MERRY CHRISTMAS

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Journey back....

Our train on the way home got canceled, so we had to wait for the next one that came an hour later. Luckily we found an area that we could sit in without freezing our butts off (it was pretty cold). So, we got on the train and managed to sit next to each other. Mrs. Jackson led us in some fun games that we played. 

The last one was the best, we stuck post-it notes with names on our knees (usually you stick them on your forehead, but then we would have been able to see what was written on them in the reflection). Then, we had to ask questions to find out who our person was. I was King Kong. Mrs. Jackson was Santa Claus. And with that, I wish you a very Merry Christmas Eve and a Happy Hanukkah! :)

The NESDA team

We all waited in tense anticipation, and even though all of the BSNers thought that Maaike and I should have won, we didn't, which was kind of a shame because all of the other four teams got some kind of prize except for us. (Bronze, Silver, tie for Gold and Audience's Favourite) Sarah got a second place award for her speech. *clap, clap, clap!* 

Here is the NESDA team, a great group of people who all made the experience unforgettable:

From L-R: Top row - Mr. Le Heux, Amelia, Tari, Fergus
Middle row - Abbi, Sarah, Becky, Veronica
Bottom row - Maaike, Ines, Emily, Ms. Jackson

FINALS!

At the very end of Friday, the posters for the FINALS went up. And guess what!? Maaike and I got into the FINALS for our duet acting piece!! It was just us and one other girl, Sarah Weinberg who got into the FINALS from our school.

We didn't have to get up as early on Saturday, but we made our way over to the ISB to watch the semi-FINALS for debate. Here are some photos from the FINALS:

Mr. Le Heux was judging the Oral Interp FINALS

Maaike and I starting our duet acting on the stage for the FINALS

Freeze frame at the end...

Debate FINALS

Fun with the Camera

Unlucky us, Amelia and I stayed at Luca's house up in our bedroom all of Friday night while everyone else got to go somewhere with their hosts (eg the Christmas markets in the center of Brussels). While Amelia was in the shower, I took out my camera and did some more playing around with it....Here are two of the best results.....

I love the colours in this photo and the way that the background is blurred....

Debate

Amelia was competing in Debate and Original Oratory. The Debate was hard work; she had to write two speeches, for and against Nuclear Power. (Amelia and Tari were pretty scary durning their affirmative debate. They kept doing 'points of information' and the opposing team were getting pretty scared! It was REALLY funny to see Amelia scare these guys who look like they write debates for fun!)

 And on top of that she and her debate partner had to do an impromptu debate as well. The topic for the impromptu debate was "Service to the community should be obligatory for teenagers." And Amelia and Tari were debating for that. 

The Semi-finals for Debate

Lunch Time!

After we had done our first round of disciplines, we went down to the basement to eat lunch. They have a pretty epic cafeteria, unlike our school (not that Mike's Place is bad, it's just not like this was...). They had nice pastas and yummy deserts as well as a hot food section and a interesting salad bar.