Monday 25 April 2016

Easter in Romania

Easter is the most important holiday for christian people in Romania. Next weekend Romanian people celebrate Easter. They start to prepare for Easter 45 days before it when people stop eating meat, eggs and milk. While people prepare their bodies and souls for this holiday, they clean the houses and wash everything; these habits mean everybody and everything must be clean and pure.
Great Week starts on Sunday before Easter when people go to church to celebrate Flowers Sunday. This habit means Jesus's entry into Jerusalem and people touting him putting flowers on the ground, so Romanian People take blessed flowers from church, bring them home to bless the house and the people.
Great Thursday is the day when Romanian people go to church to eat Holly Bread and drink Holly Wine as Jesus did at Last Supper. Also in this day people paint eggs in the Romanian traditional manner. Red eggs were the norm due to the color’s association with Christ’s blood. On Great Friday Romanian women cook traditional food with lamb and make traditional sweets as Easter Bread and Pasca (cake made with cheese and raisins).
On Saturday before midnight people go to church where lights are dimmed and the candlelight, borne by the priest, is passed among the members of the congregation, who hold unlit candles. These candles may be taken home as a reminder of the service and to spread the holiness of the candles to their own homes. Only after this service people could eat meat.
Sunday or Easter Day people celebrate with their families and friends, enjoy eating all the traditional foods and especially playing the popular game knocking eggs together end-to-end. Monday is the second day of Easter, when people meet together having a BBQ and still celebrating the Holiday.




Monday 4 April 2016

Loving Canada

Version 1

If one day somebody will ask me "why do you love Canada?" I have an awesome answer for him, I have so many reasons to love Canada. I do so because in my opinion is the best country where I can live.
Canada is a beautiful country with oceans and mountains, long rivers and magnificent lakes, impressive fauna and many more.
Canadian people help you fall in love with their country. They are extremely friendly and polite. As an immigrant I feel comfortable to live among Canadians; they become your friends very easy.
The economy in this country  is high. Canada offers a job, good salary, and a safe life.
The weather is not my favorite because I prefer high temperatures but Canada has places with various temperatures. If you prefer snow in the middle of July go up to Jasper's mountains or you can get a very hot day at the Pacific Ocean. Getting four seasons in one month it was weird but interesting to me.
As a parent, I'm very tankful to this society which sustained having children and it involves in their education.  The Government made and makes programs and activities for kids, school is free of charge and other extra activities are paid by them.


Version 2 (last paragraph)

As a parent, I'm very tankful<<thankful to this society which sustained<<present tense having children and it<<antecedent involves in their education. The Government made and makes programs and activities for kids, school is free of charge and other extra activities are paid by them<<who??.


Version 3