**My Passions**

Two days ago, I finished reading a really good back called A Walk To Remember. Two of my friends were reading the same book, so we decided to do a small book club. We decided that after the three of us finished reading the book, we would go and see the movie passed on the book, so we could talk about what was the same and the things the movie was missing that the book had. A walk to remember, is about a boy called Landon that was very popular in school and not a very good student, his friends and him used to bother a girl called Jamie because she was the daughter of a priest that they didn’t like very much, she always wear old woman’s cloth, and she took the bible with her every were she went. When Landon became class president he had go to prom but every girl was already taken, so he decided to take Jamie because it was his only option. After the prom, which was a total mess because Landon’s ex-girlfriend’s boyfriend got in a fight with him, which Jamie had to stop, he entered the drama club because he thought it would be really easy to get the a high grade in it, but ended up getting the lead rule because Jamie asked him as a favor. Landon started walking Jamie to her house after drama class and that’s when they starting falling in love, but he didn’t accept his feelings because all of his friends found Jamie really weird. They started spending more time together, and after Landon saw how beautiful she was because of how she dressed in the play, he fell head over heels for her and vise versa. After being together for about two months, Jamie gave Landon some news that broke his heart. I don’t want to give you the end of the book so you will read it, and that way you will know what news Jamie gave Landon. From 1-10, I would give this book a 9 and a half because at the end it was a bite predictable, but it still made my eyes water. This was a really good but and I recommend you to read it.

“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”                                          Victor Hugo

 One of the things I am most passionate about is music. The quote above by Victor Hugo, in my opinion explains exactly what music means to me. Music is such a powerful instrument, it makes people happy, sad, romantic, it’s just a way to express your feeling. Music in my opinion is also a world wide language. I can a sure you that if you go to Europe or Asia that are at the other side of the world, you can still connect with the people in those countries by music, the only thing that changes is the language the words of the song are sang in. I believe music tells a lot about a person’s personality and how they are feeling. In my opinion a person that hears calm, instrumental music is going to have a very different personality than a person who hears rock or pop music. I believe I care so much about music because it is something that is always their. I know this may sound a little weird, but music is like a friend to me. It has helped me through some really ruff times, and it has also be their in my happiest moments.

Music has been in my life since I was little, because my dad’s family is very into music. My grandmother plays brilliantly the piano and the guitar, and from her is were I learned how to play the piano. When I moved to Canada, band was obligatory at my school, and I don’t know way I had all was wanted to play the flout so that was what I played for one year. I then decided I wanted to learn who to play another instrument, so I started playing the clarinet, and played that for a year and a half also. I just love to learn how to play instruments and that’s way now am learning how to play the guitar. From all the instruments I have heard, the guitar is the one I like the most, because to me its sound so peaceful and magical. My dad and my brother also play the guitar, so we sometimes get together and play some songs we all know. Music is very important in my life, and I can’t say I like only one tip of music, such as pop, hip hop, or country, it really depends on how am feeling. If I just had a bad day, I wouldn’t go for a rock song I would probably listen to something more calm and relaxing. Music is very important in my life, and it’s a part of who I am, and that’s way I am so passionate about it.

In my last entry I talked about how much I love to travel, so I am very excited to share that I am going to China.  It has been my dream to go visit Asia for a long time, and it has finally come true. I have been learning Mandarin because I really like languages, so the little Chinese I know is going to help me get from place to place in China. Mandarin is in my opinion one of the hardest languages to learn, one word depending on the punctuation that is on top of it means different things.  You might want to say “mom” in mandarin but because of how you pronounced it you could actually be saying “horse” instead. Visiting China has been my dream for a long time, but I would also like to go to Africa and Australia. I would love to go to Africa because I would be very cool to be able to see elephants and lions and other wild animals while you are going in a safari. I think everyone who has the chance to go to Africa should go, not only because you are going to see a totally different culture, and see wild animals, but because Africa is a very poor place and when you go see how the people in that country live, it really opens your eyes and demonstrates that we should always be thankful for what we have and help others that are in need. Going to Australia has been my dream because everyone who has gone there says that it is beautiful, and imagine being able to see the coral reef which is said to be amazing. I have to admit that I would be pretty scared because a friend that went to Australia told me that there are big spiders their, and I am terrified of spiders. I am very excited of going to China and being able to see amazing things such as the great wall or the human size solders. I am going to inform everyone of my trip while am there.

Traveling to other countries is also one of my passions. My whole family is from Europe so when we go visit them my parents always take my brothers and I to a new country we haven’t gone to. I am pretty sure everyone likes to go traveling to shop and to well shop some more, but what I like is going to museums and historical places to learn about the countries culture, and obviously to shop also. One of the places that I enjoyed visiting was Italy. The country is so beautiful there are so many places to visit, if you ever have the chance to go there all tell you some places you should see. You should definitely go to the coliseum, if you find it amazing in pictures they are nothing compared to the real thing, you can even go inside and a tour guide will tell you the history about the place. Another place you should definitely visit is the tower of Pisa, I was able to go there when they still had it open for the tourist to go to the top, but because every time the tower is inclinating more and more they don’t want to take the risk of losing the tower and something happening to the people that are inside at the time that it falls so its no longer open to the public, but it is still beautiful to look at it from the outside. You should also go to Venecia, even though it smells bad because of the water that isn’t cleaned, you get used to it and it was so cool to be in a city that was on top of the water. The buses, cars, taxis were all boats; it was one of my favorite places in Italy because it was so different from all the places I’m used to going. There are other sites such as the museums, churches, parks, and fountains that make Italy so beautiful; if you ever visit I can promises you, you wont get bored.

This week Ms. Rumford asked us to write about what freedom meant to us, and how it relates to edublogs. What freedom means to me, is that I am able to speak out my thoughts and opinion without being judged, that I am able to do whatever I want that doesn’t violate any laws. It also means that I am free, in other words I am not owned by anyone and I have the same rights as everyone else around me. So time ago slavery occurred all over the world, which was when a person was involuntarily sold to another person and they had to do everything their owner told them to do. They were treated as their personal property and some lived in very bad conditions. This in my opinion is an example of not having personal freedom. Slaves were treated as if they were owned by someone else, and didn’t have the rights their owners had. I think freedom relates to blogging, because when we blog we speak out our thoughts and opinions, and that is the hole point of writing in edublogs, is so other people can read what you think about a topic, and other people around the world can write back about their opinions of what you think.