Tuesday, July 30, 2013

During the first week of GLPS, our class watched a movie, The Princess Bride, a romantic adventure story. It is a old movie from the 1987 that is very entertaining. It shows humor and things that ordinary men wouldn't have, such as having six fingers. The movie was directed by Rob Reiner and he did a good job.
  
  Now for the summary, Princess Buttercup was a farm girl when Prince Humperdink wanted to marry her. Se didn't want to have love another time because last time her boyfriend, her true love had "died" to dread pirate Roberts. So when she was proclaimed princess, she ran away, just to be captured by Vizzini's gang, the gang who wanted  to capture her to start a war with the other country. Vizzini went to the cliffs of insanity, where the were followed by a ship, or Westley, the farm boy Buttercup had loved as a kid. After Vizzini's gang climbed the mountain the man in black, Westley, scaled the whole cliff. So Vizzini told one of his gang members, Inigo a skilled swordsman who was looking for the man with six fingers because he had killed his father. When Westley reached the top, there was an intense dual, but Westley was a little bit better and beat Inigo and kept him alive. Next he arrived at an area with many boulders. A boulder was hurled at him and he was wrestled Fezzik the Giant. Westley wins by choking Fezzik, or the actor Andre the Giant. He follows Vizzini, the last of the gang, and it dueled in a battle of wits. So Westley poisoned both drinks because he had built an immunity to the poison. After he wins he frees Buttercup and he makes fun of her. She gets mad and pushed him down a hill. Then Humperdink finds Buttercup and Westley figures out he had been getting followed. Buttercup then realizes its Westley and follows him down the hill and they go into the fire swamp.

    The fire swamp was a place with fire geysers, quick sand, and rodents of unusual size. Buttercup gets singed by a geyser, falls in quick sand, but Westley saves her both times. But when a rodent jumps onto Westley, he almost gets beat until a geyser burned the rodent. When they leave the swamp, Humperdink is there and he promises to Buttercup that Westley will be healed then returned to his ship. But Westley is actually thrown into the dungeon of despair where Count Rugen's machine was. It was a machine that to years away from the user. But Humperdink got mad because Buttercup only wants Westley and almost kills Westley by stealing 50 years. When the thief's Forest in cleared Fezzik found Inigo and they go and save Westley. After they save Westley Miracle Max saves Westley's life. They set  Fezzik on fire and invade the castle. They save Buttercup and Rugen dies to Inigo's sword. Buttercup marries and all is happy.

 I really like this movie cause its funny in a weird way. It also had good acting and parts where they seem stupid. It's great cause they make the romance easy going. The actors do a great job filling their roles, such as Andre the Giant, who played Fezzik. I find it ironic that the movie is a book inside a movie making it feel like you can't freak out because it is a book.

   I have learned three lessons: One is that bad leadership is the doom for many, that true love never ends, and that determination can turn bad things around, and with enough determination you can beat the most unlikely of foes. Overall it's a great movie and i greatly enjoyed it.
 

  

Saturday, July 27, 2013

         In class today I will be writing about three goals for the 30 day I'm here at GLPS.  Goals are achievements that you want to finish. Matt Cutts was a computer scientists and didn't like his life, so he thought of doing the 30 days of goals challenge. He said it greatly boosted self confidence. Instead of self confidence, I would like to learn something out of this experience. Fortunately my goals are things that will help me learn.
        First, I want to listen to other peoples problems, and listen to them, or give them the power. I would like to do this because I am one of those people who talks and doesn't listen very often. I would like to change that so the other person gets that chance to speak, and when I listen I will be able to learn more about the person, bringing together a better friendship.Also if I listen more often I would be able to learn more from the teacher and also people wouldn't have to repeat things to me as often as it is right now. But to achieve this goal I would have to be more aware of my surroundings, and once I figured out my surroundings I would have to figure out what is happening and what to do. If I do all this then I would learn how to listen very well.
         Next I would like to finish four books. To finish four books I need to go to the library and borrow books. Then I will read during free time and study time. I will learn about good models, good life lessons, and also it will help pass time and get rid of school pressure.
         Lastly I would like to get zero EOP's during the whole camp. It will be hard for me to get one because I can't speak very good Korean or Spanish. But I will still speak in Korean at times of desperation, if I can. Therefore my chance of getting an EOP is slim but it is still possible for me to get one so I will be careful. Not getting an EOP will keep the chances of me getting a yellow card very slim.I hope I'm able to get an English reward and I pray that my time in the united states paid off!
          I hope to follow these goals to become a better person and i think i will learn a lot if i follow these goals. I hope i achieve every single goal and i get a boost in confidence!

Friday, July 26, 2013

My Name is Paul and there are many unique things about me, but there are 3 that i thought of first: Hotsauce, the number 4 , and brown.What could they possibly mean?
  Hotsauce is the first thing...? Well hotsauce is my least favorite food. But its weird because a lot of my electronic gaming usernames are hotsauceparty!

 Next is #4. My favorite number? It is but that's not all. On the 4th of July its the U.S's independence day. Also its my dog's, Lily ,day we saved her from the shelter.
 Next is brown, not my favorite color, but instead its the college my brother goes to. This brother is my one of my role models and i want to go to Brown University just like him!