A big announcement to be made: this is the final post on this blog. That's right, I am no longer going to be posting about my life on blogger anymore. I am using a new location called WordPress to continue my blogging. If you want to see this new website, go to this link: http://martinmueller.us/.
If you go there right now, you get the earliest look of my own personal website.
Hope to see you there.
Peace our brothers and sisters. -MNM
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Friday, March 13, 2015
Be Gone Winter!
The sun is out, the skies are clear, and Spring is just around the corner. Winter is just packing up its case and getting ready to head down to the Southern Hemisphere for a few months. After about 4 months in the cold, we could finally strip down our layers and enjoy the warmth from the sun while receiving a cool breeze from the North or the South.
I am so happy that Winter is finishing up. The weather has been cold for far too long for me to be in. I had to wear at least three layers (a shirt, a sweater, and a winter jacket) to stay warm and not get a runny nose for me to continually blow every 10-30 minutes. I don't know about your guys and gals, but I did enjoy Winter's beauty through snow and ice in our backyard and on the neighborhood's lake. Mother Nature has amazing talents in creating art and destruction at the same time for us to be amazed and to be infuriated at the same time.
Anyway, I am not here just to talk about the weather that many of us either enjoyed or hated, I am here to just write about what has been going on for me.
To start off, my school has finished trimester two yesterday. We, the students, did our final exams this week. My final exams were in these 4 classes out of the five: Economics, Government A, French 3 A, and Symphonic Band. My A.P. Physics class didn't have a final exam this week because the A.P. test wouldn't be given out until the end of the school year. It is coming fast this year, so you know what that means, I need to begin my studying. Wish me well y'all.
Next topic I want to write about is the ACT test.
For all the juniors out there, I bet you are telling me to not bring up the subject. But this a blog is about my life and experience, so don't nag on me for writing about my life. Anyway, last week, I had to take the ACT testing for two half school days. Tuesday was the multiple choice (English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science) and the writing test. Wednesday was the ACT WorkKey. Did many of you juniors took these tests on the same day as I did? I bet that a majority of you would say "yes."
On March 1, 2015, I ran the Portage Winter Blast 5k race in 23:45. The temperature was 10* Fahrenheit that morning. My fingers and toes were frozen at the beginning, until after a mile, my body heat started to warm me in my jackets. To add the frozen treat, my cross country assistant coach was there. Below is the picture of me and my assistant coach.
On March 2, Pitch Zoo has done its last community meeting. It was the 2nd anniversary of the creation of Pitch Zoo that night. I was there to listen to the final "pitchers" that pitched their business idea to the audience and to hear advice from my dad and the audience on how to make their pitch better. If you want to learn more about this meeting, here is the link to the Pitch Zoo website: http://www.pitchzoo.com/
The rest is just about jazz band and the National Honor Society Recycling. Nothing too special about those. Future update though: MSBOA State is going to happen on March 21 and Japanese Language Lesson is going to begin on March 19.
Sorry about not posting frequently. Things has been a little crazy lately with the tests, the school clubs, and designing the backpack for my Pick'n Run business. I am making a plan on how often I should post on this blog.
Anyway, that is all for right now. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi
I am so happy that Winter is finishing up. The weather has been cold for far too long for me to be in. I had to wear at least three layers (a shirt, a sweater, and a winter jacket) to stay warm and not get a runny nose for me to continually blow every 10-30 minutes. I don't know about your guys and gals, but I did enjoy Winter's beauty through snow and ice in our backyard and on the neighborhood's lake. Mother Nature has amazing talents in creating art and destruction at the same time for us to be amazed and to be infuriated at the same time.
Anyway, I am not here just to talk about the weather that many of us either enjoyed or hated, I am here to just write about what has been going on for me.
To start off, my school has finished trimester two yesterday. We, the students, did our final exams this week. My final exams were in these 4 classes out of the five: Economics, Government A, French 3 A, and Symphonic Band. My A.P. Physics class didn't have a final exam this week because the A.P. test wouldn't be given out until the end of the school year. It is coming fast this year, so you know what that means, I need to begin my studying. Wish me well y'all.
Next topic I want to write about is the ACT test.
For all the juniors out there, I bet you are telling me to not bring up the subject. But this a blog is about my life and experience, so don't nag on me for writing about my life. Anyway, last week, I had to take the ACT testing for two half school days. Tuesday was the multiple choice (English, Mathematics, Reading, and Science) and the writing test. Wednesday was the ACT WorkKey. Did many of you juniors took these tests on the same day as I did? I bet that a majority of you would say "yes."
On March 1, 2015, I ran the Portage Winter Blast 5k race in 23:45. The temperature was 10* Fahrenheit that morning. My fingers and toes were frozen at the beginning, until after a mile, my body heat started to warm me in my jackets. To add the frozen treat, my cross country assistant coach was there. Below is the picture of me and my assistant coach.
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| I was the only Loy Norrix student who ran the 5k race |
On March 2, Pitch Zoo has done its last community meeting. It was the 2nd anniversary of the creation of Pitch Zoo that night. I was there to listen to the final "pitchers" that pitched their business idea to the audience and to hear advice from my dad and the audience on how to make their pitch better. If you want to learn more about this meeting, here is the link to the Pitch Zoo website: http://www.pitchzoo.com/
The rest is just about jazz band and the National Honor Society Recycling. Nothing too special about those. Future update though: MSBOA State is going to happen on March 21 and Japanese Language Lesson is going to begin on March 19.
Sorry about not posting frequently. Things has been a little crazy lately with the tests, the school clubs, and designing the backpack for my Pick'n Run business. I am making a plan on how often I should post on this blog.
Anyway, that is all for right now. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -Mahatma Gandhi
Sunday, February 8, 2015
District MSBOA Performance 2/7/2015
Good afternoon. I am here to give a quick post about what happened yesterday at District MSBOA (Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association). I got a 1 on my ensemble performance on Presto from String Quartet Op. 18, No.3, which is my second 1 rating for ensemble performance in my high school years.
For any of you that don't know about MSBOA, it is basically when a musician or a group of musicians would perform a song in front of a judge for a rating. There are four categories that a judge would grade on: Tone, Intonation, Rhythm, Technique, and Interpretation. There are three ratings (from highest to lowest): 1, 2, and 3. To get the highest rating, you need to get at least three A's in three of the four categories. Yesterday, my sax quartet group got that 1 from getting those three A's or more in those categories.
I first thought that we wouldn't do good because of the small number of rehearsals together, but we did it anyway, ending it with a good rating. Below is a picture of the medal that we got yesterday.
Since we got a 1 on that performance, we are invited to play our song at State level, which is the same idea of District. Tomorrow, I am going to talk with my group if they want to go to State again this year, because it is the same group that I formed last year for the sax quartet and got a 1 in both District and State level. I am planning to go to State to try to get another 1 rating. I will let you guys/gals know about that choice.
That is it right now I guess. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
Monday, February 2, 2015
A New Years Has Came
Hey hey hey hey! Long time no talk. Sorry for not posting for a while nor on New Years Day.
I hoped that you all had a good Christmas break and a New Year. I wonder what you all did. I am here to describe what I did for my break outside of blogging.
For me, I had a wonderful time with my family up in Colorado for about 3 weeks. The first part of the trip was driving for two days to my grand-mother's house up in Colorado Springs and staying there for a week. My uncle, aunts, and nephews came to stay at my grand-mother's house for about a week.
It was a good feeling to see them again after seeing them in person about 1 to 3 years ago. Just seeing how much they had changed while my family and I were living in Michigan just left me speechless. Anyway, we all caught up with each other about our lives and celebrated Christmas on December 23. My uncle and mom had to get back to their job. My uncle had to fly back to Texas, for he works as a helicopter pilot in the PHi Air Medical. While my mom flew back to Michigan to work back in the RadissonWe didn't see him until New Years Days (9 days after he left) we met up at his wife's family's house up in the mountains. The trip up there was quite snowy and windy. It took us about 4 hours to drive through the sunny and cloudy hours to get to my grand-pa's house in the mountains.
When we got there, we planned to sled everyday by ourselves and with my nephews. The depth of the snow on the golf course was about 3 feet up to my knees; the perfect depth for sledding on small hills, all while making it hard to walk out onto the pathway. Two nights, we would head over to my aunt's house nearby to have dinner and relax in the hot tub. Nothing but easy going with the family.
For New Years Day/Eve, we just had hot chocolate and played some board games. We did miss the ball fall on television in New York. Whoopps.
After our family time up in the mountains, my dad, little sister, and I drove back to Colorado Springs to spend one more day with my grand-mother before driving back to Michigan. The rest of the time was just driving back to Michigan.
That was my break. I hoped that you all have plans for this new year. Keep going and never stop going forward.
That is it right now I guess. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
I hoped that you all had a good Christmas break and a New Year. I wonder what you all did. I am here to describe what I did for my break outside of blogging.
For me, I had a wonderful time with my family up in Colorado for about 3 weeks. The first part of the trip was driving for two days to my grand-mother's house up in Colorado Springs and staying there for a week. My uncle, aunts, and nephews came to stay at my grand-mother's house for about a week.
It was a good feeling to see them again after seeing them in person about 1 to 3 years ago. Just seeing how much they had changed while my family and I were living in Michigan just left me speechless. Anyway, we all caught up with each other about our lives and celebrated Christmas on December 23. My uncle and mom had to get back to their job. My uncle had to fly back to Texas, for he works as a helicopter pilot in the PHi Air Medical. While my mom flew back to Michigan to work back in the RadissonWe didn't see him until New Years Days (9 days after he left) we met up at his wife's family's house up in the mountains. The trip up there was quite snowy and windy. It took us about 4 hours to drive through the sunny and cloudy hours to get to my grand-pa's house in the mountains.
When we got there, we planned to sled everyday by ourselves and with my nephews. The depth of the snow on the golf course was about 3 feet up to my knees; the perfect depth for sledding on small hills, all while making it hard to walk out onto the pathway. Two nights, we would head over to my aunt's house nearby to have dinner and relax in the hot tub. Nothing but easy going with the family.
For New Years Day/Eve, we just had hot chocolate and played some board games. We did miss the ball fall on television in New York. Whoopps.
After our family time up in the mountains, my dad, little sister, and I drove back to Colorado Springs to spend one more day with my grand-mother before driving back to Michigan. The rest of the time was just driving back to Michigan.
That was my break. I hoped that you all have plans for this new year. Keep going and never stop going forward.
That is it right now I guess. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Fresh Start with the National Honors Society Election Night
Last night a special night for me and for others at my school. It was the celebration for the newly elected students in the National Honors Society. If you remembered from previous posts, I filled out applications required to participate in the program and I found out that I was among the elected students. It was such a pleasure to be elected in this big opportunity of a life time.
So what happened was that a special guest named Mr. Jon Hoadley, State Rep. of Michigan, spoke to the audience about his history, leadership, character, service, scholarship and inspirational quotes about being in the NHS. Along with the guest, our principal, program leaders and students officers gave their own speech. After the speeches, each elected students came up on stage and signed their agreement sheet, shook hands with people and signed the NHS book that was first signed somewhere in 1965.
To top it off, we spook the NHS pledge and my mom took pictures of me with my signed certificate.
So what happened was that a special guest named Mr. Jon Hoadley, State Rep. of Michigan, spoke to the audience about his history, leadership, character, service, scholarship and inspirational quotes about being in the NHS. Along with the guest, our principal, program leaders and students officers gave their own speech. After the speeches, each elected students came up on stage and signed their agreement sheet, shook hands with people and signed the NHS book that was first signed somewhere in 1965.
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| You could see me signing the book |
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| Me with my signed certificate |
I hope that everyone had a good Thanksgiving, because I did have a great Thanksgiving with my family and friends.
Are most of you in your next section of school right now, or are you still in a section? Monday, I started my second trimester with some new classes. Either one, still work hard in education and in life to make amazing choices in life.
Before I forget, tomorrow, I won't be able to post anything, because for the whole day, I will be with my DECA group will be working with the basketball managers for a basketball game that we will get to watch after words. I won't be at home until 12:30 in the morning (which that is what my director said), which I am going to be dead tired when I get back. I will take pictures on my camera of the event and post them on the next post to show you .
That is it right now I guess. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving
Hey everybody. Happy Thanksgiving to you all. If some of you don't celebrate thanksgiving, I still want to say that today is a good day to appreciate what we have in life (not material things, but to our families, friends, pets, love, our religion, etc...). Be thankful for everything, from the bottom of the heart. Lets have a moment to think about peace, forgiveness, love, understanding, pureness, life, friends, family and even smiles. Just close your eyes and just think.
I hope that everyone has a simple thanksgiving today. It doesn't have to be something big or special, just give thanks to what you have in life that could not be replaced with material things.
Well, that is it. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Well, that is it. I hope that you enjoyed reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Reward for Final Exam
How are y'all doing at this time? Been busy with school or what?
For me, I have been busy with my school's final exams. That's right, my first trimester is coming to an end for me in my junior year. Though, it is not completely done yet, I still have to do two more final exams in two classes: AP Physics (a) and Marching Band. After Monday, I will be free from Tuesday to Friday. The first three exams were not that hard to complete. I was able to finish them before time finished and to dance after school in completing them. Are you guys/gals doing the same thing in terms of final exams? If so, how is that coming along? I hope it is going good for you.
Also, yesterday night, I got to attend my cross country end of season party at one of the member's house. We had snacks and drinks to celebrate for our hard work. Our coaches were there to join in the celebration. It was good to see them after cross country season was over. Now we made our coaches a little surprise that is different from previous celebrations; we used to buy gift cards to a restaurant or a store, but we bought a t-shirt with a quote on it that one of coaches made, "It's a beautiful day to run in Southwest Michigan!"- Coach Savicke. I could tell that they loved it. It is good to pay back our coaches for their time and hard work to make us better runners. To add on the surprise, one of our members made this video of our season: Loy Norrix Cross Country 2014. You could see me in some scenes, both in a race and during practice. Try to find me. :-)
Well, that is it. I hope that you enjoy reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
For me, I have been busy with my school's final exams. That's right, my first trimester is coming to an end for me in my junior year. Though, it is not completely done yet, I still have to do two more final exams in two classes: AP Physics (a) and Marching Band. After Monday, I will be free from Tuesday to Friday. The first three exams were not that hard to complete. I was able to finish them before time finished and to dance after school in completing them. Are you guys/gals doing the same thing in terms of final exams? If so, how is that coming along? I hope it is going good for you.
Also, yesterday night, I got to attend my cross country end of season party at one of the member's house. We had snacks and drinks to celebrate for our hard work. Our coaches were there to join in the celebration. It was good to see them after cross country season was over. Now we made our coaches a little surprise that is different from previous celebrations; we used to buy gift cards to a restaurant or a store, but we bought a t-shirt with a quote on it that one of coaches made, "It's a beautiful day to run in Southwest Michigan!"- Coach Savicke. I could tell that they loved it. It is good to pay back our coaches for their time and hard work to make us better runners. To add on the surprise, one of our members made this video of our season: Loy Norrix Cross Country 2014. You could see me in some scenes, both in a race and during practice. Try to find me. :-)
Well, that is it. I hope that you enjoy reading this post and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
Dinner With a Louisville Friend
It was a long day today, in terms of classes and after school program. In my Honors English class, five students presented their book-talk power-point to us. They are very interesting, I might read some of them for fun during my free time. Tomorrow, I will get to present my power-point to the class on my book, Three Cups of Tea. Many of you may know the book.
All the other classes are just learning something new and reviewing old lessons. Like I am extending my knowledge on geometric and arithmetic series in pre-calculus, while in AP physics, I learning electricity (current, volts, resistance, circuits and Kirchoff's law). Have many of you learn these things? How is it?
Anyway, this morning, I was feeling kind of negative about certain things in life. My parents got me back into my positive self and music brought back my smile. So I was able to be my normal self in school and learn. :-)
About two hours ago, a friend of ours from Kentucky came over for dinner. It has been a long time since I have seen him. My mom and dad made a good dinner for us to eat. Michigan black cherry ice cream is what we had for desert (delicious it was).
So, nothing big happened today, although a WMU student gets to barrow my acoustic guitar for a month.
Yeah, that was my day, I hope you had a good day and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters.- MNM
All the other classes are just learning something new and reviewing old lessons. Like I am extending my knowledge on geometric and arithmetic series in pre-calculus, while in AP physics, I learning electricity (current, volts, resistance, circuits and Kirchoff's law). Have many of you learn these things? How is it?
Anyway, this morning, I was feeling kind of negative about certain things in life. My parents got me back into my positive self and music brought back my smile. So I was able to be my normal self in school and learn. :-)
About two hours ago, a friend of ours from Kentucky came over for dinner. It has been a long time since I have seen him. My mom and dad made a good dinner for us to eat. Michigan black cherry ice cream is what we had for desert (delicious it was).
So, nothing big happened today, although a WMU student gets to barrow my acoustic guitar for a month.
Yeah, that was my day, I hope you had a good day and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters.- MNM
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Veterans Days
You know what today is, it is Veterans Days. It is time to honor our veterans that served our country for years. I would like to honor three veterans (two of which are within my family and the third on is an interviewed veteran that I have done as a project) for serving our country: John L. Locke (my great-great uncle), Randy Mueller (grand-father) and Mike Leatherman (a navy veteran that I interviewed).
I left a link above that you can check out about my great-great uncle. Currently, I can't add a link to my Living History project. All I could do is give you a sample of the project below. I hope that you like it, because I put many hours into this project to make it worth holding on to for Mike Leatherman's family. Just reading it again, just makes my smile for my interviewed veteran and for my dedication to make this report perfect.
I left a link above that you can check out about my great-great uncle. Currently, I can't add a link to my Living History project. All I could do is give you a sample of the project below. I hope that you like it, because I put many hours into this project to make it worth holding on to for Mike Leatherman's family. Just reading it again, just makes my smile for my interviewed veteran and for my dedication to make this report perfect.
Imagine
yourself as young adult who was first drafted into the Marines, but found a way
to get around that by serving in the Navy, so that you don’t get into combat in
the Vietnam War. Your dreams of avoiding a horrible war turns to a nightmare as
you became a CE (construction electrician) to build forts, road ways, command
centers, supply centers, and other building needed for the war, in the middle
of a battle field. During the sunny days while working on road ways, you hear
and see big C-17 planes landing so close to you, that you could just stand and
touch it with your tough, leathery callous hands. During the humid nights, you
hear bullets whizzing by your ears and just see a body lying still, with his
head blown, 5 feet from you. Maybe that was your buddy that you just made 3
hours ago. With the enemies coming close, you have Caliber .45 Pistol to shot
them off to live another day. Everyday for 24 hours, you make friends that few
will live, build something for the military effort, and even fend for yourself
to go through it again. Mike Leatherman was one of the many American Heroes who
built and fought during the Vietnam War, but not in full combat as the Army
would experience. Now that doesn’t mean that he went through something that
nearly killed him. This is his story that he wants to pass down for people to
read about his life before, during, and after his service.
Make sure that you give thanks to your veterans for putting their life in protecting America and give them a big salute. Enjoy the rest of the night and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters (and veterans). -MNM
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Past Memories and Present Actions
I got something to tell you who are reading this, yesterday after school, I was elected into the Loy Norrix National Honor Society! You have no idea how happy I was to hear/see it; to not have to explain it in detail, I was dancing outside of a classroom with joy without anyone knowing it. I believe that about 20 members were elected into the program, but I am among them! Many of you who are in high school, do you have a similar program of ours or exactly like ours? If so, what do you get to do? You can leave it in the comments for me to read and see how it is similar or different from ours.
The application was not that hard to do. I just had to think about what I have done that goes into those four qualities throughout my high school years. I was hoping that all the summer programs and high school sports that I participated in has a majority of the qualities. Some of them did, but not as much as I expected. During the essay part, I had to explain why I feel that I should participate in the program. My main reason for me to be in it: everyday, I am looking for ways to improve my leadership skills, self character, educational opportunities, and service acts. As Cardinal J. Gibbons quotes: "There are no office hours for leaders." I improve everyday to become better than I was yesterday.
Character is my biggest quality that I have throughout my life time. I stay who I am, not allowing others to change who I am that does not fit who I am. Going forward to change a friend, teacher, school, community, state, country and the world, is what I want. John Quincy Adams quotes this like what I said: "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." That is how many are making a change in this world. I want to be one of those people. You will see. "Great leaders don't tell you what to do... they show how its done."
Along with the surprise, I found this song that I heard during my elementary years in Colorado. It belongs to a TV show that I used to watch for fun in the past. It is called Code Lyoko. Many would probably know this show.
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| There are other series of episodes that still has the same name |
Well, I hoped that you liked what you read and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters.- MNM
Monday, November 3, 2014
My First Poem Post Online
I made this poem at the beginning of the school year that has to do with our choices in life and I thought I would like to share it with you. Now when you read it, don't feel that I am being negative to the world. This is just showing what I am seeing that needs to be fixed before its too late. I am just saying that we as the people of this world needs to start making right decisions that is meant to be.
In the mean time, hope you get the message from the poem and start thinking about what you can do to change this world in a good way. Below the poem is a music video that kind of sings what I am trying to show you.
In the mean time, hope you get the message from the poem and start thinking about what you can do to change this world in a good way. Below the poem is a music video that kind of sings what I am trying to show you.
Everyday 7
Born at the dawn of the human race
Wrath, sloth, pride, lust, envy, gluttony, and greed
Wrongful wrath creating wars
Silent sloth slowly seizing
Powerful pride pounding the peace
Lurking lust luring away purity
Endless envy eyeing others plenty
Gushing gluttony grabbing relentlessly
Grabbing greed grinning at the weak
Seven deadly sins at the core of tyrants creed
They form a circle, a repetitive circle
Grabbing a majority of humans and making them hurtful
Though the hold is strong
Some are trying to find a way out
It takes a lifelong scout
Choose you fight
-Martin Mueller
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Friday, October 31, 2014
Drawing Halloween
Happy Halloween everyone!
Do you have your costumes and candy ready for the night? If not, well you need to hurry up before it's too late.
My little sister got here costume ready for the night and I think we have candy for the monsters, witches, ninjas, and creators out there in Michigan. Lets hope that our pumpkins won't rise against us.
These pumpkins looks like there are going to go after us after they finish our little pumpkin friends.
These pumpkins looks like there are going to go after us after they finish our little pumpkin friends.
Not Really, it is part of Halloween.
Well, this morning, I did this online art class that has the Halloween theme, such as ghosts.
Below this picture is what I was drawing from the class. What do you think of our ghost friends?
If you want to know who directs these classes, his name is Mark Kistler. He is an amazing artists who draws cartoon characters through the internet to teach children, teenagers, and adults how to draw. You can gain member up to two years (or longer) for the online courses. Here are the links that you can find the online classes and other websites explaining about Mark Kistler:
They are fun to do over the free time to draw something that would come in a cartoon way. I hope that you enjoy this man making drawing fun for you. If you like it, spread the word about him to get more people into art.
Well I hope you have a great Halloween and enjoy your candy. Just be careful how much you eat, what you eat, and where you are going in a neighborhood. Make sure that you have company with you to add the fun of trick-or-treating.
Here is a quote of Halloween:
Thank you for your time with me and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Saturday, October 25, 2014
More Than Just a Race
Well, today was my final race for this year's cross country season. The weather was perfect for running, the sun was shining and clear blue skies was visible. I don't remember any weather that it was like today that I ever ran in last year; most of time, it would be cold and the sun would not shine as bright as today.
Before I get to tell you what happened during and after the race, I need to tell you something that happened before I ran. What happened was, while I was walking to my teams' tent during one of the Division 2 races (we are in Division 1), I was watching a teenage runner limping in a way that indicates that he leg was hurting. She fell to the ground. I ran to the girl and asked a high school boy nearby to help me lift her to go to her coach. I don't know what really happened to her, but all I know is that her leg was hurting. So while we were finding her coach, we started talking and she told a lesson to me that I have heard many times from others. What makes this one different is that she raised her voice at me on how, if you want something really bad, you go get it no matter what happens. That hit me in the heart in a good way. A thought came to me after we found her coach and dropped her off. The thought was about if I was really pushing myself to get something really badly this season. Now that I pushed myself in the race and received a time of 19:40, I decided that I need to get it together for the next season. Thank you for enforcing the lesson. Here is quote that relates to what I was doing for this girl, even though I don't know her at all.
Now that happened, let me tell you what was going on in the race. First off, the JV races was as one, not two individual races. That kind of took us by surprise, but we were prepared. The gun didn't go off until 3:15. While we were waiting to run, two graduated seniors from my school, came over to watch us run our finally race for this year. It was a pleasure to see them and to support us. Now that many people were watching and pushing us, no doubt about it that we are going to do well.
Everyone started off very fast on the first mile. I didn't want to do that, since I knew that I would slow down in the second mile (which I was right) by at least 30 seconds. We started off as a group for the first mile, until we started to break into different sections. I was by myself after the first mile and I was passing people from schools like Kalamazoo Central, Portage Central, Matawan, and other schools. They provided a good run for me, especially on the final stretch with all the sprinting. While I was trying to pass a boy, I didn't realize that he is actually a friend of mine that I made over the summer in the NSTI (National Summer Transportation Institution) up in Michigan Tech. We were pushing each other hard to the end and I beat him. When I crossed the finish line, Will (that is his name) called me and came up to me to congratulate/thank me for that sprint. At first I didn't realize it was him until he explained to me how we met, that was when I remembered him. It was amazing how friends that you made over the summer is still lives close by. Who knew.
Well that is what happened today. It has been a good day for me and many others. I hope you day was good. Good night y'all and see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Before I get to tell you what happened during and after the race, I need to tell you something that happened before I ran. What happened was, while I was walking to my teams' tent during one of the Division 2 races (we are in Division 1), I was watching a teenage runner limping in a way that indicates that he leg was hurting. She fell to the ground. I ran to the girl and asked a high school boy nearby to help me lift her to go to her coach. I don't know what really happened to her, but all I know is that her leg was hurting. So while we were finding her coach, we started talking and she told a lesson to me that I have heard many times from others. What makes this one different is that she raised her voice at me on how, if you want something really bad, you go get it no matter what happens. That hit me in the heart in a good way. A thought came to me after we found her coach and dropped her off. The thought was about if I was really pushing myself to get something really badly this season. Now that I pushed myself in the race and received a time of 19:40, I decided that I need to get it together for the next season. Thank you for enforcing the lesson. Here is quote that relates to what I was doing for this girl, even though I don't know her at all.
Now that happened, let me tell you what was going on in the race. First off, the JV races was as one, not two individual races. That kind of took us by surprise, but we were prepared. The gun didn't go off until 3:15. While we were waiting to run, two graduated seniors from my school, came over to watch us run our finally race for this year. It was a pleasure to see them and to support us. Now that many people were watching and pushing us, no doubt about it that we are going to do well.
Everyone started off very fast on the first mile. I didn't want to do that, since I knew that I would slow down in the second mile (which I was right) by at least 30 seconds. We started off as a group for the first mile, until we started to break into different sections. I was by myself after the first mile and I was passing people from schools like Kalamazoo Central, Portage Central, Matawan, and other schools. They provided a good run for me, especially on the final stretch with all the sprinting. While I was trying to pass a boy, I didn't realize that he is actually a friend of mine that I made over the summer in the NSTI (National Summer Transportation Institution) up in Michigan Tech. We were pushing each other hard to the end and I beat him. When I crossed the finish line, Will (that is his name) called me and came up to me to congratulate/thank me for that sprint. At first I didn't realize it was him until he explained to me how we met, that was when I remembered him. It was amazing how friends that you made over the summer is still lives close by. Who knew.
After the race, one of the cross country members invited us to attend a bonfire party. We came over at 7 and we just enjoyed our time there. We had some cupcakes, s'mores (without the chocolate though :-( ), a night big campfire, and the cross country. The night was clear and the temperature was cool. I was happy to see the team enjoying their reward for finishing strong after a long, touch season. Everyone did a great job, I am proud of all of you. Can't wait to see you in track season.
I like to post this song that tells about our enjoying time.
Here with you- Asher MonroeWell that is what happened today. It has been a good day for me and many others. I hope you day was good. Good night y'all and see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Friday, October 24, 2014
Big Day Tomorrow
Brothers and sisters, by tomorrow and future on, I am going to do something a little bit differently to my posts. For every Wednesday, I am going to give a wisdom quote that I have found on the internet or on social media to share with you that has to do with a life event of mine.
Along with the quotes, you will see articles or videos that I have found to talk to you about. I want to start being more active in my postings to show you more about my character and thoughts. Also, I just love reading and showing you people quotes that are worth reading to life.
So that is announcement for my blog, now it is time to tell you guys/gals that tomorrow will be my last cross country race (unless I get into State) for this season. How is this possible for the season to be over that quick? Wow is the only word I could say.
What I could remember was the first day of cross country. How most of us didn't know how to run at all. Now thanks to my coaches, who were pushing us to do better, there has been a huge progress for many throughout this season. We were beating some of our school rivals, getting best times for this season. Now that our last race is upon us, our training will kick in. Wish me luck, along with my team.
Thank you for your support and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
Along with the quotes, you will see articles or videos that I have found to talk to you about. I want to start being more active in my postings to show you more about my character and thoughts. Also, I just love reading and showing you people quotes that are worth reading to life.
So that is announcement for my blog, now it is time to tell you guys/gals that tomorrow will be my last cross country race (unless I get into State) for this season. How is this possible for the season to be over that quick? Wow is the only word I could say.
What I could remember was the first day of cross country. How most of us didn't know how to run at all. Now thanks to my coaches, who were pushing us to do better, there has been a huge progress for many throughout this season. We were beating some of our school rivals, getting best times for this season. Now that our last race is upon us, our training will kick in. Wish me luck, along with my team.
Thank you for your support and I will see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters. -MNM
Hmm, Why America? Why?
Have people in your home country been telling you to be environmental friendly? Such as doing the three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle), create products or technologies that is clean for our environment, or just achieve missions/goals that makes planet Earth cleaner? Well let me tell you something that surprised me personally (and maybe for most of you) that I never thought was possible in such a huge leap. A new car was built in Europe called the XI1. What makes this car interesting to look at is not only its design, but the engine itself. It could go up to 300 miles on a single gallon of gas (under the correct driving conditions) with only a 2.6 gallon gasoline tank to carry along. The designers want to "prevent fuel age related problems" that is caused from having a large gasoline tank with all the fuel that could be unhealthy for the engine. That is a giant leap in transportation technology in my point of view. Impressive, don't you agree? Do you want that car, well because I want that car, but guess what, for the people in America, the FED is not allowing the car to be show cased or even be on our roads because it is "too efficient" and it doesn't "meet American crash test standards." The article below explains why the FED does not allow a car that can change the future of transportation be allowed on our roads. Along how disappoint of our excuses are.
VOLKSWAGEN’S NEW 300 MPG CAR NOT ALLOWED IN AMERICA BECAUSE IT IS TOO EFFICIENT
I call that crazy and stupid. You know what is irony, that we have been talking about finding ways to make efficient cars for many years and yet we don't accept a car that is a giant step in that progress. Don't you agree? Greed is what made the FED the wrong choice for denying a futuristic car.
Now I have a new mission to achieve; I want to work with the company to learn their engineering ideas and to take the design into my own customized car to spread the influence under their name. Crediting their ideas for making better engines possible. I want the people who reads this and others out their, to making this planet cleaner through anything like engineering. Don't let those people, like the FED in the article or anyone, try to stop you from doing the right. For we can make our planet cleaner if we start right now.
Now I have a new mission to achieve; I want to work with the company to learn their engineering ideas and to take the design into my own customized car to spread the influence under their name. Crediting their ideas for making better engines possible. I want the people who reads this and others out their, to making this planet cleaner through anything like engineering. Don't let those people, like the FED in the article or anyone, try to stop you from doing the right. For we can make our planet cleaner if we start right now.
Thank you for your time and I would see you in the next post.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Saturday, October 18, 2014
I'm An Old Soul!
Ever since I started my high school, I have been noticing my differences from others. I thought that something was wrong with me or that I have a skipped a certain age group/generation. Instead of acting like a regular teenager, I act more like an adult. How? Well, I talk well with adults than teenagers, I think way differently from others, I see problems in this world that needs to change, usually I would be by myself in situations, I love knowledge, wisdom, and truth, and other actions that make me different from others. My parents, other adults, and some of my friends told me that I just matured fast. To prove it, I found this article on Facebook that explains 11 signs that tells you that you're an old soul.
11 Signs You're An Old Soul
Such an interesting facts about how you know if you are an old soul. Do you see some of the signs that tells you tell that? Well don't worry, you are not alone; for I am an old soul since I was born. Personally, I am proud of that, because I don't want to be like those ordinary teenagers that don't mature and keep their not so clean ways (not everyone of those are clean with their way of living). For those who are old souls out there, keep changing the world and teach the new souls how to be an old soul to be on the path that leads to a fantastic life.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
11 Signs You're An Old Soul
Such an interesting facts about how you know if you are an old soul. Do you see some of the signs that tells you tell that? Well don't worry, you are not alone; for I am an old soul since I was born. Personally, I am proud of that, because I don't want to be like those ordinary teenagers that don't mature and keep their not so clean ways (not everyone of those are clean with their way of living). For those who are old souls out there, keep changing the world and teach the new souls how to be an old soul to be on the path that leads to a fantastic life.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Smooth Translation from September to October
So, to make this post not too long, I will give short descriptions of the dates that I want to tell you about:
September 27:
September 27:
- 9am-12pm was our Loy Norrix HS cross country fundraiser- we had 3 hours to run 50 laps around our quarter mile track and each lap would increase the total amount of money that we will receive from people who put pledges of each cross country member. So far, a majority of people ran 50 laps (12.5 miles) and boy, I was proud of my people.
September 30:
- 5pm-6:30pm was our cross country race: SMAC Jamboree @ Linden Grove Middle School. There, a few people got season and personal records, including one of my friends who finally under 20 minutes (but I beat his record in a different race).
- 6pm-8pm was my Loy Norrix Marching Rehearsal. What we were working was improving our marching, music, posture, and much more before our marching festival.
October 3:
- 5:45pm-9pm was a home football at my high school. The game was Loy Norrix vs. Mattawan. I don't remember if we won or lost, but it was a long night. To to mention that we performed all of our Queen songs during the half time show through our marching.
October 4:
- Early in the morning to somewhere in the afternoon was another cross country race at Portage Middle school.
October 6:
- 6:30pm-8pm was college night at KVCC. We got meet college representatives to know their college better.
October 7 and 14:
- 6pm-8pm are other marching rehearsals.
October 8 and 16:
- 7pm-8pm was saxophone lesson for me. Every Thursday, I have saxophone lessons at Western Michigan University.
October 9:
- 7:10am-7:23am was the Loy Norrix National Honor Society meeting. I am doing the application of it, because I want participate in a program that will get me in activities that is worth while.
- 7:15pm- 10:30pm was the day of MSBOA festival. It was a big day for the Loy Norrix Band. It took at Battle Creak Central's football field and we got to play our Queen theme. I was dressed up as Freddie Mercury: which you will see the costume below. Along with the pants and jacket, I had white marching band shoes, a marching band hat, and a fake mustache (even though I have a real mustache). What we got was a 2 in our performance. We were going for a 1, but we were so close. Music was a 2 (better than last year, rate 3), a 2 in marching picture, and a 1 in marching (much better than a 2 from last year).
- 10am-2pm was my morning, running the SMAC Conference, but instead, it was more like a Jamboree because of the call that there was a storm coming near by. So, all the boys ran together and same thing with the girls. The course was fun, fast, and flat, I loved it! I got a season record, I think it was 19:32. Everyone was wet from the rain before, during, and after the race. I also got a t-shirt for $15 that is for the race. The creator of the shirt made our school's name wrong, instead of Loy Norrix, it spelled Loy Nitric. I didn't care about, it is a nice t-shirt to have.
- 2pm-4:45pm was my afternoon, helping the Loy Norrix Band with the chicken dinner serving and the silent auction. It was a fundraiser for the band this time. We sold about 400 chicken dinner tickets, that is 100 more than last year. The chicken and the food there was really good! I ate two quarter chickens, salad, and other delicious foods. At the silent auction, I bid a spray picture for $6 and bought a bracelet for $5.
This spray paint picture was made by a friend of mine the my high school band. I think this art work is called Three Sun Planets. He started this hobby this May. What do you think about this art work?
So you know how my two months have been going so. Not to mention that we were in our 7th week and had our parent-teacher conference. 5 more weeks until the first trimester is over and the second trimester begins. I hope things are going good for you teachers, students, and parents in school. Keep strong and keep doing well on your education and after school programs. Make me proud and make the future a brighter for the billions of people on this planet.
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Watch Out People Who Litter
Do you ever hate when you see people just littering in front of your eyes and you feel you can't teach them? I do hate that a lot, especially when I know that they would angry for trying to tell them that what they did was wrong to Earth. Well, I want to show you this video that there are people out there in this world who are willing to risk to teach the people who litter a taste of their own trash.
This video made me so happy and confident that people who do care for our planet are the ones that will always win. This woman shows that people who litter will get the punishment for not listening to the changes. Lets all give a hand in achieving this action by cleaning up this world every small action as possible. For the people who don't want to do the change, you are not going to win!
Peace out brothers and sisters- MNM
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
School Combine With Education, Sports, and Music
For the past three weeks of school, I have not been posting about my first day of school, first cross country race, my first trimester classes, my first marching band show, and much more. I will explain what has been going on on my other posts.
To start off, I got to meet my teachers in my classes; which the classes are Honors English 11, Pre-Calculus, Computer Applications, A.P. Physics, and Marching Band. They are the classes that I need to take for the credits of my graduation and life. I am enjoying my classes so far right, but the year is going too fast for me to believe that. Currently I am reading Beowulf in Honors English, reviewing Algebra 2 works, doing computer assignments on the school's new computers, and polishing up our marching/sound/posture.
This year is going to be the year where Loy Norrix marching band makes history in getting a one in performance. How do we know? 1. We are way ahead of schedule in marching with all of our songs
2. We are now fine-tuning the songs to make it sound like Freddie Mercury's way (Crazy Little Thing Call Love, We Will Rock You, and Bohemian Rhapsody) 3. A majority of musicians are leading the band into success We have the upper hand! I am putting time into my drum major position for the band. Our perform is going to rock the audience and the judges on October 15. If we do get a one, we would be so happy and prove to other people that Loy Norrix got what it takes to go big and succeed.
Cross country started out okay for me, but I am making my way to getting 18:30 as my time. I have done three races so far. The recent one was not easy, for which there were mainly hills, and I mean hills that could make you fall forward without knowing. To know where and what my times were, I will post them after the cross country season is over.
Well, I hope that school is going out okay for all of you. Let me know if you want me to change anything about this blog and I will try to make it happen.
Peace out brothers and sister. -MNM
To start off, I got to meet my teachers in my classes; which the classes are Honors English 11, Pre-Calculus, Computer Applications, A.P. Physics, and Marching Band. They are the classes that I need to take for the credits of my graduation and life. I am enjoying my classes so far right, but the year is going too fast for me to believe that. Currently I am reading Beowulf in Honors English, reviewing Algebra 2 works, doing computer assignments on the school's new computers, and polishing up our marching/sound/posture.
This year is going to be the year where Loy Norrix marching band makes history in getting a one in performance. How do we know? 1. We are way ahead of schedule in marching with all of our songs
2. We are now fine-tuning the songs to make it sound like Freddie Mercury's way (Crazy Little Thing Call Love, We Will Rock You, and Bohemian Rhapsody) 3. A majority of musicians are leading the band into success We have the upper hand! I am putting time into my drum major position for the band. Our perform is going to rock the audience and the judges on October 15. If we do get a one, we would be so happy and prove to other people that Loy Norrix got what it takes to go big and succeed.
Cross country started out okay for me, but I am making my way to getting 18:30 as my time. I have done three races so far. The recent one was not easy, for which there were mainly hills, and I mean hills that could make you fall forward without knowing. To know where and what my times were, I will post them after the cross country season is over.
Well, I hope that school is going out okay for all of you. Let me know if you want me to change anything about this blog and I will try to make it happen.
Peace out brothers and sister. -MNM
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Visiting the Dream of Walt Disney
Could you imagine what is it like to visit an amusement park that started with a mouse; "I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse"- Walt Disney
My family- dad, mom, little sister, and aunt, and I got to drive all the way to Florida to stay five nights in Walt Disney World, to enjoy our time off from work and worries. The resort that we stayed at was called The Art of Animation. The theme there that we stayed in was Cars; next to Finding Nemo. What we saw there was Mater, Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson, Luigi, Sarge, Flo, Sally (she was being fixed), Ramone, Sheriff, Fillmore and Guido. Fillmore was more like my character, with the eco-friendly ideas and peace attitude. The rooms there are incredible, the designers kept the theme in full circle for their customers (one thing for sure, there were cones everywhere).
After we settled down in our apartment room, we began to look over the "To-Do" lists of all the rides to ride, the characters to meet, and what to explore at each park. What we planned on the first day was to go to Magic Kingdom and eat at Bell's castle for lunch. You may think that we could cover everything right, wrong. It was packed when we were waiting for the gates to open up after a nice welcome show presented by actors and characters. What my first thought was, "how old am I and am I a child again?" Yes I was, since the theme of the park is to make the vacation fun for the whole family. That was not just the only best part, the best part was when I saw the town and Cinderella's Castle in the middle of Magic Kingdom.
Day 1 (8/13): What we started off first was take a picture in front of the Mickey face formed from plants and grass. It was our first set of pictures in Magic Kingdom. The gates were calling our names to enter into the master work/dream of Walt Disney, which we did for after picture taking (once in a while, we would take a moment to take a picture as a break). We have done many rides and visited locations and people, which you will find them below.
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Met Repunzel and Cinderella
Found Belle's Castle
Under the Sea
Met Ariel
Mad Tea Party
Dumbo Flight
The Barnstormer Roller Coaster
It's a Small World
Winnie the Pooh
Lunch at Belle's Castle
Speedway Racer
Monster's Laughing Floor
Space Mountain
Stitch Ride
Big Thunder Mountain
Pirates of Caribbean
Splash Mountain
Electric Parade
Fireworks- Tinkerbell Flying
Returned to hotel
That is the first day in Walt Disney World.
Day 2 (8/14): Next stop was Epcot, a park with rides and meet world locations.
Met 4 characters- Eyore, Goffy, Mickey, J. Worhtington Foulfellow and Gideon (Pinocchio villains)
I participated a street skit (Sir Galahad) on King Arthur and the Holy Grail
Visited France- watched a video on France
Morocco- met Jasmine
Japan- Naruto anime and Dragonball Z
America Adventure
Italy
Germany
Outpost- drums and African gifts
China- watched impressions/ reflections video
Norway
Mexico
Test Track Ride- designed our own cars
Finding Nemo- the sea with Nemo and friends ride
Talking with Crush and friends
Got our MINE MINE MINE t-shirts
Canada
United Kingdom
Fireworks- illumination show (around the world lights)
Returned to hotel
That is the second day in Walt Disney World
Day 3 (8/15): Next stop was Animal Kingdom, a park with animals all around it.
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Kilimanjaro Whirl
Restaurantosaurus
Kali Rapids (2x for me & my mom &John, 3x for my little sister and aunt)
Maharajah jungle Trek (female tiger)
Expedition Everest: 2x for me
Dino-Bite
Primeval Whirl: once for me, I was sleepy
Met Daisy
Met Russell and Dug
Pin shopping
Returned to hotel
That is the third day in Walt Disney World
Day 4 (8/16): Next stop was Hollywood Studios (wore our MINE MINE MINE shirt)
The Great Movie Ride
Shopping at the Writer's Store
Lights, Motors, Actions (started, then rained out)
Looked in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids park
Muppets 3D Show
Studio Backlot Tour
Mike and Sully Photo op
Toured Pixar Lot
Ate at Sunset Ranch Market
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Animation Courtyard and Animation Gallery
The Twlight Zone Tower of Terror Ride (I didn't do it)
Oasis Canteen for Funnel Cake
Returned to hotel
Day 5 (8/17): The last stop was Downtown Disney
Reservations at T-Rex restaurant
Walked around downtown Disney
Stopped at Goffy Candy store
Create our own T-shirts
Returned to hotel to pick up car- drove back to Downtown Disney to pick up shirts
Pin shopping & photos with stationary characters (Mr. Potato Head, Buzz Lightyear)
Finished Disney by 6ish
Drove to Cabana Beach Bay Universal Hotel
That was the end of out trip to Walt Disney World. We then went to Cabana Beach Bay Universal Hotel for two nights. The rest of the time, it was at Universal Studios, on the road, and in Michigan.
The rides we did at Universal Studios were:
Minion Mayhem ride
Transformer's ride
Diagon Alley
Men in Black ride
E.T. ride
Terminator Ride
Shrek 4D show
Mummy ride
Disaster show
Twister Ride
We got to meet Betty Boop and Minion Kyle.
The rest of the trip was meeting up with some friends in Georgia Traverse City, MI. My dad did his trail marathon in Traverse City. He was tired after that.
That was our trip for August. I had so much fun doing it with my family. I hope you enjoyed reading this and had a great summer.
Peace out brothers and sisters -MNM
My family- dad, mom, little sister, and aunt, and I got to drive all the way to Florida to stay five nights in Walt Disney World, to enjoy our time off from work and worries. The resort that we stayed at was called The Art of Animation. The theme there that we stayed in was Cars; next to Finding Nemo. What we saw there was Mater, Lightning McQueen, Doc Hudson, Luigi, Sarge, Flo, Sally (she was being fixed), Ramone, Sheriff, Fillmore and Guido. Fillmore was more like my character, with the eco-friendly ideas and peace attitude. The rooms there are incredible, the designers kept the theme in full circle for their customers (one thing for sure, there were cones everywhere).
After we settled down in our apartment room, we began to look over the "To-Do" lists of all the rides to ride, the characters to meet, and what to explore at each park. What we planned on the first day was to go to Magic Kingdom and eat at Bell's castle for lunch. You may think that we could cover everything right, wrong. It was packed when we were waiting for the gates to open up after a nice welcome show presented by actors and characters. What my first thought was, "how old am I and am I a child again?" Yes I was, since the theme of the park is to make the vacation fun for the whole family. That was not just the only best part, the best part was when I saw the town and Cinderella's Castle in the middle of Magic Kingdom.
Day 1 (8/13): What we started off first was take a picture in front of the Mickey face formed from plants and grass. It was our first set of pictures in Magic Kingdom. The gates were calling our names to enter into the master work/dream of Walt Disney, which we did for after picture taking (once in a while, we would take a moment to take a picture as a break). We have done many rides and visited locations and people, which you will find them below.
Prince Charming Regal Carrousel
Met Repunzel and Cinderella
Found Belle's Castle
Under the Sea
Met Ariel
Mad Tea Party
Dumbo Flight
The Barnstormer Roller Coaster
It's a Small World
Winnie the Pooh
Lunch at Belle's Castle
Speedway Racer
Monster's Laughing Floor
Space Mountain
Stitch Ride
Big Thunder Mountain
Pirates of Caribbean
Splash Mountain
Electric Parade
Fireworks- Tinkerbell Flying
Returned to hotel
That is the first day in Walt Disney World.
Day 2 (8/14): Next stop was Epcot, a park with rides and meet world locations.
Met 4 characters- Eyore, Goffy, Mickey, J. Worhtington Foulfellow and Gideon (Pinocchio villains)
I participated a street skit (Sir Galahad) on King Arthur and the Holy Grail
Visited France- watched a video on France
Morocco- met Jasmine
Japan- Naruto anime and Dragonball Z
America Adventure
Italy
Germany
Outpost- drums and African gifts
China- watched impressions/ reflections video
Norway
Mexico
Test Track Ride- designed our own cars
Finding Nemo- the sea with Nemo and friends ride
Talking with Crush and friends
Got our MINE MINE MINE t-shirts
Canada
United Kingdom
Fireworks- illumination show (around the world lights)
Returned to hotel
That is the second day in Walt Disney World
Day 3 (8/15): Next stop was Animal Kingdom, a park with animals all around it.
Pangani Forest Exploration Trail
Kilimanjaro Whirl
Restaurantosaurus
Kali Rapids (2x for me & my mom &John, 3x for my little sister and aunt)
Maharajah jungle Trek (female tiger)
Expedition Everest: 2x for me
Dino-Bite
Primeval Whirl: once for me, I was sleepy
Met Daisy
Met Russell and Dug
Pin shopping
Returned to hotel
That is the third day in Walt Disney World
Day 4 (8/16): Next stop was Hollywood Studios (wore our MINE MINE MINE shirt)
The Great Movie Ride
Shopping at the Writer's Store
Lights, Motors, Actions (started, then rained out)
Looked in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids park
Muppets 3D Show
Studio Backlot Tour
Mike and Sully Photo op
Toured Pixar Lot
Ate at Sunset Ranch Market
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Animation Courtyard and Animation Gallery
The Twlight Zone Tower of Terror Ride (I didn't do it)
Oasis Canteen for Funnel Cake
Returned to hotel
Day 5 (8/17): The last stop was Downtown Disney
Reservations at T-Rex restaurant
Walked around downtown Disney
Stopped at Goffy Candy store
Create our own T-shirts
Returned to hotel to pick up car- drove back to Downtown Disney to pick up shirts
Pin shopping & photos with stationary characters (Mr. Potato Head, Buzz Lightyear)
Finished Disney by 6ish
Drove to Cabana Beach Bay Universal Hotel
That was the end of out trip to Walt Disney World. We then went to Cabana Beach Bay Universal Hotel for two nights. The rest of the time, it was at Universal Studios, on the road, and in Michigan.
The rides we did at Universal Studios were:
Minion Mayhem ride
Transformer's ride
Diagon Alley
Men in Black ride
E.T. ride
Terminator Ride
Shrek 4D show
Mummy ride
Disaster show
Twister Ride
We got to meet Betty Boop and Minion Kyle.
The rest of the trip was meeting up with some friends in Georgia Traverse City, MI. My dad did his trail marathon in Traverse City. He was tired after that.
That was our trip for August. I had so much fun doing it with my family. I hope you enjoyed reading this and had a great summer.
Peace out brothers and sisters -MNM
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