Fire!!!

Today I had me PSAT's which took until lunch so I missed my first three classes including my free, much to my disappointment. As soon as the PSAT was over it was time for lunch time and lucky for me I forgot to make my lunch and bring I forgot to bring some money just in case. The reason that I forgot this was that I wanted to read my book that I had just started, Inkheart. Well . . . back to my story, after lunch I had Environmental Issues (E.I.) with Mr. Sinclair who also happens to be my assistant principale. About 15 minutes into class the fire alarm went off, but lucky for me I was in the hall and had no idea of what to do, so I went back to my class and met Mr. Sinclair on the way and he quickly told me and my friend Garry that this was not a drill and to get outside. Once I was outside I talked to my friends for about 30 minutes once I was on the astroturff. At that point we were told to go into the sports hall (the bigger and niccer of the 2 gyms) until further notice. Once the Fire Bragade Marshal had made his investigation we were told the details of what had happened. Apperantly a three year old laser cutter that needed replacing cought on fire in the design technology room (positioned just below the E.I. classrom), the fire was only contained to the laser cutter, and luckly no one was hurt, however because there was alot of plastic in the cutter there were alot of toxus fumes omitted so all of my stuff is still in my classroom so i cant do anything but relax.

The Camino

Despite the earlier post i thought that my hike in the Pyrenees mountains was an amazing experience and it is an experience that i would love to do again. The only time that the weather got to me was when there was snow on the top of the mountain, but other than this experience the weather was fairly nice for Europe in the October. To me it was very nice to wake up have a nice simple breakfast and then walk in the nature all day and to me that is the best thing. The only disappointment to me was that I was only able to do so little of the Camino de Compostela. The food at the places that we stopped however was magnificent the food was very simple but very good and it filled you up quite nicely plus they were 3 meal courses and usually cost about 10 euros.

Snow: the Deception

I am now 16 and I have never seen snow before in my life. Well that used to be true until I signed up for a hike in the Parynese Mountain Range. The section of Comino de Comp Estella which is a religious pilgrimage to Comp Estella de Santiago in Spain, we started in Biarritz in France and did about the first 3 days of hiking. On the first day we had to hike over the top of a mountain, unfortunately it was 1400 meters up so when it rained on the way up it was freezing. Once we got to the top it was sort of level and we began to walk over the top. Unfortunately for me I only had 2 windbreakers and a disposable poncho when it started to rain again, or at least that’s what I thought. Only when I realized that it hurt when it hit me that it was snow, and this wasn’t nice fluffy snow it was razor sharp shards of ice like snow. To make things worse for me the wind was blowing extremely hard, and while everyone had anticipated this I was COLD and WET and MISERSBLE. My opinion on snow that I have finally seen it is that it SUCKS!!!!! And all the TV shows it make seem all nice and cool but in reality it is freezing cold, it hurts, and it officially sucks!

Mickey's House

Last weekend I went to my friend Mickey’s house, and once again I was jealous of one of my friend’s houses. I mean come on I am here because my dad is with the embassy, the embassy! What ever happened to all those fancy houses that embassy employees have in the movies. I think they filmed them all at houses owned by Oil companies because their houses are nice, big, have marble floors, and they all have pools. My house, a concrete block that’s connected to another concrete block, the only plus side is that we live right across from my brother’s school JIS Pattimura and it is quicker to walk to Ratu Plaza (the mall were you get all your movies, games, game stations, and stuff like that) than it is to drive. Any ways once we got there we all kind of dropped our bags and raced to take control of a computer with internet so that we could play WOW (World of Warcraft). After a couple of hours we took out some poker chips and proceeded to play Texas Hold’em for about three, four hours. By then it was time to eat spaghetti so we quickly ate and then rested on the couches to watch Family Guy. After five episodes we went back to WOW for hours and we then went to bed at twelve twenty five. Once we all woke up we tried to install Oblivion and we succeeded because we are that awesome! After that my friend Riley and I ran back and forth between the two computers helping the person playing because we have both played it before and if I may say so it is an awesome game! Unfortunately it was four-thirty before I knew it and my dad was there to take me home so I left with the proposal that we should do it again sometime soon at someone else’s house.

Mel's Party at PIM

It’s me again; I just thought that I should put another blog. Last Friday I went with my friends to PIM a local big mall that is like the malls in the states. They decided to go to celebrate my friend Mel’s birthday, and I was invited just before the bus left so I barely made the trip. However the mall was well worth it, we had a lot of fun there and I went into a photo booth for the first. Well it wasn’t exactly a photo booth it was more like a photo booth room because there was too many of us to fit in a booth. We also saw the new movie “Jumper” in the premium theatre. I am really glad that my parents decided to let me go because we all had fun. In other news I found another blog that is by another Dakota which my mom and I thought was cool!

A Batok Church

Softball and Other Things

I recently started trying out for softball at my school. I realized that this was my last chance to make the Varsity team and I think that I am fairly good at it, so I decided to give it a shot. So far I have liked it and I think that I will at least make that JV team and I really, really hope that I make the Varsity team because I want one of those cool bags you don’t get anywhere else. If I make the JV team then my Biology Core teacher Dr. Piers will be my coach then I can annoy him every day after school and every other day in class. I like it though I have some of my friends trying out with me and it is a way to have fun, exercise, and get to know more people at the same time. In other news I tried out for the lead role in a play which shows in April about two weekends ago and I found out last week that I did not make it unfortunately, but hey I am not complaining because tomorrow is the last day of the week and it is Tuesday. This due to the Chinese New Year and on Thursday my family leaves early in the morning to go to the sailing club, which I think is awesome. Also I recently got some scuba equipment from John Harding who lives at the other end of the compound. He gave me a BCD (Bouncy Control Device), Fins, a dive depth watch and the two regulators (one is for normal use and the other is the backup one incase someone runs out of oxygen and the two of you need to share the tank to get to the surface) and all of this for free! When I got home and David told me that this was several hundred dollars worth of equipment I was shocked that John gave it to me for free.

The Indoneasian Cowboys and Indians

Christmas Time

Batik Houses

A Bat

Today about 4 my mom and I left the house to get some home-made root beer that one of our neighbors made. As i was about to turn the corner of our house I noticed something black that was on Colin’s bug cage. As I looked more carefully I saw that it was a baby bat. My mom took a couple of pictures as I held the cage, I then tried putting the cage close to the car port roof tiles but it would not get close enough for the bat to crawl in. After some improvising my mom and I deseeded to put the baby bat onto some news paper because we could get it closer. It worked and as soon as I got the paper close to the hole were another bat was it crawled right in and there was a lot of chatting going on between the bats for a while after that. And that is how I saved a bat, in my opinion anyways.

A Pink Flower

Mc. Donnalds

Being Cut and the I-Journey

Hi again it’s me, I have unfortunately been cut from the Varsity Swim Team. I was found this out when my Aquatics/Heath teacher who is the Swim Coach told me on Tuesday before Aquatics class. In other news I have a project in English 2, we have to do an I-Journey. The I-Journey is a first person narrative in which you have to discovery something about yourself. I have chosen to do my I-Journey about a rat in Italy that discovers that it is important to do things that will help the rest of the colony and not just his friends. He also has to help his colony find a new place to live and to get food along the way. My parents are gong to have a good night tonight because they are going to the Marine Corps Ball and dance the night away.

Frankfurt, Germany

After a long wait we have finally received information to where my family and I will be moving to next year. Apparently the State Department thinks that we should move to Frankfurt, Germany. I think that this would be a pretty cool place to move to, I can see snow, I can still sail, and one of the largest car shows in the world is held there, and hey it’s in Europe. I personally want to use these things to convince relatives to visit me while I am in Germany. I think that I will like this post a little more that the one I am presently at because I will be able to do more there; they have an active teen program which means they have activities especially for teens like me.

Halloween

M y Halloween has been fairly good day bringing in a good stash of candy. When we went to the American Club for a trunk or treat I went with my friend Riley and he went as a hippie and I went as a Cowboy! However when we went trick or treating in the compound I went in my swim suit with my Speedos underneath, after about 2 cups of Coca-Cola and a bunch of candy I took off my swim suit so I was just in my Speedos and I started spinning them around my head like a stripper but other that that it was a good Halloween.

October Break And Birthdays

Sorry that I have not posted in a long time, I was just really busy and a little bit lazy but my parents are making me post entries again. Right now I am having my October break that lasts a week along with Friday and Thursday of last week because of a Muslim holiday, no matter my parents had to see that I went to school and not sleep in and have a relaxing break like I planed. They signed me up for a Pre-SAT course from 8-11 am each morning yesterday, today, and tomorrow and then on Saturday I get to take the 2 hour long Pre-SAT. In other news it is my baby brother Grayson’s birthday tomorrow and the day after that it will be my Aunt Patrize’s birthday.

Another Sleepover

I am once again at Geoff's and my friends are having fun on his WII at the moment however Riley is here instead of Nathan. Nathan was too tired to come over this time so we left with out him. we are having fun with out him but it would be better if he was here. this will probably one of the last sleepovers because he is leaving soon. I will miss him when he is gone because he is a good friend. It will be weird knowing that he is somewhere half way around the world.

Back to School

I have just finished my first two days of school and I have now met all seven of my teachers. On the first day back to school I got to be awakened by English 2 taught by Mr. Hara who was one of my project week advisers. Next I had Geography which was taught by Ms. Hornchen and I learned that geography is not just maps and atlases, but has to do also with human geography such as culture and trade. After that I had my honor pass which being the first day I had no homework to do so I helped my former P.E. teacher to play his viola. After that I had Aquatics with Mr. Clark, there I will learn how to kayak, snorkel, and towards the end of the semester I will go on a mandatory fieldtrip. Then I went home to sleep and return to school the next day. The next day I started out the day with Concert Strings which is taught by Dr. Eng who has an unusual personality. I then moved on to Bio Chore which also taught by a Dr. but instead of Dr. Eng it is Dr. Piers is down in the basement of the science module. After that I went to Health after an hour long break for a welcome back barbecue, and guess who taught that, none other than Mr. Clark. Finally I had Advanced Algebra with Ms. Kelly and after that class I was glad that it was a Friday because I was tired and ready to sleep.

Sleep Over At Geiff's

I just got back from a sleep over at Geiff’s house. He is one of my friends who is unfortunately leaving in about two weeks. My friend Nathan and I went with Geiff to Subtitles, a movie place in Dharmawangsa Square. We all then proceeded to Geiff’s house to hang out and play computer games. I had a bottle of Red Fanta that I shared with Geiff’s younger brother Chris. Towards the end of our stay over there Chris became sleepy from the night before and became grumpy and put everyone in a bad mood. However this did not stop anyone from ignoring him and continuing to have fun.