My perfect holiday would be in Australia because I think that the warm weather there would be really nice.

I would also want to go to Australia because it has a lot of really cool animals that live there, like kangaroos and koalas. Kangaroos and koalas are also 2 of my favorite animals. If I went to Australia, I would also probably take surfing lessons because I really want to learn how to surf. It looks really fun, and if I learn to surf I could learn to snowboard(I don’t snowboard, but I know how to ski). On the island where we live there is a place to go skiing and snowboarding called Mount Washington. There are a whole bunch of tracks that you can ski or snowboard down, some of them being more difficult then the others.

I would also just like to wade around in the ocean by Australia, and find seashells. When I go to the beach I love to collect them. I don’t really like when all I can find are broken shells though because they don’t look as nice as normal shells do. I would have to be careful not to step on a stone fish though!

I would also want to visit Sydney because it has a whole bunch of places to go and things to see(maybe the museum?). I would also want to go on one of those tours of the outback.

In conclusion, I think that taking a vacation to Australia would be just awesome.

Koala Meditating (The ultimate koala photo?) by Erik K Veland

I believe that a hero can have many meanings, but a true hero is born a hero.

I think that a hero doesn’t have to be known everywhere. I think that only a few people have to know them to think they are a hero. I believe that a hero does good for the other people around them and try to get others to do their best. They find a way to inspire other people to try to be somebody’s hero. They also look out for other people and try to set a good example of being a good hero. I think that a hero can be anybody that you know, like a parent, a sibling, a friend or any other kind of relative. My personal hero is my grandpa for being such a great person and having a good life.

Who is your personal hero? Do you have one? Leave a comment telling me who your personal hero is and I will try to comment back to you as soon as I can!

 Superman by: Dunechaser

I found a whole bunch of really cool pictures of globes, so I have decided to write a post about them!

I searched “globes” on Flickr and all of these really cool photos of amazing pieces of art were there. It must’ve taken the people who made them a while because they look just amazing. There were I think 678 photos tagged with “globe”. I bet more people have added photos of globes by now because while I was looking at them a few more people added “globe” to their tags. I have also made a Photo Story video using Windows Photo Story 3. The video took a while to create because I had to find the photos on Flickr and remember who uploaded them on to Flickr.

 

Globe Story from Jan Smith on Vimeo.
 

Through out blogging, I have made a lot of friends and met a lot of other bloggers. It’s great to see how many people are blogging and the things that they have in common with others. I have learned quite a bit about what other people’s cultures are and learned what they like to do. We have a lot of friends from Tasmania which is great because it is awesome to learn what they do and what Tasmania is like. If I ever went to Tasmania, I would probably observe some of the animals and the plants that are there and write a post about it when I get back.

It’s fun to go to a new blog because it makes you remember when you started blogging and the help that you may have needed. Mrs. Wyatt is the teacher in Tasmania who is just so great because she helps her students learn about blogging. In Tasmania they have started a new school year just a little while ago, so she has a new class of “Newby” bloggers. Their blogs are really fun to look at because they are just learning how to use blogs and work out some of the issues that they may have. They will of course need to do some learning though because they will have to learn how to add links, how to add images to your posts and how to add videos or other types of media to your posts.

A lot of other people have also learned what I like to do which is of course play video games and review them. Reviewing a video game is really fun because you always are reviewing something new to you. My newest video game post is really good because I put a lot of work into it and it ended up being my longest post. Reviewing video games is a passion for me just like other people in my class like to write posts about soccer. The people who write about soccer are also really great bloggers because they put a lot of effort into their posts and make sure that they include the info that is needed the most.

This post has been written on “my story of how blogging has connected me to a global audience” as part of The Edublogger’s Student Competition!

Plant Trees by: Kimberlyfaye

6 Things that make me happy are…

1. Playing video games with my friends- This is fun because a lot of my friends play video games too.
2. Playing video games- Playing video games with other people can be fun but I enjoy 1-player games too.
3. Sleeping- This makes me happy because if we didn’t sleep we wouldn’t be able to get up in the morning, or we would be really grumpy and wouldn’t want to do anything.
4. Riding my bike- This makes me happy because it is really refreshing to have the wind flowing against you, especially if it’s a hot summer day.
5. Playing with my dog- This is really fun because my dog is very, very hyper and she loves to play with people.
6. Travelling- Travelling is really fun because you get to go to different places, meet new people or maybe meet some of your relatives and try new or different things. My favorite place that I have travelled to was Ottawa.

Here are the 6 people I have tagged!

1. Cha Cha
2. Braiden
3. Ashley
4. Warren
5. Sarah
6. Nadine

Good luck on your posts!

Hi guys!

This post is about the North American release of Re: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories!

Re: Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories (or Re:CoM for short) is a PlayStation 2 remake of Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories that was originally released for the GBA (Game Boy Advance). Square Enix only released Re: CoM in Japan, but on December 2, they are releasing the English version!

Since it was only out in Japan, I can’t really give it a full review, so I can only review some of the stuff I know about it. Re: CoM is a card game, so you will have to select cards to use so you can attack. Different cards are more powerful than others and in the corner of the card it shows you it’s level.

In this game you can play as Sora or Riku, and both of them have separate stories to play. The graphics for this game are really good. This was the second Kingdom Hearts game to be made, but it is not called Kingdom Hearts 2. Kingdom Hearts 2 had a Japanese release of I think December 2005 and was released in North America and Europe some time in 2006.

In Japan, Re:CoM was released with Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix. Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix is still Kingdom Hearts 2, but with a lot of bonus content. In Kingdom Hearts 2 Final Mix, when you are in The World That Never Was, you actually get to fight Roxas instead of just watching a cut scene where Sora fights him. You also get to fight these things called Mushroom XIII (XIII is Roman numerals for 13), and if you defeat all of them you get a keyblade but I don’t know what it is called.

I got this game for Christmas so I now have a little more info about it. When you advance another floor in the castle, you have a world card and you get to decide which world you want to go to first. This game is actually a lot harder than it sounds because the card fighting system can be a bit difficult at times, especially when you might need it the most. Once you use all of your cards you have to recharge them by holding down a button. Every time you use up all of your cards, it will take longer to recharge them.

The levels are also really hard in this game like Monstro and Wonderland(Wonderland is a lot harder because at one point you have to fight these cards that the queen summons and they are really powerful). I am actually stuck on Wonderland because of that too. From what I have played of this game I would say it actually isn’t as good as I hoped it to be. I am giving this game a 6/10.