Starting with an essay

Hey guys! its been three days since I last uploaded, and just to start with I've decided to show you guys an exam practice piece that I managed to do in English class, as part of my GCSE exam practice. And no, I'm not being lazy by putting up some essay work that I managed to rock up in class although that is very tempting as I STILL have no clue what I'm going to write about in future posts :p.I can't remember exactly what the task set to do in the timed 45 minutes was, but the task was taken from a past English paper, and the choices were either writing about something adventureous that involved someone being helped, or an article explaining how and why us humans spend to much time and money on the welfare of animals. 

Now, being the journalist-inspiring, awkward and challenge-loving being that I am, I decided to go for the frightful article. I'd try to put my own twist to it, as I knew it was one not many others would go for. I'm pretty proud of this, which is rare for work that I do myself personally, but here it is.

xo, Ziona <3

P.s. If imaginative writing isn't your thing, it's okay if you just skip this one, it's really just something to get the ball rolling with this whole blogging thing to be honest :)


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Do we worry too much about the welfare of animals? 

Animals-you gotta love em! Whether it's the annual family summer trip to the local zoo; a beloved pet or a late night documentary, I'm sure you'll agree that it is an enjoyable experience (most of the time)! And why wouldn't it be?The animal kingdom is truly astounding; from high pitched birds that look as if a rainbow's thrown up all over them. to majestic golden lions and creepy critters that send shivers down your backside. Their designer (or whatever else you believe) obviously had seriously good taste. The animal kingdom is an exquisite and indeed intriguing topic, but what if I told you that sometimes ,us homo-sapiens pay a little too much attention to the well-being on animals, instead of just ourselves?

Now I know exactly what your thinking by now: "What kind of cold-hearted monster would ever utter such words?", but after all those save a *Insert name of endangered and/or sad, cute looking animal* adverts one every other channel that send you on a major guilt-trip in a space of thirty seconds, I don't say I'd blame you! But hey, give me a chance, and let me tell you why I believe we focus too much on the welfare of animals and too less on ourselves.

First thing's first, humans are a priority. We're more clever, product, clean (well most of us) and of more benefit and use to the world on a whole then animals. Yes we create pollution, chop down trees , we're making a hole in the o-zone layer and whatever else, but we're more important. Yet instead of gathering as a global community and ensuring that every individual has some-what quality to life, a basic education and human rights, we'd rather help the last camel or bee of-a-kind survive the harshest winters or have a home. It's ridiculous when you think about it really!

Countries will spend millions upon millions ever year trying to preserve a bit of woodland (a fancy word for a few trees) where wildlife resides, instead of helping the closer in species to them. That innocent child starving and having to walk miles daily in order to obtain any water at all could have so easily been me or you. It's kind of scary when you think about it. If you have a roof over your head, a running tap and food at your table, you're richer than 90% of the world's population. All these facts are just being ignored so that "Archie the Golden Retriever can have a home this Christmas". Surely we as a human race need to prioritize what is important an essential to us, now more than ever.

So to round things off, I'm not telling you to kick out the pup you got for Christmas, nor am I telling you to disown the killer whale you've "adopted" for the last couple of months. All I'm saying is that human life is and always will be a priority- no matter what- and we should start putting that statement to practice, no matter how that panda looked on television.

Introducing me (again!)

Hey guys, (or the one person that happens to stumble across my blog, because let’s face it, no one's actually reading this), my name is Ziona, (we’ll save the did-your-parents-hate-you name jokes for later-shall we?); and after months upon months of contradicting, reasoning and arguing with myself, I’ve finally decided to start up a blog. For most, it’s probably not a huge deal, writing a few things and posting them online where somebody may or may not read them; but for me it’s a mammoth step, for reasons I’ll come to later.

Twice  before, I’ve attempted to start-up a blog online, but for personal reasons that I’m not going to bore you with, it just didn’t happen. But this time it’ll be different. I’ve promised myself, absolutely sworn, that this time, I will fully try to keep up with posting regularly without getting discouraged, bored or convincing myself that I’m too busy, which I’m not of course, as when I’m not procrastinating my homework, I can be found snapchatting, swimming or watching Pretty Little Liars.

 As to what exactly I’ll write about, I have absolutely no idea-yet.
Now, I know exactly what you’re thinking; “How can you start up a blog without knowing what you’ll write about?” and trust me, this very thought is what kept me from maintaining a blog in the first place. But, I’m a strong believer that if an individual truly enjoys writing; piecing together words, phrases and sentences to express their thoughts and emotions, they shouldn’t need to have a specific reason to do so, and this is exactly why I’ve convinced myself that I should start, now more than ever. It’s like a person that enjoys a particular activity, say your typical football fanatic, being discouraged from playing the sport and pursuing their passion just because they won’t eventually become a world-famous football player. It’s the same concept!

Even some of the greatest authors of the century weren’t exactly the most prestige or well-off to start with. Take the legendary J.K Rowling for instance. She began her career writing off a little type-writer in a cafe in Edinburgh, and now she’s the world-renowned creator of the Harry Potter fantasy series, one of the most popular book and film franchises in history. She’s a true inspiration. I’ve even started to read the series, something I’ve been waiting to do for ages, but only got round to it recently. I’m starting with the fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, because I’m awkward like that. Also I may or may not have found the book at a bus stop yesterday.  

One of the things that originally really me to writing so early on, (I sound about fifty right now guys, I’m actually only fifteen) and literature on a whole, was the sheer fact that you don’t need to be a qualified, Harvard-graduate in order to do it. Anybody, anywhere at any point in time can put pen to paper (or keyboard to erm, computer of course) and express themselves. There’s freedom in that I think, pure, liberating freedom. It’s actually quite amazing how a few right words formulated together can totally encapsulate a whole other world when read in the right mindset!

I’m not exactly sure what exactly I expect as the outcome of this blog, no surprise there! Maybe it’ll persuade me into taking this writing thing even further in the near future, what the “even further” bit is yet, I haven’t quite worked out. Maybe it’ll get my creative juices flowing again, and I’ll get back the confidence I once had in my writing, or maybe it’ll simple just be something to fill my spare time with. Like I said before, I’m not expecting an awful lot of people to read my blog posts at all, but if at any point the one person reading a post of mine has any questions, comment or ideas, please feel free to comment! It would be deeply appreciated. And I’m sorry if this post isn’t up to pro-blogger standard or whatever, but I am just starting out (again), so like they say, watch this space!!!!!!

xo, Ziona <3P.S. Blogger is actually really hard to use, what does traffic source mean? :p