A Poem: Success

Here's another poem written by my youngest son (now a teenager - 13 years old) as a project for English Year 7. Hope it gives some inspiration to all. Enjoy.

Success

Success is not merely becoming wealthy,
Success is not only staying quite healthy,
Success is working for happiness of the world, a dedication.
Success is to love everyone without expectation.

When you enter this world you’re given one chance,
To go for your goal so your success will enhance.
If you have a dream of success that involves a mission,
Forget those who disagree, go achieve your ambition!

When you want to succeed and you see you’re in a mess,
Just try hardest for yourself and not to impress!
Don’t give up and don’t try to be a cheater,
And sooner or later success will be much sweeter.

The Golden Spear - Part 4

Chapter 4 After mat

A year have passed since it happened, Kin now going out with Jenny, visits Drake in his father’s lab offering his father the chance to test there invention called biolimbs which is a mechanical like body part but runs like a human body part.

Since Matt died Kin has become a better person. He is wiser, stronger and smarter and has gained people’s respect. Jenny has become an amateur singer and works part time as a model. Drake has become a scientist after graduating at the age of 16.


Epilogue

A person has found a mysterious spear that fell from the sky. The spear has an inscription saying
Beware you must face an incredible challenge when the spear finds you


Explanation

Nobody besides Kin knows his real name, because of his past, that remains a mystery.

The Golden Spear - a short story

The Golden Spear is a four part short story written by my eldest son when he was 13 1/2 years old. It is one of their projects in English 8. My son really has a creative and imaginative mind. I really enjoyed reading it. I'm so proud of him. Hope you like it too!

Chapter 1 Awakening

(Alarm clock rings) Kenny Iris Nitro, Kin for short, awoke to the sight of his room. He looked to the right to see the time, which would be 7:35 am. Kin spoke very panicking: “I got to get dressed or I’m going to be late again”. He quickly went to his dresser to get his clothes. Went to the dinning room and got a piece of bread. Then got his bag, stuffed his mouth with the bread and sped towards his school.

At school time, 7:59 am, Kin’s school life was like any typical person full of problems, which now brings us to his first problem, a beating from matt the school’s quarterback, followed by him taking his lunch money. Which now brings us to his second problem, his crazy friend Drake (nicknamed: Den). Drake spoke: “Hey Kin, when are you going to pay me my $50 or do an errand for my club?” Kin replied: “I’ll take the errand and what club you need. 4 people for a club and there’s, let me guess, you hacked my name in the club”. Which now brings us to the 3rd problem. Kin’s biggest, to be exact, his crush and best friend Jenny failed since his recent discovery of her boyfriend being Matt, the guy that takes his money and beats him up. Now we go to his 4th and final problem, school, Kin was never the smart one even if his IQ is 156. Now, Kin gave up and just sleeps in classes, which unfortunately gets him detention, Teacher said: “Mr. Nitro, detention.”

Time of day, 12:30 am (Free Period) Kin’s point of view.
I dashed towards the mythic clubroom, which lead me crashing towards Jenny while she was going towards her locker carrying her books. I said: “Sorry Jenny. Here let me help you pick that up.” Kin did just that, accidentally touching her hand. After that, he dashed towards the clubroom again. I said: “Hey Den where is the room again?” Den replied: “Under the boiler room. Here’s a map and wear the suit.” I said: ‘No, not now not tomorrow not ever again.” Den said: “Not that one that was a prototype. You’re not going to get electrified again now. I tested this on myself, it works.” Den said: “Do I look like I’m not a person with an IQ of 300?” I said: “Yes, you look like a nut case but what the heck I’ll do it.” I followed the map while wearing the tight suit. I found the door with an inscription stating
Only the one chosen by the spear may open the door that will unleash the power of the ancient ones I tried to open the door by pushing and sliding it then I gave up until I noticed it was a pull door. I saw the spear after opening the door. It flew into my hands and gave me this golden suit of armor. Then there I heard gunshots. I got back up to the hallways to see criminals with shotguns, assault rifles and a bazooka. One of them even saw me and said, “You freak!” (said while grabbing someone which was Jenny) “Get away or I kill her.” I growled and charged at him, knocked him and his buddies out and saved Jenny. Jenny said: “Thank you golden spearman!”, giving me a kiss on the cheek. Then goes away. I said to myself: “Den, you got some explaining to do.”


To be continued...

On Magic Card Decks

My eldest son, now a teen, is fond of collecting magic card decks. He sometimes joins pre-release events/tournamentsto get new release of magic cards.

He wants to start a blog about magic card decks. Read his words and comment or share anything about magic cards.

From my teenager, magic cards fanatic:

I will explain the purpose of this blog is. This blog is for show off and commenting on other people's magic card decksand giving advice on deck construction.

Ex. I want to remove 2 rhox war monks from my deck to add 2 sigiled paladins. Is this what I should remove or do I remove 2 aven squires instead of the war monks?

This blog can also be used in any other magic card related discussion.

Ex. Does anyone know where to buy tickets for prerelease and how much they cost?

That is all but please respond more.

This blog is about magic card decks possible improvements and weakness based on other players suggestions.

Heres the first deck:

Creatures(21):
Akrashan squire x2
Rhox war monk x3
Rhox bodyguard x2
Gwafa hazid, the profiteer x1
Twilight Shepard x1
Aeris mystic x1
Sigiled paladin x1
Knight of the skyward eye x2
Aven squire x3
Knight-captain Eos x1
Jhessian balmgiver x1
Stoic angel x1
Tristledown liege x1
Giltspire avenger x1

Other spells(20):
Bant charm x1
Sigil blessing x1
Steel of the god head x3
Kiss of the amesha x1
Clarion ultimatum x1
Gleam of resistance x1
Obelisk of Bant x2
Pacifism x2
Unsummon x2
Ashas favor x1
Armored ascension x2
Armillary sphere x1
Repel intruder x1
Invincible hymn x1

Land(17):
Terramorphic expanse x2
Plains x7
Forest x3
Island x3
Seaside citadel x2
Ancient ziggurat x2

Vacation Trips - Bangkok, Thailand

My youngest son is fond of reading and writing. Just recently he was reading his mini-journal which describes some of our vacation trips. We then agreed to post and share his journals in parts to show what kids see and feel during trips to new places.

Here is Part 1 which is my kid's second trip to a different country. We stayed in Bangkok for a week but he was only able to write about two days. Find out what he enjoyed in Bangkok.

Bangkok, Thailand (through the eyes of a 9 year old kid)

April 10, 2006 (Monday)
Today, we went on a tour to 2 Thai temples and a gem gallery then we went to Siam Paragon to eat at McDonald’s.

April 12, 2006 (Wednesday)
Today, we went on a tour to Safari Park. It was tiring so I usually sat down. The van was really nice and relaxing. Then we went to Siam Paragon to eat at Food Hall and look for toys. I and my brother, made a deal with my dad.