The Fetal Diaries #42: GOOD NEWS :D

Posted by kristine on October 8th, 2008 | Categorized as Blog | 166 views and 3 Comments

Hi guys! I know I haven’t written in probably over a month now - who really knows anymore! It’s been too long! I’ve been dying to write, I promise, but it’s been so busy! Today alone, I was in Physics class for FOUR hours. It’s been beyond hectic, and it’s driving me crazy. Oh, and I’ve been reading Macbeth, doing 5902 exams on it, obsessing over it - you all should see my Shakespeare bible (my friends and I call it that, because it does look like one, except instead of the Bible books, I have all of Shakespeare’s plays and some poems and sonnets in there). I have been QUOTING lines from it, and putting it into normal conversation. That is what grade 11 English Advanced Placement does to you, my friends. My friend told an (obvious) lie to my English teacher today, and I ended up saying, “Thou liest, you shag ear’d villain!” to my friend. That is, by the way, from Macbeth, Act 4 scene 2 (I think) when Macduff’s family was murdered. Indeed, I have been reading into it too much… And guys, great novel: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistlestop Cafe. Just.. read it, it’s amazing. It made me cry one minute, then laugh the next. Literally.

Anyways, updates! For those that know me pretty well, you should know that I dream of becoming a journalist someday. Well, guess what guys? Just a few weeks ago, for the first time, I got published in this Filipino-Canadian newspaper in Calgary. Of course, it’s part luck, because we sort of knew the editor, then again, I don’t think I would’ve been published without me working for it, yeah? So, published at sixteen years old, and I think we get the newspapers tonight, yay!

The article was about Fort McMurray, for those that want to know. Not exactly my best work, ever, but hey, it got in, and I’ll take this opportunity to write more, and better. TCKID has been a great help for that, of course I’m planning on sending the editor some of my past blogs here, after a bit of editing so it wouldn’t seem so much as a blog, but more as an article. Next one I plan on sending is Behind Canada’s Mask (http://www.tckid.com/group/the-fetal-diaries-34-behind-canadas-mask/) then The Arab in Me (http://www.tckid.com/group/the-fetal-diaries-41-the-arab-in-me/).

I got my dad to read those two blogs, and he liked them both, but a little speechless with Behind Canada’s Mask. Said he knew I had potential, just didn’t know that I can write that well already Ah, it feels good to get his approval for once. And, after handing those past blogs in, I’ll write an article about TCKs (woo!) and I’ll try to come up with questions and I hope I get answers ^^

For now, I’ll work on editing those blogs, send them in… I’m really, really happy And to my kuya, Brice, thanks for this site, really! This is like, my writing school. Thanks for the opportunity. And of course, for the people that read my blogs, and give me feedback, thanks a lot too!

Well, I got to edit now, I have this new blog cooking up in my notebook. Hint: Canada and Physics.

Born in the Philippines, then lived in Abu Dhabi, UAE for almost 4 years. Immigrated to Calgary, Canada (one of the most, if not THE most diverse city in Canada), but lives even farther north now (where it seems to be the opposite of Calgary).