x...Welcome to Athenix...x
It's been 7 years since I first started to attempt to make my dreams of being a journalist come true. I was 9 years old and was still attending Primary School at the time. It was this year that I started my first magazine, "Black Cat", named after my favourite character in Spiderman - which I was hooked on at that age.
I don't remember where my exactly my inspiration had come from but I know that my inspiration changed throughout the years. One year, it was Chloe Sullivan from "Smallville", (who risked her life to get a story) the next it was Andy from "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days", being forced to write unimaginative articles, finding the man that she loves and then earning the right to write whatever pleased her - yes, alright, this inspiration was rather unusual, but it kept me going and kept the want to become a journalist alive.
Now that I am 16, I have realised that celebrities have not affected the dreams of becoming a journalist. My sisters are now what inspire me. My eldest sister, Sarawjeet, is as successful in her family life as well as successful in her career. My second sister, Arminder, has worked hard all these years and has an amazing talent for words and writing. My third sister, Ranjit, has a gift for art and design, as has her husband, and has recently published a book of her photographs.
I hope to one day show that I have inherited even a fraction of the talent that my sisters have shown. But until then, I am happy improving my writing, and starting from scratch.
x~Animal Testing~x
Animal Testing. Good or Bad? Right or Wrong? Everyone has a different opinion. Some are for it and some are against it. But how about you?
It is estimated that 50-100 million animals worldwide die in scientific procedures every year. YES, animal testing helps to develop vaccines against such diseases as rabies, polio, measles, mumps, rubella and TB. And YES, antibiotics, HIV drugs, insulin and cancer treatments all rely on animal testing.
Operations on animals help to develop organ transplant and open heart surgery techniques and legislation protects all lab animals from cruelty and mistreatment. And how about all those people who are against animal testing that kill animals for food, for food and for fun without guilt?
At the moment, there is no alternative to animal testing that works. I guess you could say that it’s a natural cycle-like the food chain.
By Gurpreet Kaur Sihat
x...Design...x
I love designing things! I love designing magazine covers, book covers, album pages, cards...and I love scrapbooking. Below is a collection of things that I have designed over the years, a short explanation beathe each.
Much like "Red", "Elegance" is for the much wider audience of young women aged between 20 to 40 and explores a wide range of topics from Health to Gossip, Beauty to Fashion and Food to Travel.
For the neich Canadian audience who has not yet had the luxury of exploring England, "London" is a magazine made by two journalists alone, much like the work of the Hairy Bikers, allowing that Neich audience to enjoy London and the travels of the journalists, perhaps resulting in them exploring London themselves in the future.
x...Wall of Photography...x
My dad used to own his own Photography Studio called "Dev Studios" in Southall. I've been interested in Photography as a hobby for some time but only really experienced it over the past few months. I had forgotten to return the school camera before the Easter Holidays and in those two weeks.
I have taken over 2 thousand photographs of a million and one different things - my cat, Tigerlily, who modelled for me for 20 minutes before getting bored; a Robin who was exploring the snow, who also got bored of me after an hour; the beautiful Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport; and naturally, my gorgeous friends and family who all modelled for me in a variety of ways.
Hopefully, one day, I will find out that one of the things that I have inherited from my dad was his talent not only the love for photography.
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4 comments:
Although I believe that animal testing is wrong and that we should find some other way of testing products, I agree that until we find that other way, animal testing is our best option. However, I think that people shouldn't test on endangered animals or animals that are close to becomming endangered - perhaps they should try testing on pigeons instead! LOL ;-)
Its a good article as it addresses both sides of the arguement.In my opinion animal testing is wrong and should be stopped completely. Animals are not on the planet to be tested on but are a form of life like us therefore they shouldn't be victims of our health.
animal testing is wrong for makeup and shampoo
Its soo true, some people protest animal testing while they go and kill them for food.
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