Sunday, February 27, 2011

Name an animal and describe it in 500 words


A shark is an animal that resembles the power and strength of a beast with fearful abilities to sniff out a drop of blood from a mile away and know when you are in fear. Being in fear triggers the sharks senses to act aggressive and become in a attacking mode. When a person is in fear and panicked, then their heart will start to race, beating faster and faster. The beating of the heart can be heard underwater and the sensitivity of the sharks senses is a deadly skill.

There are many types of sharks in the world and most of them are animals capable of attacking a person by mistake or just out of curiosity. The sharks that are almost harmless to people are nurse sharks and reef sharks. Although most sharks have their own calm side, once they smell and taste the blood or meat of a carcass of a fish or anything considered as food, they will start to become aggressive. Once this happens, it is best to get out of the waters as quickly as possible before other sharks are attracted to the smell of blood and from the other sharks aggressive behavior.

It is like a chain reaction for sharks that go in packs, for example, the gray reef sharks. I have heard about these type of sharks from an experienced spearfisherman in the island of Saipan who told me that if you see a reef shark and it is in a group of three or four or more and they have their backs hunched up with their swimming behaviors changing a bit weird, it is best to get out of the water relaxed and calm without stirring up the waters too much.

I have had an encounter with a gray reef shark and a black tip shark that have come close enough for me to poke them with my speargun and they would not stop in doing so. This was about a month ago with my partner Kai Staal and Jake Van Dam. We were out spearing outside of the reef in Wing Beach. After about an hour and having caught a decent amount of fish, the gray reef shark about 6 feet long swam up to us (me especially because of the 8 pound trevalley that I just caught was spazzing out). The shark would not stop circling around until we finally left the vicinity of our hunting grounds.

For so long, sharks have been misunderstood by people all around the world who is only scared of what would happen on the negative side without considering the fact that most sharks are harmless and is only occurred that incidents of most sharks are made because people make the mistakes happen.

People who are scared of the water and sharks should really learn how to swim and get more comfortable around the waters in which we are surrounded in. This is something that will strengthen the mind and body of ones self accomplishing something of great importance in their life.

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

What do you want to do for Valentines Day?


For Valentines Day, I really want to spend time with the girl that I love; of course this is what almost all the people who are in love would say. Buying gifts for the special person and telling them how much you love them. Valentines Day is a day in which everyone around the world would do something for their loved ones.

Like I said, I would love to spend time with the girl that I love, take her out to the movies or take a stroll around Saipan at night. One thing that I really want to do though is to take her to banzai cliff at a clear night with no clouds that would hinder our plan to watch the stars. The first time I watched the stars at banzai cliff was with my senior classmates when we had gone there to chill and relax. The view was unbelievable and as soon as I laid my eyes on it, I fell in love with it instantly. As I watched the stars in the clear night sky with millions of stars, you could also feel the cool night breeze that blew constantly.

When someone suddenly spots a shooting star traveling across the night sky, they will have many things that run in their mind. Most people would make a wish and hope for it to come true, but when wishing something too superficial, it would be of a silly wish, which would show how he/she does not really believe in wishing amongst a shooting star. That night was an amazing encounter in which me and some of my friends have seen shooting stars. Once the time came for us to leave, I kept on telling them that I wanted to stay a little longer. Majority ruled and we had to leave.

I want to show the girl I love what I have felt that night, while feeling so relaxed and the mood is set perfectly for a romantic and beautiful night.

The catch in this is that the girl that I love is not here on Island. She is away in another land that I must keep to myself. Maybe someday in the future I will be able to have this romantic evening days with her as we live on the same Island, which will make it easier for us. Time is of the essence which in this situation makes it really important!

People may say what they want, but those words are just words of foolishness in which they can not control for their own jealousy and envy. A true friend will always support and encourage the other, however, once they use the words of blasphemy, what good is there to that friend? He/she is of no use but another obstacle to go through. I hope he understands later in life that words used in a joking manner may hurt that person and will rethink of ever meeting up with him ever again. He must realize the feelings of others and not only his own selfish being.

Everything happens for a reason and your behavior reflects the outcome of what you deserve. Each time you make a move, think before you act, it will really make a difference. Keep secrets that must be kept secret, even though it may be hard to keep it to yourself. Valentines Day is day of love and happiness, but also a day of heartbreak and sorrow. Act as you may want and do onto others as you want them to do onto you.