Report Cards!

Oh no. The dreaded moment. It's time for report cards. Last term. You need a straight 'A' average. And here comes my chance to brag to you.

I got straight 'A's on term three, as well as on the final marks. Oh yeah! I did great. But wait. Listen to this. On the last day assembly, I got called up to the front. Why? Because I won a certificate. Our principal announced, "We have 2 new awards this year. One for perfect attendance, and one for outstanding performance and having an average of straight 'A's for the year."

And I thought, naw, that can't be me. I didn't get straight 'A's on my first term. And what do you know, the first person to be called up to the front was me! Yes, me! I was so proud of myself! There were only 3 people of the 365 people that went to our school that got that award. Yes, I was one of the 3 people that that got the certificate. And the other 2 people were in grade 7!!! When I came home, I hollered, "Mom! Come take a look at my report card!!"

She came over and pulled out my report card, and stared at the straight 'A's. She was happy. I have to say happy, and nothing more like "she was screaming with happiness" or "she jumped for joy" because when I showed her that I got on the Principal's List, and explained how it was much better than getting on the honor roll, (This is the proper time to use it) she was screaming with happiness. Literally. Screaming.

And so was I. All you readers, please tell me what you were extremely proud of this year by commenting below~

Thank you for reading all the way and hearing me brag about my wonderful 'last day of school'!

Book Review #3 ~ The Name of this Book is Secret

Hi~! Back with yet another book review! The name of this book is: "The Name Of This Book Is Secret". Yup, find that a little confusing, eh?

So this book starts with a girl named Cassandra (Cass for short), who is at her grandfather's house. There has been a recent death of a magician in their neighborhood. (Think about it. A MAGICIAN. Do you really think he died?) Cass is a survivalist. She is prepared for anything from their school being built on top of a toxic waste dump, to a nuclear bombing. She carries a space blanket and a flashlight in her backpack AT ALL TIMES. She never likes to take her backpack off, by the way.
She has a friend named Max-Earnest. I know, its a mouthful. His name is Max-Earnest because when he was born, his parents couldn't decide whether to name hin Max, or Earnest. His mom wanted to call him Max. His dad wanted to call him Earnest. They got into a huge fight as soon as he was born. Trust me, it was a huge fight. The doctors said they needed a name to put on the birth certificate, so they put both names on the certificate. After that, his parents were so angry at each other that they got divorced as soon as they left the hospital.
So back to the story, shall we? Max-Earnest and Cass went to "check out" the magician's house. As soon as they enter the house, they are at a dead end. A 1 meter by 1 meter porch, and then a door on one side. This door is in fact, an elevator. Yes, the magician's house is underground. You need a magic word to make the elevator go up and down. Let's think. A magician... what's the word...Oh! I got it! Abracadabra, right? WRONG! The magic word is....Please. They go down into the magician's home and start to explore, when someone else comes down. A realtor. She has a young couple with her. Of course, Cass and Max-Earnest don't want to get caught. So they hide in the bathroom. One of them accidentally leans and flushes the toilet, only to open a secret door to the magician's study. They hide in the magician's study and find a box called labeled, "The Symphony of Smells". It is filled with little glass vials that has little bits of different coloured powders. They find this and the magician's journal/notebook kind of thing. Except all the pages are blank besides the first page. This "young couple" look very young indeed, and are striking. They have not a single blemish on their skin, and... dare I use this word... they are what you call perfect. Anyways, the lady is beautiful, with golden hair and covered with jewlery from head to toe. They see Cass and Max-Earnest when they make a break for it with the magician's notebook and the symphony of smells. They call them dirty names that I don't want to mention here while the elevators closed on the two kids. They saw that the two kids had the notebook, and looked like they wanted the notebook really badly. When Cass and Max-Earnest got home, they took a look at the notebook. Only the first page was filled up... or so it seemed. After they solved the code that was on the first page of the journal, they figured that the magician couldn't have just left the whole notebook blank. But there, on the underside of the double-sided pages, was writing. So it opened up like an accordian. I think the magician was very clever to think of writing on the underside of the pages where no one would think of looking.
They read a story about the magician and his brother. The story starts in Italy. A horrible man rises to power in Italy, so the magician, Pietro Bergamo, and his brother, Luciano Bergamo, are sent to Kansas by their parents for their own safety. (I would never have wanted to leave my parents). As a good-bye present, the Bergamo brothers recieved a book of magic tricks from their father. They practiced the tricks day and night while they were traveling across the Atlantic Ocean and entertained the crew. When they reached Kansas, they were wandering around until they reached a circus. They couldn't enter the circus tent, but they found a small opening through which they could see everything. They later joined the circus themselves, and became famous as the Bergamo Brothers. Later a lady that had blue eyes and a waist so tiny she should have herself been a circus attraction came to the Bergamo brothers' tent. She wore long, elegant gloves that reached up to her elbows. Gold jewlery glittered on her everywhere (sounds familiar, doesn't it?). She invited the Bergamo brothers to come have dinner with her. Pietro was being smart and aware and rejected the offer, while Luciano looked like he was a more than a little bit in love with her. So she took Luciano and left Pietro behind. Luciano didn't come back. Pietro spent the whole night waiting for Luciano, but he didn't come. He later found out that the ringmaster had agreed to the woman to sell the boys to her. He was infuriated and left the circus, in search of his brother.
So that is the story of the Bergamo brothers.
The interesting thing about this story is that, all throughout the book, it mentions how there is a "terrible secret" and if you knew it your life would immediately change from that point on and it would never be the same, not to mention endanger your life and maybe make you go mad. But you never find out what the terrible secret is. I think there might be a 2nd book, and it might tell you the "terrible secret." *SCREAM* [Dramatic Music]So maybe one of you readers could read the 2nd book (if there is one) and tell me the "terrible secret." *SCREAM* [Dramatic Music]

Siblings

Yes, today's topic is about siblings. Even though I have not talked about mine, I do have one. I have an older brother. I am not going to tell you his real name though (because I don't want any of you creepy stalkers out there to get him). Lets just call him... John. Okay, so you might think that he might be just about 2 or 3 or 4 years older than me right? Wrong! Here's the big shocker. He is 23 years old. Yup. I'm 10. 13 years difference. He doesn't even live with me and my mom and my dad anymore. Uh huh. Our boy has grown up so fast. He lives in Korea now. The thing is, siblings that have 2 or 3 or 4 years difference between them fight 24/7. But y'know, when it comes to 13 years difference..... you find that not too many fights happen. Especially when your sibling lives in a different country. But actually, when I was little, every little joke that "John" pulled on me was a big deal to me. I couldn't take the joke. My brother probably found that out the first time he tried it on me, but he just kept doing it. And I just kept crying...and crying and crying. My mom would give "John" a slap on the back every time he made me cry, and sometimes I would stop crying and give my brother and evil smirk from behind my mom's skirt. That is why he despised me when I was little. But now we've gotten more mature, and we don't fight as much anymore. Well, at least one of us has.... Ha ha, I'm just kidding. Most of you that have siblings have probably been around your sibling for almost your whole life right? Well, for me, it's different. I am 10 right now, and I have only lived with my brother for... around 4 or 5 years of my life. Most of you hate your siblings, but when you have been around them for less than half of your life, trust me, you want them with you. *sigh* I'm gonna' go call my brother now...

Book Review #2 ~ The Giver

Hello again! Back to review another book! This one is called "The Giver". This is a sort of sad story. So the story starts in a town where everyone is brainwashed from birth. They have no idea what it is to feel actual sorrow, and love for someone. People don't have their own babies, but there are certain women called birthmothers who give birth to children, and give those babies to the nurturers. The nurturers take care of the babies until they are old and healthy enough to be "given" to a chosen family. And each family is only to have 2 children. Even for marriage, it is basically the same thing. There are the most important people of the community, called the "Elders". They are like government. They make almost all the descisions, including who would be each other's spouse. They have no real feelings for each other. They are distinguished into age groups until they are 12, which is when they are actually considered adultlike. Like let's say that you were 10 years old. Then they would say that you are "a 10". And they have ceremonies when you turn a year older. But you don't really have a specific birthday. Everybody turns older on December. It is not that everybody has the same birthday, but just that they all celebrate it on the same day. (In my opinion, this just takes the fun out of birthdays. Birthdays are one of those awesome days where you get to be treated special. They give you a feeling of pride. You like being "above" everyone else for a change.)The ceremony of 12 is the most important. When you're 12, the Elders select what job you'll have. Pretty much, after the ceremony of 12, you don't really keep track of your age. Everybody has the same, dark, eyes. But you see, Jonas, the main character, has pale eyes. This indicates that he hasn't been brainwashed properly. Others can't see colours, or hear music, but Jonas is the only one that starts to see colours. There is a certain person in the Council of Elders called the Reciever. When Jonas became a 12, his name was skipped in the giving of jobs. He was very shocked. Then he was informed that he was to be the new Reciever. The reciever is very special. He has the highest honor in the whole town. The Reciever is the only one in the whole town who holds the memories of the past. He pretty much bears everyone's painful memories for them. When Jonas becomes the new Reciever, he then thinks the whole community has the right to, and needs to have these memories for themselves. I think that being brainwashed from birth makes you no better than a robot, trained to do everything. You need these feelings and memories of peace and war, for they will help teach you lessons, and educate you in the way of life. You need the power to think your own thoughts and decide your own decsions. You need these memories to get you through hardships in life.

Book Review #1 ~ Olive's Ocean

Hi again~!I decided to give book reviews! Through these reviews, you'll know what books are good too! Today I'll be reviewing the book, "Olive's Ocean". I just finished reading this book, and I loved it. It was a wonderful and touching story about a girl named Martha who is saddened deeply by the death of a new girl at school who was constantly being teased named Olive. Martha barely gets to know Olive, but was the nicest person that Olive knew. Olive gets hit by a car when she was riding her bike without a helmet (tsk, tsk, tsk). Olive's mother then gives Martha a page of Olive's journal, mentioning how she loves the ocean, and how she would one day love to see the Atlantic. It also mentions how Martha was the nicest person in her whole school, and how she would one day like to be bestest friends with Martha. Martha goes on vacation to her grandmother's house, which is resting on a beautiful cliff looking over the Atlantic ocean. a.k.a Martha's favourite place in the whole entire world. I'm not going to spoil this story for you, just in case you read it. But I will tell you this. Martha takes a jar, fills it up with the ocean water, and brings it home to Olive's mother. She calls this little jar full of ocean water.... Olive's Ocean. Cool, huh? But trust me, it's way more touching than my brief discription here. Martha believes that she fulfilled Olive's.... dying wish, let's say. She brought Olive the ocean.

The Karate Kid

So there I was, watching TV, and then.... BLAM! "The Karate Kid. In theatres June 11." After I saw the trailer, (about 25 times) I knew I had to to go see that movie. But you know, I didn't really feel like spending my money. I know, I know, it's stupid of me to think that I can go to a movie without spending at least 30 bucks (I'm talking jumbo popcorn, a large drink, and a few bags of candy) . Hmm..... you know, if you think about me grieving like this with $150 in my pocket, not wanting to spend any money, but really really wanting to go see that movie, it's kinda' sad, isn't it? I mean, all I need is my parents permission, right?.....heh heh......uhh....... yup, I'm probably not gonna go see that movie. Well, if any of you readers out there watch that movie, be sure to tell me if it's any good by commenting below!

Hello Earthlings~!

Hi! Today's topic will be about.......
-DRUMROLL-
Me~! Yes, me. A very exciting topic in my opinion. And don't worry, I won't bore you by telling you what kind of toothpaste I use.
But First of all, let me tell you this. I have a serious phobia of stalkers, so I'm going to keep this brief.
I am a bookworm. Yes, I almost literally devour the pages. And I am a girl. I was actually born in Korea, but I moved here when i was 1, and I have a Canadian citizenship, so I guess that makes me a Canadian! And boy am I proud!
Today I went to school.
Yes, i still go to school. Who did you think I was, a single forty year old woman who writes blogs to pass the time?
No, I am still young and lively....sometimes.
Anyways, like I said, I am going to keep this one short.
but remember to come by and read some more amusing posts about me!