Ferris Wheel

Back in summer, when I was in Nepal, I had gone to a fun park with my friend. The first thing that we rode on, was a ferris wheel. We paid for the tickets, and my friend and I went and stood up in the line. The people who were in front of us were getting on the Ferris wheel and then it was our turn. My friend and I sat in the Ferris wheel and we were slowly going up as the people behind us were getting on it.
After some time, when everyone got on, the Ferris wheel started moving and my friend and I were on the top, and we could see the whole fun park from there. We saw that the some people were watching us from the ground, on the left there was a roller coaster, boating area, on the right there were the car racing, in front there was a giant swing and also the fake horse riding and there were so many other things to get you engaged on, in the park.

After few seconds the Ferris wheel started going round in a fast pace and I was laughing look at my friend as she was so scared but obviously I was also scared. There were times when I just duck down and didn’t want to look around because of the speed of the Ferris wheel and also because we were so high up in the air swinging in a cabin. To me, I think it went for like a solid 10 minutes(!!), but of course not because that would have been too much.

I would definitely want to go again because of the thrilling feelings and excitement I got, when I am up there. My friend told me that she didn’t want to go on it, actually she never wanted to, but I forced her to go with me and she regretted it. She said that she was never going on a Ferris wheel again.

Pokhara

It was a clear and sunny day, I went to a beautiful lakeside  place in Pokhara. It is a place where most of the tourists go there. People can also go to boat, to shop in the mini market of the side road, to go visit a temple that is located in the middle of the lake. When I had got there with my friends, the first thing I could see were the shops that were selling snacks, foods and drinks. There were a lots of people, as usual. In  both of my right and left sides, I could see the small shops and in front of me there were this tiny huts.People were living in these huts,they seemed really happy with what they had. This experience made me realize all the blessings that God has bestowed upon my life and, make and feel every single moments valuable.

Seeing my cousin for the first time

The day, 17th February, I had went to see my little cousin, who was just born few days ago, in the hospital. I went up to the room where their family was and the first thing I saw was his mother lying on the bed and checking on her baby time to time if he was okay. The baby had jaundice and was sick so they had to stay back at the hospital for some more days. I saw that the baby was inside a heating incubator and had just woken up. I could see his little eyes slowing trying to open and his small little fingers that were moving trying to be comfortable. He was wrapped around a cloth and I could see that he wasn’t so yellow as a person with jaundice looks like as he was recovering fast. When I asked my mom if I could hold him, she agreed. So I put on some hand sanitizer first and my mom slowly lifted him. I could see how small he was when I hold him in my arms. When I got to hold hold him, he gave me the warm feeling you get when you hug someone after a long time.

Scarlet Letter

The author of this book “Scarlet Letter” is Nathaniel Hawthorne. This book’s genre is about romance and historical fiction. This book is about a woman who lives in a time of Puritan era. The time that she lives in has punishments for the ones who sin,which is to humiliate sinners in front of the society. The woman, Hester Prynne, happened to be the one who sinned because she had  committed adultery. The book starts with a scene of the prison area where they give Hester the scarlet letter by sticking a letter “A” to her cloth so that everyone could know that she had sinned and she would be guilty for it too. Hester denied to tell the jury who the father was because she doesn’t want him to be punished and also because the man is a pastor and Hester doesn’t want him to be a bad influence.

In the story, she is also portrayed as a strong willed, hard working woman. She works as a seamstress and helps the poor. She is ashamed of her sin but she embraces her motherhood in a strong and in a beautiful way. Also she shows the quality of a mother when she appeared in the scaffold while squeezing her baby in her chest showing off her scarlet letter and walking proudly. In fact, she sews her scarlet letter with only gold and made it valuable. She is a very deserving woman who wants her daughter to grow up to be a wise young lady with compassion. She names her daughter Pearl, as she says that her daughter is the precious of all the things she has. She lets her daughter decide right and wrong for herself but her daughter thinks that she is picked from a rose bush.

She hides the truth behind the Letter “A” from her daughter so that she doesn’t feel unhappy. As the story goes on she is often presented as a strong woman who is trying to remorse sin and making her way up to the people of the town. She is also a hard working woman in the story because she uses her talent needle work in order to provide for herself and her daughter and she also performs charity works by helping the poor. In the end, the result of her sin made her realize its consequences and made her even stronger than ever before.

I like this book as it shows not only about the real truth of this world, by showing how the people used to punish her. This book not only conveys and shows the message of a woman being wise and teaching her child good things, but also because in the end of the book the father of Hester’s child, the Pastor, comes out and confesses his sin because of guilt.

The time I went to Algarve

Some things were not right

I could hear the winds blowing

And see the bright sunlight

I could feel the water touching my legs

And see my dog running around

We ate some snacks, few were lays

So that we could keep my dog abound

It was a peaceful and fun time

The time I went to Algarve

The time I went to Algarve

The spring break of 2016, my family and I went to Algarve to enjoy our break. Well actually, my dad had some work there, so I guess not a break for him. We did enjoy a lot as we were spending time with just us and we had rented a house for 3 days. My parents, my dog and I were there. The first thing we wanted to do was go to the Algarve beach, even though there was still wind blowing and a bit cold. The day we drove down we rested. The next day we were set to go to the beach. I remember this one moment that we were entering the beach area, we got a call, from back home in Nepal. I didn’t really pay much attention as it was just the family talkings that I thought was going on, but then my mom said that my grandpa was in ICU because he had fainted. I have always been really close to my grand dad and the feeling that I got when my mom told me that my grand dad was in the hospital, was just devastating. I eventually ended up crying, and my dad comforted me. But my grand mom and uncle said not to worry as he had gotten better than before. I would never forget the feeling I got that time because I thought I was going to lose him and I didnt want that. We went to the beach, and sat there for like few hours. The time we were there, the first thing we saw was a really blue water, and we could feel the wind blowing softly and also the sun was  shining bright. We went and sat there and I could see how excited my dog was to play in the sand and run around here and there. We all know how some people or some things brings happiness to you, well that moment the worries I had about my grand dad was gone. My dog was so energetic, running around, barking and indicating me to play with him, it felt good like someone put some salt and spices in your tasteless curry. We had taken a bottle of coke and ate some snacks and few chips. The picture below is my dog posing for the picture, trying to do a coca-cola advertisement while winds making his hair swirl on one side. 

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Little Women

The book “Little Women” is written by Louisa May Alcott. Alcott allows us to watch as four young girls from March family grow up and change into adulthood. This book is the domestic drama book from the nineteenth century. All 4 March girls, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy have different characteristics and own personal problems to face in their life. The book opens with looking at Christmas time, and shows that the girls are whining over them not getting presents that year as their father; Mr. March lost his money and is serving in the Civil War. The 4 girls are with their mother, Marne and they try to hold the family together. In Louisa’s book “Little Women,” the 4 March girls learn to face the problems from their childhood growing into the womanhood. They learn to be more like what they think they are and bring their inner self out. The author is trying to make everyone see that we shall not be who we are now and must learn to control situations and our feelings, like the girls did in this book.

As the 4 March girls face problems from their childhood to become a woman, that is the reason they are called little women according to their father, Mr. March. The girls go through times where they need to control their selfishness. They learn to forgive each other at the times where they have done bad things and have misunderstandings between the sisters. They learn to apologize and get hold of themselves. While growing up, they are also showing themselves to people and coming out as in pursuing what they want. They learn how to be more ladylike, set some of their obsessions aside and focus on the true good things, to approach and talk to people and also control their selfishness. The author might also be trying to portray that people are always improving in theirs life, but we should make the choice to do so, as the girls did the book.

The book begins with four March girls whining for not getting Christmas presents but Meg, the oldest tells her sisters that their mother, Marmee, didn’t give them any presents because they can’t be in pleasure while their mean are suffering in the Civil War. Through the progression of the book we learn each of the girls’ characteristics as in book the youngest of the sisters, Amy says how other girls have something for Christmas and when other (referring to them) has nothing, which is not fair. Beth says that we got mother, father, and their sisters, Meg likes to have wealthy things but also also loves her sisters. Jo wants the book Undine and Sintram and that shows she is a bookworm. We also know more about them from other chapters in the book, like Amy is weak in pronunciation and vocabulary, Jo is boyish and uses slangs, Beth cares more about their family bering together and Meg likes wealthy attires/things.

The four March girls grow and become women, which is shown in this book by Louisa May Alcott. I thought this book was pretty interesting as I like to read these kinds of classic books. I like how the author shows that this is fiction, as in the end she also says the curtain falls which might be inducted as a play or drama going on. I recommend this book to the ones who like reading about other people’s lives, but is fictional.

Indian restaurant and American restaurant

Taste is different all around the world. Every regional area has their own kind of way to show them. American and Indian cuisines are two of the many famous cuisines around the world. American cuisine has many variety compared to Indian cuisine, making two restaurants a perfect choice for me to compare and contrast. Though these two restaurants have different cultural views and different tastes in food, they both always have to work for what the people’s interest is. Restaurants owners need to consider what customers and the restaurants needs to according to that focus.

Indian restaurants, tend to have spice in almost all of their dishes, and very famous for their spices. Indian restaurants serve heavy meals (meaning that the meal comes with variety of side dishes) for both lunch hour and dinner. This is also the time for everyone to enjoy their day. As most of the Indians practices Hinduism, they worship cow as one of their god’s transport so the country has banned it in some of the states and it is least likely to find beef in an Indian restaurant. Rice and roti with chicken curry, idli dosa, parotha and all the other dishes are very famous in India and one can always find these with different varieties of side dishes such as spinach, potatoes, beans, spicy chutneys and many more. Indian culture is very different than the western American culture so it will be interesting to look at what the different factors considered in an American restaurant.

Compared to Indian cuisine, American restaurants don’t have much spice in their food. An American restaurant might serve light meals, whereas an Indian restaurant has various side dishes too. In America, beef comes in the second most consumed of all the meat and fishes. One can find beef in an American restaurants served in various ways. As the Americans don’t really have a particular dish that is typical for lunch or dinner, the American restaurants serve a variety of dishes. Along with other foods, Americans fried rice, pasta, sandwiches or burgers with French fries, and soups. In a similar way that Indian restaurants have their own spicy chutneys to serve, Americans restaurants serve pickles. These are just a few ways that these two restaurants are different. One could also look for the cuisine similarities.

Restaurants around the world need to first focus on the taste of their food; if it is as original as the homemade dishes, hygiene, in preparation and presentation. In this way, these two restaurants also have some similarities such as: keeping their restaurant hygienic, environmental friendly and serving according to the people’s interest. Though these two restaurants are very different in culture and taste with foods, they both serve the kind of dishes the people like and possibly raise the prices of specialty dishes for their profit.

 The difference between an American and an Indian Restaurant highlights, their specific taste and use of spice in dishes, the preference of certain meats such as beef and their everyday meals. Even though these two restaurants serve different cultural tastes, these restaurants work with one man thing in common, they want to make people love to eat.

Summary

     The book “The Zookeeper’s Wife” by Diane Ackerman is a really interesting book, based on a true storyDiane. You find how a woman named Antonina and her husband Jan has saved many Jews and animals. Antonina and her husband Jan own a zoo and even their home is full of animals. What is special about Antonina is that she can talk/understand animals. She is kind of like the animal whisperer (words used today for people who interact with animals). This story is happening when the war is going on, which includes them being a part of war.

     In the book, the author takes memoirs of Antonina and writes her views. This book shows about how Antonina not only thinks about her son but thinks about other animals even when she is away from the zoo. This book takes place in Warsaw, Poland. It makes you go deep into the situation and excites the reader of what next event is going to happen, as if Jan wasn’t going to come back when he had gone to help fight for his country.

Book Review

The Zookeeper’s Wife is a book based on the true storry of Jan and Antonina but it is not a diary, it is a book written by Diane Ackerman. She writes about how Antonina being an animal whisperer, saves animals during the war and how she can interact with each other.

You may be thinking the book is talking about the war somewhere more likely to Germany, or France, or Russia, but it actually takes place in a small country, Poland.This book also shows how brave Poland is to fight back against Germany. When the war is about to start, Jan is also invited to fight for his country along with many other men so, Antonina takes her son to her sister-in-law’s apartment far from her city to be safe not knowing if Jan was still alive or not. Their zoo is located in the capital of Poland, so when the Germans plan to attack there, they would go and fight back, but instead, they surrendered themselves. Even though they had surrendered and the Germans started controlling them, guess what happens! Antonina and Jan help the Jews for hiding. They hid Jews in their house, the pheasant’s house, and even in the cages of animals! As the housemaid doesn’t know about the hiding, they give animal names to the families so that the maid and others won’t suspect if they (being Jan and Antonina) have to talk to each other about giving them food.

What I really found so interesting in this book is that when the Jews are in hiding in their villa, Antonina plays “Go go go to Crete” in the piano whenever any German comes, so that the Jews could get the idea to go into hiding, as it means “Go go go for hiding.” Antonina’s childhood friend Magdalena wants to live a normal life, but under the Nazis, it’s impossible so she also comes to Antonina for hiding and later moves away to other places. Continue reading →