The Vancouver Canucks!

Hello Everybody!

I have exciting news!

*DRUMROLL*

Our class went to see the Vancouver Canucks practice! (If you don't know who they are, then you are one of the following: stupid  never mind, let's just be nice and say ignorant; lives outside of Canada; lives in a different province in Canada; hates sports so much that they just refuse to watch it-therefore not knowing ANY sports teams.

So now that those of you who don't know who the Vancouver Canucks have classified yourselves into one of those groups, I will actually tell you who they are. (although the picture of what Manny Malhotra is doing sort of gives it away)

So the Vancouver Canucks is a hockey team. A professional hockey team. A few members of the team have played in the Olympics before. They play for Vancouver. (Vancouver is in British Columbia, which is a province in Canada) They're famous to most Vancouverites. So going to see a private practice is a really cool thing. We were all excited and took our cameras and our camcorders and our #1 pointing fingers to the practice. But the thing is, no cheering, hollering, screaming, or clapping is allowed. We're not allowed to use flash on our cameras, either. The lady explained that it was because it would distract them during the practice. Despite all the 'don'ts', it was still really awesome to see them practice. They were so focused. Not once did they look over at us in the stands. They were just so into practicing, practicing, and practicing. It would be extremely hard for me to have that much concentration on... well, on anything, really! We were in the stands munching on our snacks and taking random pictures of them playing. After they finished their practice and hit the showers, we filed into a room and sat there waiting for Manny Malhotra, the member of the Canucks we would be meeting. We waited quietly for the first few minutes, thinking that he would come immediately. But of course, after the first few minutes, we got a little loud and started to play around. He was taking a long time because he was being interviewed by reporters. Their questions were mostly about how he feels about the hockey game coming up tomorrow night. But after a long wait, he finally walked through the doors, showered, clean, and sweat-free. We cheered and clapped. He first told us a little bit about his backround. Then we began to ask questions. He answered them cheerfully with funny answers. But our questions made him laugh more than his answers made us laugh. In the end, we all got a hat, a t-shirt, and a gigantic poster of Manny Maholtra (signed). So all in all, it was an experience that I will NEVER EVER forget. THANK YOU VANCOUVER CANUCKS FOR GIVING US SUCH AN AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH YOU PRACTICE!

Book Review #8 ~ The Outsiders

Hello everybody!
Yes, I'm back with another great review about another great book~!
So this one is called 'The Outsiders' by S.E. Hinton. Surprisingly, as I was reading the front of the book, it says the novel was written when the author was 16. Which is absolutely amazing, because this is one of the 100 best books of ALL TIME. Also, of all the books she has written, this is one of the most popular and best-selling. (I think if it's popular, it's probably best-selling.) AUGH JUMPING AROUND SUBJECTS AGAIN >.<
Alright so to the story.

Our protagonist is a 14-year-old boy named Ponyboy. -stifles laugh- Yes, I know, Ponyboy. But he's no wimp. He's part of a gang. The reason? Alright, so after his parents passed away, his loyalties have been completely to his two brothers, Soda and Darry, plus his gang. He didn't care so much for his gang before, but since he has no one else to depend on, he puts his trust in his friends. The gang is made up of a bunch of tough, rough, and rowdy boys who all came from the wrong side of the tracks. They have all been in fistfights, still participate in "Rumbles," and come from pretty sad homes. So Ponyboy is closest with a boy in the gang named Johnny. Johnny and Ponyboy are in the park one night and the rival gang from a higher class town comes and starts to taunt them and torture them. Being the youngest members of their own gang and probably the rival gang too, it makes it hard to fight against them. They fight with everything that they've got and by accident, Johnny kills one of the gang members. The gangfight breaks up after Johnny murders him, and from then on, a nightmare of violence begins and envelops Ponyboy in a turbulent chain of events.

I thought this was a very capturing book, and I honestly had trouble prying my eyes off of the page. It was really that good. I recommend this to everyone, boys and girls. People who have a bit of an adventurous sense will like it even more than I did, probably.
Anyways, happy reading to all of you!

Frustrating... + New computer!

Don't you just hate it when you leave ALL of your math homework at school because you're excited to get outta' school because it's the beginning of a long weekend...?

Well, as you've probably guessed, that happened to me. *sobs* But I only had maybe 10 Qs left (I think...) so I'm thinking I'll go to school early, finish some then, then stay in for recess (only if needed) and finish the rest. Gosh, I'm still really stressed out... I'm scared I might not finish the work in time...

                        Anyway, moving on to the computer!

Good news! Our old computer crashed (for good) after suffering from a virus (no, not that kind of virus. A computer virus.). Well, that's not very good news. But this is the good part: Because the old computer died, (poor old, slow, bad, not good, good-for-nothing computer.) we got to get a new one! It was second-hand, but who really cares. It works really well, and it had Windows 7 installed!! (It's much better than the Windows 5 we had before...) YAY

Well, happy weekend everyone!  (do people say that at all anymore...? or did they ever?)

News4Youth

Hello everybody! I have come back with exciting news! My writing has been posted on a website called News4Youth! (If you think I'm lying, type News4youth on google, click the first thing that comes up, then click "what in the world", then click  'view submissions.' Scroll down and you'll see my writing.)
I don't think I've ever been posted on the website, so this is a pretty big deal for me. The question was: "What advice would you give smokers to stop smoking?" Okay it wasn't really worded like that, but it was something like that. So you pretty much have to answer the question in your best possible writing. Then someone judges whether your writing is good enough to post on the site. You are free to congratulate me now that I am done my post.
Have a nice evening~!
(be sure to check out my writing anyway, even if you do believe me. ^^)

Piano Exam-RESULTS!!

YAY! 
I passed the exam, people! Yes, yes, yes!!! I'm so glad I did. I got 80/100, and you need 60 and over to pass. It was a nervewrecking experience, but I'm glad that I got the chance to do it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it was fun, just that I'm glad I have a memory of what an exam is like for future purposes.
Thank you everyone for cheering me on, you really helped me to not get nervous during the exam. This post is going to be a little short because I really have no more to say than YAY, I PASSED THE EXAM. So, see you next post! Have a good day!