Earth Hour

Saturday 28 March 2009

With the clock counting I am waiting for Earth Hour. At time for everyone to show their support in conserving energy. Everyday we are busy with our lives, consuming large amounts of energy, not caring much for the environment. Sure we sometimes throw away our garbage in the bin and show some little support. But is that always enough? I tried to be a better at trying to keep the environment clean this year (can't say I succeeded too much). I will turn off all the lights and electronic devices in my house and also unplug them if possible. Its the least I can do after days of multitasking with using the computer for homework while watching TV and playing music. It is not a hard task and I encourage the readers to also participate today. This year there is a vote for Earth campaign in which "WWF are urging the world to VOTE EARTH and reach the target of 1 billion votes, which will be presented to world leaders at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen 2009." Switching off your lights is a vote for Earth and leaving them on is a vote for global warming.

Santa, Pizza, and the Usual

Secret Santa was good last Friday, that Thai food was ever better. Gotta say though, that jackass did give me a messed up present. Oh well, I can still buy stuff with it.

Yesterday there was pizza, which one? can't remember, it's the past now, I am just thinking about the next one which I plan to have soon. What a fat ass you might say, oh well, you know you'd like to have some too. So readers, I just might go and have some more, but I did some knee exercises so I am kinda sore.

Besides all this, the usual stuff is there too, the H.W. I think I should start on my H.W., got quite a lot of it. Math, English, History, Biology, Spanish. What else? Hm see, I got so much that I can't even remember:]

"If You Say You Can't Then You Won't"

Today the IB graduates came back.
They collected their diplomas and headed back.
They answered our question and enlightened us about the future,
They told us what to expect and how we can prepare.
They ate food, sat on their chairs, and told us not to be scared.
They figured that we had learned a lot, for a second I thought one of them smoked pot.
They did aspire me in one way though, by saying how we shouldn't say No - I can't.
Because If You Say You Can't, Then You Won't.

Work

After 3 years of piled up H.W., especially the tons of H.W. last year, all of a sudden the senior IB class isn't getting all that much of work. This is in no way a complain. It isn't a "i am greatfull" statement either. Honestly, I just wonder how is it going to be from now on. English Orals coming up right after the holiday break, Math project is started upon today. Then, the Mock IB exams, then the actual IB exams in May; a lot of stuff to cover until then.

At times, it's just scary. 2 weeks of exams, not just any exams, but exams that will cover everything we've learned (or supposedly learned). Oh well, besides all this, I did have KFC today. So I guess there is something interesting going on in this IB life of mine(trust me there is a lot more ;). Maybe if I can get away from all the chicken, the pizza, and the subs, I'd post more because honestly I have no idea what to think about in terms of IB except the upcoming papers and projects.

Years Later

Birthdays. Long ago, when I was pretty little (yeah there was a time when I was little too, I think) I was asked by a person, "Do you think we should celebrate birthday's?" I replied by saying, "Yes, why not?" Then he tells me "It's another year less in your life time, don't you think you should be sad instead of happy?" Like I said, I was little back then (Yes, I know it might be teeny bit tough to believe so), so I honestly couldn't answer back in anyway.

This year, my homeroom, 902, has decided to celebrate everyone's b-day in the homeroom, and I was having a b-day conversation with someone very close. It reminded me of the above mentioned questions. It also reminded me of how I asked the same questions, about a year or two ago, to one of my friends. And he said, "If you should be sad on your b-days because it's another year less in your life, then you should be sad every second of your life since it's a second less from your lifetime." I honestly felt like I found the answer to the questions I was asked years earlier and well, felt slow about it too, because it wasn't a hard to guess answer.

Too much of reminiscing for me, I think I lost the point of this post. However, by re-reading it, I think I was trying to say that we should look for happiness in every moment, celebrate it on every occasion we can, not necessarily birthdays, but in life generally.

So, after being asked those questions almost about a decade ago, finding it's answer a year or two ago, and reminiscing about it till a minute ago, this can be an example of a thought process of an IB student. A nerd, and, well, a person who actually remembers to answer the questions he is asked, no matter how long it takes.

Extended Ending

It is Over. It is finally over. I turned in the final copy of my Extended Essay in to the IB coordinator. She, considerately, gave us an extra weekend to work on it, which was well, fair and pretty cool. Because I really did work on it that last weekend after stalling the entire last week. About 5 months of work summed up in a 21 page paper. 3,993 words to be exact. + the additional sheets on the front and back of the actual essay. Sounds like a lot? you bet your ass it was. Well, just wanted to share the "good news." Now all i have left is the bunch of papers for other classes.

Hall of Fame

Induction in the Environmental Hall of Fame. I don't whether I felt like a tree huger, a good science student, or just a guy in need of CAS hours. State's best school, suburban school, and well Senn was there as well to receive the induction in the Hall of Fame.

One of the few group pictures that I took

Other mostly irrelevant pictures that we took

Yes, we were required to dress formally
From the right: The Twilighted image of Harry Potter, The Guy from Ghana, The Nose Picking Mathematician, Miss. Stinky Locker. And lastly, the Big Guy with sunglasses.

Oh! did I mention that a friend and I gave a little speech about how Senn have accomplished that stuff that I spoke about. Margaret did good too, she was so natural, it was as if she was at home, how did I know? her clothing told me.