BadmintonTournament

On January 30th and the 31st, there was a badminton tournament for high schoolers at GGBC (Golden Gate Badminton Club). The main point of the tournament was to earn sponsorship from GGBC to whoever plays in the tournament. It was pretty interesting since it was my very first tournament since I started playing and also my first mixed doubles match with a new face to badminton. The only time that my partner played badminton was during first semester of PE (physical education). It was a new experience for both of us.
On Saturday the 30th, the events were Women's Doubles and Men's Doubles. I didn't enter this portion of the tournament because I couldn't find a female partner. And so I joined the Sunday event for mixed doubles. My friend's from both Alameda High and Encinal joined the first events. I couldn't go to cheer them on because number one I was lazy and number two I was somewhat sick again. Even though my friend's from Alameda High didn't win anything, my friend's from Encinal won second place in Men's doubles. I congratulated my friend's from Encinal and said "Good Luck next time" to my friend's in Alameda High.
On Sunday the 31th, it was my turn to compete. When I got there, my friend's were already warming up, but since it was the morning I was lazy and didn't join them. At 9:30 AM, the official tournament for second events started. I was in the first portion with my partner. It started out well, until our opponents started aiming at my partner, and since he was a beginner he couldn't help but miss most of the shots. I didn't blame him since it was his first competition and I only joined for the sponsorship. Even though we lost many rounds and won one, we both had fun and continued to carry out a smile throughout the entire competition.
I plan on joining and entering many tournaments in the future. I wonder how much I can improve until the next tournament I'm planning on entering. Hmm?

Random

For this week's blog, I will write/type about... actually I don't know what to write/type about because number one I don't feel so well and number two nothing comes to mind. I guess I'll start with the two main reasons.

During the weekend, I felt really bad in the stomach and started getting headaches. On Saturday night, I only got three hours of sleep. Since it started Saturday night, I thought that I would be able to go to school on Monday. But I thought wrong. My stomach ache and headaches were still there. It was not your every average day random pain that you got from eating the wrong food, instead it was worse. So on Monday morning, my mom tapped gently on my shoulder and asked. "How do you feel?" All I responded was "Ugh" and rolled over. I guess she took it as "I'm not feeling so good, can I stay home today?" And left me alone until eleven AM. At eleven, she then disturbed my sleep just to tell me, "Wake up, you should eat something." Even though I was awake, I still laid in bed. I did not want to move an inch. I guess "it" made me weaker than usual. So I just stayed in bed for another ten minutes or so, and finally got out of bed. For the rest of the day, I did things slowly and gently. I was so weak that I could barely walk down the stairs, but I made it.

This morning my body was weak but I somehow had something encouraging me to get better and continue my normal life. And that's why I'm at school typing this blog up during my English class lab time.

For reason two, having nothing that comes to mind is pretty common among the writer's in my class. They call it writer's block but I call it writer's block. LOL. I don't have anything that I want to write about. Nothing is popping into my head. I guess I'll have to think more next week. I'm too tired to think right now.

Final!!

Finals for my other classes are basically tests or in art, a mural. But for my English class, I have to type and post my final onto my blog. This final is sort of like a review for my blog status. The idea of posting our final onto our blogs is pretty unique if you think about it. So to start this final off, I'll answer the first question that I have chosen from the list.

The first question is how do the things you read influence what you write about or how you write it? This question is really simple to answer. When you read something that interests you, you'll continue to think about it. For example, if you watch or read about vampires, you'll start to fantasize about them or continue you're interest in it by writing about it. For the second part of the question, your writing style can change by reading or looking at a different type, because when you're reading or creating action, your brain is currently learning. And if you aren't learning from your actions then you shouldn't be in school. Okay, that last line was a bad one, I should be encouraging people to go to school more often. So, if it's possible ignore that last line, thank you. Learning is a part of life, so you can't stop learning from your mistakes and actions. A few examples of learning from your actions are, if you want to learn a new move in a sport. Let's use badminton for example, right now I'm coaching one of my friends, and I tell them to use the same technique at least ten times to get use to it and also improve and learn from it. And guess what, it worked, she's so used to it that when she's practicing, she'll use that move without knowing it and its one hundred percent professional looking. There are two solutions, which she learned it from doing it so many times, or she just got lucky. But I'm pretty sure that her mind was learning. Another example is when I was a kid in elementary, we had to learn vocabulary. So the teacher assigns us homework where we had to write the same word about ten times. The day that it was due, we had a mini spelling contest. Guess what happen, it worked, the students who did the homework got all the words right.

The next question is how do you like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way you write, the way you think, or the way you think about writing? I like having a blog; it shows my personality and my "creativity." Also with Google Analytics, I have a new goal. I shouldn't really say my new goal on my final but oh well; my new goal with my blog is to TAKE OVER THE WORLD! Lol, it’s not what you think, but taking over the world as in trying to get as many people around the world to read my blog. Right now I already have Sweden, Turkey, Indonesia, Thailand, North America, Canada, Chile, Jamaica, and Germany. Now all I need is to "take over" most of Asia and South America, until I'm completely satisfied.
Blogging has changed the way I write by improving a lot, but then by writing a lot, there's a chance that I'll forget all I've learned and remember a worse way of writing. Oh yeah, to add on I'm one step closer to WORLD DOMINATION!! Just kidding. I just got one more place to add to the list above. I shall add Hong Kong. Yes, another place in Asia!!! I repeat one step closer. Ha ha ha. Writing doesn't really change the way I think, because I choose what I want to write about and it doesn't really change.
So, I need about seventy more words and I have two decisions, to talk about my nonsense or continue on about the blog, I choose the blog. I would recommend my blog to whoever loves stories or anime in general. And I would recommend people into making a blog, if they want to express what they're thinking or something that they want to point out.

The last question I would like to use is where do you get your ideas for blog post topics? What inspires you to write? For the first part of this question, my response is I get my ideas from reading other peoples pieces. My ideas come from peers, and if my peers and I run out of ideas, I'll start to write about the people around me like an autobiography. Here is the beginning to the blog about Nathan Tieu, "I've decided to not spoil 11Eyes: Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shojo and let you watch it yourself, if you're interested in it. So to make up for that, I'll be writing about Nathan Tieu today." And here's the link to it http://auncia94.blogspot.com/2009/12/nathantieu_08.html. Ideas aren't always there for you or any blog you type about, so you must think about it and ask others for some. That's what your peers are for. xD Hmm... Inspiration... also comes from your peers? Well during some times, inspiration comes from the items you're reading or recently seen. Your writing is affected by your surroundings or environment. A few examples of the surroundings for inspirations are when writing poems such as a haikus. You would normally find ideas around you, because it’s the fastest and easiest way to create one. To prove this right I shall create one right now. "Finals are coming. I am sitting here writing. I hope this ends well." And there you have it, the idea of finals come from this English final in front of me, in other words my surroundings. Another example of this is if you're watching a movie and at the same time you're writing a story, you'll begin to type of that very same subject because it'll be hard to think of another subject while staring at one on your television. This example was proven by me.

And that's the end of this English final!

WritingGroups

This is the quick write from January 11, 2010. In this quick write, I have to answer four questions.

Question:
1: What are some things you'd like to get out of writing collaboratively with peers?
Answer:
1: I'd like help with my writer's block, which is very common amongst us non-writers.
2: I would like help on my grammar errors and also the nonsense that is written.
3: My peers could contribute ideas amongst us to inspire our next creations.

Question:
2: What are some things you'd be willing to contribute to a writing group?
Answer:
1: A few things that I could contribute to the writing group assigned to me are ideas of the unique. My ideas normally follow the latest trends like vampires but they won't sparkle. xD And also ideas on mystery and fantasy.
2: Sooner or later, working with my peers in writing groups could also help me discover new methods of ridding writer's blocks. And when I figure that out, I'll tell my peers and see if it works.

Question:
3: Is it more important to you to work with friends, or with people who are writing the same types of things you are? (possible for both ways)
Answer:
I would rather work with people who I'm friends with because that way I'm more comfortable with talking to them. And also most people are shy and it's hard for them to meet new people. So I think the best solution is to work with friends. :)

Question:
4: What are some rules (or at least guidelines) you'd like to see in a writing group?
Answer:
I would like to see people involved with the group at least half of the time, and also try their best to give good feedback. If only one person contributes to this guideline, then the group won't be successful. And also if only one person contributes to one person's work, it won't help the person with his/her writing.


Picture: I just wanted to add a random picture into this blog for funz! xP

Days-Off

Don't you just hate coming back to school after a two week break? I do and I also realized how unfair Alameda High School, also known as AHS, is. Students at ASTI (Alameda Science and Technology Institute), CoA (College of Alameda), and a few others are still on break at this very moment. ASTI still has one more week but CoA has break until January twenty-second. When we students are working our ass off in school, the students of ASTI are sleeping until noon, without care. One of the students from CoA is my brother, he's currently sleeping like always until six pm, which is unfair!

One question... If all the holidays and days off are gathered together, is the amount the same for all schools? The schools in Sacramento and our school has the same amount days off. The students there may seem to have longer Fall Breaks, Winter Breaks, and Spring Breaks but compared to their summer, we have a longer one. So would you rather have breaks in between school, or relax for a long time? Which one would be better for the stressed? Which one would you choose?

My answer to those questions are that I would rather work my hardest then rest for a long time, also known as "hibernation" for bears and other animals. I chose this because if we had long breaks in between, most of us would forget all we learned in the beginning of each break, and go back to being "brain dead." Hard work leads to a nice long vacation. Second question, well the second question has many answers, but it really depends. It really depends on what kind of stress the question is referring to; work stress or stress from the coming up Finals. If it's for work stress, I would recommend longer breaks in between; as for stress for coming up Finals, I recommend the long awaited vacation in summer, "hard work pays off." Third question, for this question, it isn't for me but for the readers and viewers. For those who read this blog and answer back, I would like to thank you in advanced. Thank You! ^-^