There are lots of people in the world that don’t speak English. I am not one of them, but Gujarati is the second language that I speak. It originates from a state in India, called “Gujarat”. My parents and grandparents also speak it.

The outlined part is Gujarat.

In this post, I am going to tell you about my ancestors in 2 languages.

English

Hello, my name is Aashi. In this post I am going to talk about my ancestors. All of my 4 grandparents were born in Gujarat, India.
My parents were also born there. My parents are the first people in my family to immigrate to Canada. There are lots of food that my family and I eat, that my ancestors used to eat. There are also cultural events that we celebrate that date back lots of years ago.
This is a bit about my ancestors.

Gujarati

નમસ્તે. મારુ નામ આશિ છે. આ પોસ્ત મા હું મારા દાદા-દાદિ અને નાના-નાનિ નિ વાત કરિશ. મારા દાદા-દાદિ અને નાના-નાનિ ગુજરાત, ભારત મા જ્ન્મૈલા છે. મારા માતા-પિતા પણ ગુજરાત મા જ્ન્મૈલ છે. એ લોકો મારા પ્રિવર મા સૌથિ પહેલ છે, જે Canada મા અવ્યા હતા. હુ઼ અને મારા પરિવાર બહુ બ્ધુ ખવનુ ખઈએ છીએ, જે મારા પુર્વજો પણ ખઆતા હતા.
આ થોડી માહીતી છે, મારા પુર્વજો ની.

Sounding Out (Gujarati):

Namaste. Maru nam Aashi che. A post ma, hun mara dada-dadi ane nana-nani ni vat karish. Mara dada-dadi ane nana-nani Gujarat, Bharat ma janmayla che. Mara mata-pita pan Gujarat ma janmaila che. E loko mara parivar ma sauthi pehela che, je Canada ma avya hata. Hun ane mara parivar bahu badhu khavanu khaye chiye, je mara purvajo pan khatata.

A thodi mahiti che, mara purvajo ni.

 

 

 

EVERYONE HAS RIGHTS!

Everyone in the world has rights. Here are some examples of them:

 

Everyone has the right to…

• Not be a slave
• Have their privacy
• Live anywhere they want; no matter what religion they are or how they look/talk/act
• Make decisions for themselves
• Have and accomplish their dreams
• Have food, water, and shelter
• Speak a different language; Not just the national one for the country you live in
• Be respected by others
• Have free, clean and safe drinking water
• Have clothing 
• Have free education for boys and girls
• Practice their religion

Everyone in the world doesn’t have all the rights listed above. If everyone did, that would be one of the steps to make the world PERFECT.

 

 

Above is the UN Human Rights Logo.

 

This is the book, “Every Human Has Rights”. I got lots of examples of Human Rights from there.

 #BAD13

“Hello. This is Aashi, reporting live from Washington. There is a tremendous shutdown going on here. Tons of employees are losing jobs. An employee working at Wal-Mart is ‘jobless’. How did this even happen?”

Employee: “Well, Obama and the Republicans don’t have an agreement on how much money they have/we get. Since they haven’t made a decision, they don’t have any money for our salaries.”

“Why aren’t they agreeing on how much money should be kept?”

Employee: “This is because the republicans said that for Obama’s idea to be kept, he would have to do some changes to ‘Obamacare’. Barak Obama didn’t agree with this.”

 

“What is ‘Obamacare’?”

Employee: “‘Obamacare’ is like medical insurance.”

“Where is the shutdown going on?”

“It’s going on throughout USA at about every store.”

Me: “Wow! That’s a lot of jobs being lost. So that was Amelia, who is one of the millions of people who are jobless. Back to you.”

 

      :White House

This is a Photo Peach showing activities I do after school.

Mississauga was established in 1968 as a town. The name “Mississauga” comes from the Anishinaabe (Native Language) word Misi-zaagiing, meaning “Those at the Great River-mouth.”  The Iroquoian and the Algonquian were living in the Credit Valley River area. There are great places to visit in Mississauga, such as the Marlyn Monroe Towers, which are actually condos. Mississauga is also home of the Steelheads (junior hockey team). Square One Mall is also a great place to visit. It is a big mall, maybe even the largest in Mississauga. There are lots of things close to Square One that should be seen as well, such as Civic Center and the Living Arts Center. The Civic Centre has a splash pad in the summer, which freezes to ice to become a skating rink in the winter. Just beside the Civic Centre is Central Library.  Central Library has lots of floors, and of course, lots of books! It is one of my favourite library’s. It’s so BIG! The Living Arts Centre is the place where most shows and events are held. Parts of the annual Canada Day celebration are also held there.  All of this is located in downtown Mississauga (including the Marlyn Monroe Towers).

Pictures:

Map of Mississauga:

 

Square One:

 

 

Living Arts Centre:

 

Civic Centre (winter):

 

 

Central Library:

 

Mississauga Steelheads:

Mississauga is a great place. As you can see, Downtown Mississauga has lots of activities. That doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t visit the rest of Mississauga.