2-6, 3-6 from the challenge. Sorry Santa Theresa/Westmont...

Hey check it out, there's that power drink. I'm not down on my desk yet though. Math is actually taking longer than I thought. I'll get to Espanol by 4:30 am. I know it.

I most definitely ended up watching Glee just now. It's literally the middle of the night. But there is nothing like some singing in the quiet. A cup of noodles will do, and now back to homework, work, work.

I think Google is actually slowing down on me. We're both tired.

Friday Indeed

Heart Walk event take -down staff
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Time: 10:30am - 3:00pm
Location: DeAnza College, 21250 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA 95014

So this is the information for this Sunday's Key Club Event.

P.S. I think I finally get the brief structures of lesson P5 for Math -Analysis. My slow mind processes so slowly. It is actually 2 :33 am already. My stomach is beginning to feel a little empty. Minty-Chocolate Chip ice cream won't save me at this time.

P.P.S. It got really chilly all of a sudden.

-Props to Karney and Michelle

P.S. My room is a mess. One week can do so much.

Oh so scandalous , Henry

Henry VIII. He was the man who had six wives. There were three Annes, one Jane, one Katherine, and one Catherine. So today's period in Euro AP was literally the best period. It was full of scandalous stories of affairs and events during the English Reformation. It was too funny and sad when Ms. Davis came to the part where he was set up to marry a woman named Anne Cleves, who was a German princess. When he finally met her, he immediately demanded for a divorce. Why? Oh, we were told that she just wasn't the most appealing thing on Earth, so Henry VIII couldn't stand another minute around her.

What more? Katherine Howard, was definitely this promiscuous teenager that liked to go "bed-hopping" from time to time. She eventually got her head chopped off because it was considered to be a treason and plus she really had the nerves to cheat, cheat , cheat on the King.

P.S. It was nice adapting to a new partner today against Silver Creek in Tennis. I liked Christina as my doubles partner and the score turned out to be 6-3, 6-4. I really have a lot to work on. Thanks to everyone who came out to support though! Thanks for packing up my homework on the other end for me Lin. Thanks for the chocolate sprinkled doughnut as well. Happy Thanksgiving.

The only thing that's keeping me awake is this cold minty chocolate-chip ice cream.

I missed Glee tonight! Lucky Dan. I will catch up on Saturday.

George Whitefield. This was the man who sparked The Great Awakening, which was supposedly a period of heightened religious activity in Colonial America and the UK. I also learned that Benjamin Franklin was a supporter of George Whitefield as well.

You know, the Louisiana Purchase? I finally read about it. I can't believe I wasted all those days in 7th grade not listening. Thomas Jefferson eventually purchased this deal from a man named Napolean. Napolean was just too desperate for money and afraid that he'd lose his Northern American territories to the British.

P.S. Tonight, I went to Border's and bought the book Forever by Pete Hamill for my U.S. History class. Ms. Orban says that everyday, there will be 10 minutes of silent reading, and some reading done on our own. Before a month goes by, we're going to have to write a paper on it. How exciting can this get?

P.P.S. There is a tennis game tomorrow against Silver Creek High School tomorrow at 3:15! It is a most certainly a home game! Hope to see you all there!

This picture is from here.

Study time!

Spanish words that confuse me easily:
1. perder-to lose
2. poder-to be able to, can
3. pedir-to ask for
4. sentirse- to feel
5. mentir-to lie
6. volar-to fly
7. reir- to laugh
8. seguir-to follow

[20:39] : I guess bitches get mean when they lose.

Haha, good one partner.

It's this crazy rush. This adrenaline rush. Or whatever rush it is called, but it definitely got to me and is still getting to me. So today it was PHHS against Leigh for tennis and our score for doubles turned out to be 6-3, 5-7 and 11-9. The last set was not a set, since it was actually up to 10 points. When it was literally 9 all, we had to win by two points. I still feel not a bit, but very jittery. It's that Kool-Aid tasting drink. Marisa, it did some good and some other stuff. Who knew this small bottle could make me feel so...

Hella. Okay come to the game this Thursday. It's going to be PHHS vs Silver Creek. I believe it will begin at 3:15 pm again home.

P.S. I never felt so good after taking a test, especially since it was for Euro AP. Though I don't know how the outcomes turned out, I still feel pretty great about the things I learned for the past two weeks. It was all worth it. No sleep all night= now awake.

Oh, Mona Lisa, one of Leonardo's great, great, great, great, works of art.

Here is something to listen to if you are up as well.

Thanks to the wise square bear Peter Vu, I think I might actually be able to pull this essay together. But it is going to be a long night full of studying and finishing up homework. See you all online.

P.S. Thank you Karney and Anne for helping me on Math-Analysis homework so late.

So that's it? That was the season finale of half of Season 2 for The Secret Life of the American Teenager? Well, I just read some spoilers online for the upcoming episodes coming in January (the 5th to be exact) and I don't know... I still think Ricky should just be with Amy. I'm like all the other people who call out for the same thing online.

A quote that Ms. Davis mentioned by Leonardo, that would supposedly sum up the entire Renaissance:

"The whole glory of man lies in activity."

- Leonardo Bruni

Oh Glee!

It is definitely coming back this Wednesday the 9th, at 9 pm on Fox. As excited as I am, I doubt I will have time to watch it. But then again, who knows, I just might. So I slept on half of my bed last night at around 3 or 4 am, without finishing reading Chapter 10 of Euro AP. But, today, I am determined to go to Target, finish math homework, and study for this Euro AP test.

It's genius Cat.

So my brother finally came back from SD today and fixed my computer right away. For some reason, it feels as good as new. Almost too new... For the past few hours, I caught up on the last three episodes of The Secret Life of the American Teenager on ABCfamily.com. I know, I know. What a great way to be throwing away valuable time on a Sunday afternoon/night when I could be reading a little bit more out of the Euro AP text. But I just couldn't resist the temptation.

I got tricked.

So it says Michaelangelo's full name is Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni. How much more interesting can this get? This famous Italian Renaissance painter, sculptor, architect, poet, and engineer has created quite a lot of master pieces. And so has Donatello, Leonardo and Raphael. I like how Raphael is usually known for his first name only. ( Which by the way, his last name is Sanzio.) Though I haven't been getting the most decent grades for the last few POV (Point-Of-View) assignments, due to some unclarified misunderstandings, I am still looking forward to learning more about what we are currently studying: The Renaissance and Discovery in Italy.

After I finish the lengthy study guide and reading tonight, I hope that leaves enough time to go over the leftover math problems I did not understand from this morning. (There are 12 that I need help on Karney and Anne, if you guys happen to be reading this line.)


This picture is from here.

Frisco in the Disco

Up until now, I didn't realize how many times I've visited SF these passed few weeks. And how fun it was to actually go into the SF souvenir shops. True, I had a pretty dull time hanging around doing nothing but listen to the music on my iPod nano with my red headphones today. But, on the bright side, my mom's friend finally found some great dresses and accessories for her upcoming wedding on the 19th of this month.

Early this morning, I went over to visit my cute grandma, who is the only person who can make the world shine as bright. She told me that she had a horrid dream last night that involved me getting kidnapped by foreign strangers. Then she said she started kicking and yelling because she was angry that my parents did not keep watch of me. But we were both glad that it was just a dream because I was indeed sitting right next to her sipping on some Green Tea.

SF, oh SF, it looks like I will have to pay you another visit next weekend.

Dan, Kimmy, I think we should watch this.

Rally if you want, serve if you can
So the rally in this case, can apply to both the rally from school this morning and the rally this afternoon. In the morning, after Ms. Macasaet's first period class, I happily walked quickly over to Ms. Gavino's class carrying my box of heavy flamboyant paint bottles, black cased flute, orange Math-Analysis book, pink Adidas backpack with racket and gear, and my brown messenger bag with my school supplies and notebooks.

I opened my black flute box and took out the nicely cut pass to show her and walked to the gym. From there, we were busy running up and down the bleachers taping this and cutting that. When the time came, our skit was probably entertaining towards the end when we all crowded around Dean, who was the purple ( our class color) spray ( axe). We used the axe commercial, if all of you are wondering. We made it so the other classes didn't smell good, but ours, who had the axe spray in his hands, did.

Not long, the day went on while I left for the tennis game around 1:30 pm. Thanks to Jimmy, he took Eileen, Onion, Catherine, and I to MHS ( Milpitas High School) for our first match. Since Christine and I were called to play Doubles 3 today, we waited until it was our turn. When the time came for that, we played for what seemed like a decade until we finally came through with a score of 6-4, and a score of 7-5 from the previous set. The "pending match" was somewhat nerve-racking at first, but the we, the jellyfishes did it once more.

The activities, commotions, and such, all ended at 6:32 pm, when I decided to not show up to the football game tonight. I think I'd rather start my homework first and then decide whether I will have time to show up to the optional tennis practice tomorrow morning at 8 am.

This weekend is going to be one heck of a study session. Trapped in a metal cage like a pet hamster, I'll be determined to keep running that hamster wheel for as long as I can.

Hooray for Staff Collaboration Day!
Today:
1. Go through early day.
2. Run through skits during 6th period.
3. Help paint the blank white walls in the hallways.
4. Go to tennis practice at 2:00 pm for match.
5. Go back to finish painting props and such for skit.
6. Go through skit.
7. Math, Spanish, Euro AP homework.
8. Study for U.S. History

Island of Espanola

I am posting this picture of Christopher Columbus just because I did another POV ( Point-of-view) exercise about him today. I read about the letter he sent to King Ferdinand and thought it had to be the next fabulous piece of writing yet.

Today was actually quite a busy day for me, due to being occupied by swarms of plans. We had our first get together Key Club officers meeting this afternoon at lunch in Mr. De La Rosa's new room, E-13. We went over quite a few things for the upcoming year and how we'll be able to make Key Club grow into a better club. Take note that the first meeting will be held on September 16th, 2009. Club fee for members is $7 each.

Besides all of this chit chat, after school, Lin drove Trung, Karney, and I to Hello Desserts and Costco for food. Not long, I hurried back to school and left Lin and them to help paint for the rally for Friday. I hurried home to grab my piano books and went to lessons. There, my teacher 's daughter decided to adopt two black dogs that almost looked like twins.

Right after piano, I managed to rush home to eat dinner in less than 8 minutes and go back to school in time, to help paint and do Friday's rally stuff. Tonight, I painted a few more items for the plain cork board that is currently sitting at school right now, and for the rally.

I cannot wait for the three day weekend to come!

P.S. Don't forget to wear purple on Friday!

This photo is from here.

Brainy Quote

"Winners never quit.
Quitters never win."

-Vince Lombardi

For the passed two minutes, I had nothing in my hands but raisin bread. Good luck today.

Renaissance Art in Geometric Terms

This morning, being amazed and exhausted from the Renaissance lesson caught me off guard from a few things in my third period class of Euro AP. You see, I intended on focusing on memorizing what was important earlier through Chapter 9 with the whole Pope Innocent III and Henry IV, V, etc material. But since we began to move into the Renaissance material, I eventually got more fascinated by the phenomenal paintings by the famous artists during the time period. I thought and still think that nothing can beat this art that got projected on the overhead today.

It's a bit odd that I feel that I am going to struggle throughout this class greatly, but at the same time, I am grateful that I have this interesting extra history class, compared to taking a tedious science class that will not bring attention to my eyes or brain to whatever time of day.

So I came across to rushing home after painting for the rally a bit after school to get to the doctor's to get my physical done for Tennis, to turn in to my coach by tomorrow. After, I did the usual and redid my Math-Analysis homework due to my clumsiness of counting multiples of 3 wrong yesterday. I read The Courtier by Baldassare Castiglione and thought it was just a wonderful piece of document. I'd like to read more about it someday. It's basically about how Castiglione had acted as a courtier himself under the Duke of Urbino before , and soon decided to write about what it takes to actaully be a successful and well rounded courtier.

To end this lengthy blog, I'd say
1. Time to study for my Math -Analysis quiz for tomorrow.
2. Goodnight
3. And Karney rocks. (Genius, for helping me so quickly on math. I owe you.)

P.S.
Come help paint Rally posters tomorrow after 6th and 7th. Contact me if you are interested.


This picture is from here.

So Dan, according to Wikipedia ( the site that teachers tell us not to trust most), in this case, the 45- letter word means this:

"According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "a factitious word alleged to mean 'a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine silica dust, causing inflammation in the lungs.'" A condition meeting the word's definition is normally called silicosis."

Interesting fact:

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanok
-oniosis

Stephanie says this is a real word. Good to know, actually. Thank you!

Dan's Famous Grin

With the night ending so soon on me, I am proud to admit that I did not procrastinate through any whatsoever distractions that came towards my way while I worked on my Math -Analysis homework. After tennis practice, I stormed home in a rush to do my shower power and eat, leaving myself enough time to practice Leo, my flute, and the piano. I eventually brushed through the POV ( Point of view) activity for Euro AP, first homework for Spanish 1 from the nice and glossy green workbook passed out this afternoon, and the analysis questions for the English poem my group chose last Friday morning.

Within a few hours, I'd say that I got one mission- or one night accomplished. Though there are still a million pages left through Chapter 10 for Euro AP, I think I might be able to pull through in a more stabilized attitude this time.

Until then, you should be excited for the Staff Collaboration Day coming up this Thursday and the Rally this Friday!

P.S.
The first away tennis game is in Milpitas, this Friday, September 4th.

The first football game is Indy Vs. PHHS at PHHS this Friday as well!
Jv 4:30 pm
V: 7:00 pm

This is Carcassonne, located in France. Isn't this picture neat?

On a side note, how exciting is this? Lauren Conrad's second book " Sweet Little Lies" will be coming out in February! I'll be sure to order it in advance this time.

The new season of The Hills starts on September 29th! But I am not sure if I will have time for it this time though... I hope my computer gets fixed soon, so I can finally get off my brother's no-sound computer.