The Hunt for Happiness

' Shakespeare in the Park ' These are the words that titled what basically could be called our school play, but we didn't perform a play really, we performed a series of scenes from different Shakespeare plays, and the one that I was able to perform was part of Act II Scene I of 'The Taming of the Shrew', where I played, guess who? Katerina. My partner was Johannes Exeler who played Petruchio One thing that I love about acting is getting to be a different person, I don't normally get to be so sarcastic in real life as I was when I was playing Katerina. And yes, I did love my dress. Another fun opportunity that was gained from this experience was that I was able to sing all of the songs that had lyrics that we used as interludes between the different scenes, and I even was able to sing during one scene. I sang 'Come Away Death' which the lyrics are found in Shakespeare's '12th Night' As a musical...

Holy Week in the Holy Land! Spending Holy Week (the week before Easter) in Jerusalem was a real blessing, it was the best Easter I have had yet.  Almost every day my dad and I did something to remember what Jesus did during the last week of his life. Palm Sunday: Palm Sunday in Jerusalem was a lot of fun, we went to a processional that followed the traditional route that Jesus traveled into Jerusalem The Palm Sunday Processional felt like a big party! Tuesday: Tuesday my dad and I went to Pater Nosster We met some students there from left to right: Me, Amy, Rebecca, Jake, and Loie Maundy Thursday: Or it could be called: one of the coolest daddy-daughter dates I've had with my dad It started with a Cenacle Procession to the Upper Room, where Jesus washed the feet of his disiples Then dad and I walked by Gethsemane We also stopped for dinner at a place in the Old City Called 'The Armenian Tavern'.  They h...