Spirit Day 2oo9 ~ .

On Saturday, November 28 2009, we went to a special event called Spirit Day. We left the school early in the morning at 10:30am and got home late at 10:30pm. We spent almost 12 hours there. It was a very long and exciting day, but even though, on the way home, none of us were tired or slept on the bus. We were all talking about how fun the day was and that we wanted to stay even longer. We all learned a lot of things and I would like to have that same experience again.

When we first got into the school, I didn't know what we were going to do first. We actually had a few games. My favorite one was "Funky Chicken". It's where one person would say, "let me see your *insert person or animal here*!" And the rest of the people would go, "What's that you say?!" And they repeat that 2 or 3 times then the one person would do an action related to the person/animal. ex. For Spongebob you would say "I'm ready! I'm ready!" That was a great way to start the day and I was laughing for almost the whole time.

One of my favorite parts were Brad and Gene's acts. They were very entertaining, you couldn't keep your eyes off the stage, which made it good. They were excellent jugglers... and comedians. From Brad, it was funny when he taught us how to quickly tie a tie... and with Gene, I enjoyed watching him struggle to get out of the straightjacket! Both acts were very funny. Sometimes they did tell some stories about their families which were very touching. Like Brad, he told us the story about his sister Britney, who had a disability and had a lot of challenges to overcome. The thing is that he focused more on what he did for her, how it made him feel and such, not that fact that she passed away or how she did.

Another one of my favorite parts is the singing. Matt Meher is awesome... my favorite song is 'Alive Again'. I can relate to that song in a way... I also liked the song "Glorious"... I pretty much liked them all. Sometimes I go to YouTube and listen to those songs. It was fun clapping, singing, and even dancing to the songs. They all had a meaning related to God.

The 'So You Think You've Got Talent Crew Idol" game was very fun to watch. It turned out funny in the end because none of the contestants won... Matt Meher did! It taught us that winning isn't everything and when you are doing something, you do it because you enjoy it and have fun. Not because you want to win.

I met... or atleast saw... some people I know from other schools. We all also saw Lily again, a classmate and good friend of mostly the girls since gr.6. We also saw Noah, our classmate we used to have back in gr.5 who transferred to Capilano Elementary School. There was also Nelson and Dominik, 2 of our other past classmates in the younger years. They haven't changed much and it was great to see alot of people, enjoying the same thing as us.

That Saturday was a very fun day. If it were possible I'd like to attend it again with my class... I will not forget the great experience I had. We learned many things and Spirit Day was a great time for us to get ready for Confirmation.