Our life in the future (Edited version)

Overpopulation is the major problem that Earth is facing. By the year 2050 I think that, half of the population will live on the earth and half will live in space. If people live in space, how will they eat? How will they dress? What will their houses look like? How will they breathe? How will they travel by?
In the future we will live in space so our lives will changed, there will no more kitchens so our daily food will provided by a food machine, which will give us food three times a day. Our clothes will change. Peoples have to dress like spacesuit because in space, there is no air to breath and no air pressure. Space is extremely cold and filled with dangerous radiation. Without protection, we would quickly die in space. Spacesuits are specially designed to protect astronauts from the cold, radiation and low pressure in space. In addition, style of houses will be changed too. Scientist will build a very special house for people. These houses aren’t on the ground because in space there isn’t any gravity. So the houses stay in one place but above the ground. Everybody will breathe by using oxygen tanks. Moreover, humans will be travel from place to place by flying or by using spacecrafts.
I am absolutely sure that everybody will enjoy living in their new world.

Nissa

Never Say Never,The Meaning

Looking at my post’s title,you’d be laughing.You may think in this post I wrote a bout Justin Bieber,His Movie”Never Say Never”.Here I’m writing about the quote”Never Say Never”,its meaning and add some of his life as examples to the quote.

“Never Say Never”was first said by Charles Dickens in 1937 but that quote seemed to catch no attention at all. Later,when Justin Bieber released his soundtrack for “Karate Kids” , millions of people were interested in this quote and that encouraged Justin Bieber to made a 3D movie about his miracle life which unexpected things kept happening to him. "Never Say Never"actually shortened from "Never ever say that something will never happen" and the surprising meaning of it which attracted millions people is "Never Give Up For What You Hope". To expand the meaning, that quote means Born as a human,Don't stop believing in miracles because nothing is impossible in this world.Our future is unpredictable so why we have to give up for the things we want,dream of for a long time already? So that means we should never give up although we have only 0.01% to reach the goals.Such as his life,at first it was like he was in middle of the Pacific Ocean,Didn't know the right direction to arrive at where he can live but he didn't take himself down.He first was a very poor child living with his mother only in Stratford,Canada that his mum only afforded to give him 2 sets of clothes each year and sometimes when he was free,he went to the town centre and played guitar in the street for money.His life was completely different when he was discovered on youtube by Scotter Braun and He flow him to live in The US and started his career.He soon became famous,his songs hit the billboard chart and earns millions dollars each year.As one of his largest earning,his movie""Never Say Never" earned more than 30 millions dollars on the opening weekend and the movie was very famous even the President of USA,Barack Obama watched his movie and said he enjoyed the movie so much.

Here, I want to encourage everybody to "Never Say Never" . As we born as human,we all have our hopes.So even our hopes are too high to reach or whatever,please don't give up. Keep trying till our death, I believe we are reaching it one day although it is sooner or later than we expect.We have to believe in miracles and don't stop dreaming of what we want.

*"Never Say Never" in YOUR LIFE !

P.S Watch "Never Say Never"For more clearly stories about his life. :)

EniX

It's me, Mickey!

Howdy, partner! Since I see no any strange posts even after teacher Kathleen said the new blog is due to this Saturday, so i decide to post an extra blog...about me!

I, myself, may seem like a bit tomboy and I'm just a 16 year old girl, ok? My name Mickey even it mean stupid but it is really me that is stupid. On the other hand, I'm not saying that my name is stupid and i really don't think that every language would mean the same but what I mean is that I love to be a stupid girl more than a smart one but have no friends. I just love to be funny and heart warming, I hate it when people say they know about me and I hate it when my parents are always busy and always canceling the plans they made with me. Even I know it is for me but...I feel lonely.

Enough with the heart breaking stories! All I want to say is that I don't like to lose and...just be yourself and admit who you are; try to be someone else is wrong. If it's not you, you won't be happy and if you are not happy, why live this life?Also some tip, if you live in such a boring life, which only greed for money, fame and power, will you be happy? What will you choose for your life? Money or heart warning stories from people you love and people who love you.

Smile and be happy. Good day, my good friends! :) :D

I love to day dreams but I think my ideas is not that bad. Think about it, it's may be the answer of your life!

25th Century

The world is in chaos, the temperature is rising and there are wars everywhere. Don't you think it is boring? By the reason above I got to a trip. "Unforgettable memory" was the name. There was only 2 people there me and some other guy. Well there are one tour guide for each person then instead of leading us to a car they lead us to a door and told us to close our age. I did! The tour guide in front of me hold my hand and just then i feel something licking my hand that he was holding so i open my eyes, slowly, but...there is a tiger licking my hand. I try to shout out for help but he calm me down and explain to me that creature on't hunt us anymore in the 25th century. Wait, I am in the 25th century? And I thought this was strange enough already.
After the beautiful scenery and the sun that was just warm not as hot as the year 2011 we are in, we got in to a car. A luxury car I mean, because it doesn't feel like a car at all. I mean, the outside look is a car but inside it's like a meeting room in the middle of a beach. Amazing!
Strange looking building such as star shape, person running shape passing by then we arrive at a field; and he told me in side the globe thing is a retaurant elevator. Well, it was! Just as I enter it went up and a restaurant show up, floating, inthe air along with strange looking people that we called them alien sitting everywhere. Some of them have really big head, bigger then the table but some are small like a spoon with a body of a really hot women....with blue skin. And a bout the food, I'll tell you it's simple as the 21st century because this restaurant is a 21st century restaurant but the tour guide told me the meat are clone animal's meat. Just the idea of that almost make me vomit. What are their meat made of? Are their bones made of iron?
And the last trip is the under water world. As you heard this you would think it must be going inside a tube to the water to see fish, right? I thought so, but it turn out to be different. He gave me an orange pill and jump in the ocean to meet people with fins living in the bottom of the ocean. The guide told me, we don't have enough land to live so these type of people developed their oganic somehow and live in the ocean. Anyway, because of that pill i got to breath under water for an hour. Nice, right. And I got home safetly, after that, with an unforgettable memories! 
Mickey

Adventure to DISNEYLAND, The Magical Kingdom

Have you ever been to DISNEYLAND???-If so, would you like to visit there again? If not, would you like to visit this wonderful land some days?

For me, I’ve been visited Disneyland twice since I was at my age of 7. But I still remember all those fun things I had had. So, I would like to describe you about my trip to this greatest land ever. Are you ready for this adventure at Disneyland Park in Paris?!?

I’ve visited 5 theme lands at Disney in order that made me really excited. There were Main Street U.S, Fantasy land, Frontier land, Adventure land and Discovery land. As I was strolling along the Main Street, I could see the beautiful view of a small town of America at the turn of 20^th century. There were souvenir shops, which sold things in brand name of Disney. The sidewalk was so crowded of people especially children. This street led my way to the Sleeping Beauty Castle which was in the centre of Disneyland theme park. Up in the turrets of the castle was Sleeping Beauty Gallery, where the tales of Disney’s princesses were told in stained glass window. Having left the castle, I got a ride on Dumbo, the flying elephant which was the fair ground round and round, up and down ride. By riding on that flying dumbo, I could see all the wonderful views of the park. As the dumbo got higher and higher, I felt like I was upon the sky. It was super duper awesome. Then, I went on a nice tame roller coaster that I was riding around a big thunder mountain. I was extremely exciting as the roller coaster suddenly went down and up on the hill again. It was going faster and faster as all the riders screaming with both happy and fear. After that, I visited Aladdin’s enchanted passage as I took a small boat and floated in the dark and cool watery tunnel. It was fantastic with its great attraction that I absolutely enjoyed it. From the moment I went ashore once again, my stomach was starving with hunger so I went to the Disney Cafeteria to have a big lunch and feed my stomach. Finished eaten lunch and took a short rest, I went the Haunted House where I explored the secret caves and graves. As my feet hitting the floor of the haunted house, I suddenly felt strange, a little frighten and I could feel cool around my body. I saw many ghosts or I could say billion ghosts and monsters which were so scary. I’ve never expected the haunted house was so frighten like that. And I’ve never assumed myself afraid of ghost as much as that. I wished to reach the exit as soon as possible. I felt lighten after leaving that damn scary house. This was my last exploration; I went to Autopia, where I was on the race car. It was actually fun!! I enjoyed being on the fairly slow moving car with no steering control because it properly on its track.

I ended my adventure and got back to the Main Street where I saw a parade of all Disney Characters. I took a photo with my favorite characters, Mickey and Minnie. Both mouse couple was dressed in costumes by Disney staffs that were very friendly. They offered me a cotton candy which tasted very sweet and yummy. Finally, it was time to get back to hotel so I left Disneyland with overjoyed and waiting to visit there again.

Roath

The future of our planet

As all of us already know, we live on EARTH, depending on it. Us humans live till nowadays only by using the natural resources that the earth gives us. However, how did we repay the earth for giving us rich natural resources? We destroy it. That's right! Every second in our lives are making us get nearer and nearer to our doom as we exploit our one and only home planet.

The most well known and also biggest problem is pollution. Anyone who is reading this can notice that the temperature is rising and it is all caused by pollution from the likes of cars, motorbikes, airplanes....and also factories that give off dangerous and harmful fumes, making the pollution problem worse. The biggest fear that scientist now have is that if the pollution doesn't stop, the temperature of the earth will keep on rising. It is known that there are two thick big piece of ice at the top and bottom of our earth. These ices' jobs were to cool down the earth but when the temperature rises, the ice can't take the heat and start to melt, making the sea level rise. Also, if the sea isn't cooled down, it will start to expand which means that it will take more space. If the temperature keeps on rising, the sea will keep on expanding and cover our entire planet before we can do anything about it.

You would say: shouldn't we find a solution to this problem? Yes, yes we have to find one if we want to survive on earth longer. We can help plant trees so that it can help absorb the harmful gases that makes the earth warmer. We can also start recycling, saving power and electricity and there are lots more of possibilities we can do to help our environment but we can only achieve it if we cooperate and work together for a better place to live, not through war.

If you feel that you want your grand children and great grandchildren to live a long happy life, you should start saving the environment now.

However, it's only a matter of the time before the sun starts to die and eventually explode, taking earth along with it, so it your choice to help our environment or not, but there's thousand of years more to wait before it happens. By the time it happens, we would have found another way or planet to live already, however.

Thanks for taking your precious time reading this but I hope that we all can help save our planet together. 

Rotha

Post of the Week

By popular demand, I'll choose a "post of the week" in the next few days!  I'll be mostly looking for unique style, intriguing topics, & specific and/or sensory details.  I'll also be looking for a writer who can take a risk to try something new - a writer who stretches her/his abilities!  Does your writing have "personality?"

A journey to Asian Atlantis

Asian Atlantis, or more formally known as Yonaguni Monument is arguably a massive stepped pyramid or city which was sunk into the south sea of Japan 2000 years ago. It was first discovered in1987 and continues to spread it fame wider and wider out of Japan. Interested by the news, I eventually toured to the land of the rising sun to witness this spectacular structure which had been forgotten by humans.
Having left Haneda airport of Tokyo in January 2nd 2011, I directly continued my journey by the world fastest train toward Kyoto for the night resting. My trip went on until I finally arrived at the shore of Japanese south sea. I and my traveling companion settled off shore on an engined boat, each with a diving suit , headed fast , through the freezing sea breezes , toward the site where the pyramid is located.
I dived down , and a few minutes later, it appeared ,in front of my eyes, the grand pyramidal structure, almost entirely covered by exotic coral reef. I couldn't believe my eyes and moreover, I just could not believe that this wonder is under water's surface and was almost forgotten.
It is said by some scientists to be totally natural and made as a result of strong tectonic plates in the region. However, as I swam along different levels of it terraces, I experienced seeing some strange carvings on it rocky walls which are proofs to me that it was not made naturally.
I went back up to the surface and thinking how many of this type of building left undiscovered. Personally, Yonaguni underwater pyramid is one of the most mysterious and incredible wonders of the world.

P.2

Comments and Commenters of the Week

A big thank you to the most active commenters on other students' posts this week:

• Ati
• Rotha
• Siphan
• and Enix!

Also, we've had some comments from people outside of Cambodia (I shared the link with a few people I know), and with students from the YL10 class! 

If someone makes a comment on your post, it would be a nice thing to respond to them.

I couldn't choose one comment this week - each person had such great reasons for why they thought something should be a wonder of the world.  But here are a few sentences that stood out to me:

A wonder needs to be a place or object with a great deal of history or mystery connected with it
-Siphan

And the most important part is that it must be amazing just to hear the name of that place.  -Mickey

(Taj Mahal)  the place of True and forever love.  -Enix

(Borobudur Temple) I am attracted to the temple because of it majestic ,strong-looking appearance. I also want to see it 2672 relief panels and it 72 perfectly carved stupas.   -P2

(Great Pyramids) Some even believed that aliens helped the ancient Egypt to build it!   -Rotha

Overused Words

 The next time you describe something, try to do it without using these words:

wonderful, beautiful, amazing, delicious, large, big, small, boring, exciting

Don't tell us it was amazing/boring/beautiful/exciting.  Show how it was amazing/boring/beautiful/exciting...

NO: It was amazing.

YES: As I stood high on the rocky cliffs of Dover, I watched the sea's angry waves crash against the shore.

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

Summer on the beach

It is a very sunny day, on the beach, there is sand , sea water, boat....etc. On the sand there are shells , sea plants. There are huge waves covered on the beach and slide back into the sea. There are many people eating seafoods , sunbathing, making sandcastles. Some are swimming, diving under the sea. Under the sea there are many kind of sea animals, sea plants.Especially, sharks, dolphins , jellyfish...etc. Sea plants are useful like seaweeds that we can eat for nutrients in our body. We can smell barbeque, grill seafoods. The sound that we can hear is waves , people, birds. In the morning we can see the sun shines and the birds are singing , it really can make us feel happy. We can breathe the fresh air , no pollution that makes us healthy! In the evening, the sun sets the shadow of the sun in the sea. It is really beautiful! We can travel to the Islands where we can see the pure water. When we swim there we can see our legs clearly. We can make tents and sleep there or can travel back to the beach and camp. We can also fishing . With the taste of sweet, fresh and delicious. When it is early morning at 3 to 4 am we can catch crabs, fishes and lobsters, shrimp all that you want. But carefully it probably can bite your fingers!


Sreylen

Closer to paradise on Earth

As my family was driving up to the top of Bokor Mountain on a newly restored road, the only which really took my breathe away was gazing at all the beautiful exotic vegetation growing elegantly at the side of our route. Approached at a very high point of the mountain, I excitedly rushed out from the car to enjoy the senses on this tropical paradise. Massive cold white clouds was floating gently in the air through trees, people and cars and then I was completely covered in a cold but joyful whiteness for the first time of my life. The smells of salty air from the visible sea down below filled the atmosphere and the breeze continued to pass my face in tranquility. Minuted later, clouds began to disappear from my sight and left a absolutely stunning view of the sea, islands and more importantly, the mountain's forest from nearly 1 km from the sea level, under the gorgeous blue sky, flooded with bright sunshine. That moment is now buried so deeply in my memory and it is just too spectacular for me to forget.

P.2

The trip through the forest

It was very late at night and I was walking back home after school. My home was outside of town and I had to walk through the creepy old forest every day unless I wanted to spend 2 hours circling around it. As I was making my way through the forest, I felt the cold eerie wind which sent a chill down my spine. I could feel that something was definitely weird that day, the forest seemed too quiet. Then, the cold night wind came blowing through the trees and made the soft leaves rattle faintly. The thin dark branches swayed through the wind as if they were dancing in the cold night. The dancing shadows of the trees made the situation even creepier. As if things couldn't get any worse, I heard a loud screeching thunder, and it started raining! My heart beat faster than ever and I was running as fast as I could to get out of this dark and scary forest.
As I made a run for it, out of nowhere a pack of ugly, filthy wolves stopped me in my tracks. Were these grotesque hairy animals planning to eat me as their dinner? At that moment, I felt so fragile and afraid. I could feel my instincts tell me to be brave and defend myself but, I was so afraid I couldn't even stand up. I felt that all this would end in a moment as I prepared for the worst. I thought of the great memories I had shared with my family, the great times of my life and that now it is time for my life to end.
Suddenly, one of the wolves jumped and attacked me roughly and sent me flying against an old, spooky oak tree. I felt that the moment had come for my life to end as the wolf leaped again to attack me. BANG! Suddenly, the wolf was lying on the ground, dead. I saw a shadowy person holding a light but I was so tired and out of energy that fainted right at that spot.

I woke up in the morning, in the warmth of my family's small wooden house to see my mother and father. They smiled and held my hands and I closed my eyes drifting off to sleep. So, after all, it was my father who saved me last night.
p.s. This story is fictional


Rotha

One Blossom Spring Day

"Spring is a joyful season of flowers. Spring is unique and never repeating like a flow time. "

It was a beautiful sunny morning. The sun was shining brightly on the blue sky. The flowers which my family and I lovingly planted, have already bloomed. It was the time when spring had come again.

The sward was surrounded by the pretty green grass. The whole garden was fulfilled with bushes of colorful flowers such as roses, daisy, marigold, tulip and crocus. Moreover, there were also a few of cherry blossom trees, which bloomed with charming pink and white blossom. Swarms of bees rushed at them. They hummed round the opening buds. They hummed round the blooming petals.They looted the essence of flowers and made honey of it. Butterflies, too, gone to the flowers and sit on them. They flew here and there about the flowers. Flowers of various colors danced in the vernal wind. It carried to us smell of flowers and music of soils.

Roath

A happy day

This morning when I woke up I heard the soft sound of the wind, so I opened my bedroom window. I saw clear blue sky, the bright yellow sun and the weather was great, cool fresh air was blowing and touched my face softly. After I took a shower I went to have breakfast that my mum has cooked for me. She cooked hot tasty soup with a glass of orange juice for me. After that I walked to my garden which full of colorful flowers such as roses, tulips, jasmines, sunflowers etc. The beautiful view and the smell of flowers make me felt very happy.

Nissa

Ghost story!

Jackson is a poor kid in the town who is in grade 12 in the town. He has got 1 brother. His father is dead since the war 2 years ago. Last Sunday he went to the farm to help his mother for the harvest. About 3 o'clock in the afternoon, his mother came home first because she was very tired, so he stayed there alone till 5:30. When he walked back home, it was a bit dark because the cloud seem like it'll raining. About 2 minutes later the rain was coming very heavy so he ran very fast to find the dry place. When he was running toward his house, he saw one old house, so he ran to that house and wait for stop raining. He sat on one old chair in front of the house. The rain is heavier. He though that maybe it's rain till next morning, so he decided to sleep in this house tonight. He opened the door, the house is full of web.
Pimean

Dream in my Childhood

When I was a child, I dreamed about Santa Clause once or twice. I used to wish to see Santa giving me gifts in Christmas. That time I was about only 2 or 3 years old, and I did really believe in Santa, but not now anymore.

Sometimes it's a little hard for me to recall my dreams from 9 or 10 years ago. Anyway, I'll try to recall and describe it to you as clear as possible.

In the dream, it was about 6 o'clock in the evening. I was standing behind the door of my house. I saw an old man dragging big big bags into his vehicle - which I didn't really know what it was. All i could know is that it was made out of pieces of wood, it's old but it was so steady. '' I wish I could have a ride on it sometimes'' I told myself. I stood there for such a long time, until I heard my mom called me from the distance. The man turned around and look at me fiercely. I was so scared that the man would catch me for watching what he had been doing. I started to run away from the door as quick as I could. I couldn't find anyone in my house nor my mom who had just called my name. I was so shocked and I ran out to the street. It was so cold outside, my heart was beating so fast and my cold tears were running down my cheeks. I was running so swiftly. Luckily, the old man didn't follow me up anymore and I was awaken by that time.'I stepped out of my bed and trying to find if there were people in the house. I saw my mom at first sight, I was so happy. I wish I wouldn't have the next episode of this dream again.

Anyway, sometimes I really want to go back to my childhood. That was my happiest and the most enjoyable time of my life. Being a little girl, I was so carefree. I would do whatever I like to, and my life wasn't as hard and busy as now. That's why sometimes I behave like a 3-year-old girl, and my friends say that I'm so childish. But that's okay, I got used to that '' childish '' word because sometimes it does fit me.

Monineath

Back To My Child Hood

Back To My Child Hood

Many years have past.There are many things I've enjoy and there are some bad things that I've met too.So nowadays when I was alone in my bedroom, I'll always think to the past Where I've been when I was young?Suddenly I remember one place that I have been visited and also it's my favorite place too.It's is the Genting Hill in Malaysia.I can remember,I've been to Malaysia when I was 7 or 8 years old. I really enjoy to stay in Genting Hill.It also have many things to play such as Roller Coaster,Cyclone,4D,Snow House,Ghost House and many things else.I have stay in a tall and colorful hotel and I can remember it's on the 14th floor.I really enjoy to visit Malaysia because it is a really good country.Now I want to visit it again if I have time and chance

A Bad Day

.....I wake up one day feeling a very cold morning thinking that this is a bad day. Later I went to school. And the smell of dead rats and bats are very awful but my classmates and I manage to clean it all up before class time. During break time my classmates and I play soccer and got hit in the face by a ball which feels like a hard pillow striking in your face. That dirty ball and the blood in my mouth taste very salty. Later I fainted got up in the hospital with my girlfriend sitting by the bed. And the hospital smell very disgust I can smell rotten bodies and medicine makes me sick. Seeing my girlfriend waiting for me by standing out to smell makes me love her more than ever. But than my friends running to see me I could hear them from 1 story below but it makes me happier than ever. And the bad day turn out to be the best in my teenage years!

P.S This is a fictional story
Tep

A Beautiful,Beautiful Nightmare

I was running and running very fast in the dark silent forest at late night. while i was running,i heard some wired loud wild sound. I realized just then,what i was hearing was a sound of animal running, it was chasing me just behind of my back. i gained my running speed immediately, i ran a little bit faster . but i felt i was so tired ,could not run anymore . i fell down unexpectedly just like somebody pushed me very hard.I was down on the rough hard ground, i could hear the sound well, it was coming near me now. I needed to get up and continued running as hurry as i could before that animal reached me.i was getting up slowly from the ground because i felt that there was no strength in my body at that hard time. i was so weak ,i was as light as the leave, can blow away easily. i could stand on my feet for just a moment but not so strong and may not last for long. yeah,i was right. I was falling down again just seconds after i stood up but falling down was not the biggest problem ! A grotesque animal was standing strongly in front of me and stared at me angrily and i didn't no what it was. it was so dark in the silent night and i could not see things easily, well just like i was blind. Felt like i was in the haunted house in the mid night time and the darkness appeared all over my tiny cold eyes. that fierce animal moved closely to me as soon as i was using my tired hands to move away. Just a few centimeters from me, its ugly cruel dirty face almost touch my frightened face. i shouted loudly for help "Help! help !" then i heard some heavy foot steps and seconds later i heard a beautiful,soft lady's voice . who was she? was she here to help me?big thank to god ! the voice was louder ,seemed like she was getting near me. yeah! i remembered this voice,it was a voice of my lovely mum. ohhh !she came there just in the right time to rescue me but why i didn't see her. My body was now being shook by soft warm hands, my mum's hands i believed. she also shouted my name out loudly" Nix nix ! are you ok?". i was awake from my dream as somebody spill a large cold water all over my hot face and what i had been seeing was just dreaming, a terrible nightmare ever but it scared me really bad. she sat closely to me,holding me tightly in her warm arms. i really like it,it was the most wonderful place ever that i had ever been to.i hoped it lasted forever,i could always be in her arms. she talked to me quietly with her soft,sweet voice " don't scare! nothing gonna take you away from me,sweetie ! i love you ! ". i was so cheerful after hearing this joyful words, it made me feel as i was the luckiest person in this huge nice world. A beautiful,wonderful nightmare ever in my whole life. although it frightened me but i like it because this nightmare let me know that i mean a lot to her, she really loves me. so what i have to do is to make her happy and proud of me. :) Mum ! I Love You ! <3
EniX

Forgiveness

Here's an interesting topic to think about - forgiveness.

Read the first part of this article (read at least to where it says "Find out More.")
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13154300

• What does it mean to forgive someone?  
• Do you think it is always possible?  
• Is it necessary?

Please comment!

Comment of the Week

You all wrote some very thoughtful comments on whether we should preserve all the languages of Cambodia.  Thank you all!

This weeks "comment of the week" is from Pitou (P.2)
It made me think of language as deeper and more significant than just words.

"Despite the fact that some of them are not parts of my culture, personally, I think all those languages should be saved rather than be ignored. Each language is part of some people's culture and history, it is a part of their souls through generations.They are all priceless heritages in human's history and demonstrate something which is so amazing." -P.2


Thanks Pitou!

Could your comment be the next "comment of the week?"

Introduction

My name is Sreylen. I am 14 years old. I have been studying in Ace about 2 years. I feel very happy when I am writing in English. My hobbies are swimming and riding bicycle.When I am free I like reading story , drawing.I wish I could swim well and I could get good score when i do yl15 exam. One dream that I have is to become a bussinesswoman. My favorite colors are pink blue purple.

Get to know Mr. P.2

Hello everybody, I am Pitou and at the moment , I feel so honored to introduce you to myself. I have been studying English for a fairly long period and this is my second term at ACE. I love using this language for dealing with anything all my every day, such as, singing, speaking reading, listening and especially, writing.In my belief, writing in English is not a really difficult matter that everyone has to struggle to do it as long as you want to. More than writing, I also like drawing. Actually, I love architecture, so drawing is the way which leads me to greater world of Innovation, as a result, I draw at any time I am free. Drawing on paper, sometime, bores me that I frequently wish for wider 3D drawing programs for all teenagers in this nation. Honestly,

from a very young age, I have an pretty ambitious dream of building something to again demonstrate Cambodian glory at the 21st century. I am happy to have this chance,bye.

Hi everyone!

Hi! My name is Rotha and I'm currently a yl15 student at ACE. I am also studying Khmer in the 9th grade. Everyone in this grade in this year is studying hard since there is a national exam at the end of the year which can change our future. Another reason is that this year, the exam is a lot harder than last year.

Even though I don't particularly like studying, but I always try to study hard so that I can pass tests. My favorite subject in school is physics because every time I study more about it, I learn something new and interesting. I also like English and I started studying it before I even started studying Khmer.

Well, about my hobby. I'm not 100% sure if I actually have one but there's one thing for sure and that's listening to music. I usually spend my free time listening to some pop music. And of course, it's English pop music. Oh! I forgot ! I also like playing video games but time usually flies by as i play it.

My dreams? As you can see in the picture, I really like airplanes so this means I want to be a pilot. Some people say it's dangerous and we hear about plane crashes a lot but do they hear about the million of safe flights every year? And no, no they don't because newspapers don't print "another successful flight to America" right? Besides, I can travel to different countries without being charged. Also, I have this dream of soaring through the skies like birds and feel the wind. Hmm.... maybe one day, I'll invent an anti-gravitational device! Who knows?

-Rotha

Introduction Of EniX

Hello! I'm Enix. Here i'm giving you a nice description about myself. :)

I'm a 14 years old boy, now studying in YL15 at ACE and 9th grade of my khmer school which is called Chaktomuk Secondary School.

English? Is my favorite language, i just love it with no doubt. I enjoy learning it so much, just can't get myself out of it! Writing in English is a kind of challenge, mostly hard and absolutely complicated.For me,writing in English is also a quite hard thing to do and my friends seem to telling me that they don't like it,but for me I love writing the most because i think writing is expressing our ideas and people can identify a person by seeing their writing.So if we can write well,the other peoples can understand us well also.I do like writing and i always want to be better at writing every time i write it.

Free time is not so common for me now. i don't have enough,i guess. I have to start school earlier in the day time and end in the evening and then there are just tonnes of homework waiting me to do them. So free time is really meaningful for me. I usually spend it wisely. don;t want it to end.
I usually get myself to relax by doing the thing i like such as chatting with friends,watching TV, a little bit shopping with my friends and something like that. But the only think that I like the most is VISITING A PLACE that i've never been to and TAKING PHOTOS of the landscapes and the things that are there.

The only one thing that i wish i could change is to BE VERY GOOD at ENGLISH because i think i'm not good enough at it now. So i would like to be Better from time to time and pass the IELTS with a very good grade(6.0 or above)

The only wish in my life is to LIVE A HAPPY AND WONDERFUL LIFE. i want to stay closely to the people that i love such as my family,my friends,.. then enjoy the time with them. Also, i hope everything i want are all coming true and everybody like it. In the future,i really want to achieve my goal of becoming A Professional Surgeon. :)

Hope you all like what i've written. That's all the truth about me . <3 EniX