The Curious incident of the dog in the night-time

A conflict:

Christopher has a problem, but not any kind of problem. He has to deal with the fact that his father lied to him about his mother. And to tell lies makes Christopher upset. He doesn’t like that people are telling lies. White lies are okay though, but like Christopher, you need to know the difference between bad lies and white lies. But in this case, his father had lied about something very serious. He told Christopher two years ago that his mom died, and that she had a heart attack and didn’t survive this. But the truth was that she had left her husband and her little child, for everyone’s best she said. And yes, to run away like that was unnecessary and selfish. But just because the father was angry for that she left him, doesn’t mean that he can lie to Christopher.

But Christopher has a lot of other problems too, which can be really annoying. He does have a private problem, but he also has this social and physical problems. You see, he suffers from Asberger’s Syndrome which means that he needs an ordered and stable life to be happy and safe. He doesn’t like to be touched, and he has difficulty understanding human behavior, gestures and relationships.

So, for a lot of people this can seem like a total mess. The boy actually needs to deal with two huge problems at the same time, but in the end it appears that the disease doesn’t come in his way of how he handles everyday life. And in this book we learn that even if people encounter obstacles, there is no one saying that you can’t make it any further.  You try and you fail sometime, but in the end it should go your way!

Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard, born in 1978 in Romford, London, is an English professional football player. At this time he plays as a midfielder for Chelsea and the England national team. He is also the vice-captain for Chelsea, and is considered to be one of the best English football players. Lampard has won the Chelsea Player of the Year award once, and he is Chelsea’s 3^rd all-time goalscorer with 162 goals in all competitions, including over 100 league goals. With his 83 matches and 20 goals for England it indicates that he is a very good player, and was also top scorer for England in the 2006 Wold Cup.

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Crash

This movie was really touching and moving. It made me start thinking deeper about racism and how people are living together. All of the different episodes in the movie came so highly impressive that it was impossible to not react and make your own opinion. We were dragged into the movie. We were witnesses to different episodes, but all the episodes had the same sub-topics. That made it easy to see the various types of racism and how this affects people standing in the middle of it. People react different, and the actions are not the same, but it is based on the same; racism.

Stationed in my mentor business

How to behave when stationed in our mentorbusiness:
- show that you are interested in the business
- ask questions through the days
- be happy and positive
- act calmly
- do what they want you to do
- show up in time
- be enthusiastic
- be polite
- show attention
- show respect to the employees and the location

How not to behave:
- show up late
- show that you aren’t interested
- be negative and agressive
- act bored
- be lazy
- yawn all the time
- be rude

Maori poem

Ahere 
Small, smart, young and rare 
Grandparents as her relation 
She loves a lot of speed and action

Loves to kill the butterfly
Butterfly fly away – she say
Much in her home to deal– she feel
Education, love and feed – she needs
Butterflies, hate and tears – she fears
Joy, love and peace – she gives
A wish to see 
a world that’s free
For prejudice as cold as ice
With food that’s always overpriced

A farm as her residence
A very calm appearance 
With her loyal grandparents
With lots of Maori experience 
Makareta

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Post 3 Saturday 17th of July

Dear diary

Today has been one of my greatest days ever! You know Australia is a very big country, but mostly of the land is actually covered with desert. And I was really hoping that I could have time to take a trip to the desert one of the days, but the time didn’t allow it. Instead I have spent the day in another way.

Australia is a big island, and therefore it’s not a surprise that the water-sports in Australia are extremely popular. You can choose almost whatever you want; everything from surfing and snorkelling to scuba diving, fishing, boating, among a host of others. And it says that here you can ride atop heaven kissing waves, explore the fabulous marine life, swim with majestic sharks, ride on small boats even as you soak in the beauty of lovely locales, and ski. Didn’t that sound great? And that’s just some of the things the Australian water-sports offers!

And for today I’ve chosen scuba diving. It's such an amazing experience to dive in the bottom of the ocean and swim through the ocean's many secrets.To scuba dive is something I have dreamed of doing every day since I was a little child. I actually remember that I wanted a new pair of webbed feet for every Christmas, and I always got some. But then my mother became tired of this, because she wanted to give me something else that I actually where going to use. You see, we didn’t have any kind of a pool back home, we just had a small bathtub!

Anyway... Because I was going to scuba dive I had to prepare, and I had a hurry time because we were going to the Australian bush afterwards. But there was not at any place we were going to dive, because we were going to the Great Barrier Reef!

When you look at the map you see that on the eastern side of the country you will find the Pacific Ocean, and on the western side the Indian Ocean. And as you may know you’ll find the Great Barrier Reef at the north-east side of Australia.

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You have no idea of how beautiful it’s under the surface. To scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef every person on the earth need to experience. It was really beautiful down there. A lot of colours and different creations made it like a dream. When I swam, fishes were surrounding me from every corner, and I just felt like I was an ugly, fat fish. You see; absolutely every fish had a selection of many beautiful colours, and there were things down there that you just have seen on the most pro programs on TV.

And I have to say that we were really lucky when it came to the weather. Not that I noticed it when I was diving, but the sun has been shining every day this week. Even though I went to Australia in the winter, it's a very nice weather here. The climate have usual a temperate and moderately fertile soil in the south-east and south-west corners. The northern part of the country has a tropical climate, varied between tropical rainforests, grasslands, part desert.

In the end I would like to say that this has been my absolutely greatest journey in my entire life! It has just been an amazing experience, and I’ve got the chance to do so much fun and interesting things. Of course I was hoping that I could spend some more days in this beautiful country, but I do also hope that there is somebody waiting for me back home. And it was sad that I didn’t have the time to experience Uluru, or Ayers Rock, but I know that I someday will return.

No I have to go because we are going to the Australian bush, and hopefully have a look at the Australian kangaroos. And after that it’s time to travel back home... a 35 hours long flight.

Thanks for everything! xoxo

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Post 2 Friday16^th of July

Dear diary

Yesterday we arrived the biggest city in Australia, Sydney of course. We came at night which was pretty awesome. All the huge buildings and the skyscrapers made me freak out, again! It was skyscrapers everywhere, and the lights from the buildings and big commercials were shining up the whole town. I was really looking forward to the next day, when I was supposed to experience the Australian culture.

Today I’m sure I’ve walked more than 10 miles! To spend a whole day in a big-town is extremely tiresome. It was people everywhere; in the streets, at the toilets, at the restaurants, at the bus, and even at the cash dispenser. And all the time I felt like I was an ant!

The first thing I did today was to visit the Sydney Opera House. I have always dreamed of taking a perfect picture of the beautiful building, and now I have J Just look:

Then it was time for shopping! When I first spend some days in a big city I just have to go shopping. Otherwise this hasn’t been a perfect vacation, at least not for me. And to walk and look for touristic attractions all the time is not always that great. So I went to the main shopping centre in Sydney, who is called the Pitt Street Mall on Pitt Street. Here it was a huge selection of shops, and I really felt like this was a paradise. The only thing I found a little bit annoying was all the people. It was like every person from earlier today was following me, and that was creepy!  So when I was looking at some dresses at a rack, women just went by all the time and I didn’t have a chance to look at the dresses.

After a short while I was worn-out and tired, so I went to get some food. I had bought a lot of stuff and I was really starving, so I hadn’t more energy than to eat at a place just nearby. When I looked at the menu, I saw they offered kangaroo for lunch, but since I was going to experience these beautiful animals tomorrow, I wouldn’t dare to eat it. So I bought me a sandwich instead, sat down and just listened to the Australian music from the radio in the restaurant. And I have to say that I love the Australian music. You have no idea of how peaceful and soporific the music is! I was actually afraid of falling to sleep at the restaurant, but I managed to stay awake. I guess I had been kicked out if I hadn’t!

But when we are talking about Australian music; have you ever heard of the instrument Didgeridoo? It’s an instrument developed by Indigenous Australians of northern Australia at least 1,500 years ago. And today when I was walking in Pitt Street I saw a man who was playing at a Didgeridoo. It made a really funny and strange sound! And the man even played well, so I just had to give him some money.

The man who was playing a Didgeridoo

But now I have to go. I have to prepare for tomorrow, because tomorrow we are going to have a lot of fun!

xoxo