I HATE FINALS

Yes, just like every other kid still in high school, I hate finals. Honestly, I'm so scared for them, aha. Hearing that they are 15% of my grade in the class, I'm just really scared. D:. I keep telling myself to study and to not be on my laptop so much, but I end up breaking that the next hour. LOL. I tried to abstain from Tumblr until finals, but... I caved after a week. OTL. Now, let's talk about my (hopefully unbiased) opinions on finals! Knowing me though this will just a rant---

I feel as if it's unnecessary, to be honest. LOL. It just puts more pressure on me for some of my classes. For example, in one class I have full marks - 100%. If I don't score full marks on the final, then my grade goes down; it basically makes it so that I HAVE to get 100/100 correct on that final. And even if I failed and missed 10, my grade would still be an A... I hope. //Hasn't done the math. I'M A PERFECTIONIST THOUGH. The fact that I was so close to 100% WILL kill me. LOL. AND WHAT ABOUT BORDER GRADES, GRADES THAT ARE LIKE 1% OR EVEN .1% FROM ANOTHER LETTER GRADE, WHETHER IT BE GOOD OR BAD? I know I'd cry if I had an 80.1% (which is a very low B here; a 79% is the highest C) and I bombed the final. Haha, if that happened to me this week I would seriously cry - I want my grades to stay as A's!

I do however, find the finals to be good. It tests to see if you're at par with where you should be at; if you're just barely getting by then you need the remedial lessons. And it can help test if you really know what you're doing. It weaves out the cheaters from the people who actually do their work. This is coming from someone who has people asking her for help on homework a lot (more like if they can copy it) so I like that part a lot~ Also, I really like to see improvement, growth, change, etc. throughout the years. I'm a giant history buff, bahaha. xD. So if I could compare year one finals with a different year, that would be amazing~ It would show me my strong points and if I did get smarter as the years went by. xD.

Although I say I hate finals, I really do like the concept of them. They show us the past and where we actually improved. By showing those, it makes me feel... Encouraged? It shows me just how much I changed and how much I retained the information I needed throughout the years, and it also gives me a way to see if I'm suited for a type of job (if I want to be a doctor I obviously can't be one with such a faulty memory).

Hi Guys.

Wow guys how is this blog still getting views--- IT'S BEEN A WHILE, EH? I'm sorry, high school life kind of took over; I'm trying to make it into the Top 10 of my graduating class, so I need to work hard. OTL. Plus, there's my English teacher makes me put in the extra efforts to get passing marks in her class - honestly, she's the best teacher I've ever had, way better than my old Language Arts teacher. And this is the reason why I love my current English teacher. ;w;.

I've been trying to get into writing again; I have such a horrible writer's block it's ridiculous. The good news is that I've been able to write... The bad news is that for the most part, they are really depressing... Bahaha, hopefully I can fix that soon! Speaking of writing... I realized that I can't write suspense stories at all. LOL. I had to write one for English class and although I could come up with a basic idea and how the story would go, I couldn't quite put it into words. In the terms of my English teacher, "It's a bit dry."

Recently, I started talking to an old friend of mine and I'm happy to say that we're still friends. : ). I'm the type of person who just can't hold friendships with girls; so far, all of my friendships with girls had ended after a year and a half... And that is why 98% of my friends are guys. My old friend is one of my best friends and I'm so glad she still considers me as a friend, especially since she goes to a different school. n.n

I'm sorry, my life is kind of boring. OTL. I don't do much on account of not being able to get a ride anywhere and the places I do want to go to are too far to walk to. : (. I always see friends on Facebook and Twitter posting photographs of their day with friends and how exciting their life is and I can't help but think, "... Why am I at home on Tumblr?" xDD;. I think that's all the updates on my life right now, so I'll just go before I embarrass myself any further--

Summer!

xxxSo I've been on summer vacation for a while; probably 2 weeks? Anyways... So much travelling! @_@. First off, I'm at my sister's apartment for a few weeks until I'm taken to my aunt's place in Tucson, where her family and I will be flying to places like Washington, North Carolina, etc. But while I'm here, I'll be updating her cat's blog and doing some fun stuff. : ). 


xxxOn the first few days here, I had just lounged around, sleeping in, but today, we went to a Asian market (I guess mainly Korean market?) and I bought so many beauty masks, a blackhead remover, and I had gotten free soap from there! Best $20 I have ever spent on cosmetics~ And then, they had candy! That was probably my favorite part at that store; the amount of sweets on the shelves were way too high. I had found some of my favorite cookies, chocolates, sweets, etc. but only picked out two because of my short amount of money. : (. If only I had more money... Then I would be drowning in my own fat. xDD. After that, I went to a boba place next door and got a strawberry boba. ;w;. It was the best boba I had ever had in my life - hands down. Thinking back, I want more... /Drools. Other than going out and shopping, I've been re-watching a bunch of Avatar: The Last Airbender. I'm determined to finish that before watching Legend of Korra! 

xxxHow are you spending your summer so far? Any plans to go elsewhere?

Pokemon White

     So about a moth ago, I bought Pokemon White from my friend, and I just finally got to open the packaging to play yesterday. And I'm amazed. The graphics are so much better as compared to the last games. I mean, when I first got into a Pokemon battle with a trainer, I couldn't believe just how good the graphics were.

The Pokemon
     To be honest, I had actually avoided the Black and White game versions because of the new Pokemon that would be added in. They just seemed to be running out of ideas, and well, the new Pokemon looked pretty... Odd. But after my friend had gotten a second copy and offered it to me for only $20 (It then became $10 once I made him change his mind), how could I resist? Now that I'm actually playing the game though, the Pokemon that I have so far encountered seem as if they are just remade versions of past Pokemon (ex. Purrloin = Skitty). But oh well. Hopefully they get better as the game progresses...

The Starters
     After having a long debate on the three, I chose Oshawott as mine, but Smugleaf Snivy came in close second. The reason why I didn't choose Snivy though was only because in SoulSilver, I had chosen Chikorita as my starter, so I decided to change it to a water type Pokemon. : ). I just hope that it doesn't turn out into something like Piplup...

The Story Line
     When I first started the game, the friend I bought this game from had told me that the story line for the game was one of the main things that he loved, and so far, I agree with him! I haven't gotten that far yet, but I can already tell that it will be promising. What got me though was that they introduced Team Plasma so early in the story (only in the first city I travel to and we already see a confrontation?). I can't wait to see how the ending will be, especially with a second Pokemon Black and White coming out soon. Hopefully N can make it back to the story though...

Contests and Such!

These are some great contests to take part in, and they also have some amazing prizes!

Closet Voyage's Giveaway

THT Christina's Giveaway

Omnom Neko's Giveaway

April Fool Romance's Giveaway

Family

    Finally went on one of those walks that I've always wanted to do with my grandmother. Although it was a short twenty minute walk, it made me realize many things, such as just how much time has passed from the last time I've walked with my grandmother. I've been so caught up in my own life that I had forgotten about the simple things that used to make me smile in the past, like waking up early just to go out with my parents to the restaurant, or spending time outside instead of inside. Knowing just how much I've missed, I do want to fix that in the future so that in the end, I won't have any more regrets.