S.J.Glatzhofer

  Dear Luna, I am rather lucky when it comes to my family as I have family all over the world, which does sometimes make travelling rather easy. Not only do I have family in Italy and the Netherlands, but also in Singapore and Australia. Singapore is where my uncle and aunt live which makes the perfect base for our travels and my cousin and I have stopped over a few times between certain countries. The family I have in Australia are ones that immigrated from Italy in the 50s and have grown their family in this warm country. Some I haven’t even seen for nearly twenty years and at the age of four I have pretty much no memory of them. However, the week in Adelaide was a chance to see the wildlife but also meet more of my cousins (second/third cousin once remove whatever it is called).  To many, Adelaide is a place which nothing really happens, but luckily for us, the Adelaide Fringe was on, which meant we had things to do with my family. However, we did arrive during a heatwave o...

Dear Luna, Today, my cousin was not feeling great, which means today was the day that I adventured around Sydney by myself, just like my mum did all those years ago when she too was my age. I find it incredible that in 1989, thirty-four years ago, my mum was roaming around the streets of Sydney. I always believe that everything is happening at once. I'm not sure how to explain but for some reason, I believe the events of yesterday are happening once again, and the events which are going to happen in fifty years are happening as well. This therefore means, there will be moments in my time when I am walking the same path as my mum, she's just doing it thirty-four years before me, but yet at the same time. It's confusing, but maybe other people see time like this as well. Before coming here, I planned a few ideas of places I wanted to visit during our first stay in Sydney, and one of them was visiting the Diamond Bay Reserve. This forty-five-minute walk in the sun made me wish...

  Dear Luna, The day of love has finally arrived. For some people, they love it, the idea of celebrating love whether that is with their significant other or with friends. For others, this day is simply another day. For me, it is just another day because I'm not having a get-together with single friends, nor am I in a couple. Do I wish I was in a couple? Not really. Sometimes I think I should be, but whenever I'm asked that question, I do not feel as if I'm missing out on anything.  Even though I am not in love or in a couple, the idea of love is something I have always been fond of. Being whisked away in a whirlwind of romance and being with that same person for the rest of your life, working through any challenges together, and making fantastic memories is something that I can't wait to have one day. Does it mean I’m a hopeless romantic? Perhaps. Does it contradict with me stating that I'm happy not being in a relationship? I don't see it that way. For me, to ...

 Dear Luna, The memories of childhood are always a mix for people. For some, it brings brilliant rushes of nostalgia, making them wish they could go back to those times. For others, they rather not think about those years. For me, most of my childhood I enjoy remembering, but there are many memories which i don;t remember and my friends have to remind me. My childhood was amazing, but I was one of those children who came face to face with bullies due to having a speaking problem, and that means one of my memories is remembering the number of times I pretended I wasn't feeling well so I could get out of class when I was in year 4. However, what really helped me take each step at a time during my childhood years, was not only my friends but the stories which I fell in love with, whether they were from books or Disney.  This is why, one of my top destinations, when Erin and I travelled to Japan was to visit Disneyland, Tokyo. We almost did not do this, as retrieving the tickets w...

  Dear Luna, When we look back a decade ago, we can see how much has changed. How much we have grown, how much we have learnt. However, when we look at the present and see the changes that are about to happen the fear sometimes sinks into us. I have great news, one of my best friends who I’ve known since I was seven is planning to move out of our town and live in London. It won’t be hard to see them again as London is just half an hour away on the fast train. But knowing that our time of being able to message each other asking if we want to go for a walk or go to the corner shop is coming to an end makes me wish I could go back in time. I remember us riding our bikes to the trees and climbing them, and as always, something always accidentally ended up in my sister’s eye, whether it be part of a branch or a fly. I remember me and my friend sneakily going to the corner shop, buying a packet of crisps, chocolate, and sweets all for a pound, then of course, it turned into two pounds, f...