Last class I went to I presented my final project. I wanted to do one on sustainability and non-sustainability, how both need to work together in order to maintain balance in the environment. I realized when I was working on the project that I had no real background in economics, so I trashed the idea a few days before my presentation. Instead, I just ended up presented my seminar presentation on photovoltaic (solar panels).
While my presentation wasn't bad, I myself wasn't satisfied with it. I believe that it could have been much better. In the end, I did what I did and I got my grade... somewhere... whatever.
Anyways, I want to close with that the class was great. The midterm was great, not too bad, doable if you put SOME kind of effort into it :D. I did wish that there was more discussion instead of presenters. But sadly, I don't run the class. Although if I did, it would probably be the same. In any case, it was lots of fun, and I'll see everyone at graduation!
Monday, December 13, 2010
Tattoo Lady
Not the nicest name to call her, but that's what she reminds me of. Trisha Allen is a well known tattoo artist who had many pictures of many people. I really wanted to ask her for a copy of her power point, but she told the class that the pictures themselves were sacred, so I was all disappointed. Her books, on the other hand, were incredibly exciting to learn and see. Which reminds me, I need to get a copy of those at some point.
So she started off with a history of tattooing, the stigmas, the tribal histories and how the missionaries reacted to them. It was interesting, kinda. The history of every part of the tattoo design was interesting itself though. I wish I could get one before I left the island, but I reminded myself that I will be back, and by then, hopefully with a better body. My parents never said anything against tattoos. I asked once and they said that it's my body to do what I want, but make sure it's what I want. It's great to have such great parents.
So we ended with a 5 minute intention on healing her leg. I wonder how she's doing, if anything even happened. It's hard to tell with that group of people, some believed and some didn't, so who knows what happened. I couldn't really focus properly. It seemed like a form of meditation to me and it was all quiet, so I had a bit of a hard time.
So she started off with a history of tattooing, the stigmas, the tribal histories and how the missionaries reacted to them. It was interesting, kinda. The history of every part of the tattoo design was interesting itself though. I wish I could get one before I left the island, but I reminded myself that I will be back, and by then, hopefully with a better body. My parents never said anything against tattoos. I asked once and they said that it's my body to do what I want, but make sure it's what I want. It's great to have such great parents.
So we ended with a 5 minute intention on healing her leg. I wonder how she's doing, if anything even happened. It's hard to tell with that group of people, some believed and some didn't, so who knows what happened. I couldn't really focus properly. It seemed like a form of meditation to me and it was all quiet, so I had a bit of a hard time.
Ramsey comes again!
We had Ramsey come again. He was the guy who taught us the Hawaiian elements and short history. This time he emphasized on Ho'oponopono (I think that's how you spell it).
It was funny. The whole time I was thinking that he was a great speaker, like he timed his power point presentations exactly how he wanted and didn't flounder at all. Goes to show you that he has lots of practice.
We also did another intention project today, well talked about one, the radio listeners who intended for rain in Arkansas but produced a heavy storm instead. This actually makes me think of magic, like the ones in Harry Potter. Magic, most of the time, seems to be all about intent. You intend to lift a feather and it goes up. The wand-waving and strange words merely make it easier for your intention to come to pass, but everything is about will power. While we don't have magic like Harry Potter does, we still have intention. To me, it's a type of faith. One type of faith is faith in a higher being, another is faith in a goal (enlightenment). Intention is a faith in words. They intended to make it rain in Arkansas and it did. But they didn't specify the amount, therefore when they said rain, it POURED. If a class got together and intended to make it sunny next week, it could be sunny for several weeks or cause a drought. When we intent, we have to specify the intention. Please be sunny for the next two weeks. Maybe it will work, maybe not. After all, people intent all the time. Who knows if it will work or not. Who knows if there's some kind of higher being filtering and sorting all these intentions. No wonder God doesn't answer everybody, he's being overrun by the intended emails.
Anyways, I wasn't really paying attention to Ramsey, much of what he said he said before, so I was kind of meh.
It was funny. The whole time I was thinking that he was a great speaker, like he timed his power point presentations exactly how he wanted and didn't flounder at all. Goes to show you that he has lots of practice.
We also did another intention project today, well talked about one, the radio listeners who intended for rain in Arkansas but produced a heavy storm instead. This actually makes me think of magic, like the ones in Harry Potter. Magic, most of the time, seems to be all about intent. You intend to lift a feather and it goes up. The wand-waving and strange words merely make it easier for your intention to come to pass, but everything is about will power. While we don't have magic like Harry Potter does, we still have intention. To me, it's a type of faith. One type of faith is faith in a higher being, another is faith in a goal (enlightenment). Intention is a faith in words. They intended to make it rain in Arkansas and it did. But they didn't specify the amount, therefore when they said rain, it POURED. If a class got together and intended to make it sunny next week, it could be sunny for several weeks or cause a drought. When we intent, we have to specify the intention. Please be sunny for the next two weeks. Maybe it will work, maybe not. After all, people intent all the time. Who knows if it will work or not. Who knows if there's some kind of higher being filtering and sorting all these intentions. No wonder God doesn't answer everybody, he's being overrun by the intended emails.
Anyways, I wasn't really paying attention to Ramsey, much of what he said he said before, so I was kind of meh.
Kualoa Ranch
It's been a while since I posted. Finals and such coming along, I decided to update my last few before I stop. I'm not actually sure if I'll stop or just make a different account after school. This is a pretty interesting way of expressing one's opinions, but it's also time consuming. I'll work on it.
My friend and roommate Kevin allowed us to take a field trip to his ranch her worked on during college. Makes me regret that I didn't put more effort into looking for jobs like this. It was fun. We did fish pond restoration. It wasn't the first time I did some type of restoration, but it was the first time I did it in a fish pond.
Beach clean up wasn't too bad. While I was picking up trash, I decided that in the future, I wanted to put some trash bags or boxes in my car trunk. One for big pieces and another for smaller ones. This way I can help the environment one piece at a time. I kept thinking that the more I picked up, the less will be in the ocean. Essentially: "That's one less piece of trash in the ocean, or in the North Pacific Gyre." It was a good mantra to get started and into the restoration.
After we headed over to the restoration site, we watched some people cut down a shrub/tree thing with 2 inch long thorns. While it was a good idea, the process was a bit dangerous. Kevin had some shrapnel hit him from standing near the workers. Granted he could of moved, but then others would have gotten hit. Then again the plan was hastily put together. We're still thankful though =D.
There were alot of volunteers that came that day. I've also noticed that on any field trip we go on, even ones that doesn't seem like we'll be doing much, we always do some kind of restoration. So that day, I noticed that almost everyone had some kind of flip-flops/sandals on and 5% of the people there (minus the workers) wore shoes (me included). This helped alot due to the thorns, but those who didn't wear shoes just got in the water instead, which was okay too. In the end we ended up digging 2 trenches to allow water through, while filling up sand bags to prevent erosion. These are one of the things in which I'll miss when I leave the Island in about 10 days. I'll miss the greenery and the beauty. But I won't miss the economy, lol.
My friend and roommate Kevin allowed us to take a field trip to his ranch her worked on during college. Makes me regret that I didn't put more effort into looking for jobs like this. It was fun. We did fish pond restoration. It wasn't the first time I did some type of restoration, but it was the first time I did it in a fish pond.
Beach clean up wasn't too bad. While I was picking up trash, I decided that in the future, I wanted to put some trash bags or boxes in my car trunk. One for big pieces and another for smaller ones. This way I can help the environment one piece at a time. I kept thinking that the more I picked up, the less will be in the ocean. Essentially: "That's one less piece of trash in the ocean, or in the North Pacific Gyre." It was a good mantra to get started and into the restoration.
After we headed over to the restoration site, we watched some people cut down a shrub/tree thing with 2 inch long thorns. While it was a good idea, the process was a bit dangerous. Kevin had some shrapnel hit him from standing near the workers. Granted he could of moved, but then others would have gotten hit. Then again the plan was hastily put together. We're still thankful though =D.
There were alot of volunteers that came that day. I've also noticed that on any field trip we go on, even ones that doesn't seem like we'll be doing much, we always do some kind of restoration. So that day, I noticed that almost everyone had some kind of flip-flops/sandals on and 5% of the people there (minus the workers) wore shoes (me included). This helped alot due to the thorns, but those who didn't wear shoes just got in the water instead, which was okay too. In the end we ended up digging 2 trenches to allow water through, while filling up sand bags to prevent erosion. These are one of the things in which I'll miss when I leave the Island in about 10 days. I'll miss the greenery and the beauty. But I won't miss the economy, lol.
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