Blog Term3 Day59/60

DARN IT!!!!!!!! I have a sore throat. Of all times... now? I'm kinda freaked out because my voice is very much needed since the buskerfest if just around the corner. Actually, this morning, it really hurt just when I woke up. Then it kinda got better. But after a whole applied skills class of singing the 3 main songs AND with my group my throat kinda died again. Then it got better. And now, it hurts like heck. I'm gonna go make myself some honey water. That always helps. Over this weekend, I am determined to not talk as much. It's zip from me. Which is gonna be extremely hard for me because I JUST LOVE TO TALK! LOL. But soooo true. I need to preserve my voice for next week.

You know, last year, I only performed once. But this year, I know I will perform... more than once. I was gonna go and find the number of times I'm gonna perform, but I'm just a lazy bum, so I'm not gonna. Even though all I gotta do is open another tab.

During applied skills class, our group rehearsed our song lots. Waving Flag. It sounded really REALLY great. Only thing was- when we rehearsed the song, we had the amazingly awesomely incredible student teachers playing the guitar and viola with us... So I'm not too sure what it would sound like without them... I know it won't sound nearly as great... I mean, with the piano, violin and percussion, it would sound amazing, but just not as great. I'm really happy with what we've got though. So proud of us!

Blog Term3 Day58

Just came back from the Gimme da Beat performance at school. Actually, I came back a while ago, but right after I came back I took a shower. So now, with my hair wet, I'm typing up this blog and listening to Michael Buble. Reason for listening to Michael Buble's number one hit Haven't met you get. I just LOVE THAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!!

And at gimme da beat, a band performed it so that reminded me of how much I love that song. And how contagious it is. I sang along when I knew the lyrics too. Which was pretty funny, since I only knew the most famous line, "Just haven't met you yet!".

Something I noticed about the energy- it was very very upbeat and supportive. Everyone was cheered on, and I'm glad too because all the performers did an amazing job. It was entertaining, fun and lively. Everyone was just soooooo supportive.

Blog Term3 Day56/57

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2ypCK0QpR0

Okay, I'm not trying to adveritse Telus, but I just HAVE to put this link on- it's the Telus commercial with the hippopotamus and rabbit. It's adorable, witty and the music is the BEST! I'm actually not too sure who sings it, but both my brother and I sing along whenever we hear it. And no, we aren't weirdos or anything, we just like it. Plus as you might have gotten from my username, I love hippos, so this is my number 1 fav commercial at the moment. Just because you don't see many commercials featuring hippopotamuses. Instead, theres usually cars, models chewing gum or dancing about mayonnaise. You get the point. But this commercial is actually smart.

They use catchy, old school music (when the singers and musicians were actually good), unique animals, humour and the message actually made sense and worked. Props to them.

Blog Term3 Day55

Last night was movie night. Pretty awesome.

If you ever go to metrotown, these are some things you HAVE to try (if you haven't already):

• hot, fresh and gooey Cinnamon Buns (by the place close to Superstore)
• and Pretzels! (the big doughy ones) oh yeah, and get the plain ones, cuz those are THE BEST!

Yeah, that's all my list consists of. But if you happen to pass by Starbucks, get an iced caramel macchiato too. Just because those are YUM! Yeah, I know, those are quite expensive, but sooooo good!

Blog Term3 Day54

I have a pretty busy weekend ahead of me. I'm pretty sure my whole Sunday is occupied, and I'm always busy on Saturdays. So in other words, I'm gonna have to finish all my school work today. Because on Sunday, after church Krishtha, Winnie, Benjamin and I have to work on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream skit. The due date was a little closer than I'd expected, so we've got lots to do within a 2 week time frame. We have to:

• memorize ALL our lines
• get our costumes and other props
• analyze each and every bit so we have the right feeling/attitude
• rehearse it -full memorized- at LEAST 5 times so we can get everything right, and make changes where we see necessary

Although there are only 4 bullet points on my list, it's pretty intense. And I think we only have 2 weeks till we have to show. I'm really excited though because I love challenge, theatre and I'm determined to do a good job!

Blog Term3 Day51-53

Went to the school play last night. The Birds. It was an interesting play. Personally, I love theatre so I enjoyed it. However, compared to Theatre Churchill standards, they could have done better. Theatre Churchill is really impressive, actually. They are a really hard working bunch and their standards are ridiculously high. For The Birds, I thought their costume work was just amazing! The birds were really beautiful, all the colours, the feathers, the wings. Very nice. It was a comedy too, and the audience got several good laughs. I attended last year's spring play A Midsummer Night's Dream and it was very very good, so it was hard not to compare the two. The main reason I attended the school play was because I love theatre. But I also want to support the school. Plus I know some people that are performing in the play, so it was really fun watching them perform. And of course, I went because I knew I would have a good time. I know everyone worked really hard on this play and I find the work they put into it admirable. If you haven't seen it, I recommend you go tonight since it's the last night.

Blog Term3 Day50 Eugene Edition 3

yesterday was the same as usual
nothing special
socials was socialsy
applied skills was fun
i learned a lot of people are doing the 4 people scene for english
we played badminton in pe again
it wasn't very fun
people kinda sucked...
i wanted to go out in the rain
but ms. b said (in her sweatpants/hoodie) does it look like we're going outside?
and i was like... YES
the track meet was boring
then worked on science test/package
did the bonus, so even if i mess up the test
i'll have extra marks to spare
kinda

Blog Term3 Day47-49 Eugene Edition 2

over the weekend, i went camping!
yay
camp wasn't too awesome
it was wet
and all we did was hike
with huge heavy camping bags
not cool
at night, we built shelters and the plastic sheet on top kept rolling down
so i kept worrying about water making me wet.
which makes me unhappy
thanks to the rain, everything was wet except the inside of my sleeping bag
which is good, otherwise i would have been even more miserable
i wanted to go to the top of the hill
and halfway, the noobs got sent back down
ha
they couldn't "handle" it.
i've been in scouts for quite a lot of years now
anyways, we didn't even get to the top
becuase it was getting dark and the leaders said we had to go back and build a shelter
fun.
at least it was something to do
and my sleeping bag wasn't wet!!!!!!!!!!!!
yay! (well, the inside wasn't)

Blog Term3 Day46 Eugene Edition 1

assembly today- there was a raffle
people won water bottles which was pretty cool cuz i like water bottles
LOL
class was normal, we watched this video in appskills
it was about how school kills creativity
and i agree
school is EVIL!
after school i went to my old school
actually it was the school the program i used to go to moved into
(so knowledgeble right?)
class had ended by the time i got there, so i didn't get to talk w/ the little kids
instead, spent time with my old friends and teacher
we talked
i also have to pack for camp tomorrow
it's getting late, so i better get packing,
i'll fill you in about camping on sun
when i'm back
but it might be mon
the day after i'm back
yeah... you get the picture

Blog Term3 Day45

P.E today was fun. My teamates were really nice, they passed to me even though I lost the ball most of the time. That made me really happy. It just shows how awesome some people are. It was super nice out on the oval field. Blue skies, shining sun, perfect breeze, my kinda day. Halfway through the game, I was craving a Tim Horton's iced cappacino. Those things are really good. Overly yet perfectly sweet, creamy yet icy, you get the picture. Yum!

Drama wasn't really dramatic. We just finished watching Shrek and then moved onto Indiana Jones, Raiders of the Lost Arc. Don't get me wrong, I love Indiana Jones, especially the first one, but Indiana Jones is just one of those movies I like watching with my brother during summer break when there's nothing to do. (Well, that's not fully true, we could be practicing piano, but I'm not the type of person to be so greatly patient and awesome like that.)

OOOOOHHH! And in English, we're gonna do a skit from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. I'm gonna play Lysander. Because he's hot. No, just kidding. But I am going to play Lysander. I LOVE theatre. So I'm really excited about this assignment.

Random thought/statement of the day (I haven't done one of these since forever!): You never win with fries and a bottle of ketchup.

Blog Term3 Day44

Socials today was fun. We learned the Union song. Mr. Martin took out his guitar and started singing. He's a good singer/guitar player. We were joking about singing that song for the Buskerfest. We also watched some ER. Which lead to the Union song. Almost done the Industrial Revolution.

AppSkills was fun. Sang lots. Feels good to sing since I love singing.

Lunch.

French was sleepy. The room was really warm, watched a video about la mode. It was boring? Plus the reflection of the sun was on the screen so somtimes it was hard to see what was playing on the screen. I was sitting at the back of the room.

Math- had a math test on polynomials. I think I did a good job. I got all the questions except 1. But I'm not too worried because when I asked around afterwards, nobody else got it. I'll just have to ask about it once we get our tests back. But the thing I love about math tests- afterwards, we don't get homework!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There was also this bonus question, got half of it.

Walking home was nice- really sunny.

Blog Term3 Day43

Today was a pretty blah day. Lots of quizzes in science. Watched a video about Shakespeare in English. Had an unfun time in P.E. And watched Shrek in drama. And the worst thing was, I only slept for 5 and a half hours because I was working on science the night before. Ugh! And it was a good thing I went on gmail chat before I slept because there I learned that science wasn't due today. Good thing too, otherwise I would have probably slept even later than 2.

Need to sign up for a book test this Friday. Pro-D Day on Mon. Darn, I just remembered I have a math test tomorrow. On polynomials. Fun.

Blog Term3 Day42

For some reason, I just can't process that it's already term 3. I mean, if you asked me what term it was, I would say, "3, duh, were've you been?" But just now I'm fully processing what term 3 means. It means that grade 9 is almost over. But it also means that I won't have Synergy classes next year. Something I know I'm really really really really really really really really really really gonna miss. Sure, there's Pre-IB, but it's just not the same as Synergy.

You know, this year, I think the Buskerfest is gonna be much better then last year. Last year was okay, but definitely needed more planning. And this year, with rehearsals a month before the actual fest, posters being put up, auditions etc. I think it's gonna be really awesome. Plus I'm really excited for performing.

Blog Term3 Day41

I just spent the last hour and a half doing flashcards for science. Actually, I worked on it before lunch too, so I probably spent about 2 hours working on it. Not to mention the 2 hours I spent yesterday too! These flashcards take forever. Especially since I have a lot to do. Just writing my name on every single card takes forver. Oh well, I'm done. And along with doing the flashcards, I also skimmed through the textbook. So that's my "reading" for this unit. I tried to read it all, but after a while, my concentration just breaks and I find myself reading the same sentence over and over. But after a while, my concentration just breaks and I find myself reading the same sentence over and over. So I just skim. Actually, theres this chapter on telescopes. Borrriinng! I couldn't even skim. It was just too long and boring. So I really hope we don't have a test on that part. Otherwise, I'm pretty much screwed cuz I'm not planning on a second attempt at reading that section again.

Now, the only major things I have to do for science are the chapter reviews, unit review and my cheat sheet. But I'm probably gonna do my cheat sheet tomorrow. Just because.

I was also supposed to take my venus flytrap out of dormancy. A month ago. So I better do it today. Yeah, thats about it. SCIENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Blog Term3 Day40

So much science homework. But thats my problem because I kept on procrastinating. I probably could've finished some science last night, but instead, I read Lord of the Rings and then watched Man vs. Wild on Discovery with my brother. It was pretty cool, but it was Urban something edition, so I didn't enjoy it as much. I'm fonder of him swinging on jungle vines and going into caves than going into old, rusty, long evacuated buildings. Just saying. I mean, the stuff he does is still the same, but I just like the jungle more. More suspense.

Anyways, I have so much science homework it's not even funny. I have to: do chapter 13/14/15 flashcards, read everything in the textbook, do all chapter's review and unit review, complete a bibliography for the multi-media poster, create a speech for the multi-media poster, make a double-sided cheat sheet (1 page) and I think that might be it. The only thing I've completed is: ALL the worksheets and chapter 12 flashcards.

Blog Term3 Day39

Listening/watching Stand by Me by Playing for Change on YouTube. I love that song, and since we are actually singing that song for the Churchill Buskerfest of 2010, I realize how talented these musicians are. Compared to us. I mean, we are really amazing, but it's just the idea of all those people singing/making music together that leaves me speechless. I mean, that must have taken a lot of planning and stuff. Around the whole world! Now that is just fesh. Listening to One Love now. I think that might be the funnest song to sing. All the songs are really nice, but this song is just funner, in my opinion.

I was listening to The Lion Sleeps Tonight earlier, I just LOVE that song. Actually, I really like a lot of songs. But it's still One Love at the moment. LOVELOVELOVE their harmony. It sounds totally amazing! If we had more people singing, I would suggest harmony like in choir, but we only have a couple singers, so it might be a challenge just to hear the singers.

Blog Term3 Day38

Really tired. Even though I slept at 11 last night and got to sleep in till 7:30 this morning. I actually don't know if 11 is considered early or late. But I did get 8 and a half hours of sleep which is pretty impressive for me. I can't believe that it's already Thursday. But I kinda wish that it was Friday. No actually, I don't. I have math homework, but I don't think that'll be hard. Same goes for French. No socials or appskills homework. For appskills we practiced the 3 buskerfest songs again. It was pretty fun. There are so many music players and only a handful of singers. Which pretty much drowns out our singing, but everyone's playing is so good. The majority of the class are musicians and really great ones too. So tired. I think I'm going to take a shower and then sleep.

Blog Term3 Day35-37

Had a debate today, along with a math quiz on adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing polynomials. I was also supposed to do a french quiz, but it just didn't happen. Oh well, the stuff we were to do wasn't that hard. It's just some vocab. Socials debate went kinda eh... I don't think our side won, but at least it was fun. Kinda. Except it seemed that every time I tried to talk near the end, I always got cut off. Pretty saddening.

In appskills, we sang again. Needed water. So next time, I'm bringing water. It's better for the throat anyways. Actually, I'm drinking water right now. We sang a lot better than last time. Practice makes perfect.

This morning, when I was sleeping, I had this nightmare and when I woke up, I was really tired. It seemed that the dream/nightmare took some of my energy so when I woke up, I was sleepy all over again. And the thing is, the dream was pretty vivid. And I still remember most of since I had the dream right before I got woken up. At first, the dream/nightmare was really sweet. But it slowly grew really bad.

Tomorrow is gonna be so busy! I don't even know if I'll have time to blog, so I'm gonna make this a blog for yesterday, today and tomorrow. Although if you think about it, tomorrow never will come because tomorrow is tomorrow. Pretty cool and weird how that works.

Oh yeah, so how tomorrow is gonna be busy: After school, at 4:30, I have this Pre- IB thing and then after that, I'm going over to Rachel's house to work on a science poster.

To Infinity and Beyond!

Blog Term3 Day34

Church this morning. Then went for lunch at this Vietnamese restaurant some place far far away. Then came home where I'm typing right now. Tomorrow, I'm going over to both Winnie AND Rachel's house. Going over to Winnie's to work on socials debate. And going over to Rachel's to work on a science project. Joy oh joy. Don't you just love homework and projects? Especially over a long weekend? When I was hoping to relax the whole time? And judging by the look of things, the whole Monday is going to be dedicated to homework and projects. Thats a whole day gone! And not for fun either. Actually, it's not that big a deal but I feel like complaining so thats what I'm gonna do.

Blog Term3 Day33

Last night, I couldn't fall asleep until 1. Or something like that. Well, heres the reason. From 9-10 last night, Man vs. Wild was on discovery, so my dad, brother and I watched that. Then afterwards, my brother and I fell asleep and when I finally woke up, it was 11... And as you know, after one takes a nap, one is usually pretty awake. So I spent the next hour after that cleaning my room and then washing up. Then, I read some Lord of the Rings and then turned out the lights. And I couldn't go to sleep. So I just lay there. Listening to the radio until finally, I turned it off and then I guess I drifted off to sleep. Now, I feel really weird. I feel like I want to sleep, go biking, do my homework but mostly sleep. Ew. I really hate this feeling.

blog term3 day32

8 x 4 = 32

thats the very first thing i think about when i see 32. and since today is day 32. then 32 it is. this weekend, my main focus is: sleeping, having fun, relaxing and sleeping. oh and i have homework to do. so that is a major BLAH! 2 projects: socials and science and homework from 2 subjects: math et francais. so yeah.... this morning i had piano lessons and i bumped into a friend from school! i didn't know she has the same piano teacher as me! that's pretty cool. then, we went back home for a bit to drop off our stuff. then went for lunch. after lunch, my family and i walked around a supermarket for a bit and then came back. so here i am, typing my blog. tonight, we're going out for dinner so yeah... i was thinking of doing my math and french homework right now, but then i realized something: i'm sleepy. so instead, i'm gonna sleep. because i want to. i guess homework will have to be prosponed till later.

wow, the wind is REALLY crazy today. it's so intense it's making the tree leaves and branches go wild. pretty neat. plus when we were outside, we could feel how crazy the wind was.

Blog Term3 Day31

OUCH! stupid mosquito bite. it's on my arm and i just squished it!!!!!!!!!! ARRGG! anyways, i'm really glad it's the long weekend. listening to Tied Together with a Smile by Taylor Swift. Some people think Taylor Swift stinks. But I love her. it's all about perspective. Plus this song is beautiful. the tune, her voice, the lyrics, the story! BEAUTIFUL! the song makes me really sad. time seems to slip by so fast, and before i know it, the grade 9 year will be over and i don't think i'll ever be in a class as great as the synergies. feel so sad... and the song's not helping either... so sad... today i had the best english class ever. for most of the time, we did this skit. and if you know me, you know i absolutely LOVE acting. thats one of things i take pride in. i may not be an amazing musician, but at least i still have theatre. speaking of drama, we've just started monologues. mine is pretty funny, actually. it's about COOKIES! hahahahahahahahaha! have an amazing long easter weekend