I was going through a pretty normal day, the bike ride was absolute murder, my legs were aching, I was still dazed from sleeping. But, along the way, I did overhear some people talking about Trump, and it kinda got mixed in with some other thoughts, like the possibility of a world war 3. That was when I started considering more about how terrible the world is becoming. If this were to be compared to some movie called "They Live", I would be that drifter with the glasses, and the government might as well be the aliens. The rest of the day I'd call somewhat normal. We didn't exactly have any actual things to be learning, just digital zombies, bullying, stuff like that. I recall at one point we did have a code red drill, but it was the same stuff. By the time I went home, that was when I finally lost it. I got mad at the fact the world would be turning to hell, the fact everyone in the world is an inferior entity compared to me when it comes to gullibility, or how I might as well be a god. AND HOW IDIOTIC AND USELESS BELIEVING IN NON VIOLENCE IS! In my anger, I had slammed a door really hard and broke a huge hole in the wall. I suddenly went out of my "angry state" and tried to find whatever I could to patch up that hole in the wall. Suddenly, I came across a poster I had on the wall covering up a different hole I put in. I tried to spend the rest of the day reflecting on my outburst and didn't feel like telling my parents because they'd find out soon enough. When my tutor came over, I started ranting about all that stuff I was mad about and didn't get much done with him. When my parents came over, they asked about the hole I had caused, and I admitted all the rational things, such as how I believed non violence was idiotic. My parents started to come to a better understanding and told me how I could manage my anger next time. I have however, been ever more focused on discussing my struggles with my therapist.
Monday, August 28, 2017
Friday, August 25, 2017
Pacifism
Pacifism is weak pacifism is deceptive pacifism is a road to drugs pacifism is for weaklings pacifism is a religion of the weak. Pacifism is for vegetarians. What has pacifism ever done that has benefitted this world?
Saturday, July 29, 2017
Japan 2
Also in japan I went to a place with bowing deer. It was supposed to be a temple that deer were sacred to. The deer would bow if you had food and bowed to them. Those deer were very mean too. One of them bit me in the butt. The inside of the temple was also pretty cool. There was a giant statue of Buddah and other statues of other gods. On the last day I went to the aquarium and saw a lot of fish. They had a whale shark there. They also had a lot of puffer fish and a giant salamander that was probably 10 feet long! They also had a sea otter that was taking a bath and everything else you would find at an aquarium.
longer than this! If you read this you are pretty weird.
longer than this! If you read this you are pretty weird.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
My trip to Japan
It has been a while since I've gone to the other side of the world, so you can imagine how difficult it was for me to adjust to Japan time. Yes, I have been to Japan recently. To summarize, it's really HOT, there are lots of ancient structures(been rebuilt), and we did tons and tons of walking. Just joking! Those were just the majority of things we did in 10 days.
Starting Monday, me, Kyle, Ron and mom went aboard air canada and spent 2 hours on the plane, not doing much other than eat, or watch movies. Think that wasn't too much of a drag? Well, after we got off the air canada plane, we had to apparently board another one, which was when I learned how it was essentially impossible to directly go from the US, to countries like Japan. Now, the flight to Japan was perhaps one of the most tiring parts of the entire trip. For 15 hours straight, I either slept, watched movies, or read books on my tablet. Despite the jet lag, we made it without many issues...... or so we thought. It was already bad enough we had to rearrange our vacation plan, but then, we had to wait for a looooong time for a taxi or bus to take us to the hotel. By the time we got there, we were all tired and not in the mood for talking. AND, IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, we would have to leave the next day. Yep, our first day was really rough.
The next day, we left from Tokyo (too bad, I didn't see as much cool stuff as expected) to Kyoto, where staying there would be a little more "permanent". In Kyoto, we did do and see more interesting things, such as going to temples and at one point, eating a lot of barbecued meat(once). That is essentially what we have done in those 3 days, though I do recall at one point, we did go to a street market and check out a cat, owl, and hedgehog cafe. Those, if you are wondering, are where you pay money to look at and pet a certain animal. I think those cafes is what I remember most about Kyoto.
When our 3 days were up, we finally would be staying somewhere other than a hotel in Osaka. Apparently, mom and Ron found someone named Iku, who was kind as to offer us an Air b n b (I dont know how to spell it) room. Courtesy to Iku, she also introduced us to fugu(pufferfish). Something special about fugu is that they are only actually eaten in Japan, and whenever they are, usually the fish is cut up by a professional, so poison is out of the question. Funnily enough, I used to worry about getting poisoned, and the fact the effects are subtle. But, turns out it doesn't taste as bad as I thought it would.
Well, our final day rests at Nagoya, where we were initially going to spend our first day at, but well, I suppose you save the best stuff(not exactly) for last. We did go to two places where instead of chairs, they had cushions for seating. Still, they offered great food.
In conclusion, while Japan was very hot, humid, and involved tons of walking, I did have tons of fun, and had a lot of once-in-a-lifetime experiences, like eating pufferfish, visiting cat cafes, or sleeping on Tatami.
Starting Monday, me, Kyle, Ron and mom went aboard air canada and spent 2 hours on the plane, not doing much other than eat, or watch movies. Think that wasn't too much of a drag? Well, after we got off the air canada plane, we had to apparently board another one, which was when I learned how it was essentially impossible to directly go from the US, to countries like Japan. Now, the flight to Japan was perhaps one of the most tiring parts of the entire trip. For 15 hours straight, I either slept, watched movies, or read books on my tablet. Despite the jet lag, we made it without many issues...... or so we thought. It was already bad enough we had to rearrange our vacation plan, but then, we had to wait for a looooong time for a taxi or bus to take us to the hotel. By the time we got there, we were all tired and not in the mood for talking. AND, IF THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH, we would have to leave the next day. Yep, our first day was really rough.
The next day, we left from Tokyo (too bad, I didn't see as much cool stuff as expected) to Kyoto, where staying there would be a little more "permanent". In Kyoto, we did do and see more interesting things, such as going to temples and at one point, eating a lot of barbecued meat(once). That is essentially what we have done in those 3 days, though I do recall at one point, we did go to a street market and check out a cat, owl, and hedgehog cafe. Those, if you are wondering, are where you pay money to look at and pet a certain animal. I think those cafes is what I remember most about Kyoto.
When our 3 days were up, we finally would be staying somewhere other than a hotel in Osaka. Apparently, mom and Ron found someone named Iku, who was kind as to offer us an Air b n b (I dont know how to spell it) room. Courtesy to Iku, she also introduced us to fugu(pufferfish). Something special about fugu is that they are only actually eaten in Japan, and whenever they are, usually the fish is cut up by a professional, so poison is out of the question. Funnily enough, I used to worry about getting poisoned, and the fact the effects are subtle. But, turns out it doesn't taste as bad as I thought it would.
Well, our final day rests at Nagoya, where we were initially going to spend our first day at, but well, I suppose you save the best stuff(not exactly) for last. We did go to two places where instead of chairs, they had cushions for seating. Still, they offered great food.
In conclusion, while Japan was very hot, humid, and involved tons of walking, I did have tons of fun, and had a lot of once-in-a-lifetime experiences, like eating pufferfish, visiting cat cafes, or sleeping on Tatami.
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Chomp
For all of you people who like animals, zoos, survival shows, and the (occasional) behind the scenes of TV, I would recommend Chomp. Chomp is a book by Carl Hiaasen(same author of flush, I am beginning to notice a pattern here) is one of the ten books that I decided to read throughout the summer months.
Just what is the story about? Well before I begin, I would like to point out something cool about Carl Hiaasen's books, which is that his books tend to provide a useful clue on certain topics without even requiring you to go to the back. Chomp in particular involves alligators. But enough about the title. Wahoo Cray, a kid who is missing a thumb thanks to his pet alligator Alice chomping it off, lives in a literal zoo, full of animals of all shapes and sizes, all started by his father. Unfortunately however, it is on the verge of ending due to them being unable to pay off many things such as mortgage.
But one day, out of nowhere, famed "TV star" Derrick Badger offers them jobs in his TV show, which involves him being out in the wild braving vicious animals, though much of his content is fake. Mickey and Wahoo, though rather reluctant to the job offer at first, realize it could be very helpful to pay off debts, given how the crew gives $200...... A DAY! In addition, Derrick thinks that their little zoo could help with his show. Though soon after the first day, he quits considering he has no actual talent in even wrangling Alice, who is usually very gentle except for when she bit off Wahoo's thumb. Afterwards, Derrick, who is now inspired, chooses to do real animal wrangling. Derrick and Wahoo also bring some girl from school (named Tuna, who is quite the taxedermist) along to help her escape her psychotic father's wrath. Later, in the actual wild, Derrick acts like a complete idiot and tries to approach a bat, which ends up with a bite on Derrick's tongue and him disappearing the next morning. If that's not bad enough, a stranger suddenly appears out of nowhere with a gun, looking for Tuna. Who is this stranger? Is Derrick Badger out there, and still alive? Well, I am not going to spoil the book for you, read it yourself.
Just what is the story about? Well before I begin, I would like to point out something cool about Carl Hiaasen's books, which is that his books tend to provide a useful clue on certain topics without even requiring you to go to the back. Chomp in particular involves alligators. But enough about the title. Wahoo Cray, a kid who is missing a thumb thanks to his pet alligator Alice chomping it off, lives in a literal zoo, full of animals of all shapes and sizes, all started by his father. Unfortunately however, it is on the verge of ending due to them being unable to pay off many things such as mortgage.
But one day, out of nowhere, famed "TV star" Derrick Badger offers them jobs in his TV show, which involves him being out in the wild braving vicious animals, though much of his content is fake. Mickey and Wahoo, though rather reluctant to the job offer at first, realize it could be very helpful to pay off debts, given how the crew gives $200...... A DAY! In addition, Derrick thinks that their little zoo could help with his show. Though soon after the first day, he quits considering he has no actual talent in even wrangling Alice, who is usually very gentle except for when she bit off Wahoo's thumb. Afterwards, Derrick, who is now inspired, chooses to do real animal wrangling. Derrick and Wahoo also bring some girl from school (named Tuna, who is quite the taxedermist) along to help her escape her psychotic father's wrath. Later, in the actual wild, Derrick acts like a complete idiot and tries to approach a bat, which ends up with a bite on Derrick's tongue and him disappearing the next morning. If that's not bad enough, a stranger suddenly appears out of nowhere with a gun, looking for Tuna. Who is this stranger? Is Derrick Badger out there, and still alive? Well, I am not going to spoil the book for you, read it yourself.
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Science Friday 2
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2017/02/22/nasa-to-reveal-new-findings-about-exoplanets/
NASA has recently discovered 7 new Earth-sized planets located outside of our solar system, in the "habitable zone" (a region with planets that could potentially sustain life). These planets were discovered by means of the Spitzer Space Telescope, an infrared space telescope floating around in space since it was launched in 2003. This recent discovery is a new record for number of planets in the "habitable zone". Furthermore, all 7 planets are likely to have liquid water, an important condition to sustain life as we know it. These planets are located around 40 lightyears from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius. Following up on the Spitzer discovery, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has initiated the screening of 4/7 planets, including the 3 within the habitable zone. Questions I have are:
1. "If the planets are 40 lightyears away, how did the Spitzer Telescope manage to detect that system from said 40 lightyears?"
2. Could there be any form of life on any of the 7 planets?
NASA has recently discovered 7 new Earth-sized planets located outside of our solar system, in the "habitable zone" (a region with planets that could potentially sustain life). These planets were discovered by means of the Spitzer Space Telescope, an infrared space telescope floating around in space since it was launched in 2003. This recent discovery is a new record for number of planets in the "habitable zone". Furthermore, all 7 planets are likely to have liquid water, an important condition to sustain life as we know it. These planets are located around 40 lightyears from Earth, in the constellation Aquarius. Following up on the Spitzer discovery, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has initiated the screening of 4/7 planets, including the 3 within the habitable zone. Questions I have are:
1. "If the planets are 40 lightyears away, how did the Spitzer Telescope manage to detect that system from said 40 lightyears?"
2. Could there be any form of life on any of the 7 planets?
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