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Recently, I’ve been thinking about starting a game of Pokemon Pearl. Prior to actually playing, I thought it would be interesting to plan out my party before hand. Before I start, I would like to note this is not the best team one could achieve. The Pokemon listed below are simply the ones I would choose. 

The first Pokemon I get to choose is my starter. Between the three Pokemon, I would choose Chimchar, the fire starter. There are several reasons for this. Although, the grass starter is my favourite, the selection of fire Pokemon in Pearl is really poor. If you don’t choose Chimchar, your likely ending up with a Ponyta on your team. There is also the fact Chimchar can basically take on the first two gyms single handedly if done correctly. The reason for this, is if you’ve been training Chimchar correctly, it should be close to evolving. When it does, it immediately gains a type advantage against the first gym and the move it learns has priority. Combine this with the fact your Chimchar, now Monferno is over levelled, you’re probably going to be knocking out everything with one hit. 

The next Pokemon I would pick up would be a Shinx, and it can be obtained right after you get your starter. Again, the reason for this is because of the lack of electric Pokemon in Pearl. For the first few gyms, your Shinx likely wound’t be doing anything. In fact, if I had to choose a pokemon to swap out, it would likely be this one. However, this Pokemon is a wonderful asset against any flying and water trainers. 

Next, I would catch myself a Beduw. You can get one by taking a slight detour north from the first city you enter. If your Chimchar hasn’t evolved by then, this Pokemon can sweep the entire first gym. The reason I choose this Pokemon out of all the other grass Pokemon, is because of it’s dual grass and poison typing. Its deadly drains and ability to inflict status is a useful tool through your journey. 

The third Pokemon I would ideally pickup would be Drifloon from the Valley Windworks, which is on your way to the second gym. The reason I picked this flying type up instead of the earlier regional bird, is because it’s way more versatile. I also needed a flying type for the up coming gym. 

After getting the first four Pokemon, I’m likely not going to catch anything for a while. The reason for this is because my next party member would be Feebas, from Mt. Coronet. Honestly, this is one of the weakest Pokemon in the game and I’m only catching it so I can evolve it. It’s evolved form is Milotic, and it is amazing. There is a reason I held off catching any water types until now. Its stab Hydro Pump is ultra deadly, and can basically take on one of the elite four members by its self. 

The final party member is Gible. In reality, you probably have access to its spawn location early on. You just can’t access it until you obtain the HM Strength. The reasons for wanting one are pretty obvious, it is a dragon pseudo legendary. This Pokemon is literally the reason why Cynthia is famed as the hardest champion to beat to this day. Granted, by this point in the game you will need a lot of grinding, but it will be worth it. 

In the end, this team will likely be similar to many other ideal teams. The reason for this is because the selection of Pokemon isn’t as diverse as other teams. I mean, a little under half my Pokemon are chosen under the premise of covering for rare types in Shino. However, I don’t dislike any of these Pokemon, and I look forward to seeing if I can actually achieve this team in game. 

Since last year, my parents have been pestering me to get a job. After a lot of procrastinating, my Mom told me there was a job for digitalizing photos. Not wanting to work outside the house or look for a job, I decided to try digitalization. Honestly, I don’t really care about digitalization. Prior to this, I didn’t really delve into the realm of photos in any way, nor do I plan to pursue a career in this field. But its a job and I probably won’t get one I enjoy anyway, so it doesn’t really matter. 

My first client was a friend of my Mom’s. There were two parts to the job. First was a large portrait. The second was several albums full of smaller photos. Unfortunately, the modeling was behind some glass. This meant I needed a way to take the picture without any glare. Thankfully, my Mom showed me a video on how to do so. Once we took the picture of the portrait, I returned home with the albums to resume shooting there. In my room, I set up the lights around last week and spent a good hour taking all the photos from one album. I pretty sure there are still one or two more, so I still need to do that. 

As for what I plan to do in terms of editing, not much. Maybe some additional cropping but that’s about it. The app I used to take the photos already did a good job correcting the lighting and other technical bits. I’ll probably end up turning the photos in PDFs and recreate the album digitally. Rearranging the photos as they were before, put in dates if there were any, and that’s it. Nothing too fancy. 

Next, I need to figure out a company name apparently. So far, this feels more like a favor to a family friend than anything else, but if I need a company name, okay… Right now, I’m thinking of more anonymous names that don’t hold any connection to me. As cool as having a company is, I don’t think this going to go anywhere. So I’ll probably choose a name along the lines of Photo Digitalization. Something that has digitalization in it, because at least people will know what I do. Right now, names are pretty vague and it that last thing on my mind in terms of what I need to do for this project. t. 

So far, I like to think I’ve been moving at a decent pace. I have the portrait and one album done right now. Like I said before, it not like I really wanted to do photo digitalization of all things, but beggars can’t be choosers as they say. Given the choice, I would have liked to try 3D modeling using Blender, making a game through coding, or maybe even do 2D animation, which I enjoyed quite a bit during Media Arts. Then I would have posted it on youtube or something. Granted these wouldn’t have made me money but at least I would have gained some experience in the fields I wish to go into (programming, animation, video game design, etc)… However, what’s done is done, so let’s hope I don’t screw this job up. 

During mothers day, I gave my mom a free meal ticket. Meaning, during any day she wants, I will cook one meal. So from now until then, I have a lot of time to decide what meal I would like to cook. 

From what mom has told me, she would likely ask for a dinner rather than a lunch or breakfast. This means I have to figure out a dinner plan that will serve four people. I could always make the curry I did last time, but that would be boring. Instead, I want to see what else I can make. 

Since I’ve already done curry, which I consider Asian, I will be trying to avoid that kind of cuisine. Instead, I would like to try focusing on European or American dishes. I thought maybe making burgers or something like that, but mom is on a low carb diet. This, unfortunately, this limits my options. Of course, I could make several dishes, but I’m a horrible multitasker and it would just be easier to make two or one dishes. I did consider making steak, but we already have that occasionally. Besides even if I did make steak there would be nothing I would change drastically about it. One option I thought about and actually could work was a salad. However, it does seem kind of boring. 

Eventually, I just searched up low carb meal options. Unsurprisingly, none of the recipes uses anything from the grain family food group. However, I did find a lot of meals did use chicken. So I thought, perhaps I could maybe make a chicken dish of some kind? When I began thinking of a chicken dish I could make. My mind immodestly went to the chicken kabobs. However, I know dad doesn’t like that kind of food and if I do make it will just be more work. In the end, after looking around the internet for a bit, I settled on making a chicken cobb salad. Like I said before it is kind of boring but I couldn’t really think anything else. I guess it also helps we have had this dish before so I do know everyone will at least eat it. I don’t have an exact recipe right now, but I will likely look for one after posting this blog. 

Besides the salad, I thought about making a side dish as well. Since I already have the low carb aspect figured out, I can really do anything I want for the side dish. What I do know is that I want to try doing something with potatoes. I was thinking along the lines of fries or something like it. The last time I used the vegetables, my preparation speed was painfully slow. Hopefully, this time around, I have improved a bit. 

Overall, everything is still up in the air but I have a general plan laid out. I will likely make a chicken cobb salad with some kind of potato dish on the side. Like before, my goal is basically not to burn the house down and increase my prep speed. 

For most of my life, I only cook on very rare occasions and I’ll be sharing one of these experiences. For our unit 3 summative in food and nutrition, our class was tasked with creating a meal for our families. During this beginning stages of this project, I was wondering what I would make. I for one wanted something different. Something that we didn’t eat often. However, I knew if I made something too outlandish, the higher the chance nobody would eat it. I also wanted something easy to make to lessen the chances of me screwing up. In the end, I made the compromise of making curry chicken. I knew this would be a safe choice as everyone in my family likes this dish. However, unlike the curry chicken we eat regularly, I would be using a different recipe. Instead of curry blocks, I would be using ingredients like curry paste, power, and coconut milk. It would be different enough for me to enjoy and similar enough for everyone else to enjoy. 

I will admit, after choosing the recipe I would be using I did little preparation until the day of cooking. Luckily we had almost all the ingredients for the most part. Anything we didn’t have, I would substitute it with a similar ingredient. During the day of cooking, I started prepping at 5:30. Since the recipe estimated the dish would take around 50 minutes to complete, I was aiming to finish at around 6:30. I didn’t happen. The first thing I did was collect the ingredients I need, which didn’t take long compared in the grand scheme of things. Next, I washed all the vegetables I would be using under cold water, then I had to cut them. The most time-consuming part of this was definitely pleasing the potatoes. I didn’t keep track of time, but it took a while for me to peel the skin then get rid of the eyes. Hopefully, in the future, my speed will increase when it comes to this. After preparing all the vegetables, I had to cut meat. At this point, mommy told me to use all of the chicken in the package. This led me to double the original proportions, from serving four to eight. With the chicken cut, I moved onto mixing the ingredients. Using the coconut milk, curry powder and paste, I made the curry which I set aside for now. 

Now came the actual cooking. Using a wok, I first put in the chicken, then the potatoes and other vegetables, and finally the curry mixture. While I waited for the curry to cook, I prepared the vegetable dish. I didn’t follow any instructions and mommy told me what to do. Basically, I just microwaved some frozen broccoli before putting it into a pot with sauce. From this point, it was just cleaning and waiting. After around 30 minutes the meal was ready to be served.

Overall, I really happy with the results. It was edible and nothing went wrong. I guess the next time I do something like this I would like to improve my prep speed. As the estimated 50 minutes turned into 2 hours. In the end, I liked it and my family seemed to like it as well. 

Something people don’t really know about me is that I like history and mythology. I watch documentaries on WW2, watch videos on the Greek Pantheon, and learning about ancient civilization. But where does this all stem from? Well, anime! Today, I’ll be talking about the franchise that pushed me into the world of mythology and history, the Fate series.  

So what is the Fate series? The Fate series is an anime that pits 7 legends from myths, history, and literature into a battle royal. From well know figures like Dracula to more obscure heroes like Irelands child of light, the Fate series has it all. Like most people, I entered the Fate series by watching its most famous anime, Stay/Night. Out of all adaptation from the Fate series, Stay Night likely has the most well know legends like King Arthur and Hercules taking center stage. However, that’s is just the tip of the iceberg. Stay/Night only introduced me to the Fate series, what actually made me want to look into the backgrounds of certain character was definite the mobile game FGO. Instead of just 7 legends, this mobile game has way more, over 200 more. Because of FGO, I ended looking into the history and time periods of figures like Alexzander the great, Souji Okita, and Nero Claudius.

Normally when I look into a historical figure, I first go to the Fate wiki. Admittedly this the least historically accurate representation a character can get, however, it still gives me a basic rundown down of what they are well known for. An example of this is Paracelsus. Using the Fate wiki, I can gather how he was a famous physician and alchemist active during the Renaissance, after omitting all the magic from the Fate universe. From the wiki, I move to Wikipedia. Although Wikipedia isn’t 100% fact, it still gives a more detailed and factual description of the character I’m looking into. Using Wikipedia I managed to learn about Paracelsus real name and contribution to medicine. Normally from here, I would look up actual biographies or documentaries on youtube. An example is “The Legends of History”, which has great videos on legends like Mochizuki Chiyome and Gilles de Rais. . 

Overall, the Fate series is something I treasure. Both as a franchise and for opening my love for history and mythology. As more and more characters get added to FGO and other Fate projects, I wonder what other legends they will include.  

From my previous blogs, it may not be a surprise to some that I really like Tetris. I’ve talked about Tetris in general, my personal favourite favourite game-modes, and even the latest Tetris games. This time however, I would like to talk about my journey with the game.

The first time I remember touching Tetris was in grade 6. It was a math period, we were doing geometry or something, and our teacher let us play Tetris for a bit. It was really weird and the details are a bit fuzzy. What I do remember was that everyone was playing on a N-Block website. For those who don’t remember or haven’t read my previous blogs on the Tetris game-modes, I dislike N-Block. After a few minutes of trying to play and ultimately never surpassing a 1,000 points, the class kind of fooled around. Honestly, this experience kind put a bad taste in my mouth. If I knew I had just subjected myself to the hardest game-mode, I might have picked up Tetris again much earlier. Unfortunately, I didn’t and it wouldn’t be until grade 8 did I pick the game up again.

After a year or so of avoiding Tetris, our story resumes during the final months of grade 8. It was free time (or lunch period I can’t remember), and one of my friends was playing Tetris. The thing that caught my eye was the hold feature. I had never seen it and it was a feature absent from my first encounter with the game. After finding out the website, which was called Tetris Friends, I started playing again. Remember that website, it’s important later. Anyhow, I found my experience with Tetris Friends was much better. I stuck to the modern game-modes like marathon and 2P, while avoiding older ones like N-Block and Tetris 1989 (for now). It was also around this time, some of my other friends started using the website. However, this Isn’t important until a bit later. 

Jump forward to grade 9 and most of my friends have at least played the game. Out of all my friends, only 3 of us really played. Out of the 3 of us, we had a little completion to see who could accumulate the most points. The others played a game occasionally but not often. For the most part, we spent most of grade 9 trying to top each other’s scores and earn the highest rank on 2P. We also met some other in the school who played the game and this when I discovered Tetris.com. I knew of the websites existence, but never had much reason to switch. Most of my friends used Tetris Friends and the websites had multiple game-modes unlike Tetris.com. 

Over the course of the year, my friends and I have been moving through the game-modes. We played through marathon, 2P, sprint, Tetris 1989, basically all the game-modes. The most relevant point was that one of my friends and I were competing for the lowest time on sprint. At this point in time, I had reached my limit with Tetris Friends and most of my friends had dropped the game. Only one friend still played and he was slowly losing interest. From that point on, I had to make a decision. Stick with Tetris Friends, or migrate to Tetris.com. Ultimately, decided to move on from website that brought me into Tetris.

My first real taste of the Tetris.com would be during forth period tech class. This was around the time my friend and I were competing in sprint. Since I reached my limit on Tetris friends, I asked my neighbors what website they were using. After finding out Tetris.com was the most used website in school, I tried a game. I believe during my first go, I got around 60,000 point which wasn’t that high. This was primarily due to how the controls differed between the websites. Although I did say this was first taste, it didn’t mean this was the point in time I permanently made the switch. Honestly the control switch was so jarring, I just stuck to playing marathon on Tetris Friends. Eventually, I realized I could have changed the controls. It was also around this time most of the people on Tetris Friends moved to Tetris.com as well because it was the most popular. From that point on, almost everyone I know used Tetris.com for the most part. 

Once I was on Tetris.com, things didn’t change as much as I thought they would. Aside from 2P and marathon, I didn’t play the other game modes. Nothing major happens until four months ago. Over time I had been honing my marathon skills and managed to reach level 25. In Tetris.com you can skip levels and 25 is the highest level you can skip to. At that point in time, I didn’t know if you could progress any further. After another two months of play, I managed to answer that question. Tetris.com does in fact go beyond level 25 but I also encountered another problem. The pieces barely give you time to rotate. It Isn’t as bad as classic Tetris or N-Block, but still bad. That is when I accepted the fact, I had reached the peak of what I could currently achieve without changing my playstyle drastically. Instead of aiming for high-scores, I would integrate new techniques into my play style. Prior to this, I had always only used the right rotation exclusively. To eliminate the number of rotations I had to turn the pieces, I started experimenting with left rotation. I also tried using z and s spins but found I could use them reliably at higher levels. However, I believed it paid off because of as of last week, I beat my previous high score. I managed to beat my old 780,000 score and breach the 800,000 milestone. 

And that’s it! From my first interaction with Tetris to surpassing 800,000 points. Overall, my Tetris journey has been quite long, longer than most games I play. I guess the next step from this point is to aim for the 900,000s. I believe it will be a while until I have anything to add to this, but when I do, I hope I reach my ultimate goal of a score over 1,000,000. 

Ever since I got the Switch, multiplayer has never been a main priority. I have always been a more single player focused guy. However, with my Switch being the newest entertainment platform for parties, the need of new multiplayer games arises. I’ve already talked about Mario Kart, so this time around I’ll be talking about the latest iteration of Super Smash Bros. 

Super Smash Bros is basically Nintendo’s answers to games like Street Fighter. It’s a side scrolling fighter game where player sight for the most points or until they run out of lives. I always found the Smash series of games really unique because it brings characters from all of Nintendo’s games into one. You can play as the iconic or even the forgettable Ice Climbers. Smash Bros has even brought in character not directly licensed by Nintendo over the years, such as Sega’s Sonic the hedgehog or Capcom’s Ryu from street fighter. Since listing off every character would be boring, I’ll just be talking about my favourites. The first ever character I used in a round of Smash was Kirby. There were several reasons for this, the primary one was the game only gives you eight starting characters. Anyhow, the most defining characteristic of Kirby, in my opinion, is his recovery. Kirby is only one of two characters that can jump five times in the air consecutively. This works really well with Kirby’s down special, which turns him into a rock. It’s just really fun crushing your opponents and the added invincibility is also nice. The second character I would like to talk about is Lucina. Unlike Kirby, I had to unlock her through game play. However, once I did, it was really fun playing with her just like I use to on my 3DS. Finally, a character I didn’t expect to like playing was Samus. I think the reason for this was how easily I managed use the tactics from Kirby. Instead of turning into a rock, she turns into a ball that drops bombs. It actually surprised me how well I could use her. Overall, the roster of character is huge and I can’t wait to unlock all of them. 

Besides the large amounts of character, I also want to talk about the differences from previous iterations. Since I don’t have a WiiU, I’ll be using the 3DS version as reference. The most notable difference was how the latest Smash Bros locked away a majority of characters. You start off with eight characters, Mario, Samus, Kirby, Fox, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, and Link. Like I mentioned earlier you need to unlock the remaining fighters by playing the game or going through the story. I originally found this quite strange but I guess Nintendo wanted people to actually play through the story this time around. Another difference is how the latest version got rid of the ability to alter your fighter. Instead, we got stickers. Instead of altering one specific character, it stickers just buff whatever character you are currently using. I didn’t find that this change affected me much and when ever we play, we usually just play without stickers. As for the story, I don’t really know what they changed seeing as I’ve never played the story in either game. 

Overall, I really enjoy the latest version of Super Smash Bros. As one of the few game more than one player can join in, it’s played almost every time we have guests over. I was very fortunate my parents payed for the game because without them we would be stuck playing Mario Kart all day long, or Tetris (but nobody wants to play with me). I just hope to unlock all the characters soon.

This week, I will be talking about a new game I got last week, MHW (Monster Hunter World). A few weeks ago, I talked about MHGU (Monster Hunter Generations Ultimate). In that blog, I talked about how I might get another game in the franchise, and of last week I have one now. Since the main objectives in all monster games are somewhat similar, I will be highlighting the differences between MHGU and MHW. 

The most obvious difference when you first launch the game is definitely the graphics. However, in defense of MHGU, it is an older game that was created for the 3DS then was upscaled for the big TVs when ported to the Switch. In comparison, MHW was just released last year, not even a year old, for PC and both major consoles. When you think about hardware difference, there really is no competition. Some may think graphics may not play a big role in games, but for games like Monster Hunter, I think it is necessary. When you’re playing a game with as many cutscenes as MHW, it is a lot easier on the eyes. Even with older titles in the series, the graphics also make the game feel more immersive. 

Besides the pretty new graphics, Capcom also implemented new features that make MHW a lot friendlier to new players. Unlike MHGU where there was no tutorial for almost anything, MHW turns that around 360 degrees. The game is littered with tutorials from movement to weapon crafting. Admittedly this can get a bit annoying because it feels like the game is holding your hand through the first two hunts, but more tutorials are better than none. Another change MHW made was how a player tracks monsters. In previous titles, you had to go through each zone and find the monster. After doing so, you would need to throw a paintball because the monster could escape before killing it. In MHW, the developers removed the zone system, so no more loading screens, and improved how to find monsters. Instead of luck, a player would instead find clues that would lead them to the monster in question. The more clues gathered the easier the monster is to find. Speaking of monsters, Capcom also improved monster combat. Unlike previous games, MHW makes the player use the terrain to their advantage much more than previous titles. There will be skirmishes between monsters you can exploit, areas to make it easier to mount monsters, and safe areas to escape to. However, the best change Capcom made where to the potions. In previous games, you couldn’t move when consuming potions leaving you susceptible to enemy attacks. On the other hand, in MHW you can move, albeit rather slowly. Still, this was a welcome change that saved me many trips back to spawn. 

As for my personal experience with the game, its been pretty good so far. The biggest change for me when moving to MHW, was the weapons. When I began MHW, I decided I change my weapon from Insect Glaive to Light Bowgun. I had several reasons for the switch, but I guess the biggest reason would be, the large amount of responsibility placed on an Insect Glaive user. The role of an Insect Glaive user is to mount and topple the monster, allowing for teammates to attack the monster without restraint. Unfortunately for me, I was never that good at mounting. Instead of dragging my teammates down in multiplayer, I decided to move to the ranged weapons, specifically the Light Bowgun. In the Monster Hunter games, there are three kinds of ranged weapons the Bow, Light Bowgun, and Heavy Bowgun. Bows are typically more focused on elemental damage and fight more right out of the enemy reach. Out of the three options, I immediately crossed this one out. I was never good at keeping track at what monster were weak to what or dancing around the enemy either. However, unlike the Bow, the Bowguns seem more like a viable option for me. The primary differences between the two, was that the Light Bowgun traded in power and defense, for elemental damage and speed. The deciding factor for me was ultimately the speed. In MHGU I keep getting hit because I couldn’t avoid attacks in time. However, I do plan on trying the Heavy Bowgun and Insect Glaive sometime in the future. 

Overall, MHW is a great game and, in my opinion, better than MHGU. MHW is a lot friendlier to new players and graphics are stunning. The only downside I could think of was, the multiplayer. For a game that focusus is teamwork, the community has a poor idea of what that is. My advice is if one wants to play with others, just play with friends. They won’t complain, ditch last minute, or troll the hunt. On a positive note, I hope to play this game more and play with the few friends who do own this game. 

This week, I will be talking about a switch game I have had for a while, Mario kart 8. The reason I have put off making a blog on it is because I don’t normally play it. However, during Kalen’s birthday party, my friends and I probably spent a good 2-3 hours on it. With all this time under my belt, I’m now confident I could make a decent blog and know what I’m talking about. 

In Mario kart 8, there is only really one game mode we play, which is grand prix. Basically, you create your kart, like in every other game mode, then you select a prix. A prix is just a round of four pre selected circuits. I prefer this game mode over the others because, it’s the most simple. You make a kart and play, no extras. As an added bonus, you can even win trophies if you land first place every single stage. Thats is what I primarily what I try to do when I play by myself, win trophies. In the end, these trophies don’t really do anything and are really only there for bragging rights. Overall, great game mode fore playing with friends, but can get a little boring if playing alone. 

The next kind of game mode we play sometimes, is party mode. In this game mode, there are a lot of different individual games that can be played. There is a game where you see who can get more coins, how many ballon you can pop, and much more. Honestly, I don’t think I’ve even played all of them before. I usually only play this during parties because playing with bots is just chaos. Besides, it is more fun to play with friends anyway. 

In general, whenever you select a stage of any kind, you need to select the CC. I don’t know what CC actually means, but I just interpret it as kart speed. The higher you go the faster your cart gets. There is 50CC, 100CC, 150CC, and 200CC. Usually, I like to play on either 100CC or 150CC. 50CC is to slow and 200CC is unplayable in my opinion. Another feature that is in almost every game mode is the items. There are a lot of items in the game, so I will only cover my favorite few. Out of all the items, I tend to favor the shells, star, and bullet bill. In terms of shells, there are three in total, green, red, and blue. Green is the most basic with no tracking and the fact you can hit yourself, red is the second with and almost guarantee chance it will hit someone, and finally there is the blue shell that will always hit the person in first place and hit others along the way. The star is another fun item that is extremely useful in desert maps. When the start is activated you don’t need to fallow the course and go off-roading. It can be slightly dangerous if you don’t know how long the buff will last, but it is fun none the less. Finally, there is Bullet Bill, the best come back item. Normally, you won’t obtain this item unless you are in the last five places. However, if you do get it, depending on how well people are doing on the map you can land yourself in sixth or fifth place. What it does, is turn you into a bullet that follows a set course on the map at a speed faster than what any kart is capable of. 

In the end, I have had a wonderful experience. I think Mario Kart was our most family-friendly game. Before we got our hands on smash bros. After many consecutive hours with friends and family, I can say this is a really fun game for everyone. 

Today, I will be talking about my March break. Generally, I usually spend my March break at home doing nothing. However this year, I have been a lot more productive with my time. I like to split my March break up into three general categories. The volunteering days, my rest days, and the Tai’s 100 day dinner. 

For my volunteering days, I did exactly what the topic said I did, I volunteered. Over the past two years, I have managed to accumulate around 34 hours, so this would the last round of mandatory hours. Like how I gained most of my hours, I volunteered at the Hope centre. However, unlike previous times, the work I did was much different. For the last five times I’ve been there, I’ve always watched after young kids. This time, I had look over kids my age. Needless to say, the fist day felt very awkward. I primarily spent most of my time helping one of the kids write out their things. Overall, my experience at the Hope centre was different, but I enjoyed it.

As for what I did during my rest days is pretty simple, I watched TV. I didn’t do anything to elaborate during my last four days of March break. I watched TV, slept in my bed, and played on my PC. However, I primarily spent most of my time in my bed watching Tv/anime. The most notable thing I did was luckily finishing an anime series. 

Finally, there is Tai’s 100 day dinner. Before leaving to the dinner, daddy explicitly told us no electronics and talk to people. When he said this, I decided to bring a pack of cards. Needless to say I did use it… The actual diner was also quite good for the most part. It wasn’t amazing but it wasn’t bad. Our first dish was a hard boiled egg dyed red. Next we had a soup, then a verity of veggies and seafood. There were fish, shrimp, scallops, and a whole lot more.

In the end, I really enjoyed my March break. I got my hours, had fun, and had a nice dinner with family. Next week, I will likely go more in-depth about the diner. But overall, this week has been really fun.