BakaToTestToShokanju

Since my English teacher increased the minimum of words in my blogs, I've decided to write about another new anime appropriately named Baka to Test to Shōkanjū. I couldn't use the accents in the title because blogger wouldn't let me, so that's the real title, pronunciation and everything.
Okay let's start with the title and explaining it. First of all it's called Baka to Test to Shōkanjū, as you have read up there. In Japanese it's written like this バカとテストと召喚獣. If you directly translate that it means "Idiots, Tests, and Summoned Beasts." This anime is based off of a manga written by Kenji Inoue and illustrations by Yui Haga. Three years after the manga was created, the anime was made. On January 7, 2010, this anime shown it's first episode.
The main character of this anime is Akihisa Yoshii, who is also known as the idiot or "Baka." Akihisa attends Fumizuki Academy, where students are divided into different classrooms depending on their rank and also test scores. (But most schools in Asia base students off tests and how smart they are. Oh and also some schools based off looks.)
Let's begin with Class A, if you're placed in this class, you'll be living in the life of luxury in school. Class A has the students ranked on the top of the list. Their classroom is filled with the most prestigious items such as air conditioners, for the hot summer days, fancy seats for comfortable learning, huge spaces for organized students, and so on. If I was in Class A, I would love going to school.
This school may seem like an average school in Asia, but you are wrong. This academy has something special to it, and that is, where all students manage to call forth Summoned Being or in other words, "Shōkanjū." The strength and power of your summoned beings are based off of the summoner's level. Class A would have the powerful beings, while Class F has the weak and puny beings.
Okay so back to the plot. Unfortunately on the day of the placement test, Mizuki Himeji suffered from a fever (and in Japan, if you miss the first test, there's a lower chance that you won't be able to take another test until next year). Because of that fever, Mizuki was unable to complete her test, and ended up failing it and placed into the rat hole of Class F. Some of the students in Class F are Akihisa Yoshii (baka), Mizuki Himeji (also known as the second-ranked student), Yūji Sakamoto (the class representative), Kinoshita Hideyoshi (a bishōnen, or a beautiful boy), Tsuchiya Kouta (a pervert), and Shimada Minami (a tomboy and Akihisa's "claimed" worst enemy).
Currently, this anime has been pretty interesting and a new plot in Romance Comedy and Fantasy category. I will not spoil this anime for you, so if you’re interested in it, watch it yourself!! xP Enjoy this brilliant anime. End. LOL.

HumanNature

To start this off, I'll introduce genocide. What is genocide? The term genocide was created by a Polish-Jewish legal scholar named Raphael Lemkin in 1944. The Latin word for gen or gentis means birth, race, stock, species, and kind. As stated from Wikipedia, "Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Individuals only, not states, can be charged for genocide according to the UN Genocide Convention." But the real definition of genocide depends among the scholars. But the real definition is stated by the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. It states genocide as "any of the following acts committed with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial, or religious group, such as: killing members of the group; causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life, calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group." What IS the real genocide?

The following information was taken from http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item
/20080805_rwanda_says_france_participated_in_genocide/.
After two years of investigating, a Rwandan commission has accused France of partaking in genocide. He assumed this because France was training Hutu militias and providing support to the Hutu government. That Rwandan commission also said that French forced murdered and raped Tutsis and Hutus. That French government has consistently denied involvement in the genocide, in which 800,000 people were killed. So do you think that Rwandan commissioner was telling the truth or just making up lies?

Why do people partake in genocide? Well first of all, who partakes in genocide? It began with a simple boycott of Jewish shops and ended in the gas chambers at Auschwitz as Adolf Hitler and his Nazi followers ATTEMPTED to exterminate the entire Jewish population of Europe. Adolf Hitler killed members of a group, caused many serious bodily or mental harm to members of a group, deliberately inflicted damaged to others, imposed measures intended to prevent births within the group, and forcibly transferred children from one group to another group. If you don't call that partaking in genocide, I don't know what is then. In Rwanda in the year 1994, Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia who apparently used clubs and machetes, with as many as 10,000 killed each day!
Now why did/do people partake in genocide? Well the main reason is because of racial features and also religion. When people heard of this genocide, they began to question their own religion and faith. They began to question themselves because fear is growing inside of them. Anything can develop from fear; doubts, decisions, and even their own future.

What does the commonality of genocide lead you to believe about humanity? Genocide is among us, we just haven’t noticed it in the future day, because there are less now. And yes, I just said that there was less. Genocide is still happening in this modern day. From my research it shows that genocide first showed signs during the beginning of the 1900’s, around 1914 and 1918. And the most recent in the genocide report is in the late 1900’s, approximately 1990 and 1995. The research that I found might not be entirely true, since humanity now a days lie. So even though my research says that it probably ended, but humanity is never completely sure. We shouldn’t leave our guards down; we have to stay aware of all actions from all around the world. Genocide’s definition is – a horrible way to kill someone.

LunarNewYear

10 Most Ask Questions About Lunar New Year

What ethnicity celebrate Lunar New Year? Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean (there's also Korean New Year), Taiwanese...etc.

When is Lunar New Year? The first full moon of the year. It could be any date from the mid of January to mid February.

Why do married adults hand out red envelope with money to kids? For good luck and blessing them for a better future.

Why it is required to shower, clean the house and throw away all trash on the day before Lunar New Year? To wash away all bad luck, clean away all bad luck, and throw away all bad luck. In more simpler words, get rid of the bad luck.

Why there's no cleaning and throwing anything away on the 1st day of Lunar New Year? To keep all good luck in the house.

Why do people work ship, wear red, and post red paper with good wording? To chase away bad luck.

Why people purchase flowers for Lunar New Year? For good luck and prosperity. (Plum blossom, lucky bamboo...etc.)

What are some good Lunar New Year phrases? xīn nián kuài lè which means "Happy New Year(新年快樂), gōng xǐ fā cái meaning "Congratulations and be prosperous" (恭喜發財).

What year is this Lunar New Year? This Lunar Year is Tiger year. Rawr.

Why are dragon dances performed? The dances are used for chasing away bad luck and bringing in bless.

Hmm... since I need a three hundred word blog post and I don't have anything else to say, I'll just continue to talk nonsense. Blah blah. Hmm... what else should I say?

Happy Lunar New Year Everybody!!! Hope everyone has a great year with good health and good luck. And also my sister's wish for the year is to grow two inches and gain ten pounds. LOL.
恭喜發財!

StreetFairs

On Saturday, February 06th, there was a street fest in San Francisco Chinatown. My sister, her boyfriend, and I thought that when we got there we would just visit a friend who was volunteering at a flower booth and walk around. The friend was named Rithy. Since he didn't eat anything, we went to get him some food. But we didn't think that business would be so busy that he couldn't eat it at all. So from fast thinking, my sister jumped into the scene and volunteered to take his spot until he was finished when eating. But my sister had so much fun that she didn't want to leave, so we stayed there till the booth closed which was at about 6 pm. She got comfortable after a couple hours and used the microphone to attract customers. She said "Kim Lan $10", "Lucky Bamboo $9", "Cherry Blossom $8", but there was no Cherry Blossom, it was Plum Flower. Lol. Then she started saying, "buy some flowers for your girlfriend, your wife, your friends, the person you love, the person who love you", "make your dream girl your wife". Rithy saw some girls taking pictures of the flowers and say "buy the flowers, it'll last longer than a picture". And when I felt bored, I would join my sister and help out. I helped with the wrapping and selling. It was our first time going to the SweetHeart in SF and unlike the one in Oakland, they sold crepes. We had lots of fun. At the end of the day, the owners gave us some flowers for helping out.
On Sunday, February 07th, we went to a street fest in Oakland Chinatown. It wasn't as big as the one in SF, but it was nice and interesting. We also saw a simple, yet cool illusion trick. My sister saw one of her people and spent a few minute talking to her. I had lots of fun over the weekend.
And that was the end to my amazing wonderful weekend.

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!