Hello everyone!
For some week ago, in week 12, we had our oral presentation. I came up in english, and the theem I got was--> "Love and Friendship"
It was actually easy, because it is an easy theme.
We had the exam on a tuesday, and we got the subject 48 hours before the them. So we had 24 hours to prepared theme and the whole presentation.
At the day we had the oral presentation, I swear, I was so nervous. When I went in my teacher was there, and another teacher who was sitting there. We was supposed to have the presentation in 10 min, but I had it in 7. And after 10 min the teachers were spouse to ask questions in 20 min. It wasn't that easy to answer the questions, but I tried the best.
After the 20 min with questions I went out, and the teachers was discussing what I was supposed to get. So I went in, and they said that everything was god etc.... And at the end, I got a 4 whic means a C :)
Now, it's time to waite for the "real oral exam".....
mk:)
onsdag 8. april 2015
mandag 30. mars 2015
Time to STUDY no TIME to waste
Hello everybody!
For my readers who are going to have oral exams...this is the post for you!
It's Easter vacation and I feel that I have become too lazy, so to avoid that I'm trying my best to be active.
I had a lot to do, so I forgot to post last week, but here I am!
I had an oral exam in English, and the topic was "Love and Friendship". In Norway, we are selected in a random subject, and we get to know about the subject two days before the exam. A day before the exam, we get a topic to talk about. Strange, isn't it?
So I got "Love and Friendship", and I had a lot to say about it, because I already had some thoughts about it. So, I decided to convince my "audience" that love doesn't exist. Believe me, it was tough, but I had some good points. I don't know whether they were fully convinced or not, but I believe so. It's not easy to do so.
I introduced my topic by a quote
After that I defined love, and used Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet & Opeliah as examples.
The next page, was used to define love. I used Hamlet & Horatio as an example.
I started to tell about the differences between Love and Friendship, and after that I told the story about Romeo & Juliet. I also talked about why Romeo & Juliet was a tragedy. There are 5 factors that make it a tragedy:
- Hero(es)- The story has a main character/characters
- Decision- The main character/characters must take a decision.
- Fatal Flaw (also called the accident of fate)- Something happens that turns the world, of the main character/characters, upside down.
- Fight - There is a fight against something or someone.
- Death- The main character/characters die
As a conclusion, I told them about my views. My sensor (who is my "audience" and will give the grade), who is also the teacher of the subject, International Cooperation, started to laugh when I started to share my thoughts about it.
I said, "Love is a disease which spreads in one’s mind like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder". I also said that love at first sight has nothing to do with the inner beauty/ personality which is the most important factor in love. One has to make adjustments in order to be together, so why can't they just accept each other as they are?
From my personal experiences, I told them about how friends can prevent depression, and how one can feel optimistic just by having good friends. Good friends bring out the best in you, because they always see the positive and bright sides of you.
It's extremely important to show what you have used as sources, because the teachers have to know where you got your ideas from.
I used 12 minutes for the presentation, even though one must only use 10 minutes. After that the sensor and the teacher ask you questions for about 20 minutes, in my case 26 minutes. At first I was a bit nervous, when they started to ask me questions, but after some time, I became more and more confident. They asked me so many questions, and I liked the questions, because they made me think a little. I enjoyed being asked, and they enjoyed my answers, because I had a lot of weird ideas about Love & Friendship. This how an oral exam is, you are allowed to have your own opinions about certain things. An oral exam is like a pleasant conversation about the subject, so for those who haven't had oral exams yet...there is actually no need to worry.
- Ritika Jaswal
For my readers who are going to have oral exams...this is the post for you!
It's Easter vacation and I feel that I have become too lazy, so to avoid that I'm trying my best to be active.
I had a lot to do, so I forgot to post last week, but here I am!
I had an oral exam in English, and the topic was "Love and Friendship". In Norway, we are selected in a random subject, and we get to know about the subject two days before the exam. A day before the exam, we get a topic to talk about. Strange, isn't it?
So I got "Love and Friendship", and I had a lot to say about it, because I already had some thoughts about it. So, I decided to convince my "audience" that love doesn't exist. Believe me, it was tough, but I had some good points. I don't know whether they were fully convinced or not, but I believe so. It's not easy to do so.
I introduced my topic by a quote
"One day Love and Friendship met.
Love asked, "Why do you exist when I already exist?".
Friendship smiled and said,
"To put a smile where you leave tears"
After that I defined love, and used Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet & Opeliah as examples.
The next page, was used to define love. I used Hamlet & Horatio as an example.
I started to tell about the differences between Love and Friendship, and after that I told the story about Romeo & Juliet. I also talked about why Romeo & Juliet was a tragedy. There are 5 factors that make it a tragedy:
- Hero(es)- The story has a main character/characters
- Decision- The main character/characters must take a decision.
- Fatal Flaw (also called the accident of fate)- Something happens that turns the world, of the main character/characters, upside down.
- Fight - There is a fight against something or someone.
- Death- The main character/characters die
As a conclusion, I told them about my views. My sensor (who is my "audience" and will give the grade), who is also the teacher of the subject, International Cooperation, started to laugh when I started to share my thoughts about it.
I said, "Love is a disease which spreads in one’s mind like Obsessive Compulsive Disorder". I also said that love at first sight has nothing to do with the inner beauty/ personality which is the most important factor in love. One has to make adjustments in order to be together, so why can't they just accept each other as they are?
From my personal experiences, I told them about how friends can prevent depression, and how one can feel optimistic just by having good friends. Good friends bring out the best in you, because they always see the positive and bright sides of you.
It's extremely important to show what you have used as sources, because the teachers have to know where you got your ideas from.
I used 12 minutes for the presentation, even though one must only use 10 minutes. After that the sensor and the teacher ask you questions for about 20 minutes, in my case 26 minutes. At first I was a bit nervous, when they started to ask me questions, but after some time, I became more and more confident. They asked me so many questions, and I liked the questions, because they made me think a little. I enjoyed being asked, and they enjoyed my answers, because I had a lot of weird ideas about Love & Friendship. This how an oral exam is, you are allowed to have your own opinions about certain things. An oral exam is like a pleasant conversation about the subject, so for those who haven't had oral exams yet...there is actually no need to worry.
- Ritika Jaswal
onsdag 11. mars 2015
WOMEN can do anything MEN can do!
Hello!
Happy belated Women's day to all my female readers!
International Women's day(IWD) is yearly celebrated across the world on 8th March. It's a celebration of respect,appreciation, and love towards women. We also celebrate Women's economic, political, and social achievements. People celebrate this day differently (because we all live in different countries), but this day bring all the women around the world together. This is factor that makes this day so special. This year #MakeItHappen was trending in social media.
There are many existing cultures, in th 21st century, keep denying women's right. "A woman needs a man for protection", "Women can't do the work men do", "Nowadays, women don't dress appropriate"...What? Which century do you live in? In the 15th century? Dude, times are changing! Accept it as soon as you can, because it's best for all to understand this once and for all. Especially, when it comes to rapes these excuses are used. Recently, "India's Daughter" was released by BBC. The defense lawyer said "She should be put on the streets just like food. The “lady,” on the other hand, you can say the “girl” or “woman,” are more precious than a gem, than a diamond. It is up to you how you want to keep that diamond in your hand. If you put your diamond on the street, certainly the dog will take it out. You can’t stop it". What is wrong with our society, world. It's stupid! That means "diamond" has no right on her body. Huh! That means that people teach "don't get raped" rather than "DON'T RAPE!". This is one of the reasons why we need Women's Empowerment. We have many other...
10 reasons for Women's Empowerment
1. 70% of world's poorest people are women.
2. Women own only 1% of the world's property
3. 14 million girls are married off without their own consent
4. Women don't have the right to abort in 25% of the countries in the world
5. Women earn 30% less than men for the same work (average).
6. Half the world’s population are women.
7. A country can be more economically sound if all women are provided with the same facilities as men have.
8. 80% of agricultural workers in the world are female.
9. 2/3 of illiterates across the world are women. The literature will be better. Think if J.K.Rowling was an illiterate because she wasn't provided with the same facilities as men have, what had happened with Harry Potter then?
A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T RESPECT WOMEN
Why should a woman sacrifice her rights,
because of your fear that she might shine.
You think that she is inferior,
and you are superior?
Look into her eyes,
you won't only find
love,
compassion
care,
and tears.
You will also find the strength to fight the whole world.
She is capable of doing that.
She is determined to do that.
You know that!
Don't seize her rights.
You will see the fire in her eyes.
And in a second, she will be afire.
Many people wear something with the color purple on it. Purple symbolizes justice and dignity. The are the two values strongly associated with women's equality.
"I pledge to create a short film titled 'Going Home', in which we visualise a utopia for women, where, unlike today, mistrust and fear don’t dictate actions and decisions,” says director Vikas Bahl.
Vogue Empower- Deepika Padukone- "My Choice"
There are many organizations that use social media as a medium to spread thoughts of Women Empowerment. That is indeed something that is apparently important for celebrities too.
#MakeItHappen #PaintItPurple
- Ritika Jaswal
Happy belated Women's day to all my female readers!
"You don't have to be pretty. You don't owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to your co-workers, especially not to random men on the street. You don't owe it to your mother, you don't owe it to your children, you don't owe it to civilization in general. Prettiness is not a rent you pay for occupying a space marked 'female.'"
—Erin McKean
International Women's day(IWD) is yearly celebrated across the world on 8th March. It's a celebration of respect,appreciation, and love towards women. We also celebrate Women's economic, political, and social achievements. People celebrate this day differently (because we all live in different countries), but this day bring all the women around the world together. This is factor that makes this day so special. This year #MakeItHappen was trending in social media.
There are many existing cultures, in th 21st century, keep denying women's right. "A woman needs a man for protection", "Women can't do the work men do", "Nowadays, women don't dress appropriate"...What? Which century do you live in? In the 15th century? Dude, times are changing! Accept it as soon as you can, because it's best for all to understand this once and for all. Especially, when it comes to rapes these excuses are used. Recently, "India's Daughter" was released by BBC. The defense lawyer said "She should be put on the streets just like food. The “lady,” on the other hand, you can say the “girl” or “woman,” are more precious than a gem, than a diamond. It is up to you how you want to keep that diamond in your hand. If you put your diamond on the street, certainly the dog will take it out. You can’t stop it". What is wrong with our society, world. It's stupid! That means "diamond" has no right on her body. Huh! That means that people teach "don't get raped" rather than "DON'T RAPE!". This is one of the reasons why we need Women's Empowerment. We have many other...
10 reasons for Women's Empowerment
1. 70% of world's poorest people are women.
2. Women own only 1% of the world's property
3. 14 million girls are married off without their own consent
4. Women don't have the right to abort in 25% of the countries in the world
5. Women earn 30% less than men for the same work (average).
6. Half the world’s population are women.
7. A country can be more economically sound if all women are provided with the same facilities as men have.
8. 80% of agricultural workers in the world are female.
9. 2/3 of illiterates across the world are women. The literature will be better. Think if J.K.Rowling was an illiterate because she wasn't provided with the same facilities as men have, what had happened with Harry Potter then?
A MESSAGE FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T RESPECT WOMEN
Why should a woman sacrifice her rights,
because of your fear that she might shine.
You think that she is inferior,
and you are superior?
Look into her eyes,
you won't only find
love,
compassion
care,
and tears.
You will also find the strength to fight the whole world.
She is capable of doing that.
She is determined to do that.
You know that!
Don't seize her rights.
You will see the fire in her eyes.
And in a second, she will be afire.
Many people wear something with the color purple on it. Purple symbolizes justice and dignity. The are the two values strongly associated with women's equality.
"I pledge to create a short film titled 'Going Home', in which we visualise a utopia for women, where, unlike today, mistrust and fear don’t dictate actions and decisions,” says director Vikas Bahl.
Vogue Empower- Deepika Padukone- "My Choice"
There are many organizations that use social media as a medium to spread thoughts of Women Empowerment. That is indeed something that is apparently important for celebrities too.
You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.
Tom Brokaw
#MakeItHappen #PaintItPurple
- Ritika Jaswal
lørdag 7. mars 2015
Ghost stories part 2!
Hello!
One of our most popular posts are "Ghost stories", so I decided to make a part 2 of it. This one is for my brave readers :D
These stories are from www.yourghoststories.com, which is a website where there are many people who share their experiences. I always visit that website and read the stories there. So are you ready?
This one is written by Niki from New Delhi.
My name is Niki from New Delhi. Since my childhood I've had several paranormal experiences. I always felt I could see and feel the supernatural. Being a kid, nobody believed me so I rather keep my experiences to myself and related it to those who faced similar experiences.
This incident occurred when I was in Kolkata during my college days. I used to rent a flat with five other girls. The flat was a two-story building with just two houses. One was ours and the other on the second floor belonged to two old ladies who never really interacted with us. They were weird anyways. It was a huge flat with three very big rooms. I used to stay in a single room, four girls in adjacent room and the last room was given to another girl. The four girls opted to stay together in the same room. There was a dining area in the centre with kitchen opposite to it. I always found the dining area very weird as the walls were black, as if they were burnt.
Three girls from the adjacent room used to work in call centres, so they arrived at 2:00am each day. That night Shweta (the girl from their group), the last room girl and I were chatting until late night in my room and we didn't realize when the clock struck 2:00 am. The other girls (Fatima, Mandeep and Neha) rung the bell. Now, we had a grill at the building entrance and the flat was in the floor, so we had to go down to the ground floor to open the gate if somebody comes at night. So Shweta and the last room girl went downstairs to open the gate for them. I was alone in the flat. Suddenly both of them came running. I was surprised and asked them what happened? They looked at me and said, "Niki, why did you shout so loudly and we could hear a loud sound". I was surprised. How is it possible for me not to hear that loud sound and shout in that 2:00 am silent night? We found it very strange but ignored the incident.
Days passed by quite normally, but each one of us in the flat always felt a spooky presence when alone.
That day was my last day in that house. All other girls had already shifted to different places. I found a place for myself too, and it was the last night I had to spend in that house. I remember all my furniture was already shifted to the new house. All I had in the house was my double bed mattress and a pair of clothes for me to wear for the next day.
It was around 12:30 am. I was speaking over the phone and lying on my mattress, which was placed on the floor as the bed was already shifted. The room door was closed (not locked). Suddenly the door opened of its own. Please bear in mind the door was a heavy wood door which cannot be moved by wind because first, it was tight. And second, it was an old age thick heavy door found in old houses. When the door opened, it moved me back. I could clearly sense somebody in the room. I kept my phone down. I was horrified by then. I could not move. I was still lying on the mattress. It was complete silence. I could hear somebody breathing. I could hear somebody walking on the floor barefoot. The sound was very clear and distinct. I wanted to move but could not. Somehow I gathered the courage to pick up the cell phone lying beside me and dialed my mom's number. I was crying and told my mom whatever was happening to me each second. My mother got to know immediately what it was and gave me the courage to fight the evil. She made me realise that power of God is always there to protect me. I always carry my God's picture in my purse. I somehow managed to grab my purse and take out God's picture. It gave me strength. I stated chanting the name of Lord repeatedly and could feel the energy fading. I then felt alone. Very alone. The whole night I could not sleep for a second. I continuously chanted prayers and waited for the sun to arise.
Many days later, after moving from that flat, I was once passing from the same area with some of my other friends and told them about my incident. One of my friends who stays near that same flat said that it was a haunted house and the whole area knows it. It once caught fire killing a man.
This story is written by Blank, and it's called "Dreams do come true and so do nightmares".
L
ast weekend was all set to head towards my grandma's place, all the hustle and bustle was for my cousin sister's first holy communion we had to attend. My sister and my dad left Friday evening and I had to wait until Saturday to take my mother along with me. Finally we were all set to go and hit the road. After a couple of hours on my motorcycle we reached the place, I was dead weight and couldn't carry myself after the long ride and my body was craving for rest.
It was a very long time since I had been there at least eight months or so I had to go along their chit chat and after an hour was the first one to hit the sack. Ours is a very big family and we are the only ones living nuclear. All neighbors there were related in some way or the other, I was sleeping in my aunt's place, the house was quite empty but I could still hear them talking and laughing outside, all these noises vanished in seconds and I dozed off.
Dead tired there was no way for a dream but a sudden nightmare popped up. An eerie feeling that the cot I was lying on was surrounded by spirits. It was just a dream but I was getting restless. In an instant I could make out that one of the spirits was coming right at me, the closer and closer it approached, my trembling went higher and higher and I jumped out of the bed gasping for air. A little relieved that the dream was broken but before I could take a second thought from the foot of the cot popped up a dark thing. Structured just like a man, I could see its limbs racing towards me I moved behind for self defense but to my shock woke again from a dream.
I realized that I had been dreaming of having a dream. A little complex but was a headache after the tired day. Before I could hit the bed again I heard some noise and turned towards my right hand side where my aunt's small bookshelf was. From behind it ran a creature towards the bedroom door and vanished in a second. I was almost out of my wits seeing something rush out from where I was sleeping at midnight, it took a couple of seconds before I could digest the sight of it and then I headed towards the hall to find no one there. To add more mystery to it the house was latched from the outside and they were all at my grandma's house. I had to knock and then ring my aunt to get off there. Couldn't share it with anyone on that day but something that convinced me was that I didn't have to sleep there everyday.
I really don't know how it feels to you but for me it was too complex than being scary. Because the creature that rushed from the bookshelf was the same kind that came in my dream.
This one is scarier than the others...
This story is written by Sanjubhat and its title is "Encounter with a Woman Possessed"
This incident happened last year and is one of the most eerie incidents ever experienced by me.
My close friend Manish dabbles a bit in the field of occult. Since his childhood days he has this gift whereby he can sense paranormal activities with amazing accuracy. His parents were earlier worried about this but have now come to terms with it. Manish has channeled this gift of his very well to help people having trouble with ghosts and other paranormal events. He doesn't expect any monetary benefit out of the services rendered to clients. I have accompanied Manish out of sheer curiosity to some of his clients and this incident is one of them.
Manish received a call from a person called Mr. Narula asking him for his help. His son, Rohit who had recently returned from the US with his wife and a 4 year old daughter was experiencing weird occurrences in his new home. Manish fixed up an appointment with Mr. Narula at his house and we reached there as planned. Mr. Narula greeted us warmly and we sat down in his spacious living room where he related his harrowing experience to us.
Mr. Narula was an elderly man who had led a fairly comfortable life working at a high position in the Indian Railways all his life. He had retired a couple of years back and lived with his wife. Money was never a concern with him and he wanted his son Rohit to have the best possible education available. That is why Mr. Narula had sent his son to US to complete his post graduation in Computer Engineering from one of the best Universities there. In the US Rohit met a girl called Rochelle, a fellow student and fell in love with her. Going against his parents wishes he went ahead, married her and settled in the US. Mr. Narula however reconciled with his son after the birth of Rohit's daughter Anita. He wanted his son to come back to India and live with them. It was a tough decision for Rohit considering that both he and Rochelle were well settled in the US. Rochelle was very supportive and they decided to return to India. Rohit initially stayed with his parents but once he got a job, they decided to purchase a new house. The house which they purchased was a beautiful one with a sea facing view. Rochelle and Rohit were very happy to have got such a beautiful house at such a throw away price. They however did not realize what was in store for them. Initially everything was fine but then things started to happen.
Incident 1:
One night Rohit woke up at around 1.00 am and found that his wife wasn't in bed. He looked around and found her on their terrace. She was in some sort of a trance staring blankly at the dark sky above with an eerie smile on her face. He shook her and she came out of her trance like state. Rochelle had no recollection of her getting out of her bed. Rohit, though concerned, comforted Rochelle by telling her that she might have been sleepwalking. But Rochelle was sure that she had never sleep walked ever in her life. Both of them subsequently forgot about it and got along with their daily routine.
Then something really strange happened which scared Rohit out of his wits.
Incident 2:
Rohit had to attend a late night dinner meeting with one of his client and came home at 1.00 am. He was surprised to find the door open. Surely Rochelle would not be so careless so as to leave the door open at night. Fearing for the safety of Rochelle and his daughter Anita he quickly entered the house and called Rochelle. All he heard was a low scream coming from his daughter's bedroom and it seemed like Anita's. He quickly went inside and was horrified to find his daughter crouched in one of the corner of the room and Rochelle sitting close and staring at Anita with the same blank expression and the eerie smile on her face. Rohit shouted at Rochelle which again brought her out of the trance. Again Rochelle did not have any recollection of anything that had happened. Anita scared out of her wits on seeing her mother in such a state was crying inconsolably. Anita told Rohit that she was tucked into bed as usual by Rochelle at around 10. 30 pm and left alone in the room. She was fast asleep when someone shook her vigorously literally throwing her down from her bed. She saw that it was her mother... But it couldn't be, she thought, for the woman in front of her was cursing her in a language which she had never heard in her life. The woman (her mother) was speaking loudly like a mad woman laughing and crying at the same time. Her voice seemed different and her long hair all over her face. This was just ten minutes before Rohit stepped in the house which probably saved the kid from suffering any further harm. Without any further adieu he sent her off to his grandparents place the very next morning.
In the next few days Rohit found his wife very aloof and withdrawn, a marked change from her generally bubbly and extrovert personality. She hardly spoke to him. Rohit informed his parents about it and he had planned to take her to a psychiatrist as soon as possible.
Incident 3:
Then the final terrifying change in Rochelle began. The same night Rohit spoke to his parents, he found Rochelle missing from her bed. She was in Anita's empty room standing right below the ceiling fan staring at it. Rohit went near her and tried to wake her. Rochelle gave him an icy stare and immediately started abusing him in Urdu, screaming at the top of her voice and throwing things about. Gathering his wits, Rohit immediately locked her in the room got one of his neighbors and tied her to the bed. She was very aggressive for sometime bud calmed down subsequently and fell into deep slumber. Thinking that it might be a case of split personality, she was immediately shifted to a hospital and was subjected to thorough checks by the doctors. They could find nothing wrong with her and all the while she was in hospital there was no trace of the aggressive trait she had shown earlier. Immediately after she was discharged and sent home the aggressive behavior started again. One important thing was that this personality change occurred intermittently. It did not occur everyday and would happen suddenly when you would least expect it.
Frustrated at the inability of the doctors to provide him with a conclusive answer, Rohit had asked his father to contact Manish who was known to them through an acquaintance. As planned, Manish and I reached Rohit's place late in the evening since we wanted to get a first hand look at the changes which were happening to Rochelle. Rochelle looked very sick and was bedridden. Rohit was very worried and tired since he hadn't slept in the last couple of days. Apart from them there was a housekeeper along with Mr. Narula in the house. Anita and her grandmother stayed back at Mr. Narula's place.
From the time we entered the house, I saw a troubled look on Manish's face. I immediately knew that we were in for a tough time ahead. He was concentrating hard as if to locate the exact cause of the problem and from the looks of it he seemed pretty close. Then something unexpected happened which still gives me nightmares.
We were in the living room when we suddenly heard a loud noise in little Anita's bedroom. We immediately rushed to find Rochelle standing on Anita's bed. She had tied one of the bed sheets lying nearby to the ceiling fan, fastened the other end into a noose, put her head into it and was trying to hang herself. This was really very creepy. Regaining our composure Rohit, Manish and I immediately pulled her down, lifted her and put her back in her bed. All the while she was abusing us and kicking about and trying to free herself. She did so with such tremendous power that it took three of us to subdue her. She was tied firmly to her bed. Manish then asked everyone except me to leave the room. Once we were alone, he took Rochelle's hand in his and started chanting a holy mantra (a hymn). He was concentrating very hard. This seemed to work as it seemed to calm her down initially. But suddenly I found Manish sweating profusely; he was finding it difficult to get words out of his mouth. The evil entity within Rochelle was clearly winning the battle. Something happened in the next split second which I cannot describe even to this day.
I got up and tried to pull Manish away from Rochelle. I had to use all my strength since it was now the evil entity that was holding on to Manish as if it was sucking the life out of him. With great difficulty I managed to separate them and get Manish out of the room. Manish fainted immediately once we were out. But being the strong man that he is, Manish recovered within half an hour. He got up and immediately asked everyone to vacate the house without losing any more time. The task in front of us was to get Rochelle out of the bed, leave alone the house. The entity within Rochelle resisted with all its strength but somehow this time Manish seemed to have the upper hand. With great difficulty we got her out of the house and to Mr. Narula's place. There was a lot of commotion in the building but nothing except Rochelle's safety seemed to matter at that time. Once out of the house Rochelle immediately calmed down. It seemed as if the hold of the evil entity on her was waning. She had calmed down fully by the time we reached Mr. Narula's place and was deep in slumber by the time we left. Manish assured the Narula's that there was nothing to worry now and everything would be fine. He promised to come over again the next day. Thus ended an exhausting but eventful day for Manish and me.
We went to Mr. Narula's place the next morning and found the whole family relieved with Rochelle resting peacefully.
Manish's explanation:
He had immediately felt the presence of some evil entity as soon as he entered the house. He could also make out that it was a spirit of a woman that had possessed Rochelle. The spirit initially managed to overpower him because it was around 3.00 am at that time and perhaps its power was at its peak. He was happy at my quick thinking which enabled him to separate himself from the evil force without suffering any harm. He was probably able to hold back the entity next time around probably since it was nearing dawn and the power of the evil one on Rochelle was on the wane. He told us that Rochelle had been saved from certain death that day. He also warned the Narula's never to venture into that house again as we had only temporarily subdued the spirit and not completely finished it. Rohit wept inconsolably and thanked us for saving Rochelle's life.
Manish and I made some enquiries later on and found that a Muslim couple had been living there prior to Rohit and Rochelle. The lady had committed suicide by hanging herself because of her husbands infidelity in the same room which incidentally was little Anita's bedroom. The husband hushed up the matter using his contacts with the police and immediately left the place. This is why Rohit had got the place at such a throwaway price.
We checked on the Narula's after a couple of months. Rochelle was doing fine and had found herself a job too. No incident had happened after that night. Rohit too had resumed work and they were still staying with their parents place. Little Anita was happy to be with her grand parents and so were Rohit's parents
As for the haunted apartment, it is still lying vacant and deserted. Rohit resisted all temptation to sell it saying that he did not wish to put someone else through the same ordeal as himself.
What happened to the entity inside the house?
No one had the courage to go there again. Your guess is as good as mine.
Beware! You never know who is residing in your house...who has been a part of your life without your permission...
You never know...
Sweet dreams...
-Ritika Jaswal
One of our most popular posts are "Ghost stories", so I decided to make a part 2 of it. This one is for my brave readers :D
These stories are from www.yourghoststories.com, which is a website where there are many people who share their experiences. I always visit that website and read the stories there. So are you ready?
This one is written by Niki from New Delhi.
My name is Niki from New Delhi. Since my childhood I've had several paranormal experiences. I always felt I could see and feel the supernatural. Being a kid, nobody believed me so I rather keep my experiences to myself and related it to those who faced similar experiences.
This incident occurred when I was in Kolkata during my college days. I used to rent a flat with five other girls. The flat was a two-story building with just two houses. One was ours and the other on the second floor belonged to two old ladies who never really interacted with us. They were weird anyways. It was a huge flat with three very big rooms. I used to stay in a single room, four girls in adjacent room and the last room was given to another girl. The four girls opted to stay together in the same room. There was a dining area in the centre with kitchen opposite to it. I always found the dining area very weird as the walls were black, as if they were burnt.
Three girls from the adjacent room used to work in call centres, so they arrived at 2:00am each day. That night Shweta (the girl from their group), the last room girl and I were chatting until late night in my room and we didn't realize when the clock struck 2:00 am. The other girls (Fatima, Mandeep and Neha) rung the bell. Now, we had a grill at the building entrance and the flat was in the floor, so we had to go down to the ground floor to open the gate if somebody comes at night. So Shweta and the last room girl went downstairs to open the gate for them. I was alone in the flat. Suddenly both of them came running. I was surprised and asked them what happened? They looked at me and said, "Niki, why did you shout so loudly and we could hear a loud sound". I was surprised. How is it possible for me not to hear that loud sound and shout in that 2:00 am silent night? We found it very strange but ignored the incident.
Days passed by quite normally, but each one of us in the flat always felt a spooky presence when alone.
That day was my last day in that house. All other girls had already shifted to different places. I found a place for myself too, and it was the last night I had to spend in that house. I remember all my furniture was already shifted to the new house. All I had in the house was my double bed mattress and a pair of clothes for me to wear for the next day.
It was around 12:30 am. I was speaking over the phone and lying on my mattress, which was placed on the floor as the bed was already shifted. The room door was closed (not locked). Suddenly the door opened of its own. Please bear in mind the door was a heavy wood door which cannot be moved by wind because first, it was tight. And second, it was an old age thick heavy door found in old houses. When the door opened, it moved me back. I could clearly sense somebody in the room. I kept my phone down. I was horrified by then. I could not move. I was still lying on the mattress. It was complete silence. I could hear somebody breathing. I could hear somebody walking on the floor barefoot. The sound was very clear and distinct. I wanted to move but could not. Somehow I gathered the courage to pick up the cell phone lying beside me and dialed my mom's number. I was crying and told my mom whatever was happening to me each second. My mother got to know immediately what it was and gave me the courage to fight the evil. She made me realise that power of God is always there to protect me. I always carry my God's picture in my purse. I somehow managed to grab my purse and take out God's picture. It gave me strength. I stated chanting the name of Lord repeatedly and could feel the energy fading. I then felt alone. Very alone. The whole night I could not sleep for a second. I continuously chanted prayers and waited for the sun to arise.
Many days later, after moving from that flat, I was once passing from the same area with some of my other friends and told them about my incident. One of my friends who stays near that same flat said that it was a haunted house and the whole area knows it. It once caught fire killing a man.
This story is written by Blank, and it's called "Dreams do come true and so do nightmares".
L
ast weekend was all set to head towards my grandma's place, all the hustle and bustle was for my cousin sister's first holy communion we had to attend. My sister and my dad left Friday evening and I had to wait until Saturday to take my mother along with me. Finally we were all set to go and hit the road. After a couple of hours on my motorcycle we reached the place, I was dead weight and couldn't carry myself after the long ride and my body was craving for rest.
It was a very long time since I had been there at least eight months or so I had to go along their chit chat and after an hour was the first one to hit the sack. Ours is a very big family and we are the only ones living nuclear. All neighbors there were related in some way or the other, I was sleeping in my aunt's place, the house was quite empty but I could still hear them talking and laughing outside, all these noises vanished in seconds and I dozed off.
Dead tired there was no way for a dream but a sudden nightmare popped up. An eerie feeling that the cot I was lying on was surrounded by spirits. It was just a dream but I was getting restless. In an instant I could make out that one of the spirits was coming right at me, the closer and closer it approached, my trembling went higher and higher and I jumped out of the bed gasping for air. A little relieved that the dream was broken but before I could take a second thought from the foot of the cot popped up a dark thing. Structured just like a man, I could see its limbs racing towards me I moved behind for self defense but to my shock woke again from a dream.
I realized that I had been dreaming of having a dream. A little complex but was a headache after the tired day. Before I could hit the bed again I heard some noise and turned towards my right hand side where my aunt's small bookshelf was. From behind it ran a creature towards the bedroom door and vanished in a second. I was almost out of my wits seeing something rush out from where I was sleeping at midnight, it took a couple of seconds before I could digest the sight of it and then I headed towards the hall to find no one there. To add more mystery to it the house was latched from the outside and they were all at my grandma's house. I had to knock and then ring my aunt to get off there. Couldn't share it with anyone on that day but something that convinced me was that I didn't have to sleep there everyday.
I really don't know how it feels to you but for me it was too complex than being scary. Because the creature that rushed from the bookshelf was the same kind that came in my dream.
This one is scarier than the others...
This story is written by Sanjubhat and its title is "Encounter with a Woman Possessed"
This incident happened last year and is one of the most eerie incidents ever experienced by me.
My close friend Manish dabbles a bit in the field of occult. Since his childhood days he has this gift whereby he can sense paranormal activities with amazing accuracy. His parents were earlier worried about this but have now come to terms with it. Manish has channeled this gift of his very well to help people having trouble with ghosts and other paranormal events. He doesn't expect any monetary benefit out of the services rendered to clients. I have accompanied Manish out of sheer curiosity to some of his clients and this incident is one of them.
Manish received a call from a person called Mr. Narula asking him for his help. His son, Rohit who had recently returned from the US with his wife and a 4 year old daughter was experiencing weird occurrences in his new home. Manish fixed up an appointment with Mr. Narula at his house and we reached there as planned. Mr. Narula greeted us warmly and we sat down in his spacious living room where he related his harrowing experience to us.
Mr. Narula was an elderly man who had led a fairly comfortable life working at a high position in the Indian Railways all his life. He had retired a couple of years back and lived with his wife. Money was never a concern with him and he wanted his son Rohit to have the best possible education available. That is why Mr. Narula had sent his son to US to complete his post graduation in Computer Engineering from one of the best Universities there. In the US Rohit met a girl called Rochelle, a fellow student and fell in love with her. Going against his parents wishes he went ahead, married her and settled in the US. Mr. Narula however reconciled with his son after the birth of Rohit's daughter Anita. He wanted his son to come back to India and live with them. It was a tough decision for Rohit considering that both he and Rochelle were well settled in the US. Rochelle was very supportive and they decided to return to India. Rohit initially stayed with his parents but once he got a job, they decided to purchase a new house. The house which they purchased was a beautiful one with a sea facing view. Rochelle and Rohit were very happy to have got such a beautiful house at such a throw away price. They however did not realize what was in store for them. Initially everything was fine but then things started to happen.
Incident 1:
One night Rohit woke up at around 1.00 am and found that his wife wasn't in bed. He looked around and found her on their terrace. She was in some sort of a trance staring blankly at the dark sky above with an eerie smile on her face. He shook her and she came out of her trance like state. Rochelle had no recollection of her getting out of her bed. Rohit, though concerned, comforted Rochelle by telling her that she might have been sleepwalking. But Rochelle was sure that she had never sleep walked ever in her life. Both of them subsequently forgot about it and got along with their daily routine.
Then something really strange happened which scared Rohit out of his wits.
Incident 2:
Rohit had to attend a late night dinner meeting with one of his client and came home at 1.00 am. He was surprised to find the door open. Surely Rochelle would not be so careless so as to leave the door open at night. Fearing for the safety of Rochelle and his daughter Anita he quickly entered the house and called Rochelle. All he heard was a low scream coming from his daughter's bedroom and it seemed like Anita's. He quickly went inside and was horrified to find his daughter crouched in one of the corner of the room and Rochelle sitting close and staring at Anita with the same blank expression and the eerie smile on her face. Rohit shouted at Rochelle which again brought her out of the trance. Again Rochelle did not have any recollection of anything that had happened. Anita scared out of her wits on seeing her mother in such a state was crying inconsolably. Anita told Rohit that she was tucked into bed as usual by Rochelle at around 10. 30 pm and left alone in the room. She was fast asleep when someone shook her vigorously literally throwing her down from her bed. She saw that it was her mother... But it couldn't be, she thought, for the woman in front of her was cursing her in a language which she had never heard in her life. The woman (her mother) was speaking loudly like a mad woman laughing and crying at the same time. Her voice seemed different and her long hair all over her face. This was just ten minutes before Rohit stepped in the house which probably saved the kid from suffering any further harm. Without any further adieu he sent her off to his grandparents place the very next morning.
In the next few days Rohit found his wife very aloof and withdrawn, a marked change from her generally bubbly and extrovert personality. She hardly spoke to him. Rohit informed his parents about it and he had planned to take her to a psychiatrist as soon as possible.
Incident 3:
Then the final terrifying change in Rochelle began. The same night Rohit spoke to his parents, he found Rochelle missing from her bed. She was in Anita's empty room standing right below the ceiling fan staring at it. Rohit went near her and tried to wake her. Rochelle gave him an icy stare and immediately started abusing him in Urdu, screaming at the top of her voice and throwing things about. Gathering his wits, Rohit immediately locked her in the room got one of his neighbors and tied her to the bed. She was very aggressive for sometime bud calmed down subsequently and fell into deep slumber. Thinking that it might be a case of split personality, she was immediately shifted to a hospital and was subjected to thorough checks by the doctors. They could find nothing wrong with her and all the while she was in hospital there was no trace of the aggressive trait she had shown earlier. Immediately after she was discharged and sent home the aggressive behavior started again. One important thing was that this personality change occurred intermittently. It did not occur everyday and would happen suddenly when you would least expect it.
Frustrated at the inability of the doctors to provide him with a conclusive answer, Rohit had asked his father to contact Manish who was known to them through an acquaintance. As planned, Manish and I reached Rohit's place late in the evening since we wanted to get a first hand look at the changes which were happening to Rochelle. Rochelle looked very sick and was bedridden. Rohit was very worried and tired since he hadn't slept in the last couple of days. Apart from them there was a housekeeper along with Mr. Narula in the house. Anita and her grandmother stayed back at Mr. Narula's place.
From the time we entered the house, I saw a troubled look on Manish's face. I immediately knew that we were in for a tough time ahead. He was concentrating hard as if to locate the exact cause of the problem and from the looks of it he seemed pretty close. Then something unexpected happened which still gives me nightmares.
We were in the living room when we suddenly heard a loud noise in little Anita's bedroom. We immediately rushed to find Rochelle standing on Anita's bed. She had tied one of the bed sheets lying nearby to the ceiling fan, fastened the other end into a noose, put her head into it and was trying to hang herself. This was really very creepy. Regaining our composure Rohit, Manish and I immediately pulled her down, lifted her and put her back in her bed. All the while she was abusing us and kicking about and trying to free herself. She did so with such tremendous power that it took three of us to subdue her. She was tied firmly to her bed. Manish then asked everyone except me to leave the room. Once we were alone, he took Rochelle's hand in his and started chanting a holy mantra (a hymn). He was concentrating very hard. This seemed to work as it seemed to calm her down initially. But suddenly I found Manish sweating profusely; he was finding it difficult to get words out of his mouth. The evil entity within Rochelle was clearly winning the battle. Something happened in the next split second which I cannot describe even to this day.
I got up and tried to pull Manish away from Rochelle. I had to use all my strength since it was now the evil entity that was holding on to Manish as if it was sucking the life out of him. With great difficulty I managed to separate them and get Manish out of the room. Manish fainted immediately once we were out. But being the strong man that he is, Manish recovered within half an hour. He got up and immediately asked everyone to vacate the house without losing any more time. The task in front of us was to get Rochelle out of the bed, leave alone the house. The entity within Rochelle resisted with all its strength but somehow this time Manish seemed to have the upper hand. With great difficulty we got her out of the house and to Mr. Narula's place. There was a lot of commotion in the building but nothing except Rochelle's safety seemed to matter at that time. Once out of the house Rochelle immediately calmed down. It seemed as if the hold of the evil entity on her was waning. She had calmed down fully by the time we reached Mr. Narula's place and was deep in slumber by the time we left. Manish assured the Narula's that there was nothing to worry now and everything would be fine. He promised to come over again the next day. Thus ended an exhausting but eventful day for Manish and me.
We went to Mr. Narula's place the next morning and found the whole family relieved with Rochelle resting peacefully.
Manish's explanation:
He had immediately felt the presence of some evil entity as soon as he entered the house. He could also make out that it was a spirit of a woman that had possessed Rochelle. The spirit initially managed to overpower him because it was around 3.00 am at that time and perhaps its power was at its peak. He was happy at my quick thinking which enabled him to separate himself from the evil force without suffering any harm. He was probably able to hold back the entity next time around probably since it was nearing dawn and the power of the evil one on Rochelle was on the wane. He told us that Rochelle had been saved from certain death that day. He also warned the Narula's never to venture into that house again as we had only temporarily subdued the spirit and not completely finished it. Rohit wept inconsolably and thanked us for saving Rochelle's life.
Manish and I made some enquiries later on and found that a Muslim couple had been living there prior to Rohit and Rochelle. The lady had committed suicide by hanging herself because of her husbands infidelity in the same room which incidentally was little Anita's bedroom. The husband hushed up the matter using his contacts with the police and immediately left the place. This is why Rohit had got the place at such a throwaway price.
We checked on the Narula's after a couple of months. Rochelle was doing fine and had found herself a job too. No incident had happened after that night. Rohit too had resumed work and they were still staying with their parents place. Little Anita was happy to be with her grand parents and so were Rohit's parents
As for the haunted apartment, it is still lying vacant and deserted. Rohit resisted all temptation to sell it saying that he did not wish to put someone else through the same ordeal as himself.
What happened to the entity inside the house?
No one had the courage to go there again. Your guess is as good as mine.
Beware! You never know who is residing in your house...who has been a part of your life without your permission...
You never know...
Sweet dreams...
-Ritika Jaswal
fredag 20. februar 2015
Winter vacation!
Hei! Hi! Bonjour! नमस्कार! Hallo! здрастуйте! γεια σας! สวัสดี! 您好!
What's up!?
I had a fantastic vacation. I got to sleep properly, and I also did a lot of activities. Do you want to hear the story? Of course you will!
The first weekend, I gave myself a break and didn't do much. I went to my dance classes, but nothing else. I watched Pitch Perfect, and it was FABULOUS! Honestly, I laughed and laughed, and couldn't control my laughter and my tears(tears of happiness, of course). The characters that I loved the most was Beca and Fat Amy. Fat Amy us so cool and amazingly fabulous. I loved the performances. I got a new song to my playlist and that is "When I'm gone". I have heard it before, but it didn't have that effect on me, but I loved the "cup-thing" she did. It was interesting, and i tried to learn it, but in vain. So you see,I take time to like some songs...
I also wanted to watch the Bollywood movie Roy starring Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arjun Rampal. I have watched all the movies of Ranbir Kapoor, and I like the way he chooses different roles. One of my favorite roles is Barfi. He was so cute and innocent. How can one not love that role? Roy seems like an interesting movie with a lot of twists. My favorite songs from that movie are Chittiyan Kalayian, Sooraj dooba hain and To hai ke nahi.
My mother travelled to India, so my father decided to spend some quality time with my sisters and me. My father decided to take us to Hafjell for skiing holidays. Hafjell is located 15 kilometers north for Lillehammer. We checked in the Quality hotel and resort Hafjell. We had a great time there. We went there on Sunday and stayed there until Wednesday. We went to Hafjelltoppen to ski and it was so cold that my hair froze, and was a bit white. I'm not kidding! It's true! Norway is so beautiful in every way. I have been there many times, but every time I go there I feel fantastic. The nature, the snow, the lights, the mountains, the cottages...it all seems perfect to me!
I tried to help my friend who was in despair. I knew that my friend wouldn't tell my anything about the problem, so I made a playlist of songs and sent it. I made a playlist of motivational songs both in English and Bollywood. Some of the Bollywood songs have English subtitles. Here is the playlist:
Now there are two days to go...and the vacation is almost over...
My mother came home from India today, and my best friend (and also my co-editor of this blog), Manmeet, came from Malaga. We made brownies, welcome cards and a big poster where it's written "Welcome!". I cleaned the whole house before she came home. My mom was delighted to see this. We missed her a lot...
I got to know that I am going to travel to India, and I haven't been there for a while. I haven't been in most parts of India like Goa, Kerela, Jaipur, Udaipur, Bangalore (So you understand, I haven't seen the cool places yet! Despite of being an Indian! What a shame). I haven't even seen Taj Mahal! Whenever we go to India, we get surrounded by relatives who don't let us go anywhere from Chandigarh. It's understandable too, because they see us after many years, but they have to understand that I REALLY WANT TO SEE INDIA. Some years ago, we were in India, and I insisted to go to Goa, but there were some problems with the flights and I was like "It only happens to me! Why God? Why?"
Travelling is an important part of my life. I feel relieved, fresh and vigorous. As I discover new places, I also discover parts of myself.
I have even planned the route. We will first go from Delhi to Taj Mahal. From Taj Mahal to Rajasthan. The first place we will visit in Rajasthan will be Ajmer Sharif (A religious place). From there we will go to Jaipur, and then Udaipur. From Udaipur to Gujarat. In Gujarat we will go to Ahmedabad, and from Ahmedabad to Maharashtra. In Maharasthra, we will see Mumbai, the city of Bollywood, and from there we will travel straight to Goa. From Goa to Mysore, Mysore to Bangalore, and our last destination will be Kerela. We will then take a flight to Chandigarh, and spend rest of our holidays with family. There are also many religious places in South that we will visit. In Mumbai, there is a Ganesha temple called Siddhivinayak, and it's beautiful. If there are people who want to travel to India, then I would recommend this route, because then you can capture all the essences of India. India is a big country with a population of 1.3 billion. I am really looking forward to this!!!
Some photos from India:
- Ritika Jaswal
What's up!?
I had a fantastic vacation. I got to sleep properly, and I also did a lot of activities. Do you want to hear the story? Of course you will!
The first weekend, I gave myself a break and didn't do much. I went to my dance classes, but nothing else. I watched Pitch Perfect, and it was FABULOUS! Honestly, I laughed and laughed, and couldn't control my laughter and my tears(tears of happiness, of course). The characters that I loved the most was Beca and Fat Amy. Fat Amy us so cool and amazingly fabulous. I loved the performances. I got a new song to my playlist and that is "When I'm gone". I have heard it before, but it didn't have that effect on me, but I loved the "cup-thing" she did. It was interesting, and i tried to learn it, but in vain. So you see,I take time to like some songs...
I also wanted to watch the Bollywood movie Roy starring Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arjun Rampal. I have watched all the movies of Ranbir Kapoor, and I like the way he chooses different roles. One of my favorite roles is Barfi. He was so cute and innocent. How can one not love that role? Roy seems like an interesting movie with a lot of twists. My favorite songs from that movie are Chittiyan Kalayian, Sooraj dooba hain and To hai ke nahi.
My mother travelled to India, so my father decided to spend some quality time with my sisters and me. My father decided to take us to Hafjell for skiing holidays. Hafjell is located 15 kilometers north for Lillehammer. We checked in the Quality hotel and resort Hafjell. We had a great time there. We went there on Sunday and stayed there until Wednesday. We went to Hafjelltoppen to ski and it was so cold that my hair froze, and was a bit white. I'm not kidding! It's true! Norway is so beautiful in every way. I have been there many times, but every time I go there I feel fantastic. The nature, the snow, the lights, the mountains, the cottages...it all seems perfect to me!
I tried to help my friend who was in despair. I knew that my friend wouldn't tell my anything about the problem, so I made a playlist of songs and sent it. I made a playlist of motivational songs both in English and Bollywood. Some of the Bollywood songs have English subtitles. Here is the playlist:
Now there are two days to go...and the vacation is almost over...
My mother came home from India today, and my best friend (and also my co-editor of this blog), Manmeet, came from Malaga. We made brownies, welcome cards and a big poster where it's written "Welcome!". I cleaned the whole house before she came home. My mom was delighted to see this. We missed her a lot...
I got to know that I am going to travel to India, and I haven't been there for a while. I haven't been in most parts of India like Goa, Kerela, Jaipur, Udaipur, Bangalore (So you understand, I haven't seen the cool places yet! Despite of being an Indian! What a shame). I haven't even seen Taj Mahal! Whenever we go to India, we get surrounded by relatives who don't let us go anywhere from Chandigarh. It's understandable too, because they see us after many years, but they have to understand that I REALLY WANT TO SEE INDIA. Some years ago, we were in India, and I insisted to go to Goa, but there were some problems with the flights and I was like "It only happens to me! Why God? Why?"
Travelling is an important part of my life. I feel relieved, fresh and vigorous. As I discover new places, I also discover parts of myself.
I have even planned the route. We will first go from Delhi to Taj Mahal. From Taj Mahal to Rajasthan. The first place we will visit in Rajasthan will be Ajmer Sharif (A religious place). From there we will go to Jaipur, and then Udaipur. From Udaipur to Gujarat. In Gujarat we will go to Ahmedabad, and from Ahmedabad to Maharashtra. In Maharasthra, we will see Mumbai, the city of Bollywood, and from there we will travel straight to Goa. From Goa to Mysore, Mysore to Bangalore, and our last destination will be Kerela. We will then take a flight to Chandigarh, and spend rest of our holidays with family. There are also many religious places in South that we will visit. In Mumbai, there is a Ganesha temple called Siddhivinayak, and it's beautiful. If there are people who want to travel to India, then I would recommend this route, because then you can capture all the essences of India. India is a big country with a population of 1.3 billion. I am really looking forward to this!!!
Some photos from India:
"Not all those who wander are lost.”― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
- Ritika Jaswal
mandag 16. februar 2015
Small schools becomes 1 BIG SCHOOL!
Hey!
How are you!!
My school is one of three schools which are going to be ONE BIG SCHOOL. Those Three Schools are Haugen, Gran and Furuset. The new school will be called Granstangen skole. I just want to mention that I don't choose the topics we talk about. It's our International Cooperation (subject) teacher.
In this post I will discuss the negative and positive consequences of this decision.
This is a Picture of Our School.
The negative things about that are:
- More teachers to pay
- Teachers will not be able to get to know their students, because there will be a lot of classes.
- It will be difficult to handle so many kids
- New system, and difficult for the students to get used to it
The positive things about that are:
- It will be a bigger school
- The school is more beautiful than our school
- And there will be more facilities
- There will be new teachers with their experiences
Honestly, I don't care that much about the new school, because I'm in 10th grade, and the new school will be ready after summer and then I will no longer be in junior high school. I will start at senior high school. It will be a new experience. I will miss this School, but I am also looking forward to something new. I also know that I will visit this School, whenever I will miss it.
Granstangen skole looks like this
- Ritika Jaswal
onsdag 21. januar 2015
#jesuischarlie
Hello, everybody!
Today's post is a bit different and special post. We are finally doing a collab.
Manmeet and I are going to write together about Charlie Hebdo, and about the terror attack.
"Je suis Charlie" or in English "I am Charlie" is a slogan adopted by people of free speech and freedom of expression after the 7 January 2015 massacre in which 17 people were killed at the offices of the magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris.
The slogan had become one of the most popular news hashtags in Twitter history.
Charlie Hebdo (or in English: Charlie Weekly) is a satiric magazine which is published weekly. It features mainly cartoons, but also reports, polemics and jokes. the magazine itself is anti-racist and left-wing (in other words: the act of supporting social equality).
The magazine has been targeted by terrorists in 2011 and recently in 2015 (7th of January). It has been targeted due to the Muhammad cartoons they had published. The magazine was founded in 1970, and the current editor of the magazine is Gerard Biard after the death of Charbonnier.
On 7th of January 2015, two Islamist gunmen (who claimed that they were trained by Al-Qaida) killed 12 people and 5 are wounded in Paris. These 17 people worked for the magazine "Charlie Hebdo". While killing them, the two terrorists shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is the Greatest).
People who were killed:
Frédéric Boisseau
Franck Brinsolaro
Elsa Cayat
Cabu
Charb
Philippe Honoré
Bernard Maris
Ahmed Merabet
Mustapha Ourrad
Michel Renaud
Tignous
Georges Wolinski
Wounded:
Simon Fieschi
Philippe Lançon
Fabrice Nicolino
Laurent Sourisseau
Unidentified police officer
The motive of the attack was to punish those who made cartoons of the Prophet, Muhammad. As per muslims, it's not allowed to make any drawing, picture or in this case cartoons of Muhammad and Allah.
On 9 January, AQAP claimed responsibility for the attack in a speech from AQAP's top Shariah cleric Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, citing the motive as "revenge for the honor" of Muhammad.
However, the magazine didn't stop making more Charlie Hebdo magazines.They made even more and the magazines were sold out within minutes in Paris, other parts of France and in Norway and other countries.
It's sad to see how humans kill each other in the name of religion. In my opinion, those who don't know what humanity is, those don't know what religion mean. As simple as that!!!
"Mankind was one single nation, and Allah sent Messengers with glad tidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, to judge between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except through selfish contumacy. Allah by His Grace guided the believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For Allah guided whom He wills to a path that is straight." (Quran 2:213)
- See more at: http://www.islamicity.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IC1403-5702#sthash.MxnwmxRU.dpuf
- Ritika Jaswal and Manmeet Kaur
Today's post is a bit different and special post. We are finally doing a collab.
Manmeet and I are going to write together about Charlie Hebdo, and about the terror attack.
"Je suis Charlie" or in English "I am Charlie" is a slogan adopted by people of free speech and freedom of expression after the 7 January 2015 massacre in which 17 people were killed at the offices of the magazine "Charlie Hebdo" in Paris.
The slogan had become one of the most popular news hashtags in Twitter history.
Charlie Hebdo (or in English: Charlie Weekly) is a satiric magazine which is published weekly. It features mainly cartoons, but also reports, polemics and jokes. the magazine itself is anti-racist and left-wing (in other words: the act of supporting social equality).
The magazine has been targeted by terrorists in 2011 and recently in 2015 (7th of January). It has been targeted due to the Muhammad cartoons they had published. The magazine was founded in 1970, and the current editor of the magazine is Gerard Biard after the death of Charbonnier.
On 7th of January 2015, two Islamist gunmen (who claimed that they were trained by Al-Qaida) killed 12 people and 5 are wounded in Paris. These 17 people worked for the magazine "Charlie Hebdo". While killing them, the two terrorists shouted "Allahu Akbar" (God is the Greatest).
People who were killed:
Frédéric Boisseau
Franck Brinsolaro
Elsa Cayat
Cabu
Charb
Philippe Honoré
Bernard Maris
Ahmed Merabet
Mustapha Ourrad
Michel Renaud
Tignous
Georges Wolinski
Wounded:
Simon Fieschi
Philippe Lançon
Fabrice Nicolino
Laurent Sourisseau
Unidentified police officer
The motive of the attack was to punish those who made cartoons of the Prophet, Muhammad. As per muslims, it's not allowed to make any drawing, picture or in this case cartoons of Muhammad and Allah.
On 9 January, AQAP claimed responsibility for the attack in a speech from AQAP's top Shariah cleric Harith bin Ghazi al-Nadhari, citing the motive as "revenge for the honor" of Muhammad.
However, the magazine didn't stop making more Charlie Hebdo magazines.They made even more and the magazines were sold out within minutes in Paris, other parts of France and in Norway and other countries.
It's sad to see how humans kill each other in the name of religion. In my opinion, those who don't know what humanity is, those don't know what religion mean. As simple as that!!!
"Mankind was one single nation, and Allah sent Messengers with glad tidings and warnings; and with them He sent the Book in truth, to judge between people in matters wherein they differed; but the People of the Book, after the clear Signs came to them, did not differ among themselves, except through selfish contumacy. Allah by His Grace guided the believers to the Truth, concerning that wherein they differed. For Allah guided whom He wills to a path that is straight." (Quran 2:213)
- See more at: http://www.islamicity.com/Articles/articles.asp?ref=IC1403-5702#sthash.MxnwmxRU.dpuf
- Ritika Jaswal and Manmeet Kaur
onsdag 14. januar 2015
Christmas Vacation
Hello readers!
I hope that you all had a great vacation with lots of fun! I also hope that your christmas has been magical and beautiful.
I want to share a good news! We have crossed 2000 pageviews with your support and appreciation. We thank all our readers from Norway, USA, France, India, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, The Great Britain, Taiwan and China.
This post is about how I celebrated christmas and how I spent my christmas vacation.
Well, I am one of those who sleep late and wake up late, and what happened is that whenever I woke up it was dark outside. And I read books like "Bhagavad Gita" (religious book, hinduism) and "Dhammapada" (religious book, Buddhism). And on the 20th December was my mother's birthday. I had planned to give my mom a special gift and I cooperated with my father, and he said that we will buy the gift on her birthday. I agreed. On the 20th december, in the midnight, daddy gives mom a gift without telling me that he has already bought a gift. Typical fathers! I was mad at him and told him that the Tissot watch he had bought looked old-fashioned, eventhough I knew that it was a classic (well, that's typical me). I insisted to return the watch and buy a new one. I bought a Michael Kors watch, and mom loved it. I wrote a card to her, telling her how wonderful, honest and good hearted she is. People often write things that they don't mean, but I really meant it. She is an ideal person. We went to "Mahayana Asian Dining" for dinner. I just loved the food there! Soooooo tastyyyyy!
Well, I will skip some sleepy days and talk about the main day of Christmas Vacation. In Norway it's Christmas on the 24th december. For some readers it's a aha-moment. Or like PK said "Acchaaaa" (Indian readers will understand this one). Anyways, our house is always clean and tidy due to my mom's "cleaning-disease". She can't resist cleaning, and it doesn't matter whether she is sick or not...she will do it anyway. So, we didn't need to clean that much so we started cooking. Dad marinated turkey and made sauce (The only things he can do when it comes to cooking). My mother made the rest like, christmas sausages, patties, Brussels sprouts, veg mix and veg lasagna(for my grandmother). I decorated the house. Here is the picture.
I didn't want anything as a Christmas gift, and I told my parents that. They were aware of that. I said that all I wanted was some money so that I could donate the money to differnt funds and organizations. I have donated to Red Cross, Save the Children, Malala fund, Global March and Sightsavers. They did give me the money to donate, but also extra money and sweet embroided gloves (because they believe that money isn't a proper gift). My sisters were excited to open the gifts. Well, well, I'm almost a grown-up now.
And then after some days --> New Year's Eve
This New Year's Eve was a bit different. Our family friends from Drammen (A place in Norway) visited us, and celebrated with us. I was really excited! Mother and Father made food, while we kids waited for the fireworks to appear in the sky. We ate food and watched TV before midnight. We opened champagne and then we used fireworks at midnight. It was quite cloudy outside, so I wasn't able to see the other fireworks. I noticed that the air was polluted.
There are things that I didn't mention in the text. I went for skiing, skating and shopping too. I don't have time right now, because the school has started and we have a lot of projects, presentations and homeworks.
We are sorry! We are not able to share pictures due to tecnical problems!
Happy New Year!
May your days be as glittery as diamond, may your friends be as good as gold, may your heart stay as green as emerald, and may your soul remain as pure as pearl.
Sources:
- Ritika Jaswal
I hope that you all had a great vacation with lots of fun! I also hope that your christmas has been magical and beautiful.
I want to share a good news! We have crossed 2000 pageviews with your support and appreciation. We thank all our readers from Norway, USA, France, India, Germany, Ukraine, Greece, The Great Britain, Taiwan and China.
This post is about how I celebrated christmas and how I spent my christmas vacation.
Well, I am one of those who sleep late and wake up late, and what happened is that whenever I woke up it was dark outside. And I read books like "Bhagavad Gita" (religious book, hinduism) and "Dhammapada" (religious book, Buddhism). And on the 20th December was my mother's birthday. I had planned to give my mom a special gift and I cooperated with my father, and he said that we will buy the gift on her birthday. I agreed. On the 20th december, in the midnight, daddy gives mom a gift without telling me that he has already bought a gift. Typical fathers! I was mad at him and told him that the Tissot watch he had bought looked old-fashioned, eventhough I knew that it was a classic (well, that's typical me). I insisted to return the watch and buy a new one. I bought a Michael Kors watch, and mom loved it. I wrote a card to her, telling her how wonderful, honest and good hearted she is. People often write things that they don't mean, but I really meant it. She is an ideal person. We went to "Mahayana Asian Dining" for dinner. I just loved the food there! Soooooo tastyyyyy!
Well, I will skip some sleepy days and talk about the main day of Christmas Vacation. In Norway it's Christmas on the 24th december. For some readers it's a aha-moment. Or like PK said "Acchaaaa" (Indian readers will understand this one). Anyways, our house is always clean and tidy due to my mom's "cleaning-disease". She can't resist cleaning, and it doesn't matter whether she is sick or not...she will do it anyway. So, we didn't need to clean that much so we started cooking. Dad marinated turkey and made sauce (The only things he can do when it comes to cooking). My mother made the rest like, christmas sausages, patties, Brussels sprouts, veg mix and veg lasagna(for my grandmother). I decorated the house. Here is the picture.
I didn't want anything as a Christmas gift, and I told my parents that. They were aware of that. I said that all I wanted was some money so that I could donate the money to differnt funds and organizations. I have donated to Red Cross, Save the Children, Malala fund, Global March and Sightsavers. They did give me the money to donate, but also extra money and sweet embroided gloves (because they believe that money isn't a proper gift). My sisters were excited to open the gifts. Well, well, I'm almost a grown-up now.
And then after some days --> New Year's Eve
This New Year's Eve was a bit different. Our family friends from Drammen (A place in Norway) visited us, and celebrated with us. I was really excited! Mother and Father made food, while we kids waited for the fireworks to appear in the sky. We ate food and watched TV before midnight. We opened champagne and then we used fireworks at midnight. It was quite cloudy outside, so I wasn't able to see the other fireworks. I noticed that the air was polluted.
There are things that I didn't mention in the text. I went for skiing, skating and shopping too. I don't have time right now, because the school has started and we have a lot of projects, presentations and homeworks.
We are sorry! We are not able to share pictures due to tecnical problems!
Happy New Year!
May your days be as glittery as diamond, may your friends be as good as gold, may your heart stay as green as emerald, and may your soul remain as pure as pearl.
Life is a dream for the wise,- Sholom Aleichem
A game for the fool,
A comedy for the rich,
A tragedy for the poor.
Sources:
- Ritika Jaswal
onsdag 7. januar 2015
Christmas Vacation!
Hello!
How are u guys? It has been a very long time ago
So today I'm just going to talk about my Christmas vacation.
We had 2 week free from the school, and it was so chill, hhahah.
I had alot of fun in the vacation, with, friend and family. I was out with my friend, and we had alot of fun. We was on shopping etc. I saw an Indian movie- PK. It was an awesome movie , with lots of humor.
But anyways, my holiday wasn't that special. I was only at home in this vacation, but when my cousins came it was really cool . We had it very cozy when the family came at Christmas . We bought a big and high Christmas tree, and dons it terrific, with allot of gifts. Everything was absolutely perfect!
We ate lots of good food during Christmas , lots kakae and sweets, hahaha .
But anyways I hope you had a awesom Christmas! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday .
When we celebrated new year , then came the whole family and unite with us , because we have such a large house , heheh .
But it was not so easy to see rockets shot up in the air, because detested was so much fog .
But anyway, happy new year . Welcome to a new year with many new opportunities! Hope 2015 is a great year for you :)
MK:)
How are u guys? It has been a very long time ago
So today I'm just going to talk about my Christmas vacation.
We had 2 week free from the school, and it was so chill, hhahah.
I had alot of fun in the vacation, with, friend and family. I was out with my friend, and we had alot of fun. We was on shopping etc. I saw an Indian movie- PK. It was an awesome movie , with lots of humor.
But anyways, my holiday wasn't that special. I was only at home in this vacation, but when my cousins came it was really cool . We had it very cozy when the family came at Christmas . We bought a big and high Christmas tree, and dons it terrific, with allot of gifts. Everything was absolutely perfect!
We ate lots of good food during Christmas , lots kakae and sweets, hahaha .
But anyways I hope you had a awesom Christmas! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas holiday .
When we celebrated new year , then came the whole family and unite with us , because we have such a large house , heheh .
But it was not so easy to see rockets shot up in the air, because detested was so much fog .
But anyway, happy new year . Welcome to a new year with many new opportunities! Hope 2015 is a great year for you :)
MK:)
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