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A FAR AWAY PLACE

Connection # 14

Sean and josie were taken by their dad in a black car when they were leaving from school. They drove for sometime until they reached  a sea side town where a sailing boat was waiting to take them on a trip, probably to France. Sean was scared because his dad was not telling him where they were going, and he also wanted to talk to his mother to tell her that he was with his dad. On the other hand Josie was so excided.

(Connection ) This reminds me (the part with the sailing boat ), when we were invited to the christening of Alexis, the son of my parents friends, Tatia and Christofer. The christening was going to take place in Paros, a little island in Greece. We took the plane with my parents and we went to Athens where we stayed for the night. The next day we were going to take the boat to go to Paros. In the evening when we went for dinner, we met accidentally my dad's friend Mr. Spyros who was also invited to the christening, and he was going with his private motor boat. We were so lucky he offered to take us with him. I felt so happy and very excited I was going to travel on a motor boat ( yaht) for the first time in my life. The next morning we went to the marina, where we met Mr. Spyros who led us to his boat but of course we had to take our shoes off before getting on it. There the captain and his assistant showed us to our cabins where we could have a rest during the trip. The boat was very luxurious with white carpets on the floor. My cabin had 2 beds 3 windows at the side and a shower.
I was so excieted but also tired for waking up early that I slept for three hours. It was a fantastic experience.

Connection

A FAR AWAY PLACE 

Connection # 13

Tinker being an only child (just like me) had never found it easy to make friends at school. Tinker had been lonely until Sean switched classes a year ago and they found thenselves sitting next to each other having Sean as a friend made all the difference to Tinker. It would be awful at school without a friend to play and to talk.

(Connection ) This reminds me,  when I was in my old school, before I came to the AISC. My old school was called the  Juniot School. But when I was in the 4th grade I left because it was a terrible school and the teachers were very hard with us that I couldn't help it anymore. I wanted to burst into tears and run far far away from that awful school and  never see it for the rest of my life. It was a school of misery and all blackness there.I worried so much changing school and leaving my friends behind. I was sure I was going to miss my friends a lot, but on the other hand we could always see each other someday. When I moved to AISC I saw some of the boys and girls from the old school. Karin and Panayiotis were there, but also Ioannis came along also from Jounior School. But here oh! You can't believe how polite the teachers are, you feel like you are in Paradise!!! By the way I met so many new friends and I fitted in very well in my new school. In my old school I felt I was a missing piece of a puzzle, but when I came here the piece fitted perfectly. I am part of the AISC family from now on.  

Connection

A FAR AWAY PLACE

- Sean was looking in the school grounds for his little sister Josie, so that they can go home together. School was over. Sean looked everywhere but he could not find Josie. The other first graders were around Sean showing off their paintings. He started getting very worried, wondering where Josie might be , but that was when he heard the car horn. Someone was waving from inside a black car parked further up the street. He went a bit closer to the car and he saw his sister hanging out of the window waving and calling.

How did she do that? She should never have got into the car. She knew the rules: Their mum was always telling her kids not to talk to strangers.

( Connection) This reminds me of when I was all alone at home, my dad was at work and my mum had to go see my grandmother who was sick. But I heard the bell ring, so I saw who it was. It was my mum's friend Mr. Tameriese. He wanted to leave some things for us, but I said to myself. " Should I let him in? Or not. But I knew the rules of the house. Do not speak or open doors to strangers. Besides I didn't know who it was, so I asked who it was. I was thinking, was he a thief? Should I open? Then I finally said to him " Please leave them on my dad's motorcycle. " So he did. When he left I quickly rushed downstairs, got the things that he left for us and then I went upstairs to put'em on the kitchen counter.

DO NOT TALK TO STRANGERS!!!!

Perspective

• A Jar of Dreams is in 1st Person because it's telling I in the story. I know that because it says here '' I knew something was wrong.''
• You hear her thoughts of  the table being a mess. ''If  I had left it that way, or my little brother Joji, we sure would have heard about it from Mama.''
• She looked  at the Jaapanese writing in the letter, squiggling up and down the soft rice paper like a lot of skinny black spiders, and wished that I could read it. She was squinting at the paper trying to read what was on it, but she couldn't read it besides she didn't know how to read Japansese very well(only a bit).
• The mother was in a rush to go off to work and that's why she left it a huge mess. But the girl was not OK with that, because the mother was usually very neat and tidy, but this time she wasn't she was late for work.

Connection

Lu Si-yan and her new friends walked in a karaoke bar, a man was playing the music and they all had to stand on the stage and sing. She could not believe it that she had to stand in front of all those people, watching with exspectations. She wanted to run away and hide. Her heart was beating very hard and fast and she felt sick standing on the stage. When she joined in with the singing she felt much more confortable and happy. She was ever so happy singing her favourite song.
(Connection) I will tell you a story when I found myself more or less in a similar sitiuation, and now I understand exactly how Lu Si-yan felt being on stage and felling very scared.

I was nearly 6 years old when I had my first ever ballet performance with my ballet school. It was close to Christmas and it was going to be in a very big theater and lots of people where coming to watch the performance.
We started preparing many months before.I was practicing a lot at my ballet school, trying to learn all the steps off by heart. We even had special dress-up cloths to wear for the big performance. The big day was coming very soon and I was feeling very nervous. On the day of the performance my nanny took me to the theater so I could start getting ready for the performance  was coming.
I remember how I felt. My stomach was very upset, I thought I was going to be sick. My stomach felt like I had evil butterflies in it. I was wondering if I could make it to the stage. Many people came to see me dancing. The whole family was there and a lot of my friends too so I had to do my best and not let them down.
When I got on stage I thought I was going to faint, but slowly solwly I started to calm down and enjoy myself and I believe i didnt do many mistakes. I had memorised all the steps off by heat. At the end I really enjoyed my very first ballet perormance and I was really happy to see everybody clapping.