My name is Gurjas Kaur Randhawa. This is my first year in Brookes. I am excited to see where this journey leads me. This is my 9th school and I’m in grade 10. I move quite often, but who knows, maybe this time I’ll stay longer!
I was born in Surrey, BC, on the 10th of July 2009, but I lived in Duncan, BC for the longest period of my life. I really miss Duncan. I’ve known that place for as long as I can remember. For the last 3 years of my life (grade 7-9), I’ve been living without my parents. I’ve been living with my cousins, grandmother, aunts, and uncles. Which meant a lot of ferry trips! I’ve been going alone on the ferry since I was 12 years old (when you’re considered an ‘adult’ for the ferry and are able to). I’ll be honest, it wasn’t all up hill. At first, I was having a hard time adjusting. The year before (grade 6) I was a very overconfident kid. I believed I was the smartest, coolest, funniest person out there. That I was the chosen one or something (we all went through that phase). Let’s just say that I was humbled. I learnt to not act so high and mighty today, for tomorrow I might fall on my face. That’s a bit of my background. My experience there has really shaped me into the person I am.
I have two pet rabbits. I recently got them last year (they turned a year old on September 1st). I can especially relate to one of them because he too is afraid of my mother. Growing up I had a lot of pets. I used to have two dogs, two cats, baby chicks, parrots, and two peacocks (my biggest flex) all around the same time. I also love sports (even if I’m not very good at them), especially soccer and swimming. I used to do a lot more before covid, but soon had to quit. So, I can officially say that I hate volleyball and field hockey (the two sports most people I know love). Ball hockey is pretty fun, though. I also used to be very good at it until I hit a girl on the face with my stick (by accident) by being too aggressive and nearly broke her nose… It’s safe to say that she never talked to me again after that and I never again held that hockey stick again during P.E.
I am the oldest of two siblings. I have two brothers, Arpan (two year age gap) and Gurditt (we call him Gavi. Six year age gap). I’m also the second oldest cousin (and the best at taking care of kids) so I always ended up being everyone’s babysitter (till this day). I’d say I am doing a pretty great job. No one died or has any brain injuries (that I know of) so I am doing a pretty great job.
I also love gaming. I don’t have much time anymore to game much, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like gaming anymore. Another thing I love are animations. On youtube I can usually be found watching animation channels because I find them painfully relatable and I really want to learn animating myself. Whenever I watch animated movies or shows, I always pay close attention to the background, what colours/shades they used, how well they lip sync the characters, etc. I have tried to animate, but it never ends right. One thing I do really love is painting. I know how I should blend the colours, what steps to take, and how I want it to turn out. I’m not good at drawing (in my opinion), but with colours I can be pretty creative.
I hope this post summarizes what kind of person I am; I’m excited to get to know everyone!!!