1. As we were learning about force, we learned every force must have an opposite force. (for a bowl sitting on a table: gravity vs. the table   yes, the table is considered to be “pushing up”) Mr. Choi then goes on to say that in Starwars they say “May the force be with you”, and they are wrong! You can’t have the force be with you unless you’re punching yourself. A student decided to ask if Mr. Choi liked Starwars. His response, “Ask after school.”

2. “If I give you answers, you be happy, and I be happy, but I be sad..”

3. For some reason Mr. Choi got on a rant on how it’s better to drive a manual than an automatic. Saying it saves gas, you were more intune with the car, and it was more fun! Someone asked him if he drove a stickshift. Quickly, he said, “That’s not a physics question!”

Although, I had an interesting thought. Guys usually don’t shave their armpits normally. The bacteria that makes your armpits smell probably would have a hayday with all that hair. So if guys didn’t want their armpits to stink, they’d have to clean their armpits really really well… But do they??

The plural would be, ‘esposas’

‘eposas’ is also translated to ‘handcuffs’

(ball and chain, man…)

We had an interesting assignment this week in physics..  We were actually reviewing graphing and slope and all such things but you have to love the way we did it.

Mr. Choi told us to bring a barbie doll to school. We were going to tie rubber bands to it and drop from 2 meters with various numbers of rubber bands attached. Why a barbie doll? we asked. He replied, “Because it’s more realistic!”

Barbie went bungee jumping in my physics class… poor Barbie, she got a concussion..

We got to drop her of the second floor railing the next day :)    ..to see if we could measure the right amount of rubber bands needed to “give Barbie the greatest thrill without killing herself”…

By the way, while encouraging us to ask questions in his class, Mr. Choi shared his insight on American marriage.  “That’s why there are so many divorces in America! They don’t ask questions!!  they ask, ‘what kind of carrr do you drive?’  no.. that doesn’t mean Anything!”   (unfortunately part of what makes it funny is the way he says it.. and you just have to hear it to get it)

Oh, Mr. Choi… you’re quite amusing

Mr. Choi wears toe socks and sandals everyday, no matter what the weather. He says that all the Asian people look alike, but Koreans are still the best looking. (he’s Korean, you see) When people see him they say, “you know, I think I’ve seen you before” Then he says he just lifts his leg up and shows them his toe socks and they remember him.

He had a competition for us on Friday, we had to build the tallest and most stable free-standing structure out of paperclips, tape and straws. The winner got toe socks!! and guess what!!  I WON!!! Woohoo!!!

I’ve been wearing my toe socks all weekend

next time: why he’s a teacher….

Last year my mom and aunt planned out this great scavenger hunt. We’re going to have another one this summer too! What we had to do last year was go around to houses and ask for different things and bring them back. We also had to take pictures of certain things, perhaps things you couldn’t bring back. We had to video ourselves doing random things like “walk like an Egyptian” as well. There was just a whole slew of things we could do. Each task we accomplished counted for a word.

We got all the words when we had finished enough tasks. We then had to decipher a riddle which told us where our treasure was. My mom had gone to the dollar store and just had a ball finding random things to go into the chests. From a barbie doll to chocolate coins to glowsticks to bubbles to silly string. It was a blast. I’m exicted for our next scavnerger hunt this year!

if you are interested in coming let me know

He’s always been there to come down and talk to, even if he’s half asleep watching the baseball game. He, like I, likes to watch tons of movies. (I enjoy watching movies with you, dad) He works hard, whether it’s at work in the day, or in the yard over the weekends, or even in the kitchen whenever he feels like. He plays the guitar downstairs and sometimes his bass upstairs. I remember the feeling of falling asleep to him playing the bass, I liked it because I knew he was there. I love to sing with him when he plays the acoustic, and even though says we’re “full of constructive criticism”, I enjoying hearing him sing with me.

There have been times when I’ve felt bad and he came up to talk to me. At first I didn’t like it so much, (who would want your dad to come up and talk about your boyfriend with you?…) but when I heard what he had to say, I thought it was good advice and wisdom and I wanted to talk more with him. I’m glad I’m able to do that instead of have my life be a mystery to him. My dad gives great big hugs. Ever since I was little, I always wanted more hugs. They’re comforting and smell good… (most of the time) Now, I’m off to get one of those fantastic hugs.

I love you, Dad

This is my mom

*nah…*

MOMMY!!!!!!!!

Guess what! It’s Mother’s Day!!! Bet you didn’t know that, did you? Today is the day where I get to spend time with you and let you know how much I appreciate you. (Which is a Lot…) From spending at least three hours every week driving me to and from driver’s ed and every other place I need to go, to always being there for me to talk to. I appreciate it all I like telling you how my day went and being able to come down stairs and chat with you.

When I really need help, you always give me advice on what to do. The past year would have been pretty hard if you hadn’t been there to talk to me.

You come with such great ideas. Sometimes they could be solutions to my problems or fun activities to do. I love you because you always want me to be happy. You find what’s best for me and suggest things I could do that would improve my life, and by that, I know You love Me! So Guess what! (again!)
I Love You!!!!!

Thank you mom,

J’Neil

Mom and me :)

But in someways I guess I’m thankful for weeks like last week. Which is the reason for my post.

Despite all of the negative feelings I had, I learned some things too.

• I learned that disappointment is hard, but you just have to deal with it.
• I learned that walking down a beach with my parents is relaxing.
• I learned that wanting some space doesn’t necessarily mean wanting time away from someone.
• I learned that my best friend is human too, and although I had tried to be sensitive, I learned also that I need to be just a little more.
• I learned that it’s easy for me to talk to people if I let myself.
• I learned my family can always tell that I’m sad, and always wants to help. I also learned that sometimes it helps to suggest ways they can comfort me or ways to help fix the problem.
• I learned that sometimes it just feels good to cry. (and that’s okay)
• I learned that even if there are some problems my friends are there. Even if not physically standing next to me.
• I learned that Julia has some obsession with Mayan calendars.
• I learned that John is very understanding and knows not to say what I want to hear, but what I need to hear. (because I really do want to hear what it is that needs to be heard)
• I learned that cake tops off a good feeling.
• I learned that I could stay up until 3 in the morning and not feel tired because I was so into the book I was reading.
• I learned things about relationships from that book.

I don’t enjoy weeks like this themselves, but I love the relaxing, “It’s all good” feeling afterward

I just wanted to say, Today’s been a really good day

Even though last night I was really disappointed about John saying that he probably won’t come with us to Portland this weekend, Everything seemed better today.

I was able to get a ride to school and not have to wait for the bus in the cold wind. When I got to school John and I were a little early so we talked waiting for other people to show up.

Band was fun even though we didn’t play, the Marine Corps. guy came to talk about the bands in the military. Then we got to watch people “try out” and sightread pretty hard music. It was just fun.

Chemistry was easy because we answered a few questions then watched a movie. It had Bill Nye in it! Although, it wasn’t one of his movies. I like Bill Nye’s bow ties.

Spanish was easy too. I had everything done so I got to do other work (which I Also had done!) so I read my geometry book because I’m interested in this chapter (trigonomic functions)

English was just reading more Romeo and Juliet.

World History I was pretty tired but got my work done.

Geometry was easy and we got our tests back. My teacher has planned out a day for everyone to make up their test because the average score.. was.. not that good. And she said, “I only know of one person that would not really feel like they would need to make it up” I thought that it could be me, and a girl in my class actually assume it was and said, “It’s… that girl!” pointing at me. (apparently I have a repuation for being smart…) When we did finally get our tests back - Ha! It was me! 20.5 out of 21. That’s a 97%. I kept it mostly to myself because I don’t need to rub it in to anyone. Although I never can pass up the opportunity to tell David I beat him. David is a very bright kid, but every test he seeks me out to see what I got and I always have at least a half of a point higher than him. That is my little moment of gloating :

Right after school I went to Driver’s ed, it’s pretty nuetral, interesting but boring at the same time. We learned about the dash board! woo…

Then I got home and went straight to my homework which I was proud of

Later I was really happy because John called asking if I wanted to go on a walk with him. Usually I’m the one wanting to go on walks, so him bringing it up made me happy We walked around and talked about a lot of random stuff. Then headed up to Briana’s house to say hi. I enjoyed talking to both of them. John makes us both laugh. (he acted as though he was in a Cocoa Cola commerial with his can and was drinking it in the sun, and when I scooted over next to him a bit, he said, “It’s the Cocoa Cola” )

Eventually we noticed the sun was setting and we had to go, so we walked back home, John still making me laugh.

Since then I have felt happy and productive. Today has been a Great day

Tomorrow I don’t have piano lessons and plan on getting a slurpee with Briana in celebration of her feeling sick for a year (yeah, that sucks - it’s some kind of acid reflex or ulcer thing - they’re not sure) but her party might be a “I haven’t been sick for a week” because she’s felt better this week. Fun! fun!

Mood: Happy

I believe the instrument she’s playing is called an Electone. it looks very similar to an organ but probably works like a synthesizer. She was about 11 years old when she did Yyz and 9 years old when she did Pirates of the Caribbean

Yyz -

Pirates of the Caribbean -

John, my new favorite picture of him

Upon sitting around doing nothing but flip through a “parent guide to teen driving” book… I was rather bored. John soon got on to msn and somehow was able to tell that there could be something wrong and asked if I was happy. I love how he does that, even if nothing’s wrong He suggested that I turn on some fun music and dance to it so that I wasn’t bored. So, I did

It’s fun to dance around your room. Nobody is there, no need to worry about looking like a dork, you can do whatever you want, listen to whatever. Dancing just makes me happy, and so does music, so it all fits together!

Dancing can get you active, relieve stress, be a “special moment” with someone, release energy, make you happy, and just plain be something to do so you’re not bored!