Finals, What's the point?

Okay so it's that time of the year again when all the college and high school students are stressing out on FINALS!! Of course, right now are the finals for the college students and later on this month the seniors in high school would be starting their finals as well because of graduation. This is the time when everyone panics and tries to cram everything into their heads or everything into their final papers which usually consists of about 5+ pages and so on.

But to ask a simple question that has been asked for merely centuries, "Why do we take Finals?" "what's the point?" Well, as most teachers, professors, or the school board tells us..."it's to see how much you have learned over the course." and then again, does it really? To think about it from a young students point of view, for the most part, many students don't even take in or learn much throughout the year. I think because most of the classes they take aren't interesting enough for the student to remember anything, if that class was taught in a bad way or had too much information that most people get confused or again can't remember.

Also, when finals come up people are just studying quickly to just remember the concepts for the exam and then forget about it right after the exam. I'm pretty sure that many people who study for exams don't really know how to study for them just because of the information that's needed to know. That's just too much information for our brains to handle. Along with many of us having an outside life of work, family, and more work. Not to mention, summer's the only thing on the student's mind while taking the exams.

Overall, finals are one of the biggest concerns a student would have in school. They are a big part of your grade and it could either raise your grade or drop it. To compare it between high school and college students, college students have a it much worst and more stressful than high school students. Just the fact that high school students have more assignments that help their grade and they are given the opportunity of extra credit to help improve grades, at the most we don't. Then again, it is college...

TV at it's best

Now is it really true that in Texas,everything is bigger? I was watching this show on steak and the top places to eat food and they mentioned that Texas started the 72 oz eating contest. The contest was to eat a 72 oz steak within 1 hour and if you finish you won't have to pay for your meal.

There was also another show I watched and it's funny. There's this guy who goes around America and tries competitions on eating food. The show is called Man vs. Food and its pretty interesting how little resturants could come up with these competitions.

To think about it, these days television has changed a lot. It's like they are running out of ideas to make up new shows.

Back when i was younger, TV was all about violence and sex and drugs. That's why I like to watch Family Guy and Futurama. It's so interesting and funny.

Salmon

I was watching a video clip about Alaskan salmon and its migration patterns. Sadly every year there comes a time when these waist high fish have to go up stream and pass on its genes to their younglings. Every salmon, both male and female die after spawning because it is their way of life. To think about that makes me appreciate my parents and life a bit more.

As the video goes on. There was a part where hundreds of these silver salmons taking a wrong turn into a little swampy pond killing them all as the shore captures them. It didn't stop here, even more of these salmons follow and trying very hard whipping their tail to swim over these dead salmons.

The life cylce of a salmon seems so simple. They grow up and swim into the ocean and come back to spawn and give life to younglings and then die. Every salmon's fate comes right after a pool of orgasm but to watch hundreds of these salmon taking a wrong turn towards death without even spawning is just sad.

Unlike other fishes, to die after spawning is very odd and sad. The video that I watched portrayed the unlikely to happen, but what did happen was nature taking its course. Overall salmon fish have a simple life and death and no matter which salmon it is, they are all going to proceed through the same life cycle.

PSN

There has been a big controversy about what is really happening with the psn or playstaytion network. But after a week, Sony has put out the news about what actually happend to the network and why it has been down. After being hacked, playstaytion took action in debugging the virus so its customers would not lose money from these hackers.

The hackers found a way to get into the mainframe of the network. This allowed them to obtain access to customer's accounts and use creditcards or purchase playstation points to get other features avalible through online.

The thing I found interesting was that playstaytion never really had any outbreaks close to this. This was probably the biggest news that broke out for playstation. I know for a fact that a lot of gamers had hacked into x box and modded there system. But as for playstaytion, there was non hackable system up until this year.

It seems that playstaytion might have been keeping hackers away but lately they have probably put their gaurd down just enough for these hackers to hack into sony. Overall this outbreak has cause many gamers to stop playing games online, but will this effect the consumers to keep playing on this system.

Easter

Easter, what is it really all about? I thought it had to do something with the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, which is taught to the Christianity faith. I'm no follower of the faith itself so I'm just wondering what's up with the Easter bunny and the eggs it carries...

Does the bunny represent new life for bringing eggs for which they don't even lay eggs? Are there more than just one meaning to Easter? I know some people that are not Christian but celebrate the Holiday by cooking out and hiding eggs. What's the whole purpose of hiding eggs and having children go find them? Is there a meaning why people do this?

Of course I could research more abroad in this topic, but will I gain anything. Well, I like Easter because of the colors and knowing that spring has arrived. Another bonus why I like Easter is all the candy even though every holiday has its assorted candy, this one comes with peeps! (I don't eat them though.)

Easter is celebrated all over North America, maybe even in the other countries over sea. I'm not even going to bother looking but knowing that it brings people together it's all good. But again, what's up with the Easter BUNNY and EGGS?!?

Age Of Mythology

One of my nephews' came over this past weekend and tried introducing a game to me. The game was called Age of Mythology, which is about mythical creatures from the Romans, Greeks, and other Goddesses. The basic gameplay for this game, is to build up your civilization and fight the other players to defeat them in total domination.

I was a bit hesitant because I was more into RPG type of games. But after I got the feeling of an addiction, There was no holding back of my leaving the computer screen. I basically played the game from nine in the morning up til one am the following day. This thing was by far so addicting.

Coming from me, I would totally buy this game and play it. It's so fun building an army and destroying your enemys. After he told me about other versions, I had to look them up and purchase the other games. The funny thing about that day was, I actually bought the games. LOL.

Overall, this game is totally awesome and is probably the most addicting game on the market. This by far is probably the best game I played in the longest and I would totally recomend it to everyone who loves playing games. It's a game made for everyone is what I would say.

The Social Network

In my recent blogs about facebook I had talked about how awesome Facebook was. But now, I'm second thinking about  my thoughts about Facebook. It has gone a long ways for it to progress so far. It's even gone viral in other parts of the world.

One thing I found out was that most well known brands all devoted themselves into making facebook pages. I believe this is true in most cases because they all go where their customers go so that they are able to make profit.

Not only consumers but business places and even the police department is having a crack at this. It seems that crime is also fought on the world wide web. The funny thing I found out was that they actually do look for suspects on Facebook and it works!

Overall the online tool called "Facebook", seems to be a very big deal in society today. Most people tend to use the internet more often as a way to commute with one another. Though it's expansion, I believe that people are losing their ability to commute with actual humans and are going through this route of communicating through the web. It's not bad but it be better to actually see and talk the an actual person and know that they are alive!

Black Ops

Over the weekend I finally bought the game Call to Duty Black Ops. Lots of my friends been trying to get me into playing this game because of how much better it is compared to MW2. The only real reason why they want me to play is because you can play zombie mode. That is where you kill as much zombies as you can and try to survive each wave.

My first thoughts of this game was that it was overrated. I’ve seen and played a few games from black ops before and it doesn’t really live up to what everyone is saying to me. It’s true that there are more features to the game like guns and map packs but the touch and feel of this game is not to my own liking.

It’s a very interesting type of play that the game has. Each time you play, you earn credits and with those credits, you can use it to buy guns and equips. It’s some what hard to earn credits because you don’t get much of it. You would have to play a lot of times to slowly earn credits.

Overall this game does have a lot more features from previous call to duty. Although it is made from a different maker, the game play does fill in some flaws from mw2. It’s still a fun game to play if you like to play with your friends. So I would totally suggest this game for all those gamers out there.

Thailand's got talent

Here is a clip that I found on Youtube and it has gone viral eversince.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YccsNO1FV64

This short clip on Youtube is this Lady or Transgender who has this magnificient female voice. She collabs two songs together and once she starts singing the other song. I was shocked on how awesome/ talented this person is. The judges were also very intrigued and lost.

Now, from what I heard from my parents and cousins who actually went to Thailand before. They said that a lot of women on the late night streets are actually guys who dress like women. But nothing is wrong with transgender. I just love this clip, it's very nice and mellow.

I had actually looked up the original singer to the second song. Where she started to sing in a lower guys voice. The original is pretty good, but i have to say, it was not quite as good as this person on Thailand's got talent.

Overall, I probably watched this video clip like hundereds of times. It still gives me goosebumbs watching it over and over again. I even showed it to some of my family and friends and they too loved it. I hope that she wins this competition.

POKEMON

Like seriously, Just today I had taken my two nephews into GameStop at the Mall and man, it was packed! Before the ride or decision on coming to gamestop. My two nephews had urged and begged me to take them because it was life threatning urgent. Pokemon White and Pokemon Black were coming out today and this was the cause of this huge rally of pokemon fans.

As I spectated, there were many customers who had to make a hard decision. It was either the choice of Black or White. Groups of friends talked back and forth about which ones were eligibly better. Tough either one had the same storyline. The only difference was that some pokemons will only be in one or the other.

The newly release pokemon for the Nitendo DS cause quite the stir at the mall. There were probably only two workers working at the time. One working the cash registration and the other was working with customers. Many Customers had asked the worker on his decisions on which would be better. Even he couldn't answer his customers.

I would totally agree that back when I was still young, I too truly loved Pokemon. The thought that after ten years after the release of pokemon. I would have thought that it would have lost interest in many kids and people today. At the store, I was shocked to see older men and younger kids getting together and still love this show. Maybe I too should get back into my Pokemon era.

There has been a some pretty exciting things that has happend over this past week. The return of the Rock to wrestling was probably the highlight of my weekend. I could remember it like yesterday when the rock was the champ. He did a lot to the nation of wrestling.

After the rock had decided to go into acting and persue his dreams. I didn't really like how he acted in some of his movies. The only one that I actually thought that his acting was alright was in Be Cool. With the Rock gone from wrestling; its been totally different with the new incoming wrestlers.

Wrestlers such as John Cena has developed wrestling to a whole new level but the performance is lacking. I would think that the return of the rock. It will have a huge impact on Wrestlemania this coming up year. The profits will be enormous.

Only if other wrestlers such as Stone cold Steve austin would return. That will cause more older fans to return such as me. I'm not saying that the new wrestlers are terrible, i am just simply saying that the entertainment is lacking. With the return of the Rock, It's going to be one hell of a match to watch.

X Men and many other Marvel Movies

X men was probably one of the greatest cartoons back then. Still today it seems that the show is still playing. Not only that there has been a few movies of the origins of X men and many other Marvel cartoons. But during the super bowl, I witnessed a new movie of X Men.

After when the Pheonix was killed by wolverine in the last movie. I had thought that that was the end of the making of the comic series. Then, they showed the X Men: First Class. The trailer was obviously amazing!

I couldn't believe that they were actually going to make another X Men movie and at that time during the super bowl with millions of people watching. They might have won the hearts of many Marvel Fanatics. The movie for X men wasn't alone though. There was also Captain America, Thor, and Transformers.

These cartoon heros must have impacted many people when they saw these trailers. It was probably worth the millions of dollars paid for the thirty second spots in the super bowl commercials. And to add to that, its coming this summer to a theater near you!

21st Birthdays

The year is almost over and 2011 is just right around the corner. Many good and bad things have happened in the past year and with the new year coming, I'm hoping it will be much better than 2010. But as 2011 creeps closer and closer, I acually don't want it to come just yet.

This is because I will be turning 21, being legal to purchase and drink alcohol. As my time is coming up, so many of my friends are estatic about this one in a life time event. I mean, I was insterested in joining my friends 21st birthdays but not mine. Seeing that they were all hung over and puking the next day made me realize, that's not what I want.

But this is a once in a life time deal. You don't turn 21 more than once you know. Unless you celebrate your birthday repeatedly throughout the week til it hits your actual birthday. It's also great to see your family and friends celebrate this with you.

I actually don't know what to do at all for my own 21st birthday. The only downfall of a 21st birthday is the drinking and side effects following the next day. Though, you will only live once so, what the heck right?

If I Had Super Powers

What would the world be like if we all had super powers? Would the world be a better place or would mankind use their powers for the better good? If I had super powers, I would want the strength of superman. Superman is probably the strongest super hero there is. Though he has only one weakness, which is why I wouldn’t want his full strength.

As goes for an additional power, I like to have spider sense. His sense could possibly be the most quickest and best to defeat close combat villains. With his quick sense and brute strength of superman, I could possibly be one of the strongest super heroes ever.

For my last power, I think having body regeneration like wolverine would be something worth having. In that way, if I ever get hurt in battles with bad guys. I wouldn’t have to worry about the long wait until I heal. And also having his sense of smell would be great.

Overall, these are only some of what I would love to have as super powers. Though, having too much power wouldn’t work out just because there will be those who hate you. They will retaliate because you try to make the world a better place. With great power you have great responsibilities.

Black Friday

What is so special about black friday? Isn't it just any ordinary friday? Well to those who go and camp out on black Friday there must be some really good deals for them to camp outside the store and wait for hours in the cold.But dealing with the crowd could be pretty difficult because everyone is agitated in the cold and also sleepless.

In my past two years I have experienced going to black Friday and camping outside the store. It’s pretty crazy when I thought back on what I’ve did. It was so cold, and that we didn’t get to sleep at all from stuffing my face with turkey all day. People are even more dedicated then we are that they camp outside the door like a day ahead.

I’ve also heard stories where people even get into fights because there are only so limited items sold in that store. Also, when they finally open then doors, everyone wants to push and rush in. But once you enter, there’s also lines so the back of the store to what you want to get.

It’s pretty crazy when you go on your first Black Friday. But be warned when you go, do dress appropriately. Bring lots of blankets also. It’s a great experience but I won’t be doing that ever unless its well worth it.

Body world

Just this weekend I had the opportunity to go and experience a Body Exhibit in Madison. A body Exhibit is a place where you go and examine the structural of the body and how the body functions. This was a great experience for me because my major is to go into  nursing and the details that the exhibit gave out was more than what I had asked for.

When arriving to  Madison, I personally didn't want to go to the exhibit. This was because if I had seen the parts that made up of the human, my body would of felt very queezy. Though I did not think of that, I examinined almost every feature that they had.

It was a great experience and al it was a great way to interact with the people who work for and create this project. The people who made this opportunity possible made it the best way to learn new things about human anatomy and physiology.

Anyone who wants to go into the medical field or are interested in human anatomy. You should go and pay a visit to the body exhibit. There is just too much to learn in such a short period of time. Although you will get what your monies worth. I would recomend all people to attend and support your local scientist so that they can improve and go forward in human anatomy

YouTube

Here in America the internet source is a very powerful tool. As I say this, more and more people who have a normal life become a famous known person through the internet. Singing, sports, and much more people are making a name for themselves through the recognition of their fan base or viewers.

As I watched clips from WongFu Productions, which is a group of three Asian guys who are into making short videos and editing them. From the very beginning they had nothing but were just going to school and making videos. Now, they have an office with productions of t-shirts that they sell online. They also work for other sensational internet stars like David Choi who is a singer and NigaHiga who creates his own videos.

WongFu Production had also produced a video for Far East Movement which is a new cast of hip hop stars in the making. The internet is a very powerful tool to express yourself and I think these guys did a very well job. Even though these guys are Asian, they do collaborations with other ethnicities.

It’s great to see people start from the bottom up. You get to see a variety of struggles and success that the person had to endure to become success. WongFu Productions is a great example and great role model for the young generations especially Asians. You don’t see many famous Asians here in America but more are on the rise as I see it.

Facebook the social network movie

The new fad online is now considered Facebook. Everyone uses Facebook nowadays to keep in contact with friends and families. Facebook is considered the largest social network on the internet today streaming over half a billion people world wide. The net worth of Facebook is to be worth over 25 billion dollars.

Over this past weekend I had logged onto my Facebook to check up on updates. Checking my updates I was tagged to a video saying that I should watch this movie. The movie was called Facebook The Social Network. It was a movie about how Facebook was invented and how it became a billion dollar network.

The movie takes you to parts of the scene where Mark Zackerberg had went to school, launched a website, and in the court room. The reason why I liked this movie was that during the main storyline, he was in court telling his story.  Jesse Eisenberg, played as the founder of Facebook, Mark Zackerberg and he did an awesome job.

For once I had time to sit down and watch a movie and somewhat liked the storyline just because this was based on a true story. It just makes me think that if they can make it big, then I should be able to do so too.

MW Black Ops

The word is that modern warfare is coming out with a new game called “Black Ops” on November 9^th of this year. The gaming is very similar to the other previous games that they created, but the people of Infinity ward ( the people who created the game) had left. So the new people behind Black Ops are now Treyarch. I’ve seen some clips from the trailer they put out to represent as their ad and I would say it’s pretty awesome but it’s just not the same.

The style of play seems similar and the weapons used are fake or make believe.  I don’t understand why the people of modern warfare chose to go this route. They are taking a risk of their own company. Another thing that I saw that I didn’t like was the game play where you bid money in a game and the winner gets the whole pot. If I were to pay to play then I would just never even think about buying the game.

What I liked the most from this game was the way you could change a character’s clothing. It’s a pretty creative feature to this game but you need to earn cash to buy these features. Another cool thing that I thought was interesting was that they changed the kill streaks rewards. The remote car with bomb seems pretty awesome!

If Black Ops doesn’t live up to its previous games, I wouldn’t be surprise if Treyarch gets fired. But the only way to find out is to play the game. Best way is to rent it, play it, and if you like it buy it. I’m pretty stoked about this new game. And I’m hoping it doesn’t disappoint me.

King James

You may know him by LB, The King, King James, or better yet LeBron James. Back in 09’ when LeBron James was still with the Cleveland Cavs, one of his biggest decisions was to decide to stick with the Cavs or sign with the Miami Heat. This was one of the biggest controversies on sports nation until he made his decision and signed with the Miami Heats.

With this decision I couldn’t point out why he decided to go this route. I wasn’t sure if LeBron had left Cleveland, would his fans jeopardize his income? But this was not a factor for LeBron. He actually made more money after he had signed with the Miami Heats.

Although you see LeBron James former fans burning up his Ex Caviler Jersey live on the news. This only made King James the talk of America. But with all the fame and money put into this game of basketball. I believe that LeBron James only did this to better his chances of getting a championship ring.

Like come on, they are ranked top in their section with two other NBA all-stars that include Dewayne Wade and Chris Bosh. With them three working together, they stack up stats beyond other teams. But they can only achieve this through teamwork. They can’t be selfish and only want to be the star player of the team. As preseason is over, I predict that Miami Heat will play against the Lakers for the final.