Sunday, January 1, 2012

11. Charities

If I were given $30,000 dollars to give to 3 charities, these are the charities that I would pick.

Make A Wish Foundation

The make a wish foundation is an organization dedicated to granting the "wishes" of children with life threatening medical problems. I've always thought the make a wish foundation was a good charity, not because of the wish, but of the repercussions of the wish being granted. When a child is granted a wish, they are given a thing to remember, in what may or may not be their last days. If it even gets to that point, it is still a chance for that child to experience something they would normally not get the chance to, and that is not fair. But when people see how happy the children are when they see a charity really going to work in their own neighborhood, just the sound of it just makes you want to contribute to a worthy cause. Doesn't it?

Against Malaria Foundation

The against malaria foundation is a charity organization that deals with the purchasing of nets and antibiotics to treat and prevent malaria in less fortunate countries. Malaria causes symptoms such as, fever and headache, and in sever cases progressing into coma or even death. Malaria is hard to prevent, if one does not have the appropriate tools to deal with it. Mosquito's are more common in humid areas of the globe like rainforests, and can catch people by surprise as well all know. Yet 200,000,000 cases of malaria happen worldwide each year, and this charity is a great charity with a good track record dedicated to the purchase of nets, insecticide treated nets, and long lasting insecticide treated nets to prevent malaria in less fortunate countries, with the cost of nets being fairly cheap.

The British Columbia Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

More commonly known as the BC SPCA, these people can be lifesavers to animals everywhere and are one of the leading contributers to the rescue of abused animals. On one side, the people at SPCA rescue animals from their prosecuters and put them into shelters where they are treated well and then sold for fairly low prices to families who will adopt, love and care for them. As much as we need to repair people, we need to care for animals, and remember that we are not the only species on this planet, and nobody should treat animals as if we are.





When I was going over the structure of this I wanted to divide the charity money evenly between different causes, so the money is used in different ways. We need to remember that some less fortunate people are right next to us, so I chose the "Make A Wish" foundation, because when we have all the necessities of life in front of us, we need something to keep us moving forward. Although when we are even less fortunate and when we have to struggle to get the essentials of life, it takes 1 disease for you to be put out of work. Why I chose the "Against Malaria Foundation" to help those 200,000,000 people move forward and not have to worry about 1 more thing. And finally, animals are important as much as we are and I think are attitude as a species towards animals needs to take a change for the better, so I would donate this to the good people who saved my friends dog and my cat.

15. My Proudest Works.

I found that my proudest moments, are those brief, and happy moments, when you create something good, and others think it's beautiful. I found this feeling reflecting off my poetic works this year and last. I got a lot of positive feedback from peers and family member (not just my parents!). But it feels good when people appreciate something that you have put a lot of effort into, and that feeling of self satisfaction is just an overwhelmingly happy feeling. Especially when it is coming from your parents, because they will be proud of who you are becoming (or they could be faking it). Anyways This is one of the poems I wrote in English last year, that I though was mediocre, because it was my practice on using poetic devices, but when Carnrite handed it back to me in the hallway, she looked surprised and said it was really good. And your immediate reaction is always, "really!?".

7. Educational Youtube Moments (if that's possible)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7r7YY_EO0A

I decided to go off book for a little bit here and talk about why I chose this video, but not in a good way but infact a negative way. As some may take a first glance at this video and think, well hey those are good points, they are not wrong, its just I don't think they're go very in depth into this kind of topic. If motivational speakers are just out there to tell you to you're better than everyone else and to try and be someone your not just for success, then do you really have an identity? This is the "Identity Blog" and I really think it is helping me get in touch with who I want to be and what I want to do. Like I have said throughout this project, I would prefer not to live up to the "American Dream" format of living, but I would like to take the setting goals and working towards them portion out of it. Because if being wealthy and powerful dehumanizes me then what is the point? If I cant make my own choices, then is life worth living? Don't get the wrong idea when I say that but I think we rely on ourselves to be want we want to be.

14. Living Hero


For my living hero, I chose Stephen Hawking because of his amazing battle with life. As it says on his official website, In 1963, Hawking contracted motor neurone disease and was given two years to live. Yet he went on to Cambridge to become a brilliant researcher and Professorial Fellow at Gonville and Caius College. Since 1979 he has held the post of Lucasian Professor at Cambridge, the chair held by Isaac Newton in 1663. Professor Hawking has over a dozen honorary degrees and was awarded the CBE in 1982. He is a fellow of the Royal Society and a Member of the US National Academy of Science. Stephen Hawking is regarded as one of the most brilliant theoretical physicists since Einstein. 


Today he is said to be the smartest man alive, it really puts to work what you were saying about being blind doesn't it Knittle? ;). Most would say they couldn't go on living only being able to move a handful of muscles. Yet against all odds he survived and decided not to (pardon me) a vegetable and use his life for a greater purpose. He went through college and became successful with the only muscle he needed, his brain. He kept positive, and used that brain to make groundbreaking achievements, and still is said to be the greatest mind since Albert Einstein.

13. Poetry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-8NuZZPD9E


4. My Memorable moment


For my memory, I am going to pick the time when My Grandparents took me and my brother along with my parents to West Edmonton Mall. Now, to clarify, I didn’t pick this memory for the venue, I picked it for the time. Me and my brother were just kids fairly little, he may remember it less than me, but the memory was so potent. I would love to remember when everything was good. It was sunny, my grandparents were still married, and my grandmother was still alive. I remember the flashing lights from amusement park attractions as me and my brother ran for every attraction we saw as my parents smiled and my grandparents laughed. I picked this one fairly importantly for my grandmother, she was a great person, awesome, always thinking of others even when times were hard for her she looked up. And we would sometimes look down when she made wrong choices, and I regret it dearly. But I should’ve been more appreciative of the moment, even though I was too small to comprehend how important the moment really was. It felt like everything was just in perfect harmony we were all smiling, nobody was hurting, and that’s a feeling that I could feel forever. 


10. One Thing Id Like To Do


If you were to ask me if I could go or do anything in anyplace for any length of time, I'm not exactly the kind of person who would go sky diving or deep sea diving, or Paris or Italy, Africa or Japan. I feel like those things are all one time only see it and go thrills that can die down after a while and only turn into vivid memories. I would go somewhere that would expand my knowledge, someplace to help me get in touch with myself. Or even my surroundings, it’s just something I would love to do to really get an understanding of our confusing world, to learn something amazing. I want to get out of the routine machine lifestyle that so many suffer from. I need to be out an about expressing myself. I could never work a desk job because I need to feel like I’m getting something out of what I do. And if taking a little time with some guru up in the Himalayas learning how to be peaceful, and more understanding, is what it takes, then by all means ill go buy a one way plane ticket.

12. Favorite Song Lyrics

A long, long time ago
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died(*)

So, bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so
Now do you believe in rock and roll
Can music save your mortal soul
And can you teach me how to dance real slow

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'Cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin'

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But, that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh, and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lennon read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin'

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
Landed flat on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'Cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died
We started singin'

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'Cause fire is the devil's only friend
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singin'

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most
The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singin'

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

They were singin'
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die



SONG IS DONE POEM TIME


The message it sings
and how many the words
never ceases to bring
those words that I heard


The first day I heard that song
In the car with my dad
seven minutes to short, but so very long
made me so glad 


I asked to hear it more and more
my dad sat for a while
i was sure his ears had to be sore
he took a seat back looked back with a smile
turned his head over and turned up the dial.













3. Inspirational Works.

1. The bucket List.

I thought the bucket list was an amazing inspirational movie because it gives just a good inspiration to the phrase "live like you were dying, or you have not truly lived" and to have hope in a time when it all seems gone.







2. Braveheart.

Amazing movie about a mans struggle against an opressive country, leading his people to freedom.

“Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you’ll live… at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willin’ to trade ALL the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!” – William Wallace


3. The Lord Of The Rings


As bad as it may sound, this is still a movie that I watch over and over again no matter the length. and I did think it gave a good message about moving forward, trusting in your friends and allies, and pushing for your goals.










4. The Pursuit Of Happiness


happiness not happyness, this movie was an awesome kick of reality because it is about a man and his son who dont have very much money, but he works his way up against all odds, the dedication in this movie was really breathtaking.






5.  To kill a Mockingbird 


we read the book in english last year, and it was a really good movie, and an amazing portrayal of the book, gregory peck really made this movie into the story that it was, and he really felt like Atticus Finch. This book and movie was a great motivator to fight for the things you believe in, and to never judge a book by its cover as cliche as it is.





















2. Meaningful Quotations.





"I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use."  


- Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)



"Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right.


- Henry Ford (1863-1947)



"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."


- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)



"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."


- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)



"I don't know why we are here, but I'm pretty sure that it is not in order to enjoy ourselves."


- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951)



"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws."


- Plato (427-347 B.C.)



"Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called 'Ego'."


- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)




When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other-Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)

The important thing is never to stop questioning.
-Albert Einstein




if you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
W. Edwards Deming


You must be the change you wish to see in the world.
—Gandhi




What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.
John Ruskin




Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
Lily Tomlin





When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. Now I’m beginning to believe it.
Clarence Darrow


There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.
Cyril Connolly


The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking.
Albert Einstein

We learn something every day, and lots of times it’s that what we learned the day before was wrong.
—Bill Vaughan


I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.
—Blaise Pascal

Don’t ever wrestle with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.
Cale Yarborough

 Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
—AndrĂ© Gide