A Dog Like No Other

The picture that I chose to pick was of the dog that was with the grave of the dead owner. It goes to show that a dog can be very loyal to the owner. In the description, it says that, "A dog named "Leao" sits for a second consecutive day at the grave of her owner, who died in the disastrous landslides near Rio de Janiero on January 15, 2011." Also I heard more information about the picture and it says that the dog kept on coming back to the owner's grave everytime people take the god away from th grave. The dog Leao didn't even eat on those two days waiting for the owner to come back. In the picture, I see a dog patiently waiting for the owner to get out of the grave and feed the dog (I guess). The grave seems to be out in the middle of no where but the dog was still able to find the owner. I guess the owner died from falling into one of those landslides or something filling the landslide where the owner was located at with the dirt. What is happening now is Leao is sitting next to the owner's grave just waiting for the time when the owner comes back from the dead. The dog is probably looking at a car that is coming to take the dog away and put Leao in a cage. The other land slides are just empty, but the grave has full of dirt on top. One thing that questions me is, why are there landslides in this place? Also how did the owner die exactly?

I have a dog exactly like that. I have another golden retriever named Maya. She is like the dog Leao. I even tried it, I place my dog in my front yard and tell her to sit and I tell my dad to drive me to the nearest park. Once I got there I just waited for Maya to see if she knows where I am, and luckily enough I saw my dog running towards me. I really do not know how these dogs do it. I even did it again but when to a park that was farther from my house, I went to a park in South Plainfield and I did the same thing again, left my dog in the front yard. Guess what happened!? Maya came to the park again! I was so happy that I treated her to many dog treats. I think that Leao was the same with the owner. When I was in Ecuador, I saw this kid and this dog. The kid was homeless and begged for me to keep his dog. I was nervous cause I could not say no or yes. I told her that I could find a person to take care of his dog. He was so glad and it seemed like this kid did not eat for about a week now. When I said that I could help find a house for his dog, he was glad and just slowly diedin front of me. All he did was close his eyes and next thing I know he stopped moving. The dog was whining and pushing the little owner but he did not move. I felt sad and I tried taking the dog but he did not want to move. I picked the dog since he was so little but when I was almost home and I putthe dog down to get my keys and open the door. I saw that the dog just went full speed to the way we came walking from. I followed the dog and I saw that it went back where the little boy died right in front of me. I felt so sad but I took the boy and dug a hole in the nearest park and put a small cross on it. The dog was so sad since he now knew what happened to his owner. I took the dog again and found him a home. I told the new owner that whenever you walk the dog and the dog runs away, go to the park where his old owner was buried at. The owner agreed and took the dog.

What I think will happen in this picture is that someone will take the dog away to a new owner and let the dog visit the old owner's grave from time to time. I think it will be like the other story about te homeless boy and his dog. Leao will be very sad and try to run away to the owner's grave and just wait there again like always. One thing that they should do though is to find an owner that lives close to where the landslides are located at. It would be good for the dog so that the dog can visit the owner's grave. Also they should tell the new owner of the dog that when the dog dies, they should have the dog get buried either right next to the owner, or in one of those holes close to the owner. It would be the most best ting for a person to do for a dog that is sad, to let it be next to the owner for eternity. But they should also make a memorial for that person and have a another memorial for the dog when it dies. Leao is very loyal to her owner. There are other dogs like Leao in the world but she will be remembered for the most. I liked this photo the most because, out of all of the other 40 photos I saw, when I saw that picture of the dog waiting for its owner, it made me remember of what happened in Ecuador. It also made me feel bad for the dog cause I know that there is no use in waiting for a dead person to come back but the dog does not know any better. I just hope that Leao is alive right now and in good health and visit her owner every once and a while.

My trip to Madrid

Madrid is the capital and the largest city in Spain. It is also the third largest city in the European Union. The populations of Madrid is roughly about 3.3 million people. The whole Madrid city extends a total of 233.3 square miles. Madrid is also in the middle Spain. Madrid is home to the Spainsh monarch.

It was March 10, 2022 and I was freaking out at the time cause I had no more money because I had wasted almost all of my money on a ticket for a soccer game. The only way to actually get some money back is to find a job and pay for the hotel that I am staying right now. I had some time because I just got to Madrid and for the hotel I said that I was gonna stay in there for about one week and a half. The good news was that the hotel was gonna let me pay for the hotel when I was going to leave back to the airport and then home. I told them my situation and they totally understood my situation about the ticket for a game. And they even knew that I needed a job so they offered me one but I asked how much I had to pay and they said "About 800 euros." My mouth just dropped. How was I supposed to get 800 euros in a week and half? Then I asked the manager about how much will I earn if I accept the job for the one week and a half, He said about 300 euros. I got mad that it wouldn't be enough to repay the hotel. I had to find another job. Luckily I found a help wanted sign on a nearby restaurnat, the bad news was that it was for a waiter. I won't be able to earn 500 euros in only a week and half of being a waiter. I knew I had to find a plan to get the 500 euros in a week and a half. The next day came and it was the day of the soccer game that I bought from most of my money. When I was entering I noticed that it was Real Madrid vs. Barcelona or known as El Clasico. I also noticed that there was a betting booth nearby. It was a great oppourtunity to bet and try to get as much money as I can. I said that I bet for Real Madrid and the person in the booth went for Barcelona, I only had about 100 euros with me since it was emergency money. I placed it all and the person said that he will go twice the amount and bet 200 euros. I got nervous because if I lose the bet, I won't be able to pay for my food anymore.

It was halftime and the score was 1-3 and Barcelona was winning by two points. I got even more nervous because the team that I was betting on was losing by two goals. The only thing I could now is pray so that my team makes 3 or goals and Barcelona scores nothing so Real Madrid can win. It was an interesting match in the second half, it got down to 5-5 and it just got to extra time and it could be anyone's game. Only one goal from either team and they win. I was shaking on hoping that my team wins and I get the 200 euros. Next thing I remembered was my team making a goal and me going crazy from the happiness that I won the bet. I now had 300 euros and I only needed 200 more euros before I can pay the hotel and go back home in peace. As I was walking back outside from the stadium, I saw that there was a bakruptcy taking place right now and the robbers took the truck full of money but forgot to close the back door and a bag full of money just fell out right in front of me. The robbers didn't stop because the cops were right behind them and the cops didn't stop to take the money as well since they were busy trying to get the robbers. I looked around and apparently no one was outside near me. It was the biggest tempatition to the bad guy and take the money which was about 900 euros in bag or just be good guy and take the money and bring  it to the police. I was desperate so I took the money back to my place. I don't know how no one noticed that I was holding a bag full of stolen money like it was commen for them or something but they didn't stop me in bringing the money in my hotel room.

I was counting on how much money I got from the bag after having to pay for the hotel. I got 200 euros from the game and 900 euros from the bag. I still took the job in the hotel so that I can actually keep some money so in total I earned about 600 euros after paying for the hotel. I was extremely happy to actually earn much money in only about a couple of days. When the day of when I had to pack up and leave, I went all Around Madrid on a spending spree and bought many, many things like about 100 souvenirs for all of my friends and family, and ate in 5 star restaurants. I will miss Madrid and hope I can go back there soon again.

Impact of Hurricane Sandy

The day when the Hurricane came, my family already knew that it was gonna come so we just decided to sit back and watch Madea Witness Protection Program. While we were in the middle of the movie, I was told that my friend's light were flickering but I didn't know about it since I turned the lights of for the movie. Then a friend told me that their power went out but they lived in Sctoch Plains and next thing I know when I told my friend that i hope my power wont go out, my power went out. I used my Ipod as a light to go downstairs and check on my Dad. He turned on about 4 candles and told me to put one of them in my room and another in my parents room. After a while waiting to see if the power would come back on, I knew it was hopeless of me just waiting for the power to come back on by how strong the wind was. I was just waiting for the power to come back so that I could get back on facebook so that I could chat with my friends. Also my Ipod battery was dying so I preserved the battery for later use, just in case something happens and I need it.

 It seemed like time just went on slow motion cause the time pasted so slowly, so what my family did was go to the kitchen and talk about all the memories my family had when we were in Ecuador. I couldn't participate most of the time because  I was in the story too much since I only lived in Ecuador until I was 2 so all the memories either happened before I was born or I just couldn't remember. Then my Dad started talking about legends of Ecuador. My Dad asked "Bryan do you want to know an urban legend of church in the capital?" "Sure." I said enthusiastically. It was kinda interesting but in most parts he said that it was supposed to creep me out and not be able to go to sleep but it was easy. He even told me a cool legend where there are places all over in Ecuador where if u feel soft dirt and you put your hand in there, if you go deep enough you will find a lot of money like about $200. The only bad thing is that if you try and grab the money and take it out from the dirt, you automatically die. For a couple of days, my family really got closer together without all of the electricity, so all we could so was just talk to each other. We actually settled differences we had for so long, and got to know each other better now.

After like one week past after Hurricane Sandy hit us, my house was getting too cold to stay in what I did was to ask my parents if I could sleep over friends' houses everyday so that I don't have to sleep in the cold, and surprisingly my Dad said yes. I was kinda excited to finally see my friends again after from what had happened I couldn't know if anything bad had happened to any of my friends or what and I have this friend that came over with her family and when they got to my house, they noticed how cold my house was and asked if they wanted for us to go to their house and be in the warmth (they had gotten power after a couple of days after Sandy hit). I was about to go emotional when I noticed they had wifi and i was able to get into it. My exact words when i turned the wifi on was "OMG! I am finally out of the Stone Age and back into the real world. I am first gonna check facebook to see if anyone is alive?" My friend heard me and just started laughing like crazy. Hehe i started to laugh as well. I asked her parents if i can stay over here and they said, "Our house is your house" and showed me the guest's room. I settled all of my things (extra pant and shirt) in the guest room and came back to see my friend and just spend quality time with her. I also bonded more with her now. I felt bad that I was gonna sleep at my friend's house while my parents go back to the cold house, but then he told me something that made me happy, he said " A good friend of mine just called me saying that they have light and that they have a lot of room for our whole family to spend the night at." I told him if I could stay at my friend's house even though the rest of my family was going to another house (they don't have a person my age to interact with). He knew that so he smiled and said sure. This solved our problem about us sleeping in warmth. I forgot completely to go to another house cause my friend and her family really takes care of me like I an part of the family as well. I actually call my Dad everyday to see if the power came back or not but every time i ask him he just gives me the same response "I'm sorry but no." After awhile I just gave up on calling my Dad to check. Wednesday morning I woke up from someone calling me early in the morning. I picked up and realized that it was my Dad and he told me that our house just got power back. I was so happy that I wanted to go but it would have been rude leaving early at my friend's house. I told her mom and she said in concerned "So you are gonna leave right now?" I felt sad about actually thinking on leaving soon but I just told her that I will stay until it gets dark again and maybe spend one more day. Her expression changed into an excited smile. They really like my company there. Even my friend was thrilled that i was staying for a little longer. We had so much fun i almost forgot it was already 10 and I forgot to tell my Dad that I was gonna stay for one more day, but my friend's mom already called my Dad so I was even more surprised that he is letting me do this again. I left the next day around noon,and came back to my normal life. I realized how the internet actually kept me away from interacting mire with friends and family. After about a couple of days, I was just waiting for school to start again and go back to my daily life.