Thursday, December 5, 2013
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
Burma days Pt. 1: First Day
Our flight landed four hours and eleven minutes (when I started typing eleven) ago. Of course, we had to go through customs and immigration, get our luggage, and convert a substantial sum of money into Burmese currency, before we could leave the airport. Then (in the airport) we met with the leaders of the pwo Kayin Seminary, and they drove us to our guest house, where we am now. So far I like Myanmar. It's a place where palm trees and other such plants grow. It's a tropical climate, with a low of sixty-four in the cool season. The leader of the seminary gave us dinner at the school, and today he gave us a tour of the seminary. He also gave us lunch and brought us to the national village, a museum of different tribal areas, with shops and houses and such. Then they took us to the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, and we stayed there for an hour and a half to two hours. There is one interesting thing in particular about this trip: a lot of people, mostly girls have wanted to take their picture with me. POOOTAAAATOOOES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! After we went to the Shwe Dagon Pagoda, They brought us back to the seminary for supper. It was a nice supper, with rice and shrimp (a delicacy) and vegetables with a garlic sauce, as well as soup, and some other things. Then we came back to the guest house and have been there since. Today we also went down and payed for our tickets to the celebrations. Well, it's about midnight here, and 12:22 were you are (eleven and a half hour time difference), so I should probably stop. Bye for now!
Saturday, November 30, 2013
Photo blog of Los Angeles
Hi Guys!, Jordan here. In L.A., that is. Thats right, I'm in California! Unfortunately I will be leaving in
only a few hours. :( But then I'll be on my way to Burma! :) But I can't tell you about that now, because
it hasn't happened yet. :( I can, however, tell you about my stay L.A. When we got here last night, we
basically checked and went straight to our rooms. Mom and I did look and see if they had a hot-tub, but
they didn't. :( Then I watched a show on T.V. about the secrets of the earth that I thought was pretty
cool. Who knew the Weather Channel could be that interesting. :) Then we went to bed, and I woke up
early, early for here, that is, it was about ten for you guys, and didn't really leave my room (I might
have gone out into the hall) until about 8:30 (here), around an hour and a half after I woke up. I had a
nice breakfast (buffet style) at the hotels resturant, had a few scares with the elevators, had mom try to
locate Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasly), and Emma Watsons (Hermione
Grangers) handprints, footprints, and wandprints on the walk of fame. Then we went on a very nice
V.I.P. tour of Los Angeles, with a very nice driver, and the chance to take a lot of pictures. And here
they are (some of them, anyway):
only a few hours. :( But then I'll be on my way to Burma! :) But I can't tell you about that now, because
it hasn't happened yet. :( I can, however, tell you about my stay L.A. When we got here last night, we
basically checked and went straight to our rooms. Mom and I did look and see if they had a hot-tub, but
they didn't. :( Then I watched a show on T.V. about the secrets of the earth that I thought was pretty
cool. Who knew the Weather Channel could be that interesting. :) Then we went to bed, and I woke up
early, early for here, that is, it was about ten for you guys, and didn't really leave my room (I might
have gone out into the hall) until about 8:30 (here), around an hour and a half after I woke up. I had a
nice breakfast (buffet style) at the hotels resturant, had a few scares with the elevators, had mom try to
locate Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Rupert Grint (Ron Weasly), and Emma Watsons (Hermione
Grangers) handprints, footprints, and wandprints on the walk of fame. Then we went on a very nice
V.I.P. tour of Los Angeles, with a very nice driver, and the chance to take a lot of pictures. And here
they are (some of them, anyway):
Harry Houdini's star!
We fight for Justice, Order, and Coupons!
Ready for anything!
Expensive pictures with characters
The Manns Chinese Theater
Star Wars prints!
Welcome to Erebor!
Preview trailer for "The Desolation of Smaug"
The Harry Potter stars hand, feet, and wand prints!
I have (or had) the same size handprint as Daniel Radcliffe! (Harry Potter)
A really expensive car. Somewhere in the millions
Well, thats enough for now! I may come back later and add more photos and captions, but I don't have much time and I shouldn't keep you to long, but check this post every once in awhile.
Bye for now!
Jordan
Thursday, December 20, 2012
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"
I went to see the Hobbit with some friends on Saturday. The friends were called the "Geek Fellowship." Going with 23 friends was kinda fun. The movie was AWESOME! It was one of the best (if not the best) movie(s) I have ever seen. And it fit perfectly with "The Lord of the Rings." And besides that, it shows why dwarves dislike elves, what Bilbo looked like 60 years ago, and that "Biffer, Boffer, Dwalin, Balin, Fili, Kili, Orie, Norie, Oin, Gloin, Bombur, and Thorin Oakenshield should meet "the Fellowship of the Ring." I am going to interveiw one of the people who saw it with me.
Me: Did you like the movie?
Elijah: Yes, I did.
Me: did you think it was close to the book?
Elijah: Not very, but in some parts.
Me: Did you like the things they added to the movie?
Elijah: Yes.
Me: Did you like the cliff-hanger ending?
Elijah: It was a good way to end the movie.
Me: Did you think it fit the "Lord of the Rings" storyline?
Elijah: It did.
Me: Okay! Thank you for your time!
Elijah: You're welcome.
That is the Interview of Elijah, I hope you find it helpful. All in all, I think they did a very good job on "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey." The sets and stuff (costumes, c.g.i., etc., etc., etc....) were very good, especially the dwarf kingdom of Erebor. And a lot of it (I thought) was similar to the books, though there were some differences. The End.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Mad Scientist
I decided to learn to fly because I am a mad scientist. Do you have any suggestions for things I might try?
I have already tried flying a rocket, which didn't succeed. The remote controlled lawnmower, that was one of the only ones that worked. The potato-powered laser cannon, that worked pretty well, too. Did you know that if you could ever get electricity out of a potato it would only be 1.6 volts?
More pictures in some other blog.
Signed,
Jordan
I have already tried flying a rocket, which didn't succeed. The remote controlled lawnmower, that was one of the only ones that worked. The potato-powered laser cannon, that worked pretty well, too. Did you know that if you could ever get electricity out of a potato it would only be 1.6 volts?
More pictures in some other blog.
Signed,
Jordan
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
The Asking for Jokes Blog
Please write down your favorite jokes as comments and I will possibly use them in a later blog. Thank you and I hope you participate.
Signed,
Jordan
Signed,
Jordan
Monday, June 6, 2011
Dance, CYC and Other Stuff
This is a guest blog by a good friend of mine. Her name is Hannah. She is a twelve year old girl who loves to dance. She finds me and her brother Elijah weird, strange, crazy, etc., etc., etc, which we are, but more on that never. Hope you enjoy Hannah's post.
The introduction is accurate. Let me tell you a little bit about my family. My brother's a goof ball. My Mom makes good soup and pies, as we all know well. My dog Judson is very fast and he's a nut ball. My Dad is totally embarassing, but kinda nice. And his dancing is terrible.
As Jordan said in the introduction I do love to dance. I have a new video game called Just Dance 2. It's my favorite video game that we have. It's kind of like video exercise except that you hold the remote and mirror the person on the screen. I also have dance classes three to four days a week. I have nine dances for my recital this year, which is on June 18. Before the recital on Wednesday and Thursday we have regular rehearsals, then on Friday we have a dress rehearsal. On Saturday we have two shows, one at 2:00 and one at 7:00. I am doing one tap dance, one ballet dance, three jazz dances, three lyrical dances and one modern. My little brother is in modern class with me. He is doing the recital with me as well.
This is my seventh year dancing and I am used to having so many dances. Last year I had eight. The most dances I had to learn in a short time was 10 dances in 4 days. Nine were at dance camp and one was for Chapel at the Christian Youth Conference which my Dad is the Dean of, but which I can't go to til I am 15. Now I am a staff brat.
I am not technically a brat that's just a name that we have. Jordan, Elijah, my friend Christina and I are all staff brats. The beach there is the best I have ever been to and I can boogie board there which I can't do anywhere else. They also have a great library which has a lot of Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes, which I love. This year we get one of the most adorable cabins I have ever seen. The room that my brother and I sleep in is purple, which I am very excited about. I love purple. We get to bring our WII, our laptops, all our WII games and my new Ipod Touch which I got for my birthday this year. We can also go almost anywhere we want within our boundaries, as long as we ask a parent, without supervision.
I am homeschooled. I am so glad I do not have to get up 6:00 in the morning to get dressed, eat breakfast and go to school. My two favorite cartoon movies are Up and The Incredibles My favorite non-cartoon movies are Stomp, The Lord of the Rings movies and Pirates of the Carribean.
Good-bye and I enjoyed doing this blog. I hope you enjoy it, too.
God bless,
Hannah
Ed. Note:
Christian Youth Conference at Ocean Park is a two week ecumenical conference for high school students held in August on the beautiful southern coast of Maine. The theme for the 2011 conference is "Face to Face" and will look at restoring relationships between God and individuals, and amongst people. Click here for more information.
The introduction is accurate. Let me tell you a little bit about my family. My brother's a goof ball. My Mom makes good soup and pies, as we all know well. My dog Judson is very fast and he's a nut ball. My Dad is totally embarassing, but kinda nice. And his dancing is terrible.
As Jordan said in the introduction I do love to dance. I have a new video game called Just Dance 2. It's my favorite video game that we have. It's kind of like video exercise except that you hold the remote and mirror the person on the screen. I also have dance classes three to four days a week. I have nine dances for my recital this year, which is on June 18. Before the recital on Wednesday and Thursday we have regular rehearsals, then on Friday we have a dress rehearsal. On Saturday we have two shows, one at 2:00 and one at 7:00. I am doing one tap dance, one ballet dance, three jazz dances, three lyrical dances and one modern. My little brother is in modern class with me. He is doing the recital with me as well.
This is my seventh year dancing and I am used to having so many dances. Last year I had eight. The most dances I had to learn in a short time was 10 dances in 4 days. Nine were at dance camp and one was for Chapel at the Christian Youth Conference which my Dad is the Dean of, but which I can't go to til I am 15. Now I am a staff brat.
I am not technically a brat that's just a name that we have. Jordan, Elijah, my friend Christina and I are all staff brats. The beach there is the best I have ever been to and I can boogie board there which I can't do anywhere else. They also have a great library which has a lot of Garfield and Calvin & Hobbes, which I love. This year we get one of the most adorable cabins I have ever seen. The room that my brother and I sleep in is purple, which I am very excited about. I love purple. We get to bring our WII, our laptops, all our WII games and my new Ipod Touch which I got for my birthday this year. We can also go almost anywhere we want within our boundaries, as long as we ask a parent, without supervision.
I am homeschooled. I am so glad I do not have to get up 6:00 in the morning to get dressed, eat breakfast and go to school. My two favorite cartoon movies are Up and The Incredibles My favorite non-cartoon movies are Stomp, The Lord of the Rings movies and Pirates of the Carribean.
Good-bye and I enjoyed doing this blog. I hope you enjoy it, too.
God bless,
Hannah
Ed. Note:
Christian Youth Conference at Ocean Park is a two week ecumenical conference for high school students held in August on the beautiful southern coast of Maine. The theme for the 2011 conference is "Face to Face" and will look at restoring relationships between God and individuals, and amongst people. Click here for more information.
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