T3 B59: Not sleepy, for once!

Yay! So last night I went to bed earlier, and I actually manged to get 8 hours of sleep! That was my goal, so now all I have to do is to try to keep it up. It's going to be hard, since I'm going to be really busy this week, but it'll be fun to have a challenge! In English, we're starting our Shakespeare unit! It's going to be so much fun! I've already studied a Comedy of Errors and Antony and Cleopatra in grades 6/7, so I guess I'm used to reading the old English. This year, we're studying A Midsummer's Night Dream, and maybe watch the play! I'm so excited! Learning Shakespeare is going to be the funnest thing ever! The only thing we did in class today was watch a documentary on Shakespeare, and then we had a quiz on what we saw. I actually learned a lot of new things, and there were some weird things that I learned as well, for example, did you know that Shakespeare probably had a love affair with another man, and probably dedicated one of his sonnets to him? I was really surprised, because I thought that he loved his wife, and dedicated that sonnet to her, but apparently not! I hope we'll learn a lot more interesting things! I love a lot of his works (since I admit I read a lot of classics, and maybe prefer them over fiction), I can't wait to start!
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T3 B58: Tough Day at Ikea

We wanted to check out the new Ikea, but then we figured that it would be really, really busy since it just opened. So we traveled to Coquitlam, and went to that one instead. We haven't been there for so long! I remember playing in the Kid's place, and it was so fun! Today, we just looked for things to add to our rooms. We got a bedside desk thingy, a lamp, a night light for my brother, really cute cushions (with little bird cartoons on them!), a laundry basket, and so much more! We were really hungry, but by the time we got to the cafeteria, it was already closed. We missed it by 5 minutes. So we decided to get ice cream after instead. We shopped around a little more, got new plates and knives, and then went to check out. By the time we got to the ice cream place at Ikea. It had just closed. We were so disappointed, so we decided to go out for dinner! Now I'm really stuffed and full, and I'm really happy with what I got! The bird cushion that I found is so soft and so cute! It's awesome decoration for my room! I would take a picture, but my phone's kind of dead right now. But really, it has got to be the best piece of decoration ever! Also, I cleaned my whole room today, so I feel really good. Even better, I don't have homework for tomorrow, so I'm going to go to bed early! I really got to work on that!
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T3 B57: Recalling this week's substitutes

Whoa, this week we had some pretty weird substitutes. First, for Olson's we got Mr. Pears as our sub. He read us a chapter out of this book that we had to take notes on. It was pretty interesting, since it wasn't every day that you got a PE teacher as a sub. Then on Thursday for band, we had Ms. Calder for our sub. Ms. Calder out of all people! It was really dramatic and fun, even though she really couldn't teach us anything. Spencer just directed all of us, and we just ran through our pieces, playing them perfectly horribly. By the end, we were just begging to pack up our instruments. Apparently they ran out of subs, and so they gave us teachers who had spare blocks. It's pretty interesting, and I wonder what other familiar teachers we'll have as subs the next time another teacher is away!
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T3 B56: The Truth of Cocoa

Today was a pretty sunny day, even though the weather forecast said that it was supposed to rain, so I was in a pretty good mood. The problem was that we got loaded with a whole bunch of homework! For French we have a orale quiz next week, which is what I was really afraid of! For math, I did paper folding activities with Leslie, and it ended up not as torturous as I thought! Paper-folding activities are actually a lot easier! Then for Applied Skills, we watched Contact, which was really interesting. I wonder if that might be possible in the future! Communicating with aliens is really interesting, and those weird sounds that they heard were so creepy!
For Socials, we watched this video of how cocoa was produced, and how child labour was involved. It was so sad, especially the part where the host person hands the children and a worker a chocolate bar, and he found out that they never tasted chocolate in their whole lives, even if they spent most of their lives making it! It was so, so sad when the child's face lit up when he ate the chocolate, because it was like heaven to the child, and he never tasted anything so good. But it's not like stopping people from eating chocolate will do anything. But I just hope that one day, some of us will find a way to stop child labour!
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T3 B55: Chemistry Unit

Today was our second class working on the chemistry unit. We had to use our periodic table a lot, but it really was just like simple math. Sometimes taking and adding electrons would mess with my mind, because you had to do the opposite of the instructions. Sometimes it got pretty confusing, but then you would figure it out. Chemistry is actually not as bad as I thought it would be, even though I used to really dislike it!
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T3 B54: Geogebra

Today, Ms. Knott introduced us to self-centered learning! I thought it was the best thing ever, since I did that kind of learning all through grades 5-7! It turned out to be so much fun! We get to work at our own relaxed paces, and of course, we still had a due date. But we had online activities, and paper folding exercises, and we had homework that we were expected to do! This is really cool, because if I wanted to, I could finish my homework and decide to learn concepts in any order, and it was just fun organizing yourself and deciding when to do what. I can't wait to start this! I can actually do almost everything at home!
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T3 B53: Recalling the Intense Debates

I also forgot to mention the intense debates that took place yesterday. There were two groups going yesterday, and it was so awesome! The first group did really well with reasoning, and I had to admit, although they were really nervous, their debating skills was pretty good! The second group was really intense as well, but both sides had really good points and debating styles, so it was really hard to decide who to vote for. In the end, the opposition side won by one point!
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T3 B52: Math Test

Normally, I really dislike math tests. Ms. Knott always have trick questions that I don't know how to do, but after the exam, I got it. This time, the test was actually pretty easy! I managed to remember all those rules, and even managed to do reasoning! I guess I got pretty confident after a while. As always, there was a trick question. I only had 5 minutes to do it, but I still couldn't figure out how to flip the triangles to get the right answer. Turns out that Ms. Knott is lowering the worth of that question, so it wouldn't weigh down our test score. After that, the rest of my day was pretty good!
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T3 B51: Marking that mock exam

Oh yeah! I forgot to mention that during my exam yesterday, I got kinda distracted and so I stared out the window, and the coolest thing happened! I watched a tiny mosquito get stuck in a spider web, and then watched as the spider raced down and wrapped the little mosquito in silk (or whatever you call the stuff that come out of spiders). It was struggling, and then it suddenly went still. then the spider picked up the silky web-y bundle, and brought it to the edge of the windowsill. And then it started eating it. It was eating it for a long time, but by that time I got bored, and went back to my exam. Whoa! It was definitely really cool to watch!
Also, my teacher didn't have time to mark my exam, so she let me do that while my sister had her piano lessons. At first it was OK, and then in the middle, I had to make so many corrections and filled in answers in red pen, and my exam just looked like a sea of red. Sigh, I really do need to study.
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T3 B50: Theory Mock Exam

Today, I went to my piano teacher's house to have my mock exam for theory. I studied like crazy yesterday, since I normally didn't have time to study. I was really nervous. And it turns out that it wasn't as hard as I expected it to be, but there was still a lot of things that I couldn't remember! I ended up finishing three quarters of the test, but leaving the rest of it blanks. Yikes! I guess that means that I should study harder from now on. There's only three more weeks until I take my exam! I'm starting to get scared!
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T3 B49: Birthday Party!

Today I had a birthday party, since I couldn't actually have it on my birthday because of Sun Run and because I had piano. So I had it today! It was loads of fun! We met at Ebisu, a sushi place near West Broadway, and we waited a while for everyone to get there. We ordered a lot of sushi, and stuffed ourselves! Then it was time for presents! I opened all my presents, and I was really happy with I got! Thanks, guys!
And then came the cake! I made my wish, and then blew out the one candle. Then I sliced the cake, and attempted to cut it into slices, which didn't really work. Yunyi eventually took over, or I would have taken forever! We each got a huge slice and then chomped away! I've got to admit, I've never ever tried tiramisu cake! After that, we tried Emma's homemade cake, which was really delicious! I only had a tiny slice, since I couldn't eat anymore! It was late after we finished eating, so we decided not to go bowling. Instead, we traveled to pacific center, and did a little shopping. We stopped at Bath and Body Works, and because I didn't really want anything from there, I had a funny chat with Carina outside about what we did when we were little. Then I shopped at the Body Shop, and got some pretty neat scented things. We walked a little bit more, and then we had to go home, since it was getting late. It was a pretty awesome birthday party, and it was nice, because I didn't have one for a while!
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T3 B48: Dead Animal

Today, I was walking home with Yunyi, Celinna, my sister, and her friends when we passed the remains of a dead animal. Actually we only found out when my sister and her friends suddenly screamed and dodged something on the grass. We walked closer and found that it was actually the remains of a dead animal. It looked really cool actually, and I was actually kind of amazed at myself for not being creeped out. It was decomposing, so there wasn't really that much flesh and fur on it. We saw the tail of the animal, and it was pretty long. I thought it was a rat, but it was kind of too big to be one. Celinna thought it might have been a squirrel, and it looked like it too. Interesting, so this is what dead squirrels looked like...
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T3 B47: Science Genetics Test

Grrr. This test really made me angry. I was actually looking forward to this genetics test, because I've studied genetics before, so I didn't think it would be so hard. The test itself was ok. I started off with the short answers, which was pretty easy, except for some confusing questions. I got that part over with, but took a long time thinking about the answer to one of the questions. After a loong time, I started the questions with all the punnett squares. At first it wasn't so bad, and then after a while, punnett squares got pretty annoying. There were so many of them! I managed to finish it with 20 minutes left. Then I went back to ponder about that annoying question I couldn't solve. There was only 10 minutes left when I remembered to go back to do the multiple choice questions. At first it was easy, then there were all these questions calculating with punnet squares. It was really annoying and it really, really slowed me down. By the end of the test, I had to guess 10 multiple choice questions (right when I handed it in, I found a really easy question that could have been right, but I wrote it wrong, and couldn't change it.) Also, it wasn't until a while later that I realized that I still didn't finish writing the answer to that really annoying question. At least I wrote down the first important part! But lesson learned! I shall manage my test time really carefully next time, because sometimes time can be evil. It's true, time really doesn't wait for anyone! Too bad I had to find that out the hard way!
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T3 B46: Geneskool

This was actually an awesome field trip! I got to school early, since my mom had work, and I waited until people showed up. I was supposed to go with Leslie, but Ms. Jay put me in Cynthia's car, and we went first! Nobody was there when we got there, so we found our way to the classroom, and since our class didn't come yet, we got a tour of this little room where they keep animals. The first thing I saw when I stepped in the classroom was the snake. It was really cute! It's tongue was slithering out and it had little black eyes, and it was looking at us from the corner of the cage. I didn't have the nerve to hold it, but while Judy and Cynthia held the snake, I just pet it. It was really smooth, and not what I expected a snake to feel like! We also saw this lizard from the desert, and it's skin was really smooth as well! We also got to see sea urchins, and starfishes (including this sun fish, which was really cool! After a while, we had to start our lesson. It turns out to be really interesting! We worked on a mystery, and used pipettes. Somewhere in the middle, I suspected that I've already done Geneskool in Grade 5, but didn't remember it. We took a lunch break, and we wandered down to the college cafeteria. It was so cool! We ate our lunch quickly there, and then watched Jessie reclaim her prize doughnut. That was pretty interesting! We got back to our classroom, and injected the DNA samples into the electrophoresis machine, and that was so fun! We played an intense round of jeopardy, and came really close to winning! To make the day even better, I got dropped off at home right after the field trip (since it was on the way back) and that just put me in an even better mood. I'm going to enjoy today while I can!
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T3 B45: Birthday Presents

Ok, so here's what I found in my room yesterday. From my parents and grandparents, I got birthday money! (Which I will save of course.) I'm actually really picky on birthday money, since I consider it "sacred people" that gave it to me. It's like special money, which helps when I need to save it. I also got an alarm clock which is awesome timing, because I really wanted a new one. This one is really cool, because it has many functions! It's an alarm clock, radio, and an Ipod dock, which is really cool! I also got gel pens which I asked for (running out of fine-liners) and a cute card from my brother. Thanks for the presents!
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T3 B44: A Sunny Birthday

Yup, I'm now officially 15. Sigh, when my friends talk about it, it's like I'm old. Geez. Anyways, I ran the Sun Run today! It was totally not what I expected. I arrived with my mom, but she was running in another section, so I dropped her off and then went to find my friends. Turns out they were late, so I had to wait a while for them, and it started to get crowded. We got there just in time, and we were able to squeeze in the back. I ran with Mimi and Fang-yu, and later found Cynthia. We ran for a bit, but Mimi and Fang-yu got injuries, so I just stayed and walked the rest of the way with them (with occasional running). Cynthia left to run with another friend, and we sprinted towards the end. Our time was 1hr 30mins. That's pretty good for walking most of the way. We went to BC place to get food and drinks, and it was so crowded there! There were long line ups of people, so I left after a while. I made it home in time for lunch, and then I went to piano lessons. It's a pretty good way to cool off, and I got a birthday hug from my teacher!
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T3 B43: Thoughts from Yesterday

Ok, I know it's Saturday, but it's still early, so I don't have much to talk about. Day 1 rotation is actually ok! I start with French in the morning, which isn't really bad come to think of it. We switched desks, so now I sit with Roy and Seline, and it's....interesting, since I rarely talk to them. At least I'm more alert in French. Next comes math. It's not the best, but I'm happy I get to get it over with in the morning, before I get too tired in the afternoon. After lunch, I have applied skills. It's when I usually get sleepy, but since I have friends and work to do, it keeps me awake! After applied skills is Socials, which is great! I'm kind of tired at the end of the day, but being tired makes you perfectly ready to argue about things, which is what we normally do anyways. It's really fun, because it makes me feel so much more less tired. And it's right near my locker on the third floor. Perfect!
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T3 B42: Applied Skills Project

Whoa, this totally blew me off my feet. We got another project for Applied Skills. Yup, a "Quantum Mechanics" project in the disguise of the Brain project from last year. Almost exactly the same format. Gah. I thought I was finished with projects from Applied Skills. This actually sounds kind of interesting. We had to fight each other (not really!) for our topics, and although I really wanted to learn about stars, I got Mercury, Venus and Earth, which actually isn't all that bad. We're also supposed to present in first-person, so I'm trying to think of ways to present. Sigh, I need a break from all this researching.
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T3 B41: Block Rotations

Block rotations are really weird for this round. For day 2, it's horrible. The first half of the day is ok. I like science, and at least I won't be really tired if it was at the beginning of the day. Next comes English, which I find really hard to switch from, since Science and English are opposites. You have no idea how it is to switch from reasoning and scientifically thinking, and all of the sudden analyzing, discussion and expressing. It's two very different ways of thinking. Sometimes it's really confusing, especially since we're all still talking about science. All of the sudden we have to talk about Christopher and how his perception of life! Weird, it'll take me a while to adjust. After lunch it's band, which I guess isn't very hard. But the toughest part is having PE last. Not only do I have to rush to change to get to the third floor in time to pack my things and go, but I'm completely exhausted at the end of the day. Grr. I almost couldn't make it through warm up! Maybe I just have to become more fit. Hey, that's what horseback-riding will help me for! Err...When I go in August.
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T3 B40: The Dreadful Day

Yup, my doom had arrived finally. But I was hoping to get this over with quickly. Too bad it seemed to last forever. So Jessie, Josh and I took our seats beside Vivian L, Kathy X and Tony and we started our debate. At first it wasn't that bad. Vivian L made some points that were refutable, but her formality was a little intimidating. Josh had good points, and at he did make some effort to rebut. And then came Kathy X. Her speech was great, and she had so much power and good points, I think it kind of shook us up. I tried rebutting, but I'm really horrible at it, so I did it quick, and then went on to my points. And then came the worst part. It was Jessie's turn, and she did a good job starting the rebuttal, and then Tony cut in, and it went downhill from there. Still, I applaud Jessie for standing her ground, because it is really hard to come up with points while everyone is staring at you and expecting you to make a good comeback. I'm just feeling so bad that I couldn't help her out, even though it was supposed to be her speech. Gah. I shall learn to be better at debating.
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T3 B39: Dinner with Grandparents

So right when my grandparents came back, they weren't even jet-lagged or anything. They just fit right in, and didn't even feel like taking a nap. That's amazing, because every time I go to China (which really isn't often) I am so confused with time and everything. It was a good thing they were like that too, because the rest of my family (aunts, cousin, grandparents on my dad's side) planned a dinner party for them. It was a nice night, and I feel even more happy, especially since I'm all full from that yummy food!
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T3 B38: Grandparents come home!

So today, my grandparents came home! It was awesome, because I haven't seen them in half a year, and I really missed them. They come to Canada when it gets too hot in China, and then leave when it gets too cold in Canada. Anyways, our van couldn't fit so many people including the suitcases, so I stayed home and my dad went to work while my mom and my siblings picked them up. At first, they gave me phone calls saying that they haven't arrived yet, so I told them the flight time, and they waited. I waited a looong time for them to come back. So I did everything I could to get my mind off it. Eventually, after about 2 hours, they did come back, but way later than I expected. Turns out, they got stuck waiting in the wrong line, which slowed them down. Then they went shopping together afterward, because my mom needed to pick something up. We had a big lunch, and it was just really warm and happy. I'm so glad their back! Our house is now more packed, but I like it, because it's really cozy!
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T3 B37: Sunny Day!

Today was gorgeous! (Is that how you spell it? I almost never write that word) Anyways, I had piano today, but I had an awesome time playing with my piano teacher's dog. He's called Nino, and he's like a cross between a golden retriever and a lab. He's so gentle and sweet, but he's getting old. We ran around the background playing fetch, and then I just sat down on the grass in the sun watching Nino chew his bone. I love days like this. It's so beautiful!
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T3 B36: Dim Sum with Friends!

So today I went out with my friends (Yunyi, Celinna, and Emma showed up) and we had an awesome tea party! Hehe. Basically we ate a lot of dim sum at my uncle's restaurant. Even though I eat it a lot, and honestly, I'm sick of it, it was really fun and the food was great! Afterwards, my mom took us shopping, and my cousin bought me a blouse for my birthday! It's really nice, and soft, and I'm just sitting here admiring it! It's awesome! But it's a little too fancy for school, so I guess I'll wear it around the house. I can't wait to wear it after it goes to through the washing machine!
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T3 B35: Debates

Our debate is next Wednesday, which is the next class, so I'm really nervous. I'm spending today doing some debate preparing! Our topic is Minimum Wage, and we're arguing to lower minimum wage. It's going to be tough, since we'll be against Vivian L, Kathy X, and Tony, but I think we'll have lots of fun! Since we're on the opposition side, which is the pro-business side, I'm going to ask my dad for a little help for research, since he knows all about this, because I guess it's affecting him too. I've got to go back to researching! Our points are really unclear and weak. Gah. I hope we'll have a strong argument by the we have to actually debate! We'll need all the information we can get!
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T3 B34: Course Planning!

It makes me really happy whenever I organize or plan anything! This time, it's course planning for next year! Picking out electives and courses are so fun, because there's so many options! Sometimes it gives me a headache, since I'm torn between two awesome subjects. We went to Ms. Salter's office today, and she just updated our information, since we're now in Pre-IB, or going to, at least! I have English, Science, Socials with Pre-IB, and then French 10, and then I'm deciding on 11E (oh no, it's going to be a lot of hard work from now on, since I'm going to be taking grade 10 online. and the provincials!), also, Senior Band 10. This is going to be interesting, because I don't know if I'm good enough, and they always seem so scary to me. It's going to be more fun that Intermediate Band, because I'll be able to learn more new things! Then there's the course planning 10, and half year international studies. And last of all, Leadership PE. I hope. I'm really excited to do volunteer work, because that means I'll have an excuse to go to the Southlands farm for work with the horsies and little kids! Hehe.
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T3 B33: Science Test

Argh, that has got to be the worst science test I've ever taken. Physics has always been my enemy! It's horrible because the whole unit of electricity frustrates me, because all that voltage and current and resistance just confuses me. The test itself was ok at first, but then we got to the written part. I guess you would have heard of it by now, but he lied! He said that he would give us the equations, but he never did, so most of us just guessed or made our own equations! After that, there was an even harder page, with harder questions that we've barely touched on in class! It was so frustrating, I just hope I never have to see the mark for this one! My mark's probably dropped a lot by now.
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T3 B32: Math Homework

We got a new teacher, Mr. Lupin for math! He gave us a package of homework that we had to do. The first few pages were ok, but then they started getting more complicated. Now we have to use rules and reasoning to figure things out. Sometimes it's really confusing, but I like that Mr. Lupin is going at a slower pace, because I can actually understand things that he talks about. And there's so much homework! I guess I got to catch up, or I'll never be able to keep up!
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T3 B31: April Fool's Day!

Whoa, April's Fools day passed without even me knowing. It was good, because no one played a joke on me, which was great! I didn't get to play tricks on my family, but that's ok, because I don't think I could have come up with an awesome trick to play anyways. Now, that's it's finally April, it's only a couple of days before me birthday! I'm so excited!

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T3 B30: Sleeping In!

Ahh..Sleeping in never felt so good! I haven't been able to sleep in. Never in a million years. On weekdays I have school, on Saturdays I have to tutor, and on Sundays I used to have skating lessons. Now, since skating lessons are over for a while, I can sleep in! So today, I woke up at 11, which is pretty late for me. It felt awesome waking up to the sun shining through my windows. I got out of bed pretty quickly though, I don't want to be too lazy!
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T3 B29: Library, Another Home

Yay! I went to visit the library today! It was awesome! I found all these new books that I'm so excited to read! I love browsing through the library, looking carefully through each section, and I usually grab tons of books! The library is like another home for me, I could spend so much time there without getting bored! It feels so good coming home with a heavy load of books, and then snuggling on the couch reading the first book! That seems like just the thing to do right now!
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T3 B28: Math Sub

Since Ms. Knott's still recovering from her operation, our new sub is Mr. Schmitt. He seems ok, but he's really quiet, compared to the chaos that our class is. He really does look like a mathematician! Anyways, he's a good teacher, but I can't really tell because I get really tired when I arrive at Math, since it's right after lunch, which is when I'm all full and warm. Speaking of tired and sleep...I'm going to bed early today!
Good Night!
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T3 B27: No Report Cards?

So, looking at the calendar on my agenda, we were supposed to get our report cards today, but because of the teacher's strike, we aren't getting any. I don't know if that's supposed to be a good thing or not, since I wanted to see my marks, but then I'm kind of afraid at the same time. I know I haven't done a great job at some subjects, so I just don't want to see the final thing. But part of me wants to see where I've done great as well! Sigh, I don't know. I guess I on't have to see them yet, but sooner or later, I'll meet my doom. Hehe, just kidding!
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T3 B26: Social Debates

Oh noo...Just when I thought that debates were over for the rest of this year...We got assigned a debate for Socials. My team is Josh and Jessie, and I guess we don't really know our topic yet. This is a pretty good team, and it's pretty equal, so I hope we'll all work together against whoever we turn out to face. Sigh, I just hope I can get this over with.
I'll do my best!
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T3 B25: New English Student Teacher

Yay! Today we got a new student teacher for English, and her name is Ms. Ele-Gabaly? I'm not sure, all I remember was that is was really hard to pronounce. Anyways, she seems so awesome! Mr. Hauck is awesom, too, but I'm really excited to get a student teacher who really understands us. She gave us a fun introduction about herself, and then assigned us a book for novel study. I love doing novel study! It's one of my favourite things to do in English, I'm not really sure why, but the idea of reading for homework is awesome! Hmm...maybe it's just me. Anyways, I'm glad that we get an awesome student teacher! She teaches like it comes naturally to her, which is really cool!
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T3 B24: School Starts...again.

Awww, I don't like complaining, but I was having such an awesome Spring Break! But I'm really excited to see my friends again, and so I'm kind of torn. Anyways, I didn't feel really tired, since I had so much sleep over the weekends, and I'm just full of energy, for now, at least! I predict that by the end of this week, I'm going to be so very exhausted!
You'll see. I guess I'll enjoy my hyperness!
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T3 B23: Last day of skating!

Today's the last day of skating, because I'm pretty busy in the spring, but of course I'll continue in the summer...I think. Anyways, we worked on sit spins today, which I've never done before. I was kind of scared of spinning, because I could feel my skates getting duller, and I didn't want to fall. But I think I did ok! It was weird, because the more I practiced it, the more out of control it got, and when my teacher left to teach another student, I almost forgot how to do the sit spin, because I've practiced it so many times. But I practiced some footwork with added spins, and I think I'm getting a lot better. Of course I'll still practice during Spring! I just need to find time to go all the way to Sunset...Maybe I'll go with some friends!

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T3 B22: Masterclass

Once every three weeks, my piano teacher holds a masterclass. It's not actually a masterclass, it's more of a mini recital at her house. Her students who are taking an exam soon, or just wants practice performing in front of an audience goes to her house, and we just play our pieces while other people watch. Today there were an extra lot of people, and so it took way longer than usual. Most of the students taking exams were taking lower grades, so they're songs were all very familiar, and it was nice to hear the songs that I used to play! Some of them are really talented as well!
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T3 B21: Old Friends!

Tonight, since my mom was too tired to cook, we went to a new restaurant owned by one of my dad's friends. It was a really fancy cool place, and the food was Shanghai style, which was really good! It turns out that the cook used to be one of my old friends' dad, and that was pretty neat. While we were there, another family came in, and it turns out that it was my brother's old friend from grade 1! They used to be best buddies, and so when they saw each other, they were so happy and started talking right away. The only reason they lost contact was because my brother's friend moved to China for a while, but now he moved back, and he goes to Jamieson, which isn't very far from our school. So right away, they arranged a sleepover at his friend's house, and now they're just so busy catching up! It's actually really amusing to watch.
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T3 B20: Chinese Essays

Oh no. I had Chinese tutor again today, and this time we had to write Chinese essays. I'm really bad at writing Chinese essays, because my Chinese vocab is so limited, so whenever I write, it never sounds sophisticated and good enough. At least the topics that our teacher assigns us are open-minded, and it's easier to talk about those topics, than something so much more specific. Most of the time we do all our essays in class, which is fine, but I always have to rush to make the time limit, and I constantly have to ask my teacher to help me write the Chinese words that I forgot how to write. This week we had to talk about a beautiful place we went to, so I decided to talk about Banff National Park. It really is an amazing place!
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T3 B19: Pizza Lunch

My legs are still kind of sore from yesterday, so I didn't want to go out today. We have a lot of frozen pizzas in the freezer, so I decided to have one for lunch. I heated it up, and it was all warm and awesome. It was Mexican pizza, so it smelled really good. So I got to the point where I was going to eat it, but I noticed green peppers on the pizza, and I didn't think they would be spicy. My cousin couldn't take spicyness, so he piled all his green peppers on my pizza. My sister didn't feel like eating anything spicy, so she gave me all her peppers as well. So I took a bite of my loaded-with-peppers pizza, and my mouth totally just burned. It was so spicy! Next time, I am picking all the green peppers and eating the rest of the pizza, which wasn't even spicy. Still, it makes me so sad to see all those green peppers go to waste. But if you think of it this way, even if you could send these spicy green peppers to the poor developing countries, they will need to drink a lot of water after, and because they don't have enough fresh water, won't that do more harm?
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T3 B18: Long Library Trip

Since both my parents were at work, and I didn't feel like staying at home, I walked to the library! Which was about 20 minutes walk away. I got some pretty good books, and since I'll have time to read them, I borrowed a lot. I'm so excited to read them! I almost don't have enough time to read, unless I sacrifice some of my sleeping time, but this reminds me that I have to work on breaking those procrastinating habits... The walk home was so much more agonizing! The walk seemed to take forever because I was lugging all those books, and it was really warm, so I started to get all tired and hot. But I made it home, and the first thing I did was jump on the couch and start reading the first book. I was that desperate to read!
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T3 B17: Sisterly Shopping Trip

I finally went shopping with my sister, and it was pretty fun. I didn't want to go everyday of break, but we haven't gone for a long time, so we decided to go today. We walked around for about 3 hours, and then went home! I'm pretty satisfied with what I bought! It was a fun sisterly thing to do, and I hope we get to do it again at least one more time before spring break ends!
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T3 B16: No piano lesson

My piano teacher's away in Italy (lucky!) because she's going to her daughter's wedding! It's pretty exciting for her, and she'll probably be a lot more relaxed when she gets back, which is good for me! Also, I've seen her daughter a couple of times, and she's really nice! Thinking of weddings, I haven't been to one for a long time! I guess most of the people in my huge family line is already married, but weddings are so fun! The only ones I could remember going to was when I was really little, so I want to experience one as an older kid. Anyways, at least I get two weeks off for piano!
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T3 B15: Poor Mom

This week, my mom got her wisdom tooth pulled out. She went with my dad, and they gave her anesthesia (is that how you spell it?), and they just took it out. They gave her some cotton cloths, and she had to clamp her mouth on them. She looked like she was in pain, and she just went home to take a nap. Now we have to do more chores, but I hope she gets better soon!
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T3 B14: Birthday Party continued...

So after skating, we rushed back to my cousin's house. Soon after we got there, one of his friends was already there. My siblings and I just stayed in my cousin's house and fooled around on his computer. Then more of his friends came, and they kept ringing the doorbell, and it got pretty annoying. But they did bring yummy food, so we stayed outside for a bit eating food. Then we took some birthday pictures outside, too! It was kinda fun and we also had hot pot at night, and when my dad finished work, he joined us for yummy food! I'm really tired and sleepy now, so I'll talk more tomorrow!
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T3 B13: Cousin's Birthday Party!

Today is cousin's birthday party, and his real birthday is on March 17th, which is this Saturday. Anyways, we got dropped off at his house pretty early, because my dad had to go to work. Since it was pretty early, and his friends weren't there until the afternoon, we went to the Killarney Ice Rink, which was 5 minutes away. And guess who I saw? NATASHA! :) I really missed her a lot, because she was always my running buddy and late-night studying buddy, and we did a lot of things together. I guess I could say that I half knew that she was there, because I read it in her blog, and I guessed that she would be at Killarney, and I was right! We skated a lot and then talked for a loooong time. Then I had to go, and she insisted on taking pictures! It made my day finding old friends and being able to catch up after a long time! I hope I see her again sometime!
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T3 B12

I had Chinese tutor this morning. I feel so bad because I'm always procrastinating when it comes to Chinese, and it's so hard to start work because sometimes I really don't want to make sentences in Chinese because it's so hard for me....Anyways, today's lesson went by really fast, and I gotta admit, it was kind of fun! We learned about fairy tales and it was the Chinese version of Cinderella, which was pretty neat, because it was slightly different. Anyways, back to do fun things! (Not that writing blogs aren't fun)
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T3 B11: Speedy day!

Today went by super quick! I took a little walk in the park today, because it was such a nice sunny day! Right now, I can't stop staring at the glossy horse on my calendar. It makes me want to reach out and pet it. Or....jump on it's back and start galloping. Sigh. I really miss going riding, and hopefully I can do it again in the future. My ultimate awesome plan is to start my own farm/ranch and become an awesome vet! I'm really determined to accomplish this, and no matter what other people (or even my own family) think about this, I really want to accomplish it, because it's just my life dream. And it's horrible to shatter a kid's dreams because it's the only way I stay motivated, and my source of hope!Dapple Grey

T3 B10: Spring Break!

YAY! Spring break is finally here! I can't say how much I missed having days off school. No more stress, oh thank goodness...I felt so much better after having more sleep, and it feels so good waking up in the morning, seeing the sun shine through the windows, and not have to worry about catching up on homework. Except for going to tutor tonight, I spent my day doing things that made me very happy! I finally have time to read books and start cool little projects!
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T3 B9: New Knitting Project

I don't remember if I told you this before, but I'm starting a new knitting project as a birthday project for me cousin. Hint: It'll be long, i'm not kidding, like really, really long. Also, very thick. Very thick and very fluffy! Lots of stripes. Navy blue and creamy white. Basically, I want it to touch the floor on both sides after being wrapped around. Why? It was custom ordered, and I figured he'll want to "dance around" in it afterwards. Interesting project for me!
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T3 B8: Cool New Blogger Layout

Whoa, this is so cool! Blogger just totally changed and it's so interesting! It's like when I just started blogging! I have to look for where everything is, and there's all these new features, and even blogger itself looks so much more pretty and amazing! COOL!
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T3 B7: The Future for this Blog

During my long unintentional break from this blog, I've been thinking..What am I going to do with this blog after Synergy? I really want to keep blogging, because I've come to realize that I actually love doing it! Sometimes I come back and read my old blogs, and it almost makes me laugh at how different I was before, and how I could have done things differently. Sometimes, it's almost like reading about another stranger. I think I'll keep on writing these blogs until I get too busy to write them, which will probably be never. The goals I want for this blogs is to remember to blog everyday, to remember to send them to Mr. Olson, and to picture blog more often. Picture blog, or I guess Super blogging is really fun, and taking pictures of things I find interesting will be pretty cool. It'll be like being a unprofessional photographer in a way.
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T3 B6: Dapple Grey is back!

I'm sorry, you're probably wondering why I haven't blogged for a while. I guess I really need to work on this goal...Anyways, I am totally going to make up for what I missed, because I actually really enjoy blogging, I just keep on forgetting....So here's to replacing all the blogs I missed! I wish to do this before my birthday (this Sunday!), so I don't feel as guilty...hehe.
P.S. you don't have to read all these blogs, just the most recent ones! Making up for these blogs are only to make myself feel better!
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