Week 12

I finished recording clips of me telling the story, which took longer than expected. i was a bit camera shy, but hopefully I can scrap together some view-able clips. Now I realized being on camera isn't as easy as it seems. During the project, I've worn many caps such as a character animator, script writer, film editor, and now, I'm in front of the camera. It was a bit reassuring to be in the behind the scenes making the magic happens, but when there is a face attached to the project, more things are at stake. Hopefully, I can finish this project without anymore problems .Happy New Year!

Reflection Week 12

Merry Christmas everybody! Now on to what I did this week in terms of my workouts. I didn't do much this week because I was visiting family this Christmas, but I tried my best. On Monday, I did Cardio and ran. On Tuesday i did some strength training and I did the same for Saturday. Sunday I decided to do some flexibility training, and I skipped Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday because I was preparing for Christmas. Well that was my reflection this week because I didn't change anything this week.

Reflection 12

I am actually quite happy the progress I've made over the past week. I finished up the basic look, and design for my website and now i just have to input the writing in different sections. This week I don't think i will get much done because of a huge presentation/project for English and History. Hopefully over break I can add more and complete the unfinished parts of my code. I will continue to do lessons on CodeAcademy to learn anything else that may help make my website more polished.

REFLECTION DOCE

Last week I made the promise to cook jollof rice independently; therefore this week I followed through with my promise. I followed the same procedure explained in the previous week and the jollof rice turned out fine. The rice was not horrible .... neither was it good. Personally, if I had not cooked it and I could opt out of eating of it, I would retain from eating it. I understand that this quality was expected because I do not have a lot of experience cooking jollof rice. However, I will not give up and I will seek my mother's guidance to determine what went wrong and how I can fix this error because I am at lost for the exact cause of the lack of taste. Hopefully, I can have this problem ironed out in the coming weeks.

Week 12

Sometimes I sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit. This is an album I've been recently listening to, and it perfectly describes where I am with this project. Sometimes I do things and sometimes I don't. It's just a thing at this point that I play around with at this point. It's not very much enjoyable if I'm being honest. If I'm not working and not napping, I'd prefer to spend my leisure time playing video games or listening to music or watching a documentary or something else. Because of the nature of making a beat, I have to put my entire focus and effort towards this singular goal. probably worst of all, I can't have any other music on in the background. Regardless, I'm still doing it, because it's a commitment I have to make. I don't know what else to say. I mess around with things on the software and make sounds that sound pleasurable.

Reflection 12

This week was a bit more productive than last week. I played the guitar a few times but I'm still slowly progressing through the song. For Christmas, I even asked my mom for my own guitar so I can return my friend's guitar. It'll be exciting to have my own. Even though I was able to practice, my entire weekend was packed with Christmas shopping so I wasn't able to devote as much time to practice as I had hoped. Over Christmas break, I'm hoping I'll be able to practice but I'm not so sure because I'm going to California. I think my cousin there has a guitar but I'll see. Wish me luck!

Reflection week 12

      This week for my 20% project I did not really incorporate any new techniques. Instead, I just kept using what i had previously learned. What is the best way to learn how to do something? Putting in Practice! So that is exactly what I decided to do with my scrapbook this week. I want to strengthen what I have learned. What good is it to only put a technique into use once or twice? So I added some more cool backgrounds, sewed in some more pictures, attached some objects and kept everything going. I do realize that it is crunch time which is definitely stressing me out a bit but, I can handle the pressure. I have like a month left so that should be plenty of time and this winter break that is coming up is definitely going to help me out time wise.

Reflection Week 12

This marks week 12 with our 20% time. I can say I enjoyed everything I did so far. Thinking back I did a lot. I enjoyed the Pink Run the most probably. I enjoyed running and donating for beating cancer. This week however, i stuck to my diet plan and did a few more workouts. After working out i have had a great attitude and my behavior in schoolwork has increased greatly.

Reflection #12

This week, I did a complete review over a range of subjects that I have already learned over the past weeks. I learned that the majority of the things I learned I had retained most of them. I could recall the things I would use in a daily conversation like introductions, greetings, expressions, and emotions. But it was harder to remember things not typically said like sports references, certain objects, or parts of a home. So now I know what I need practice on and will continue to do so.

Week 12

Almost there !! I'm happy to say I reached 12 miles. Honestly, at this point adding on miles is somewhat easy. After 5 miles I feel like I can go on forever and now that i can do 10 and up, after the 10th it really does feel like since I've been running for so long I can continue running. My breathing at that point is stable and has a rhythm. The only thing is I get slower and more reluctant to continue.

Today I ran to my friends house in Scotch Plains (about 8 miles) and then ran back after hanging out with her. So I did 16 miles today in 2 intervals. I'm very proud of myself for that. I ran every other day this week, 6-7 miles each time. This week is the last week for the program I found online but I haven't been following it exactly. I just used it as a base to come up with something that works for me. Next week, since I have more time, I'll reach the halfway point hopefully, 13.1. And after that I'll work on speed.

Diet. Pretty okay until today. My mom baked pizza and I couldn't resist. But it was loaded with spinach and other veggies.

Reflection 12

So I believe that I am done with the animation part of the video. I have decided to enhance my story line by including myself in the video, inspired by Swoozie. I will work on it during winter break because I will have time to film. The rest of the 20% time will be dedicated to editing the parts together to create a smooth flow. I'm very excited to see the final product. Right now it does not seem like a lot, but hopefully by decision to include myself in the video can improve the current circumstance.

Reflection Week 12

I will be putting together my video soon, as the deadline for C-SPAN's StudentCam 2016 competition is January 20, 2016. I organized my notes on articles that were on Citizens United v. FEC and also legal documents pertaining to the case. Doing this made me realize just how dynamic the problem is and how there are so many ways to investigate the corrupt political process; this may be hard for me to put into a mere five to seven minute video, trying to express my position and backing up my assertions with evidence. It is unfortunately not in C-SPAN's library of videos, but I watched "Citizen Koch" on Netflix, the documentary explained the relationship between "big money" and democracy. Obviously the documentary was against money in politics, but it showed how the vast majority of Americans are against the current system, regardless of their political ideologies.

Reflection Week 12

This was another bad week for me. Projects, tests, and practices really restrained me this week, and I'm hoping to make up the time I've lost next week. This week, I've decided to have two workout days, two aerobic days, and one flexibility day. My flexibility day was Saturday, My Cardio days were Sunday and Wednesday, and My strength training days were Monday and Thursday.

Reflection Week 12

This week, I didn't create any new blog posts. I had a lot of projects to complete and quizzes and tests to study for. Also on Saturday I went somewhere with my famly since my birthday is Monday. Since we have a big break this week, I know I can make two blog posts out of the week.

Reflection 12

This week I actually found a lot of time to work on my scarf. I used up all of the yarn in the first package, so I had to learn how to attach more yarn of the same yarn so that I could continue with the scarf. My mom showed me how to tie it so that the knot would be in the middle of the scarf, where it isn't so visible. I would say that I am just about halfway done with it so far. I have a feeling that I'll have a lot of time to work on it over winter break so I might even finish it during that time. It's really soft and thick but I'm still not sure about how its going to look when I wear it. I guess I'll have to wait until I'm done with it to find out.

Reflction #11 12/17

Kamryn
Intro to Humanities
17 December 2015

Reflection #11

          My project is to learn how to braid hair, install, and style hair. Honestly, I did nothing new this week. I am still trying to perfect my braiding technique and braid faster. I practice braiding pretty much everywhere and on anyone who will let me do it. The other day in Human Body Design I gave my classmate a few cornrows and she loved them. I am definitely getting faster and my braiding is becoming neater. In class, I continue braiding my doll's head. At home, I took out my sister's weave and it showed me basically everything backwards. I can count that as a lesson for this week. I already knew how to take the hair out, but this time I did it with a new approach. I attempted to learn from it. Next week is Christmas so I most likely will not bring my hair doll home to braid. Maybe my parents will get me a new one. You never know....

Reflection Week 12

Christian

This week has been very busy so far. With all of the tests, quizzes, and projects being crammed in before winter break, I wasn’t able to get out of the house very much, but I still wanted to take some pictures when I was able to find the time. I used the bedside lamp in my room for artificial light and placed the light in the background of the shot. I took pictures of objects in my hand, on my bed, and even tried to throw an object up to capture a still in midair. It ends up that the best shot I got was of one of the shoes I own resting on my bed. The heel of the shoe and the light, blurred out, in the background are the main two components of the shot, while the wall of my room is even deeper in the background.

Reflection 11

Well this week was too hectic for my own good, and since I have time, I decided to kick back a bit. I only ran 3-5 miles, but I ran 6 days a week instead of the 4-5 I usually do. Sunday, my long run day, I ran 6 and that was it. I took it easy to give my body a break and prepare for the upcoming long runs I'll have to take. I also found this interesting website which gives me good breathing practice techniques. I started doing them in my spare time. It teaches you to focus on the rhythmic breathing and establish patterns so that when I run, the pattern will come naturally and it won't be as tiring.

My diet, not so great this week. I threw my entire schedule off with work. I ate one meat a day, a huge unhealthy one, at midnight for 3 days in a row (Thursday, Friday and Saturday). It's hard to find the time to eat during the day let alone cook a healthy meal!

On a brighter note, nothing to do with running BUT I got into the Rutgers School of Pharmacy (my number one choice) SO this weekend I plan on taking two days off from running and celebrating with junk food. But I'll be back on track on Monday.

REFLECTION ONCE

Given that my mother came back from Ghana about a week ago and so she has a week a rest me and her continued our apprentice-master relationship. Therefore, as promised I learned how to cook jollof rice, a famous western African dish. We began by filling a pot with oil and seasoning it with onions, tomato paste, spices, and other various things. Once this seasoning was done we proceeded by adding rice to the mixture and for more taste we added turkey broth. Afterwards we cooked the rice as if we we were cooking plain white rice, therefore we steamed the rice and followed the other white rice cooking steps. Overall, the rice turned out fantastic, however I do not think I would be able to cook the rice this well independently. In order to sharpen up I will practice cooking it by myself next week or some other time.

Reflection #11

       This week for my 20% project I had to go print out some more pictures. I cut them up and made some more little flip books within the book. It is coming along nicely. We do not have much time left for this project so this is definitely crunch time for me. There is so much to do in so little time. I am hoping i will be able to finish it in time but i do not think that i will be able to. I want to add something to the hard inside covers so lets see if this week i can get some kind of textured material or fabric to put on those areas.