Liam's Blog

Haiti is an island off the coast of Costa Rica. There was a huge 5.6 earthquake which is the power of 35 nuclear bombs. It would not been as bad in some other places because there buildings where made out of cement it so when everything collapsed people would get squished and the cement dust would choke them.  Another terrible thing that happened was all of the now orphans but luckily many Canadians and people from the U.S are adopting and donating money for there shelter, food and water for the people of Haiti. You can help the people of Haiti by only donating a few dollars to the Red Cross or any other funding program.

To me blogging  is a way to make fun connections with other people. And to tell people new interesting things that you find out. That helps you make new online friends. What is really cool about blogs are that you can share put links to games, sites and other places on the Internet that you think other people would like. And that’s what blogging means to me.

My family tradition at Christmas is to go to my grandparents house to have dinner and open some gifts. I like Christmas because my family gets together. It is nice to see everyone. My cousin’s aunt and uncle usually come to stay for two days from Vancouver. We have lots of fun in the snow and making ginger bread houses and drinking hot chocolate.

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photo by: Terren in Virginia

Mexico is really hot.  When I was there it was 35 degrees in January! And all of the locale’s were wearing fleece pants and long sleeve shirts. 

I went snorkeling and saw lots of fish with bright colored stripes hiding around the coral. There was about 3 different kinds of them.

 I even got to let 3 Olive Riddaly turtles a few feet away from the water.

 In town there is a store where they sell hand made bead animals. To make them they start with a clay or wood sculpture then they cover the sculpture with wax so the tiny colored beads can stick on to the wood or clay. They make detailed drawings that all mean something different.

 And if you like waves you in luck because the waves in Mexico can get around six feet tall! Still though there is a few sting rays. You can see people bring them up in nets. I even saw a puffer fish! I hope you enjoyed my post.

Alleys carved deep into the soil

Sandbagged for support and protection. Soldiers feet

rotting inside their own mud filled boots.

A shell scarred area surounded in fierce looking loops of barbed wire

stretching endlessly into no man’s land.

Bronchitis, Pneumonia and influenza

replacing yet another… Dead.

Tears falling on their lifeless

bodies

now they lay in flanders fields. 

 Today two classes from are school got to go the Torch relay in Courteney, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. We got to see the torch light the calderon. It was amazing how fast the flames went up. There were thousands of people everywhere especially around the stage trying to take some good pictures of the Olympic torch “it was very exciting” . And I hope you might get to see the torch live too. But who knows maybe you all already have?

White lions are an kind of crossed lion they turn white when they mate with there  relatives ( brother, sister). The white lions usually have birth defects example: three legs instead of four, too many toes and one ear. All these defects make it hard for the lions to survive. I hope you’ve  learned something new!

3 lion cubs by: Alex Grimm at: National Geographic.com

If you are a tourist or you just want to know about some things about British Columbia I can tell you that there are a lot of attractions including Mt.Washington. Mt.Washington has a lodge and has many ski runs and hiking trails up the mountain. I suggest that you come here if you can. Another attractions that are in Vancouver is Science world another attraction in Vancouver is the sports hall of fame. I myself have been to all these places and I think they are all amazing. What kind of attractions do you have nere you?

Here are some Lego mindstorm robots that I am interested in,

Lego Robots I think are very cool with all the things you can do. Basically they can do anything you want them to do. All you have to is program them. Lego Mindstorm robots are a great thing for people that are going to be engineers for their future job. And here is my favourite link  ‘ Lego engineering‘. I hope you learned something new!

What I’m thankful for…

The first thing that I’m thankful for is that the wars in most places of the world have stopped except  Afghanistan which I hope will stop soon.

The second thing that I’m thankful for is that some people are tyring to help and make a difference on the envierment in a good way.

The third thing that I’m thankful for is that I have a loving family and very kind Grandparents.

What Are You Thankful For?