1. About Me Elijah Devera Period 1 September 4, 2015 Main Menu

2. Family and Background Interests and Hobbies Menu Personal Goals Future My name is Elijah Devera. This is my about me project. In the buttons below you’ll find my future plans, personal goals, interests, and my background. In the following buttons you wil find my future, personal goals, family and background, and interests and hobbies. You will find many and new things about me.

3. Family and Background Main Menu My Dad lived in the Philippines for most of his life. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/rp.html He was a professional basketball player. http://www.pba.com/ One day when he dunked the ball he broke both of his knees. He wasn’t able to play basketball anymore so he move to California to become a doctor. http://kp.kaiserpermanente.org/ Later on he met my mom and married her years after. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world- factbook/geos/rp.htmlhttp://www.pba.com/ http://kp.kaiserpermanente.org/ 2 years after my dad and mom married I was born. I loved to swim even from a young age. When I was 8 I started to beat major records on my swim team http://www.redlandsswimteam.org/Home.jsp?team =carst (redlands swim team). http://www.redlandsswimteam.org/Home.jsp?team =carst http://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?_sta bid_=22598&team=carsthttp://www.teamunify.com/SubTabGeneric.jsp?_sta bid_=22598&team=carst. By the time I was 9 I started to win gold medals in junior Olympics.I stayed in RST until I was 12 then moved to Star Aquatics http://www.staraquaticsclub.com/. I also broke many records.http://www.staraquaticsclub.com/scsstar/Us erFiles/File/STARAquaticsRecordsLongCourse-31.pdfIhttp://www.staraquaticsclub.com/http://www.staraquaticsclub.com/scsstar/Us erFiles/File/STARAquaticsRecordsLongCourse-31.pdf

4. Future For my swimming career I want to be really professional. I have always wanted to beat a socal swim record. http://www.socalswim.org/records/boys-13-14 They are really hard to beat but I hope to beat one in the future. Later on I also want to win an Olympic gold medal for swimming. http://www.olympic.org/swimming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_records_in_athletics Also if I can I want to be sponsored by arena or speedo. http://www.arenawaterinstinct.com/en_us/ http://www.speedousa.com/ Arena is one of the best swim companies out there and I wish to get in.http://www.socalswim.org/records/boys-13-14http://www.olympic.org/swimming https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Olympic_records_in_athleticshttp://www.arenawaterinstinct.com/en_us/ http://www.speedousa.com/ For my school I want to go to Harvard. I want to go to Harvard because some of my friends attend in that school. Also, their swim team is very good. http://www.harvard.edu/ They also have really good education and that’s always good. I also like that Harvard is in Massachusetts some of my dads side of the family live there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts http://www.harvard.edu/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts Main Menu

5. Personal Goals Main Menu My goals are to bungee jump, sky dive and to visit japan. Bungee jumping seems very scary and I refused to go every time I was offered to go. Now I really want to go to conquer my fears. http://www.bungeeamerica.com/bungee/ I also really want to go skydiving. My dad skydives all the time. http://www.pacificcoastskydiving.com/ Japan is the place I’m really eager to visit. They created the shows I love to watch and produce my favorite kind of chips. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan Japan does not only have tasty foods, but are also the home of the creators of my favorite tv shows and video games.I http://www.bungeeamerica.com/bungee/ http://www.pacificcoastskydiving.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan

6. Interests/Hobbies Menu Main MenuSwimmingWatchingReading Comics These are the things I love to do everyday. Swimming watching and reading comics are all one of my favorite hobbies. In the following buttons, you will find more in detail why I like them and how I do it.

7. Swimming Interests and Hobbies menuMain Menu I love to swim. I’ve been swimming since I was 5 years old and joined a club at the age of 6 http://www.socalswim.org/. My first swim team was IGAT. It was one of the strongest team in socal. Later on the team disbanded and everyone left. Soon after I moved to ELITE it was really strong to. I got many records and made times for big meets. 3 years passed and I moved to RST. http://www.redlandsswimteam.org/Home.jsp?team=carst Redlands was one of my favorite teams. http://www.redlandsswimteam.org/Records.jsp?_tabid_=24057&team=cars t I’ve met so many friends and stayed their for the longest times. I was even able to attend a banquet for the top 16 swimmer in socal, I was surprised to see that I was almost always first for all the events. Years passed and I wasn’t improving, so I moved to STAR aquatics. http://www.staraquaticsclub.com/Home.jsp?team=scsstar That is the team I’m currently on.http://www.socalswim.org/ http://www.redlandsswimteam.org/Home.jsp?team=carst http://www.redlandsswimteam.org/Records.jsp?_tabid_=24057&team=cars t http://www.staraquaticsclub.com/Home.jsp?team=scsstar My favorite swimmer is Michael Phelpshttp://www.michaelphelps.com/us/ and Katie Ledecky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Ledecky. They broke many World Records and won multiple Olympics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_swimming. My favorite swimming stroke is butterfly. I love butterfly and to many is considered the hardest stroke https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_stroke. ARENA water instinct is my favorite swim company http://www.arenawaterinstinct.com/en_us/. They have my favorite goggles (arena cobra ultras) and my favorite suits (arena carbon flex). My favorite meet was from Sacramento called far westerns where all the fastest people around the US compete.http://www.michaelphelps.com/us/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Ledecky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_world_records_in_swimminghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly_stroke http://www.arenawaterinstinct.com/en_us/

8. Watching Interests and Hobbies Menu I love to watch. My favorite stuff to watch are superhero movies. My favorite super hero movies of all time is the dark knight, guardians of the galaxy and xmen days of future past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Days_of_Future_Past I also love to watch on netflix when I have time. www.netflix.com The things that I like to watch on netflix are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(TV_series) daredevil and forensics. My favorite forensic tv shows are CSI, NCIS and blue bloods. www.cbs.com/shows/blue_bloods/ Almost everyday after doing my homework my brother and I will watch an episode of naruto together. Naruto is an anime that my brother is into. www.naruto.com On other occasions we will watch Michael Phelps swim at the Olympics. Other anime besides naruto that my brother and I watch, is dragon ball z. www.dragonballz.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Knight_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guardians_of_the_Galaxy_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Days_of_Future_Pastwww.netflix.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daredevil_(TV_series)www.cbs.com/shows/blue_bloods/www.naruto.com www.dragonballz.com Main Menu

9. Reading Comics Interests and Hobbies MenuMain Menu Other hobbies I am into are reading comic books. My favorite superhero of all time is batman also with joker as my favorite supervillain. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batm an My favorite superhero team ups include the justice league, xmen, and the avengers. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justic e_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aven gers_(comics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X- Men My favorite batman comic is the court of owls, where batman finds out the original criminal mind of gotham. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court _of_Owls A close second is the uncanny avengers, where the avengers fight against the xmen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unca nny_Avengers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batm an https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justic e_League https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aven gers_(comics) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X- Men https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court _of_Owls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unca nny_Avengers