Travel Blog Post - Day #6 (Seattle)

Hey bloggers! Today I arrived in Seattle! Seattle is located in the Washington State of the United States of America! It's really cool here and it has a really big city! Anyways let me tell you what we did! On the way to Seattle when we were arriving to the airport I was sitting next to my cousin and I was so excited to be in the United States!

Me and my cousin @ Gasworks

 I was amazed at the big city it had! First thing I did when I arrived from Kona International Airport to the Airport in Seattle, we got picked up by one of our family members and drove home! When we got home it was already morning time and I had the opportunity to attend school in Seattle! Yes! I went to school in Seattle and it was very fun! I went to a nearby middle-school my cousin attends and the school was very cool! We got to learn science, and history, math and heaps more subjects I don't learn at my school in New Zealand, which was pretty cool! 

Downtown Seattle - Troll!

After school I got to eat Jack in the Box (an fast food restaurant in the USA) then we went to my cousins family members football game and it was one of the best things I have ever seen in my life! It was located in Federal Way High School football field and it was HUGE! I walked into the gate with my family and I saw Cheerleaders, A Band, Football Players, and heaps more exciting things to see! 

Anyways we went to go sit down in our seats and we bought popcorn, drinks, hotdogs, and candy! The game was really cool and we also got to hear the band! The band was one of the most coolest things I've ever heard! There were drums, trumpets, flutes, and heaps more! After the game we drove to Downtown Seattle so my family could show me what it looks like in Downtown Seattle!

We first went to a place name the Troll! It's named the troll because a homeless guy made a troll figure using sand, clay and a car! It's really cool to climb on! Also if you go to the troll you can also see the car in the trolls hand which is pretty amazing! Anyways after seeing the troll we went to GasWorks in Seattle! Gasworks is a place in Seattle where you can view and see the whole city! I even saw the Space Needle, which is a tower in Seattle! Me and my cousins climbed up the hill to see the view and it was amazing! After all of that we went back home! 


Thanks for reading! 
By Mitchell.M 
 10/09/17

Travel Blog Post - Day #1 (Hawaii)

Hey bloggers! Today is Day #1 in Hawaii! I am so excited to tell you about what we did! Let's begin. So yesterday : me, my aunty, my cousin, my nana, and my great grandparents flew from Auckland Airport to Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii, USA! It was an 8 hour flight and it was pretty boring. Well the plane was really cool because their was a screen behind each seat you could watch movies on, play music, play games and heaps more!

Me and my family waiting at an restaurant!

I also listened to music on the way to Honolulu too! When we arrived to the Airport in Honolulu I was so happy! We got off the plane and lined up into Immigration Services and waited until we could be checked! We then put our carry-on luggage onto a machiene where the security could see what is in your bag!

They stopped my bag because it had a small pair of scissors in my pencil case! Haha but they let us through anyway! We then waited for an whole 3 hours until our flight to Hilo, Hawaii on an other island would come by. I had some American Pocket Money and decided to spend some!

Arriving at Hilo Airport

I bought my self a wallet and a mini souvenir for my school bag! It is a small surfboard that says "Hawaii"! Anyways 3 hours passed and then our plane had arrived. I was really excited. We went on a smaller one than usual and flew to the Big Island Hawaii. We arrived in Hilo, Hawaii where my uncle stays.

Getting a flower lei!

By the way if you didn't know we are going to Hawaii for a wedding! Anyways we went through the gates and got welcomed by his partner! I got my own lei as well with real tropical flowers.

From there we went into the car and drove to his house. I was so hot when we arrived because the weather here is very humid and Honolulu just had a heatwave which was really hot, but they do have air conditioning! Even at night time it is really hot!

Well that's it for now bloggers! See you later and I will update you on more!

Thanks for reading!
By Mitchell.M
01/09/17

More waiting!

Making Slime!

Hey bloggers! Today me and my sisters were very bored. Watching TV, Playing games whatever. Well then we decided to make Slime! We asked our mum and dad and they said yes! So we left in the car to the $2 dollar shop to get some ingredients.

We got 3 bottles of glue from the $2 dollar shop in Glen Innes called "Super Saver". We got 3 bottles because my other sister was at a sleepover. Then we went to Pak'n'Save to buy some Shaving Cream and Food Colouring. Lastly we went to Martha's Backyard to get some Laundry Detergent for our Slime activator. Also Tide is a American Laundry detergent brand and also is the most popular laundry detergent in the USA.

Here is 1 slime recipe we made up: - I took this photo and also edited it. This is my sister's bubblegum slime.

You will need:

1 bottle of glue - ( 4 - 8 oz)

3 - 5 pumps of body lotion - optional

1/2 cup of Shaving cream - If you want fluffy slime

Food colouring - If you want colour

Scents - Bubble gum flavour

Laundry detergent - (Only Tide will work) - You can buy tide from Martha's Backyard.

Instructions: First add the glue into a bowl - the amount of glue you put in, will be the size of your slime

Then if you have food colouring add it now and mix.

Then mix in your lotion - optional and shaving cream - optional.

Then add any some bubble gum scent into your slime.

Then you will need to add the slime activator into your mixture.

Add bits of laundry detergent into your slime. As you can see it will start to thicken and that is when you will need to knead with your hands. There you go that's how you make bubble gum slime.

Now I will show you how to make blueberry fluffy slime!

1 bottle of glue - ( 4 - 8 oz)

3 - 5 pumps of body lotion - optional

1/2 cup of Shaving cream 

Food colouring - If you want colour - blue is the colour of the laundry detergent

Scents - Blueberry flavour

Laundry detergent - (Only Tide will work) - You can buy tide from Martha's Backyard.

First add the glue into a bowl - the amount of glue you put in, will be the size of your slime

Then if you have food colouring add it now and mix.

Then mix in your lotion - optional and shaving cream.

Then add any some blueberry scent into your slime.

Then you will need to add the slime activator into your mixture.

Here some pictures of our slime in the making!

Mixing glue

Shaving Cream

Glue and Shaving Cream

Tide - Laundry Detergent

Body lotion - Nivea

Glue - Glue bottle

Adding laundry detergent

Mixing

Stretching the slime

Stretching again

More stretching

Squishing the slime

Done!

We also made slime with my sister's friend and her sister too! Well that's it for today. I hope you like my slime tutorial!

Thanks for reading!

By Mitchell.M

4/06/17

My family from USA have arrived

Guess what ??? On Friday the day Riverside camp finished my family from the USA came from overseas. They were here to attend the wedding of my aunty who got married on the 1st of October. I will write another blogpost about the wedding you can view later on. 

Here is a picture of my family from Seattle. 

Top right (Uncle Fonua)

Bottom Right (Cousin Holly)

Bottom Left (Cousin Fou/Ezekiel)

Top Left (Cousin Malonie)

Middle (Aunty Myra)

My aunty Myra gave my this $20 bill which was amazing. 

Here are some coins from the US.

A penny is the bronze coin and is equivalent

to One cent. The other ones are named a penny,

a quarter and a dime.

A penny is equivalent to 1 cent

A quarter is equivalent to 25 cents

and A dime is equivalent to 10 cents

A nickel is 5 cents

Thanks for reading

By Mitchell

2/10/2016