Tuesday, July 12, 2011
It's summer break...
and I am having such a hard time finding things to write about. I have hardly been productive this summer. I've literally wasted half of my summer doing nothing! It's quite sad!
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Josiah Leming
Dear Josiah Leming,
You are amazing.
I smile, cry, daydream, and dance when I hear your music.
Your voice makes me feel and think.
You inspire.
You bring joy.
You've made a big impact in my life.
Thank you.
Please don't ever stop sharing your amazing gift with everyone.
You are amazing.
I smile, cry, daydream, and dance when I hear your music.
Your voice makes me feel and think.
You inspire.
You bring joy.
You've made a big impact in my life.
Thank you.
Please don't ever stop sharing your amazing gift with everyone.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
How to be successful in High School (also applies to life after high school!)
The tips and advice from a senior in high school. Class of 2011, oh yeah!
-Use your planner - usually the school will provide you with a planner. If not, just go to Walmart or a dollar store. Buy one that views both the months and the days of the week. Write down your homework assignments and important dates. When a teacher announces an assignment, quickly jot down the assignment and the due date in your planner.
-Do not take naps after school everyday - I am very guilty of this pleasure since junior high school. Everyday after school, I would go home, eat some food while watching some TV, lay on the couch, and take a 2-hour nap. I would wake up feeling a big groggy, but soon I would feel awake and refreshed. The consequence of this was that I wasn't able to fall asleep again until past midnight. This left me with only 5 hours of real sleep. I was extremely sleep deprived and I fell asleep in almost every single one of my classes. This year, I've stopped taking naps and I am awake in all of my classes (except for one because the lights are always turned off in this class, which turns off my reticular formation). The reason I am awake and alert more is because I am extremely tired by 11 o'clock. I sleep very, very well now. I just lay in my bed and I'm out until my alarm wakes me up, so I truly get a real long sleep and I feel alive when I wake up. Plus, I devote those 2 extra hours in my day towards homework, so that I can get to bed even earlier than when I had spent those hours wasting energy taking naps. Don't take naps!
-Do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend in high school - Isn't it boring going with the same boy or girl to Prom, Homecoming, Sadies, and Sweethearts? Bleh. Come on, it's a lot more fun experimenting with different guys or girls on these dance dates. Well anyways, it's true a boyfriend or girlfriend in high school may jeopardize your success rate in high school. Why? They are too distracting! Hours and hours are spent with each other. Several times you've been tardy because you couldn't stop making out with your sexmate. Even more hours that should have been spent for homework were spent to do some sexting, Facebook instant messaging, or moaning to the cellphone. Gross. High school is a time to discover yourself. If you don't even know what the heck you are or where you belong, then how the heck do you know what you want in a partner? Frontal lobe doesn't fully develop until your early 20s, let's not regret anything and just wait until college. We've got to finish our self discovery and begin to love and accept ourselves before we start truly loving someone else.
-Smile - The biggest tip of all because it makes the biggest difference. Instead of frowning and getting angry when your alarm clock rings, simply smile and embrace the opportunities of a new day. Smile when you go to check your grades. Smile before a game (or in my case: race). Smile at teachers and students and you'll notice that they will treat you very differently. Smile. Smile. Smile. This leads to having more confidence and people asking you out on dates and dances. You'll be a teacher's pet. You'll get away with anything and will have unlimited help towards your desired grade. All you've got to do is smile. When you smile, it opens a lot of doors for you. You'll be different because you'll speak up more, answer and ask more question, and have the confidence to go up to your crush. People will love you more and this will expand your social network so you'll get far in life.
-Join sports, clubs, and volunteer. Also, get as many leadership positions as you can. - It's really important to get involved in your school and your community. You develop social and leadership skills that you'll need to be successful not only in high school, but also in college and in the future. There's an extracurricular activity for everyone. There's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) that will help with public speaking, business skills, and problem-solving. People who love to run or throw things, but do not like the pressure of a team sport can join Track and Field and/or Cross Country. In individual sports it's all about becoming a better athlete and a better person by pushing yourself to beat the time instead of beating a team or another athlete. Clubs and volunteering allows you to meet new people and experience different things. It's a great way to expand your world and have different outlooks on life. It's also good to start helping others at a young age because that good karma will have many benefits in the future. Plus, it just makes you feel good. That nice warm feeling in your heart is not because of high cholesterol, it's love.
Other valuable tips that I am too lazy right now to give a 200 word description of:
-Never brag. Never criticize. And never get into arguments with others (unless you're in debate or something)
-Be more laid back. Stop being such a perfectionist and stop taking things so seriously. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. Have fun.
-Do not go to bed until assignments that are due tomorrow are done, so you can sleep and wake up peacefully. You won't have to worry about having to study or work on an assignment quickly in the morning. Even if the assignment will take hours, it's better to take advantage of your teenage mind being more alert at night to do your assignment 'til 2 in the morning instead of sleeping at 11 and having to wake up and still be tired at 4 in the morning to work on it.
-Do yoga, stretch, and do some breathing exercises before you go to bed everyday - This will do wonders on your skin, body, mind, and soul! Stop going to bed having built up so much stress and tension in your skin and body. Release it through stretching and breathing and you'll wake up a whole new person!
-Always try your best to look good - Buy trendy clothes. Wear some makeup. Work out! Put on some moisturizer for goodness sake! People love being around people that look good. Just a little effort to look your best will really pay off. Looks really do matter especially in the high school environment where first impressions are everything. Who cares if you're extremely kind or if you're amazing at the guitar. Looks are everything and people will treat you differently just because of the way you look. I know... it's harsh, but get over it - it's high school.
-Work hard and don't give up - cliché, but you don't realize how hard it is for people to actually do this. What lazy slobs and pansies.
-Don't blame others or circumstances for your problems - Excuses will not get you anywhere. For example: Don't you just feel like an idiot when you lie about why you were tardy? You blame your parents or the alarm clock for not waking you up. Does the teacher even look like he or she cares? Does the teacher wipe your tears and excuses you from the assignment you missed? Heck no. In reality, they don't give a honkers. They've heard these lame excuses for years. Some interesting and some just plain unimaginative. Stop blaming others and circumstances for your mistakes. Instead just own up that it's because of you and only you that you're in this mess. It's better to tell the truth and say that you forgot to set the alarm clock so you missed the bus and your parents couldn't drive you to school. Simply apologize and say it won't happen again, and ask how you'll make up the assignment. Your teacher will know that you're speaking the truth and probably will not punish you. Teachers love honest students who don't try to save their own face by blaming others.
-Go discover yourself and find the place where you belong! That's what high school is all about. Don't lose sight of this purpose. Once you've done this magnificent self-discovery, then all the universe's possibilities opens before you.
-Use your planner - usually the school will provide you with a planner. If not, just go to Walmart or a dollar store. Buy one that views both the months and the days of the week. Write down your homework assignments and important dates. When a teacher announces an assignment, quickly jot down the assignment and the due date in your planner.
-Do not take naps after school everyday - I am very guilty of this pleasure since junior high school. Everyday after school, I would go home, eat some food while watching some TV, lay on the couch, and take a 2-hour nap. I would wake up feeling a big groggy, but soon I would feel awake and refreshed. The consequence of this was that I wasn't able to fall asleep again until past midnight. This left me with only 5 hours of real sleep. I was extremely sleep deprived and I fell asleep in almost every single one of my classes. This year, I've stopped taking naps and I am awake in all of my classes (except for one because the lights are always turned off in this class, which turns off my reticular formation). The reason I am awake and alert more is because I am extremely tired by 11 o'clock. I sleep very, very well now. I just lay in my bed and I'm out until my alarm wakes me up, so I truly get a real long sleep and I feel alive when I wake up. Plus, I devote those 2 extra hours in my day towards homework, so that I can get to bed even earlier than when I had spent those hours wasting energy taking naps. Don't take naps!
-Do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend in high school - Isn't it boring going with the same boy or girl to Prom, Homecoming, Sadies, and Sweethearts? Bleh. Come on, it's a lot more fun experimenting with different guys or girls on these dance dates. Well anyways, it's true a boyfriend or girlfriend in high school may jeopardize your success rate in high school. Why? They are too distracting! Hours and hours are spent with each other. Several times you've been tardy because you couldn't stop making out with your sexmate. Even more hours that should have been spent for homework were spent to do some sexting, Facebook instant messaging, or moaning to the cellphone. Gross. High school is a time to discover yourself. If you don't even know what the heck you are or where you belong, then how the heck do you know what you want in a partner? Frontal lobe doesn't fully develop until your early 20s, let's not regret anything and just wait until college. We've got to finish our self discovery and begin to love and accept ourselves before we start truly loving someone else.
-Smile - The biggest tip of all because it makes the biggest difference. Instead of frowning and getting angry when your alarm clock rings, simply smile and embrace the opportunities of a new day. Smile when you go to check your grades. Smile before a game (or in my case: race). Smile at teachers and students and you'll notice that they will treat you very differently. Smile. Smile. Smile. This leads to having more confidence and people asking you out on dates and dances. You'll be a teacher's pet. You'll get away with anything and will have unlimited help towards your desired grade. All you've got to do is smile. When you smile, it opens a lot of doors for you. You'll be different because you'll speak up more, answer and ask more question, and have the confidence to go up to your crush. People will love you more and this will expand your social network so you'll get far in life.
-Join sports, clubs, and volunteer. Also, get as many leadership positions as you can. - It's really important to get involved in your school and your community. You develop social and leadership skills that you'll need to be successful not only in high school, but also in college and in the future. There's an extracurricular activity for everyone. There's Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) that will help with public speaking, business skills, and problem-solving. People who love to run or throw things, but do not like the pressure of a team sport can join Track and Field and/or Cross Country. In individual sports it's all about becoming a better athlete and a better person by pushing yourself to beat the time instead of beating a team or another athlete. Clubs and volunteering allows you to meet new people and experience different things. It's a great way to expand your world and have different outlooks on life. It's also good to start helping others at a young age because that good karma will have many benefits in the future. Plus, it just makes you feel good. That nice warm feeling in your heart is not because of high cholesterol, it's love.
Other valuable tips that I am too lazy right now to give a 200 word description of:
-Never brag. Never criticize. And never get into arguments with others (unless you're in debate or something)
-Be more laid back. Stop being such a perfectionist and stop taking things so seriously. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. Have fun.
-Do not go to bed until assignments that are due tomorrow are done, so you can sleep and wake up peacefully. You won't have to worry about having to study or work on an assignment quickly in the morning. Even if the assignment will take hours, it's better to take advantage of your teenage mind being more alert at night to do your assignment 'til 2 in the morning instead of sleeping at 11 and having to wake up and still be tired at 4 in the morning to work on it.
-Do yoga, stretch, and do some breathing exercises before you go to bed everyday - This will do wonders on your skin, body, mind, and soul! Stop going to bed having built up so much stress and tension in your skin and body. Release it through stretching and breathing and you'll wake up a whole new person!
-Always try your best to look good - Buy trendy clothes. Wear some makeup. Work out! Put on some moisturizer for goodness sake! People love being around people that look good. Just a little effort to look your best will really pay off. Looks really do matter especially in the high school environment where first impressions are everything. Who cares if you're extremely kind or if you're amazing at the guitar. Looks are everything and people will treat you differently just because of the way you look. I know... it's harsh, but get over it - it's high school.
-Work hard and don't give up - cliché, but you don't realize how hard it is for people to actually do this. What lazy slobs and pansies.
-Don't blame others or circumstances for your problems - Excuses will not get you anywhere. For example: Don't you just feel like an idiot when you lie about why you were tardy? You blame your parents or the alarm clock for not waking you up. Does the teacher even look like he or she cares? Does the teacher wipe your tears and excuses you from the assignment you missed? Heck no. In reality, they don't give a honkers. They've heard these lame excuses for years. Some interesting and some just plain unimaginative. Stop blaming others and circumstances for your mistakes. Instead just own up that it's because of you and only you that you're in this mess. It's better to tell the truth and say that you forgot to set the alarm clock so you missed the bus and your parents couldn't drive you to school. Simply apologize and say it won't happen again, and ask how you'll make up the assignment. Your teacher will know that you're speaking the truth and probably will not punish you. Teachers love honest students who don't try to save their own face by blaming others.
-Go discover yourself and find the place where you belong! That's what high school is all about. Don't lose sight of this purpose. Once you've done this magnificent self-discovery, then all the universe's possibilities opens before you.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Only one thing you need to learn for people to love you.
"Yeah I know. I went through that phase too! Oh my goodness, no kidding, that happened to me as well.. I fell in love with him too. I won that award. I totally did that. Ohh gee, I totally rocked that test. I.. I... I... I... I...."
STOP IT ALREADY! Who cares about you! You sound so conceited.
One thing that is essential for people to love you is that one has got to stop talking about him or herself!
People love talking about themselves and that is why... if you want people to love you then you better let that person talk about him or herself! While that person is having a grand time talking, you'd better close them lips and listen and not interrupt with your I!!! Simply ask questions and seem very excited to listen to what that person has got to say. It's easy as that. You'll have 1000+ friends on Facebook plus a hot date if you've got this down.
No more I. It's all about friends, family, and you, beautiful eyes.
STOP IT ALREADY! Who cares about you! You sound so conceited.
One thing that is essential for people to love you is that one has got to stop talking about him or herself!
People love talking about themselves and that is why... if you want people to love you then you better let that person talk about him or herself! While that person is having a grand time talking, you'd better close them lips and listen and not interrupt with your I!!! Simply ask questions and seem very excited to listen to what that person has got to say. It's easy as that. You'll have 1000+ friends on Facebook plus a hot date if you've got this down.
No more I. It's all about friends, family, and you, beautiful eyes.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Some favorite websites.
Google Docs - A place for all of my homework assignments, essays, and projects. It's a nice safe place for word documents, spreadsheets, PowerPoints, etc., and as long as you've got the internet, you've got your work, but don't forget to back-it up by saving it on the computer (that's my word of advice to you).
Playlist - A nice source of all the good and bad music in the world.
Penzu Online Journal - A private and safe place to type out your world. Say good bye to them spiral notebooks for writing down your thoughts because here comes the technological age and generation. An Anne Frank Journal of today means printing out blog posts and online journal entries.
Lookbook - This is the website where you'll know what's in and out in the fashion world.
Lulu's - Cheap place to shop after you've been practicing fashion through Lookbook.nu. The shop to find the casual, the formal, and the hot.
Personal Development for Smart People - Steve Pavlina - You're meant to be happy and live life. By reading this blog, you can find the confidence and lessons to live your destiny.
Playlist - A nice source of all the good and bad music in the world.
Penzu Online Journal - A private and safe place to type out your world. Say good bye to them spiral notebooks for writing down your thoughts because here comes the technological age and generation. An Anne Frank Journal of today means printing out blog posts and online journal entries.
Lookbook - This is the website where you'll know what's in and out in the fashion world.
Lulu's - Cheap place to shop after you've been practicing fashion through Lookbook.nu. The shop to find the casual, the formal, and the hot.
Personal Development for Smart People - Steve Pavlina - You're meant to be happy and live life. By reading this blog, you can find the confidence and lessons to live your destiny.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Ohh gee.
Why do I have so many blogs?
I guess I am just changing so much that the blogs have to keep up with my ever-changing life.
I guess I'll have to say goodbye to Kyy Philosophy like I had done with Dowdy Gabber.
Bye Dowdy Gabber.
Bye Kyy Philosophy.
I no longer talk gibberish and I no longer philosophize on things.
Dowdy Gabber and Kyy Philosophy- two blogs that I hid myself behind. I never expressed my true self, so that is why it was so difficult to write for those two blogs.
It's time to start anew already. It's time for Write, Run, Action!
Dowdy Gabber was the immature 16 year old who just started high school.
Kyy Philosophy was the 17 year old who was confused and felt all alone.
Write, Run, and Action! is the mature, confident, successful adult known as Kathy.
Kyy's Philosophy?
Write,
Run,
Action!
YOU DOODLERS!
I guess I am just changing so much that the blogs have to keep up with my ever-changing life.
I guess I'll have to say goodbye to Kyy Philosophy like I had done with Dowdy Gabber.
Bye Dowdy Gabber.
Bye Kyy Philosophy.
I no longer talk gibberish and I no longer philosophize on things.
Dowdy Gabber and Kyy Philosophy- two blogs that I hid myself behind. I never expressed my true self, so that is why it was so difficult to write for those two blogs.
It's time to start anew already. It's time for Write, Run, Action!
Dowdy Gabber was the immature 16 year old who just started high school.
Kyy Philosophy was the 17 year old who was confused and felt all alone.
Write, Run, and Action! is the mature, confident, successful adult known as Kathy.
Kyy's Philosophy?
Write,
Run,
Action!
YOU DOODLERS!
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