A few days ago my mom, my brother and Tony went to see the movie Killers. We got our popcorn and slush puppy after standing in a long Q. After that we went inside the movie theater and watched the movie.
The movie Killers was about a guy who was an assassin who worked for the government who married somebody and did not tell her his job. Three years later his old boss wanted him to do a job for him and he said no. After a while he finds out that there is a ten million dollar bounty on his head. Then he and his wife are chased around by killers who were their neighbors and friends.
Near the end of the movie you find out who the person is who sent killers after him. Then with the whole family in the room they make some weird trust circle thing and they’re all friends again.
© copyright Basti 2010
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Kettle Spout waterfall in Hogsback
This is the little waterfall Kettle Spout. I took this picture at Hogsback. So I am very sad to hear that the St Patrick on the Hill church burnt down.
We had to walk all the way up this little path to get to this waterfall. The path was very narrow and it had a mountain on one side and a perilous drop on the other side. We were very high up and if you fell off that little path it would take a lifetime until you hit the bottom. When we got there to see the waterfall it was actually quite thin, but it was high up. So I thought it was quite cool and I took this picture.© copyright Basti 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Our outing to Igoda beach
On Wednesday we went to Igoda beach. We brought along a board to use as a sand board but it did not work very well. We played on the sand dunes and tried to go on our sand board that just wouldn’t work.
I also took some pictures when we got there, but then gave my mom the camera and went to play with my brother. While I was running down one of the sand dunes I fell and landed on my face and got all dirty.
One of my favorite parts of the trip was jumping in the air off a sand dune and my mom taking pictures of us. After a little while we left the beach and started on the long journey home. While we were going home we took pictures out of the cars window.
Part of the beach at Igoda near East London.
Some of the sand dunes at Igoda.
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I also took some pictures when we got there, but then gave my mom the camera and went to play with my brother. While I was running down one of the sand dunes I fell and landed on my face and got all dirty.
One of my favorite parts of the trip was jumping in the air off a sand dune and my mom taking pictures of us. After a little while we left the beach and started on the long journey home. While we were going home we took pictures out of the cars window.
Part of the beach at Igoda near East London.
Some of the sand dunes at Igoda.
© copyright Basti 2010
Marmaduke, the movie
The movie Marmaduke is about a two hundred pound teenage dog named Marmaduke.
At the start of the movie Marmaduke’s owner Phil gets a job in orange county California and the whole family including Marmaduke and their cat move there. Their new house is much bigger than their old one and it has a pool. But they get a funny company car that is very small. Phil’s new job is a marketing job for a company that sells dog food and every day he has to go to a dog park to discuss things with his boss.
Every time Phil goes to the dog park he takes Marmaduke along and Marmaduke makes some new canine friends. But there is also a dog that tries to beat up Marmaduke and later in the movie Marmaduke takes over his position as the alpha dog of the park.
With his new friends, Marmaduke had a party at his house while everybody was away and when they came back the house was in a mess. The family banished Marmaduke to the back yard and Marmaduke ran away. After a while he thought it was not a good idea to run away and he tried to find home. Somehow he managed to find his way into a river, but Phil saved him. Phil was fired for not coming to work.
The next day Phil got his job back because of the things he did to save his dog and Marmaduke was friends again with his old friends that he was previously mean to.
© copyright Basti 2010
At the start of the movie Marmaduke’s owner Phil gets a job in orange county California and the whole family including Marmaduke and their cat move there. Their new house is much bigger than their old one and it has a pool. But they get a funny company car that is very small. Phil’s new job is a marketing job for a company that sells dog food and every day he has to go to a dog park to discuss things with his boss.
Every time Phil goes to the dog park he takes Marmaduke along and Marmaduke makes some new canine friends. But there is also a dog that tries to beat up Marmaduke and later in the movie Marmaduke takes over his position as the alpha dog of the park.
With his new friends, Marmaduke had a party at his house while everybody was away and when they came back the house was in a mess. The family banished Marmaduke to the back yard and Marmaduke ran away. After a while he thought it was not a good idea to run away and he tried to find home. Somehow he managed to find his way into a river, but Phil saved him. Phil was fired for not coming to work.
The next day Phil got his job back because of the things he did to save his dog and Marmaduke was friends again with his old friends that he was previously mean to.
© copyright Basti 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
The Frog Pond
Long, long ago, but not too long ago there was a big pond where loads of frogs lived. Every day the baby frogs went and played with their friends and the adult frogs went to go and catch flies and other insects for their family, or they went to work.
One day the pond and the surrounding houses were attacked by a fox. While this was happening Dave, a baby frog was playing with some sticks with his friends. When he saw the big orange fox attacking some frog homes, he immediately went off to go and tell his father. His dad said that Dave must go and ask The Wise One for help. As soon as Dave had gone his father told the frog army.
While the fox was attacking some frogs the frog army arrived. They had bazookas that shot seeds. They fired their bazookas at the ferocious fox. The seeds did nothing to him; they only made him angrier.
By then Dave had arrived at The Wise One’s home. The Wise One was a tortoise. Dave told him what had happened and the tortoise said that he would come and sort the fox out.
The tortoise arrived quite a while later (because tortoises are slow) and he found the fox attacking some homes while the frog army were desperately trying to fend the fox off. The tortoise shouted at the fox in his old, croaky voice and ran (which was like a walk) and hit the fox with his paw. The fox was badly hurt. He said that he would never attack the village again and he ran off.
The fox kept his promise and the frogs at Frog Pond were never harmed again.
© copyright Basti 2010
One day the pond and the surrounding houses were attacked by a fox. While this was happening Dave, a baby frog was playing with some sticks with his friends. When he saw the big orange fox attacking some frog homes, he immediately went off to go and tell his father. His dad said that Dave must go and ask The Wise One for help. As soon as Dave had gone his father told the frog army.
While the fox was attacking some frogs the frog army arrived. They had bazookas that shot seeds. They fired their bazookas at the ferocious fox. The seeds did nothing to him; they only made him angrier.
By then Dave had arrived at The Wise One’s home. The Wise One was a tortoise. Dave told him what had happened and the tortoise said that he would come and sort the fox out.
The tortoise arrived quite a while later (because tortoises are slow) and he found the fox attacking some homes while the frog army were desperately trying to fend the fox off. The tortoise shouted at the fox in his old, croaky voice and ran (which was like a walk) and hit the fox with his paw. The fox was badly hurt. He said that he would never attack the village again and he ran off.
The fox kept his promise and the frogs at Frog Pond were never harmed again.
© copyright Basti 2010
Friday, June 18, 2010
The archeologist from Argentina
- a fictional short story
My name is Basti and I am an archeologist from Argentina.
Three days ago the Iraq government tried to blow up Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Fortunately the missile missed and landed just south of the city near an oasis.
My team of explorers and I were at the oasis when the missile landed. The missile made a huge explosion, making all the dust go up into the air.
When the dust finally settled we could see a huge crater. We got onto our quadbikes and drove towards the crater. When we got there we saw the tip of a pyramid in the middle of the crater, and, amazingly, it was not damaged.
Anyway we are now getting funds from a company called Egyptian Discoveries. After getting a permit from the Egyptian government to dig there, we hired some machinery to help us dig up the pyramid. We then immediately flew back to where the pyramid was buried.
We wanted to go into the pyramid and we did not want to wait for it to be dug up. So we got a rocket launcher and blew a hole in the top of the pyramid.
We went over to the pyramid and looked down the hole we had made in the top. It was a long way down. One of our team members stayed on the surface and the rest of us jumped in and opened our parachutes. Unfortunately one of our team members forgot to open his parachute and he hit the bottom like a falling boulder! The rest of us landed safely. Everywhere we looked we could see gold and in the middle of it all was the pharaoh’s coffin.
We took some treasures and artifacts and left the pyramid. Our friend at the top threw down a rope and we climbed up. When we got to the top an Egyptian with a gun was waiting for us. He said that we must put the treasure back. We told him that we had a permit from the government. He did not care. He charged at me. I casually sidestepped him and tripped him. He fell right into the hole in the pyramid.
I felt very happy on my way home until the Egyptian government suddenly thought that they should have the treasure. So we gave Iraq a bigger missile. In less than an hour Cairo was blown up. We were all happy because we had found some gold and an Egyptian pyramid.
© copyright Basti 2010
My name is Basti and I am an archeologist from Argentina.
Three days ago the Iraq government tried to blow up Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Fortunately the missile missed and landed just south of the city near an oasis.
My team of explorers and I were at the oasis when the missile landed. The missile made a huge explosion, making all the dust go up into the air.
When the dust finally settled we could see a huge crater. We got onto our quadbikes and drove towards the crater. When we got there we saw the tip of a pyramid in the middle of the crater, and, amazingly, it was not damaged.
Anyway we are now getting funds from a company called Egyptian Discoveries. After getting a permit from the Egyptian government to dig there, we hired some machinery to help us dig up the pyramid. We then immediately flew back to where the pyramid was buried.
We wanted to go into the pyramid and we did not want to wait for it to be dug up. So we got a rocket launcher and blew a hole in the top of the pyramid.
We went over to the pyramid and looked down the hole we had made in the top. It was a long way down. One of our team members stayed on the surface and the rest of us jumped in and opened our parachutes. Unfortunately one of our team members forgot to open his parachute and he hit the bottom like a falling boulder! The rest of us landed safely. Everywhere we looked we could see gold and in the middle of it all was the pharaoh’s coffin.
We took some treasures and artifacts and left the pyramid. Our friend at the top threw down a rope and we climbed up. When we got to the top an Egyptian with a gun was waiting for us. He said that we must put the treasure back. We told him that we had a permit from the government. He did not care. He charged at me. I casually sidestepped him and tripped him. He fell right into the hole in the pyramid.
I felt very happy on my way home until the Egyptian government suddenly thought that they should have the treasure. So we gave Iraq a bigger missile. In less than an hour Cairo was blown up. We were all happy because we had found some gold and an Egyptian pyramid.
© copyright Basti 2010
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Mini Mushroom
I took this picture of a 2cm tall mushroom at Hogsback while we were on a walk. I used my camera’s super-macro setting to take the picture. The mushroom is a little man’s table and it is where he has his coffee every morning. He lives in the log that the mushroom is on and every morning he climbs the little stairs he made and goes onto the roof where his table is, and he has his breakfast and coffee there. After that he goes outside of his house and goes hunting for food and he has to watch out for rats because they might eat him.
© photograph and text copyright Basti 2010
Prince of Persia the Sands of Time
Yesterday we went and saw the Prince of Persia the Sands of Time movie at the cinema. My brother and I had a green slush puppy and no pop corn.
The movie was about a boy called Dustan who was adopted by the king of Persia. 15 years later Dustan and his brothers were attacking a city and he was not allowed to fight. He then went and got into the city by scaling its wall. He then opened the gate and let the Persian army in. They had captured the city. While in the fight, he found a cool knife.
The king then came to the city and congratulated the princes and the warriors. Dustan then got a big robe from his brother to give to their father. The robe was poisoned and it killed the king. Dustan was then blamed for it and he left the city with the help of the princess of that city. He found out that the knife could turn back time and that his uncle wanted the knife so he could take and use it on this big hour glass and turn time back far enough to kill his brother, the king so he could be king.
Later in the Prince of Persia the Sands of Time movie the uncle gets the knife away from Dustan and the princess while they are trying to destroy it and he took it to the hour glass and pressed the button on the back. Dustan got the knife away from him, but it still turned time back and it took him back to when they had just taken over the city.
Dustan then told everyone about how his uncle had just made up an excuse to attack the city just to get the knife. Watch Prince of Persia the Sands of Time movie to see what happens to the uncle, the knife, and Dustan.
After the movie we went grocery shopping at Pick ‘n Pay.
© copyright Basti 2010
The movie was about a boy called Dustan who was adopted by the king of Persia. 15 years later Dustan and his brothers were attacking a city and he was not allowed to fight. He then went and got into the city by scaling its wall. He then opened the gate and let the Persian army in. They had captured the city. While in the fight, he found a cool knife.
The king then came to the city and congratulated the princes and the warriors. Dustan then got a big robe from his brother to give to their father. The robe was poisoned and it killed the king. Dustan was then blamed for it and he left the city with the help of the princess of that city. He found out that the knife could turn back time and that his uncle wanted the knife so he could take and use it on this big hour glass and turn time back far enough to kill his brother, the king so he could be king.
Later in the Prince of Persia the Sands of Time movie the uncle gets the knife away from Dustan and the princess while they are trying to destroy it and he took it to the hour glass and pressed the button on the back. Dustan got the knife away from him, but it still turned time back and it took him back to when they had just taken over the city.
Dustan then told everyone about how his uncle had just made up an excuse to attack the city just to get the knife. Watch Prince of Persia the Sands of Time movie to see what happens to the uncle, the knife, and Dustan.
After the movie we went grocery shopping at Pick ‘n Pay.
© copyright Basti 2010
Sunday, June 13, 2010
The Jelly King
I am the jelly king the guy that just chows that wobbly substance called jelly.
I eat all kinds and all flavours of jelly such as pineapple, orange, strawberry and cream soda and none of them can escape me. I am a master at keeping it on my spoon and stopping it from wobbling off.
I dip my spoon into the jelly and I break off a big peace. And after that short journey on my spoon from the bowl where all its wobbly little friends are, the jelly sails into my mouth where it is chomped up a little bit before I swallow it. The jelly then wobbles down my throat until it reaches my stomach where it is broken into smaller pieces and then waits for the next bus that is heading out the rear end.
So at the end of the day, when everyone is gone from the lunch table, I eat the left over jelly because I am the jelly king!
© copyright Basti 2010
I eat all kinds and all flavours of jelly such as pineapple, orange, strawberry and cream soda and none of them can escape me. I am a master at keeping it on my spoon and stopping it from wobbling off.
I dip my spoon into the jelly and I break off a big peace. And after that short journey on my spoon from the bowl where all its wobbly little friends are, the jelly sails into my mouth where it is chomped up a little bit before I swallow it. The jelly then wobbles down my throat until it reaches my stomach where it is broken into smaller pieces and then waits for the next bus that is heading out the rear end.
So at the end of the day, when everyone is gone from the lunch table, I eat the left over jelly because I am the jelly king!
© copyright Basti 2010
I was the kid with the high temperature last night
Last night I was very, very sick. I had a high temperature, I was coughing and I was very cold.
Just before bedtime my mom gave me all my medicine. She also gave my brother some medicine because he was sick too, but not as sick as I was. My mom told me I had to have a cold shower. It was torture and the water was freezing! After that I was not allowed to wear a jersey even though I was cold. I then went back to bed and my mom put a cold face cloth on my head. She also took my temperature.
Later in the night my mom came back and gave me some medicine and wiped my wrists, ankles, back and stomach with a wet face cloth. She then took my temperature again.
Later in the night my mom came back again and gave me more medicine and took my temperature again and it was normal.
In the morning I did not have a temperature, but I still had a cough.
Here's my mom's story about my high temperature.
© copyright Basti 2010
Just before bedtime my mom gave me all my medicine. She also gave my brother some medicine because he was sick too, but not as sick as I was. My mom told me I had to have a cold shower. It was torture and the water was freezing! After that I was not allowed to wear a jersey even though I was cold. I then went back to bed and my mom put a cold face cloth on my head. She also took my temperature.
Later in the night my mom came back and gave me some medicine and wiped my wrists, ankles, back and stomach with a wet face cloth. She then took my temperature again.
Later in the night my mom came back again and gave me more medicine and took my temperature again and it was normal.
In the morning I did not have a temperature, but I still had a cough.
Here's my mom's story about my high temperature.
© copyright Basti 2010
Friday, June 11, 2010
Sometimes life is a misery
I woke up this morning to the lovely sound of my brother, Zooty, loudly whispering “Basti are you awake!” Then I rolled over and pretended to be asleep. After a while I got up and went to the dining room where my brother was laughing like there was no tomorrow.
Then we were playing with a granadilla and paw paws and my brother spun it in the air and it landed on my grandmother’s flowers and spilt dirt on to the table. He was then shouted at and my grandmother marched out of the room and went to shower.
I then went down to say good morning to my mom who was still in bed. Then our chaotic little dog named Gilly jumped on to the bed and tried to drown us in her slobber. Then my mom went down to her office to work. As soon as she had gone my brother tried to put me in a leg lock and tried to steal my socks. My mom then shouted at us for making a noise. I then had my pills because I am sick. We then had to go shower but my grandmother was still in there. As soon as she got out my brother went to the toilet.
While my brother was on the toilet my mom said that I had to go and write a blog post. As soon as I closed the door and went to lie on the bed my mom called me back and said that I should write my blog post on the events that had happened this morning. I then went to go shower and I then came to the computer to write this.
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Then we were playing with a granadilla and paw paws and my brother spun it in the air and it landed on my grandmother’s flowers and spilt dirt on to the table. He was then shouted at and my grandmother marched out of the room and went to shower.
I then went down to say good morning to my mom who was still in bed. Then our chaotic little dog named Gilly jumped on to the bed and tried to drown us in her slobber. Then my mom went down to her office to work. As soon as she had gone my brother tried to put me in a leg lock and tried to steal my socks. My mom then shouted at us for making a noise. I then had my pills because I am sick. We then had to go shower but my grandmother was still in there. As soon as she got out my brother went to the toilet.
While my brother was on the toilet my mom said that I had to go and write a blog post. As soon as I closed the door and went to lie on the bed my mom called me back and said that I should write my blog post on the events that had happened this morning. I then went to go shower and I then came to the computer to write this.
© copyright Basti 2010
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Our class fridge
I just cannot wait until our class gets rid of our fridge. Every now and again it makes a noise and then it starts humming. It is like an alien robot whose sole purpose in life is to irritate me.
In the morning when I am writing an exam, doing schoolwork, or even sewing (which I suck at and stabbed myself about ten times with the needle) the fridge makes this irritating sound!
So if our school ever gets rid of it I will not even care what happens to it, although it will probably just make one more of its irritating sounds when it is about to go just to spite me.
And when the fridge is gone I will hunt it down and wreck it so I will never have to hear one of its noises again.
But if we do get rid of it and get a new one I will probably miss those occasional frights that it gives me.
© copyright Basti 2010
In the morning when I am writing an exam, doing schoolwork, or even sewing (which I suck at and stabbed myself about ten times with the needle) the fridge makes this irritating sound!
So if our school ever gets rid of it I will not even care what happens to it, although it will probably just make one more of its irritating sounds when it is about to go just to spite me.
And when the fridge is gone I will hunt it down and wreck it so I will never have to hear one of its noises again.
But if we do get rid of it and get a new one I will probably miss those occasional frights that it gives me.
© copyright Basti 2010
School soccer day
On Friday the school had a soccer day. The intermediate phase leaders divided us into four teams: South Africa, Portugal, Italy and Cameroon. I was in the Italian team.
After first break we all headed down to the field. The first people to play were the foundation phase teams. They only played on half the field. After that it was Italy versus South Africa. I was a defender. Our team was the first to score. But then the ball was kicked in my direction and I accidentally hit the ball with my hand. Then there was a penalty kick and the other team scored.
In the second half we swapped a few of our players. Somebody kicked the ball out and it was the other team’s corner kick. The ball was kicked and somebody hit the ball with their head and scored. Our team had lost.
Next it was Portugal against Cameroon and Portugal won. Then it was the teachers match and the orange team won. After that it was the final match which was South Africa versus Portugal. It was a tie and then it was penalty kicks and South Africa won.
After that it was prize giving and then we went home.
© copyright Basti 2010
After first break we all headed down to the field. The first people to play were the foundation phase teams. They only played on half the field. After that it was Italy versus South Africa. I was a defender. Our team was the first to score. But then the ball was kicked in my direction and I accidentally hit the ball with my hand. Then there was a penalty kick and the other team scored.
In the second half we swapped a few of our players. Somebody kicked the ball out and it was the other team’s corner kick. The ball was kicked and somebody hit the ball with their head and scored. Our team had lost.
Next it was Portugal against Cameroon and Portugal won. Then it was the teachers match and the orange team won. After that it was the final match which was South Africa versus Portugal. It was a tie and then it was penalty kicks and South Africa won.
After that it was prize giving and then we went home.
© copyright Basti 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
What would it be like if the world was a jumping pillow?
A jumping pillow is like a huge jumping castle, so what if the world was like a jumping pillow. The grass, rocks, roads, concrete floors and the dirt and sand would all be super bouncy. Whenever you step you would bounce a little bit like a kangaroo. When you are driving your car and you hit a speed bump you and your car would bounce, maybe even off the road!
It would also be helpful in some circumstances. For example if someone was drowning at the bottom of a lake or dam they would just have to kick off the bottom and they would shoot to the top. It would also cushion your fall if you fall off your bicycle or anywhere else. It could also help you in sports such as high jump and long jump.
It might sometimes also be bad. For example you might bounce on to a roof and get stuck. You also might jump and then bounce and hit your head on something like a roof or a tree.
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It would also be helpful in some circumstances. For example if someone was drowning at the bottom of a lake or dam they would just have to kick off the bottom and they would shoot to the top. It would also cushion your fall if you fall off your bicycle or anywhere else. It could also help you in sports such as high jump and long jump.
It might sometimes also be bad. For example you might bounce on to a roof and get stuck. You also might jump and then bounce and hit your head on something like a roof or a tree.
© copyright Basti 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
My first blog post.
Hello I am Basti and I am a day dreamer, going through life one day at a time.
I enjoy:
All junk food
Computer games
Reading
Photography
Art
I do not enjoy:
People who do not leave comments.(just joking, but it is nice to get comments)
Exams
Chocolate cake
Being irritated by my brother, Zooty.
I hope you enjoy my blog.
I enjoy:
All junk food
Computer games
Reading
Photography
Art
I do not enjoy:
People who do not leave comments.(just joking, but it is nice to get comments)
Exams
Chocolate cake
Being irritated by my brother, Zooty.
I hope you enjoy my blog.
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