More Amazing Sports!

Hello there! It is me Jera again! In this blog post I am going to tell you about some more amazing sports, except in Hawai'i.

Sail away, sail away, sail away
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The first sport on our list is, sailing. A while ago (Before I made this blog) I tried sailing. And i got pretty good at it too. But unfortunately I never got around to going back to it. 

 

Above are a few pictures of me sailing. The first picture is me and my dad pulling the boat into the ocean. It is lighter than it looks. Next is me sailing away! Then Sienna thought I looked SOOO cool, so she wanted to have a try, I took her out to the breakwater. And the picture above is where sailing gets dangerous. Do u see that stick poking out of the water? It turns out that is signing that there is something under it. And the wind was blowing me right in that direction! luckily I managed to steer away from it.

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Another sport I took up on the Big Island is archery. We go to an old airport hanger twice a week to practise shooting. I have learnt a lot, and I think I might keep the sport up. 

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And the last sport (if you consider it a sport) I have learnt, is a terrible war between two empire's! Chess. I think I have found my new fav board game! I love it because of the constant battle, and it uses strategy to win!


This has been another blog report c u soon!


-Jera!

INTERESTING PLACES

Hello, in this blog report I am going to tell you about a few interesting places in Hilo, Hawai'i.

The first place on our list is the 'Imiloa Planetarium/Museum. Their exhibit was amazing. We saw a movie too. It was called, "Back to the Moon for Good." It was a fascinating show about the Google X prize. A competition where teams are competing to land a rover on the moon. A few weeks ago China successfully landed a rover on the Moon. Here is are more details about their landing from this website below.

"A $30 million Google-backed competition to land a spacecraft on the moon may be about to be scooped. China’s Chang’e 3 probe successfully put itself into lunar orbit on Friday in preparation for an attempted touchdown around Dec. 14.    

 

    However, "China won’t be winning the prize money, which is reserved for privately funded, previously enrolled teams, not government agencies."

Here I am playing a Black Hole game where u have to collect data. But don't get too close or you will get sucked into it.

Above is an information display about Black Holes.

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We also went to the Black Sand Beach. The sand is crushed lava rock, which is so fine the pebbles are turned into sand.

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 We also visited the Hilo zoo! There were a variety of animals including a tiger, parrots, and as you see below a few guinea pigs.

 

They have a wide range of birds, including a hawk.

Good thing this one was trained! 

Also, look at that lama in the background. I think that lama is jealous.

And the last animal we petted at the zoo was the box turtle! I have seen turtles before but this one was so weird! It really look liked a box with a turtle head!

Thank you for reading.

I will see you soon! 

-Jera.

Vehicals 'n Hawai'i

BOATS

When we first arrived in Hawai'i, I thought it would be so cool to live right next to a cruise ship terminal! But once you have been woken up in the middle of the night by a "BLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA".

The excitement dies down.

Welcome back to my blog! As you see below, almost everyday a cruise ship comes by! They're usually the same ship that arrives from each of the Hawaiian islands. But occasionally we get one that is heading or coming from Mexico! This is the ship Carnival Miracle.

They don't only come in the day. Here is the Star Princess, with all of its lights on.

 I love it when the ship turns like this. It looks like it's heading straight for us!

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AIRFORCE ONE  & AIRFORCE TWO

Air Force Two overhead!

Air Force Two flew into Hilo the other day.

Air Force One is the plane that carries the President of the United States to wherever he wants to go. Whether it's for top secret missions of just a vacation to get out of the White House. It may just look like a regular Boeing 747, but other than sharing the body of one, it is COMPLETLY different! It has the latest in, well, everything! From engine to door knob this is one extraordinary plane!

And u might be saying that's not the real Air Force One, well that's 'cause it is isn't! It's a model that I bought off Ebay.

Air Force two carries the Vice President of the United states of America. It is basically a smaller Air Force One.

(Air force Two, left. One, right)

 

 

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TRAINS

 And the Hilton's tram! The Hilton was so large that it needs a train for people to access all of the buildings! As you see below the tram does not really run on tracks. It runs on wheels powered by electric rails with a pole down the center so it does not run off the track!

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Like the title says...Happy New Year!!!! It's 2014!  2013 flew by fast, don't you think?

Anyway, in this blog post I am going to talk to you about my New Year's resolutions.

1. To spend less time playing on the computer.

2. To start my model airport up again.

3. To help out around the house more.

4. To build a pyramid house on the Gold Coast.

5. To beat Rudy at Chess.

6. To write more blog posts!

Well that's it. I do hope I can complete these resolutions before next year. Well I do have some time!

thx for reading
-Jera!!
And PS: Here is how we celebrated new year! Sorry it's a bit blurry. 

 Then we headed off to Coconut Island to let off some fire crackers for New Year.