Journal Entry 1/27/10

Hey hey!
I was very proud of myself today when we played touch. I tryed (which means scored in touch rugby) THREE times! It was a pretty even game between blue and green. P.E. is a really fun subject and I like it. I don't know what to talk about now so I will write a bunch of random stuff on my blog (which is my favorite thing to do) and i'll stop when I have to.

Random sayings that pop in my head.
1. I got 100% in my science test YAYYY! :D
2. Cookies are yummy
3. I love P.E. and running but I hate feeling soooo tired after
4. I love the colors orange, yellow and green. (Not for any specific reasons just because I like bright things.)
5. Last week I walked into this bookstore and they had like authors sayings above the shelves and I saw one that said: "People always ask me, if you had to be stranded on an island with only one book which would it be? I would always answer, How To Build A Boat." :P
6. In our class we have a WALL OF WORDS and I just thought that those words must be real special to have their own wall. (Just Kidding! I had to say something I was running out! :P)
7. I don't like getting goosebumps and nightmares after watching scary movies. I'd actually like spending more time hiding behind the popcorn bucket than seeing people get killed or something.
8. I only have 2.5 minutes left to type random stuff.
9. I'm thinking of finishing this post and so that I can put back the computer.
10. I'm gonna do that now. :)

I'll post againnnnnn!!!!! =D

6 reasons why Haiti is a poor nation.

1. One reason why Haiti is so poor is because the French Plantation owners would make the Haitians work to death by growing things from indigo to sugar cane.

2. Another reason is that after they fought against slavery they were in a situation where they were considered a threat by the rest of the region because the rest of the region especially the United States because they own slaves which leads to not much support from the United States.

3. A third reason is that since the plantations have stopped, small money that the Haitians got from selling a bit of those crops were no longer there. Ergo, there was no money left for the education of Haitian children and less salary for the Haitians with jobs for there were no more supporters.

4. Reason four is that Haiti was seen increasingly as a terrible place mostly because of the racism people have against the Haitians. They judge them by skin color since most of the regions around them are light skinned.

5. Haiti started from a point of considerably greater illiteracy and lack of human and natural resources. The other thing that was happening was that those small scale farmers were doing other things. They were using charcoal for heating and cooking and essentially denuding the hills and forests, which now means they have major erosion problems throughout Haiti.

6. The Haiti region is a region that doesn't have industrial skills therefore the region is not able to trade their products in any significant way.

Journal Entry - 1/20/10

Hey Journal and People of all Universe. I would like to talk about running in the rain. Yesterday we had P.E. and we played touch rugby. We were all having fun when suddenly we heard pounding on the other side of the field. We looked. Suddenly our P.E. teacher asked if it was rain. It was in fact. We ran all the way undercover so we couldn't get wet but some of us wanted to get wet (including me and my friends) so we stood under the rain kicked rain at each other and ran a whole lap arount the track while it was pouring. We were soaking and we liked it. We did cartwheels all at once. It was the best P.E. day ever. After it stopped raining we played a class game of touch rugby. It was really fun but when it started drizzling again and soon enough pounding we stopped the lesson (mainly because it was practically finished.) It was a blast and I will never forget that.

New Subject - Random. (I don't know what to write about so random things will pop in my mind and I will type it)

1. My friend is leaving and I wrote her a SUPER DUPER long note about how much i'll miss her and I was tearing up.
2. On two of my other blogs I talk about how bad Haiti needs help. (Be sure to check that out)
3. I'm in class right now. (but this isn't against the rules it's Journal Entry time in class so don't go bazerk. =D)
4. Our class is reading a book called PEAK and it's really good. (read it.)

Well i've got to go now journal time is up. Talk to you next time!
ME. =D

Haiti Update

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I made this post so that people may read about what is happening in haiti so far. Many people think that Haiti has gotten better since it has been about a week since the Earthquake struck Haiti but sadly they are very wrong. There are still hundreds of people injured and waiting for care even though there are people who are already taking action. As you can see in the picture above there were many people who suffered from the Earthquake and died. It seems like maybe half of those people died not from the Earthquake but from the injuries they got from the Earthquake. It feels like there weren't enough helpers to cure the sicknesses of the Haitians. The picture above may also be a little bit unclear because of all the dirt mixing with the bodies as they fall into a large grave for many Haitians.

Haiti Earthquake

On January 13, 2010 an Earthquake struck in Haiti. Haiti is in the Caribbean near the country of Mexico. Reporters say that many people were injured during the Earthquake. Red Cross also says that 3 million people were affected by this very Earthquake. The Earthquake, which struck about 15 km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. A French official told AFP about 200 people were missing in the collapsed Hotel Montana, which is popular with tourists. There have also been some reports of looting overnight. Rachmani Domersant an operations manager with the Food for the Poor charity, told Reuters that overnight the capital was in total darkness. "You have thousands of people sitting in the streets with nowhere to go. There are people running, crying, screaming." He says.

In a statement issued in New York, the UN said that its local HQ in Haiti had "sustained serious damage along with other UN installations" and "a large number" of personnel were missing. UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said it was unclear how many people were in the building. The head of the UN mission in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, was reported to have been inside and is unaccounted for. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he was believed to be dead. The UN's stabilisation mission plays a vital role in ensuring security in Haiti. Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the US, said the presidential palace, the tax office, the ministry of commerce and the foreign ministry had all been damaged, but the airport was intact. He and Haiti's ambassador to Mexico, Robert Manuel, both said that President Rene Preval and his wife had survived the quake.

The Earthquake struck Haiti Leaving people homeless and with nothing to do. The shock many people got from the Earthquake also affected their mental health leaving them not just sad but very depressed. The people of Haiti are depressed because their homes were most probably destroyed or they lost loved ones. Word is that some kids would wait for their parents after school but their parents would never come because they passed on during the Earthquake. As shown in the picture above this woman is most definitely left with nothing to do, no home, no family and very depressed. That is what Earthquakes can do to others. It is very sad to watch things like this happen to other people because of a natural disaster.

My Holiday

Christmas -

On Christmas Eve my relatives from my mom's side came to our house and we stayed up until 12 midnight and then we opened our presents. The whole time we were waiting though, my sister, my cousins and I were walking around our neighborhood watching other kids play with fireworks and running away from them. We also just sat down in an area and watched people carol. It was very fun. On the real Christmas Day my family and I visited our relatives from my dad's side. We had a party and I saw most of my cousins. We talked a lot about different things. Later on we opened presents again. It was a nice get together to see our relatives again and celebrate the day Jesus was born.

Airport Troubles -

My family and I went to Boracay before New Years so we could celebrate it there. Although we had a little trouble at the airport with the booking. The whole reason our family started fighting was because Cebu Pacific (the airlines we took) OVERBOOK

ED us! We booked our flight and paid for it way back in June and they delayed our flight! They were telling my parents that they sent us an email saying that our flight was delayed but we never received one so my parents were asking for a copy to prove them right. Since we didn't get our email we thought that our flight was still at 10:20 so we were at the airport at 8:00 a.m. They said the flight was delayed for TWO HOURS. My parents didn't go down without a fight. They kept asking what are we going to do here for 4 hours?!?! We were a group of six with my grandparents, parents, my sister and me. They told us to come back at ten and they would tell us if they got us in the flight so we waited and at ten we went there and they said they couldn't get us on the flight. My parents told them that they HAD to get us on that flight even if it means taking seats from people who are late for the flight so they kept trying and they did get six seats but they had to bump out 2 people for that. But the people ended up coming and they started fighting for their seats and the lady from Cebu Pacific was saying that only 5 people can get on the plane and 1 person has to be left behind but we wouldn't budge. So after a long time of fighting with Cebu Pacific we ended up getting the delayed flight

. We weren't sad because even though we got the delayed flight we still pressured them and fought for our rights so we were still happy. :)

New Years -

On New Years we were in Boracay and when we went out of our hotel r

oom there was a band playing in front of our hotel! Everyone was singing along, dancing and wal

king on the beach front. We greeted family friends Happy New Year in the hotel next to us and then we watched the fireworks. They were so pretty! When the fireworks were still going we went to go watch a guy spin fire on those fire baton things. Straight after he finished a bunch of fireworks started popping and my sister and I were so scared we were running back to our hotel. While we were dancing in front of our hotel a guy went to the very front right where the band was and when most people cleared out because they were tired he started doing the WORM! It was very cool. Straight after he got up another guy ran past everyone to the very fro

nt and did a FRONT HANDSPRING! It was amazing! When we went back to our hotel room my sister and I stayed in the room watching dvds all night. (technically morning from like 1 a.m. u

ntil 2 a.m. I was exaggerating.) :)