Re: The AWESOME Great Wall

Well, you've all been waiting for a long time who I saw in China. It was Han Han. It was a really fun time seeing her. So you now know the answer.



               Sincerely,
                        Nate :)

The AWESOME Great Wall

Ni Men Hoa! Just went to China. It was so cool when I was there, I went to the Great Wall, The Forbidden City, Traditional Chinese restaurants, the pearl tower (which is in Shanghai) and more.
Oh and my favorite part of all was seeing... I'll tell you in another post…
My second favorite part was seeing the Great Wall. The Great Wall is on hundreds of mountains. So we had to take a cable car (It's kind of like a ski lift.). When we got on the Great Wall we headed down the wall and took lots of pictures. you know those little towers every like 20 meters from each other? Well that's were the people slept who were building the wall. Me, my dad and my Aunt Jenny were the only ones in my family who went up 430 something stairs. It took about 1 hour to go up and down.
Okay that was the Great Wall.

Thai Lesson

สวัสดี (hello written in Thai)
I am going to teach you some words in Thai.
To say "hello" for boys it is "sawady kap"and for girls it's "sawady ka".
To say "thank you" boys say "kap koon kap" for girls "kap koon ka."
Here are some other words to know:
Yes=chai
No=mi (pronounced 'my')
My name=pum chi…
You=koun (coon)
We=rea (row)
Come here=ma thi ni (ma tee nee)
Numbers:
12345678910=ning sang sam see ha hok jet peat gou sip (peat is pronounced as "bet")
Cat=meow (mow)
Dog=sunakh (soona)
Day=wan
Week=sapdah (supda)
Month=deuxn (dooen)
Year=pi (pee)
Eat=kin
Do=tha (tam)
Ice=nakhaeng (nam ken)
Stop=Hyud (yooit)


For Ms R's class, how was Tiger Trek?



                      Sincerely
                            Nate

The Awesome Hua Hin (hwa hin)

Hello Everybody.
For my 2 week break off of school, I went to Hua Hin for 4 days. It was awesome.

My favorite part was the Hua Hin water park. It had tuns of slides. My favorite one was the speed. The speed goes flat then steep. Clark's favorite one was the ring. it go's round and round down. Then there's this wave pool. It was awesome. When you first get in the waves start. They are on for about 20 minutes and then stop and then go off in 20 more minutes.  After that we ate some lunch and the had ice cream.

My 2nd favorite part was the waterfall. It had 5 levels. The 5th  was the best. If you were standing in a shallow spot and you took another step you would fall into a deep spot. (that's what happened to me. and it wasn't fun because the water was freezing cold). When we were walking back, I saw a sign that said "Be careful water is deep." And I didn't pay attention to that. 

After we came home, we were driving to the grocery store and some people sprayed us with water for Songkran. 

                                                      That's all.
                                                         
                                                          Sincerely,
                                                                   Nate                    

Songkran

Hello Everybody
Songkran is the Thai New Year. It is when people wash away the sins that people/kids have done. It is Songkran time right now.  At my school, we went to the gym (witch is outside) and there were about 15 teachers sitting on a bench with like a little palm tree gate with flowers on it. There are these big bowls with little cups in them. We take a cup and scoop it up with water. We walk over to where the teachers are and pour the water on there hands. That's what washes away the sins away. 
At the end of that day, a fire truck came over to the school and sprayed everyone with the water. Well not everyone because I didn't get want to get sprayed.
That's all I know about Songkran.


                                                         Sincerly,
                                                                Nate  

Cool Bankok

Hi Everyone!

Thailand is great so far. We went to Bangkok last  weekend. It w as totally awesome. We went to the Grand Palace. It's where the king and queen used to live. But now they live about two miles away. My favorite part of the palace was getting to see the Emerald Buddha. It was super cool. It has clothes for summer, rain season and winter. It's wearing its winter clothes right now. 

After that we got to see The Reclining Buddha. It was WAY bigger than I thought it would be. It was probably longer than "your" school.

Bye bye

                           Your Friend, 

                                          Nate :)

  

New School

Hi Everybody! 

I just had my first full week of school.

There's a lot of differences at the school here, like the playground is smaller than yours, the classrooms are smaller, there are only two teachers for each year and the food is free. We have like 4 outdoor breaks. We have one when we get of the bus, after snack, before lunch, and after lunch. 

There's a lot of similarities at the school too like we STILL have homework, (which stinks) it's still a big school. 

The school years go up to about year 13 or 12. 

What I kind of don't like is that we have to where a uniform which is the same outfit everyday.

Well that's it.

                          Sincerely,

                                       Nate :)