Creative Writing SOST

20/05/19, Monday

Journal Entry 1

    My name is Cleo Rose I’ve been living in London since I was a child with my parents and my big sister. I’ve never liked living in London with pollution and poor living who would want to stay here.

There are terrible living conditions and terrible hygiene
with dirty baths getting shared.

There are also diseases which can cause frightening sickness Since

the earnings are not much

we need to avoid sickness, we could not afford to be sick.

I work at a factory, I don’t receive much from the job but
I think that it’s better than nothing.

While walking home from work through the narrow streets

I stumbled upon such lively colours that enthralled my eyes,

a poster that promotes new jobs and a new start, I spontaneously grabbed

the poster to show it to my family,

I ran quickly back home to deliver the good news.

When I arrived home I immediately showed them the brightly coloured piece

of paper, along with my family, we read the poster saying that we are going to

an unknown land called New Zealand,
I heard someone talk about New Zealand it was said to have beautiful scenery that could take your breath away.
I and my sister can't help but think about all the opportunities that we will
encounter, my sister wishes to be a tailor while me a clothier to help her
with the clothes, she's going to be making.

                                                                                                      Cleo Rose

Journal Entry 2

     We quickly went to the port to board the ship,
while boarding the ship I smelled the ocean and the warm sun hit my skin.
I'm still not sure where we’re going
but I’m just thankful that an opportunity was given to us to get such a
polluted area. As we board the ship
I started to think if we’re really leaving this country and get a new life with a
much brighter future and much better living.
I felt nervous when I looked around the ship,
the ship is cramped and doesn’t have good conditions
but I believe that it’s all worth it. I and my family received and mattress
it’s not the best quality of mattress but it’s better than the one we have back
at home. I sat down on the mattress and looked around imagining the journey,
no one really knows how many days it would take to go to New Zealand but we do expect that we are going to arrive there.
I stood up and stared outside the ship seeing dolphins following the ship,
such majestic creatures It’s my first time seeing them I did read about them,
I read a lot when I was young. My father introduced me to books when
I was little. I enjoyed the books he gave me I read a little about the land called New Zealand, it was said to be a mountainous area with a lot of plants and
trees, that little information gave me hope that we would have a better life after
all. My big sister, Lily is sick, she’s currently getting treated but the medicines
are no good, I hope we arrive at New Zealand safe and I hope no other sickness occurs. I talked to my sister yesterday she
said was getting better I'm just glad that soon she can get back up to her feet.
Today, I looked outside again, the scenery never fails to amuse me neither my
family, seeing a clear sky is just one but actually seeing the sea life is amusing
and relieves me from boredom. The journey is long we’ve been travelling for
days we saw some land but we never really stop, food wasn’t a problem but I
think it’s starting to be now, we almost ran out of food, the foods were getting
rotted, so we needed to stop to land to get new resources. We stopped at a
land called Mongol which is said to be located in Plymouth, we got new
resources such as drinks and foods, then we boarded the ship again.
After a few days, the sickness started to spread, unknown sickness my parents
tried to secure me and my sister by covering us with blankets, hospitals were
crammed doctors trying to find a solution, trying to solve the outbreak.
Unfortunately, people died from the sickness, but the doctors managed to
control the disease, I’m just pleased we’re all safe. After a long journey with
suffering and troubles, we managed to reach the land called New Zealand.

                                                                                                        Cleo Rose

Journal Entry 3

        When we first arrived in New Zealand, I was overwhelmed by the scenery, it was so different from London, it’s much greener and cleaner. The moment I stepped out of the ship the cool breeze hit me, such fresh air I’ve never experience back in London, the breeze smelled like nature, not the smoky air I was acquainted with. We were given a place to stay and given job opportunities. I was asked about my experience with work I answered: “I used to work at a factory back in London.” I was assigned to a farm to grow crops. I worked hard and earned money to support my family who was still recovering from the shock of being in a new environment. Life has been good ever since then, no struggle has been Hitting us since we came here, my sister -Lily has been working with me at the farm, her wish is still to make clothes because she said that her goal is to make clothes for people who are in need. I wasn’t sure about my dream all I know is that I want to help my sister with her dreams. There are a lot of jobs here, the environment is much better and much cleaner, I never thought I’d experience such a clean environment and good job opportunities.

Cleo Rose