The Base Stealer American Hero Quickwrite: pg.551

 I would sweat and my hands are going to twitch. But what fears me the most is how the crowds would react, if I mess this game up, my whole fame is going to be ruined. All the work I have worked for before would be torn. Another fear that also pounds me deeply is the fun of the sport; I don’t want to loose interest in basketball if I lose this game. It is not really about winning or loosing but I am worried about the fun.  Before the game, I would try my best, I would practice virtually everyday to prepare for the game, because practice makes perfect. Most importantly, I want the other team to know that I do not want to fight with them, but rather play a good game of ball with them, with respect. 

Won Tons Quickwrite

Several people taught me how to skate.

Many people taught me how to cook.

Only few got me to cook Chinese food, English food, and American food.

Dozens of people taught me how to fish.

I have failed until the last dozen got me to do it.

Over fifty teachers taught me how to read, write, and educated me. 

Only thirty really got my attention and brightened my interests towards academics.

Three-Hundred people are supposedly my friends (they think).

But only forty of them truly are my friends.

Many taught me how to walk.

But only two got me to walk. 

Summer, walk, parents.

Fishing, spring, park, relatives.

Kitchen, six, culture, cooking, several relatives.

Education, school, teachers.

Friends, few, true, friends. 

Video games, thousands, ps3, friends.

Skating, Taiwan, untrue, people.

Snowboarding, San Fransisco, snowy mountain, parents.

Mexican food, Cerritos, friends.

 

Lasting Impressions Pg.500

I think that more and more unacceptable things are becoming more permanent. Things such as homosexuality or men wearing clothes that seem like only girls should where. What is disappearing are just what people always thought was normal! I think that pollution is also becoming permanent, due to the constant gases we put into the air by driving cars. Nature is slowly fleeing away, and with it, are animals that rely on these natural grounds. Being immature, is something I think that is slowly coming permanent. Either it is immature socially or immaturely grown, I think that both is rapidly becoming a great problem in society. What used to be people in freshman year, now has plunged back into time and act like when they were back into sixth grade. This explains that people are slowly becoming permanently locked inside their own world and not experiencing others. What things are fleeing are full-cooked people at their age, knowing more things about the world other than what the school teaches them. Less and less people are moving out there looking into the world in a less pure aspect. They need to look at it a little bit more, "dirtier", more aggressively. Also, I think in Asia especially, boys and girls are not receiving the right nutrition at times. Being skinny is something that is permanently stuck in Asia. For example, I was count as a medium sized person, to my surprise everyone called me fat here. Honestly I have to say, I miss girls in my grades who has the"body", whether this is appropriate for class or not. Also, I think people are also permanently stuck into an academic society, where they do not care about anything else. Fun is not a common definition in people's lives now. It does not matter if things that please you cost money. Sit lazily at home if you have to, if you want fun that is. People in this whole world, I think, is not doing extra things that can spice up their lives. I praise those people who gave up their work, to do something they like or will have fun doing. That is a disappearing species of humans, I despise those who work for money and think that money can buy happiness. The truth is that everyone is so engrossed into money now that they forget what fun is. Their "fun" is stress, and I think that will become very much permanent in the immediate future. Society needs to be changed and go back the way it was. Even if society shifts just a few years back that would be enough, the world is moving to fast, fleeing away from normality and into abnormal lives. I just have to say that socially, the world is definitely corrupt, which makes me socially handicapped if I must say. I am very disappointed.

Special Day: 05-24-09

It is near the end of the school year for me in seventh grade. That day was when a girl was standing by a stop sign waiting for her mom to pick her up. I saw her, gave her a little tap in the shoulder and she turned around. We have never really talked nor really knew each other. It was just if we saw each other we would just say hi’s or hay’s. Throughout the year, I have secretly liked her and no one knew. So I decided that today would be the day I try to know something cool about her. Her mom was coming late today so it was a perfect time to start a great conversation.  The year was 2009 when times where golden and people where socially acceptable. We talked about various things, from sports all the way to discussing Asian parents. There was at one point where she asked me if I liked anyone, I just said, “Yes, and is quite close to me… physically.” She answered, “Cool.” I thought she would guess it out. But that was the day when I made a friend that is still one of my best friends today. Even though I am in Taiwan we managed to remain in contact through Facebook and Oovoo webcams. 

My senses was beyond what I can normally feel. I felt warm though it was a pretty chilly day, I could hear the voice of her talking to me as if she had known me for all my life. I could smell the green grass from people mowing there lawns in nearby houses across the street. I could see the beautiful face of the girl and the big red stop sign. The stop sign is a symbol that never left me. Whenever I see a "proper" stop sign around me, it brings up memory of the conversation with the girl. I tasted the crisp sweetness of the air and it felt as if I was drinking some kind of a mineral water. Another thing I felt, I felt happy.

Imagining Nature Quickwrite P.480

I imagine nature as a big plain with a log cabin in the middle. The great blue skies that seems to have no clouds, but keeps the plain chilly and windy. Yet the weather is not too windy or cold, it is a little warm and sunny, but a mix of both. Yes, of course there would be cars, but the cars are rarely driven only for sometimes that civilians would go to the market and buy some meat. I see a woman cooking in the log cabin, using natural fire, she would cook bacon in the morning and so on. In the plains, I see small children running, chasing the animals that run about. Thinking and imagining this makes me feel relaxing and away from all the stress, just by myself thinking positively. It also raises the awareness level of the environment in me, because I know in a few decades all of this may vanish! I hope the world could become a little greener by making slowly making everyone participate in saving the world and being greener. Another little thing I would imagine is gardens with fresh fruits and fresh vegetables in it and people would learn together on how to cook.  I wish there was such land today, I would live there when I am old, but I wouldn't die there. I want to die in a place I once was happy, and that is the place I once was in.

Backbone Slide Vid.

I am a Rock- Simon & Garfunkel

I remembered the line that "I am alone" because it describes how I have felt for two years. Listening to this song I feel really depressed, because it reminds me of where I am. I also remember "Don't talk of Love" because it does remind me of my past friends who are back in the States. "Hiding in my room, safe in my womb" is exactly how I feel right now, I feel very closed, very far from society just like how this song describes itself. Overall, this song makes me feel really depressed it completely discusses my life and my feelings in me.
Jason Mraz- I'm Yours
Neyo- Miss Independent
2pac- Ghetto Gospel
Jason Mraz- The Remedy
James Blunt- Your Beautiful (censored)