Sunday, April 26, 2009

24th Process Journal Entry Date: 26:04:09

Today was like the first time we step into our class for months, because usually we spend time in some other places, like computer labs and libraries to research on our projects on the civilisations. Today, we were to start planning our essay for humanities; I got the sheet of paper about the instructions that the teachers typed on word document (a printed copy of it), and I started to copy some of the things, and decide to do my introduction (which is part of the instruction, to write the introduction on a card). Unfortunately, the things I copied was horrible and I threw it away and do something else to prepare/start the essay from scratch. I began thinking and grabbed and sorted out the cards I have and figured I had enough for the essay, in all the 3 categories and my bibliographies, so i decided to think for a while, inside my head and plan the introduction, and wrote anything inside my card, put aside the planning part and just progress along as I do my work. I managed to do my introduction and the class finsihed minutes later just as I started to do something else, it felt weird today becuase we werent inside the class for a verly long time, and think inside class, it's like just getting back from the summer vacation and you have no clue/idea on how to use your pencil, or what to do!

23rd Process Journal Entry Date: 22:04:09

I worked for my Roman Government, and I actualy liked it, which was wierd since I was soo intsted it it. I had no problems today, and since it was like our final day, also final day of the week, I worked hard and was proud with what I did so far. Among all the categories, my Roman government explanins alot more, some are not in general, but also detailed like lesgilatives, senate, the constitutions and others. I was so forward in learning something about it, I had alot of cards and I guess it will dominate the amount of information I have for both of the other categories combined, so I felt proud, and I didn't get distracted, I worked to myb full potential and I have successfully, completed everything I plan from the begining. Im on track and I felt so relaxed since I finished mostly everything I can, but incase I haven't, I decided to research more and take my cards home and review, research about it once more, if possible, I can keep doing it whern it's necessary. I worked hard and I feel prepared for the incoming essay on next sunday, but in the mean time I will be doing what I am supposed to do to write the things for my essay that are based on what I've written down on my cards.

22nd Process Journal Entry Date: 21:04:09

I worked on my reliegon, but there wasn't really any other question I could find, I was satisfied of having all of the informastion, because there wasn't really alot I could find about reliegon. Although, since it was near that we wont be researching this again as a class in school anymore, I started to see and check, re-check my cards and tried to find any questions I could find, My class mates was bothering my today, luckily I managed to do my work, ignored and stick with my priorities. I had few minor problems in sorting out the cards in the accurate category, such as if a person workds for the government, does that fit into the jobs category or the government's category and so on. That was one og my biggest diffucukties and I hope I can managed to handel it properly. Other then that, everything is goingn well.   

21st Process Journal Entry Date: 20:04:09

So far, Ive had enough information, but planning to keep on going researching; for each category I have about 10 cards, I still am not satisfied. I am trying to reach higher and get cards amount of 50 atleast so it can benefit me in typing the essay. I have only about 10 cards for jobs because  I cannot list all of the jobs existed at that time of period, but Im basicly aware that slaves normall y work nearly everywhere, and for anything, either themselves as an indivisual, for their owners, or with their owners in places like barbers, farmers and other various places. I cannot list jobs such as like government beucase that fits more into the Roman government category. Overall, Im still doing the same things over and over again, arranging the cards, and try to come up with new ones to sort them out in each accurate category, today, I worked mainly on the Jobs. 

20th Process Journal Entre Date: 19:04:09

I have been working consistently on my work, and so far has make alt of good progress along the way, I have really put much into my concentration, completed alot of work so far. I knew my priorities and I have listened to Mr. Bonnalie and has been doing alot of things in such small time to repay all of those wasted time I had. The number of my cards I've created so far has increased and reviwed all of them, researching about the Roman empire alot to come up with more question, more cards, more knowledge, and more things I can include on my 1500 word essay. Im aware of the latest behaviors that is happening arond the class, disrespectful, and usually I joined in, Instead, Ive ignored, I knew my priority and I had no dillemas. I still need to do a few more for each category of my civilisation to make sure that I've enough information for each category in order to write my essay properly.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

19th Process Journal Entre Date: 15:04:09

Today, I could sit with some of my friends, since Mr. Bonnalie had given me the chance and trust from the amount of work I've been doing, and putting more initiatives lately. Unfortunately, hoping that I won't be distracted working by my classmate, I was disturbed countless times and was unable to do my work from the interferences my classmate, and didn't do that much, I had at least did about 3-5 cards about the all the 3 different parts of the Roman empire, I had not done much, I had been chekcing all of my cards I've done, and I'm well organized and full of hoped to do more today(but didn't) , in the future, and certain to get this done before the dead line comes. One of the diffuculties I have experieced today was trying to focus on my work and the people beside to me working in class was trying to influence me in doing negative facts which I was tempting to do. Fortunately I manage to control myself and mind on my own buisness. But he kept switching off my computer. I should've repositioned myself somewhere else where I could've concentrated more in class to get this over with, I want to get good grades, trust from my teachers, respect and good comments. That's why, from now on, every single class, I will be sitting somewhere else that I can give 100% full concentration on my work as my highest priority. I also learned that if my colleague ever offered to sit with him, I would rather deny it then accepting it :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

18th Process Journal Entry Date: 14:03:09

Yesterday, I've heard what Mr. Bonnalie said about me in the parent teacher conference; I concur with him about my ability to do good in school, but easily get distracted by the influence of my own friends. Fortunately he said he witnessed some improvement and thats a good example and now I've been trying as hard as I can in completeing of all my unfinished work in humanities as fast as I can. I had other work and I realize the faster you do igt, the less work and stress you'll have later on, and Im in the process right now in handling that task. I have rest alot in class, and now its time I am gonna repay all of those hours I missed.

Ive done alot of cards so far, but not enough, and im still sure, if i just keep working I will be able to get this done before the dead end. On emajor dillema is that, Im not sure how much work I will have to handel in researching about 3 different things simultaneously in class before the dead end which is next week. I still have to recod the remaining days I have to do this and other work from other classes needs to be done, so I need to work like HELL now in order to go everything on scheulded. So far im doing very good in wishes to keep it that way.

17th Process Journal Entry Date: 13:04:09

Everything was going well, nothing was new and it's the parent teacher conference later. So I'll be working hard as I can to hear the comments later about my latest and previous behaviors. beside that, everything was going well and I am handling it fine and all on progress. 


I changed by listening to my teachers advices by giving more intrests into my work, I wanted for some change and wanted myself to be more mature in class, and I have, I have many websites, I have completed many of the government, occupation, and jobs. I have typed down most of my process journal and will soon correcting them, and I have drag myself into alot of trouble alreasdy so I wish to do the best as I can during this term. 

16th Process Journal Entry Date: 12:04:09

A whole new 2nd week of term 3 after the break, I was relaxed, I was tired, but now, It's a whole new week, a whle new week after the break and Im ready and prepared to train myself into handling my work in a serious matter.


I kept doing great work anf puttin gmore efforst and commitment into my work; I really had been working hard, and I found various information about government and jobs. I realize then, since all of the three (reliegon, occupation, and government) had the same quantity of information. I started into working on all 3 and started to rememmbering all the sources I got from books and the websites for the citation. I've been finding many information and well organized, I worked to my full potential and knew I knew my priority, and that is to work and focus on my real objective and that was to work on my work I had, I felt I wasn't doing quite enough to satisfy myself, and the fairness of other people who I interfered/disturbed during their work and they've done so much, and I think I deserved to work more by doing so, I try on a more faster pace. I barely had to organized anything and now.

15th Process Journal Entry Date: 1:04:09

It's the last day until the short break...... So I gave my best intiatives in doing the best work since we had about a few weeks left, and the next week, it will be the short break and I'll not be working on this during that week during my holiday in London. I had alot of websites/bibliographies.


I wrote it down since I was prepared and was organized this time, simultaneously did some organizing in during filling out the cards, one mistake I did though, for the bibliographies, I thought we were to wite down the links we found on the cards, thats what I've odne when instead u were meant to do all those on citation, which I wil get onto it shortly. 

14th Process Journal Entry Date: 31:03:09

I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TODAY IN RESOLVING ALL MY PROBLEMS SINCE I HAD MY BACK UP PLAN, but wait! I forgot my password for my user, and I was delayed (not something new) again! The password took some time for me to gain access back to my user, and used up a total of 15-20 minutes. Another painful consequence is that, before we started on this whole researching about choosing my own civilization to research about (it was all and independent work and teachers instruction was not given since this was all an individual work as a preparation for IB). We were to create our own wikispces page, we were to include our blogs displaying our process journal, but I didnt include any of those inside my new age for wikispaces for the humanities section. I needed Hamdan to assist me in everything that day, the password for my user, and to help me in trying to include all the things that was told by our teachers like our blog site on the wiki, it wasm't easy, since I realy dont like using the wiki since I always have some diffuculties with it, it was our first time using the wiki inside humanities class and even the humanities teachers were new to this kind of thing. So the whole yesterday, I had no hoped and I fooled around since Hamdan was busy helping the others, I was waiting for him to help me for the password reset and the things we had to do with our wikispaces inside humanities class that I didnt FULLY complete

13th Process Journal Entry Date: 29:03:09

More errors were coming in, and I needed to have a back up plan, everything was going messed up during organizing my work, I had hoped and that's why I tried to resolved my work, the problem that kept stopping me was mostly organization which includes in researching about it. I haven't mostly put some of the process Journal into my blogger, but I made a note on that on one of my cards. I kept that card as a reminder that I need to complete that at home as part of my own homework, and I doubt I will have enough time since I had more things coming in my head that i needed to complete. Finding extra information I was tempting to add about my reliegon, I didnt maintain enough time since I was focusing on my government, and jobs getting wrttiten down on one of my cards as bullt points, but not the real ones since previously I didnt have enough time to do it and I was on organization. yet again, MY PROCESS JOURNAL! THE CITATION MACHINE THAT I WAS RIGHT DOUBTING I DIDNT HAVE NEOUGH TIME, so i wanted to write that down too, but wait, I LOST MY CARD! THAT DSHOWED THE LIST OF STUFF I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO! i needed a back up plan, and that day is when I started to construct a table at my house showing about my time management.

12th Process Journal Entry Date: 25:03:09

I am going mad, everything was not on schedule as I expected it to be, everything is delayed, my short amount of information was not satisfying enough I guess to impress Mr. Bonnalie, I haven't done my citation and I required more information. Again, there was clear sign that I am delayed and needed to cath up with the time, so today, I was more on organizing and didn't research that much, but i did have about some information that is the basics from the government and the occupations, and I think this will do just fine in trying to get me prepared about the information, getting set up with organizing my informations but, unfortunately not with the time in getting the citation, and im thinking its gonna take me a while when Im gonna do my citation since I needed to deal with my research mostly, and incase of any dilleams of disorganization again.

11th Process Journal Entry Date: 24:03:09

Previously, the whole time I was not working onto my full potential, and wasn't doing a good job in getting my job done. I too was oblivious about the reports from teachers. But thanks to Mr. Bonnalie, he reminded us and I changed my attitude and worked in class as fast, and focused as I can trying to grab as much information about the same two parts (government and occupation). I was worried about the incoming reports since I thought I was going to receive bad marks as I mentioned before about my lack of improvement going on with me when Mr Bonnalie was advising me to do better as usual and there was no symbolic sign of improvement. Since the reports were coming in, I decided to work as best as I can out of the best, like the nerdiest people even Ive to admit I had to be one during that time since reports were coming in, I hoped to change Mr. Bonnalie's mind, even if it was last minute.

10th Process Journal Entry Date: 23:03:09

I had a few basic questions, about the Roman government, I am well aware of the time shortage we have in spending a few more days in the library until we would be moving on to the labs, so I tried to devised a plan, in finding a faster process into finishing the two topics focusing on the Roman government and occupations. I decided to read all the books and whatever basic general, non-complex information there are, I would add to the list of questions I have and that basic general information I have, will be my answer for that question. It kinda worked, I spend the first 15 minutes- 20 minutes struggling about the ways I can get organized working on two topics, there were problems about concentrating on my work since I was was easily distracted from my colleagues. In the end, it worked and I manage to resolve the problem plus, but unfortunately didnt get alot of cards on the in formation about the two parts (government and occupations).

Monday, April 13, 2009

9th Process Journal Entry Date: 22:03:09

I stopped finding information about Roman reliegon since it was hard to find in any of the books hat I chosed. Instead, I moved on to government and hoped of finding tons of useful information that explains all of the questions I need to know, or if there is a general information about the government, I can utilize it to create it's question and write down from the fundanmental general information. I had to find as many information dealing with gernment, since sonn onwards we'll be going to the lab, and our session in the library on reffering on books we'd be over, and I still had to do about Roman occupation.

Sunday, April 12, 2009