The Suffering Blog

Summer Plans

2009-05-14T21:20:00.000-07:00

Summer's going to be awesome, am I right. Well, you want to know what I am going to do during summer? I'll tell you what I am going to do:

Most of the time I am just going to stay at home, I'm probably just going to be like a bum, watching TV, playing video games, and eating junk food all day. I am just going to play my Wii and DS, and maybe go to parties with friends, but if I'm going camping, I would make stuff and carve things with my pocket knife. I might go summer day camp for just like on the big days, with field trips, but the worst of summer is when you get in trouble. When you get grounded and spanked, but some of the fun is the birthday parties (but this stinks my birthday not even in summer). My moms and brothers is in summer, and also some friends are too. The holidays are awesome like Fourth of July, with fire works and stuff. But the big thing I'm looking at is going to Las Vegas.

I've never been to Vegas before, but in some of my learning and stuff (from school of course) Vegas is in Nevada and barely anybody pays taxes. The reason they don't pay taxes is because of the casinos there. I heard that there were a lot of casinos there that belong to the government and get money from there. people there gamble a lot there, but Nevada is just a desert place. When I go there I am going to do a lot of stuff there, like maybe swim, take pictures, visit cool sights, and stuff like that, if your summer not going to be cool, that just sucks for you.

My Character Clues

2009-04-10T08:32:00.000-07:00

I do have some character clues in my life, but some of them I sometimes oppose. Here are some things I have experienced in my life:

Patience vs. Restlessness
Accepting a difficult situation from God without giving Him a deadline to remove it.

Now this year I have been in lots of difficult situations from God (from which I know He put those stages) and I have almost gave Him a deadline, but then I used wisdom and thought of what Jesus would do, so I thought that he would keep going and see what happens. Like now I have lost all my wisdom that I used to have, as a result I have lost the highest reward for smartness but I got a 3.62 on my report card when my parents want me to get above a 4.0 so I got really angry at God because my parents grounded me from playing video games, toys, and I also have to memorize every character clue today. But I stood firm and kept on going and today I'm still at that stage.

And I've also had a time when God gave me hard time getting every ones attention I felt like I was being pushed around like a little kid, so I thought as I was crying," Lets see if everyone will care if I ran away." So I have made a plan to run away, but as I have gotten the chance to do it I was at the door and so I turned back and I didn't do it because I knew I wouldn't last out there, so sometimes these days I just think first to get stronger, then go, so I used wisdom and patience because I knew what Jesus would do and I wouldn't just waste my life to just give a deadline for God to make everyone care, but today I still have that thought with the struggle of everyone not caring about me.

Faith vs. Presumption
Visualizing what God intends to do in a given situation and acting in harmony with it.

Now when I was struggling I was always afraid of my father because every day, when my father came home, most of the time I would be scolded because of my grades and the things I do. But now i know that God will work through me to change, but for now I will try to change just to make my father and Lord just to be happy so for now I just will try to live with it, but here is my last sentence for my post: I Just want to say I would give up anything and do anything just to make someone feel happy, but mostly my parents ( and right now as I'm typing this, I am crying, so this is really personal) I just want some to at least care for and actually grin at me.

Current Events Response Post

2009-03-26T20:49:00.000-07:00

On the event about the severe gun shooting and death to the two officers against an AK-47 and the ban to assault weapons, my response is:
They just need to get rid of the guns but leave it with the ones who use it for not terrorism but for the good of justice. And close down the sales of guns, but again leave it for army and officers. But if the people use air-soft guns upgraded to kill people, get rid of them. If the president gets rid the of the 50 cal. guns and all those automatics don't blame the president because we, the people, chose to use it with force and power of it for greed and terrorism, but if he doesn't just make sure you don't get into trouble with one or against one, but if you are against, try to stop whoever has it, okay. Be safe and on your guard, because you are against something deadly, if you are on the side of justice.

Now, if the weapons were allowed there would be more shooting and it might be a little safe, but there would be some crime going on. But if they weren't there would be physically hitting with fists or other materials, but it would still be a little harder to fight. But, again be on your guard for more safety. Just stay out of trouble with guns.

Current Events Blog

2009-03-13T19:13:00.000-07:00

In this post you will get current events and this current events is about people that had to kill a 12-foot tiger shark:

There were three men who were in Mississippi to catch some tuna, but they got into something little bit bigger--- a 12-foot tiger shark! They had to fight it but didn't want to but it was for survival. They fought and fought, but every time they fired a metal spear at it, it would still fight, they kept on doing this for two hours. But once they were done with it, it was dead; so, they cooked it and ate it.
Well, that is weird, here is some links to find out more:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/03/13/earlyshow/main4863737.shtml

Here is the next current event:

There was 70 year old ma who went to jail whose name was Bernard Madoff. He has been accused of his crime to be in house arrest. Now he is going to jail for 150 years, now he really wanted to get out. His jail is smaller than his pent house. People say he is going to die in prison. So he has to get used to it, because he is going live there for, probably, the rest of his life. Nothing else has been announced yet.

Here are some more links about it:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090313/ap_on_re_us/madoff_scandal_jail

http://news.google.com/news?um=1&ned=us&hl=en&q=Madoff

Black History Post

2009-03-08T12:55:00.000-07:00

In this post will be about two black people, Martin Luther King Jr.and Jackie Robinson. Here it is, Martin Luther King Jr.:

Martin Luther was born in Atlanta, Georgia. King was a public speaker for non-violence, he wanted all races to agree in being equal. He tried making speeches about racism and equality, and he also led a march in Washington D.C. with 200,000 black people for equality. There he made his very strong speech, his "I had a dream"... speech.
Now he was also a pastor and once he made sermon with his father. He married Coretta Scott and also had 4 children: Yolanda, Martin Luther III, Dexter, and Bernice. But sadly he died on April 4th,1968, by James Earl Ray by shooting King to death while King was on the balcony of a Memphis motel. But people started to agree in equality, but King never got to see his progress.

Jackie Robinson:

Jackie Robinson was the first black to play major league baseball. At first only whites could play baseball until 1947 when Jackie was excepted to play for the Dodger and that year was the Rookie of Year and was with the Dodger six World Series. Now the other teams were excepting blacks to play for them from the example of the Brooklyn Dodgers. From his significant play and being a example for black people to play not only baseball, but all the other sports, he was excepted to be the first black to be in the Hall of Fame. He also was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Ronald Reagan. He was married to Rachel Isum and they had three children: Jackie Jr., Sharon, and David. But sadly he died from diabetes.

Not only do whites have achievements, but blacks do, too, and all the other races.

Bibliography
http://www.answers.com/martin luther king jr.

http://www.answers.com/Jackie Robinson: Bibliography

Character Clue Post: Forgiveness

2009-03-01T14:59:00.000-08:00

Forgiveness vs. Rejection
Clearing the record of those who have wronged me and allowing God to them through me.

Forgiveness is when somebody forgives somebody for doing something and letting God help you to love them. Here is an example:

Once upon a time there was a King who had two sons, one named Something and the other named Nothing. Now you know when the king dies, the prince has to takeover and, well, the King dies and one of the princes must become the king, Something had a very good at politics and battles for war and he had something, but Nothing had no talent he could just do boring and non-exciting stuff. Well, Nothing knew Something would be king, but he had one idea that could make him king, cheating. So when the King died Something and Nothing had to duel with swords til one is defenseless and so, Nothing cheated by making Somethings defense weak and his sword and shield weak by making it a lot thinner and he also put a little tiny mouse. So when they were fighting, Something started to giggle and giggle even more so he was weak. Nothing slashed his sword at Something's shield and it broke, then he did the same with the sword and Something was not giggling anymore, instead he was crying. He ran out of the stadium and became a peasant all his life. The years past and he was sad for he was supposed to win. But the new King he felt sad , too, and sorry for his brother, so he went to visit and he cryed,"I am sorry, very sorry, for I do not deserve this kingdom, will you take it and forgive me?" And Something replyed,"No, but I will forgive you." And the Nothing said,"Then if you will not take it I will, so, come, you have better palce to live, back into the palace and help me with this." THE END

Now Something forgave Nothing and did not get angry at all. Now forgiving is very hard because in the Bible Jesus says," Forgive 70X7." But to me he is saying to forgive every time. So forgive even if it is very, very bad.
Now the question is, WILL YOU FORGIVE?

Hedge of Thorns

2009-01-31T13:38:00.001-08:00

In my life, there was a time when I accidentally (maybe not) broke my little brothers stand for his guitar, while my big brother's friend was playing the guitar, and he told me not to do it, but I did anyways. Well the "friend" saw me do it, then he was like, "Ooooh!" And I told the "friend" that I would tell my little brother, but I kind of lied a little because I forgot to do it, so I tried fixing it with some rolled up note cards and filled in it were staples (to stable it) and some tape. After that I knew he would find out, and after two weeks I was right."Why did you do that," he said, "You are paying for this." So today I haven't payed yet, but I will. So the hedge was the "friend's" warning to not do it and the thorns would be paying for (the thorns would be like stopping you or anyone else from doing what you were guilty for) the guitar. And so try not breaking through hedges or the thorns will stop you, so thorns are not just painful, but also helpful.

Hedge of Thorns

2009-01-31T13:38:00.000-08:00

Random Post: HOME

2009-01-10T18:40:00.000-08:00

At home, I have, of course my Mom and Dad, and my two brothers, Jedi and Aaron. Now sometimes my or Jedi's or Aaron's friends come over. Sometimes some relatives come for reasons like on or for: holidays, work, or needing a resting place. Me and Jedi's room are kind of messy and has a lot of toys, especially legos and we have some video games. My brother Aaron, his room is really just the opposite of my room.
His room his all clean and organized and he has all the technology stuff like he has a projector and an i Touch, he also has a really nice laptop. He doesn't have that much toys, but do you know what really sucks for him, there is actually two things that sucks for him. One of them is that my room is bigger than his and second his room is mostly what we use for our guests to sleep in instead of the guest room. The guest room is where some of our guests use to sleep in, but most of the time they just use my big brother Aaron's room.
My parents room is for my mom and dad. They have a Bathroom in their room, but do you know really unfair to me and my little brother, they get to watch TV at night and we don't. Computer room is mostly called the office, and that is where I typed this post. Living room is where we watch TV and play video games and that is where Aaron has his X BOX 360 to play. The kitchen, you probably know what this is for, of course, it is for eating and cooking and eating some more. I bet you $5 that everyone has something to do at home, and no kid in the world can miss this one, homework, I know you hate that word but you have to do it anyway, some people do it on paper and some on the computer.
But I bet you almost everyone likes this one, two words- video games. everyone has got to love video games, like the Wii, 360, Nintendo, DS, all that stuff you got to have one those things, if you don't you are just a lunatic, a psycho and I just feel sorry, and might pray for you. Anyways, you also have to have a TV, if you don't, it is the same thing I said about the video games. So, GO GET ONE. And everybody has to love movies, the kind of movies I like are like war, fantasy, super hero, action movies.
Okay this is for all the people who stay inside too much, GO OUTSIDE for once. here is something fun doing outside, riding something like a scooter a bike, just something. This is the hard part outside, working, like mowing the lawn or doing something like that. For some improvements, that would be like hardest, you have to cut down trees or like fix something on your house and that is hard. Well now you know all about my house and what to GET IF YOU DON"T HAVE IT for all those people who don't have the things and I am not that rich, too.

X- mas (Christmas)

2008-12-05T21:20:00.000-08:00

Christmas for short is X-mas. X-mas is not about kids getting toys from a fat old man named Santa who rides a slay with a sack pf presents, it is about Jesus’ Birthday which is December 25^th as you know. Here is how Jesus’ Birth worked:

God told Mary that she will have a baby and name it Jesus by telling an angel to go tell her that. God told Joseph that he will be married to Mary and that Mary will have a baby by giving Joseph a dream about it. He told both Mary and Joseph to go to Bethlehem to give birth. But when they got there, everyone there did not have any room to give birth in, except there was one man who didn't have any room, the man told them that he had a stable filled with animals and Mary about give birth and Joseph being worried about his wife, they both agreed and Mary gave birth to Jesus in the stable. God did not just have no guests to see the baby, He called wise men to go there by letting them notice there was a star brighter then all the stars and the wise men followed it and they were led to Jesus. God also called shepherds by letting them hear and see angels singing about Christ as of Jesus and led them to the stable. And the wise men gave gifts and felt happy, and the shepherds also felt happy, too. But when the king heard that there was a baby that is a King that is higher then all kings, he told his soldiers to kill every baby in Bethlehem, but Mary, Joseph, and Jesus escaped safely.

Now Jesus’ Birthday wasn’t really on the 25^th of December some people have different guesses, like some say September 29^th and some say September 30^th, so no one really knows when Jesus was born. But I am not saying that people who believe that Jesus is the true meaning of Christmas don't get any Christmas presents on Christmas, they still can get presents. Well, now I hope you actually don’t believe that Santa exists, but try to believe that Jesus is the true meaning of Christmas.

Now, you know the story of Jesus' birth, well I did not tell you why God, the Creator, send his son, Jesus, to Earth, yet, in the other paragraph before? In 1 John 4:9-10, it says,"This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins." Well, he sacrificed for our sins, but this is an Easter story, but I will tell you it anyway.

Well Jesus was first arrested for doing nothing (At first the people loved him, but for some reason they hated him, so they were going to him). But there was still hope for Jesus to live, there was a governor of the town named Pilate. Now Pilate wanted Jesus to live, so he made the people make the decision to crucify Jesus and set free Barabbas or set free Jesus and crucify Barabbas. He let them choose because he thought that they would set free Jesus, but he was wrong, they chose Barabbas to set free, but most of all they wanted Jesus crucified. So he was crucified, but the people felt sorry for Him. While Jesus was being crucified, he asked God to forgive their sins, and God did. Three days after, Jesus was risen from the dead and went back to Heaven.

Now Jesus suffered for us now we have to appreciate that, but there was something Jesus said before going back to Heaven, he said, in Matthew 28:19, ..."go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"... Well now you know the true meaning of Easter and the meaning of Christmas, and you also know why God sent his only Son to Earth, but will you do what Jesus said for you to do????

Character Clue Post: Patience

2008-11-26T21:42:00.000-08:00

Patience vs. Restlessness
Accepting a difficult situation from God without giving Him a deadline to remove it.

Patience is a good thing to have in a bad time and the bad time is good thing, too. The reason that a bad time is a good thing, is because God is trying to build up the character of Christ in you, and the character clue that talks about this is reverence: Reverence vs. Disrespect: Awareness of how God is working through the people and events in my life to produce the character of Christ in me. Here is a story of how it is used and how it is not used:

Once upon a time there were two young Christian men, one's name was Bob and the other Fred. They both wanted to be something that works for Christ, like a missionary, but they have to have a good testimony to say in the church, a reason they want to become one to be one. They both had a bad situation, for Bob had family problems by his parents were angry at him same with Fred. Bob kept it, but Fred was impatient and prayed that God would take the arguments away, and He did. Bob made his speech and said it and everyone liked it. Fred said his and nobody clapped for him. The pastor went up to the stage and whispered in his ear,"I am very sorry, but... ...you... didn't... make... !" The pastor did not finish his sentence because Fred was weeping and was running to the exit, for he knew what he was saying, he was saying that he is not going to be a missionary, but Bob did.

You see don't get rid of the bad situation that will help you with your character of Christ in you because then your character will be not be strong. Well, I hope you use patience to help you in your life.

Character Clue Blog: Responsibility

2008-11-15T14:54:00.000-08:00

Responsibility vs. Unreliability
Knowing and doing what both God and other are expecting from me.

Responsibility is like doing a duty without messing up or slacking off. Here is a example story of it:

Once upon a time there were two guards who were guarding the king for any enemy assasins. Both of them became hungry and one went off to go eat something, but the other stayed there and faced the stage of hunger and starvation. But when the king found this out he awarded the guard who stayed, but said to the other guard," Never make this mistake ever again." Then the next night, both guards were tired and one fell asleep (of course it was the one who made mistakes, let us call him guard 2 and the other, guard 2), but guard 1 stayed awake. During the the night, the enemy sent assasins, and guard 1 fought them off and saved the king. And then when the king found this out he gave guard 1 a day off to rest, but for guard 2, he became exacuted for his mistake.

In this story, who would you want to be? You would probaly choose guard 1 would you, probaly because he was the good example, but you would probaly not want to be guard 2 because he was the bad example of this story. So which example should you put in your life? Of course the good example and that would be responsibility, but the bad example would be unreliability. The king stand for others and God. So I hope that you use the good example in your life.

Our New President: Barack Obama

2008-11-08T22:25:00.000-08:00

Well, Obama won the presidential debate against McCain, and this post is about the good things about Obama, so here it is:

What are some good things about Obama? The good things about Obama is that he voted some good things like, well, he seem to care about the needs of others, he also was a graduate of Harvard School of Law. And he is very good in encouraging people to donate time and money in his campaign in the last election. People seemed to be attracted to his eloquent speeches.

Here is an outline of it:

I. Cares about the needs of people.

a. It is a good thing for the some people who need money.

b. Well, only democrats do this so everyone can have the same amount of money, the opposite of this would be the republican way where every one has to work hard for the money, but if they don’t work hard they won’t get the much money.

II. Well I can’t really tell about the Harvard University so I won’t make an outline about it.

III. People donated money and time to his campaign to the last election, probably because :

a. He was the first African American candidate in the U.S.

b. He was probably attractive to some people.

IV. His speeches.

a. People liked his speeches.

b. To some people the way he said it was pretty attractive.

V. And that was all I could think of.

History facts of the Susan Constant, Massasoit, And the James River

2008-10-30T15:02:00.000-07:00

The Susan Constant was one of the ships that sailed into the Chesapeake Bay. The two other ships were the Godspeed and the Discovery. Well, according to my research, “Susan Constant, at 120 tons, was the largest of three ships of the English Virginia Company that were led by Captain Christopher Newport on the 1607 voyage that resulted in the founding of the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown, in the new Colony of Virginia. On that voyage, she carried 71 colonists, all male.”

Here is a little out line of the Susan Constant:

I. The Susan Constant

a. Served as a merchant ship through, at least, 1615.

b. No one knows what happened to that ship.

Massasoit was a chief of an Indian tribe that had Samoset and Squanto. Massasoit’s tribe made a treaty with Pilgrims. According to my research, “Massasoit (died 1661) was a principal leader of the Wampanoag people in the early 1600s who encouraged friendship with English settlers. As leader of the Wampanoag, Massasoit exercised control over a number of Indian groups that occupied lands from Narragansett Bay to Cape Cod in present-day Massachusetts.”

Here is an outline of chief Massasoit:

II. Massasoit's different Indian Names

a. Ousamequin

b. Woosamequin

c. Asuhmequin

d. Oosamequen

e. Osamekin

f. Owsamequin

g. Owsamequine

h. Ussamequen

The James River was found by colonists that ran into it and named it the James River, to honor their king, King James the first. According to my research,” The Native Americans called the James River the Powhatan River.” The definition of James River would be, “A river, about 547 km (340 mi) long, rising in central Virginia and flowing eastward to Chesapeake Bay. The river is navigable to Richmond for large craft.” I am sorry but I don’t have an outline for the James River. Well I hope you learned something.

Bibliography:

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=The+Susan+Constant&gwp=13

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=James+River&gwp=13

http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?s=Massasoit&gwp=13

Character Clue Post: Love

2008-10-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

Love vs. Selfishness

Giving to others basic need without having as my motive personal reward.

I. Love

a. Love is like helping people with things and stuff like that.

b. But without having ANY REWARDS.

II. An Example of Love

a. Lets say you see a person in crutches who is trying to open the door.

b. What should you? You should help them open the door.

c. Another example is like you see an old lady carrying groceries and she has a lot more.

d. What should you do? Of course help her carry them.

e. But never ask for a REWARD or even use to get one.

f. Do you know why you shouldn’t ask? There are two reasons:

1. It would be rude.

2. You wouldn’t be showing love.

III. An Example of the Opposite of Love

a. Lets say you see your brother/sister in a struggle with his/her homework.

b. The opposite of love is selfishness, so the bad example would be: You would not help him and use your time first and that be the opposite of availability another character clue.

c. And that would be Self-centeredness.

d. Another bad example would be like you help some one right but except you ask for a reward and that would be rude even if you get the reward.

e. You should not try to use the bad example, instead use the good one in your life.

The Economy

2008-10-10T13:55:00.000-07:00

According to my research, “the economy is organized on the capitalist model and is marked by steady growth, low unemployment and inflation, a large trade deficit, and rapid advances in technology.” And according to http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Politics/US-Economy.html, the economy is “one of the most important aspects of American society.”

I. The Economy is very scary today?

a. A lot people are losing there jobs

b. The world should be scared, too, because if the U.S. messes up the same thing will happen to the other countries.

c. But there are People who are trying to fix that like:

1. The Congress

2. The Government

3. And maybe others

II. The economy is in trouble and the stocks are going down.

III. Which stocks are going down?

a. AIG

b. S&P 500

c. NASDAQ

d. Dow industrial

e. Dell Inc.

I. Who will stop this crisis, John McCain!

a. I think McCain should be president, because I think that Obama does not have the experience in the U.S. Government, because McCain knows how it feels like in war and if he becomes president he will try his hardest to help.

b. John McCain will save the economy from this crisis!!!!!!

Bibliography:

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ec/Economy_of_the_United_States

http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/ca/Capitalism

http://www.findingdulcinea.com/guides/Politics/US-Economy.html

Interviews

2008-10-03T20:46:00.003-07:00

What I learned from my interviews is that I should use BS computer engineering and BS computer science for training to be an engineer. Some of the traits of this job is, is that you should be logic smart, be persistent, don’t give up easily, and be artistic. From all of my interviews, they all said that you have got to like building things. Engineers also program stuff.
Engineers use computers a lot.

One of the reasons I interviewed engineers is because I like building things. Another reason is that my dad was an engineer and most of my friend's dads were engineers, too. Those people are the ones who I interviewed and guess what they are all Filipino. And that is all I learned from my interviews.

Our Government

2008-09-30T18:43:00.000-07:00

The United States system of government is a democratic one. It is a form of government of the people, by the people, and for the people. This means that over all, people get to choose how they are governed. According to the to the Webster’s dictionary the constitution is the fundamental or organic law of the country.

Our government is divided into three branches.

The Legislative Branch or Congress, this branch makes laws this takes place with representatives and senators, in the U.S. Capitol.
The Executive Branch, this branch tells the United States the laws written by the Congress this takes place with the president and vice president, in the White House.
The Judicial Branch, this branch sees if the law agrees with the Constitution this takes place with the Supreme Court and in the Supreme Court.

To be president you have to be 35 years old, a born citizen in the U.S., and a resident in the United States for 14 years, it is the same thing with the vice president. A senator has to be at least 30 years old, a born citizen of the U.S. for 9 years, and has to be a resident of the state he or she was elected from. For representatives they have to be 20 years old, a born citizen of the U.S. for 7 years, and have to be a resident to the state they were elected.

The flag of the United States is composed of the following colors:

Red: signifies valor and bravery.
White: signifies purity and innocence
Blue: signifies vigilance, perseverance, and justice

The government can contact you at home by e-mails, a phone, fax, and more.

The government is also involved in school through various grant programs and other groups.

There is a lot more things that the government is involved in like hospitals, police stations, libraries, fire departments, the post office, and other places.

Bibliography:

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/3-5/index.html

Webster’s New Universal Unabridged Dictionary: “constitution”