I could see the school looming over me. It was huge and old, like a castle from the past. The yard itself looked as big as a football field. The grass looked like it had been cut recently and there were tall trees scattered around the yard. I could see students coming off the yellow school bus or from their cars. They wore matching uniforms, just like the ones I had on. Instead of going straight to the school building, they lingered in the yard, soaking up the sunlight that was very rare in this small town. Some of them sat on the wooden benches, some sat under the trees and some just laid down on the grass. They were all in groups, though, and it kind of made me nervous. Would I fit in? It was the same question repeating over and over again in my head all morning.
I opened the door of my car and got off. “Good luck! I’ll pick you up at 3, okay?” said Mom. “Okay, see you!” I said, waving goodbye at her. I turned to face to school and took a deep breath. Here we go, I thought. I made my way through the school yard and headed straight to the school building. I could feel pairs of eyes watching me. I tried avoiding eye contact and picked up my pace.
The lessons before lunch weren’t that bad. They were all in English so I could actually follow it. It was a local school, but they had English programme which I was in. However, all of my friends were local people and they always talked to each other in the local language. They all seemed to be good in English, but none of them seemed to be confident enough to talk to me, the American girl.
I didn’t notice it this morning, but as I walked down the hallway to the cafetaria, I could see some guards standing here and there. They weren’t heavily armed, but I could tell that they carried weapons. It reminded me of the news that I heard almost a week ago. There had been a major robbery at this school. Electronic devices and some other stuff were stolen. It wasn’t just a random robbery, though. It was carefully planned and the robbers (who still weren’t found) clearly wanted something specific from this school. Turned out the school had a lot of mysteries in its hallways, classrooms and who knew what other mysterious rooms this old school had. As far as I knew, the actual school activities only took place on the ground floor to the second floor and the school building had more floors than that. It was a great loss for the school, so that was why they had guards even when the school activies were still going.
I sat down on one of the tables in the cafetaria and started eating my pasta by myself. I looked around and saw that everyone was with their friends, though they occasionally glanced curiously at my direction. I tried not to take offense on how they acted towards me. I was still struggling with the local language and it really wasn’t surprising that none of them was confident enough to talk to me.
All of a sudden, a girl with blond hair that was pulled back in a ponytail and pale skin sat down in front of me. She was wearing black clothes and her eyes were covered by a pair of sunglasses. “Are you new?” she whispered to me. Her accent sounded British. “Yeah. I’m Adeline,” I answered. “Why are you whispering anyway?” I added, looking at her curiously. “Shush! Keep it down, would you?” she said frantically. “Uhh, why?” I asked, completely clueless on why she wanted me to whisper. She sighed and took off her sunglasses. “Never mind. Let’s start over. I’m Ray Thomson and I’m from England,” she introduced herself. She was no longer whispering but she was still talking in a low tone. “You’re American, right?” she added. I nodded.
After that, Ray asked a lot of things about me, especially on why exactly I moved to this small town from America. It was nice to at least have one friend, but I had to say that Ray was a bit strange. She seemed to be suspicious all the time, looking around nervously every once in a while. She also always talked in a low tone. Whenever she looked me in the eye, her calculating stare always made me nervous. It was like she was trying to figure out if I could be trusted. Also, I noticed that she always chose her words carefully before saying anything.
After that first day of school, Ray had practically been my only friend. Though she was fluent in the local language, she didn’t have any friends either. Ray’s strange behaviour continued, though. Sometimes she just disappeared during lessons or lunch break. Whenever I asked where had she been, she always avoided my question by changing the subject. It was quite annoying, actually. I realized that the only things I knew about her were her full name, where she was from and that she lived fifteen minutes away from school by bike. Also, she always wore black clothes with sunglasses on, even on rainy days.
On my ninth day at school, I decided that I would confront her about this. I was determined to know more about her. I couldn’t see why she was being so secretive about her background when she knew all about mine. I was waiting for her in the cafetaria when I saw her walking quickly down the hallway, clearly didn’t want to be seen. I quickly packed my stuff in my bag and ran after her. I saw her going to the direction of the gym and I followed her. What is she doing, I thought to myself. I ignored the guards in the hallway who were looking at me suspiciously and kept following her.
Before I got to the gym, I heard the door being closed. Strangely, there wasn’t any guard standing around there. I opened the door and walked in. It was really quiet in there and I didn’t see Ray. I tried opening the doors to the changing rooms but they were locked. I was really sure that Ray had gone in here! I heard the door being closed and I knew there wasn’t anyone else except for Ray and me at that time.
Before I could investigate any further, the bell rang. Even though I wasn’t ready to give up yet on finding Ray, I had to go to Biology. Of course, Ray didn’t come to Biology or any other lessons that I had with her for the rest of the day. I was getting really anxious and decided to call her as soon as school finished. Then I realized that I didn’t even have Ray’s phone number! This fact really ticked me off and I decided to do something quite extreme: breaking into the school office to see Ray’s files in order to find out more about Ray’s background.
As soon as school finished, I went straight to the school office. But of course, there was a guard there, looking ready to pick up a fight with anyone just because he was extremely bored. I decided not to try my luck by annoying him and instead waited until he had to go to the toilet or something.
Finally, after almost half an hour waiting, the guard left, but not without looking around suspiciously. It was already really quiet in the hallway. All the other students must have left. When the guard turned around the corner, I gathered up my courage and slowly turning the door handle. As expected, it was locked. Fortunately, I had thought of the solution while I was waiting and used my hair pin to mess around with the lock. A few seconds went by, and finally the door was unlocked and I quickly went in and closed the door behind me.
It was dark and I could barely see anything. I didn’t dare turning on the lights so I used my phone as a flashlight. I was just opening the first drawer that I saw when I heard a faint scream coming from outside the room. I could hear it well enough, though, for the school wasn’t filled with students anymore.
I quickly left the room and ran to the source of the scream. There was another scream as I ran, this time sounded vaguely like ‘help’. By then I figured out that it was coming from the gym. The doors to the gym were opened wide and I went it without hesitating. I saw a tall figure standing by the door to the boys changing room, his back turned to me. As quietly as possible, I crept against the wall towards it.
As I came closer, I heard a conversation going on. It took me a few moments to realize that one of the voices belonged to Ray! She tried to sound determined, but I could hear the fear behind it. The other person’s voice was threatening and urgent. I felt my own fear coming, realizing that something bad was actually happening. However, I tried to think logical. Calling the police? They would hear me and stop me before I could even tell the police what was happening. Screaming for help? Even worse than calling the police.
I was getting frustrated and more scared when I saw a broom leaning against the wall, just a few metres away from me. I must have missed it before, I thought. Without even properly planning what I was going to do, I took a few steps and took the broom. I held the broom in my arms firmly. I took a deep breath and swung as hard as I possible to the head of the person who was standing by the door.
He screamed in pain, fell to the ground and passed out. The other people in the room looked really surprised when they saw me and they were just standing there with their mouths open. This won me some time to swung the broom to the man who was holding Ray and he fell to the ground, too. I heard some commotion going on behind me. The last thing I saw before I felt a terrible pain shooting up my thigh was Ray’s shocked face and I passed out.
Next thing I knew, I was lying on a bed and I couldn’t feel my left thigh. The memories of the events from the night before came rushing back to my mind. I sat up and suddenly felt dizzy. “Hey, take it easy. Lie down, okay?” I looked to my right and saw Ray sitting by my bed. Slowly, I lied down again and faced Ray. “What happened? Are you okay? How did I get here?” I asked frantically. “I will tell you all about it in a moment, but first off, I want to thank you. If it wasn’t for you, I don’t what would have happened to me in that changing room…”
Ray spent an hour telling me the story. She was actually a junior spy and she was on a mission at our school. Her headquarters had sent her there to investigate about the robbery. Nobody, including the school staff themselves, knew about Ray’s mission. When I first came, she had been desperate to close the case and leave. She had found out who the suspects were but she still needed to find evidence to be reported back to her headquarters. So, that was what she had been trying to do these past days. What she didn’t expect was that the school secretary was actually one of the robbers. She had been suspicious about Ray’s status after she read her files that apparently weren’t convincing
enough for her. That was why Ray got caught last night when she was trying to find some evidence. Fortunately, I was there and after I passed out (my thigh was shot), Ray managed to beat up the other people in the room. She quickly called her headquarters and that was how I ended up here in the headquarter’s medical centre. The robbers were caught, the stolen items were found and the case was closed.
At first, it was hard to digest the information about Ray. However, after a few days in the medical centre and seeing the spy activities in the headquarters, I got over it. Ray had also made me sworn not to tell anyone about her. What saddened me was the fact I would never see Ray again. She had to disappear to protect her identity. Even though I didn’t want her to go, I knew it was for the best. I would always be the girl who got the chance to be a spy’s friend, even for just less than a month.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Monday, February 20, 2012
Visiting a Community of the Elderly
On the Valentine’s Day (February 14, 2012), the MYP 3s and our English teachers, Mr. de Boer and Ms. Bennett, visited an elderly home. The visit was during our English double lessons. The elderly home is called De Dilgt and it is located in a walking distance from our school (address: Dilgtweg 3, 9751 ND Haren). The purpose of our visit was to see how does a community of the elderly look like and how is everything run in there. This was because we were reading a book called The Giver and it is all about community.
To get to De Dilgt, we walked from school. Once we got there, I was quite amazed on how big the whole area was. There were apartment buildings that looked just like any other apartment buildings in Groningen and there was the main building. We went in the main building and were welcomed by the receptionist. The first thing I noticed about the building was that it was really big, clean, neat and colorful, not how I imagined an elderly home to be like. Then, the lady who was our guide came and took us to a meeting room. In there, she told us that there were around 300 people living in the whole area. The apartments were for couples and people who lived indepently and the main building was for elderly who needed special care. Also, they had a nursing part. The lady told us all of this in Dutch but Mr. de Boer and Ms. Bennett translated for us.
After that, we started our tour. First, we saw a big restaurant with its own grocery shop. Then, there was also gym and swimming pool which were used for recovery and also to keep them fit and healthy. Then, we went to the activity room. As expected, there were tables with elderly playing bingo while enjoying a cup of tea or coffee. It even had its own bar. The volunteers there said that the elderly enjoyed bingo very much and they even got to choose a prize if they won the game. Beside bingo, they also had other activities like handicraft, choir, concerts, performances and even activities with the neighborhood.
From the activity room, we went upstairs. First, we saw this small garden with fake bus stop in it. The lady explained that the garden was for elderly who had dementia and alzeimer. Dementia and alzeimer make people forget things like where they are or even who they are. Elderly with dementia and alzeimer were not allowed to go out of the building because they could get lost very easily. And, the fake bus stop was there to make them remember the old times when they used to wait for the bus to come at the bus stop while chatting with their friends.
Then, we went to where the elderly actually lived. They lived in groups of 10 and they lived just like a normal family. They did things together and they even argued sometimes. We went to this one group and they were sitting around a table together in their kitchen. There was also a volunteer there who helped them. The lady explained to them who we were and why did we visit. Then, one of them who was a man told us that he used to be a nature guide. Then it was our turn to tell them which country we came from. When the man saw Maegan playing with her pencil, he said something about ‘dangerous pencils’. Also, when he heard that I was from Indonesia, he told me that he wanted to come with me to Indonesia. There was also a very old lady on a wheelchair who kept falling asleep. I also noticed how forgetful they were because the man asked how many of us were there twice in only about 5 minutes. We also saw one of the bedrooms. It was a very simple one with a single bed, a cupboard and some pictures on the wall. There was also a bathroom in there which was bigger than the bedroom itself. After that, we said goodbye and left.
We went back to the meeting room. There, the lady answered our questions. She said that there they also had rules. These rules were pretty much the same as a normal neighborhood. For the staff and volunteers, they had to be polite and friendly towards the elderly. Their families visited often and some of them helped not only their own relatives but also the others. Then, our visit was finished. We gave the lady a bucket of flowers since it was Valentine’s Day and a thank-you card signed by all of us. After that we walked back to school.
In my opinion, it was a very interesting and informative visit. I learned more about how a society other than my own was run. We also had a chance to meet and had a little chat with the elderly. It was quite hard since not all of us spoke Dutch but it was interesting after all. The elderly could blurt out weird things at random times like the ‘dangerous pencils’ but I think it was quite funny. The elderly home was quite as I expected because they did play bingo there and other activities, too. There were also volunteers and entertainments. What I didn’t expect was how big, clean, neat and colorful the place was. I had always thought of an elderly home as quite a gloomy place but De Dilgt was really nice. I think the elderly really enjoyed living there.
To get to De Dilgt, we walked from school. Once we got there, I was quite amazed on how big the whole area was. There were apartment buildings that looked just like any other apartment buildings in Groningen and there was the main building. We went in the main building and were welcomed by the receptionist. The first thing I noticed about the building was that it was really big, clean, neat and colorful, not how I imagined an elderly home to be like. Then, the lady who was our guide came and took us to a meeting room. In there, she told us that there were around 300 people living in the whole area. The apartments were for couples and people who lived indepently and the main building was for elderly who needed special care. Also, they had a nursing part. The lady told us all of this in Dutch but Mr. de Boer and Ms. Bennett translated for us.
After that, we started our tour. First, we saw a big restaurant with its own grocery shop. Then, there was also gym and swimming pool which were used for recovery and also to keep them fit and healthy. Then, we went to the activity room. As expected, there were tables with elderly playing bingo while enjoying a cup of tea or coffee. It even had its own bar. The volunteers there said that the elderly enjoyed bingo very much and they even got to choose a prize if they won the game. Beside bingo, they also had other activities like handicraft, choir, concerts, performances and even activities with the neighborhood.
From the activity room, we went upstairs. First, we saw this small garden with fake bus stop in it. The lady explained that the garden was for elderly who had dementia and alzeimer. Dementia and alzeimer make people forget things like where they are or even who they are. Elderly with dementia and alzeimer were not allowed to go out of the building because they could get lost very easily. And, the fake bus stop was there to make them remember the old times when they used to wait for the bus to come at the bus stop while chatting with their friends.
Then, we went to where the elderly actually lived. They lived in groups of 10 and they lived just like a normal family. They did things together and they even argued sometimes. We went to this one group and they were sitting around a table together in their kitchen. There was also a volunteer there who helped them. The lady explained to them who we were and why did we visit. Then, one of them who was a man told us that he used to be a nature guide. Then it was our turn to tell them which country we came from. When the man saw Maegan playing with her pencil, he said something about ‘dangerous pencils’. Also, when he heard that I was from Indonesia, he told me that he wanted to come with me to Indonesia. There was also a very old lady on a wheelchair who kept falling asleep. I also noticed how forgetful they were because the man asked how many of us were there twice in only about 5 minutes. We also saw one of the bedrooms. It was a very simple one with a single bed, a cupboard and some pictures on the wall. There was also a bathroom in there which was bigger than the bedroom itself. After that, we said goodbye and left.
We went back to the meeting room. There, the lady answered our questions. She said that there they also had rules. These rules were pretty much the same as a normal neighborhood. For the staff and volunteers, they had to be polite and friendly towards the elderly. Their families visited often and some of them helped not only their own relatives but also the others. Then, our visit was finished. We gave the lady a bucket of flowers since it was Valentine’s Day and a thank-you card signed by all of us. After that we walked back to school.
In my opinion, it was a very interesting and informative visit. I learned more about how a society other than my own was run. We also had a chance to meet and had a little chat with the elderly. It was quite hard since not all of us spoke Dutch but it was interesting after all. The elderly could blurt out weird things at random times like the ‘dangerous pencils’ but I think it was quite funny. The elderly home was quite as I expected because they did play bingo there and other activities, too. There were also volunteers and entertainments. What I didn’t expect was how big, clean, neat and colorful the place was. I had always thought of an elderly home as quite a gloomy place but De Dilgt was really nice. I think the elderly really enjoyed living there.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
FA Cup --> Full time: Man. United 2-0 Arsenal (Silva '28, Rooney '49) Man. United is going to FA Cup semi-finals.
FA Cup has slipped away along with tonight's loss by Manchester United. Premier League left. Win it or another trophy-less season. And yeah, it does hurt to watch your hopes fall down one by one. Cruel. Unfair. Sucks. But note this, I keep my faith on what I believe, in this case, Arsenal. I started the match as a Gooner, I watched the match as a Gooner and after the result I will always be a Gooner! GO GO GUNNERS!!!
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Disappointment
That's exactly what I feel now. Well, last night to be exact, but I still feel it now, though. Disappointment. One second you got your hope high, and then the next second, it just fell. Fell hard. Am I being dramatic? Yeah, maybe. I was just extremely disappointed with Arsenal 1-3 loss against Barcelona last night, and I still am :"( First of all, CONGRATULATIONS BARCELONA! And also congratulations to all Barcelonistas, whether I hate you or not hehehe :p
Well, maybe you've guessed that this post will be about it. You were right then! :D Yeah, I'm so disappointed. Once again, we've just lost a chance to win a trophy. And it's UEFA Champions League! One of my favorite football championships, and it's a reaallyyy great honor to win it since Arsenal never win it ever since the name was changed to UEFA Champions League .__. And once again, it was Barcelona who stopped us. Last season, it was also Barcelona in the quarter-finals, and this season in the round of 16! Well, maybe Arsenal was unlucky because they had to face Barcelona so early, but however, Arsenal played a lot better last night than when Arsenal played last season. Arsenal was beaten 5-3 last season (in aggregate) while this season, Arsenal was beaten 4-3 (in aggregate). But well, we won the first leg 2-1! That's something! But nevertheless, how can I not feel disappointed, still?! We'd gone until semi-finals in 08/09 before United beat us, then we'd gone until quarter-finals in 09/10 before Barcelona beat us, but this season we've just gone only until round of 16! Maybe Gooners think that this season is better than last season because we were defeated with less difference than last season, but still, I think it wasn't something really good, you know. At least we'd gone until quarter-finals last season! But well, that was the result. Nothing I can do to change it.
But one thing I have to admit, Arsenal didn't play so well last night. Arsenal had no shoot on goal and Arsenal only had 30% control of the ball -_____- Arsenal barely got any chance to make a goal! Barcelona played well, though, and thank God Arsenal's defense was quite strong and our man of the match via Arsenal official website, Manuel Almunia, made quite many impressive saves! I had my doubt on him when he came to the pitch because Wojciech Szczesny got problem with his fingers, and I wanna apologize about it. You proved that you deserved to be there, Almunia! Thank you (:
The ones I was disappointed about are actually Laurent Koscielny and even though I hate to say it, Robin van Persie. Yeah. I know Koscielny is a tough defender, but he's just, I don't know, too emotional? He made the blunder in the match against Birmingham City, and last night he tackled Pedro then Lionel Messi scored from the spot -_- And Robin van Persie?! Yeah, him. I'm a huge fan of him and he's my favorite player ever, but Van Persie I saw last night just wasn't him! He made not many chances for Arsenal to score and yes, too emotional! He got a second yellow card! I mean like, there were doubts about whether he would play or not against Barcelona before the match because he was injured. But then, Wenger decided to fly him to Barcelona to play. Wenger had done many things to save him a place in the starting eleven against Barcelona! That wasn't how Van Persie should pay back Wenger's decision, Wenger's trust!
Forget about it, though. It was the whole team responsible, it was the whole team loss! No one to blame. Ehm, well, actually I do have someone to blame. Referee! I never really had problems with referees before, but last night was reaaalllyyy annoying! The referee was being unfair, seriously! Arsenal players got yellow cards sooo easily while Barcelona players could just escape it! And yes, IT WASN'T FAIR, REFEREE! Especially for Van Persie's second yellow card. Just because he kicked the ball after the referee blew the whistle and the he got a yellow card?! Hell-ooo! Sooo many players have done it before, and there wasn't any yellow cards! And didn't he know how loud it was in Camp Nou?! How could you hear a whistle blown while the crowds were screaming like crazy?! Ughh -____- I just wanna quote Arsene Wenger: Two kinds of people can be unhappy; those who love Arsenal and those who love football can be frustrated with the referee's decisions. When he made the decision it was a very promising game, very interesting. That’s the regret. We lost against a very good Barcelona side, congratulations to them and good luck for the future. We have many regrets tonight because we didn’t expect to lose the game like that. I feel sorry for people who watched the game tonight.
But I know, how hard I complain, how hard I cry even, it won't change a thing about last night. I just have to respect referee's decisions that's been made, and accept Arsenal's loss and congrats Barcelona. Well then, I've done it, hell yeah! ;p For all fellow Gooners, let's get our hopes high again for Premier League and FA Cup. Don't be afraid of being disappointed. Isn't that what a real supporter sometimes feels? We have to support our favorite team, in this case Arsenal, through everything with our hearts and minds! Let's show the world that we, Gooners, are always PROUD TO BE A GOONER no matter what! \m/ ^_^ And for my dearest Arsenal players, let's leave what happened last night behind, and keep moving forward. We still have FA Cup and Premier League to win! And believe that we, Gooners, will always support you guys! ;)) It's funny, though, that it's like Arsenal's competition is only Manchester United. We will face United soon in FA Cup, and the two strongest candidates to win the Premier League are United and Arsenal! Hahahha :D It will be heated!!! Yeah yeah, we're ready! GO GO GUNNERS !!!
Regards,
Keisha Lyubiana
Well, maybe you've guessed that this post will be about it. You were right then! :D Yeah, I'm so disappointed. Once again, we've just lost a chance to win a trophy. And it's UEFA Champions League! One of my favorite football championships, and it's a reaallyyy great honor to win it since Arsenal never win it ever since the name was changed to UEFA Champions League .__. And once again, it was Barcelona who stopped us. Last season, it was also Barcelona in the quarter-finals, and this season in the round of 16! Well, maybe Arsenal was unlucky because they had to face Barcelona so early, but however, Arsenal played a lot better last night than when Arsenal played last season. Arsenal was beaten 5-3 last season (in aggregate) while this season, Arsenal was beaten 4-3 (in aggregate). But well, we won the first leg 2-1! That's something! But nevertheless, how can I not feel disappointed, still?! We'd gone until semi-finals in 08/09 before United beat us, then we'd gone until quarter-finals in 09/10 before Barcelona beat us, but this season we've just gone only until round of 16! Maybe Gooners think that this season is better than last season because we were defeated with less difference than last season, but still, I think it wasn't something really good, you know. At least we'd gone until quarter-finals last season! But well, that was the result. Nothing I can do to change it.
But one thing I have to admit, Arsenal didn't play so well last night. Arsenal had no shoot on goal and Arsenal only had 30% control of the ball -_____- Arsenal barely got any chance to make a goal! Barcelona played well, though, and thank God Arsenal's defense was quite strong and our man of the match via Arsenal official website, Manuel Almunia, made quite many impressive saves! I had my doubt on him when he came to the pitch because Wojciech Szczesny got problem with his fingers, and I wanna apologize about it. You proved that you deserved to be there, Almunia! Thank you (:
The ones I was disappointed about are actually Laurent Koscielny and even though I hate to say it, Robin van Persie. Yeah. I know Koscielny is a tough defender, but he's just, I don't know, too emotional? He made the blunder in the match against Birmingham City, and last night he tackled Pedro then Lionel Messi scored from the spot -_- And Robin van Persie?! Yeah, him. I'm a huge fan of him and he's my favorite player ever, but Van Persie I saw last night just wasn't him! He made not many chances for Arsenal to score and yes, too emotional! He got a second yellow card! I mean like, there were doubts about whether he would play or not against Barcelona before the match because he was injured. But then, Wenger decided to fly him to Barcelona to play. Wenger had done many things to save him a place in the starting eleven against Barcelona! That wasn't how Van Persie should pay back Wenger's decision, Wenger's trust!
Forget about it, though. It was the whole team responsible, it was the whole team loss! No one to blame. Ehm, well, actually I do have someone to blame. Referee! I never really had problems with referees before, but last night was reaaalllyyy annoying! The referee was being unfair, seriously! Arsenal players got yellow cards sooo easily while Barcelona players could just escape it! And yes, IT WASN'T FAIR, REFEREE! Especially for Van Persie's second yellow card. Just because he kicked the ball after the referee blew the whistle and the he got a yellow card?! Hell-ooo! Sooo many players have done it before, and there wasn't any yellow cards! And didn't he know how loud it was in Camp Nou?! How could you hear a whistle blown while the crowds were screaming like crazy?! Ughh -____- I just wanna quote Arsene Wenger: Two kinds of people can be unhappy; those who love Arsenal and those who love football can be frustrated with the referee's decisions. When he made the decision it was a very promising game, very interesting. That’s the regret. We lost against a very good Barcelona side, congratulations to them and good luck for the future. We have many regrets tonight because we didn’t expect to lose the game like that. I feel sorry for people who watched the game tonight.
But I know, how hard I complain, how hard I cry even, it won't change a thing about last night. I just have to respect referee's decisions that's been made, and accept Arsenal's loss and congrats Barcelona. Well then, I've done it, hell yeah! ;p For all fellow Gooners, let's get our hopes high again for Premier League and FA Cup. Don't be afraid of being disappointed. Isn't that what a real supporter sometimes feels? We have to support our favorite team, in this case Arsenal, through everything with our hearts and minds! Let's show the world that we, Gooners, are always PROUD TO BE A GOONER no matter what! \m/ ^_^ And for my dearest Arsenal players, let's leave what happened last night behind, and keep moving forward. We still have FA Cup and Premier League to win! And believe that we, Gooners, will always support you guys! ;)) It's funny, though, that it's like Arsenal's competition is only Manchester United. We will face United soon in FA Cup, and the two strongest candidates to win the Premier League are United and Arsenal! Hahahha :D It will be heated!!! Yeah yeah, we're ready! GO GO GUNNERS !!!
Regards,
Keisha Lyubiana
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Carling Cup Final (Arsenal 1-2 Birmingham City)
Heyyo guys! I supposed to be posting this a couple of days ago, but I just have the mood to do it tonight hehe :p And yes, as you guys can guess, this post will be about Arsenal's loss in Carling Cup final on February 27th, 2011 :"((
Yes, Arsenal got into the final and it was the first chance to end the trophy-less seasons since 2005, but it didn't succeed. It was seriously TOO BAD! Hell yeah, I'm extremely disappointed and sad. Birmingham scored first in 28th minute, but then Arsenal caught up with Robin van Persie's goal 10 minutes later. You know what hurt the most?! Birmingham's second goal! It was scored in the 89th minute by Martins, just a few minutes before the match ended! And it was because Koscielny's blunder :((((
But well, that was the result! There was nothing I could do to change it. And I tell you, I blamed NO ONE for this loss! Not Koscielny, or other players or Arsene Wenger. Because every single player and also the coach held the responsible for every loss and yes, victory. We just have to forget that hurtful loss and keep moving on. We still have FA Cup, Premier League and of course Champions League. GO GO GUNNERS! ^_^
By the way, I've finished some books since my last post. Cool, huh?! Hahhaa ;)) First, I finished The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. O M G !!! It is SUPER COOL! I seriously love it ^___^ I'm sooo curious about the second one, The Son of Neptune that will come up this autumn =D
And then, I also finished a book called I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. I bought it in Waterstone's Amsterdam ;D I was curious about the movie on the first place, but then I found out that there's the book. Sooo, I searched it and found it! And it is a really cool book also ;) Can't wait to watch the movie. Starring by Dianna Agron and Alex Pettyfer, and I think they're couple in reality hehehe ;DD And yeahh, I also really want to watch Alex Pettyfer's other movie called Beastly. Vanessa Hudgens also plays in that movie. Sure it will be awesome! :D
The last one, I just finished a book called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins last night. It's the first book of The Hunger Games trilogy. It's also great, and I heard that there will be the movie soon! ;)) I just got the second one, Catching Fire, today from Kaiyisah. Can't wait to read it ^_^ \m/
By the way, I'm kinda addicted to a few songs nowadays. Baby by Chord Overstreet from Glee, True by Ryan Cabrera and I Do by Colbie Caillat. Just listen to those songs! Those are goooddddd ;DDDD
I just got back from Kenny and Abdul's birthday party, actually hehe :)) They turned 13 last Monday but just celebrated it today. It was fun! ;) And also, today's Viny's 15th birthday and my best friend+sister in Indonesia, Kiani's 13th birthday! Happy birthday to both of them and wish them all the best! ^_^ xoxo
Yes, Arsenal got into the final and it was the first chance to end the trophy-less seasons since 2005, but it didn't succeed. It was seriously TOO BAD! Hell yeah, I'm extremely disappointed and sad. Birmingham scored first in 28th minute, but then Arsenal caught up with Robin van Persie's goal 10 minutes later. You know what hurt the most?! Birmingham's second goal! It was scored in the 89th minute by Martins, just a few minutes before the match ended! And it was because Koscielny's blunder :((((
But well, that was the result! There was nothing I could do to change it. And I tell you, I blamed NO ONE for this loss! Not Koscielny, or other players or Arsene Wenger. Because every single player and also the coach held the responsible for every loss and yes, victory. We just have to forget that hurtful loss and keep moving on. We still have FA Cup, Premier League and of course Champions League. GO GO GUNNERS! ^_^
By the way, I've finished some books since my last post. Cool, huh?! Hahhaa ;)) First, I finished The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan. O M G !!! It is SUPER COOL! I seriously love it ^___^ I'm sooo curious about the second one, The Son of Neptune that will come up this autumn =D
And then, I also finished a book called I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore. I bought it in Waterstone's Amsterdam ;D I was curious about the movie on the first place, but then I found out that there's the book. Sooo, I searched it and found it! And it is a really cool book also ;) Can't wait to watch the movie. Starring by Dianna Agron and Alex Pettyfer, and I think they're couple in reality hehehe ;DD And yeahh, I also really want to watch Alex Pettyfer's other movie called Beastly. Vanessa Hudgens also plays in that movie. Sure it will be awesome! :D
The last one, I just finished a book called The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins last night. It's the first book of The Hunger Games trilogy. It's also great, and I heard that there will be the movie soon! ;)) I just got the second one, Catching Fire, today from Kaiyisah. Can't wait to read it ^_^ \m/
By the way, I'm kinda addicted to a few songs nowadays. Baby by Chord Overstreet from Glee, True by Ryan Cabrera and I Do by Colbie Caillat. Just listen to those songs! Those are goooddddd ;DDDD
I just got back from Kenny and Abdul's birthday party, actually hehe :)) They turned 13 last Monday but just celebrated it today. It was fun! ;) And also, today's Viny's 15th birthday and my best friend+sister in Indonesia, Kiani's 13th birthday! Happy birthday to both of them and wish them all the best! ^_^ xoxo
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Rick Riordan
Hey guys! How are ya? Hope you guys are doing fine ;) It's Sunday now, but I don't hate it. Why? Because next week is spring holiday! Yeayyy :DDD Well, only for a week, but it's enough, I guess ;DD I don't have any special plans for this holiday, but it doesn't really matter. I got a new book, and it's more than enough! Hahhaha :DD
Well, that's what my post will be about ;) Do you guys now Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan? Well, I guess you guys are more familiar with Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief, 'cause there's the movie, right?! Well, it's actually the first book of Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This series is about ancient Greece mythology. Interesting, huh?! Well, it is for me ;p There are five books in this series: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse, Percy Jackson and the Battle of Labyrinth and Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian.
I've read all of it, and those are REALLY GOOD books! Seriously, I love it! Rick Riordan makes ancient Greece becomes more interesting with this series! And thank to this series, I pretty much know about Greece gods now ;D The main character of this series is Percy Jackson. He's a demigod, which means he's half human-half god. His father is Poseidon, one of the Big Three with Zeus and Hades. He had to fight the monsters and stuffs to avoid the Titans (gods before the Olympian gods) to destroy Olympia. He fought with other demigods from Camp Half-Blood (a summer camp for demigods). He had two best friends that always got his back: Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and Grover Underwood, a satyr (half human-half goat). This series is about Percy's adventure to save the world with his friends ;))
I just finished Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian last night, and today I'm going to start reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan also. It's the first book of Heroes of Olympus series, the sequel of Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It still has to do with Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, but the main character isn't Percy Jackson anymore. This series is still about ancient Greece mythology, but also about Romans mythology. I bet it's really good :D Can't wait to read it! I just bought it a couple days ago, and it's like the only copy in Selexyz Groningen, seriously! It's kinda new book, so the book is BIG and there are few broken pages, but that doesn't really matter actually, I still can read it ;) I just feel so lucky to have that book! ^_^
Still about Rick Riordan books. The Kane Chronicles! It's a series about ancient Egypt mythology hahaha ;DD The first book is The Red Pyramid, and I've read it! It's a really good book also, and I'm waiting for the second one The Throne of Fire. It hasn't come out until March this year :D Rick Riordan is amazing, huh?! He makes me interested in ancient Greece and Egypt mythology hahaha :DDD
Okay guys, that's all I wanna say today! I just had breakfast, and I wanna start reading The Lost Hero! Hehehehe ;pp Thank you for reading :)) Catch ya guys with other posts ;)
Regards,
Keisha Lyubiana
Well, that's what my post will be about ;) Do you guys now Percy Jackson and the Olympians series by Rick Riordan? Well, I guess you guys are more familiar with Percy Jackson and the Lighting Thief, 'cause there's the movie, right?! Well, it's actually the first book of Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. This series is about ancient Greece mythology. Interesting, huh?! Well, it is for me ;p There are five books in this series: Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse, Percy Jackson and the Battle of Labyrinth and Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian.
I've read all of it, and those are REALLY GOOD books! Seriously, I love it! Rick Riordan makes ancient Greece becomes more interesting with this series! And thank to this series, I pretty much know about Greece gods now ;D The main character of this series is Percy Jackson. He's a demigod, which means he's half human-half god. His father is Poseidon, one of the Big Three with Zeus and Hades. He had to fight the monsters and stuffs to avoid the Titans (gods before the Olympian gods) to destroy Olympia. He fought with other demigods from Camp Half-Blood (a summer camp for demigods). He had two best friends that always got his back: Annabeth Chase, daughter of Athena, and Grover Underwood, a satyr (half human-half goat). This series is about Percy's adventure to save the world with his friends ;))
I just finished Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian last night, and today I'm going to start reading The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan also. It's the first book of Heroes of Olympus series, the sequel of Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. It still has to do with Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, but the main character isn't Percy Jackson anymore. This series is still about ancient Greece mythology, but also about Romans mythology. I bet it's really good :D Can't wait to read it! I just bought it a couple days ago, and it's like the only copy in Selexyz Groningen, seriously! It's kinda new book, so the book is BIG and there are few broken pages, but that doesn't really matter actually, I still can read it ;) I just feel so lucky to have that book! ^_^
Still about Rick Riordan books. The Kane Chronicles! It's a series about ancient Egypt mythology hahaha ;DD The first book is The Red Pyramid, and I've read it! It's a really good book also, and I'm waiting for the second one The Throne of Fire. It hasn't come out until March this year :D Rick Riordan is amazing, huh?! He makes me interested in ancient Greece and Egypt mythology hahaha :DDD
Okay guys, that's all I wanna say today! I just had breakfast, and I wanna start reading The Lost Hero! Hehehehe ;pp Thank you for reading :)) Catch ya guys with other posts ;)
Regards,
Keisha Lyubiana
Monday, February 14, 2011
Happy Valentine's Day!
Oh God, it's already February 14th! Hahahha :D So, how was your Valentine's day? Mine went as a usual day, nothing special <-- poor me hahaha :p I don't really care, though. My Valentine(s) are my best friends! I LOVE YOU GUYS! :D I didn't get any chocolate, and I didn't give anyone chocolate either hehehe :p My classmates seemed don't really care about this Valentine's day. No chocolate at all, let alone rose or teddy bear! LOL But there was Valentine's card, ehemm! I wasn't involved! It was pretty much cute hahahaa ;)) I won't tell anything about it :p
All I can tell today is about last year Valentine's day hahaha :D It's all I can remember now! :p I remember, my best friends in SPEDU and I were watching From Paris with Love in the cinema :D And I did get chocolate, and I did give someone chocolate hahahaha :DDDD Just forget that part :p It was pretty cool, actually :) I miss them! :'D They're my special Valentine(s) for this year ;D
Hmm, what else to talk about that still has anything to do with Valentine's day? Maybe...Valentine's day songs?! ;D Wanna cute love songs? You can listen to Come Down with Love by Allstar Weekend, Don't Cry Your Heart Out by Cody Simpson, The Only Exception by Paramore, I Do by Colbie Caillat, Haven't Met You Yet by Michael Buble, She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5 or Enchanted by Owl City ;) I love those songs :) How about the sad ones? You can listen Thinking of You by Katy Perry, I Don't Believe You by P!nk, Dear God by Avenged Sevenfold and Breathe by Taylor Swift feat. Colbie Caillat. I also love those songs! :'D
How about love stories? Books? Shiver and Linger by Maggie Stiefvater, of course! ;D Twilight Saga books are still irreplaceable also :) You can also read PS I Love You by Cecelia Ahern, it's a really romantic book :'D Oh yeahh, I also recommend Indonesian books! Summer In Seoul, Autumn In Paris, Winter In Tokyo and Spring In London by Ilana Tan. Geez, those are niiiceee!
Movies? Hahahha I don't really know, actually :p I can't think about really good movies for Valentine's day hmm .__. Just leave this part, okay? ;p By the way, I think that's all I wanna say today :) Catch ya guys with other posts! And I love you guys, don't forget that hahhaha :D
Regards,
Keisha Lyubiana
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