IM A ROOM5IAN
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008
Hehe! :)
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
Tuesday, 6 November 2007
Tradition, or Animals?
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.
They eat leaves and buds.
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...
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."
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.
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.
Thursday, 30 August 2007
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


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.
Total eclipses are rare because the sun is usually above or below the plane of the Earth's orbit.
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...
Favourite Food: Spicey Kumara
Gender: Male
While in Favourite Form...
Colour: a reddish brown with a distinctive white spot under his left paw
Size: 30cm
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
Sunday, 29 July 2007
New Zealand collage....

http://www.flags2000.com/images/s108_large.gif
http://www.lawyers-abogados.net/en/image/Neal-Palmer_Koru-fern-frond.jpg
http://www.atlasgeo.net/fotw/images/n/nz@fnz.gif
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1401753/2/istockphoto_1401753_new_zealand_vector.jpg http://www.stedar.co.nz/Images/nz_map.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Koru_Unfurling.JPG/800px-Koru_Unfurling.JPG
http://www.srichinmoycentre.org/nz/sri_chinmoy_centres/new_zealand_facts/nzf_images/kiwi.jpg
Wednesday, 25 July 2007
a friendly 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...
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)

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.
Sunday, 1 July 2007
It all starts with a smile...
Saturday, 30 June 2007
Veggies are your friends!!
Go to this website to find some cool recipes;
http://www.nestle.co.nz/maggi/advsearch.asp
Stonehenge & Bermuda Triangle
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.
Friday, 22 June 2007
My Narrative Poem...
they lived life hand in hand.
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/f/ff/200px-A_single_white_feather_closeup.jpg
Wednesday, 20 June 2007
let it seep...
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...
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.
http://www.starstore.com/acatalog/Shrek_2_Cat-eyes_L-01.jpg
Monday, 11 June 2007
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
http://www.catemackenzie.com/images/this%20is%20the%20colour%20of%20love.jpg
Thursday, 7 June 2007
You should be proud...
The Kiwi crew jumped up and down on deck, hugging and cheering as they crossed the line 22 seconds ahead of Luna Rossa.
Tuesday, 5 June 2007
something random...
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 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.

