KOREA v.s. HONGKONG

Last Sunday, there was a soccer match (real professional players). It was the Asian Cup; and there were four teams which were South Korea, Japan, China, and Hong Kong. It was held in Tokyo, Japan, and the first match for South Korea was against Hong Kong. This Cup was held just to get ready for the World Cup in South Africa which will be on June of 2010.

I was playing game in my computer myself, then my dad called me and said that there is going to be a soccer match. I ran to the T.V. and was so excited. We knew that Hong Kong was a weak team, so I was sure we were going to beat them. The match started. After 10 minutes passed, South Korea scored a header goal. The scorer was the South Korean captain. I was so happy so I was jumping from up to down. Well, we scored another goal in 15 minutes. I jumped up to down and we scored by a turning shot. 2:0 already after 15 minutes. I was so proud of South Korea. Then, after 30 minutes, we scored another goal! The scorer was Lee-Dong-Guk and he was the best player in the team. He haven't scored a goal for so long but he scored a fabulous header goal in this match! Again, I jumped. 3:0! Just before the half time, we scored another goal, AN AWESOME GOAL! The whistle blew! The half time. Then, the second half was BORING. We didn't score any goals until.... the last minute! We scored at the 92nd minute. And, the whistle blew. Final score was 5:0. And the Korean goalkeeper touched the ball only a few times.

Extra INFO - 1. China played with Japan and they had a tie.
2. We are playing against China today in Japan.
3. We are playing against Japan this Sunday,

Vocab list 7

1. Cask - A wooden container usually for holding drinks.

2. Cynical - An attitude sort of like winning, but worse.

3. Provisions - Some supplies, often food.

4. Subvert - To make things not work, ruin.

5. Accumulate - To get more items.

6. Congregate. Everybody/thing coming together. A cousin of accumulate.

7. Ominous - A signal that something is going to happen.

8. Contradict - People not agreeing in a thing/disagree.

9. Adversary - Your opponent.

10. Flabbergast - When you can't believe it and when you are amazed. When you are flabbergasted, you say "You gotta be kidding me!".

Test...Test...TEST

Ok. About 2 weeks passed after the holiday. When school started, it was pretty good meeting my friends and studying (a little amount). It was all comfortable going to school and staying 7 hours here. All the breaks, play, study. However, now, after 2 weeks, there are lots of tests in Middle School!

Last Friday, there was a Science Formative. Then, at the same day, I had another Quiz for Mandarin. Yesterday, we had a Science Summative and at the same day, I had another Mandarin Quiz. Tomorrow, we have a Math Formative. There is a house project that's going to start today, and there will be a Math Summative next week. Soon, I will have about 4 Mandarin Formatives and Summatives. (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking).

For Math, I am in Black Level so it is the hardest level and the most challenging one in 6th Grade. We are learning Geometry and I don't like Geometry. We have homework everyday a lot. I think the amount of tests and homework are overwhelming for me. Test...Test...TEST, Homework...Homework...HOMEWORK!

However, if this week and next week passes, it is FREEDOM!!!!!! (But there are still going to be pretty much homework.)

10 Historical Data of Haiti

1. On 1942, Christopher Colombus landed on Haiti's north coast and claimed the country as the island of Spain.

2. The French took over this colony in the 1960s and increased production in crops like coffee, cotton, and sugarcane.

3. There was a French Rebellion from 1791- 1803. The Jamaican-born person started this and fought a lot of French people including Napoleon's army. This war lasted for 13 years.

4. A Civil War happened on the country in 1807 and was devided into North and South. Jean-Pierre Boyer reunifies the country and became a president on 1820.

5. The tropical climate and trade winds produce warm temperatures throughout the year. Haiti has a lot of mountains and produces coconuts.

6. The people in the North Haiti have a Creole accent. The population is 95% black and 5% white.

7. Carnival and New Year's Day are the biggest holidays in the whole year for most Haitians.

8. About two-thirds of the Haitians live with farming and they even have a small farm. Unluckily, for lots of times, frequent storms destroy the farms and crops.

9. Haiti produces coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, and wood.

10. The president in Haiti is elected every 5 years and Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% living in poverty.

10 Vocabulary Sentences

1. As we rode on the car, we saw all the movie stars in front of the catacomb filming a horror movie.

2. All the arsonists in this town were imprisoned because of burning the houses in purpose.

3. The magician deceived all of us by telling that the rabbit was inside the hat.

4. My friend manipulated with the rubix cube and finished it in 1 minute.

5. When we went to the restaurant and met Obamam, we acted submissive to him.

6. As we walked on the road, we saw old cobblestones lying on the road.

7. When country A killed the king of country B, country A decided to do a revenge and assailed country B.

8. When Mr. Smith entered our room, we all put our notebooks meticulously.

9. We always see Sam and Tom inseparable; they never fall apart.

10. When I helped John with his spelling, he bought me ice creams because he was obliged to do that.

My Soccer Match

Last Saturday, JIS B team had the first soccer match in the season. This is a very competitive league called Coca-Cola League and the season just started. I am in the U14 league so I'm the youngest in my team. There is the A team and the B team and A team is better than the B team. However, there are lots of 8th grade people participating so I got picked in the B team while most of the 8th graders went in the A team. For the first match, we were playing the French School (LIF) in ISCI at 11:45 a.m. The French School already played a match and won 3:0 so they were in the top of the league. For this match I was playing first as a striker. We all warmed up and got ready.

"PHIP!" The whistle blew. The match started and we did the kick-off. The French School had really good strikers such as Simon. Just after the game started, the other team had the ball and attacked towards us. We couldn't block them so I was 100% sure we were going to lose. Anyways, they dribbled and shot. Luckily, our goalkeeper was good enough to block that shot. We barely crossed the half line and they just went in our penalty box a lot of times but our defenders were good. I attacked towards their goal and dribbled. I got rid of one of their defenders but they were VERY agressive. I couldn't get past them. French School's attack. Simon kept on dribbling and dribbling and went in the penalty box. "PHIP" the whistle blew again and I wondered what was happening. THE REFEREE SAID THAT WE DID A HANDBALL!!! I was sure we didn't do a handball and everybody thought that. Well, it was no use and Simon scored a penalty. We were down 0:1 on half time.

Now it was the second half. We attacked a lot of times and became aggresive than the first half. We were getting better but their defenders were too good. I got substituted out and went in again after 10 minutes. When we attacked, I suddenly had a stomachache so I got substituted out again. I had to watch the game until the end. Yes! We were going straight to their penalty box but the defender blocked again. "PHIP" the whistle blew and WE LOST.

0:1. It was better than we expected and we were better than the first half. Well, life is life. I was disappointed but we could do better next time. I was sure we were going to win the next match against the Indonesian School. There is another chance!!! GO JIS!!!

Haiti Earthquake Part II

Last Tuesday about at 5:00 p.m., there was a disastorous earthquake at magnitude 7.0 that struck Haiti. It was a total disaster and a nightmare. However a lot of things changed after 1 week.

Compared to last week, there are lots and lots of supplies coming from different countries. They are all sending waters, food, aids, medical supplies and lots more. Countries all over the world send these supplies by airplanes and trucks. The picture above is another country coming to Haiti with all the supplies. For example, Brazil sent about $10000000 to Haiti and Korea sent about $10000000 as well to Haiti. As I said, lots of countries are helping Haiti such as U.S.A., China, Iceland, Japan, and more. There are lots of way to help Haiti victims and there is a really cool way and it's this. SMS to 90999 and type "Haiti". Then, $10 will go to Haiti. In one day, $2000000 dollars were sent to Haiti just because of SMS's. The Haiti people collected diapers, batteries, medicines, clothings, and toiletries. U.S.A. is helping Haiti a lot by sending tons and tons of water because Haiti is most short of food and water.

This earthquake was a nightmare, and we are lucky that lots of countries are sending help to Haiti. I hope more countries still help and give supplies to Haiti.