Well, I might as well take a break from my daily reports.... And focus on something else. I don't know if all of you know, but most of you do know my favorite animals are dogs! So I found some cool quotes on a man's best friend on the Internet some time ago. And now I will share them with all of you...
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven. And very, very few people. -James Thurber
My dog is worried about the economy because Alpo is up to $3 a can. That's almost $21 in dog money! -Joe Weinstein
If your dog is fat, you aren't getting enough exercise. -Unknown
My goal in life is to be as good of a person as my dog already thinks I am. -Sigmund Freud
Dogs are not our whole lives, but they make our lives whole. -Roger Caras
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate. -Sigmund Freud
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue. -Unknown
Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. - Robert A. Heinlein
If there are no dogs in heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers
The average dog is a nicer person than the average person. -Andy Rooney
If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you, that is the principal difference between a dog and a man. -Mark Twain
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face. -Ben Williams
Don't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful. -Ann Landers
I wonder if dogs ever think poodles are members of a weird religious cult. -Rita Rudner
Ever consider what our dogs might think of us? I mean, here we come back from a grocery store with the most amazing half-chicken, pork, half a cow, they must think we're the greatest hunters on earth! -Anne Tyler
Anybody who doesn't know what soap tastes like has never washed a dog. -Franklin P. Jones
Hope you really enjoyed the quotes. Dogs are a man's best friend for a reason! Thanks...
E pa, pre nekoliko nedelja smo imali prolecni koncert. Tema je bila o putovanjem, i ja sam imala puno srece da budem voditeljka za moj zadnji koncert, jer cu sledece godine ici u srednju skolu. Kod nas u Kanadi to je 7-8 razred. Sad lepo citajte jer cu vas voditi kroz Prolecnog Koncerta 2009...
Ovo je sve pocelo prosle zime kada sam strasno zelela da budem voditeljka za nesto ovako veliko kao skolski koncert. Pa sam pricala uciteljici koja je bila zaduzena za zimski koncert. Ona je znala sve moje uspehe kao djak, pa je rekla da ce rado misliti o ponudi. Nazalost, te godine sam ja putovala u Beograd, pa nisam imala sancu da ispunim tu moju zelju. Ali nisam zaboravila o prolecnom koncertu. Pa kad je vreme bilo, pricala sam ovoj drugoj uciteljici zaduzna za prolecni koncert.
A malo pre toga, sam osvojila drugo mesto u skolskem takmicenju. Znaci, i ako nisam ikada bila njen djak, znala je da sam imala dobar francuski. Jer sam bila u francuskom programu, ja sam jedino mogla biti francuska voditeljka.
Kada sam pricala uciteljici toj, rekla je da ce misliti o tome. Bila sam srecna. Ali, josuvek sam bila puna nervoze, jer nista nije bilo sigurno jos. Ali onda, dok sam ulazila u skolu od odmora da bi pila vode, sretnula sam se sa uciteljicom. Ona je rekla da udjem u njenu ucionicu sa njom. Tu je bio neki decak iz engeskog programa koj je isto hteo biti voditelj, ali za englesko. Tu nam je ona rekla da smo mi bili ta 2 deteta od 90 koja su bila izabrana da vodiimo prolecni koncert. Bili smo srecni...Ne srecni, nego presrecni!
I od tad, smo radili satima i satima na nas govor. I posle sekundima, minutima, satima, danima, nedeljama, i mesecima... bilo je vreme da najzad vezbamo sa nasim novim mikrofonima. Ceo novi sistem nam je skola kupila. A da nezaboravimo, za to vreme, je cela skola pravila fenomenalan nakit za gimnaziju tog dana. Prvih nekoliko puta, mikrofoni su bili haos pored naseg glasa... Ali smo napokom se navikli i vezbali sve dok nije bilo taman!
Ali je to bila vezba, jer smo sledece noci pricali ispred svih roditelja i svi roditelji su nas slusali, a oni su isto gledali sve prezentacije. To je najzad bio nas dan da sijamo. Na pocetku sam bila jako nervozna, ali posle nekoliko minuta pricanja, navikla sam se i bila sam sto posto sigurna o sama sebi. I tako se nastavio prolecni koncert 2009-e godine u mojoj skoli.
Na kraju koncerta, htela sam ostati jos malo. Nisam mogla ici... Taj dan je bio dan koj necu ikada zaboraviti. Imala sam super sancu, i prihvatila sam je. Svi su me videli , i ja sam svima pokazala da svi mogu sce uraditi. Nije vazno dali su u francuskom programu ili ne.
Evo ga pored ovoga video sa delovima mog govora. Uzivajte!!
Chatham, Ontario. U10 boys. It was hectic!! There were teams from all across Ontario competing for their provincial places among their divisions. Divisions 1,2 and 3. With boys all over the place, teams shouting every which way and constant games being played, it was so much to take in but yet so, so much fun! Let's start from the begginning of my story...
4 years ago, i joined Troyka. A serbian basketball club. With the past results, my parents signed me up. I was to shoot my first basket, learn my first lay-up, and be happy playing sports for the first time. My dad dedicated lots of time ot teach my brothers, and my team. Eventually, all the hard work and practise payed off. I improved tons. House League was fun. Being 2nd; 3rd and just last year: 1st in the House League.
And finally,all our hard work payed off. Although there was no female team for my age group, there was a male team for my brother's age group. And, he was lucky to be amongst the 12 boys who made it. I was so happy. My brother had some games, some more, and more. Audience was surprised. This was the first year that this Troyka team had joined the Basketball Association. And after good games and bad, our first tournament was held. Not a major one, but a pretty cool one. They finished 4th overall from 12. That was superb for a first!!
And, countless games and practises were held before the major tournament we just held in April. In Chatham, Ontario there was the Ontario U10 (age-under 10) Basketball Tournament. Everybody has worked really hard to be amongst the 12 teams who participated. And so has Troyka. So after hours of driving to the hotel all the teams were to stay at, we were all ready to be settled in. But then we saw the ginormous line of guests. Great! This might take some time, we thought. But eventually, we made it. We settled into room 914.
But that was the boring part. We explored a little. Then came the games. First game; that very night. Against the Missisauga Minors. This team was well-organized, and well prepared. But no match for B.C. Troyka. We beat them by approzimately 15-20 points. At least we were not to lose all the games! Next, we had a morning game against the Burlington Skyhawks. This team had good defense and speed, but lacked focus every now and then. We beat them as well. This was going great... They had already made it to the quarterfinals!
I have to take some credit, our audience was phenomenal! We had clappers, maracas, blow-up banging things, tamborines, and LOUD whistlers. We were screaming, cheering our team to perfection. And now, the next game was against the BJCC Eagles. Last time, we had lost by a basket, because we were tired. But we were ready for this one. Sadly, we lost by half a basket, (In the quarterfinals...)1 point. Either way, we were all still very proud. We were still 1st in our division! Now we were to go against an easier opponent from another pool. So we danced and clapped and had the time of our lives that night. We were headed to the semi-finals.
Next morning, semi-finals. Against KW Vipers. In the last tournament I mentioned, they have gotten third place... They better be ready for revenge. Although our hopes were down a little, they got lifted as the game began. And, through anxiety, losing voices, and hope... WE WON!! We had made it to the finals. A game far beyond our expectations. With this win, the team had created a new layer of confidence. We were all tremendously proud as well.
And for the final, we played against the Toronto Triple Threat. We had beat them once, and they had beat us once. This was going to be a close game. But no matter how close the game was, or how hard we all played, we had lost. By one basket. But still had third place to win! Hold your horses, not before ambulance has cleared. From an early virus, and all this anxiety, I had fainted. Everybody was pouring water on my face, and concidentally, a First Aid lady was there to help me. They had called 9-1-1. After some time in the hospital, everybody was worried. But, I came out fine. I just didn't attend the last game. NO way was I to faint again.
So I stayed at home, ate, watched TV and hoped for the best. Fast forward, some of the players came back and knocked on room 914. They had to make sure I was O.K. Well, I was. And I told them the whole story. And then they told me theirs. They were all freaked out. And... The anticipating news... THEY HAD WON!!!!! I was super proud and glad. We were to all meet at Kelsey's later that night to celebrate.
We may not have won firts place, but we had won third. Beautiful medals, they were. We have created new friendships, learned new techniques, experienced the unexpected. All from an audience member fainting, to making it to third. Our highest expectations were the quarter finals. And as always, the team had impressed us. We have more trust in each other, and are ALL closer than ever. We are now walking around with our heads held high, and smiles on our faces. We shall continue to practice, and try our hardest. For we are ready for the next season. Of happiness, unexpectations, medals, and definetely friends. To basketball! To TROYKA!!
P.S. In the video enclosed, you will see some of the games, we are the players in the blue and white jerseys.
