the mystery of the blood sucking shoe...

before midterm we had a workshop with an illustrator named oisin mcgann. he was really passionate about his job and you could tell he really took it seriously he talked about how if you were an athlete you would live a certain lifestyle, eat a certain way and for writers its the same, he talked about how he carries around a notepad so if he gets an amazing idea he can write it down so it wont be forgotten. he talked about how he comes up with his ideas and how anything from everyday life can be interesting and can be the foundations of a very good story. he was very interesting and he would really inspire you to become a writer!

mexican chile cookies..desert no. 1

for our home ec. project we have to make 3 meals and then do a powerpoint on the country we chose to make the food from. for our project we chose mexico because its different and the food has lots of flavour and lots of spice which gives it a good kick! we chose to do mexican chile cookies for our first desert as they would be different spicy. they turned out quite well and i would definitely cook them again...

drama workshop...1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8!

last week we had a drama movement workshop,it was to show us how movement and motions can be used and how it affects a drama. At first we started off by loosening ourselves out so we did different exercises as a warm up. Then we got into the tricky stuff we had to form shapes with our bodies and our partners had to fill the spaces in between them. It was funny to see people form such diverse shapes. i didnt think i could move in such complicated ways :L Then we had to pick two shapes and move from one to the other in a set time. When everyone was in sync it looked impressive and we might even be using this technique in our drama. It was also a good way of exercising so i would definetly recommend it.

waris dirie...desert flower!

in religion as part of our millenium goal study involving the gender equality goal we read an extract from the autobiography of waris dirie(desert flower). when i began to read the extract it was clear that her life was very different to mine! she had so much more hardship to endure than a lot of other girls in the world. this is my review of the book so i hope you gain some knowledge of the book from it.....

The book desert flower deals with a very prominent issue in society today maybe not in Ireland but it is very much common in countries in Africa which is the issue of female genital mutilation. One of the techniques the film used that i enjoyed was it showed the story through the eyes of the character Waris Dirie who had been a victim of female mutiliation, this made it a lot more interesting and genuine.This book really shows how some women in the world are still being treated and it makes me angry that practices like that are still being performed in this day and age. It really makes me feel passionately about stopping such practices. When i compare my life to the life of Waris Dirie it baffles me at the distinct differences between us, I have a chance of being educated, getting a job and choosing a man i want to marry. The hardships these women in parts of Africa have to endure makes me sad as they shouldn't have to go through this suffering but in retrospect i have an enormous amount of respect for these women for putting up with it day in and day out. I would definitely recommend this book, to people of all ages as it is a very touching, inspirational book that makes you value the life you have which we sometimes forget.

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briery gap drama :)

last tuesday all ty's went to mullingar to compete in a drama competition! when we arrived we were the first school there and we all set to work practising and getting into our costumes. my play was based on theme of drink-driving and how it affects different people in different ways. we chose to write about it because we feel there is a strong culture of teenage drinking in ireland. rosette played aoife who was the victim on the play and ailbhe played the drunk teenager. we were the last play to perform and we were really nervous because every other drama was brilliant and had gone really well! it was then our turn and it was really terrifying but gave you a big adrenaline rush and in no time we were finished. all the drama's were great and hopefully we'll all do well and get through to the next round which will be in Cork! =]