Monday, October 12, 2009
Connecting with others
"People want to feel connected with each other" Matt said. They do, and as i saw on the video, that these people were smiling and having fun and acting ridiculous. They like to be with each other and to connect. Laughing, smiling, dancing, acting funny- Matt has brought people together by just doing a dance.
There are 6 billion people in the world and we are all linked together one way or another. People from different races, religions and nationalities came together to do a silly dance. Matt has helped bring the world together by doing a dance.
I chose the picture for it shows children from different races and backgrounds, holding hands and literally connecting. It shows that you don't have to be the same religion or nationality to be friends.
http://www.kely.org/artonthego/img/communityteamworks2005.jpg
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Make a person's day.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
my name
It means river. What kind of name means river? Rio was the weirdest name ever. Too short, too Spanish, and it doesn’t fit me at all. It just didn’t feel right. It was a boring name, and too different. I just thought I would end up with something simpler, something that fit me.
I was named after the Joseph from the Christian bible and I got the name Romario from my parent’s two names, Rosano and Maria. Why didn’t I stick with those names? Well, Joseph was easy to pronounce, but it just didn’t fit me at all. Being called Joseph was weird for me. When people would say my name, I wouldn’t respond. Then I tried Romario, but then they either pronounced it funny or got it mixed up with my last name, Rosano. This was not working.
I used to wish for a new name so that people will not tease me for it, and a name that would be so simple a cat could pronounce it. Then I stopped wishing. I demanded for a new one. Of course I can’t just get a new name just like that, but at least I tried.
The name Romario was just simply too hard to pronounce. They would call me Rosario, Rosano, Ronaro, or just Mario. They never got it right. They murdered the name. One day, someone pronounced it so fast all you could hear was the “rio”. I liked the sound of that. The shortness, the easiness to pronounce, everything. It was the name I always wished of getting. The name I always wanted. So I looked back and responded, “Yes?”
Ever since I heard that name, more people kept calling me it. It I would ask them to or they would just go off calling me that. After that year, everyone called me Rio. It was officially my new name.
People still teased me and called me Rio de Janeiro or Rio Grande and thought they were so funny. Yes the name those mean river and it is a Spanish origin, but the name sounds like me. It’s short, simple, easy and unique. Just like me.
http://fineartamerica.com/images-medium/the-chama-river-elena-maza.jpg
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Road Leading to the Unknown.
The quote written by Charles de Gaulle, explains that we need to explore the world to discover by taking journeys and paths. This means we have to do or go somewhere to learn new things. I find this quote by Charles de Gaulle tells us that we have to do or be something great to explore.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Merapoh
ON THE BUS. Really early in the morning.Everyone tired and sleepy. We put our bags in the bus. And went in. I was sitting next to Ib. I tried to sleep but Ib kept annoying me. Helena and Angela kept taking pictures. Yi Khai kept talking. I couldn't sleep.
4 HOURS LATER. We were there. Merapoh base. We then checked in our bag since it was a National Park. Jumped in a truck and rode on. It was a bumpy rode. Up and down and up and down, it was fun. Hair was everywhere. Someones hair flew in my mouth.
THE BRIDGE. The starting point of our hike. Went through it and- PLOUGH. Foot stuck in the mud. Great way to start the day. We walked through the rainforest. It was going well. 1 hour passes. Not so tired. We trekked through the rivers and up and down the rough trail. 3 hours passed. Halfway there. We ttok a break, carrying 11 kg in my bag was hard. It got tiring. We crossed our 9th river. We walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked and walked. And walked.
KEM KOR. It read on the sign. We were there, finally. We set up our tents and went in. YiKhai and Fabean were in our tent. It was raining outside. We started playing games and stuff. Dinner time. We climbed out our tent and stepped in the mud. The Porters. Carrying 60 liters of all our food and tents. They were really strong and carried all the food and tents. They cooked food. It was nice.
LANDSLIDE. We were about to say goodbye to the Gunung Tahan team, since they were going to go all the way up. Until the guides said there was a landslide and it was way to dangerous. So we all went back down. All of us.
BACK AT THE BASE. We took a shower and took a break, played some poker and went to sleep.
Next day (DAY 3) we woke up and did some activities in the jungle, as we went on a hike for 2 hours. We learned about a lot of stuff like why the vines curled up the tree and why the trees would lean toward the river.
AFTER THAT, we came back and did some activities, like walk around the base looking for a spot with some coordinates and a compass. We then crossed a river to learn how to make an animal trap with a couple of sticks and twigs.
CHINESE TEMPLE. We were on a way to a small chinese village to learn other people's cultures and customs. We visited a temple where we met kids who were very different to us. They were very shy, and they even rode their own motorcycles which was pretty cool.
FREE TIME. We then headed back to the base and had a choice to do anything we want. We played soccer or frisbee or even American Football. We played for a long time until it got dark. We then took a shower and had dinner.
NIGHT SAFARI. After dinner we hopped in a truck to go back in the jungle to experience wildlife at nighttime. Fabean, Yi Khai, Emily, Mezha, Vandana, Tanya and others. We felt the breeze on ou faces as we rode by. "DUCK!" Our guide said, as the branches nearly hit our faces. We ended up ducking a lot because of all the branches. We had to stay real quite since it might scare the animals away. We saw some cats and a whole lot of wild boars.
DAY 4. Had reakfast, and went to SMK Merapoh school for a soccer game. We thought they were our age and our grade but as we alked in, we saw the kids-or teens-or maybe even adults we were going to play againts. They were sitting in their motorcycles, smiling at us with their beards and moustaches. They were 2 times taller than me, as everyone got scared to play. The score was 2-0 we were losing , until Fabean scored. 2-1. Someone else scored 2-2. It ended up as 4-3. We won, and ythen donated some supplies and stuff.
RIVER TREKKING. We walked through the river for 20 minutes and found this small pool that we played in. There were strong currents so we rode through them. After that we went back and worked on our presentation. It had to be about Malaysia Week and our journey. Our group made a song by the tune of YOUR BEAUTIFUL by James Blunt.
DAY 5. Going home. It was really fun, but it had to end. We said bye and got ready to go home. We went on the bus, and rode back to school.
We had a lot of fun and learned a lot of important stuff. We all wished we could've stayed longer. I can't wait until next Malaysia Week.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
XMAS IN LA!
This winter break, we went to Los Angeles, the entertainment capital of America. We did many things there like go to Disneyland, Universal Studios, Warner Bros., and a lot of other stuff. We also went to the walk of fame with all the stars on the floor. But on the way, as we walked, we bumped into some other people. There was Zorro, Iron Man, Batman, Yoda, the Mask, and a lot of other guys. They were fake and all, but it was pretty fun taking pictures with them. They were just a couple of random guys who put on a costume, and walked around everywhere. They mostly did it for the money, which we had to give to them after we took some pictures with them.
In Disneyland, we went to nearly every ride, except for the big roller-coaster with all the spins and turn and loops and all. We did have a lot of fun there, as it only lasted for one day. Universal Studios was another theme park we went to that was a lot of fun. It included rides like the new Simpsons ride (picture on the left), the 4-D Shrek movie and the Jurrasic Park water ride. In Warner Bros. Studios, we had a tour to see all he sets of a lot of cool shows like Friends and Two and a Half Men. We also saw the Batmobile from the Dark Knight.
We all had a lot of fun in LA, and we'd like to go back there some day to see other stuff. We were goin to see a basketball game there- Lakers againts Celtics, but it was sold out. We ended up having 2 christmas days because when we were in Japan, it was 3:00 in the afternoon, 25th of December, and when we went to LA it was 9:00 in the morning, 25th of December. So that was pretty cool to have, because we kind of went back in time. I didn't get to play any soccer at all during the whole holiday, but i still had a lot of fun there.
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
CHIHUAHUA!
Chihuahuas are good for apartment life since they're small and they don't bark much. I happen to be living in an apartment right now with a chihuahua. They hate the cold weather and may shiver allot. Sometimes they even wear clothing like a sweater to keep warm. I used to live in India and it can get cold there. It also gets really hot, so my dog had to have a little haircut. Chihuahuas wear clothes not just because they look cute in them, also because their body can't stand the temperature.
Long-haired and short haired. Most chihuahuas have short hair but there are still some with long. My chihuahua has long hair. But she's a mixed breed: she's mostly chihuahua and a bit papillion. She can run really fast sometimes, but then she would get really tired and collapse. But you don't want to get a chihuahua mad. These are some ways of getting her mad: stealing her chicken, waking her up, carrying her in a weird and uncomfortable way and stealing her chicken. If you do any of these, she would most probably bite you so hard... you would start bleeding. This has happened to me a couple times.
Evil, Mexican, small, funny, active, cute and evil, all at the same time. It can't get any better. Chihuahuas are the best (in my opinion) kind of breed of dogs in the world...
Also look out for my poll on dog breeds. Coming soon.