Charity campaign for collecting books

On 21^st April my classmates and I went to the local library to give the books we collected from the charity campaign which I’ve already told you about. The library is huge and there are thousands of books. The room that impressed me most is small and full with very old books. I didn’t want to go home! The lady that worked there was glad to see us. She looked very happy because of our visit which is the sweetest part of every action we organize. The feeling when you make someone happy is wonderful and is worth every effort, no matter if you had to bring a huge box with books that is as heavy as you or something else.

Painting eggs for Easter  

On 19^th April my classmates and I visited the local resident home. Easter is coming and we decided to paint eggs for them and to make a little exhibition. We had a great time there. There were only few eggs broken but a lot of dirty clothes after the action. The people that live there of course didn’t forget us. They had made for everybody a base for an egg with the form of a rabbit. I told you many times about my feelings for these people so it is not necessary to say  that I enjoyed going there. It was such a nice day! 

Collecting books

On 14^th April we organized a charity campaign for collecting books for the local library. My classmates and I gave flyers to everybody at school. One of my passions is reading books, especially old ones. I can imagine the smell of the paper and the feeling that a book can give you, it is irreplaceable.

I like this kind of activities because they are useful and I really hope it will be successful and many books will be collected.

Street Parade 2011

It is the event of the month. My day was moving very fast and I had no time for rest. After the smudging with dye at the school Eastern Workshop where we painted eggs in the morning, we went to the Luna Park but we couldn’t stay for a long. There was flash mob at the center of the city. It was an appeal to all people to stop for a minute and to think about nature. The volunteers were about 200. Two of my friends and I took place as making a construction of falling bottle (I will attach some pictures). It was a new and very strange feeling. People were stopping to see us and the other participants. It had an effect definitely. There were reporters and the media, many people were taking pictures. I really do hope this to benefit because nowadays nobody cares about the environment and throws their garbage on the streets.

After this we put on the blue sacks (I told you about them) and started to give the pieces of paper with the thoughts. First I thought it would be awkward and stupid and one of the reasons was the stupid shirt we had to wear but after the flash mob and the whole day I felt perfect. I was smiling to everyone and getting the same in return. People actually enjoyed it. I was watching their reaction – they were serious when they took the sticker but than after reading it a smile always appeared on their face. There was no way to feel better. The emotion was wonderful. After an hour the bus with the DJ (Sandy Rivera) and the tail of thousands of people came and we joined it. It reached one historical object of Tarnovo where the fireworks were lit. We also let many paper lanterns to burn in the sky. The view was beautiful.

22^nd March was an amazing day. This kind of experience shouldn’t be cut from the schedule!

More about flash mob:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_mob

Eastern workshop

The Open doors day was on 22^nd March. On this day people from other schools can visit our school. The students are separated in groups and make presentations or experiments on different subjects and the most interesting things are done in the chemistry laboratory of course.

My group and I opened an Eastern workshop where we painted eggs made from wood. My egg was the only one in red. =) 

It was time for getting dirty with dye and talking about the Faberge Eggs. We had a great fun and formed a little competition for our creations. Nobody won of course because every one of us claimed her egg is the best. We took many pictures and laugh a lot. At one p.m. we found out we are running out of time. It was lunch time and then the preparation for the Street Parade was on.   

Something about the Faberge Eggs:

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M67LPSU_vdk

A link from our site:
http://www.ac-arcus.com/?mod=events&show=267

Selling tickets

On 14^th March we were selling tickets in our school for a charity campaign that is going to take place on 17^th. This campaign includes performances from four schools in the city and in the end a competition. The price is the collected from the tickets money which is about 400 leva. This money of course will go for charity but the school that wins decides for what cause exactly. The selling was very fast and easy. I feel that every student that sees us in his/her classroom knows that we are offering something so everybody comes to us and listens.

On this day there was nothing interesting actually. I kind of got used to the procedures.

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Theater

On 10^th March I visited the theater. The performance was “The three musketeers” and famous Bulgarian actors took place in it. Honestly, I didn’t expect something special but it was the best performance that I’ve ever watched. It was emotional, exciting, with a good sense of humor, it was just great.

Of course there always is something which is not right. The man that was standing in front of me didn’t stop moving and during the first 20 minutes I couldn’t see a thing. Finally I found another free place and went there to watch.

After the performance I felt very good. My friends and I were very excited about it and it was the topic of the week actually.

Training

On 9^th March our group went to the municipality. There we were on training about the Street Parade of Veliko Tarnovo. It was freezing outside and I was shaking from the cold. This with the fact that we heard nothing new on the meeting contributed to my angry mood. The only thing I didn’t know was that we are going to wear enormous shirts just like sacks in order to be notable. There was one good piece of news probably and it was about the DJ of the Parade. I haven’t mentioned that the music there is very loud and everybody dance and push each other but I still find it funny. So back on the topic – the DJ is going to be Sandy Rivera.

All in all, it is what I can say. Definitely it was not my day.

Bulgaria’s National Holiday

3^rd of March is the day when every Bulgarian man has to feel the patriotism in his heart. It is the day when every one of us has to remember and think about our great history and days of glory. It is the time when we have to stand in silence in memory of the great men that died for our liberty.

On this day every student from our school visited the parade in the city. Many important people put wreaths in front of the monument in the center of the city and my classmates and I left flowers in honour.

This day gives me very strong emotion and I cannot express with words the way I felt.

Here it is a link that explains more about the day and our history:
http://www.eurochicago.com/2011/03/march-3rd-ve-bulgarias-national-holiday-liberation-day/

A link from our site:
http://www.ac-arcus.com/?mod=events&show=262

Happy 1^st  March  =)

On 1^st March my classmates and I went to school earlier, this way we could give everybody martenitsi. I was very enthusiastic because this day means that the spring is here. My enthusiasm was killed because of the sleepy faces of everybody and the morning was not what I expected.

After school we went to the local resident home to give martenitsi to the old people. Some students also read about the day and the traditions and shared some poems about the spring. Oh, I forgot to say that I gave our hand made tree (I told you about it before) to the manager of the home and in return they had prepared for us a wall pane.

I always say that it’s a great pleasure to be there and to see the smile on their faces but this time it wasn’t. This time some girls and I went to the rooms of the very old people and it was horrible. I felt so depressed. It was the smell and their look that made me sad. Just like on the movies the sun hid and I felt cold. Fortunately, something broke this mood. It was our favourite grandfather. He came into the hall singing for us. He’s just amazing, every time we go there he is singing and smiling. He can imitate various animals’ sounds and makes everyone around him happy.

So it was a good day!

This is a link from the local newspaper and here I am on the first picture: 

http://veliko-tarnovo.net/novini/amerikanskiyat-kolezh-podari-martensko-darvo-za-zdrave-i-kasmet-na-doma-veneta-boteva.html 

A link from our site:
http://www.ac-arcus.com/?mod=events&show=259