Vocab List 7

1. Mildew

When you leave something wet behind in a cool place then finding it a week later when it smells bad and has dark spots in places where it was dark.

2. Out of the Blue

Thoughts that pop up from nowhere that have nothing to do with the subject.

3. Hesitantly

When you can't say something right. Ex. When you have to answer a question and you're stuttering.

4. Hatch (verb way)

When there is an egg that starts cracking and a baby chick comes out.

5. Orientation

When you are looking at things you know or you don't know. If you don't know you figure it out by attending an ORIENTATION where people show you where you are (what building etc.).

6. Chateau

A big beautiful home.

7. Thunderous

When somethings noise is very loud or booming.

8. Contradiction

A statement or sentence that starts an argument.

9. Fault

When you do something wrong. Ex. Fault in tennis.

10. Preserve

When you keep something in its original condition. Untouched, same color etc.

Journal Entry 2/2/10

Hey heyyy! :)

Subjects for the day: P.E., baking cookies and if I run out really quickly out of the blue thoughts.

P.E.:
Today P.E. was fun but tiring (as ALWAYSSS). Anyway there isn't a whole paragraph about P.E. this time so yippee for othersss. :P

Baking COOKIESSS. :D:
On sunday I baked cookies. The first batch were sooooooooo YUMMYYYY!!! Although the second batch weren't that great. You see the first batch were soft and moist, but the second batch was so HARD. So I decided that soft batch wins. In short 10 minute baked cookies are better than 12 minute baked. :P

Out of the blue THOUGHTS. :):
Well now it's out of the blue thoughts time. I just wanna clarify that this time I won't be as random. That's why I call it out of the blue THOUGHTS with a capital THOUGHTS. :D

1. I only have ummm around 5 minutes of thoughts to write.
2. Today in math/science class we were having lots of trouble reading our teachers cursive (cause she's gone and we have a sub so the sub put what she wrote on paper up on the projector and it was really hard to read. I guess she rushed it.)
3. All I hear now is fingers tapping on keyboards and kids talking loudly outside.
4. I guess the other class was sent early which always happens.
5. Unless it's just 8th graders.
6. I don't know why I put those things that are the same subject in different numbers.
7. About 2 more minutes of thoughts.
8. Our English sub is just staring at the clock waiting until it is exactly 1:55
9. I'm thinking of publishing now
10. Never mind. I'll publish when I must.
11. The clock keeps going tick tock tick tock.
12. In science class we're gonna have to copy more.
13. I know you think what? you had science. WRONG. Split block. so technically rightish.
14. I have to go!

BYEEE. :D

Journal Entry 1/27/10

Hey hey!
I was very proud of myself today when we played touch. I tryed (which means scored in touch rugby) THREE times! It was a pretty even game between blue and green. P.E. is a really fun subject and I like it. I don't know what to talk about now so I will write a bunch of random stuff on my blog (which is my favorite thing to do) and i'll stop when I have to.

Random sayings that pop in my head.
1. I got 100% in my science test YAYYY! :D
2. Cookies are yummy
3. I love P.E. and running but I hate feeling soooo tired after
4. I love the colors orange, yellow and green. (Not for any specific reasons just because I like bright things.)
5. Last week I walked into this bookstore and they had like authors sayings above the shelves and I saw one that said: "People always ask me, if you had to be stranded on an island with only one book which would it be? I would always answer, How To Build A Boat." :P
6. In our class we have a WALL OF WORDS and I just thought that those words must be real special to have their own wall. (Just Kidding! I had to say something I was running out! :P)
7. I don't like getting goosebumps and nightmares after watching scary movies. I'd actually like spending more time hiding behind the popcorn bucket than seeing people get killed or something.
8. I only have 2.5 minutes left to type random stuff.
9. I'm thinking of finishing this post and so that I can put back the computer.
10. I'm gonna do that now. :)

I'll post againnnnnn!!!!! =D

6 reasons why Haiti is a poor nation.

1. One reason why Haiti is so poor is because the French Plantation owners would make the Haitians work to death by growing things from indigo to sugar cane.

2. Another reason is that after they fought against slavery they were in a situation where they were considered a threat by the rest of the region because the rest of the region especially the United States because they own slaves which leads to not much support from the United States.

3. A third reason is that since the plantations have stopped, small money that the Haitians got from selling a bit of those crops were no longer there. Ergo, there was no money left for the education of Haitian children and less salary for the Haitians with jobs for there were no more supporters.

4. Reason four is that Haiti was seen increasingly as a terrible place mostly because of the racism people have against the Haitians. They judge them by skin color since most of the regions around them are light skinned.

5. Haiti started from a point of considerably greater illiteracy and lack of human and natural resources. The other thing that was happening was that those small scale farmers were doing other things. They were using charcoal for heating and cooking and essentially denuding the hills and forests, which now means they have major erosion problems throughout Haiti.

6. The Haiti region is a region that doesn't have industrial skills therefore the region is not able to trade their products in any significant way.

Journal Entry - 1/20/10

Hey Journal and People of all Universe. I would like to talk about running in the rain. Yesterday we had P.E. and we played touch rugby. We were all having fun when suddenly we heard pounding on the other side of the field. We looked. Suddenly our P.E. teacher asked if it was rain. It was in fact. We ran all the way undercover so we couldn't get wet but some of us wanted to get wet (including me and my friends) so we stood under the rain kicked rain at each other and ran a whole lap arount the track while it was pouring. We were soaking and we liked it. We did cartwheels all at once. It was the best P.E. day ever. After it stopped raining we played a class game of touch rugby. It was really fun but when it started drizzling again and soon enough pounding we stopped the lesson (mainly because it was practically finished.) It was a blast and I will never forget that.

New Subject - Random. (I don't know what to write about so random things will pop in my mind and I will type it)

1. My friend is leaving and I wrote her a SUPER DUPER long note about how much i'll miss her and I was tearing up.
2. On two of my other blogs I talk about how bad Haiti needs help. (Be sure to check that out)
3. I'm in class right now. (but this isn't against the rules it's Journal Entry time in class so don't go bazerk. =D)
4. Our class is reading a book called PEAK and it's really good. (read it.)

Well i've got to go now journal time is up. Talk to you next time!
ME. =D

Haiti Update

EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT!

I made this post so that people may read about what is happening in haiti so far. Many people think that Haiti has gotten better since it has been about a week since the Earthquake struck Haiti but sadly they are very wrong. There are still hundreds of people injured and waiting for care even though there are people who are already taking action. As you can see in the picture above there were many people who suffered from the Earthquake and died. It seems like maybe half of those people died not from the Earthquake but from the injuries they got from the Earthquake. It feels like there weren't enough helpers to cure the sicknesses of the Haitians. The picture above may also be a little bit unclear because of all the dirt mixing with the bodies as they fall into a large grave for many Haitians.

Haiti Earthquake

On January 13, 2010 an Earthquake struck in Haiti. Haiti is in the Caribbean near the country of Mexico. Reporters say that many people were injured during the Earthquake. Red Cross also says that 3 million people were affected by this very Earthquake. The Earthquake, which struck about 15 km (10 miles) south-west of Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks of 5.9 and 5.5 magnitude. A French official told AFP about 200 people were missing in the collapsed Hotel Montana, which is popular with tourists. There have also been some reports of looting overnight. Rachmani Domersant an operations manager with the Food for the Poor charity, told Reuters that overnight the capital was in total darkness. "You have thousands of people sitting in the streets with nowhere to go. There are people running, crying, screaming." He says.

In a statement issued in New York, the UN said that its local HQ in Haiti had "sustained serious damage along with other UN installations" and "a large number" of personnel were missing. UN peacekeeping chief Alain Le Roy said it was unclear how many people were in the building. The head of the UN mission in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, was reported to have been inside and is unaccounted for. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said he was believed to be dead. The UN's stabilisation mission plays a vital role in ensuring security in Haiti. Raymond Joseph, Haiti's ambassador to the US, said the presidential palace, the tax office, the ministry of commerce and the foreign ministry had all been damaged, but the airport was intact. He and Haiti's ambassador to Mexico, Robert Manuel, both said that President Rene Preval and his wife had survived the quake.

The Earthquake struck Haiti Leaving people homeless and with nothing to do. The shock many people got from the Earthquake also affected their mental health leaving them not just sad but very depressed. The people of Haiti are depressed because their homes were most probably destroyed or they lost loved ones. Word is that some kids would wait for their parents after school but their parents would never come because they passed on during the Earthquake. As shown in the picture above this woman is most definitely left with nothing to do, no home, no family and very depressed. That is what Earthquakes can do to others. It is very sad to watch things like this happen to other people because of a natural disaster.