Vishi's Views

Recently I have heard stories of racism in the news and witnessed it myself and I have a lot to say on this topic. I read an article about American girl group Fifth Harmony's member Normani being racially cyberbullied. A while ago I was at a young band's show working behind the scenes. This band's members are teenagers. After they performed they did a meet and greet where they signed autographs and took photos with their fans, who are mostly girls, and as I was watching I was appalled at what I saw. The band were so nice to the girls who were tall, fair skinned and what they considered pretty. They spent a few minutes talking them but completely ignored the girls and boys with darker skin. The look on those fans faces broke my heart. They left in tears. The article, that experience and other things I have seen and heard make me so angry. Racism is something none of us should tolerate. It has no place in the hearts of any human, it shouldn't. I don't underst...

Hello everyone! I hope you all have had a great weekend. I have been enjoying the Olympic games and in this post I am going to share with you a few of my favourite moments from the first week. 1. Australia walking into the Opening Ceremony, led by cyclist Anna Meares. 2. Swimmer Mack Horton winning the 400m freestyle, giving Australia it's first gold medal of the games. Photo: Herald Sun Photo: Herald Sun 3. The US women's gymnastics team winning gold in the team final. Two of the gymnasts, Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman were in the 'Fierce Five' team that won in 2012. There was so much hype and excitement over this team. As the US have done so well in past Olympic games, everyone expected them to win again and of course they did! Photo: guide.com Photo; Boston Globe 4. Kyle Chalmers winning gold in the 100m freestyle. At just 18 years old, he is one of the youngest, Olympic champions in swimming. This morning, I watched him comp...

Hello! The Rio Olympic games begin this weekend so in this post I am going to reflect on the Sydney 2000 Olympics and tell you all what events I'll be watching this year. The Sydney Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were held between 15th September and 1st October 2000. On the night of Friday, 15th September my whole family gathered in our lounge room to watch the opening ceremony which was spectacular! It showed many aspects of Australia and it's people - The great barrier reef and sea life, the indigenous occupation of the land, the arrival of the first fleet (the first European settlement in Australia) and the rural and constructions industries. The parade of athletes was one of my favourite moments of the ceremony. The Australian team arrived into the stadium to a standing ovation, thunderous applause and loud cheers from the spectators. It was a proud moment for all of them, in particular for basketball player Andrew Gaze who carried t...