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where in the world

Hey everyone. I can't post so I will post my guesses. James, yours is in....europe i think in....glendalough valley, Ireland? im probubly wrong. Leslie. thats easy, its the great barrier reef. and Anna S. yours is really hard. im going to guess.........Alaska. well thanks.

the wedding blog

     The wedding I went to was in Nicosia, Cyprus. It was on September 18^th. It was one of the main things that we did that week. The people who were getting married were part of the embassy so I came as well as family and friends. I didn’t need to wear very formal clothes, just a nice shirt and pants. We went to a big church where there were lots of pictures of religious things. One of the pictures was of Jesus.

                So, first we all got there before the bride and groom did. We waited at the steps of the church. First the groom came in a car and a small band started to play. The groom wore a nice tuxedo and was in a happy mood.  He then came and waited with us. Not long after the bride came in a big long limousine. Her bride’s maids came out first and then she came out in a long white wedding dress. The band started playing a lot. So then we all walked in and took our seats. I sat by the aisle so I could see what happened.

                The seats were made so you could lift up the seat to stand, but the only problem was when you put it back down it made a loud bang. Throughout the wedding we could hear the bang, bang, bang, of the chairs. After we got seated, the man at the organ started to play some music. First came the bride’s maids who walked up to the altar followed by the groom and the bride. After the bride and groom reached the altar, some kids came with followers. At the altar, the bishop started chanting words that I couldn’t understand. It might have been because it was Latin, a chant to the god, or he was speaking Greek. I think it was most likely because he was speaking Greek, or at least I think it was Greek.

                During the chant another man would repeat the words the bishop was saying in a deeper voice. During the whole thing we had to wait silently. Afterwards everyone but the bride and groom ran outside. There we got confetti cannons and bags of rice. We then waited for the bride and groom to come out. I went over to the marines who were all standing in a line. They had their cannons like guns so when the bride and groom came out they would shoot in the sky. When they came out, everyone shot their cannons. Confetti went everywhere. Rice flew everywhere. It was fun.
                Afterwards we went to someone’s house for coffee. Everyone spent that time getting to know everyone and tasting the pastries. During the talking and rejoicing, Erik and I started a foosball tournament with the other kids there. We played until the coffee party was over. We then drove to a big concert like place. We got out of the car and waited inside. We decided to help by holding the doors for people. While we did that, other people set up the concert area so it would look nice. After everyone arrived we got to the door and waited. We watched the bride and groom stand on a high platform. We then all passed shaking the bride’s, groom’s, father’s, mother’s, and bride’s maids’ hands. We then sat down at our table, and we had to take food from a befit table.

                There was a table of food that you could take the food and drink. Then the kids were allowed to dance on the stage. During the party music would play. Everyone was having a blast. Lights were flashing everywhere. I had fun too.

                If I was getting married I might do it in a church or just with friends. I would have all my friends and family come.  I would rent a place out for a party afterwards then have everyone come to my place for hang out time. I would wear my tuxedo, and bride might wear a white dress if she wanted to. I would have my mom and dad is there so help me and my brother to cheer me on. I would have the children of my friends help bring out the flowers. Then I would have poppers and rice to throw.

                This day meant a lot to the bride and groom. They were going to be married. Also, weddings are really important in Cyprus, because they usually invite like over 300 people. I really like the party at the end. I was kind of bored when they were saying the first things for the wedding, but then it was fun.

The video

Well, here it is. It was made by my brother. DON'T CRITSIZE HIM!!!! Miss deu, this is is a nice resispie, if you want to find out what he saids in english comment me. enjoy!!!!

Classwork:11 for 2011

What do you have in your pocket?
I uaually have nothing because I forget them in my pocket and they go throught the wash. if I do have some thing its small change, my locker key, or a note for class.

What was the last thing you had to drink?
Milk becuase I like milk and I have it for dinner each day.

What makes you happy?
My friends and family. I always feel better around them, especially my brother.

What was the last really nice thing you did for somone?
I cleaned my brother's room. We had a little time before bed, and my brother had homework so I cleaned it up.

What scares you?
Losing friends.

What was the last movie you saw?
Core

What was the last song you sang?
"Be Our Guest" in the school play that I sighned up for.

What was the last thing you bought?
School lunch.

What couldn't you live without?
i couldn't live without my brother becuase he is so nice to me and is a very good friend.

What do you hope for?
World peace.

What could you live without?
Homework. I can live with class work but i can't live with homework.

My Name

My name is Nils. I believe it’s a Swedish-Scandinavian and its American name is Nickolas. It also means Victory of the people. It also has many feminine forms like, Nilsine, Nilsina, and Nilsa. If my sources are correct a long time ago Nils used to be a Greek name as well. There were many Nilses in Swedish history. Nils is the name of a famous musician, Nils Lofgren.  Nils is also in a book called, well, “The wonderful Adventures of Nils”. The book is about a mean little boy named Nils, not a thing like me, who gets shrunk and goes on an adventure on his goose.

My mom chose my name. At first she was a little confused because the doctor said I was going to be a girl. My dad was going to call Sue, but mom that was silly and decided to call me Nils. Mom thought it was a beautiful name. My family on my mother’s side are part Swedish. She also has an uncle named Nils,that she named me after.
I really like my name. I like it because it makes me sound unique. I was the only Nils in my whole school last year and the year before. If I have and kids in the future I would name then Erik, Luna, Stephen, and Alex.

My Traditions



Many traditions are not only passed down through family but also through whole countries. These traditions make the country what it is. Traditions are one of the things that happen in countries that can make them say, “Hey, we do this, so that means we’re part of the country.”One of my favorite place is the Netherlands where they have many traditions.

 

One of traditions in my family is Sinterklaas. Sinterklaas is like a Dutch Santa, he lives in Spain and every Christmas he comes over to Holland and gives us gifts. He workswith people called Zwarte Pieten who help him with presents. Another thing we do is put our glogs, wooden shoes, by the fire with carrots for Sinterklaas’s horse. The Piets come down the chimney and put candies in the shoes.

This was a very old tradition because it has been going on for a very long time. My family also celebrates Christmas with Santa so we get more stuff. Also we weren’t able to have a star so we instead put a Sinterklaas doll on top of our tree. Like most American families, we like to decorate the tree with many things. For instance we put up Russian dolls up, Dutch fishes, little wreaths, glass balls, and a whole lot of little decorations. We also use table decorations that we put all over the counters and tables.

We usually go to one of our relatives in another state or country to celebrate Christmas with them. Then we come home and sometimes invite someone over for Christmas dinner. In the morning we run down stairs and open our stockings and empty our glogs(they are usually filled with candy, some games, or fruit). We then hand out presents to each other while munching on the candy. Then we just spend some family time together and make a big breakfast. My brother and I run up stairs and try out our new things. At night we make a cozy fire and hot chocolate. Then we sit by the fire and drink the chocolate. I am going to pass this to my kids because it was fun for me, it should be fun for them.

My favorite place was the Netherlands. It was my favorite place because it had wonder food that i liked and it had a great school and amusement parks. I also like going through all the windmills and small towns. My favorite thing was Madurodam.

I liked it because it was all of Holland but in minature and i would pretend to be a big monster in a city. Also by my house was a fish store and a bakery. I like the fish store because they sold raw herring. They ate it by holding up by the tail, so did I.





I hope to go back one day, untill then i'm okay here in Cyprus.

Welcome

 Welcome to my new blog. In this blog i will be doing world geography. This is for my teacher, I wont say my teacher's name though. I will be looking forward to using the blog. Enjoy!