Bullying??

My experience with bullying was with someone I called a friend. A normal eye wouldn't have spotted any bullying in this relationship... It turns out one of my oldest friend  named Ajay enjoyed playing rough with me. Ajay likes to push and shove me around to make me feel little. As soon as I found out it was more like a warlike friendship I tried to avoid him, but he kept coming to look for me.

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Pushing and shoving in a rough like manner was one of the ways we started a game, or it was either a war type game that always had me isolated in a corner by myself. An example of one of the games we enjoyed was this specific type of war where you have your own territory, you either protect your territory or turn to offence and attack another territory. But my feelings weren't much of a meaning to him and the game would go on until someone would bleed or get bruised. Changing my feelings about Ajay was very hard, for I had injured him in the head when I was little and he had to go to doctor to get stitches. This made me feel pity for him because I was the one who caused the accident. This lasted for at least from third grade to fourth grade. Even though it sounds as if it was one of the worst relationships I had chosen  I would not let it go because he also was a good friend. Sometimes he would stand up for me or he would comment on what I've changed about myself in a positive way. We also enjoyed doing things together like watching a movie and trying to find subjects in a movie we agree with.

 

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If I had a chance to restart this friendship, I would have studied how Ajay reacts to other people, as a bully or not, how nice he is. Later on if I would be his friend I would have tried to stop the accident from happening, but this would be going against the quote "what happens, happens for a reason". His reason might have been wanting to be the best and most popular kid. He believed that to have more strength is the bridge towards popularity and he wanted to be the winner in every game (like Chuck Norris). If I would meet these certain type of people in the future I wouldn't lay the same cards as I did with Ajay, and I would not play such games where we could hurt each other intentionally or un-intentionally.

Two goals for this trimester would be (1) Keeping the friends I have with me, and try to communicate with them when we do something that might hurt each other to avoid breaking up our relationship. (2) To be a good friend and to understand my friends better.

A tournament I will never forget

My opinion of courage is when you conquer your inner- fears, showing that you are brave and that you have inner- strength. No physical strength is involved in the meaning but many people around the world believe that strength is the only way to overcome your fears. I believe that I showed the most courage when my karate teacher convinced me to join a tournament. I remember thinking that I would come home with a broken arm or a broken leg and that my dad would make me quit karate after that. I thought that the fight would be very painful. On the day of the tournament I was thinking I would lose the fight and be humiliated in front of everyone but a lesson I learned on that day was there are some who win and some who lose, it doesn't matter if you are either one of them. It turned out to be a long wait and I got more and more scared watching each fight, I recall seeing 7 year old's throwing each other down! 9 year old's kicking faces! Everything was just too scary... When I was called up I recall the fear of losing . It mostly was an unfair fight since my opponent probably have had joined many more tournaments before, but the score was 2-1 and was good enough for me. I overcame my fear by trying it and my friends who cheered me on also helped me.I actually ended up enjoying the tournament. Now looking back I think that I was scared and I overcame that by facing it.

What do artifacts tell us about the lives of early hominids?

Artifacts tell us how early hominids lived. If an archeologist found some new type of bones that could mean 1.) That there was another older species of hominids 2.) That there is more artifacts around that area. Hominids held a special place in history. The only way to understand their culture or how they lived millions of years ago was by their preserved tools or their extra ordinarily large bones. The tribe homo habilis was only the second oldest hominid tribe founded, with a small amount of brain they came up with ideas that we still use today in 2011. The bones coming from Neanderthals are still the largest in history, the only tribe who survived the ice age... then came Cro- magnons (in other words us), who finally took over the land prohibited by Neanderthals. Artifacts by Neanderthals could have been a sign that he/she belonged to a certain clan or it might be the meaning of his/her name. How scientist really got information was by early hominids bones, showing how strong, what sicknesses he/she might have had while he/she was still alive, if he/she was a male or female and how he/she might have died. Another way the scientists might have gotten information is from the teeth because you could tell what they've eaten, how healthy and strong he/she was and if he/she used his/her teeth for creating tools. So what do artifacts tell us about the lives of early hominids? Artifacts held a special place in history the same as early hominids.

Dream career (social scientist)

Geographers have a specific place in the world. They study climates and topography, the environment,plants and animals, to solve problems like global warming, predicting weather patterns (tsunami warning, hail storms, flash floods and many other natural disasters). Physical and cultural geographers have many different aspects.  Being a psychical geographer you conduct research about animals,soil and vegetation of a geographic area. Cultural geographers conduct the relationship of how human activities affect the earth's physical environment and habitat. I am interested in the prevention of the world's destructive courses. As a cultural geographer I would enjoy studying environmental management. Maybe if we can find why flash floods, tsunamis and all those disasters happen the world might suffer less. To learn the specific reasons of how humans have damaged mother earth would be a joy but I would still have some questions in mind. Loving to travel to many places, I would like a green earth so people can enjoy the fresh air so they can go fishing as a hobby and so they can sit under trees for shade. Can you imagine a world without the trees, seas and animals? Another reason I would be good as a geographer is because i convince people really easily which gives me an advantage. Maybe I would be able to convince the government of a country to manage and improve the environment better. I could teach them to reuse, recycle and reduce properly. This reminds me of a song "You may say that I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one , I hope someday you'll join us , And the world will be as one".

In conclusion this job would be an interest to me when I am older but it wont be my top priority because I wouldn't want to be a scientist, though i like the idea of traveling to new places and saving some green for my grandchildren ( if I will have any). Why I wouldn't want to be a geographer is because ever since i was 4 i wanted to be a engineer, specifically I want to be a Mechanical Engineer. As a mechanical engineer i would get to create and design new machines. The reason I really want to become a mechanical engineer is because after we create we get to try....

Who says Beetle's aren't fast?  

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One second can be precious.

Julian  is a strange name but throughout the world many people have Julian as an interesting name.... Here I prevail on earth with the name Julian. My Mum, Doris is Malaysian/ Chinese and my Dad, Manfred  is German. I was born in Kuching, the home of Ibans, Proboscis monkeys and

(my favorite) Kolo mee (even though with a lot of MSG). Most people don't know who Ibans are :0.... (I had the same picture in mind).  The head hunters of Borneo as people call it, the strongest clan ever to walk Sarawak. they did have many tribal wars ( cutting off many heads), they say whenever an Iban cuts off a head they get a tattoo on their neck then slowly on their knuckles. Further more I heard someone ask what is "a" Kolo mee and I let my jaw drop down....... After I Recovered I explained to them what "a" Kolo mee is. A soft, sumptous, hot, Mouth watering, meaty, interesting noodle.

The last few months I have read, "Voyage of the dawn treader", by C.S. Lewis which is mostly about Edmund and Lucy with their cousin Eustace journeying through a picture ( Narnian). but they had been delivered there for their test to see if they were worthy of taking the throne again.

Another book I have read is "Greek Mythology" by Edith Hamilton mainly about Greek gods, The Trojan war, Titans and the great Odysseus who journeyed throughout the WHOLE world
                       And finally I have been reading "The Giver" which is about another type of country with no war or pain. Before he has the ceremony of the twelves he see's the world in black and white.... During the ceremony of twelve's you get assigned a job in the community. Jonas gets assigned as the giver. This is the most important job which holds remembering the memories of people from heart broken misery to gleeful happy memories! After the assignment he sees the world in color.

"The Last Air bender" I believe was the last great movie I viewed. Primarily it was about 2 water tribe citizens, a brother and sister curious to find what is in a mysterious ice sphere. When they finally crack the globe open they find the Last Air Bender who had been stuck in there for a 1000 years. The sphere gives off a warning when the war rulers ( fire benders) were on a hunt. So the War lords came over to inspect what happened and they find what they have been looking for....... The Avatar.  During the middle of the journey they lose the Avatar (Last Air Bender) and Aang (the Avatar) went to most earth tribes to free them from fear of the enemy. At the end there is a big war which takes place in the northern water tribe and the Avatar gets praise after he scares away the fire nation. ( even from the fire warriors).

My academic goals are aiming for straight A's and I would enjoy learning physics because I am interested in the law of motion and gravity.


One of my social goals is getting to know the teachers and befriending some.

A favorite vacation memory is Koh Samui where I recently celebrated my birthday and where I got to ride an ATV (I rarely ride one) 

 5 aspects to describe myself are:
Very shy
Fast learner
Adventurous
Inquisitive
Doubtful