I may be a little soft-spoken
and even a little skittish
But when you need a helping hand
I'll be there,
by your side
I may not be the bravest of all
and surely not the mightiest
But when you want to go on an adventure
my friends and I
will come along
I'll try my best to go through the day
even if it means facing my fears
At first I may be a little hesitant
but will eventually come through
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Monday, January 21, 2013
Allusion Poem
It has been repetitive throughout her life
It's what made her to be
She hopes the next day will be different
and tries to put the pieces back together
Pulling her back and forth
Telling her different stories
there's discomfort, there's agitation
She thinks that things will never be the same
Will things go back to normal?
she tries to block it all off
but always manages to get the best of her
Because of this
she hides who she really is
It's what made her to be
She hopes the next day will be different
and tries to put the pieces back together
Pulling her back and forth
Telling her different stories
there's discomfort, there's agitation
She thinks that things will never be the same
Will things go back to normal?
she tries to block it all off
but always manages to get the best of her
Because of this
she hides who she really is
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Writing Standards S1 Portfolio
Hey Mom and/or Dad,
You are now welcomed to see all of the work I've completed in English this past semester.
Here are the questions you can answer after looking through the portfolio:
You are now welcomed to see all of the work I've completed in English this past semester.
Here are the questions you can answer after looking through the portfolio:
- What piece of writing did you like best in my portfolio and why?
- What did you like about my portfolio and sharing and what would you like to see me improve on?
- Which of the writing traits (ideas, organization, voice, word choice) do you feel was most successful for me?
- Which of the traits of writing would you like me to improve on in the coming semester?
Monday, November 19, 2012
Movie Review: Requiem for a Dream
Winning numerous awards such
as the Independent Spirit Award, an impacting film filled with drama, director
Darren Aronofsky brings us to the streets of Brighton Beach, Brooklyn. Showing
great strength in their performances, Ellen Burstyn along with her fellow cast
members have sent an important message to audiences to think twice about trying
something that can ruin you as an individual.
Sara Goldfarb is an elderly widow who lives alone and goes through the same dreary lifestyle each day. When she is given the chance to appear on a popular television show, she eagerly tries to lose weight in order to fit into a petite red dress that she had once used years ago. Incapable of switching to a healthy diet, Sara turns to diet pills that help her to lose weight but in a way where it affects her life in great measures. Sara’s unsettled son Harry tries to find success with his best friend Tyrone by starting off a small drug operation. Although their operation is a hit, they both become addicted to the substances as they “test” their products. Along with them is Harry’s girlfriend Marion whose drug addiction allows her to do the lowest of things in order to get her remedy for happiness.
The plot, scenes, the entire movie had its way of making drugs look unappealing. Scenes of the movies depicted what the actors were facing. Although there were parts of the movie where it made me nauseous, it did give me a sense that once you try drugs, you’re hooked onto it. There were points of the movie where it was too agonizing to watch, but it was too captivating to look away. This film uses camera and editing tricks that expresses each characters emotions and its music had made it dramatic and persuading.
Requiem for a Dream directed by Darren Aronofsky has a storyline that will convince you to keep away from drugs. Aside from all the weakest points, this movie had a great purpose and it will be hard for you to look away.
Sara Goldfarb is an elderly widow who lives alone and goes through the same dreary lifestyle each day. When she is given the chance to appear on a popular television show, she eagerly tries to lose weight in order to fit into a petite red dress that she had once used years ago. Incapable of switching to a healthy diet, Sara turns to diet pills that help her to lose weight but in a way where it affects her life in great measures. Sara’s unsettled son Harry tries to find success with his best friend Tyrone by starting off a small drug operation. Although their operation is a hit, they both become addicted to the substances as they “test” their products. Along with them is Harry’s girlfriend Marion whose drug addiction allows her to do the lowest of things in order to get her remedy for happiness.
The plot, scenes, the entire movie had its way of making drugs look unappealing. Scenes of the movies depicted what the actors were facing. Although there were parts of the movie where it made me nauseous, it did give me a sense that once you try drugs, you’re hooked onto it. There were points of the movie where it was too agonizing to watch, but it was too captivating to look away. This film uses camera and editing tricks that expresses each characters emotions and its music had made it dramatic and persuading.
Requiem for a Dream directed by Darren Aronofsky has a storyline that will convince you to keep away from drugs. Aside from all the weakest points, this movie had a great purpose and it will be hard for you to look away.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
Angry Letter Rough Draft
1634 Wailele st.
Honolulu, Hi. 96819
November 15, 2012
Kailua Square
315 Uluniu Street
Kailua, Hawaii 96734
Dear Kailua Square and to whom it may concern,
My family and I have been coming down to Kailua to enjoy all of the amenities your building provides. One of those amenities being Cinnamon's restaurant, it's friendly workers, generous and reasonably priced portions keep us coming back for more.
However, an incident that we had encountered made my family's visit "unpleasant." Since your restaurant is both in and out, my family was able to be seated outside on a day where the weather was what you say just right. Using umbrellas is an ideal way of protecting customers from the sun and or even rain, but that gives the chance for birds to lounge around while people are eating. While having small talk with my family members and enjoying our meals, I could see that the birds were on the ground and above our heads. Not thinking that the birds would do anything, I look up towards the inside of the umbrella and see the tail or end part of the bird above my head. Before I knew it the bird had let go of all of its feces on top of my head. Disgusted and inconvenienced of what had happened, I began to feel agitated of all the birds in the surrounding area.
Since there is an open space in the middle of the building to allow light to shine through, there are areas where birds could disrupt customers. There are stores and offices that people come for aside from cinnamon's, where birds have easy access to land and get in and out to. Saying this, there should be a solution such as putting netting over the building which will still allow light through so that others won't have to go through the same experience as I did.
Aside from all of this, your workers were courteous and were always there when we needed them. Our waitress had apologized for the inconvenience and had said that I was not the only one that had experienced that. This occurrence has not stopped me or the locals and tourists who usually crowd up the place to come back for "the island's best pancakes," and all the shops in Kailua Square.
I understand that you have no control over mother nature, but for those who are seated outside to have an enjoyable meal, you should have a solution to keep the birds from sticking around in the area.
Sincerely,
Skylar Manuel
Honolulu, Hi. 96819
November 15, 2012
Kailua Square
315 Uluniu Street
Kailua, Hawaii 96734
Dear Kailua Square and to whom it may concern,
My family and I have been coming down to Kailua to enjoy all of the amenities your building provides. One of those amenities being Cinnamon's restaurant, it's friendly workers, generous and reasonably priced portions keep us coming back for more.
However, an incident that we had encountered made my family's visit "unpleasant." Since your restaurant is both in and out, my family was able to be seated outside on a day where the weather was what you say just right. Using umbrellas is an ideal way of protecting customers from the sun and or even rain, but that gives the chance for birds to lounge around while people are eating. While having small talk with my family members and enjoying our meals, I could see that the birds were on the ground and above our heads. Not thinking that the birds would do anything, I look up towards the inside of the umbrella and see the tail or end part of the bird above my head. Before I knew it the bird had let go of all of its feces on top of my head. Disgusted and inconvenienced of what had happened, I began to feel agitated of all the birds in the surrounding area.
Since there is an open space in the middle of the building to allow light to shine through, there are areas where birds could disrupt customers. There are stores and offices that people come for aside from cinnamon's, where birds have easy access to land and get in and out to. Saying this, there should be a solution such as putting netting over the building which will still allow light through so that others won't have to go through the same experience as I did.
Aside from all of this, your workers were courteous and were always there when we needed them. Our waitress had apologized for the inconvenience and had said that I was not the only one that had experienced that. This occurrence has not stopped me or the locals and tourists who usually crowd up the place to come back for "the island's best pancakes," and all the shops in Kailua Square.
I understand that you have no control over mother nature, but for those who are seated outside to have an enjoyable meal, you should have a solution to keep the birds from sticking around in the area.
Sincerely,
Skylar Manuel
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Risky Business Draft
Today, may be tempted to go out and drink alcohol or do drugs. This may concern any parent, but they do not realize what could be going on in their own home. Instead of having to go through a hard time of finding someone who holds the actual substances, teens have easy access to the items that are already in their own home to get high. People may not be aware of this, but it is a problem in our society.
The abuse of household items is not a common issue that is talked about, and people do not think of it as a problem. Teens have easy access to the items that are around them in their daily lives, which does not lead to any suspicion of doing drugs or drinking alcohol. The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition says that they talk to about 100 to 125 parents whose teens have died from using inhalants without knowing of the situation. The symptoms that are shown from using household are about the same symptoms shown when doing drugs, this means teens can get away with taking in inhalants without being suspected of doing drugs.
Teens may do whatever it takes to find someone who sells drugs, but when they can not wait any longer to feel the "buzz," they will look throughout their household for substances that can do so. The National Institute on drug abuse reports that teens of the ages twelve to seventeen are most susceptible in using inhalants. In the past couple of years 3.9% of adolescents have abused inhalants compared to a 1.6% of people of the ages eighteen to twenty-five. Surveys show that 14.9% of eighth graders, 12.3% of 10th graders, and 9.3% of 12th graders have experimented with household items. Studies show that future surveys will show an increase in abuse of household items.
Household items are easy to get, cheaper, and can give you that feeling of being high, but there are consequences when taking in theses products. Inhalants such as paint thinners, glues, and cleaning fluids can cause irreversible health problems. Nitrites can affect the brain which include slurred speech, lack of coordination, and euphoria. The chemicals found in different types of inhaled products can cause short-term effects such as nausea and vomiting, long-term effects include liver and kidney damage, hearing loss, as well as bone marrow damage. Inhalants that have high amounts of chemicals can cause heart failure within minutes when sniffing the products.
It's simple as sniffing a product that has high amounts of chemicals that can damage your health or even kill you. Parents worry about what their teens do when they go out, but they should really worry about what goes in their own home. Adolescents of the ages twelve to seventeen look through their cabinets for items that allow them to get high. Although this is not a common topic to talk about, it is a problem that is going on in our world today.
The abuse of household items is not a common issue that is talked about, and people do not think of it as a problem. Teens have easy access to the items that are around them in their daily lives, which does not lead to any suspicion of doing drugs or drinking alcohol. The National Inhalant Prevention Coalition says that they talk to about 100 to 125 parents whose teens have died from using inhalants without knowing of the situation. The symptoms that are shown from using household are about the same symptoms shown when doing drugs, this means teens can get away with taking in inhalants without being suspected of doing drugs.
Teens may do whatever it takes to find someone who sells drugs, but when they can not wait any longer to feel the "buzz," they will look throughout their household for substances that can do so. The National Institute on drug abuse reports that teens of the ages twelve to seventeen are most susceptible in using inhalants. In the past couple of years 3.9% of adolescents have abused inhalants compared to a 1.6% of people of the ages eighteen to twenty-five. Surveys show that 14.9% of eighth graders, 12.3% of 10th graders, and 9.3% of 12th graders have experimented with household items. Studies show that future surveys will show an increase in abuse of household items.
Household items are easy to get, cheaper, and can give you that feeling of being high, but there are consequences when taking in theses products. Inhalants such as paint thinners, glues, and cleaning fluids can cause irreversible health problems. Nitrites can affect the brain which include slurred speech, lack of coordination, and euphoria. The chemicals found in different types of inhaled products can cause short-term effects such as nausea and vomiting, long-term effects include liver and kidney damage, hearing loss, as well as bone marrow damage. Inhalants that have high amounts of chemicals can cause heart failure within minutes when sniffing the products.
It's simple as sniffing a product that has high amounts of chemicals that can damage your health or even kill you. Parents worry about what their teens do when they go out, but they should really worry about what goes in their own home. Adolescents of the ages twelve to seventeen look through their cabinets for items that allow them to get high. Although this is not a common topic to talk about, it is a problem that is going on in our world today.
Monday, September 17, 2012
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