Percussion Camp

For those of you who know me (hardly anybody), you probably know that I am a HUGE band geek. I don't get mad about stuff in general, but in band, I get mad just hearing that I could play one note better. I am always saying (thinking), 'What gives you the right to judge me! I sound better than anyone!', but this week in Percussion Camp really taught me something.
They DO have the right to judge me. At first, I thought that I am just as good as any of those High School players teaching us, but during a demonstration of theirs, I noticed that they were FAR more trained and experienced.
This just showed me how I can't just judge anyone right off the bat and that I really have to get to know ther person. I will tell you something. If you look at me, you would probably think that I am just like any other Asian, smart in school, plays the piano, and is VERY anti-social. But I am basically the opposite of that. I am kind of smart in school (just making A's) and well, I know how to play the piano, BUT I am VERY VERY social.

So, main lesson : DON'T JUDGE SOMEONE BY THEIR FIRST IMPRESSIONS!

My Life : A MiniSeries

Ok, from now on I will be doing a short story every other day (maybe). Those stories will become a mini series called My Life. This whole thing is fiction and may have a little bit of similarities with my real life. Well, I won't keep you waiting, so here it goes :

As I awoke with a sharp pain in my forehead from my dark sleep, I saw lots of family members. Why are they here? I asked myself.
"He's awake! He's awake! Get the doctor!" screamed my parents.
"What's going on?" I moaned.
The doctor came quickly and did some stuff on my arms. I couldn't feel anything and I couldn't move a finger! He looked into my eyes and explained to me and my parents that I will never be able to walk again. Tears went down my mother's face and my father stood there in disbelief. I layed there, thinking of what had happened to me and suddenly I remembered. It all started that one day, but I will never ever forget it.....


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Restarting my Blog!

Ok, As you can see, I haven't been posting at all ever since school ended. I have no idea what happened. I just didn't feel like posting anything. Well, it was either that or I thought my day wasn't cool enough to write about. But due to a VERY adoring fan who is crazed with my writing, I will restart my blog!

From now on, I won't be posting more than 3 times a week. Or once every 2 days. I have started on this "story" that I am writing. It is sort of a auto-bio, but I mixed in some fiction to make my life seem more interesting! I hope that the stories I will be posting will urge you to go and get your friends to read my blog! That would really help!

Well, I will see you in a few days. I have to go back and finish my surprise ending of my story! (I made up my own death)

What?!

Don't you just hate it when someone says they are coming to your house, but then right after you cleaned everything up and got everything ready, they say that they won't be coming? Well, it was exactly that today. But the thing is, they didn't really tell me that they were coming, but I assumed it, because my mom invited their parents. It was like doing everything, for NOTHING at all.

I mean, it does feel good to have a clean room and a clean desk, and a clean sink, but I think that it was very tiring, so I wouldn't do it on a daily basis, unless someone lives with us for like a week, or a month. I also liked the feel of cleaning for some reason. I felt very relaxed and it made me feel very refreshed. I just wouldn't do it very often. Maybe that's why I am so gloomy nowadays.

What a boring year....

So, I thought of the things that made me happy this year, trying to copy dI-cHan-XD's latest entry on her blog, but I noticed that all of it happened either last year or in the beginning of this year. My year started off great. I had missed all of my classmates and when I saw them, I nearly jumped around and screamed. Then it just got worse and worse. It feels like, all my friends are starting to back away from me, and I am losing contact with lots of friends from 2 years ago. It feels as if my life took a wrong turn, and didn't know how to get back! Lots of things that excited me last year, bores me now. I'm not even looking foward to summer, because I know that in the summer, nothing will happen and I won't be able to see my friends for a long time. I feel that I am losing friends faster and faster. Piano is just another thing I have to get through. I have no idea what is happening right now. I just want my life to go back the way it was in the beginning of the year. I don't know if it's stress, or if it's pressure. I have been slacking off in a few classes now, and I am not feeling the same. Right now, is probably the deepest time of my year and it just makes me want to scream! I am hoping that next year would be MUCH better, since I won't have athletics and it won't interfere with the rest of my life. But I still don't know what is happening to me.

P.S. No, I am not becoming EMO

Arggg

Recently, I can't think of ANYTHING to write about... I have lots of things going on at school, but I just don't know how to blog about them. I just want a interesting enough day to be able to blog, but there just hasn't been any. I wish that people would suddenly do something crazy, I can write about it!

So, I have decided to only write on days I feel are interesting. I hope that will come often... But I will still try to write everyday if I can. So, anyways I have decided to run for secretary at my school, because a whole bunch of popular people are running for the president and VP positions. I hope that I can win!

WISH ME LUCK

A good dinner

Dinner. Such a magical word! It makes us think of many different things. For Example, you may think of dinner as a time to eat, socialize, or just to sit down and relax. But the thing is, have you thought of a GOOD dinner? How that would go? Would it include all of these things?

A good dinner to me is either having LOTS of people over and just having a blast, or just making up your own creation and sit down to relax and eat. The perfect dinner would start off with a movie, then dinner, then movies until the night is over.

What I call a boring dinner, is getting wayyyy too full, because you didn't socialize and the only you did was eat. That would kind of ruin the fun and relaxation of dinner, because you would be hurting the rest of the night, and there would be nobody to talk to!

So, my question is... Have you had a good/perfect dinner lately? If you haven't, go to somewhere that is full of people and eat and have fun! (Somewhere like Main Event)

Yes!

Yes Man! is another very meaniful movie. It shows how much some people are afraid of commitment. How some people just doesn't want to get involved in the world, just living their little life by themselves. It makes me think of what my life would be like, if I didn't have any friends, or any fun at all! I liked the idea of saying 'Yes!' to certain things but saying 'No!' to things that you don't like or don't want to do! I just might try this out some day for a week or so, then moving on to months and so on. You should try that too!

I recently had a experience. There was some new kids at my church, but I just couldn't get myself over there to introduce myself. My friends tried to drag me over there, but I was just saying 'No.' I felt that if I had said 'Yes!' today and went over to introduce myself, they would have had a much better time and I would have had a much better time. This type of experience has happened a lot. I am not anti-social and I am sort of outgoing, but I can just never EVER get myself to talk to some stranger and get to know them. But if I said 'Yes' a little more often and gather up the courage to talk to them, it might lead to something good. For me, and for them!

Well, if you haven't seen the movie yet, go see it! You won't regret it. It gets a very powerful point through, but adds a little comedy so that you won't get bored half-way and fall asleep. I rate this movie a 4/5 stars.

Remember, say 'YES!'

Hotel Rwanda

Hotel is one of the most meaniful movie I have ever seen in my short 13-year life. It shows just how stupid some people can be. Just basically abandoning a group of people in a country just because of their color. When I was watching it, I couldn't believe that the genocide had really happened. When I saw the dead bodies, I just wondered, "How could have they pulled the trigger?" and every single time I heard the word 'cockroach' I just wanted to go and slap the dude. I mean, you can't really tell the difference between what they called a Hutu and a Tutsi. Just like that one person in the beginning of the movie said, about how the two girls could be twins and yet, they have two different 'labels'. When I saw the part when the people were running and the soldiers were killing them, I just thought, "What if that was my family running and suddenly my parents got shot. What would I do?" That thought made me almost want to cry. Right now, I am so glad that racism is not as bad as it was 10~20 years ago.

This movie is overall REALLY awesome. I feel that EVERYONE should go watch it, if you haven't already. I hope that this will affect you just a little and make you want to do something about this. Anyone that is reading this should go to www.invisiblechildren.com . That website was made for the war that is going on in Africa right now. How the soldiers would kidnapp the young children during the middle of the night and train them to become soldiers. I really hope this would stop and if you watched the video on the website, you would see the problem.

TAKS is OVER

So, I did VERY well on the TAKS (I think) and I have decided to actually not slack off and focus on my school work until May 21st! If you are wondering why May 21st, it's because So You Think You Can Dance starts and it's also when my last project is due, and when all my final exams are over! I will be very ready for the summer, and I will be VERY happy to be with all of my friends at waterparks and show off my new 'ripped' body....(hehe) I hope all goes well with everyone until the summer. I actually think that I will miss school, because of all the people I hate and love. School gives drama and I love watching drama. And my friends have currently decided that I have A.D.D. Mostly because I can switch to another subject during mid sentence when I am talking and have 2 exciting things that I am thinking about. So, that will be it for today... See you all on SATURDAY!!! (WOOT almost the weekend!)

TAKS

If you don't live in TX, TAKS is a test to see if you could make it to the next grade level. Now, I don't really get why they have the TAKS, since it's so easy and that ANYONE could pass it. I feel that some people are meant to be held back, because they cause problems for the people that actually learn and they frustrate all teachers. One more thing is that the school makes WAYYY too big of a deal for it and it just takes up tooooo much time in our class. I really hate people who fail TAKS, I mean it's just a series of questions that anyone could answer, and if you guessed, you could have even passed! I might be a little harsh, but I think that TAKS is the reason lots of kids are failing. Thinking that they can pass their grade with a 70. I just think that people really need to start STUDYING! Or they could just stop doing crazy stuff and slacking off.

Tommorrow and the day after that I have TAKS, so I can't post on my blog. I have to look like I am studying so my mom doesn't kill me. So, I hope that all of you have a nice week and for those of you that are taking the TAKS too, GOOD LUCK!

California

I just miss it so much. I miss being with all of my cousins, uncles, and aunts! I also miss how it is so much like Taiwan. I love the palm trees always towering over you. And the last thing is, I miss the food! Food is my weakness, so I can NEVER resist to eat something really good. And whenever I visit my family, the only thing we do is eat. Although that might sound boring, it is actually REALLY fun hearing all the crazy stories at the dinner/lunch/breakfast table. Every single time I get there, I would find out something new about my family! I just feel that life would be a little less boring if you spent it with your family. So, go out some time with your family, even if it means just going to the park and having a little picnic! Trust me, you will either find something new about your family, or just let a little stress out. So what are you doing still reading? Go call up some friends and family and go out and do something!

How TV captures me!

Have you ever just sat at a computer screen or TV and suddenly you look up and it's 3 hours later? Well, I have... A LOT. I would sometimes have homework in my lap and getting ready to do it, when I see the TV remote. Then, at that time, I become addicted to what ever is on.

This one time, I sat at the computer and played my game. It was 4 o'clock at the time. Suddenly I look down again and I see that it is 7 o'clock and my parents are calling me down for dinner. I feel that if we all just spent one hour less on the computer a day and just go outside to help someone, or simply to relax, our world may just be a little bit better.

P.S. I didn't write yesterday, because it was Earth Day and I just tried not to use any electronics. I did however use the TV...

Summer Plans

So, summer is almost here! It's almost time to get out of school! But the one thing is, I don't exactly have a busy summer planned out. Right now I have about 4 events/camps, but I usually have like 10 events/camps.

So far, the things that I am going to do for sure are :
1. GCBC VBS
2. GCBC Youf Campout
3. Little Rock, Arkansas for a week
4. NRMS Band Camp

The other thing is, all of these events take place either in the beginning of summer or the end. So it's like I enjoy about a week of events and camps, and I have about 1 month of nothing, then 2 weeks of events again. I am sure that I will sleep A LOT during the summer too!

I used to have a college for kids, but I learned last year that it costs too much and I never learn anything from it. And I am also thinking about a Band Camp at TCU, but the teacher doesn't like me very much, because I kinda sucked last year.

So, my question is, Do you have anything to do in the summer? Or will you be like me, just sleeping!


P.S. I didn't post the last 2 days, because I was too busy!

Piano Competition

So, I came back from the FWMTA Piano Solo Contest about 3 hours ago. It was a great experience. I got a honorable mention, which is like a 4th place or 5th place. I felt like I did good although my mom thought I could do better. All of my mom's students went with us and we all did VERY well. We had 9 people go and 6 of us got awards. Four 1+'s and one 2nd place and then there's me with the honorable mention.

This experience motivated me to keep on going with my piano playing, because of all the 12th and 11th graders. This really taught me a lot and made me feel that I really need to practice. I actually LOVED this contest, but I felt that some of the awards were given away, because of their teacher. For example, one of our more-experienced player (who is REALLY good) got second place compared to this one REALLY horrible player, who got first. And of course, his teacher worked at the association, so he was very well-known. And that is why I think our player didn't get 1st.

Overall I did enjoy this experience and I hope I will be doing this more often.


P.S. I have decided not to post on Friday's, so I can have 1 day off to come up with ideas.

My Wonderful Week

Have you ever had such a wonderful week, you just couldn't stop from writing/talking about it? Well, this past week was just like that for me! It all started from Thursday of last week:

"Daniel! Wake Up!" is usually the first thing I hear in the morning, but that day was different. I woke up way before everyone else. I had decided that I will just go outside for a moment to absorb the day in. As soon as I got out there, the fresh morning air with just a tiny touch of humidity touched me. I knew it was going to be a great day. The whole day went by like a lightning bolt until my 6th period. I just stared at my friend, until I had to blink, then I said, "I am going to start a blog! This will be the perfect way for me to get all my talkitive-ness out of me!" So, I started thinking of ideas, and they just kept coming at me. Unfortunately, I didn't write them down, so I had forgotten a lot of them by the time I got home. I sat down in front of my computer, staring at the blank page, wondering what was going to be my first blog. Then, from all the hard thinking, I just stopped and decided to leave it for the next day.

The next day came quickly, but I still had no idea of what to write about. So I wrote the only thing I could think of. All the things that I HATED. Of course, if you are like me, you would have a MUCH longer list, but that's not the point. Soon, that blog would make my life just a little bit more interesting.

I posted all over facebook for everyone to see and not long after, I had gotten my first comment. I was so excited and I hoped that I was going to get famous and someone like Brad Pitt would post on my blog. (But of course, that would never happen) It was the Sojourner.

I had wanted to give up this blog just a little time after I started, because it was just too hard to think of topics to write about. Now, I actually think of this as a challenge to overcome each day, so that I won't just be sitting around in my seat surfing the internet. So, do you have a challenge to overcome everyday? It makes my life just a little bit more interesting and surprising everyday.

Days passed and everyday, I hoped that I would finally see someone that posted on my blog, that was famous. I dreamed and dreamed. but as you can see, from the way I am writing, that's NEVER going to happen.

Now I am advertising all over my school, so that I will someday become famous, but so far only 3 people has commented on my blog. So, the thing is, I think that it's ok to even dream a impossible dream like mine. It would just make me have a little hope just everyday. So, if you ever had a dream and thought, "That's never going to happen, so I am not even going to think about it." Think again, it might happen and it could give you that little hope to go on everyday!

So now, I am just sitting here at my computer, feet on the table, relaxed, trying not to worry about the next day, and just hoping that this blog will be famous. So, go on out there guys and dream a dream and create a challenge for yourself everyday! What have you got to lose?



P.S. It's almost my 1 week blogging anniversary.

I'm a O.C.D.-Procrastinator

Ok, I just have to say, one of my FAVORITE quotes is, "I will do it right, but I will do it later!" I am probably a VERY bad example to other people, because whenever my friend has a project, I will tell him/her that they can do it later and it won't matter. And just like now, I have some math homework to do, but I am going to wait until it's like 9:30 to do it, because I just can't settle down to do my homework until I know it's the last moment and that if I don't do it, I will get in trouble. And usually I do the best work in my class and they all wonder how I do it! So, I would just say to them. "I always do it later, but I will ALWAYS do it perfectly!"

If you don't know what O.C.D. stands for, it is Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. I won't really have to do everything the EXACT same way every day, but it's usually the same and it is based on the day of the week. Every morning I wake up and take a shower, then I eat breakfast, then I brush my teeth, then I get dressed and leave the house. After school, depending on which day of the week it is, I would go on the computer for about 1-2 hours then I practice piano for about 30min-1 hour and if it's Mon. Tue. Wed. or Thurs. I watch T.V. at 7pm while doing my homework for about 2-3 hours. But on Fridays I get ready to go to church. Sunday, I spend my day at church, come home, then I get on the computer for like 3-4 hours and have a 2-3 hour family time. On Sat. all I do is sleep, computer, and T.V.

So, as you can see, I am a procrastinator AND have a little case of O.C.D. Do you have a case of either? I think that EVERYONE would have a little case of procrastination, because I think that it is in our human nature to not want to do things and just feel like it could wait for just a little bit longer, then before you know it, it's 2 hours past your bedtime. So, I want to challenge EVERYONE something, to not drag everything to the last moment and to break out of your normal schedule!

The Feeling of Winning!

Recently I have been running track and thankfully, I have always gotten 1st~3rd. I just ran a track meet and I have gotten two 1st places and one 2nd place.

The feeling of crossing the finish line first is absolutely WONDERFUL. Of course, I am not like Usain Bolt, but when he crossed the finish line and when I finished the finish line, I bet we both felt the same thing. The feeling of winning just makes you want to keep going and running! The track meet that I just ran was the preliminary round for my district track meet. I crossed that finished line and looked around and heard the cheering and people yelling. It made me feel VERY good.

I think that all people should do extracurricular activites, because it just motivates people to keep on going whether you lose or win, you have to urge to keep going. I hope that all of you guys reading this will go out one day or another and sign up for a extracurricular acitivity, no matter what it is.

So as you can see, this post is about feeling the winning a race or what ever it is you are doing. I hope that I have affected you enough, so that you will get on a website or anything like that and sign up for something that you like! And all you antisocial/shy people, just get out of your comfort zone and sign up for a extracurricular activity!

How 'Marley & Me' influenced me.

First of all, I thought that this was a good story, but I have thought about it over the night but I still don't get why they made so much of it about his job. I thought they could have focused it more on the dog and the family. This movie made me think about a lot of things in my life, like should I be a columnist since blogging is sort of like being a columnist. And should I get a dog, because we all know that all of us has to go to a happier place some time or another and I don't want to be heart-broken when my dog goes.

About a year ago, my friend let me take care of his dog for 2 months while he was on vacation during the summer. I had instantly connected with the dog, because it wasn't a dog that just ate, played, and did its business. It actually soothed me when I felt like I was going to explode. It didn't mess with you when you were down, but just sat there and let you pet her and tell her your problems. She read emotions. When it was time for her to go, I felt heart-broken. I know it sounds funny, but she was a really good dog. So, I don't know if I want to risk having to put my dog to sleep, because that will just break my heart.

Now about being a columnist, it sounded silly to me when I first heard it. I thought," Columnist!? They don't do anything! I want to be a doctor instead!" About a month, or so, after that, someone mentioned that I should write for a living. I thought about it for a week, but I was still leaning towards the doctor side. But then I watched Marley&Me which showed Owen Wilson as a reporter, but then becoming a columnist and I thought, " I could do that! It looks easy and it's kind of like blogging, and I think I will be good at it!" So, now I am deciding between doctor and columnist. I actually like the fact that a columnist doesn't do the same thing everyday and gets to write about something she/he likes. But then a doctor could save lives, inspire people, influence people, and they make lots of money! But I am just trying to follow what my heart wants.

I would say go watch it, and if I maybe spoiled the ending for you, don't get mad! The ending was spoiled for me too, but just don't think about it during the movie and you'll be alright!
I think the movie would be a three and a half star out of five.

Nightmares!

Ok, I admit it... I sometimes wake up in the middle of the night (sometimes screaming) and just think about what had just happened. I am pretty sure this happens to you too. Then after the nightmare, I can't sleep and I always wonder if a alien would come and abduct me. I had recently watched this one video on youtube, where they have the "victims" of abduction by aliens talk. After I watched that video, I can't sleep. I also really love scary stuff, but then I freak out and laugh.

Ok, so back on track now. First of all, I hate nightmares, but they make really good stories and makes you laugh at times. The thing that causes me to have nightmares is right before I go to sleep, I think about a scary story/video that I saw and then look through my dark room to see if anyone is there. Sometimes I think that my pile of clothes looks like a person (That's what I get for not cleaning my room!)I personally think that there are two kinds of nightmares.

1.) The first nightmare is the scary kind, which is like if a monster came and tried to kill you or something like that.

2.) The second one is like a crazy/abnormal style things. Like for example one of my friends had a dream that MY brother had came into our church and killed everyone including his best friend at church.

I feel that I am going to have a nightmare tonight, but I will try not to. So for all you scaredy cats out there, buy a nightlight.

You know what really GRINDS my gears?

Well, for one thing, cutting my hair is DEFINATELY a pain. Every time I get to the salon and I don't know what hairstyle I want! It takes me about 10 minutes just sitting there trying to figure out a hairstyle that would fit me, but then I would think it was ugly then change to another hairstyle. Thankfully, my hairstylist knows what makes my hair look good, so I let her just go away at it.

So, with that being said, I am going to cut my hair now! I just want to know, what hair do you guys think I should get? I am a Asian with a round face, I am not that tall, and I wear glasses.
I won't cut my hair that style you chose today, but I will keep those suggestions for future references.

I will soon post a picture of me and my new hair.