http://missracquel.tigblog.org/ What's on the minds of young leaders from around the globe? en-us http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/494905 It's me, MissRacquel
for those who don't know me, I was an intern about 2 years ago at the TIG offices.
Anyways, I was getting so much notification emails and I decided to see what was going on with TIG.
It's looking awesome and well kept up.
=)
So right about now, I left high school and doing my first year University of Toronto. I'm majoring in Humanities and yes, I still want to be a journalist =)
Not much has changed since then other than that but I would like to hear from some of the old members who may remember me and as well as the new members.
If you recently signed up, I'm telling you its an awesome website and you can really get your voice heard.
So thats pretty much it, if anything new develops, i'll be sure to blog about it!

p.s. my birthday is 4 days! I turn the big 1-8!
wish me a good one, ya?
LOL

toodles!]]> Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:23:00 EDT http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/494905 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/214567 my email is racquelnixon@hotmail.com(this isn't the one I use on msn messenger, strictly email purposes) if you want to contact me further.

Once again thanks a lot to everyone and I'll will miss all of you!

-miss.racquel]]> Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:00:00 EDT http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/214567 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/200029 Even though a month may sound long, it really isn't. If you ask me, time flew by far too fast.
I am almost finished my co-op placement here at TIG, and I'm almost finished my junior year @ highschool.

I won't get in to farewell mode until my very last day which is June 4th.
As for school, I have to get ready for FIVE exams *Sigh*
Exams...every teenagers nightmare. Countless cram sessions, dozens of notebooks with the year in review, and guzzling dozens cups of java.
But that's the high school life.

Next year will be my final year @ high school. And although it's not official yet, I still remember ninth grade, I was so awkward then, so unsure. But I made great friends, even greater enemies, who pretty much shaped who i am today.

Now, I'm focusing on Universities and what I want to do for the summer.
My summer entails hopefully a job, going to the states, CARIBANA[!!] and Jamaica.

So now, I will be starting an official countdown

Days till Last Day: 20

I won't post blogs as often, but I will be updating whenever I do post the blog.

HOLLABACK!
]]> Tue, 08 May 2007 15:52:00 EDT http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/200029 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/180731
Have you ever been in a situation where you have said too much? Well this story I'm about to write kinda depicts what situation I'm in..

Rebecca and Maurice have been in a on again off again relationship. They recently decided it would be best if they no longer be together.

While this was ENTIRELY Maurice's idea, Rebecca figured she just end it with him as well. For good, since this wasn't the first time they've broken up.

ANYHOW.

Rebecca was on her way home, when she saw Maurice walking with another girl. This infuriated Rebecca! It's not the fact that he had a new girl with him, just how he ended the relationship based on lies.

Rebecca was pissed to no end, she wanted to knock down his door and wring his neck. But she maintained her sanity and went home.

She rehearsed what she was gonna say to him and when she did
She hopped on her computer and sent him a barrage of ranting IMs calling him a liar, a low bastard and how she no longer wanted him to talk to her.

As soon as he read this, he was in disbelief, I mean, someone who once seemed so kind and warm turned nasty, ignorant, and angry.

He simply told her she was jumping to conclusions and explained that the girl he was a close friend of his who lost a loved one and although she was a beautiful woman, she was not his girl.

He also said that he would never lie to get out of the relationship...

Rebecca felt like an idiot.
But being the civilized person she is, she apologized and told him they still dont have to talk.

Although deep down, Rebecca wants her and maurice to talk, even mend their relationship

*Names were changed for obvious reasons.


--So, have you ever jumped to a conclusion without analyzing facts.
We all have. It's human.
But my mouth and emotions may have lead to permanently ruining my friendship with "Maurice".
Woe is me.

Time heals all wounds and hopefully it will heal this one.

Oh goodie, the sun has come out.
=)

MISSracquel.]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:33:00 EDT http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/180731 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/172831
I wrote a poem called Homie, are you foreal? This poem is for ladies who get harassed by abrasive men who's trying to pick them up.

Take it in.

Homie, are you for real?


Homie, are you for real?
Seriously, What's the deal?
Your game is weak.
Guidance, is what you need to seek.

Whispering, hollering, cat calls, oh god.
No wonder every woman you call at
Laughs at you and walk off.

Then you get mad
when we give you no play
You feel its needed to follow me
And curse obscenities on the way.

People like you are really lame.
You need to upgrade your game
Get at me with some proper words
and maybe I wouldn't have to flip the bird.



]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:01:00 EDT http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/172831 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/171503

"Speak now or forever hold your peace." The pastor said. They were nearing the end of Rae's and Antoine's ceremony, Rae held on to Antoine's hand, looking out into the audience, and pleadingly staring into her ex boyfriend Maurice's eyes. Although she liked Antoine, she LOVED Maurice. And wanted him to speak now and like Antoine go hold his peace.

The pastor began to read from the bible, Antoine smiled, and Rae died inside.

"WAIT"

A gasp fell upon the crowd.

Rae eye's brightened as she saw Maurice make his way to the altar.

"Young man, you would like to object this marriage?" The pastor asked.

"I've been a fool. I've secretely longed to marry you, Rae, but...I never thought I would still love you like I first did. If I sat back there and see you go off with Antoine, I could never live with myself."

"Who the heck is he, Rae!?" Antoine demanded.

Before she said anything, Rae ran to Maurice and immersed herself in his sweet kisses. She whispered "You rescued me" in Maurice's ear.

"Everyone" She started, "This...is Maurice, I've known him since I was fifteen. And although he left, I invited him to my wedding. To be honest, when Maurice left for africa...he took my heart with him. And although I seemed to move on I really didn't..."

"This makes NO sense, Rae!" Antoine cried.

"Alright. You have your oatmeal...and your nachoes..."

"Rae!"

"Shut it, Antoine!!"

With that Antoine heaved a sigh and listened.

"You have your oatmeal and your nachoes, you see, your oatmeal, always there and you've been used to it all your life. And you got so used to it, you'd die if you can't eat again. Then you got your nachoes, something new, exciting, something you actually seeing yourself replacing oatmeal with.
But, you're just to attached to oatmeal and you wouldn't change that. So..as you can see, oatmeal outweighs the nachoes. No matter what, I must always have my oatmeal." She took Maurice's hand.

"I'm sorry, Antoine, but..I never could love you like I do Maurice."

"Damn oatmeal" Antoine muttered. "And don't expect me to pay for this wedding!" Then he stormed out

"Pastor, we are paying you by the hour" Rae laughed.

And the service continued, Rae and Maurice got married and lived happily ever after.

=D

So, you have two people, one's the oatmeal, the other is the nachoes. Choose the oatmeal. Your heart will tell you to do the same
]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:01:00 EDT http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/171503 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/165673 How about you? Do you like to stay home or go out and have a gooood time?

Discuss!]]> Thu, 08 Mar 2007 15:10:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/165673 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/163811
Can't beleive it's already march, january and february FLEW! My mood is brightening at the sight of seeing sun shining, and tomorrow I'm gonna ditch my my hat and scarf for my new sunglasses!
(i'm still gonna keep my gloves, they come in handy!)

anyways, what are you looking forward to this spring?
Me, other than march break, nothing much really
I was supposed to go to the United States this break, but things are going on, so thats totally not likely.

So if you want, have a discussion here.
although I know you wont
cause no one ever reads my blasted blogs.
=)]]> Wed, 28 Feb 2007 15:36:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/163811 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/163165
Anyways, what's new with you? No one even decides to comment on my blogs, which is why I don't really post them, since no one really reads them. Get it?

However, if you are one of the few who reads my blogs, I will now give you actually worth reading.

This is just a mere thought of mine.

So I was on the bus and I was talking with my friend, and she's forever in uni/college because she doesn't really know what to do after leaving once and for all. And she doesn't know what career she would like to do, although that is a different story, I'm trying to address here the fact that we can't really get jobs in certain fields.

Me, I want to become a journalist, yes, it's a very competitive field round here, so we have to work our butts off just so we can get into journalism school. So far, I'm working hard in class, getting the grades and building a portofolio. So I have my mind set on what I want to do, but will they(work force) enable to do it?

Yes, you think, most likely not. The reason I think so is because, NO ONE CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR JOB IN THIS COUNTRY. Especially in the journalism section of it. You see people still reporting,writing,etc from the eighties till now. They increased retirement age. So chances fresh journalists getting a top job is very, very, very slim. Unless you work for a youth based network, like MTV.

But this goes out to all careers out there.
If we're the future like they claim....
why not let us get our careers that we want??]]> Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:01:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/163165 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/160853
Anyhoo, i want...scratch that NEED a vacation somewhere but here.
Somewhere like Aruba
or Bahamas
or Martinique.

Somewhere where i can trade my boots for sandals
Pants for shorts
Sweater for tank top
and my scarf for sunglasses.

So where would you want to go in order to escape the winter.

Residents of tropical islands need not respond to this blog.
]]> Mon, 05 Feb 2007 15:58:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/160853 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/123901
Nothing interesting has happened during the time i've lasted blogged. So I guess I'm going to put the blog to an end.

I'll be back!]]> Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:58:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/123901 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/79545 =)

MissRacquel]]> Thu, 14 Dec 2006 14:57:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/79545 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/74835
Yesterday, I was watching this documentary called 'The Down-Low Exposed'. For those who don't know what the "Down-Low" is, it's term used for heterosexual men who have sex with other men behind their wife,girlfriend,fiancee's backs. This is a very serious topic because, we all know when AIDS was first introduced, many people labeled it as the "Gay Disease". So when men have sex with other men, and then go back to their female partners, most likely the female didn't COMMUNICATE with her male partner and ask him about his sexual whereabouts. And since the male is too nervous to confess his other sexuality, he makes love to her as if nothing wrong, and if there is no protection involved. Bam! She has HIV/AIDS.

I am totally against this Down Low scene, if men want to have relations with other men, then do you. But don't let the woman have to take the downfall. It's like double dipping, its nasty, it's wrong and it will eventually make someone sick. If a male does this, he should muster the courage to get himself tested, tell his partners and use protection. Another chilling comment was made and it really made me drop my jaw, the comment was...

"Most or all brothas, have been on the down low"

that is honestly scary. But women, you have to trust your instincts. Ask questions, communicate with him. Get your self tested often. Most women don't do such because they fear their man will leave them, but if thats the only risk, then DO IT! COMMUNICATE WITH HIM AND EDUCATE HIM!

You will save your own life.

And as for the men who engage in this activity, do your thing, I'm not here to judge, but dont be stupid and not tell your girlfriend,wife, etc. She is the woman that devoted herself to you. COMMUNCATION IS KEY!

And as for those who maintain their heterosexuality and are sexually active, use protection.

wowzers, thats alot.
=)

later days,
Racquel]]> Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:24:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/74835 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/72303
On to other news, the holiday season is among us. Can't you just feel the holiday spirit? It's beautiful, I'm looking for jobs so I can get at least my sister a gift. I'm scared of applying to jobs because of the fear of NOT getting the job, but I'm over it, a girl has to make money SOMEHOW. Anyways that's all for now. I gotta make photocopies.

Later Days,
MissRacquel

]]> Tue, 28 Nov 2006 13:29:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/72303 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667 http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/70593 Fri, 24 Nov 2006 16:21:00 EST http://missracquel.tigblog.org/post/70593 43.6666667 -79.416666743.6666667-79.4166667