First of all, Toby is my English cousin. And since we have gone on like four holiday's together every year and used to see each other almost every weekend, we got to be pretty close. Toby is 12 years old, he is really nice, funny and if you need some one to talk to, he is always there. He has blond long hair and is pretty tall. Actually he is really tall. He has an older brother, James and a younger brother, named Philip. And of course, they're my cousins as well. He also loves music, he plays the drums and the guitar, just like me.
I have some really amazing memories with Toby. We would always have so much fun, playing pranks on our brothers. One of my best memories was at my Grandma's house. The whole family was over, and me and Toby ran around the house ringing the door bell and running away, thinking that they didn't know it was us. We were only 6, but we would keep doing it until they got so annoyed that they would jump out and scare us.
Another great memory is when we were all in Weymouth (south of England) on holiday, and found this huge sand hill, and we sat on our body bords, and then slid down it. We thought we were going like 100000 miles and hour... ya, no!! But our imaginations would take us away, and that was an amazing feeling.
Toby is defiantly one of the best cousins anyone could ever have.
Life Lesson: Friends, even if they are related to you can always make you smile.
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
J is for Jenny
On my first day here at SJK, I noticed this small pretty girl sitting at the back of the classroom. She seemed quite and pretty shy, and because we had never talked to each other in grade 6, I would never of thought that we would be really close friends in grade 7. We would never of thought of talking or really ever hanging out. We both had really different friends and didnt really think about it much.
Jenny. Jenny is now one of my best friends. But how could two girls who had never really met each other before be such good friends the next year. I guess this was because I made friends with some of her friends, and we got intreduced. Thats when I knew that we were going to be really good freinds.
About Jenny. Well the first thing you should probaly know is that Jenny really likes her horse(s). That is mainly what she talks about, well attually thats all she talks about. It can be pretty intresting hearing about how she jumpt that jump, or how she came in 3rd in the compition, or how she gave her horse a bath. But she tells you like the same thing 5 times in a day, and doesnt even notice. No effence Jenny, it's pretty funny!! Jenny also likes those pizza/bread things. Yah, I have no idea what they are, but they look really good and she has them like every day for lunch.
Oh, and Jenny is not shy atall. She attually talks quite alot. And when she does talk it is defently worth listening to, she has the best advise. And really incourages me to do my home work, witch is quite helpfull seeing as I don't do that too much. She is so friendly and is always there for me when I need a friend.
Life lesson: People you don't even know can turn out to be your best friends.
Jenny. Jenny is now one of my best friends. But how could two girls who had never really met each other before be such good friends the next year. I guess this was because I made friends with some of her friends, and we got intreduced. Thats when I knew that we were going to be really good freinds.
About Jenny. Well the first thing you should probaly know is that Jenny really likes her horse(s). That is mainly what she talks about, well attually thats all she talks about. It can be pretty intresting hearing about how she jumpt that jump, or how she came in 3rd in the compition, or how she gave her horse a bath. But she tells you like the same thing 5 times in a day, and doesnt even notice. No effence Jenny, it's pretty funny!! Jenny also likes those pizza/bread things. Yah, I have no idea what they are, but they look really good and she has them like every day for lunch.
Oh, and Jenny is not shy atall. She attually talks quite alot. And when she does talk it is defently worth listening to, she has the best advise. And really incourages me to do my home work, witch is quite helpfull seeing as I don't do that too much. She is so friendly and is always there for me when I need a friend.
Life lesson: People you don't even know can turn out to be your best friends.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
E is Emma
One of the strangest people you would ever meet... Emma. Even though she is weird, and mostly annoying, she is my friend, so I shouldn't really be saying these mean things about her. But over all that weird stuff about Emma, she is reeeaaallly funny! Like one time in grade 6, she told us all that that if you drink your milk this way, not much comes out (she made the top really small) And then when she drank it, it went all over her! It probably doesn't seem that funny, but you would of had to been there.
Another funny incident with Emma, well in grade 6, we were listening to Mr Carswel in science. When Emma decides to play with her purple pen..(not a good idea), because a few minutes later I here Emma whispering, "Georgia, Georgia, help me, get a paper towel", so then I look over at Emma and her face and top was covered in purple. Ms Carswell was still talking not even noticing this. Emma starts to go bright red as more and more people realized that her pen had just exploded in her face. She starting to climb under the table hoping no one would see, well every one in the class was watching her and laughing, and Mr.Carswell still hadn't noticed. Now she was under the table spitting out all this purple ink, and I was just giving her lots of paper towels. Finally Mr.Carswell saw Emma, he was even laughing and told her to go to the bathroom. Her bright red face came up out from the table and started to walk to their.
I'm sorry Emma, for saying all these embarrassing things about you..:) She also attended the Geography challenge, even though she didn't exactly come in first place, she tried really hard and did well. And the information you heard about her when she walked up, well that was all true, she loovves Platypuses. She also is in love with her horse and never stops talking about him. She really likes playing hockey and when we're on the school pond, she loves racing us and pushing us, and making seen like we suck at skating. So the reason I did my blog post on Emma is because she is a pretty interesting person, she has so many carteristics. She is a really good friend and there is so much more I could say about her, but I don't want to make my blog post really long and boring (like Emma's)!!!!
Life Lesson: Don't judge a book by its cover!
Another funny incident with Emma, well in grade 6, we were listening to Mr Carswel in science. When Emma decides to play with her purple pen..(not a good idea), because a few minutes later I here Emma whispering, "Georgia, Georgia, help me, get a paper towel", so then I look over at Emma and her face and top was covered in purple. Ms Carswell was still talking not even noticing this. Emma starts to go bright red as more and more people realized that her pen had just exploded in her face. She starting to climb under the table hoping no one would see, well every one in the class was watching her and laughing, and Mr.Carswell still hadn't noticed. Now she was under the table spitting out all this purple ink, and I was just giving her lots of paper towels. Finally Mr.Carswell saw Emma, he was even laughing and told her to go to the bathroom. Her bright red face came up out from the table and started to walk to their.
I'm sorry Emma, for saying all these embarrassing things about you..:) She also attended the Geography challenge, even though she didn't exactly come in first place, she tried really hard and did well. And the information you heard about her when she walked up, well that was all true, she loovves Platypuses. She also is in love with her horse and never stops talking about him. She really likes playing hockey and when we're on the school pond, she loves racing us and pushing us, and making seen like we suck at skating. So the reason I did my blog post on Emma is because she is a pretty interesting person, she has so many carteristics. She is a really good friend and there is so much more I could say about her, but I don't want to make my blog post really long and boring (like Emma's)!!!!
Life Lesson: Don't judge a book by its cover!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
F is for fears
Public speaking. Flying. Starting a new School. Three of my greatest fears.
Fliying- The first time I ever went on an aireplane, I was one years old. I don't really remember to much about it, only what my perants told me. That I was screaming the whole way there. Since then and now I have flown on a plain about 20 times. When I was about 9 years old, I got use to flighing on an aireplain and loved that whole experiance, and as I got more and more use to it, I liked it alot better. By the age of 10 I had no problam getting on an plain and flighing a 7 hour jerny back and forht between England and Canada. But it was then when I started watching MayDay. This is a show about all the plain crashes since, well very early on. I know that plain crashes are really rare, but watching this show made my forget about all that. In this show, a few actors acted out what really happend. When all the smoke goes into the cabins and every one is caughing for there lifes, or when 3 out of 4 enjins break down and there's no other choise but to make an emergecy landing. When sitting in your seat knowing that this was your last few hours left on earth. I would hate to experiance that, witch is why im dreading to go on plains now. The most scary part about going on a plain for me is right at the biggining when the flight attendants or showing what to do incase of an emergency. oh, and I hate going to the wash room on plains. I just hold it in untill I can't bear it anymore. That is why flighin is one of my biggest fears....so yeah.
Public speaking- Well I did my whole last blog post on public speaking, so I don't want to bore you by repeating it all. But you probaly get the fact that I'm reallllly scared of it.
Starting a new school- Walking down those scary hall ways, all eyes on you. No one wants to have any thing to do with you because your "different". It's all silent apart from a few wispers. Starting as new school. I personly hate that whole experiance. And I know that I am not alone when one of my greatest fears is starting a new school. I have only started a new school once in my life, which isn't to bad compeard to some other people I know. How scary would it be to start 4 diferent schools in four differenty countries. I would neveer be able to do that. Thats why starting new schools is one of my 3 biggest fears!
Public speaking. Flying. Starting a new school. Three of my biggest fears.
Life lesson- Never let your fears bring you down, and never avoid them. The more you do them the less hard it gets.
Fliying- The first time I ever went on an aireplane, I was one years old. I don't really remember to much about it, only what my perants told me. That I was screaming the whole way there. Since then and now I have flown on a plain about 20 times. When I was about 9 years old, I got use to flighing on an aireplain and loved that whole experiance, and as I got more and more use to it, I liked it alot better. By the age of 10 I had no problam getting on an plain and flighing a 7 hour jerny back and forht between England and Canada. But it was then when I started watching MayDay. This is a show about all the plain crashes since, well very early on. I know that plain crashes are really rare, but watching this show made my forget about all that. In this show, a few actors acted out what really happend. When all the smoke goes into the cabins and every one is caughing for there lifes, or when 3 out of 4 enjins break down and there's no other choise but to make an emergecy landing. When sitting in your seat knowing that this was your last few hours left on earth. I would hate to experiance that, witch is why im dreading to go on plains now. The most scary part about going on a plain for me is right at the biggining when the flight attendants or showing what to do incase of an emergency. oh, and I hate going to the wash room on plains. I just hold it in untill I can't bear it anymore. That is why flighin is one of my biggest fears....so yeah.
Public speaking- Well I did my whole last blog post on public speaking, so I don't want to bore you by repeating it all. But you probaly get the fact that I'm reallllly scared of it.
Starting a new school- Walking down those scary hall ways, all eyes on you. No one wants to have any thing to do with you because your "different". It's all silent apart from a few wispers. Starting as new school. I personly hate that whole experiance. And I know that I am not alone when one of my greatest fears is starting a new school. I have only started a new school once in my life, which isn't to bad compeard to some other people I know. How scary would it be to start 4 diferent schools in four differenty countries. I would neveer be able to do that. Thats why starting new schools is one of my 3 biggest fears!
Public speaking. Flying. Starting a new school. Three of my biggest fears.
Life lesson- Never let your fears bring you down, and never avoid them. The more you do them the less hard it gets.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
P is for public speaking
Every ones looking at me, I am feeling so much pressure to be the best I can be. Sweat is running down my face, my hart is beating so fast its about to jump out. What if I mess up, or start to chock or even faint?! I am so worried about what others might think of me.
Stage fright. This is what usually happens to me when I am forced to go up in front of people and speak. This happens to allot of people. But some thing I learned is that the biggest fear of all is fear its self. This means that you are more worried about being scared then actually doing what your scared about, in the case, stage fright. But I know that I am not alone when I say I have stage fright, lots of people have it, so no ones alone. Even celibrites get nevous, of either going on a talk show, or preforming a concert.
But if you really think about, whats the worst that can happen? You stutter a bit, or forget a line. No one is judging you, because if you doing something like the LA speech, everyone else is nevous aswell, so they can't blaim you for messing up if they no that there going to do it too.
Life lesson: The biggets fear of all is fear its self.
Stage fright. This is what usually happens to me when I am forced to go up in front of people and speak. This happens to allot of people. But some thing I learned is that the biggest fear of all is fear its self. This means that you are more worried about being scared then actually doing what your scared about, in the case, stage fright. But I know that I am not alone when I say I have stage fright, lots of people have it, so no ones alone. Even celibrites get nevous, of either going on a talk show, or preforming a concert.
But if you really think about, whats the worst that can happen? You stutter a bit, or forget a line. No one is judging you, because if you doing something like the LA speech, everyone else is nevous aswell, so they can't blaim you for messing up if they no that there going to do it too.
Life lesson: The biggets fear of all is fear its self.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Britain
The rainy weather, the posh people, London. Well that's not all England is, but its what people us ally think it is. In fact, most people in England have never actually been to London since there is such a huge population and lots of different cities. I spent my last 10 years in England and no quite alto about it.
Most people think that all posh people live in England, since that is where the Queen lives. Also that every one drinks tea and eats crumpets and scones. Not really, lots have people never really ate them.
And then there is the weather. Yes, it is usually rainy and cold with not to much snow. My first winter here was pretty insane, I had never in my whole life experienced so much snow. I was really shocked. But then after a while a kind of got use to it.
But over all I really liked England and its culture. That's a bit about England.
Most people think that all posh people live in England, since that is where the Queen lives. Also that every one drinks tea and eats crumpets and scones. Not really, lots have people never really ate them.
And then there is the weather. Yes, it is usually rainy and cold with not to much snow. My first winter here was pretty insane, I had never in my whole life experienced so much snow. I was really shocked. But then after a while a kind of got use to it.
But over all I really liked England and its culture. That's a bit about England.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Parvana's life!
As I race through the streets I can feel the wind run through my hair. I pannic as I see the Taliban walk my way. I trip and cut my knee, people are running my way to try and help me. What if they find out that I am a to old to not be wearing a burqua. What if they send me jail, or beat me up? I am resbonsable for feeding my family and taking care of them, if somthing happens to me then how will they cope? I hate to think of it.
This is how parvana must be feeling every day in her life. Imagen how you would feel if you were put through all this presure and responsibility just to keep your family alive.
If I was in this position, I would feel an afull lot of responsibility to keep my family from getting hurt because I would be the only one who could go outside. Luckily a women that Parvana knew came and lived with them. She defently helped parvana and her family alot. One of the ideas she came across was that Parvana cut her hair of and worked at the market place as a boy. This idea was really good because now Parvana does not have to worrie as much. At first she was really nervous but then she got use to it and had a really good time.
If I was in this position, I would feel an afull lot of responsibility to keep my family from getting hurt because I would be the only one who could go outside. Luckily a women that Parvana knew came and lived with them. She defently helped parvana and her family alot. One of the ideas she came across was that Parvana cut her hair of and worked at the market place as a boy. This idea was really good because now Parvana does not have to worrie as much. At first she was really nervous but then she got use to it and had a really good time.
That is what I would feel like if I were in Parvana's shoes. It would be really hard to go from a nice house to a one room house.
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