Palace in the Trees
Carlen's Blog
Cool Things Everywhere
We arrived home and it was SO COOL! There was an Xbox with tons of games and a Wii with even more games! Best of all there was a HUGE TV with speakers everywhere around the room! At home, there are palm trees in the backyard and mountains EVERYWHERE!!!! We went to the Siding Springs Observatory and saw some really cool stuff like when we left we saw some wallaroos. Interesting fact: In Australia all of the YouTube commercials are Australian! We are heading off on an adventure to Canberra and Melbourne!
Sydney to Newcastle
When we first arrived in Sydney we got picked up by Mr. and Mrs. Moore and we noticed that cars drive on the left side of the road and the driving wheel is on the right side as opposed to Canada where you drive on the right side of the road and the driving wheel is on the left side of the car. Then once we got settled in we went over to Palm Beach, went shopping, and went back for dinner.
The next morning I had cereal then went to the aquarium and we saw sharks, fish, dugongs, and rays. Then when we got back I went in Mr. and Mrs. Moore’s pool and had dinner.
In the morning we went to MacDonalds for brekkie and then to the wax museum which took us a few hours to get to because we were walking then next door to the wildlife zoo and saw my first koala and kangaroo and brown snake! Then took another little walk to the train station and didn’t know what to do but got to the Sydney Harbor Front and saw the SOH (Sydney Opera House) My favourite part was when Dad and I went to the colour blow up beside the SOH. there were lots of different colour rooms and I liked to lay down and look at all of the colours around me.
It was very hot out that day and we went to a fish n chips place called City Extra and I had a BLT which was amazing! Then walked over to the wax museum and got a picture with Albert Einstein and Johnny Depp! Then went next door to the wildlife zoo and saw kangaroos, koalas, and snakes! For supper, we had Pizza Den and I had Hawaiian. We had trouble getting home because we couldn’t catch a taxi or find a phone so the manager called a taxi and he drove us home.
The next day we went to friends for a BBQ and drove to Newcastle and stayed at a hotel. Then the next day we had brunch at Goldbergs’s Coffee House which was AMAZING. When we got back to the hotel I went into the pool and dad pretended to be a dugong. Then after that, we went to the beach and there were tons of humongous waves. We had wraps for supper at the beach and I used my boogie board. It was so much fun!
Into the Forbidden…
In the morning we went for breakfast and I had beans, toast, an omelet, and bacon. Then we went to Tiananmen Square and saw lots of soldiers and the Great Hall of the people and then we walked to the Forbidden City. All of the buildings were made without nails or screws. And we saw the emperor and the empresses thrones and the Imperial Garden. It had lots of funny-shaped rocks and trees.
After that we had lunch which was chicken, noodles, and salad. Then we went to a park called the Temple of Heaven and walked around and saw lots of people singing and dancing and playing Chinese checkers and STREET POKER!!!!
Then we went to a pearl factory to see pearls and jewelry. Then we went to the supermarket which was very crowded and bought a few things. Then we had supper and it was peeking duck. There was way too much food for us so we gave it to some other people.
After supper, we went to a Kung fu show called “legend of Kung fu” which was really good. There were some really cool parts like when one of the characters was balancing on flimsy weapons. It was a really fun day.
Dissecting Cow Eyes
“EWWWWW! COW EYES!”
Today I dissected a cow’s eyeball! I took the fat and muscle off the cow eye and snipped all of the web parts. I also took apart the pupil with the scissors and the scalpel. I thought it was fun and interesting because I learned about the eye and how tough it is. It surprised me how tough and hard tissue, fat, and muscle is. The hardest part was using the scalpel to cut and once I even poked myself luckily I didn’t get hurt. I now know that there is fat around the eye. Students my age should wait until they are a little older to dissect because it is hard to understand what is going on but grades 7-12 would understand better what’s going on.
Medieval Day
At my dad’s Middle School the grade eights do a medieval day. It is when you make a medieval costume and have fun. There is a feast with potatoes and bread and it is usually hot. I almost go every year and I have dressed up as a prince, a dragon, and a knight. All I do is pick a group and just sit there staring at the crowd, play games on the computer, and fence (sword fight) with them. They know me as Mini Mac, dad as Mr.Mac, mom as Mrs. Mac for geocaching. But in one of the presentations, they said Prince Mac because my dad was king just as every year. Every year we watch Monty Python The Knights Of The Holy Grail. For lots of years, I demonstrate fencing in front of lots of grade eights and about a few teachers!
Minecraft Encouragement
Minecraft is really encouraging for all ages and even schools have Minecraft. It is helpful for subjects in school like math, social studies. In social studies, it can help you imagine seeing what famous structures in the places you are learning about look like, for instance, the pyramids in Egypt or the Eifel Tower in France. The math part about it is that you can measure. You can also just play, but if you need to you can plan stuff like car floats and stuff like that. It is really amazing that it is an endless world of squares and if you want you can have villages with villagers. There are 3 settings; they are peaceful, normal, and hard. On normal and hard there are monsters. The monsters are; zombies, enderman, spiders, and creepers. Never go to the nether or you will die if you aren’t on peaceful. Also, you can have creative mode, hard-core mode, or survival mode. It is so amazing and you have to get it because I LOVE it.
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