The Abominable Charles Christopher: March 21st

This week's edition of Abominable reminds me of Spring time. Spring is my favorite season because the sun is always out but it is not super hot. It is very breezy in Southern California and my attitude is like the bunny. I just want to  have a musical and start skipping down the road in a Sunny Breeze type of weather.

iFail

So for our assignment in class, my professor wanted us to try something new that is completely out of our normal routine, and miserably fail at it. Now for my experiment, I did not completely go out of the norm but I still did something I knew I was going to fail at. I have always been a technology guy and always experimented with new electronic devices. Last month, I bought my sister a brand new Kindle Fire. I saw the serial number or key of the package and remembered how everyone scammed Amazon by reporting a damage to their Kindle Fires and got new replacements no questions asked. I did it once with my friend and I thought I should do it again. I lost the manual that was downloaded online that showed step by step instructions on getting a free Kindle. The manual also contained the complaint letter that was to be sent. So I tried to do it myself and wrote a new complaint by myself. The person caught on to me and asked more information than the first time I complained to them. He asked for my debit card information and my address and where and when I bought the Kindle. He told me that if this is a scam, he can track my IP and get me arrested. I was so scared that I unplugged my whole desktop and the internet router of my house. I realized I tried to do something by myself and failed miserably.

Nike Free Run

So I bought these new running shoes called Nike Free Run and they are FRIGGIN' AMAZING! Greatest shoes I have ever owned. So light and comfortable, I basically wear them everywhere. I am planning to doate all of my shoes to Goodwill because I feel that I no longer need any other shoes but my Nike Free Runs. You guys should get 'em!

The Abominable Charles Christopher: March 14th

In this week's edition of Abominable, we see two rats making fun of a woodchuck. At first, the woodchuck doesn't realize what's going on but catches on in the end. This reminds me of when I was new to America. I was the "Asian Kid" or the "Chino" in my class. I was the nicest foreign guy you could ever meet. All I wanted to do was be friends with everyone. But there were always those guys who thought they were so cool because they were in their own group walking around school in a pack. One day, I passed by them near the basketball courts and they asked me "Where I was from". I thought they were referring to my homeland, instead they were looking for a "gang related" answer. Being ignorant of the situation, I calmly answered Philippines. Here I was thinking I made new friends. Instead they started laughing at me and called me a "[EXPLETIVE] Rice Eater". I left after that altercation and tried to avoid them that whole year. I never talked to any of them ever since that day until 4 years later when I was in High School and I started being physically active. I was not intimidated by them any longer because I was the same size, if not, much bigger and stronger. But it was too late, they didn't try to get in an altercation with me and I did not want to initiate a stupid fight over a stupid incident they started 4 years ago when they were immature.

I'm BACK!

Well, it's been a month since I've posted a blog. I have been procrastinating, well I always have been, but more hardcore than ever the past month! Time to finish all my work and finish this semester strong! Let's do this!

One Talented Son Of An Asian

Articles from Databases

http://www.jstor.org/stable/4240727

This article talks about how soldiers are portrayed in science fiction novels such as Ender's Game. In a society obsessed with the prosthetic body or the high technology changes we allow happen to our body, soldiers are becoming the main focus of these prosthetic bodies. In Ender's game, the story is set in the future with advanced technology but still does the same process of turning soldiers into the perfect innocent killers.

http://www.jstor.org/stable/30045097

This article talks about the psychological mindset of a terrorist or a killer. This can also be the mindset of a soldier. A person in battle is fed by government on what the enemy has done and is about to do to harm his or her freedom and everything he believes in. In Ender's Game, Ender is driven with the mentality that Valentine, his sister, can get shot in the head by The Formics which is why he left his family to train at a battle school. Another case of Psychological mindset of a terrorist in the book is with the Formics. They are receiving every message or thought from the Hive Queen. The Hive Queen tells them what to do and gives them the reason why they should do it. Just like terrorists or killers, this is the reason why battle between races or nations occur.