chaotic mortal

The Chef Cooks His First Dinner

November 29th, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

I was the chef on my camping trip. No kidding! I made a whole lot of meals for my dad and me on the Lost Maple Trip. However, not all of them were, really, —enjoyable.

I learned how to cook noodles with tomatoes and lettuce. I learned how to make soup. I learned how to fry vegetables and how to make lettuce, although it wasn’t all that great (imagine burning sparks landing on your hand). (more…)

Catastrophy

November 26th, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

Today, I have no thanks to give. It is a catastrophy. On a Brad Basis Chart, it would be a zero. This is the reason why.

On November 22, 2006, our house became part of the Harry Potter story. Yep! Our house was a “leaky cauldron”. No kidding! The reason of our unfortunate happening was in the plumbing. (more…)

The Feat Of Seven

November 21st, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

I have done a great feat today. Greater than any record done before in our household. A goal that I have been straining to reach for two months has been done. I have set a new record in my father and me’s game of Five-In-A-Row.

The game is this: I am the white and my dad is the black. Whoever gets five in a row wins, so you have to stop the other person from winning and making five in a row yourself. It’s actually a matter of making two at the same time so they can’t block it. (more…)

One Week: Nothing To Be Thankful

November 20th, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

I have nothing to be thankful for. It has been a simply awful week. If I were to rate it as a judge, 10 meaning best and 1 meaning worse, I would vote about a 1. It was simply dreadful.

First thing off, my watch broke. A $20 dollar watch, after just one year of use, had broke. And it was just my luck that I didn’t register it. No registration, no repairs. Uh, oh. Thankfully (my only thing thankful for) I still got a new one for $30 dollars. (more…)

Buzz… The Spelling BEE

November 18th, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

Buzz off! I’m trying trying to “bee” our school Spelling BEE champ! Yep, it’s true! The day before yesterday, I did a spelling test for words like “opacity” or “acromegaly”. And if your spelling dictionary marks that acromegaly as wrong, like mine did, know that it is correct. Want proof? (more…)

Walking In The Hazel Mist

November 16th, 2006. Published under True Life. 1 Comment.

This evening, when I was taking a walk outside, I noticed that the creek behind our house was covered with a hazy vapor. At first, I thought that I was dizzy, because I almost never saw this kind of haze in the creek.

However, when I looked at it closely, I realized it was real. It was a mist on top of the creek! It looked very beautiful. (more…)

Speech Contest Text

November 15th, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

Just because I feel like it, I have decided to translate my Chinese speech contest text into English so the whole world can enjoy it! Feel free to guess where I messed up…

When I was small, I loved to travel. The first time I traveled was in my mother’s tummy. I was only three months, yet I was going with my mother to Yellowstone National Park. Sadly and unfortunately for me, I could not see anything. All I got to do was follow my mother around. (more…)

Crazy Woman

November 13th, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

Yesterday, during the speech contest, I saw a crazy woman. My mom told me later a story about her craziness. My mom, being a judge in another group, told me what had happened with her.

My mom was walking in the hall when she ran up to her and said in a glee mood, “My daughter is going to get first place!” But, when the whole thing was done (about the time I showed up gloom) she realized that, no, her daughter had not gotten first place.

Nor had she gotten second place, or third place, or even honorable mention. No, she got nothing. (more…)

Speech Contestant

November 12th, 2006. Published under True Life. No Comments.

This morning, I woke up with a horror as I realized it was Sunday, the day of the Chinese city-wide speech contest. Thousands of people in the contest! What was I going to do?

Now, why was I exactly so freakish about? I suppose it wouldn’t have minded to some open-minded people (or even open-source programs) but it minded to me.

I gulped and gulped. But when I went downstairs, there were my “pretty” shirt my mom had chosen for me last night. (more…)

Short Term Memory + Dad = Panic

November 11th, 2006. Published under True Life. 1 Comment.

This is a true mathematical factor: Short Term Memory + Daddy = Panic. You may be thinking, is this man crazy or what? Well, I have just proved this. Read on and find out.

Today while my dad was coming out of a shop, he forgot where his car was parked. He ran around. He looked from row to row. From column to column.� From side to side. From car to car. And he did not find his car. So, very frustrated, he pressed the panic button on his car. (more…)