INDECISION 2012
Well, this is a little late, but Donald Trump, and Mike Huckabee has officially announced that they will not be running for president in 2012. I do not know whether this decision by these candidates will affect the GOP greatly, or not at all. In the case of Donald Trump, however, nothing will change much because let face it, he is not a potential candidate at all. America think he a joke (well he is) but if there is one thing he does, and that is he brought the election and the GOP candidate to forefront of mainstream media. Let's face it, all the GOP candidate don't have the drawing power, or the personality (whether he is good or bad) to draw the attention of the media. I am not talking about the news outlet but rather the power of entertainment. Trump makes the other candidate looks good. His egoism and attitude are those of a showman, and he is good at being a showmanship. However, people (liberal, democratic, and dare I say republican?) can (does) says that he is a representation of the GOP: dumb, stupid, and idiotic view. Whatever the case, I believe that he is doing the GOP a favor, now it's all up to the candidate to step up and show America just how good they are as a candidate.
P.S. I am a liberal and democrat.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Taking the GRE
GRE STAND FOR GRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday (Sunday) I was at Barnes and Nobles, and a book caught my eye. It's a study guide for taking the GRE, and what I found was extremely heartbroken and demotivation. I found that it was a four hour long test, that encompasses written analytical (essay format), verbal, and math examinations. The longest is the written analytical examination which has two essay question and is 75 minutes long. I can tell you right now, that I am completely demotivated about taking the GRE. My grammar is definately not up to par, and I still struggle with the word order, sentence structure, and sentence agreement. Not only is my grammatical errors below sub-standard, my vocabulary list is also there. I took a look at the book vocabulary lists, and it was extremely difficult. I probably know less than 1% of the list, and the GRE used many vocab extensively for the whole Verbal test section. I am a little more confident on the math section, although I will review it vigorously over the next couples of months especially my algrebraic, and arithemetic knowledge. However, I will not study for the GRE until the new study guide for the new test is out because the EST assocation are revising the GRE in major way as compare to the last revision in 2010. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................There goes my summer.
Yesterday (Sunday) I was at Barnes and Nobles, and a book caught my eye. It's a study guide for taking the GRE, and what I found was extremely heartbroken and demotivation. I found that it was a four hour long test, that encompasses written analytical (essay format), verbal, and math examinations. The longest is the written analytical examination which has two essay question and is 75 minutes long. I can tell you right now, that I am completely demotivated about taking the GRE. My grammar is definately not up to par, and I still struggle with the word order, sentence structure, and sentence agreement. Not only is my grammatical errors below sub-standard, my vocabulary list is also there. I took a look at the book vocabulary lists, and it was extremely difficult. I probably know less than 1% of the list, and the GRE used many vocab extensively for the whole Verbal test section. I am a little more confident on the math section, although I will review it vigorously over the next couples of months especially my algrebraic, and arithemetic knowledge. However, I will not study for the GRE until the new study guide for the new test is out because the EST assocation are revising the GRE in major way as compare to the last revision in 2010. Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......................There goes my summer.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOOOST FIFTY BUCKS!!!!!!!!
Yeah it may not seems much to many of you, but it is to me. Fifty bucks could afford me a new game, a dinner for two at a good restaurant, or I could save it to earn more. What worse is the fact, that these were fifty new $1 bill. Hopefully, I lost them in my car, but I am afraid I lost them either at my work place or somewhere in the street between my work place and my car, and it has been 3 days since, so I am sure it's gone if it is in the street. This really really suck for sure.
Yeah it may not seems much to many of you, but it is to me. Fifty bucks could afford me a new game, a dinner for two at a good restaurant, or I could save it to earn more. What worse is the fact, that these were fifty new $1 bill. Hopefully, I lost them in my car, but I am afraid I lost them either at my work place or somewhere in the street between my work place and my car, and it has been 3 days since, so I am sure it's gone if it is in the street. This really really suck for sure.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
First Blog
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
I have officially just created my first blog. This is something that I have wanted to do for a long time. In this first post, I will explain why I have started a blog of my own. I am a Vietnamese immigrant and I am very proud of my culture and ethnicities. However, I have dreams, big dreams, and in order to accomplish these dreams, I have to work hard. BUT!!! I am very lazy and have encounters many challenges. One of my biggest challenges and a reoccurring one at that, is my grammar. I have lived in the United States for 18 years, and yet I still can't master the language that is English. Surprisingly, the English has improved but not because of all the English class I have taken, but rather thanks to Spanish. As a requirement to graduate from the University of Minnesota, I decided to take Spanish, and because of Spanish, I have gradually improved my English. Spanish, and its simplistic language and grammar have taught me the essential point of languages, and further my understanding of the English language. With that I want to further my improvement of the English Language. This is the reason why I have started a blog. The more I read, and the more I write, will (hopefully) improve my understanding and my grammar of English. So forgive my grammar, and sometime my spelling mistake but I will improve with each blog I post. As such so end my first post.
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