Raaannnnttt.

Some people work towards something all their lives. Some people work towards something most of their lives. Some people work towards nothing everyday of their life, and still manage to receive the same reward in the end. I am referring to graduation. I believe some people in school try, while others fail. Three weeks before the end of the year, and you are striving. The failures who just had this amazing realization, which that if they attend these last couple weeks they can pass! And they can graduate! The depressing thing is for the achievers are watching the failures, and thinking how the hell can they do that? The failures will graduate, or at least pass this course. The achievers of course will also pass. What happens when the failures enter life? They will have to realize that you have to go to work to get paid. Which the payment from work goes to living(eating, rent, and etc.) . The work ethic and school laziness of children today is demeaning to our society. There is this seventeen year old child in my school who gets breakfast in bed every morning. I am ashamed to be classified along with the other people at my age. I have been working since I was thirteen years old. I attend school everyday, and get decent grades.
Kids are too spoiled in this era, and our economy will fail due to them.

All Time Top Three Restaurants

Criteria:
I decide and base my decisions on my personal preference, and where I have eaten. Every time I eat at a restaurant I try to act as a critic. My boyfriend says I am to picky, but I do not care I just like good food. :)
I base my grading on taste of food, presentation, services, atmosphere, and timely food delivery

1. Gare Du Norde Cafe - A exquisite small restaurant with the most delicious chocolate mousse ever. The waiter was hilarious. Even though we were in Paris he was singing Nickelback, which made us laugh. This restaurant is just off the the Gare Du Norde metro stop. We were hungry one night and went on an adventure, which lead us to heavenily food. Come on it is Paris, the atmosphere is already amazing enough!

2. Dream Cafe - A hippie inspired tranquil restaurant in Penticton. This is probably the only good one here. The service is very nice, and down to earth people all around. They even have live shows for free to go along with your meal on specific nights. The meals are proportioned nicely and come with fruit with each dish. They also have amazing vegetarian options, which I adore.

Tie for 3rd!

3. Kadoya Japanese Restaurant - A petite Japanese restaurant downtown Vancouver. The service is good. The sushi is amazingly delicious, and to boot the menu is inexpensive! Every time I go to Vancouver I go dine there.

3. Akari Japanese Restaurant - A quite large Japanese restaurant in Coquitlam. It has extremely delectable. The waitresses are the sweetest women ever. Their bento boxes are the best option, since it comes with everything that you would love to treat yourself to. It also comes beautifully presented, and the green tea is yummy!

Poem - A Thousand Splendid Suns

Kabul by Saib-e-Tabrizi

Ah! How beautiful is Kabul encircled by her arid mountains

And Rose, of the trails of thorns she envies

Her gusts of powdered soil, slightly sting my eyes

But I love her, for knowing and loving are born of this same dust

My song exhalts her dazzling tulips

And at the beauty of her trees, I blush

How sparkling the water flows from Pul-I Bastaan!

May Allah protect such beauty from the evil eye of man!

Khizr chose the path to Kabul in order to reach Paradise

For her mountains brought him close to the delights of heaven

From the fort with sprawling walls, A Dragon of protection

Each stone is there more precious than the treasure of Shayagan

Every street of Kabul is enthralling to the eye

Through the bazaars, caravans of Egypt pass

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs

And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls

Her laughter of mornings has the gaiety of flowers

Her nights of darkness, the reflections of lustrous hair

Her melodious nightingales, with passion sing their songs

Ardent tunes, as leaves enflamed, cascading from their throats

And I, I sing in the gardens of Jahanara, of Sharbara

And even the trumpets of heaven envy their green pastures

Response:

The poem Kabul reflects the novel A Thousand Splendid Suns in many ways. In the poem Saib-e-Tabrizi speaks of how beautiful Kabul is even through the hard ship and treachery the city has sustained. How Tabrizi portrays the city is insightful. He writes that it should not be seen by the evil eye of a man, and how 'one could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs and the splendid thousand suns that hide behind her walls'. Mariam is like the city in this book. Rasheed protects her from the evil eyes of men, and does not allow her to exit the home without him. She is beautiful but no one can ever see. Multiple beatings from infertility and abandonment cause her to wear down, but she will always be the beautiful child that she once was. In this novel Mariam and Laila go through hardships, but when Laila leaves she is as beautiful as a flower, and as free as a bird. No matter how many times you try to crush Kabul, and destroy it's the people, and the pure beauty of the city that will always keep the memories of how it once was alive. You can abuse the land around you, but you can always remember what always brought you back. To this day Afghanistan is still a war zone, but it is a beautiful one. When there is no firing you can embrace the pure beauty of where you stand. When Laila gets away from Afghanistan she can remember the heart ache of Kabul and the joy the city held. She wants to be the one to help rebuild that joy so others can bask in it.