WE DAY!

Yesterday was Kitchener/Waterloo's FIRST WE DAY! My first We Day too actually. And I loved life.

We Day is an event Free the Children puts on. They do it across Canada, in Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver and now in KW at The Aud! The goal is to inspire kids to help out with charities in their communities, and to help communities around the world. And it is so inspirational.

I was really lucky because I was one of three student volunteers from W-O sent to help out with We Day. We got free tshirts (displayed in the picture), special colour coded wrist bands, and the oppertunity to actually help make this event possible.

I was part of the Youth Registration Team. Our job was basically to welcome the masses of youth entering The Aud, and to make sure they had tickets in hand, wrist bands on and to help collect their canned food. The best part was trying to get them pumped for the day. We decided to lead cheers, cheer them on and talk to them about how excited they are for We Day.



W-O is in the orange!

 That went on from about 8 to 10, a crazy two hours...but we had so much energy! My favourite part of the day was finally entering the stadium and seeing 6000 youth with so much energy, and knowing that I had helped them in a small way to get excited for the day.

We heard Al Gore, the Reverend Jesse Jackson and Craig and Mark Kielburger speak, and they were so inspirational. There were bands like the Bare Naked Ladies, Stereos and Shawn Desman perform which just added to the excitement.

There were crowd pumpers, people who dressed up in crazy outfits and lead the We Day Dance, and pumped up the crowd. They are my idols. All of them had so much energy all day! Next We Day, I want to be one of them :)

What an AMAZING day!

School Politics

Oh voting season at W-O. The campaigns, the flyers, the random people yelling at you to VOTE for their candidate. In my grade 12 year, I've kind of stopped caring.

 Maybe its because I probably won't be coming back. Maybe its because I don't really know any of the candidates. But really, I think its because after the candidates are voted in, I don't really see them leading the school anymore.

Don't get me wrong, I admire the people who run for Co-pres. I think it takes a lot of courage to go up in front of your peers and ask for votes. And I know W-O's student leaders do TONS behind the scenes. But I never really see them making a difference in our school.

I actually brought this up today, and some teachers told me that there have been co-presidents who were very present in the school, and made a huge difference at W-O. So these comments I make do not apply to all co-presidents. Just my experiance.

So do we need co-presidents? Even though my comments have been negative, yes! For one, we need to have two leaders who do all of the jobs that comes with being co-pres. And each time we vote a new leader in, there is always a chance that he or she is the one that comes along once in a while who will make a huge difference at W-O.

Hot Yoga

MY NEW LOVE!

 I NEVER though I would be into yoga. I thought it was for those crazy meditating people who were all spiritual but guess what?! It isn't!

I was introduced to hot yoga by my friend Katie Gingrich at Moksha Yoga Waterloo, located on Erb St in case you are wondering.

As a dancer, yoga is really good for me because instead of forcing flexibility, you relax into it, a technique that has really helped me. Everything that you do in hot yoga, especially at the beginner level is mind over matter. None of the moves are particularely hard, but holding them in the intense heat takes a fair bit of will power.

My favourite kind of classes offered are called Karma Classes. Instead of paying a fee (regularely $15) you make a donation of atleast $7 and the money goes to a charity! I think that is so cool...you get yoga and better the world!

I especially like doing yoga on Sundays, the one day of the week that I reserve for catching up on all of the homework I've neglected during the week. Yoga is such a great break from all of the sitting and studying.

Unlikely Lovers

Bubbles + Bugs Bunny = <3 ?!?

My Dearest Bugs Bunny,

We are destined to be together. For one, our names are an alliteration "Bugs and Bubbles", "Bubbles and Bugs". It has a nice ring, no?

I am cute, blonde and I fight crime. I'm made of sugar, spice and everything nice!..what more could you want?

I can speak Spanish, and Japenese, as well as talk to animals, so communicating won't be a problem between us! I will ALWAYS stand up for animals, so if you ever need help i'm there. Unless there is a cockroach, those are ICKY!

People tell me that I'm innocent, playful, having gentle demeanor, and having a tendency to be naïve, ditsy, submissive, shy, and sensitive! Hopefully you find all of these traits attractice ;) (Wikipedia me for more info!)

My favourite colour is blue, and I'm a virgo!

If you wanted to go on a double, or even triple date, I have two sisters who would be happy to go out with Tweety Bird or Porky.

Call me!

Bubbles

xoxo

Leader or Follower

Because I am a first born child, I am naturally predisposed to be a leader! And generally I would say this is true. But I'm the type of person to take control if no one else is. If somebody else is taking charge, I'm pretty happy to let them go at it...as long as they are doing a good job ;)

For example, I'm one of the Co-Chairpersons of Music Council this year, but only because there was lots of encouraging from the music teachers. If there had been somebody else who was dying to do the job, and I had thought they would have done a good job, I probably wouldn't have even applied.

And in group projects, I often feel like I am taking the leadership role to make sure everything gets done. After all, someone has got to do it!

And when I was a kid, I was definitely the leader out of the neighborhood kids. I was the oldest, so my sister and neighbors listened to me :)

I'm doing a project right now on Birth Order and how it affects a persons character. This information is clarifying why most of the presidents and prime ministers are first borns!
First Borns are - Conscientious, well organized, serious, goal oriented, achieving, people pleasers and believers in authority.
All of these are assets in leaderships roles!

Footsteps in the Sand

Footsteps In The Sand

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along the beach with the LORD.
Across the sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand:
one belonging to him, and the other to the LORD.

 

When the last scene of his life flashed before him
he looked back, at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of his life.

 

This really bothered him and he questioned the LORD about it:
"LORD, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life
there is only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me."

 

The LORD replied:
"My son, My precious child, I love you and I would never leave you,
During your times of trial and suffering,
when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you."

 

I have always found this poem to be very striking. Although it doesn't follow a rhyming scheme, I think it is a very moving piece of poetry. I think the reason I like this poem is because it doesn't follow the classic poetry format and is told as more of a story. I'm not the biggest fan of poetry, so something like this appeals to me.