Filipinos Rule!

Listen, everybody! I love my heritage - especially my Filipino heritage! This video is a great example of what Filipinos can do! These inmates are really awesome! Okay, maybe what they did was not awesome, but they can dance! (To all the people who say I can dance, this is for you!)

My School Life

Hello, everybody. Life is pretty good. (Except for the homework, but what can I do about it? Nothing. Argh!) Well, today was a pretty decent day. Actually it was spectacular - except for the homework. (As you can tell, I detest homework.) Today was square dancing day. For two hours, we learned who to square dance, as well as a little line dancing. At first my eight-person square didn't understand what we were supposed to do, but we improved greatly. In fact, we did a dance as an example for another group that didn't understand. (My partner was awesome!) Anyway, back to my school life. I am probably known as a geek or nerd. I might hate homework, but I will force myself to actually do it. That reminds me. I still have to finish my math, write a poem, and do a Bible worksheet. Huh. As I was saying, I not one of the "popular" crowd. But the partner definetly was. I was shocked that he would say "Yes," to me! Wow! That was amazing. Well, anyway, I have ice cream to finish off. TTYL

Wow!

What is wrong with me? Just because of the part in the book that the previously broken-up couple just get back together, I started tearing up. Yup, you got that right. I was crying! Something is happening to this world, and I intend to find out. (Or maybe I am just becoming a softie. Sad.) "Wow!" comes with two reasons. One was the whole crying-about-the-getting-back-together part in the book, and the second is the track meet that happened today. Our school's track team went to Pioneer School, where the meet was. I was in three events: long jump, 50 meters, and relay. In long jump I came in first place, jumping 11' 9". (BTW I am in division 1: the smallest one.) I was first in the 5o meters sprint, where I ran 7:84. (That is seven seconds, eighty-four milliseconds.) Our relay team isn't that bad. It consists of Becca, Alix, Kasi, and me. We got second place. (Pioneer always has a really fast team.) It was a pretty good day, altogether.

Square Dancing!

I know you will probably find this a litte weird, but for P.E. our class is learning to square dance! (No offense to those who take lessons!) At our school, we have seperate girls and boys P.E. But next Monday (April 29, 2008) we are combining and having a 6th, 7th, and 8th grade boys and girls P.E.! It's a miracle! Well, we can choose who we want to dance with - whether it's a boy or a girl. Awesome! Got to go...homework...bye!

Thoughts

*sigh* I think that I will delete the blog, "Life is Music". I know it's only been like a week, but since I got my playlist, I have been thinking: Why do I need a music video blog when I have a playlist? Well, I guess I will just keep it for a few more days, and then I will finally delete it. *sigh* Life is...um...endless. It certainly is. Yes. Indeed. Agreed.

Fridays

This is a typical Friday. Definetly. First, my mom picks me up after thirty minutes of waiting after school gets out. Then we go to the library where I pick up my books (so I won't be bored to death during the weekend). Then we went to the post office where (surprise, surprise!) to pick up our mail. We went home where my mom started cooking and cooking. Then at 6:00, we ate dinner. My family and some friends then had Bible Study for two hours. I finished my book, Lulu Dark and the Summer of the Fox, (which had a really disappointing ending) and here I am. Being bored. Writing whatever I can think of. Which isn't much. By the way. Talk. To. You. Peeps. Later.

A New Blog!

Hello, People of America! And Europe, Africa, South America, Asia, Australia, or even Antarcticia (why would anyone live there?) who just happens to stumble upon this blog! Well, I have created a new blog, in which I show my favorite songs. If you have a recommendation, tell me! Thanks!

School, school, and, of course, school...

Oh, school. School, school, school. Some days I love saying that word (the reason, I have no idea). Other days I loathe it. Today, it's just okay, but it is slightly getting worse everyday. We were assigned a big project called "American President's Packet". We have to know:

• the number of presidency
• the term in office (full date)
• his political party
• his nickname
• when he was born
• his birthplace
• the First Lady during his presidency
• his children (if any at all)
• his education (college?)
• his religion, the date of death
• his previous experience,
• his vice president
• his Secretary of State
• his Secretary of War
• his Secreatary of the Treasury
• his Attorney General

Did I mention that five important events during his presidency is also required, along with "a quote of some wise words of wisdom from the mouth of each president"? Yes, you read that correctly. We have to do a page like this for every president. Each of the 43. Wow. Is it just me or is this like a major homework load? You be the judge. (I am no complainer...well, actuallly I am. But I never usually complain about homework. Guess today isn't my day.) Wow. That was a long post. Guess I really loathe this assignment. Go figure.

What did I do yesterday?

In the morning, I surfed the web and read a book. Then at 1:30 the Newells picked us - my brothers and me - up from my house. They brought us up to their house, where they were hosting a party for Katie. We got there early, but my other friend named Priscilla (who used to go to my school) was already there. We played tag for a while, and then just hung out until everybody else was there; it was potluck time. We had porkchops, saugage, roll, fruits, chips, soda, and other food items. Then we went to the swings and talked. And talked. And talked. Then we played "I Love Lucy"games and had cake and ice cream. We walked around the Pointe and my legs started to hurt. Tomorrow I have to run the mile, and I am not in good condition to. Oh well. Post later. TTFN

The Oregon Trail and a Poem

Well, I must admit I am disappointed. Today, our class - from Washington - drived to Oregon to go to the End of the Oregon Trail Museum. (First went to Fort Vancouver by the borderline.) We only stayed there a short while before we had to pile on the bus and get "on the road again". Except this time I could wait to get on the road. It took more than three hours to get back to school. One of the worst parts is that I actually woke up at 5:00! Q: What is wrong with me. A: A lot of things. I have "issues". Enough about my issues; let's get to the poem. Right now I am reading a book called My Name is Chloe, which was written by Melody Carlson. In her book, Chloe likes to write poems, songs, and music. Here is one of her poems:

FALLING

Tumbling, bumbling, stumbling down

Falling , sprawling on the ground

Elusive and intursive things

Fragile as butterfly wings

Daisy petals one by one

Scattered in the summer sun

Does he love me, love me not

Is he burning, is he hot

Can I, am I willing, able

Lay my card upon the table

Will it be the queen of hearts

The place where all the hurting starts.

Update and an End

After a few days, I finally uploaded all the pictures from Washington D.C. There are 233 of them. The slideshow on the right (titled "Washington D.C. Trip") show them. The pictures show many things like the United States Capitol, the Jefferson Memorial, and even Jamestown. There are many other pictured places and events as well. Enjoy! Still, it can't be a happy day all the way. Never ever has that happened. The bad part of today is that today is the last day of Spring Break. If we didn't get stuck in Chicago, we wouldn't have had one day less of vacation. Oh well. Just get over it, Kayla, I keep telling myself. Well, I have to go to who-knows-where. Asta la vista!

Washington D.C. Tour

I just got back from my class' tour. Including Washington - our home state - we went to a grand total of eight states in eight days. (We were supposed to be home in seven days, but the flight was delayed.) The states were: Washington (of course!), Illinois (we had a stopover in Chichago), Virginia (Yorktown and many other places), District of Columbia (which really isn't a state, but our capitol is located there), New Jersey (where we stayed while we visited New York), New York (Statue of Liberty, Broadway - Mary Poppins, Fifth Avenue, Central Park, etc.), Colorado (another plane stopover), and Pennsylvania (where we toured the Gettysburg battlefield). It sure was an adventure! Since our plane was delayed, we didn't catch the plane to Seattle. So we stayed in the Chicago O' Harre Airport! The floor wasn't very comfortable to sleep on, that's for sure! But it was still very exciting to me.