The Irish hunger strike

The hunger strike started as a passive protest because the police had convicted them as criminals but they thought they were guerillas or some sort of resistance. They refused to wear the criminal orange outfit they make you wear and in lack of other clothes they walked around wrapped in the blankets from their beds.

After a while they started smearing their excrement on the cell walls just to show the outside world that they were beeing treated like animals. Shortly after that they started with their hunger strike to protest even more to their uncooth treatment. The mothers of the men in the prison started a campaign to select Bobby Sands (one of the inmates) to their new representative in their parliament. Bobby was selected but even this didn't help to get the inmates out and not even approving a better lifestyle within the walls.

Ten people died during their 53 days long hunger strike until the strike was called of.

I thought the movie was very enlightening because you really get to see people that have a lifestyle that is so much worse. At least it makes me rethink my life and my priorities.. You should really see the movie because it is absolutely worth seeing.

// R4v3n

The funniest/most embarrasing thing that ever happened to me!

A few years ago I was in Denmark with a friend, his family and my family on a amusement park called "Backen". Me and my friend Gustav had a blast and we were riding all the rides in the park and finally we picked up the courage to go on the ride called extreme.

It was spinning and tossing us all over and it was so great that we began to laugh. Then I hear a woman scream that he should stop the ride.. About two seconds later I realized it was my mother screaming that I was crying to the poor man that was driving the ride..

So he stopped it completely and thats the most embarrasing moment of my entire life..
I hope at least that you enjoy it!

//R4v3n

What is success?

Well, success to me is when you are completely happy with your life and when you can take care of yourself.

Everyone dreams of success but most of the people are out after the money that is to be made and earned. I think that we should take the buddhist monks example to not own anything and be satisfied with what we got.

And most religious leaders think that we want to get successful as a punishment by God because Eve ate of the apple in Gods paradise.
We have forgotten what is really important here in life and we only think of ourselves and not on our fellow man.

So being successful has nothing to do with money according to me. It's all about feeling happy with yourself and what you do. Although you will always need a small amount of money.. Like it or not.

// R4v3n

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Schoolbreak!

Hi everyone!

now it's finally time to have another break in school. And in Sweden we call this break for "sportlov". It's a break where most people go skiing in the alps or maybe in Aspen and sometimes they even visit their relatives in distant lands.
On my break I will go to my grandmother and grandafther to their summercottage in Norrtälje.
I will just sit by the fireplace and read a nice book. And after I'm done with my book I will read the english book we've been given by our teacher in english.

I will write more soon when I'm inspired and feel like it ;)

//R4v3n