More About Israel

On March 4th we went to Bet Shean to see a Roman archeology site. We started by going into the amphitheatre. It was really cool because if you went in to the stands and someone else went to the middle of the stage and they whispered, you could hear them! We then took some pictures and wandered over to where you could climb up to where the temple used to be. We then started getting obsessed with finding bits of old Roman pottery and glass. We even found a porcupine quill! We stayed up on the hill for a while and looked at some of the ruins of the temple that were there and also the view of the whole town. Then we went back down and stayed in the gift shop/food area while we waited for my grandpa(who, I forgot to mention was there, too)drew the amphitheatre. Then we went back to the kibbutz(otherwise known as a Jewish community)where we were staying with my great aunt Malka, great uncle Kloni and mom's cousin Elyakim who lived there. March 5th was Shabbat, so we rested for basically the whole day. On March 6th we went to see where my mom's cousin works, at a cow farm. We saw them machine-milking the cows and afterward, a three day old calf, two other calves and two cute, fluffy puppies. We left the next day to come back to London.

Word Equations

Here are some more word equations that I made up. Some of them have the same meanings.


Big+colossal+gigantic+giant+huge+humongous=bicossantianugungous
Bi from big+coss from colossal+ant from gigantic+ian from giant+u from huge+g for no specific reason+ungous from humongous
Meaning:Large


Tiny+mini+dwarf+little=tininiwarfittle
Tin from tiny+ini from mini+warf from dwarf+ittle from little
Meaning:Small


Converse+ballet flats+sneakers+slippers+boots=converletlateakerslipoots
Conver from converse+let from ballet and lat flats+eaker from sneakers+slip from slippers+oots from boots
Meaning:Shoes

Flip flops+cleats+sandals+clogs=flipopaleatsandalogs
Flip and op from flip flops+a for no reason except that it sounds good+leats from cleats+anda from sandals+logs from clogs
Meaning:Shoes

Spelling+writing+reading+social studies=ellingeadocies
ath from math+ell from spelling+it from writing+ead from reading+ocies from social studies
Meaning:School

Computer+chorus+recess+gym+music=omporucessymerusic
Omp from computer+oru from chorus+cess from recess+ym from gym+er for no reason+usic from music
Meaning:School

Lunch+DEAR+science+art+math=lundearencarth
Lun from lunch+dear from DEAR+enc from science+ar from art+th from math
Meaning:School

Daffodil+tulip+rose+magnolia=daffuliposelolia
Daff from daffodil+ulip from tulip+ose from rose+l for no real reason+olia from magnolia
Meaning:Flower

Primrose+dandelion+forsythia+violet=osedeliorsythiolet
Ose from primrose+delio from dandelion+syth from forsythia+iolet from violet
Meaning:Flower

Bloom+crocus+morning glory=blooflocusorniglory
Bloo from bloom+fl because it sounds good+ocus from crocus+orni from morning and glory from glory
Meaning:Flower

Gross+bloody+horror+disgusting=grosodorgusting
Gros from gross+od from bloody+or from horror+gusting from disgusting
Meaning:Gory

Books+pages+literature=ookagiteraturary
Ook from books+ag from pages+iterature from literature+ary because the word means library
Meaning:Library(obviously)

Reading+words+series+chapters=reawoseriapter
Rea from reading+wo from words+seri from series+apter from chapters
Meaning:Book

Fantabulificent Words That I Made Up

Have you ever tried making up words from other words? It's really fun. I've been doing it a bit recently. For example, I made up the word fantabulificent. It is the result of mixing up the words fantastic, fabulous, terrific and magnificent. To make it I started with an old one- fantabulous- and cut out fantabul from it, added ifi from terrific and then took the cent from magnificent and put it at the end. It means the same thing that all the basic words mean-great, awesome good... Another one that I made is barorribastrophroblem. It starts with ba from bad, follows with r for no specific reason except it sounds good, added orrib from horrible, then took astroph from catastrophe and roblem from problem. It means not good. Here's one that is a noun. It is coufutsofammock. The definition of the word is chair or sitting place. It starts with cou from couch, fut from futon, sof from sofa, and ends with ammock from hammock. Here is a verb. It is leabouncop. It means jump. It is made up of the lea from leap, bounc from bounce, and op from hop. That is all the words I will post for now. Feel free to comment and tell me some that you made up!

Israel

For the last 7 days I have been in Israel with my mom. We stayed in Jerusalem at my mom's cousin's house for the first 2 nights. The night we arrived we went to a really good fish restaurant that was above a gas station. I got fried sole. On our first day we woke up at 7:00 a.m. which was 5:00 a.m. in London. I was really tired, but we had to go on a long sight-seeing trip with my mom's cousin. On the tour we first stopped in Hebron and we went into a building that was 2,000 years old. It has a synagogue and rooms that are dedicated to the patriarchs and matriarchs. Then we went to an awesome underground town called Sussiya. It was an archeology sight that was famous for it's synagogue that had a mosaic floor. It is also around 2,000 years old. The towns-people lived in caves. We went in to the weaving cave, the potters cave, and a regular house. We then went in the car and drove to Masada. There we looked at the mesa and I was told the story of it. Then we went to the shore of the Dead Sea and I dipped my feet in. I would have gone all the way in, but I decided against it. Afterward my feet looked like they were covered with sand which was actualy dried salt! All the rocks there looked like they had crystals on them because the waves had left lots of the salt on them . After we were at the sea-side we went up to have a picnic. Then we left and went back to Jerusalem for the day. The next day we went and walked around the old city of Jerusalem. We went to the Tower of David Museum and the Wailing Wall, looking at shops in the market in-between. Then we went to a shop crowded with tourists to get falafel. That night we went to have dinner at my mom's cousin's son's house. They had a daughter who was about six years old who didn't know any English, but we drew together and played games using a version of sign language. Then we went to another of my mom's cousin's houses for one night.

Even More Haikus

Okay, so I really like writing poems. I might be posting them a lot.

The Brentford Bees won!
Got goal from penalty kick
The score was one nil

England winning game
Of rugby against the French
Three minutes are left

Waited for a bus
Ended up getting taxi
Shared with four others

Saving Bees tickets
Will put them in my scrap-book
I have two in all

News about Libya
Many people killed, injured
City in chaos

People injured, killed
By the earthquake in Christchurch
Thankful I'm not there

My Poems

Here are some poems that I have been writing in my free time. All of them are haikus. They relate to what has been happening since I posted last, and what will happen soon.

Going on airplane
Ears are popping all around
Slowly we descend.

Plump pigeon pecking
At the crumbled, soggy bread
Left there in the rain

Get good gelato
So many different flavors
Chocolate hazelnut

Soccer- Brentford Bees
It is raining outside now
Covered stadium

Rugby game in town
Un-defeated- England, France
Hope that England wins

Orchids on table
Deep rose color, beautiful
Thirteen blooms in row

Oyster cards for bus
Though they're not really oysters-
Open, close like one

My Last Post From Ghana

Hi! Sorry I haven't been posting in a while. I have been doing a lot and I've been so busy that I didn't have the time! On the 16th we went to an adinkra village. The word adinkra means goodbye. People used to only wear it at funerals. Each stamp has a different meaning. We got to stamp some cloth and saw how the ink is made. The ink is made of bark that you pound with a large stick. After it is pounded you add water and boil it. The stamps are made out of carved gourds. Both my mom and I used red strips of cloth. I used three different stamps in the very simple design. Then we went to our hotel and swam. On the 17th we traveled to a town called Nkoranza. We traveled by tro-tro, a large van-like vehicle. We stayed at a community called Operation Hand in Hand. Operation Hand in Hand is a home for mentally disabled children. It also has guest-houses. We stayed one night. The next morning we took a mule ride and a tour around the grounds. Then we took a taxi up to a monkey sanctuary. We went to the village with a guide and got bananas for the monkeys. It was one of my highlights of this whole trip. The monkeys ate out of your hand and they lived in the wild! They were SOOOO CUTE! Sadly, we ran out of bananas so we had to leave. The next morning we went again into the woods, this time carrying all of our luggage over the roots and ditches. Yes, we were going to see the monkeys again, but we had to catch a tro-tro in town, too. Also, the fetish priest had invited us to his house the night before. So we dragged our luggage to his house and we talked for awhile, about everything from his job to maple syrup. We saw the monkey shrine. I expected it to be in the woods somewhere, but instead it was in his house. The room smelled like eggs and had an altar and lots of religious objects. After that we went to see the monkeys one last time. Then we caught a bumpy, overcrowded tro to Nkoranza. There were 15 people in it with a lot of bags and luggage while it normally fits 12 people with no bags comfortably! I had to sit on my moms lap with our backpack on my lap while someone was sitting on either side of us and another person was sitting, facing me. Then we got to the tro station and took a more comfortable van. Unfortunately it was going to Kumasi, land of the traffic jams where we would take an STC bus to Accra. The ride was fine until we entered Kumasi, where we sat for about 15 minutes. We got to the STC station and, miraculously, were just in time for an STC bus. You have no idea how lucky this was. If we were even 10 minutes later we could have been waiting the whole night! It took something like 5 or 6 hours to get to Accra. When we got to Accra we discovered that the hotel we wanted to stay in was booked to the brim, full of Danish history teachers. We asked the receptionist where we could stay that had a pool and he said Novotel. As it turns out, Novotel is a fancy, expensive place that you can find literally everywhere. My mom and I just needed to have a short break from Ghana. We had dinner and went to bed. The next morning we woke up and had a really good breakfast. Then I swam in the pool and we went on the Internet for a tiny bit. We swam again in the afternoon. The next day we went to the Volta Region and also saw a bead factory called Cedi Beads. This is not your polluting, huge machine run factory but a small, pleasant workplace where you can see how the beads are made and buy some of the beads themselves. My favorites were made out of recycled chips of broken glass that were different colors. We then went to a hotel called Aylos Bay and stayed there the rest of the night. Yesterday we went, hoping to see how the Volta Dam works, only to find out that weekdays are working days. We got a taxi to bring us to the dam to see it from a distance in the front and back. We took a lot of pictures, but that was it for the day, other than swimming at the hotel next-door. After we swam we just went back to Aylos Bay and played Boggle. Today we came to Accra. We traveled by tro-tro. 10 minutes into the ride, our tro broke. We had to wait for an additional 10 minutes for a different tro to come to bring us to Accra again. It was a smooth ride until the tro-tro crashed! Yep, I know. Luckily, neither I nor my mom or even anyone else of the 3 cars is sitting in the hospital, though. The worst injury of our car was a bruised knee, and everyone else is fine but the cars. We were pretty shocked! Thankfully, a Dutch guy who was on the same tro-tro as us shared a taxi with us so that we could get to our hotel. Sadly, we leave Ghana tomorrow night. Boo-hoo!