Today dad downloaded 2 games for us:
1. Robocode (it is a really fun game where you code a robot and go against other players to see whose robot is better.) Me and dad first looked at how other people coded their bots, and figured out that we don't need to code, we just use the arrow keys! I did the shooting part, dad did the dodging part. At first, we were REALLY bad and always lost. Then, we got better and even won a few times! YEAH! WOO!
2. OpenRA - Red Alert (it is a very intense battle of strategy and skill. You complete missions and stop the bad guys!) Me, Dad, and Kyle played this game. I was really bad at this game at first, since I kept dying. Then, I learned to make my army REALLY big, and get lots of money. Then, I was able to dominate EVERYBODY on the other team. Too bad dad said he would be deleting this game because the computer screen is too small.
Mission impossible:
Read 20 non-fiction books
Reach 1000 rating for Rapid games in Chess.com
Learn Java and learn to play RoboCode game (beat Corner & Crazy)
Learn 2000 Chinese characters
Each will be rewarded $20 game credits. YAY! By the way game credits (in my house) are little amounts of money I get to spend on games!
Today I started to count how many times dad hit me. Once, at the end of the day, I see how many times he hit me. Then, I rip the number of times dad hit me on the pile of newspaper. Once I reach ten, I contact him in the morning and do whatever he did to me. Usually, Every 3 or 4 days I should tell him, or if I'm lucky, maybe 5 days. Anyway, I also might make a trash talk list. It's basically the How-many-times-did-dad-hit-me chart, but after I get ten times he says trash talk, I change them into 5 marks on my other chart, and yeah, you get it.
Dad does NOT get the whole point of this!!! The point is to make him nicer, but he doesn't get it! He gives me good things in exchange of being mean to me. He expects me to take one of his "good"deals and let me just get held as a hostage! No, I don't want any deals. I want him to learn two lessons. They are: Treat others how you would to be treated. That's the main one, and don't judge people by their appearance. even though may be small, I will grow taller than you. I DON'T want to be treated NOT like an equal.
Crack! Bam! BANG! By the way, if you're wondering why I put "Crack! Bam! BANG!" I seriously suggest you learn history. On this day in the 1776, the United States "officially" became the United States. Probably why mom gave us chocolates. Also, I will finish at 6:16 , which means . . . [the happiest 3 words in the English language] EARLY PERFECT DAY!!! Maybe we get this chance to play more Mario Kart or maybe some phone games, like 1945 Air Force, Dirt Bike Unchained, Ultimate Tank Battle, or maybe Hang line. WHOO!
Yesterday was NOT fun. Well, at night, maybe 10:30, I heard a CRACK followed by a BOOM and a BAM! That kept repeating, until 11:00. Then, it turned into just BOOM BOOM BOOM like Anti-Aircraft guns. Oh, wait, that sound is POM-POM-POM. Hmm, oh yeah! Bombs! Still, the sound was LOUDER than bombs! Also, it was in the middle of the night, and both of us were tired and couldn't sleep. Eventually, we slept (by pure luck) , and in the morning, I we both had to wake up at 7:40 (our normal schedule at school) .
Today we traveled to Seoul in a Delta plane.When we took off, I was excited. Now, I'm anything but. In the first hour and a half, I got to play some games and watched Kung Fu Panda, which is about a Panda that is Fat at first, and learns how to do Kung Fu. I also got some ravioli and cranberry juice for the movie. After the movie, I slept.
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ . . .
And then, I read a book in my kindle. I only got to 4% of the book. Hey, it's a long book! 570 PAGES! Then, I slept again. After that, I just started at the map and talking to dad. Then, we got to Seoul!!! Hey, it's a LONG journey!
The book "Swimming Across" is about a boy named Andris Grof who is born in Hungary in the 1950's. He was very lucky. He survived a case of scarlet fever, and the the loss of hearing on one ear. He, also like me, liked to talk a lot in class (my dad also was like that, and his teacher put girls around him to keep him quiet, since all the girls were devoted to getting high scores, which made them enable to talk) . Like my dad, he got the best grades in the class.
When he was in 6th grade, the Nazies invaded Bum-bum-bum! Andris's mom sent him to live with his relatives in the countryside. Then, the Russians invaded. The Nazies were pushed back, but now the Russians occupied Hungary. There were also sudden AA-guns firing, and everyone had to evacuate and hide in bomb shelters. Sometimes people were forced to stay in a bomb shelter for more than 2 hours!! Still, after the Russians retreated, that was also time Andris finished high school. But, people realized some Russians were still in Hungary, so Andris demonstrated against the Russians. The police found out, and forced him to NEVER leave his home. That's when he decided to run away with the help of an uncle.
He and his uncle crawled all the way to the austrian border. Good thing Austria was on a side with Hungary. Andris had a nephew in Austria, and his nephew told him people were being interviewed. Andris rushed to the place. He failed the first interview, but nailed the next one. Soon, he was in a ship going to America! His ship docked at Brooklyn. He first went to his uncle's place, and then applied to college. He first got an F- for the first exam, because he didn't know that everyone was supposed to memorize everything. For the second exam, he studied hard and got an A+!
This book teaches me that even when times are tough, and people are rough, keep your head up for the good stuff. You never know when good this will happen to you. Maybe some luck!
Yesterday we went to Lotte Adventure place! We first got a reservation for the rocking pirate ship at 1:00 PM. I don't get it. Why do we need reservations? Mom told me that it stops traffic. If nobody had reservations and just waited in line, we would wait for, like, 2 hours, and nobody would be HAPPY. So, while we waited, we went to the dragon shooting place, with guns like the ninjago shooting place. It had laser guns, and I got the second highest score: behold! About 815000! Dad got 1200000! Mom got 712000! Kyle got 2600 (for a 6-year old, that's a world record in our family!) ! Then, it was pirate ship time! The pirate ship was really, pretty scary when you fall, only if you don't know the trick. the trick is to lean forward when the pirate ship goes forward. The other REALLY fun ones were . . .
1.French Revolution. [Jace's view] It was a really fast roller-coaster that did fast turns and a loop-de-loop! That was the first time me and Kyle rode on a roller-coaster with a loop-de-loop! I thought it was going to be scary, but using the trick dad taught us, I conquered this challenge, not like mom, who was scared to lean forward. That's okay. We'll do so tomorrow.
2.Pirate Ship Splashdown [Kyle's view] It was fun, exciting, and fast! I rode in the 3rd row of the boat, with every row having 1 person. Brobro was in front of me, so I was protected from water a little. I was pretty weirded out that dad took a video of the waterslide. I let his phone drop, but I actually was a little glad that Dad didn't drop his phone, because without it, I wouldn't be able to play games on his phone!
July 19, 2023
Today we went to an underground cave that was found in the 1800 by a farmer. One of his chickens fell down here, so the farmer followed the chicken. Then, while searching, he found this exact cave. Well, there is now a big entrance, but the farmer found this cave from a small hole that was covered in leaves and trees and dirt.
Well, the inside of the cave was wet and all my clothes got soaked in DIRTY WATER! So, mom and I took a “Who Will Get the Most Wet” contest. I won. My socks got drenched. My shoes smelled like dead fish. My hair was super wet. My shirt and shorts? Well, also very wet!
Me and mom took some photos, and even got a family photo all together with dad! Also, I got a new umbrella! It has rabbits on it! And it is really big! It can block sun and rain! Also, I won the bullet shooting contest again with dad! 2-0!
I’m done.
July 31, 2023
Yesterday we drove all the way to 泗阳, and visited grandpa’s mom. Dad’s dad’s dad already died. Now, today we are rushing home. I just got a big ice Cream, and Kyle got a . . .
EAR SICKNESS AND RED EYES! Well, the red eyes may be from crying too much, and he didn’t wash hands and he got germs in his eyes.
When we got back, I was sent to Grandma’s mom’s house to do my missing and VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY overdue diaries. I finished almost every one. I did 4 diaries in total, which brought 2 more. Now, I’m going to do all of them tomorrow. Then, I won’t have to worry about writing missing or REALLY REALLY overdue diaries.
Have you every tried doing something while having something else in your mind? Well, I just pushed the mountain down and I’m looking forward for a nice weekend!
I’m TOTALLY done!
July 13, 2023
I HATE THIS PLACE! RRRRRRRR!!! THERE IS NO WIFI OR INTERNET! I WANT TO GO HOME! THIS PLACE IS TOO SMALL! THERE ARE NO THINGS TO ENTERTAIN ME! I DON”T LIKE CHINA! I LIKE MY HOME BETTER! JUST BECAUSE OF THIS REASON, I WILL GET PUNISHED BY DAD SINCE I CAN’T GO ON CHROME AND DO CHESS! ALSO, DAD SAYS EVERY DAY SHOULD BE A PERFECT DAY, AND I’M FAILING ON DAY 1! ALSO, I CAN’T DO SOCCER, SINCE WE DON’T EVEN HAVE A BALL TO USE! I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S THE POINT OF GETTING ME HERE! TO ME, I WOULD RATHER STAY AT HOME AND DO PERFECT DAYS EVERY DAY AND PLAY VIDEO GAMES! ALSO, THIS PLACE IS SO HOT COMPARED TO BELLEVUE! AT HOME, I CAN SEE MY FRIENDS! HERE, I DON’T HAVE ANY! AT HOME, I HAVE MY OWN BED! HERE, I NEED TO SHARE ONE!
I’m done.
July 23, 2023
Today I will continue from yesterday. Me and the 10-year old kid splashed around the very shallow pool that was 1 foot high. The water didn’t even go to my knees! Still, we tried the waterslide first. It was supa dupa fun! We did that a million times, and found out that if you crash and smash and the walls of the slide, you get more speed, and you bounce higher!
After we were done, we tried to do the big fun slide that was my favorite! You need tickets to ride it, and you need a mat. You first got pushed down the slide, and at the turn, you lean over and rock back and forth, until you get to the bottom, and a wave of water hits you, and you land in a ball pool. Fun, right?
I think this playground is really really fun, and open to all ages. I wish there were these places in Seattle! LOL
I’m done.
July 30, 2023
Today I will tell you what type of transportation I like best. Well, Mom likes Bulletrain because It’s fast, you can enjoy the view and The tickets are cheaper than Airplane.
Kyle likes car because you can enjoy the view, You get it to yourself, and it’s CLEAN! Dad also likes car, like Kyle.
I myself like: Motorbike? Well, because they fit for me! They can weave in and out of traffic, you can feel the wind blowing in your hair, and it’s fun!
Well, most people would say airplane, because it’s fast. But, what about if you want to get from Bellevue to Seattle? Well, car is too slow, it takes 25 minutes on average. Motorcycle? Too fast. Motorbike? SURE! You can weave through traffic, feel wind in your hair, and It’s totally fun! So, I want to use motorbike for most of the time. YEAH TOTALLY!
I’m done.
July 29, 2023
Today I went to tennis class and It rocked! I learned how to hit a ball properly. You’ve got to first hit the ball straight. To hit the ball straight, you’ve got to have the tennis racket straight first. Also, when you’re done with hitting the ball, you can’t just do whatever you want next, because, WATCH OUT! Your actions after hitting the ball still affects where the ball goes. You don’t want to have perfect moves but have the ball go out of bounds. That would be just sad. (LØL)
Then, I had Badminton class. We first had to pick up Kyle first, because Kyle also goes to Badminton. Anyway, I was totally better. Out of 12 throws, Kyle only got 7, and the limit was 8. I got 10, 2 above the limit. Well, out of 24, Kyle got 16, and I got 21, above him by 5.
I’m totally better than him in Phys Ed (Physical Education) , and he has a long way to go if he’s gonna be better than me.
I’m done!
July 27, 2023
Today I will answer a questions that are asked by many:
Is your brother annoying? Well, yeah, sometimes. When he is annoying he sings “Yippie Doodle went to town, riding on a . . . macaroni!” , which is especially annoying when I’m doing my homework, and I need peace. Some other times are when he and mom are reading, and he says Peppa Pig to every question mom asks, like “what does special mean?” , Kyle says, “Peppa Pig.”.
Sometimes I want to play with him. Without him, I wouldn’t have anything to do. Well, I would, but I would be lonely, You know when you’re playing video games, you want to talk to someone? Kyle’s the guy for the job. He likes games the best, so he will talk all the time. Sometimes that’s a problem. When he talks too much, I can’t concentrate, so that’s another problem. So, my answer is: IT DEPENDS.
I’m done!
July 26, 2023
Today I started to read a book called The legend of Dave the villager. Dave was born from Herobrine, which spawned them to destroy the world. All of them died, except 4: Dave, Necroth, Sipidroth, and … I forgot. Anyway. Now, Dave and his newly made friends list:
Porkins, Cluck Lee, Sensei Coach, Jean-Cowphlico
Sally, Alex, Someone I forgot
Necroth, Sipidroth, and Someone I forgot
And a whole army of illigers, Villagers, and Pillagers. They are supposed to destroy all factories that belong to the Robot king. The robot king is a bad guy. If all the factories get destroyed, then the King Robot won’t be able to build more robots to protect him. Will Dave and his army proceed to destroy The Robot King, or will the robot king defeat Dave? Check out the book for more!
I’m done!
July 25, 2023
Today I read a book about a 6th grade boy named Cooper. One his fist day here, at gym class, he found out that a pair of eyes were staring at him. The next day, he went exploring in the forest, and found that it was a ninja clan staring at him!
The ninjas told him to come back tomorrow, and the next day, he came back, to be greeted with Oreos and Juice. Then, he was told to get a girls purse. He got it, and was accepted as part of the ninja clan! So, to leader(Wyatt)told Cooper to go bring a backpack to the front desk. Cooper first peeked inside and saw that it was MONEY! When he was about to tel front desk that Wyatt was behind this all, Wyatt himself appeared! Cooper, realizing that whatever he does, Wyatt wins, He let Wyatt torture him. Eventually, Wyatt got caught. Then, Wyatt said that all of the stuff was his fault. Then, he got expelled. Well, thats what you get the you do bad stuff.
I’m done.
July 20, 2023
Today we are heading back to Zunyi. Some changes. 1. Kyle is now better and NOT barfing. 2.Kyle got a new LEGO rocket that is super big. 3.My Riarro RC car seems. . . faster! Anyway, the trip back home was weird. I had to go to the bathroom, and the car was out of gas, so I went to the bathroom. Turns out, you have to bring your own toilet paper! Thankfully, dad brought us some paper, and I got some paper of my own.
The other half was pretty much me sleeping. ZZZZZZZ. . .
[AFTER I SLEPT . . .]
We are there! Dad had to wake me up, and I was dozing off. Then, I flopped down on a bed, but dad woke me up, and we went to eat dinner with a friend. It included a 10-year old kid that played with us. Pretty fun!
I’m done.
July 24, 2023
Today we just took an airplane from Zunyi to Nanjing, and it took only 1 hour and 55 minutes! That is very short compared to the Delta flight, which was 19 hours and 30 minutes! I don’t know how I survived that flight without barfing. Kyle barfed when we just got out the airplane, onto his and mom’s shoes and pants. Later, mom turned into a physco when She washed her pants, and found out it changed colour, and threw it in the garbage can. It is now in the recycle centre.
Anyway, I got ice cream! It was the small kind. This is not fair. Every day when Kyle was 4, he ate ice creams every day, while I was in a hot classroom doing test after test. I never got awarded for being good. I only get scolded because parents pick on my problems. Why? I’m older than Kyle. What about Kyle? He is just the most annoying brother in the world. Adults like him, not like me. Nothing is fair.
I’m <<sniff>> done.
July 22, 2023
Today I went to a really fun outdoor park! Me and a 10 year old kid first went to the climbing place. It was supa dupa fun, with wobbly and kinda scary, which I like. The scary part is the part with the drum-like steps is midair! You have to balance really well and be able to be not afraid of heights. I’m a little scared of heights. But, I’m really good at balancing. So, nothing to worry!
The next thing we did was do the rainbow slide tube! You drag a inner tube, and at the top, someone pushes you, and you slide! There are even mist sprayers that spray mist onto you, which cools you down. Then, at the point where you want to scream, at the bottom, there are suction cups that slow you down.
We also played water! I’ll talk about it tomorrow because I don’t have time!
I’M DONE!
July 21, 2023
Today I didn’t do anything fun. I just stayed home and did nothing. I VROOMED my RC car around the house. Then, I brushed my teeth and washed my face. Then, I played some chess. Bleah. Then, I did my normal things. I ate lunch which was cold noodles with shrimp and soy sauce. Then, I took a nap that was very very very long. 3 hours!
SLEEP TIME!
Now, I read to page 150 in my book, Biography of Andrew Carnegie, which was exactly 33%. Then, I played some more LEGO. I think this day is very unexciting without any action of fun. So, I’m going to have some fun tomorrow. And that is and order, me!
I’m done.
July 14, 2023
Okay, slight change of things yesterday. Now, There is wifi! Grandpa figured how to get wifi on his computer. Still, I can’t write my diary on Google Sites. That’s okay, because I still can write the diary here. Slightest problem: I can’t figure out how many lines I wrote and transfer it to the google sites lines. But, flashback. Yesterday it was also like this. I just wrote as many lines as I could.
Okay, I still think it is VERY hot. BURNIN’ YOU TILL’ YA DIE! Doy doy doy. By the way, doy is how I say my, my, my. It just sounds . . . more cool and funky! Oh man. My computer is running out of battery and I can’t find the charger. It’s not in my backpack, so it should be in dad’s. But . . . dad and mom are at the hotel, so . . . I SHOULD SERIOUSLY START WRITING REALLY QUICKLY TO MAKE SURE MY BATTERY DOESN’T RUN OUT!!!!!
I’m done.
July 15, 2023
We’re in Zuinyi, Guizhou now, since we just took a plane all the way from Nanjing to here. I’m standing at Grandma’s window looking at the drained outdoor swimming pool. Sigh. I wish I could swim there. BUT. One big change. I got a new Riaaro RC car that is REALLY handy. You can take the top shell off, like any decent RC car. But, it closes without pins! That way, we don’t have to worry about losing anything! Also, it goes real fast, and it also has a ton of battery! That’s mainly because it said to charge 2-3 hours. Not a surprise; the engine probably uses up a ton of speed and energy. And. I also beat an 11-year old in basketball! WOW! New record! But, I can’t even beat Lucas! He is a pretty good soccer player, and that helps to defend against basketball players.
I JUST AM SO SO SO ANGRY THAT I CAN BEAT AN ELEVEN-YEAR OLD AND NOT BEAT A TEN-YEAR OLD FRIEND!
I’m done.
July 16, 2023
Today we will go to Guiyang, kind of like Dallas, the capital of Texas, or Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. It’s pretty busy. Buses are honking, cars and taxies are beeping, electric motorbikes are vrooming, kids are playing, adults are strolling around, yeah, you get the picture. So, we first drove A-A-L-L-L-L-L-L the way to here, the hotel, which is a 2 hr 30 min ride. When we thought we were never going to get there, we arrived with the help of a friend. Without him, we wouldn’t have gone ANYWHERE! He drove us to lots of different places, like the very long drive to Guiyang. He also will probably send us to much more places, such as tourist attractions, amusement parks, and MUCH MORE! I just can’t wait for all the fun stuff! I love fun stuff. If I don’t get fun stuff where I could have, I get upset. And a little angry. YAWN. Now I gotta get to bed since I’m really tired. Really, really tired.
I’m <<YAWN>> done.
July 17, 2023
Today we went to an Ancient town! It was a traditional Chinese town. It even had little shops! I don’t know if you’ve ever been at night stands? They stay up until something like 3:00 AM! Well, if you’ve never been to a night stand, I highly recommend it. There are fair games, toys, and BBQ (please accept the fact that all BBQ are very, very spicy. ) ! I’ll tell you all about it. Starting NOW!
Now, Here are my adventures! We first saw a bunch different fossils of dinosaurs and cool crystals that I didn’t know even existed! Anyway, the crystals were really colourful and cool. The fossils were cool-ER! Then, we climbed “The Great Wall of China” (not the real one!) that were all stairs. At first it was fine, but when we went down, I almost slipped! Finally, we bought a small bow toy, which could shoot bullets! Pew pew! Me and dad had a bullet shooting contest. I won! WHO-HOO!
I’m done.
July 18, 2023
Today we went to the biggest waterfall in China! We first had to walk all the way from the start of the mountain (or the lowest place of the mountain) all the way to the top, where we took escalators to the very top. Then, we walked all the way to the best place to take a picture. Well, on the way, I saw these neat things.
First, we climbed a place with rocks on the water! It started with 1st of January and 2nd of January. I was like, huh? Mom later explained that these are people’s birthdays! I later found Kyle’s, Mom’s, Dad’s, and mine! (My birthday is February 20) Then, we took a bus to the mountain, and we walked the stairs to a point where we got on a escalator and rode is to the top, and saw the waterfall! We took a escalator down, and into a bus. Then, we all piled into our car, and VROOM VROOM VROOM! We’re off!
I’m done!
July 28, 2023
Today I will tell you as many Yo mama jokes or any kind of joke to fill up this diary.
Yo mama so fat that when she was born, instantly she was applied to the top #1 sumo team in the WORLD!
Yo mama so hairy she has to shave here forehead!
Yo mama so ugly when she glances at a mirror, it breaks!
Okay, no more of these. Switch the channel! What who do you want to be right now? Me? I would like to be a mix of Nikola Tesla and Neymar jr.. Well, maybe not that good, but almost. Maybe I don’t have time for both. Don’t worry! I’ll be more of Nikola Tesla instead of Neymar. Anyway, Kyle probably wants to be Ronaldinho or Elon Musk. Probably more on the Elon musk side, because our parents want us to make a change in history. Still, I want to be a good soccer player. Hopefully I can do both!
I’m done!