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    July 19

    The Time has Come - Part 2

    Yesterday was a close of mine in the real life of mine right now left (his name is actually Jon). I chose to spent my last day with him, invited him to my house where we just had fun while we can because i don't know when I'll be seeing him again or maybe i won't. His flight was at 10:10 pm so in the afternoon, we left my house, went to his house to get his luggage and go to the airport. Before we left, I gave him a present, a necklace with a stainless steel Cross which i had bought last week, so that God would always be with him even when he is leaving to start a new life and we can't see him any more. We went to the airport, had "the last supper" (lol), and we left. By the time I got home it was already 10:30 and something happened...(check the bottom of this entry)
     
    It's so sad that the people around me are leaving. THe other close friend of mine (Francis) is leaving as well next week. Damnit, i hate this. I hate the fact that everyone around me are leaving. My friends, my two close friends, one of my youth minister at church and his family, and one of the pastors. I hate to see everyone leave. All that I have tried so fard to develop these relations and make friends and make my life here more comfortable, i see people leaving. I want to leave, I don't want to stay here next year to start all over again. I don't want to go back into solitude, the way I was before.
     
    July 13

    The Time has Come...

    School has finally officially ended and now I can finally find the time to get online and do the things that I need to do to catch up on. Report cards are out today, we're finally free from anything more to do with school. I've got 1st of the class again and 2nd in the whole level. The guy in first place was just unbelievable, his overall average was 88% and mine is like 80% so how could any one beat him if the second highest falls short of 8%,lol. Anyways, here are my marks:
     

    Rank in Class: 1st out of 26
    Rank in Level: 2nd out of 100
     
    - English: 86%
    - French: 74%
    - Mathematics: 80%
    - Physics: 88%
    - Chemistry: 80%
    - Biology: 78%
    - Geography: 69%
    - History: 92%
    - Computers: B
    - Art: Failed
    - Music: C
    - Phy. Ed.: Failed
     
    First Semester Average Mark: 81.43%
    Second Semester Average Mark: 79.43%
    Grand Overall Average Mark: 80.07%
    Conduct: B
    Times late: 0
    Days Absent: 8

     
    It's basically like last time with the whole Phy. Ed. thing. I screwed up Art because I failed to hand in the final project...because I lost it,lol. I just realized how crappy our school is. I looked at the teacher's copy of average scores and it turns out that lots of people did terribly bad. Some I understood that they had a reason and explaination and it wasn't entirely their fault. FOr example, the last of the whole level was this girl who failed and got kicked out because she had to work to raise money for the family so she hardly ever comes to school. I feel very sorry for her...
     
     There is this one thing that's upsetting me. It seems to me that lots of people are leaving. Like just when I got over my first year in this crappy new school and such, making friends and finally starting to get to know people, at the same time lots of these people are leaving as well. My classmates, that girl (who's really quite nice except...yeah), one of my new good friend, the family of one of our leaders in the youth club at church, an old teacher of mine who's really quite cool and fun to talk with and one of the few adults that don't seem to form a gap with, sucks. I hate all this, leaves me this bad feeling that's sour, bitter and angry. It's like why couldn't I also leave as well and go somewhere else? WHy must I be the one who stands there watching everyone else disappearing away from my face and may never see again. Damnit...
     
     And it seems like I'm cursed with bad luck with electronics these days. A few weeks ago (maybe months,lol), my laptop start getting all screwy. It's just a problem with the laptop itself and the battery, the power meter is just screwed up. At first, the reading just keeps on going down abnormally fast and then I followed the manuel guide's instructions to "calibrate" it. After I done that, I did get the full battery performance and no auto-shut down but the battery meter doesn't move at all. I took it to the service centre (still under warranty), they told me it wasn't a hardware problem but a software problem and say that I should reformat my computer. When I got it back, oit turns out that I have a different battery inside it (recognize the serial numbers) and right now the battery seems to be working fine SO FAR. So yeah. BUt at the same time, just as I got my laptop back, my camera got broken. I was with my friends and I took out my camera and they were snatching it and when this happened, they sorta pushed the lens in a way and it got tilted/slanted and the lens got stuck and wouldn't work any more. So i had to take the camera to their service centre and I won't be having my digital camera for 15 days...damnit, just when i need it. Well that's my life, that's my week, that's my day, and that's just my luck,lol. See ya later on in the summer holidays. You'll see more of me online now. :) Ciao.
    July 01

    Happy Canada Day!

    Happy Canada Day! Today is Canada's 149th birthday! In dedication of Canada Day, I reformatted my blogs and laid out new layouts of the Canadian flag with the national anthem, O Canada. Some worked and some didn't. I also wore that Roots t-shirt I asked my grandmother to buy for me when she was coming to visit us. The one with the huge Canadian flag in front of it. Normally I would find it a bit too exaggerated and a bit too much of a show-off but since today's my country's birthday. I think I have the right to wear that and be proud of it. :) Not anything did I arranged these stuff well, but the day went very well. I sleptover with my friends at one of their houses and today we went swimming. So it was fun, something new.

     

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    "O Canada, our home and native land.
    True patriot love in all thy sons command.
    With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
    The True North strong and free.
    From far and wide,
    O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
    God keep our land glorious and free.
    O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
    O Canada, we stand on guard for thee."

    - O Canada, Canada's National Anthem