How to save a life

How to save a life? What kind of question, someone with a untrained eye might be saying. Life is an experience like no other. Some people live their lives waiting to be saved. Not literally, but inside them. Inside their heart, mind and soul, they are waiting to be saved. I go to school every day and see people who think that if they just continue limping on, it will be okay. Okay today, okay tomorrow. But what happens if you want to have a good day?

What happens if you want to save your life. In the end it is only you, you are your own savior. Life is like a marathon. Your friends and family will help you back up when you fall, but it is up to you to start running again. Running down the road of life, and never looking back. How to save a life? It's time to save your own......

Passionfruit

Ah, the delight of anything that has to do about passionfruit. At CTY (or nerd camp) on the very last day almost all the campers (except me, who slept in) go out at six in the morning and toast to their CTY experience.

For people who have never gone to CTY, CTY is a once in a lifetime experience. If you go, it will most likely to be the best time of your life. Nerds from all over the world (including me, well my nerdy side) come to college campuses all over America to go for enrichment courses. Well that is what parents want to hear. But despite spending seven hours in class each day, each day shows how life is beautiful. For more information Check out this website

Anyway, we had passionfruit and mango cake when our neighbors came over for a barbeque. In one word, Passionfruit represents CTY. "We love CTY and we love the passionfruit" best describes my daydream.

trying to not die (of stress)

Overstressed, Overworked
Doing laundry passed the normal time to sleep
Trying to wake up without a coffee
Sleeping during Social studies

I wake up, and look out the window
I see the commuters
I see the parents
I see the children

Running to get to homeroom
Flying through the hallways
I slide right as attendance is about to be called
Just another day of trying to not die

Workaholic

I never believed the stories of how overworked everyone was, when I was growing up. Coming into middle school changed my perspective for the better. Nowadays I'm just like everyone else, working or dreading about work (schoolwork) almost every moment of our just too short lives. Sleep has become a fantasy, relaxation is an afterthought. Does life still continue, even under stress, work, and the other pitfalls that we have to navigate in our lives? Only time will tell.

Flipsyde

Flipsyde as some of you know are credited with penning up the new hit "Someday" which is also used as the theme song for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy. Flipsyde is a blend of pop with some rap which makes it great. I was not a fan of rap at all, but after listening to "Someday", I love Flipsyde. Their video(with the U.S olympic team) is on Itunes for Free, and their debut album "We the people" is on the Billboard Heatseeker charts. I highly recomend Flipsyde to all of you, and it is the first music artist that raps(kind of ) that I like.

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Nickle and Dimed

Nickle and Dimed is an riveting book about America's working poor, written by Barbara Ehrenreich. The novel is about her journey from upper-class writer to part of the millions of Americans that are called the working poor. They are the people that fry our fries, clean our sheets at hotels, and take care of our children. She spends 3 months working as a undercover reporter, as a foreigner in her own country. The author sees life as someone in poverty, someone at the bottom of the food chain, trying to work his/her way up the pyramid, towards a better life. It is a very thought provoking and deep read and it is one of the best books I have ever read.
I rate it 5/5, and I encourage you to buy a copy of it.



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48 Hours

One weekend,one long list of things to do....

Saturday: Woke up at 6:30 am. Out of house by 7:15. At testing center for the SAT at 7:30. Test started at 8:40, did not end until 1:00 pm. The SAT is basically 4 hours of filling out bubbles, and writing a essay. Time moves slowly as you struggle over the last math problem, yet time's up, just as you are going to write the anwser down. After the SAT, I had a quick break, and then I went to the Philadelphia Home Show. That's right 3 hours of looking at refigerators and the latest in hot tub technology. How Exciting!!! We ate dinner at Ocean Harbor, located in Chinatown.

Sunday: Woke up, used PC. Read the newspaper,savoring life. Went to Beijing in Media for lunch/brunch. After lunch, went to the mall. Bought khakis, a belt, and a foxtrot calendar. Came back home.Chillaxed. Had dinner. Watched "The Simpsons". Corrected LA essay. Went to sleep. Only 5 more days until the next 48 hours. (72 hours if you include friday).......

SAT Prep

For the last three weeks, I have been preparing for the dreaded SAT. To get into the camp that I wish to go to this summer, they ask you for an SAT score of 1040-Seventh Grade or 1140-Eighth grade. After hours of vocab cards, practice tests and reading the SAT prep book, it seems like I will get a score somewhere near 1800, or 1200 (Reading and Math), which means almost 200 points higher than the national average for high schoolers taking the SAT. I wonder why a test that takes around 4 hours, will change millions of lives each year. The lucky ones get good scores and go to a University of their choosing, and the unlucky end up going to State. U. 4 hours can change your lives forever..............