torsdag 12. november 2009

Slumdog Millionaire

The movie is about a young boy, named Jamal, who wins a tv-show called "Would you like to be a millionaire?".
I think this was a great movie. The music, the screenplay and the characters created a fantastic movie. I especially liked the way they brought out the poverty of India. I think it is good that they used an issue like that, combined with love and hate. They chose a non- typical theme for the movie.

I also liked that the movie was a bit different from other movies. Other than that the movie was great, the acters did a great job as well. I think Dev Patel used his character very well. He managed to show us who watched the movie, which person Jamal was. Jamal was a very shy person, honest and brave. Jamal could do anything for his only love Latika, and that touched us viewers very much. I think Salim, was a very good character too.

torsdag 5. november 2009

Perth. 09.10.09

I arrived at the airport around 09.00 a.m. I was too exited to go to bed, so I just went to the hotel, ate som food and got out a map and a compass. I wanted to explore the city on my own this time, not with some guide bus.





















Originally Perth was located for the safe inland position during colonial times. The area around the city, had extreme meaning for the Aborigines.





























I went to see kings park and botanic gardens. That is made up of 400 hectares of parkland and gardens and is Perth's most popular tourist attraction. It is located just outside the city centre. And the park has breathtaking views over the city and swan river.































I was done with the park, and thought about seeing some historic attractions. Like the barracks, that were used to hous enrolled penisoner guards and their familys in the mid late 1800s. It was really exciting!

Perth was beautiful, and autumn in Perth is just like an extension of summer :)

I really enjoyed my Australia trip, and will always remember the beautiful things I have explored :)

Fride

Canberra. 08.10.09


















I arrived at Canberra international airport, five a.m. I was driven directly to the hotel, where I fell asleep five minutes after I came in the door. I used the morning to eat a special breakfast on my porch. For breakfast I was served fish with rice. Dinner for breakfast!

















I was thinking about a trip to Canberra nature park, National museum of Australia and Captain Cook memorial jet. The nature park trip went into the bush. I spotted kangoroos, koalas and many, many bugs.... All in all it was a beautiful park!
















I took the bus into the city, and stopped for some food. I asked about a dish that could be made quickly, and then I was thrown something they called a "wendy's" in my hands. It was quiet in Canberra, beautiful, magnificent! And a trip to Captain Cook memorial Jet made it all better. It looked like a fake geysir, a water stream that splashed up into the air. Very beautiful too look at. The jet can reach up to 147 meters, quite amazing. The jet was invented by Queen Elizabeth the second i 1970.













I took the bus into the city, again, and it was time for the National museum of Australia. It was absolutlig BRILLIANT! It was the masterpiece of masterpiece all over! The museum itself was very interessting, and when the dark came along, it let a dark "carpet" over the museum.






The evening came on, and I went into the dining room for a last meal in beautiful Canberra. I ate a excellent squid.




The day afterwards I was going to take the trip to Perth!

Hobart. 07.10.09!

It took a very long time travelling to Australia. Over ten hours! I finally got to the airport, sat down and waited for my luggage. I can remember how warm Hobart was, compared to Norway. Even thou it was autumn, there where 34 degrees in the air. But the cold wind made it a bit better.






























Hobart is the capital of the Australian island, Tasmania. Tasmania was founded in 1803, as a penal colony. A penal colony is a settlement used back in the old days, to exile prisoners from the population. Hobart is one of the oldest capitals in Australia, after Sydney. It's always very warm here in Hobart, they rarely get snow in the winter. Imagine that! Christmas without snow can't be a good thing.



I decided to start my day, by taking a trip to Hobart's Port Arthur historic site. That has been Tasmania's most visited tourist attraction for the past several years. On Port Arthur historic site you can tour the ruins of the penal settlement. They say that there are ghosts touring there at night!



























It was very interessting visiting Port Arthur, but I was so tired when I got back from the trip so I took a shopping trip at a mall before I went strait to bed.



I went to bed after an amazing day!

torsdag 29. oktober 2009

The first part of Australia!

Hello there.

My journey has just begun, starting exploring the magnificent Australia!


When I started packing my belongings I have to admit that I had some second thougts about the journey. But the trip was amazing!

Here is my travelling route:






















I started on The Tasmanian Island, where I visited Hobart.
After The Tasmanian Island came a visit to Canberra, the capital of Australia.
I saved Perth to the end.

tirsdag 29. september 2009

English Homework due Wednesday september 30th

* Point of view can mean different things. The first thoughts that popps up in my mind is your meaning. Or something you see from your sight. For example in a fight, who should you give the blame? The first person comes up to you and tells his version of the story. Then it is from his point of view.
*The word concord is used in a context when people usually agree on something. The word concord means that you come toghether on something or reach agreement.


*Adjectives is used to discribe something, like "The shoe was very blue", or "His face turned red like blood". But an adverb is used to describe something you do. For example "The singer is singing terribly loud", or "Peter slept for a long time".

* Characterisation from the short story "Mennesker på kafé":

The man seems like a lonely person.
He wants so bad that somebody should say something to him, or talk to him. At least pick up his wallet.
He has a lot of thougts. Every sentence in the story, is deep described.
He seems like a bit old, maybe he is not used to the way people behave in this kind of days.






torsdag 24. september 2009

Skildring

Dette er en skildring jeg laget i Norsktimen i går. Her skildrer jeg at jeg står og venter på at pappa skal hente meg, noe som aldri skjer :-)

"Regnet plasket ned rundt meg som store fotballer under champions league. Den hvite buksen min klistret seg helt fast til lårene mine, som et frimerke på et brev. Bilene kjørte en etter en, forbi meg. Lyset fra lyktene skjærte seg dypt inn i øynene mine, noe som kom til å gi meg hodepine. Jeg hadde forsøkt å søke ly under et stort tre, men det eneste det gjorde for meg var å kaste vannsekker over det gylne håret mitt. En bil kom kjørende, jeg tenkte det kunne være pappa, men det var det nok ikke. Jeg tror ikke pappa ville kastet en vannmengde over meg, noe som denne bilen nettopp gjorde.

Heyheyhey!

Hey everyone! My name is Fride, and I am from Norway. This blog is a task our teacher gave us in English. So this is a school blog. Not everything that I write in here is my own personal opinion. But I hope you guys will read it anyway :)