Saturday, February 23, 2013

Mission accomplished

Obstacles and challenges in my life ? Per say i have many. But, i love challenges and obstacles. there have been some good and bad challenges, but there was one challenge that changed my point of view. In 9th grade, it was the first time i was introduced to ROTC also known as Leadership education. I was very excited to have the class, which i had in the second semester. But, once i was in the class it wasn't much of what i expected. There where days that were actual ROTC activities but the year, we slacked of alot!
            At the end of 9th grade my sergeant told us about summer leadership school. It was a mini boot camp for high schoolers. I immediately signed up for it, not to mention i was the only person in my class of 25 to sign up. But, it seemed like something different to try so why not. The camp started the Saturday after school ended. I met up at school with my other SLS mates . It was only 4 including me cadets going to boot camp  Only freshmen, 2 girls and 2 guys. Our sergeant drove us to fort Dix military base, which was about 2 ours away.
            We arrived at the location at 12:00 pm. My stomach was in knots, it finally hit me! i was going to go through a week of suffering. We got out of sergeants car and grabbed our stuff, and all we see is a bunch of people heading toward us and start yelling. I got a little nervous and paranoid because people just started shouting and yelling in our faces. One of my friends got chewed out ( military word for getting yelled out) for wearing sandals, and i could not stand not to laugh. Which was not the best thing to do because i got in trouble, and i did not laugh nor smile for the rest of the time there. We got assigned to our flights and met different people! ( let me tell you, there were GORGEOUS GUYS, probably one reason why i stayed in all they way)
          The first day there was very long, that day i was just paranoid and kept shaking. We had showers that where only 3 minutes! HORRIBLE! i hated it, and all that was going through my head was why did i get myself into this! I had very nice roommates, and thankfully my schoolmate. Everyday was a pain waking up at 4:50 am to go do PT (personal training) not to mention that they woke you up in a very harsh way. They yelled and u had 2 minutes to be out. Did i mention you couldn't even brush you're teeth? well yeah, you couldn't until after PT.PT consisted of 20 minutes of aerobic exercising and running 2.3 miles! not a good thing for a person who isn't fit. At 6 am we would go back to our rooms and quickly change do our thing and be down to eat breakfast. Even for breakfast we were rushed , which is something i do not like. Th only thing that would run to my mind s how many days there was left to go back home. I did not like it, it was very different and unusual to me. However, i knew i couldn't back down, i had to do it! It was a big goal for me , and i had to stay
               Fourth day there, i was starting to kind of like it , not completely but it was okay.Things became more intense, we started to march outside in 95-100 degree weather in our camouflages. They made us stand in such heat, with our camos for 20-25 minutes without moving. Not to mention, some kids got dehydrated, etc.  In my head i just wanted to go back home, , but i have gone through half of it, i wasn't going to quit now. We attended a obstacle course, which was pretty big. Let me tell you this was a very difficult challenge for me! I was not fit at all when i went, and i was going to have to jump over walls, have good balance , and also not be afraid of heights! Thanks to the motivation and help of my flight i passed the obstacle course! which was very very hard for me. If i had another chance to do it, i probably wouldn't  Especially jumping over a high double wall, it was such a struggle for me! It was graduation day and we find out my flight won Honor Flight!I had a huge smile on my face with so much happiness and pride in our hard work. Until the lady told me to wipe the smile of my face. It was the day we had a parade to show all of our loved ones we made it . A 15 year old girl went to a mini military camp, not what most kids do for their summer, but surely what i accomplished. It was very hard what i had to go through at that age, but surely was it worth it. I made myself and my parents proud.I had so many chances to quit, and leave the camp, but i didn't i love a challenge , and i was going to accomplish this challenge. And i am very thankful to accomplish it because i can honestly say it made me a better person that i was.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Personification



Personification is a thing that shows human attributes. For example, that table is so sad and dull. Its basically saying that the tables is very old and rusty. 

Monday is just had 2 hours of sleep from the whole weekend. Its about to pass out any minute now :/ plus its in its time of the month, so no bueno!

Tuesday Is recovering a little bit from Monday, but its still a little sad -_-. 

Wednesday is starting to get a little bit to hyper now, seemed to have had a lot of coffee in the morning. 

Thursday Is extremely hyper, its jumping all around. Laughing at everything, has a big smile that its teeth shine the whole morning and afternoon. 

Friday just passed out of excitement already. Finally her "time of the month" finished, so she is relieved.

Saturday is getting all dolled up, putting on her mac lipstick she just bought at Macy's and ready to go to dance her butt off.

Sunday is just being lazy from all the partying and just stays home to finish so homework.


Valentines Day

Valentines day is said to be from christian and roman tradition. Which explains "St.Valentines." There are many stories on who St. Valentines was and how the holiday became to be. One of the stories is that St. Valentines was a priest who helped young couples get married, which was against the church or religion tradition. Another, story says that Valentine was killed for trying to help imprisoned Christians that where being treated very badly. On behalf of another story said that he sent the first valentine greeting to a young girl he had fell in love with while he was jail.  There are many stories on Valentines , but what makes him stand out its that most of his stories where romantic. Which is why Valentines Day is about Love and Friendship, and to appreciate our loved ones.



I think that the rates go up for breakups on , Spring Break, April Fools, Mondays, Summer Holiday, and 2 weeks before Christmas are for many dumb reasons. I think there is break ups during Spring Break because this is when young people want to go out and have fun with no strings attach. Usually spring break is a wild fun experience and couple rather breakup so they could be free. On April fools day there also could be break ups because, couples tend to pull harsh pranks, which lead to catching feelings and there goes a breakups. On Mondays there could also be breakups because Monday is a very dull day, and people tend to be aggravated on this day, which could also lead to breakups. On summer holiday, people go on vacation, and want to have fun, start a new cycle, which ALSO leads to breakups. 2 weeks before Christmas  i believe people tend to breakup around here because THEY ARE CHEAP./i think if they break up with you 2 weeks before Christmas is because they don't have alot of money and aren't going to be able to buy you a gift, lol. I say go with your heart, and if needed you're money, lol. Just be understanble about the holidays and stuff that's going around.