Happy Thanksgiving

Hey everybody. Happy Thanksgiving to you all. If some of you don't celebrate thanksgiving, I still want to say that today is a good day to appreciate what we have in life (not material things, but to our families, friends, pets, love, our religion, etc...). Be thankful for everything, from the bottom of the heart. Lets have a moment to think about peace, forgiveness, love, understanding, pureness, life, friends, family and even smiles. Just close your eyes and just think.

I hope that everyone has a simple thanksgiving today. It doesn't have to be something big or special, just give thanks to what you have in life that could not be replaced with material things.

Well, that is it. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM

Reward for Final Exam

How are y'all doing at this time? Been busy with school or what?
For me, I have been busy with my school's final exams. That's right, my first trimester is coming to an end for me in my junior year. Though, it is not completely done yet, I still have to do two more final exams in two classes: AP Physics (a) and Marching Band. After Monday, I will be free from Tuesday to Friday. The first three exams were not that hard to complete. I was able to finish them before time finished and to dance after school in completing them. Are you guys/gals doing the same thing in terms of final exams? If so, how is that coming along? I hope it is going good for you.

Also, yesterday night, I got to attend my cross country end of season party at one of the member's house. We had snacks and drinks to celebrate for our hard work. Our coaches were there to join in the celebration. It was good to see them after cross country season was over. Now we made our coaches a little surprise that is different from previous celebrations; we used to buy gift cards to a restaurant or a store, but we bought a t-shirt with a quote on it that one of coaches made, "It's a beautiful day to run in Southwest Michigan!"- Coach Savicke. I could tell that they loved it. It is good to pay back our coaches for their time and hard work to make us better runners. To add on the surprise, one of our members made this video of our season: Loy Norrix Cross Country 2014. You could see me in some scenes, both in a race and during practice. Try to find me. :-)

Well, that is it. I hope that you enjoy reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM

Dinner With a Louisville Friend

It was a long day today, in terms of classes and after school program. In my Honors English class, five students presented their book-talk power-point to us. They are very interesting, I might read some of them for fun during my free time.  Tomorrow, I will get to present my power-point to the class on my book, Three Cups of Tea. Many of you may know the book.
All the other classes are just learning something new and reviewing old lessons. Like I am extending my knowledge on geometric and arithmetic series in pre-calculus, while in AP physics, I learning electricity (current, volts, resistance, circuits and Kirchoff's law). Have many of you learn these things? How is it?
Anyway, this morning, I was feeling kind of negative about certain things in life. My parents got me back into my positive self and music brought back my smile. So I was able to be my normal self in school and learn. :-)
About two hours ago, a friend of ours from Kentucky came over for dinner. It has been a long time since I have seen him. My mom and dad made a good dinner for us to eat. Michigan black cherry ice cream is what we had for desert (delicious it was).
So, nothing big happened today, although a WMU student gets to barrow my acoustic guitar for a month.



Yeah, that was my day, I hope you had a good day and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters.- MNM

Veterans Days

You know what today is, it is Veterans Days. It is time to honor our veterans that served our country for years. I would like to honor three veterans (two of which are within my family and the third on is an interviewed veteran that I have done as a project) for serving our country: John L. Locke (my great-great uncle), Randy Mueller (grand-father) and Mike Leatherman (a navy veteran that I interviewed). 
I left a link above that you can check out about my great-great uncle. Currently, I can't add a link to my Living History project. All I could do is give you a sample of the project below. I hope that you like it, because I put many hours into this project to make it worth holding on to for Mike Leatherman's family. Just reading it again, just makes my smile for my interviewed veteran and for my dedication to make this report perfect. 

Imagine yourself as young adult who was first drafted into the Marines, but found a way to get around that by serving in the Navy, so that you don’t get into combat in the Vietnam War. Your dreams of avoiding a horrible war turns to a nightmare as you became a CE (construction electrician) to build forts, road ways, command centers, supply centers, and other building needed for the war, in the middle of a battle field. During the sunny days while working on road ways, you hear and see big C-17 planes landing so close to you, that you could just stand and touch it with your tough, leathery callous hands. During the humid nights, you hear bullets whizzing by your ears and just see a body lying still, with his head blown, 5 feet from you. Maybe that was your buddy that you just made 3 hours ago. With the enemies coming close, you have Caliber .45 Pistol to shot them off to live another day. Everyday for 24 hours, you make friends that few will live, build something for the military effort, and even fend for yourself to go through it again. Mike Leatherman was one of the many American Heroes who built and fought during the Vietnam War, but not in full combat as the Army would experience. Now that doesn’t mean that he went through something that nearly killed him. This is his story that he wants to pass down for people to read about his life before, during, and after his service. 

Make sure that you give thanks to your veterans for putting their life in protecting America and give them a big salute. Enjoy the rest of the night and I will see you in the next post.

Peace out brothers and sisters (and veterans). -MNM

Past Memories and Present Actions

I got something to tell you who are reading this, yesterday after school, I was elected into the Loy Norrix National Honor Society! You have no idea how happy I was to hear/see it; to not have to explain it in detail, I was dancing outside of a classroom with joy without anyone knowing it. I believe that about 20 members were elected into the program, but I am among them! Many of you who are in high school, do you have a similar program of ours or exactly like ours? If so, what do you get to do? You can leave it in the comments for me to read and see how it is similar or different from ours. 

The application was not that hard to do. I just had to think about what I have done that goes into those four qualities throughout my high school years. I was hoping that all the summer programs and high school sports that I participated in has a majority of the qualities. Some of them did, but not as much as I expected. During the essay part, I had to explain why I feel that I should participate in the program. My main reason for me to be in it: everyday, I am looking for ways to improve my leadership skills, self character, educational opportunities, and service acts. As Cardinal J. Gibbons quotes: "There are no office hours for leaders." I improve everyday to become better than I was yesterday. 

Character is my biggest quality that I have throughout my life time. I stay who I am, not allowing others to change who I am that does not fit who I am. Going forward to change a friend, teacher, school, community, state, country and the world, is what I want. John Quincy Adams quotes this like what I said: "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." That is how many are making a change in this world. I want to be one of those people. You will see. "Great leaders don't tell you what to do... they show how its done." 

Along with the surprise, I found this song that I heard during my elementary years in Colorado. It belongs to a TV show that I used to watch for fun in the past. It is called Code Lyoko. Many would probably know this show. 

There are other series of episodes that still has the same name

Brings back many memories of my childhood. How I wonder about animation and the different types of it. During that time, it is also where I found the famous series, Naruto. Without those shows, I would have never reminded myself how much I came through my younger years. I am happy to see Code Lyoko and Naruto in my life.

Well, I hoped that you liked what you read and I will see you in the next post.

Peace out brothers and sisters.- MNM

My First Poem Post Online

I made this poem at the beginning of the school year that has to do with our choices in life and I thought I would like to share it with you. Now when you read it, don't feel that I am being negative to the world. This is just showing what I am seeing that needs to be fixed before its too late. I am just saying that we as the people of this world needs to start making right decisions that is meant to be.
In the mean time, hope you get the message from the poem and start thinking about what you can do to change this world in a good way. Below the poem is a music video that kind of sings what I am trying to show you.

Everyday 7

Born at the dawn of the human race

Wrath, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony, and greed

Wrongful wrath creating wars

Silent sloth slowly seizing

Powerful pride pounding the peace

Lurking lust luring away purity

Endless envy eyeing others plenty

Gushing gluttony grabbing relentlessly

Grabbing greed grinning at the weak

Seven deadly sins at the core of tyrants creed

They form a circle, a repetitive circle 

Grabbing a majority of humans and making them hurtful

Though the hold is strong

Some are trying to find a way out

It takes a lifelong scout

Choose you fight

-Martin Mueller

Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM