Please Leave!

The corruption that this man is causing is unbelievable. I am a Venezuelan and I can say that he is destroying my country, and in a few years we will be left with nothing, and with only pure communism. Is perspective of life, and his believes are based on socialism, and communism, he thinks that everyone should be equal and that taking away from the wealthy people, and giving it to the poor is ok. Well it’s not. It is not ok because, when he expropriates companies he basically destroys it because he can’t manage it. I am a good source because this man, this beast has taken away from my family, and from many others, and we cannot let this happen anymore. Today March 30, 2011 I am travelling and in immigration, I saw more than 80 Cuban’s leaving Venezuela with televisions, blenders, DVD’s, and many other devices that were given to them by the government. So what is he doing? He is basically letting us suffer here, and give all to Cuban’s and poor people that vote for him. It is sad to say that the only reason I am leaving my parents, and moving away from Venezuela is because of this man who has been in power for 12 years, and he is not planning on leaving.

Lucky!

Being Lucky, ok so I don’t want to be arrogant, but I’ve been told to be extremely lucky. I remember when my dad would go on vacation, he would bring my sister and me presents, and I would always chose the hand with the best present. My sister nowadays still remembers those things, and they still happen. 3 years ago my sister and 2 friends, hosted a fashion show to recollect money for an organization of children with cancer, and they had a raffle. In the raffle I was asked to be the one that drawed the number tickets out of the bowl. When it came to the last prize, which were pearls with gold, I drawed my own ticket and I was the lucky winner. It is proven by all members of my family that my luck is truly a gift. This December vacations we went to visit boarding schools, and when leaving St. Mark’s school, I saw a gold coin in the floor next to my car. And I said, “If I get in I’ll definitely frame the coin.” One month later we find out that I got into St. Mark’s. And now in this right moment I’m on a plane on my way to the re-visit day, and hope that this luck made a good decision. 

ByeBye

I think it’s going to be harder than what I thought it would be. I’ve been at ECA for 5 years already, and every year I’ve had to see my best friend leave (5^th-Alisson, 6^th- Valeria, 7^th-Delfina, 8^th-Valentina,) and now, I’m the one who is leaving. Even though ECA is not my favorite place, it’s still been my second home for a long while, and leaving it behind will be hard for sure. Apart from the general things like, teachers, I’ll have to leave my friends, I’ll be leaving behind my British School family (Eleni, Matias, Fernando, Allan,) they’ve been in my life since Pre-k, and I have shared a lot with them. Apart from them, leaving my cousins, Rodrigo and Jorge is definitely going to be hard, especially Rodrigo who I’ve studied with my whole life. Inspire of all them, there are no words to describe how difficult it will be to leave Irene, and Clarisa behind, they have only been in my life for 2 years, but I feel like they are as or even more important than the rest. I have shared so much with them, and just thinking about two other girls that will replace them is quite impossible. Kind off mean to leave my parents for last, but they know I’ll miss them, and a lot. Not having my sister around for two years has made me share so much with my parents, and not having their support next year will be challenging.