A Decoration or a Home?

Once again my curiosity hit me. We were on the beach enjoying the nice breeze so we decided we would just go further along since it was low tide anyway. There were plenty of rock pools there because when the tide came up it would leave water in gaps from
The rocks. Sean(brother)and I would search in them because we would always find starfish, hermit crabs and other little sea creatures. But today I wasn't interested in those creatures,
I was looking at a shell going perfectly up like a spiral and shades of orange around it.
It was there and then when my curiosity hit me as I thought to myself, how are shells formed?
Obviously leading me to research the whole process.

When I see a shell I think of it as a beautiful decoration for my house. But for animals with slimy, fragile bodies called mollusks, it IS there home.
These creatures ingest salt and chemicals by finding land masses and eroding them. They produce outer shells as they excrete the calcium carbonate. The more that's excreted the larger and stronger the shell becomes. But everyone has to die at a point. So when the mollusks die the remains of the body will be eaten by ocean predators leaving it to wash up on the beach.
So remember every time you hold a shell, your holding a whole house.

Time flies

Dosent it? I mean, one second ago while I was who knows where, the school holidays had finally come. Only to think now that it's over. Our easy life is gone and we are back in business, well... Back to studying.
Yes I believe time flew by. That's the problem if your enjoying things.
But one thing I'm sure to enjoy is seeing my friends again. I haven't seen them in three weeks. When I think about it that way, everything is worth it. Besides, now I don't have to go grocery shopping that often. BORING!
Well that's pretty much it. Can't wait to see you guys! But... If for some weird reason the school decided we should have more days off school, I guess I could wait....

Tempting isn't it?

Have you met one of those sneaky books which makes you feel as if you NEED to pick it up.
You would just die if you didn't? Why? How? It's because the writers tell you not to pick it up, it's to DANGEROUS or you'll pee your pants! Some would say,
which obviously tempts you to pick it up even more. You can try to resist it but your mind won't be on peace until it's in your hands. I met one of those books recently and turned out pretty interesting. Here's a description on it.

First things first though The Name Of This Book Is...Secret. No really, that's the name of the book: The Name Of This Book Is Secret. Confusing? I understand.
Then we have the 2 main characters:Cass, is a survivalist. Her motto:Be prepared. She isn't a average 11 year old girl, there's lots more to her than what you assume.
Then we have Max-Ernest a boy who trys to be a comedian but never succeeds. Like Cass theres

more to him than meets the eye.

The 2 of them discover a box filled with smelly but interesting vials of which is called-The Symphony Of Smells. Leaving them with a mission including a dead magicians body and the hunt for immortality. This book is filled with puzzles, riddles and anagrams.

I would Clearly recommend this book for people who enjoys mysterys.

One Bite

"Yum!" I think to myself as I bite into a  Mcdonald Cheese Burger. 
I then wish I could eat it for the rest of my life.  But not until, I found out the truth behind those
mouth -watering Cheese Burgers.
I would like to tell you it's healthy and good for your body so we can persuade parents to buy us some more, but that clearly would be lying and everyone knows it's bad to lie. 
You should only eat at Mcdonalds for a treat as it is high in fat, low in fibre and minerals, and contains lots of salt and sugar. 
If people continue to eat like this then they have a much greater chance of getting heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases. 
I've also learned that it contains chemical additives which according to the dictionary means:
something that becomes part of food or affects it as a result of packaging or processing, as debris or radiation which sometimes can give you ill-health. 

Now these are only 3 reasons about why you should only eat it rarely and for your own heath purposes. 
From reading books, asking people and searching up on the internet there is so much more (true fact).
Not only does it affect YOU but the enviroment, animals and people who live in poor places.
What! your thinking..that dosen't make any sense! Dont believe me, do some researching.

Don't get me wrongm, I mean I LOVE it too.  But you shouldn't eat it very often for your own health just keep it as a treat ( I wonder why most delicious things are unhealthy). =)
Cant believe I'm saying this but I think everyone should start eating fruits and vegetables more often. 

A Crying Wallet =(

A crying wallet? Ok,Ok,so you don't believe me that's fine.
But let me just take you back in time to October 1st. The plane had landed in Vancover (I was coming back from my trip which you can read on my previous blog posts). So we were in the airport and our next plane we were taking to Austrailia wasn't ready until ten long hours. So we thought we would just head down town. And so we did. That's where my mums mistake happened.
Yip. Walking around the shops..."let's go in there!"my brother say and so at this time in the story we are in a shop called Apple which is a brand for electronics. Not very long after we enter Apple that we see the latest iPod touch. Yeah we just had to buy it. It was like your own mini computer which can easily fit in your pocket. How awesome! Might as well ad I'm using it right now to type up this very blog post. And
that's how we got back to the airport with 2 iPod touches and a wallet crying.
But the only thing my mum said was "actually I like it when you keep up with the new technology". Who could ever ask for a better mum? Not Me!

11 & in UNI? Really?

"OH MY GOSH! ARE WE DREAMING, BECAUSE WERE GOING TO UNI !!!" This is what we felt inside, 10 & 11 year olds going to UNI now that is something BIG. The chosen people were offered a variety of sessions which improved different areas of our learning. This certain class we were attending was taught by Russel G. and it was Word Wizardry. We gained the knowledge about where the english language originated from. "Anglo Waaa?" The English language originated from the Anglo Saxon language. Did you know that the country that speaks the most english is India OMG !!! We learnt heaps from Russel as he had lots to tell us because of experience throughout his lifetime. He told us that at one stage that French was actually the most common language. We learnt so much our heads started hurting. The best part was at the end when we got to handle ancient artifacts and some of them were recreated. Thank you Russel for expanding the knowledge in our minds and which might help us in the future!!

Memorable Moments

So we said our goodbyes and a few tears were shed. Then we got our 5hour flight to Vancover where we will carry on our 15 hour flight at midnight. We went down town as we had lots of time to spare,I have to say I'm so glad we did because I got my new iPod touch which I'm using to write this blog post (please read 'A Crying Wallet' which talk about my new iPod touch). We got into a taxi and they dropped us of at our house, by the way that was pretty expensive costing over a hundred dollars.
Thinking back I wouldn't change a second of what happened. I've experienced so many things in the last couple of days. No actually last couple of weeks. And seen things I've never seen before, learned things I never knew was possible and met people I never even knew existed. Only to realise now that because of those things I was able to have an extra ordinary and unforgettable trip. Seeing my relatives again was one of the greatest gifts for me because those are the memorable moments I will always treasure in my heart.