The Pema Pad
aspiring writer, dreamer, and girl of today

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22 February 08 - 14:37

Hey guys, hope everything's going alright at your end. Sorry you haven't heard from me for a while, but I've seriously been busy studying for these major, end-of-the-trimester tests that I have coming up next week. But never mind that - I'm here now! ;)

And it's time to reply to the comments! I've been meaning to get around to this entry, so honestly am glad that I can finally reply to your comments now. I love doing it - every comment means that someone read this blog, and as a writer, I'll take all the reading I can get! (No hate comments, however. Perhaps not that reading.)

Keep sending the comments in! You know I love to reply to them and love to read them! :)

From my last entry:

Ooh, congrats!
I can write poetry, just not very well. XD

Out of curiosity, do you dance?

-Lily

 Oh, it's no big deal. My poetry is nothing compared ... (more)

(( Poem Published and A Slice of Cake ))

17 February 08 - 12:45

First of all, I'm wishing my dad a very happy birthday! This morning, Mom, my sister, and I gave him a Hallmark card with a Maya Angelou 'Celebration of Life' message on it. (Mom thought it sounded very uplifting.) I love Maya Angelou's work, but I decided to add my own poem to the card (which I wrote on the side). He laughed when I read it, but when I asked him if I could post it on the blog his eyebrows flew up to the roots of his hair and his mouth got all small like a Madame Alexander china doll.

Either he loved it or he was extremely embarassed by it. Ah well... at least he liked my gift to him: the PUBLISHED POEM!

Yes, my faithful friends and readers, my poem has been published in the ONE AND ONLY Los Angeles Times! I'm extremely proud of it. I'm considering it my stepping stone into the published world.

OK, PEBBLE into the published world. But a pebble nevertheless.

When I first saw it, the first thing I did was rub my fingers on the paper and then lift them ... (more)

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15 February 08 - 16:31

Hello, how's everyone? I decided to set aside today's post to replying to your guys' awesome comments. Keep them coming, cuz' I love seeing other people's thoughts and opinions - even if it's only one line, it's better than no line at all! Punch line intended. ;)

But before I go on, two big pieces of news for this weekend:

If anyone lives in Southern California, just a reminder: My poem's getting published in the Los Angeles Times this Sunday! :) I'm so happy that the day's finally here! It'll be in the Comics I section in the Kids Reading Room. I'll be posting the poem on this blog on Sunday too, just in case any of you guys don't suscribe to the paper. Check to see it!

Also, my dad's birthday is on Sunday! Although I can't give him a pinch to grow an inch anymore (not that I ever could anyhow), I hope my published poem will be enough. And I hope we go out for cake and ice cream that day too. Dad said he didn't want a big fuss on his birthday... but you know, cake isn't ... (more)

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13 February 08 - 17:08

Hey everyone! For me, tomorrow is Valentine's Day. When I was younger, I used to love Valentine's Day because it meant getting all those little pink Valentine's Day cards with the little candy heart boxes, chocolate, or (which I prefer the most) those holy golden (alright, brown) little (well, not if I was eating the jumbo-sized ones) treasures in the orange chest (wrapper): Reese's Pieces.

Speaking of candy, once on Valentine's Day I ate all the chocolate candy I had recieved from the class and then we went outside to the playground to play and I had a sugar rush and... well, let's just say I was the epitome of energetic little kid that day. ;)

But now that I'm older, our schools don't have Valentine's day parties and hardly anyone gives valentines, except the ones who are boyfriend-girlfriend, of course. The problem is, I'm not in a relationship. So that means no little chocolate truffles or giant-sized Reese's Pieces. ... (more)

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11 February 08 - 07:31

Here's my replies to the comments I recieved from my last entry, "Cereal Girl Reviews":

Lol, Yeah, I don’t really eat breakfast cuz I just don’t really got an appetite in the morning..I usually just drink a glass of milk or something, so I guess its better than nothing!! xD

-Akara

To Akara: :) True, it's better than nothing. A lot of people do say that - that they're not really hungry in the morning, which is fine. Personally, I'm always a bit hungry in the morning, so I always eat full breakfasts. This morning I had Cheerios with a glass of milk, banana, and a small handful of nuts. Usually I don't eat Cheerios because, more often than not, I don't get that full from them. But this morning I wasn't THAT hungry, since last night my family and I went out to Souplantation, and well... let's just say the desserts looked REALLY good over there. ;)

I eat breakfast everyday too. ... (more)