NYC '09

On April 22nd , 32 students from York Mills CI boarded a bus and head off to New York City. it was a eight hour drive bt with stop offs on the way it became a ten hour drive. the drive out was pretty long but pretty much everyone slept. we drove through massive hills and barns and then all you could see was sky scrappers.

We stayed in the Hampton Hotel in New jersey. We arrived out out there at about 8pm. we had time to go out for dinner and wander around. Everyday we were out there our bus left at around 8am to head out to New York for a full day of touring! we visited The Rickfellor Center, Ground Zero, Radio City, Time Sqaure, Empire State Building and many more places.We also had time to shop around which was alot of fun.

I must admit that the second night, When we went up the Empire State Building, was the best night. all the grade 11's and 12's seemed to hangout together and just joke around. So many pictures were taking from up the Empire State Building. But then when we got back on the bus at like 10pm thats when the real fun began, we had an awesome driver named Anderson and he would play tunes such as Beat It by Micheal Jackson, and the whole back of the bus would just sing and dance along. And that happened every night after that.

It was so sad to leave. mostly because you became such good friends with those people you went with who you might not be good friends with at school but out there you were inseperable. it was an amazing trip and I will never forget it.

Our movie - Scribbles.

So the production of our movie was very fun. it started with coming up with an idea and then creating story boards to draw and organize our movie. The idea of our movie was to have a girl and a boy who are in the same class and sit in the same seat at differnt periods. The girl draws on the table and the boy makes it a beautiful picture. This is how their conversations start through writting on the table. Filming this movie was alot of fun because there was alot of stop aniimation that we would be doing. I would have liked to be in the movie, but oh well. haha

The group i was with was pretty productive except the gys didn't really seem too into it. The one thing about my movie that i did not enjoy was that only one person in our group decided on their own to take the movie and edit it themselves. It is nice that they did it, but it didn't give anyone else a chance to learn how to edit.

Me and my cell phone..

I received my first cell phone when i was a mere twelve years old. It was a massive cell phone looking back on it now, a tank that could with- hold being thrown on the ground and into water. It was pay as you go. A low price of twenty dollars used to be able to get my cell phone and I through the month with texting and calling. Eventually as i got older my dad decided that i was responsible enough to go on a rogers plan! yes My own plan with deals and texting and free calling after 6! so for my 15th birthday i went on my first phone plan! i was so excited i was the first child with my own phone! I didn't know what i was getting myself into.

And then that one chilly October day, I got the best phone a girl could ask for. The blackberry curve. Everywhere i went it was right there with me in my pocket or in my purse, but most likely in my hand , TEXTING. At first just a few hundred a month, and then it started getting out of control, texting during class, at work, late into the night, and up early to see if i had missed anything. My phone became one of my best friends. but then again, most teenage girls can't be seen without their phone right next to them.

I also used to do alot of calling, i had free outgoing calling all day, but what i didn't realize was that one of my good friends cell phone number was long distance so at the end of the month when the phone bill came it was ridiculous! My dad was so angry! i went from having a 50$ phone bill to who knows how high it was! . This happened probably three times when my dad finally said, "Your phone is cancelled." You can only imagine. I begged him to not cancel it, i even offered to help pay the bill. but he said i wouldn't learn my lesson if i did that. So in the cold night of Febuary my cell phone got disconnected. it was a hard night. no texting. no calling. well calling but on the house phone. It was so depressing.

It is now May and i have learned to live without my cell phone. Sure every once and a while i wish i had one so my parents and friends could call me if im not at home, but i am fine without it and it is sure alot easier to study without your phone going off every two minutes. I also now notice how much time people actually spend on their cell phones and how rude it can be when your having a conversation with a friend and they are checking their phone constantly.

My dad was just looking out for me :). even though now i think i want my phone back! haha

we will see how well that goes over!

REEL Canada - water

On April 16th, 2009 my media class went to Sheppard Grand to see different Canadian movies. I went with Brooke and Leora and in the morning we saw the movie "Water", and in the afternoon we saw "Shark Water."

The first movie that i saw started at 9:30am and it was the movie "Water" Directed by Deepa Mehta, and written by Anurag Kashyap. starring Saraia who played Chuyia, Buddhi Wickrama who plays baba, and Lisa Ray who plays Kalyani. In a short version, this movie is about a young seven year old girl ( Chuyia ) who becomes a widow, and the rules where they live is that if you are a widow, you either burn with your husband, marry his brother, or live in a widow house. Chuyia lives in a widow house and makes friends with many of the women there. her and Kalyani become close friends, Kalyania is also a widow. They spend alot of time together and they end up meeting a man that eventually falls inlove with Kalyania and asks her to marry him. Even though marrying a widow is looked down apon. Kalyania finds out that her fiances father is a man who she is the mistress of. She calls off the wedding and ends up killing herself. Chuyia ends up with the man on a train at the end of the movie.

The story is a good plot. but even writting it out its so long and it just went so slow. The scenes in the movie were gorgeous. the place where the movie was shot was a very good choice, made you feel like you were there with them. The music that was played was also very well decided where to go. The whole theme where the water tied in with the movie was a very good idea. I enjoyed most of the movie, but the middle parts of the movie were very slow and some weren't necessary to be in the film. The guest speaker we had was the sound guy which in my opinion was not the greatest choice.

The afternoon film that i saw was a documentary directed and written by Rob Stewart. It is an eye - opening film that is visually stunning and will change the way you see oceans. It is about a guy (rob) who dedicated his life to prove that sharks are not as dangerous as they have been shown to be. In this documentary you see illegal fishing and the potching and de - finning of shark fins. The movie was very interesting and i enjoyed it greatly.

The guest who camee and spoke at the end of the movie was Rob Stewart himself. He told us about different things he has accomplished and informed us about issues going on still with sharks. He then answered questions that anyone asked. The movie was very imformative and if you didnt know what was happening with sharks before this movie you sure do now. I greatly enjoyed this movie and would see it again.

Rob is also very good looking. haha

it was a great day all together with chinese food for lunch!

My horse is a superstar!

On March 15th, my horse, Grit, and I had a trillium show at the RCRA. 

My day started when my alarm went off at 3:03am. To wake up and smell the pancakes my mother had made for me. I ate them and we were off to PAEC to get my horse ready to trailer out for show day! Show day started with trailering out from PAEC to RCRA at 6 am so we could be ready for warm up at 7. The show started at 8:30 am.  Warm up went well and we had about an hour until my classes went. 

After an hour of waiting it was finally time to compete. We go in and our first course was amazing. All the strides were there and my horse did awesome. Our second course went pretty well with a few mistakes but still good. And our third course was by far the best course of the day. Everything was perfect. I then had to sit around and wait for 3 hours until my hack class went.

3 hours pass and finally the hack class starts. In the warm  up ring you would have thought we would win the hack, and then we got out there and it was like my horses tail was lit on fire. It was a horrible hack. So i get off my horse after and my mom volunteers to cool him out for me and tells me to go to the show ring for the ribbons and placings. I figured I would place in one of my courses. 

First course, we get a third. Second course we get a fourth. and Third course we get a second!  I was so happy i start walking away to find my mom when i hear my coach calling my name. I turn around to see her waving a huge ribbon. I had won Reserve Champion ( second overall out of 30) . I was jumping up and down! We go outside to find my mom and she was crying. I know crying. how embarrassing. She hadn't even heard that I was Reserve. When my coach pulled the ribbon from behind her my mom gave me the biggest hug while crying. She's so cute! haha .

My horse was amazing and looked stunning that day! He loves showing and it was a great start to the show season!

Next Show . April 11th 2009.

My visit to AGO!

My class and I visited the Art Gallery of Ontario on Tuesday Febuary 17th, 2009! Overall it was a great trip and alot of fun! We were first taken on a tour of the art gallery and shown some amazing art work. After lunch we were able to walk around by ourselfs and look at whatever we wanted to. Some of the art work that I saw was truely amazing.

This Photograoh is of the piece of art work called " The Index" By David Altme JD. This is only one piece of the sculptur. This piece of art work was one of the fist things we saw when we got to the art gallery. It is truly amazing. The is a part of it where you walk in and there are mirrors all around you except on top and there is a bird man looking down at you. This piece of art is very creative! The artist who made this, David, is representing Canada at the top art show in the world. The index is actually two seperate sculptures. His work is known as very childlike but it is amazing to look at and is entertaining to walk around and see the different things he has created.

This piece here is call "Untitled" also part of "the red series" by Brabra astman. When I first saw this piece of work i was drawn to it imediately. It drew my attention right away. The colours she used and the way she used them catch my attention and make me really think what this piece is trying to say. My first thought when i saw this was that it was a women doing her daily rutine of watering the flowers, cooking, laundry and so on. With the background all black it makes all the different red objects stand out alot better than they would if it were a differnt colour. And you can also see a bit of expression on her face with her bright red lip sticks. This artwork to me anyway made me think that it was about a women being only seen what she does around the house. It is a very Beautiful piece.

This piece here was one of the coolest that i saw all day! It is called "Socle du Monde" created by Mona Hatoum. It is made up of steel plaes, magnets and iron fillings. When i first saw it it looked like a big box of worms. Even up close it looks so cool. The entire time i was near it i just wanted to reach out and touch it, but of course there were the "please do not touch signs" and Mrs. Gordon already told us that we couldn't because it would fall apart. This box is very detailed and looks like a bunch of swirls going around and around, but when you got close enough you could see the littly Iron filings sticking out, they looked pretty sharp. This must have taken Mona a very long time to make but it is brilliant.

These two pieces were two of the most memorable rooms in the whole art gallery. The room is called "AIDS" General idea. This room is a great message. It is a very colourful room and very in your face, which i think is what the whole purpose of it is. I think that the message here is that AIDS cannont be ignored, this room is in your face because well AIDS is right there in our face, people suffer from it everyday and it can't just be ignored. I loved this room and i remember it very well. It is a great way to display AIDS and i think that if everyone gets the message like i did then our eyes will open to real life problems that may not be in bright colours, but its right in our faces.

As my friends and i were walking through the gallery we wandered to the very back where we noticed a trailer that was so bright and so colourful, that we of course had to go look at it. The Sign by the door of the trailer said it was called "Urban disco trailer." It also said that we were aloud to go in it and play music and watch t.v. So Lizzie, Samantha and I walked up the stairs and into the Trailer. It had a disco player, black and white tv. which was playing Martha Stewart, and a record player where we played all the music that we could recognize. We believe that no one else in our class found it because we did not hear anyone talking about it.

It was a great experience to go to AGO. I had alot of fun and it was very entertainign and enjoyable.All the art work in the Gallery was very enjoyable to look at and see. I think that by having this amazing building , AGO , in Toronto we are able to express our artistic side. People of all ages can enjoy the art work and there are so many different artists and cultures that are in this gallery that anyone can enjoy it. I really enjoyed this trip and learned alot about art from it. I was never really interested in art before but Ms. Gordon showed us a fun way of going with our friends, going on a tour and then being able to enjoy it ourselves. We didn't get out of there till around 3 and it was too short of time but a very enjoyable time!

Valentines Day<3

This heart represents valentines day. obviously. Valentines day is on February 14th of every year. It is known as a day to spend with a significant other to share roses and chocolates and a romantic dinner. But thats not the only way to spend Valentines day. remember in kindergarden when everyone gave everyone little cards to all their friends. Friends to this day still give each other little cards or heart candy and chocolate. For me, this year at least, this valentines day means spending time with the one i love. having a romantic dinner with candles and roses and hopefully chocolates! Its a day to show someone how much you care for them. a day of love. and there shouldn't be a problem to have a special day to spend with someone you love. and even if you dont have a boyfriend or girlfriend or wife or whatever, you can spend the day with friends. It's just a day for love which is always nice! In my opinion valentines day is a day for showing someone or people that you love them. that should be everyday but this day esspecially. <3

My best friend:) haha

This is one of my best friends Alex Ilias. He is in one of my classes, Media and used to be in my business class last year. I met Alex at the beginning of last year and the first thing i learned about him was that he was Greek, and plays soccer. sorry he lives soccer. I always got the play by plays of his soccer game the next day at school. he is such a jokes guy and still owes me a smoothie from last year! :)

My Favorite Men :)

These three guys right here are characters in my favorite book series "twilight" and movie "twilight" on the left you have Edward Cullen (my future husband) in the middle you have James, so gorgeous. and on the right you have Jacob Black (my wolf and best friend) these figures are large parts of my life, i love the 4 series books and i have read them all about 4 times.

The top picture is of my old horse for two years Andrew, and the bottom picture is of my new horse Grit :)<3

Matthew and I :)