2010/12/15

   Well today was quite a success. All the performances are pretty cool i guess. Our grade ended up being more outgoing rather than passive as I was predicting. That was a good thing, but our performance was not flawless. Well that goes one thing off the list, after this is the Christmas dance which I am looking forward to alot. I hope everyone dances like last year. People keep thinking dances are boring and all, but I think dances are fun and great. I am so tired right now, we had homework even after the Christmas Performance is today. God I hate chemistry, well its okay, I see this as a learning process in life and once I am done with it, I will miss it. Well good luck to me tomorrow on the dance. Bye

2010/12/14

  There are many things done today. Practices, dance songs, everything. I think today was a very productive day rather than a slacking lazy day. I am worn out right now I cannot think straight. The performance led by us are pretty decent, not every performance is perfect but I say ours is pretty good. I wish people would like to listen to me more than they do already. We are practicing day and day just for the performance to get nice and good. I think there are too many people who doesn't want to do anything and just wants to stand in the back and stand there. I don't get those people who just don't want to do anything. I am very tired of that, but I guess i can't change anything for those people. I am tired, I am going to bed.

2010/12/13

   Today seemed so long, the prolonged school hours along with the annoying Christmas Performance made everything seem more boring and irritating. Who needs to practice for the performance, i mean if we suck the we suck, theres no point of changing the truth when it is already laying there infront of us. There are so many things i wanted to do today, such as buying the props for the Performance or even get something to eat. All that time, gone. Gone thanks to the Christmas performance. This makes me realize the lack of organization our school has towards things like this. Well i hope it gets better. Today was cold, im going to bed.

2010/12/12

   "Greatness is never a given, it must be earned." -Barak Obama. People have always been talking about things like this. There are many people being born into this world with privileges and advantages that other kids don't have. When your a kid, you never realize that statement is as true as it can get. When your still a kid, I personally think its okay to think like that, but as you get older, that opinion of yours has to begin to shapeshift and eventually think that it must be earned. Your parents can be rich, but if you don't cherish certain things in life, or if you simply think that everything is suppose to be a right, then chances are when you grow up, you will not be nearly as successful as your parents. Rich people always have twisted thoughts and ideas when it comes to things like this. Money wont last you forever. I think I am starting to live up to this quote and by the time I am out of highschool, I will live up to that statement with all of my heart. I do not want to be some spoiled kid of some rich guy in Taiwan. I want to be a person who earns all the great things he has in life by himself. I want to prove to the world that I am capable of more than being lazy and not working. I will live up to that quote, and I will prove it to you that I can do what I say.

2010/12/09

     People finally started participating in dancing with Hiroaki. There are just always those people who don't want to do anything. Well its okay, at least all of them are learning and knows at least some parts of it. I did not know that this dance could go that far and last that long on stage. I did not consider this when I was thinking about having this dance. I became a really tired person lately, everytime i nap, I nap until the next morning. That is not good, I used to do perfectly fine without having to set any alarm clocks or anything. I think I am tired today because of chemistry, chemistry has been a pretty challenging course and shes not a very good teacher honestly, so we have to find the information in the book ourselves. I'm not saying there's anything hard about that, it is just a pain in the ass to go through that thick textbook all the time when I just need the answer to a little question. I have to finish my lab for tomorrow, I'm going to go do it now. Bye

2010/12/08

  Thank god! I finally learned the dance we need to do for the Christmas Performance. That was such a pain in the ass due to all the misbehaving kids running around complaining while the others are trying to learn, I finally get how teachers feel. I feel like the sophmore class rep is seriously doing a terrible job, I have to do all these things for both my grade and the sophmores, and yet they still don't have the courtesy to show up at the practices. Its 50:1, I have kids who talk and chat while the others are trying to learn, once I shut the chatters up, people that were waiting starts to chat. God it was a chaos today, see how it goes tomorrow I guess. I mean not that the kids don't listen to me, believe it or not all the kids in both grades respect me alot and actually pays attention to the things I have lined up to say, it is just that they keep on talking and talking and complaining about things that don't even matter. Seriously guys, I am a class rep and I have to do many other things that all of you don't have to do. Okay I should stop complaining, like I said today on my other blog, a duty is a promise, and breaking a promise hurts people's reputation. I need to get this done and I need to get this done with quality. I hope I can finish everything by the performance time which is in exactly a week. God...please help me...

2010/12/07

    I am getting more tired and more tired each day. There are nothing more than homework each day, i just cannot stand so much homework. I guess its just a part of growing up, more pressure. Today i was planning out for the dance for our grade and the sophmores for Christmas, boy is it hard. This is a very hard thing for all of the class reps to do, plan out a performance. Seriously, this is not some talent show and so we have to do something relating to Christmas. I mean something relating to Christmas is not that hard, but when all the other grades are doing the same idea i first came up with, it is sort of hard to plan out another plan for our grade to do for the show. Well i dont know i hope it goes well. It is also getting colder and colder, its no longer the days when i can just run around in shorts and not get that cold at all. I like autumn and spring the most, they always have the greatest temperatures and the finest climate. I think it is too cold for me to type out all the sentences i want to say, but wow this is seriously getting chilly around here. I thought I would never say Taiwan as a country with a cold weather, but wow it seriously is so cold that I shiver even if I were in a hoodie. Well it is too hard for me to type, I am going to bed.

2010/12/06

   What a tiring day. Seriously, other than English class, I fell asleep in all of the other classes. Who has school the day after sports day. That is just not good for the kids and the teachers. Everyone at school seemed so dead and liveless. There were atleast five people that had fallen asleep during history class. There were atleast three in Spanish. Other than English, the rest are just cruel because of their intense boringness. Sometimes i wish the classes could be more...how should i say this...productive and filled with juicy facts that actually does not bore the kids out of their head. Is that really that hard? Some classes i have are fun and productive, Biology last year, English this year, just some classes where we can learn and have loads of fun at the same time. I guess it is harder than i think it is.  I am too tired today to type alot...sorry. Im going to bed.

2010/12/05

 We had sports day today. This is just something a 8 year old would have. I don't really think this is all necessary especially on a sunday. I mean seriously, if it was on a monday, I would not be here ranting about how tiring it was to get up on a sunday, put on some clothes and run few hundred meters. There are just things this school needs to change opinion wise. The principle also pulled some racist joke that pissed Derek off today. Yeah it was racist, and especially something like that coming out of some one like that? How are we suppose to be good when we have "role models" like that. I wouldn't even call him a role model, he is just some bald guy Pamela hired to fill in the empty spot of the principle doing all the stuff Pamela is too lazy or don't care enough to do. I really dislike that principle. I know he is incharge of the students and all but, i dont know, im just not a fan of someone like that. You might be wondering what "that" is, I am here to tell you that it is just everything he is. Ouch i know that hurts but, thats the truth. Im exhausted, Im going to bed. 

2010/12/2

   Today was tiring. I did not do anything but homework and homework and homework. Wow i have no life. Sometimes i wonder, where will i be in 20 years. All i know is that i will be married to the love of my life, and i will have two kids name Austin and Roxanne. Wow haha i did not even know i thought about this that much. I have a confidence in all of this happening with Vicki. She is just that person and it just feels like that shes the one. Don't judge me haha i do seiroulsy think that, and i have never thought about that with any other girl. So thats what makes her speical. Schools borring, but every after school i always end up playing ping pong with someone because Vicki is awlays doing her college applications. But its okay, i will be happy right after the due date is up. This gets me thinking, what do i really want to be when i grow up. People say money comes as the priority when choosing a job. Some people say interest is more important than money. I dont know which side i will be on. I cant put any of my interests together with making big bucks. I can't be a super sales and make bank off of selling luxury automobiles, i cant skate for a living, thats for sure. So i dont really know what it will be. Well who knows? In 20 years, where do you think you will be?

2010/12/1

  Today was a nice day. The relaxed atmosphere with barely any homework. Oh please dont assign us extra homework just because i said that Mr.Dahl. I am just saying, i enjoy this easy breezy atmoshpere of school. Today we talked about themes in English class. There are many universal themes that we all know and understand. Themes like Lover hurts, what goes around comes around, don't judge a book by its covers. These are all great themes that can change people's lives if they followed them. If i knew that something will go around and happen to me, i would stop doing bad things to other people. If i knew that i cant judge a book by its covers, then i would not judge anyone by his or her appearance. Even if he looks like a homeless man, i would not assume he is uneducated and uncivilized. Themes are basically teaching people to live a life that will make everyone's lifes better. I am very tired today. Sorry all my blog posts have been so short....but i will write longer ones later on.

2010/11/30

   Wow i am tired today. All the classes and all the things stacked up after school. Im telling you, being a class rep isnt the easieast job ever. You have to plan out things for the kids, you have to host meetings, you have to have a whole lot of ideas for the events and also you have the kids who wouldn't listen to you at all however you try. There are just kids like that, there cant just be kids following the rules. Its okay, i sort of am apart of those kids who dont follow the rules. But hey i am now the class rep and i understand all of the pains the teachers experience everyday with us kids. Meh...Its okay i think i am actually doing a whole lot of better job than a bunch of other grade class reps. My life is so average right now its sorta crazy. I am also hosting a meeting for the kids of sophmore and the freshmens. We are going to discuss the Christmas performance and i think i will let Hiroaki Shimabukuro lead the whole dance. We just have no talents, including me whatsoever in our grade. So i have decided to blend in two grades so that we can all die together, or just have about twenty more brains to think about for the Christmas performance ideas. Well this is done for me tonight, i am tired and i am going to nap. After i wake up i will probably eat dinner with my family and watch some how i met your mother on PPS. I am almost done with the whole series too by the way. Cheers

2010/11/29

    Just another day, another day of school. People say enjoy school, it will be the easiest time of your life. Yeah okay i know that too, honestly i do and i believe that it will be harder throughout life. It just seems like being in college would make everything better. Getting wasted all weekend, being able to drive, being in a country without your parents, and some other more things. There are just alot of things i want to do with my life, and with my age and my priorities now, i cannot even get close to attempt to try these. I know i will miss my family, i know i will miss Taiwan and everything, i just want to grow up i guess. Well people always tell me, enjoy your life kid, being a kid is what everyone wants. Don't have the desire to grow up so quickly. I guess i am in between both. I understand both side's argument about growing up, but i dont know i wish i could do many things as a kid. Its late, im tired, ive had a long day. Im going to go to bed.

2010/11/28

  Sunday... The day we all use for come recovery time. It is a day before some serious work starts and the last time you can enjoy your vacation. For a day like this, I like to just go home, hang out with some friends or go out with Vicki. These things are basicaly what I do when Im on my break or during the weekends. I think some things like this kind of seperates me with local Taiwanese kids. I came from a society where video games were frowned upon, where the cool thing to do was to hang out with friends, play some sports, grab some snacks or anything we liked to do. I have became of the people in that society, now that i have moved back, I feel very different than other kids because everyone day dreams about getting which new game or being able to kill the level eighty dragon that will level you up. Instead of doing that, I dream about getting better at Skateboarding or scoring a touchdown in a friendly game of football. I enjoy outdoor sports alot more than indoor activities. Everytime when I am doing nothing, and by nothing I mean playing around on the computer, I would want to go out and hang out with my friends. This is why I dont get some of the Taiwanese kids here, whats so great about being able to be someone in the cyber world when it is all fake and they should live in reality instead of in their little dreams of killing a goblin. I guess this is just cultural differences. Well Im going to enjoy the rest of my Sunday with some How I Met Your Mother.  Cheers

2010/11/25 Giving Thanks

   Ughhhh, Giving thanks, Ughhhhh being thankful UGHHH. No im just kidding, haha I love giving thanks, honestly i think this day is a very nice day for all of us to look back at our year and think what have we done that was bad. I think thanking the god or just basically thanking anyone is necessary, instead of thinking everything they got is a right. People should really cherish things, there are things that some people think are rights, when they are just privileges that god will take away if they abuse it. I am not a very religious person normally, but that pious statement says it all. I think people should learn to thank and cherish for what they have got, instead of what they don't have. Many people see things in different ways, some people never look around once in a while and think about all the great things that is given to them. Even if your not filthy rich and wipes your nose with one hundred dollar bills, you can still be happy and be thankful that you have a healthy body, or has a loving family. Everyone should begin to be thankful for what is given to them, not what is not. If the world would be a place like that, i can almost guarantee that the world would be a much nicer place to live in, and the crime rates would decrease within a heartbeat. Anyways, thanksgiving was great, the food, the atmosphere, everything today was great. 

2010/11/24 End of Funtime

    Wow, i had a blast the past day. I woke up, went downtown with some friends, and had such a great time. There are just so many things we can do when we are not at school. I know i know, you must think school is suppose to be easy and is probably the easiest time of my life. I know all of that, its just when your a kid, you always expect things to be easier. That goes for everything. Humans are really interesting, when people are young, they are desperate to grow old. When people are old, they picture those days when they still had their youth and wish to have cherished them more. This is a very interesting thing about humans. I have heard from some of my friends this very hilarious yet true quote "At 10 years old, he wants to be tough. At 20, he wants to be cool. At 30, he wants to be free. At 40, he wants to belong. At 50, he wants to be fit. At 60, he wants to be rich. At 70, he wants to be healthy. At 80, he wants to be alive." I believe that is how all humans behave, not just to guys. Why are we so interesting to observe and why are we feeling such things that contradicts later on? That is something very fascinating to think about. Well tomorrow is Thanksgiving lunch, kinda glad that we dont have to eat oily cabbage along with badly fried chicken. Sighs. Why cant our school lunch be better? Is it that hard to order good resturants?

2010/11/23

    WOOHOOOOOOOO day off. I began this fantastic end of the day with some skateboarding. But WOOOHOOOO again for not having school tomorrow. We have the hard classes tomorrow, so its kinda a relief to being able to skip it. Well today was like everyday, but a bunch of THImun singapore students left for their trip. School kinda got quiet, but its okay, i don't need the THImun students to have fun. And there will be a Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday!! WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO AGAIN!! There are just great things happening this week. I hope Friday wont kill the whole week by giving us stacks of homework. Well even if thats the case, its okay, i need to learn some new things anyways. By the way, or sports day grade booth is kinda cool, i bet ours will be better than everyone else's. I wont say it on the blog yet incase other people read it and go "wow that's a great idea, lets be greedy people and steal their ideas." Yes yes i know no one will ever read my blog, well how about for the mysterious feeling it will bring to you Mr.Dahl when you show up at sports-day. Today was a great day, im hoping the rest of the week would be the same too.

2010/11/22

    Today was a long night, overloaded with homework and stuff i cant even finish. Well its three in the morning and i only finished my chemistry homework. What should i do? should i go on and finish? or should i just go to sleep? i want to do both, i dont want a bad grade for this quarter too.But its harder to do things now because there are just so many things to do. God i wish i was younger and all. Well my lifes still going great and i still love my life. Nothing too big can change my life and the love i have for it. Im too tired, i have to go to bed.

2010/11/21 Week's end

    First week, of being the better Brandon, actually, just the Brandon that does his work. Its going alright so far, nothing is really stressful yet. Just a regular old week, but i wish time could go slower, i wish time could go so far back, that it just takes one lolipop to make my day. Not that my life now sucks or anything, honestly i love my life now. My life is relaxed, i have a girlfriend, and everything seems to be working fine. I love my life honestly, just that i wish i had some more of my childhood sometimes. Well put that aside, my weekend was pretty interesting. I went back to Taipei as soon as the bell rang, to see Vicki, she's got some lump growing on her gum. I was kind of scared, but then the doctor told her it was completely benign. Then my Saturday was completely relaxed, stayed home and watched some tv. After some tv, i returned straight to Hsin Chu. It turned out that my parents did not want to go back to Taipei this weekend because my dad was tired from his trip to Japan. On Sunday, i went to Taichung with my family. We went to my mom's old college and the night market there. The food was amazing, one of the best night market i have ever been to. We then got home around six or seven, the the rest of the day was just some How I Met Your Mother, and some tea. Haha, thats how my weekend goes down normally. Well it might not seem like much, but i had a blast.

2010/11/18

    Well today was just like any ordinary day. Today, school happened, and i came home and went to sleep. That is the short version, however today we got to discuss about sports day. The excitement on everyone's faces simply makes my day. Everyone fighting for an event gets me pumped up and paints a vivid image in my mind of how our team (yellow) will dominate everyone during sports day. Of course, yellow has the best players, the best spirit and the best people! That is a fact about our team. This got me even more excited after seeing that many people were excited about sports day. I wish this could happen to all of the events so that everyone can participate more. There were many events to choose from, however i only signed up for one so that i don't have to run or do any types of sports. We were all fighting all over the place for the best events. I wasnt the one doing that, but other people were fighting for it as if that was their evening supper. Well today was a fun day, discussing about sports day and everything. I think if everyone was this motivated enough on academic things, we would be producing many more geniuses than now.

2010/11/17 About to die.

   Wow today is not a good day for me. I just received my report cards today along with the teacher's comments. I am not happy with it, especially my spanish grade, i dont deserve to have a C when i was one of the highest students in class grade wise. There was no point giving me a C, just because i dropped from spanish 2 to spanish 1. That would pull my GPA down my so much, i dont deserve that. All the other grades were only mediocre and i believe that i NEED to work alot harder in english class. I dont think for a native speaker, to get a C minus on my report card would be nice. I have made a promise to myself that i will do a alot better term this time, atleast i hope so. There would be nothing worse than disappointing my parents, they pay so much for me to attend this school. I believe this is not a right, this is a privilege. That is what my old principle said and i believe it is the most true statement i have ever heard. I need to cherish the time i have here in an american education when i could be getting a normal chinese education like everybody else. I need to make the best out of myself for all my classes. I cannot let myself have such a low grade, i hope i do not end up with any Cs by the end of the year. I am praying for it. 

2010/11/16

  Today was another regular day, i don't really know what to write on these blog posts. It seems like everyday is the same. Today I had school and I stayed at school until 7 to play around with my friends. This is like an everyday routine now. We go after school and we go play around in school, pingpong tables, going out to get food and all the other things. This routine has been here for a long time and i don't really think this will change. School is boring for me, but i still enjoy it. I think today was more boring because i did not have my super fabulous english class with my favorite teacher, Mr.Dahl. I think days with english class is more interesting than the days without it. Not because this is an english blog, i actually think it is more fun with the English class. Today we had some tacos for dinner, that was very unexpected. There were little bits of beans on the nachos it came along with it. But those were some tasty nachos and tacos we bought. The homework load today was not as much since i finished most of my work today at school during study hall. I finished the massive pile of work Mr.Dahl gave us, finally. Well its almost time to sleep, i need to go and read my book before i sleep.

2010/11/15 Where it all began

    Today is just like any regular day, regular people, regular lunch, regular classes and so on. Today is the first day of the term though, and i have promised myself i cannot slack off as much as i did during the first term. I will start handing in quality work, i will start doing a better job for all my homework and projects, and i will get atleast a B+ by the end of the term. I was way too lazy and failed to turn in quality work for the first term. That will not happen for the second term, the second term it would be all turned in, on time and with quality and perfection. Atleast i will try my best to aim for perfection. Today was just a regular boring day, nothing really surprising came up in any of my classes today. To me, today is just a brand new day, a brand new day that will change my quarter grades forever. No more Cs in highschool, i am putting on my new attitude towards things and taking it seriously. Goodbye old slacking off Brandon, and say hello to the new ME! I can guarentee you today will be a change of my life.