Chinese Moon Festival

The Chinese Moon Festival is today! I think there will be a full moon tonight and this day, pretty much all asians celebrate with the delicious traditional mooncakes.

The Voice

More brilliant voices surface The Voice. I love listening to the auditions and here are some of my favourites.
Dez Duron
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWVr1VfZcbo&feature=channel&list=UL

Joselyn Rivera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD2QJV6A7zQ&feature=channel&list=UL

Cassadee Pope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjUo0_RBAZY&feature=relmfu

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Isaac damages over 59 thousand homes in L.A. I feel so bad for them and I wouldn't want to lose my home the way they did. But this isn't the worst, as in 2005 hurricanes Katrina and Rita gave back-to-back blows and damaged over 200 Thousand homes! I really want to help them, but they're so far away! :(

Government System

In class right now, I am learning about Canada's Government System. It turns out that its't not that easy to pass a law, as it has to go through three branches: The Executive, Legislative and then Judicial. Prime Ministers have to work hard to convince the House of Commons, the Senate, the Supreme Court and lastly, the Governor General. It's like this huge long debate, where you have to win against several opponents. Either way, it'd be an honour for anyone to be in this Government System and share your own ideas/problems with the government.

Glee Season 4: Makeover

GLEE IS ABOUT TO START! Here's a music video Celebrity Skin

The X Factor

Do you remember InTENsity from last year, the group that has 10 different soloist that was put together by the judges? They were my favourite group but they got eliminated in the Top 12. Now Arin Ray from InTENsity has showed up for Season 2 and wants to be a solo artist, not a group. He wants to go all the way through this competition.
Arin Ray
Also, Gene Simmons daughter has decided to audition, not as Gene Simmon's Daughter, but as herself and stepping out of her father's shadow. See how she did at her audition.
Sophie Simmons

Terry Fox Run

The terry fox run is today! I'm running for the world, but the real question is, who are YOU running for? I'm going to be running in the afternoon, but in the morning I'll be cheering the Grade fours, fives and sixes.

The X Factor

Last week of Auditions! Make sure you watch!

The Voice

The Voice (Season 3) is amazing, more and more contestants overwhelm the judges. I believe tomorrow will be the last day of blind auditions. Melanie Martinez, reminds me of Dia Frampton, runner-up of season 1, is a really great singer.
Melanie Martinez's Blind Audition

Bamfield Reflection (School Work)

I know I have talked about Bamfield too much, but I have to do a reflection on it and try to get my reflection on my school Spectrum (Newspaper):

Bamfield

            Bamfield (Victoria, B.C.) was a great experience. Probably saving the school’s paramount camping trip for last! I can imagine myself cradling back and forth on the Alta, the nice-exotic air in the rainforest and about millions of sea snails I killed, desolately. I never thought all this fun would ride with me so shortly.

             Yesterday was a long-dreadul day, but eyes open, I was ready to learn. We began with the Oceanography Plankton Tow. We went on a skiff, a bright-silver boat flashing before my eyes. Voyaging on the skiff with my group, the sound of waves bubbled behind. 

My Daily Quotes

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back. 
  - Arthur Rubinstein

My Daily Quotes

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. 
     - Eleanor Roosevelt

Emmy Awards

Congratulations to all those who won emmy awards. Here are all the Winners
                  SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Eric Stonestreet, “Modern Family”

WRITING IN A COMEDY SERIES Louis C.K., “Louis”

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Julie Bowen, “Modern Family”

GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Kathy Bates, “Two and a Half Men”

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Jimmy Fallon, “Saturday Night Live”

DIRECTION IN A COMEDY SERIES Steve Levitan, “Modern Family”

The X Factor

I found the audition of Krysten Colon!
Krysten Colon: Part 1
They told her to come back with another song after the first one was a little bad.
This video below was her second chance, but the storm stopped her song and wait till you see the reactions.
Krysten Colon: Part 2

The storm sets the mood for most of the auditions.
The Storm Rolls In

Gangnam Style

Congratulations to Psy with over 250 MILLION VIEWS on youtube for Gangnam Style. Korea must be grateful and proud.
Gangnam Style

My Daily Quotes

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. 
- George Bernard Shaw

My Daily Quotes

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. 
-Robert Frost

Where I'm From

This is a poem I have wrote last year for a book called Tom Finder. We had to write a where I'm from poem, editing Show Don't Tell into it as well.

The Deep Soul

I’m from gloomy-dusty spaces,

Where crickets chirp to the muted grace.

I am from a place of suppressed secrets,

With too much concealed in open spaces.

From the stunning dawn rays,

Where the shine brings out my deepened soul.

From the who-cares,

And abruptly bolting off to a new blissful home.

Pig Saves Goat

A Goat was starting to drown and a pig decided to jump in to help. It's so sweet. :)
Pig Saves Goat Video

iPhone 5

So the iPhone 5 comes out tomorrow and everyone seems so excited. The bad part is: it's going to be sold out. -_- So........ People are just too excited, Jimmy Kimmel decided to pretend to show people on the streets an iPhone 5, clearly being an iPhone 4. I'm surprised no one, i mean NO ONE, recognized it.
Jimmy Kimmel Live: iPhone 5 Trick

The X Factor

I know I had only watched half of this episode, but there were some amazing auditions. Such as Willie Jones, where he surprises everyone with his singing. In my opinion, he is a really good singer and he should make it to the judges houses.
Willie Jones' Audition
Enjoy! ;)

The X Factor and Glee

I just finished half of the X Factor, and boy was that a crazy episode. There's a girl named Kristen Collon that has an outrage when she got 4 nos. I have switched to the new episode of Glee. I have just started with Britney's voice over, and now she's singing Hold It Against Me, Britney Spears with Kitty. I will also be posting one of the amazing X Factor auditions I just as well.

My Daily Quotes

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined. 
-Henry David Thoreau

Dogs

I love dogs so much! Well, I love every animal with eyes......yeah.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kLdO3EsECs
This is just adorable to watch and I'm sure dogs don't have much common sense on ratting out friends.
Here is a picture I took of a local dog in my school community

Photos

I love taking photos of nature but usually I am camera shy, so if someone holds a camera at me, expect me to duck out. Here are some of the photos I liked that I have taken this year.

Both taken in Vancover, B.C.

The X Factor

So I love to watch competition shows, such as: The Voice, The X Factor, Masterchef, Sweet Genius, Ironchef, Worst Chefs in America, HGTV Designstar, Chopped, American Idol, America's Got Talent, Britain's Got Talent, The Glee Project, Donald Trump: The Apprentice and Wipeout
I also love watching Glee. So I will be posting things related to these sometimes. So, the X Factor has a lot of talented singers I've seen. Such as Carly Rose Sonenclar.
Carly Rose Sonenclar's Audition
Her version of 'Feeling Good' really blew everyone away and I'm rooting for her the whole way. I hope all you x factor fans enjoy.

Haikus/Show Don't Tell (School Assignment)

For my school assignment, I have to post two haikus about our 6-day school trip at Bamfield. (September 9-14)
Haikus are poems that go in a pattern.
5 Syllables
7 Syllables
5 Syllables
Example:
The lovely sun sets,
the dark ocean waves goodnight,
heavenly I sleep
Haikus are very complex poems that are very hard to make. You need to know a lot of words, which is why I use a dictionary/thesaurus.

Haiku 1
Rocking back and forth
Getting drenched in salt water
The Alta Was Fun

By the way, the Alta is the name of a boat we were on, travelling and exploring on the Pacific. What I felt was really fun was getting soaked. Watching the sea lions, hearing barks and growls.

Storywriting

I love to story-write. It's what I love to do. I am full of ideas, it just takes a long time to write it out. here is one of my prologues I made.

Bright As Joy

Prologue

December 30, 2009 11:58 PM

            On the highway leading down a steep hill, it began to snow. Our RV was jumping up and down over crusted roads that weren’t ridden on before.

            “Dad, are you sure you know where you’re going?”

            “I’m sure, Janie. This is just a short cut I used to take when I went down this road with Mr. Winters. We were fine… Well, in the summer.”

            I held onto the couch, with my pink blanket right on my lap.

            “Hey Janie, it’s 11:59! One more minute until your birthday, and Christmas too! You’ll turn eleven at midnight, which was the actual time you were born!”

            My mom was smiling, ready to scream out Happy Birthday and sing. The snow was starting to fall faster, each snowflake bunched up on the driver’s w

About Me

I have created this blog to talk about how my life has been going on. I want to share the exciting parts of my last year in junior high, and I know many of you miss your last year of /about to be in/ are in  Junior High. I want to remember my years in my school. I love watching shows or reading books that add suspense. I will be willing to talk about what I do at my school, as having to read books are the first of the rest to come. I might just be one of those everyday people, but I don't want my blog to be filled with the most normal things in life. I don't mind if you don't like my blog, but I wish you to stick around in my blog to enjoy what life has offered to me. If you have any suggestions for books that should be read, but don't seem to get attention, be willing to share with me.

My Daily Quotes

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment
-Buddha

My Daily Quotes

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself
-Harvey Fierstein

Half Brother By Kenneth Oppel

Hi everyone! I am now starting to read Half Brother.
It's about a boy having a monkey as a brother, where the monkey is being experimented to see if it can learn human sign language.

The Start of Grade 9

The Start of a new school year was great! The Bamfield Marine Science Center (Victoria, B.C.) is the best place to explore, with the lovely sounds of the ocean and the amazing things you'll learn about diversity in marine biology.