http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com My e-Diary Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:39:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hey,  I got back from Kenya last Sunday, July 26th and I must say my trip was lovely. I'll write more about it another time but I just wanted to make a quick update. Follow me on Twitter!: Twitter.com/BzBrian If you haven't realized, BZ is my initials and it makes a... funny word, ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/08/03/kenya-and-twitter/ The Good: 12.1 Megapixel Camera, 5x Optical Lens Zoom, 3-inch screen, high definition video camera with a sophisticated image stabler, easy to use, relatively cheap price for what's included in the camera The Bad: The 3-inch screen collects many fingerprints, and confusing to learn how to zoom during a video My ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/07/05/sony-dsc-w290/ Hey guys! As you can see, the title is 'Innovative Thinking'. My new 'innovative' idea is not so innovative but the idea caught my eye. That idea is to stop making this blog on my boring life. As you can see, the you in what I just said is nonexistent. By ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/07/03/innovative-thinking-and-michael-jackson/ Hey my reader! If I have any readers... well anyways! Off to today's topic! 'So Much for Summer' We're now beginning to move into our second month of summer and our second last month of summer. Many people have been saying recently, "Summer's going by really fast!", "Summer's awesome!", or if they have ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/06/30/so-much-for-summer/ Simply put, the best time of every kid's (American at least) life which he or she will spent countless hours running around on a beautiful green meadow chasing butterflies or playing the great American pastime, baseball. Well, ideally at least. The truth is, summer is boring! Well, don't get me ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/06/12/schools-out/ Hey! Yeah, I know I haven't posted in like a week and a half, but I have a good reason. This coming week, as in tomorrow through Thursday, I have finals. So I've been preoccupied with studying and prepping up for the tests. My GPA is a 3.7 which kinda stinks ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/06/07/finals-week/ Last night, my father walked into my room wanting to show me a YouTube video. This video is one of the few videos on YouTube that has really touched me about how father and son relationships should be. Without spoiling anything else, please watch the video as I am sure ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/05/31/what-is-that/ Today, my whole high school had a field trip to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. If you're not familiar with the California scene, especially Northern California, the Santa Cruz Boardwalk is very similar to other popular theme parks like Great America. It however, is located right on the beach. It ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/05/28/santa-cruz-boardwalk/ Today I had to give a little speech to my class, ranting about moral values an such. I had great ideas with nice quotes to go along with it by Ghandi and Oscar Wilde and as I was preparing I felt as if I would do terrific. That however, was ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/05/27/speech-impediment/ Memorial Day weekend is great all in itself as we have no school! But more importantly, I do appreciate the greatest contributions of our brave young men and women throughout history. Well, about my weekend... [Warning!! Quite Long!!] Friday, I came home reluctantly as my mother (being Asian) was infuriated at ... http://simplybrianzhang.blog.com/2009/05/26/memorial-day-weekend/