Thursday, July 1, 2010

The SAT is GAY... Part. 1

I hate the SAT......... the PSAT......... the ACT......... the NMSQT.......... the IHAVENOLIFEEXCEPTSTUDYING-T........ If you don't know what any of this is, the SAT and its horrid companions are a national test that basically act as a strong influence in deciding what colleges you go to. And I'd like to say that it's F9CK3D UP. It's not considered "mandatory" because no one is really forced  to take it, but if you don't ... then go don't go to college... but watevs...... If you're still like "omg? wtf is this SAT you speak of?", here's a basic run through of what this piece of tihS is:

1. There's 4 sections; the Math/Reading/Writing/Essay
2. Each section can get a max score of 800, and the "perfect-I-have-no-life" score is a 2400
3. In the context of this "society" .... it basically determines how smart you are........

I'd first off like to say how flawed this thing is.... the Math section doesn't really show "wow, you have potential to do great in the future, or that what plan to major in doesn't involve math..... at all"... but rather..... "hey I like math..... therefore I'll get a better score.....". The Reading section doesn't show "wow, you are very inquisitive and show a understanding of a passage", but rather "hey I know this random @ss word, and I like to read everything fast and understand the surface of things..... therefore colleges see that I understand what line 42's general idea is....". The Writing section doesn't really show "I live in a world where such things as spell check exists, and that writer's have such things as publishers... o.0 that correct grammatical errors for a living"... but rather "hey I still remember what I learned in 3rd grade because schools don't teach grammar anymore". And last but not least, the Essay...... the most flawed and useless section of them all. It doesn't really show "I possess the ability to write a eloquent paper or even book".... but rather "hey I can write a b-s paper in less than 20 minutes! About a topic that has no relevance to anything, but still determines what college I go to! =]" 

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This test just isn't made for the "general public", they don't understand that there are people out there that DESPISE math, and USE SPELL CHECK, TEND TO OVER THINK SOME THINGS and ENJOY WRITING ABOUT RELEVANT SHIT. And they don't show the fact that although a person may have gotten a perfect score, they're shy and seclusive to the people around them and don't really play in impact in this world. In the mystic world of Asian people, your SAT scores determine whether you will be successful in life or not. Literally. Parents idolize other children that had perfect or near perfect scores........... but not the fact that they have no friends, and enjoy injecting heroin into their forearms. But who carezzZ??? It's the SAT scores that matter most in life...... 

I will continue this post in the near future............ 

But... thanks for reading !!.......

AND THANK GOD I'M DONE WITH THE SAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Wikipedia Is A RELIABLE SOURCE!!!


Today's post is going to be fairly short.... and if you haven't read the title....... it's about Wikipedia.... and contrary to what teachers call "unreliable" or "not substantial", Wikipedia is definitely reliable and substantial. To test this, I wikipedia-d "World War II"... and changed every date from 1942 into 2015..... Merely 3 MINUTES LATERZZZZZ........ it was changed back......... Which led into my conclusion that there are sad scholars out there that monitor this stuff..... preventing the information provided to be flawed. So why do teachers think Wikipedia is unreliable?

1. They're jealous that when they were our age.... they still had to use textbooks
2. Textbooks..... they want us to suffer and get paper cuts
3. Some don't acknowledge that internet exists
4, "Internet is the devil"
5. "What is Wikipedia?"
6. They're afraid we might learn something more than them
7. Having a book as a source just seems more legitimate
8. 15 years ago, Wikipedia was not reliable... therefore/ergo/visa vie.... it is not now...... (logic FAILURE anyone??)
9. They're socialist communists that plan to take over the world via flawed teaching
10. .......... secretly............. they ARE WIKIPEDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMFG!!! AGHY!HDRT!!!

But most important reason why?
They don't want us to copy and paste our homework/projects/tests

....... but then again......... if you're giving us stuff "copy and paste" worthy..... ur teaching style is obviously ..... WRONGGGGGGG



Thanks for reading!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Tennis = Money


So I play tennis in school right now, because my parents didn't allow me to play those "cool kids sports". But you know what? I don't care..... cuz I don't need a sport to tell me if I'm kool or not...... However, with many sports, to become better than others is to simply train and work hard. For example, in basketball, if you shoot 100 more free throws than another person who has similar athletic abilities compared to you.... then you would no doubt be  better than him at free throws. But what I hate about tennis, is that although hard work is essential, money decides who is better or worse. In basketball, you use one ball. In football, you use one ball. In soccer, you use one ball. In swimming, you use one pool. In ping pong, you use one table. In track, you use one track field. The list goes on and one, and the only difference that you may have from another athlete in these sports is perhaps the shoes and the athletic wear. But in tennis..... you use one court........ but about 10,000,000 + combinations of tennis strings and rackets that constantly change and upgrades. And to keep up this with this constant flow of improvements, the only way is to spend money $$$. What I mean is that you can buy one nice expensive racket, and in three years, the same racket but better comes out. So should you spend more money on the new racket? Or should you use the same one while others use the new and improved one around you? Speaking of rackets, the structure of a tennis racket is a frame with string weaved and tensioned....... simply put. But even with this tennis string, their are different levels of string that provide extra power/spin/control etc. But like all things, with better quality, comes a higher price. Furthermore, these tennis strings don't last forever, they break every once a month. So you would think that these simple little strings cost like a few bucks right? WRONG!!! One set of string for 1 racket..... costs about $25-75 (including stringing). So let's do the math here

Nice racket ($150) + String ($25x, x  being number of stringing times) + Shoes ($55) = $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

And equipment is only small portion of this inequality

When you walk onto a tennis court, you can CLEARLY tell who is "legit" and who is "recreational". Why? Because if you're a recreational player, the stroke techniques are completely off from what "legit" players consider standard. If you play for fun, most of the time, you merely wish to get the ball back over the net. But if you're "legit".... not only are you REQUIRED to get the ball over the net... you have to consider WHERE you should hit, WHAT KIND OF SHOT you should hit, all while trying to PERFECT the shot itself. So how can this be done? The answer is very simple. You get a coach. Sure you can go online and look up "tennis techniques", but there will always be SOMETHING wrong because you don't know for sure what is right and what is wrong. So at this point, you have spent a large sum of money for equipment, and now to be "legit" you hire a coach. The average cost for a 1 hour session with a professional coach is $50+  Multiply all of these expenses for a AT LEAST 3 years.... and BAM!!!! .......................... you might as well go buy a new car................. or a house......

Why 3 years?

Because if you're of the human race, then it takes time to mold what you find comfortable into what is considered right. And I fondly remember that there is a saying that goes "money is time". If you're smart and work hard, then in 3 years, you techniques and strokes will be slowly developing into the "legit" player. But if you don't, then the expenses just keep on going up manzzzz...... You see, in basketball or football or any of those "cool kids sports" I don't believe that the expenses invested is anywhere near what tennis requires. True, you can go to those Training Camps or Athlete Programs.... but tennis has all of that. There is literally schools and schools that devote their entire purpose into molding tennis players from around the world. The 17th ranked world player and former world number 1 player who had won 3 grand slams, Maria Sharapova, spend her entire childhood in one of these camps. Her parents quit their jobs so that they could invest in her daughter for this very sport..... and I guess..... good investment..... but that is 1 player out of millions and millions of players.

So moral of story? 
Don't even try to become a professional tennis player. Don't take this sport to seriously, because tennis is money. And money is time. And unless you truly want to devote your life to this sport. Just have fun!

Thanks for reading!


Monday, June 28, 2010

Job REJECTION$

Isn't it funny that during school, I manage to at least get 1 blog post a week done..... and now it's summer and I can't manage to even get 1 done a month? Who said procrastination was a bad thing in school? Anyways, I don't really have much to talk about besides talking about random stuff itself. And to start things off..... I hate summer....
You could be all like "Oh Ma GOD? WAT? YOU FREAK! YOU HATE SUMMER?1?!?!" I hate summer because although summer is truly the greatest time to have fun-z, about 75.13162124% of the time I'm just sitting around at home.... playing games, watching some Te3VEe, stalking little kids on Facebook (just kidding). And to be honest, I'd rather be at school, where I was forced to do something useful. And it's not like I want to be in this situation, I applied to currently 18+ job locations around my city... yes... not neighborhood or area.... but city..... annddd................. they've all rejected me. Actually, they didn't actually reject me, they just never contacted me ever since I applied, and when I call them, they're all like:

Me: "Hello! (trying to sound happy and interested), I applied here a few weeks ago, and I'm just calling to see whether I got accepted or not??!?"
Them: ....................
Me: Hello?
Them: "uhhhhhhHhhHhHhhhhh.......... have you applied yet?
Me: =.= ........ Yes............... I have applied online...... using the internet........ from my computer
Them: Oh, well if we're hiring we'll call you
Me: Well OBVIOUSLY IF YOU CALLED ME THEN THIS CALL WOULD NOT EXIST......... (<- ok I didn't really say that.... but I thought that)

Me: Oh.. really? (=.= .... just say you don't want me..... please....) ummm.... when will they call me?
Them: I don't know, my manager usually does that stuff
Me: Ok I see.....
Them: Anything else?
Me: No, that's all, well thank you for hel- they hang up..... 

Anyways to keep this long and sad story short.... I'm still looking for a job....... so that I don't accidentally brutally murder myself from boredom at home.... And the moral of the story is?????

APPLY FOR MORE THAN 1 JOB EARLIER

Thanks for reading!

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Ma Gangsta Rap Fa Sho

I got really bored in class the other day... so I decided to compose a fictional rap about my life. 98.824% of it is fake... so don't call child services er something.....


I’m just the asian that lives down the street
Mow’in his front lawn with his bare hands and feet
I can’t afford to buy a mowing blade cuz I’m way too cheap
But education is my top priority cuz it’s good for me
But there is one thing that I can ensure about me
Something you and I can both agree
That I’m a trained ninja and can kill you in your sleep
This is the system I live in that surrounds all I see
I try to be different and I try to break free
But I can’t cuz I’m just not a straight up G
So instead I’ll be a rebel and just to TCC

 But seriously,

I’m just the average Asian boy with all A’s and 1 B
Get one C and you can just kill me, please
If you don’t kill me, my parents will
Stuff me in a bag of glass shards and throw me down a hill
I get cut by glass and I feel pain but can’t chill
This is punishment by my parents so they don’t give me the relieving pill
So I’m still rolling and flying down the 9k feet hill
With a conscience overwhelmed by fear and thrill

Then I suddenly stop and I open my eyes
I see a shining light that shines extremely bright
So I walk toward the light and what do I see?
I see my entire life flashing before me

But to my surprise I do not see fun and happy suggestions
Instead of see mathematical functions, derivatives, and SAT questions
Like what is p if 4z + y equals arithmetic progression
And other things that lend toward a dying depression
And basically things that give this rap session aggression concession

And then do I realize that my life has been a waste
Learning stuff and doing shit that fun does not relate
Suddenly I wake up and realize it was all a dream
And that I had just taken another nap in AP history period 3B, with the teacher now looking menacing at me
But I really don’t care cuz it’s the end of the school year
I just want to go home, and not be here

Drink beer, have no fear, for the Asian superman is finally here


Thanks fa reading... YO... 

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Picture of the Month #2


So this weekend, I attended this random church to hear a famous speaker. During the intermission, my bladder instructed me to use to restroom. And so I walk in, do the usual; look into the mirror, choose a toilet with at least one toilet in between me and another person, and then proceed to secrete the excess stream of a natural water faucet. After finishing, I'm about to push the toilet lever down to flush the toilet... and I read "Please Flush after Use!" (and the translated version too!). What is this world coming to? When people have to tape warnings signs or notices that remind people to flush the toilet..... you know that alians are about to invade the world. Why would you seriously need to remind people to flush a toilet? Isn't that common sense, that when your done alleviating  yourself into a public piece of machinery.....  you should at least bother to clean it away? It's like having a nice conversation with a friend, then accidentally sneezing a large blob of germs and saliva on his face, only then to continue on the conversation casually as if you don't notice the now shocked expression of your friend of whom is now covered in a layer of mucus. 
I understand people not mowing their front lawns, because they might not own a lawn. Or they might not have the physical capabilities to mow the lawn, or simply just hiring somebody to mow the lawn for them. But flushing a toilet? You can't not have a "pee-pee", you can't "not use the restroom" (unless you're a FREAK), and you can't lack the physical capabilities as to press gently on a lever, or wave your hand over a sensor. And most ultimately, you can't hire somebody to flush a toilet for you after you pleasure yourself. Just think about it, would you like to walk to a toilet and be happily welcomed by a pool of yellow urine left as a gift by the person before you? If you don't flush a toilet when you're done, it's like a dog that poops along the side of a road, then waits for his master to pick his s*%$ up for him.... only you're the dog that lazily poops everywhere and waits for other people to flush after you. And that's just sick, and gross and wrong in every possible way. In a way, you're almost a hypocrite; because you must shower each day, brush your teeth, etc. in an attempt to have clean hygiene. But then you leave urine and poop everywhere for other people... what's the point in being clean if you have other people cleaning your dirtiest "productions"?
Moral of the story: flush the toilet please. Think of the trees; if everybody started to flush the toilets... you wouldn't have to have reminders that tell you to flush the toilet.... 

***its was extremely awkward taking this picture.... people  behind me were like "WTF is this guy taking a picture of a toilet for?? WHAT A WEEIIIRDOOOO!!!"***

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Saturday, May 1, 2010

In Need of Support

Today's blog is going to be a tad more solemn than my other posts. If you don't already know, I am going on a mission trip to Canada this summer to help spread the word there to those that have not received it yet, while also learning how to spread the word. The following is a letter I wrote to a few people in humble request of financial and moral support. If you would like to support my trip, there is a donate button on the right side of the blog to help contribute. And if you do not feel an urge to, I ask of you to still provide prayer and loving support. Thank You.
Dear ,

I’m a rebel.
I’m a dissenter, liberal, renegade, insurrectionist, heretic mutineer or any equivalent terminology that allows me to be against the flow of society. I’m a complete nonconformist to traditional doctrines or orthodox, I hate following the ways people find to be “acceptable” and I loathe the typical stereotypes bestowed upon me before birth. Essentially, if you were to say “that’s like finding a needle in a haystack”, I’d like to be that one single strand of hay that is discolored and at discontent with the others. If you didn’t truly know me, characteristics of this personality would at one point or another stand out. To those oblivious to my true nature, I’m generally labeled as an “immature adolescent” that likes to talk loud in places that are deemed to be quiet. I enjoy the exasperated looks teacher’s give when they ask “does everyone agree”, and I’m the one that boldly raises my hand to logically argue how I disagree. Sometimes, when reading something controversially or blatantly obvious in terms of moral standards, I would argue why their logic is wrong or flawed. So judge me, am I considered anything but bad and what some adults refer to as “being mature”.
So by the time you’re reading this very sentence you’re wondering “so what did that have to do with anything of the sincerity to the request of mission trip giving?” Well to begin, I’d like to set aside a portion of your time to inform you of my personality and opinions. But you may think “David claims he’s a rebel, isn’t that a bad thing? Why is he informing me of all this negativity?” And the thing is, it’s true to say that a rebel is often regarded as something negative or detrimental to our path of living a righteous life. However, aren’t we all rebels towards Christ? In God’s eyes, we are the ones that raise our arms in question to his power, his authority, and ultimately, his everlasting love. There is absolutely not a time in your life when you haven’t complained “God, why? Why did this happen? Where are you when I need you most?” Don’t we all find ourselves doing absurd actions when angry? Isn’t anger itself a complete contradiction to the teachings of love, which we all should live by? And isn’t living a life against moral doctrines itself rebellious in nature? You see, I admit I’m a rebel, and you may have to. But what about those who still live a complete life rebelling and constantly testing the mercy of God? As Christians who strive to live a holy and hallowed life. Don’t they to deserve the chance to admit themselves as rebels of God?
In another sense, though we are rebels against the mercy of God. On earth and in society, we are God’s holy rebels against the forces of sin and evil. We are his beloved soldiers saved by loving grace to fight against the influences of sin, and to carry forth the message of liberty and salvation. But like soldiers on a battle field, we need the constant supply of daily living and support. What is a soldier without adequate training and preparation for war? Is he soldier? Or is he just another person wishing to become God’s soldier while crumbling into the fire of sin?
I am soldier for and of God. I humbly thank Christ to allow me to be born into a household of love and to be set on a path of correct morals. But while living a holy life is vital to fight against negative influences of this world. Spreading the message or helping the development of other soldiers may only further strengthen the bond we have with Christ. Though obligatory, I find that spreading the message of God may not only strengthen my relationship with God, but to help others struggling. While hopefully learning and constantly growing with God.
That is why I ask of my brothers and sisters, like that of the soldier, to supply me with prayer and love to fulfill this task for God. However, in a world were money predestines actions. I humbly ask of the financial supplement needed to effectively carry forth this calling. According to James 2: 15-16, Christ says “If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and be filled,” and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that?”. In my current state of life, I am a fellow brother not only lacking the financial help needed, but also the courage and strength required. Like the verse says, I am without clothing and food, but with the loving support of you and other Christians; such worldly values cannot obstruct the spirit to live for God. Thank You and May God bless.

Sincerely,

David Wei