Deferred Dream. (FREE)

What happens to a dream deferred?

A dream that has been deferred is basically means that it has been put off to a later time. But what will happen to it? Will it disappear as time goes by? Or will it remains no matter what happens. This is really dependent on what the dreams are who they belong to. If a person is determined, no matter what they experience in their lives and what happens, they will keep persuing their dream, if somehow it has been put off. But for the people who don't care , they might just eventually be lost.

As of me, maybe I have a dream that has been deferred that don't even know of. Because right now, I don't really have a dream that I'm persuing for. I only want to be rich when I grew up, maybe if that's a dream? I can't do anything about it as of now because it is such an unrealistic thing. So maybe by delaying it for later, I might able accomplish it. So a deferred dream might not be lost because the people might be just waiting for a better opportunity instead of chasing the dream right the way. Sometimes, it is actually better to take your time and not rushing through the things you do. Since if you go too fast, you might lost track of what you do and fell short along the way.

So basically there are plenty of ways that can happen to a deferred dream. Either keep it, lose it or wait for it.

Miracle...(CE)

Two-week-old pulled alive from collapsed building along with her mother and grandmother as death toll climbs above 400.

After a very high magnitude earthquake in Turkey, the death rates went up to higher than 400 people with thousands of other injurers. They were able to pull a two-week-old baby from one of those collapsed buildings and suprisingly, he was alive. They eventually proceed to rescue the baby's mother and grandmother. This remarkable miracle might give hopes to the other people who are still burried within the rubbles. But yet, there are still other problems. The government was not fast enough to provide enough tents for the people to keep them warm. Most of them had to stay out in the freezing cold night for almost two days.

Earthquake can strike so suddenly that there's not measure of what the outcomes might be. There were two earthquakes in one day happened in our city, and a lot of people were really freaked out. There's not really much we can do about natural disasters but just be as ready as we can by keeping enough food and water for survival in case if it really happens. I don't believe in such thing as "the end of the world", there's no proves that it would actually happen but just personal point of views. People who think of such ridiculous thing are just plain pathetic. I hope the people in Turkey can find there missing family members and can be saved as soon as possible. It would be a real miracle for us if there is no more natural disaster and everyone can be safe and live without any worries.

Goals of the Year (RE)

This year I have set some goals that I would like to meet. Getting a 4.5 grade point average, riding my bike more often, and eating healthier.

This quote is from Brian about his goals for this year. What he said is basically also what I'm trying to acheive this year. Getting a good grade point average, "try" to eat healthier, make some money, and maybe the "bike more often" part. The quarter is almost ending now and I finally caught up with my grades, but some of them are on the verge of dropping so I need to do my best and keep them. About eating healthier, I've been trying that since two years ago and I did it, but never did it "correctly". It is so hard to stay away from good food because they are always better than the healthy ones.

About riding my bike more often, I guess...? Well, I was actually able to get a bike last summer and I have been riding it atleast once a week, not as often as it should be but atleast I do it. Another major goal I have this year is basically less gaming and more working. I have been doing well with that so far since I have so much freaking homeworks everyday that I barely even have time to breath...Ya I lied, I have time to breath. But yes, the homeworks just help keep me on track with not gaming and focusing on school more. But that is really not I like to do, it's just that I have to. Anyway last but not least, to Brian, I hope you can acheive all your goals. To everyone else, samething. And if you don't have any goals, go find some since they keep you awake.

Running Around Animals (CE)

 I found this news to be both very scary and sad at the same time.

Dozens of exotic animals, including tigers, lions and bears were let loose on Ohio farmland by their owner before he committed suicide, sparking a shoot-to-kill hunt in which 48 of the wild beasts, including 18 endangered Bengal tigers, have been killed.

 First of all, why is this scary? Well if you suddenly found out that your neighborhood is been filled with running around carnivores and they might attack you anytime then I'm sure it's very scary. The owner of the farmland owned almost 60 of those exotic animals including lions, Bengal tigers, bears, primates, leopards, etc...And for a certain reason, he decided to suicide and set the animals free. Don't you think that's very nice of him? Well not really. By doing so, he brought harms to other people since those animals are very dangerous and they will attack humans from their fear. The person has also been charged with animal cruelty 11 times. We're still not sure why he decided to suicide and made such an act.

The sad part of this is that those animals don't deserve to die. They were just doing what their instincts tell them to. All they cared about was just to get out of that cage and run for their freedom. Imagine if we were in their position, we would have did the same thing. The people had no choice but to shoot them down because they were a threat to the safety of the people. Some of those animals are already in danger of extinction such as the Bengal tigers. This was a very unfortunate event and I really felt sorry for the animals that were killed. But there's not really much they can do since that was probably the best way for protecting the lives of the people.

To all the animals that were killed- "Rest in Peace".

Japanese "Stuffs" (RE)

Calvin, I totally agree with you.

If I could choose an item from anywhere in the world, it'd probably be from Japan, just because of the huge variety and effectiveness of the technology there.

This is a response to Calvin's response about japanese technology. I don't know if anyone else realize this, but most of our products in US came from either China or Japan. Japanese really has a lot of geniuses and they made tons of cool stuffs. Their minds are just so creative. for an example, who did you think created those 600 something pokemons out there? The Japanese! I really wonder how they were able to picture them in their head. I remember they first started with just around150-ish and now it's like 600 something. All those animes out there are made by the Japanese. Where did you think Power Rangers came from, the Japanese too. The Americans took the footages from Japan and copied their themes.

Some of their creations are a "bit" weird, and you would be like, what the freak is this??? But then again, they made it for the convenience of their people in their needs. But what impresses me the most, is their ideas with toys. If the toys are to represent their TV shows, they make them look exactly like how they should be. If they take the ideas from others, they make them BETTER, either from giving them better paint applications or adding more play values to them. But the problem about this is, it is so freaking hard to get your hand on Japanese toys, one thing about this is that they are so expensive and with shipping fees, it could cost you a bunch. Let say you buy something here in US and Japan has almost the exact samething, their prices could be double. But still, what you get from their creations are much worth it. You probably thinking why I spend almost a paragraph talking about toys. Guess what, I play with toys too.

High School MInimum Days...(FREE)

So yesterday, we had a "minimum" day for MOST people and we all got out very early, at like 11. We also only had the block schedule classes and they are all only fourty minutes long. Other people that didn't get out early were doing the drill and got twenty hours of community service from it. I really wished I was able to do it too and get my twenty hours done for high school. Now I need to figure out a way to get those community service hours so I can graduate. Oh well, I still have two years to go. Even so, I know it will go by way faster than it should be...

But seriously, that four extra hours of time actually gave me a big break from school. Right after I got home and dropped off my stuffs, I went to Starbucks and grabbed myself a mocha that I've been wanted for so long. I was able to finish my homework way earlier than I imagined and also got my haircut. This is probably the first time I cut my hair during weekdays. I usually go on weekends, especially Sundays since my dad is off from work on that day. Yesterday basically helped me release so much stress from school, even though it was only an extra four hours. I hope we can get out early more in the days to come, even though  it's not really that good to get out early since we learn "less".

Home Coming ! (FREE)

Well today was pretty fun. The annual home coming assembly we have every year and this year wasn't half bad. Last year was funny because I was wearing a red sweater on the home coming day, and I walked in to school in the morning and see all these seniors wearing red. I actually wore the class color this year and I was pretty "orange". I really wanted those orange socks that most people have. Why is sophomore's class color has to be orange man seriously. That's like the color that I don't have for dressing up. I don't regret buying the class T-Shirt at all since it looks pretty tight. I actually realize today what the pacman on the back stands for, when my friend told me about it. The orange pacman eating the grey, green, and red monsters...HAH get it?

Anyway for the assembly, it was fun with all the classes screaming and cheering for themselves. Just like usual, seniors were the loudest, then juniors, us the sophomores, then the quiet freshmen, well they weren't THAT quiet. The juniors though, they were almost dominated the crowds. They were so "spirited" and were all in good rhythm. For sophomores, most of us were really in to it and we all screamed. That was probably the loudest and longest I ever screamed in the past... years. Now my throat hurts just from thinking about it. The top and bottom rows were cool and loud, but then the middle and the right side was kinda...bleh. They should've all stand up and we would've been even better. But it's all good, I have a feeling that we all are gonna dominate next year.

PS: "SOPHHHOMOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!"

Iphone 4S...(CE)

So the new product of Apple after months! boo...

A dull product launch may not be what many had been expecting from the new management, which may now have to up its game a little if it's to maintain the soaring success of the Steve Jobs days.

New iPhone 4S huh, finally a new product from Apple. Sadly, after Steve Jobs passed away... Is it really necessary to keep upgrading  the same device over and over again? Why can't they just make something totally new to take its place. I really feel sorry to those who bought the original iPhone 1... Back then it was so "cool" and now it's like, bleh... It might not be that bad if there's actually something very crazy about the new device. But turns out, it just mostly has a faster processing system. It might be a bit faster, but talking about spending another hundred something dollars to get an exact same phone with a faster speed doesn't really worth it if you ask me. If they just keep making new upgrades with so little improvements then maybe 10 years later, it's possible to have like an iPhone X or even...Z? Let's hope it won't happen, cause that's just too much.

The reaction from the product launch wasn't all that great either. Maybe because Steve Jobs is no longer here that it's not as highly anticipated as it should be. I personally never had an iPhone, and I don't really want one either. Too many people have them nowadays and I don't find it to be as great as other phones. Apple has been a very great company and I really hope they can maintain the success they had over the years and keep up the legacy of Steve Jobs.

School Computer FTL (RE)

Not to disrespect school properties but I found this quote from my friend Jason and I TOTALLY agree with him.

To put it simply right now.. A school computer is better than mine. Pretty bad huh

Yup, it is totally bad to the "baddest". Not to be mean or anything but seriously, school computers are like SOOOOOO slow, alright I over exaggerated a bit there but still. I remember this one time we were working in the media center on this one project and we had to use the computers. Maybe it was just my bad luck, the freaking computer that I was using took like 10 minutes just to turn itself on and log in. I guess I can understand with all those computers working at the same time, the connection should be bad. Or maybe I'm just not used to their speed. Don't you guys think it will be so cool if our school has all "Macs"? Yah right...that's like saying Steve Jobs is our principal. "RIP STEVE!"

As for your situation, I experienced it countless times with my own connection at home and I have AT&T. I actually PREFER to have Comcast like what I had before. Now I disconnect every freaking time a phone comes in, and sometimes it just disconnect outta no where and pisses me off. Back when I had Comcast there was no problems with connections. I also liked the Comcast shows better, even though Direct TV has more show varieties. I remember they have the "On-Demand" channel, you can pick so many free shows on there. Anyway, I hope you don't experience such "DISASTER" again.

PS: so hard to game and watch "stuffs" when the connection's like that huh?

Live with Life (BC)

Steve Jobs was one of the greatest people ever lived. His intelligence contributed greatly to our society. Without him, we wouldn't be having all these cool iDevices out there that have been so popularized. From a basic iPod mp3 player to a "touch-screen-laptop"  iPad. He realized he doesn't have any longer to live, but even so he lived his life to the fullest each day, hoping to leave something important to the later generation. As for myself, I don't really think about myself as living each day thinking that I would die one day. Because by doing so, I make myself feel like I'm living while hoping for my life to end. I don't think about dying since as a person who's living, why not look forward to the life you're living right now and do what you can to make the best out of it. Instead of thinking that you would eventually die one day, try thinking about the reason for you to keep living. I agree with him saying that one should make important decisions in life. But living while remembering you will die one day and that you have nothing to lose is not true.

Anyone ever think about how long life is? As of now and if I'm luckily enough, I have lived 1/6 of my life. Life is short, but it might seems like a very long time. Some people can live up to 90 years or more. But is such an amount of time enough for you to do what you wanted to do? There are so much big choices in one's life that if we ever miss them, we might not encounter them again and it might change our lives forever. So I think that by living and values every moments of our lives, we get to take use of all those choices, or atleast as many as we possibly can. Some of them might turns out to save your life, but others might harm you. But that's just the process of living one's life. Since you don't know how long you might live, why not follow your heart and do what you think is important.

I disagree with his statement, "Remembering that you are going to die...avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose",because that'sjust his opinion and its not fully true. Yes, you might not have anything to lose after you die, since everything that was with you would eventually fade away after your death. But what about others that care about you? It wouldn't be just as simple for them as you think, since you're such a important one in their lives. Think about your family, your friends, the things and memories that are precious to you, where would they go after you died?You might not have anything to lose but you're losing what's precious to others, yourself.

So after all it is up to you about how you want to live your life. It is something you have to decide since it is probably the most precious thing you can have. With out it you probably won't be here reading this. So here is one advice, stop wasting your time to read this and go live.

Budget Cut... (CE)

Is it because schools really cost a lot of money? Or is it because the government just wanted the money to be spent on something else. That's probably the problem of what most of the countries are facing right now, budget cut.

High school students in Madrid take to the streets to rally against regional cuts to the education budget

Seems like the Spanish government had decided to cut down the budget for school which led to high school students to protest. They decided that they don't wanna hire any more additional teachers but instead, they ask the current teachers in duty to work more. They are saying by doing so, they can save almost 80 millions euros on extra staffs. But that might be the main result, but by doing so, schools will be very low in budgets and thus lead to cutting of more things.

One of the most obvious cut would be the day of school. I find it funny when ever we have a day off from school and everyone is very happy even though it's not from holidays. It's actually not a good thing to cut school days, since it's causing us to lose a lot more learning opportunity. Well who cares right? free day yay... But in reality, it really matters. Next, there will be cutting in extracurricular activities and classes like music, art, languages, and even sports. Without money, there's nothing we can do.

I really hope the people in Madrid can persuade their government to raise their school budget. At this age, with all the needs of work and high prices, school is really something we can't loose in order for us to get the best of what makes our future.

Anyone Else Afraid of the Dark??? (RE)

So i saw this quote on my "homie" Christian's blog, which really makes me feel related.

"RANDOM FACT: I'm affraid of the dark... Still."

So let me ask, "Anyone of you still afraid of the dark??" Most of you would probably say something like, "Hell naw wtf? I ain't no kid!" But seriously though, You might be lying to yourself. If you're just thinking about sleeping in your room with no light and it's dark then you might be right. But what if you're NOT at home? Imagine you walking around the street at 1 a.m in the morning by yourself alone. Deep inside, do you really feel that you're not scared? Not even a tini tiny bit? Well if you really think you're still not scared then... good for you. I wish I was just like you...No, I lied.

Well anyway, the reason why this is related to me is because, that quote probably stated a random fact about myself as well. To tell you the truth, I was never "brave" enough to sleep by myself until around 8th grade... YAH! I'm such a kid ain't I? Even till now, that I sleep in my own room, I still need to leave 1 of those small light thingy that's hella dim on while I'm sleeping. I remember back then when I was tryna sleep by myself, my heart started to beat hella fast and I started sweating all of a sudden and it makes can't sleep... I came to realize that I was probably thinking too much back then. But now everything is okay. Christian, I hope you weren't like me back then and for sure, everyone's afraid of the dark, they just don't admit it. Or do they...

Zoo with no Lions...FREE

This was so shocking...That I'm still in shock till today. This happened about a couple weeks ago when we had a three days weekend. My brother decided that he wants to go to the zoo, which I obviously did not wanna go since he wanted to go to the "OAKLAND zoo" -_-. The reason I didn't like was because I went there like 4 years ago and the same thing happened. There were no lions...Its kind of stupid you might think, but lion is probably one of my top favorite animals. When I was little, I used to think lions are like the boss of all the other animals from all those folktales you might have heard, the "King of the Jungle". Elephant was another one of my favorites. I remember there was this one picture book about elephants that I used to read when I was little. I got so angry when a baby elephant got killed by a cheetah...or something like that. It's funny now when I think about things back then. It's fun and nostalgic when thinking about what happened in the past and have a laugh about them.

And not just that too, that freaking zoo has to much extra "land" and could've filled up more animals. There were like two to three animals for each? Well, save the birds, bats, bugs, monkeys, and a couple of other ones with more than that number. But the more exotic ones are less than three...Hahaha "less than three-<3" Not really funny but it just happened to be what I was thinking. I saw like one tiger, and I think there was ONLY one. But there were a couple of elephants and giraffe which was a bit better I guess. I wanted to go to the San Francisco Zoo instead, cause I heard it's way bigger there and there are more exotic animals. But my mom said no because it was too far away and my aunt was the one driving. She wasn't really good with roads and directions since she just started driving for about a month. I really wanted to go to the San Francisco Zoo, because I heard it was way bigger and has a lot more exotic animals there. I really hope if I get a chance one day, I can go there and see some lions for myself. White tigers are even better.