Sunday, November 7, 2010
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
A Trip To The Mangrove Forest
Follow me! said the tour guide, slowly stepping into the gray muck. I was on a trip where I would go to a swamp and plant mangrove trees. I was second in line cautiously stepping into what I thought was going to be rather easy. Oh, I was so wrong, less than a minute in the swamp and one person had already fallen over, from the sounds of it I would say he was stuck. I did not bother looking back. Was I going to be next to fall? Too late! I lost my balance on an unseen root and the right side of my pants had a stripe of gray, while my right hand dove down into the mud. As I recovered my boots started sinking, "When was this going to end" I thought.
Later that afternoon......
Nearly dazed by what I had heard of a boy sinking in shoulder height and being able to get back out. The first couple times my boots sunk I was able to work them out. At one point I lost all interest and carried on with planting the mangroves. soundlessly sank until the mud reached for my knee (which is at least a foot and a half from the bottom of my foot). This time I dug myself out and if that wasn't enough we had to get out the way we had came in, which was now torn and squishy. My decision was to lay branches and sticks down and run over them. It worked but there were no more sticks. Because I was in such a rush to leave, I slipped off my already mud filled boots and jogged out of the pit.
Glad to be washing up and heading home I thought of what I had done. Helping plant a rain forest, discovering wildlife, and now blogging. It makes you think what's on the bright side but one thing is that being a helping hand makes life a lot easier even though it may not be fun.
Later that afternoon......
Nearly dazed by what I had heard of a boy sinking in shoulder height and being able to get back out. The first couple times my boots sunk I was able to work them out. At one point I lost all interest and carried on with planting the mangroves. soundlessly sank until the mud reached for my knee (which is at least a foot and a half from the bottom of my foot). This time I dug myself out and if that wasn't enough we had to get out the way we had came in, which was now torn and squishy. My decision was to lay branches and sticks down and run over them. It worked but there were no more sticks. Because I was in such a rush to leave, I slipped off my already mud filled boots and jogged out of the pit.
Glad to be washing up and heading home I thought of what I had done. Helping plant a rain forest, discovering wildlife, and now blogging. It makes you think what's on the bright side but one thing is that being a helping hand makes life a lot easier even though it may not be fun.
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
A time I Had Courage
This post is about a time I showed courage, it was an assignment based on a novel called "Call It Courage" except it was just one time I showed courage.
Back in time, I when it was still summer, I made a trip to a water park called water bom, when we arrived the first thing I saw was the sign, I thought the sign meant to say water bomb, or maybe water boom and was still under construction but by looking you could see it was old and was completed a while ago.
After the ticket booth to the left and down some stairs was a massive locker center and even bigger change rooms with sinks, showers, toilets and some benches, but past that there was a humongous set of slides on a tower about as tall as eight long buses, bumper to bumper facing vertical. On the tower there were so many slides to choose from, one led you on a near vertical drop on which last a mere four to eight seconds and I couldn't breath when I tried to, another was a neck and neck race on mats like the conga ride at sunway lagoon except it is faster jumpier and has less of a chance to go into other peoples lanes, then I flashed a look away at the tower and saw a half pipe that had a different direction on the way down with a huge hump that sent unlucky people flying from their tubes. I was determined to go on that ride if it meant going nearly vertical facing forward and then rushing back.
Upon the stairs, if you looked down it would make you think of how would it feel to jump on a concrete wall, enough to stun you for a moment, but not loose all hopes and walk back down. oh how it was great to watch children and adults scream in a humorous way as they gently went up and came crashing down over the small hump but soon enough it was my turn, two people per tube, of course they had double seats, as we laid the tube down I thought of how I feared these things before and I looked down once again just to make sure I was not telling lies to myself and my eyes bulged out of my head but instead of freaking out on the inside all the memories of being afraid of height just disappeared for some reason I couldn't explain. So tubing I went, a light turn in a tunnel then a large drop to gain speed and finally an upheaval heading straight for the edge but no one has reached the edge so for will I? To late to wonder, the front of the tube just skimmed the edge and sent us hurtling backwards to the hump, luckily I didn't fall off but when we touched the pool I was sent hurtling backwards upside down and hit the end of the pool with a thud! But if I had conquered my fear of heights what else could I do.
Back in time, I when it was still summer, I made a trip to a water park called water bom, when we arrived the first thing I saw was the sign, I thought the sign meant to say water bomb, or maybe water boom and was still under construction but by looking you could see it was old and was completed a while ago.
After the ticket booth to the left and down some stairs was a massive locker center and even bigger change rooms with sinks, showers, toilets and some benches, but past that there was a humongous set of slides on a tower about as tall as eight long buses, bumper to bumper facing vertical. On the tower there were so many slides to choose from, one led you on a near vertical drop on which last a mere four to eight seconds and I couldn't breath when I tried to, another was a neck and neck race on mats like the conga ride at sunway lagoon except it is faster jumpier and has less of a chance to go into other peoples lanes, then I flashed a look away at the tower and saw a half pipe that had a different direction on the way down with a huge hump that sent unlucky people flying from their tubes. I was determined to go on that ride if it meant going nearly vertical facing forward and then rushing back.
Upon the stairs, if you looked down it would make you think of how would it feel to jump on a concrete wall, enough to stun you for a moment, but not loose all hopes and walk back down. oh how it was great to watch children and adults scream in a humorous way as they gently went up and came crashing down over the small hump but soon enough it was my turn, two people per tube, of course they had double seats, as we laid the tube down I thought of how I feared these things before and I looked down once again just to make sure I was not telling lies to myself and my eyes bulged out of my head but instead of freaking out on the inside all the memories of being afraid of height just disappeared for some reason I couldn't explain. So tubing I went, a light turn in a tunnel then a large drop to gain speed and finally an upheaval heading straight for the edge but no one has reached the edge so for will I? To late to wonder, the front of the tube just skimmed the edge and sent us hurtling backwards to the hump, luckily I didn't fall off but when we touched the pool I was sent hurtling backwards upside down and hit the end of the pool with a thud! But if I had conquered my fear of heights what else could I do.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Investigating The Past Review
The activity was chosen for us to learn about who we evolved from, Lucy to Homo sapiens to finally us. So How can understanding the past, help us to understand our world now?
By looking into the past we can figure out why we became what we have become by analysing fossils of early humans, examining layers of different soil to figure out how different species evolved to their environment and survived rivalry with different species to change into what we have become, the modern human.
If you couldn't understand that then think of why Abraham Lincoln was killed, If that hadn't happened then were would we be today?
By looking into the past we can figure out why we became what we have become by analysing fossils of early humans, examining layers of different soil to figure out how different species evolved to their environment and survived rivalry with different species to change into what we have become, the modern human.
If you couldn't understand that then think of why Abraham Lincoln was killed, If that hadn't happened then were would we be today?
Saturday, August 14, 2010
If I were a Social Scientist
If I were to be a social Scientist I would be a geographer, geographers are people who study nature and make maps according to worldwide heat, the tectonic plates, how the land is growing or shrinking and the ever growing sea level.
Other projects that geographers do are learning about our past and what we were able to accomplish or fail. Geographers sometimes have trouble finding out more about our past, there is one time period where geographers didn't even find a clue.
I would like to be a geographer because then I could learn and teach more about early humans and what we are today, another reason is that I would get to travel the world.
Other projects that geographers do are learning about our past and what we were able to accomplish or fail. Geographers sometimes have trouble finding out more about our past, there is one time period where geographers didn't even find a clue.
I would like to be a geographer because then I could learn and teach more about early humans and what we are today, another reason is that I would get to travel the world.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
About Me
1. First, introduce yourself. Write a brief paragraph about who
you are and where you are from.
2. What are the last three books you have read?
(Include authors names!)
3. What is the last movie you have seen?
4. What is one academic goal you have for this year?
5. What is one social goal you have for this year?
6. What is your favorite vacation memory?
7. List 5 adjectives to describe yourself.
One of my hobbies is building legos, my favorite books are the 39 clues series.I like to eat pizza and chicken, my favorite color is blue.
2.The last three books I have read are The 39 Clues 1, 2 and 3 there are different authors for each book but they all run on the same story line, Rick Riordan, Gordan Korman and Peter Lerangis.
3.The last movie I saw was Clash of The Titans it was a movie based on a demigod saving the world from the kracken.
4.One of my goals for this trimester is to study properly, do my best while working and sometimes have fun doing it.
5.A social goal for this year would be to not to get frustrated when I am under pressure.
6.My favorite vacation memory would be going on a near vertical water slide, I couldn't breath at all until I hit the bottom the slide was yellow and near 60 feet off the ground!
7.I'd say that I am tall, smart, strong, behaved and a bit nervous.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)