Ice-Breakers - T2B7

Ice-Breakers: tasty mints or bye-bye tongue?

I mean, I know ice breakers are so full of flavour, mostly the sour type, but they also really scorch the tongue. I sucked on a few ice-breakers earlier, and now, my tongue's deep purple with a pink pain mark in the center. The rash stays with you for around 4 days before you can eat or drink anything without feeling the scratching pain. (esp. gum) now I can't enjoy my coconut pineapple gum - WAHHHH! That was one of my favourite flavour. That, berry, and green apple.

Anyway, I kinda messed up this morning. I forgot to check my agenda, and thought today was day 1. Lucky me, I knew most of my science test stuff, so i didn't freak about the test. Now, I'm all set for the english test on Tuesday. The day swaps saved me about 45 minutes of studying...! Yay!

Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas tree... T2B6

Today, daddy put up the christmas tree and all the colourful lights around the living room. He wanted to wire them outside, but I insisted. We didn't have enough to circle the front of the house, and it look much more festive along with the rest of the indoor decorations. The christmas tree I have at home is different than any other. It is covered in glittery butterflies that light up to different colours according to the rhythm of the christmas carol it plays. There are no bulb decorations, or reindeers, or Santa Claus. It's one of a kind - I've never seen it in any store here before. This christmas tree also has sentimental value. I got it in Panama when I was 8 years old. Daddy and I picked it out and designed it. It was a very special Christmas - the first one in a foreign country... I'll probably upload a picture sometime in the winter holidays - once I find my camera...

It's still November, but it's never too late for some Christmas spirit, is it?

Science Experiment Numero Deux - T2B5

Earlier today, I restarted my science fair project. Last week, my science fair project was a complete, utter failure. My beaker and test tubes were knocked and broken. Annihilator: my brother. I guess this was partially my fault as well. I should have known better than to place any fragile homework or glass experiment in any of his reach zones. Anyway, that's OK. It was an accident, but now, I'm behind by 27 days.

My topic: Does temperature affect the speed of change in the Ph value of juice? In many ways, redoing the experiment is a good thing. I now know how to avoid all the mistakes and mishaps in the first trial. I'm trying to look at situations in a positive way here. So... Thank you?

BTW: In English, we're starting to study The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, as a novel study. I just finished reading the first two chapters. It's so beautifully written that I forgot I was reading it. ^------^

Square-Dancing - T2B4

In PE we just finished our basketball and indoor track units. On Tuesday, our class will begin to learn square dancing. Oddly enough for a lot of people, I think it'll be fun. I mean, I know a lot of kids are still amateurs about dancing with someone of the opposite sex, but just watch, it'll be interesting, and for the most part - funny. I think that's its biggest selling point. This is not the first year I've squared danced in PE class. Last year, our student teacher put the whole class through it, along with a bunch of other folk dances - macedonia... That was one heck of a funny picture: when you see to 5 feet tall boys arm in arm, skipping in circles. I laughed for 20 minutes straight.

Mr. Olsen, about the self evaluation and CCRAP sheets, are they for term 1? I emailed them to you, but I got no reply. I don't know if you received it or not. I hope you didn't mark me as "not-handed-in" cause a did...  Peace out for now:)

Today's Highlight - Gr. 8 Indoor Track Meet - T2B3

Today, for the entire last two blocks, was the annual grade 8 indoor track meet. It's when all the grade 8s at Churchill are divided into teams and compete against each other in fun relay races. You've probably heard that all schools have a Sports day, usually around June. Well, what happened today was kind of like that, except all the participants are grade eights. There were different choices of races we could pick to sign up for. I was in the Shuttle race, Skittle race, Rugby Dribble Race, and a tug-of-war, but there were other selections as well: equipment transport, balloon pat, balloon pop... oh that one was fun to watch. (You have to sit on the balloon to pop it. One of my personal favourites was the circle relay, but I didn't get to do that since the sign-up slip was already filled. That's okay - all the races were fun. The purpose of the events were simply just spirit, teamwork, and fun. Overall, I thought I did pretty well - I screamed, cheered, danced, and ran around in circles (don't ask why). My cheeks were flushed deep pink and I was sore from smiling. I felt so warm that I walked home in the snow in my gym shorts. I BARELY FELT THE COLD!!! Of course, eventually, the temperature caught up to me, but that was later on - as soon as I got home.

What I though was really interesting was how the different teams decorated themselves to show team spirit. From the Yellow group, there was this girl in streamers and yellow ballet tutus, from the black group - ninjas. From the Red - face paint and long scarves, and from the green - long knee socks and bandannas!

Is God Left-Handed? - T2B2

Well, here we go - moving on the fast track. About the Brain project - my topic is left-handedness: origin, causes, and consequences. Today at the library, with some help from the librarian, I found 2 really interesting books based on this topic. There was also another religious book, but it didn't seem to cover much information. It had questions like: "Is God left-handed?" Questions like this is more on the humour side. Who knows if God even has a hand - besides, it can be an offensive generalization for other beliefs.

I really actually enjoy this project. It different for any other assignment I've ever did - it's not dead work and researching info like writing a report of JFK. These topics actually engage the students - it's interesting and fun. I found a couple of really cool questions I will probably include in my presentation. This project is entirely a whole new branch of creativity. That's amazing, considering all of the possible topics occur in what people call the "old coconut".
1. Do Left-Handers die younger?
2. Health vs. Left handers
3. Stereotypes....

New Term - No More White Winter? You're kidding... - T2B1

Wow, a regular Tuesday - but also the beginning of a new term. This is my very first blog post of the Second semester!!!!!!!! Last term, I missed a couple of blog posts, so for the next three months, a small goal would be to keep on posting this blog everyday. To me, the blog is not just a simple reflection of the day or moment. For the most part, Synergy kids usually don't find posting on an online journal difficult. It seems to be more about time management and the continuous trend to post everyday that's a challenge, practice, and assignment - so I'll be keeping that up...


HEY YOU! MOTHER NATURE! YUP THAT'S RIGHT! I'M TALKING TO YOU: WHAT HAPPENED TO ALL THE SNOW? ARE YOU SERIOUS? THAT'S IT? WHAT HAPPENED TO A WHITE WINTER?! WE ALL HAD HIGH HOPES OF A WHITE WINTER WITH NUMB FINGERS, WET GLOVES AND FROZEN FEET! WELL, YOU'RE HALF WAY THERE - WHEN I WALKED TO SCHOOL THIS MORNING, MY LEGS WERE SO COLD, IT WAS PAINFUL. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? IN THE SUMMER, LOW TEMPERATURES IN ANTARCTICA ARE AROUND 10 DEGREES CELSIUS. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE -4 DEGREES HERE IN VANCOUVER. PENGUINS COME HERE AND SAY: "WOW, IT'S COLD. LET'S LEAVE!" I DON'T REMEMBER BEING FREEZING LIKE THIS ANYTIME IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. MOTHER NATURE'S TRYING TO PACK THREE YEARS OF COLD TEMPERATURES INTO THIS WEEK. OH GOODY. WITHOUT THE SNOW, THE COLDNESS IS JUST NOT WORTH IT. ONE OF THESE DAYS, SOMEONE'S GONNA GET HYPOTHERMIA.