IM A ROOM5IAN

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Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Hehe! :)

I find it interesting when a teacher asks the class to line-up outside, and then states; "I did not ask you to talk," when the class does this noiserly, and becomes annoyed.


For any teachers reading this, please be aware that most of the time, although you do not ask the class to talk, you never said they couldn't! :)




What do you think?


-(please excuse my random post)-

Sunday, 17 February 2008





The Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroo is an animal related to Wallabies, kangaroos and tree-kangaroos and is described as about the size of a small dog. Lumholtz’s tree-kangaroos are found in the rainforest of tropical Queensland. They have a long tail for balance, sharp claws to grip onto things, it has a short stocky body, a dark brown face with a light brown strip across it's forehead, and it has square shaped pads on his feet. They are nocternal and usually sleep with their head between their hind legs.





Tuesday, 6 November 2007

Tradition, or Animals?



These beautiful creatures are being killed in Japan, Samoa, and lots of other countries , and some of the targeted species are already endangered species of whale (eg: the Humpback whale). "So?" you may be saying, "just make a law against the killing of whales". Well, its not as simple as that, the problem being that Whale hunting and meat is a tradition in these countries, and part of their culture and heritage, yet, the Humpback whales numbers are estimated around 30,000 to 40,000, approximately one third of pre-whaling levels. Once, the Humpback was hunted to the brink of extinction, although now its conservation status is vulnerable. The Whale hunting is also bringing down the business of whale watching, ARGH!!! Even though some laws have been made, it is known that there have been a large number illegal killings.
But what do you think, how could it be fair for everyone?

Monday, 29 October 2007

The three-toed sloth!



Appearance:
They have long gray or brown hair that blends in well with the surrounding environment, making it difficult for predators, such as the jaguar, to see them. This hair curves in the opposite direction of most other mammals: from the stomach to the back. Their hair is often covered with a coat of blue-green algae during the rainy season. This algae provides camouflage. They grow to a length of between one and a half and two and a half feet (in about 2 1/2 years). Their ancestor, the Giant Ground Sloth, which lived before the last ice age, reached the size of the modern elephant.

Food and Drink:
They eat leaves and buds.

Their low rate of metabolism enables them to live on relatively little food. They do not have incisors and crop leaves with their hard lips. Their teeth grow continuously, as they are worn down by the grinding of their food. They don't drink but get their water from eating juicy leaves & licking dewdrops.
Defense:
They can defend themselves with sharp claws, but their main form of protection is their camouflage. Predators, beside people, include large snakes, harpy and other birds. Also, jaguars and ocelots are a danger when the sloth is on the ground. On the ground it moves extremely slowly. Surprisingly, sloths are good swimmers.
Gestation/Birth:
A sloth's gestation period is almost six months. The newborn is about 10 inches (25 cm) long, and weighs about 12 oz (350g). It clings to its mother until about 5 weeks old.
What They Do Upside Down:
They do most things upside down: eat, sleep (an average of 15 hours per day), mate, and give birth. Because of their upside down life, many of their internal organs (liver, stomach, spleen, pancreas) are in different positions from other mammals. Sloths sometimes let out a cry or hissing sound.
Going to the Ground:
During the rare times they go down to the ground (such as to change trees for food), they move very slowly.

Lifespan:
The probable maximun sloth lifespan is between 30 and 40 years. Some sloths in zoos have reached these ages.




Thursday, 6 September 2007

Life is like a box of chocolates...



"Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get"


Forrest Gump is a 1994 drama film based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom and the name of the title character of both. The film was a huge commercial success, earning USD$677 million worldwide during its theatrical run (the top grossing film in North America released that year). The film garnered a total of 13 Academy Award nominations, of which it won six, including Best Picture, Best Visual Effects, Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), and Best Actor (Tom Hanks).


The film tells the story of a mentally retarded man (or gump) and his epic journey through life, meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture and experiencing first-hand historic events while largely unaware of their significance, due to his lower than average intelligence. The film differs substantially from the book on which it was based.


The movie begins with a feather falling to the feet of Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks) sitting at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia. Forrest picks up the feather and puts it in a book, then tells the story of his life to a woman seated next to him (the listeners at the bus stop change regularly throughout his narration, each showing a different attitude towards Gump's narration, ranging from disbelief and indifference to rapt veneration).

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
Forrest is shown to have been taught much about life by his mother (
Sally Field). Forrest often recalls her favorite sayings, including "Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you gonna get" and "Stupid is as stupid does."
Both sayings became popular catchphrases following the movie's release.

Other people who play key roles in Forrest's life include Jenny Curran (Robin Wright Penn), a childhood friend who is physically and sexually abused by her father; Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue (Mykelti Williamson), a young black shrimper who serves with Forrest in the Vietnam War and knows "everything there is to know about shrimping"; and Lieutenant Dan Taylor (Gary Sinise), under whose command Forrest and Bubba serve.

A few years after the war is over, Forrest proposes marriage to Jenny. She turns him down.
In the morning she disappears. To cope with his heartbreak, Forrest runs across the country for three and a half years.

Forrest is waiting at the bus stop because on March 30, 1981, he received a letter from Jenny who, having seen him run on TV, asks him to visit her. Forrest shows Jenny's letter to the current listener, a patient elderly lady who has already passed up one bus to continue listening; she tells him that the address is only a short walking distance away.

He thanks the lady and immediately starts running.

Once he is reunited with Jenny and her young son (Haley Joel Osment), Jenny tells him that the boy is named Forrest, after his father, who he at first incorrectly believes to be the son of another man named Forrest, although she confirms that the child is indeed his.

She also tells Forrest she is suffering from an unknown virus (In all likelihood HIV, which was an unknown virus in the 1980s).


Together the three move back to Greenbow, Alabama, where Jenny and Forrest finally marry, but their married bliss is cut short by Jenny's death "on a Saturday morning" according to Forrest. Her gravestone gives her date of death as March 22, 1982. (As a matter of fact, March 22nd, 1982 was Monday, not Saturday.)


The film ends with Forrest escorting his son to a schoolbus, where the father and son tell each other that they love each other. The feather in Forrest's book is blown away by the wind, and floats into the sky, echoing the film's beginning.


It is a fantastic movie and i defianately recommend seeing it!!

Thursday, 30 August 2007

My concience screams at me...


My concience screams at me...

...to let go...

but i will not...

my heart takes over my head...

my hands strain harder...

my teeth are clenched...

his nails pierce my skin....

his scream rips through the damp air....

his sweaty grip slips....

once..

twice..

until his hand is finally free...

i feel dizzy and shriek as....

my world comes crashing down...

he goes crashing down...

into the lifeless darkness....

of...

nothing.



http://www.tcmspace.com/image/fs_assistance.jpg

Wednesday, 29 August 2007




WOW!!! Who saw tuesday nights luna rossa eclipse?

it was amaziing!!! but what actually happened?


A lunar eclipse happens when the moon passes through the Earth's shadow while the moon, sun and Earth are directly aligned.
The Earth's shadow blocks the light that normally reflects off the moon, and the moon visibly dims, as light is bent by the Earth's atmosphere into the shadow.
If there is enough dust in the Earth's atmosphere, the surface will appear blood red.

The last total lunar eclipse, sometimes called a blood moon eclipse, seen in New Zealand was in July 2000.
Total eclipses are rare because the sun is usually above or below the plane of the Earth's orbit.

The next total lunar eclipse in which all stages will be visible from New Zealand is not due until 2014.
The eclipse started about 7.50pm as the moon slowly moved into the Earth's shadow, but only became visible after 8.50pm.
The moon was expected turn a coppery colour between 9.50pm and 11.55pm last night, when it would start to move out of the shadow and was expected to be back to normal shortly before 12.30am today.



Friday, 17 August 2007

A shiver of pride crawls up my spine...


"The haka is a composition played by many instruments.
Hands, feet, legs, body, voice, tongue, and eyes all play their part in blending together to convey in their fullness the challenge, welcome, exultation, defiance or contempt of the words."

"It is disciplined, yet emotional.
More than any other aspect of Maori culture, this complex dance is an expression of the passion, vigour and identity of the race.
It is at it's best, truly, a message of the soul expressed by words and posture.."



"Ka Mate"

Leader:
Ringa pakia! Slap the hands against the thighs!
Uma tiraha! Puff out the chest!
Turi whatia! Bend the knees!
Hope whai ake! Let the hip follow!
Waewae takahia kia kino! Stamp the feet as hard as you can!
Leader:
Ka mate, ka mate ’Tis death, ‘tis death (or: I may die)
Team:
Ka ora, ka ora ’Tis life, ‘tis life (or: I may live)
Leader:
Ka mate, ka mate ’Tis death, ‘tis death
Team:
Ka ora, ka ora ’Tis life, ‘tis life
All:
Tēnei te tangata pūhuruhuru This the hairy man that stands here...
Nāna nei i tiki mai whakawhiti te rā …who brought the sun and caused it to shine
Ā upane, ka upane A step upward, another step upward
Ā upane, ka upane A step upward, another step upward
Whiti te rā, hī! The sun shines!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka_of_the_All_Blacks#.22Ka_Mate.22
http://www.haka.co.nz/haka.php
http://www.my-newzealand.com/all_blacks.jpg

Monday, 13 August 2007

My Daemon...


Daemons have now been metioned on both primprim and kitty kats blog......meet mine....
Name: Kyzak (pronounced ky-zik)
Weight: 23.6kg
Common Form: Otter - Squirrel - Platypus (mostly otter but changes for defence, attack and when hunting
Favourite Food: Spicey Kumara
He has a bright, active personality and is always on the move. He is cheeky but very loyal. He is very creative and bold.
Gender: Male
Loves to.... weave grass into my hair - solve problems which involve being active - swim as fast as he possibliy can as the cool crisp water washes past
While in Favourite Form...
Colour: a reddish brown with a distinctive white spot under his left paw
Animal: OTTER
Size: 30cm
Eye colour: Deep, velvet brown

Tell us about your Daemon!

Tuesday, 31 July 2007

It's a runaway dream...


There it sits, just out of my sight,
It’s a runaway dream…
For a moment it pauses, in the light,
It’s a runaway dream…
I know it is there, yet it is unseen,
It’s a runaway dream…
I think I see it, it starts to preen,
It’s a runaway dream…
My heart starts to beat, I stumble around,
It’s a runaway dream…
I lie there, defeated, on the ground,
That runaway dream…





http://www.lemen.com/images/DreamCloud.jpg

Wednesday, 25 July 2007

a friendly hippopotamus...

a friend should be a hippopotamus....

H helps you drive through it all and just carry on....
I is encouraging...
P passionate...
P promising...
O ongoing loyalty...
P patient...
O of reliablity...
T trustworthy...
A always sticks with you...
M motivative...
U understanding...
S supportive...

hippopotamus is the essence of friendship....


http://storms.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/hippodance.jpg

Monday, 16 July 2007

Hieroglyphics


A hieroglyph is a character from a logographic or partly logographic writing system.
The term originally referred to the Egyptian hieroglyphs, but is also applied to the ancient Cretan Luwian, Mayan and Mi'kmaq scripts, and occasionally also to Chinese characters.

The word Hieroglyphs derives from the Greek words ἱερός (hierós 'sacred') and γλύφειν (glúphein 'to carve' or 'to write', see glyph), and was first used to describe Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The word "hieroglyphics" is derived from the fact that the Greeks called Egyptian hieroglyphs τά ἱερογλυφικά γράμματα 'hieroglyphic letters'; however, they sometimes simply dropped the word γράμματα, "letters", calling them τά ἱερογλυφικά 'the hieroglyphics' ('letters' being understood). This was used in informal use.

In the same way, although the term "hieroglyphics" is still used today, this usage adds a tone of informality, and is technically incorrect. It is more correct to use the noun "hieroglyphs" for both the language as a whole and for the individual characters that compose it, or to use the term "hieroglyphic" as an adjective (e.g., a hieroglyphic writing system).

Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieroglyphics

Picture: http://www.nku.edu/~anthro/hieroglyphics.jpg

Tuesday, 10 July 2007

A fairly 'high-up' NZ wonder...




Cape Reinga (or Te Rerenga Wairua in Māori) is the northwesternmost tip of the north island, New Zealand. Cape Reinga is located over 100 km north of the nearest small town of Kaitaia. There is a road all the way but the final 20 km (approximately) are gravel road. Suitable vehicles can travel much of the way via Ninety Mile Beach and Te Paki stream bed.
The name of the cape comes from the Māori word 'Reinga', meaning the 'Underworld'. Another Māori name is 'Te Rerenga Wairua', meaning the leaping-off place of spirits. Both refer to the Māori belief that the cape is the point where the spirits of the dead enter the underworld.
Cape reinga lighthouse (up and down)
Cape Reinga is generally considered the separation marker between the Tasman Sea to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. From the lighthouse it is possible to watch the tidal race, as the two seas clash to create unsettled waters just off the coast.
The cape is often mistakenly thought of as being the northernmost point of the North Island, and thus, of mainland New Zealand. However,
North Cape's Surville Cliffs, 30 km east of Cape Reinga, are slightly more northerly.


This post is because i went up there these holidays so i have found an interest in it and i hope you have too.
Please note that all of these pictures were taken by me and therefore do not need a reference.
All of this information was found at WIKIPEDIA.

Sunday, 1 July 2007

It all starts with a smile...

this is the world,

this is life,

and you are living in it.

all actions affect

the world,

this life,

and you live in it.

help make this world,

this life,

a better place

to live in.


celebrate how the smallest things make you what you are, how you feel, and what you do. help others by passing on a smile, it all makes a difference.


it doesn't take much, start the chain and smile


share something, it might be the smallest thing, that you have done lately to make yourself or others around you feel good.

*this*is*a*bit*of*a*random*post*:)

Saturday, 30 June 2007

Veggies are your friends!!


Veggies are your friends!!

What do you think?
What is your favourite vegetable?

Go to this website to find some cool recipes;

http://www.nestle.co.nz/maggi/advsearch.asp

This post is a bit random, sorry! I just needed something new.

Stonehenge & Bermuda Triangle

STONEHENGE
standing strong,

staunch,
tall,

growing old but not to fall


The Stonehenge is a group of standing stones on Salisbury Plain in southern England. Dating to c. 2000-1800 B.C., the megaliths are enclosed by a circular ditch and embankment that may date to c. 2800. The arrangement of the stones suggests that Stonehenge was used as a religious center also as an astronomical observatory.



BERMUDA TRIANGLE

where mysteries strike

disaster screams

peace is torn
at the seams



A triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by Bermuda, Puerto Rico, and a point near Melbourne, Florida, in which numerous watercraft and aircraft are said to have mysteriously disappeared.

p.s. what do you, as the readers, want to see on my blog? i love feedback!


p.p.s. feel free to add extra info in comments.


Friday, 22 June 2007

My Narrative Poem...

i have figured that my blog is probably the best place to get feedback from so... this is my narrative poem, i am all for feedback, tips and everything else, thank-you!
The air was cold and the air was crisp on Georges morning walk,
Off he thumped and along he bumped until he reached the talk,
"My dear, my dear!" a small voice cried,
"You must listen to me,
Hear her song, find her tower,
for that is where she'll be
she'll be!
For that is where she'll be".

the elephant frowned, then looked around
but nothing was to be heard,
So there he shrugged, then off he chugged
without a sound or word
He sailed away for a year and a day
listening for her song,
but all he heard was the crashing of waves,
he began to think he was wrong,
wrong!
He began to think he was wrong.


With all hope lost, at huge cost,
the elephant sat and wept,
on he cried, to stop, he tried
then finally he slept,
now in peace, a moment of lease occurred in his head,
then with a jolt, he woke with no fault,
back to reality and dread
and dread!
back to reality and dread


then all of a sudden it came to him like plum and strawberry sauce
it was her song, with no wrong,
an incredibly overwelming force,
his eyes gleamed, he had redeemed,
the track to find his love,
he followed that voice, without a choice,
as the sun shone above,
above!
as the sun shone above.


finally george reached a calm-looking beach,
where the power in the air blazed,
he jumped offf board and onto shore,
where he was truely dazed,
before him lay, i suppose you could say,
a twenty foot tall tower,
he gaped in awe, just before,
the rain began to shower,
shower!
the rain began to shower.


louder that ever, as pure as a feather,
that song persisted with flair,
then his eyes, without a lie,
were drawn to some stairs,
with only one care, he climbed up the stairs,
along the tower wall,
the higher he got, fret, he did not,
he responded to her call,
her call!
he responded to her call.


"My dear! My dear! Do you hear?
it's me, George, your love!"
"O let us be married, to long have we tarried",
under the stars above,
so they traded vowls, then watched by owls,
they sat on the sparkling sand,
and there they slept, their vowels kept,
they lived life hand in hand,
in hand!
they lived life hand in hand.


pic one
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/towns/peel/pi_rt1.jpg
pic four
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/ext/senior/fruits/images/large/plum.jpg
pic five
http://seascouts.ecn.net.au/vent/reports/2005canoe/calm%20before%20storm.jpg
pic seven

Wednesday, 20 June 2007

let it seep...


let it seep through your bones, silently, patiently

let it seep into your shoulder, lifting them, fearlessly

let it seep up your spine, tingling, building up

let it seep into your lungs, swirling, twitchy

let it seep up your neck, shivering, excited



let it BURST into a smile, don't hold back, let it free.


http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/50/99/22779950.jpg

Monday, 18 June 2007

beauty and beyond...

oh, how I love him
so sleek
lustrous
beautiful

oh how I admire him
so patient
proud
modest

oh how I respect him
so diligent
industrious
hushed


And as he peers at me, with those deep green eyes, and that kind, proud, look on his face, I smile.


Dash, that beautiful cat.

http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Shrek_2_Cat-eyes_L-01.jpg

Monday, 11 June 2007

GWEN STEFANI LYRICS
Long Way To Go

We've got a long way to go
When snow hits the asphalt, cold looks and bad talk come
We've got a long way to go
It's beyond Martin Luther, upgrade computer


His/Her skin wasn't the same color as mine but he/she was fine,
he/she was fine
If all men are made equal then he/she was fine, he/she was fine
Up until the time we went out on a date, I was fine, I was fine
Now I'm getting dirty looks I wonder what they'd say if we were
blind,we were blind people


We've got a long way to go
When snow hits the asphalt, cold looks and bad talk come
We've got a long way to go
It's beyond Martin Luther, upgrade computer


We've got a long way to go
When snow hits the asphalt, cold looks and bad talk come
We've got a long way to go
It's beyond Martin Luther, upgrade computer


Beauty is beauty, whether it's black or white
Yellow or green baby, you know what I mean
What if Picasso only used on color?
There shouldn't be a rule how to choose your lover
Lovers in love such a wonderful thing
Maybe in time we'll get together and sing
I really hope so, there's nothing wrong with this picture
We got a long way to go, we gotta get there quicker


We've got a long way to go
When snow hits the asphalt, cold looks and bad talk come
We've got a long way to go
It's beyond Martin Luther, upgrade computer


We've got a long way to go
When snow hits the asphalt, cold looks and bad talk come
We've got a long way to go
It's beyond Martin Luther, upgrade computer


What color is love?

We've got a long way to go
When snow hits the asphalt, cold looks and bad talk come
We've got a long way to go
It's beyond Martin Luther, upgrade computer


We've got a long way to go
When snow hits the asphalt, cold looks and bad talk come
We've got a long way to go
It's beyond Martin Luther, upgrade computer


... the all men are created equal...
... children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by...
... the color of their skin...
... but by the content of their character...


this is a really meaningful song and i think it has a lot of thought put into it. i admire and agree with it. this is a great example to use inference on

who is Martin Luther?

http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=martin+luther&spell=1

words...
http://www.lyricstop.com/albums/gwenstefani/longwaytogo.html

picture...
http://www.catemackenzie.com/images/this%20is%20the%20colour%20of%20love.jpg

Thursday, 7 June 2007

You should be proud...


you should be feeling proud to be a NEW ZEALANDER right now because....

as you all probably know, our Emirates Team NZ has been facing Italy's Luna Rossa in the Louis Vuitton Cup finals in Valencia. it was the best of nine, and the Luna Rossa won the toss.

one nil.

two nil.

three nil.

four nil.

five nil!!!

On Wednesday New Zealand won the Louis Vuitton Cup 5-0 and with it the chance to try and grab the America's Cup back from Alinghi.
The Kiwi crew jumped up and down on deck, hugging and cheering as they crossed the line 22 seconds ahead of Luna Rossa.

GO NEW ZEALAND!! BE PROUD!!

Tuesday, 5 June 2007

something random...

just something random....i would like to congratulate and thank room5 for being such a great class, we cant get much better now...hehe
we have such a quality, responsible, fair, passionate, respectful class and i would like to congratulate you all for your successes and i know there will be lots more to come...keep it up everyone.
lets prove that we really are the best!
.....ten more class points to go!!

from your fellow classmate, I'M A ROOM5IAN (and proud to be)

Tuesday, 29 May 2007

pH !!!

a pH scale

The "p" stands for "potenz" (this means the potential to be) and the "H" stands for Hydrogen. So you must write pH with a lower case (little) p and an upper case (capital) H.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PH
http://www.purchon.com/chemistry/ph.htm
http://www.msichicago.org/ed/learninglabs/imgs/waters_ph_chart.jpg

Monday, 28 May 2007

The clock is ticking...


The clock is ticking…

The clock strikes twelve and I gaze around, coolness seeps up through the ground.
Lightning rips through the sky, birds shriek and away they fly.
Salty tears pour down my cheeks, the sky rumbles and on it weeps.
I silently wail and feel for light, but that’s not to be found on this cold dark night.
Away from the scene my eyes tore, and there I collapse on the muddy grass floor.

Its a pretty emo poem...hehe
use inference!
i dont usually write poems so any feedback always helps (especially those regular poets like kittykat, miss candy, pim:P and spud. but all feedback is usefull!! thank you!
is the title better now?
the moral could be "make the most out of life, no matter what happens!
What do you think the moral could be?
COPYWRITE