Dedicated to:
My true loves. To the ones who hold the key 2 my heart. You will always be in my heart. I’ve trusted you now and always will. I will always luv u
“Life is just one grand, sweet song, so start the music.”
Ronald Reagan
How different am I from you?
If you open up my book, you will see that my life was no different from yours. I was once an ordinary person, am still one but different from you. It's just that I have changed a lot, have different likes from yours but if you look closer you can see that there’s someone else like you. Someone who’s trying to find their way, find themselves or find the place they belong. It’s easy to feel like you’re the only person the world, who’s struck; who feels helpless or doesn’t feel like life isn’t worth living.
Might be a lie, but you face to face one day or another? You need to have courage. When you finally do, it will become easier. But we all need help sometimes, to help us listen to the things we have been missing in the world, like the music. It won’t be like this forever, there’s someone out there for everyone, for you, waiting for you to find them.
My name is Alice-Norah Margaret Nankya; I was born on the 4th of September 1997. I'm a Christian. I have five siblings Subbi, Esther, Nathan, Jonathan, Joseph. My family is very large; I have lots of aunties and uncles. I’m from Uganda, it’s in Africa. It’s a great country; I’ve learned lots of tricks that I can play with my sisters and brothers. I came to England in November 2006; I’ve been here for 3 years now. It’s been very hard adjusting to a new country and new people. I miss my country and friends, but I think that this might be a great adventure for me. I started writing this when I arrived in England; I figured I should do something to remind me how traveling to different places can be fun. So I say, if you love something to do it, nothing is stopping you.
My brothers and I have had our differences, our share of arguments, but we do get along great sometimes. My brothers are good guys, with great hearts; but even every person has their faults and mistakes and they learn from them. I also have my faults and mistakes; I do the same that they do, learn from them. I‘d love to change some of them, but I wouldn’t trade them because I’ve grown so attached to them.
My sisters are brilliant friends; they are very supportive of me, courageous and intelligent. And I believe that they have great things headed for them, all I want them to do is believe. They might change the world, I might change the world or you might change the world. One single person can do that. They have amazing hearts like my parents, they will travel to places.
My parents are the best in the world, they have taught me a lot through my years. I’ve had lots of experience throughout in my life, from my country and this new country. They are the most amazing people you will ever get to meet, they have taught me right from wrong.
My life seemed easy because I grew up in a huge family. If you are someone living the same life I did, you will see that you will meet many different people. You’ll see that the people you dislike will make the great friends and the ones you walk around with just come and go. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer because you might need them most in your time of need.
True friends are hard 2 find, harder 2 leave and impossible 2 forget. Robbie Cronk
Blessed with amazing friendsJ
In my group of friends, I was the odd one out. Which I was proud of because I knew that liked me for me, not someone I was trying be. I also learned that my best friend was someone who brings the best out of me; they have always been there for me.
Negin Vafadar is someone that I can’t live without. She’s a terrific best friend. We have been best friends ever since she sat next to me in class and she was there to rescue me. Life has been treating her well, she has a pure heart. I know that she’s always there when I need her or when she needs me. Life has a way of finding great people, putting them down, leading them to great things.
Hayley Frame is an outstanding friend, she’s one of my best friends. Life hasn’t been good for her but whenever it pushed her down; she always found a way to get back up. And I truly admire her for that. I believe that Hayley is destined for greatness. She is an exquisite friend; I don’t think anyone is ever going to be able to change that. When I was in need of help, she was the one that I could count on; she truly has changed my life. And I will always remind her of that because she can change other people’s lives too. She will always be one of my greatest memories.
Reece is another one of my oldest friends. He is one of the people I know, that’s always there for you. He will even leave his things just to comfort you; he has a huge and pure heart. He’s willing to do anything for anyone. In the years I have known him; he’s lost his way once or twice but managed to get back on track with the help of his friends.
Primary school was very difficult; every person had their own crowd. The boys found each other, so did the girls. Since I arrived at Sandhurst, we were put into 3 different classes but all the same year. But now we were in year 6 and we are on top the school. We were the leaders and models of the younger students, but we didn’t really show it.
Unluckily, we were the loudest year in the whole school, we had detention like every since day. Chestnuts, Figs, and Poppy were our three different classes (we chose different names for our classes every year) I was in Figs. We were the chatty class, Poppy was the fun class and well Chestnuts were the kind of mean class, not all of them were mean. Just Poppy and Figs were friends and Chestnuts were our frenemies. The word outcast didn’t mean anything to us; it was just a word others use to make people lose confidence in themselves. As long as everyone had somebody and we all had each other’s back that’s all that mattered.
“Someone has said that if you can count your true friends on the fingers of one hand, you are blessed. A friend is one whom you can be yourself with and never fear that he or she will judge you. A friend is someone that you can confide in with complete trust. A friend is someone you respect and that respects you, not based upon worthiness but based upon a likeness of mind.” Unknown
Friendships and nicknames!
Negin, Hayley were my first friends when I came. My friendships remind of the ones in one tree hill. And also Jonathan and David in the Bible, is a great example of true friendship. You will find the story in 1 Samuel 18:20. My friends have always been there for me, just like I have always been there for them. I really miss them, and I will always cherish their memories in my heart.
At school I wasn’t the nicest person, I was the one that got in trouble like every 10 or 15 minutes. I had lots of mixed feelings throughout the day; it was so weird that I got 2 or 3 nicknames a day. My year 5 teacher, Mr. Hoyle, called me “Miss Moody”, every time I got moody. My friend Jamaal gave me Ali.g, I have lots of names, but it’s a very long list.
I kept asking myself what is True friendship? So I typed it into the computer and it said: The Lord Jesus Christ gave us the dentition of a true friend: “Greater love has no one than this that he lay down his life for his friend.” I don’t know what it means yet.
New school again!!!!!
I go to Sydenham girls school now, I love it everyone is great. I love my new friends like Francesca: she never lets you down. Cheers you up easily with just a smile, crazy, someone who’s always there for you. Jeanne: funny, crazy, trustworthy, cheeky. Olivia: clever, preservers, stands up for others, brilliant lawyer. Isobel, cheeky, hype at all times, loves you for you, sometimes tells you the truth even when it hurts. Kiera: she’s talented, funny, drama queen and crazy. They are amazing. I’m so lucky I met them. My class is brilliant because we are all different, the best thing we have in common is our FRIENDSHIP. We get along great with our tutor, which is marvelous. She is the best! She is funny and forgiving. Looks like secondary school is not as bad as I thoughtJ I still get to see my other friends, but not all the time, some of my friends go to the same school as me with is terrific. Since I moved to secondary school, I have become more things that I thought I would never be.
Love
Do you believe in love at first sight? I don’t know! But my mom says that in your entire life you are meant to only have one boyfriend, who will become your husband. I find it kind of creepy, cuz if you had a boyfriend or girlfriend and you thought he was the one. Soon, you realize that they aren’t.
“True love never dies, true love waits.” Alice Norah
My first dreams!!!!!!!
Apart from the real world, I also have another whole world of my own. Writing and music have always been apart of my life, they still are. My other world involves after school clubs like Monday is Girls brigade, Tuesday is Yp: young people. Tuesday is my best day, I go to my friend’s house, Bob who’s the leader of Yp. Some of my others friends come too. It’s basically a bible study group, but it isn’t what we do. There are like 6 or more children and only one leader, sometimes our friend Rachel comes to help. She’s funny but scary. We normally make Bob’s life miserable, so he gives up and we play games.
Create your own dreamsJ
My dreams are big. I want to be a poet, writer, songwriter, singer, actress, tennis player and maybe fashion designer. I play the acoustic, electric guitar and piano and I want to learn the drums. However, if I am ever going to be one of the things, I have to believe in myself. Everyone’s dreams are important. I never know what to do when am struck, so like me, I just soak. That’s how I am.
“A kiss is just a kiss until you find the one you love. A hug is just a hug until your thinking about it. A dream is just a dream until you make it come true. Love is just a word until it's proven to you.” Unknown
Secret diary
No matter what anyone says, I know that I wouldn’t have made it through if it wasn’t for my family and friends. My friends always described me as imaginative and creative because I have my own book that has my dreams, my idols, the way I see the world, my poems and much more. I guess that being different from others has its own shares. My book is coming on strangely; it is not an ordinary book where you have a story about someone’s life.
It is about different things that matter to me, like my family I don’t normally get along with my family, especially my brothers but they always there when I need their help. My life would not be great if it wasn’t for my brothers. Although we are always fighting, it seems like they are the best thing that has ever happened to me.
I have written sixteen poems and am hope to write 30 before am fifteen. Looks like I’ve done it! I am just an ordinary girl, with a creative and imaginative mind. I love doing different things and having fun. Am just an ordinary girl with a creative world in her mind filled different things.
Happy days
Sunday is my best day, no school. I go to church, sometimes as a family or sometimes just me. We have family services and normal services where we separate parents and children. We are spilt according to age, mine is called Covies. We don’t really do anything except make our leaders Phil or Bob scream or shout of us. We a just one big happy family, we laugh, we argue and have fun. You should come sometimes, its called Woodside Baptist Church.
Pain
My life has had its ups and downs, like how I never knew my grandfathers,
that’s the saddest thing in my lifeL however I feel like they are always with us. I wish I could have seen them. Play with them, let them tell me how their life was growing up; tell me stories of their life. I’ve lost so many people in my life, I wish it hadn’t happened but no one can rewind time. Can they? With me losing family members, I have lost a part of myself; my life has been shorted as I’ve lost people. I make myself feel better with writing; it’s a big part of my life and always with be. I really have no idea why I start to write but I guess it’s for reason like everything else we do. The past is the past, the future is the future. If I really ever wanted to change I would have changed in the future. I have but not completely I still have a hole in my heart because am losing everyone that matters to me. People always leave. No one ever stays forever. Most people don’t seem to care, I doubt if I still remember my childhood friends, we have separated and in our childhood, we thought that we were all inseparable. Looks like we were!
The final chapter
I am now reading a book called Miles to go by Miley Cyrus. I actually didn’t know this but am a lot like her, her young and teenage life is the same as mine. We are into the same things, we have same the dreams. It’s not that bad, it’s very funny and sad.
I still have my whole life ahead of me, but the truth is I wish I knew what my future was holding for me then I would be prepared. I want to share my future with my friends; I want it to be like primary school again. It’s “NEVER TOO LATE” that’s one thing that I have learned throughout my life and still learning.
I thank God for all the family, friends, and enemies he has given me because I learned you should make your enemies your friends. Endings are impossible, difficult and hard. But since it’s the end I guess it has to mean something. Through life, you will face lots of challenges. You will receive, you will lose, and you have a destiny, bad and good. Which one would you choose? How will you know if it’s right or not? I don’t know, but I would choose family. Endings are difficult, but then again who says they have to end? You have only one life. Live it without regrets.
The END!
I hope you liked the mind of 13-year-old me. I think it's due for an update as so much has changed over the past 5 years.
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