Where I'm from

I am from war, from genocide.
I am from the beach sun where I become tan
I am from bicycles, cycling around the neighborhood

I am from the little growing country, from flija and dyner
I am from the runaway of death, from the forgotten land
I am from the push away of muslims, from atheism

I am from "go to this" and "don't get bad grades"
I am from the beautiful mountains of Kosovo
I am from Prishtina and the dying of innocent people

I am from smokers and the shallow people
I am from being scattered around the world
I am from June-August the only time I see my family

I am from the branch of Venera and Luan
I am from loving my grandmother
I am from guilt and betrayal to not keep my promise of seeing her again

I am from the guitar, and the responsibilities, from Atdhe and Kastriot (my cousins) and the kingdom of joy called Osmani and Daka
I am from the good grades, from a education
I am from the couch, where I grow old and happy.

I am from being proud  of our country, from moving and never staying put.
I am from the roses by the backyard, red and shiny
I am from video games, from sony and microsoft.

I am from the wind where I always get brought from one thought to another.
I am from cats and from petting them 
I am from boat of dreams continuously changing

I am from the grayish grave imbued with memories
I am from the lightness of my father and the expectations of my mother
I am from the never breaking tree that holds our culture

I am from the drunk dreams of becoming this and that
I am from friendship and the depth of love
I am from the love of my country

I am from the suffering, from blood and losses of the ones I care
I am from Kosovo, from krenar te jesh shqiptar (proud to be albanian)

I am from the ever growing roots that follow the lives of my family,
from the fallen memories of my ancestors and from the appreciation of life.

Japan

On March 11th, 14:46 a devastating 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit Japan leaving the japaneze stranded. That was not it. The earthquake was followed by a horrible Tsunami afterwards

The earthquake came in the middle of the day as people were working. They felt a pang. The earthquake shaked the island nation of Japan as it was heard as far as Beijing.

Then the tsunami. The water's color was azure but not until it deluged many cars, buildings and what not more which completely changed it's color to black. Even with all those objects in the way the waves didn't decelerate. A copious ammount of people were stranded and clearly Japan's cry for help was audible around the world. The death toll was in big numbers and it was rising with every passing day.

Every adept scientist tried to be fastidious and they learned that the tsunami waves will come as far away as the Pacific Ocean.

Later days, the nuclear power plant in Fukushima seemed to have cooling problems and reactors exploded. With all of them exploding it would leave to a terrible disaster and to radiation aswell. It was crucial to cool down the reactors to faciliate the situation and so people wouldnt worry about that.

By far this earthquake that preceded the earlier one was far more devastating. Everything is fitful at the moment and fellow nations are trying to help Japan with whatever they can, mostly deploying surviving supplies. This event was truly one that's not worth bantering

Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl

Anne Frank: The Diary Of A Young Girl

The meaning of Anne Frank's book is the diary that was given on her birthday. To Anne it means alot that is why she even named it Kitty and Anne explains how Kitty is her best friend when she was young.

The book is about Anne Frank a young jewish girl living in the times of World War II.  She and her family are forced to go into hiding from the Nazis occupation in the Netherlands. In the "Secret Annexe" Anne starts to discover new things and experience new learnings such as love. Anne undergoes new feelings within the time she grows up in the "Secret Annexe"

Her diary is organized in dates in journal, and she uses her perspective of life to write about what had happened in the days she wrote in her diary. Kitty is the only "person" Anne can refer to and tell her the deepest thoughts

Anne comes to realize that life is hard in hidding and that with age she starts to experience new things. She falls in love with Peter who changes her life at that point. She also comes to realize about her relationship with other people from the "Secret Annexe" and her bad relationship with her mother.

Not only did I like the book but it is also touching. Every new date I was excited to see what Anne had experienced and I thought deeply in myself and realized that life was really hard for them in WWII comparing to our easy going life. I think everyone should read this book and learn about Anne Frank's daily experiences.

Some lines I loved were:

1. It is becoming a bad dream in daytime as well as at night, I see him nearly all the time and can't get at him. (160)

2. I wonder whether you can tell me why it is that people always try so hard to hide their real feelings? How is it that I always behave quite differently from what I should in other people's company (136)

3. A voice sobs within me: "There you are, that's what's become of you: you're uncharitable, you look supercilious and peevish, people dislike you and all because you won't listen to the advice given by your own better half." (267)

What I Believe

I believe that hope is
what keeps us going

I believe in fun because
thats what enlightens the mood

I believe in changes because
they awlays open different
paths in our lives.

I believe in achievements because
with each one we change

I believe that Joy grows in June

I believe that music is the rhythm
of life.

I believe in riding bicycles
which moves you into a whole
different world, where you can roam
free without any interference

I believe in the tests of life
that wherever we go a new
challenge appears and we should
never crack down
I belive in meeting new people
because it teaches us about the
world.

I believe that love is stronger than death

I believe that everything happens for a reason

I believe in snow because it always brings
happiness.

I belive that what ever comes around
goes around

I believe that girls always
 drive men crazy

I believe in listening to others
that its a key for understanding

I believe in connection
between people

I believe you shouldn't be really eager
into learning about secrets because
they may leave wounds

I believe that it is impossible
to buy friendship

I believe in traditional Albanian
food because it reminds me of
home.

I believe that with every mistake
we learn something new

And I believe that the love
for our country shall never
be dispelled

never to be forgotten

so go out and make many

The Cold War (Based On Black Ops)

We were in our camp site. War between Russian armies and U.S armies continued. Our commander Isaac Clarke told us we had to get prepared to invade the Russians and confiscate the Nova six project before it pervaded the world. Manny scattered soldiers were assimilated into the army. Russia had over 20 thousand soldiers while we had only 10 thousand. After a few months we gathered over 25 thousand soldiers.

Our commander prepared plans for us on how to win the war and divided us into many squads each having their own captain. Most of us of course were having a dissension over the commander's plans. What we all knew was that we had to be very meticulous about the war.

After two weeks, we were ready. It was around 7:00 AM and the sun was just setting out and we were still sweltering while we got to our choppers. More than 100 helicopters were going to Moscow's frontlines. While on the route a friendly helicopter went down. It was there when the war had started. We were divided into six large groups. I was the captain of squad Alpha.

The state of battle was in total anarchy. We applied our commander's orders and encompassed the Russians throughout every route. I took my squad through alot of Russian troops and managed to kill most of them. We reached our main priority. To apprehend Nikita Dragovich the general of the Russians and leader of the Nova six project. Our mission was complete. While getting back from the Russian lands I can remember only one thing. That I got shot by a sniper and I thought I fell forever behind enemy lines.

After a 16 hour ride a medic woke me up at our campsite with my open chest wound being healed. I then thanked him for saving my life. The main part was the end. Dragovich was interrogated by Alex Mason our U.S General, and John Marston. We waited for hours to hear the chosen decision and it seemed that Dragovich is getting rather hanged than arraigned. After a few hours the scene was set up and Dragovich was ready to be executed. "Goodbye American dogs, Russia will PREVAIL!!" Those were his last words before he died.

After that incident all of us gathered to lionize Commander Clarke's success in battle. We thought what a calamity it would be if the Nova six project would pervade the world killing everyone if we hadn't stopped it. All of us were lionized by the U.S.A and the world. We were glad to succed and happy to have saved the world.

The Great Gift (RELATED TO MAX)

Because I don't celebrate christmas, Max was nice enough to give me a present. At first I was really happy and that was going to be my first christmas gift. I told Max how nice he was to give me a gift. That day was the end of school day and we were going to go over sleep at Dyvon's house (Me, Brandon, and Mikkel.) We were going to the mall and Max called to say that he wasn't coming. It made me sad cause I thought i might finally get my gift. Max left me in total anarchy when he told me he was not going to give me my gift until January 17th, 2011 the day school starts. It was then when I apprehended why Max didn't still give me my gift.

January 17th, 2011 came really fast and I was excited to get my gift. When I saw Max I said: "HI MUX! WHERE IS MY GIFT!!" Max responded: "I don't have it". At that moment I raged and I told  him "I wont talk to you until you give me my gift." He said that he was okay with that. The next days he still didn't bring me my gift. I realized he was doing a calamity to me without giving my gift. He promised it 1 month and a half ago and I still dont have it. When I thought about it it made me even more mad. I was trying to do a conspiracy and go steal the gift by myself but I knew it was illegal. January 27th and today Max still said : "I don't have it" I felt like punching him in the same time and I did.  We didn't share words until lunch and then He told me he was going to bring it tomorrow. ( I am telling  you now MAX GIVE ME MY GIFT OR I WILL KILL YOU!!)

P.S This was written with Max's permission and 99% of it is true and so is the MAX GIVE ME MY GIFT OR I WILL KILL YOU part!
Thank You!

The Park - Holden Style

The Park

I was walking in this really lousy park. I saw a homeless old man who didn’t look any good. He just was freezing like a bastard. So what I did was I gave him enough dough so he could have a nice breakfast. He was thankful as hell. Then we shaked hands and all that crap. I gave him much dough, but I didn’t care much.

I was thinking about this guy, Alex Mason at Whooton School. He’s family was poor as hell. For a whole week he wore the same clothes. I didn’t even know if he brushed his goddam teeth. He got kicked out. I felt sorry for him. He couldn’t even bring money to school. It killed me

Anyway, while I was walking I saw this very phony couple talking about marriage, and all that crap. It was one of those very phony conversations which are really boring.

I kept walking and it was really boring, but but I didn’t care much. I was freezing like a bastard. There were about thousand benches so I just sat on one. I was feeling lonesome as Hell. I thought about giving this guy, Eric Pumphrey a buzz. He was this very intellectual guy. He was pretty self-confident. He thought he was the goddam king. I didn’t feel like calling him though.

Everywhere I was surrounded by morons. I just tried to get the hell out of there. I mean go home and all. I started to even miss my goddam parents. I was getting pretty excited until the consequences came in my mind.

Anyway, I finally got of the bench and started going to the ducks and see what they were doing. As I was walking I couldn’t believe what happened. A little boy was being beat up by a older one. It killed me, it really did. So what I did was I went to the boy and told him to stop. I tried to be more manly, and when he saw I was twice as old as him he started running away. I helped the young boy get up and all. He thanked me.

I only thought to myself. What is going on in this park today? But I knew I couldn’t answer that. I finally somehow managed to reach the ducks. It was really cold and I saw none of the ducks in the lagoon. I was pretty sad I didn’t get to see them, but I started going to another way. I didn’t know wherever the hell I was going. I just kept thinking about what happened today in this goddam park. First the old man, then the phony couple, the morons, and finally the young boy. This was a really strange day. I started thinking of going home and all. I was really missing Phoebe and even my goddam parents. So what I did was I tried to think of a way how to explain to my parents why I am back before Wednesday, but I just couldn’t think of what to make up. But then something just randomly popped out in my mind. What if Phoebe was here with me and see what happened in the park? It killed me. I couldn’t think of Phoebe’s reactions of this stupid park.

Then I finally found the stupid exit. I was so goddam happy to leave of that strange park. But I knew that what happened there today would haunt me afterwards.