New GPS!!

Hello, fellow readers!

So I am posting to you about the GPS that we bought yesterday! I was really looking forward to buying it, and for the first hour or so yesterday, I was playing around with it until it ran out of batteries and we needed to charge it again. I tend to do this a lot with new electronics that are bought... Anyways, my mom complained that we would have to charge it again now that I had used up all the batteries. I quickly retorted that it was a chance to understand how to use the charger, so she sent me to the car to plug it in. See the thing is, I plugged it in, but I don't think it charged. Maybe you had to have the engine on? I don't know. I just couldn't do it. I spent a while fiddling around with it until I came back telling my mom that I couldn't figure out how to do it.
The point is, now it's completely out of batteries and I can't play with it anymore. That's a bummer.
But I am so glad we finally got a GPS. Everybody else I knew had one, and although I had been told that it can be annoying what with the robotic "TuRn LeFt" every few seconds, I still wanted one. What can I say? All I want is a little more than I have now~!

Anyways, thank you for listening to me drone on about being all excited over the new GPS, and I hope you enjoyed the post!!

Now Posting To You... From A Different Home!

Hi Everybody!!
So as you know, I have moved to a different home.

I have stressed to you about adjusting to the different home, but you know, it's really not that bad. I've managed to adjust very quickly, and the neighbourhood is great. Even though the 2nd floor cannot compare to the 22nd floor, it's still not that bad. One benefit that I realized: If a burglar is in the house, I can easily jump out my bedroom window, land on the roof, and make a safe landing to the ground. Whereas from the twenty-second floor? Erm.. not as great of an idea. We are all settled in already, so the place feels more like ours what with all our pictures and furniture everywhere. I guess it's not so bad to move. Of course, you are pretty busy and you have lots of things to do, and it seems like there's endless things to pack and then unpack and organize and so on. However, it's nice to have a change every once in a while. Have I wanted to go back to my old home? A few times. Do I miss my old home? To be honest, no. I mean, it was my house and everything, but now, this new place is what I call home. Afterall, they say that home is where the heart is!
So basically, I'm just posting to you that I have moved in safely, and nothing broke or ripped (that's okay Teddy, I can sew your ear back on) and I'm letting you know that I am now posting from a different location! Honestly, to you, it won't be that much of a big deal because you get the same posts, and my location does not really matter to you people, I guess.
Anyways, I will keep you posted on everything that happens (new schools, new friends, etc.) and of course, I will have the occasional book review and movie reviews, which I have decided to do!
Have fun for the rest of the- HOLY MACARONI AND CHEESE THERE'S A WEEK UNTIL SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN!!
Alright then, you folks go and frolic and have your barbeques and what not, because SUMMER'S ALMOST GONE!!
Have fun, everybody!

Adjustments

Hi Everybody!!
So as you know, I am moving. Alrthough not far, there's still a lot of things to adjust to. A new school, a new neighbourhood, new friends, and a new house.

It will be rather hard adjusting from my noisy downtown apartment to the quiet, humble home in a nice little neighbourhood with houses that look like the ones that you would see in fairytales. And now we have next door neighbours and a small garden. Also, I do not come out onto the sidewalk to meet a bunch of stores and cars and people anymore. Now I come out to see a big, big field in front of me, an occasional person, and a bunch of small houses painted all different colours. I also cannot see the ocean from my house anymore. No more taking walks along the seawall in the evenings. That's really sad. I love living by the sea. -sigh- And here, when I go to bed and turn out the lights, I can still easily see in the dark because of the light coming from the other buildings and the streets. But now it will be pitch black when the lights go out, since there's nothing but the streetlamps. The last thing I hear before I go to bed is usually people screaming or cars on the street. Now it will be silence. The last thing I hear before I go to bed will be nothing. That kind of creeps me out. Nothingness creeps me out.

And the house is a huge thing to get used to one of the big things is the elevators. Probably half of the six years of my life I have lived in my building I spent going up and down the elevators in my building. I am just so used to them. I have to get used to the stairs now. not even that many. And just going up two floors... not 22. We have gone down 20 floors. That's a pretty big difference. And another thing is that we have landlords. Which means we can't be too loud; which means that I can't scream whenever I feel like it anymore. I also have to get used to sleeping in a different room. And eating in a different kitchen. I just have to get used to the entire house in general.

New school, new friends. This is a big one. A major thing. I will miss my school, my small school by the sea. It'll be a shame to have to move to a different one, as I have spent pretty much all of my school life there. And of course, a new school means new friends. Making new friends can be exciting and a little bit intimidating at the same time. Everyone likes the friends that they have now and nobody - I mean NOBODY would like to say goodbye to them. As of right now, I am quite convinced that nobody could replace the wonderful friends I have now, and no one could be as great as they are. However, I still wish that I found friends that would welcome me to the new school and the new neighbourhood just as my old friends had. -sigh- I hope so.... I really hope so.

Ayways, everybody says that you should be able to adjust well to different surroundings and people. They say it makes you a stronger person and someone that becomes more experienced and all that other good stuff. I guess it's a good thing if you can do it because adjusting to something else - something that you're not used to - is hard.
So I hope you readers enjoyed reading this post, and understand what I mean by having trouble adjusting! I will see you all next time!!

Moving...

Hi everyone~!
I just wanted to tell you that I will be moving next week. Not far, just to another part of Vancouver. We are moving into a rental home, but it isn't as bad as you think it would be. Our landlord is really nice. He is 78 years old and is like a grandfather to me!! I am so glad that the landlord is somebody nice and not crabby and a clean freak who would hyperventilate because you spilled water on the carpet.
So yes, we found a nice house to live in temporarily. It's pretty spacious and clean, so...
We are moving in next week. It will be kind of hard to adjust to a new home since I have been living in my apartment for 6 years. But I'll adjust soon. I'm pretty good at adjusting.
One big thing I have to adjust to is my new school. I have been at my school for a really long time, and I am kind of reluctant to leave so suddenly, but I guess I'm okay with it at the same time. I am reluctant and excited to leave at the same time, and scared to live my friends here but am also anxious to make new friends there. If that makes any sense to you. There are a bunch of bad things about leaving, but there are also a bunch of good things to make up for the bunch of bad things. Hmm. Even I'm confused about what I'm saying. Oh well, I hope some of you understand what I mean...^^

Alrighty then. I just thought I would let my readers know that I am leaving my home soon. (My wonderful, wonderful home... ) But you know what they say, "Home is where the heart is."
So I'll see you folks next time when I tell you about my life and such!!

Wonderful Card!!

Hi everyone!
So I have just checked out my friend's blog,( http://dumberthanarock.blogspot.com/ )

and I found that she had written a blog about the birthday card + presents I had given her!! Well, I thought that I should say that her card is the better of the two cards. It's wonderful, what with the detail to the facial features and the beautiful mixture of colours... my friend is a real artist. Don't you think so?? She's so creative and I loved her card so much. I SHALL KEEP IT FOREVER!!
And as she mentioned in her blog, I am moving. Unfortunately, my friend Una and I will be split up (NOOOOOO) and we won't be able to see each other as often anymore. I am hoping that we can keep in touch though, and keep making each other beautiful birthday cards (Exhibit A---->).
I just want to give a shout out to my awesome buddy!!!!
Thank you Una, for your wonderful, creative, artistic card!!

Book Review #20 ~ Iqbal

Hello fellow readers!!!
I have come back with another novel to share with all of you wonderful people who have come to read my blog. This book is a very emotion-filled book. You might cry. You might scream with anger. You might laugh with joy. It's a wonderful book, and it's beautifully written. The words just flow. Here it is:
Iqbal - Francesco D'Adamo

This novel is based on a true story. It's based on the life of Iqbal Masih, a child slave in Pakistan. Iqbal's story begins when he arrives at a carpet factory run by Hussain Khan, a ruthless man who deprives his child workers of a decent life. You can't even say child workers. It's child slaves. Child labour. CHILD ABUSE, FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE, CHILD ABUSE!!!

Anyways. Back to the story.
The children were not kidnapped or anything though, as you might possibly be thinking. They were sold into slavery by their debt-ridden families and must work until their debt is paid off. Of course, their family extremely reluctantly gave up the child who would work on behalf of their family. But they had to. It was the only way to pay off the debt. Of course, Hussain Khan is the opposite of fair and nice and good words like that.
He would like the child workers to stay longer and work for him so that he could make more money with the carpets. So, children whose debts should've been paid off long ago are still there, working for Hussain. Yet, they don't know what is going on. They just keep working and working for years and years, assuming that their family's debt is extremely large. Hussain Khan is cheating them the entire time. -tsk tsk tsk-
But when Iqbal arrives (Yay, Iqbal, our little rebel!!) all the children begin to have sparks of hope about returning home to their families one day and gives them hope.

He is like their own hero. After working for a while at the factory and escaping once or twice, he finally attracts the attention of the Bonded Labour Liberation Front of Pakistan (BLLF).

Unfortunately, I cannot spoil the story for you, for the story has you on your toes the entire time. You are always dying to know what happens next, and for me, I was so enveloped in the book that I was scared if I put it down it would go on to the next part of the story without me like a T.V. I was scared that I would miss something. It is such a good book, and you must read it. MUST. Trust me. This is a book that is worthy to be in every single libarary. ... In the world. It's really that good. Loved it.
I rate it 6/5 stars. No, I'm not horrible at fractions, I just want to try to tell you how great of a book it was!
Anyways, I hope you enjoyed reading my book review, and I hope it encouraged you to pick up the book and read it!!
Thank you for visiting!!

Happy Birthday!

Hi Everyone!

Guess what. Don't know? I'll tell you. It's my birthday today!!
YAY
So far it's been great. In the morning as soon as I woke up, my parents had a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" banner up in the living room and my mom cooked me some delicious blueberry birthday pancakes. After eating breakfast, my mother went and got me the cards that she and my dad had worked on last night when I had gone to bed. They were beautiful, with stickers everywhere. (Yes, I do still happen to be into stickers ^^) Of course the words inside were so touching. I am keeping the cards forever!! After a few hours of reading and practicing piano, I went out to The Keg with my parents who treated me to a very special (and tasty) birthday lunch. Gosh, the steak was like a piece of heaven in your mouth. I loved it! So juicy... -drools-  It was the best lunch I've ever had. And, to make things even better, just because it was my birthday, I got a free dessert! YUM YUM

S'mores and Creme Brulees!! It was my first time ever trying a creme brulee, and boy was it good! I definitely love it, and if it is on the dessert menu at a different restaurant, I would definitely order it. It may be a bit sweet for others, but my sweet tooth was begging for it... I couldn't say no!

It's been a wonderful day so far!! No, I didn't have a birthday cake, but it was still a great, awesome day! I loved it so much!
Anyways, I hope all of you had a great day today like I did ^^
I'll be back soon~~