Saturday, January 28, 2012

thuy-thuy's novel part 2

Part 2:   
  “Hey Amilia!” Joyful Cristel bellowed from the other end of the hallway as Amilia stepped in the front entrance of James Herbert Middle School. Cristel dashed toward Amilia her face looking excited. By her look, Amilia knew that Cristel had some kind of story she wants to tell Amilia and Amilia also knew that she and Cristel will have a long conversation again once Amilia allowed Cristel to open her mouth. And for sure, Amilia did not want to experience that all over again. Last time when Cristel and Amilia had a conversation, it went to about 10 minutes and they were talking about toilet paper! “RRRRIIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!!” the homeroom bell rung, Amilia was saved! “Few!” Amilia thought to herself but seeing how sad Cristel looked when she was cut off by the bell, Amilia felt bad.
  As Amilia stepped into Mrs.Forge’s room, she notice that a new student had arrive. She was seated right behind where Amilia seat was. The new student had long, black hair with red highlights and she wore extremely dark makeup. Her eye was surrounded with thick lines of liquid eyeliner and her lip was a dark, bruised purple color. Her face was very pale but her eyes had a red, tense color just like the color of the yard in Amilia’s dream! “Strange,” Amilia thought to herself, as goose bumps started to appear on her arm, and as they form, she was reminded of her terrible nightmare.“Class, this is Xnerdrom,” Mrs.Forge whispered quietly for she was also a little scared of the student. “She is a new student here at James Herbert Hoover Middle School and I want you to make her feel welcome,” Mrs.Forge continued.
  During homeroom, when Mrs.Forge was taking attendance, Amilia felt like those fierce, haunting eyes of Xnerdrom was staring at her, getting through her skin, it was an uncomfortable situation. Then, Amilia had that peculiar feeling again when Mrs.Forge was announcing the clubs. The strange thing was, Xnerdrom’s mysterious looking eyes never blinked even once and through the ten minutes of homeroom, her eyes was looking in one direction, facing Amilia, since the time Amilia had stepped into the room. Xnerdrom was like a tiger, staring at his prey, targeting his prey, watching every move it makes until it was the right moment to attack. Amilia could feel her eyes breathing on her neck and she didn’t like that feeling, not one bit.
  “Xnerdrom, hey wait!” Amilia screamed as she ran toward Xnerdrom who surprisingly, went in the direction that was different from Amilia’s next class. The bell had rung already, and now, it was passing time for period one to begin. “What,” Xnerdrom siad grumpily with a quiet, yet low tone of voice. “Oh, nothing. I just figured I should introduce myself to you and I want to welcome you to Jame Herbert MS.” Amilia replied forcing out a fake smile. Amilia actually didn’t speak to Xnerdrom to welcome her, she just wanted to talk to Xnerdrom so they would become closer and so there were no misunderstanding. No response came from Xnerdrom and the two girls just stood there with the awkward silence, the awkward atmosphere, exchanging looks at each other.
  Usually, time in school went by really fast to Amilia but today, she felt like the time just froze, it was the longest day of her life. All day long, she couldn’t concentrate on her academic but instead, she was thinking about Xnerdrom The weird feeling she always get whenever she was near her, and that color in Xnerdrom’s eyes. The period three bell finally rang and it was time for lunch!
  Today’s menu was bean Sloppy Joe, cold raw sandwich, or pizza. Amilia thought it was best if she just chose pizza. She got a small bottle of chocolate milk and went to pay at the cash register. As Amilia walked toward her table where her friends were sitting, waiting to tell her their stories, Amilia spotted Xnerdrom sitting on a table in a corner, all alone, with no lunch. “Should I go talk to her, should I give her some food?” The same question kept repeating on Amilia’s mind. She couldn’t help her heart to feel sorry for Xnerdrom.
 
  “Would you like half of my pizza?” Amilia asked timidly, showing Xnerdrom the pizza. The pizza was filled with melting cheese and Xnerdrom had to admit that it looked really delicious. Beside, her stomach was screaming for food. Xnerdrom nodded shyly and took half the pizza, and all though she was hungry, she waited until Amilia was gone to eat the pizza. “Go on,” Amilia flashed a smile insisting Xnerdrom to take a bite and Amilia swore that she saw Xnerdrom flash a little smile back to her. The day went by a little faster, and Amilia felt more blissful not only because she did a good deed but because she made Xnerdrom and herself more comfortable.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

I am passionate about history: History of Valentine's Day

   Every year we give out chocolate, candy, flowers to our valentine on Valentine'd day but not many people know why we celebrate it. For this post, I will be sharing information about Valentine's Day. The history of it, what was it purpose, who was it for, will e all answered.
   We celebrate Valentine's Day to honor St. Valentine. Now, you may be asking, "who is St. Valentine?" There are many legends to the history of St. Valentine. Some legends are...


Legend 1: Valentine was a priest who served during third century Rome. There was an Emperor at that time by the name of Claudius II. Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those that were married. With this thought in mind he outlawed marriage for young men in hopes of building a stronger military base. Supposedly, Valentine, decided this decree just wasn't fair and chose to marry young couples secretly. When Emperor Claudius II found out about Valentine's actions he had him put to death.
Legend 2: Another legend has it that Valentine was an imprisoned man who fell in love with his jailer's daughter. Before he was put to death he sent the first 'valentine' himself when he wrote her a letter and signed it 'Your Valentine', words still used on cards today.
   
This is the link that helped me find information about Valentine's Day

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Respond to an Article

  



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The article, "Jennifer McKendrick, Pennsylvania Photographer, Refuses To Photograph Teen Bullies," is about McKendrick who refuses to take pictures of kids who bully others online. McKendrik had discover that these kids had been posting nasty comments on Facebook about other students appearance . She did not wanted to take photos of these bullies and spend her two hours to make them look better because it wasn't worth it. You can read this article on





I agree with McKendrick decision. If I was her, I wouldn't want to try to make someone look better if on the inside, they are truly ugly. Facebook is probably one of the most popular websites where kids leave nasty comments about other students. Even though adults are trying to encourage kids to not be foolish about what they write online, the comments never end. I hope that one day, people won't get their feelings hurt because of online comments.

Click Here is the link to the article, 






Monday, January 9, 2012

My Parent Letter: I Want My Own Laptop

Dear Mom,                

  I would first like to thank you for taking the time to read this letter.  I know it is difficult sometimes 
when people disagree on certain issues, but I respect you so much for listening to me. You have been an amazing example for so many years and I truly look up to you and respect your decisions. You always encourage me of my decisions and I just want to thank you of that. We have had many disagreements but with your mature actions, we have always solved our disagreements together. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.

  Although you have always provided me everything I need, there is really one thing that I would love to ask of you and that one thing is can I please have my own laptop? I understand that you have some objections to me getting my own laptop and I would love for you to hear my side. First, you have told me that we already have two computers at home. That’s what causes you to not allow me have my own laptop.Well, we have bought the computers years and years ago so they are really old. The impact with the computers being old is that it is really slow. Every time I click on an icon on the computer, I end up waiting for about ten minutes! And also,in all, we have five family members. We always have to wait to use the computer especially when everyone is growing up, most of our assignments involve using the computer.

  Also, one of the objections that you have listed is that I always play on the computer. Well, playing on the computer is just to help me have a break of doing my schoolwork. After a few minutes on the computer, I usually go back to do my homework. Also, even if I do play games on the computers, they are educational games that help me with the skills I need in school. If you allow me to have my own laptop, I promise that I would play on the computer for just twenty minutes a day.

  Again, I sincerely thank you for using your time reading my letter. With my side of the story, I really hope that you let me have my own laptop. Thank you and also, I love you.

Monday, January 2, 2012

My New Year's Resolution

   New Year is a time where people want to become a better person and not make the same mistake they have done the previous years. That is why they write down their goals called, the new year's resolution. This year, year of 2012, I have a lot of goals that I want to accomplish. Some goals are...

Goal #1
I want to eat a healthier breakfast. I want to because as we all know, breakfast is the most important meal of the day. If you eat a healthy breakfast, you will have more awake and be more energize throughout the day.

Goal #2
I want to exercise for about an hour everyday. I want to because to live a happy and longer life, you need to stay healthy. Exercise not only helps you be healthy, but it makes you stay active. Did you know that exercising also help you relieve stress?

Goal #3
I want to create and follow a study schedule for school. I want to because it helps me stay on task and be more consistent in school. It will help me not to freak out and do my schoolwork on the last minute.

   Above, I have listed some goals for myself. What are some of your goals?