T2-B6

ahhhhh secret santa today gave a chainmail bracelet, got nothing in return :(
like i thought everyone is supposed to participate disappointing how little work people put into stuff other than gaming and anime :( no really anybody did anything made by hand all purchased and stuff
after ss essay, metal works making a chainmail hackysack.. math polynomials and stuff..
after skating and we had a ripstik casterboard and me and my friends were fooling around on it
one more day of school!!!
gonna get some measuring glasses for the kitchen, cant do precise fluid measurements without one
and getting halo 4 tommorow!!

T2-B5

today in english showed mr hauck my cyborg shoe contraption. he even took a picture of it!! :D
after p.e., ran as fast as i could to langara station, boarded skytrain to vancouver city centre. there in downtown i tried to get a gift for my secret santa that they would like, to no avail. :/
candy aisle, lotta candy for the movie, then haneureum mart for a box of chelsea cookies!! after went to bunch of clothing stores, an army surplus place called camouflage, and then got to the theatre.
movie theatre food is wayyy too overpriced. :/
watched life of pi, actually pretty close to the book, except that skipped some parts in plot and killed a dorado before the flying fish.
gettin some gifts for christmas, trying to find what i need and want like a sling pack. useful things would also be a pair of maple fg's some sidi cycling stickers, and perhaps a phone? nothing to wasteful (except a videogame :D)
realized how many people play computer games and im so behind since i use my time for skating, youtube and school

T2-B4

assembled chrismas tree, when is secret santa due? i want to do some chainmail as a gift
so much things to do for school, ss essay test and map, math test nxt week, science fair project testing to be done... including..
CHRISTMAS LIST!!!
video games, skating stuff, cycling stuff, books, japanese candy, nostalgic 20th century toys, apps, a new sling bag are all wanted.

T2-B3

my 500m skating time is now a 47.86 while the top guys had a 46.6! I can get this time! i just need to focus on more technique ( less shoulder and body movement) , less pivoting (slowing down on the corners) and entering and exiting the corners with more crossovers. training today, working hard and  going competitively against my 17 yr old training partner who I am as fast as but he has more strength.

T2-B2

thought I just tell some more about my skating life
skating technique is amazing in koreans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvrkwSBkb2c&feature=g-hist
my goal in skating is to have fun with my friends, being the best of everyone,
skating helps me to release from all the school stuff and have a good time with true friends
school friends I dont know as much about them as my skating friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ3_MiasQEk thats me in the front

T2-B1

so first blog of term 2 some things that recently happened. Can West Short Track Single Distance Championships, got gold in the 200m and 1500m, and crashed in the 400m and 3000m points race. Also, got new bike wheels for my track bike, marks are great, A's and B's. hopefully get Halo 4, zellers at metrotown closing..and thats all I have to say
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrcT7sseLZI

T1-B31

Today in Applied skills got assignment to collect $25 in pennies : ^ .
after ss discussed death of Louis the XVI
after in Metalworks began buffing the post for my balancing man, really hot and I was swinging my 'wand' much like a wizard. AVADA KEDRAVRA! XD

after school, track cycling at the burnaby velodrome. Weird thing I learned, there was a velodrome at China creek park? this was in 1962, so long ago. Track cycling must've been really popular back then!
now only one track in the lower mainland exists :(

T1-B30

My business has gone slow, no teachers have bought my coffee. I have inferred that the reason the teachers have not bought coffee is due to the school policy :1
1) school has coffee for 50c each, so teachers have their own coffee machines
2)thus they already have great coffee in their own classrooms.
I was trying to make profit off the fact that the school coffee wasn't very high quality, so starbucks coffee would be better quality and at a cheap price point. But since the teachers weren't in demand for better coffee since they had it already, my business hasn't been met by my main consumers :(
this has been a learning experience, from the Ms. Bains encounter about my business, to working and hiring, to supply and demand, I've learned more than I could have ever if everything went right :)

T1-B29

purchased all items for business this morning, couldnt start today because couldnt find a table. Mr.Olson, could i use one of your tables in the back of your classroom? also, is take your kid to work day mandatory? because i was hoping to run my business at school that day...
finally, is our npo due this week?

T1-B28

REALLY, REALLY MAD AT GRACE
she fired me from the group so now i cant have Daniel help me on Monday. Now I hired Mason to help me on the afternoon shift.
All set for monday. I open at 8 until 8.15, and 11:45 till 12:10
my stand is right next to the new dogpound
FRESH GRIND STARBUCKS COFFEE FOR ONLY $1.50 ($1.25 IF U HAVE YOUR OWN MUG)
cookies for 75c, and 2 dollars for cookie and coffee ($1.75 if have your own mug)
Mr.Olson, i was wondering if i could store my supplies in your classroom and I could pay a rental fee for the storage of my coffee maker, water drums, and milk :)
or i could give you discount for coffee :D
I was also wondering if you could also tell the other teachers that I'm selling coffee for charity and all proceeds go to the SPCA.
THANK YOU

T1-B27

Short day today, mitosis of animal cells and plant cells, english assignment of cyborgs (yay!). Anything we can do related to cyborgs, thinking of doing a LEGO mindstorms robot accessory that helps with a disabled person to detect others, hear better or an implant sort of thing :)

T1-B26

Dont have much about day, only horrible news about lucasarts. STAR WARS GOT SOLD to DISNEY for 4.08 billion. Reports also of a possible 7th movie D: The evil Empire must be stopped; begin the Rebel Alliance!!

T1-B25

Today began making base of balancing man, after in Applied skills worked out where coffee business will stand. After in S.S. watched video about French Revolution
after in cycling did 2 20 minute rides at 40km with a sprint at the end. A guy behind me crashed out and cracked his cycling helmet. He hit my rear wheel and he lost his balance, and took out another rider :S

T1-B24

havent had time to blog, ss project , and science test.
Today in english we finished a new hope and now began my new favorite subject: STAR WARS PHILOSPHY :'D
discussion whether a droid is a person. gave some epic star wars facts and debated the facts behind that philosophy.
now is this a human or droid :/
http://listverse.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/bomarr-tm.jpg?w=300&h=201

T1-B23

today in math quiz, and in applied skills i began to plot together my coffee business and when to start it off.
After in s.s. worked on world poverty project

T1-B22

back to school after meet in poco, got a new helmet, new pb for my 500m a 48, with hands on back XD
could probably get a 45 if i tried, also crashed twice, but on the 3000m i caught back up to the group :D
anyways today in school science, essay test today, and in langara run i got 11.25. pretty good considering i was sick and havent run in a while :)
got interim report, satisfied :s
after at track cycling did a whistle drill, tired but happy :)

T1-B21

Today in metalworks finished off most of the balancing man. After, in Math we had a earthquake drill. Then, in applied skills we had Mr. Zhuang. Apparently he was your former student. Anyways, found out quite badly that Grace had started her OWN business for herself and we would have to make our own business bevause she said we were lazy. LAZY??!@!@ I was plotting all of the stuff for our coffee business and she went and did something else. pissed' off
disappointed i ran out for a deal for a track bike on ebay :(

T1-20

20TH BLOG IS EPIC!!!!

Today everything was as normal, but in English oddly instead of the essay test, WE had Star Wars instead!!! :D

Watched A New Hope, sadly a bunch of people never watched or knew anything about Star Wars :(

Our substitute P.E. teacher told us that if we ran under 3 minutes for a 800m, we would get a honourable mention. Seeing the opportunity, I ran in 2:36 and got the honourable mention thing. Now to see if it is really true...

T1-B19

hello today www, in metalworks worked the metal lathe, nearly broke my finger on that thing, :/
after in math quiz!! yay i guess found out about pro d on friday. time to prep for my season debut meet!
Applied skills you weren't there instead there was Ms. Nelson, went onto real canadian wholesale website ( that insanely big costco style superstore) and found stir sticks for about $1 for 200, Starbucks coffee for about $7 a pound, 20 cups with lids for $2 (hopefully with sleeves). Finally presentations in S.S., on Congo and Sierra Leone. Essay test tomorrow AHHH
anyways at the rate of my business looks like I'll be one handing it :/

T1-B18

Quiz in Science about statistics, microscopy, and DNA. After found out we have a essay quiz on Wednesday from Mr. Hauck. Finally weight room for P.E.
Beginning my group NPO. Decided on where to purchase materials, coffee and cups.

T1-B17

Today in Science extracted strawberry DNA, sort of. Hard to distinguish DNA from strawberry pulp. After French test and English presentation for my group. Feel like I didn't speak much, they did much of the speaking and I felt they didn't do a very good job. After school went skating in Poco, tired but worked hard.
Feelin pumped for my meet next saturday!!

T1-B16

Sorry havent had time to blog, lotta studying and stuff. Today in science learned more about DNA and we'll be harvesting strawberry DNA on thursday.  Ms.May broke hip agin, slipped in hallway will require surgery.
NPO idea
starbucks coffee at school, sell pike place roast and baked goods.
need more than 1 month to accomplish 1000 goal, too steep for what services as 9th graders without drivers can offer.
HVZ
in vancouver there is a nerf community group. We can organize admission $25 for ammunition for nerf blasters, and donation fee. the group members all have nerf blasters, so with numerous members we can make a fair bit for charity.
Was the NPO idea spawned by my HVZ idea? please reply!

T1-B15

Today continued to work on my balancing man, seared my flesh after cutting the arms out because the metal was really hot. after in Applied skills worked on blog and a bit of website. After no Mr.Martin instead a guy named Mr. Lal. Really angry dude no sense of humor

T1-B14

Yesterday  went down to U.S. for training for skating. Ended tough technical practice with mile run in 5:55 min

Got a blowgun got home at 11pm at night.

Today made epic mac n cheese with sriracha, went to track cycling, did a points race drill.

Angry olson, T1-B13

Today in Metalworks snapped the drill bit. The motor was running too slow and the drill just cracked under the pressure. After in Applied Skills, angry olson attacks!! D: no youtube sadly. Finally in S.S. quiz.
Ltr, Abbotsford ice!!! yes! end of week with 4 sets of 6 min skates!!

Poco practice,T1-B12

Today in Science microscopy and looking at pond water. Found a microscopic organism in my algae sample. After in English got a new project. Ricky had a ridiculously stacked group. All of us are jealous as crap. After football in pe
After Poco skating practice. two 3000's, two 1000's, and a corner sprint drill

Track cycling, and HvZ T1-B11

Today in Metalworks began working the lathe and making my balancing man. Lotta burr the ends of my drill holes, required the belt grinder. After in Math and then Applied Skills. our computers got closed, and Richard got really creeped out on an online comic. Played some nice post rock, and searchin for more HvZ stuff. After in S.S. talked about the English in Britain and whatnot. Sleepovers with world leaders.
After in track cycling we did multiple sprint workouts, and I nearly hit the rail ( the wall at the really top) after
I swung up from the bottom of the track after a sprint

I nearly hit the top wall ( the white part)

BACK TO HVZ
decide the only chances for the 5 day games are: Christmas Break and Spring Break.
we need to plan a meeting with the synergy 8 to discuss about the game

HvZ is the reality, T1-B10

Today in Science safety quiz, after in English Mr. Hauck was sick we had a substitute. She was really boring (unlike Mr. Malloff, which i'll tell in a later time). Finally in P.E. we had flag football
BACK TO HVZ
I have decided instead of a sponsor, we could create a online website where people could donate money according to how long we survive in the game.
ALSO many other people in the school are interested in the game for them. to play they pay $15 50% goes to charity. The rest is for the cost of ammunition for the player.
Lets get this organized!!

Track cycling and audio senses, T1-B9

Today in Metalworks we began to mark out the lines for our balancing men. Nearly missed my photo take. After in Applied skills we watched a show about a man who had a type of echolocation. S.S. Daniel Z. had to do a quiz only by himself because he suggested to do a quiz and Mr. Martin only made him do it.
After in track cycling we did a whistle drill, which is like a sprint drill only when the coach blows the whistle.
BACK TO HVZ
Now, I know your are going to tell me about the no gun policy at the school. That the school has strict discipline for this kind of stuff. Well, hundreds of universities across 6 continents have HvZ games. It's just how the guns are used is the problem.
My plan for this charity event will not affect any students as this will be held during Spring Break. Also the guns will not be able to be used in anyway during normal classes.

Abbotsford ice T1-B8

Today in Assembly Mr.Hunter showed us Rolling in The Deep by Adele. He was trying to tell us the meaning of the song was that to keep calm if you are in distress and to control your anger. After in skating practice, we did 3 x 5 minute skates at approx 39 km/hr, and 2 x 2 minute skates at about 40 km/hr. My legs are wiped after 3 consecutive days of training.
BACK TO HVZ
Here's my planning for this event:
Zombies will be the gr 8 synergy class
Humans will be gr 9 synergy
the game should be during a break of at least 5 days.
equipment needed:
15 sets of ammo packs = $225
30 nerf guns = $600
= $825
divided by 60 people
= 13.75 for every synergy student to pay.
the equipment may be used year after year
so more
SPONSORSHIP
For Human resistance
$5 for every hour we survive
if one player survives the whole game they would have gotten $600 to charity
2 players survive= $1200 to charity
Now to find = a sponsor
I will begin to find people to donate to charity

Korean skating workout, T1-B7

Today in Metalworks we began to mark the measurements for our balancing men. After, in Applied Skills we watched a video about brain tricks. And while we're still in this theme, heres a brain trick picture http://media.techeblog.com/images/wolverine_or_batman.jpg
After school, I had skating out in Poco. My Korean coach pushed us so hard, We had to do two 3k intervals, as well as two 1.5k sprints and various other torturous training methods.
BACK TO HvZ
heres a website about HvZ http://humansvszombies.org/about
and the rules of HvZ (the most commonly played version, Goucher style) http://humansvszombies.org/rules
how to organize a game http://wiki.humansvszombies.org/index.php/The_HvZ_Game_Guide
We could get people to pledge us because we could play for a couple of days during a break ( Spring Break or Christmas) and for how long we survive the game, they could pledge us $5 for every hour.
If the School says that the guns arent safe, we could perhaps give a nerf gun as a present to one of the Principal's children. This will show that the guns are just toys.

please take this into perspective Mr.Olson. This would perhaps even make our school known for such an activity and our fundraising idea. We could get into the news!!!

Track cyclin!! T1-B6

Today in Science we had a scavenger hunt to show us various parts of the super lab. Mr. Shieh also showed us a bucket of fetal pigs. After, in English we were making six word stories. His favorite was For Sale: Baby shoes, never worn. Finally in P.E. we had the 6 lap run. Then after school I went track cycling and did a type of training called take a half lap.
Discovered a ame called HvZ. They could do this at the school during Spring Break for charities (and perhaps Buskerfest?)
Heres a video of a game http://vimeo.com/24232620

Heavy metal and bad english, T1-B5

Today right when I walked into school I found 95 bucks!! Sweet! But then I realized it was Benny's school fees. Crap. I decided to go and give it to Benny when I saw him and instead right when I walked into the cafeteria. He sprinted right past me, presumably realizing that he left his 95 bucks. I yelled at him that I had his school fees. He immediately thanked me and said that he owed me. Anyways, in Metalworks we had a test about the drill press. After the test we had to file down our strips of metal to begin making our balancing man. After, in Applied Skills we all played various songs on our laptops. Melissa was listening to a heavy metal band called Slipknot while I was listening to a Korean violinist named JunCurryAhn. Finally, in S.S. we  were all telling Curtis to improve his English as he said Socials as shoshals. We were teaching him various tongue twisters to get him to get the right pronunciation on the words.

Bad lies and fixie bikes, T1-B4

Today was another day but intensely satisfying.  In the morning it was the same, Mr.Shieh talking about
Science Fair, and Ms. Werner explained about conjugations for verbs. It was English that was really cool because we had to each tell 2 truths and one lie. I told Mr. Hauck about me going to the velodrome and he told me to talk with him about fixie bike stuff. We all were really bad at the lies because everybody knew what the lies were because we all knew each other. Finally after school more track cycling! Yay!

Traffic for 2 hours... T1-B3

Today in Metalworks, Ms. Tycho taught us how to operate the drill press. Later, in Math we did some square numbers. After in Applied skills we made our synergy websites. Finally we had S.S. and already we have another project. It's only the first week! Then I went to speedskating practice out in Abbotsford. A two hour drive because some idiot was driving 30 km/h on the highway. Oh well. And another day of training and school. Break tomorrow! (or not)

Mr. Hauck is awesome!!! T1-B2

Today in first block we had Mr.Shieh for Science. Pretty funny guy he was. We ended up playing a Bingo game where Mason had to tell a clean joke for me to win. He ended up telling a actually good Chuck Norris joke and I got my prize which turned out to be a freezie. Later, I got to French and somehow they decided to switch the teachers around and instead of getting Ms. Chuaqui, I got Ms. Werner. It was a ridiculous change, as nobody knew about it until we got into our seats. I had to completely relabel all my French stuff to Werner!! So then we had lunch and after lunch was English. Mr. Hauck was awesome!! He got everyone to give themselves a hand gesture for attendance. While he was doing the attendance everyone was laughing and he was a really cool guy. I also saw a bunch of fixie bike posters in his room. Does he do fixie riding?
Finally, we had a capture the flag game in P.E. It was a uninspiring game, because nobody wanted to get tagged.
Later, I'll be going to my speedskating practice out in PoCo!! And thats my day!!

summer blog!! T1-B1

This summer has been a load of training for skating, as well as many activities like track cycling, and going around Vancouver and loads of restaurants to try.
During the summer I participated in two speedskating camps, one out in Ridge Meadows and one across the border in Tacoma. At the Ridge Meadows camp, a Korean coach who travelled from U.S. came to coach us over on ice technique, strength training, and off ice dryland. Later, I travelled down to Tacoma with a couple of skater buddies to train more with the Korean coach. It was really tough training, with an hour of both on ice and dryland training everyday.
Also, during the summer I went track cycling at the Burnaby Velodrome. The instructor taught us about the track, bike riding technique, and various bike riding skills on the velodrome.

Moreover, during the summer I went to various speedskating dryland sessions in Port Coquitlam and Burnaby. But other than training I went to the library, and did a bit of gaming.

And thats my summer in a flash!