It's time for good-byes,
Nothing in this world wide web dies,
So a few of our memories still lies,
On how a ninth grader survives.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Saturday, April 24, 2010
"Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment"
Title: Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Author: James Patterson
Genre:Fiction, adventure, fantasy, mystery, and suspense.
"Warning: If you dare to read this story, you become part of the Experiment. I know that sounds a little mysterious, but it's all I can say right now."
Max
Summary: 98% human, 2% avian, which is the only fact the six children know for sure. “Maximum Ride” is all about those six orphans: Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel. Two things they have in common is that they have different superpowers in which their names itself is the clue of what it is, and they all have wings on their back. Those children were part of an experiment in a laboratory called “The School”, where scientists were trying to mix the human race with other animals. A while after the six orphans escaped from the “The School”, one of them is kidnapped by the scientists from “The School”. Soon the leader of the six children which was called Max resolves to rescue the kidnapped girl named Angel. But Max soon realizes she will never be free from the scientists, because a microchip was inserted in her arm. Will she ever be able to escape from those crazy scientists?
Why did I choose "Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment" ?
The reason why I chose to write about this particular book is that the story line was simply different from all the books I've read in my life. All the details Patterson provides makes it easier for the reader to simulate the current action in the book. Everything you read seems so original and mysterious, that you just cant stop reading it. I just love the originality in Patterson's "Maximum Ride".
Recommendation: I would recommend this book to people of all ages, because it keeps the reader so intrigued that it's barely possible for you to put it down! Patterson will continue tricking you to think that what you are reading is the climax, while in reality he is still building that suspense inside you to guide you to the REAL climax of the story.
Other books written by Patterson: "When The Wind Blows", "The Lake House", and the sequel to " Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment", which are the following: "Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever", "Maximum Ride:Saving The World and Other Extreme Sports", and the final book, "Maximum Ride: The Final Warning".
Saturday, April 17, 2010
“A Silent Stare is Just Not Loud Enough”
This article in which you are about to read includes a random conversation between a teenage freshman named Emily Almeida and her friend in April 17, 2010, during their third period class at approximately 9:00 A.M. , at the New Milford High School. The day for Emily Almeida had started with a Biology class, a class that was rather challenging, and Emily held no interest on it. Emily couldn't wait to get into a class and actually talk about something that would wake her up from that dull Thursday morning. But did Emily deserve what she was going to get next period? Nothing did get better for Emily during second period, which was Health. Especially, because her class was watching a boring video on dating. ‘Why do they have to repeat saying all those things they taught us before?’ Emily wondered every day she took a step in that class. The sound of the video did not seem to reach Emily, for she was in the clouds, spacing out, waiting for the clock to tick faster.
Finally the bell rang. Since the class for second period and third period were the same, all Emily had to do was to leave her things on her desk and simply walk out of the classroom, to get in there again, waiting so at least during that tiring day the teacher would be there on time so she could sit again. For Emily’s surprise the teacher was there, walking down the hallway, waving so the student would go in the class. Once all the third period class had all settled they all started talking, because the teacher was still preparing himself as usual. Then the teacher started to talk with some students about things that had nothing to do with the class itself, so Emily thought that the class didn’t “officially start” as usual. So she turned to her friend that sat next to her and they started talking. “The conversation started with vanilla pudding and it went all the way to chocolate ice cream”. The conversation against those two teenage girls fired up and it seemed endless. “ The actual lesson always starts way off every day, and sometimes the conversation the teacher has with some student don’t interest the other students, so we start our conversation” says Emily trying to back herself up from the incident.
Emily had finally had something that would fire her up for the rest of the day. The conversation just seemed to connect everything else that it just kept going and going. But after a long while Emily and her friend sensed something strange in the class. Everybody seemed to have stopped what they were talking. Now the whole third period class was staring Emily and her friend. And then the whole third period class burst into laughter in unison. The two friends were confused and wondering what the class was laughing at. Emily’s
other “friend” was also laughing, and she explained the situation to the confused freshmen, “ Mr. Gouraige was waiting for you guys to end your conversation but you just ignored him and kept going!”. ‘Yeah, what a good friend you are Hannah, you just had to not warn us that class was “officially” starting!’ was what Emily thought.
Finally the bell rang. Since the class for second period and third period were the same, all Emily had to do was to leave her things on her desk and simply walk out of the classroom, to get in there again, waiting so at least during that tiring day the teacher would be there on time so she could sit again. For Emily’s surprise the teacher was there, walking down the hallway, waving so the student would go in the class. Once all the third period class had all settled they all started talking, because the teacher was still preparing himself as usual. Then the teacher started to talk with some students about things that had nothing to do with the class itself, so Emily thought that the class didn’t “officially start” as usual. So she turned to her friend that sat next to her and they started talking. “The conversation started with vanilla pudding and it went all the way to chocolate ice cream”. The conversation against those two teenage girls fired up and it seemed endless. “ The actual lesson always starts way off every day, and sometimes the conversation the teacher has with some student don’t interest the other students, so we start our conversation” says Emily trying to back herself up from the incident.
Emily had finally had something that would fire her up for the rest of the day. The conversation just seemed to connect everything else that it just kept going and going. But after a long while Emily and her friend sensed something strange in the class. Everybody seemed to have stopped what they were talking. Now the whole third period class was staring Emily and her friend. And then the whole third period class burst into laughter in unison. The two friends were confused and wondering what the class was laughing at. Emily’s
other “friend” was also laughing, and she explained the situation to the confused freshmen, “ Mr. Gouraige was waiting for you guys to end your conversation but you just ignored him and kept going!”. ‘Yeah, what a good friend you are Hannah, you just had to not warn us that class was “officially” starting!’ was what Emily thought. It was then that Emily realized that Mr. Gouraige, the history teacher, was there, silent just staring at the two teenage girls who simply ignored his silent stare. ‘I guess a silent stare is just not loud enough.’ And so, Emily got over it.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Feet Out!
It’s Monday afternoon, and here they come again. A cool ride just before we headed out under the blazing afternoon sun, to the park. We ran, we walked, and got stained. We just wished to stay away from the playground the next day. One day we were taken for use, or rather abuse of our hospitality. The whole day had we worked to support all that labor of walking up and down the mall, sometimes our owner just window shopped or she just suddenly decided to go in the store. After that, we just hoped to never be used again.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
"Life is Like a Boat"
Nobody knows who I really am,
The cruelest way for you to condemn,
Is to be placed in the unknown blue,
Whether there's a way out, I have no clue.
We are all rowing the boat of fate,
But there's different ways that we can choose to take,
If ocean waves don't take us away,
Our motionless future will never sway.
You make me want to strain at the oars,
And I will feel as if I fought in wars,
Because the wrath of the ocean storms,
Have no norms.
When will I ever see the shore?
Now I'll never know what Earth bore.
The cruelest way for you to condemn,
Is to be placed in the unknown blue,
Whether there's a way out, I have no clue.
We are all rowing the boat of fate,
But there's different ways that we can choose to take,
If ocean waves don't take us away,
Our motionless future will never sway.
You make me want to strain at the oars,
And I will feel as if I fought in wars,
Because the wrath of the ocean storms,
Have no norms.
When will I ever see the shore?
Now I'll never know what Earth bore.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
A Picture is Worth 55 Words
I finally found my long lost money under the sofa,
So I went to the mall and got some things,
Earings, clothes, I've found what I wanted.
I Haven't missed breakfast during this week,
I felt great in the morning,
I did not fall asleep
In any class today,
My eyes finally
Fully opened
AWAKE!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
“The Last Word of the Invalid”
I choose the title "The Last Word of the Invalid", because it really connects to the important, yet sad happening in this chapter of the memoir. My title works for this chapter because it gives the reader an insight to what might happen. Usually a reader thinks of a death when they see the "Last word”. And that is exactly how the title I have given to my chapter gives an insight to the events about to be known.
Eliezer and his father have finally reached at their final destination, but Eliezer’s father is terribly ill, and the chances of survival are the minimum. Eliezer knows that his father can no longer go on, but he still battles with his conscience in order to not abandon his father. With this Elie’s father seems to be constantly abused by his neighbors making him grow even weaker day by day. One day right after roll call Eliezer decides to stay with his father as an “invalid”, and his father keeps calling his name for water due to his high fever. Because of this Elie’s father receives a blow from the officer but he still continues to call Elie’s name, “His last word was my name” (Wiesel 106).After Elie’s father’s death in the crematory Elie says “I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I had no more tears” (Wiesel 106), this quote means that Elie was overwhelmed with sadness to a point where he wanted to burst into tears but he did not have any strength left for doing so, which caused him even more pain. This quote links to the title “The Last Word of the Invalid”, because the last word of the invalid was the last word of Elie’s father, and the last word was the last thing Elie ever heard of his father, and the last word was only the beginning of Elie’s sorrow to the death of his father.
Eliezer and his father have finally reached at their final destination, but Eliezer’s father is terribly ill, and the chances of survival are the minimum. Eliezer knows that his father can no longer go on, but he still battles with his conscience in order to not abandon his father. With this Elie’s father seems to be constantly abused by his neighbors making him grow even weaker day by day. One day right after roll call Eliezer decides to stay with his father as an “invalid”, and his father keeps calling his name for water due to his high fever. Because of this Elie’s father receives a blow from the officer but he still continues to call Elie’s name, “His last word was my name” (Wiesel 106).After Elie’s father’s death in the crematory Elie says “I did not weep, and it pained me that I could not weep. But I had no more tears” (Wiesel 106), this quote means that Elie was overwhelmed with sadness to a point where he wanted to burst into tears but he did not have any strength left for doing so, which caused him even more pain. This quote links to the title “The Last Word of the Invalid”, because the last word of the invalid was the last word of Elie’s father, and the last word was the last thing Elie ever heard of his father, and the last word was only the beginning of Elie’s sorrow to the death of his father.
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