Blog Term3 Day91

Oh my gosh! I am so happy I got those 2 tees yesterday! I lovelovelove them! I don't have too many purple shirts, so I'm glad I got a couple. So cutie! Love them. Anyways, today was pretty bland. Socials, normal. AppSkills, finished my rocket (YES!). French, normal- the room was pretty stuffy though. Math, the room smelled dusty. Got a load of homework.

Right now, there is SO MUCH STUFF GOING ON!

French- composition exam next class, oral exam next week
English- journals, finish reading I am the Cheese, dossier project (UGH!)
Socials- homework
Math- test on friday, homework!
AppSkills- essay
Science- oh my gosh, don't even GET me started! soooooo much stuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So as you can see, an extremely busy last 2 weeks of school.

Blog Term3 Day90 Version II

Yeah, so if you've read my previous blog aka Version I, then you might (or might not) have aced my course. But that was just me being random and then deciding to publish it as a blog. This is my actual blog. Also the one that I was planning on writing.

So for lunch today I went out with family to the Boston Pizza at Queensborough in New Westminister. We were originally going for this Greek taverna my dad said had really great food. I believe the name is Thea's Taverna. But it was closed, prob cuz it's a Sunday and all. So instead we went to BP. Anyways, I ordered the chicken cannelloni, my brother the spaghetti and meatballs, my mom ordered chicken and mushroom fettichini, my dad, their small Hawaiian pizza and my grandpa had their sun dried tomato, spinach and cheese Stromboli. I have to say, my fav was either my brother's spaghetti and meatballs or my dad's Hawaiian pizza. Talk about YUM! Next time I go to BP, I'm ordering one of their pizzas.

After lunch we went walking around that area. I think all the shops there are outlets because everything was on sale. I didn't know that before... My brother went to the DC outlet shop and got 2 shirts. Then we went over to Payless, Spring, Reebok and other shoe shops. Oh yeah, forgot to mention we went to Starbucks. My brother got the strawberries and creme frap and I got the iced latte. Iced latte wasn't that great. Next time I'm getting it hot. There was more ice than latte.

Okay, then we went to Below the Belt. And YES! Finally stuff I wanna get! I got this adorable purple shirt by Roxy and then a purple Billabong tee. Love them both! Originally, I also tried on this beautiful creme coloured Hurley knit vest. But they only had it in medium. So, dang. And then there's the other main reason I didn't get it: Because I'm broke. I only got the previous 2 items because I loaned money from The Bank of Mom.

So anyways, that was my day so far. Of course, before I set out, I finished all my science flashcards, so that was pretty awesome. But I still have oodles of work to do. So see ya next time.

Blog Term3 Day90 Version I

I've been wanting to go to Pacific Centre for a while now. And guess what? Today I went! Not. Yeah, you're probably like, "Huh?" And that's good. Actually no, it really isn't. Being confused means your brain doesn't have the capacity to understand. No, I'm just kidding. Confused is okay. Hahahaha, now I'm just rambling on and on. And now, I bet you're like, "What the heck, what kinda blog is this." And I'll be like,"Uh... duh, my blog, only I would do something as pointless as this." And then you'd be like,"WTF" (if you were that kinda person. I'm not. But other people that aren't me are...)

So anyways, what did you learn today? You learned that I could blog about nothing in particular. You also learned that I wanted to go to Pacific Centre. If you thought of those 2 things, then I believe you get an A for this course. Congrats.... and (wait for it) a Round of Applause for You!

Blog Term3 Day89

Today looks like such a gross day. I mean, it's gray out there. And the weather forecast said it would be sunny today and tomorrow. You know what I realized? Because we had such an awesome last last week with the perfect weather, we get a couple weeks of gross weather. Yay. I mean, it's not even raining. It looks like the sky is constipated or something and it can't rain. That makes me sad. Anyways, sooooo much homework this weekend. I really don't like it when it's nearing the end of third term and teachers realize they haven't taught us everything we have to know so they give us a whole bunch of last minute projects and homework etc. Not fun. We just got a project from English class. And I'm thinking to myself: A project? I already have enough spunk from science and French class to drive me up the wall. And now there's English. Makes me sad.

Blog Term3 Day88

the carnival today was pretty fun. not that great compared to last year, but whatever. i had a good time. the main reason it wasn't as good as last year was because the weather was not as great. it was cloudy this time. but last year was really sunny. there was the dunk tank, those really cool blow-up thingys. but the only thing was, all the tables were bunched up right outside the caf in that little garden area. so it was pretty stuffy and squishy. plus it smelled of cow manure. oh well. there, i got lunch from the caf (there were no onigiris like last year) and my friends got bubble tea. mango and taro. the mango tasted like mango pudding with ice and tapicoa. and the taro tasted like oversweet tim horton's iced capp. w/o the caffine. i like it... but would rather get an iced capp. those things are GOOD! and they are the perfect remedy on a hot summer's day. yumyumyum. i some some slurchills for sale. they looked kinda gross... sorry to say. except maybe that green one. that looked like green tea. the chocolate one (at least i think it was chocolate) looked like gross. blah! signed up for the athletic banquet though. that was cool. stayed a bit for the talent show. looked cool. after a while went up to the lockers. packed up then went out. blah blah blah. won't bore you with the details. but i still wish the school would sell onigiris again. those were really good.

Blog Term3 Day87

Kayaking at Deep Cove was pretty fun. I thought it was going to rain, but it didn't! I was soooo happy! It was a mix of cloud and sun. Pretty awesome. Totally the best weather. It's not too hot or too cold. Only thing was, when the wind was blowing in our faces, all the excess salt water from my partner (who was in front of me)'s paddle would go in my face and in my hair. Not really ideal. Especially since it's ocean water. Pretty salty. Anyways, it was pretty fun. Only thing- I had a really wet bum for the whole ride back.

Blog Term3 Day86

Going kayaking tomorrow. Only thing is- I really hope there's no rain. I mean, kayaking in the rain? Not fun. At all. In fact, during P.E., for warm up, we had to run outside in the rain for 10 minutes. And not just outside, but on the track. Where there's no trees to cover any rain. And it was raining pretty hard too. And afterwards, I felt all gross. Ever get that feeling? I mean, I wasn't even cold. I just had that gross wet feeling though. Ewwww. Anyways, my home smells really yummy right now. Mom's making roast beef and it smells deeelish!

Ug, French is giving me a headache. We have that final coming up. It's like this freaky oral exam. And I'm really really nervous. In fact, it's making me feel all nervous just thinking about it right now. I mean, I think if we were doing a normal conversation, I could do it because I'm allowed to mess up and think. But in these oral exams, if I mess up or take too long to think, I get marks taken off! :( Not a fan of these 1 on 1 oral exams.

Blog Term3 Day84/85

Stayed up late finishing my socials essay last night. But good news: I'm done! And there's no homework! Actually, we had to finish the map. I didn't finish it all in class, but I went back to the classroom at lunch and finished the rest of it then. So now, I'm done. Now all I've gotta do is hand it in tomorrow. I was actually done before the end of school, so technically I could have handed it in, but whatever. We're allowed to hand it in tomorrow so tomorrow it is.

Anyways, this blog wasn't supposed to be about the socials essay. It's supposed to be about muffins! Okay, I was never a major fan of muffins, but I just LOVE THE BLUEBERRY MUFFINS FROM MMMMMMMMUFFINS! Sooooooooooooooo good! Their so soft and the not overly sweet. But I just love the texture. But at the same time, that means theres loads of butter. Which makes it yummy but fatty. Still, I love blueberry muffins, especially from MMMuffins! So gooooooood!

BLog Term3 Day82/83

Yesterday was pretty fun. After piano lessons, dad drove my brother and I all the way to Burnaby where mom was getting her car checked up. Then instead of waiting at the place, dad drove us over to Brentwood Mall. Mom got some earring backings from Ardenes, my brother got a cup of sour gummies from the lottery place. And oh my gosh, are there a LOT of gummies. They're like 5 cent candies only some are bigger, so they're probably 75 cent ones. Anyways, the whole cup was $2.59 incl. tax. Pretty yummy. There's sour keys, sour gummy worms, sour watermelons, sour coke bottles, sour... gummies, fuzzy peaches and sour doughnuts. Actually, I'm not sure if they're "doughnuts" but they look like sour doughnuts to me. Then after getting the gummies, we went and got some sushi. Pretty good stuff. Had to wait a while though, mind you.

Anyways, it was an adventure just because we had to drive for 45 minutes. Thats the kinda person I am. If we're going anywhere new, it's an adventure. And I just LOVE adventures. Especially when my brother's there. Because although we fight, an adventure is never complete without my little brother.

Blog Term3 Day80/81

Can't wait for tomorrow. Actually, I can. I mean, there's nothing majorly special, only it won't be the usual Saturday. Love long weekends. Kinda sad that I have so much homework though. You have not idea! Science, English, French and SOCIALS.

Science- chapter 4 stuff
English- 2 journals, read
French- worksheets, quiz
Socials- omgosh! essay!

Well, good thing is- I have no math homework. Reason being, we had a quiz last class before the weekend. And then after the quiz, we got our old test back and after reviewing it, there was only 5 minutes left. So glad theres no math homework. That makes the load of homework lots lighter. I mean, it's only math homework. But little things add on.

Blog Term3 Day79

Singin in the Rain. That's what I did earlier. As I was leaving school. Just love that song. One of the bestest. From one of the bestest musicals known to mankind. Or just me. But if you've ever seen Singin in the Rain, then you'd know what I'm talking bout. Also love My Fair Lady amongst others. heart heart heart!

Today was pretty bland. Science- only had to take a couple of notes, got a quiz back. 3/10. not pretty. But we also handed in the chapter 3 package, so that felt good to get rid of.

English- we're now starting the last book of the year I am the Cheese. Pretty cool book. but UGGGGGG! we have to do all this journal stuff. in fact, we have 2 journals due by fri. oh yeah, and did i mention that we also have 2 diagrams for science due on friday too. it seems as if friday is HAND IN ALL YOUR HOMEWORK or something like that day.

PE- did pretty good badminton. only had to do 2 laps. still, was soooo NOT in the mood to do physical education. especially since i slept really late last night finishing science.

Drama- planning the skit, half rehearsed. then went in. dismissed.

you know what i've noticed, most teachers are now counting the days of class left. apparently, it's somewhere between 6-8 classes left per class. that only means one thing. final exams!

Blog Term3 Day78

I have SO MUCH SCIENCE HOMEWORK TO DO TONIGHT! You have no idea. In fact, I pretty much have the whole of chapter 3 to complete. Notes, CYUs, review questions, flashcards... the works. So I've really gotta get going. Blah! You know, I used to really love science. But now, it seems like I have to do science just for the completion and marks. A lot of the info isn't even sticking as well as it should or normally would. But then again, that's the system we have to deal with.

Blog Term3 Day77

Today was a blah day. Good to be back home. Only thing is- I have lotsa homework to do. Homework is pissing me off lately. Especially science. Anyways, I hope it rains lots tomorrow. Feeling rainy. No point in this gross, grey and stuffy weather. Minus well get the rain over with. At least it'll be cool again. Finished a book today. Only took me 2 days to finish. Confessions of a Shopaholic. Pretty typical. Not bad. Now I'm sitting on a chair watching the news. Their talking about bird poop on cars. Actually, their talking about cleaning the poop off the car, but whats the dif?

Blog Term3 Day75/76

Hmm, thought I blogged yesterday. Guess I didn't. Today has been pretty neutral. Haven't done any homework over the weekend. And the weekend is ending pretty soon. Plus I'm going out for dinner tonight which means even less time to do homework. Oh well. Went to Michaels to buy paper and stuff to decorate paper for the cards. I love Michaels because it has practically anything artsy. If you need art supplies, go to Michaels. Anyways, bought cardstock for the card base, scrapbook paper for design and ribbon for decoration. Pretty cool stuff. Anyways, gotta go.

Blog Term3 Day74

Today was such a beautiful day. The weather has been perfect all week, so I've been wearing my summery clothes. I just love this kinda weather. It's not HOT like it is in the summer time. But it's still cloudless blue with a nice sun and slight breeze. My favourite season is winter, but only if it's snowing like mad. Thats why I'm totally in love with the weather we've been having for the past week. Love it! Especially the late sunsets. Late sunsets are my favourite part about summer.

Blog Term3 Day73

Today, our group finally performed the scene from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. And not to be braggy or anything, but personally, I think our group was the best. We did it the traditional way. We didn't add any modern twists and something that I noticed- we always faced the front. We performed on the second day, so we had time to analyze the groups from the first day. Anyways, in theatre, one of the number one things besides projecting your voice and making your actions obvious is you always have to face the audience. There is no greater way to ruin a good scene than to have your back facing the audience so nobody can see your face. We also made a beautiful backdrop that I absolutely adore. Another thing we did was we talked at a good pace and didn't rush. I noticed some people rushed their lines because they were nervous. But we didn't do that. And that makes me super duper proud. Okay, enough about our group, now onto the other groups.

I LOVED all the other groups. They were all amazing. Lots of the groups had fabulous props and costumes. I kinda wished we could have done the huge production the grade 9s did last year. As a Synergy class, it would have been awesome since we're all so tight with each other. LOVELOVELOVE theatre and acting! <3

Blog Term3 Day72

Tonight, I'm determined to sleep really early. I'm sad we lost against the Blackhawks. Again. But I guess we just have to accept that they are the better team. I only watched first period, but even then we had a lot of close ones. Plus we were pretty sloppy. By the end of first, the score was 0-0. But by the end of the game, 5-1 Blackhawks. Better luck next time.

Blog Term3 Day71

So tired. Last night, I stayed up real late working to finish my science chapter 2 package. Procrastination. A horrible thing. I do it again and again but I never ever seem to learn. I tell myself, "Next time, don't wait till the last moment." I do anyways.

I have this French skit I have to perform tomorrow. This is bad because I almost always mess up if we have to memorize it. I'm not too sure if it's because I don't know it well enough. Or if I'm just nervous. Because you see, the weird thing is, I can go up and do a presentation without being nervous. In fact, I'm not afraid of going on stage and performing a skit in drama class or any other time. Or take the play we're gonna do in English. It's Shakespeare, but I'm not nervous. But when it comes to these French skits, I always screw up. And I still don't know why! I always try to memorize it until I know it 100%. But for whatever reason, when I get up there to perform, it's just... messed up. Could it be because it's French?

Blog Term3 Day70

AVATAR

Blog Term3 Day69

SUN RUN!

Guess what? I didn't stop to walk at all! I am sooo proud of myself. I mean, I'm sure quite a few people don't walk, but I'm glad that amongst all those people, I was one of those non-walkers. Actually, whether I run my warm up laps or 6 laps or Langara, I never stop so this isn't so major. I mean, yeah it's 10k, but if you think about it, not stopping is just... not stopping. And it's something to be proud of. Cuz I'm not the fastest runner, but at least I have good stamina. At least that's what my friend said. And the only real reason I'm so happy is becuase last year, I didn't do so great. In fact, last year I walked most of it. Or at least it seemed that I walked most of it.

Anyways, I had loads fun. I started out running with my friends, but after about 3km, I went ahead. And then near the end with less than a km to go, I met up with my other friend and we finished together. It was pretty fun.

This time, there was no yogurt so I couldn't dip my bagels into the yogurt like I did last year. But there was chocolate milk which went great with the wheatabix. There was also juice, bananas and oranges, power bars, bagels and Red Bull. They also gave out these bags at the info tent so I got a bag for my jacket and the food. All in all, it was another great experience. The weather was fab, and although after about 5k my right achillies tendon felt weird, I had a fun time and I'm really proud of myself for not walking.

Blog Term3 Day68

Got my 9 hours of sleep, but I still feel tired. Which means I still need more sleep. Which isn't good because that means I haven't been sleeping enough lately.

Anyways, today is such a beautiful day. Blue cloudless skies with a light breeze of cool, refreshing wind. A perfect picnic/bike riding/rollerblading along the sea wall/ sitting on the patio with an iced tea and good book kinda day. Feels like summer!

I had cereal for breakfast today. My favourite cereal is Honey Bunches of Oats avec des almonds. It is the BEST! Not too sweet. Not bland at all. Good texture. All in all, YUM TO MAX! hahahaha, random!

Blog Term3 Day67

Today was unique. Fun. And when I look back at it, today was pretty darn close to awesome.

Science was normal, we took a heck of a lot of notes though. And I've got a ton of homework. But friends can keep any class fun.

English, we didn't learn anything. Which was good for me because my brain never fully turned on. I think. Instead, we got the whole period for practicing. Which I'm pretty sure all groups needed. You see, next class we're performing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. And we got the whole class to practice. Which I appreciated loads.

P.E was the best. The grade 8s had their track meet, so for P.E we didn't even need to change. Instead, we signed in, then went out to watch the track meet. It was an amazing day. Beautiful blue sky with a few clouds, the perfect amount of sun. Nice cool wind. You get the picture, my kinda day.

Drama was... relaxing. We didn't do much. Well, we were supposed to be planning and rehearsing a scene. But everyone in my group started talking about... Justin Beiber. Who I happen to not like very much. Plus none of us really had any ideas. And we were allowed to go outside to plan. So I just went out for the perfect weather. And ended up not doing anything. But at least we got to go outside! :)

Blog Term3 Day65/66

I was going to blog last night, but when I finally got home from a friend's house, it was past 8. So I quickly had dinner while watching the game (which we miserably lost) and then showered. In other words, by the time I finally settled down to work, it was around 10.

And tonight, I have to do this cell analogy project for science. This is especially bad for me because I haven't started yet. And to make things worse, I haven't even thought of a topic/thing to compare a cell to. So I have quite a bit of stuff to do tonight.

And this weekend isn't going to be much less busy either. Lets see, my Saturdays are the usual busy won't-be-able-to-do-much-if-any-school-homework-at-all kinda days. And then Sunday, it's the Sun Run in the morning. Yay! Then I think I'm probably going to have to go over to a friend's to work on the English project since it's the last weekend before showing. (We're doing a scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare.) Usually, I wouldn't be blah about that, but it's Mothers' Day. Plus I'm pretty sure by the end of the day, I wouldn't have much time to do homework. And next week is going to be a bomber. I have SO many things either due, or something I have to present (A French skit AND the English scene), plus I have a math test.

Next week is gonna be busy!

Blog Term3 Day64

Is it Tuesday or Wednesday? This week seems really jumbled up. Wait... it's only Tuesday, isn't it? Right now, my life is being over ruled thanks to science homework. You have no idea how much homework I have. It's not even interactive science homework either. It's copying stuff out of the textbook. Like I would actually remember stuff through copying stuff out of the textbook. No offence. I just don't find that school should be like that. We should be interacting, learning through doing, not copying. Science is about discovery, finding new stuff, learning through experience. (Well, what science should be like.) Unfortunately, science isn't really like that in school anymore. Oh well, what we're doing is the easiest and fastest way to give us info. So I don't blame anybody or anything. It's just the way life has to be.

Okay, now that I'm done my rant about science, I'm going to talk about the... Buskfest. Just something I noticed- a lot of Churchill people are not really... supportive. Well, maybe just for this. Because when I attended the Gimme da Beat performance, the crowd was THE BEST! But now, it seems that we can't even get an applause from anybody. I mean, if I was part of the audience, and I heard a group of people attempting to sing a song loud enough for others to hear despite the horrible acoustics, I would probably sing along to the best of my ability. Of course, only if I kinda knew the song. But most songs we were performing were pretty popular. I guess some people are really low on the energy level. I think part of the problem is that they can't really hear us. Hm... what other problems could there be that would affect a person's unenthusiasm?

Blog Term3 Day63

Feeling weird. First day of Buskerfesting. But not feeling weird because of the buskerfest.

Science was normal, kinda boring in my opinion.

Had this major Shakespeare test in English. It wasn't hard. A lot easier than the poetry test from last unit. I think I did pretty well.

During lunch (Buskerfesting time) our group got $0.25. So then my friend and I went up to third floor and got people from grade 9 to give us money for the buskerfest. I think we got a little more than $6? Not bad. I was pretty happy.

PE was very different from usual. For one, we only did 1 warm up lap instead of the usual 3. Then when we came back in we did a written soccer test. After the soccer test, it was the earthquake drill. It was sunny outside. Unfortunately, the wind that blew by happened to be extremely cold. Okay, it might not have been THAT cold, but when you're wearing shorts and a way-too-big sun run shirt, yeah, it is pretty freezing. After we finally were allowed to go back in, we played dodge ball until we had to go in. I hit one person out. Proud of myself.

Drama was... kinda boring actually. We're doing slap-stick humour. Going to present next class.

Blog Term3 Day62

Right now, I'm on the verge of falling asleep. Seriously. Last night, slept at 1:30. Movie night ALWAYS ends late, average is around 12? So by the time I clean up my room (I dunno why, but I always like to clean my room after movie night...) and wash up, it's usually around 1:30. So in other words, I didn't do any homework yesterday.

Just came back from church. Well, technically, I went to church then had lunch and THEN came back. So now I'm blogging. I should probably do something like science which I happen to have LOTS OF! But instead, I'm being my usual lazy self and I'm just sitting on my bed typing away on my mom's laptop. After blogging, I'm probably gonna take a nap too... Then I'll wake up, study a bit for the English test before going over to a friend's to work on the English skit.

Blog Term3 Day61

Aw man, I was kinda hoping Luongo would get his 4th shutout this season. But noooo, the Blackhawks scored. Then again, they had 5 players against our 3. Actually, Im pretty happy with the results. I mean, a 5-1 win isnt bad. Although I have a bad feeling about the next game. I think after this rude awakening, the Blackhawks are gonna step up their game...

Movie night after Im done blogging. Ugh. Unfortunately, I still have LOADS of science homework to do.

Actually, today was a pretty awesome day. Im not feeling that great. I either have allergies or a cold. But anyways, I learned something today: Retail Therapy actually works.