Remember and Responsibility: The Battle of Vimy Ridge

Remembrance Day just passed last week. This day reminded a lot of people about what the soldiers that sacrificed their own lives did: protecting the country and it's people. So this post is pretty much about the battle of Vimy Ridge. After seeing some pictures about the battle, I thought about a lot of things. For example, aren't the soldiers scared, seeing that so many of their comrades had died? Well, I don't know. But I suppose they think protecting the country and it's people is more important than their own lives. This may or not affect some you, but just looking at the pictures will surely make you think of something. When I looked at the pictures, I was thinking if it was worth it for them to sacrifice their own lives for the sake of the country and the lives of other people. Well, I guess they did it because they their friends or other people die, so they don't want other people to have someone they know die. So, I think it was worth it in a way, because they fought for the happiness of others, even though they might not get anything in return. The sacrifices of the soldiers affected me because it made me feel sympathy towards the soldiers that knew someone that died and the soldiers that died. I have nothing else to talk about, so I'll post again next month (I think).

Niagara Falls: Part Two (my last day there...)

Today, we went to the water park to play one last time before we leave. Afterwards, we went to Wendy's to eat lunch. It was great! Then, we drove around the place, and stopping to take pictures. We stopped at the falls and at the bridge that takes you to the United States. We also went to the place that makes wine. We even tasted some of the grapes (used to make wine) there! Some was bitter, some was sour, and some was sweet. You may think it's like normal grapes, but it's not. It's true that normal grapes taste sweet, bitter, and sour, but it was in a different way compared to normal grapes. When we were finished there, it was like 6:00p.m., so we decided to go eat dinner at this Brazilian steak buffet. There were lots of steak, alright! Every couple minutes or so, someone would come over holding something like a gigantic metal needle with steak "pierced" through it. It was a pretty good meal. However, I don't like the fact that the people with the steaks come too fast. You get full easily, and then you just don't want to eat anymore. Later, we drove back home (not in Niagara Falls anymore) because I had to go to the music retreat the next day. So I got home and went to bed. Well, that's the end to my trip to Niagara Falls. Oh well, see ya later (now that I mentioned about the music retreat, maybe my next post should be about that.Hmmm...maybe. Oh, write down comments to tell me whether or not I should talk about the music retreat. Thanks!). Bye!

My Trip to Niagara Falls: Part One (I guess...):D

Just about one week ago, I went to Niagara Falls on a weekend (October 31 to November 1, and I mentioned this in my last post) I went there with my parents, my brother, my cousin and my cousin's parents. We started driving there at like about 2:00p.m. While I was in the car with my parents and my brother (I was in one car with my parents and my brother, and my cousin, Nicole, was in her parents' car), I was extremely bored. I had absolutely nothing to do. My Nintendo DS was in a bag in the trunk of the car and I forgot to bring book. So all I did was sit there in the car, doing nothing. Nothing at all. I tried to sleep (I slept at like 11:30 the night before, so I was tired), but my brother was talking too loud, even though we were in a car. So when we were finally there, I was so glad I didn't have to sit in the car anymore. We then got all our stuff and went to our room at "The Great Wolf Lodge". I started unpacking my stuff, and I changed into my swimming shorts. This was because we were going to go downstairs to the water park for a while before we went trick-or-treating (it was Halloween...). When we got to the water park, we first went to the slides that required tubes. Next, we went to the slides that didn't required tubes. It was FUN!!! My favourite slides were the "Canadian Vortex" and the "Niagara Falls Rapids" (I don't exactly remember the names of the slides). After all of us took our showers and stuff, we went trick-or-treating! My brother was a clown with sunglasses, a straw hat, and a dagger (it's plastic!). I borrowed some of my mom's make-up (I used it to make myself look scary, not for "girly" purposes!) and I also had two pairs of fake teeth and a dagger also. We went to the lobby, and there was cake and people were dancing. Then, me and my brother saw a grandma burping, dancing, and eating cake at the same time!!! That's like so weird, and I'm not lying. But since we were late, there was no more candy, so we went back to our room. Then some of my parents' friends came over (I was surprised too) to our room. I was tired so I went to sleep, but they so loud. They were talking and talking. I just lied down on the bed, and after a while, they left and I was able to sleep. Oh, I better talk about my next day at Niagara Falls next time, because I have to go to bed. So, wait for my next post, bye!