English: Looting in London taskis

Looting in London

1)      The difference between looting and rioting is that looting doesn’t involve physical violence and looting involves a wider range of people and is so to speak less dangerous to your health.

2) Define these words:

·        Social exclusion: a concept used to characterize contemporary forms of social disadvantage.

·         Disregard: to pay no attention to, ignore, to treat without proper respect or attentiveness.

·         Social norms:  the accepted behaviors within a society or group. (Here England)

·         High-unemployment: when many people are without jobs and they have actively sought work within the past four weeks.

·         Criminologist: someone who studies the scientific study of the nature, extent, causes and control of criminal behavior.

·         Opportunism: the conscious policy and practice of taking selfish advantage of circumstances, with little regard for principles.

·         Consumerism: a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts.

3) Yes, I thing this can happen anywhere in the world. Because unemployment occurs here as well. I also think that no matter where you are there will be people who, misunderstand me correct, needs to get anger out and who are sly, that will take advantage if a situation like this would occur.

4) - I think that it says that the social conditions in England are bad and poor. They need to change and turn it around so people will have fewer reasons to conduct these actions.

-          This may be connected to the traditional class system because the system sort of gives a “better” life to the ones who are born into the higher class and it is harder for the state to provide for all of them who are “poor.”

Leaving Bar-ba-ba-ba-ba-dos (...)

Just a quick update. I am so sad now. I’m going home.

Bye Barbados, bye Rihanna and bye sun. I’ll miss you all!

( The picture is taken previous in the week by Sherwood. It's beautiful, really.)

I'm trowing in a picture of Rihanna and parts of her crew. It was awesome. That's all I have to say about last night.

Awesome.

Bar-ba-ba-ba-ba-dos part 6 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Sorry, but I don't have any pictures of the beach today, I lost track of time and suddenly I was out of time. But what I can show you, on the other hand, is this.

RIHANNA! Got just one picture of her though..

I saw Rihanna at the same beach as me. That is insane. You have no idea of how starstrucked I was. After manning up, I walked over to her and said “hi.” She shocked me with saying “Well, hello.” I was so in awe of her that I just stood there. She started to laugh and said “what’s up?” And after she said that I started talking more and more. She was so lovely and invited me out for drinks later. Of course I said yes, and then I remembered I’m leaving tomorrow. She said “no worries, we’ll do it nothing then.” She is so cool!

I have to go and get ready now for a night out with Rihanna and her crew!

Bar-ba-ba-ba-ba-dos part 5 (!!!)

It took a bit longer to do the entire things I wanted here, so I skipped the blog and went for a «two-day-post. » (Sorry, I know you hate it…)

However, you’ll be happy to know I’m going home with overweight luggage from my trip. Although the shopping isn’t like Paris or London, it’s still tempting to swipe the credit card down here.

Barbados offers an unmatched selection of the finest gold and silver jewelry imported from more than a dozen leading jewel countries. Also, the prices weren’t that bad either.

The first thing I had to get was gifts for those at home. I stopped by literally the “Best of Barbados Gift Shops.” Yes, you read right, that’s the name. The “best of Barbados Gift Shops” have five gift shops inside and is located at Welches Plantation in the West Indies. I bought some plates and tabletops for my grandmother here and I bought a cookbook for my other grandmother. I have this tradition where I buy a shot-glass for my sister, because I bought one for here in Malta, which started the whole thing. So I did, I bought one with the characteristic Island bus on it. I also bought her this, sort of gift bag, with all the creams and sops you can imagine. I bought one for each of my friends at home as well.

I bought this print to my father, who collects a characteristic piece from every country he visits, so I thought he might want it in his collection. Even though he wasn’t here. After buying even more gifts I closed my wallet for the “Best of Barbados Gift Shops” and moved on to spending money on me. I bought so much; there is no point in showing you everything.

I went to a museum, called “Barbados National Heroes Gallery.” I also went to “The Barbados Museum” a natural history display that describes the coral structure of Barbados and a collection of rare historical maps of the island. It was all worth it.

Anyway, I am so tired now, I need some sleep. Good night guys! Tomorrow I’m going home, and judging of my “tan,” I have to tan a bit!

Bar-ba-ba-ba-ba-dos part 4 (!!!)

Hi guys! Sorry for not blogging for a few days now, but I’ve just been so busy.

Anyway! I was on my way to Harrisons cave, when I saw the national flower “the pride of Barbados” also known as Caesalpinia Pulcherrima, which grows across the island.

As I was saying, on my way to Harrisons cave I met two old friends! Elise and Kaja. It was so nice to meet them again and they joined me. At the heart of Barbados lies one of its greatest wonders, Harrison’s Cave. Located in the central uplands of the island, this breathtakingly (don’t know how many times I’ve said that now!), crystallized limestone cavern is a testament to nature’s mastery. It is filled with flowing streams, deep pools of crystal clear water and towering columns, which characterize this living cave. I gazed in wonder at the white flowstones and in awe at the beauty of the speleothems which decorate the cave.

(Just look how it looks! Aren't you completely blown away? I am.)

Later, I went out with my two old friends at a very pretty restaurant called “Lone Star.” This is where we sat for drinks:

(Nice, huh?)

After a while here, we went on to another restaurant called “Mango’s by the sea.” We ate some very good food and I would like to personally recommend the restaurant. Everything here is just perfect. I ate their specialty; the sword fish. Mm, good! Elise and Kaja both ate shrimps and judging by the looks on their faces, they were pretty happy about their choice.

(Elise, Kaja and me at "Mango's at sea.")

I took an early night, because tomorrow I’m spending the whole day for shopping and tourism. I’m looking forward to it!

By the way, look at this picture i took on my way home. It is so pretty here, I never want to leave it...

Good night guys!  

Bar-ba-ba-ba-ba-dos part 3 (!!!)

I’ve been learning some history these past couple of days with Sherwood. He has been a really great travel guide for me, I must point out. I never thought learning history could be this fun.

The first settlers on Barbados were American nomads. Three groups of emigrants, the first was the Saladoìd Barrancoid, which were mostly farmers, potters and fishers who had arrived in canoes from South-America about 350 years AD. The Arawak-people was the second group who emigrated from south-America about 800 years AD. They settled around Stroud Point, Chandler Bay, Saint Luke’s Gully and Mapp’s Cave. 

Around the 1300-hundreds the Carribeans arrived at the island from south-America as the third croup. They dislodged both the arawakes and the soladid-barracoid people. Over the next century the Carribeans lived, like the arawakene and saladoid-barranoid-people had done before them, isolated on the island.

The Spanish arrived in the beginning of the 1500^th hundred and Conquistadors arrested many Carribeans, took them with them and used them as slaves on plantations. Other Carribeans eloped from the island.

British sailors who arrived around 1620, found the island almost uninhabited.  From the British first arrivals 1627-28 and all until the independence date in 1966 was the Island under uninterrupted British control. However in the meantime, Barbados had relatively much self-government.

From around the1620s it was sent some black slaves to the island. 5000 of the local inhabitants died of fever 1647 and hundreds of slaved was executed by the British during the English civil in the 1640s, since they were afraid at the “Levellers” could spread to the slaves at Barbados if the Parliament took control.

In 1659 the English sent lots of Irish and Scotts too Barbados as slaves, and the king Jakob II and other kings of the Stuart-dynasty sent Scottish and Englishmen to the Island. The living descendants of these originally slaves are often referred to as the “Redlegs” or locally the ‘ecky becky’ and are among the poorest on Barbados. There have been several marriages between Scotts, Irish and Africans on the island.

I had such luck with this trip. I didn’t know that today (30.september) was their national day. So when walking down the streets hearing a band playing as we do on our national day, I couldn’t help myself but running towards it.

By the way, I hadn't seen their flag before today. It is a bit special and reminds me a bit of Sweden, but oh well. The trident centered within the flag is a representation of the mythological Neptune, the god of the sea. The trident in its original unbroaken form was taken from the former colonial seal, which itself was replaced by the current coat of arms.  Used within the flag, the left and right shafts of the trident were the desgined as broken representing the nations of Barbados breaking away from its historical and constitutional ties as a former colony.

Bar-ba-ba-ba-ba-dos part 2 (!!!)

Hi everyone!

I can’t even begin to tell you how it feels like waking up in this bed and hearing the beats outside the window. If this was Norway and I would be awaken by someone playing some drums I would probably be upset and wining. But here in Barbados (!!!) I can’t get enough of that drumming beat outside the window which just makes me want to dance.  

However, last night was amazing. As said, Barbados is known for the crazy nightlife. After a quick stop at Club Skyy where a great dance performance took place, we continued on to the Boatyard, which is one of the most visited clubs here. We danced and danced all night and I even got to meet one of Barbados celebrities: Frank Worrell, a famous cricket player. Thanks to him, I got to play cricket today (tell you later.) 

Anyway, after the Boatyard we wanted to go somewhere sophisticated so we went to “the notre dame sports club”. If you’re wondering, yes, it is in small letters! I came home a bit late last night, but surprisingly it was no stress getting out of bed when I’m surrounded with all this beauty.

However, as I mentioned earlier in this post, I got to play cricket today. Cricket is one of the most played sports here on Barbados. The island has hosted many great cricket players, such as Sir Frank Worrell (whom I met yesterday!).  It was very hard playing, especially when the others were so good at it.

(After the game)

Later after a quick lunch at Jocelyn’s, a sweet (and very known here apparently) old lady’s restaurant, I went to the beach for a little tanning at the Altamar beach. I was very lucky, because I was totally alone. All thanks to my great travel guide Sherwood. The sand was all white, surrounded by palms and large rocks. You could see every movement at the sea bottom because the water was so blank. I was breathless. 

(At Jocelyn's)

(At the beach at Altamar)

Later I was picked up by Sherwood, who took me to a church named st. James Parish Church, a historical landmark and it was recently restored. The church is Anglican. Most of the inhabitants of Barbados is Christian, about 95 present is. And forty present of these 95 present is Angelic. The Church of England was the official state religion until its legal disenfranchisement by the Parliament of Barbados following independence.

  (St James Parish Church)

Now in the writing moment, I am just so tired. I’ll go to bed soon, but I have to take a walk in the beautiful back garden. I promised you a picture and I took one earlier today. Here you go:

Isn't it amazing?

  

Bar-ba-ba-ba-ba-dos (!!!)

Barbados

When I were choosing where I wanted to travel, I knew I wanted to go somewhere exotic and I also knew I wanted to go somewhere near the Caribbean. So I ended up with Barbados, an island country on 431 square kilometers. The island country is outside the Atlantic hurricane belt and about 100 kilometers east of the Caribbean Sea. The geography of the island is unique in its own way, featuring lowlands or gently sloping terraces plains separated by rolling hills. The island has 284 589 inhabitants and is the home of the famous singer Rihanna. 

The first thing that hits me when I arrive at the airport is the climate. It is so hot! The average temperature here is between 25-30 Celsius degrees and I can notice when I breathe how humid it is.

A taxi is waiting for me and a man from the taxi(my travel guide) meets me to help me getting settled. As we drive towards our hotel, the beautiful Island Inn Hotel, he keeps talking about a big happening tonight and sais I have to come. I’m still jetlagged so I say I’ll try, but I can’t promise anything yet.

As we keep driving, I notice that it is just as nice as I had imagined. With warm Caribbean sunshine, mile-long exquisite beaches, pastoral landscape, sparkling aquamarine seas, charming villages and posh luxury resorts I am blown away by its beauty.

Arriving at the resort I am just totally finished. With no sleep on the plain because of some child behind me, I ask if the my travel guide may come in and help me check in. Sherwood is just as glad he was when I met him ten hours ago and sais “yes, of course, Miss.” Sherwood is the most popular name in Barbados, fallowed right after with Kofi, Rosalina and Han su yean. The majority of Barbados speak English, but there is about 15 present who speaks Spanish and 15 present who speak French.

It is already night here in Barbados, but I get a glimt of how well my hotel resort looks like. I’m throwing in a few pictures, just because *I can’t put it into words how beautiful it is.

(This is what greeted me when I arrived with Sherwood this night)

I may throw in a few more tomorrow with daylight. I think I saw a gorgeous back yard here, I’ll show you tomorrow. Now I’m headed out for a large celebrity party, tell you all about it tomorrow.

norsk; skriveoppgave

Ny oppgave: "skriv to forskjellige avsnitt om akkurat den tingen dere har valgt. Det ene avsnittet skal formes som et artikkelutdrag; det ande skal formes som et skjønnlitterært utdrag."

Artikkelutdrag:

Denne tavlen er en såkalt «veggtavle.» Dette er en tavle som stadig brukes i klasserom og auditorier. Disse ble opprinnelig framstilt av treplater malt med en matt farge, svart eller grønn. Senere kom tavler med nyere underlag, enten glass eller kunststoff.  I dag har «smartboard» og «whiteboard» tatt over jobben til de fleste originale tavler. Likevel forekommer det treplater som tavler den dag i dag.

Skjønnlitterært utdrag:

Han satt alene i klasserommet. Han så sløvt ut i rommet. Han prøvde å konsentrere seg om naturfagen, men det som sto skrevet på tavla forstyrret han. Sakte reiste han seg og trasket mot det hvite rektangelet, skritt for skritt. Den blå markøren lå der bare, like alene som han og tavla. Han lå hånden ømt om pennen, tenkte ikke på hva han skulle skrive, bare strakte armen og begynte å skjære inn blått på hvitt.

norsk; argumentasjon

"Argumentasjon; på bloggen, skriv en kort tekst om hva som er viktig når en skal argumentere for en god sak."

Det som er viktig når en skal argumentere for en god sak er å holde seg saklig og til tema. Det er også viktig at du grunngir påstander for å overbevise andre om at det du sier er rett eller rimelig. Vi må også prøve å få dem til å forstå hvorfor vi mener det vi mener og det er viktig at vi begrunner en holdning eller et synspunkt.

Kort og godt kan vi si at det som er viktig er: presise og forståelige argumenter, relevans i argumentasjonen, holdbarhet i det vi sier, en logisk tankerekke, appell og til slutt argumentasjonsteknikker.

norsk; fåmegpå,for faen

"Skriv en kort tekst på bloggen om vellykket eller mislykket kommunikasjon i Få meg på, for faen."

Synes hele opplegget i denne filmen var rett og slett flaut. Alt av såkalt "kommunikasjon" i denne filmen var forferdelig. Kroppsspråket til skuespillerne var ikke samstemt med de få ordene som kom ut. Dessuten var det ikke særlig mye til samtaler da alt ble avbrutt av unormale hendelser og "drømmer."

Det er ikke noe god kommunikasjon i filmen, fordi de har ikke noe kroppsspråk og ordene de sier stemmer ikke overens med handlingene de gjør. Dessuten synes jeg alt som blir sagt virker så påtatt. Hvem i all verden er det som sier slike ting egentlig?

english: about the butterflies.

I had to read an analysis written by Patricia Grace. The analysis was good, well written and had many good points. 

This is a good analysis because the author knows what she is talking about. She explains why, she doesn't just say "this is the way it is." The author supports her opinions with examples from the text and she shows the readers that she really has read and analyzed the text.

I can learn many things from this analysis, such as how to write a good analysis. I can learn how to support my opinions, how to prove a point, how to interpret the text and so on.

english: thoughts about "Blood Diamond"

I like these types of movies, when you feel like you know the characters and you don't know what's going to happen next. When you're sitting on the edge of your seat or wiping away a tear when you see innocent children being shot, that's the type of movie I like.

The main story of the movie is good, and important. The export and import of illegal diamonds is something that has been going on for years, and still is. The acting is also more than okay, it is fantastic. The way Leonardo DiCaprio talks like he is from South Africa, the rage in Djimon Hounsou's eyes when he met the man who took his son and the frustration Jennifer Connelly feels when nobody will go on record makes the hole movie a good one.

The movie was touching, moving, exiting, thrilling and a little bit romantic and it leaves me with a good impression. Still at times the movie can be a bit too american, with unnecessary fighting scenes, excessive use of violence (although this movie might need it to prove its point) and with a sort of happy ending.

Still, as said, the movie was touching. I never cry of movies, but during this one i caught myself wining a bit. So all in all, i would recommend this movie, and I might watch it again.

english: first task, me

So we were supposed to make our own blog today, so I did.

I have gotten my first task. "Write a little something about yourself on your blog." My name is Vilde, I'm sixteen and I am a student at Thora Storm - Adolf Øien. I have two dogs, Misty and Dakota, and I use my spare time to play handball, cycling and hang out with my friends and family. My favorite subject at school is "Geo" and  the subject I like the least (sorry teacher) is "nynorsk."

My favorite colour is seagreen and red, favorite book is "the piano teacher" and my favorite song is "Sleeping Sickness" by City and Colour with Dallas Green.

Think that's it.