Visit To Banaue Rice Terraces

Rice is the most important food for Asia's people so each country has to plant their own rice. Unfortunately, some of Asia's countries are located in hard areas which are difficult for planting rice and Philippines is one of them.Philippines is an archipelago of 7,107 islands and it is hard to plant crops on mountains but Philippines's ancestors had never given up and they had came up with an amazing idea of building terraces for growing rice and now this unique place is one of the most inspiring heritage sites in the world.

After a few hours sleeping on the plane, finally i arrived at the Land of Beauty,Philippines. Stepping out of the plane, i felt warm wind blowing across my frozen face.After collecting my luggages, my friend and I walked out of the huge Ninoy Aquino International Airport which was the airport of Manila,Philippines' Capital City. As we walked out, a taxi was waiting for us and then it took us to a modern hotel in the centre of Manila. We decided not to go anywhere for the first day of our arrival in Philippines because we were so tired and it was already evening when we arrived at the hotel.We got up at 8 and then we enjoyed our delicious breakfast at the hotel and soon started our trip. We got on the bus to Ifugao Province to visit the place which was the main reason for us to be there,The Rice Terraces. Having been on the bus for a few hours, we finally arrived in the central of the province around 3PM. As we arrived there,we decided to take a look around the town and we were so surprised by tourists. There were so many there,i guessed they came here for the same reason as us.

Getting up early in the 3rd day of our trip, we arrived at the Rice Terraces quite early,around 10AM.Arriving there,we could smell the fresh morning air in the warm morning sunshine.How wonderful it was......We stood on the highest terrace which was 1500 Meters above the sea level,so we could see the whole perfect view of it. We couldn't believe what we were seeing, that place was completely large and the view that we saw from top there was very beautiful amazing ,similar to you were in a wonderland. My Breathe was taken away for while and i was stand still,looking forward without breathing.They were like staircases,from high grade to low and each one was very curvy.The view that i saw,made me feel like i was in a giant's house and i was on the stairs,looking down surprisingly.The professional guide told us about its history,he said it was built 2000 years ago by ancestors of indigenous people and it was built using minimal equipments,mostly by hand.It covered 10,360 square meters of mountainside,16 times bigger than Singapore and it was registered to UNESCO in 1995.We were so impressed again by hearing the truth, how could they come up with such a nice idea? They used their hands to build such a wonderful terraces and one more delighted thing was Banaue was not the only rice terraces that they built,there were 4 more and they were about this size also.

I believed that the view that i saw on that day is the most wonderful view i have ever seen in my life because it was unbelievable and once you have seen it,you won't be able to forget it.It will be forever in your head.If i had one more chance, i would visit Philippines again and visit other astonishing heritage sites there. I'm just in love with it ! <3

-EniX-

The Colosseum

It's 3pm on a hot summer day with mildly humid winds blowing and I'm on my way to visit the Colosseum. It's already been 2 weeks since my adventure in Italy started, and I've seen amazing things from the Gran Paradiso National Park Valle D'Aosta to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, I have seen them all. But one thing is in my way from finishing my complete tour of the country and that is the Colosseum. As I walk through the streets of Rome I can hear crowds of people talking happily in Italian and I can hear music everywhere, it's an atmosphere that makes Italy ,or Rome to be specific, one of the top tourist sites in the world. The soothing smell of Mozzarella cheese, lasagne, and pizza fills the city as I walk pass the Colosseum Restaurant and head near the Colosseum itself. 5 minutes after passing the Colosseum Restaurant, I reached the monument. Being almost 2000 years old and being able to hold almost 50000 people, it is without a doubt that the Colosseum is one of the most recognized wonders in the world. As I was entering the monument through one of it's 80 entrances, I took a look at my watch and saw that it was 3:46pm. After three whole hours of taking pictures and admiring the work of Roman men, I left with a satisfied heart and a hungry stomach. After I had left the Colosseum I had an early dinner at Chicco di Grano then went back to the Splendide Royal Hotel.
P.S. If there's any mistakes in this post please inform me or just simple correct it!
P.S.S When reading please don't fall asleep like I did as I was writing this!!

Siphan

I have the best time in United Arab Emirate. I've visited this tallest building in the world call Burj Khalifa. it is very big and very tall i felt so exciting visiting this place

A Tour To My Wonderland

The wind turbine's rackety sound, the friction of the wheels against the Cairns's airport runway, which can be heard 10 yards away, awake all the passengers on the plane. Having arrived in Cairns's airport at 7 in the morning, we rushed to the bus tour(which we booked earlier). Sitting on the bus, I read the guide. It seems that it might takes us only 10mins to the resort. After being so curious on the bus, we hastily book a room. The hotel features a tour booking desk, a sparkling blue outdoor pool and spa, a modern, state of the art cardio gymnasium, a choice of function rooms...This is a dream come true.The most important thing is, it also offers tours and activity at one of the 7 wonders of the world, The Great Barrier Reef. Having spent so much time swimming and shopping, I got on the bed and close my eyes...Poof comes the sunlight. It's 6 AM, said the clock. We're on our way to the restaurant, which only cost us 5 mins to walk. Finishing the entrée, comes the main course, follow by a famous desert, chocolate soufflés...yummy. The time has come, we take a tour car to the Coral Sea. Seeing the clear blue seawater, we hired some snorkeling-sets and...splash. Holy Moley Yoley...The corals, the fish, this is unbelievable. The guide also guide us to the Crown Of Thorns. It's so fun snorkeling throughout the reef. It's lunch time! Eating the lunch, I read and learned a few thing about this reef on the guide. The reef is known to be the world's largest reef, it stretches over 2600 kilometers and includes over 900 islands. It's also can be seen from space. That's huge! Swimming time! This time we see a lot of marines such as clown fishes, green sea turtles, striped surgeon fishes and a lot more. It's time to go back to the resort. So, we spend the very last night shopping and eating. This time when I close my eyes...swoosh it's just a dream! Haha...Bye! New posts will be posted next Thursday!


Ati

Being an audience in Colosseum

Summer comes and also it is vacation time. Well, this year is totally different. I've been dying to go to Italy to see the building that was built in the middle of the city of Rome, Colosseum. All i know about it NOW is that it was built along time ago and used for battles, contest, and public spectacle like when they execute someone. And I saw on TV was that the audience also write there name and what they see on the wall of the Colosseum after they finish seeing what's in there. Even i know more about what they do in there but but you won't want to hear about it's because it'll be boring! Hey, I've arrived at the noon. After you took a long flight you might want to eat, right? Well, I went to a nice restaurant in the city. The waitress at the gate give me a friendly smile and lead me to a nice table inside. It was quite gloomy and dark but it felt warm anyway. Italy reminds me a lot of the pizza and lasagna. So i order it right away, and of course I'm not a vegetable eater type so vegetable must not be included in my dish. The pizza came first and you can scent the smell 100 meters away. The first bite taste like...I don't know...I just fell like I'm flying! The cheese is sweet and the bread taste like soft cloud. The wine..also is very interesting. When I enter the restaurant they decorate the wall with wine. So I tried one! It's from...the year 1999, I think!
Enough about the food, now my dream is about to come true. The Colosseum is only 2km away from here so i went there right after I paid, of course, for my beautiful meal in the amazing country. I arrived just in time the last guide is possible. Well, lucky me! He told me it was started to be build in 72 AD and finish in 80 AD. And that is all I heard about the history.... Oh, also, this place is huge man! Let me tell you that it can be capable of seating 50 000 spectator, isn't that amazing? Imagine, at that time high technology hasn't been invented! But the damaged come in. So regret that the damage from the nature, I mean the earth quake, and the stupid stone robbers damaged part of it.
Even I have to come back to my homeland, I already took pictures I wanted to take. And I know i would remember it for a long time with this trip. Je Taime , Italiano! I promised I'll be back. ^_^ 
Mickey

My Visit Great Wall of China

when I was eight years old,my family and I have been visiting one place that I never forgot.It is one of the 7 wonders of the world.It's located in China.Guess what it is?It is The Great Wall of China.
2 weeks that we stayed in China.We saw many beautiful views of the natural places such as mountains,forests and lakes.There are many natural places in China so we can smelled fresh air and it made me felt refresh.Foods of China is looked good.Eggdrop Soup was one of the popular foods in China and it also tasted good.After we visited that places,we went to see the Great Wall of China.Because we want to know what make the Great Wall look wonderful?When we arrived,we could find the answer.Yeah!The Great Wall is very wonderful.It stretches out over 6700 km and It was the largest human made structure in the world.The reason that they built it just because to protect the northern border of the chinese empire.
I never forget this place.I really enjoyed my holiday in China espeacially the Great Wall of China.If I have any chance or time,I will visit this place again.

Visal

My Visit to PARADISE (rev)

During the Water Festival holidays, my family and I went on a tour to Venezuela. The first day of the holidays, the tour would take us to Angel falls, one of Venezuela attractions. We took a flight from Puerto Ordaz to reach Canaima Camp, a starting point for river trips. Having eaten breakfast, we got on a small boat which led our way toward the falls.
Angel falls is also known as Paradise Falls, which is located in Auyentipui, Canaima National Park. It is the world's highest falls ever, with a height of 979m and a plunge of 807m. The height of the fall is so great that, before getting anywhere near the ground, much of the water is evaporated as a fine mist by the strong wind. My family, I along with other tourists were walking within a radius of 1 mile, and we could feel the mist pouring in as drops of the rain blown in by the wind . It was the greatest waterfall I've ever visited. Seeing that attractive scenery, we took lots of photos together as a group of a family. I saw a charming rainbow with its 7 colors appeared in the middle of the evergreen forests. I was so excited to see such glamorous things like that. It was naturally amazing with its gracefulness!!! I could hear the lively sounds of the dropping falls as it hit the stone nearby.
During lunch time, we ate lunch at Canaima restaurant . I ordered the most admired dish of Venezuela, called "Arepas" which was a type of bread. It is savored with nearly anything such as ham, cheese and chicken. I admit, it was a very delicious dish. Having drunk a glass of ''Batido", I learned that it was mixed fruit juice which was thick in texture and made with more fruit than water. The taste of sweet and sour were great on a hot day... during November. It was nearly the end of rainy season there. The weather was so hot and humid, but it still brought us lots of fun.

We stayed there till the evening so as to watch the sunset. The clear blue sky turned in to bright orange while the clouds disappeared. Later on, the sun set itself down, making everywhere around Canaima Park turned into dark. Meanwhile, the angelic moon suddenly appeared in the middle of nowhere in the endless sky. It reminded us that it was time to get back to the city. So, my family and I left the Angel Falls with a feel of want to visit there again next time.
I miss this place. If I could make a wish, I would go and visit Angel Falls again.

Roath

My Wonder

There are so many wonders in this world. However, the most attractive one to me is Mayan Pyramid. In my view, it's so incredible and unique. I've heard some people said that in the past, the Mayan sacrificed their people to the god, on the top of Pyramid. And some more say that Mayan people were cannibalism because after the sacrifice, old ladies of the village came to collect the meat from dead bodies. But I'm not sure if this is true or not because I have no idea where they get this information. There had been so many discussions about the place; as a result, couples of months ago, I decided to have a trip there with my family to see it through my own eyes.

It was about at noon. The sky was blue and so clear, it was a beautiful sunny day of course. I could hear birds singing oddly. In front of me there was a huge Mayan Pyramid. It was awesome - more awesome than I thought it would be! The building is kinda strange and a little bit scary. There were lots of people observing around the Pyramid. Some were climbing up and some more were on the plain that was in front of the Pyramid. I walked around the Pyramid for a while then I climbed up just as other people had done. Arriving up there, I could see huge space in front of my nose. I could feel cold stone when I was trying to walk with my bare feet. It's so interesting because there were lots of weird and ancient things. I think there would be some mysterious behind this. After walking around at the top of the Pyramid, I decided to go down, spent some time there and get back to the city.

This trip is the one that I'll never forget. In the future, I would like to have a trip there again if I have a chance. I hope my friends are interested in this Pyramid too so that one day, we'll be able to go there together.

Monineath

The leaning tower of pisa

During the Khmer new year, my family and I decided to go to Italy, the birth place of the sweet-tasting pasta. It was a long flight to Italy and I didn't enjoy it much because the plane kept shaking violently in the turbulences and I thought we were going to crash like in the movies. After we arrived in Rome, Italy, we traveled through train to Tuscany, Pisa to visit the famous leaning tower of Pisa. The trip was boring, of course, but I hoped the visit wasn't wasted. Finally, after 3 hours of sitting in the train, we finally arrived in Pisa. However, the sky was dark and stormy. Also, it was getting pretty late, so we went around town and looked for some place to stay.

On the next day, we went to visit the famous tower. when I first heard the name I thought it was the leaning tower of pizza and people served pizza at the top of the tower. Anyways, my parents hired an old guide and we looked around the tower. The guide told us that it was about 56 meters tall and it took a century to build it because there was war when the tower was first constructed.Wow! It took that long to build it? Also, it leans because one side of the land it was built on was soft, so when they built the tower the ground started to go down, making the tower lean. The construction wasn't finished but they had to abandon it because there was a war at that time. After the war, the pressure of the building made the soil more durable so, when they built more floors, it was more durable. The government also fixed the tower, too since it's their famous heritage sites. We took some pictures of each of us holding the building to prevent it from falling.

After that, we went around town visiting interesting places and taking pictures, of course. The best part I like about Italy is that it's the origin of my favorite foods you know like pizza, pasta, lasagna and other stuffs. It's been a fun trip, but we had to fly back to Cambodia since it would be the end of Khmer new year by the time we arrived home.
p.s it's fictional

Rotha

What is a Wonder of the World?

What do you think makes something a world wonder? 

Give us your opinion.  Please comment in two - three sentences only using this format:


To qualify as a wonder of the world, a place or structure has to be ______, ______, and ________.  The wonder of the world I would most like to visit is _______________, because …(be specific).

The Elevator

It was my last day of the school term. So we going to have a party. I arrived early that day. I was sitting in front of my class when suddenly I overheard a group of students taking.
"A Few days ago a boy killed himself by cutting his wrist in the bathroom"said a boy with a gold hair.
"Where?"he asked his friend.
"In this school"he replied.
"What a horrible news so is he gonna haunt us?"he asked his friend
"Who know?"he replied. When they pasted me, I felt really terrified. Later,my friend arrived and we started the party.

I was having fun and almost forgot about what I overheard. When I got out of class after the party ended,I saw a boy who was wearing blue shirt. He was looking down so I couldn't see his face, but I knew he looked really pale, It was looked scary. I didn't know why, but my instinct was to get away from him. I walked to the elevator.Slowly, My heart was felt like that boy followed me. Guess what I saw? I saw a wound on his wrist I thought he was the boy who died. But why is he trying to follow me? I walked faster and faster, then I broke into a run. I really afraid because there weren't any people around here.

When I reached the elevator, I looked back and I didn't see the boy. What a relief! I was alone in the elevator. Suddenly, I heard someone's phone ring. It wasn't mine so I turned back and saw that boy again. He looked straight at me. He had a knife in his hands. Blood was flowing violently from his wrist.He took a step to me.He looked as if he wanna kill me.I was horrified.I closed my eyes and shout loudly.Then I opened my eyes again I was on my bed and my alarm clock on the table was ringing.Oh my god it just a dream.Maybe It is never happen to me again.

Visal

Comment of the Week

Thank you all for your thoughtful comments.  I appreciate that you took the time to express your ideas on the topic of forgiveness (click on the word to see the topic and comments).  This is not an easy topic!  I decided to include comments from four people this week. But ALL of you had interesting thoughts to share! I hope you go back and read everyone's comments.  Also, feel free to "debate" comments. This makes it interesting!

Comment of the Week
For me, to forgive someone is to stop myself from being angry or willing to take a revenge back to them. i admit that sometimes it's so hard to forgive, but when i start to think deeper, i realize that living a life with forgiveness would make us happier. forgiving is so important. if we don't forgive. revenges just keep going on... when will there be no more revenges?  -Monineath 

A few more to highlight:

Forgiveness is all about trusting one another. – Tep    note: I'm not sure exactly what you mean Tep, but I find this thought very interesting!

To me it means to no longer hold a grudge or vendetta over someone who has done something wrong towards you or someone close to you. Forgiveness can either be the easiest thing to do or the hardest, it all depends on the person. Some people can forgive others for strenuous wrongdoings, like murder. While others can't even forgive people for the silly mistakes they made. -Siphan

"Once is your luck! Twice is enough !" -EniX   (You'll have to read his post to know what this means!)

Memory of my childhood

When I was 4 years old, the thing that I wanted to have was education. I asked my parents to go to school, they looked very happy when they heard that I wanted to study. So they sent me to study at the English school.

When I arrived school I saw some children were having fun with their friends and some were crying, than I began to think the kids that were crying that “Why they have to cry when they come to school? School is a very good place to have fun, to get education and the place that we can make friends with everybody.” I enjoyed my first day at school very much because I could make friends with many kids in my class, I also love my teacher too she taught me how to write the alphabets in English. Furthermore, she told the class about the fairy tales, comedies…

In conclusion, my childhood were a very happy time for me and the best time to remember.

Nissa

A Paradise-like To Be

As the red fiery shiny ball starts to release its bright beam to the surface of the earth, the sea, then reflects the light with its clear light blue seawater, just to present its natural beauty. The combination of the oven-like and salty atmosphere, reminds all the visitors of a cup of a juicy pineapple juice. With the seagull's screeches, the pelican's yowling further in the sky, makes the whole resort turn into a paradise. All the kids are having fun wandering around the beach. Having so much fun, people start to giggle then laugh until they crackle into tears. The smells of roasted turkey, barbecued scallops, prawns, and steak fill the air with its magnificent and outstanding smell. The sun is setting, the people are back-uping their belongings, along with smiley faces back into their cars. 
Ati