THE ZOO

I am waiting at the gate of the zoo in New York. I am watching from the top, where the entrance is located, and I can see so many different animals that I could not imagine exist. I am so excited and I am getting so curious to see what else is inside.
Now I am walking through the zoo’s main path. In the first part of the zoo I find the birds. They sound so nice. I feel like I am at Broadway watching some musical. I am buying food to feed them. One of the birds has so beautiful, blue feathers. Walking around the bird’s cage I am watching some baby birds and I cannot reach them, to give them some food. I am walking to the end of the den and trying to feed them. I think that I see smile on their little faces. An employee is saying to me that one of the birds was born two days ago. I continue walking and now I am passing the section where snakes are. I do not like snakes and I prefer to skip this part. I am hearing some noises and it comes from elephants. I am walking faster because on the P.A. (power amplifier) they are saying that there is show with the elephants shortly. They are very smart animals and one of the trainers is showing us what they can do. They are dancing and doing everything that the trainer says. For the end they are taking some special food with their proboscis, showing us how the proboscis is useful for them. My friend is telling me that we have to go to see the llamas. She is telling me that we have to be very careful with llamas if we want to continue visiting this beautiful zoo. The llama is not a friendly animal and if they do not like somebody they can spit on you. For me the llamas are very beautiful and they walk so elegantly. I am starting to get tired, and before we continue we are going to rest for a few minutes. This zoo has so many benches, trees, looks more like a park. We are talking about what to do next and our decision is to take one more step, to visit the aquarium where the fishes and dolphins are. I am trying to walk faster because I want to see dolphins. I am going to see them for the first time. If I am lucky maybe I will have the chance to touch one of them too. They are so beautiful and their skin looks so shiny. Yessss, one of the trainers is taking me to their pool and I am going to touch them now. I am walking through the small hall and finally I am there, next to the dolphins. I am thinking that one of them wants to kiss me. They look so smooth.
Unfortunately it is time to go home. I feel tired but happy. Our bus is coming and I am looking one more time at the zoo. Now I have time to think about my experience. It was great!

Bowling

I have played bowling two days ago with my friends. It was the first time that I went bowling in my life. One of our friends invited us to go and I told my husband that I would like to go and try. When we went there I was surprised how nice the place looked; it is located in Norwalk, right in front of Wal-Mart. I saw this building so many times and I was always curious what it is. Finally two days ago I went there and I played bowling. It was difficult to throw the ball because it is very heavy, and the day after that I felt pain in my hand. I had a very nice time with my friends and enjoy being with my husband. He helped me to understand the rules and to be the second place at the end of the game. It was very interesting and probably I will go again.

The Bracelet

The story “the Bracelet” by Yoshiko Uchida talks about a girl named Ruri and her family, who was taken to the concentration camp in the United States. It was World War II between the United States and Japan and every Japanese person or descendent of one, was taken to a concentration camp, because they were considered spies. Ruri was very scared because she did not know what to expect and she did not know what was going to happen to them. Most of all, she was scared because of the soldiers who were standing at the doorway with guns. On the way to the camp she saw and remembered a food store, where her mother used to order beans – curd cakes and pickled relish. One detail that she noted was sign in the bus “We are loyal Americans”. At that moment she was thinking that they are really loyal Americans, because they had been living in the United States for very long time. Even her sister and she were citizens because they were born in the United States. However, her parents could not become citizens because of the law where any Asian could not become a US citizen. It was a very hard time for Ruri, and she felt like she was going to prison, even if she did not do anything.
When they arrived at the camp, after doctor controls, they went to see their apartment assigned with the number 40. Ruri was very excited because she was going to live in an apartment. She remembered when her piano teacher lived in an apartment and the building had an elevator. She was very excited because they were going to have the elevator. However, her apartment used to be a horse stall, very small and with two small windows. Her mother told them not to worry about how the apartment looks, because they were going to make it very beautiful. After some time Ruri noticed that she lost the bracelet that Laurie gave to her. She looked everywhere and she felt very bad when she realized that the bracelet was not in camp. She did not stop looking for it all the time that they were there. When they moved to the other camp she gave up, but her mother told her that it is more important what we have in our hearts than what we take with us. She realized that her mother was right and she was never going to forget Laurie.

What happened after "Earth Day"?

All of you know that I was part of a group that made a presentation about plastic bags. It was very interesting and after “Earth Day” I started to think about what we are doing to our planet. I was not so much into It, and I have never paid attention how we are destroying our planet. I got scared because of how global warming is going to affect to my kids, so I have to think how to protect them and try to leave a better place for them. I did not know some of things about plastic bags before I started presentation. Now when I really know what happened with plastic bags I am trying to do something to change my habits. I do not use anymore plastic bags when I go store, and instead of it I use cloth bag. A cloth bag is one of the solutions that we can do to stop using plastic bags. I still cannot believe that plastic bag stay in landfill for more than a hundred years and even after those hundred years it still there. They are smaller and smaller by the time, but actually they never disappeared. Trying to not use plastic bag is just only one small step that we can do to save our planet, and I think that every person on this Earth should think more about consequences.

Peru

My husband Alan is from Peru. Before I met him I did not know so much about South America and which countries we have there. However, he told me so many stories about history of Peru and what you can do it there. Here is something that Alan taught me about Peru, but I hope that we will go this winter there so I can see it too. Peru, the famous home of the Incas is one of the most intriguing countries of South America. The Republic of Peru is located in western South America. Peru limit with Colombia and Ecuador on the north, Brazil is located to the east, and Chile is to the south. The narrow plains are located on the coast of Peru toward the Pacific Ocean. This area's temperature ranges from 66 to 73 degrees Fahrenheit (Weil, 40-41). The highlands are located in the central region of Peru. This is the region where the Andes Mountains are found. Rain seldom falls below the five thousand foot level on the slopes of the Andes Mountains (Weil, 40-41). The temperature is very high in the summer time in the highlands region. He told me so many stories about Macchu Picchu, the lost city of Incas, and I would like to go to see it.

Bride Wars

I watched with Alan "Bride Wars" last night. I saw the advertisement on television and from the beginning I wanted to watch it. This is what happened in the movie. Two best friends Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson) become rivals when they schedule their respective weddings on the same day. The problem was that they have dreamed of a June wedding at the Plaza hotel since they were kids, so when they realized that the wedding will happen at the same time and the same place, they started the war. The bronze tan, the blue hair it is something that they did it to each other. At the end, when they were on the wedding, Liv played a very embarrasing video about Emma. After she had a conversation with her future husband she did not get married. After one year they, Liv and Emma, gather in a restaurant. Emma got married with Liv's brother, and guess..... Both are pregnant and they will deliver baby on the same day.

Scotland

Scotland is a foreign region in the United Kingdom with much culture and heritage. The history of Scotland goes back many years and can be looked at as an evolved system where culture is the foundation of all of society. Because culture is the learned set of practices, beliefs, values, and rules for proper conduct and material objects that are shared by members of society, one can only want to look further into what makes the Scottish culture so unique. There are eight regions within the Scotland territory. These include Aberdeenshire and Grampian Highlands, Central Scotland, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness and Highlands, Orkney and Shetland Islands, South West, and West Coast. The land mass of Scotland is about 78,133 km2. The weather in Scotland is the main topic of conversation from January until December from one end of Scotland to the other. Rumors abound that it is always raining, always below freezing and always under seven feet of snow. However, one thing you can be sure of is the weather is changeable and local to the extreme - it can be raining at the front of a house and not in the back. There is a local saying that says if you don't like the weather just wait’ a wee while and it will change.