Adam Lambert Rules!!!

Adam Lambert is sooooo awesome! I want him to win, and if I were in the US again, I would vote for him! I originally tried posting a video of him singing Born To Be Wild, but there was an error with the thing, but he is still totally AWESOME!

Get your motor runnin',
Get out on the highway,
Looking for adventure,
And whatever comes our way.
Yeah Darlin' gonna make it happen,
Take the world in a love embrace,
Fire all of your guns at once and,
Explode into space.
I like smoke and lightning,
Heavy metal thunder,
Racin' with the wind,
And the feelin' that I'm under.

(I'm just gonna skip to my favourite part)
BORN TO BE WI-I-I-ILD!!!
BORN TO BE WI-I-I-ILD!!!

Adam, I salute you! Rock on!!

Malaysia Week Misshaps , Misadventures, Experiences, and Excitement!!!

At ISKL (The International School of Kuala Lumpur), the school I go to, we get an opportunity once every year to go on different sites, and explore native Malaysia, with no parents, for 5 days. This is called Malaysia Week. My Malaysia Week site was Kuala Gandah, and this was the first time this site was launched, so we were the pioneers! I suffered from a bit of homesickness on the second day, but other than that, I didn't really miss home.

On the first day, we camped out by a kampung. We went on a night trek, but didn't see anything, apart from the shiny eyes of a bush baby and some fireflies. It also rained that day, so our tents flooded.

Day 2- we went into the primary jungle. For fun, we jumped over a gorge. The gorge also had some roots to stand on, but they weren't exactly strong. A strange, goofy, Korean guy with really bad luck called Joey stepped on the roots to get across and fell into the water below us. Ha ha! It also rained today, and our tents, now all muddy, flooded again.

On day 3, we spent most of our time commuting, to the elephant sanctuary! This was the best campsite out of the lot! There was a canopy over all the tents, and the ground- lovely sand. I nearly got washed away from the campsite in the river.... 5 times.

Day 4- We spent most of this day helping the elephants in the sanctuary- bathing them, cleaning their poop, feeding them, observing them, riding them, and bonding with them. We also bought a ton of stuff. One guy bought a lighter, but the site leader confiscated it. I bought a ton of gum, and we all bought Pringles, and a lot of soda!

On the bus ride home, we stopped at Deerland, and looked at, made notes about, and played with all the animals. Sadly, there was a peacock. I am absolutely terrified of peacocks. But, I got to feed a sun bear honey! Its tongue is so sticky and warm! We arrived home 2 and a half hours early.

Over spring break, I am going to Laos. There are plenty of things to do and see there, and the cultural experience should prove interesting. I also enjoy exploring. Another list (I like lists):
Countries I've been to-
Bulgaria
Barbados
St. Lucia
Germany
Cambodia
The UK
The US
Trinidad
Malaysia
Mexico
Canada
The Philippines

And 2 other countries that I can't remember. I'll complete this list after spring break.
Please post a comment,
Aidan
:)

Hello Memphis Peeps!

Hello people in Memphis! My name is Aidan, and I originally come from Scotland, but now, I am living Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It's really interesting. There is a huge mix of nationalities and places. There are the KL Petronas Twin Towers in the city centre, which look fascinating at night, when all the lights on the sides of the towers are turned on. There is also the KL Tower, right next to the Twin Towers. The KL Tower is basically just a needle-if a needle was 800 metres high!
Outside of the city, there are little Orang Asli (Native Malay) settlements. These are amazing to visit, and if you ever do come over here, I would recommend visiting them! They live very basically, but all have shoes, old phones, and small TVs. Some of them also use blowpipes, others just farm.
I also enjoy cycling. Once you get out of the city centre, there are some beautiful bike trails! There are loads of hills, but there are also flatish trails, so everyone gets their choice! At most trails, there are food stalls, selling dough nuts, curry puffs, and chestnuts. Mmm.....
When it comes to food, there is plenty of choice! Since many people of different live here, and aren't all Malay, their food of choice is usually featured in some place or another.
Types of Food-
Western
Malay
Chinese
Indian
Middle Eastern
Mediterranean
Thai
Turkish
Japanese
Korean

There is also a local fruit, called durian, which tastes fine, but smells terrible, and is therefore banned in most public places.
Anyway, I have to go and do some other school stuff in class, so I'll continue this later.
Aidan.


Twin Towers at Night.
From http://mentalfloss.cachefly.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/Petronas-Towers.jpg

Resolutions For 2009

Hello Blog World!!
Right now, I am doing another breif school post. Just warning you now- if are easily bored by New Years Resolutions, now is the time to go to a safer, less boring place.

• I really want to (no, need to) get my Science grade up.
• I should really make more friends.....
• I want to try harder in Tae Kwan Do, and get my red belt (and maybe even black tip) before 2010.
• Trying new things might also prove to be fun and..... entertaining. (Ambulance may be required...)
• I feel a bit guilty. To turn that feeling upside down, instead Mum buying me stuff and me letting her forget that I owe her back, my money may just magically jump out of my pocket, and land softly on the cashier's desk.
• Read all the books in my favourite series (CHERUB), and try other series too.
• For interest factor (and for the 4th resolution), I would like to learn more about explosions.
• Lastly, I would like to set the goal of communicating effectively with peers (one of the few skills that I do not possess. Sadly, I learned the hard way with reloading a stapler....).

Also, I would like to see the world live in harmony and peace, and for all people to realize that we are the biggest predators on Earth, who will eventually wipe themselves out, and GoGreen. Also, I beleive that anyone lacking the basic sense to know that Jennifer Aniston is in all ways way better the Angelina Jolie will be EXTERMINATED!!! Just joking about that last one. But Jennifer Aniston rules!!!

Hope you enjoyed reading this post!

Bug

If you didn't enjoy reading this post, send me a complaint. I may choose to read the complaint, or I may just rip it into little peices and give it back to you. Most likely the second one.

Happy New Years Eve!

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S EVE, PEOPLE!
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD 2008, AND LET'S HOPE 2009 WILL BE EVEN BETTER!

My 6th Grade Wordle!!

All of my words represent a separate aspect of middle school. By mixed, I mean not only that we all have different classes, but that all of us are also very different. Some of us are white. Some of us are Asian, some Aussie, yet we all mix, talk, play, laugh, learn, an grow up together. We also have more choice than in elementary school. We choose the classes we want to do, how we perform, if we hang out with the right people, if we will not bother being in class on time, etc. Depending on the choices we make, school can be easy, challenging, or difficult. For me, school is relatively easy, although depending on the subject and time, it can be challenging. Note that I said challenging, not difficult. Challenging is good, as we should all be pushed, And try to be on top of the challenges, but difficult means that either we aren't making the right choices, or we are in the wrong class.

The choices we make are important, as if we decide not to study for our major tests, then we will probably fail, which not only impacts our current grade, but later on, universities will see or horrible grade, and will be less likely to accept us. With out a degree or some form of higher education, we probably won't get a good job, meaning low income, meaning we can't obtain enough to support ourselves/family, and we end up as the homeless people that we see begging at the side of the road in their cardboard box home, and we will die in around 10 years. So our choices are important in the long term. Our classes are varied, as we have so many different choices, subjects, and focuses, which help us develop into well rounded individuals, and we also learn to balance our many different classes. Through our choices, we have more experiences, which can be positive and negative. Negatively, we can be bad students, and have to get special help, or end up in Mr. Callan's office, or we have a nice, positive effect, and we get given awards for being academically gifted, or get to know our teachers, and get on their good side. In order to be a good student though, we need to be organized, know where everything is, when our homework is due, what to give to what teacher, etc.

If we aren't so organized, or aren't to good at some subjects, our peers and teachers inspire us to do better, our teachers by pusing us to be better, and our peers by setting a good example. We not only have in school courses, but we also have after school activities, and once again, we choose the activity we want, and we have fun. One of our in-school optional courses is taking a language, from a choice of Spanish, French, and Mandarin. If we don't want to, we don't have to take a language, although it is fun to try one out and see how it goes. All of us are, deep down, intelligent to some degree, and the school wants to put our intelligence to the test, and also give us the gift of knowledge.

Another thing that helps us boost our friendships and grades is to communicate effectively. Not only is communicating effectively one of the SLRs, but it also helps with relationships; both romantic and friendly. In a friendship, if the two don't communicate, they don't know about eachother, end up breaking away from eachother. In romance, if you don't communicate with the girl/boy, you don't know when your date is or how comfortable you are with everyone knowing you are together, etc.

During our time in middle school, we also grow mature, and as a result, our teachers don't accept bad behaiviour as much as they used to. In Humanities, we started up blogs, which are not only a convenient way of posting stuff, but we can express ourselves as much as we want, and I am currently giving you al this information from my blog. In middle school, many things expand; our knowledge, amount of friendships, feelings, bodies, our communities, and so on. The shcool is rather spacious, making it easy to get lost in on the first day, but fun to play and hang out in. All the teachers are friendly, and always make you feel welcome, are part of the fun in our classes. All this is exciting, isn't it?

Hey Again Peeps.

Due to a shortage ideas that I liked on the comments, I decided to talk about Xmas. And aliens.
Aliens are cooler than Santa. I mean, come on, aliens have lasers, huge grey ships, and abduct people! Santa gives out presents. Who agrees with me?

Vote for aliens!
Or, vote for Santa if you want, I just wanna know your honest vote!