Well, this story i probily for older people. It was from when i liked to read those true stories about abuse and stuff. Anyway here it is, unfinished as them all but its a tad crazy. i was little :)
Sally and I are best friends. We do everything together; we see each other everyday of the week no matter what. We are pretty much together 24/7 we are pretty much sisters. The reason we are so tight is because she knows exactly what I’m going through in my life.
I am 7 years old, live in a dump of an apartment live with my horrible mother. She is never home she is always at the pub in town. I don’t have a father, I was an unexpected birth. My mother didn’t even know the name of the guy, and when she found out who he was he didn’t want anything to do with my mum and me. Mum lived in a poor family she had no money for an abortion she tells me every night that she wishes she had never had me. “You’re a waste of my space time and money”, she would tell me, not that we had any money. On some night she would come home with strange men that she had meet down at the pup and take them to her room, I would lie awake at night unable to sleep from all the noise coming from the other side of the wall. In the morning they would come out and the man would hand my mum some money. If it was enough the get us through the day she would be happy, and if it wasn’t she would get grumpy and I would have nothing to eat the whole day. But lately things have gotten really bad, there is this man who comes a lot, deep in the night he would come into my room while mum was sleeping. They would climb on my bed and cover my mouth with slimy hands. He would then pull down my blankets and pull up my nightgown. I would kick and scream but nothing helped, he was to strong for me. He would climb on me, pin me down while he slowly move one of his hands up my thigh. Suddenly his fingers were inside me, he told me to lie still and keep quite or my mother will wake and be mad at me. He uncovered my mouth and put it down his own pants, he just lay there for a while touching himself and me. After about 15 minutes he took out his hands and told me to undo his pants or he will wake mum. So I did. Many times this had happened to me, and when I told mum she got mad and told me to never lie to her again. But it stopped for a while, until I turned 14.
School life wasn’t much better; all the children teased me because I would always where the same cloths. Also I was a slow learner, I would come to school dirty, and I also cried a lot for a 7 year old. The only person who stuck by me and didn’t care about all that was Sally. She had a life like mine, you could even say she had a worse life than my own. We never spent much time at home, we would go to parks and playgrounds and talk and play till It got dark, then we would say our farewells our decide to spend the night out doors. On one particular day sally and me were going to go the park after school. But that day Sally wasn’t at school, and I started to get worried. This was not like Sally; she never missed a day of school without telling me, but I still stuck to our plan and went to the park. I waited there all afternoon, even when it started to get dark until I realized that she was not coming. For the next three days she was not there either. I went around to her house one day after school, I rang the doorbell but no one answered. I went around the back of the house to fine Sally sitting there crying, she had a dog collar around her neck that had a chain that was a attached to their fence. It turns out she had been there all that time, her father had come home drunk then beaten her black and blue pulled her outside by her hair and chained her there. That night we slept at the park. We cried all night.
A few weeks later I got the worst news in my life. Sally came to me at school and told me that her family were moving, she didn’t know where or how long for, all she new was that it was faraway and that they were leaving the next day. And there it was the worst thing that could happen, happened.
I have made some friends since then but never as close. I am now 14 years old, 7 years have gone by but it feels like forever.
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Storyyy :)
Hey there,
So i found this story i wrote a while back on my nanas computer. Its not finished, but it was an idea i had. Anyway here is it;
Dancing is my life. Then I’m out there, in front of a crowd the music overwhelms me. It takes control of my body and I find myself moving to the beat. I have been dancing my hole life, but only got lessons when I turn 7 before then I would just tech my self, in secret. Dad was never one to let me dance; to him it was always a waste of time. He wanted the best life for me, made me focus on school to so I could be a doctor or veterinarian; nether was something I was ever interested in. it wasn’t till I was in a play at school and I was a twirling flower, I made up my own choreography the teachers liked it and used it. Mum was so pleased, but dad was disappointed. My older sister Claire, she’s 21, had just gotten accepted into a doctors school, She came over to have roast lamb, after my performance that’s when she broke the news. That night was supposed to be about me, But dad was just to proud. Since then my dad has never said a word to me about how proud of me he is, I cant even remember the last time he said he loved me. Well at the age of 7 I had told my mum that my passion was dancing, she accepted that a got me lessons, dad never did. On the parents night I would ask him to come watch, he never would. In a way It broke my heart, someone I love didn’t love me back, but dancing meant so much. When I went to my first class I just followed along, after just watching the routine once I had memorized almost the whole dance. I got moved in to higher classes, learning Jazz, hip-hop, and Ballet. After my first year I had 3 dance lessons a week for 2 hours each, plus every second week I would have a privet lesson. I meet a girl named Kelly we became friends. Most of the other girls didn’t like me, because I was 2 years younger then most of them and better at dancing, and they new it. It was a struggle, I loved dancing so much but these girls would totally ignore me and when they weren’t ignoring me they would be teasing my cloths, hair, name, being teaches pet and about me being so short. They would push and shove me, steal my things, one of them gave me a black eye, and another broke my finger. It was a horrible time for me. But still I would look forward to my classes.
So i found this story i wrote a while back on my nanas computer. Its not finished, but it was an idea i had. Anyway here is it;
Dancing is my life. Then I’m out there, in front of a crowd the music overwhelms me. It takes control of my body and I find myself moving to the beat. I have been dancing my hole life, but only got lessons when I turn 7 before then I would just tech my self, in secret. Dad was never one to let me dance; to him it was always a waste of time. He wanted the best life for me, made me focus on school to so I could be a doctor or veterinarian; nether was something I was ever interested in. it wasn’t till I was in a play at school and I was a twirling flower, I made up my own choreography the teachers liked it and used it. Mum was so pleased, but dad was disappointed. My older sister Claire, she’s 21, had just gotten accepted into a doctors school, She came over to have roast lamb, after my performance that’s when she broke the news. That night was supposed to be about me, But dad was just to proud. Since then my dad has never said a word to me about how proud of me he is, I cant even remember the last time he said he loved me. Well at the age of 7 I had told my mum that my passion was dancing, she accepted that a got me lessons, dad never did. On the parents night I would ask him to come watch, he never would. In a way It broke my heart, someone I love didn’t love me back, but dancing meant so much. When I went to my first class I just followed along, after just watching the routine once I had memorized almost the whole dance. I got moved in to higher classes, learning Jazz, hip-hop, and Ballet. After my first year I had 3 dance lessons a week for 2 hours each, plus every second week I would have a privet lesson. I meet a girl named Kelly we became friends. Most of the other girls didn’t like me, because I was 2 years younger then most of them and better at dancing, and they new it. It was a struggle, I loved dancing so much but these girls would totally ignore me and when they weren’t ignoring me they would be teasing my cloths, hair, name, being teaches pet and about me being so short. They would push and shove me, steal my things, one of them gave me a black eye, and another broke my finger. It was a horrible time for me. But still I would look forward to my classes.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Heyyyy!
Hi There,
It Has been A While, It is the end of school a whole year down and we are about to begin another. I have been thinking And I really want to contiune with this Blog, but i am actually going to use it. Well I am Actually Going to try and write interesting things.
I have no idea What i want to be when older, I want to go somthing i enjoy but somthing that pays well. I have always thought i would be somthing big, you know like an actor or singer or somthing like that. But it has only just hit me i cant act or sing. Thing i enjoy is writing, I love writing and thinking up stories. I have a great imagination, I think i got it When i was little, because you see my sister is 2 years older, and well we always used to play with our toys together and have fun games and it almost felt real, but she grew up and started reading books and would play games with me less. I Found it hard, i didnt understand how she would rather read! I was a poor reader then so it didnt interest me at all. So i would sit on the floor and play by myself. and after a while i just got used to it. Anyway i think it helped me alot. I really think alot of things. Also When i was younger i would write stories. and i was good, but i never finished any stories thats my problem. I would have a story ready to get down on paper but when i try to write it all trys to come out at once. And there is sooo many ways to write it. So many things you can make happen, its crazy if you think about it. I cant even get down al the things i want to say now. See How i have Changed the Subject so much. I really enjoy writing and my dad wants me to keep it up. but i just cant, I wont really be able to do anything with writing so yeah. And i get fed up with writing soon after i start. i do though Oneday hope to write a book. right now i cant even write a chapter. But i could do some great stuff, i think.
Well i will post any stories i write on here when i can
thanks
It Has been A While, It is the end of school a whole year down and we are about to begin another. I have been thinking And I really want to contiune with this Blog, but i am actually going to use it. Well I am Actually Going to try and write interesting things.
I have no idea What i want to be when older, I want to go somthing i enjoy but somthing that pays well. I have always thought i would be somthing big, you know like an actor or singer or somthing like that. But it has only just hit me i cant act or sing. Thing i enjoy is writing, I love writing and thinking up stories. I have a great imagination, I think i got it When i was little, because you see my sister is 2 years older, and well we always used to play with our toys together and have fun games and it almost felt real, but she grew up and started reading books and would play games with me less. I Found it hard, i didnt understand how she would rather read! I was a poor reader then so it didnt interest me at all. So i would sit on the floor and play by myself. and after a while i just got used to it. Anyway i think it helped me alot. I really think alot of things. Also When i was younger i would write stories. and i was good, but i never finished any stories thats my problem. I would have a story ready to get down on paper but when i try to write it all trys to come out at once. And there is sooo many ways to write it. So many things you can make happen, its crazy if you think about it. I cant even get down al the things i want to say now. See How i have Changed the Subject so much. I really enjoy writing and my dad wants me to keep it up. but i just cant, I wont really be able to do anything with writing so yeah. And i get fed up with writing soon after i start. i do though Oneday hope to write a book. right now i cant even write a chapter. But i could do some great stuff, i think.
Well i will post any stories i write on here when i can
thanks
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Letter
64 Zoo Lane
Greylin
Auckland
Dear Auckland Zoo I would like to apply for your zoo keeper advertisement in the newspaper. I think I am capable of this job because I have taken Science, biology, English and maths Exams. I love working with animals and I think it will be a good experience. I used to be a Vet and so I am very careful with animals. Seeing different animals seems like a great idea. I love the Zoo it’s a special place. When I was younger I spent all day nagging at my parents to take me to the Zoo. In the end it was to dark to go and it would be closed.
So I think this job will bring back all those memories of my child hood. I loved seeing all the animals and hope that I get this job.
Yours Sincerely
Stephanie Thompson
Greylin
Auckland
Dear Auckland Zoo I would like to apply for your zoo keeper advertisement in the newspaper. I think I am capable of this job because I have taken Science, biology, English and maths Exams. I love working with animals and I think it will be a good experience. I used to be a Vet and so I am very careful with animals. Seeing different animals seems like a great idea. I love the Zoo it’s a special place. When I was younger I spent all day nagging at my parents to take me to the Zoo. In the end it was to dark to go and it would be closed.
So I think this job will bring back all those memories of my child hood. I loved seeing all the animals and hope that I get this job.
Yours Sincerely
Stephanie Thompson
Letter
64 Zoo Lane
Greylin
Auckland
Dear Auckland Zoo I would like to apply for your zoo keeper advertisement in the newspaper. I think I am capable of this job because I have taken Science, biology, English and maths Exams. I love working with animals and I think it will be a good experience. I used to be a Vet and so I am very careful with animals. Seeing different animals seems like a great idea. I love the Zoo it’s a special place. When I was younger I spent all day nagging at my parents to take me to the Zoo. In the end it was to dark to go and it would be closed.
So I think this job will bring back all those memories of my child hood. I loved seeing all the animals and hope that I get this job.
Yours Sincerely
Stephanie Thompson
Greylin
Auckland
Dear Auckland Zoo I would like to apply for your zoo keeper advertisement in the newspaper. I think I am capable of this job because I have taken Science, biology, English and maths Exams. I love working with animals and I think it will be a good experience. I used to be a Vet and so I am very careful with animals. Seeing different animals seems like a great idea. I love the Zoo it’s a special place. When I was younger I spent all day nagging at my parents to take me to the Zoo. In the end it was to dark to go and it would be closed.
So I think this job will bring back all those memories of my child hood. I loved seeing all the animals and hope that I get this job.
Yours Sincerely
Stephanie Thompson
Work
Acts 2 fill out bellow!! It’s for school…
Dad
1. Who do you work for?
AUT cooking department.
2. What do you enjoy most about it?
Cooking is a great thing and I love teaching it.
3. Why did you choose this job?
Because I used to be a chef and love teaching new things.
4. How long have worked there?
This is my second year.
5. What’s your dream job?
Being the chef of a flash hotel
Jessica
6. Who do you work for?
Viler divine
7. What do you enjoy most about it?
New ideas
8. Why did you choose this job?
Because I wanted a job.
9. How long have worked there?
4 weeks
10. What’s your dream job?
Not sour
Mum
11. Who do you work for?
Fullers
12. What do you enjoy most about it?
Seeing people
13. Why did you choose this job?
Because it was at the right time and all.
14. How long have worked there?
6 years
15. What’s your dream job?
Don’t have one.
Dad
1. Who do you work for?
AUT cooking department.
2. What do you enjoy most about it?
Cooking is a great thing and I love teaching it.
3. Why did you choose this job?
Because I used to be a chef and love teaching new things.
4. How long have worked there?
This is my second year.
5. What’s your dream job?
Being the chef of a flash hotel
Jessica
6. Who do you work for?
Viler divine
7. What do you enjoy most about it?
New ideas
8. Why did you choose this job?
Because I wanted a job.
9. How long have worked there?
4 weeks
10. What’s your dream job?
Not sour
Mum
11. Who do you work for?
Fullers
12. What do you enjoy most about it?
Seeing people
13. Why did you choose this job?
Because it was at the right time and all.
14. How long have worked there?
6 years
15. What’s your dream job?
Don’t have one.
My Life
Act 1
I will be a nurse because I think saving people would be fun.
Skills and knowledge to become a nurse!
· Excellent nursing skills and knowledge of different nursing methods.
· Knowledge of how the human body works.
· Knowledge of different diseases and illnesses.
· Knowledge of medicines and treatments, and the effect these have on patients.
· An understanding of nursing law and legislation, health policies, and the health system.
· Understanding of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
· Knowledge of community and family support services.
· Communication skills.
· writing skills
· Interviewing and assessment skills, including good listening skills.
· Good time management, planning and organizational skills.
· Decision-making.
What courses do I have to take and where can I take them?
Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing for Registered Nurses)
Auckland University of Technology
Registered Nurse: Competency Assessment Program
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Nursing (Registered Nurses)
Massey University
Return to Nursing Program for Registered Nurses - Level 6 and 7
UCOL
Bachelor of Nursing (including pathway for Registered Nurses)
Unitec New Zealand
Bachelor of Nursing for Registered Nurses
Waiariki Institute of Technology - Rotorua
Overseas Nurses Programme for Registration in NZ
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
Where are some places I can work in New Zealand?
· Ascot Hospital
· Auckland District Health Board.
· Green Lane Hospital
· National Women's Hospital
· Starship Children's Hospital
· Bethesda Home and Hospital
· Birkenhead Medical and Geriatric Hospital
· Counties Manuakau District Health Board
· Kidz First Children's Hospital
· Gillies Hospital
· Glamis Medical and Geri Home
· Green Lane Hospital
· Hillsborough Hospital
By Stephanie Thompson
I will be a nurse because I think saving people would be fun.
Skills and knowledge to become a nurse!
· Excellent nursing skills and knowledge of different nursing methods.
· Knowledge of how the human body works.
· Knowledge of different diseases and illnesses.
· Knowledge of medicines and treatments, and the effect these have on patients.
· An understanding of nursing law and legislation, health policies, and the health system.
· Understanding of the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi, and the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
· Knowledge of community and family support services.
· Communication skills.
· writing skills
· Interviewing and assessment skills, including good listening skills.
· Good time management, planning and organizational skills.
· Decision-making.
What courses do I have to take and where can I take them?
Bachelor of Health Science (Nursing for Registered Nurses)
Auckland University of Technology
Registered Nurse: Competency Assessment Program
Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Nursing (Registered Nurses)
Massey University
Return to Nursing Program for Registered Nurses - Level 6 and 7
UCOL
Bachelor of Nursing (including pathway for Registered Nurses)
Unitec New Zealand
Bachelor of Nursing for Registered Nurses
Waiariki Institute of Technology - Rotorua
Overseas Nurses Programme for Registration in NZ
Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki
Where are some places I can work in New Zealand?
· Ascot Hospital
· Auckland District Health Board.
· Green Lane Hospital
· National Women's Hospital
· Starship Children's Hospital
· Bethesda Home and Hospital
· Birkenhead Medical and Geriatric Hospital
· Counties Manuakau District Health Board
· Kidz First Children's Hospital
· Gillies Hospital
· Glamis Medical and Geri Home
· Green Lane Hospital
· Hillsborough Hospital
By Stephanie Thompson
Monday, August 4, 2008
Elephants..!
I love Elephants!
What are elephants?
There are two kinds of elephants the Asian and the African. You can tell them a part because the Asian has smaller ears. They both act the same, they can cry, laugh, and scream. We can’t hear it because it is so loud.
How do they act?
Elephants all have different personalities some get angry and some like to have fun. They walk long distances in groups. All groups have a leader they are the boss of all of them, they have to look after the rest of the group.
What do they like to do?
Elephants like to play in mud and spray water. Baby elephants like to run around and have fun. This is normally when they have stopped for a rest. They all stand and talk for hours.
Elephants!!
What are elephants?
There are two kinds of elephants the Asian and the African. You can tell them a part because the Asian has smaller ears. They both act the same, they can cry, laugh, and scream. We can’t hear it because it is so loud.
How do they act?
Elephants all have different personalities some get angry and some like to have fun. They walk long distances in groups. All groups have a leader they are the boss of all of them, they have to look after the rest of the group.
What do they like to do?
Elephants like to play in mud and spray water. Baby elephants like to run around and have fun. This is normally when they have stopped for a rest. They all stand and talk for hours.
Elephants!!
Plutoo
Some thing i found
Pluto
1. Pluto moved closer to the sun than Neptune.
2. Pluto is the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft.
3. Every 248 years the two planets swap places and for about 20 years Pluto becomes the eighth planet and Neptune the ninth.
4. Pluto's own moon, Charon, is larger in proportion to its planet than any other satellite in the solar system.
5. It's 6 times smaller than Earth, and even smaller than seven of the solar system's moons.
6. It is the only planetary orbit which crosses that of another planet (Neptune), and it is tilted 17 degress
7. With respect to the plane of the solar system.
8. All the other rocky planets -- Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars -- are located in the inner solar system, close to the Sun. Except for Pluto, all of the outer planets -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune -- are gaseous giants.
9. No one knows, and the mystery may remain until some future spacecraft pays a visit to this distant planet.
10. Astronomers once thought that Pluto may have been a satellite of Neptune's that was ejected to follow a tilted elliptical path around the sun.
Pluto
1. Pluto moved closer to the sun than Neptune.
2. Pluto is the only planet that has not been visited by a spacecraft.
3. Every 248 years the two planets swap places and for about 20 years Pluto becomes the eighth planet and Neptune the ninth.
4. Pluto's own moon, Charon, is larger in proportion to its planet than any other satellite in the solar system.
5. It's 6 times smaller than Earth, and even smaller than seven of the solar system's moons.
6. It is the only planetary orbit which crosses that of another planet (Neptune), and it is tilted 17 degress
7. With respect to the plane of the solar system.
8. All the other rocky planets -- Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars -- are located in the inner solar system, close to the Sun. Except for Pluto, all of the outer planets -- Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune -- are gaseous giants.
9. No one knows, and the mystery may remain until some future spacecraft pays a visit to this distant planet.
10. Astronomers once thought that Pluto may have been a satellite of Neptune's that was ejected to follow a tilted elliptical path around the sun.
12 Month Diary Part Two
August:
Jack is all better he only had a cold. Today when I was walking from form hut 9 to hut 5 on the east cost. I made a new path it goes to the sea. Jack and I went fishing again it’s a great place. Well I have to go!
September:
Nothing to report!!!!
October:
I was walking to that spot for fishing I found in august well I found this box with 5 things in them it was just floating in the sea. Well the five things were; a cell phone with reception, a Knife, a jacket, a pair of pants, and a tin of corn. It will help so much.
November:
Its great having new warm cloths to wear. I only wear them at night so that they dont get warn to much. i havent used the cell phone yet, it doesnt have much battery left and i want to make a hike up to the peak to use it to have better recption. i plan to leave this month some time, i need to stoke up its a weeks climb, today i collected some furit which may turn bad shortly but i will just mash it and put it in a jar, good for energy. Tonight i will finish collecting what i need fron this hut and the spring then move on to Hut 3, and collect more food. I plan to make some rope to make the journey safer. Miss the family.
December: The climb was good jack enjoyd it, though he was mostlyt carried, he help find shelter and food along the way though. We go a bit lost i havent been al the way to the peak befor so there was no path. Almost Fell off the side of the sliff but i held on to a root there. I got up there and made contact with the family, told them to get help they sounded relived to hear from me, as i was to hear from then. It seems there will be boats out look ing for the island and i'll be going home. Im going to miss this island. It has been my home for a very long time i wish i could stay, i just wish i wasnt so alone, although jack is here i need others and a hot shower, maybe i will come back, some Day.
Jack is all better he only had a cold. Today when I was walking from form hut 9 to hut 5 on the east cost. I made a new path it goes to the sea. Jack and I went fishing again it’s a great place. Well I have to go!
September:
Nothing to report!!!!
October:
I was walking to that spot for fishing I found in august well I found this box with 5 things in them it was just floating in the sea. Well the five things were; a cell phone with reception, a Knife, a jacket, a pair of pants, and a tin of corn. It will help so much.
November:
Its great having new warm cloths to wear. I only wear them at night so that they dont get warn to much. i havent used the cell phone yet, it doesnt have much battery left and i want to make a hike up to the peak to use it to have better recption. i plan to leave this month some time, i need to stoke up its a weeks climb, today i collected some furit which may turn bad shortly but i will just mash it and put it in a jar, good for energy. Tonight i will finish collecting what i need fron this hut and the spring then move on to Hut 3, and collect more food. I plan to make some rope to make the journey safer. Miss the family.
December: The climb was good jack enjoyd it, though he was mostlyt carried, he help find shelter and food along the way though. We go a bit lost i havent been al the way to the peak befor so there was no path. Almost Fell off the side of the sliff but i held on to a root there. I got up there and made contact with the family, told them to get help they sounded relived to hear from me, as i was to hear from then. It seems there will be boats out look ing for the island and i'll be going home. Im going to miss this island. It has been my home for a very long time i wish i could stay, i just wish i wasnt so alone, although jack is here i need others and a hot shower, maybe i will come back, some Day.
12 Month Diary Part One
In Year 8, we had to write a story, and do heaps of activities to go with it. One was to write a 12 month diary, the stories were about a person stranded on an island and haveing to suvive for two Years, the 12 month diary was to say some of the events that happend.
Here is it.
January:
Well today I arrived there is no one here.
How am I to live in this place, no where to sleep
No place warm. I must find a place to build a hut somewhere near water and food. All I have is my tool box, flints, some cloths, a 3 meter plastic sheet, some blankets, and a 4L bottle. This is not right I can’t spend two years here, I just won’t survive.
February:
Well I have made progress sins we last talked.
I have made 8 huts near water and food. It has been very lonely but it may get better who knows what will happen next. I have been very busy with making the huts that I have forgotten to write. The plastic sheet works wonders, it keeps the hut dry. I found a Knife in the tool box so I use it lots to open coconuts and cut twigs. I did some flax weaving for my bed. Well I have to go! See you soon!
Xxxoox
March:
Well I am cold and wet it’s been raining for a week now. I am cuddled up in hut 7 waiting for the storm to stop. I feel so cold and lonely all by my self. Everything is getting wet. How long will it take before I starve I can’t get wet or ill get sick. There is nothing for me to do.
April:
The rain has cleared up. But now it hasn’t rained in five days. The waterfalls will start to dry up and the fruit trees will die. All my belongings have dried thankfully. I have been very busy lots of trees have fallen down and so I have been storing the wood for a fire. But all will be up and running soon.
May:
It is still hot but a lot better than last month. Latterly I have had a visitor in the night and just this morning I found out what it was. A monkey I called him Jack. He has been lots of company for me and we have had lots of fun. He helps me with gathering fruit and veggies, I repay him by giving him a banana. He is very crudely and keeps me warm.
June:
Jack and I have been very busy. We went to the east side of the island and went fishing but we only caught two fish but Jack doesn’t eat fish so two for me. So I’m cooking wile Jack is collecting his dinner. We have a big day tomorrow making a new hut. And we have to supply the water in every hut. Well I have to go see you later.
July:
Well the rain has started again but that’s the last of my problems jack is sick. He might be dieing…if he dose…I ….I might not cope. He is the only company I have on this silly island. It’s not fair he’s only young. I have to go bye.
Here is it.
January:
Well today I arrived there is no one here.
How am I to live in this place, no where to sleep
No place warm. I must find a place to build a hut somewhere near water and food. All I have is my tool box, flints, some cloths, a 3 meter plastic sheet, some blankets, and a 4L bottle. This is not right I can’t spend two years here, I just won’t survive.
February:
Well I have made progress sins we last talked.
I have made 8 huts near water and food. It has been very lonely but it may get better who knows what will happen next. I have been very busy with making the huts that I have forgotten to write. The plastic sheet works wonders, it keeps the hut dry. I found a Knife in the tool box so I use it lots to open coconuts and cut twigs. I did some flax weaving for my bed. Well I have to go! See you soon!
Xxxoox
March:
Well I am cold and wet it’s been raining for a week now. I am cuddled up in hut 7 waiting for the storm to stop. I feel so cold and lonely all by my self. Everything is getting wet. How long will it take before I starve I can’t get wet or ill get sick. There is nothing for me to do.
April:
The rain has cleared up. But now it hasn’t rained in five days. The waterfalls will start to dry up and the fruit trees will die. All my belongings have dried thankfully. I have been very busy lots of trees have fallen down and so I have been storing the wood for a fire. But all will be up and running soon.
May:
It is still hot but a lot better than last month. Latterly I have had a visitor in the night and just this morning I found out what it was. A monkey I called him Jack. He has been lots of company for me and we have had lots of fun. He helps me with gathering fruit and veggies, I repay him by giving him a banana. He is very crudely and keeps me warm.
June:
Jack and I have been very busy. We went to the east side of the island and went fishing but we only caught two fish but Jack doesn’t eat fish so two for me. So I’m cooking wile Jack is collecting his dinner. We have a big day tomorrow making a new hut. And we have to supply the water in every hut. Well I have to go see you later.
July:
Well the rain has started again but that’s the last of my problems jack is sick. He might be dieing…if he dose…I ….I might not cope. He is the only company I have on this silly island. It’s not fair he’s only young. I have to go bye.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Gossip Girl
Gossip girl is full of gossip. I know you kind of get thet from the name but its way cool. It is not only a book series but a tv program!
Although i dont think it is out here, i managesd to get ahold of them. I have read most of the books and fine then very good.
They are about a group of friends and go to a private school and come from rich families, and it shows you the dramas in life and how life can be good and tough. They are in there last year of college and are going off to uni. They need to find out which uni they want to get into, for some they get into the schools and for others they have to learn they cant have everything.
Althoug the tv program is about the books, there are many things that have been changed, and bits put in and otrers cut out. If i think about it its kind of just the same names in away. But i still think it is awsome, and if anyone wasta some jucie gossip Gossip Girl is the place!!
I would give it 4/5 and give it a 15 years and up reading age.
Enjoy!
Thanks x
Laptop
So i got a laptop this year, and normally it connects fine. But on Some days it wont connects and so i dont get the post blogs =[. But recently it has been okay but when i would go to post somthing it wouldnt post, and now the charger is brocken so the battery is flat, well dead. out of use. So i have to use the old and slow computer downstairs in a cold room
Well 1st day back at school today, boy that was fun. And if anyone remebers me saying i wanted to do art this term, well it didnt happen. i have wanted to change since term one and so i have forgotten to change it. till end of term 2. and over the holidays i wanted mum to ring up but, she forgot. and today i ran around school trying to find some one to change it but couldnt till lunch. I had to wait in a long line, and it turns out the class is full... =[
No art for steph. But next year i want to take it full year!
Cyaa!
Well 1st day back at school today, boy that was fun. And if anyone remebers me saying i wanted to do art this term, well it didnt happen. i have wanted to change since term one and so i have forgotten to change it. till end of term 2. and over the holidays i wanted mum to ring up but, she forgot. and today i ran around school trying to find some one to change it but couldnt till lunch. I had to wait in a long line, and it turns out the class is full... =[
No art for steph. But next year i want to take it full year!
Cyaa!
Flowers and rain!
I find Flowers Amazing, they are so Beautiful. There Are so many type and colours. When i have my house i will by flowers each week and sit them on my table. I like to draw flowers though they never look and good in my drawings. My Favourite types of flowers are Roses and Daisies, i fine them to be beautiful. I like many other kinds as well but not as much. In my garden we have heaps of flowers and trees. Most trees are fruit trees and when they bloom they look so pretty all white. There is a plum tree in the back of my garden, and in plum season its blooms and white! and from my house it looks like snow in the trees, and when the blossems fall the ground is covered, its really nice. When i was younger i would run around under the branches and look up at the peetals falling down on me.
Rain. Is a wonderful thing. Some people hate it but i love it. It is so nice, it is beautiful to watch it fall and enjoy the feeling of the cilled dropletshittinbg you warm skin, and you become covered in goose bumps! I used to when little, and to be honest i still do on days when im not feeling very positive, i would go outside while the rain pours down, and when i say pours i mean it, not that light stuff that only gets you half wet. Im talking about the stuff when, you go out side and you are dranched within two seconds. That is rain. you get this amazing felling. i wish it always rained. you fell so good after, maybe after a a hot shower too so you dont get too sick. My middle name is Rain I was born on a rainy day. I think that has somthing to do with my rain obsetion.
Gotta Jet.
Rain. Is a wonderful thing. Some people hate it but i love it. It is so nice, it is beautiful to watch it fall and enjoy the feeling of the cilled dropletshittinbg you warm skin, and you become covered in goose bumps! I used to when little, and to be honest i still do on days when im not feeling very positive, i would go outside while the rain pours down, and when i say pours i mean it, not that light stuff that only gets you half wet. Im talking about the stuff when, you go out side and you are dranched within two seconds. That is rain. you get this amazing felling. i wish it always rained. you fell so good after, maybe after a a hot shower too so you dont get too sick. My middle name is Rain I was born on a rainy day. I think that has somthing to do with my rain obsetion.
Gotta Jet.
A random Story written a while back.!
I looked at my pale complexion in the mirror trying to use all the products i could get my hands on just to look like all the other 'it' girls. I used a bronzer i knew was really too dark for me, but i was willing to do anything. The door bell echoed through the house and a loud voice followed "COME ON ELLE WE'LL BE LATE" yelled my friend Holly who by my opinion was the prettiest girl in my year. I knew to hang with people like her i would have to change myself in every way. I rolled my skirt and checked myself out one last time before i headed for the front door. "woot woooo, just add more mascara and you might be prettier than me" Holly teased. "I’m Out" I called to my mum. We walked out and headed for the bus stop, as soon as we sat down the bus pulled up. "Ew" Holly complained giving the bus driver dirty looks. As she strutted her way onto the bus I followed her and did the same. Settling myself into a seat near the front Holly stared at me confused. "What are you doing She questioned "Umm sitting down" I said puzzled. She pulled me up and leaded me to the back seat. "We sit here" she instructed. As I studied the part of the bus I thought I would never get to see I saw the most stunning boy who had blue eyes like the ocean they glistened along with his pure and soft olive skin. "Umm are you drooling" Holly nudged me "What me. um no drooling hah! no no. no I’m not" I assured. "Ooookkkkk thennnn " she said sussly looking around. The bus pulled up at school and as we got off a big group of 'it' girls surrounded Holly hysterically asking questions about how they looked. "OMG I just knew this eye shadow was to blue " One girl whined and ran towards the toilets. As Holly began to walk towards the quad where we sat the other girls followed like a trail of ants but I dawdled behind with my best friend Alicia who was not beautiful nor was she ugly, the best thing about her was she was unique and beautiful in her own way but sometimes Holly says that just isn’t good enough. "Ugh we are practicing another lock down procedure today" Alicia said sighing. "Oh joyyy I can't wait" I said sarcastically. As the bell rang we both walked to homeroom giggling. ************LATER ON IN THE DAY******** "The School is now in Lockdown" A deep voice announced over the PA system. As I looked around I could see Holly and a bunch of girls using hand gestures to try and catch my attention as I tried to crawl towards them Alicia grabbed my leg "Don't leave Elle, you could get caught and get in massive trouble" she insisted. "Well. uh. I just, oh well I’m sure I won't" I said riggling my foot out of her grip. "Ok so like we are so gonna ditch this stupid thing and go like smoke in the toilets or something" Holly said ready to leave. "Umm but" I studdered, but I stopped as I saw the look she was giving me, "ok sounds sweet" I agreed I turned around to check if we were in the all clear when i saw Alicia shaking her head, but i just ignored her and left the room. As we entered the toilets the girls all giggled as they lit their cheap cigarettes. "Here Elle" Holly offered nudging me with the cancer stick. I took it slowly and fiddled with the lighter trying to figure out how to light it. As the flame struck the smoke I took a deep breath and puffed. Holly gave me a grin and a nod of improvement. "Hey Who's in there!" A deep voice called from the door of the girls toilets. I panicked and threw the smoke on the floor, I looked at the facial expressions of the other girls, panick was smeared all over their faces.
To Be Continued.
(this story was made up, nothing to do with my life)
To Be Continued.
(this story was made up, nothing to do with my life)
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
New Zealand
Ladies and gentlemen, this is New Zealand 85
One, two, three, four, five
Everybody in the car so come on let’s ride
To Steward Island around the corner,
The boys say they want some fish and chips
From Franz Josef Glacier
I must stay deep ´cause talk is a cheap
I like Napier, Dunedin, Gibson, and Bluff
And as I continue you know they’re getting´ tough
So what can I do I really beg you my Bulls
To me Hawks Bay´´ it’s just like Taupo
Anything fly it’s all good let me dump it
Please set in the trumpetA little bit of Cooks Strait in my life
A little bit of Westport by my side
A little bit of Wellsford is all I need
A little bit of Hanmer is what I see
A little bit of Wairoa in the sun
A little bit of Lower Hut all night long
A little bit of Whakatane here I am
A little bit of Wellington makes me you’re man
New Zealand 85
Dive up and down and travel all around
Drive to Paraparaumu and Hunterville
Take one step North and one South One to the West and one to the East
Make your way to Hokianga Harbour
And if it looks like this then you doing it right
A little bit of Hastings in my life
A little bit of Tokoroa by my side
A little bit of Rakaia is all I need
A little bit of Haast is what I see
A little bit of Te kaha in the sun
A little bit of Twizel all night long
A little bit of Masterton here I am
A little bit of Wanganui makes me you´re man
One, two, three, four, five
Everybody in the car so come on let’s ride
To Steward Island around the corner,
The boys say they want some fish and chips
From Franz Josef Glacier
I must stay deep ´cause talk is a cheap
I like Napier, Dunedin, Gibson, and Bluff
And as I continue you know they’re getting´ tough
So what can I do I really beg you my Bulls
To me Hawks Bay´´ it’s just like Taupo
Anything fly it’s all good let me dump it
Please set in the trumpetA little bit of Cooks Strait in my life
A little bit of Westport by my side
A little bit of Wellsford is all I need
A little bit of Hanmer is what I see
A little bit of Wairoa in the sun
A little bit of Lower Hut all night long
A little bit of Whakatane here I am
A little bit of Wellington makes me you’re man
New Zealand 85
Dive up and down and travel all around
Drive to Paraparaumu and Hunterville
Take one step North and one South One to the West and one to the East
Make your way to Hokianga Harbour
And if it looks like this then you doing it right
A little bit of Hastings in my life
A little bit of Tokoroa by my side
A little bit of Rakaia is all I need
A little bit of Haast is what I see
A little bit of Te kaha in the sun
A little bit of Twizel all night long
A little bit of Masterton here I am
A little bit of Wanganui makes me you´re man
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Good Or not.
Is it good beauty?
Beauty is Sold to you
Here are some comments i found
Tasha: Hi. I'm a 14 year old girl with a low self-esteem. After seeing the advert i couldn't believe how much i could relate to it. There's so much pressure to be beautiful and skinny. I have been bullied many times (and still am) for being ugly and smart so i think what doves doing is really great:)
Guest: hey.i know this self esteem site is about how you feel about how you look but i have problems with whats on the inside.i think im a good looking girl but i dont think i have a personality that anyone will want to know.i hvae no problems with how i look but,stupid as its sounds, i dont think im a person worth knowing.i dont feel i have an impact on anyones life and my confidence in myself is rock bottom.do i sound stupid?
Daniela Hooper: It is rare, in our world to see that real beauty is in fact the real thing, and what we should be proud of at all times. As a normal girl, I have always been influenced by the media, magazines, and theyre potrays of what beauty is. The truth is, thats how beauty sells.What beauty is, is something that they dont know about. Something that lies within every women, every soul. It is the fact that you can be beautiful, by being yourself. Love youself, your inner self and with that comes outside beauty as well. That is what I can see when I watch the DOVE ads, and that is the truth.THANK you for realizing.
_-Sammy-_: When I saw the advert I was shocked how it was like meAll my life I thought I was fat and ugly and people told me that.After seeing the advert I realised that there is beauty in me and I should ignore what everyone else says.My Boyfriend said "See even they say your beautiful!"Aww bless Him Sammy
Beauty is Sold to you
Here are some comments i found
Tasha: Hi. I'm a 14 year old girl with a low self-esteem. After seeing the advert i couldn't believe how much i could relate to it. There's so much pressure to be beautiful and skinny. I have been bullied many times (and still am) for being ugly and smart so i think what doves doing is really great:)
Guest: hey.i know this self esteem site is about how you feel about how you look but i have problems with whats on the inside.i think im a good looking girl but i dont think i have a personality that anyone will want to know.i hvae no problems with how i look but,stupid as its sounds, i dont think im a person worth knowing.i dont feel i have an impact on anyones life and my confidence in myself is rock bottom.do i sound stupid?
Daniela Hooper: It is rare, in our world to see that real beauty is in fact the real thing, and what we should be proud of at all times. As a normal girl, I have always been influenced by the media, magazines, and theyre potrays of what beauty is. The truth is, thats how beauty sells.What beauty is, is something that they dont know about. Something that lies within every women, every soul. It is the fact that you can be beautiful, by being yourself. Love youself, your inner self and with that comes outside beauty as well. That is what I can see when I watch the DOVE ads, and that is the truth.THANK you for realizing.
_-Sammy-_: When I saw the advert I was shocked how it was like meAll my life I thought I was fat and ugly and people told me that.After seeing the advert I realised that there is beauty in me and I should ignore what everyone else says.My Boyfriend said "See even they say your beautiful!"Aww bless Him Sammy
Beauty
How do you define "beauty"? Double eyelids? Almond-shaped eyes? Wrinkle-free complexion? Different people have different yardsticks for measuring "beauty". In this website, a group of researchers went about studying the faces of the people around before coming up with a prototype of a face that is "attractive" and another prototype of a face that is "unattractive". So how do they look like? What are the features that defines a "pretty face"? Well, the answer according to them is below.(Although I am talking about females, this picture is posted for those who are interested in the results of the study for males)Do you agree with them? You can navigate around their website if you want to know more about their research project.According to a study commissioned by Dove, most Asian women are content with their looks with the exception of Japan where more than half of them are not satisfied with how they look.Which feature do you think plays a great impact on defining how "beautiful" you are? For Singaporean women, it's the face and shape of eyes.Other interesting finds:
Fewer Than 3% of Women Call Themselves “Beautiful”
Singapore Women Near Bottom on Compliments (95 days on average since they were told they were beautiful)
There appears to be a strong relationship between happiness in other aspects of one's life, such as family and friends, and feeling beautiful.
What if you don't have any of those features listed in the "attractive face" picture? Are you still satisfied with your looks? You can visit Dove's Campaign For Real Beauty and find that there are millions of girls out there who share the same sentiment as you. If you are feeling generous, you can even donate to The Dove Self-Esteem Fund. The fund aims to teach and show girls a wider definition of "beauty". Here's a commercial on bodily characteristics that girls are concerned about.
Fewer Than 3% of Women Call Themselves “Beautiful”
Singapore Women Near Bottom on Compliments (95 days on average since they were told they were beautiful)
There appears to be a strong relationship between happiness in other aspects of one's life, such as family and friends, and feeling beautiful.
What if you don't have any of those features listed in the "attractive face" picture? Are you still satisfied with your looks? You can visit Dove's Campaign For Real Beauty and find that there are millions of girls out there who share the same sentiment as you. If you are feeling generous, you can even donate to The Dove Self-Esteem Fund. The fund aims to teach and show girls a wider definition of "beauty". Here's a commercial on bodily characteristics that girls are concerned about.
Butter
When the fabricated food folks and apologists for the corporate farm realized that they couldn't block America's growing interest in diet and nutrition, a movement that would ultimately put an end to America's biggest and most monopolistic industries, they infiltrated the movement and put a few sinister twists on information going out to the public. Item number one in the disinformation campaign was the assertion that naturally saturated fats from animal sources are the root cause of the current heart disease and cancer plague. Butter bore the brunt of the attack, and was accused of terrible crimes. The Diet Dictocrats told us that it was better to switch to polyunsaturated margarine and most Americans did. Butter all but disappeared from our tables, shunned as a miscreant.
This would come as a surprise to many people around the globe who have valued butter for its life-sustaining properties for millennia. When Dr. Weston Price studied native diets in the 1930's he found that butter was a staple in the diets of many supremely healthy peoples.1 Isolated Swiss villagers placed a bowl of butter on their church altars, set a wick in it, and let it burn throughout the year as a sign of divinity in the butter. Arab groups also put a high value on butter, especially deep yellow-orange butter from livestock feeding on green grass in the spring and fall. American folk wisdom recognized that children raised on butter were robust and sturdy; but that children given skim milk during their growing years were pale and thin, with "pinched" faces.2
Does butter cause disease? On the contrary, butter protects us against many diseases.
Butter & Heart Disease
Heart disease was rare in America at the turn of the century. Between 1920 and 1960, the incidence of heart disease rose precipitously to become America's number one killer. During the same period butter consumption plummeted from eighteen pounds per person per year to four. It doesn't take a Ph.D. in statistics to conclude that butter is not a cause. Actually butter contains many nutrients that protect us from heart disease. First among these is vitamin A which is needed for the health of the thyroid and adrenal glands, both of which play a role in maintaining the proper functioning of the heart and cardiovascular system. Abnormalities of the heart and larger blood vessels occur in babies born to vitamin A deficient mothers. Butter is America's best and most easily absorbed source of vitamin A.
Butter contains lecithin, a substance that assists in the proper assimilation and metabolism of cholesterol and other fat constituents.
Butter also contains a number of anti-oxidants that protect against the kind of free radical damage that weakens the arteries. Vitamin A and vitamin E found in butter both play a strong anti-oxidant role. Butter is a very rich source of selenium, a vital anti-oxidant--containing more per gram than herring or wheat germ.
Butter is also a good dietary source cholesterol. What?? Cholesterol an anti-oxidant?? Yes indeed, cholesterol is a potent anti-oxidant that is flooded into the blood when we take in too many harmful free-radicals--usually from damaged and rancid fats in margarine and highly processed vegetable oils. A Medical Research Council survey showed that men eating butter ran half the risk of developing heart disease as those using margarine.
Butter & Cancer
In the 1940's research indicated that increased fat intake caused cancer. The abandonment of butter accelerated; margarine--formerly a poor man's food-- was accepted by the well-to-do. But there was a small problem with the way this research was presented to the public. The popular press neglected to stress that fact that the "saturated" fats used in these experiments were not naturally saturated fats but partially hydrogenated or hardened fats--the kind found mostly in margarine but not in butter. Researchers stated--they may have even believed it--that there was no difference between naturally saturated fats in butter and artificially hardened fats in margarine and shortening. So butter was tarred with the black brush of the fabricated fats, and in such a way that the villains got passed off as heroes.
Actually many of the saturated fats in butter have strong anti-cancer properties. Butter is rich in short and medium chain fatty acid chains that have strong anti-tumor effects. Butter also contains conjugated linoleic acid which gives excellent protection against cancer.
Vitamin A and the anti-oxidants in butter--vitamin E, selenium and cholesterol--protect against cancer as well as heart disease.
Butter & the Immune System
Vitamin A found in butter is essential to a healthy immune system; short and medium chain fatty acids also have immune system strengthening properties. But hydrogenated fats and an excess of long chain fatty acids found in polyunsaturated oils and many butter substitutes both have a deleterious effect on the immune system.
Butter & Arthritis
The Wulzen or "anti-stiffness" factor is a nutrient unique to butter. Dutch researcher Wulzen found that it protects against calcification of the joints--degenerative arthritis--as well as hardening of the arteries, cataracts and calcification of the pineal gland. Unfortunately this vital substance is destroyed during pasteurization. Calves fed pasteurized milk or skim milk develop joint stiffness and do not thrive. Their symptoms are reversed when raw butterfat is added to the diet.
Butter & Osteoporosis
Vitamins A and D in butter are essential to the proper absorption of calcium and hence necessary for strong bones and teeth. The plague of osteoporosis in milk-drinking western nations may be due to the fact that most people choose skim milk over whole, thinking it is good for them. Butter also has anti-cariogenic effects, that is, it protects against tooth decay.
Butter & the Thyroid Gland
Butter is a good source of iodine, in highly absorbable form. Butter consumption prevents goiter in mountainous areas where seafood is not available. In addition, vitamin A in butter is essential for proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
Butter & Gastrointestinal Health
Butterfat contains glycospingolipids, a special category of fatty acids that protect against gastro-intestinal infection, especially in the very young and the elderly. For this reason, children who drink skim milk have diarrhea at rates three to five times greater than children who drink whole milk. Cholesterol in butterfat promotes health of the intestinal wall and protects against cancer of the colon. Short and medium chain fatty acids protect against pathogens and have strong anti-fungal effects. Butter thus has an important role to play in the treatment of candida overgrowth.
Butter & Weight Gain
The notion that butter causes weight gain is a sad misconception. The short and medium chain fatty acids in butter are not stored in the adipose tissue, but are used for quick energy. Fat tissue in humans is composed mainly of longer chain fatty acids. These come from olive oil and polyunsaturated oils as well as from refined carbohydrates. Because butter is rich in nutrients, it confers a feeling of satisfaction when consumed. Can it be that consumption of margarine and other butter substitutes results in cravings and bingeing because these highly fabricated products don't give the body what it needs?.
Butter for Growth & Development
Many factors in butter ensure optimal growth of children. Chief among them is vitamin A. Individuals who have been deprived of sufficient vitamin A during gestation tend to have narrow faces and skeletal structure, small palates and crowded teeth. Extreme vitamin A deprivation results in blindness, skeletal problems and other birth defects. Individuals receiving optimal vitamin A from the time of conception have broad handsome faces, strong straight teeth, and excellent bone structure. Vitamin A also plays an important role in the development of the sex characteristics. Calves fed butter substitutes sicken and die before reaching maturity.
This would come as a surprise to many people around the globe who have valued butter for its life-sustaining properties for millennia. When Dr. Weston Price studied native diets in the 1930's he found that butter was a staple in the diets of many supremely healthy peoples.1 Isolated Swiss villagers placed a bowl of butter on their church altars, set a wick in it, and let it burn throughout the year as a sign of divinity in the butter. Arab groups also put a high value on butter, especially deep yellow-orange butter from livestock feeding on green grass in the spring and fall. American folk wisdom recognized that children raised on butter were robust and sturdy; but that children given skim milk during their growing years were pale and thin, with "pinched" faces.2
Does butter cause disease? On the contrary, butter protects us against many diseases.
Butter & Heart Disease
Heart disease was rare in America at the turn of the century. Between 1920 and 1960, the incidence of heart disease rose precipitously to become America's number one killer. During the same period butter consumption plummeted from eighteen pounds per person per year to four. It doesn't take a Ph.D. in statistics to conclude that butter is not a cause. Actually butter contains many nutrients that protect us from heart disease. First among these is vitamin A which is needed for the health of the thyroid and adrenal glands, both of which play a role in maintaining the proper functioning of the heart and cardiovascular system. Abnormalities of the heart and larger blood vessels occur in babies born to vitamin A deficient mothers. Butter is America's best and most easily absorbed source of vitamin A.
Butter contains lecithin, a substance that assists in the proper assimilation and metabolism of cholesterol and other fat constituents.
Butter also contains a number of anti-oxidants that protect against the kind of free radical damage that weakens the arteries. Vitamin A and vitamin E found in butter both play a strong anti-oxidant role. Butter is a very rich source of selenium, a vital anti-oxidant--containing more per gram than herring or wheat germ.
Butter is also a good dietary source cholesterol. What?? Cholesterol an anti-oxidant?? Yes indeed, cholesterol is a potent anti-oxidant that is flooded into the blood when we take in too many harmful free-radicals--usually from damaged and rancid fats in margarine and highly processed vegetable oils. A Medical Research Council survey showed that men eating butter ran half the risk of developing heart disease as those using margarine.
Butter & Cancer
In the 1940's research indicated that increased fat intake caused cancer. The abandonment of butter accelerated; margarine--formerly a poor man's food-- was accepted by the well-to-do. But there was a small problem with the way this research was presented to the public. The popular press neglected to stress that fact that the "saturated" fats used in these experiments were not naturally saturated fats but partially hydrogenated or hardened fats--the kind found mostly in margarine but not in butter. Researchers stated--they may have even believed it--that there was no difference between naturally saturated fats in butter and artificially hardened fats in margarine and shortening. So butter was tarred with the black brush of the fabricated fats, and in such a way that the villains got passed off as heroes.
Actually many of the saturated fats in butter have strong anti-cancer properties. Butter is rich in short and medium chain fatty acid chains that have strong anti-tumor effects. Butter also contains conjugated linoleic acid which gives excellent protection against cancer.
Vitamin A and the anti-oxidants in butter--vitamin E, selenium and cholesterol--protect against cancer as well as heart disease.
Butter & the Immune System
Vitamin A found in butter is essential to a healthy immune system; short and medium chain fatty acids also have immune system strengthening properties. But hydrogenated fats and an excess of long chain fatty acids found in polyunsaturated oils and many butter substitutes both have a deleterious effect on the immune system.
Butter & Arthritis
The Wulzen or "anti-stiffness" factor is a nutrient unique to butter. Dutch researcher Wulzen found that it protects against calcification of the joints--degenerative arthritis--as well as hardening of the arteries, cataracts and calcification of the pineal gland. Unfortunately this vital substance is destroyed during pasteurization. Calves fed pasteurized milk or skim milk develop joint stiffness and do not thrive. Their symptoms are reversed when raw butterfat is added to the diet.
Butter & Osteoporosis
Vitamins A and D in butter are essential to the proper absorption of calcium and hence necessary for strong bones and teeth. The plague of osteoporosis in milk-drinking western nations may be due to the fact that most people choose skim milk over whole, thinking it is good for them. Butter also has anti-cariogenic effects, that is, it protects against tooth decay.
Butter & the Thyroid Gland
Butter is a good source of iodine, in highly absorbable form. Butter consumption prevents goiter in mountainous areas where seafood is not available. In addition, vitamin A in butter is essential for proper functioning of the thyroid gland.
Butter & Gastrointestinal Health
Butterfat contains glycospingolipids, a special category of fatty acids that protect against gastro-intestinal infection, especially in the very young and the elderly. For this reason, children who drink skim milk have diarrhea at rates three to five times greater than children who drink whole milk. Cholesterol in butterfat promotes health of the intestinal wall and protects against cancer of the colon. Short and medium chain fatty acids protect against pathogens and have strong anti-fungal effects. Butter thus has an important role to play in the treatment of candida overgrowth.
Butter & Weight Gain
The notion that butter causes weight gain is a sad misconception. The short and medium chain fatty acids in butter are not stored in the adipose tissue, but are used for quick energy. Fat tissue in humans is composed mainly of longer chain fatty acids. These come from olive oil and polyunsaturated oils as well as from refined carbohydrates. Because butter is rich in nutrients, it confers a feeling of satisfaction when consumed. Can it be that consumption of margarine and other butter substitutes results in cravings and bingeing because these highly fabricated products don't give the body what it needs?.
Butter for Growth & Development
Many factors in butter ensure optimal growth of children. Chief among them is vitamin A. Individuals who have been deprived of sufficient vitamin A during gestation tend to have narrow faces and skeletal structure, small palates and crowded teeth. Extreme vitamin A deprivation results in blindness, skeletal problems and other birth defects. Individuals receiving optimal vitamin A from the time of conception have broad handsome faces, strong straight teeth, and excellent bone structure. Vitamin A also plays an important role in the development of the sex characteristics. Calves fed butter substitutes sicken and die before reaching maturity.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Car/Marine
Bellissimo Choir
Whangaparaoa College choir Bellissimo is going to Hawaii march 2009. There are 20 people in the choir trying to get over there. Each member needs around $4,500 so we are busy fundraising now. Each member must come up with $2,000 themselves, then the whole choir is trying to get the rest it will be a lot of hard work.
June 21st Bellissimo is having a Car/Marine Fair going from 10am till 2pm, at Whangaparaoa College car park. It’s a chance to have a look around at boats or cars while your car gets washed by the choir. It’s a donation carwash and there will be a sausage sizzle on as well.
Its $10 per car space to place a booking call 0276369667, if you are wishing to sell are car or boat!.
Please come along!
Whangaparaoa College choir Bellissimo is going to Hawaii march 2009. There are 20 people in the choir trying to get over there. Each member needs around $4,500 so we are busy fundraising now. Each member must come up with $2,000 themselves, then the whole choir is trying to get the rest it will be a lot of hard work.
June 21st Bellissimo is having a Car/Marine Fair going from 10am till 2pm, at Whangaparaoa College car park. It’s a chance to have a look around at boats or cars while your car gets washed by the choir. It’s a donation carwash and there will be a sausage sizzle on as well.
Its $10 per car space to place a booking call 0276369667, if you are wishing to sell are car or boat!.
Please come along!
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