Midterm :)

My midterm was great! I went to the cinema and watched 'I am Number Four'. It was a good movie.

Waris Dirie Storyboard

This is the storyboard that Mia and I made for 'The Desert Flower' movie.

Picture 1: Waris is recovering from the circumcision.

Picture 2: She runs away from home to avoid her arranged marriage.

Picture 3: She moves to London to become a maid.

Picture 4: Waris becomes a supermodel.

Picture 5: She recovers from her operation.

Picture 6: Waris becomes an ambassador for the UN campaign.

Croke Park GAA museum

Yesterday was Valentines day , all TY's went to Croke park GAA museum. we set off at 12 and came back at 4. First the tour guide took us to a room where we were seated and we watched a 20 minutes movie about the GAA . After he took us around. We went into the lounge room where the players go to during half time and to the player's changing rooms. The tour guide also took us into Croke park where we walked up the steps to the very top, it was scary :/ . Afterwards we were allowed to wander aroung the museum by ourselves and we also got food. I got a cookie it was yummy :P It was a good day and it was also my first time being in Croke Park!

Eileen <3

Desert Flower

In geography we read 'Desert Flower' recently. Its by a model called Waris Dirie from Somalia.
before reading it i had no idea what the book was about.
Summary: Desert Flower is Waris' nickname. The book is about her life, she was born in Somalia. When she was 13 her father arranged her to marry an old man in return for a camel. Waris was afraid and did not want to get married because she was so young and the man was about 60 year old. She ran away from home. She didnt know where to go except to her aunt's house. There she took an opportunity to go to London and work in her uncle's house as a maid. Eventually Waris is discovered by a photographer and she becomes a supermodel. She later becomes an ambassador for UN for FGM.
She highlights female genital mutilation and how awful it is, how young girls/babies have to be circumcised in their culture but the is no reason why. She is outraged that girls have to go through this and I think that it should be banned too. Overall this is an excellent book and I would recommend it to people my age :)


Eileen<3

Subject Choice

Im worried about what subjects I am going to pick for leaving cert. Its a difficult decision :/ so far i definetly want to chemistry and biology because i want to study medicine in Trinity and two science is needed. But for the third subject I am a bit unsure whether to do accounting or home economics . Last tuesday we each had a meeting with the guidance counsellor Ms Hughs for 10 minutes. I put down chemistry biology and accounting and economics as my fourth. Hope i dont change my mind!

Eileen <3

Home ec

Today in home ec Clara and I are making chimichanga! :) I hope they turn out right.Last week we made churros they turned out better than i expected but we added a little too much salt :L so its more salty than sweet. We decided to dip them into lots of sugar and chocolate. Next week we are going to make nachos! I cant wait :P This is all part of the home ec project that we are currently doing. We have to make a powerpoint as well as three dishes from a country of our chioce and we picked Mexico because of the delicious food and culture!


Eileen

Blog

Today we did an experiment in science to test different metals using the colour of flames to recognise them. Yesterday we switched teachers so we have ms o'callaghan for chemistry now. I hope i really get a grip of leaving cert chemistry this year so ill be prepared for the next two years. Chemistry is a hard subject but I enjoy doing it especially the experiments.
Also the decommissing of the prefects was on yesterday. I hope to apply for prefect next year !


Eileen