Christmas is celebrated to remember and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ (our saviour). Christmas is celebrated in different ways by many and not celebrated at all by others. It is also celebrated on the 25th by most and on the 24th by other people.
Christmas is one of those holidays that just seems to be filled with cheer, wonder and happiness. Whether you are celebrating a religious or a secular Christmas, your day is sure to be filled with happines at the end. Christmas should be a religious, and social day for all of us. Not everyone believes in going to church on that special day but it is one of the most important things to do on Christmas. It is a way of showing our love and thankfulness to Jesus for dying on the cross to save us. There are several and different ways of celebrating it, as mentioned before. It is a tradition all around the world to hang a Christmas tree in our home and decorate it beautifully. The christmas gifts are put by Santa Clause on the 25th just under the tree. People decorate their homes with colorful and cheerful lights, candy canes, santa clauses, reindeers and many more. Many people like to donate gifts to charities for the poor people on christmas. It makes them happy to know that they made someone else’s day on christmas when no one else would have! It is a very generous act to show to others, it is all about spreading joy, kindness, beauty, and love during the Christmas season. Christmas is celebrated as well by gathering up with all of the family and having a great and delicious dinner. It is about sharing time with your loved ones, singing along to Christmas carols, having fun and playing games, praying and eating dinner after, being thankful for what you have, and watching Christmas movies all night long.
Christmas is truly one of my favorite holidays since its a very special day of the year where we can share with our loved ones, make other people happy, have fun ourselves, and celebrate christmas all together.
Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Christmas- Religious practice or commercial date?
Is christmas actually a commercial date or a religious practice? This is a question that might be asked by many and i am going to be defining Christmas and giving my personal opinion about it as well.
Christmas is an annual festival in which people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, observed more commonly on december 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. In general it is a festivity that is celebrated by christians but that does not stop other people from celebrating if they wanted to. The reason of celebrating Christmas is what makes it a religious practice. Now since when did christmas become all about buying things in a store and not about our youth, family and goodwill? This is a great question we should all be asking ourselves! Christmas should be all about god, christ and family but instead it is all about some meaningless presents or about buying some gorgeous outfit from your favorite store because you want to look pretty that night. Christmas is when most people take advantage of the date for personal reasons and to make more money. They use christmas in commercials for their own benefits. They wait for Christmas time which is the 25th to do some discounts for more people to buy things. They put special offers on tv to gain more customers when they barely care about christmas celebration.
Now to answer the exact question, i believe that christmas is both, a religious practice to some and a commercial date to others, and i think it is time to change the thought of it being all about the hair, makeup, clothes, and presents and make it more about Jesus Christ which is the main reason why Christmas is celebrated.
Christmas is an annual festival in which people celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, observed more commonly on december 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. In general it is a festivity that is celebrated by christians but that does not stop other people from celebrating if they wanted to. The reason of celebrating Christmas is what makes it a religious practice. Now since when did christmas become all about buying things in a store and not about our youth, family and goodwill? This is a great question we should all be asking ourselves! Christmas should be all about god, christ and family but instead it is all about some meaningless presents or about buying some gorgeous outfit from your favorite store because you want to look pretty that night. Christmas is when most people take advantage of the date for personal reasons and to make more money. They use christmas in commercials for their own benefits. They wait for Christmas time which is the 25th to do some discounts for more people to buy things. They put special offers on tv to gain more customers when they barely care about christmas celebration.
Now to answer the exact question, i believe that christmas is both, a religious practice to some and a commercial date to others, and i think it is time to change the thought of it being all about the hair, makeup, clothes, and presents and make it more about Jesus Christ which is the main reason why Christmas is celebrated.
Friday, November 17, 2017
Human rights
Human rights are rights that belong to all human beings; whatever their nationality, color, religion, language, place of residence, or ethnic origin are. I believe we are all equally entitled to our human rights without discrimination.
International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to prohibit certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups. Human rights exist to stop other people from the ignorance, abuse, violation and discrimination that others commit on them. All of these situations mentioned icluding terror and disappearances are everyday ocurrences in Colombia. There is a population of approximately 45 million here in Colombia where about mostly half of these people have possibly gone through those situations or worse. The threatening human righhs situation in Colombia is the worst in the region. Most of the human rights violations are executed by the guerrilla groups, laramilitaries and government forces. These include massacres, killings, torture, kidnapping and extortion. Human rights workers, lawyers, judges and even peasants are among the most common victims of terrorist groups and drug lords. The colombian government has come up with a military-economic plan for the removal of coke that has threatened to increase the armed conflict. The law offers a reduced sentence to members of groups who have committed crimes if they participate in demobilization. The law only applies to paramilitaries; not the mafia-like miltary groups who are funded by drug trafficking. The law provides no justice for the victims.
I believe that the only solution for all of these problems is to open our minds and respect other peoples beliefs. Not to discrimante or distinguish other people because at the end of the day we are all humans and we are all equal. All these problems would lead to war and what we all would want is to live in a peaceful world and society.
International human rights law lays down obligations of Governments to act in certain ways or to prohibit certain acts, in order to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms of individuals or groups. Human rights exist to stop other people from the ignorance, abuse, violation and discrimination that others commit on them. All of these situations mentioned icluding terror and disappearances are everyday ocurrences in Colombia. There is a population of approximately 45 million here in Colombia where about mostly half of these people have possibly gone through those situations or worse. The threatening human righhs situation in Colombia is the worst in the region. Most of the human rights violations are executed by the guerrilla groups, laramilitaries and government forces. These include massacres, killings, torture, kidnapping and extortion. Human rights workers, lawyers, judges and even peasants are among the most common victims of terrorist groups and drug lords. The colombian government has come up with a military-economic plan for the removal of coke that has threatened to increase the armed conflict. The law offers a reduced sentence to members of groups who have committed crimes if they participate in demobilization. The law only applies to paramilitaries; not the mafia-like miltary groups who are funded by drug trafficking. The law provides no justice for the victims.
I believe that the only solution for all of these problems is to open our minds and respect other peoples beliefs. Not to discrimante or distinguish other people because at the end of the day we are all humans and we are all equal. All these problems would lead to war and what we all would want is to live in a peaceful world and society.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Animal Abuse
Abusing is the action of mistreating and causing pain or damage to others. In some countries it is very common to find animal abuse,and it a nationwide problem that grows rapidly in today’s society. Year 2006 was the year that had the most cases of animal abuse in the U.S which was approximately 2700 number of abuse cases.
About three hundred thousand animals die each year from animal abuse. Some animals are used for scientific reasons. It is said that it is necessary to form experiments and do researchs on the poor animals for products, medicines, and economic reasons. The biggest problem with animal testing is that the animals suffer a horrible experience just for us humans to do experiments on them and learn more about their race. It is not fair and very selfish of us for animals to lose their hair or fur just for us humans to have nice clothing. They do not deserve that harm. Many scientists use the “its for science” excuse while there are other scientists and successful companies out there that don’t have the need to use these animals for testing their products yet they have very popular products that are bought daily. Cosmetic items are mostly tested on animals just to see the reaction of a particular product. If the product does react, it could harm very deeply that animal and may cause it to be blind or to die. This is the worst type of abuse because it can actually harm the animal for life. Some heartless people even use dogs for money. They put on a show and their owners put them up for a dog fight just for people’s entertainment and for the selfish reason of making a lot of money themselves if their dog gets to win. Abusing an animal like that or using it for games is highly unacceptable and it is against the law and should be reduced because it is affecting them harshly.
Honestly, no one deserves that kind of treatment. What if it was your pet or my pet that they were using and putting chemicals in with unknown reactions, how would you react? What if it was actually you instead of the animal being abused? You have to put yourself in others shoes because they can also get hurt the same way us humans do. It is inhumane to make a living creature suffer just for our benefits or for our entertainment. Animal abuse must stop immediately.
About three hundred thousand animals die each year from animal abuse. Some animals are used for scientific reasons. It is said that it is necessary to form experiments and do researchs on the poor animals for products, medicines, and economic reasons. The biggest problem with animal testing is that the animals suffer a horrible experience just for us humans to do experiments on them and learn more about their race. It is not fair and very selfish of us for animals to lose their hair or fur just for us humans to have nice clothing. They do not deserve that harm. Many scientists use the “its for science” excuse while there are other scientists and successful companies out there that don’t have the need to use these animals for testing their products yet they have very popular products that are bought daily. Cosmetic items are mostly tested on animals just to see the reaction of a particular product. If the product does react, it could harm very deeply that animal and may cause it to be blind or to die. This is the worst type of abuse because it can actually harm the animal for life. Some heartless people even use dogs for money. They put on a show and their owners put them up for a dog fight just for people’s entertainment and for the selfish reason of making a lot of money themselves if their dog gets to win. Abusing an animal like that or using it for games is highly unacceptable and it is against the law and should be reduced because it is affecting them harshly.
Honestly, no one deserves that kind of treatment. What if it was your pet or my pet that they were using and putting chemicals in with unknown reactions, how would you react? What if it was actually you instead of the animal being abused? You have to put yourself in others shoes because they can also get hurt the same way us humans do. It is inhumane to make a living creature suffer just for our benefits or for our entertainment. Animal abuse must stop immediately.
Monday, October 2, 2017
The Person I Admire Most
The person i admire the most is my mother. She’s the person i look up to the most, the one that has been there for me through thick and thin, the one that has given me advice whenever i needed it, and the one i trust the most and can actually call my best friend. Looking back at my childhood, it was filled with love and happines. My mother along with my father, they made sure my siblings and I grew up to be as strong as them and they made sure we lived in a house full of love and laughter.
My mother’s name is Claudia Ingrid Moscarella Acosta, she was born in Barranquilla, Colombia on the 5th of July, in 1968. She studied in the Polytechnic Atlantic Coast two carreers but only finished one, which was marketing and publicity. She has 3 nationalities, Italian (which she got from her father), Lebanese (which came from her husband) and obviously Colombian (her place of birth). Her mother, Sarah Acosta, is from spain, while her father, Boris Moscarella, is from italy. She met my father, Antoine Zalaket Sayegh, in 1995. They met at a church here in Barranquilla, where they went on road trips. In 1996 , after dating for a while, they decided to get married. My sister Pascale, was born one year after their marriage. After that came me, and then my brother Angelo was born. There are 3 years difference between each one of us. All 3 of us look up to her since she is a very strong, brave, beautiful woman. She used to pay for her own university when she was younger, and we admire her for her independence, intelligence and how strong she is. She will always be the woman i admire the most, she is everything I strive to be as a mom and a woman. I love my mother.
My mother’s name is Claudia Ingrid Moscarella Acosta, she was born in Barranquilla, Colombia on the 5th of July, in 1968. She studied in the Polytechnic Atlantic Coast two carreers but only finished one, which was marketing and publicity. She has 3 nationalities, Italian (which she got from her father), Lebanese (which came from her husband) and obviously Colombian (her place of birth). Her mother, Sarah Acosta, is from spain, while her father, Boris Moscarella, is from italy. She met my father, Antoine Zalaket Sayegh, in 1995. They met at a church here in Barranquilla, where they went on road trips. In 1996 , after dating for a while, they decided to get married. My sister Pascale, was born one year after their marriage. After that came me, and then my brother Angelo was born. There are 3 years difference between each one of us. All 3 of us look up to her since she is a very strong, brave, beautiful woman. She used to pay for her own university when she was younger, and we admire her for her independence, intelligence and how strong she is. She will always be the woman i admire the most, she is everything I strive to be as a mom and a woman. I love my mother.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
The hunted hour (Legend)
Once there was a couple who had recently moved to a small town in Florida. They had to unpack all of their bags as soon as they arrived. The boyfriend was called Steven and the girlfriend was called Claire. They were a very happy couple who were deeply inlove with each other. They were young in age, about 22-24 years ols.
One night, after the few days they have spent there, they decided to go clubbing and meet new places since they were new to town and there was not much to do. They drove the car for a long while searching for a club, but they didnt find any. They then saw a young man on the road and decided to ask him for directions since they were new in town. The man seemed nice but was a little bit weird since he spoke to them as if he has seen them before. They didn't give much importance to that detail and they let the man give some directions of where to go. They thanked him and continued their way to the club. Once they arrived, they noticed it was a decent place where many people went to in that town, and It was very known by people there. They had some few drinks and danced all night. About 2 am when they were feeling a bit tipsy and tired after all the fun that they had, they decided to head back to their place since it was getting late and the roads were very dangerous and alone. They reached their place, and as they entered, they felt all tingly and weird inside as if someone has been there since they were gone or as if someone broke in. Things were unusual and out of order. They searched up the house with a knife in their shaking hands, but didn't find anything so they decided to go to bed. Claire woke up at around 3:00 am after hearing a loud noise comming from the living room. She was scared to go check it out by herself that she had to wake her boyfriend, Steven, up. He woke up and they went to check it out. Claire saw a shadow of someone standing in the corner of the living room. They called 911 immediately since they were so afraid and they told them they'd be there in 10. They hid in an abandoned basement where they thought the man wouldn't find them. They heard footsteps above them. Steven decided to leave the basement and find out what the man wanted. Claire saw the man stab her boyfriend in the heart. She got out of the basement and out of rage took a shovel and hit the man at the back of the head with it. She started crying because she couldn't believe what was infront of her. She had just killed a man, and the idea of that and the idea of her boyfriend being dead shocked her. The police never arrived. The next day, at around the same time, she woke up because she was hearing noises and seeing shadows again. And now not only one shadow, but two. She got off her bed out of nowhere, and started walking towards the kitchen as if she were sleep walking or possessed. She slowly grabbed a knife without making any noise and stabbed it through her heart.
Since then, people heard noises comming from that house and saw unusual things happen at 3:20 am.
It has been abandoned for a long while after the tragic moment that was experienced there.
One night, after the few days they have spent there, they decided to go clubbing and meet new places since they were new to town and there was not much to do. They drove the car for a long while searching for a club, but they didnt find any. They then saw a young man on the road and decided to ask him for directions since they were new in town. The man seemed nice but was a little bit weird since he spoke to them as if he has seen them before. They didn't give much importance to that detail and they let the man give some directions of where to go. They thanked him and continued their way to the club. Once they arrived, they noticed it was a decent place where many people went to in that town, and It was very known by people there. They had some few drinks and danced all night. About 2 am when they were feeling a bit tipsy and tired after all the fun that they had, they decided to head back to their place since it was getting late and the roads were very dangerous and alone. They reached their place, and as they entered, they felt all tingly and weird inside as if someone has been there since they were gone or as if someone broke in. Things were unusual and out of order. They searched up the house with a knife in their shaking hands, but didn't find anything so they decided to go to bed. Claire woke up at around 3:00 am after hearing a loud noise comming from the living room. She was scared to go check it out by herself that she had to wake her boyfriend, Steven, up. He woke up and they went to check it out. Claire saw a shadow of someone standing in the corner of the living room. They called 911 immediately since they were so afraid and they told them they'd be there in 10. They hid in an abandoned basement where they thought the man wouldn't find them. They heard footsteps above them. Steven decided to leave the basement and find out what the man wanted. Claire saw the man stab her boyfriend in the heart. She got out of the basement and out of rage took a shovel and hit the man at the back of the head with it. She started crying because she couldn't believe what was infront of her. She had just killed a man, and the idea of that and the idea of her boyfriend being dead shocked her. The police never arrived. The next day, at around the same time, she woke up because she was hearing noises and seeing shadows again. And now not only one shadow, but two. She got off her bed out of nowhere, and started walking towards the kitchen as if she were sleep walking or possessed. She slowly grabbed a knife without making any noise and stabbed it through her heart.
Since then, people heard noises comming from that house and saw unusual things happen at 3:20 am.
It has been abandoned for a long while after the tragic moment that was experienced there.
Starred Sky (myth)
A long time ago, when the land of earth was ruled by the higher gods from the sky, a baby was born from a Goddess named Josephine; queen of all gods. Josephine was married to the most powerful God there was at that time, and he was called Jacob; king of all gods. The child they had was a girl named Evelyn. She was a beautiful girl; born with long, soft hair and had crystal blue eyes, she even had the cutest two dimples on her cheeks. As Evelyn grew, she knew that one day she would have to marry another God which her dad has chosen for her.
When Evelyn finally turned 18 and celebrated it with her loved ones, some handsome Gods began to come day after day asking for her hand in marriage while scared Evelyn did not approve of any. She has always wanted to get married after she finds true love and not any prepared or forced marriage. As days turn to weeks and weeks to months, Evelyn's heart grew colder and darker since no one loved her.
One day, as gorgeous Evelyn was wondering through the green gardens, she came across a large hole that couldn't be missed, she got on her hands and knees and looked into it out of curiosity. Down that hole was something she has never seen before, it was like a new world for her; it was the middle world where the humans lived. Evelyn had been warned by her father before to never go near there, he tells her its a very strange and dangerous place. As she stared into that somehow dark hole, she fell in love with the middle earth and with all the humans inside there. Well in particular, with a very handsome fisherman named Ethan. He was a gorgeous man; aside from others, he was free and open minded and a very brave and strong young man. Evelyn laid there the whole time staring into Ethan's green eyes, until she finally made the decision to abandon the father's dreams he had for her, and ran away with Ethan thinking it was the right thing to do. With one last look, she stepped into that hole and ran to him sure about herself. As soon as she saw him standing that nearby to her, they fell inlove with each other instantly. They decided to run away to the sea together, and hid in a hidden cave where no one would find them with magic upon it so it would stop any eyes from finding them; Including all powerful gods.
As soon as her father (king Jacob) found out that his young daughter left all her god duties to run away with a silly man she just met, he stormed around with rage trying to make a plan to find her, but no matter how hard he tried looking for her, he couldn't find his sweet and loving daughter Evelyn. He even tried lighting the whole sky and calling her name, but never was there an answer. The devastated king went back to his kingdom to never seeing Evelyn again.
Since then, he lights up the sky every year and calls her name hoping she would appear, yet she never came back.
When Evelyn finally turned 18 and celebrated it with her loved ones, some handsome Gods began to come day after day asking for her hand in marriage while scared Evelyn did not approve of any. She has always wanted to get married after she finds true love and not any prepared or forced marriage. As days turn to weeks and weeks to months, Evelyn's heart grew colder and darker since no one loved her.
One day, as gorgeous Evelyn was wondering through the green gardens, she came across a large hole that couldn't be missed, she got on her hands and knees and looked into it out of curiosity. Down that hole was something she has never seen before, it was like a new world for her; it was the middle world where the humans lived. Evelyn had been warned by her father before to never go near there, he tells her its a very strange and dangerous place. As she stared into that somehow dark hole, she fell in love with the middle earth and with all the humans inside there. Well in particular, with a very handsome fisherman named Ethan. He was a gorgeous man; aside from others, he was free and open minded and a very brave and strong young man. Evelyn laid there the whole time staring into Ethan's green eyes, until she finally made the decision to abandon the father's dreams he had for her, and ran away with Ethan thinking it was the right thing to do. With one last look, she stepped into that hole and ran to him sure about herself. As soon as she saw him standing that nearby to her, they fell inlove with each other instantly. They decided to run away to the sea together, and hid in a hidden cave where no one would find them with magic upon it so it would stop any eyes from finding them; Including all powerful gods.
As soon as her father (king Jacob) found out that his young daughter left all her god duties to run away with a silly man she just met, he stormed around with rage trying to make a plan to find her, but no matter how hard he tried looking for her, he couldn't find his sweet and loving daughter Evelyn. He even tried lighting the whole sky and calling her name, but never was there an answer. The devastated king went back to his kingdom to never seeing Evelyn again.
Since then, he lights up the sky every year and calls her name hoping she would appear, yet she never came back.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
COMPARE:
- A God is creating each day new things in both stories
- There is a sun and moon in both stories
- There is a land and an ocean in both stories
- There are powerful gods in both stories
- There are animals in both stories
CONTRAST:
- In the world on the turtle's back there are two gods while in genesis 1 there is just one god.
- In the world on the turtle's back the twins were both creating new thing while in genesis 1, there was just god.
- In the world on the turtle's back there was already a world that existed while in genesis 1, god was just beginning to create thing.
- In the world on the turtle's back there was bad and good (the twins) while in genesis 1 there was just good.
- In the world on the turtle's back the moon was made with the head of the grandmother while in genesis 1 god simply said "let there be a moon" and there it was.
- In the world on the turtles back, the world they lived in was on a turtles back while in genesis it just existed.
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