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Hello Readers

Do you love to read about fantasy, and adventure books?  Well if you do this book is for you, it’s adventure, and fantasy wrapped up in one!

Just recently my teacher started reading a book called Arabian Nights to my class.  Arabian Nights is a book about a king in Arabia who has a very beautiful wife, and loves her very much.  But one day he was off to his brothers house to deliver something, and forgot the present so he went back over to the castle and saw his wife holding hands with the Head Of Archers!  The King went into a storm of rage, before his wife could even say anything!  The King told his Royal Vizier that he wanted them both executed in the morning, and that he wanted to remarry the next day!  The Royal Vizier did not like that idea but he agreed to do it anyway.  The King also said he would keep that wife for a day and than have her executed the next day before he was unwise enough to fall in love with her, and he would keep doing the same routine until there were no girls left in all of Arabia!  So the days rolled by, he would marry a girl and than execute her in the morning, until one day there was only one girl left, Shahrazad, but this was a problem because that was the Royal Vizier’s only daughter!

But the Royal Vizier knew he couldn’t refuse the king’s order so he led her sadly to the castle to marry the King.  Now Shahrazad was a very clever girl, and so that night the king ordered her to tell him a story, because he loved stories!  So Shahrazad thought of a plan, to tell him part of a story each night and stop at dawn when he would normally have her executed, but the King as I said loved stories so he would have her finish it that night and than have her executed the next morning.

Mrs. Smith hasn’t finished the book yet, so I don’t know the ending to the book but I know one of the stories Shahrazad told the King and that is Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves.  This story is mainly about a man named Ali Baba and his brother Fat Kasiem.  Fat Kasiem is a very lazy man with a very disagreeable wife, and Ali Baba his brother is a hard working man trying to support his family.  Well one day Ali Baba goes down to the forest with his mule, but than he hears horses galloping near him so he goes and hides in a tree because he doesn’t want any trouble.  Than he sees a group of 40 men, the thieves!  Well Ali decides to watch what they do, the captain of the group goes to the cave entrance and says “Open Sesame”.  And than the door opened!  A few minutes later they all ran out, with bags full of treasure!  Ali made sure they all left and than went to the cave entrance and said “Open Sesame”, and the door opened again.  He walked in and the cave was full of treasure, rubies, pearls, coins, crowns, silks, goblets and more!

Now I am not going to finish the story because I don’t want to spoil it for you, but today in class Mrs. Smith told us to visualize ourselves in Ali Baba’s shoes, in the cave what did you see, hear, touch, smell, and taste, and than write a paragraph about it.  And I wanted to share mine with you.  Hear is my descriptive paragraph.

As soon as I walked into the cave I saw truck loads of shimmering coins scattered all over the ground in huge piles.  On high up shelves in velvety blue and gold cases were crowns bejeweled with diamonds and rubies, and pearl necklaces that shimmered in the small amount of light shining through the tiny crack in the roof of the cave.  I glanced at the back of the room, and I saw the most beautiful sight, there was a huge treasure chest at the back of the room overflowing with breathtaking jewels, and soft silks with the most beautiful designs and patterns.  I started exploring to the very back of the cave, a small wind blew by and shivers crawled down my back.  I grew very nervous, but the light smell of cinnamon in the air was kind of calming.  I suddenly realized that the thieves could return any moment now!  I pushed myself up against the damp cave wall, shoved as many gold coins as I could in my pocket and dashed out the door planning my next return.

Well I hope you enjoyed my little visualization there, and hope I didn’t spoil this story for you because I really really suggest you read it, and I hope you like it!

This post was inspired by Sue Waters’s post on The Student Edublogger Competition.

Photo Credits:  Day 36/365- I Wish… by Kevin H.

Hello Readers

 Have you ever wanted to have your own blog but really never decided if it is worth it?  Well I am going to give you some reasons why I believe blogging is worth it!

When I first started blogging until now where I am very experienced, I have had a great time, and I have connected with some really neat people!  And if you try blogging you will too, blogging is something that I think is truly amazing and you just have to try it!  Here are my reasons I love blogging!  

First of all, my favorite part about blogging is that I can communicate with people from all over the world without even leaving my house!  All you have to do is log on to your blog and if a little orange number appears over Comments, someone has left you a comment all you have to do is click on it and than approve it to have it published!  It also works the other way around, if you read someones post and you really have something to say all you do is click on comments and scroll down, type up your message, and hit send!  Than that person will read your message and post it, they might even leave a comment back on your blog!  Another thing you can do is personalize your avatar, which is that square that pops up when you leave a comment on someones blog, I am going to change mine to music notes soon.  And if that’s not enough you can even add a clustr map to your blog!  What’s a cluster map?  Well a clustr map is a little map you can put on your sidebar and each time someone visits your blog you will get a little red dot.  It also has a chart of where the people are from, and how many people from that place have visited, it will also tell you how many people have visited in total, you can see it for yourself on my own sidebar.

Another great thing about blogging is you can personalize your blog!  You see, when you first get your blog it will look a bit boring so you can touch it up to give it some taste.  You can change your title, as you can see my title is The Music Blog and, change the colour of the text.  You can also give it a tag line, mine is “Singer, Piano Player, that’s all me!  If you look under themes you can change the theme your blog has, at the moment mine is called ChaoticSoul by Bryan Veloso.  And if you are a person who loves to add cool things you can add stuff like vokis, and virtual pets to your blog!  A voki is a thing you stick on your blog and you can make it speak whatever you type, you can make it a person, an animal, a cartoon character, and even more!  This is also one of the reasons why I love to blog so much!

My third reason is simple, you get to write on your blog!  Not just about certain things, you can write about anything you want!  And when you write about yourself on your blog you can speak freely, that is something I love to do!  I also like writing on my blog because it is easier for me to type instead of having to write with pencil and paper, which makes my hand cramp!

Have you decided yet?  Well I am already pretty sure I know your answer, and if you are not going to try blogging, well lets just say you could be missing out on a great opportunity! 

Hello Readers

As we all know spring break the thing most every kid loves has now ended, and I particularly am very sad… But I had quite the exciting spring break and I would like to share with you what I did.

On Friday the day before spring break my class had a pizza party because of Chaeyoon, and we got to watch a movie which I unfortunately do not know how to spell.  When the bell rang I was trying to rush out the door but I had so much to carry I was the last person out!  When I got home I found out Emma my little sister was sick, “This shall be fun“, I thought.  Unfortunately I caught her sickness, except with the bonus of a very bad cough.

I didn’t let that ruin my spring break though, I just sat inside and played the Wii most of the time, and I played with Rebecca a lot and I watched Witch Mountain with her on Wednesday which was fun.  I think on Friday I went to Rebecca’s house to play outside, and I had brought a chocolate for her and one for me. Rebecca was smart and ate it before we went outside to play, but of course I put it on the counter for later in case I got hungry.  Rebecca and I played outside for a couple hours and than we went inside to play on her PlayStation.  When we got in I went to the counter to eat my chocolate… But it was gone!  I asked Rebecca’s mom where it was and I was surprised with what she said…She stole my chocolate, and than ate it!  I was disappointed….very disappointed.  But luckily she went out and bought us even more so I was satisfied, but still disappointed with her behavior, she apparently broke her diet that day as well.

On Saturday I had a nice dinner at White Spot with my family and we had a TV table but we didn’t use it, but I wanted to.  I ordered chicken strips and fries as always no surprise there, and some sprite for my throat.  I was so hungry that day that once I finished my food I was still hungry so I finished off my mom’s salad and my oma’s chicken…It was delicious!  Than I had a visit with them at there house and I played outside on the trampoline, my little cousins Dora trampoline, I tried to not let that bother me but it did.

Than that night I bought Twilight with my mom and we watched that together, it was awesome!  I had just started reading the book, I am only on page 180 right now but I will finish it.  My mom owns three of the books and I really want to read them after I finish Twilight, and I want to finish Twilight and New Moon before New Moon the movie comes out so I won’t know what happens.  I love Twilight I just can’t stop reading it, every one I know has already read it and that makes me angry because I am a very slow reader I like to process things so I will remember everything.  But if I keep reading it I will finish it eventually, I don’t give up.

Than Sunday was one of those days where I just pretty much did nothing and prepared for school.  It made me sad that spring break was at an end but at least I would get to see my friends and Queen of the universe again.

Well that was my spring break, and I am only a little bit sick now so I am happy about that.  How was your spring break?  Please write to me through a comment or even write a post!  Until next time…Thanks for reading!

Hello Readers

Welcome to RB&C’s Ts!  Oh I am sorry I should probably tell you what RB&C’s Ts is first!  One day Rebecca and I were looking for something to do because it was raining outside and we were getting really really bored!  Well than an idea hit me!  “Lets start our own shop!”, I said!  We both agreed that, that was a perfect idea!  But after a moment I realized that we didn’t have anything we could sell!

Rebecca and I brainstormed for hours and than I finally came up with an idea!  Lets make our own shirt shop!  We were so excited!  But…How could we make the shirts original?  Well after a while I decided that we should sparkle them!

So we went down to Wall-Mart to pick up two plain shirts, fabric paint, and some sparkles to test our idea out.  My mom found some old stencils from her craft drawer and let us use those.  When we finally finished…The shirts were awesome!  They shimmered in the light, they looked great!  We also decided we should sparkle other stuff like bags, backpacks, jeans and other stuff too.

Uh oh, we thought we don’t have a name!  Well today at school Brittany joined so we decided to name our shop RB&C’s Ts!  R is for Rebecca, B is for Brittany, C is me, and T stands for T-shirts.  At shool we decided since Rebecca and I started the whole thing we should be the managers and Brittany can help out too!  We were thinking of starting this up over spring break in my garage because I have a big garage.  We are not only selling shirts but we are having a cafe there, and a dart throw with prizes if we are allowed!  Right now we are still doing our spring catalog and we can’t wait to start up our shop!  On opening day we will be making cupcakes and giving them away and we will get Emma, my little sister to cut the red ribbon!

If you are interested in our shop please leave a comment on either Brittany, Rebecca, or my blog!  Thanks for reading!

Hello Readers

Do you have things that make you really happy?  Well I do, and in this post I want to share with you a list of some things that make me extra happy!

1. Eating cookies! (Makes me really happy)!
2. Playing tug of war with my puppy Angel!
3. Performing on stage (singing, acting)!
4. Christmas!
5. Playing with the animals at the SPCA!
6. Decorating treats like cake and cupcakes at Christmas time! (It’s just a fun thing to do)!
7. Playing with my friends some of them are (Rebecca, Chaeyoon, Brittany) they are just great to hang around with!
8. Drawing! (it really calms me down)
9. Playing on my Wii, (especially Mario Kart)!
10. Writing on my blog (because it’s like I don’t have to travel to talk to people all around the world all I have to do is log on to my blog)!

If you have things that make you happy please leave a comment or even write a post!

These are the ten people I am tagging to do a post on things that make them happy!

Alicia

Brenna

Chrissy

Dana

Emma

Farihah

Grace

Hannah

Isabelle

Jenna

Hello Readers

Well if you are a follower of my blog you would have noticed a change, a big change!  Yesterday I decided that I wanted to do something new for my blog so I well changed my blog header, title, and avatar!  Why would I change it you say.  Well cookies are my favorite treats and well I just love cookies!  If you are in my class I think you would know what I mean!  Oh and if you want to see a really awesome blog header go check out my friend Rebecca’s blog!

Until next time…Thanks for reading!

Hello Readers

Have you read my post about Valley Idol yet?  Well if you haven’t I’ll just tell you quickly about what it is.  Valley Idol is a little singing competition we have here in the Comox Valley where people all ages from Comox come with a prepared song and they sing and around 100 people make it into the next round.

Well one night my mom excitedly called me to the living room, “Come here”!  I ran so quickly I just about tripped!  “You made into Valley Idol”!  I didn’t even know how to react, I was shocked!  I didn’t believe it until my mom showed me on her computer though.  I mean I am totally new to this, it is my first time and for me to make it into the next round wow I was blown away!  Oh, and I wasn’t the only one from my class to make it I would like to congratulate Haley and Rebecca on making it too, good job you guys!

Now I have to think of a song to sing for the next round, but it’s not as easy as it seems though, there are over like 1000 songs to choose from!  But I am thinking of maybe singing Raise it Up from August Rush sang by Jamia Simone Nash or Tomorrow a song off of one of my favorite movies Annie.  What should I choose I am so confused but maybe if you have any ideas of a good song just comment and let me know, believe me it would really help!

Well stay tuned to hear back from me about Valley Idol, keep your fingers crossed!  Until next time…Thanks for reading!

Hello readers, and commenters!

Have you ever asked yourself this question, am I a quality commenter?  Have you looked at your comments on your blog lately to see some short or random comments?  I have.  I mean we work hard on our posts, and sometimes people just comment about random things, I just have a very hard time publishing those kinds of comments.  I put a lot of effort into my commenting, if I have ever visited your blog and left a comment I think you can see what I am talking about.  I like to make people feel proud of how hard they worked, and I never leave negative comments either, I always try to stay positive.

Well if you have asked yourself any of these questions I have some tips for you!  Or if you really just don’t know anything about commenting than I think you will improve so much if you follow my strategies…

1. Make sure you actually take the time to read the post before you comment
2. Make sure to check for spelling errors
3. If you have a blog a fun thing to do is customize your commenting avatar
4. In your comment try to complement on something you appreciated or liked about the post
5. if you comment it is always nice to leave some feedback on the post, that’s how people improve their writing

Well I hope my advice helps you, and if you have any more questions about commenting just ask.  Until next time…Thanks for reading!

And make sure to visit Sue Water’s Birthday post

Hello Readers!

I have just adopted a pet!  OK I know what your thinking, but it is not actually a real live pet but it is still pretty cool!  Yes if you scroll down on your page you will find Chloe!  Chloe is my newly adopted guinea pig!

Chloe has many different features to her, if you mouse over her and click on her she will make realistic sounding guinea pig squeaks, if you click on more in the bottom right hand corner and click on the brush you can brush her, but wait there’s more!  If you click on the apple and mouse over her she will grab it from you and eat it and if you don’t want to feed her an apple you can always feed her some broccoli!

I adopted Chloe because that is the name and color as my guinea pig, and every month I will change the animal on my blog, so stay tuned!

And if any of you bloggers out there are fond of these “creatures” here is the site I got Chloe from!  And if you are stuck on what animal to chose here are some examples of different ones!

Rebecca

Haley

Nicholas

Have fun with your “pet”!

Hey Readers!

You might have guessed by my title that this post has something to to with tags right?  Well if that’s what you were thinking than you were right!  I have been tagged!  Yes I have been tagged by Amanda and Haley on my 7 Random Facts Post! So now I am going to right  some more random facts about myself!  Here they are…

1. I have a guinea pig named Chloe
2. I am reading the InkHeart series
3. I love to draw
4. 7 is my lucky number
5. My favorite Wii game is Mario Kart Wii
6. I love to eat sunflower seeds
7. My favorite color is blue

So these are my new 7 Random Facts, I hope you liked them!

Here are 7 people I have randomly tagged to do 7 things!

Cameron

Brianne

Grace

Madeleine

Daniel C

Kate

Kelvin