After, almost two days of traveling on plane and then by car, starting on July 3, 2011, I finally reached Swat, Pakistan on July the 4th. Everything was new and different to me, even though my parents were born here I had no clue of what to expect. I was born in Montreal, Quebec and finally at the age of 14, I got to see my home country. The house my father grew up in, my moms mother, the relatives I heard about, but never met or seen, it was all very exciting. The area of Pakistan in which my relatives and I live in was beautiful. It is very elevated and at the very top of Pakistan close to the border of Afghanistan. So the car ride to my small village was 6 hours from Islamabad ( the capital of Pakistan) which was where our plane landed. It wasn't the greatest ride because we were getting higher and higher and it wasn't the smoothest ride as well. But in the end, I reached the village.
As I get out of the car, I can here little voices saying, "They are here, they are here." My older brother who left a few months before us was also there, I forgot to mention that the reason we were came all the way across the world was because my brother was getting married that summer, in our village. As I enter the house, I see that I have a lot of cousins, I saw my aunts and uncles etc.... big family. Everyone was as excited as I was, but unfortunately I had no idea of what most of my cousins names were. By the end of the months however I knew everyone. I also felt that it was good that I came now I know more about my family which is very vast. The two months went by super quick, and in those two months I lived free on any electronics because our village is so small, the electricity is unpredictable, it comes and goes. Before coming my mother had told me about that and I was like what was i suppose to do for two months without internet?!! It actually turned out really fun cause i wouldn't have had the time to go on the internet. I visited many places and saw a lot of different things. The last few days were very sad because i would miss everyone so much, but i said after I graduate i would come visit again. That was my trip to Pakistan this summer.
Let me tell you more about myself. Soccer and reading are my top favorite hobbies. When I was younger me and my brothers would play soccer the whole day till our mother, literally dragged us inside to eat. I play soccer because I love it. Books, books I could read forever. I have one to many favorite books, I can't pick just one because every book I have read is worthy to be my favorite. I love watching the Vancouver Canucks play, my favorite player is number 3, Kevin Bieksa. When i get older i would like to travel to as many places as I can and see the world. I never really thought of this, but i like history. I speak Pashtu, the language spoken in certain parts of Pakistan usually the areas near Afghanistan. I was born in Montreal so yes, I speak French, but not as fluently as i used to because I don't practice it much. I also speak the language I am writing in, English. I think that is a pretty good summary of who I am.
What I want to get out of this online hybrid Planning 10 course is to learn more about my life and obviously how to plan my life after high school. I hope we will do some fun activities to keep me interested.
Sadiqa Khan, 772601
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