winter break ♥

blog journal

1. The movie The Power of One was one of the most difficult movies that I’ve ever had to watch. I liked the movie and the actors did a spectacular job portraying their roles, but some scenes were very hard to watch. For example, the scene where Peekay’s chicken was hung up on a rope and killed. I almost started to cry. Another scene was when Geel Piet was beaten to death by Sergeant Bormann. Also, when Sergeant Bormann made Geel Piet eat manure off of his shoe was so disgusting and wrong I can’t believe he would do that to another human being. I was very inspired by the way that Peekay used music to share his story and why he believes that what the Afrikaners were doing was wrong. I am appalled that Peekay, so young, could influence the ways of others the way that he did. I was very shocked that Maria had left her family and disobeyed her father so she could be with Peekay. I thought she was going to stay with her father because she seemed like a daddy’s girl and she didn’t have the strength and courage to leave her father the way she did. Most scenes in this film were harder to watch then the other films we have seen so far in Global Ed this semester, such as Hotel Rwanda and Rabbit Proof Fence. The Power of One was one of the most inspiring movies I’ve seen and if I was given the chance to see it again, I would do it in a second.


2. Over the holiday season some of my family’s traditions are well-known and others, not so much. One of my favorite family traditions is my Aunt Mary’s famous cannolis. This year I was able to help her make them. She already had the dough deep-fried but all we had to do was fill them, dip the ends in Mini Nestle’s Chocolate Chips, and put powdered sugar over the top of them. My aunt makes them every year at Christmas and they’re a hit at my grandma’s house. Another family tradition at my grandma’s house on Christmas is that we play tons of games, such as Left-Right-Center, BUNKO, Catch Phrase and other games that are always a riot with a big group of people. One activity that we all enjoy at my house on Christmas Eve is passing out small pieces of the Eucharist. We each take a piece of the loafer-type bread and walk around to each person and say, “Peace be with you,” or “Merry Christmas.” Then you break a piece off of the other person’s bread, and eat it. We all have a great time taking large amounts of each other’s bread and eating it because the loafers are very delicious. One of my favorite memories from Christmas last year was that my second cousin, Bradley, loves my sister Taylor. So every time he sees her he goes crazy. Bradley is only 3 so he doesn’t know what’s going on. My sister hates when he follows her around and asks everyone, “Where’s Taylor?” It’s so adorable. Even though most of the people I know celebrate Christmas, we all celebrate it in very different ways which makes all of our traditions just as special.



3. This New Year, I went over to my friend Bridget’s house for a party. We played spoons, called some friends, and looked through magazines. When I got home, my sister and her friend were watching the Las Vegas New Year’s Show. I was able to see my favorite singer, Justin Beiber perform live, even though I had just seen him in concert. In 2009, I have a lot of great memories. I made my soccer team that I’m on now, Canton Celtics. I also made the Freshmen Basketball team. I have made a lot of new friends too, just from high school and as well as soccer and basketball. I look forward to hopefully making the JV soccer team at Stevenson. I look forward to next summer to be able to go to my swim club, Fairway Farms. One of my New Year’s resolutions is to try to go outside more and hang out with my friends more. I want to also go to my swim club more because summer 2009 was too cold to go to the swim club most days. I wish I would have gone to the pool more. I also want to babysit more so I can earn more money. I hope that 2010 is just as fun as 2009 was and I’m excited for the new school year in 2010 because then I won’t be a freshman anymore and people always tease the freshmen. I think 2010 will be weird to say out loud to people too because before we used to say ’04 or ’95 and now we say ’10. It will take some getting to used to. I hope that 2010 will be just as good as 2009.