Giulia

__My China Alive__ For China alive this year I went to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong we stayed in tents. The tents were very hot and humid with lots of bugs around us. In Hong Kong we went sea kayaking while the sun was shining right towards us. It was my first time kayaking and I enjoyed it and hope to do it more times. In hong kong we also had to cook our own food, it did not taste very good but it was enjoyable. On the third day we went hiking and climbed a waterfall. When we got to the top we went swimming. China Alive to me was full of surprises and full of fun. In Hong Kong we also built a raft. I had never built a raft before. Our Instructor James taught us how to tie a strong and complicated knot. To me that knot can be useful in many situations in life. We had four teams building rafts and after building the rafts we all had a race and my team won. On the fourth day we had an Amazing race. My team won on that too. I was very happy because I made a lot of friends. On The Last day we went to the IFC mall and there was the Hong Kong Apple store. There we learnt how to use imovie on the ipad. We also got to do a little shopping.Hong Kong was a lot of fun for me.

__The flower on my window__

On my window there was a flower, a flower in the month of may, The sunshine swam through my window gracefully There is a flower on my window that came here to stay

The flower has bright colors, and nothing close to gray There is a flower on my window looking at me happily On my window there was a flower, a flower in the month of may,

I love flowers, I shall always say The flower is just there standing peacefully There is a flower on my window that came here to stay

This flower was for free, I did not have to pay So here I look steadly, On my window there was a flower, a flower in the month of may,

So here I lay Looking happily, There is a flower on my window that came here to stay

I must say, looking seriously On my window there was a flower, a flower in the month of may, There is a flower on my window that came here to stay

__Leaving Brazil__

The sun was smiling towards my big beautiful yellow house that I knew I would have to leave today. I was moving to China.

The excitement was like a lightening around the house. Today was the day. The day I had been waiting for but at the same time not.

Beyond all this excitement I knew deep inside that I would have to say good bye. Good bye hurts like spike being punched into your heart.

I was stepping inside the taxi. I knew that if I looked back to see my dogs it would hurt. But sometimes love is stronger than sadness. When I looked back there were three pairs of bright brown eyes looking confused.

I had told myself one thousand times that this was not a “good bye”, but it was a “ I will see you soon “.

DNA LAB:

media type="file" key="This I Believe giulia01pd2016.m4a" width="300" height="50" Drama Monologue:

It was a Monday afternoon, I had already taken a shower a shower, it was a school night and I was watching TV. Dinner was taking long, so I went to the Kitchen to make sure that everything was ok, when I got there my cat was lying down in the kitchen mattress all curled up looking lust like a fur ball, he looked so cute! I kneeled down to pat him, but I kneeled down too fast and he was sleeping peacefully, I scared him and he scratched my eye, it felt like my eye was burning. I made too big of a deal about it so I kept on shouting “ IM BLIND ! “ . My eye was bleeding a lot. I washed my face so that the blood would go away. I was very lucky that I closed my eyes very quickly, so he only scratched my eyebrow and my eye was just fine. The years went past and you could still see my eyebrow scratched, but now thankfully you cannot see it anymore. Some people think he was mean for doing that, but it was not his fault, when he was small he was very scared because a dog ate his sister and his brother ran away, but now he is not as scared anymore and he is a lovely cat and I LOVE him.

I Believe in Truth

I believe in the importance of truth. I had to learn this important thing the hard way. I have learned that telling the truth is always the best way to solve things. I believe that everyone will someday realize what I have figured out; it is a valuable lesson that will help anyone make preferable choices that make their lives a lot easier to live.

When I was about 9 years old I had not yet learned that being honest is at all times the answer, I thought lying was too. I told my friend a lie, a very big one, I told her that I lived in a big mansion with servants that worked for me. A long time went past and I forgot about the lie I had told her so I invited her to come to my house for a play date, but what I did not know was that she had not forgotten about the lie. When we arrived at my house she was mad at me, not because I did not live in a mansion, but because I lied to her. That day I realized that I could have lost a big friend because of a lie so from that day I had decided I would never lie again in my life.

Children tend to lie more than adults, I believe this happens because adults have more life experience, so they know what the best thing to do is but children don’t always know what the best choice is. Lying is not always bad, sometimes people have to lie for good, in a way that no one will get hurt. Sometimes people need to lie to solve a problem or maybe to protect someone they love, and not make things worse.

The world would be a lot different if no one lied, it might be different in some good ways but also in not very good ways. A positive thing would be that you could trust anyone, and you would know that they were telling the truth. A bad thing is that it would be harder to solve problems and people would fight more than usual. So I wonder is the world a better place how it is now (with some lying) or with no lying at all? In my opinion the world is better as it is now, people make mistakes but they learn from it because that’s what life is all about.

I am very happy that I had to go through all of this. I can now live a better life with no worries I hope that my situation will be an example for anyone that needs it, and I hope that I can make the world a better place to live. If you think someone has been lying to you about something the way to solve it is not by fighting but by talking calmly, try to show that person that life is not about lies but about trust, care and love, show them they can trust you, and that you will always be there for them and anyone that needs.

The Wish became true

I was on my way to the fairy god mother's palace, I was walking down a beautiful village I could smell the lovely smell of fresh cut grass until I saw the palace it just took my mind away of everything from the world out there, just like a dream. I walked up to a huge glass door it was the front door of the fairy god mothers palace, I knocked a few times. Nothing. Suddenly a window opened, I could smell a strong smell of homemade cookies It made me hungry. There, was an old lady standing she was the receptionist. ”Name please...”, she asked ”Giulia ”, I answered ”Okay, you need the potion for long life correct?“ ”Correct “ I answered ” Okay, go straight and turn right, there you will find your potion.”

I wend straight and turned right. There, was a box with my name written in it. I picked it up until I heard a shout, : ”What are you doing?!?” ”I am getting my potion it is this box right?, wait, you told me to come here!”I answered. ”You need to pass the PQuiz” ”What is that? I have never heard of that before.” ”Well it stands for potion Quiz, its a quiz every human being has to take before they take the potion home” ”Ok than... ” So the receptionist took a small booklet out of her folder and began: ”What would you do if you turned into a flower?”she asked. ” I would contact the fairy god mother and ask her to turn me back into a human being” I answered. ”Ok than.. the quiz is done”. She picked the box with my name on it and gave it to me. ”You passed the quiz you may go now”.

So I went back home terrified, this was all so weird. She told me to go get the potion so I went than she stopped me because I had to take the weirdest quiz I have ever taken the quiz had only got one question and it was the weirdest question I have ever heard. Well I finally got what I most wanted, I was disappointed that I did not get to meet the fairy god mother I thought of her as a beautiful woman with a long shiny dress, she must have smelled like roses.

But now I got the thing I most wanted.