Final Ender's Game Book Post

Author: Billy Lau // Category:
    The ending of the book was good. Not amazing. I think it was because everyone was telling me the ending was amazing and my hopes went too high. Then when I got to the ending it was good, but not as good as everyone described it. Still, I would rate this book a 7 out of 10, because there are better books out there. 
     This final Lit circle discussion we talked a lot more. After the discussion, I understood more about the Buggers, Locke, and Demosthenes. The Buggers were better in technology, but the humans had the better brains. I still wonder :Is technology better or smartness? I also learned that kids are totally free online if they wanted to. I think making a Facebook account is like putting your life online; well it's not like most people care that much so I don't see what's wrong with it. But, kids acting like adults online to dominate the world is a little bit too extreme. Wiki leaks, could be run by Julian Assange who hires kids to be secret spies, because people less suspect them to be working for wiki leaks. Online is like the American Dream. Freedom for all. I also found out that the name Locke was used because he was a influencer to the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution, and Demosthenes was an orator for political ideas in ancient Greece. I still wonder why people would not question a name like Demosthenes and Locke, because they were very uncommon names.
     I really enjoy doing discussions, because they clarify things that you missed or just don't know. This discussion was a lot better than the first two, maybe because we had more time and it wasn't rushed. My book mates and I asked a lot of level three questions and I had some connections to everyday life. During this discussion, we talked about the sequel and how that might be like. I encourage everyone to read it. I guess this is the last post of Ender's Game, and I am so sad.
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CLEVERNESS

Author: Billy Lau // Category:
I was surfing through the web and I found this...
"Man Cons Woman Into Paying For eBay Auction She Won."
   To summarize this up, a guy on eBay sells tickets for 600 bucks. The event for the tickets were in 24 hours. A woman sees it and wants to buy it, so she bids. After a while, the seller asks why she has not paid yet. The woman said her husband told her not to buy them anymore because it was too expensive. So the seller, is left in a horrible position and he needs to sell the tickets fast. So, he uses a different email and contacts the woman telling her that he saw that she won the tickets. He said he would like to buy them for 1000. So the woman said yes, and she bought the tickets from the seller. The seller then went back on his other email and told the woman that he does not want them anymore. The End.
   I thought this was super clever. I might even do this sometime. Maybe. It was not illegal but it was unethical and really clever. This story also shows how there are two kinds of users on the web: the predator and the prey. I think that the seller will always win, because he controls a lot of things and a bid is a binding contract. Bidding on the item makes a binding contract, but telling someone that they will buy it for 1,000 is a formal contract. What I think is: If you can't buy it, don't bid on it. Why would the woman fall for the email anyways. Listening to a stranger who somehow got your email and is telling you that he would pay 1000 for tickets that are worth less, is just dumb. I think the woman deserves it. But then again, isn't that what eBay is all about. Buying overpriced items from a stranger who will get your address and probably your email. People really need to watch out on the web, and they should really use their brain because it is there for a reason.
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Ender's Game Book Post 2

Author: Billy Lau // Category:
     During our group circle on Ender's Game, we talked about what happened, the important events and quotations, and clarified some questions we all had. This group discussion was a lot better than the one last time, because we had more things to say. There were more questions that led to other questions and not just questions that have one answer to them.
      We talked about Peter again. In the second part of the book, Peter seems to be very clever and even more powerful. Peter has thoughts for world domination. I really want to find out what happens at the end. He tricks or moves Valentine to join him in a plot to take over the nets first. Peter cries. Valentine was reluctant at first, but then she thought maybe Peter is really serious and loves her. Valentine said that Peter never loves, but I am guessing that right now Peter is really desperate now so he is willing to lower himself in order to gain Valentines help. I ask my group discussion members and they all said it was part of Peter's slyness.
     Then, we talked about the differences and similarities between Ender and Bean. When Ender was in the Shuttle coming to battle school, he was the smartest. Graff picked on him and said he was the best student and that everyone else is stupid. Graff did this so Ender would be hated on, and that Ender would work harder then. After, when Ender had his own army, he got Bean. Bean was also very smart and he was very competitive and loud. Bean was also one of the smartest soldier in his army. Ender picked him out and also said that Bean was the best student and everyone else was lousy and slow. Graff and Ender are both leaders and I guess as one becomes a leader, they learn to choose who is the best and slowly turn him into a leader by calling them out. Ender did not know why he did that, but I am assuming that Graff knew. In conclusion, I want to read on and learn what Ender and Peter does in the future.
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

Author: Billy Lau // Category:
I found this interesting topic on Victor's blog and here is a quote that talks about abbreviations and how Victor likes to use them...
"Personally, I use LOL only when I am smiling. When I am actually laughing, and I want to show my laughter, I use LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL or just a simple ROFL(rolling on the floor laughing) and LMFAO(laugh my fat ass off). I find that the longer the LOL I use, the stronger the laughing Impression i would show to the receiving person. Usually, I use a short lol when I am not laughing out loud, but smiling out loud. "
    I am like Victor and everyone in the world who uses abbreviations to text or chat. I am seeing that it is becoming more and more common for people to use abbreviations. I guess the purpose of it, is because we are becoming lazy. We ,the world, are tired of spelling out or saying out how we feel ,so rather we use abbreviations. Lol is one of the most common abbreviations in the world. I would rather use lol, lmfao, and rofl and instead of laugh out loud, or laughing my fat ass off to express my happiness.
    For those who love texting, you know chating is one of the most favorite things you love to do. The world is becoming more social. So technology is trying to improve our social lives, like the phone or the computer. Well, abbreviations are the same thing, they are just trying to improve our social life. They are instant, abbreviations say what needs to be said and are faster than long words. 
    Some say, abbreviations are going to kill the writing world well I say STFU. Abbreviations are only going to help the writing world, because if abbreviations did not exist then papers would be too long and wordy. I think abbreviations is a next step to better writing. Lets see, when you say "DNA", that is a major abbreviation for deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism. So who would want to say, whatever that word is pronounced like. In conclusion, people need to use more abbreviations and stop saying deoxyribonucleicantidisestablishmentarianism.  So LOL
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Why do Chinese people like rice?

Author: Billy Lau // Category:
    After looking through google reader and finding nothing to respond to, I came across a question. Why do Chinese people like rice? I like rice. What else is there to eat? All the fish in the world will die in a few decades and meat is going away fast too. Everyone who is starving always turns to rice. There is no better solution. So as many people asked...
"Why do chinese people like rice?"
     In general, Asians eat rice a lot. Thats one reason they like it. Back then, rice was one of the first grains ever farmed in China. China had a lot of flat land for paddy fields. Rice is one of the most important food in Chinese's peoples diet.Rice is very cheap and there are lots of it so you can feed your family for a little amount of money. If you eat rice, you know that it absorbs the flavors of other food you eat it with, giving it a different taste every time. It makes meals a lot more appetizing. Rice is high in carbohydrates and can be used as a supplement for many meals.Rice also could make you full and that they do not have a lot of calories in them.Rice to us Asians are like bread to Americans. We do not grow wheat anyways.  Eating rice is part of the Chinese tradition. When food was scarce back then, a bag of rice could feed your family for a long time.  Rice is a good part of nutrition. It grew well in China's climates because of the flooding making the cultivating. Rice is good for storing too.It is so easy to chew and digest.
      The next time someone ask you why do Chinese people like rice, you now know what to say. I highly recommend people to try rice. It is super good, easy to make, and cheap. You should try it for one whole week straight and see if you like it. By the way there is a website called http://www.freerice.com/. You take quizzes and for every answer you get correct the company will donate 10 grains of rice to the world to end hunger.
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Ender's Game Book Post 1

Author: Billy Lau // Category: 
Ender's Game is a science fiction novel that is a  story  about Ender Wiggin. This book's setting is in the future on Earth. Earth  has been  attacked twice by an alien called Buggers, so people start training genius kids to command an army to defend Earth. Ender gets chosen when he is six and he goes to Battle School. In Battle School, Ender is the top student and makes others kids his enemy because they are jealous. to be trained. Soon he will be able to command Earth's fleet.
I think the author's purpose in writing this book is to let adults know that kids can do anything. That they are no different from adults and some can be commanders. Kids emotions and thoughts are just as similar as adults. In every day life, children are not taken seriously and the author wanted to tell adults that they should be. In Ender;s game, Ender manipulates older kids and adults around him, and Earth is counting on Ender for it's survival. The author is trying to portray that kids can be like adults and sometimes older people can be like little kids. 


Peter, Ender's brother, is also a genius and he lacks compassion and can manipulate people's mind and scared them. Our group, discussed about why Peter did not get chosen to go up to battle school with Ender. Someone said that Peter was too violent, and that he scares the heck out of Ender and he could scared the hell out of other students too. I still wonder, what about Bonezo or Rose de Nose? They are very violent and they do scare the hell out of kids like Ender. Peter threatens to kill Ender and Valentine sometimes. On one part, he takes on politics with Valentine and he tries to become famous and king of the world. He does things for his own benefit and uses his knowledge to seek other's weaknesses and brings it to his advantage. The similarities of Peter and Ender is there struggle for leadership. Peter gets world domination, but Ender gets to lead an army to defend Earth. One day they both get power and the author uses this to tell adults kids are no different from them.
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