Aussie Trip 💕

Hey Guys,  I’m somehow still alive and I really miss writing blogs, and sorry I haven't been posting much.💓 Anyways, from 9 March of 2018 until 21 March 2018, my School had an event on going to Australia. You know I couldn’t resist it, Our plan was going to Tasmania for 10 days and Melbourne for the rest 2 days. Since it’s a school event, that means we still had to study.

On Friday, 9th of March was when we blast off to Melbourne, when we arrived, we were in a lot of presure since we only had 40 minutes. And unfortunately, our Plane left without us. On the bright side, the school didn’t need to pay more, but some of us were seperated since there was 3 flights. ☹️

On Saturday, 10th of March, we finally arrived there and were assigned to our Host parents. As i thought the day can’t get any worse, my partner (Verren) and I were seperated even though we wrote that we wanted to be together, but at least I was still with Clarisa, Christie and Jap. Since it was our first moment of meeting our Host Parents, we tried to get to know them. 🖤

On Sunday, 11th of March, my Host Parents, my roommates and I went to go to church. Everyone was so sweet to us all, we then went on to go to Mount Wellington and it was beautiful. 😍

On Monday, 12th of March, our school and I went to go to Salmon Ponds to feed some fish, we then get to walk to Russel Falls and take a lot of pictures. After Russel falls, we went to see Cows getting milked at the dairy. (the picture's to the left) 💖

On Tuesday, 13th of March, we got split into 2 groups, luckily, roommates stay together in a group, my group had to go to Mount Nelson Primary school. The little kids there were super nice and adorable. I was being followed by little kids everywhere, they were so cute. When it was time to go, i felt so sad because i know i’ll miss them so much, and i didn’t even get a boomerang with them. 😫❤️

On Wednesday, 14th of March, was finally our time to study in Southern Christian College. But before we got to study with them we had a little performance for them to see, I became the MC with Jessica, and i did pretty bad with Jess did Amazing, i also had to danced and i kind of forgot some moves. After that performance, we finally get to go to the ninth grade class, Christie and I chose 9A while Clarisa and Jap chose 9B. Even though we were seperated, we were still happy that we made our decisions. (One of the student's from 9A SCC school on the right) ☺️🧡

On Thursday, 15th of March, we get to stay in Southern Christian College one last time but we stayed with grade 8 students. I was so happy that i joined this event because it was so fun to meet new people. I was so sad that this is our last time studying with SCC students, i wish we get to stay there longer. I would never forget these memories. 💙

On Friday, 16th of March, we went to University of Tasmania. It wasn’t as fun as studying in Southern Christian College, but it was a good experience. We get to learn a lot of things there, mostly Science. After visiting UTAS, we went to ice skating with our other friends, Janet and Mischka. (picture on the left is UTAS)

On Saturday, the school went to the Salmanca Market and just took a look around, while the rest of us bought food. After that we went to Tasmanian Museum and Art gallery and Bonorong Wildlife Sanctuary, there were a lot of new things that we learnt. Everything was super unique and pretty in it’s own way. We also went to Richmond Village and the Wicked Cheese Last. (Picture on the right) 💚

On Sunday, My Host Parents, my roommates and I went to church. After that, since it was raining, we didn’t get to have BBQ with SCC members, which was very sad. But we get to spend more time with our Host Parents. Since it was our last day in Tasmania, our host parents had a farewell party. I was super happy when they invited a lot of people. I was so thankful that I got this Host parents since they were super sweet (and made delicious meals). 😋

On Monday, 19th of March, was the day we had to go to Melbourne. I shed a tear, knowing that it will be so hard to contact some people in Tasmania, but at least I made a lot of memories with them, and nothing can replace that. When we arrived in Melbourne, we had to wait for our tour guides to arrived (they made us wait for about an hour). we went to Brighton beach first, then shrine of remembrance. Since it was getting dark, we were dropped off at the apartment we are staying at and the tour guides gave us 2 choices: One, we could stay in the apartment and relax, or Two, we can explore Melbourne with them. My roommates and I picked choice 2, since we weren't going to do anything productive in the apartment. (Shrine of Remembrance on the right) 😢💜

On Tuesday, 20th of March, we went to Mekong for lunch and we went back to the apartment. We had free time until 9 p.m. we went to Hosier Lane Street Art to take pictures. Since some of my friends didn’t want to spend more money on a taxi, they walked back to the apartment, but since some of us were really tried, we took the taxi. On the way, we stopped by Cole’s to buy some things. When we finally arrived home, we ate spaghetti and packed our things. 💝

On Wednesday, 21st of March, it was time for us to go back to Bandung. My roommates, Janet, Mischka and I were scolded since we were late, and Janet and Mischka sleeping in our room. Fortunately, we made it in time for our flights and we didn’t miss it. We were in the flight for about 6 hours and we arrived at our destination which was Bali. Some of my friends and I were starving, so we grabbed some food and quickly ran to our gate, since we were late again. When we arrived at Jakarta, we got on the bus and finally arrived at Bandung. 💔

I really want to go back in time just to relive these memories again 💕                                       

My Holiday (30/12/17- 08/01/18) 💕

Hey... I'm finally back at posting blogs 😂!  But first, if you guys, don't know who I am, my name is Vreisya, right now, I'm 13 years old, my birthday's on 17 of August 2004, and I live on the world 🌏🌍🌎. I miss writing these kinds of blogs. So anyways, let's get on with the blog.

So last year on December 30th 2017, my holiday starts. My parents told me that our vacation was supposedly only to Bangkok, but instead we came to Jakarta first, which I'm not complaining at. At Jakarta, I didn't really do anything. When it was time to go to Bangkok, I was so excited.
When I arrived at Bangkok, I loved how big the airport is. As I stepped out of the airport, the adventure begins there...
I still can't forget some of the places I've went to. One of the places is called Santorini. everything in that place was so cute, so I took a lot of pictures in there. The other place is called Chocolate Ville, everything in there was so adorable. 😍


 To be honest, Bangkok was quiet a hot place but everything in there was cheap. I stayed in Bangkok for 9 days, and I had no regrets, actually, I wish I stayed there for 3 weeks. When it was time to go back to Bandung, I thought I was in Bangkok for 4 days only. I guess time flies too fast. 💔









When I was going back to Bandung, I didn't take a one way flight, so I had to stay in Malaysia for 7 hours. And obviously, if you know me by now, I can't stay in a place for too long, so my parents said we were going to go to the Outlet to shop. Didn't I say that I can't stay in a place for too long? Let me rephrase that: I can't stay in a place for too long EXCEPT when there are shops around me! 😂 😅







After staying in the outlet for about 5 hours, my family and I came back to the airport and waited 2 more hours for the plane to come and pick us up. I knew I was going to miss all of the places I've been, but at least I still have the memories I made. This adventure ended at the 8th of January on 2018😭💓



Thank you for reading my blog (again). I hope you guys know that I'm not a very well scheduled person so I hope that I can still make some of these blogs for you guys. really love y'all! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜💖

my holiday

So this holiday, I went to America. I when on the 13th of June until 3rd of July. I went there with my parents, my mother, my aunties, my uncles and my cousins. our first destination was Los Angeles. the climate in LA was hot, but I love the city. It's gorgeous, more in fact. Everything in and on there is clean. I didn't see one single trash bag on the streets and I was amazed of how the government could do such a marvelous thing. we all stayed in a RBNB. It was very much described as big. our first day, we went to the Groove, which wasn't far away from where we're staying. As we we're walking on the sidewalk, we all stopped because 2 people were taking a picture. I looked closely, and it turns out that one of them was my idol. His name is Jake Warden. I didn't say hi because I thought he was someone else. I always thought that we were the same height, but he's actually taller than me.

So after days go by, we rented a car to go to Las Vegas. when I stepped out of the car, I felt like I was standing on the sun. It was so hot out there, that I went back in the car and turned on the air conditioning immediately. Even though outside was very hot, the malls' air conditioning was really cold.

After staying in Las Vegas for 4 days, we went to San Francisco, the climate drastically changed. From desert to the tundra. it is very cold. The main thing was that I didn't bring any long pants for San Francisco, but I wasn't feeling that cold (It's probably because of Las Vegas). I went to the Golden Bridge, and it was majestic. I took some pictures in there and went back to the hotel.

When 3rd of July came, we had to go home. Time flies too fast. when we all went home, I had that small feeling in my heart, I really miss America.

Nightmare Love (Part 3) 💘

Continuing "Nightmare Love (Part 2)"

 2 P.M.
Me: Hi Cam, really miss hanging out with you, can you come over?
Cameron: Anything for you, Sweetie. X
Me: Great, how about dinner?
Cameron: That sounds great, meet you there! X

 7 P.M.
Cameron: I'm outside your house. X
Me: Be there in a second

I opened the door for him to come in. I wore a dazzling black dress and did my hair. He stared at my eyes and said that I looked more than words can express. I told him to sit in the dinner table first, while I prepare the drinks. Not long, I brought 2 glass of apple juice and handed him one. He looked at me with his charming eyes, but I tried not to make eye contact too much.

Cameron said, "So... you called me to get back together? Because you should know that since we broke up, I've been thinking about a lot lately."

Lee came out of the kitchen and kissed me on the forehead and said,
"Hi Love, what are you doing with him?"
I said, " Just having a reunion."
Cameron got angry and stood up
"What are you doing with my babe?!"
I said, " I'm sorry? I WAS yours, but now I'm his."
Cameron looked at me with angry eyes.
" I thought you love me, I even wanted to surprise you last night, I was at your house waiting for you that night."
Lee said, " So it was you!! You went to her house to kill her!"
Cameron took out his knife and pointed it at Lee.
Cameron said, " You're smarter than I thought, but the main thing is.. I wasn't about to kill her, I wanted to kill you. I knew you would come and 'save' her, but I never got the chance to kill you. Well, I got the chance now!"
I shouted, "You're a nightmare!!!"
Cameron said, "A nightmare in love!"

Cameron got closer to Lee, while pointing his knife at Lee. Lee hold the knife just in time, before Cameron stabbed him. His hands started bleeding. I kicked Cameron and he dropped his knife. Lee grabbed both of his hands at the back, while I called the police. He back-kicked Lee and he freed his hands, so Cameron took his knife back and pointed at me instead.

Cameron said, " A nightmare crazily in love."

Lee choked Cameron and finally, Cameron fainted. I hugged Lee as tight as possible. We waited until the police came and we told him what happened. Cameron got arrested that night.

Cameron said, "One day! One day, You'll come back for me!!"
Lee shouted back, "Over her dead body!!"

We started laughing and Lee wanted to ask me a question.

Lee asked, "I know this might be the worst scenario that I could've asked you, but I couldn't wait any longer... Will you be mine?"

I hugged him while I said, "Yes!"
I continued what I was about to say when I was done hugging him, "This isn't the worst scenario, you saved me. How is that 'the worst' scenario?!"

We both shared a laugh and we went back to our own houses.

This is one memory I could never forget and will always treasure...

 The End



 Hope Y'all enjoyed it and thank you for reading! (Sorry if my grammar isn't the best..)

International workers day

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International Workers' Day, also known as Labour Day in some countries,^[1][2] and often referred to as May Day,^[3][4] is a celebration of labourers and the working classes that is promoted by the international labour movement which occurs every year on May Day (1 May), an ancient European spring festival.^[5][6]
The date was chosen by a pan-national organization of socialist and communist political parties to commemorate the Haymarket affair, which occurred in Chicago on 4 May 1886.^[6] The 1904 Sixth Conference of the Second International, called on "all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace."^[7]
The first of May is a national public holiday in many countries worldwide, in most cases as "Labour Day", "International Workers' Day" or some similar name - although some countries celebrate a Labour Day on other dates significant to them, such as the United States, which celebrates Labour Day on the first Monday of September.

History

States and dependencies coloured by observance of International Workers' Day or a different variant of May Day or Labour Day:and no Labour Day

Beginning in the late 19th century, as the trade union and labour movements grew, a variety of days were chosen by trade unionists as a day to celebrate labour. In the United States and Canada, a September holiday, called Labor or Labour Day, was first proposed in the 1880s. In 1882, Matthew Maguire, a machinist, first proposed a Labor Day holiday on the first Monday of September^{[nb 1]} while serving as secretary of the Central Labor Union (CLU) of New York.^[8] Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire of the American Federation of Labor in May 1882,^[9] after witnessing the annual labour festival held in Toronto, Canada.^[10] In 1887, Oregon was the first state of the United States to make it an official public holiday. By the time it became an official federal holiday in 1894, thirty U.S. states officially celebrated Labor Day.^[9] Thus by 1887 in North America, Labor Day was an established, official holiday but in September,^[11] not on 1 May.
1 May was chosen to be International Workers' Day to commemorate the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago. In that year beginning on May 1st, there was a general strike for the eight-hour workday. On May 4, the police acted to disperse a public assembly in support of the strike when an unidentified person threw a bomb. The police responded by firing on the workers. The event lead to the death of eight and injury of sixty police officers as well as a unknown number of civilian killed or wounded^[12]. Hundreds of labor leaders and sympathizers were later rounded-up and four were executed by hanging, after a trial that was seen as a miscarriage of justice.^{[13][nb 2]} The following day on 5 May in Milwaukee Wisconsin, the state militia fired on a crowd of strikers killing seven, including a schoolboy and a man feeding chickens in his yard.^[15]
In 1889, a meeting in Paris was held by the first congress of the Second International, following a proposal by Raymond Lavigne that called for international demonstrations on the 1890 anniversary of the Chicago protests.^[6] May Day was formally recognised as an annual event at the International's second congress in 1891.^{[citation needed]} Subsequently, the May Day riots of 1894 occurred. The International Socialist Congress, Amsterdam 1904 called on "all Social Democratic Party organisations and trade unions of all countries to demonstrate energetically on the First of May for the legal establishment of the 8-hour day, for the class demands of the proletariat, and for universal peace."^[7] The congress made it "mandatory upon the proletarian organisations of all countries to stop work on 1 May, wherever it is possible without injury to the workers."^[7]

A 1 May rally in Bucharest in 1967

May Day has been a focal point for demonstrations by various socialist, communist and anarchist groups since the Second International. May Day is one of the most important holidays in communist countries such as the People's Republic of China, North Korea, Cuba and the former Soviet Union. May Day celebrations in these countries typically feature elaborate workforce parades, including displays of military hardware and soldiers.
In 1955, the Catholic Church dedicated 1 May to "Saint Joseph the Worker". Saint Joseph is the patron saint of workers and craftsmen, among others.^[16]
During the Cold War, May Day became the occasion for large military parades in Red Square by the Soviet Union and attended by the top leaders of the Kremlin, especially the Politburo, atop Lenin's Mausoleum. It became an enduring symbol of that period.
Today, the majority of countries around the world celebrate a workers' day on May 1.

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Nightmare Love (Part 2) 💘

Continuing my "Nightmare Love".

Lee busted my front door open. He brought a sword and a dagger.

He shouted, "WHO'S THERE! DO NOT HURT HER!"
I heard him downstairs and I texted him to come to my room. He ran upstairs and sat on my bed. I was laying on my bed and I told him that I saw a shadow of something downstairs. he said that he won't sleep the whole night, just to make sure that I was okay. I started blushing. I told him that he shouldn't have to, but he insisted.

The next morning, I saw Lee, still awake. I asked me if he slept at all. By his expression, I could tell that he needed rest and saw a ghost at the same time. I asked him what he saw.
He said, "I.. I.. saw.. it.."

I don't understand what he was saying, and I told him to rest. He slept on my bed and I went to call my parents and told them that Lee was staying for a while. I stayed downstairs and watched YouTube all day. About 5 hours later, Lee woke up and went downstairs to find me. Lee saw me at the couch and sat beside me. I asked him if he had a good rest. He nodded. He started to wrap around his arms on me while he was 'yawning'. I laid my head on his shoulder, while I was watching YouTube.

About an hour later, Lee said..
"Remember last night, about that 'shadow' you thought you felt"
"Yeah?"
"I saw it, it looked like someone we knew."
"A boy or a girl?"
" A boy."
" He was Cameron."
"My ex?"

He nodded.  I asked him why did he think that Cameron was in my house. He said that he was probably still into me. I started blushing again. Not long, Lee had an Idea. He told me that it would be the perfect idea for revenge, since he tried scaring me..

To be continued...

Easter

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Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus from the tomb on the third day after his cruxifixion. Easter is the fulfilled prophecy of the Messiah who would be persecuted, die for our sins, and rise on the third day. (Isaiah 53). Remembering the resurrection of Jesus is a way to renew daily hope that we have victory over sin.

When did Easter start?

The early Christians began remembering the Resurrection every Sunday following its occurrence. In A.D. 325, the Council of Nicaea set aside a special day just to celebrate the Resurrection.  The problem with an official day was deciding whether the Resurrection should be celebrated on a weekday or always on a Sunday.
Many felt that the date should continue to be based on the timing of the Resurrection during Passover. Once Jewish leaders determined the date of Passover each year, Christian leaders could set the date for Easter by figuring three days after Passover.  Following this schedule would have meant that Easter would be a different day of the week each year, only falling on a Sunday once in awhile.

Others believed since the Lord rose on a Sunday and this day had been set aside as the Lord’s Day, this was the only possible day to celebrate His resurrection.  As Christianity drew away from Judaism, some were reluctant to base the Christian celebration on the Jewish calendar.
Finally the Council decided Easter should be celebrated on the Sunday following the first full moon after the vernal equinox.  Since the date of the vernal equinox changed from year to year, calculating the proper date can be difficult.  This is still the method used to determine Easter today, which is why some years we have Easter earlier than other years.
Since Easter is a celebration of Jesus’ Resurrection, you would think there wouldn’t be room for paganism.  However Easter is one of the holidays most intertwined with pagan symbolism and ritual.

What does Easter mean?

The origin of the word easter isn’t certain.  The Vernerable Bede, an eighth-century monk and scholar, suggested that the word may have come from the Anglo-Saxon Eeostre or Eastre – a Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility.  Recent scholars haven’t been able to find any reference to the goddess Bede mentioned and consider the theory discredited. 
Another possibility is the Norse eostur, eastur, or ostara, which meant “the season of the growing sun” or  “the season of new birth.” The word east comes from the same roots.  In this case, easter would be linked to the changing of the season.
A more recent and complex explanation comes from the Christian background of Easter rather than the pagan.  The early Latin name for the week of Easter was hebdomada alba or “white week,” while the Sunday after Easter day was called dominica in albis from the white robes of those who had been newly baptized.  The word alba is Latin both for white and dawn.  People speaking Old High German made a mistake in their translation and used a plural word for dawn, ostarun, instead of a plural for white.  From ostarun we get the German Ostern and the English Easter.

Origin and history of Easter bunny

What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Easter?  As a Christian, the first image might be the cross or the empty tomb.  For the general public, a blitz of media images and merchandise on store shelves makes it more likely that the Easter Bunny comes to mind.  So how did a rabbit distributing eggs become a part of Easter?
There are several reasons for the rabbit, or hare, to be associated with Easter, all of which come through pagan celebrations or beliefs.  The most obvious is the hare’s fertility.  Easter comes during spring and celebrates new life.  The Christian meaning of new life through Christ and a general emphasis on new life are different, but the two gradually merged.  Any animals – like the hare – that produced many offspring were easy to include.
The hare is also an ancient symbol for the moon.  The date of Easter depends on the moon.  This may have helped the hare to be absorbed into Easter celebrations.
The hare or rabbit’s burrow helped the animal’s adoption as part of Easter celebrations.  Believers saw the rabbit coming out of its underground home as a symbol for Jesus coming out of the tomb.  Perhaps this was another case of taking a pre-existing symbol and giving it Christian meaning.
The Easter hare came to America with German immigrants, and the hare’s role passed to the common American rabbit.  Originally children made nests for the rabbit in hats, bonnets, or fancy paper boxes, rather than the baskets of today.  Once the children finished their nests, they put them in a secluded spot to keep from frightening the shy rabbit.  The appealing nests full of colored eggs probably helped the customs to spread.
Back in Southern Germany, the first pastry and candy Easter bunnies became popular at the beginning of the nineteenth century.  This custom also crossed the Atlantic, and children still eat candy rabbits – particularly chocolate ones – at Easter.

Origin and history of Easter Eggs

Next to the Easter bunny, the most familiar symbol is the Easter egg.  Like others, the egg has a long pre-Christian history.  Again there’s no certainty as to why it became associated with Easter. 
Many Ancient cultures viewed eggs as a symbol of life.  Hindus, Egyptians, Persians, and Phoenicians believed the world begun with an enormous egg.  The Persians, Greeks, and Chinese gave gifts of eggs during spring festivals in celebration of new life all around them.  Other sources say people ate dyed eggs at spring festivals in Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome.  In ancient Druid lore, the eggs of serpents were sacred and stood for life.
Early Christians looked at the connection eggs had to life and decided eggs could be a part of their celebration of Christ’s resurrection.  In addition, in some areas, eggs were forbidden during Lent; therefore, they were a delicacy at Easter.  Since many of the earlier customs were Eastern in origin, some speculate that early missionaries or knights of the Crusade may have been responsible for bringing the tradition to the West.
In the fourth century, people presented eggs in church to be blessed and sprinkled with holy water.  By the twelfth century, the Benedictio Ovorum had been introduced authorizing the special use of eggs on the holy days of Easter.  The timing of this blessing would uphold the idea that Crusaders may have brought the tradition back.  Even though eggs had been used previously, the Crusaders may have made the custom more popular and widespread.
In 1290, Edward I of England recorded a purchase of 450 eggs to be colored or covered with gold leaf.  He then gave the eggs to members of the royal household.
Once the custom became accepted, new traditions began to grow up around it.  Eggs were dyed red for joy, and in memory of Christ’s blood.  Egg rolling contests came to America from England, possibly as a reminder of the stone being rolled away. 
What about the familiar Easter Egg hunt?  One source suggested that it grew out of the tradition of German children searching for hidden pretzels during the Easter season.  Since children were hiding nests for the Easter Bunny to fill with eggs at the same time they were hunting pretzels, it was only a small leap to begin hiding eggs instead.

The Easter Lamb

Of all Easter symbols, the lamb is probably the most strongly Christian.  Other than the fact that lambs are young animals born in springtime, it has no strong ties to pagan traditions.
The lamb comes from the Jewish Passover, where each family killed a lamb as a sacrifice.  When Christ became the Passover Lamb for everyone, the lamb became a symbol for His sacrifice.
John 1:29 - "The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
1 Peter 1:18-21 - "For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your ancestors, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God."

New Clothes at Easter

New clothes have long been associated with the idea of newness and a fresh beginning.  The familiar custom of having new clothes for Easter probably began with early Christians wearing new white robes for baptism during Easter Vigil services.  Later, the custom expanded to everyone wearing new clothes in celebration of his or her new life in Christ.
 

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