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4/15 LIfe is Beautiful Summary!
4/14 I.N.S #14,
4/13 I.N.S #13,
4/12 I.N.S #12,
4/11 I.N.S #11,
4/10 I.N.S #10,
4/8 I.N.S #8,
4/7 I.N.S #7,
4/6 I.N.S #6,
4/4 I.N.S #4,
4/3 I.N.S #3,
4/2 I.N.S #2,
4/1 I.N.S #1,
3/16 March Break Diary: SUNDAY.
3/16 Blingee.
2/23 When you look me in the eyes!
2/23 I hate doing Chores!
2/19 Migration Graph Assignment
2/11 Hannah Montana 3D Concert!
2/11 Summer Survey.
2/11 Camila!*
2/9 Totally Sick!
2/7 Cadena!
1/27 Abercrombie&Fitch
1/24 Photo Blog Assignment
1/16 Newspaper Assignment- Jan 17 (national Story)
1/16 Newspaper Summary Jan 16 -- International story
1/13 Skiing in Horseshoe Resort
1/11 My Break!
1/11 The Front Page of a Newspaper!
1/9 The Parliament!
12/20 Holidays!
12/19 Victory in SOuth KOrea!
12/8 Saturday!
12/5 CSI = ZaC EfRoN
12/4 Book Assignment #2 (Fire Bringer)
12/3 Secret Santa!
11/30 Drama
11/29 Movies!
11/26 Winter!
11/19 Penny Drive
11/11 Manga
11/6 Equality!!
10/29 Animal Farm
10/25 My B-day!*
10/19 Blades Of GLory!
10/19 Persuasive Writing
10/9 Lara is Coming!!!! =P
9/30 I strongly agree with:
9/23 mY nEW piAnO TEacHeR
9/23 The Problems a New Girl Faces!

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LIfe is Beautiful Summary!

Article posted April 15, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 791

Life is Beautiful is a movie that talks about a Jewish family that has to live in a concentration camp.

The setting of this movie is in Italy, it is during World War II (1938-1945).

At the beginning of the movie, a man named Guido Orefice has just moved to a city in Italy. He suddenly falls in love with a teacher named Dora and in the first half of the movie, Guido manages to make Dora like him. Unfortunately, Dora was engaged, but she decides to escape with Guido and later on, they have a son named Joshua.

Some years later, at Joshua’s birthday, the Nazis take Guido, Joshua, and Guido's uncle, Eliseo, to a concentration camp because they were Jews. Dora, who was Italian, was also taken to the concentration camp because she asked for it, she didn't want to be separated from her family.

At the camp, the men, women, and seniors were separated, so Dora wasn't able to be with her family.
The Nazis killed all the seniors and children, or all the people who couldn’t work at the camps. Joshua wasn’t killed with all the other kids because he refused to take a bath and that’s what saved him.

All the time that Guido, Joshua, and Dora were at the concentration camp, Guido kept telling Joshua that they were in a game and that they had to win 1000 points because if they got them before everyone else, they would win the game and Joshua would get a real tank for himself.

All the movie is about how Guido is trying to hide the cruel reality from his son and how he is preventing him from being killed.

This is a love story in which a dad sacrifices himself for his son and his wife. It is really sad movie which gives you a good understanding of how the people who lived in the concentration camps lived and gives you lots of hidden details of historical events.




Article posted April 15, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 791



I.N.S #8,

Article posted April 8, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 127

At the Spiritualist presentation, Madame Romanoff communicated some people with the death and when she asked for one last person, Felicity stood up and begged her to communicate Gemma with her mother Sarah Rees-Toome. When Gemma went to the front she noticed that Madame Romanoff was an actress and couldn’t contact the spirits. At that time, Gemma fell into another vision and took Madame Romanoff with her. She appeared in the wood full of spirits that Mary had talked about in her diary. Gemma saw her mother and went looking for her leaving Madame Romanoff alone. Her mother told her that she had great powers, that the Rakshana was afraid of her and that that was the reason of Kartik’s warnings. Her mom said the woods were unsafe and that it was time to leave so she told Gemma to think about a door of light to get back into the real world.
In the forest the spirit of a handsome man told Gemma to tell her fiancée, Mademoiselle LeFarge, that Reggie will always love and that he stills have the muffler she knit for him.
Before they returned, Gemma made Madame Romanoff swear to never ever say anything about what happened that night, and that she would tell Mademoiselle LeFarge the message that the man had given to Gemma before. When they came back, Madame Romanoff gave out the message and gave an end to her presentation.
When the girls got to Spence, they met at the caves and Gemma told them everything about her visions, her mother’s murder, what happened that afternoon with Madame Romanoff etc.
Felicity wanted to go to the realms so Gemma decided to take them. They held hands, Gemma thought about the door of light and they appeared in a garden full of colors, where everything that they wanted and dreamt of came to life. Gemma left her friends and went looking for her mother. Virginia, her mother, explained Gemma everything about her visions, the Order, and the realms. She said that she learned all this information when Gemma was five because a woman from the Order told her that Gemma was the promised girl who was able to restore the magic of the realms, and bring the Order back to power. She also warned Gemma about Circe and said that she would never stop looking for her. Finally, Virginia explained that she killed herself because if the dark spirit had taken her alive she would turn into a dark spirit also.
Behind her mom, Gemma saw the little girl of her past visions. Virginia told her that her name was Carolina and that she was her assistant. After a long talk, they both had to leave so Gemma looked for her friends and told them it was time to go back. Before they returned, Pippa almost ate a berry that was on the floor, but Gemma told her that she couldn’t eat anything from the realms because if she did she would have to stay there forever.



Article posted April 8, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 127



I.N.S #14,

Article posted April 14, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 149

At the realms, Virginia appeared behind a tree and took Gemma to the Runes of the Oracle. She told Gemma to place her hands on the runes and to take the magic out because it was the only way of helping Pippa. Gemma doubted, but touched the runes and then touched her mother’s fingers. Instantly, her mom turned into the black creature and held Gemma taking her into the other world. The creature started convincing Gemma about the power that they would have together, but then Gemma thought that the power would never really be hers because she would be attached to the creature and it would control her so she though about going back into the realms and they did. The creature grabbed Gemma by the neck several times and she fought back until she didn’t have any power left. Gemma thought about her mother and she said that she forgave her and that she forgave Mary Dowd. Gemma’s strength returned and she crashed the five crystals of the Runes of the Oracle. The creature started shrieking and turned into Virginia’s shape begging Gemma to stop, but Gemma knew that her mom was gone so she kept crashing the crystals until the creature was gone. Then, Gemma went down the river and found Pippa very pale and cold. Gemma took her out of the frozen river and was going to take her back, but Pippa refused to go back. Pippa said that she would be married and never be happy. She grabbed some berries and ate them. Gemma said goodbye and Pippa stepped onto a boat and met with her knight across the river.
In the morning, there was a mass for Pippa’s death and then she was buried with her sapphire engagement ring. After that, Gemma went to Kartik’s hiding place. He said that he was sorry about Pippa’s death and Gemma told him that she felt really bad because she didn’t even tried to stop her. They talked and then Gemma went back to Spence where she though about Pippa’s decision and of if she would regret now or if she was happy with it.
In the afternoon, Gemma went to Kartik’s tent and left her dad’s cricket bat outside it. When Kartik came back he played with the cricket bat and wondered who had left it. In the woods, Gemma saw a deer and chased it because she wanted to see how far she could go before she had to stop.

The EnD!

Article posted April 14, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 149



I.N.S #13,

Article posted April 13, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 191

Felicity said that they were stronger and cleverer and that that’s why they wouldn’t fail like Mary and Sarah did. She also said that the huntress had been telling her that Gemma wanted all the power to herself and that that’s why she wouldn’t take them to the realms. All the girls believed Felicity so they took off their clothes and started chasing a deer. Gemma told them that she would take them to the realms, but they didn’t listen and said that it was too late now. The girls chased the deer until a ravine and Felicity killed it. Then, Pippa and Ann took a rock and stabbed the deer until they were suddenly covered in blood. Finally, Felicity placed the rock in Gemma’s hand and stabbed the deer also. They held hands and imagined the door of light, but nothing happened and Felicity was very disappointed. Kartik stepped in and saw them. Felicity took a sharp stick and stabbed Kartik across his chest. Kartik was injured and couldn’t defend himself. Gemma told Felicity to stop and promised to take them to the realms if she leaved Kartik alone. Felicity released Kartik and Gemma told him that everything was going to be all right. They went back to the caves, got dressed and held hands until they got to the realms. Gemma felt the danger and told them to go back but they said that they weren’t going back until they had the power to cross to the realms by themselves.
The huntress came and saw the blood all over Felicity so she knew that they had made a sacrifice.
They went to the Runes of the Oracle and the huntress said that they had to take her to the other side in order for her mistress to give them the power. Gemma held Felicity with terror and Felicity stepped back. The sky turned black and the huntress rose into the sky turning into a spirit. Felicity and Gemma were sprawled over the floor and Pippa fell down rolling towards the river. Gemma and Ann went looking for Pippa but couldn’t find her. The spirit was growing several pairs of arms and then Felicity came out of it. They saw Pippa on a boat on the river, and tried to get her, but the creature prevented it. Pippa jumped out of the boat, fell in the water and the entire river froze. The creature was about to capture them all so Felicity, Ann and Gemma left the realms leaving Pippa behind. Back at the caves, Pippa’s body was rigid and seizing.
Gemma went to Kartik’s tent looking for help, but he was mad and didn’t speak. He carried Pippa’s body to her room in Spence, and Gemma called Mrs. Nightwing who then called Dr. Thomas. Kartik returned to the ravine where the girls killed the deer and he buried him to protect Gemma and himself.
The next day, Gemma gave the crescent eye to Felicity and told her to look for the other members of the Order in case she didn’t come back from the realms. She also said that she left her the decision of coming back to get them, or of closing the realms for ever, again.


Article posted April 13, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 191



I.N.S #12,

Article posted April 12, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 166

The next day Felicity, Ann, Pippa and Gemma looked for the graduation picture of 1871. Gemma found it behind the one of 1872. She saw Sarah’s face and then, she discovered that Mary Dowd was her mom, Virginia Doyle.
That night, Gemma went to the realms. She was very angry and rude to her mom. Gemma blamed her mom of killing Carolina and of lying to her. Virginia said that she spent every day of her life atoning it, but that she had to move on and start a new life, so she changed her name and started a whole new life. She also said that Circe was using her link to the creature to get them all, and that the only way that she could rest and complete her soul’s task was if Gemma forgave her. Gemma was angry and told her mom that they had taken twice the magic of the runes and that nothing happened. Gemma left and didn’t forgave her mom. When she was about to get home, the huntress came and offered her some berries although she knew that Gemma couldn’t have them. At Gemma’s room, Felicity asked her to take them to the realms, but Gemma didn’t want to go there again so she ignored them.
Mr. Bumble told Pippa’s parents about what she said of her seizures and they denied it. Pippa was very sad because that night would be her last one at Spence, and she would be married to Mr. Bumble by the end of the week.
To make it worse, Mrs. Nightwing found Mary Dowd’s diary and interrogated Felicity, Ann and Gemma about it. Felicity and Ann blamed Miss Moore while Gemma told the truth, but Miss Nightwing believed Felicity and Ann because she had already interrogated Pippa and she had blamed Miss Moore too.
In the afternoon, everyone was at church except Miss Moore; she was packing her things because she got fired. Pippa explained that she had to tell Mrs. Nightwing about Miss Moore because that was the only way for them to be together one more night. She apologized and asked Gemma to take her one more time to the realms so that she could say goodbye to her loved knight.
After dinner, Gemma waited for Miss Moore and apologized. Miss Moore accepted the apology and told Gemma that her destiny was different from the ones of all the other girls.
That night, Mrs. Nightwing locked all the doors so that no one could get out, but Felicity managed to get the keys and the girls went to the caves for the last time.
At the caves, Pippa was begging Gemma to take them to the realms, but she didn’t agree. Felicity started reciting poetry and then howled. Felicity told Ann and Pippa that there was another way of going to the realms and that if Pippa really wanted to see her knight again, they had to make a sacrifice.



Article posted April 12, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 166



I.N.S #11,

Article posted April 11, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 278

At the realms, the girls hurried into the Runes hoping that nobody saw them, but the huntress was spying them. Felicity, Pippa and Ann placed their hands on Gemma when she touched the Runes, they could fell all the power in their veins. The next morning, they could hear each others thoughts and could make anything happen. At French, there was a conversation class and Gemma spoke as never before, she was very fluent and showed her knowledge with a vast vocabulary. Ann sang as never before and was very beautiful, everyone was jealous of her.
The next day, Mr. Bumble came to call for Pippa. Gemma was sitting there observing and waiting for Pippa to refuse Mr. Bumble. Pippa told him about her seizures and asked him not to tell her parents because they would be mad at her for telling the truth. Mr. Bumble shocked left and the girls were really happy that Pippa would not have to marry against her will.
They were at Felicity’s salon when Miss Moore came in and saw them reading the Diary of Mary Dowd. She asked to join them in that day’s reading, she started and they all took turns. Sarah and Mary went into the woods to get Carolina, Mother Elena’s daughter, they took her to the East Wing and there, Sarah called the dark spirit. When it came he took them to the realms and Mary frightened killed Carolina. The spirit said that their sacrifice was useless now, that he needed her whole and not dead so he took Sarah and they started binding. Meanwhile, Mary ran to get Eugenia. Eugenia managed to separate Sarah from the spirit, but she had to go in her place. Mary grabbed Sarah and ran out of the realms while Eugenia said a spell and then the realms were closed forever. When Sarah and Mary were back, Sarah turned a candle over and the East Wing lit up burning everything in it. Mary was able to escape and she ran into the woods.
Miss Moore finished reading the diary, she was speechless and the girls couldn’t believe that Mary had killed that little girl.
At night, Brigid came to Gemma and told her that she had remembered how Sarah Rees-Toome used to call herself, Circe.
Gemma was shocked; she couldn’t believe that Sarah didn’t die in the fire, and that she was looking for her. That night, Gemma knew she had to find the graduation picture of 1871 before Circe found her first.


Article posted April 11, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 278



I.N.S #10,

Article posted April 10, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 141

The girls went to the realms again and Gemma introduced her friends to her mother. All of the girls wished for what they wanted the most and it came true.
Ann became a beautiful girl who sang like an angel, Pippa fell in love with a young knight who treated her like a princess, and Felicity learned to hunt just like his father with the help of a huntress. Meanwhile Virginia told Gemma that she couldn’t stay in the realms forever or that she would be trapped like the other spirits who had never competed their soul’s task, she also told her that her soul’s task was to undo what Sarah and Mary did many years ago.
When the girls came back, Virginia showed them the Runes of the Oracle and she explained that when someone touched them they were able to have the magic of the realms in the other world, but she said that they couldn’t touch them until they were ready and understood the magic of the realms, because if they did, they would open the realms and something could get out or get in.
When they returned Gemma found a paper with another of Kartik’s warnings, but she tore it apart and didn’t take notice.
She and her friends kept going to the realms everyday and they kept enjoying it more and more.
On Friday, Gemma got a visit from her brother who told him that her family would probably be coming to Assembly Day. While they were talking Ann came in and fell in love with Gemma’s brother.
That night, Gemma fought her mother because she wouldn’t let her take the magic of the realms to the other world. Virginia kept saying that she wasn’t ready and Gemma kept saying the contrary. Finally Gemma left mad and promised not to take the magic out.
The next day it was Assembly Day. All the girls were dressed with their best things and prepared to meet each other’s families. Felicity was very excited because her dad was coming and Pippa was already with her family who had come with Mr. Bumble. Ann came with Gemma and her family because she didn’t have anyone to spend the evening with. Pippa presented Gemma and Ann to her family and she also announced that she was now engaged with Mr. Bumble, something that made her want to cry.
Gemma talked to her family and was very excited to see them although it made her sad to see her father so ill. At the end, it wasn’t a very pleasant afternoon as Gemma would’ve liked it to be, she’d been very rude to her family, and had left mad. Gemma found Felicity sitting very sad and disappointed out in the rain. Felicity’s dad hadn’t come to Assembly Day although he promised her he would. That night, they went to the caves and were talking. All of them were either sad or angry. Pippa was going to get married against her will, Ann thought she wasn’t beautiful and nobody wanted her, Felicity was destroyed because her father didn’t come and Gemma was mad at her own family. Gemma decided to finish with her friend’s pain and took them to the realms.


Article posted April 10, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 141



I.N.S #7,

Article posted April 7, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 154

When they were dancing, Gemma had a vision where she was in a forest and Pippa was with her. Gemma closed her mind to the vision because she didn’t want Pippa to fall with her. When they came back Pippa was on the floor breathing hardly and dying. At night, Gemma went to Pippa’s room to check on her. Miss Moore explained to Gemma that Pippa had seizures and that that’s why she was in bed now. Gemma now understood why Pippa’s parents were so eager to marry her before it was too late.
Afterwards, Gemma went to the hall and looked for the pictures of Sarah and Mary in the portraits of the girls who had graduated from Spence, but the picture of the year 1871 was missing.
At dinner, Gemma asked Mrs. Nightwing why wasn’t there a portrait for 1871. She answered that it was a way of respect for the death, because it was in that year when the fire in the East Wing happened and when Sarah Rees-Toome, Mary Dowd and Mrs. Spence (Eugenia) died. Brigid was shocked by the story. When Mrs. Nightwing left, Brigid told Gemma, Felicity and Ann that those girls were wicked. She said that one week before the fire, she had to stay and take care of Sarah. Also, that when she came to her room, she found Sarah and Mary talking about a sacrifice that had to be performed in order for them to be together, a sacrifice that included murder. Brigid also said that they were always visiting Mother Elena (a gipsy) and that they started calling themselves fancy names, ones that Brigid couldn’t remember at that moment.
After Brigid’s story, they visited the Gypsy camp hoping that they could find answers with Mother Elena. When they got there, the Gypsies surrounded them with swords, and the girls said that they were looking for Mother Elena. The girls were really frightened, but luckily for them, Kartik appeared and claimed Gemma as his. The Gypsies didn’t believe him so Gemma kissed Kartik to prove that she was his and the Gypsies let the three girls free. Kartik took them to Mother Elena’s tent and made Gemma promise no to do that again. In the tent, every time Mother Elena spoke to Gemma, she said Mary and she talked to her as if they’ve known each other for a long time. Gemma trying to get all the information of her, played along as if she was Mary. Mother Elena talked about the realms, the Winterlands, and the Order. She also told Mary (Gemma) that Sarah was a person hungry of power and that they had to keep her from taking the wrong path, and from going to the Winterlands because she feared that she would bind one spirit to her and do terrible things. She said that the spirit only needed a sacrifice. Gemma asked which kind of sacrifice and Mother Elena started to look suspicious. She figured out that Mary (Gemma) wasn’t really Mary, she started shouting, and the girls scared ran to the woods.
The next day, Pippa was fully cured. They talked about next week’s Spiritualist demonstration, and decided that they will to go to Madame Romanoff and ask her to contact them with Sarah or Mary.


Article posted April 7, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 154



I.N.S #6,

Article posted April 6, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 151

That night, Felicity, Pippa, Ann and Gemma went to the caves to have their first meeting. They drank a lot of whiskey and decided to call themselves “The Order”. While they were talking they saw Mary Dowd’s diary in Gemma’s pocket and started reading it. It said that when Mary and Sarah went to the realms they thought they were lost because they appeared in a wood where there were a lot of lost spirits. Eugenia, Spence’s founder, told them that the spirits had to stay there until they had completed their soul’s work. She said that the ones who weren’t able to complete it turned into dark spirits who caused trouble and then were taken to a place of shadows called The Winterlands. She said that only the strongest and wisest sister of “The Order” could go there, because the fallen spirits would change her and make her a slave of power if she couldn’t fight them. They closed the book and decided to start every meeting reading Mary Dowd’s diary. Felicity wanted to be sure that their secrets were safe so she proposed a blood ritual. They swore to keep secret their club, to taste freedom and to not let anyone betray them. Then, each of them took a candle and said their heart desire at loud, Pippa said that she wanted to find true love, Ann said that she wanted to be beautiful, Felicity said that she wanted to be powerful, and finally Gemma said that she wanted to understand herself. After drinking some more whiskey their first meeting came to an end.
The girls met in the boathouse today. Pippa talked about her afternoon with Mr. Bumble, a 50 years old man who wanted to marry her. She obviously hated being with him and obviously didn’t want to marry him, but she was being forced by her parents.
Afterwards, they read a day in Mary Dowd’s diary; it said that Mary and Sarah went to the Runes of the Oracle, that they touched them and had the power of the realms in their body. Later, Sarah went with Mary and told her that she was loosing her power and that she had been in the Winterlands. She said that they could make a sacrifice and bind a dark spirit with them to make “The Order” give Sarah her power back. After they finished reading, they tried to make their own magic and conjured spells calling the spirits. Afterwards, they were felt hot so they decided to take a dip in the lake. Felicity, Pippa and Gemma swam while Ann watched that no once saw them. They heard a noise and Pippa rushed for her clothes, but it was too late because Kartik had already seen her.
The next day, they were practicing their waltz with Mrs. Nightwing and Gemma got paired with Pippa.


Article posted April 6, 2008 at 06:00 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 151



March Break Diary: SUNDAY.

Article posted March 17, 2008 at 03:45 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 190

On Sunday we had to go to the North York Ski Centre because my mom had reserved ski lessons, since December, for my sister and me. We had to go although we had already learned to ski and although my little cousin had to wait for us because all the groups were already full. We arrived really early to the ski centre because we wanted to try to change my sister’s lessons to snowboarding so that my cousin could take her place in the skiing ones.
The answer was yes. The classes were really boring because they were teaching us things that I had already learned and also because my cousin barely speaks English so the teacher couldn’t communicate with him so I ended up being his teacher when I went to those classes to learn, not to teach. At the end, just two students learned enough to go down the big hill including me. Those were the minutes I enjoyed the most out of all those hours.
Then, we visited the Eaton centre and crossed to the City Hall where we took lots of pictures and played with the snow. Afterwards my family wanted to visit the CN Tower so we went there walking. In the following hours, I had the most embarrassing moment of my whole life; it was so embarrassing that I wanted the CN Tower to devour me. Since the snow was melting, there were ponds of water all over the streets. I was skipping them because my Uggs appear to be water proof, but they aren’t. My dad joking told me to go around the street because there wasn’t water there and I trusted him and didn’t look, so I stepped in a pond and then I was shivering because they were really cold. When we got to the CN Tower, my parents told me to take off my boots and walked bared foot, and I was like NO!, at the end I just sat down on a chair and we found a heater so my parents putted my socks and my boots over it so that they dried, of course it didn’t work and everyone that passed just stared at me. We went back home and I took a shower because my feet were red and I couldn’t even move them. Besides that, the CN Tower was great, we went all the way up and saw the city, the sky was so clear that we were able to see a city located in New York, USA. Then we went back home.

en la CN Tower
Gráficos con escarcha


That's us in the CN Tower.

Article posted March 17, 2008 at 03:45 AM GMT0 • comment • Reads 190



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