http://alexscwb.blogspot.ca/2013/04/quote.html
The first blog I comment on was Alex's blog, I commented on one of the quotes she had posted. I commented because I could really relate to the quote, and I think it was a beautiful quote! Defiantly something memorable that I found on her blog, and seeing this post will cause me to check back at Alex's blog to see if she posts anymore great quotes!
http://emilyscwb.blogspot.ca/2013/04/six-word-memoir-3.html?showComment=1366215272052
The second blog I commented on was Emily's blog. I commented on this six word memoir because it caught my eye and I liked the whole idea of the memoir, from the words to the picture. It really made me think that no matter who you are, or what kind of life you live, that growing up is never easy, just as Emily said. It also made me think about how long would the difficult phase of growing up will be. I know it gets harder as I go on to university and start my own career, and I wonder if it will be the same level of difficulty for me as it will be for someone else. I really like Emily's last words in her authors note "Keep your chin up".
http://legendoftay.blogspot.ca/2013/04/writing-experiment.html?showComment=1366216027628
The last blog I commented on was Taylor's daily create about the story behind the wallpaper! I found the story so intriguing and erie. It was such a great story and I would have loved to have read more! I really like the story line that she created with it. It really made you think about how the story got there, and why it was placed behind wallpaper, almost as though it was not meant to be seen. It also made me ask the question why was she so stressed when she had found this wall paper. I think it would be really cool if she continued the story on in her twitter fiction and I look forward to reading her twitter fiction!
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Tuesday 9 April 2013
Places I've Been, And Want To Be
I believe I have traveled a fair amount in my life, all in North America thought. I have not left the continent before and I am so excited to take a trip across the world, I think it would be amazing to see a completely different way of life.
I have been to Fargo, Grand Forks, Minneapolis, Wisconsin Dells. These were all of my trips to the states, they were mostly for shopping and water park touring. My family and I went to Wisconsin Dells 7 years in a row and I would recommend it to anyone! It is a fun place to go as a family! The women in my family love shopping so shopping trips for us are no brainers, I can shop for 8 hours and be ready to go for another 8 hours with a little rest!
I also have been to Saskatoon, and Calgary for National volleyball tournaments. These were some of the best memories with my volleyball team, the tournaments were always a blast, it was the best of both worlds, playing the sport I absolutely love all morning and shopping in the afternoon! I would go to another National volleyball tournament in a heartbeat!
I have also been to Hawaii once. This was the best trip I have ever been on! It was amazing, such a beautiful trip. I love sitting on a beach so it was amazing to spend everyday on the beach and get and amazing tan! In the evenings, we would shopping and go sight seeing as well! If you ever get the chance to go to Hawaii, GO! You will not regret it!
A list of places I want to travel:
- Australia
- Italy
- France
- Germany
- England
- Turks & Caicos
- Brazil
- Spain
- California
- New York
- Chicago
- Texas
- Florida
I have been to Fargo, Grand Forks, Minneapolis, Wisconsin Dells. These were all of my trips to the states, they were mostly for shopping and water park touring. My family and I went to Wisconsin Dells 7 years in a row and I would recommend it to anyone! It is a fun place to go as a family! The women in my family love shopping so shopping trips for us are no brainers, I can shop for 8 hours and be ready to go for another 8 hours with a little rest!
I also have been to Saskatoon, and Calgary for National volleyball tournaments. These were some of the best memories with my volleyball team, the tournaments were always a blast, it was the best of both worlds, playing the sport I absolutely love all morning and shopping in the afternoon! I would go to another National volleyball tournament in a heartbeat!
I have also been to Hawaii once. This was the best trip I have ever been on! It was amazing, such a beautiful trip. I love sitting on a beach so it was amazing to spend everyday on the beach and get and amazing tan! In the evenings, we would shopping and go sight seeing as well! If you ever get the chance to go to Hawaii, GO! You will not regret it!
A list of places I want to travel:
- Australia
- Italy
- France
- Germany
- England
- Turks & Caicos
- Brazil
- Spain
- California
- New York
- Chicago
- Texas
- Florida
My Life
I am a study-o-holic. Ill admit it, I'm a nerd, and doing well in school is one of my passions. I study almost every night and I am always working hard. I believe that great work ethic and good study habits will bring you very far in life. I know that many people do not agree with my and think my excessive studying is crazy, but it is actually something I enjoy. I enjoy learning new things, and although school is always stressing me out, I get joy in accomplishing a project, or doing my very best on a test. I hope my study skills and my work ethic, that I have build up over the years brings me success in life, because at the end of the day, success is what I'm working towards. I encourage people to work hard in high school, because although people say "it's only high school", but the habits you make in high school you will carry it with you for the rest of your days. So high school does matter. So if your struggling to open the binder and study, remember its worth it!
My Best Friend
Although I have used this picture before in my six word memoirs, I want to use it again, because the man in this picture is very important to me. He is my best friend, and my boyfriend. I know this is a typical cheesy high school girl post, but at this point in my life he is very important to me. I felt the need to add this as a personal addition because he is my best friend, the person I can trust most and always know ill have fun with him. He has been such a blessing to me. This picture is one of my favourites of us together, it was taken at his grad last year. The memories from our time together are some of my best and I'm looking forward to more memories to come!
Decisions
Today our school had the amazing opportunity to be able to attend a career symposium in the city. Today I also made the decision that I believe I want to go into the field of nursing. I had an idea before that I wanted to be a nurse, but today really showed that, that is what I want to go to post-secondary education for, and what I want to do with my life. I want to help people, and take care of people, and that is what really helped me make the decisions. Talking to registered nurses and hearing their first hand stories really made me interested in the field. I am really happy I made my decision and this will make me work even harder, as nursing is a very competitive field. The career symposium really helped me finalize my decision, I'm really happy I had the opportunity to go. I would recommend the symposium to anyone who is able to go, because it is a great way to learn about new careers, careers your interested in and the school and prerequisites you'll need to find a career you love!
Monday 8 April 2013
Weekly Reflection #5
Book: Mercy
Author: Jodi Picoult
Pages Read: 112-218
I had my first text to world connect during this weeks reading, it has to do with the topic of 'mercy killing' and prior cases that have gone on in Canada. In the book Mercy, Jamie's wife has asked him to put her out of her misery as she has terminal cancer. This connects to what is going through the Canadian Legal system at the moment. Gloria Taylor has had a long battle to prove that she has the right to die on her own terms, and that 'mercy killing' should be legalised. Her legal team is still fighting for this right, but Gloria has since pasted. In my law class we have discussed cases such as the Robert Latimer case, as well as the Sue Rodriguez case, this is how I made this text to world connection.
I also had a comment that has been in my head throughout this weeks reading and last weeks as well. The comment is how angry the character Cam makes me. He makes me angry because he is so unfaithful to his wife. He believes he is justified in doing this and that he will not get caught. I believe he is completely wrong, and it is never right to cheat on a significant other, especially a spouse, whom you've been married to for a number of years. There is no excuse to justify this action. I have debated to stop reading the book because it makes me angry that Cam continues his cheating ways, but I have decided to continue reading and not abandon the book because one character upsets me. I hope that he will realise that what he is doing isn't fair to his wife or his mistress and ether come clean and leave his wife, or stop the cheating all together. Out of this comment I have made a prediction of what will happen with Cam, I believe Allie (his wife) will catch Cam and his mistress in the act, and that will result in Cam and Allies marriage ending. I was hoping for a happy ending to this book but I don't believe I will be getting the happy ending I was looking for.
Another prediction I made reading this book is that Jamie will win his case, and not be convicted. I believe this because Allie has found a lot of evidence to prove Jamie would never commit such a crime unless is was justified. I really hope Jamie is found not guilty. The way the author has written this books really makes you route for Jamie and hope he is able to move on with his life. That is why I made the prediction that Jamie will be found not guilty and win his case!
Writing Reflection:
I really enjoyed doing the newspaper blackout poetry, I thought it was an interesting twist on poetry, and it was something I had never seen before! I struggled in the beginning to find words that flowed well together, and still made sense, that was the hardest part at the beginning. I switched to magazines instead of newspaper articles, and I immediately found it easier to connect the words, it almost began to fall into place. I had made about 5 poems in a matter of a night, and it all began to flow. It was a nice way I found to express myself, and I may begin to write newspaper blackout poetry on my own time as a way to express myself, and a creative outlet. What I found so unique about this style of writing, was if you were stuck for an idea, you wouldn't just have to sit and look at the paper. With newspaper blackout poetry, you could just read the words in a different way, or a different sequence, and it could make sense. What I learnt about myself as a writer is I prefer to use other words and make them my own. As a thinker my ideas I believe are very random, and all over the place, but I have to have them very organised to be happy with my work. I really enjoyed this style of writing, I prefer this over the six word memoirs. I preferred these because I didn't have to add the element of a picture to this assignment, the visual in this assignment was the black background behind the words. I thought it was a great way to connect, and it was a completely new way of writing to me. I thought it was a fun project, and this is where I think I became most creative in my writing!
Author: Jodi Picoult
Pages Read: 112-218
I had my first text to world connect during this weeks reading, it has to do with the topic of 'mercy killing' and prior cases that have gone on in Canada. In the book Mercy, Jamie's wife has asked him to put her out of her misery as she has terminal cancer. This connects to what is going through the Canadian Legal system at the moment. Gloria Taylor has had a long battle to prove that she has the right to die on her own terms, and that 'mercy killing' should be legalised. Her legal team is still fighting for this right, but Gloria has since pasted. In my law class we have discussed cases such as the Robert Latimer case, as well as the Sue Rodriguez case, this is how I made this text to world connection.
I also had a comment that has been in my head throughout this weeks reading and last weeks as well. The comment is how angry the character Cam makes me. He makes me angry because he is so unfaithful to his wife. He believes he is justified in doing this and that he will not get caught. I believe he is completely wrong, and it is never right to cheat on a significant other, especially a spouse, whom you've been married to for a number of years. There is no excuse to justify this action. I have debated to stop reading the book because it makes me angry that Cam continues his cheating ways, but I have decided to continue reading and not abandon the book because one character upsets me. I hope that he will realise that what he is doing isn't fair to his wife or his mistress and ether come clean and leave his wife, or stop the cheating all together. Out of this comment I have made a prediction of what will happen with Cam, I believe Allie (his wife) will catch Cam and his mistress in the act, and that will result in Cam and Allies marriage ending. I was hoping for a happy ending to this book but I don't believe I will be getting the happy ending I was looking for.
Another prediction I made reading this book is that Jamie will win his case, and not be convicted. I believe this because Allie has found a lot of evidence to prove Jamie would never commit such a crime unless is was justified. I really hope Jamie is found not guilty. The way the author has written this books really makes you route for Jamie and hope he is able to move on with his life. That is why I made the prediction that Jamie will be found not guilty and win his case!
Writing Reflection:
I really enjoyed doing the newspaper blackout poetry, I thought it was an interesting twist on poetry, and it was something I had never seen before! I struggled in the beginning to find words that flowed well together, and still made sense, that was the hardest part at the beginning. I switched to magazines instead of newspaper articles, and I immediately found it easier to connect the words, it almost began to fall into place. I had made about 5 poems in a matter of a night, and it all began to flow. It was a nice way I found to express myself, and I may begin to write newspaper blackout poetry on my own time as a way to express myself, and a creative outlet. What I found so unique about this style of writing, was if you were stuck for an idea, you wouldn't just have to sit and look at the paper. With newspaper blackout poetry, you could just read the words in a different way, or a different sequence, and it could make sense. What I learnt about myself as a writer is I prefer to use other words and make them my own. As a thinker my ideas I believe are very random, and all over the place, but I have to have them very organised to be happy with my work. I really enjoyed this style of writing, I prefer this over the six word memoirs. I preferred these because I didn't have to add the element of a picture to this assignment, the visual in this assignment was the black background behind the words. I thought it was a great way to connect, and it was a completely new way of writing to me. I thought it was a fun project, and this is where I think I became most creative in my writing!
Thursday 4 April 2013
Top Ten Apps for Nursing Students
http://iamastudentnurse.wordpress.com/
I came across this blog, and I found the top ten list of apps for nurses/nursing students! I read through and I thought it would be really interesting to look at some of these apps when I begin nursing. You have to scroll down a bit to find the post but I found it really interesting and worth a read!
I came across this blog, and I found the top ten list of apps for nurses/nursing students! I read through and I thought it would be really interesting to look at some of these apps when I begin nursing. You have to scroll down a bit to find the post but I found it really interesting and worth a read!
My Writers Notebook
My three favourite posts from my notebook were first:
1. Life in 5 seconds- this is my favourite because I love the visual aspect of the entry. I thought it was so fun to just reenact an episode from the TV show Dallas! It is one of my favourite shows and I thought it was interesting to pour my thoughts out about the content of the episode by drawing and then write about it to explain it.
2. Buy a Life- I really enjoyed doing this entry because I found it really thought provoking! It made me contemplate if I would actually sell my life, and buy a new one!
3. Pocket slots- I really liked this entry because I was able to go through my purse and find out why I had all of these things. It was a fun personal post to do and I think that entry was what really started to get me into the whole idea of a writers notebook!
1. Life in 5 seconds- this is my favourite because I love the visual aspect of the entry. I thought it was so fun to just reenact an episode from the TV show Dallas! It is one of my favourite shows and I thought it was interesting to pour my thoughts out about the content of the episode by drawing and then write about it to explain it.
2. Buy a Life- I really enjoyed doing this entry because I found it really thought provoking! It made me contemplate if I would actually sell my life, and buy a new one!
3. Pocket slots- I really liked this entry because I was able to go through my purse and find out why I had all of these things. It was a fun personal post to do and I think that entry was what really started to get me into the whole idea of a writers notebook!
Wednesday 3 April 2013
Future
This is just a random thought, but as I am thinking, next year will be my grade 12 year, grad year, and final year of high school. All along I was excited to graduate, if anyone asked me if I was nervous about my future, or what would happen after high school I'd reply " I am more excited I can't wait to get out of high school, start a new leg of my life". But as I see my boyfriend go through his first year of university, I realize it isn't as glamorous as it seems. It is a lot more difficult, and a lot more stress than I originally thought. As my high school years are coming to a close I realize I'll find out who my true friends are, have to work a million times harder than I ever have, and balance school, work and bills which is all new to me. As I pick which university I want to go to, what I want to do with the rest of my life, and if I'll live on my own or not, I realize that I have a big obstacle ahead of me. I know I will get through all of the change, but thinking of it now scared me, high school flew by, I blinked and it was practically over so I hope my grad year slows down a bit so I can enjoy the time I have left in high school. Although I'm scared of the future, I think I am ready for what is to come! Bring it on!
My Favourite Vacation
These pictures are from the best vacation I have ever been on. My family and I went to Hawaii in 2011, and it was unlike any other vacation I have ever been on. It was a time for my family to get closer, and be able to relax and catch some rays. I have some of my fondest memories with my sister, mother and father being on vacation in Hawaii. We had amazing weather, the sun so hot that on our first day at the beach I burnt the tops of my feet so badly it hurt to walk for the rest of my trip! Not my favourite memory, but something I've learnt from. Although it was a short 7 day trip, we got to go to the Honolulu zoo, Haunama bay, get surfing lessons, learn to snorkel, go to many malls, and got to take in all of the amazing sites in Hawaii. My favourite part of the trip was waking up every morning and just laying on the beach, and swimming. We were supposed to go to Hawaii again this year but do to illness we were not able to go on our trip. I hope to go back to Hawaii again soon as it is my favourite warm place, (partly because it is the only warm destination that I've been to). I would recommend going to Hawaii to anyone, it is a beautiful place, with lots of fun things to do, and if you can deal with hot sunny days it is like paradise!
Summer Dream
I am a die hard country music fan, I love all kind of music but country music is by far my favourite. I have a dream that the year I turn 18 and the consecutive years after I will make the drive up to Dauphin so I can pursue my dream of seeing some of my favourite country stars live. Unfortunately I am missing the best line up in years this year, which is really a shame. I am missing Luke Bryan which is probably the worst part of missing it because I would love to see him live. But as I'm getting closer to fulfilling my dream I get even more excited when I crank up the country station in my car! This is defiantly on my bucket list, and something I will do anything to be able to see. To me it's not just one party, it's matching the singers/bands to the words of songs that have gotten me through some of the most difficult times in my life.
My Favourite Way to Relax
I think the best way to relax on a rainy day, a cold day, or even a beautiful sunny day would be to be reading and having a cup of Starbucks beside you. There is no better way to take your mind of life's problems than to escape into a book!
My Addiction - Shopping
So anyone who knows me, knows I am a shopping addict for sure. I love planning outfits, finding shoes, and just the feeling of shopping. My favourite place to shop would probably be Mall of America, because there is so much to look at and shop for there. I'd like to share with my blog readers my Top 10 favourite stores of all time, and stores that are worth checking out!
1. Aritzia - They have great clothing for casual, classic, and indie styles.
2. Lululemon - Great workout clothing, as well as clothing that is comfortable, and casual.
3. Aldo Accessories - Great for rings, purses and scarfs!
4. Spring - My favourite place to buy shoes, great styles at great prices.
5. Dynamite - They have great dressier clothing, for a very classic style.
6. BCBG- Great for dresses!
7. Abercrombie - Great cardigans and jeans!
8. Victoria Secret Pink - Great for sweaters and really nice t-shirts!
9. Marshals- All around great store.
10. Coach- Amazing purses.
1. Aritzia - They have great clothing for casual, classic, and indie styles.
2. Lululemon - Great workout clothing, as well as clothing that is comfortable, and casual.
3. Aldo Accessories - Great for rings, purses and scarfs!
4. Spring - My favourite place to buy shoes, great styles at great prices.
5. Dynamite - They have great dressier clothing, for a very classic style.
6. BCBG- Great for dresses!
7. Abercrombie - Great cardigans and jeans!
8. Victoria Secret Pink - Great for sweaters and really nice t-shirts!
9. Marshals- All around great store.
10. Coach- Amazing purses.
Secret Lair
This is a daily cre8te we did that I thought was such a fun project because it had a creative writing side, and a side that we could draw it in order to grey out point across
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