The Base Stealer/ American Hero Quickwrite

The the critical point of the fourth quarter, it's the last 5 seconds, the pressure's on. I go into action, and suddenly the crowd the silent. Everyone is in slow motion, you could see their faces one by one. My footsteps seems like it's fast forwarded in this slow motion world. I could hear my own thoughts and nothing else. Step by step, I dribbled the basketball, step by step, I move towards the hoop. As I ran, my legs felt like feathers surfing on air, my heart thumping as fast as I ran. I could feel my heart jumping, and hearing the thumps as loud as stereo speakers. Then, I jumped! The feeling of freedom, the feeling of victory, the feeling of accomplishment overcomes me. I felt nervous, scared, and confident, but only a little. The team depended on this shot, fate was in my hands.

Folding Won Tons In- Quickwrite

Something that another person has taught me to do was learning how to bike. Some words that associate with this activity is: summer, hot weather, main courtyard, brother, dad, security guard, tall bike, helmets, protection, wobbly bike, feet pedling, pushing, falling, bruises, scars, sweat, laughter, encouragement, benches, poles, slopes, cement, breezes, short legs, panic, determination, moving bike, metal bike, old bike, yellow bike, blue bike, training wheels, cushioned handlebars, hard seats, short bike, cycling sounds, cheering, difficult, wanting to give up, tears, agitation, complicated, help from others.

Country Scene- Making the Connection

Things that are permanent is like the nature, the waterfalls, rocks, mountains, trees, and the sky. There's also life, because plants are alive too, so are little creatures and insects. There's always life around you, so in a way, it's permanent. History is permanent as well. When someone or a group of people does something amazing or greatly beneficial to the world, it's recorded down in history. Records of history stays permanent, and so that's how we have history class. If it wasn't permanent, we wouldn't be learning about things that happened hundreds and thousands of years ago. Things that are fleeting is our own lives, because our lives only go up to one point where we say good bye to the world.  Feelings are fleeting as well. Feelings such as love, anger, hatred, envy, all kinds of feelings fade at one point or another. We're unable to hold on to allow these thing to stay the way they are, so that's why they fleet from us. Feelings are hard to hold onto, just like people. People everyday may fleet from us, whether it's ending a relationship or someone passing away.

Haiku Quickwrite

On the special day of the year, what I hear, see, taste, smell, and touch all connected with each other. On that day, most of what I heard was about how the year was ending so fast. "I'm going to miss you so much," was the majority of what I heard. Yes, it was the last day of school. Everyone was so sad about leaving each other, so everyone was talking about eighth grade ending and starting high school. Everything I saw that day was special to me. It occured to me that this was the last day I'll ever be a student at CMS. The fields, classrooms, classmates, trees, teachers, benches, and the hall seem memorable to me. Not to mention the food was memorable as well. At most schools, their lunches are disgusting, and so were some of our lunches. But, our lunches had a lot of variety, so even if there were bad food, there were also good ones as well. Same goes for brunch. I remember everyday during brunch, I'd get a cookie or a bagel. They were delicious! They smelled delicious too. The sweet smell of chocolate chip cookies, warm soft bagels, and the cheezy pizza sticks. This special day was a hot day. During PE, I could smell the sweat in the lockers, but also smell the fresh smell of the grass and flowers. Last but not least, the touch. This may sound weird, but on this day, everyone was hugging eachother. Because of that, I felt the warmth of peoples body.
This was an incredibly important and special day to me. Especially the moment I stepped foot on school grounds, and when the bell for school ending had rang. When I got to school, my view of the school had changed. I felt sad, happy, and thankful. Imagine you're leaving your home and this was the last time you're ever going to be living in this house. Wouldn't you feel sad, happy, and thankful? When I was leaving the school, thoughts about all I've heard that day flashed through my head. I felt like crying, but I didn't want to be sad over this. I'm sad that I'm leaving the school, but I know so is everyone else. The feelings are hard to describe, but the main thought on this was that it was a feeling of sadness mixed with thanfulness.

A Blessing Quickwrite

When I close my eyes, what I see when you say "nature," is a big open field of grass. Baby blue sky with no clouds at all, with the sun shining, but not too bright not too soft. There's a slight comfortable breeze that feels like silk on my skin. I can feel the small tinkle of warmth on my face from the sun. Surrounding me, there's flowers, many many flowers. Flower of all kinds, from tulips to roses to daisies to petunias to lavender. The sweet and fresh aroma of flowers fill the air around me. If you look closely, there's little lady bugs on the leaves of the grass. Little ants trying to find their way back home, and up in the sky there's white doves fluttering the place. A magical view of nature! The mood of the place makes me feel like dancing and spinning like those commercials for fragrances or wedding dresses. Dancing around the green grass and maybe accidentally stepping on some flowers. The field is open and wide, green grass as far as the eye can see. Everything, gives me a strong feeling of relaxation and paradise.

Let your backbone slide

This was kind of hard, I tried my best!

I Am a Rock

When he sings the chorus "I am a rock, I am an island," that's what I literally think of. In his first verse saying "I am all alone," I think of a person stranded in a deserted island. "It's loving and laughter that I disdain," shows me that he likes to be alone. To back that up, he sings "if I never of loved, I never would of cried." That verse gives me an image of someone trying to be strong, even though they've been hurt before. When hearing this song, I have an image of a lonely person on a stranded island because he doesn't want love, laughter, tears, or pain, because he just wants to be alone.

Fall For You by Secondhand Serenade
When I hear this songs I see a guy trying to persuade a girl that he loves her. Throughout the song, he tries to secure the girl by saying "I may have failed, but I have loved you from the start." He also says "because tonight will be the night that I will fall for you, over again, don't make me change my mind." That gives me and image of a guy standing in a garden rooftop with flowers, candle-lit dinner and everything. When he sings "because a girl like you is impossible to find, you're impossible to find," I think of a rare diamond or antique, something that's not common and there's only one in the world. Throughout this songs, I think of a sad image that a guy wants his girl to come back to him, but in the end I see the girl coming back to him because of what he says in this song, telling her she's one of a kind.