We had your first marching competion today. We came in dead last.

So our literature class today focused on a ghost story written by Arthur Conan Doyle; How It Happened. A very short story, yet it is exceptionally hard to write about and analyze. Heck, even the essay would be longer than the story...

Our English Literature classes always involve complicated analyses and technical essay-writing thanks to our teacher. Worse still, they often come consecutive to English Language classes, which means we get to spend around two hours of continuous writing. :/

I took the PSAT yesterday. The math and writing sections were easy, but I can't stand the reading comprehension section; more specifically reading long passages and answering questions on them. Reading quickly and efficiently was never my strong point. :/

I am still in a dilemma whether to apply for my SAT this year or the next year. I have my IGCSE this year, which adds a lot of pressure on me, but next year will not be as free too. I was thinking though of doing a PSAT this year, yet again I am not sure. Do you think PSAT is that important?

I don't know about PSAT because we don't have PSAT at my place. That said, what does PSAT stands for? I know what SAT stands for, but PSAT?

I think things like that are pretty important...

Hmm... the only thing I can say when you're going through examinations like the SAT is... don't stress out. You'll only getting the worse part of it. Try to be... well, calm and cool when it comes to everything.

I myself am handling an examination this year.

Personally I feel the ACT is a little better to take if you know you want to go into a math (like me) or English major

Too much PSAT obsession.

I love to write, but I have a hard time writing when I need to follow a topic.
My best writing comes out when I have the freedom to write whatever comes to mind.

I'm coping well with these exams... I think. I'm still not stressed out.

Speaking of the SAT, our school system has provided for about a class' worht of students to take the Kaplan SAT Review course. It is a nice review of everything. I'm hoping it helps me. But it definitely is not worth $700 per student. I'm just glad that I got it for free.

When a class is that expensive... I have a feeling that it's what I call a... "scam".

I bought PlayStation 3 last Friday, which is kinda amusing. This is my second console after my DS, which I haven't opened for months. Not that I have interesting games right now, but I am playing Uncharted 2, which is good so far. The whole system is cool, which I really like.

Personally, if I wanted to buy games for my 3DS this coming Christmas... on my wish list?

Super Mario 3D Land
Mario Kart 7

When they come out:
Luigi's Mansion 2
Monster Hunter 3G
Paper Mario 3DS

(Yeah, I buy Nintendo systems for Nintendo games most of the time.)

$700 is a lot around my place. You could probably have a proper life for about a month.

To think that $700 can do a lot of things... ah... It all depends on how you use it.

On another topic, anyone like jumping into conversations head-on in chat threads like this one?

Normally no in chat rooms, since I tend to need to think about what to say depending on the conversation. Which is why I rarely use the chat rooms and prefer the chat threads so jumping into a conversation isn't so awkward for me.

But anyway, I would 700 to get my own laptop. I am seriously thinking about living in the dorms to expand my experience outside of my parents' opinion. I haven't been this angry and want to move out so bad, but it's hard to switch back between the American culture and my culture.

Let it be known that today, Thursday, October 20, 2011, I have handed in my final homework assignment and taken my last final. Today I, *name withheld*, more informally known as A'bom or "Quil", have finished college. Over the next few months I will be transitioning from the safety of the academic environment into the cold, unforgiving job market. You know what that means?

Tomorrow, I go from being a full-time student to being unemployed.

My laptop is fine enough to serve me for 2 more years at least. I really take care of my electronic gadgets.

I need a laptop. I am tired of sharing computers.

That said... A'bom, What kind of job are you looking for? Career? It's can take some time getting used to no longer being a student.

For the time being, I'm just going to take a short rest. Perhaps two weeks. Then I'll be looking for a job.
As for what kind of job, something in the field of programming stuff. Not that specific, is it? I want to keep my mind open to any job in the field. I have never actually been "job hunting" before, so I'm preparing myself with the mindset that every job is going to turn me down. That way, if I do get the job, it's that much more awesome.

I know, my mind works backwards a bit.

I agree, but you should also put a bit of optimism in there, too, so that you don't get too depressed or something.

After a lot of things such happening, i am back here. Not as active but still Anywho, doing good in school with no less than 100s in math tests and stuff and finally something else... <3?

Like Phantom, I am also doing well in math, surprisingly well. I was very reluctant to take AP Stats (after nearly failing US History and hating AP English Lang and Comp). I thought it was going to turn out like those two classes. But it just seems like another math class to me. As in, it's not too hard (knock on wood). I'm understanding a lot of it and doing well, better than I did in Pre-Calc last year.

And in other news, I actually have a date for homecoming this year It's in one week, so I can't wait!

I think my maths is just... OK and nothing of note. At least I'm not failing that.

Oh geez i thought A'bom was about to step in on this convo about math... O.o Lol jaykayy quil but anyways being an 8th grader... It feels as if i have soo much power such as telling those puny ppl to move Lol im a boss.

...I never post in here. My life is a bland, white slab.

.../sobs/

Marching comps are over (thank god). District qualifiers for forensics are next weekend. District auditions for band are November 12. Districts for forensics are November 19 (which is also ring dance). Latin Convention is November 20. Just a heads up that if you happen need to talk to me, I won't be on these days.

8th grade was a *****. Not much of another way to put it. To this day, I can't say I'm entirely certain how I pulled out with my head intact. BUT, I'm a Senior now, so I actually get a real feeling of authority. Yeah, freshman year of college is going to put me back down to the bottom, but I don't really plan on being in the places where you get that freshman treatment.
Math, I'm doing surprisingly quite well in. I have an A in AP Calc, which turned out to be not nearly as difficult as my brother seemed to make it out to be. I also got a little side-job tutoring this girl in AP Stats that her mom is actually going to pay me for
So MTC, if you ever need help with AP Stats, I can definitely provide support (I got a 5 on the test).

My house lost power because of the wind outside, greeaaat.

I had to deal with a storm a week ago. It wasn't fun at all.

My progress report will be distributed on Saturday and I can say that it will not be as pleasing as my parents expect. I will be dealing with a lot of trouble soon, I sense that.

My English Language mark is expected to be a D, a grade I never got before. It is just my new Language teacher who succeeds in being a total jerk. The whole class has low marks, so I am not an exception, yet it is annoying to have such a start. Maths is surprisingly bad so far, not that I don't understand it, but I was too lazy in the past two/three weeks that I didn't bother to study, which resulted in a B. I am uncertain of my Business mark, but Biology, Chemistry and Physics are all well.

The marks are indeed bad, but this year, the only thing I have to focus on is my external examinations in May, so I still have a great chance of getting good grades by the end of this year.

Today, the top scores for the class came out. This is what my report said.

I still have to wait for a while to get my results for everything... for the last time.

Well i got a soccer game on thursday but we have never won a game this season... great...

I think I am never in a proper soccer game.

We never hear anything about our soccer team (that is, if we have one. I hear so little, if not at all, about it that I'm not sure), we only hear about our football team, which sucks HORRIDLY, and our water polo team, which is one of the best in the state. The other sports that we have around school are merely mentioned and usually aren't anything special, like golf, basketball, track, etc.

I can't wait cuz imma get a new dog soon!!! DDDDDDDDD

^ Sorry, but I hate dogs. I really do.

Hey you know all this grades talk is pretty funny to me because I'm currently only passing half of my classes.

Good thing Music Editing/Electronic Music is part of the half I care about anyway.

I'm not into music editing or making at all, I think. But sometimes I do fool around with MIDI programs and such with MIDI files...

So I got my progress report today. As expected, English Language was my lowest mark: D. The other 9 subjects ranged from a B to an A.

Considering English was my secondary language, it's one of my best classes.
Sometimes I have to resist pronouncing things as you'd say in Spanish. Like, say, pronouncing the "th" sound as the "t" sound.
I also go from speaking in English to Spanish at random times, too.

I'm still waiting for my results. I don't know them yet.

On another topic, I just bought an external hard disk, a PC controller, and a set of new speakers.

I wonder whether memory sticks these days are competitive enough... Because portable external HDs are... well, about as large as a pocket-sized book. Think iPhone-size.

Took the CHSSE exam today and i think i did good ^.^

Today I got a laptop. I got Firefox and guess what I got?

Spell check.

Speaking of exams, I'm already done with all of them. Aaaah...