Claire's Nail Varnish

I've recently tired Claire's 'burgundy' colour nail polish which someone brought for me to try. I really don't go for a reddy type of nail polish but when I painted my nails with the polish it was like love at first sight and since that day I haven't taken it off. It's a 10ml bottle and it cost £2.50. I was given another two different colour's to try but still hadn't had a chance to try them. The two different colours are 'Love me not' and 'Acid' and also they are both in the red family. They also look both really good and they where also £2.50. The 'Acid' colour polish is light then the 'Burgundy' colour and looks a bit like a reddy pinky colour.

All three colours

Burgundy

Love Me Not

             

Acid

   

My mother death and how it effected me

From when my mum got sick and after her death no one ever asked me how I felt or how I was coping. I was always scared when she was alive to be left alone with her for a couple of minutes or hours. I was scared that something bad would happen and I wouldn't know what to do. I was scared that if she would die on me or when I was with her. If she was to die on me and I was alone I would always think that I would walk away from her and leaver her their. If I was to say this to anyone no one would ever understand me. 

This feeling stated a year before my mum died. One day my mum was not feeling well and she decided to stay at home. My dad went to work and then he went to pick me up at school. When we arrived at home, I was the first one to walking in and I call her name. Their was no respond. I walk in a bit more and I notice cloths on the floor. She comes out of her room naked with no cloths on. I ask her why she got no cloths. She tired to speak but the words that came out of her mouth made no sense. My dad starts to speak to her but still she was not speaking write. I start to feel sick and scared. I started to cry my dad to. My mum looked like a little child, they way she spoke and acted. We walk into her room to put some cloths on her and as we walk into the room the room was in a mess. Cloths on the floor,table lamps smashed. I then call my sister to tell what was happening all nervous and she said she was going to call an ambulance and she was on her way. I went into the back room which was being used as a storage room and stayed in their until my sister arrived. As my sister was arriving the ambulance was arriving as well. When my mum arrived at the hospital the doctors gave her a sedative to calm her down. We asked them what had happen but they had no explanation for what had happen. They didn't know if it was caused by the Cancer. I asked them if it would happen again and they said no. The next day when we went to visit her she was herself again. We asked her if she remember what had happen. She said she had no memory of yesterday. She was in hospital for a couple of days. They prescribed her some new medications. When she went back home I decided that I would look after her. Every day after school I would come home and stay with her instead of going to help my dad at the restaurant and stay with her all day when I didn't have to go to school.

Five months after this happening to my mum it happened again after the doctors told me it would never happened again. I woke up one morning not feeling to great. It was a Monday I remember getting ready to get to school and I suddenly feel a bit dizzy like I'm about to faint but it goes away. Every morning It was normal for me to give my mum her medication. I handed her a glass of water but when she grabbed the glass it dropped. I told her I would clean it up but when she spoke it sounded the same as last time. I started to feel scared of what was happening. I go to my dad and tell what has happen. He said their nothing to worry about. He took me to school as nothing had not happened. After school I receive a text message from my sister that my mum had gone to hospital for the same thing that happen last time. I arrive at the hospital my sister told me that mum was worse then last time. It look 2 days for her to get back to her own self. The doctors came to me, my sister, my dad and my niece to talk about my mum situation. The doctor told us that what my mum was going through was the aggressive part of the Cancer and that through time it was going to get worse. He told us that their where people to help us get through this and people to help look after her. The doctors suggested that we placed her in a hospice until she got better. We agreed with them. We knew that at the hospice she would be looked after well and they said we could visit at any time of the day. She was at the hospice for a couple weeks. When she came home we had nurses come and look after her, give her, her medication, showed her and feed her. 

As week went by she become more and more sick. She got so sick that we had to place her back at the hospice. She was in and out of the hospice many times in two months. As they days went she was getting more aggressive. Their was one day that she started shouting at me for no reason. By this time she was back at the hospice and I was alone with her. Even thought their where nurse outside I was still scared of what was happening.  She started shouting saying I was hurting her and that she was going to call the police to take me away. My told me to take no notice but he didn't know that I felt hurt listening to her speak like that after all I had done for her. I wanted someone to ask me how I was feeling but no one did. I some time thought about running away and never coming back. It was to much for a 13/14 year girl to handle but no one understood. On October 12th 2012 my mum passed away. She was a the hospice. On the night she died me and my dad had finished at the restaurant and we decided to go and visit her. Even though it was 11 at night they still allowed us to visit her. By this stage of her cancer she was no longer concise. She hadn't ate or drank anything in weeks. Everything was done at her bed. When we arrived at her room their was something about her breathing that was different and I knew that she was dying.  

Her death had a big effect on me. Since her death I've never been the same person. In my mind I know I need help. I know from her death I caught some kind of depression but I'm scared of what they might say. One day I will gain the courage to speak to some about my problems.     

I would like to thank the staff at Marie Curie Hospice for everything they did for my mum.            

Day at the London Zoo

On Thursday 28th May me and my Friend Emily spent the day at the London Zoo. We decided to do this as we hadn't been to the zoo since we where little girls. I was so happy to see all the animals and the new baby animals and touching them. I felt like a little kid going to the zoo for the first time. My favourite animal is Giraffes. I like them because over their long neck and their colour.


When we arrived at the zoo we got our photo taken on the green screen. Which is when they can change the background of the photo to what ever they want or you want. These our how mine and my friend Emily pictures turned out to be.












After we did the green screen experience we went and look at the animal's. I love taking pictures of anything new I see or anything that catches my eye. While I was at the zoo I look over 200 pictures of the animals and landscapes. These are the pictures I took at the zoo. They are taken and edited by me.

  

   

I had so much fun at the zoo with Emily. For the first time in my life I got to see the whole zoo in a day. After the zoo we went for a meal at Pizza Express. Had such a nice meal and we had good service.

Diana Alves 

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Are fast-food companies the ones to blame for obesity?

In 2008, more than 1.4 billion adults, over 20, were diagnosed as being obese. This is a rapid rising static so why has no one done anything to prevent this fat epidemic? Some people may argue that fast food companies such as McDonald’s and Burger King are to blame for this death sentence of being fast food dangerously over weigh. Fast food companies are to blame, however I also believe that it is the public’s own responsibility.

Firstly, fast food alone is a huge contributor to obesity. Considering the millions of people served at fast food restaurants versus any other eating establishment, fast food restaurants hold a particular responsibility to provide nutritious, tasty and healthy food. Instead, most fast food restaurants provide clearly unhealthy food, or unhealthy food disguised as natural foods, such as salads with low fat salad dressing. In MacDonald’s the chicken and bacon salad that has 16 g of fat has more fat contents then a sweet chill Mayo chicken sandwich which has 10g of fat. The meals that are served at these fast food outlets mainly come with fries as their sides normally contain over 1,000 calories, which is more than half of an average person’s daily amount. The NHS recommends that an average male should eat about 2,500 calories a day and a female should eat about 2,000 calories a day.        

A recent 2014 study has shown that 34% of an average British income is spent on greasy takeaways and fat-filled feasts. Fast foods restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger king have offers and promotions advertised on their homepage of their websites and even downloadable apps that offer “Exclusive offers”. Low prices are used to engage the public to come and buy their fatty food. Places such as Sam’s chicken sells products such as hot dogs for 99p. However the chicken that is sold at prices low as £3.49 is full of grease and is most likely to be the giblets, skin and toe nails that are not used in the average chicken roast that you will have on a Sunday evening. The foods that fast food restaurants advertise to the public looks pleasing, juice and mouth-watering but really when you have it in your hands it looks disgusting, sickening and unappealing. It like the food the use in the adverts and posters are not real it look like they used plastic food models that 4 years play with in their role play kitchen.     

However people must realise that the public are equally to blame for their junk food intake. Place such as “Boost juice bars” provided health alternatives to their unhealthy takeaway. Tottenham court road has a “Boost Juice Bar” which is located next door a three floor MacDonald’s. Also the people in general are to blame due to them wanting to waste their money greasy and fatty foods. From my own experience I have seen that fast food restaurants are brain washing poor innocent young children into wanting and liking these hell houses. This has been done by fast food restaurants having songs to do with these restaurants the song that is most common and most children know is “A Pizza Hut”.  MacDonald’s brain wash their children by placing breakable toys or games in children’s happy meals making children asking their parents to buy them a happy meal just for the toy that in 2 days’ time the children will lose it or even the toys will break. It is very shocking that before most children can speak they can recognise the MacDonald’s logo.  

Fast food has become an addiction for human beings it’s like someone being addicted to drugs or alcohol. Even though fast food is easily available to most people, still individuals have to make a choice to maintain their health. Most people may say that fast food outlets are to blame for their fatness but I think they are wrong because use people decided what to eat, what to spend are money on and what to do. It is shocking to see how many human beings are being brainwashed into eating greasy, fattening and unreal fast food. Fast food outlets is not healthy and it will never be healthy. After every person has fast food to eat they don’t have the energy or the power to do any type of exercise, instead they go home and sit in front of the TV the rest of the day.       

In conclusion I think that fast food outlets are to blame for obesity. I think this because after the first fast food restaurant to open (Wimpy in 1974) the rate of obesity increased by 45% and more people become ill and start to get health problems. Also fast food outlets are to blame as they decided to add MSG into their foods making people craving more of their food and always coming back to their restaurant for more. There are many people in the world that don’t know what they are eating and what is contain in their food for all they know they might be eating a nice, rich and tasty piece of chicken but really they might be eating a horrible, unreal and disgusting pigeon.     

MADEIRA ISLAND

 Madeira is an island located in the north of the Atlantic Ocean. Madeira it was first discovered by two Portuguese’s sailors called Joao Goncalves Zarco and Tristao Vaz Teixeira in 1419 and then settled in 1420. Today, it is popular all year round resort, being visited by about one million tourist who arrive by plane or cruise. The best time to go Madeira on holiday is in the summer time as it the hottest time of the year and you can enjoy the beautiful sandy beaches.

Madeira is really famous for its Madeira wine, flowers, landscapes and for its annual New Year celebrations that features the largest firework show in the world. The capital city is Funchal which is the main harbour for any cruise ships to dock from all over the world. There are 34 cities in Madeira counting the capital city. Madeira is 57 km long, 22 km width and has an area of 741 km2. Madeira has a population of just under 270,000.

There are a lot of stuff you can do while you are on holiday in Madeira. One thing you can do is go on walks and hiking which is a great activity for people who like to walk for hours and it’s a great walk for people who love to explore new places. Another thing you can do while on holiday is a boat trip on the offshore or coast of the island which will included whale watching and swimming with the dolphins. Also you can do is ride in the cable cars which is a 560m high way of travelling from the top of the mountain to the capital city. So from Monte to Funchal. Which approximately takes 15 minutes to get from one end to the other.

Useful Websites to find out more about Madeira Island:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeira
• http://www.madeira-web.com/madeira.html
• http://www.madeira-tourist.com/

Airlines that fly to Madeira:

• Easyjet -  http://www.easyjet.com/en/
• A TAP - http://www.flytap.com/UnitedKingdom/en/Homepage
• Monarch - http://www.monarch.co.uk/
• Thomas Cook - http://www.thomson.co.uk/
• Jet2 - http://www.jet2.com/flights/portugal/madeira
• Lufthansa - http://www.lufthansa.com/
• Air France - http://www.airfrance.co.uk/

CANCER : The horrible diseases

As everyone knows my mother had breast cancer and she was not lucky and died in 2014. Cancer is a horrible illness and will ruin the life of the person with the illness and it friends and family. So I decided to do a post about Cancer.

Cancer also known as a malignant tumour or malignant neoplasm, is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumours are cancerous; benign tumours do not spread to other parts of the body. Possible signs and symptoms include: 

• a new lump
• abnormal bleeding
• a prolonged cough
• unexplained weight loss
• a change in bowel movements

While these symptoms may indicate cancer they may also occur due to other issues. There are over 200 different known cancers that affect humans. Some of them are:

• Breast cancer
• Brain tumour
• Bladder cancer
• Testicular cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Leukaemia
• Lung cancer
• Ovary cancer

Tobacco use is the cause of about 22% of cancer deaths. Another 10% is due to obesity, a poor diet, lack of physical activity, and drinking alcohol. Other factors include certain infections, exposure to ionizing radiation, and environmental pollutants. In the developing world nearly 20% of cancers are due to infections such as hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human papillomavirus. These factors act, at least partly, by changing the genes of a cell.

Approximately 5–10% of cancers are due to genetic defects inherited from a person's parents. Cancer can be detected by certain signs and symptoms or screening tests. It is then typically further investigated by medical imaging and confirmed by biopsy. 

Many cancers can be prevented by not smoking, maintaining a healthy weight, not drinking too much alcohol, eating plenty of vegetables, fruits and whole grains, being vaccinated against certain infectious diseases, not eating too much red meat, and avoiding too much exposure to sunlight. Early detection through screening is useful for cervical and colorectal cancer. The benefits of screening in breast cancer are controversial. Cancer is often treated with some combination of radiation therapy, surgery, chemotherapy, and targeted therapy. Pain and symptom management are an important part of care. Palliative care is particularly important in those with advanced disease. The chance of survival depends on the type of cancer and extent of disease at the start of treatment. In children under 15 at diagnosis the five year survival rate in the developed world is on average 80%.For cancer in the United States the average five year survival rate is 66%.

In 2012 about 14.1 million new cases of cancer occurred globally. It caused about 8.2 million deaths or 14.6% of all human deaths. The most common types of cancer in males are lung cancer, cancer, colorectal cancer, and stomach cancer, and in females, the most common types are breast cancer, colorectal cancer, lung cancer, and cervical cancer. Skin cancer is not included in these statistics and if it were it would account for at least 40% of cases. In children acute lymphoblastic leukaemia and brain tumours are most common except in Africa where non-Hodgkin lymphoma occurs more often. In 2012 about 165,000 children less than 15 years of age were diagnosed with cancer. The risk of cancer increases significantly with age and many cancers occur more commonly in developed countries. Rates are increasing as more people live to an old age and as lifestyle changes occur in the developing world. The financial costs of cancer have been estimated at $1.16 trillion US dollars per year. 

These are the names of some charities that support cancer:

• Macmillan Cancer Support -http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Home.aspx
• Cancer Research - http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/ 
• Marie Curie Cancer Care - http://www.mariecurie.org.uk/ 
• Breast Cancer - http://www.breastcancercare.org.uk/

My crushes 😍💔

So far I have had four big or can I say massive crushes,which not even one became a serious relationship. This was because that I've have never had the courage to tell them what I thought about them and felt for them.(Not going to use their real names)

My first crush was Boy 1 who came from Madeira. His mum worked as a cleaner at the flat that my parent own in Madeira that one day will be mine. He was this tall, tanned, brown haired boy. I first fell in love with him when his mum started to bring him over to my house so that we could be friends and play, But one day his mum decides to leave him and me alone at home so that she could go out to the shops to buy some food for lunch. Apparently his mum said that when she came back from the shops that he had his arm around me while watching a film. This was so long ago that I've forgot of what had happened on that day. It was so many years ago and plus I was really young at that time. So it was getting to the day that I had to leave so I could come back to London and on that day he goes missing. He made everyone worried. He was not at his dad's house, He was not at his sister house. Well it was time for me to go and catch my plane so we weren't much help to look for him. So arrive in London and we call them to see if they had found him and guess what they had. So we ask why he had run away for and he said "it was because Diana had not said bye to me and I was really sad so I decided to run away." I was shocked for the excuses he gave for running away.

My second crush was Boy 2 who attended primary school and was the same age. He was the popular boy in my class which every girl liked him including me. Primary school was the worst years of my life but I tell you another time. I never told him how I felt because he was popular and I was one of them loners who had no friends and was always alone. He never looked in my direction and never felt the same way as I felt for him. Their where rumours that he liked this girl called Girl 1. I never liked her from the first day I saw her she looked like one of them bitches that would only be friends with you when she need help or something. She use to think that she was the queen of the world but she wasn't. 

My third crush was Boy 3. His mum was and still is a great friend of my family. He way ONLY five years old than me. From the first time I saw him I never liked him but one day their was something about him that made me fall in love with him. I didn't know what. With this crush I was not scared and told him what I felt for him and when I told him he said that he felt the same way for me. Which was a great relief. He kept on asking me to go out with him on a date but for some reason I would always say NO. I think it was because I didn't want to ruin the friendship we had and I knew that if we where to be together everything would change. And I hate change. Their was one time I was texting him and ask if he was OK. He said he wasn't because he just found out that his girlfriend of a year was leaving him for another girl. Which was sad but at the same time funny. I always think about him and me and how it would be if we where together. Now every time I see him theirs like an awkwardness between us two. What wrong with me?????????

My fourth crush was Boy 4 another boy from my primary school, who also was popular and would not look at me. I never use to like him because he was one of them show off's, who everyone would be proud off because he was good at football and appeared in the local newspaper because of his football. He was another like Boy 2. He also had a crush on Girl 1. Which with his luck he actually went out with her for some time. I started to like him after one night I had a dream that me and him would get marry, have children and live happily ever after. Which only happened in moves. That dream got me thinking that I might have a shot with him but what was I thinking that would never happen. Crazy me!!! I know that I will never find someone who will love me they way I love them and that I will be alone the rest of my life and grow old with 1000000000000000000000000 CAT'S.