End of Upward Bound 2010

Blogging has been quite a unique experience for me, mostly because I had to write about whatever was on my mind. If I was assigned a topic everyday then it would became much easier for me. After a while I started to kind of like blogging,because I used my blog like a journal slash diary. This allowed me to just write whatever was battering in during that day or even the day before. What I didn't like about blogging is that I couldn't come up with stuff to write about, because it's hard for me to write when I don't have an actual topic to write about. Overall this experience was quite nice, mostly how how got to see what other people wrote on their blog.

On Wednesday my actual summer will start and I am still quite sure what I'm going to do. I know for sure that I would like to hang out with my friends that aren't upward bound with me. I will also probably spend time with my family and just relax for the rest of the summer. For now I'm not sure with what I want to do for the rest of my life, but I do know I want to go to college, get a degree, have a job in the career I choose, and live happy ever after.

Candy

I love nerds, because I like how the box comes with two diffent flavors that compliment each other. I like its not to sweet but it's a little bit tangy at same time, so you recieve two for the price of one.

I'm not a big fan of candy, but I do enjoy eating sweets like deserts and stuff like that. I'm probably not a big fan of can because its too sweet and sugar, and I know the combination of the two make really tired. If do eat candy its in moderation, but if it nerds candy I'll eat about two or three boxes depending on the size of the box. Something about that candy makes me go crazy for them. Since I was little I always enjoyed eating these candy.

Rencounter

Rencounters are usually suppose to be fun, mostly when you haven't seen that person in a while, but sometimes you dont want to see that person. Just resently I saw some one from my past, this is not a person I hate or despise, but a person I wish to erase from my life. I cann't lie and say that it wasn't nice just seeing how the person was doing. That person messed up the whole encounter by restating what happened in the past. I'm personly a person that likes to forget, but not fully forgive some one. I know that we are both at fault for what happen in the past, but I really despise when someone cann't let go of something that happen in the past. They really got on my nerves because I know I hurt that person, but hurt me too in a way. I believe that like I was able to forgive and let go, then that peson should too, but I know that usually doesn't happen.

Risk

What are risks? Are they worth doing? So many peoples say take a leap and never look back, but what if you just want to play it safe? Some individuals my actually like to live on the safe side, while other enjoy the trill of taking a risk. In the end we all take risks, mostly with love. Everyone risks thereselves when it comes to love. You risk yourself with someone, without knowing whether they will treat you with the same respect or hurt you in the end.

Family

Family is very important to me, and if you know me then you already know. I believe family is always going to be there for you for no matter what. They would try to support you no matter what even though sometimes it does not seem like it. They might say things to you that would hurt you, but in the end they will always care for you. My family and I get along very well, eventhough sometimes it doesnt show. My brothers and I are usually together playing games and joking around. Family is one of the most important things in my life.

Can't Think

Today I don't have a certain topic to talk about. Today has been a good day so far with a few weird moments on the way. I figured out my user ID for the ACT in order to view my scored, which I noticed that I was using the wrong user ID last time and that's why I couldn't log in. I found out that my score was the same as last time. I was a little disappointed but at the same time happy because I thought I did a lot worse. When I was taking the test I guessed on basically every question not only because I didn't know it, but because I was getting sick of long the test actually is. Though, my test score is acceptable I'm still considering retaking it one more time, but I score the same score one more time then I'm going to stick with that score. Maybe that number is just my lucky number and I shouldn't think so much on it. Well I'm happy that I scored higher in the sections that I studied, but I'm disappointed on one section which I tend to like doing. So next time i should study more in that section and the other ones even though I'm good in those. My goal is to pass a certain two digit number which isn't that far from my actual score so I know it can be possible, but I have to study really hard to achieve that score.

Respect

The golden rule we all should know it "treat others how u want to be treated," and should try to live by it. This rule just shows one of the basic levels of respect. For some people respect is hard for them to give. They tend to constantly respect others without even knowing. By following the goldden rule people would become less disrespectful. In general respect is usualy given before it earned by someone. Respect

Trust

Trust. I always say that is really important to trust someone, but its really hard when they once hurt you. Some peoples automatically trust someone when they first meet then, while others say people have to gain their trust. When the trust is broken between two peoples is hard for the other person to gain their trust back. Why is trust so hard for people to give and gain? I would say that trust is really hard to gain back when someone once betrayed you. Why can't trust be like the word sorry. What I mean with this is that why can't sorry to someone and not loose all that trust that was once there. Is it harder for us to gain trust or loose trust? Trust is one of the the most important keys to a healthy frieidship.

Summon

Summon, what a research! Summon is an online reach engine in the Grand Valley State University library which allows you to find reliable sources for your research. You can limit you what you want to find by clicking on the left sidebar. This is a great search engine that allows you to find scholarly articles for your search. This summon can help find the information on you want to find for your topic, without wasting your time clicking through random cites. If I were to look up anything in the summons I would look up music. Music to me is very important because it relaxes me. I would say that I enjoyed using summons because it gives you the information your actually looking for, without having to go through many websites that lead you no where.

Honesty

We always say that we can handle the truth, but sometimes we can't. We say that we want our friends to be honest with us, but why can't we be honest towards them? A lot people try to live by the rule, honesty is the best policy, but is it really? How is honesty the best policy, when the truth can really hurt someone. How do we determine to be honest with someone? Do we wait until our guilty conscious kill us, to tell the other person, or do we tell them automatically when we find out? Honesty is something that we all need to work on. I believe that we need to be completely honest with ourselves and others. Does being completely honest make the world a better place? Just imagine if the politicians would be completely honest with people, if they were to tell the people every thing that's going on without any lies or secret. Honesty can make us stronger and destroy us at the same time, so next time just try to be honest.

Friendship

Friendship? What is the true meaning of friendship? You start the school year with your group of friends, that you think will never get broken up, but near the end of the school year you guys aren't speaking to each other. Aren't friends suppose to be there for you through thick and thin? Or are we the ones that distance our self from our friends? I believe we are at fault in both ways. For ex sample yesterday I had the longest conversation with a really close friend of mine since fourth grade. We haven't talk like that in a while, mostly my fault because I kind of distanced myself from her because of all the drama. We talk about so many things, but what really got my attention is how I noticed that another friend of mine is going through so much. I feel like I can't help my friend, because I wasn't there for her the last few times. In general what is friendship and are we at fault for the many lost of friendship we have?

Regret

When regret comes to mind, every one says that they don't regret any thing, but i believe this is not true. I think that even though we say we don't regret something, we always think back and wonder "what if" and "if I can just redo that". I think that when we hear the word regret we immediately think something bad, as if we were not satisfied with our self. Regret is not meant to be bad, but to allow us to see that we should live our life to the fullest. We only regret when we don't get to do the things we want to, because there is some type of doubt in our minds. I believe that if we allow our self to take risks we will not have so many regrets in our life's. For instance I regret not giving a person a chance, because I allowed myself to be persuade by people that think they truly know me. I mostly regret judging the person before I truly knew them as a person. That hurts me the most, because I always tell others don't judge others before you know them, and here I am doing just that.

Some times regrets doesn't just come from not following your heart or doing what you want, but sometimes it comes from doing something, and then you realize, hurt you in the end. I found this blog about regret, it shows many examples on how people regret something, but end up loving and appreciating the effect from their regret. So in general, why do we say we don't regret anything, but in the end we always would like to change our actions?

Mistakes

Mistakes are meant to help us grow as an individuals. You sometimes have to decide between two or more decisions, and you pick the one you believe in your heart is right, but what if that turns out to be a huge mistake? Can we really go back and fix those mistakes, or are some mistakes unable to be fixed? Without mistakes, are we unable to learn and grow as strong and independent individuals?


I love reading poems even though I can't write them, and that's why I try included one poem in each post. I found these really good blog that contains poems about life and love. So far the poems I read in that blog are good.

Resentment

Resentment. Why do we hold so much resentment towards others? So much resentment towards others just makes us look like we are the evil ones, and makes the other person look like their the victim. As human beings we tend to forgive and forget, but when it comes to certain individuals why can't we just let go? All that resentment is not good for anyone, because it doesn't allow us to see the true qualities of people. Some times we just need to accept that we do not like that person and just move on, because in the end your not hurting them, but just hurting yourself. So I leave you with a poem from Barbara Whites "Resentment"

Decisions

Well, what can I say, making a decision is quite hard to do. Family and friends tend to give you their opinions on which decision you should choose, but do they really know whats the real problem. All the decisions we make can be good or bad depending how you view them, but can a decision still be good when it only benefits you and hurts others on the way? Are decisions just based upon whether you can trust your instincts, or are they based upon on what others think you should do, because they believe they know whats best for you? Even though every one gives you their opinions, you are the one that has to decide in the end. If you still do not know in which direction to go consider reading this poem I found. You are the one.

My thoughts on Blogging

Blogging. What is blogging? So far blogging is quite interesting because its new to me. I have never blogged before, so I hope you enjoy my random thoughts.