Winter Learning Journey D3:A1

This year the Rugby Sevens are being reintroduced into the Olympics and I'm going to tell you somethings about it. 

One interesting fact is that Sonny Bill Williams and his sister Niall Williams will both be competing in the 2016 Rio Olympics in the Rugby Sevens event.

The aim of the game is to score more points and win more penalties than the opposition team. 

The rules of the game are:

 - Seven players aside (five subs), seven minutes halves (final can be 10 minutes)

- Two minute break (Half-time)

- Conversions must be dropkicked, Three player scrums

- The team that have just scored a try they have to kickoff

Summer Learning Journey W3:D14

Malaysia

1. Petronas Towers – Tallest buildings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

2. Batu Caves – Famous Hindu temple and shrine

3. Gunung Mulu National Park – A large national park in Sarawak, Malaysia, with lots of caves and beautiful rainforests

4. Kuala Lumpur Bird Park – A huge park with hundreds of birds and beautiful lakes

5. Legoland - A HUGE THEME PARK with 40 interactive rides, shows and attractions.

I would visit the four famous landmarks you have suggested as I would like to see it for my own eyes and see why it's popular. I’d also take photos of me at Legoland Malaysia’s first and biggest international theme park.

SOME MAJOR LANDMARKS IN NZ
SkyTower* - Its New Zealand's tallest building.

Rainbows End* - Most popular theme park.

Waiwera* - One of the biggest water parks in NZ (photo of the movie pool)

Beehive* - NZ Government house in Wellington

Splash Planet* - The best park in NZ for wet and dry rides.

Puzzling World* - Illusional park located in Wanaka and was created by Stuart Landsborough.

My Cousin, Faith, Australian Friend, Solomon, And I At The SkyTower

This picture was taken about a week ago.

The Mantis Shrimp

Here is another poem I have written about the mantis shrimp!

The Sea Slug

Here is a poem I have written about the sea slug!

Chilling With Zane!

On a cold winters morning I was sitting at home chatting to my friend Zane on gmail. He asked if I wanted to come over and hang out. So I queried my mum and hoped that she would answer me positively. Much to my surprise she said yes, “WOOHOO!” I shouted excitedly. Being over excited I quickly ran to my room and organized my gear to take to his house. Then at exactly 2:00 Zane’s mum, Maata, came and picked me up. I waved back at my mum as she was getting ready to go to work.

When we entered Zane’s house, Clinton, Zanes dad, was sitting on the couch watching T.V. while Kaycee, his sister, was in her room talking with her friend. Zane and I were planning on what our first activity should be. He said, “First we should play BO2. Second we should do rotations on my laptop and our netbooks, then last watch a movie. Probably Battle Of The Year?” I agreed.

So Zane and I asked his dad if we could put on the xbox and play BO2 (Black Ops 2), he said, “Yes.”  Zane set the game console up. After setting it up we played multiplayer mode so we could both play. Halfway through playing multiplayer we decided to do our second activity which was to play Minecraft. You may already know what Minecraft is from my previous holiday story. If not click the link below. http://pesstevensone.blogspot.co.nz/2014/07/why-are-video-games-good.html

So back to the story, the reason why I went to Zane’s house was to literally hang out, play Black Ops 2 and Minecraft with him. I was very happy... I felt like I was welcome at his house because his mum made us lunch and dinner and his family were cool and enjoyed my company ( I think). I felt so comfortable there. They had everything I like for example fish & chips and lots of video games.

Around 10:30 my mum arrived but I wasn’t ready to go, so my mum and Zane’s mum talked for a while. Zane and I were still playing on minecraft in his room. A few hours later though Maata came and told me that my mum was ready to go, so I said goodbye to Kaycee, Maata, Clinton and Zane and exited the front door. When my mum and I walked out the door I asked her if I could sleepover but I got denied.

Hanging out with Zane was such an awesome experience because I had lots of fun and great company. I hope that I will get to sleepover next time.

PAY DAY!!

Every Thursday I get excited because I get payed $10 for doing my chores. My jobs are to clean my room, dishes, microwave and sweep the kitchen floor. If I do a good job I get an extra $5. So during these holidays I have been going hard out to get more money. This has paid off as not only my mum, given me money but my nana and grandpa have also paid me too. So I am going to go shopping at PAK N SAVE today to spend my cash and travel to Botany Downs and play at Xtreme Entertainment.

In PAK N SAVE there is a range of things you can choose like meat, pork, chocolate, fruits, veggies, popcorn, biscuits, fish, salmon and many other foods. The things I like to buy are steak, chocolate, popcorn, fruits and veggies. I like these things because they are all healthy except for popcorn and chocolate, they are my treats. If I don’t have enough money my mum buys my shopping.  Hmm Xtreme Entertainment? I have never been to the one in Botany I have only experienced the one in Wairau Valley. Xtreme Entertainment is a stupendous building where all these arcade games are inside and they have a laser tag room too. I want to go there, as I want to try out Botanys laser tag to see if it is any good compared to the one in Wairau Valley.

Next Thursday instead of getting paid, I hope my mum will let me have a sleepover with my friends. She says no a lot because sometimes she is busy or somethings come up unexpectedly. I love sleepovers because its a time where I can hang out with my friends 24/7. Also I don’t have any siblings which makes me a bit bored. My previous sleep overs have been awesome experiences.

I like Thursdays for many reasons such as getting paid, going shopping and having fun at new places. Whats your favourite day of the week and why? Comment down below to answer this question. COOL THANX MKAY BYE!

YAY! 10,000 Hits

"CHEE HOO," I screamed at the top of my lungs. I have achieved my goal of 10,000 page views on my blog.

Thank you to people from all over the world for viewing my blog especially Mountain View, California, Pt. England teachers, family and friends for viewing my blog many times. Also a massive thanks to Mr & Mrs Burt. I couldn't of done this without you both encouraging me to keep blogging.

Having 10,000 page views is amazing as I have reached my end of year goal already. I can't believe it because I only started blogging last year December. I am so proud of my achievement.

Google Chat

You may think what is Google chat? Well Google chat is when you just chatting to friends, family or even teachers online. I mostly chat to a friend that is overseas.

There are 3 types of chatting. These types are text, video and voice.

Text chat is like texting on your mobile phone but the difference is your on a computer or a laptop. This is my least favorite chat option.

Have you used video chat before? I have and you should try it. All you need is a camera on your laptop. If  you have a camera you click on more on your chat and it will say something like start a video chat with whoever is online in your chat list. Then click it and all you have to do is wait for them to answer. Next is the voice chat.

Voice chat is when you can only hear their voice. All you need is a microphone. You do the same steps with the video chat except you click on the phone underneath their name and wait for them to answer your incoming voice call.

Google chatting is a great thing to do when your bored. The only downside is that people might not be online when you are.

Steps For Making Scrambled Eggs (My Way)

Things You Need:

Mixing Bowl          Spatula

Frying Pan            Fork

Chopping Board           Plate
Knife

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon of Butter

1/2 an Onion

2 or 3 Eggs

1 buttered toast

Method:

Step 1: Get all your Ingredients.

Step 2: When you have done it then crack the eggs into a clean bowl. After that lightly beat the egg inside the bowl.

Step 3: Get a chopping board and one onion any size.

Step 4: Cut it in half and take one of the halves.(chop it up into small pieces)

Step 5: When you're done get a pan and put it on a stove top then put the element on medium heat.

Step 6: Hover your hand over the pan to check if it is getting hot.

Step 7: When it is get 1 teaspoon of butter and put it inside the pan.( wait for the butter to melt)

Step 8: While waiting spread the butter around the pan.

Step 9: After the butter is all melted then put your chopped onions in.

Step 10: Spread it around the pan until you see that it is nice and brown.

Step 11: Then put in your beaten eggs and wait for 2-3 minutes.

Step 12: Get a spatula and slide it under and check if it is ready to flip or not. (When it is ready to flip it will be solid).

Step 13: After you flip over then wait for another 2-3 minutes.

Step 14: When the eggs are cooked use the spatula to put it on a clean plate.

Step 15: Then cut the eggs into any fraction you want and serve with buttered toast.

Avondale Market

On a boiling hot day I went for a drive to Avondale Market. I went with my mum, aunty and cousin.

When we arrived there it was packed! It was so packed that we couldn’t even find a parking. Eventually we found one after driving around for ages.

My family and I got out of the car “EWWW!!!” I could smell something very yuck, “It stinks!!” I said awfully, while blocking my nose. “Let’s go into the Market,” I said to my mum. As we were walking towards the market I kept wondering what the smell was? Then I asked my mum and she said it was horse manure. How disgusting!

When we entered I could see a variety of stalls. Such as clothing, toy, food and drink, jewellery, second hand goods, accessories ETC.

After looking at some stalls I went with my mum and purchased a red raspberry slushy from a food caravan. We strolled over to another food stall and brought a Hawaiian B.B.Q MIX.

Inside the Hawaiian B.B.Q MIX was macaroni and cheese, coconut rice and sweet and sour lamb chops. When I took a bite of everything together It tasted scrumptious!

After having brunch we went and looked at some fresh fruits. Looking at them we thought we should buy some, so we did. We brought pears, apples, mandarins, pawpaws and gold kiwifruits We also went and looked for some sea food

unfortunately they were all sold out.

Overall I had a great time at Avondale Market as I had some delicious food. The only stink thing was that it smelt like horse manure also that there was no more sea food left.

SKRILLEX BETTER THAN SKRILLEX

SKRILLEX BETTER THAN SKRILLEX from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.
You have to check out this video, above, called SKRILLEX BETTER THAN SKRILLEX. It is a whole lot of AWESOMENESS!

In this clip a man, who has remained anonymous, is in a club on a scratch pad. He is pressing all these buttons which makes all these different sounds. These sounds sound like tapping, drumming, high pitched tones etc. When he presses the buttons and combines all the beats it sounds incredibly! My favorite part was when he was going all out.

Also in this clip there is a huge crowd cheering for him while he is combining all the beats. I enjoyed all his musical creations.

Watching the video all the beats sounded amazingly good. When I grow up I would love to experience the DJ life.

Doing The Cup Song

Have you heard of a movie called Pitch Perfect? Well I have and I love it. There is a scene, which is my favourite part of the movie, with a girl in it named Beca. She does an audition which people call the cup song. Here is a short movie of me doing it. Hope you enjoy.

Stevenson's Cup Song from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.