "professional" yet, but that's why he needed training. The person also told me that the dog was only 5 and a half months old, so he was only a puppy. He had on a guide dog harness, and sometimes he would squirm around. He was really sweet though, and he really tried hard to stay still on the train. The trainer was volunteering for The Canadian Guide Dogs for the Blind, which really interested me. I think that later, when I'm older, I might volunteer there, too. I might try the SPCA as well. It's nice to know that there's so many neat animal places out there, so many opportunities for volunteering!
Anyways, here's a picture from their website:

And here's a picture of another (smaller) puppy with their harness on:

And that's all for today!

The animal-crazed fan,
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T1 B22: Cold...

This morning, it took me so long to get out of my bed. Mostly because it looked gloomy, and it was so dark. Well, i recovered by the time I got to school. I had P.E. first, which seems to get easier and easier, which is awesome, since I'm really getting used to it! Then in Band, we did a lot of rhythms and articulation practice. I'm actually a lot worse at tongue-ing than I thought. I guess I really need to practice it..
For English we had another lovely presentation, which is also the 2nd last. AND he mentioned that we would have a final test on short stories. Another test to study for. At least it won't be so hard, since we've learned some of it last year.
For Science, we did our review on Cells, which means that we'll be having another test next week on cells. I know some people hate memorizing all that cell stuff, but for some reason I find it ok, and pretty interesting. I mean, it's not too hard, and it's pretty easy once you get it. At least there's something that I won't have to struggle with...except for that science fair proposal looming up...
Better go to bed before I collapse...
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T1 B21: Second four-day week

I just realized that we have a lot of Pro-D days in October, which is pretty cool. Hopefully my cold will end by the end of this long weekend, because it's just really annoying. In socials, we had two civil war presentations, and they were so good! It was so interesting, and they just set the bar up really high. I don't know how we're going to do better than the presentations today. I guess I have a lot of research to do, and I want to read up as much as I can, since there were so many questions asked today, that the groups weren't prepared for. We got ANOTHER map of Europe, but this time it's going to be easier, since we don't have as many countries and things to label, and it just looks easier. The bad thing is, with a map, comes a quiz/test, and with that quiz/test comes a possibly horrible mark, and with that possibly horrible mark comes a possibly horrible grade, and with that possibly horrible grade, comes possibly angry parents...Mimi and I were talking about how a small map creates all this, and it was really funny in the end, it came to death or something, from this tiny map.
In Applied Skills, I FINISHED MY FIRST HAT! :) I was so satisfied with myself, but since Jessie's already finished 8, I have a lot to catch up on. Now that I know how to do it, it isn't going to be a lot easier to finish. We also have a lot to hand in for our company: patent, mission statement, a report..... I can't even remember the rest, I'll have to check the website again.
In Math we spent the whole class doing our math test, which was somehow hard for me, but easy for the rest of my table mates. I really dislike surface area, and I'm glad we got that out of the way. Also with a math test comes no homework! So I'm free!....until next class. But I'm so relieved that we have space to breathe before we start our next unit...Wow, that's like 2 units in less than a month. She's really going to squeeze in a lot of lessons for us. Hopefully, I won't have to struggle through most of them...
In French, we watched this really interesting video on the creation of pencils, which is actually a lot more fascinating than it sounds. It was all in French, but we already did some of the translations last class. We also got our textbooks and a new workbook. It's so new! Did I mention that I love new things? It's so clean and the pages are so crisp and not wrinkly. I'm pretty lucky that my textbook is pretty new, and it's so clean and beautifully wrapped. It's so new and pretty, I don't want to do write in it....
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T1 B20: New teacher

This morning, I woke up super early for skating lessons, I was so excited all over again. I changed into my lovely skating outfit, and then arrived right on time for my lesson. Turns out that Lianna (my coach)'s brother Alvis's student changed her lesson time, so he has no one to teach that morning. So instead of Lianna teaching a semi-private lesson (me and my cousin) she decided to let Alvis teach me, and she'll keep teaching my cousin. At least that's what I think it was. Either that, or it was only for today. Anyways, I was a little nervous, since I've never met her brother before, or seen his teaching style, I've only seen him around during Lianna's lessons. Turns out that he's a bit shy, but really nice. His teaching style is really different than Lianna, he takes things slowly, and just wants you to practice it, while Lianna just forces it on you, and make you do it until you get it right. That sounds different than what I mean, it's hard to explain it. He really does look like Lianna, the first time we saw them, my cousin and I just knew that they were siblings. Anyways, I worked on my saloms again, since they were horrible, and then practiced my edges. After our lesson, my cousin and I got half an hour to practice it on our own, and I'm just really satisfied with our lesson, it was awesome!
At home I did homework, had a big lunch, then went for piano lessons. When my siblings and I came back, we had an awesome yummy dinner, and then I had to have a chinese lesson with my cousin. We have a Chinese tutor come to our house to teach us, and she's really cool. Her lessons are pretty awesome and there are so many times when we just laugh, she actually makes me feel like Chinese isn't as boring. I'm glad that we found this Chinese tutor, because since I started learning with her, Chinese has actually been a lot better and more interesting than before. I love it when she tells us stories about a poet, or an author about things that we learn. If only everyday could be awesome days...
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T1 B19: A nice shopping trip!

This morning, I almost forgot to wake up early, and I slept through my alarm clock. Then I woke up at 9-ish, and remembered that I had to tutor piano at 10. I still made it in time, but just barely, and I felt hungry the whole time, since I didn't have breakfast yet.
I did half of my homework, and then my sister and I went to the community center to play badminton. It was ok, but it made me a lot more tired, since I was already sick. We had an awesome time though, and it's kind of like a replacement for the missing PE block on Friday. We went to Metrotown on a shopping trip after that, which was awesome, since we haven't had a trip all through September. There were Sales, though they weren't really big, but they were ok, and we got a lot of stuff at good prices. I just have to run it through the washing machine, and then they'll be ready to wear!
I'm going to practice piano now, since I have my lessons tomorrow, and I've barely had time to practice today. Then I'm going to take a nice hot shower, and go straight to bed...I can't wait to snuggle in and sleep!
Before 11:15, of course. I'm really going to force myself to follow that plan of mine.
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T1 B18: Mopey

It started out as a sore throat, and then it turned into a runny nose, which is a lot more annoying. So for most of today, I spent it blowing my nose on tissues, and feeling completely tired and worn out. Good thing it was a weekend, too, because I just feel like I need a couple days off to renew and just freshen up. I didn't even sleep in today, I guess I'm getting used to waking up early, which is good, but bad too, since I sleep really late. I really really have to start following my bedtime plan! I did do a little work, and took some notes for my socials project. We're researching Sierra Leone, so I took a book out from a writer who wrote about Sierra Leone and was at a Writer's Festival interview I've been to. The book is actually really interesting, but some parts are really disturbing, and it's really sad how cruel the people are. At 2-ish, I bused to my old school to pick up my brother. And then I went home, and was more motivated to do more work. We had dinner at a nice little restaurant that we visit more and more now, and it was just an awesome night!
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T1 B17: More Quizzes...

Today we had our bearings quiz for Socials, and I'm pretty sure that I did horrible. Some things I forgot how to do, and weren't even in my notes. It's so confusing for me, it's just like last year when I did horrible on my geography test. Hopefully I don't do TOO bad, and besides, my first quiz will probably make up for it. But still, I can't help it but to have friendly competition with the other people in the class...I really need to work on time management and actually following my schedule. Not only that, I still have to manage to follow my little bedtime plan. So far, it's not great. I think I'm going to pull myself together this week, and actually finish things. Long weekend, new start. In Applied Skills, I'm really happy, since I'm almost finished my first hat. I can't wait to see what it looks like!
For math, we just had a review for another math test I'm dreading...Hopefully, I'll actually understand what I'm doing. I like I need to learn a lot more, and the people in my class are so much more smarter. It's so different from last year, when I was just breezing through regular math.
But hey, at least I'll have a chance to learn a lot more, instead of repeating things I've already done.
Have a nice long weekend!
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Sniffles...

Oh no, I think I'm catching a cold! First I had a sore throat, which got better, and as soon as it got better, I got the sniffles. I sneezed like a million times today. Hopefully, it won't turn out that bad, and I won't have to miss school or anything. Or hopefully I won't have to spend a day at school while being super sick at the same time, because that's a lot worst.
Anyways, today was such a busy day. It's just running everywhere, trying to put things together, and making it on time. We had to do our dreaded 6-laps in P.E. today, for one. I actually like doing Langara more than running 6-laps. It's a lot easier for me, not having to count my laps, or seeing how far everyone already is, or counting how many more laps I'll have to run. Running Langara is like super fast hiking on a nice little trail all shady and cool. I just really hope that we won't have to run Langara on a rainy day. I'm not looking forward to slipping in mud anytime soon.
Band was better, we got to play Bluesville which is a cool little song from last year. We played it a ton of times last year, and for one performance too. It's actually quite easy once you get the hang of playing in swing style.
We watched the awesomely-awesome speeches during Lunch, and it was only really annoying when people were being extra loud, and you can't tell what the speeches were about. After lunch, it was our group's turn to do the English presentation, and I've got to say that it went pretty well. The minecraft trailer was a fun twist to our presentation, and it was pretty funny and amusing! In science, we talked about the one thing we didn't ever want to hear: SCIENCE FAIR. It's really going to take me forever to think of a topic, it was hard enough last year. I just want to do an experiment that's really fun, and hopefully won't take too long. Sigh, hopefully I'll think of one by the end of this long weekend. I really don't want to have science fair lingering around in my head. And HOPEFULLY I'll survive this one.
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Weird Weather

When I woke up this morning, the sky actually looked almost clear, whoa. I guess I kind of expected it to be pouring rain again, but it was so different this morning. I did still wear my boots to school, since it's fall, and you can't trust the weather. During Socials we had our map quiz. I'm so annoyed with myself! I knew the river was Dnieper, and that's what I put. So in the end, I kept on staring at it, thinking that it was wrong, and I changed it! And in the end, Dnieper was the right answer. Next time, I'm just going to stick with what I put first, and only change it if it was really wrong. Thankfully there was two bonus questions, and I got one of them right, so that made up for the missing mark. Next week, we have ANOTHER quiz. Geez, I hope I do better for the next one. YEEEE, in Applied Skills, I'm actually making progress on my hat, and it's actually growing! I can't wait to see what it'll look like. HOPEFULLY, it won't be loose. In math, our test got moved to next week, and in french we had a new seating order, and this time, we don't get to pick. I guess I got a good spot, even though I'm all the way in the back.
Okay, when I was almost home, it started raining a teeny bit, and the sky was still clear. Then, like 2 hours later, it started pouring rain for no reason, and when I looked outside again, the sky was STILL clear. Geeez, what weird weather we have in Vancouver.
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Typical Monday.

Gloomy. Dark. Pouring Rain. How else can we describe today? It was hard enough dragging myself out of bed, we had to drive through the pouring rain on the way to school. I also had P.E. first thing, which just added to the disappointment. It was so cold, thankfully we spent the day inside skipping, running, and working out in the weight room. In band, I was just so tired, it was nice to just sit on a chair, and enjoy our (slowly improving) music. It wasn't bad, we were actually getting better! English presentations are pretty interesting, the stories that the groups choose are really fun to read, but sometimes really sad and deep, like the one we read today, Alicia. Science was fun as usual, we had awesome presentations are great ideas for science fairs if we had unlimited supply. It pretty funny listening to people talk about them, especially since some were really weird and disgusting.  Like ours, we did ours on dairy products, and poo. Pretty strange, but hey, it was a great idea. When my sister and I walked home, the rain actual stopped for a bit, which was pretty nice, since I really didn't want to walk/bus home in the pouring rain.
Now I really have to study for Socials, since I've put it off long enough, and I guess I can't run from the terror of maps. Hopefully I won't do horrible on my first Socials test.
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Building skills one at a time

This morning, I had to drag myself out of bed for skating lessons. It was just that hard. It was so dark in my room, and I could hear the rain pelting down on my window, and I just didn't feel like moving from my warm little fort. Eventually, I inched toward the edge of the bed, and just climbed off. After changing into my skating costume, it just suddenly became real to me. I guess I became more excited then, and so I ran to get ready to leave. I had breakfast in the car, a energy bar, which might seem little, but it actually helps in the morning, when I don't feel like eating anything else, and can't eat anything big before skating. I tied my skates there, while my mom went off to swim at the pool, which was right next to the rink. Both were inside, since it was at the Killarney center. My cousin and I got there right on time, and we met up with Lianna, our coach. We did our normal warm up exercises, and then instead of doing salems, like we did last time, we worked on our edges, which I'm also bad at. She taught us where to place our hands, and then how to use our free leg to guide. After the half hour lesson, she left us to work on our skills for the next half hour. I actually can do my edges perfectly now, I just have to work on the backward ones. We also practiced our Spirals, and Lounges, both of which are super fun!
After skating, I had time to finish my homework, have breakfast/lunch, and then head to piano. Since my piano teacher owns a dog, I always take time off to play with it. This time, he was so happy with all the attention, he rolled right over, and let us rub his belly. It was so funny, since he looked so relaxed!
Sigh, I love Sundays. I wish they would never end, Mondays always seem like torture.
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Relaxing...

Today was just a taking time for myself day. Basically, I just enjoyed myself and relaxed after a stressful week. I did have to get up a bit earlier to tutor piano, and then helping my brother do his homework.  But afterwards, I had a nice trip to the library, and then came home and just watched TV, which I haven't done in a long time. I barely have time to watch TV anymore. I remember last year, or the year before that, I would get to watch TV almost every night, I guess the homework load has changed, and I just don't have time. But it's nice once in a while, when the whole family huddles near the TV and just relax in peace. After an awesome dinner, I took a nice warm, hot shower, and then went to bed early. I just can't wait for skating lessons tomorrow!
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The Truth

So later on today, I found out about the mystery of why me and my siblings weren't picked up yesterday. Turns out that the guy was busy, and he told my mom that his friend would pick us up. In the end, his friend's car had some problems, and she couldn't pick us up. They tried to call my mom, but she wouldn't pick up either. So they phoned her again this afternoon, and she told us what happened. If they ever have to pick us up again, I hope that nothing else is going to go wrong.
The day went pretty well, but the weather just made me miss the summer. All that sunshine and blue skies...It was a lot better in the morning. It LOOKED like summer. And then it does a nasty trick when you walk out the door to greet the sun, and you get a nasty cold feeling instead. It even started getting colder. But then your body gets used to it, and it gets hot again...weird. So my sister and I were walking home, and it was the weather was still nice, and all of the sudden, I felt a drop of rain on my arm. So we walked a little faster, and then there was more rain, and then in a minute, it was close to pouring. We just rain the way home, and thankfully, we didn't get too wet. Funny, how just as we walked through the gates of our house, it stopped raining.

Confusion.

Today was just crazy. I had P.E. first, and our class was just scared that we would have to run outside, especially since hearing that the other classes might be doing Langara run in the pouring rain. We ended up just doing the Fitness testing which was so fun! I found out that I grew 1 cm, and I really hope the tape isn't messed up like last time, when it said that I shrank 5 cm. I got better in some parts, and worst at others. Aww, I really want to improve in everything next time. Band was fun as usual, and we had our first English presentation. It was actually really well done, and they actually managed to make us do work for the whole 80 minutes! And their story was so interesting, so much suspense! In Science we had a sub, and also got our safety quiz back! I'm so glad I passed it, and I got a good mark for the first test, too! 

After school, an uncle was supposed to pick me and my siblings up, because my parents were both busy and at work. But he never came. So we waited, and waited...Eventually I decided to call my mom, and she didn't pick up. So I called my dad, and finally, he drove us home. We got home at 5, and just started doing homework...It was pretty confusing and weird, since we normally got home a lot earlier. 

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First collab day of the year!

Wow, we a random collab day in the middle of the week. I've got to say, it actually helped me out a lot. Our family went out for dinner for my grandma's birthday yesterday, so I barely got any homework done. For her birthday, I decided to give her one of the scarves that I knitted last year. After ton of thinking, I decided to give her my red scarf, one of my favourites.  I think she really likes it, but I do miss having it in my closet. Hey, at least I have more of the same coloured yarn. I'll probably just make another one. I didn't even have time to finish Math and the Socials map. So this morning, for we had to drop of my brother, so I arrived at school at nine, and finished my map at 10:10. During lunch, I stayed in the Applied Skills room to finish my math homework. Turns out that it was pretty easy, but I finished at 12, leaving me 10 minutes to eat lunch...
We had a math quiz today, and I was just dreading it. Enriched math just seems harder for me right now. For some reason today, everything is the opposite. The quiz WASN'T hard, and the notes and work we had to do WASN'T hard, and the homework ISN'T hard, either! I'm glad to say that Math went pretty well today, and that I'm sure I'll get a good mark on the quiz.
For french, I was all worried we would have to do our presentations, but it turns out that we only had time to finish writing our speech, and then spent the last 20 minutes practicing it. Next Friday, we have our presentations, and I just remembered that we also have our first QUIZ.
Studying away,
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Just Tired.

So for PE today, we did our normal 3-lap run, except for some reason, it felt a lot more tiring than ever. Maybe it was because of the sun, because somehow I always manage to do better on gloomy days. We're also doing 6-laps next week, or next class. Anyways, while I was stretching, I managed to pull my knee, so it started hurting a bit. When I ran, it was fine, but when I had to stop to wait for Mimi, it started hurting like crazy. Even walking or sitting down made my knee hurt. In the weight room, we were doing this exercise machine, and I thought it was going to hurt my knee, but I decided to go on it anyways. Turns out that it didn't make my knee hurt, which was weird, but made me so much more comfortable again.
In band, we played a new song, Celtic Air and Dance 2, and we played the original Celtic Air and Dance last year. They both sound really nice, and Mr. Hurst even said that there was a Celtic Air and Dance 3! Anyways, it sounds really nice and pretty, and our band sounds pretty good!
Lunch was spent studying for Science, for English we just worked on our presentations, and for Science we had our big science test. It was ok...not too easy, nor too hard. Some questions were tricky, but I'm pretty confident that I got 86%. Well, I really hope so. I don't really want to take the test again...
Tonight I barely have time to do homework. It's my grandma's birthday, so our family is going out for dinner. I don't event know how I'm going to finish everything. I'm so happy and thankful that the school decided to have the Collab day tomorrow, so that I'll have time to finish my work.
Baaaack to work,
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No Procrastinating!

Today is my no procrastinating day, and I mean it. I have so much work to do, I just don't want to rush it all at the last minute. My socials map is due on Wednesday, and I'm only about half way there. I think I'll manage to finish it by today. I'll just spend the rest of tomorrow trying to see if there's anything I can fix. In Applied Skills, I'm learning to make my first hat, and it's going awesome! I'm so excited to see what it looks like in the end. Photo day was today, too. Photos, blargh. Having people take photos of me is the worst thing ever. It almost always comes out horrible.
Math class was ok, I guess. I'm finally understanding what the teacher is talking about. It's just that I hope we don't have to do Surface Area any longer. It's driving me crazy, all those surfaces and shapes and holes and whatnot. Last of all is French. We're having presentations based on this Mission Impossible video that we saw earlier. It's actually pretty fun, but it's really hard trying to remember all that we learned last year, and actually making french sentences with them, on our own. Well, we can get the teachers' help, except for the fact, that everyone needs help, and you have to raise your hand for five minutes before they can get to you. Besides that, today was a pretty good Day 1, and it's becoming better than I thought it was.
Off to knitting my new hat,
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Wheeeeeeeee!

Okay, today was a pretty good day for me. I had to wake up early for figure skating lessons at 8:30. My cousin and I decided to take figure skating lessons together, and today was our first private lesson with our coach, Lianna. We had figure skating lessons with Lianna for a long time now, and we were pretty excited to start private lessons, since we would learn a lot more from her. It was pretty tiring. I had a granola bar for breakfast, and then it was time to skate. It still feels weird wearing a skirt and tights, but then I guess after a few times, it'll be perfectly normal. We had a 15 minute lesson today, practicing our saloms. It's basically like doing edges with both feet, like skiing, but you're skating with your feet stuck together. It's one of those things that I'm horrible at, but then after our short lesson, we had 45 minutes to practice it, and by the end of the lesson, I was getting the idea. I did some homework when I got home, and then I went with my mom to see the doctor, since she needed a "physical check" thingy for her new job. We went to visit a Montessori preschool open house after that, and it was neat because the person who opened the new school was a friend of my mom's. They had a long discussion, since my mom was going to work at a Montessori school as well, and they exchanged tips and information, and I just stood there looking around. The preschool's really pretty actually, everything is all neat and tidy. It looks really cozy, totally opposite of the huge rooms at Churchill. After an hour or so, we headed to Michael's to get some yarn for our Applied Skills project. Piano lessons followed after that (really enjoyable, actually) and then it was back home for yummy dinner. Right now, I'm trying to finish my homework before bedtime. Yeah, I actually made a plan to help me sleep earlier. Since I can't just start sleeping at 10: 00 right away, every week I'm going to go to bed 15 minutes earlier than the previous week. This week, I have to get to bed by 11:15, and so I'm determined not to go past my bedtime. I really want to get some sleep...
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Busy Day

I'm so tired, just running around, and my arms are so sore...
This morning, I had to wake up early to tutor my piano student. She's pretty awesome, not rude or anything, and she goes to my old school, so I remember all her teachers. We always have a nice chat, and she follows my tips and advice. I was pretty tired after that, since I didn't eat breakfast before, and I was starving. So I had lunch and then helped my brother with his homework. After that, my mom decided to tell me that I had Badminton class that day, and I had to leave at 2, which was in 5 minutes. So my sister, my mom, and I rushed to the community center, and then my sister and I practiced playing badminton. After half and hour or so, when class was supposed to start, our teacher just kept on teaching the group before, and it was then that we found out that our class was moved half and hour back. So on top of that, we had to start our lesson at 2:45, and then play for an hour. My arms were already sore from the weight room the day before, and playing badminton just made it worst. By the end of it all, my arms just felt like Jello. Right after that, my sister and I had tutor, and we rushed there. It was surprisingly hard to write words when you have a sore arm. My right arm was just shaking from the effort of it all. Eventually, my strength came back, and I COULD WRITE AGAIN! It was pretty late after that, so our family just ate at a nearby restaurant. That was the only thing that was relaxing that day, and I almost fell asleep in the car on the way back, because I was so comfortable. Sigh, I'm just going to go to bed early, because tomorrow I won't get to sleep in.
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New music skills!

P.E. today was pretty awesome. For one, I got my best time for running 3 laps so far. Also, weight room seems to get easier and easier every time, so this time I started pulling heavier weights. My partner was Mimi, but since Leslie's partner was injured, she joined our group. We worked out nicely, and then we spent the rest of the time skipping. It was the perfect weather outside. Not too cold, but not too hot. It was just cloudy, which was perfect, especially with the nice breeze. If only the weather stayed like that for Langara. I'm really hoping it won't rain on that day. 

Band was one of my favourite classes for that day. We played our scales and technique stuff, and then came the fun songs. We played it halfway with the flute, and then Mr. Hurst decided to want the Timpani part. So he asked one of he flutes, since there was more of us, to play the Timpani. Nobody wanted to go, so I decided to give it a try. And it was AWESOME and super FUN! It was just reading the bass clef, I guess it was weird, since flutes play treble clef all the time, but basically it was just three notes. It has a lot more to do with rhythm than notes, and I had to learn how to do a drumroll, which is harder than it sounds. Other than that, Band was awesome.

For English we had got another project, and our group had to do a "teaching day" on Setting and Atmosphere. The stories in our section was pretty interesting, and I'd even read one of them before. The bad thing is, we get a really short amount of time to prepare everything, so we kind of have to get to work fast. 

For Science we just did more learning on safety symbols, and then we got a worksheet. 

My sister and I walked home together, which seemed like it took eternity. I guess we have to get used to it, my mom has a new job, and she wouldn't be around much anymore. 

Wow, the teachers really let us off easy for Grade 8, Grade 9 is a killer.

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Back in the grooove!

Today was pretty enjoyable, it went a lot better than any day this week. For the first time this year, I actually enjoyed today. For P.E. we had our warm up run, and even if I did forget my waterbottle in my P.E. locker, I managed to stay hydrated, and not get dizzy or anything. Weight room went well, Mimi's a good P.E. partner, and we just worked, and worked, and worked....And now my muscles are tired...Which is good, of course. Band was next, and that was my favourite class of the day. We still did things the same as last year, with scales and arpeggios and exercises like that. We did get a new song though, which was awesome to play. It's called Arabian dances. Flutes don't get a important role in it, but we have this pretty cool clapping part, and about 36 bars of rest.
Mimi and I had lunch, with Judy, Cynthia and Alex. It's so peaceful where at Alex's locker. That hallway isn't very loud, compared to the other places I've had my lunch. Maybe because there's less people there, and it's close to the very end of the hallway. English was fun, we read another story, and talked about symbolism. I think my brain's dead from thinking about all those symbols and ideas, and what it's actually supposed to mean. Science was last, and we learned all about safety signs. We had so much fun laughing, because Ms. Jay's examples are so funny, and she'd always somehow slip in jokes. That went well, and we only had to do a worksheet for homework.
Hopefully tomorrow is as great as today was! (If that sentence made any sense...)
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Day 2 Unfolds

This morning we had PE with Lopez in the small gym. I've always disliked the small gym for some reason, it reminds of of those horrible high jumps that we had to do in there last year. It also has an over-whelming smell of wax, or crayon-smell, or whatever it is. Anyways, Mr. Lopez is pretty cool, he's so funny and nice! The weird thing was that so many synergy kids were there! During attendance, I was so surprised by how many names I recognized. At least half of the synergy kids were there.
Band was next, and it was exactly the same thing as last year, since I took up Intermediate Band again. This time, Gabriel and Roy were in my class, so at least there was someone there I could recognize. I also met some synergy grade 8s that was taking band.
After a nice lunch, it was time for English. Mr. Hauck turns out to be very amusing, and it just felt so comfortable there being in his class. It was so warm in his class, but once you walk in, you could just feel this happy aura radiating. It kind of reminds of Ms. Greskiw's class. Hmmm, must be something that English teachers do. Anyways, we had an awesome time introducing ourselves, and it was so fun! We learned so many new things about our classmates that some of us didn't even know! English class sped by so fast, it seemed like the other classes dragged on longer. (Except for band.)
Last class of the day was Science with Ms. Jay. Everyone was looking forward to her. And it turned out great! We took attendance, and then played two games outside. We played "North Wind Blows" to the point where people were really getting pushed out of their seats, and then we played this twister-style game where we had to put a certain number of body parts on the floor while being connected in some way to our group. We didn't have enough people for everyone to be split in fours, so our group became a group of 3. The game got kind of challenging for us, since we didn't have as many people. Day 2 was pretty satisfying, it went over better than I thought!
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New rooms, new teachers, different feeling....

This first full-ish day has finally hit me, and being at school has finally started seeming real to me. So I had home room first, and I don't really get he point of it. Most of the time, we just sit in class for half an hour doing nothing at all, but talking. My first class was Socials with Mr. Martin. It went pretty well, we made "appointments" with our clock buddies, and then talked about rights and rules, and responsibilities. Mr. Martin seems like a really cool guy, he's pretty funny, and I bet we'll have an awesome time with him. We had Mr. Olson's class after that, and we just looked over the outline for the year. But we were arranged into our ancient desk settings, and it just brought back memories of that first day in Grade. I had lunch with my sister, Mimi, Leslie and Carina. Taking my sister around the school reminds me of my Grade 8 teachers, which I still miss. I wish we still had Mr. Sale teaching us, he was that awesome. I bet Mr. Martin is going to be just awesome, though! And Ms. Greskiw and Ms. Smedley, they were so nice...At least we still have Mr. Olson! And today in class, when he brought up the subject of Natasha, I was so sad...I really wish she was back in our class, she was such an awesome friend! :(
I had math after lunch with Ms. Knott. She seemed ok, and she gave us a worksheet on Math right after class. Then came French, which I was dreading the whole day. But...it turned out a lot better than I thought! Ms. Todd is actually really, really nice! She's encouraging us to speak French most of the time, but I think I'll get used to it. I think I can actually try to LIKE french this year!
So tomorrow I meet the other Synergy teachers, and then I'll have Band again. Hopefully, there's someone I'll recognize in band, because so far, no one I know is in Intermediate Band. Sigh, I hope it was like last year. There was so much support, because so many Synergy kids were in Intermediate Band, we just encouraged each other. But this year....I don't know, I guess I'll find out tomorrow. Who knows? Maybe it'll turn out just as great as French did!
Hope you had an awesome first day,
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