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Tuesday, October 31, 2006

A Scary Story

In spanish class, my teacher asked me to bring a book to read it. I was going to check out a book on the library but I forgot to do so. because of this, I had to chose a book from my house. But most of the books in my house are very boring. However I found a book that b elonged to my sister called "obesesion mortal" or "Mortal obssession". From what I read, I think this book is very interesting.

Everything starts when the main character, Nicole,starts having a series of problems. one problem is that her parents are always controling her without giving her liberty. This makes her feel like a baby even though she is seventeen. another problem is that her boyfriend, david, is not being honest with her. He is never finishing conversations okay so she doesn't trust him anymore. Finally, another problem, is that she is failing a subject in school. If she doens't get this subjects better, she is not graduating. But things get worst when she tells her problems to her best friend Lucy.

Lucy tells her to change bodies with her and live some days like that. This is possible in Terror Street by jumping from a wall. They did it and it worked. When nicole, in Lucy's body, went to lucy's house, she saw something horrible. Lucy's parents death, all covered in blood!

First, nicole runs to her real home but there was nobody. Then, Nicole starts running to the house of Kent, Lucy's boyfriend. She tells him all. At first he seems to believe her but when he went to the kitchen for a glass of water, nicole heard him talk with the police by the phone. he thought nicole (lucy) killed her parents! She escapes of Kent's house and ran back to Lucy's house, trying not to see the living room were Lucy's parents were. She went to Lucy's room and there she found a note from the real Lucy that confessed she had killed her parents! But nicole
is going to stop Lucy and not let her escape as a criminal in Nicole's body!

This book has been very good, even though I've not finished it and i'm just by the start.

I think that book is not scary. Until now, it seems more about suspense. Maybe it is about terror because some people think blood is something very, very, scary. But I don't, specially when I'm not really looking blood. However, sometimes I think blood is very disgusting.

Thursday, October 26, 2006

Lights Off, Fun On!


"It's is Michelle's turn. Please don't throw the pieces all over the room. Remember I will be the one to organize this. Huh. Next time let's not meet on my house. Hahaha!" said Amanda, who was having a tough but fun time playing Monopoly in her house with her friends Michelle, Danialle, and Sophie. They were having a lot of fun, but then Michelle said, "I'm kind of bored. Let's do something different. I brought a CD of many great singers I love! Let’s hear it!"

"Ok. But I'll bring some snacks first. What about some Doritos and Coca-Cola?" asked Amanda.

"Yes! I'm hungry! I love Doritos!" the three girls answered. In five minutes Amanda was back with the snacks and they started hearing the CD. They were dancing and singing. They liked so much the CD that they heard it all twice. But suddenly, Amanda turned off the music. "Hey!" Sophie exclaimed.

"Aren't you kind of bored of hearing this CD?" Amanda asked.

"Well, yeah, kind of.” Michelle agreed.

"Okay. Let's watch T.V. then” Said Sophie. They were watching a T.V. show called "Next". All the problems started when the fan, the lights, and the television went off by themselves. Nothing creepy, just that the electricity had gone.

"Gosh! What are we doing now? You know my life is like a marathon and I've got to be doing something always."Danialle said.

"Don't worry. Let’s go outside and play with the ball. I wish I could play soccer or basket but I lost both balls in the park. But we can play with a normal ball on the parking lot." Amanda said. They took the ball and went to the parking lot.

First, they played a game they called "Paredon". After that they started playing four square. But then they played to pass the ball by kicking it. First, everyone kicked okay. Second, it was okay, too. But at the third time Danialle kicked it so hard that it went to the other building. She didn't noticed what she had done so she laughed. "So you did it on purpose?" said Amanda.

“What?" asked Danialle, surprised.

"You threw the ball away! If it wasn't on purpose, you wouldn't be laughing." Amanda said angrily.

"No! Really not! Is that I didn't notice I had threw it away! You have to believe me! Please!” Said Danialle, worried.

"However, you had to be careful with it. You knew it was my only ball left” said Amanda.

"Amanda, I understand that you are angry because it is your only ball, but you have to understand that she didn't throw it on purpose." Said Sophie, trying to help.

"Yeah. I was being careful, just that not enough..." said Danialle.

"Okay. You both are right. Sorry to start fighting for something as dumb as a ball that can be bought again.” Amanda said. They had nothing to do so they just stand in the parking lot.

"There it goes!" they heard someone yelled. Then the ball flew back from the other building.

"Thank youuuu!"Amanda exclaimed. They were very happy the ball was back but they couldn't continue playing because it was so dark they could barely see their hands.

Then, they went upstairs and Amanda turned on a lamp because there was no electricity yet. "Well, the only thing left to do without electricity is to talk. How was your cousin's party yesterday, Michelle?". Said Sophie.

"Well, actually it was kind of boring. I didn't know most of my cousin's friends so I was very lonely and shy." Michelle said.

"I'm so bored! If there was electricity I would be in MSN or playing on internet!" Said Danialle.

"No! You know I'm not very good with computers and you know that I don't like them so much. I've got a normally, perfect, easy life without them and..." said Sophie and they continued talking for a while until Michelle took the lamp and started checking the room with it.

"Amanda, you should organize your room. Your closet is amazingly messy! What about if we helped you organize it?” Michelle said.

"If you want. I don't mind". Said Amanda, and they all started cleaning and organizing the room.

Later, Sophie stops and said, "Hey, I’m going to the bathroom.” She went and when she was back she looked nervous. "Um, girls, I think I saw something moving by the kitchen when I was coming back from the bathroom. But maybe is my imagination. You know me". Said Sophie. They laughed. Then Michelle said she needs to go to the bathroom too. When she was back she seemed scared, too.

"Hey Sophie, It wasn't your imagination. I saw something moving in the kitchen!” exclaimed Michelle.

"Oh! In days like this, when I was a little girl, I would think it is a ghost. However, it obviously isn't a ghost. What about if it is a thief? A drug addict!" said Sophie.

"I don't know but someone has to go check what it is and that someone isn't me!” said Danialle.

"Me neither!" said Michelle and Sophie at the same time.

"Well, someone needs to go check and.... I think I have to be that someone since I'm the one who lives here". Said Amanda, and she left with another lamp.

Waiting for Amanda, the other three girls started talking. "Why is she taking so long?... Maybe what was moving was a murderer and killed her.... don't say things like that!... we should go check..... Noooo!..."These where some things the girls talked about. Suddenly, everyone heard Amanda's voice saying, "Oh my god!". When the girls heard that, the three of them ran to the kitchen to see why her friend yelled like that. When they got there, there they found her, lying in a corner with that something-that-moved, in top of her... bitting her, licking her...

"A cat? What are you doing lying there playing with a cat?" said Sophie.

"Well, this is Rupert, the neighbor's cat. He is that something-that-moved". Said Amanda.

"Oh! So he escaped from his house and entered by your kitchen..." said Michelle.

"Exactly. This has happened a couple of times before. I'll call his owners later” Said Amanda.

“But then, why did you yell 'oh my god!'?" asked Danialle.

"You three were so scared that didn't hear the rest. I yelled: Oh my god! You are so cute. What are you doing here Rupert?” said Amanda.

They all laughed and started playing with the cat in the kitchen. They served him milk. Minutes later, the electricity came back. But they continued playing with the cat in the kitchen because they were having fun like that. Later, each girl when back to her home. They left very happy, because they had finally had fun even though normally they got bored when there was no electricity.

Friday, October 20, 2006

Sea Accident

About a couple of years ago I was going to the Rosario Islands with my family. We invited a French far familiar called Beatriz. We were in the boat perfectly until suddenly it stopped. I saw forward and saw to men. First I thought they were swimming and thought they were crazy to be swimming so far away from the coast! Then I thought they were selling something. As we got closer I noticed there was a LOT of people including little children. They were tourists which were in a small boat that had been broken by a big wave!

Our boat had already a lot of people so we called for help. Another boat came and took some people to a small cruise near by. I imagine that was the only thing the tourists were happy of! Nobody got hurt in this accident. But now we had to take the people that came to help us to our island because the tourists had borrowed their boat. Everybody was very nervous, including me. I was dizzy because when a boat stops, it is more sensitive to big waves. However, I got better.

In the island we gave the people some food. My grandfather and my dad started calling in radio to see if they could find people that were going to the same destiny that these people. Finally, all the people were send to their islands. After that, everything went well in our little trip to the islands.

Beatriz had a video camera. She had taken a video of all the people yelling and crying in the water with all the belongings and shoes floating. Also, she filmed a man that was the most useful because he helped the people to hop from the water to a boat or from one boat to another. However, Beatriz couldn’t film the people when they entered the boat because maybe they got offended. If she had done that, this is something that would have appeared: a women crying and very nervous yelling, “My son! Please, my son!”. Finally her son got into the boat. Unfortunately, a problem in the computer didn’t let me show in this post this video that even appeared in the news!

The sea accident was a very different experience. It was very excited but scary because imagine yourself on the position of the tourists! Something good about this is that this made us feel like the heroes. Who knows when the next boat would have passed by? I think the sea accident is something I’m never forgetting.

Friday, October 13, 2006

My Weekend's Ups-and-Downs

Last weekend was a little bit different from the rest. Good things happened and bad things happened. I got sick and went to a bad party. But also, I had fun with my family. All this things made this weekend different.

First I'm telling you the bad things in my weekend. First was that my ear hurt a lot on Friday. However, I went to a party with my friends. That party was horrible. We were very bored so we left early, but everyone was there so we thought it would be boring going anywhere else. Next day, the ear ache was worst. I couldn't even swallow okay. I got body pain and fever. I couldn't go to have lunch with my grandparents like I do every Saturday. I couldn't even go out with my friends. I was very upset with that weekend.

However, on Sunday, things changed. I felt a lot better but I had to get up early because I had no internet in my house and I had to publish, before 7, a post I had written the night before. I thought my Sunday was going to be bad because of that, but no. My grandmother invited us to have breakfast in a hotel called Santa Clara. It was delicious! Then we went to the airport because my sister was leaving to Bogotá. That was something sad of that day. Then we went to have lunch at McDonald’s. Then, the day continued neither good nor bad, but okay.

This weekend was different from the rest. I got bored and also had fun. I got sick but also got better. I spent time with my family but also said bye to one member of it. Even though this weekend had good things, the bad things make me not want to repeat a weekend like this ever!

What a Horrible Fourth of July!!!


A couple of years ago, I had a a horrible Fourth of July. 1)Food, health, and fights were the main reasons to make this holiday so bad. My sister, which is older than me, and I were the ones that suffered the most. We were in vacations in my aunt's house on Pembroke Pines. 1)All the problems started when I got to my aunt's house and she told us the rice, meat, and potatoes resulted bad.

2)The food was smelly, old, and due. We had to go to a store 30 minutes from there because she bought the food in the three closest stores so we couldn't buy bad food again. 3)But finally we had gone to the stores, bought the food, and were heading home. 4)On the way home, my sister told us we should buy fireworks. 8) "No,we shouldn't buy fireworks because it is to late". I told her. 5)After that, we started arguing all the way until we arrived home because we were very tired to continue.

When my aunt was serving dinner, I started feeling dizzy. I felt so bad I ate none of the food that caused me so much trouble! I had to rest on a bed while my parents took care of me. Suddenly, my sister screamed so both my parents left the room. 7)Waiting for my parents, I was thinking my sister only screamed to get my parents' attention. But when my mom was back, she told me my sister got burned while using the fireworks.
2)Affortunately, it was just a little, not-serious, and unimportant burn in the finger, because she got burned with the matches not with the fireworks (which would had been a disaster!!!).

6)My sister and I were bored, but we found things to do.While we felt better, we watched television, we heard music, we received medicine, and later we ate dinner. I just ate a little. This made us feel a lot better. 4)Even though this was a very bad holiday, it had a good resolution.I felt better next morning and mi sister's burn lasted only a week. I prefer no to remeber this holiday, but right now it is a interesting experience to tell.

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Friday, October 06, 2006

Albania Games!


Have you heard of a town called Albania here in Colombia? It is located in the Guajira department. There is a school, called Albania too. Every year this school makes a sport event called Albania Games. I’m in the soccer team so I went to play there. This was a really interesting experience I will like to talk about.

In Albania there is a kind of camp called Mushaisa, where the school, the houses, and small buildings are. There are no hotels so a girl that live there called Wendy lodged me. I became friend of her and of other of her friends: Liz, Verena, Jessica,
Natalia, and Claudia. We all went to a party in honor of the carnival of Barranquilla called the Guacherna. There, we threw flour and bags of water to each other. It was very fun.

Even though this trip was very fun, I also lived a very bad experience. In the airport I took my wallet out to buy some food. When they asked me for me I.D, I noticed I had lost my wallet! ALL my money was in there. I never found it, but luckily I didn’t need it so much, because I always ate at Wendy’s house, and the only thing I buy was a Coca-Cola in the Guacherna with 1000 pesos (about 50 cents) that my friend Juliana lend me. Later in Cartagena I got another I.D and the money, well, if it’s lost its lost.

Now, let’s talk about sports. The good thing is that our team won first place! Wo-hoo! The bad thing is that there were only two teams! Ha Ha Ha!!! Some teams couldn’t go so we were only the Cojowa team and the Coalba team. I didn’t play very well because I played a position I had never played before. I could have done a lot better but I had very little confidence because of this. However it was okay. I’m not going to die because of that. After all, later I learned to play that position better.

Albania Games were very fun. First of all, I got to know a knew place. I had to do a project about Guajira, so that trip helped me gather information. Second, the experience of losing my wallet was a mistake and from every mistake, you learn something knew. Third, I also learned to play a new position in soccer. And last but not least, I made new friends, which I hope to see soon again in the Cartagena games!

Thursday, October 05, 2006

A Problem I had

Every human and I think also animals have or had problems in life. Nobody can say he has never had one because it is a lie. I've had tons of problems. Most of this problems, I think, I deal with them not very good. What happens is that I'm a person that gets stressed very easy, so with GREAT problems I lose control of me! This is a bad habit because when I turn like this I may say rude things to people. But with other problems I deal good and calm.

When I have a problem under pressure, I think I never finish with the problem perfectly because if I do things fast and finish, its hard to do it neatly, but when I do things neatly, maybe I don't finish. My strategy is that if its important to do things perfectly neatly, better do it like that even with the risk of not finishing. If it’s not important to do it neat, go fast! If you have plenty time take your time, and do things neat and nice!

When I was in fifth grade, I had to deal with a problem. I had to do a project with some friends: Lisette, Suad, and Cristina. It was supposed to be a newspaper. I had a new camara so I was very happy to use it to take the pictures. However there were many problems. The camara got a lot of damages, we didn’t use time wisely, and information got lost. All of these things made us a big change in mood.

In this project, every thing was going okay. We had taken tons of pictures, but we had not loaded any of them. With less than a week before the project was due, I was going to load them to the computer, and print it to paste the in the newspaper. But I had some problems and the pictures didn't load. I called my dad and told him to help me. He worked a little while I was in the kitchen for a juice. When I was back he told me all the photos had disappeared and they were neither on the camara nor the computer! Next day I told my friends and they were going to turn crazy, because not only the pictures disappeared, but the pictures lost were great!

Another problem is that the camara felt, was hitted by a ball, and many things more that were damaging it. Also, every time we met at my house to work on the project, I admit, we were irresponsible and didn't work until the last day. That day I was so stressed that I told something rude to one of my friends. However, minutes later, I knew I had done something wrong so I told her sorry. After all, it was the fault of all of us to be late in this project, not only hers. At 9:00PM, we were still doing the project as fast and as nice we could. We were hearing a funny song because it seemed it relaxed us. Try it! It works! Finally, we were done.

Next day, we felt sad because we saw that the other newspapers were nicer. After we presented, we were sure we were going to receive an F or something like that. But No! We got a B+! This was one of the best grades! After this experience, I promised myself I was going to give all of me in the projects from the day my teachers gave it to me, to the day the project was due.