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Just Born
I finally entered this world as a real human being! I wonder what my life will have... This is the beginning of my life. -
Kindergarten
I begin my life outside of my home. I never went out with my parents before coming to kindergarten, mainly because my parents did not want to cause trouble in the outside world (I was a very loud and selfish child; I still am.) I spent most of my days in kindergarten making friends and getting scolded by my teacher because I was a bad child. I ran around and would get mad if things did not go my way. I also missed my brother and parents alot during this point in my life. -
Wedding Photos
It was the day my Aunt and Uncle decided to take their wedding photos, in the summer. They were married since February, but they wanted a nice, warm summer day for picture taking. On this day, everyone dressed up and got together to take photos of the bride, groom, and the guests from the wedding. We took the photos in a large and spacious park. This is a moment of inspiration to me because my aunt looked so elegant in her wedding dress, and it helped me think about my dream future more easily. -
Moving Homes
My family moved from Scarborough to Richmond Hill, to stay with my cousins as my dad worked part time jobs. My mother was busy working in United States, so I did not see her again until after I began grade school. This was a period of change for my brother and I because we had to leave behind our childhood friends we've known. -
Grade School
I entered Richmond Hill Public School in grade one. My dad expected us to stay for less than half of the school year, but we stayed for only a couple of months. There, I experienced the pain of leaving new friends, and the hardships of trying to learn a person's name and matching it with a face, especially my teacher. I still have that problem now. A couple of months later, I recieved a letter from my old classmates, and I knew that I was not forgotten (I hope.) -
Moving Again!
My parents had finally found a house they wanted, and felt grateful to my cousins, who shared the house with us for the couple of months before. We moved to the Milliken area of Markham, where I would meet the friend of my life. A couple of days later, after moving into my new home, my mother came back from America to us and I was excited for her return. It was a day I was reunited with a missing part of my family. -
School. It's a tough thing unintentionally. Really!
I had transferred over to Milliken Mills Public School, for grade one. I was nervous; I did not know anyone from this school at all. My brother was nice enough to drop me off at my classroom, but I wandered around and got lost. I had to go back to the office and ask for assistance. When I entered that classroom that day, I was overwhelmed and scared. I kept to myself for most of the beginning of the year, until I met Anvi. She turned my life from depression to full of hope. -
Anvi: Friend of a Lifetime
Anvi was a girl that was friendly to everyone, as well as I when I was shunning everyone. At the time, we became close friends and we fought alot. All those fights in the past were meaningless, but it made our bond closer as we spent more time together later on in my life. I changed myself for her life, and for me to leave my past alone that stopped me from moving on with my life. She has been my friend for a decade, and will continue to be until the day we both leave this world. -
Randall
My dad decided to move Anvi and I to a different school. He felt that Milliken Mills was too far for walking distance, and moved us (as well as our brothers) to Randall Public School, where it was a place of creating bonds with new people, as well as the separation of Anvi and I. We made friends with our classmates, and they were Anvi's friends for a longer time than mine. The reason would be because of one, simple test that everyone took. Only 10 kids were picked. I was one of them. -
Gifted-ness: My Twist in My Life
What did it mean to be Gifted? Was it to be smart? Was it to be popular or active? I never knew the answer, because I did not fit into any of the categories said above. Everyone in grade three took this test, so that students would be sent to a school that had fully integrated gifted classes, because Randall was a normal streamed school. In my class, there were three smart kids who were expected to go to that special school. I thought they made a mistake. I was wrong. -
Separation
From the time that we were not in the same class in grade three, I knew that 2005 was a year that would go downhill for Anvi and I. It did, when I got accepted into the Gifted program. We were going to go our separate ways to different schools. I did not want to leave her; my friend that stayed with me the longest. But Anvi stayed positive. She told me that no matter what happens, we would always stay together, even if we were separated. We would find our way back to each other, always. -
Crosby: My Second Last Elementary Stop.
After my conflicts about leaving Anvi back at Randall and I would go to Roy H. Crosby Public School, I decided to follow my mom's wishes of me entering the Gifted Program. This period in my life, all the way until grade six graduation, I felt like the change that was happening in me was starting to stop, and I would not be able to move on in my life without Anvi near me every day. That is, that would have happened if my mother did not send me to swimming classes. -
Get a passion in life!
I was a very lazy child. I did not enjoy the extra work that the Gifted kids had to do, compared to the Normal streamed kids. So when summer of 2006 came around, I spent most of it sitting around at home, playing video games. My mother, seeing me in such a state that would eventually lead to a life like my brother's, sent me to swimming classes. This was so that I would have some sort of sport passion. I did, but it was not for swimming, which ended 2 years after taking lessons. -
Moving? Again?
This is another transitional phase in my life. My family hoped that it would be the last house that we would have to move to, as my brother needed his high school placement to be close by. Milliken Mills High School, apparently, was not close enough. I absolutely hated moving. It meant leaving my school, leaving my close by friends, and it also meant living in an area I had no clue where. But with the recent changes in my life that twisted it into some unknown shape, it did not matter anymore. -
Volleyball: Great for Stress Relief!
It was around my birthday week that my gym class was learning about this sport called: volleyball. I was fairly okay at playing it, so I was happy for a while. It was also a great stress relief from classes that I was not doing so great in. I felt as though I was incompetent with the kids around me, who were smart and athletic. Of course, I pack a punch, but I was not as smart as everyone else was. So, I wanted a hobby. Not a stress relief hobby like volleyball though. A life-long hobby was it. -
Graduation? A day of separation.
Grade six ended, but it was not the end of elementary school. At Roy H. Crosby, the school only went up to grade six, so it would feed the other schools that go to grade eight. Everyone went their separate ways. I did as well. At this point in my life, everyone had to leave each other. I said my byes as well. However, I also felt that pain, that reminded me of my not-so emotional byes. I finally understood what Anvi told me that fateful day, and now, I regret showing my quiet facade that day. -
Life Long Hobby...What is it?
This summer, I felt horrible about my actions that day. I was so focused on that day, that I almost did not catch my brother playing his video games, something I liked too. I watched him ever since I was little. I would mimic his actions, and get scolded for it. When I saw him play his games, and how well he does it, I thought to myself, "What if I was the same as him? A gaming hobby?" I figured I could try his hobby out too, and he was glad that someone familiar was the same. -
Berczy: The Final Destination Stop...Or is it?
William Berczy Public School. It's an elementary school that was very famous for the smart students they grew inside. However, when my generation came over to study there, their reputation decreased slightly, as we were not the brightest bunch of kids. Or atleast, some of us were not. It was the final transition point in my elementary years. I decided to keep my life moving by joining a grade seven band, as they were moving fairly slowly from the years before. I felt like I needed something. -
Band: A New Hobby That Resulted in a Short-Term Success
Throughout my two years at Berczy, I had attended band. I did the same in grade six back at Crosby, so my mother thought I should continue doing so until graduation. I was thought too, but I ran into problems left and right. One of these problems consulted with my range of notes. But that was resolved with a switch of instruments. I felt that I couldn't continue with playing in the band, but my teacher convinced me to continue in grade eight, but I felt terrible in that year too. -
Band: Its a Good Experience!
So band was alright in Berczy. I was not the best player, I was not the worst (I hope). And with the learning of a new instrument in the middle of the year, I thought I was doing pretty alright. And with the new instrument, my band instructor thought it would be alright for us to go to Ottawa and play at a competition as well. It was a week-long trip, and the away-from-home experiences I saw there made me feel free. It made me feel as though I was just like a person in an open world. -
Graduation: Finally!
It's the end of my elementary school years. It was really something to see: the graduation ceremony, end of the school year parties, the last school day...I was thinking it would never end. The week, I mean. I felt relieved. Not because everyone was going their own ways, and probably never see each other again, but because I was done with what I thought was long and tiring. I felt as thought something on my chest was lifted and just disappeared in thin air. This was a memory to never forget. -
Markville? As in Markville Mall?
Whenever I hear the word Markville, I think of my school. But back then, when I was just about to begin grade nine, I thought about the mall close to my house, and new school. So did my old friends. I felt brand new on this day. I hoped to make a friend, but I stuck to my old Berczy classmates. Here is the conflicts issue I always have with new stuff. The "friends" I had here were all boys. I did not feel close to them and I could not consult them with any girl problems I had. So, now what? -
Sammi, meet Suoi and Roai: Your Angels from Hell.
So a couple of weeks ago, I had a dilemna. I needed someone to talk with me. And the Berczy boys were not the one. On this day, I was desparate, and started paying attention to whoever was around me. Be they boy or girl; all I wanted was someone to talk to. And there they were. I met Suoi and Roai around this time. Of course, it was awkward, since I jumped in their game talk, but I knew that these two would be my life savers & friends. From then on, my school life was much more entertaining. -
Go Go GO Club
By this period in my life, I had already made some new friends, even if the majority of them were not girls. It was alright though, because I knew that my friends were great and enjoyable to be around, so gender never came to my mind once. But when I followed Suoi to her club, to apply as a member, I realized that most of our friends were males. As well as in the Go Club, the majority were males. Of course, after worrying about it, I figured it was not a big problem in the first place. -
Grade Ten!
The beginning of a new school year! We are no longer niners, but in grade ten! I met old faces and was relieved that I was not alone in the school. On this day, I helped a transfer named Hat. He was grateful for my help, and I was glad I could help someone atleast once this year. We also had the same schedules, so it made my life very easy to help him. Maybe the start of a new friendship? -
University? Or College...?
By Fall of 2014, 2 years from now, I hope to have knowledge of what school to go to after high school ends. I hope that with this goal, I will know what I want to do with my life, and whether or not my parents will respect my wishes of my dream career path. -
High School Graduation
3 years from now, I plan on leaving Markville Secondary with the pride of being a graduate. I hope to learn more to achieve this goal in the future, and I hope to experience the struggles my brother and older friends have had in university/college. -
University of Toronto
I hope to graduate from Markville, and be accepted by U of T in their arts stream. This goal makes it so that if I am able to be accepted by them, I would not need to worry about transportation and my poor sense of direction, compared to going to University of Waterloo or any other university outside Toronto. -
My Future 5 Years From Now
My goal 5 years from now, is to get accepted into an arts college or a university that I enjoy going to, and to stay in that university for as long as I must. With this goal in mind, I hope that the courses I will take in my high school career will help me with my road choices. -
Ideas will be Ideal in the Future
Seven years is a far time away from the present. However, whos to say the future will be slow or fast? In 7 years, I want to have a definite goal in life outlined for me to follow through. I also want to know what the rewards I will reap from my future goal, as well as who I will have in my future life: the people from my past? Or the mysterious people of the future? ...I sure hope I will not have people problems.
