I gave my student card to the list guy sitting at his table right in front of me, wondering how much he was actually able to see. The light was quite dim in this people-filled room. He gave me my card and a (this time) red paper. The girl beside him looked at me and said, “You’ll have to take your shoes off; some people will be sitting on the floor.” I thought it was interesting, but was not ready to see what I was about to see.

I walked through the doors that opened to the theater. There was a high stage in the front, the sound system stuff right in the middle and people sitting at the edges of the room. There was no chairs at all, just the floor and some big wooden boxes in the back. I took off my shoes, feeling the cold floor under my feet and walked to the back with a friend. We sat on a box and waited in this old, cool and humid theater.

it was only around 1:30, an hour later, that everything started. People argued their points, lots of misunderstanding and headaches and backaches from sitting on a box and finally we voted.

I came to the strike assembly with high hopes that everything would be stopped. As the weeks went by, votes were closer and closer. But I was surprised to see a rise: 62% voted for the strike.

So we’re in for another week off school. I can hardly believe we’re in our fifth week.

Good thing about the strike: I’ve been playing VORTEX on my ipod during the assemblies. For a long time I was stuck at level 12, but today I cleared level 16!