Today, I went for my first badminton class. When we first started the class, we just ran a few laps back and fourth between 3 badminton courts. I thought it was pretty easy, but everyone else looked like they were going to die. If they were doing the pacer test (a running test) in my school, they would have failed after just about 10 laps - and the healthy fitness zone is 4 times that number (not that most people in my school make it anyways).
After we finished running laps, we did some actual training. The girls went first, so us boys got some free time to play with each other.
After that, it was the boys's turn. Today, we practiced hitting the ball with our backhand and smashing upwards with our forehand.
After practicing, we did some "cooldowns", where we jumped back and forth between our rackets.
Our teacher made 2 kids do pushups because they weren't listening, and their pushups were terrible. They either bended only their hands or only their hips. They wouldn't have scored a single point if they were doing the pushups test in our school.
After that, we got to do some more fun playing. I managed to beat everybody in my class.
After that, I got to go home - and my parents let me eat lots of junk food!
Showing posts with label science. Show all posts
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Sunday, April 14, 2019
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Slice Of Life #155 - The Pinewood Derby Competition - Tuesday, February 19th, 2019 - Happened on February 16th, 2019
I heard the sound of cheers come through my ears as I watched the cars pass the finish line. I was part of the Cub Scouts, and was participating in the Pinewood Derby competition. For all the past years, I had won a medal in the competition (except for last year because the system broke), and I was hoping to win one today.
I had carefully thought about my car, and how I wanted it to be aerodynamic. I took this competition seriously, and I had thought out all the science behind it carefully. My wooden car ran on 3 wheels only (to reduce friction), and was really similar to my car last year, except for a few modifications. I had reduced the weight in the middle a little so I could put more weight at the back - so you get more potential energy and your center of gravity is higher.
Looking on the screen for the next race, I could see that my Lego car, the Turbo Engine, was racing. I watched the track with my eyes transfixed, watching my car speed past the finish line, finishing in 1st place. After a few more races, we moved on the the Wood cars.
My car, a Flying Piece of Wood (weird name, huh?), was again one of the 1st up. I watched again as my car sped down the finishing in 1st place. Looking up at the screen, I saw my name displayed in a big white box in the middle of the screen. New Track Record, it said, Zhi Hong Chan.
"Yes!" I exclaimed, happy that I had beat the track record.
After a while, I wondered if I still had the track record, as we had to rerun a few races (mine was one of them), as the timer kept getting faster and faster.
After all the races were completed, we had to go out of the room to let the judges decide who had won what medal. We went down to play, but I came back up early because I didn't want to miss the prize giving ceremony.
When it came to the fastest Webelos 5/Arrow of Light car, my heart started to beat faster and faster. I was in Grade 5, which made me one of the Webelos 5/Arrow of Light.
I waited until our cubmaster said the name of the car that won.
"The car is..." Our cubmaster said. "A Flying Piece of Wood!"
I shouted with joy. I had won it!
I smiled as I walked up to the stage to receive my medal.
I had carefully thought about my car, and how I wanted it to be aerodynamic. I took this competition seriously, and I had thought out all the science behind it carefully. My wooden car ran on 3 wheels only (to reduce friction), and was really similar to my car last year, except for a few modifications. I had reduced the weight in the middle a little so I could put more weight at the back - so you get more potential energy and your center of gravity is higher.
Looking on the screen for the next race, I could see that my Lego car, the Turbo Engine, was racing. I watched the track with my eyes transfixed, watching my car speed past the finish line, finishing in 1st place. After a few more races, we moved on the the Wood cars.
My car, a Flying Piece of Wood (weird name, huh?), was again one of the 1st up. I watched again as my car sped down the finishing in 1st place. Looking up at the screen, I saw my name displayed in a big white box in the middle of the screen. New Track Record, it said, Zhi Hong Chan.
"Yes!" I exclaimed, happy that I had beat the track record.
After a while, I wondered if I still had the track record, as we had to rerun a few races (mine was one of them), as the timer kept getting faster and faster.
After all the races were completed, we had to go out of the room to let the judges decide who had won what medal. We went down to play, but I came back up early because I didn't want to miss the prize giving ceremony.
When it came to the fastest Webelos 5/Arrow of Light car, my heart started to beat faster and faster. I was in Grade 5, which made me one of the Webelos 5/Arrow of Light.
I waited until our cubmaster said the name of the car that won.
"The car is..." Our cubmaster said. "A Flying Piece of Wood!"
I shouted with joy. I had won it!
I smiled as I walked up to the stage to receive my medal.
Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Slice Of Life #143 - Competition - Tuesday, 27/11/2018 - Happened on Sunday 25/11/2018
The white car door slammed. My dad's hands clutched the steering wheels as he drove out of the gates that marked our domain, and drove to the place where I always had my robotics class. Today was the day my robot would see the light of the day.
Today was the very day of the 10th Steam Cup Malaysia, and I was ready to go. I was dressed in my blue shirt that everyone was supposed to wear at the competition, and my battery (of the robot) was fully charged. I had stayed up until 11:00 at night to prepare for this competition, making last minute changes to my program.
I had downloaded the commands to my robot, and now it was ready to go. I would need to change the time my robot would move for, as I had to tell it how much to move forward by time - it's hard. (Rules for the competition are here - I hope it's not copyrighted)
After registering in the competition, I went to feel the platform. Oh, no. This isn't very good. The surface is so smooth! I'm gonna need to make my time a lot lesser! I thought.
I quickly opened my computer. I opened my program. I decided to decrease all the speeds by 20, but when I tried it out, it wasn't enough. My robot managed to push the bottles off the platform, but my robot fell with it too. I decided to decrease it by 20, but the lines got real long, so I had to wait quite a while to get a turn to try. And when I did, it missed the bottles too.
I decided to try going from the 2nd box. This time, my robot didn't fall, but didn't push the bottles down either, so I decided to increase the time by a little bit. It also missed the ending point because I didn't turn enough, so I decided that I had to turn more, and I would be done for my 2nd box.
I was experiencing the urgency of needing to do things fast. I needed to get all the times right so my robot wouldn't fall.
When the time came for the competition, I was there right away, because if they called your name 3 times but you still weren't there, you were disqualified. I was the 1st to go. I made sure to place my robot properly in a good starting point, and it moved forward. Good, I thought. It was just the right amount my robot was supposed to go forward, and my turning was smooth. But when it went forward to push the bottles, it fell drastically like a helpless baby.
No!
My robot had fell. Now, all I could do was hope that my 2nd round would work. I went back to my computer to download my 2nd program, and went back to my platform for the competition. During the 2nd time, I survived for longer. My robot moved forward but barely missed pushing the bottle off the platform. It then moved back, and then turned a perfect turn, but barely missed the bottles. When it backed up and turned again, it moved forward, then fell off the platform. I was almost at the ending point, but I had fallen. What was even worst, was the fact that I didn't push down any bottles.
Then, I went to see another activity, where the robots had to transport as many batteries as they could in the fastest time possible. I saw one robot that was really good. It used only 2 motors, and managed to complete the whole course (you was supposed to use 4 motors for this activity, but somehow this robot was able to do with 2). At the end, even the judge was really surprised, and was literally just looking at the robot, wondering how it managed to work.
After lunch, I got to see many robots fight. It was kind of like king of the hill/ladder, and all the robots had to fight to be at the top. After 1 minute, the robot at the top was the winner. If there were 2 robots, the one that was the lightest would win.
When they were trying to determine whoever was 2nd place, something amazing happened. A competitor asked the judge to check the size of a robot. It was then determined that the robot was oversize, and the person had 1 minute to modify it and make it smaller. The boy was left with no choice but to take off what had made him win all the rounds he had played in so far.
Cause' the robot, was an absolute god. I saw it kill 2 robots within 5 seconds 2 rounds in a row. But he had to remove his strongest weapon. At the end, all 3 robots in the round were at the top. Because of that, the lightest robot would win. Because the boy had took things off his robot, he won 2nd place.
I may have failed drastically in this competition, but what was most important, was the fact that I got to experience what it was like to take part in a harder activity, as I took part in an easier activity last year (click here for last year's competition). The most important thing was the fact that I learned something new, and got to experience something new.
Friday, November 23, 2018
The Glow of Lights - Wednesday, 21/11/2018
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| An LED lightbulb Credits: https://goo.gl/images/sqE5yw |
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| My happy face when we got the LED lightbulb to light up. |
But what's the science behind the click? After all, it may be easy to press the button, but hard to understand the science behind it. That's what we learned a few days ago, on Monday. When we went down to the science lab, we grabbed a box with an index card, foil, a round battery, a LED lightbulb, and a piece of tape. We had to use all of this to construct a flashlight, or some thing that could light up when we pressed it, at least. Foil is a conductor of electricity, and we can use the foil as a wire. Because of that, I cut a small strip of foil and taped it to the long end of the led lightbulb, which was the positive end. Then, I cut another small strip of foil and taped it (lightly) to the negative end of the lightbulb, which was the shorter end. After that, I pressed the foil harder so it would light up. And it did!
From this activity, I was able to learn about how flashlights work, and was able to build one (that you can't really hold easily - lol). This is the world of wonders, and this is the perfect time to discover it.
Efficient Energy - Wednesday, October 21st, 2018
Grade 5 is the grade where you learn about sustainable energy. In our school, we get lots of experiences where it's not possible to define them - it's too good. Today, we had Mr. Hector Ingram come to our school. Mr. Hector Ingram is from Aberdeen, Scotland, and this was his 5th year coming to our school to talk to us about sustainable and renewable energy. He has lived in Malaysia for 15 years now. I thought that his slideshows were really good because it included some interaction between him and us instead of him lecturing us - which never happens at this school, anyway.
He also talked to us about biofuels. I learned that the energy of biofuels came from plants, and he introduced us to "fast grass", which is REALLY FAST GROWING GRASS. They would burn the fast grass and use it to make electricity. At the end, he let us keep the seeds of fast grass (but I kept it in my pants but forgot to take it out, and I think I left it in the washing machine, and I hope my mom didn't wash it.) Apparently they are edible, which I think are cool.
I think that Mr. Ingram came here to grow the fast grass, as they can only be grown in the tropics and Malaysia is in the tropics.
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| Credits: https://goo.gl/images/tXDz6b |
He also talked to us about wind energy. Mr. Ingram's family also owns a wind farm in Scotland with 8 turbines. I found out that the costs of building a wind turbine were quite high, as the small ones costed about $2 billion, while the big ones costed $2.5 billion.
One of the questions asked was: "How long does it take to earn back the money that you spend to make the wind turbines?"
"About 7-8 years." Mr. Ingram replied.
Wow! I thought. It's going to take a while a while to earn all that money back!
He also talked to us about how the wind turbines generate electricity and make money. I learned that the more revolutions a minute the the turbine turns, the more electricity it generates. In order to make profit, you need to have a wind speed of at least 48 kph. If the wind speed was too high, the wind turbines would automatically adjust to be able to get the most amount of electricity. But if the turbines were made of metal, why wouldn't lightning be able to harm it? We found out that there was a lightning rod at the top of the wind turbine and that there were really strong insulators by the turbine, so even if someone was touching the turbine, the person would be perfectly okay. And then came the question: "Why are there no wind turbines in Malaysia."
Even though the wind during the monsoon season in Malaysia had winds faster than the amount required to make profit, you can't just have a wind turbine turning for 1/2 a year. It wouldn't be able to make much profit, as normal turbines only turn 80% of the time.
I thought that Mr. Ingram's presentation was great, and he really knew about the topic. I loved the idea of wind energy, but it would take a while for everywhere on Earth to use it. I believe that in the upcoming future, we will be using that sustainable energy so we stop using as many fossil fuels and can make our Earth a better place.
One of the questions asked was: "How long does it take to earn back the money that you spend to make the wind turbines?"
"About 7-8 years." Mr. Ingram replied.
Wow! I thought. It's going to take a while a while to earn all that money back!
He also talked to us about how the wind turbines generate electricity and make money. I learned that the more revolutions a minute the the turbine turns, the more electricity it generates. In order to make profit, you need to have a wind speed of at least 48 kph. If the wind speed was too high, the wind turbines would automatically adjust to be able to get the most amount of electricity. But if the turbines were made of metal, why wouldn't lightning be able to harm it? We found out that there was a lightning rod at the top of the wind turbine and that there were really strong insulators by the turbine, so even if someone was touching the turbine, the person would be perfectly okay. And then came the question: "Why are there no wind turbines in Malaysia."
Even though the wind during the monsoon season in Malaysia had winds faster than the amount required to make profit, you can't just have a wind turbine turning for 1/2 a year. It wouldn't be able to make much profit, as normal turbines only turn 80% of the time.
I thought that Mr. Ingram's presentation was great, and he really knew about the topic. I loved the idea of wind energy, but it would take a while for everywhere on Earth to use it. I believe that in the upcoming future, we will be using that sustainable energy so we stop using as many fossil fuels and can make our Earth a better place.
Friday, November 16, 2018
Electricity in Our Body - Thursday, 15/11/2018
Yesterday, we had a really fun activity where we experimented with Makey-Makey's. I thought the activity was really fun and really used a lot of our brain power (which is good, by the way - in my opinion, at least). During Science time, our technology teacher, Mr. Katz, brought a few Makey-Makey's to show us and let us experiment with them. We had to connect the Makey-Makey's to the computer, and make a sound with it. There was a Makey-Makey software, where we could play songs with it by pressing the keys (it was a small piano with 6 notes) . Our 1st challenge was to make sounds on the "piano" without touching the keyboard. After about 3 minutes of messing around, we found out that all we had to do was to make the wires with "alligator clips" touch the metal parts on the top side of the Makey-Makey, which were labeled Earth. Different sounds would be produced as the different wires touched the Earth area.
Our next challenge took a long time to figure out. We had to find out how to make sounds on the piano without touching the Makey-Makey, but just touching the tip of the wires. After connecting every wire to the Makey-Makey, there was one wire left, and that was the yellow wire. We took the yellow wire and attached it to the Earth section. Because 2 wires were able to transfer electricity to each other, when we made the metal tips of 2 wires touch, they made a sound on the piano. But that's constantly holding the key down, and if it's constantly holding the key down, I can only make one sound! I thought. I told my teammates what I thought.
"At least it's a start..." Hwan, my teammate said.
My other teammate, Ivan, began messing around, connecting all the wires together, trying to find out a way to pass the electricity from one wire to the other, making the piano on the computer sound. Then it worked. But how? Then we realised. Water is a good conductor of electricity, and our body is composed of mostly water, which meant that our body was the thing that was transferring the electricity to the other clip to make a sound!
"Congratulations," Mr. Herbert, my homeroom teacher said. He walked up to the front of the class and grabbed an orange basket with holes. The basket was filled with vegetables and other things. "Sort out the things in here that conduct electricity, and the ones that don't. Because we knew that things with water conducted electricity, we were able to sort it out fast.
Next, we connected clips to the objects, and touched the objects to make sounds on the computer. I managed to play the really good sounding band song we are currently playing - we are going to be playing it at the concert.
After coming back from our 5 minute break (for us to go to the toilet and talk to our friends), Mr. Herbert showed us things that he called energy sticks. When he touched both ends of the energy sticks, they would light up because the energy was going through your body. In other words, you were completing the circuits. I thought that even if the whole class held hands, the sticks would light up.
When we all held hands together, the energy sticks lit up. YES! I was correct! We did the same thing with 2 sticks, and the 2 energy sticks lit up also!
Throughout this lesson, I learned a lot of valuable things. It never came to my mind that energy could flow through my body, but now I know that my little body is capable to doing many things!
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| A Makey-Makey (it actually is called a Makey-Makey for a reason that I don't know) is basically a circuit board. |
"At least it's a start..." Hwan, my teammate said.
My other teammate, Ivan, began messing around, connecting all the wires together, trying to find out a way to pass the electricity from one wire to the other, making the piano on the computer sound. Then it worked. But how? Then we realised. Water is a good conductor of electricity, and our body is composed of mostly water, which meant that our body was the thing that was transferring the electricity to the other clip to make a sound!
"Congratulations," Mr. Herbert, my homeroom teacher said. He walked up to the front of the class and grabbed an orange basket with holes. The basket was filled with vegetables and other things. "Sort out the things in here that conduct electricity, and the ones that don't. Because we knew that things with water conducted electricity, we were able to sort it out fast.
Next, we connected clips to the objects, and touched the objects to make sounds on the computer. I managed to play the really good sounding band song we are currently playing - we are going to be playing it at the concert.
After coming back from our 5 minute break (for us to go to the toilet and talk to our friends), Mr. Herbert showed us things that he called energy sticks. When he touched both ends of the energy sticks, they would light up because the energy was going through your body. In other words, you were completing the circuits. I thought that even if the whole class held hands, the sticks would light up.
When we all held hands together, the energy sticks lit up. YES! I was correct! We did the same thing with 2 sticks, and the 2 energy sticks lit up also!
Throughout this lesson, I learned a lot of valuable things. It never came to my mind that energy could flow through my body, but now I know that my little body is capable to doing many things!
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
Flowing Swiftly Like Water - 13/11/2018
Throughout the week (or 2 weeks, maybe), we worked on learning about energy and circuits. Because we were in the "Sustainable Energy" unit, our teacher arranged times for us to go to the science lab below us (if you drilled a hole below our class, you would have to walk only a few meters to get to the science lab).
In the first class, we learned about circuits. A circuit is a little like a circle, and is used to pass the current of electricity along. We had a box, where we had to figure out how to use some wires, a battery, and make a bulb light up. Because I had never done it before, I found it a little challenging at first (like, the very, very, first - I know it doesn't make sense), but I got the hang of it and found out how to make it work. After that, we had to find out how to make the bulb brighter with 2 batteries. Ok, yes, it was pretty obvious. We just used 4 clippers and connected it to one lightbulb. 2 batteries would be able to power up a lightbulb and make it brighter. Ok, after everyone was done connecting the 2 batteries to the lightbulb (It only made it slightly brighter), we had to make the bulb even brighter. Because we had joined forces, we now had 8 clippers to use, and we had already used 4. My partner, James, thought "More electrons, more light. The clippers are used to let electrons pass, so all we have to do is add extra clippers!" It worked. After completing all these activities, we had to do some paperwork. (Sometimes I just wish we can just do fun things and not do paperwork - LOL) After 2 days, we went down for the science lab again for our 2nd activity - learning about how switches work. We had everything we used in the 1st activity, but we had a cardboard, 2 fasteners, and a paper clip. Because I already knew a little about conductors of electricity, it was pretty easy for me. We just had to put the paper clips through the fasteners, and poke the 2 fasteners through the cardboard. Under the cardboard, we put the clippers at the end of the fasteners so we can ensure that the fasteners don't fall off, and the electricity gets passed onto the fasteners, which are conductors of electricity. Paper clips are made of metal, and metal is a conductor of electricity, so it can pass the current of electricity to the clippers, which will transfer the electricity to the lightbulb so it can light up. If you pull the paper clip upwards, you would brake the circuit, and the lightbulb would turn off.
In the 3rd and final activity, we worked on "circuit puzzles". We all had a "booklet", which had names of fruits on them. This was so we could see what puzzles we had already done, and which puzzles we needed to work on. On the top, there were holes. We could see foil in some of the holes, and in some of the holes, there were no foil, so it was black. The foil was connected to other holes, and we had to use 2 clippers and touch the parts with foil to see which parts were connected and which parts were not. If the foil was connected, the lightbulb would light up, indicating that the circuit was complete. Your goal was to find all the places where the foil was connected, write down what you think, and flip the first page to see what was under. If you was correct, you would get happiness, and if you was wrong, it was okay.
From these 3 classes, I learned that things as simple as a paper clip and cardboard can make lots of things happen. Small things really have the potential to make a miracle.
In the first class, we learned about circuits. A circuit is a little like a circle, and is used to pass the current of electricity along. We had a box, where we had to figure out how to use some wires, a battery, and make a bulb light up. Because I had never done it before, I found it a little challenging at first (like, the very, very, first - I know it doesn't make sense), but I got the hang of it and found out how to make it work. After that, we had to find out how to make the bulb brighter with 2 batteries. Ok, yes, it was pretty obvious. We just used 4 clippers and connected it to one lightbulb. 2 batteries would be able to power up a lightbulb and make it brighter. Ok, after everyone was done connecting the 2 batteries to the lightbulb (It only made it slightly brighter), we had to make the bulb even brighter. Because we had joined forces, we now had 8 clippers to use, and we had already used 4. My partner, James, thought "More electrons, more light. The clippers are used to let electrons pass, so all we have to do is add extra clippers!" It worked. After completing all these activities, we had to do some paperwork. (Sometimes I just wish we can just do fun things and not do paperwork - LOL) After 2 days, we went down for the science lab again for our 2nd activity - learning about how switches work. We had everything we used in the 1st activity, but we had a cardboard, 2 fasteners, and a paper clip. Because I already knew a little about conductors of electricity, it was pretty easy for me. We just had to put the paper clips through the fasteners, and poke the 2 fasteners through the cardboard. Under the cardboard, we put the clippers at the end of the fasteners so we can ensure that the fasteners don't fall off, and the electricity gets passed onto the fasteners, which are conductors of electricity. Paper clips are made of metal, and metal is a conductor of electricity, so it can pass the current of electricity to the clippers, which will transfer the electricity to the lightbulb so it can light up. If you pull the paper clip upwards, you would brake the circuit, and the lightbulb would turn off.
In the 3rd and final activity, we worked on "circuit puzzles". We all had a "booklet", which had names of fruits on them. This was so we could see what puzzles we had already done, and which puzzles we needed to work on. On the top, there were holes. We could see foil in some of the holes, and in some of the holes, there were no foil, so it was black. The foil was connected to other holes, and we had to use 2 clippers and touch the parts with foil to see which parts were connected and which parts were not. If the foil was connected, the lightbulb would light up, indicating that the circuit was complete. Your goal was to find all the places where the foil was connected, write down what you think, and flip the first page to see what was under. If you was correct, you would get happiness, and if you was wrong, it was okay.
From these 3 classes, I learned that things as simple as a paper clip and cardboard can make lots of things happen. Small things really have the potential to make a miracle.
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
Slice Of Life #137 - Flash Floods - Tuesday, October 16th, 2018
Water quickly fell and hit the ground hard. I could hear water swishing down the road, and see circles of water in the road. Drops of water plummeted the ground hard, and rushed down the downhill road as if they were ants rushing to tell their friends that they had found food. We couldn't go anywhere, for we didn't have a umbrella. We were eating in an open air restaurant, and every single of the tables slowly filled with tiny little dew drops. I saw innocent motorcycle drivers waiting for what seemed like forever for the traffic lights to turn green. While they waited, they were splashed with lots of water, and when the light did turn green, they accelerated and drove off.
Because of the weather, we had to wait before we could go to our car. I saw a lady that we knew well, as she worked at the restaurant take a long stick and push water off the roof (after Googling what it was supposed to be called for 3 mins, I give up, and I will just call it a roof.) She then put a big bucket below the roof and waited for it to fill up. What's she doing? I thought. Because it was just one bucket, so I didn't question it. But then another big bucket came. And another. Until there were 3. I asked my mom what they were doing.
"Why ask me? Ask them!" She replied, which was basically all she always said. But that was not all. I saw buckets come one after another, and it never seemed to end.The buckets quickly filled up, and they had to replace them with other buckets. There was so much rain falling from the sky, but there was no water, because they were doing a major repair in the water treatment factory.
Then a thought hit my mom's brain. "Oh... Maybe their taking the water to wash the plates because there's no water!"
"Wait, are you allowed to do that?"
"Obviously not."
"Like I thought."
As I saw more and more buckets come, I was starting to believe that what my mom said was true. Then I saw something inside one of those blue buckets. The thing inside it was transparent. It took me a few seconds to analyze what it was in my brain.
Then it hit me. Cups. I couldn't believe this.
"Should we report them?" I asked my mom.
My mom rejected my suggestion, because she said that it was 'tattle-tailing'.
What a beautiful planet we have! And it's slowly getting destroyed. It has rained so much these days that I cannot believe it. At the beginning of the year I read an article that said how some countries would get lots of rain, but there would be droughts in others. But what do Homo-Sapiens hold? We're humans! We're supposed to care for each other! Yet we use rainwater to wash cups. I cannot believe it. What have we become!?
Because of the weather, we had to wait before we could go to our car. I saw a lady that we knew well, as she worked at the restaurant take a long stick and push water off the roof (after Googling what it was supposed to be called for 3 mins, I give up, and I will just call it a roof.) She then put a big bucket below the roof and waited for it to fill up. What's she doing? I thought. Because it was just one bucket, so I didn't question it. But then another big bucket came. And another. Until there were 3. I asked my mom what they were doing.
"Why ask me? Ask them!" She replied, which was basically all she always said. But that was not all. I saw buckets come one after another, and it never seemed to end.The buckets quickly filled up, and they had to replace them with other buckets. There was so much rain falling from the sky, but there was no water, because they were doing a major repair in the water treatment factory.
Then a thought hit my mom's brain. "Oh... Maybe their taking the water to wash the plates because there's no water!"
"Wait, are you allowed to do that?"
"Obviously not."
"Like I thought."
As I saw more and more buckets come, I was starting to believe that what my mom said was true. Then I saw something inside one of those blue buckets. The thing inside it was transparent. It took me a few seconds to analyze what it was in my brain.
Then it hit me. Cups. I couldn't believe this.
"Should we report them?" I asked my mom.
My mom rejected my suggestion, because she said that it was 'tattle-tailing'.
What a beautiful planet we have! And it's slowly getting destroyed. It has rained so much these days that I cannot believe it. At the beginning of the year I read an article that said how some countries would get lots of rain, but there would be droughts in others. But what do Homo-Sapiens hold? We're humans! We're supposed to care for each other! Yet we use rainwater to wash cups. I cannot believe it. What have we become!?
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Slice Of Life #136 - The Man - Tuesday, 9/10/2018
"Ugh." I heard the sound of a slap as I went down the dark, gloomy stairs. My parents and a few of their friends were talking as we went down the stairs. I clutched my blue water bottle in my hand as I went down the stairs. I hope everything's OK down there. I thought in my brain.
I was in the headquarters (or at least I think it's their HQ in Malaysia).When we went down, I saw a young man in a blue shirt sitting on a chair outside the toilets. He was reading something, but made sudden movements in the process. He also produced sour sounds, and everyone didn't dare to go close to him. My parents met a old friend, and they started talking together. After 3 minutes of talking, we started talking about the young man that was sitting outside the toilets. She said that she would always come and read. When we went down to the carpark, we talked about him in the car. We decided to go up and talk to him for once.
Uncertainty flew around in my mind. How would he react? What would he do?
"Is there anything we can help you with?" My dad asked.
"No, I'm fine." He smiled.
"We were just wondering why you're still reading here. It's real dark here. Do you want to go in?"
"No, thanks."
"Do you live close by?"
"No."
"Well, feel free to go in if you need to."
"Ok."
After talking to him, we found out that he was a normal person. My dad told me that the man suffered from a disease called 'Ticks' (That how you spell it?). I felt really bad for him. He probably didn't have many friends because of this disease, but he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't control the sudden movement he made.
We went in and met a guard (well, not really a guard, but a person that walked around the building with a flashlight every night making sure everyone was safe). When we asked him about it, we found out that the man would stay in the store room in the guard house. He stayed 1 hour away from the building, and his parents would come and pick him up every now and then. His dad was old, while his mom suffered from Alzheimer (which is a disease where you can't remember things. I also think that that's how you spell Alzheimer.), and his brother was working. When he tried to help mop the floor, his hand made a sudden jerk, and all the water splashed on the floor. I felt bad for him because I knew that he wanted to help in the community, but there weren't many ways for him to do so.
There are a lot of diseases these days, and I hope that as we progress into the future, we will be able to fight them and win the battle so all of mankind is free of fear and know that we got the cure.
I was in the headquarters (or at least I think it's their HQ in Malaysia).When we went down, I saw a young man in a blue shirt sitting on a chair outside the toilets. He was reading something, but made sudden movements in the process. He also produced sour sounds, and everyone didn't dare to go close to him. My parents met a old friend, and they started talking together. After 3 minutes of talking, we started talking about the young man that was sitting outside the toilets. She said that she would always come and read. When we went down to the carpark, we talked about him in the car. We decided to go up and talk to him for once.
Uncertainty flew around in my mind. How would he react? What would he do?
"Is there anything we can help you with?" My dad asked.
"No, I'm fine." He smiled.
"We were just wondering why you're still reading here. It's real dark here. Do you want to go in?"
"No, thanks."
"Do you live close by?"
"No."
"Well, feel free to go in if you need to."
"Ok."
After talking to him, we found out that he was a normal person. My dad told me that the man suffered from a disease called 'Ticks' (That how you spell it?). I felt really bad for him. He probably didn't have many friends because of this disease, but he couldn't do anything about it. He couldn't control the sudden movement he made.
We went in and met a guard (well, not really a guard, but a person that walked around the building with a flashlight every night making sure everyone was safe). When we asked him about it, we found out that the man would stay in the store room in the guard house. He stayed 1 hour away from the building, and his parents would come and pick him up every now and then. His dad was old, while his mom suffered from Alzheimer (which is a disease where you can't remember things. I also think that that's how you spell Alzheimer.), and his brother was working. When he tried to help mop the floor, his hand made a sudden jerk, and all the water splashed on the floor. I felt bad for him because I knew that he wanted to help in the community, but there weren't many ways for him to do so.
There are a lot of diseases these days, and I hope that as we progress into the future, we will be able to fight them and win the battle so all of mankind is free of fear and know that we got the cure.
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Slice Of Life #99 - Books! - Thursday, 22/3/2018
YAY! I am happy for 2 reasons. The first reason is the fact that tomorrow is going to be my 100th slice, and also because today my Scholastic books came!
We saw the books in the classroom earlier that day. We had just came in to class and sat down at our seats.
"Scholastic books are here!" L exclaimed as soon as he saw the books. "Yes!"
Shouts of "Finally!" and "Yes" filled the air, as everyone was excited to read the Scholastic books that they had ordered. I had ordered a "Horrible Geography" pack, a "Horribles" pack, which contained of a Horrible Science and a Horrible Histories book, and also another pack.
We had to wait a hundred million years until my teacher finally gave us the books that we had ordered. There was lots of pleading and begging, but our teacher did not hesitate to be a evil teacher and keep the books for herself. It was hers until the end of the day, and it had finally come. I shoved my worksheet inside my folder, and waited for my books to be passed out. My pack was one of the biggest packs in the class (maybe it was the biggest).
Everyone ripped open their packs to check if their books were all here. I opened my pack to check if I got all my books that I ordered, and luck struck, as all my books were in the pack. I don't need to have a heart attack, I thought, because all the books that I ordered are in my pack.
We still have 5 mins of class, and I don't have anything for you to do, so you can have some free time to look in the books that you ordered. I put all the books back in my pack, and closed it (without tape or anything). I went to see what my friends ordered. My best friend, T, ordered this survival kit, and a classmate ZH, bought the same book that I bought - the Mensa "Train your Brain" book.
"School is over. You may go to you ASA (After School Activities) or line up if you are going home." My teacher said.
Everyone groaned. Free time was over. Lots of people stayed back in the class, leaving late because of the fact that they were obsessed with their new books.
We saw the books in the classroom earlier that day. We had just came in to class and sat down at our seats.
"Scholastic books are here!" L exclaimed as soon as he saw the books. "Yes!"
Shouts of "Finally!" and "Yes" filled the air, as everyone was excited to read the Scholastic books that they had ordered. I had ordered a "Horrible Geography" pack, a "Horribles" pack, which contained of a Horrible Science and a Horrible Histories book, and also another pack.
We had to wait a hundred million years until my teacher finally gave us the books that we had ordered. There was lots of pleading and begging, but our teacher did not hesitate to be a evil teacher and keep the books for herself. It was hers until the end of the day, and it had finally come. I shoved my worksheet inside my folder, and waited for my books to be passed out. My pack was one of the biggest packs in the class (maybe it was the biggest).
Everyone ripped open their packs to check if their books were all here. I opened my pack to check if I got all my books that I ordered, and luck struck, as all my books were in the pack. I don't need to have a heart attack, I thought, because all the books that I ordered are in my pack.
We still have 5 mins of class, and I don't have anything for you to do, so you can have some free time to look in the books that you ordered. I put all the books back in my pack, and closed it (without tape or anything). I went to see what my friends ordered. My best friend, T, ordered this survival kit, and a classmate ZH, bought the same book that I bought - the Mensa "Train your Brain" book.
"School is over. You may go to you ASA (After School Activities) or line up if you are going home." My teacher said.
Everyone groaned. Free time was over. Lots of people stayed back in the class, leaving late because of the fact that they were obsessed with their new books.
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Slice Of Life #98 - Batu Caves - Wednesday, 21/3/2018
The sound of children's voices were unbelievably loud on the bus, as everyone was excited for today's field trip. We were making a turn into a place with a massive cave, which was home to the Trapdoor Spider, the rarest spider in the world.
We were all visiting this cave because we were currently in our Earth changes unit, and we were here to learn more about erosion. There was lots of erosion in the caves, but there was 272 steps to climb. Really, 544 steps, because we had to go up, and we had to go down.
It was hard for even our teachers and parent chaperones to get our attention. Everyone was chatting with their friends, not wasting the rare opportunity.
We stopped for some pictures, and then began the tiring journey of climbing the stairs. As we climbed the stairs, we counted at the same time. We wanted to know how many steps there were, and if the 272 steps was correct. I stopped counting after 30, because I was just lazy to count. I had to admit, those stairs were actually pretty hard to climb. It was full of steep steps and monkeys, that everyone was terrified of. Normally monkeys would be scared of us, but those monkeys got so used to humans, as that place was a tourist attraction in Malaysia, they would try and grab your food or anything valuable.
It was still 30 minutes until our tour in the dark cave, so we decided to walk around. We found lots of stalactites, and also stalagmites, but stalagmites were rarer. We also managed to find some pool spars which looked quite cool, actually. There were also quite a few columns, which were like pillars hanging supporting the top of the cave (it's kind of hard to imagine that because columns are also called pillars).
When it was finally time for our cave tour, we wore helmets and kept hold to our flashlights as we listened to the tour guide blabbing on about the rules of the cave. It was great that didn't last long, because I might have fell asleep there.
Going in to the cave was my favorite part of the field trip. Batu Caves held a variety of animals that called that cave home, and we were just visiting, so we had to listen to the tour guide, as he knew what was bad for the animals. We couldn't make loud sounds, and we also couldn't shine our flashlights on the ceiling of the cave, because we didn't want to disturb the bats.
"Now, lets all close our flashlights, and see how dark the cave is without lights." The tour guide said. He still had his flashlight on, while everyone else's was off. "See you in complete, dull darkness in 3,2,1."
Click! The tour guide shut his flashlight. The cave was just complete darkness. I couldn't see anything. Wow! I never thought that caves can be this dark, when we are just in the twilight zone! I was not able to see any source of light as everything was just complete darkness. The sky was pitch black, and so was the ground.
The tour guide turned his flashlight back on. "Ever been in complete darkness before?" He asked. "Well, that's what it feels like."
"Now that I've experienced it, places with no lights won't be considered dark anymore!" J said.
We journeyed on, and we got to see some flowstone. Sadly, we weren't allowed to touch it because or hands may have lotion, moisturizer, or oil that may prevent the rock from growing. If there was any of those things that came in contact with the rock, the rock would not be able to grow anymore. The flowstone was beautiful, and I looked in wonder and awe at it's smooth surface.
We finally came to this part of the cave, where there was wind everywhere. It had things to do with physics, but I had no idea about whatever the tour guide said. Maybe our teachers would know, but we didn't. Standing there, there was wind all around us. It was so refreshing and windy.
Adventuring ahead, we eventually reached the end of the tour. We took some pictures, and the tour guide told us to like them on facebook, if we had accounts (but I don't have one). We also could review them on trip advisor, which I probably will not do. Going out took about 15 mins, but it felt like just 5. The tour had come to an end.
Sadly, we were not able to see the Trapdoor Spider, the rarest spider in the world, but the trip was still really fun. It was a great and fun day, full of awesome adventure.
We were all visiting this cave because we were currently in our Earth changes unit, and we were here to learn more about erosion. There was lots of erosion in the caves, but there was 272 steps to climb. Really, 544 steps, because we had to go up, and we had to go down.
It was hard for even our teachers and parent chaperones to get our attention. Everyone was chatting with their friends, not wasting the rare opportunity.
We stopped for some pictures, and then began the tiring journey of climbing the stairs. As we climbed the stairs, we counted at the same time. We wanted to know how many steps there were, and if the 272 steps was correct. I stopped counting after 30, because I was just lazy to count. I had to admit, those stairs were actually pretty hard to climb. It was full of steep steps and monkeys, that everyone was terrified of. Normally monkeys would be scared of us, but those monkeys got so used to humans, as that place was a tourist attraction in Malaysia, they would try and grab your food or anything valuable.
It was still 30 minutes until our tour in the dark cave, so we decided to walk around. We found lots of stalactites, and also stalagmites, but stalagmites were rarer. We also managed to find some pool spars which looked quite cool, actually. There were also quite a few columns, which were like pillars hanging supporting the top of the cave (it's kind of hard to imagine that because columns are also called pillars).
When it was finally time for our cave tour, we wore helmets and kept hold to our flashlights as we listened to the tour guide blabbing on about the rules of the cave. It was great that didn't last long, because I might have fell asleep there.
Going in to the cave was my favorite part of the field trip. Batu Caves held a variety of animals that called that cave home, and we were just visiting, so we had to listen to the tour guide, as he knew what was bad for the animals. We couldn't make loud sounds, and we also couldn't shine our flashlights on the ceiling of the cave, because we didn't want to disturb the bats.
"Now, lets all close our flashlights, and see how dark the cave is without lights." The tour guide said. He still had his flashlight on, while everyone else's was off. "See you in complete, dull darkness in 3,2,1."
Click! The tour guide shut his flashlight. The cave was just complete darkness. I couldn't see anything. Wow! I never thought that caves can be this dark, when we are just in the twilight zone! I was not able to see any source of light as everything was just complete darkness. The sky was pitch black, and so was the ground.
The tour guide turned his flashlight back on. "Ever been in complete darkness before?" He asked. "Well, that's what it feels like."
"Now that I've experienced it, places with no lights won't be considered dark anymore!" J said.
We journeyed on, and we got to see some flowstone. Sadly, we weren't allowed to touch it because or hands may have lotion, moisturizer, or oil that may prevent the rock from growing. If there was any of those things that came in contact with the rock, the rock would not be able to grow anymore. The flowstone was beautiful, and I looked in wonder and awe at it's smooth surface.
We finally came to this part of the cave, where there was wind everywhere. It had things to do with physics, but I had no idea about whatever the tour guide said. Maybe our teachers would know, but we didn't. Standing there, there was wind all around us. It was so refreshing and windy.
Adventuring ahead, we eventually reached the end of the tour. We took some pictures, and the tour guide told us to like them on facebook, if we had accounts (but I don't have one). We also could review them on trip advisor, which I probably will not do. Going out took about 15 mins, but it felt like just 5. The tour had come to an end.
Sadly, we were not able to see the Trapdoor Spider, the rarest spider in the world, but the trip was still really fun. It was a great and fun day, full of awesome adventure.
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Slice Of Life #95 - Camping - Sunday, March 18th, 2018
"Finally! We're here!" I squealed as we got off the car. I was so excited to go to my Cub/Boy Scout campout. The only sad thing was the fact that there was a lot of traffic. Me and my mom set up our tents, then transported our things inside the tent.
After that, I went to the forest and jungle to find my den. We were filming a movie, which was a requirement in order for us to earn our Webelos badge. My classmate, ZL, who was a girl, came to the camp, but (she didn't really participate - she didn't help in doing anything except keep her annoying brothers away) she didn't get to do anything. HA-HA!
I was the producer, but my best friend, T, was director, and he was acting a shark scene, so I got to take over as director. I got to have the script the whole time, and whenever they messed up, the word "CUT!" would immediately come out of my mouth.
After filming, we just got to do some fun stuff. We got to do a scavenger hunt after our pack leader briefed us on what was allowed and not allowed.
Dinnertime was one of the most funnest times. I got to eat dinner with my friends, but sadly, I couldn't eat most of the food because of my allergies. We played around and talked about things that sadly, I will not tell you.
We got to make a real fire, and that was the funnest things. We had to find the wood to start the fire, and basically do everything. We made a fire that managed to burn for a really long time, which was alight when we performed our skits.
The Boy Scouts also thought us different skills such as first aid, pocketknife safety, fire starting, knot tying, and how to deal with flags.
I don't want to bore you to death, so I will end my post here. Those were the funnest parts of my Cub Scout camp. Have you ever went camping? Are you a Boy/Cub Scout? Have you ever made a real fire? Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for reading my blog! Feel free to leave any comments that you have in the comments section below. Stay updated for some other good posts and please return to my blog!
Saturday, March 17, 2018
Slice Of Life #94 - So Busy - Saturday, March 17th, 2018
This post will be one of my shortest (and maybe one of my worst) posts because I am currently rushing and don't have a lot of time. My day was really packed, because first of all, I had a lot of classes, such as my swimming and my "piano practice class" because Monday was my examination. I would have had robotics, but I canceled it because I am going camping later with my Cub Scout troop. I am staying overnight with my dad, but my mom is going home. We borrowed a tent from my parents' friend, and I have a sleeping bag, but my dad is going to have to sleep with some pillows, mattress, and blanket. I think that I am going to end my post now, because I have to get to the campsite within one hour now, and I still need to eat lunch and take a bath. Bye for today!
Are you part of the scouting community? Have you ever went camping? Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for reading my blog! Feel free to leave any comments that you have in the comments section below. Stay updated for some other good posts and please return to my blog!
Are you part of the scouting community? Have you ever went camping? Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for reading my blog! Feel free to leave any comments that you have in the comments section below. Stay updated for some other good posts and please return to my blog!
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Slice Of Life #84 - SLC (Student-Led Conferences) - Wednesday, 7/3/2018
Today was the very day of SLC (Student-Led Conferences). I had a stomach ache that morning (that's probably going to be my 87th post), which was a really bad start to the day. I was walking to my class, prepared to tell my parents what I had been doing in class. I got a slip of paper from my teacher, which told me where to go first, and where to go after that.
My first station was the math station. I showed them my math notebooks and also our "unit books", which were books about each unit that we had (ex: measurement, multiplication and division, equivalent fractions, etc). I was proud of my post assessment, and also how I could convert and add very well. After that, I played a math game with my parents. I completely dominated them because they didn't play with skills (as I like to say), and also because their denominators were too big.
After the math station, we had the science/reading station. I showed my parents my science notebook, and also my research notebook. I also showed them me reading a book for research, which I pre-recorded. We also did a Quizlet (Quizlet is a app to help you learn), which my parents were really good at (only when we did learn) When we did the test, my parents were really bad because they didn't know how to spell the things. Another reason is because when we did learn, they just had to guess because the words were alike to the pictures and the definitions, and also because they were able to remember what they had already selected (Quizlet link here).
The station after that was my writing station. I showed my parents my writing notebook (I think that you should have guessed that without needing me to tell you). My writing goal was to keep on writing. Writing was my favorite subject in school, and I told my parents all about it.
Our last station was to meet my teacher (This paragraph is going to be shortened a lot because there are some things that I want to keep private here). My teacher told my parents my strengths and my weaknesses, and that was about it.
Do you have SLC in your schools? What did you do today? Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for reading my blog! Feel free to leave any comments that you have in the comments section below. Stay updated for some other good posts and please return to my blog!
My first station was the math station. I showed them my math notebooks and also our "unit books", which were books about each unit that we had (ex: measurement, multiplication and division, equivalent fractions, etc). I was proud of my post assessment, and also how I could convert and add very well. After that, I played a math game with my parents. I completely dominated them because they didn't play with skills (as I like to say), and also because their denominators were too big.
After the math station, we had the science/reading station. I showed my parents my science notebook, and also my research notebook. I also showed them me reading a book for research, which I pre-recorded. We also did a Quizlet (Quizlet is a app to help you learn), which my parents were really good at (only when we did learn) When we did the test, my parents were really bad because they didn't know how to spell the things. Another reason is because when we did learn, they just had to guess because the words were alike to the pictures and the definitions, and also because they were able to remember what they had already selected (Quizlet link here).
The station after that was my writing station. I showed my parents my writing notebook (I think that you should have guessed that without needing me to tell you). My writing goal was to keep on writing. Writing was my favorite subject in school, and I told my parents all about it.
Our last station was to meet my teacher (This paragraph is going to be shortened a lot because there are some things that I want to keep private here). My teacher told my parents my strengths and my weaknesses, and that was about it.
Do you have SLC in your schools? What did you do today? Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for reading my blog! Feel free to leave any comments that you have in the comments section below. Stay updated for some other good posts and please return to my blog!
Monday, March 5, 2018
Slice Of Life #82 - AI Technology - Monday, 5/3/2018
My family and my parents' friends' family ate dinner together. Before dinner, we were talking about robots and AI (Artificial Intelligence) technology. We talked about how next time the world could be full of robots and how some companies already started trying to use drones to send products to others. My dad also said that he watched some videos and said that there is also technology now to help drones avoid hitting things. He watched some test videos of drones. There would be a drone that would try and dodge the other drone that was trying to catch him.
After we ate dinner, he showed all of us a video (my dad). Someone was interviewing Sofia the robot from Hanson Robotics. I thought that it was really cool because Sofia was acting like a normal person. My parents' friends' kids were really surprised because it was a robot. I could see the gears turning inside Sofia's brain. I thought of all the code that it would take to make a AI robot because I know that making a robot itself takes lots of code.
The most intresting part was when the interviewer asked if Sofia liked the movie 'Black Mirror' she said that she did not know the movie 'Black Mirror'. Later, when he asked Sofia what movies she liked, one of them was 'Black Mirror'. I was really surprised because that meant that Sofia was able to download and watch the whole movie in the time the person asked her about 2 questions.
I think that how the world is going deeper into technology and creating more and more complicated robots is very cool. I cannot imagine what the world will be in the future. What do you think will happen in the future (in terms of technology - technology in terms of electrical technology). Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for reading my blog! Feel free to leave any comments that you have in the comments section below. Stay updated for some other good posts and please return to my blog!
P.S: Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-1MlkxyqI
P.P.S. I'm really happy because I was finally able to write such a short post.
After we ate dinner, he showed all of us a video (my dad). Someone was interviewing Sofia the robot from Hanson Robotics. I thought that it was really cool because Sofia was acting like a normal person. My parents' friends' kids were really surprised because it was a robot. I could see the gears turning inside Sofia's brain. I thought of all the code that it would take to make a AI robot because I know that making a robot itself takes lots of code.
The most intresting part was when the interviewer asked if Sofia liked the movie 'Black Mirror' she said that she did not know the movie 'Black Mirror'. Later, when he asked Sofia what movies she liked, one of them was 'Black Mirror'. I was really surprised because that meant that Sofia was able to download and watch the whole movie in the time the person asked her about 2 questions.
I think that how the world is going deeper into technology and creating more and more complicated robots is very cool. I cannot imagine what the world will be in the future. What do you think will happen in the future (in terms of technology - technology in terms of electrical technology). Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks for reading my blog! Feel free to leave any comments that you have in the comments section below. Stay updated for some other good posts and please return to my blog!
P.S: Link to the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78-1MlkxyqI
P.P.S. I'm really happy because I was finally able to write such a short post.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Slice Of Life #74 - The Pinewood Derby Competition - Happened On 3/2/2018 (Saturday) - Tuesday 6th, February 2018 - 6/2/2018 - Written On Monday, 5/2/2018
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| The Elementia Chronicles - Book One: Quest For Justice |
Book Review/Summary Of The Week
Book: The Elementia Chronicles - Book One: Quest For Justice
Author: Sean Fay Wolf
Review/Summary: When Kat, Charles, and Stan join the Elementia server, they find out that they are in trouble. Recently, the king just passed a law banning people from the server if they die. When Stan tries to kill a king using a bow, his plan backfired and the king's forces are finding them and trying to assassinate them. Read on to find out what happens when they go on their quest for justice!
On Saturday, we had a pinewood derby competition. I ate breakfast in the car and arrived early because my dad was one of the people who would help others put on the wheels and do anything that the cubscouts and girl scouts still needed to do. When we first arrived, there were barely any people there.
I had to put on a lot of weight on my car because it was really light, and whenever racing with a pinewood derby car, you want as much weight as possible on the back. I did the same thing with my lego car, but I only had to put a little bit of weight. After putting all the weight on my two cars and overloading my two cars with graphite, I weighed my car. My wood car was almost overweight because it was 142g, the maximum weight you can have if you want to enter your car for the competition. My lego car was also almost overweight, weighing 141g.
When the race started, I had to wait quite a long time for my car to race. My lego car went first, and surprisingly, I got 1st place. I was surprised, but kind of not so surprised at the same time. I built the car myself, so that was the reason I was surprised. I wasn't very surprised because my car was really aerodynamic.
When my wood car was racing against Leo's wood car, I thought that I would lose for sure. My friend Leo's car was really good and usually won 1st place. When the cars sped down the track, when my car reached the bottom of the track, it started to get a 5cm lead against all the cars. As Leo's car sped down the track, it started to gain more momentum and slowly caught up to me. The race was a really close finish for me and Leo. I was just a few milimeters or centimeters ahead of Leo.
At some point in the race, they had technical issues so the race could not continue. We went out to the playground to play some games. Because of the technical issues, they had to use brainpower to see who won the medals, which is quite unfair because computers are usually more accurate than humans, and in this case, it turned out to be true. They did not actually count the results well.
When it was time to get our awards, I was quite surprised that I didn't get one. James, someone in my den got the award for the fastest car in our den - Webelos 4. This was the only year that I didn't get a award yet.
To end this, I have to say that I really wished that something didn't go wrong with the system, because I probably would have won a medal if the system didn't "break".
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Journey To The Centre Of The Planet Summary
BBC: Richard Hammonds - Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
My class, 4JK, got the opportunity to watch a really interesting documentary. My whole class liked the documentary and there were also lots of things that we learned, for example, the fact that turtles navigate using the magnetic field, etc.
If I needed to rate the documentary, I would give it 5 out of 5 stars. My favorite part of the documentary was when a scientist went down to collect lava samples, and at that very moment, the volcano was erupting. He went all the way down to the edge, and at the last minute, he left. An experienced scientist also yelled for him to get out, but he didn't follow the instructions. Jumped down about 1 or 2 meters, and behind him, the lava was quickly spewing out of the volcano. This documentary is a great video to watch and I also plan to watch other videos by Richard Hammonds at home.
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| Aurora Borealis - The Northern Lights - The Magnetic Field |
Tuesday, December 26, 2017
Slice Of Life #68 - Merry Christmas!!! - Tuesday 26th, December 2017 - 26/12/2017
Merry Christmas!
A note from the author:
As you can see from the title up there, Merry Christmas! Even though I don't celebrate Christmas, I still want to wish those of you that celebrate Christmas 'Merry Christmas!' Here in Malaysia, today is boxing day. In America, it should still be Christmas. Now, lets get on to the blog post.Opening Presents:
Like I said before, I don't celebrate Christmas. Still, I have some presents to open because some people still give me presents. I received a present from my cousins, one from my robotics teacher, and another 2 from a Christmas 'party' for my dad's clinic. First I opened one from my dad's Christmas 'party', which was sponsored from a sales rap. They were just some towels. Next I opened one from the 'present trading activity' at the 'party'. It was a picture frame. After that, I opened the one my robotics teacher gave me, and that one was good. It was a geometry set. In there, it had a 180° and a 90° angle ruler. It also had some really complicated, detailed notes, but using the metric system. From my cousins, I got a big box. Well, yeah, that was practically it.* Inside the box, there was lots of junk food, which was vegan because of my allergies. I think that it is quite weird that in Scotland (where my cousins are)**, you can find vegan food easily in supermarkets, but in Malaysia, it is not as easy. They also gave me some clothes, which were nice of them. I actually liked how the clothes looked. They also gave me some type of toy and a salt water powered robot, which I loved. I still have to build the robot, bad thing is, but I still like it because I love challenges.
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| My salt water powered robot - how it looks like after assembly (even though I have not assembled it yet) |
What I am doing to pass the time:
Since I have to classes to go to, and I now am having holidays, I don't really have anything to do. My friends are all gone overseas, and it's either they don't have internet connection, or they can't access Google because they are in China. So, to pass the time I am reading books and watching YouTube.
Books that I am reading:
I recently have finished a book that I have borrowed from my homeroom teacher. It is part of the survival squad series. Drum-roll please...
I PRESENT TO YOU...
THE BOOK SURVIVAL SQUAD NIGHT RIDERS!!!
I got pulled into this book because I am a Cub Scout, and I have experienced a lot of fun throughout my whole scouting experience. From learning new things to watching rocket launchers blow up, the things that you experience in scouting is really crazy. This book is about some scouts going on a adventure to earn a badge, and at midnight, something bad happens. Helping would be a really risky idea.Will they be successful or not? Read on to find out!
Author: Jonathan Rock
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| Survival Squad Night Riders - Highly recommended! |
**Click here to see the time when I got to meet them for the first time!
And... That's about it for this post! Thanks for reading. Keep reading, keep writing, and have fun! What books are you reading? What Christmas presents did you receive? Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks For Reading My Blog!!! Please "Give" Me Any Comments You Have In The Comments Section Below!!! Stay Updated Some Other Good Posts!!!
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Slice Of Life #64 - Cubscouts Pack Meeting - Happened on 25/11/2017 - Tuesday 28th, 2017 - 28/11/2017 - Written On 26/11/2017
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| The belt loops |
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Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Slice Of Life #57 - A Update For The Week - Tuesday 10th, October 2017 10/10/2017
This week was quite a relaxing week. We didn't have school today and yesterday because we had student-led confrences. I didn't really chat much with my friends like last week, because I didn't have time. Recently, before I wrote this post, I was busy reading a book called House Of Robots by James Patterson, the bestselling author of Middle School and I Funny. This book is about a the life of a boy named Sammy Hayes-Rodriguez. Sammy lives in a whole house of robots. Of course, he is a normal kid, except for the fact that he lives in a house of robots. Sammy has a sister Maddie that can't go outside because she has severe combined immunodeficiency. Her body has a hard time fighting off all types of sickness, so she needs to be home schooled. Will anything happen? Read the book to find out! After I finish this post, I also plan to either finish that book or write. Well, I actually don't know what I am going to write. |
| I didn't chat that much as planned |
Robotics Update
This week, I created a robot by myself with the theme my robot hero. I improved my robot, because before, it didn't have the ablity to clean anything. It only could walk. Now I have 2 sponges - one wet, one dry - to wet the floor, and then dry the floor. I am going to participate in the robotics competition. I also practiced controlling a drone for the competition (the drone was for beginners). The drone soon got out of control and started smashing into tables and chairs.
What did you do this weekend? What books did you read?
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