Hello, everyone. I think something is wrong with Blogger's text editor, because the font size tools, the paragraph alignment tool, and some others are missing. I do not know why, so let us move on.
Today's entry of my life is quite short, because I actually spent about 94% of it sleeping. Calculate that: I spent 22 hours and 56 minutes of today sleeping. I have never done that before. My parents think it is something called Jet Lag, but that only comes when you go to a different country.
The rest of time, I spent playing poker, and I think I ate lunch and dinner, but that's all. I also went outside to see if I could help by picking up the damage -which was not much- hurricane Ike had done to our neighborhood. The man, a really good person, told us we, my brother and I, could help tomorrow. I would be the one doing the work, and my brother would be moral support with yellow and green pom-poms. (Just kidding.)
That's all for today. If I do not sleep through tomorrow, then I'll talk a little more, but for right now: Good night.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
9/17/08
Hello, everyone! I am going to ask you to join for a moment of respect for all the volunteers, officers, and workers who had to help clean and make our homes as habitable as possible. Thank you. As you all know, -well, most of you do- Hurricane Ike hit Texas and forced many people to evacuate right after Gustav -I think that was the hurricane's name- made lots of people from Louisiana to flee inland. This was not a joyful time.
Today is September 17th, the day we came back home after evacuating to a hotel somewhere in Waller County. Although, ironic as it seems, many people were not able to celebrate their birthdays properly due to the hurricane on September. It must have been hard for people to sing "Happy Birthday" when they did not know if their house was still standing or not.
When I got back home, the first thing I did was open the fridge to check for expired products. I was greeted by a smell that resembled the basic components of raw sewage, even though it wasn't. And so we threw away everything in the fridge, including the ice, water, frozen products, etc. The second thing I did was run into my room and plop down on my bed. It was such a relief to be back home.
I have a few people to thank before I move on. I thank Meagen Beeson, who kept me company through texting. I also thank Ruvinda Gunawerdhena, who inspired me to work out. Muscles came in handy. XD I also thank Shree Deshpande who told me that ankle weights would ruin my ankles. Thanks Shree.
And now to tell:
Several days ago, at night I was watching the news and spotted the reporter telling people to evacuate. I asked my family to evacuate, then and there, but they would not oblige. So, the next when we heard another warning, we packed our bags with bear necessities and left. Our original goal was Austin, Texas, but my little brother and I wanted to go to San Antonio for Sea World. Yet, our goal was not completed, and my parents and I met each other half way (literally), and stopped at some hotel in Waller County. We found out that the gas station nearby was okay, and their were a few restaurants beside our place of visit, and this is where we got our gas, food, and drinks. All this was fine until the restaurants closed and only the gas station was open, but the gas had run out. So we began to worry, for the rest of the hotels were full. However we survived long enough and tried to celebrate my mother's (38th)and brother's birthday (8th). This was all we could do, celebrate, for the food had run out. We kept calling Tara Energy to see if the electricity and water was back on, and when we learned that it was, we waited one more day and then we packed up to leave. After we packed up, we arrived home to find that one tree, two gates, a few shingles, and some other things had been broken. Our wind chime had flown away, and their seemed to be a strange draft in our home. I could not place my finger on it, but something was missing from our home. No nothing had been stolen or lost, it was just the nice feeling of "I am home" that was missing. I could not believe how much I missed everything, yet it felt like was visiting this place. However, I told myself to get over it, and I did, knowing that all that stuff was in my head.
Now we are going to be prepared for whatever comes our way.
-=Nawal=-
Today is September 17th, the day we came back home after evacuating to a hotel somewhere in Waller County. Although, ironic as it seems, many people were not able to celebrate their birthdays properly due to the hurricane on September. It must have been hard for people to sing "Happy Birthday" when they did not know if their house was still standing or not.
When I got back home, the first thing I did was open the fridge to check for expired products. I was greeted by a smell that resembled the basic components of raw sewage, even though it wasn't. And so we threw away everything in the fridge, including the ice, water, frozen products, etc. The second thing I did was run into my room and plop down on my bed. It was such a relief to be back home.
I have a few people to thank before I move on. I thank Meagen Beeson, who kept me company through texting. I also thank Ruvinda Gunawerdhena, who inspired me to work out. Muscles came in handy. XD I also thank Shree Deshpande who told me that ankle weights would ruin my ankles. Thanks Shree.
And now to tell:
Several days ago, at night I was watching the news and spotted the reporter telling people to evacuate. I asked my family to evacuate, then and there, but they would not oblige. So, the next when we heard another warning, we packed our bags with bear necessities and left. Our original goal was Austin, Texas, but my little brother and I wanted to go to San Antonio for Sea World. Yet, our goal was not completed, and my parents and I met each other half way (literally), and stopped at some hotel in Waller County. We found out that the gas station nearby was okay, and their were a few restaurants beside our place of visit, and this is where we got our gas, food, and drinks. All this was fine until the restaurants closed and only the gas station was open, but the gas had run out. So we began to worry, for the rest of the hotels were full. However we survived long enough and tried to celebrate my mother's (38th)and brother's birthday (8th). This was all we could do, celebrate, for the food had run out. We kept calling Tara Energy to see if the electricity and water was back on, and when we learned that it was, we waited one more day and then we packed up to leave. After we packed up, we arrived home to find that one tree, two gates, a few shingles, and some other things had been broken. Our wind chime had flown away, and their seemed to be a strange draft in our home. I could not place my finger on it, but something was missing from our home. No nothing had been stolen or lost, it was just the nice feeling of "I am home" that was missing. I could not believe how much I missed everything, yet it felt like was visiting this place. However, I told myself to get over it, and I did, knowing that all that stuff was in my head.
Now we are going to be prepared for whatever comes our way.
-=Nawal=-
Monday, September 8, 2008
9/8/08
In current news, a plethora of topics are out and about, some topics such as politics, history, and science have become the new "buzz" in adults and teenagers (as in 13 year olds and older).
The topics below are not listed in order from most interesting, most talked about, or anything. These are just topics that people seem to be talking a lot about.
Topic #1: 2008 Presidential Election -- Obama VS McCaine.
This is a hot topic, for while some go for Obama, others go for McCaine. People should realize that they are not usually using their heads when they decide which man takes control of the country they live in. Most people's decisions to be Republicans or Democrats are overshadowed by the party their parents are in. Another common mistake many people make is that they judge the candidates or the presidents by what occurs in their personal lives. It does not matter what they do on their day off, it matters how good of a president they are. This would be the mistake we made with President Bill Clinton. He was having an affair with another women, and we judged him for that, thus not voting for him, which was a dire mistake. People also discuss if what the candidates are telling us they will do, is true or not, for we cannot be sure that they are not lying. It is also being discussed that which president will remain in office the longest, but that is used for humor, albeit bad humor. These are topics that flutter in the background of today's young adults.
Topic #2: The Large Hadron Collider -- The End of the World on September 10?
Many weapons have been created that contain qualities both awe inducing, and terrible. Todays arsenal include weapons from AK-47's to Flamethrowers to Tanks to Atom Bombs. However, none of these are really causing the controversy that the Large Hadron Collider is creating. Swiss scientists have created a particle accelerator on massive scale. It is a machine that sends out protons, and makes them collide, thus creating the after effects of the Big Bang. Side effects could include: Scientific Advancement, Revelation of Knowledge...and a black hole that might suck the solar system in about 6 seconds.
Topic 3: Economy -- Oil prices and the Stock Market.
As results have shown, oil prices seem to be coming back up at a steady rate, albeit slow. This gives a sign that our economy might be able to come back hope, but do we dare to hope for such a result? Oil prices are going up, but others aren't. The current stock market is as unsteady as ever, and USA's house prices are stockpiling quite quickly, which are causing houses to go into forclosure (causing us to lose more money) and the owner of the house is now homeless, since he could not afford the house, anymore. We are still spending tons of money in the War in Iraq, and troops are dying, while their families wait for them to come back. So this is a topic of interest between the teens of today.
The other topics are existing but are not so important as the ones listed above. Other topics might include new designer clothes, first time dating advice, and a bad case of homwork, or school rash.
This is entry for my blog today; it was written to create awareness that life does exist out of your clothes rack.
Thank you.
-=Nawal=-
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