Doctor Who

Kassy and me watched 2 episodes of Doctor Who. It’s a TV series about a person, Doctor who’s an alien. He travels in time, and always saves the world. 

On the other episode called “Father’s Day,” it taught me a lot about time traveling how it works. Apparently it’s about Rose a human, goes back in time with Doctor to see her dad because her dad’s dead in the present. When they got back all the time was mixed up because of the time, and Rose made a paradox. Rose saved her dad in the past, but she made a paradox. At last her dad found out she was from the future, and her daughter. 

I understand Rose in Doctor Who, because I know how sad it is losing her father. She didn’t want her father to die alone, so she saved him. Rose definitely knows she made a huge mistake, but it must’ve been worth it for her. Her mistake caused trouble, but she spend her time chatting with her dad and they made a connection. Time travels can really make a mess with all the rules, but for Rose all she wanted was to see, and save her dad. Sometimes if some people really wants this thing, she definitely will do anything that can help her try to get it. It ended as her dad dying, because that’s the only way to fix all the trouble she made.

The Devoted Friend

"The Devoted Friend, talks of a bird telling a story to a rat. The story is about Han who is a generous, and kind person. He has a friend, Miller who's really rich, but Miller sees friendship in a different perspective. Miller uses Han as a slave, not a friend, but Han who's really foolish and doesn't know what Miller is doing to him. When the story ends the stupid rat doesn't understand about the story."

In my perspective of "friendship," I think friendship is the relationship you've built up with your friend, and it can't be about the trades, or bets you've met. Han was a really good friend to Miller, but Miller wasn't even friends with Han, Miller treated him as a slave. Friends are suppose to support each other, when the other needs help, and is being left alone. If your friend is alone, and you're not there to keep her accompanied then what's the use. When Han was suffering in the winter, Miller never did came to support his friend. Miller thought by using words to support his friend is all that's needed. This is not what friendship should be, we should accompany, support, and help each other. So I don't agree at all in the way Miller says, he says we shouldn't be selfish at all since we're friends. He says this, but never accomplish, to me he's lying to Han. Miller is a selfish, and unkind person, he's such a rich man and knew Han was poor but never helped out with him. The moral to this story might be that you can't just say something with your mouth, things have to be accomplished not just by saying, but by doing.

The Nightingale and the Rose

This story is about the Nightingale sacrificing herself, and helping a young student who needs red roses to dance with a girl. So she sacrifices herself to make a tree to bloom by using her blood. 

The Nightingale sacrificed herself for a boy who's in love, I believe that love is so important to her that she sacrificed herself just for a boy to have a life that's full of love. Nightingale sang and sang to the moon, while pressing herself into the thorn. I can feel what she's feeling, the pain while singing. She sang from the depth of her heart, I'm really touched and sad that she's died. If the story is true I hope one day the girl, and the young student will realize all the hard work she's done to bloom red roses from her blood. Her courage of suffering till death, Nightingale has such a beautiful, and loving voice that makes everyone fall in love to. Her death was worth it to her, LOVE is such a deep, and warm word, it's important when where this word is said. I wish the ending ended better for Nightingale, she's a loving bird that deserves to be loved too. This is one of the most touching short story I've ever read, and  I love the way Oscar Wilde wrote this story.

Seeing the Sun for the First Time

Kassy and I read a short story called "All Summer in a Day". It's a story about people on Venus who never see the Sun, and on a specific day the scientists predict that the Sun will come out. So this is a paragraph about me experiencing the first time seeing the Sun.


Deep down my crushed, blackened heart, there was nothing no brightness. No smiles, laughter, and music were ever heard. Everyday huge droplets splatters one after another, it never stops, it’s continuous, again, and again. But today I feel hope spread in the city, today was the day when it’s been told sunshine, the big sun is finally shining on Venus. Furious raindrops fall as we wait upon the sun, the forest is full of darkness, and loneliness. We wait, and we wait, suddenly drops of angry rain came smaller, and smaller, slowly nothing was poured onto the long, endless road. We tilt our tiny little heads up towards the sky, the sun it shines toward me. I felt a burst of energy, it pushes itself shaking the black clouds away, and there stood our powerful, energetic sun. 

Everywhere in the city is filled with the brightness, I felt overjoyed, my heart now thumping with life and happiness. I burst into the woods, trees opening for a gasp of sunshine, one after another the trees are filled with colorful leaves that we’ve never seen. The lifeless city in just a second turned into a city that’s shined like bright diamonds. Kids run down the street holding hands sending out laughters and joy. Big smiles were all over the city, and music were heard at a faint distant, then louder and louder the wind blows everything around the city. I see myself looking up and droplets of water filled my eyes, and I smiled for the very first time of my life. 

The Treasure of Lemon Brown

In The Treasure of Lemon Brown, Greg starts off having a fight with his dad. He then leaves home and goes to an abandoned house, where he meets an old man named Lemon Brown.

The treasure Lemon Brown keeps are some clippings, and a real old harmonica. Before his son went to war he gave him these treasures he had. Then when he knew his son died he was heart broken, and the army sent what he had left with him. All that was left was the treasure he gave them to his son, he knew that his son always have kept it as a treasure. He takes it with him no matter where he goes. Sometimes people define "treasure" in many different ways. Lemon Brown thinks of the harmonica, and the clippings as treasure. He thinks that it represents his life,
because he was a real famous harmonica, player at the young times. Mr. Brown didn't thought of treasure as gold, and diamonds as everyone would think of. Treasure to him is something that truly means to him, something that's meaningful and memorable.

My treasure would be books. Books fill me with inspiration, ideas, and images. I would put my life in danger just for my books. Once my mom was furious of my brother, and me so she threw something near her and that was my book. I was broken hearted when she threw it, the book was all crumpled together. Sometimes it just seems like the books talk to me, images pop into my mind one after another. When the characters in the book start having different emotions, I feel them too. It's as if I live in the world of the book. They fill me with joyfulness, I LOVE them so much. I realized that people have different perspectives on different things, and I found out that my perspective on treasure aren't just diamonds, and gold they can be things I think that are valuable for me.

Teen Tribute: "New iPhone May Come in COLORS

This article tells that iPhone has sent out invitations advertising colorful, showy, and shiny iPhone colors. It's heard that the even is on sell in Sept. 10 at Apple Inc.

Apple company start using colorful colors for there phones. First, I thought it might be because of the ugly and boring colors that they used to have, so they decided to color it to make iPhone better looking. Second, people really like to accessorize iPhone because it's so plain and not good looking, so probably they're trying to help the customers by saving their money for buying a new phone case. Third, people who buy iPhone's might be getting tired of buying these types of phones especially with boring colors, and they're losing money.

My opinion about this article is that it's so far the best invention that makes me proud of iPhone. They've done many other inventions on phones, and they're all really great. This event though is really awesome to me, because Apple is really nice to think very detailed in how the customers think. I appreciate this point, and if my parents would let me buy this phone I'll definitely buy it. The phone looks like it's full of life. The colors that are added made it look joyful, and realistic. I loved what Apple is approving in the iPhone's, and I can't wait to get one.

Thank you M'am

This story is about a boy named Roger who stole a lady's pocketbook. Instead of calling the police on the boy, the lady Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones taught him a lesson.

I thought it was a touching story. Mrs. Jones didn't have to help Roger, but she did which makes me think that she must once have had an experience like Roger. I really liked a part of the stories where they tell Mrs. Jones was being real polite not asking questions that might embarrass Roger. This shows me she's real nice, someone who doesn't peek into others' personal lives. Mrs. Jones was real generous in the story, she cooked food for Roger and gave him 10 dollars before he leaves to buy his shoes. 

The ending part was the saddest of all. When Roger was about to left, he tried to say thank you but never got the words out of his mouth. Roger was speechless looking up at her as she closed the door. He never got the words out, it's a real short word but it means a lot for one person. "Thank you," I really like this word, but Roger didn't say it out. This lady might've saved his whole life by stopping the habit of stealing. I bet he might regret it, but I understand why he didn't say it because he was too shock it must've been. I really enjoyed reading "Thank you M'am," and realize that even if the word "Thank you" is a simple word, it will mean a lot for someone. 

10 Resolutions for 2013

1. Never get a score less than the score A.
2. Hope I'll succeed in Mr. Porter's (ENGLISH) class.
3. Watch all the new movies I want to watch in the theaters.
4. Get iPhone 5 (my top 1 desire).
5. Get my hair dyed in blue or purple (just some parts of my hair).
6. Make myself grow another 3 or 4 cm.
7. Buy as much shoes and clothes as I can.
8. Go to at least 4 countries this year.
9. KILL the habit of piling "stuff" on my table. 

 Last of all...

                           WORK HARD, PLAY HARD!