I decided to learn gardening from the chef of Robocity, Unicron Spacey.

. Can you imagine lil’ old Buzzy running around flowers and plants holding a pair of huge scissors and other tools? Hehe.

Well, Unicron said I should read The Growers Exchange before I try anything, because the site is more like a manual for beginner and intermediate gardeners than a blog, and it has a lot of advice to get started. So, today I’ve spent the whole morning and afternoon studying for my new gardening hobby, and know what— I’m hooked! xD Ahah.

I’ll be starting with taking care of flowers and herb plants, then next month Unicron will teach me how to plant tomatoes and other edibles, so that we can have our own little veggie garden. Seeds are so minuscule that they stay all in half of my palm, and you know how small my palm is…^^ It’s kind of cute, hehe.

Anyway, probably tomorrow I’ll be off to Academy all day to get my final grade book and the list of textbooks for the new academic year starting in late September. I was hoping to get a few textbooks from Amazon.com, as I’ve seen some at less than $5, but I’ll need to ask my professors. Eek. :-/ Sometimes I wish things were easier for students with less financial resources…

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If you're wondering where I've been this week— I had summer school classes.

They're pretty neat, you know. Not stressing at all— besides, no teacher would tolerate a stressful curriculum with the current killer heat! They'd be crazy to do that.

So, one of the summer courses I'm enjoying the most is Online Marketing & Trading 101. :3

Suprised? Oh, I am, too. Sorta. The fact is the the marketing world really attracts me, just as much as Astronomy does. It's a dynamic world, filled with secrets, strategies, areas to explore and experiments to pursue.

However, the *real* fun stuff came when my professor had us subscribe a free online stock market game to pretend we're stock marketers and learn how to trade online, using real stock quotes but only virtual money ($1 million!). Gawd, I'm hooked on that game! Prof.'s lectures plus this role-playing game DO the magic: I'm developing a passion for this field.

The service that offers the virtual stock market game is called SmartStocks and it's absolutely free to join. Of course, as a student, I wouldn't join a learning program that makes me pay a hundred bucks, heh. We have already so many expenses at Academy that it's enough for the whole year.

I'll see if I can get Chrissa to sign-up for this course, too. She (and two other girls in my year) is the only student who hasn't yet, perhaps due to financial issues. I'll help her with my savings, if I can, and if she's interested. But I'd really LOVE it if she joined the course. It's too fun to lose the opportunity!