[RE] Live.

I found this quote on Marialuisa's blog and I love it.

Life should be treasured because there is only one thing sure in life, it will come to an end, but wheather if you are fufilled with it it up to you.

I totally agree with this because it is so incredibly true. Life does only come once. Once it's gone, it's gone and you won't be able to get it back. I really dislike it when someone takes things for granted. Like when their parents yell at them they would not listen and then when their parents are gone they'd be like oh I miss them so much I wish they came back. Well it was kind of your fault for not cherishing them when you had them. Do NOT take things for granted. CHERISH them. If you think about it, one day everything could just disappear. You might not have your friends or family. Anything can happen. Yeah I know this is sounding really bitter right now but hang on.

Anyways this quote is true because no one is sure what will happen. The only thing that WILL happen for sure is that life would end. Life comes once so live it up. Use life to your benefit and other people's benefit. Do things that would make you happy and others happy because one day they could leave. Why not make happy memories that you can hang onto when they do disappear.

Well I like this quote because it says that life should be treasured.  I think everyone should treasure their lives instead of thinking ughh my life sucks I hate everything. If you hate something, CHANGE it. It's up to you to make your life the way you want it to be. It won't change by itself so step up and change it.

Love life. It comes once. :)

[CE] Turkey Earthquake

In a remarkable episode on Tuesday that raised hopes that more survivors could yet be found, a two-week-old baby was pulled alive from the rubble, almost two days after being buried in a collapsed apartment building.

Wow. That is scary. The earthquake that hit Turkey has taken away more than four hundred people and injured more than a thousand. That is so scary. One hit Japan not long ago and another attacks. Well a two week old baby surviving for two days under rubble, that is a miracle. The rescuers also found the baby's mother and grandmother. The only reason they survived was because of a sofa bed that prevented the rubble from crashing down on them. That is amazing. When rescued, they all seem to be in good shape. Even the baby! They were rushed to the hospital anyways for checkup probably.

The rescuers are hard at work trying to save many more people. More than forty thousand people have been saved but the Red Crescent (the rescuers) are running out of places to put them. They have passed out more than thirteen thousand tents but are still running short. About twenty four hundred search teams from forty five cities have been sent out to look for more missing people. They have more than two hundred ambulances running around in case of an emergency. Many people are hoping and waiting for the discovery of a loved one. Hopefully the rescuers find more missing people and hopefully they are still alive.

[FREE] Dream deferred

      What happens to a dream deferred? I'm not sure about anyone else but when I have a dream I actually never forget it. I mean sure there are dreams that I put aside but I never forget them, they always resurface and I would continue on reaching that goal. Like when I was a kid I had all these goals in life that I still remember today. There was this one time when I was talking to my friends about our future, what we want to be, where we want to be, and things like that. I remember that I wanted to be a doctor or dentist because I was raised to help others whenever I can. I wanted to live in a really nice house and be really successful so I could help out with my parents. I have put those dreams aside for a while so I could focus on school and then work my way to those goals.

      Now that I think about it, those dreams are still there, just off to the side so I could slowly work my way towards it. So I think of a goal that I want to get to and I slowly break it down and figure out ways that I could slowly make it there.As a kid I always had realistic dreams. If you ask a three year old now they would probably say they want to be something magical from some fairy tail. Maybe I'm weird but I always wanted to be someone that helps others and could make a difference in the world. That was when I was about 8 or 10. I still have that same goal now. It is just off to the side so that I  could slowly work my way to it. My goal is still the same as the one from when I was a kid. I'm pretty sure it would remain there and I will someday reach it. :)

[CE] Exotic animals

Dozens of exotic animals, including tigers, lions and bears were let loose on Ohio farmland by their owner before he committed suicide, sparking a shoot-to-kill hunt in which 48 of the wild beasts, including 18 endangered Bengal tigers, have been killed.

I found this quote while reading about 56 exotic animals that had been set loose when their owners committed suicide. That is so scary. I would be terrified if I looked out the window and saw a huge tiger outside. Yikes! Well the article states the the owner committed suicide but released these animals right before. What made him think of letting them loose? Why did he suicide? What was he thinking when he released these animals? I mean doesn't he care about all the people that might be attacked by these creatures? What confuses me is why in the world does he have so many of these types of animals on his farm! What is he going to do with them?

The article also states that the owner Terry Thompson had been charged with animal cruelties 11 times already! Now I'm wondering what kind of person is this? No offense or anything but he had treated animals cruelly 11 times already yet he has more than 50 exotic animals on his farm.

So that aside, the article says that out of 56 of those animals, 48 of them had been shot and killed to prevent danger towards the citizens. Eighteen of them, Bengal tigers, were killed and that really sucks because Bengal tigers are an endangered species and now the world just lost eighteen of them. Those poor animals. Let's hope the survivors are kept in a safe place.

[RE] They don't matter

I found this quote on Kristy's blog and I totally agree.

They should be able to accept you for who you are. If they aren’t able to do so, then it is quite obvious that they aren’t your real friends.

So I don't get why it matters whether people like you or not. Kids these days do such bad things just so their friends would think they're cool and I don't get why. You should be friends with people that accept who you really are instead of who they want you to be. If they prefer the fake you then they don't matter.  I honestly don't care what people think of me. That's because I'm already a loser, or loner in some cases, and people don't matter to me. Honestly I dislike people. We are such a horrible race. I mean pollution, thefts, murders, rapes, etc. Humans suck. Sorry that's MY opinion.

Anyways, I don't care what people think of me because I already show the world my true side so they can choose whether they want to be my friends or not. One less friend isn't going to ruin my life. So I don't get why must people pretend to be something they aren't to impress others. I'm a really protective person so once I find someone worth my friendship and trust then I would let them into my little circle of friends. In my opinion, I prefer having my small circle of friends that like who I am, including all my flaws and obsessions, rather than a huge group of friends that like a fake side of me. If you ever run into friends that like a fake side of you more than the real you, just remember THEY DON'T MATTER! :)

[FREE] The Best Place EVER!

Okay before I go astray I MUST dedicate at least one post to my Sunday school. Ever since I could remember I have been going to Sunday school and it is the BEST thing ever. So my Sunday school is called GDPT Chanh Hoa and it is at a temple in Hayward. It's a Buddhist school as well as a Vietnamese school and it is so fun. It's a worldwide Buddhist Association group where young teens come to learn Vietnamese, Buddhism, and just get together and have fun. Anyways, so every Sunday I go to this temple and I get to see the beautiful faces of my friends. Sunday school may not sound so fun; honestly the classes that we have to take are so boring sometimes I don't like it but I go anyways because of my friends there.

So my Sunday group is a worldwide association and there are other groups like us except under different names. In each district is about three to four groups. It's similar to how Key Club or Interact work at each school. Well my district has three groups and each group has ten to twenty adult supervisors. Every summer the supervisors would organize a camping trip and there we would all play games and have corny campfire talent shows. Yeah it may sound like a lame place but I love it! Sometimes during the year we would have little picnics or celebrations where the three groups come together and hang out.

I love going to this because my closest friends go to Sunday school with me. It's so fun going because my group has kids from ages two to eighteen and I like how we are able to bond although we are from different places and are different ages. My best friend goes here and I love being able to see her. Unfortunately Sunday school only comes once, obviously, so I only get to see my close friends once a week and it is so hard. Some days I wish that I could see them everyday but because we live so far apart I don't get to. Although we have distance in our way, we still do whatever we can to come together every once and a while to just have fun. I love my Sunday school friends for putting things aside just so we could hang out. They are the BEST! :)

[FREE] Time

To me, time goes by WAY too fast. No matter what's going on, time would just keep ticking and it won't stop for anything. That upsets me because each day I'm growing older and getting closer to graduating high school. I'm getting closer to leaving my friends and moving on to my next phase in life. Last year, I didn't spend my time well. I always slacked off and didn't bother thinking that once freshman year is over, it's over. Now that it's gone I'm slightly sad that it's over but plan on spending my sophomore year better than I spent my freshman year.Anyways, I only have two more years of high school and graduation and that makes me really depressed. I know quite dorky but yes I have no clue what I'd be like or what I'd do, so I guess I should just focus on my school and enjoy it as best as I can! :)

Anyways back onto time, like I said before it goes by really fast. I would spend a day hanging out with my friends and poof the day is over. It makes me sad to see a day go by and to see my friends leave after a fun day hanging out with them. When I get home after that I sit around and miss the day. That frustrates me so much especially when I hang out with my friends from my Sunday school. Because Sunday only comes once a week, I only get to see them once a week.

There are so many different things that I want to do but there just isn't enough time in the day to do it all. I want to read, study, watch TV, eat, sleep, hang out with my friends and family, cook, learn new things, etc. There just isn't enough time! >.< Well I guess I can't stop time but I CAN remember the fun days and cherish them while I still have it! :]

[CE] Wow. We need change.

Abu Sayyaf has been blamed for a series of kidnappings, including the abduction of 20 people from a Philippine island resort in 2001.

Wow. That is so scary.  This article talks about the many kidnappings that are taking place in the Philippines. There is a story in it that talks about a woman that had been kidnapped for two months with her son and nephew. They finally released her but refuse to hand over the children. The abductors are demanding $10 million for the release of the children. There are also stories about kidnappings in earlier years, like the kidnapping in 2001 of 20 or more people. It also says that one of them got beheaded. That is terrible. What has this world come to? I mean what goes through these people's minds? Do they ever think about the person's family? How hard it would be for them to lose a loved one. Have any of them lost sleep over doing these terrible things?I bet not. They're just in it for the money. It's all for themselves. People are so incredibly selfish. Why does it all have to be about just themselves? These people should stop and just think about how they would feel if the roles were in reverse. How would they feel if their loved ones got kidnapped? Or what if they were killed? I know I would feel horrible and wouldn't be able to live with myself.

Anyways I wonder when peace would ever come to this world. There are so many terrible things happening and it's out of control. Kidnappings, murders, sexual harassment cases, I mean someone should do something to stop this. Someday, hopefully, it will happen maybe.

[RE] WHY DOES IT MATTER?!

I was reading Nia's blog and I found this quote that I couldn't help but respond to.

You don't CHOOSE who you are.So love them like you did before you knew their sexuality preference and don't choose for them.

I totally agree with this. In her blog, Nia talks about homosexuality and what her views on the topic. I honestly don't care what a person's sexual preference is. As long as the person has a nice personality and is a good friend then I wouldn't care! I seriously don't know why it matters whether they are bisexual or straight. Either way they are humans! I don't get why people are so mean to gay people! I mean just because they like people of the same gender doesn't mean they are a different person. I mean they are the same person, it's their rights to love whoever they want even if they are the same gender. Seriously. They have the rights to love whoever they want. It doesn't matter.

I like this quote because it's true. No one can choose who they are. No one can choose their gender or ethnicity so I think that people should just stop making fun of gay people. They are the same no matter who they like. I seriously think people should treat gay people like everyone else. I know gay people that are really lovable people. They are amazing to be around. Even though they are gay, they are just like everyone else I know. They aren't different at all! So I personally think that it doesn't matter on a person's sexuality preference. They are the same as everyone else and people should love them like they do everyone else. :)

[BC] Steve Jobs and Big Decisions

While reading a part of Steve Jobs' speech I found this quote that really stuck to me. It read:

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.

So it got me thinking that maybe I should use this advice more often. I mean I do use it but not as often as I should. Most of the time when it comes to things that count as big decisions to me, I would think, would I be happy doing this? Would I die happy knowing I did this? And from there I would continue my  thoughts and decide whether the situation would satisfy my needs. Unfortunately, sometimes I would allow my emotions to take over and decide for me. So I actually need to remember this more often. However during the times where I actually use this advice, I find that the situation is actually a lot better than I thought it was. If it were not fun, I was able to learn something from it. This advice reminds me that the situation may not be as bad as I thought it would be. I just need to give it a try. I am the type of person to overreact about the smallest things ever so I'd be scared to do a lot of things. Remembering that someday Death would come, helps me get over my emotions and try it. Even if there is a possibility of failure or what not, I would still try it and I was probably able to gain some sort of experience from trying.

I obviously agree with Steve Jobs that using Death as a reminder to help make big decisions is a really great idea because in my opinion it's true. Anything can happen and it can happen whenever without a warning. Death could come as easily as blinking and then when looking back at life I don't want to regret doing or not doing something while alive. If I were to know when I'd die, I'd want to be able to do things that I enjoy that would leave people with happy memories of me after I die. Steve Jobs said that "almost everything-- all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure- these things just fall away in the face of death leaving only what is truly important." In my opinion, this is true. If I were to die, then I wouldn't be scared or embarrassed to do something. I'd just do it and hopefully enjoy myself. Anyways, I think that Steve Jobs is trying to say that after the external expectations fall out, all that's left is myself. Meaning that my thoughts and needs are more important than pride and fear and what others see of me. Another quote that stuck to me was "Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose." Once we die, we won't be able to take anything with us. The only thing that I think we'd still possess is our memories of our life. I'd much rather take happy memories of me doing things that I enjoy instead of miserable memories of things I dislike. So no matter what would happen I think that it would be way better to follow your heart and do things that you enjoy instead of things that other people expect from you.

[RE] Be yourself!

Be yourself to express, not impress.

I  got this from Bridget's blog and i have to say i totally agree. I rather have people not like me for who I am than like me for someone I'm pretending to be. Everyone in this world is different from one another. Even if they are twins or triplets, they are still different people with different personalities and that's what makes them special. There are those people that would do things just to seem cool and it really annoys me. Honestly I know a couple people that acts like that and it bothers me. They are lovely people when they're being themselves but when they start doing things to impress others I can't stand it.

Sometimes I would see people doing things to impress their friends and I feel bad for them. Although it bothers me, I still feel slightly bad that they need to do this for attention. I think that they shouldn't look for attention from people that only likes them if they do certain things. It would be way better if they just be themselves and let those worth befriending come. Yeah waiting for the worthy friends to come might take awhile and being friends with the people that causes peer pressure is easier I think that they should just wait. Waiting for the worthy ones are better than living your days pretending to be something you're not. Even if you might not like your true self, someone will and they will eventually make you see the things worth liking. So just wait, don't pretend. :)

[CE] Oh the irony!

 A scientist who won the Nobel prize for medicine for his work on cancer, died of the disease just days          before he could be told of the award.

That sucks. I think this is so ironic how the scientist, Ralph Steinman, found a therapy thing for cancer but he died from that cancer right before he was supposed to be given the Nobel prize.Although he passed away, I think it's nice that before he died he was able to find a way  to help other people from being harassed by the disease. I actually want to do something like that someday. Not necessarily for cancer but I want to do something that would help the world or man kind, somehow that'll happen. For now though I can try to help out with whatever I can.


The article states that the scientist spent his entire life dedicated to finding something that can help with cancer treatment and I think that is really cool. That's because I like how he was able to be so dedicated. I actually don't think I'm able to be that focused on something. So far I'm trying to stay focused on school and get good grades. It's only been four five weeks but I'm already starting to get a little off task. It's kind of hard staying focus because I get distracted really easily but it's a lot better than my attempt last year to stay focused. Now when I notice that I'm not completely focused, I would stop and get back on track. It takes a while to do that but maybe after a while it'll get better. Well I think that Ralph Steinman did something really cool and I hope that he'll end up in a happy place! :)

[FREE] What would you do?

So I was reading a book the other day and I found this quote that really stood out to me. It said There's no point in defending camp if you guys all die. All our friends are here. It’s from one of my favorite books and I really like this quote because it shows the strong bond friendship creates. The book is called The Last Olympian, it’s about these kids that are children of the Greek Olympian Gods and in this certain book they set off to defend Manhattan, where the Olympians currently reside at, from the army of the Dark Lord, Kronos. These kids are teenagers and there are only about fifty of them, whereas the opponents are monsters and demons of all sorts and outnumber them twenty to one. Anyways summary over, the quote appeals to me because I think it’s true. What’s the point of protecting a place where the others might not return to. In other words, I would rather help my friends than wait for them when there’s a possibility they might never return.
  This quote makes me appreciate the friends that I have. No matter how incredibly weird I am, they are still willing to stand by me and help me go through life. They have helped me through a lot and I’m glad that they care. I don’t know if they are willing to risk themselves for me but I would totally do that if it means I could save them. Yeah I’m kind of weird but it’s honestly what I think. If I were to choose between me surviving by myself or participating in something that might harm me but could save my friends, then I would help them. I think so because I rather stay with them so I could take care of them instead of being far away from them, anticipating for their return and not knowing what’s happening to them. :)