The New Acropolis Museum of Athens, Greece is built over ancient Greek ruins ( opened in 2009)
Excavation of the Ancient Greek ruins underneath the New Museum
The Temple of Zeus the Olympian, called Jupiter by the Romans. These ruins are directly in Front of the Hotel we stayed in
The Panathenaic Stadium (olympic stadium) is where the first modern olympic games took place in 1896 and most recently used as the finishing point of the 2004 olympics marathon.
The National Library in Athens, using Ancient Greek architecture
Part of the Acropolis. Note that the muses hold up the roof of this structure. Also note the large of ruins in the foreground. Restoration work continues to be done on the Parthenon and surrounding buildings.
The Parthenon.The white marble that you see in parts of it is where it is been replaced/repaired. A statue of Athena once stood inside The Parthenon. The PArthenon was built to Honor Athena
A different Angle of the Panathenaic Stadium
Presidential Guards doing their hourly unusual ceremonial march around the Palace. Look at the fluffy things on the tip of their shoes.
A dog playing in the spring flowers around the Temple of Zeus
Two Greek architectural triumphs in one Photo, Temple of Zeus and The PArthenon
Column decoration on the Temple of Zues
The entrance of a Greek Orthodox Church. There are many fine examples of these churches around Athens
The Temple of Poseidon built on a clifftop (Cape Sounio), built in 44 B.C.E with a commanding view of the surrounding ocean, to protect the sailors who sailed the Aegean sea
The Temple of Poseidon built for sailors to pray to the sea for safe travels
A small fishing boat anchored in a safe cove on the island of Aegina. The waters around Aegina are crystal clear.
A street scene where a sea side restaurant looks over the port of Aegina
The Amphitheatre of Dionysus located on the slopes of the Acropolis. In recent times stars like Elton John and Liza Minnelli have performed here
Greece is Famous for Olive products, Feta Cheese and dried fruits like Figs. Here all Greek traditional products are sold by Nick the shopkeeper
Heyo Its Dzaim and Im profile N and it easier for me to learn when I move around constantly to keep my attention, also if I need to it will help if i turned my dominant ear to a speaker so I can hear what he/she is speaking properly. When I am stressed my whole brain shuts down ad I can't act and the way to unlock my brain is brain gym i hope this help you Ms.Whiting to better effectively teach me.
Kristalnacht was at the was one of the largest acts of anti-Semitism in the world, every Jewish business, was burned and Nazis claimed only 100 were killed although the true number of dead are known we can estimate its way more than what he Nazis had said all Nazi supporters were rallied to do Kristalnacht and even young kids who were in the Hitler youth were sent to burn all Jewish books and paintings. The Hitler Youth was a place were boys were trained and indoctrinated to be future sldiers of the Fatherland and they all would not hesitate to do anything but serve the Fuhrer
I think that the poem and the visual poem relate to democracy as a metaphor. when John Donne writes No man is an island entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. it sounds like a democracy when someone is alone in a democracy that man or woman is most likely to be overruled however when a man has some people on his side he is more powerful. Also when Donne writes And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee. it is like a vote you never know what the results are going to be but it will go towards one of the candidates or ideas.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Aung San su kyi
Aung San su kyi was detained under house arrest for speaking up to the ruling military government, and only a week ago she was released from house arrest. After her release she made a speech against the ruling government. she wouldn't shut up about what se believes in. there is a book similar to this it is called Airman. in airman the protagonist conor broekhart is convicted for something he did not do. Conor was locked away but his aim was instead of helping his people his aim is to make the worlds first flying machine when he escapes prison he hangs around and builds his plane and stuff but when hes done he goes and clears his name but he doesn't really give any speeches about rights and things but he gets out of prison to make things right just the way Aung San Su Kyi is fight the ruling military government they both try to make their country free from corruption
Ferrari Hat, My badminton racket, Some Lego, Pictures of me growing up, my laptop, my phone, my Nintendo DS, three of my games, a warm blanket I have, Liverpool Poster
My Ferrari hat is important to me because I got this hat at the first Grand Prix I ever went to so I was really thrilled to have a memorable moment with it and I have worn it for almost three years so when I go to school everyone recognizes me by looking at my Ferrari hat its like the most epic way to describe myself.
The second thing that describes me would be my badminton rackets I love badminton I'm not bad playing the game to. Though I think that it is the most widely played sport in Malaysia because I think that every on wants to be lee Chong Wei the famous badminton player.
Lego is one of my favourite toys. I have been playing with Lego since I was 5 until now and I still love Lego its like silly putty u can do anything with it, you can make a stick person or a car as long as you think it is what you want it to be.
I would also bring some of my pictures from when I was little (even though I'm basically crying in every single picture because I hated pictures when I was little) because I loved living in Indonesia and I had a ton of friends there but then I had to move so I really cherished those moment.
I would bring my laptop because I cannot go 3 days without Facebook you might say I’m addicted, but what about you (dramatic music). It might not be any use if there is no Internet but my brother gave it to me so that there wouldn’t be any problems from switching over from a Mac to a regular PC so he gave his old Mac laptop to me and used his work laptop for all the stuff that he does now.
I would also grab my favourite books such as Artemis Fowl, Warhammer 40k and the Percy Jackson series because I like to read, just before I go to sleep and if I don’t then it becomes hard for me to fall asleep so I always have to buy more books to keep up. Its quite amazing how many books I buy at a time.
I would bring phone (even though it sucks). I got my fist hand phone 2 years ago and I was really happy it was an old Nokia and I loved it (until The Iphone came out) and I got almost all my friends numbers I was so happy but it took me a while to learn text speak and I was writing full words for the first week and everyone was saying stop writing such long sms’.
I would bring my DS because since my Gameboy was stolen my mom secretly (I think) asked my uncle to get me a new Gameboy and I was happy because I was getting a new Gameboy so I thought I’m getting a new Gameboy but when my uncle came to my house in Indonesia he gave me a DS and I gasped when I saw it he even bought me a few games so I was happy.
I would bring a PS3 game because when I was in Indonesia I was at my Taekwondo class. I came home. My maid walk to the window and the shutter covering it jutted out in front of her. I look at the places where my PS3, Gameboy, and PS2 and I found that it had all been stolen. I was crying and sobbing for days and so those games that were left behind I play all he time because they remind me of what happened
The blanket that we brought from an MAS flight, it was really warm and I loved it on the plane so my mom brought it back (don’t ask me how she did that) and its been sitting on my couch in front of the TV ready to warm up for a movie. Or if my bed got a peed on by my cat (it smells really bad) and it looks like I wet myself
I would bring my 98-99 Liverpool poster that my Dad found after moving to Malaysia. We were unpacking and my Dad opened a Box and he “unearth” a 98-99 poster for the whole Liverpool team I was happy cause Liverpool is the best team in the world and because I didn’t know who the players were in the 1980s and my Dad is very happy because he is a big fan of Liverpool the best team in the world and if you tell him which team you support then he will start making fun of whichever team you support.... so they try to argue for their favourite team but my Dad keeps on saying the same thing over and over again...
“How many times has Liverpool won the UEFA Cup?
“I don’t know 8”
“Nope 19 times”
“But that was in the 1970s”
“But still 19 times”
And this can go on for 10 minutes; it only stops once the opposing argument has given up. Then to cheer them up, we go swimming and wrestle on a bed filled with air but it gets kind of intense and we end up using drastic measures such as pulling on pants to get on the floating bed or wrestling underwater until we cant breathe and then rushing up to get to the top and then it goes over and over again
There was a KL freeze in about 5th grade and it felt awesome cause my brother was there my cousin was there to and it felt like everyone who froze we felt connected and where all one there were lots of brilliant idea like there were two people one was bending down to pick something up and the other was stealing his wallet. my cousin and her friend were holding a phone up to her hand and blocking all the traffic from out side and even a guard tried to move them but they stayed true to the freeze team and stayed still while i was getting a shoulder ride on top of my brother. when I was with every one it felt like we were in it like a team playing soccer except I didn't know everybody that was on my team so I was pretty happy and all the people laughing at me
