Taj Mahal {Famous Sights Post}

by Emese, 8th grade

Taj Mahal

(meaning "Crown of the Palaces")

Agra is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India. It's one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh, and the 24th most populous in India.

The Taj Mahal is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It's a white marble mausoleum on the south bank of the Yamuna river in the Indian city of Agra. There are at least thirty different types of gemstones decorating the Taj Mahal to make it even more beautiful. Construction of the Taj Mahal took around 20 years, beginning around 1632 and finishing around 1653. It covers an area of 17 hectares. The full height of the Taj Mahal is 171 metres (561 feet). It’s symmetrical in almost every way, only the two tombs are different sizes. The male tomb is larger than the female tomb. The Taj Mahal attracts 7–8 million visitors a year. It was built as the final resting place for Mumtaz Mahal, the third wife of Mughal emperor Shah Jahan. Scientists fear that the Taj Mahal may be slowly sinking into the Yamuna River. This is according to Wikipedia.

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San Francisco {Famous Sights Post}

by P. Niki, 8th grade

San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge

I’m gonna tell you some interesting facts about San Francisco. The first one that amazed me was that this city has the largest and oldest Japantown. Its other name is "Nihonmachi," and Japanese immigrants came here during the 20th century. Many people are surprised to hear this, but the city is actually built on 50 hills. It includes: Russian Hill, Nob Hill, Telegraph Hill, Twin Peaks, etc. If you think that there’s nothing interesting about SF besides the sights, you’re very wrong. The first electric TV was invented in 1927 by Philio Farnsworth. His working lab was at 202 Green Street which is in San Francisco. The Bay area constantly has natural disasters., but the hundreds of earthquakes each year are so small, people don’t even feel them anymore. Probably the most interesting fact about San Francisco is that its famous Golden Gate Bridge was built in only four years. However, restoration process took way longer on the Oakland side, 11 years to be exact.

Mid-day picture of the streets of Chinatown

Wonder how the city of San Francisco was built? It was the famous Chinatown that started it. Technically, the heart of Chinatown, a house, was built around 1822 by an English sailor in the Portsmouth Square. The first Chinese arrived in San Francisco in 1848, a man and two women. Two years later there were already 20 thousand people in that area. Chinatown is now home to 15 thousand Chinese, and the majority do not speak English. Tourists find this place amazing not only because of the architecture, but the whole culture itself. About 2 million people visit Chinatown each year. The New Year Parade is one of the coolest festivals out there, with the Community Street Fair, Chinatown Pageant and much more. 500,000 people visit this festival along with 3 million TV viewers. If you’re hungry and happen to visit Chinatown, you came to the right place. There are many food places here. If you want to eat in an aesthetically pleasing place and also enjoy your meal, you probably want to visit China Live. They have traditional Chinese dishes, that are made to be luxurious. China Live is actually a complex, so you can not only eat there, but you can get coffee and buy cooking utensils. If you want to go out with your friends on the weekend, you can go to the Li Po Cocktail Lounge. It’s a 90’s/2000’s themed bar with amazing old school cocktails. Overall, I chose to talk about San Francisco’s Chinatown because it’s a great place to hang out, and you can experience the life of a very different culture in the comfort of your own hometown.

Li Po Cocktail Lounge

Empire State Building {Famous Sights Post}

by Esther, 8th grade

One of the most famous cities in the USA is New York City. It is the city with the greatest population, with 8,175,000 people, according to Wikipedia. It is divided into five parts: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. The town is described as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world. There are also 800 different languages spoken in the city. Some famous sights are Central Park, the Statue of Liberty, and the Empire State Building.

The Empire State Building can be found in Manhattan, New York. It is about 440 meters high including the tip. The building is huge, because there are 73 lifts and 102 floors. The building is also famous for its lights. According to the building's website, the skyscraper was first lit in 1976, and from then on has been changing color for different occasions. In 2012, new LED displays were installed, and since then the system can now change for up to 16 million colors. I chose this sight because I really wanted something from New York and the Statue of Liberty was already taken.

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TipiTopy: 226 Years - Part 1 Episode 1 {Short Stories}

by Laky, 5th grade

                     Episode  I Part I

BROWNIE GUYS Don’t Like Snowstorms

 --------  PRISO DATALOG SYSTEM --------

 Date: 08.01.2239 (halikakian-calendar)

 Time: 13:50

 Place: Priso Hills, Priso Center, floor 580 (of 580)

 Current User: Laky730 (Ben Laky, Programmer and CEO)

      Good morning, Laky!

-------- PRISO DATALOG SYSTEM ENDED --------

-Ehh... Ok. I’m up. What’s the population?

- 5 PEOPLE MORE THAN 2 DAYS AGO.

-Great! Income?

-234,537,678.2008 CREDITS.

- Not bad. So, what should we do today?

- A BIG SNOWSTORM IS COMING FROM THE EAST.

-Oh. I guess, then… Wait, what’s that big black thingy floating there?

-SCANNING… COMPLETE. THOSE ARE BROWNIE GUYS.

-Brownie guys… hmmm. OH MY!!! When they see a storm, they start to go forward… TO THE MIMYPOLIS!!!

- START AN EVAQUATION, SIR?

- No. We need to save the mimies!!!! (and the brownie guys, of course…)                                     

                               TO BE CONTINUED…

Things to Do in 2019 {Goals for the New Year}

by Laky, 5th grade

       Things To-do in         2019

·        Write a blogpost about Subnautica

·        Help my Dad make his gameplay about C64 game „Caren and the Tangled Tentacles”

·        Make better Unity games

·        Make my first game engine with C++

·        Play with my baby sister

·        Make Minecraft Grand Jatte Episode 2

·        Make a SNOW NYAN CAT!!!! :3 (How the hell did I come up with this?)

·        Make a CCAMP, Conductor Cathedral Average Monopoly Robot (If the other guy can use random generator, than why not? :D)

·        Make more Arduino things

·        LEGO buildings

·        Wait till this time next year, make a time machine, then go back in time to this day and tell myself to not to write down this sentence.

·        Stop always singing Haus in Neu Berlin randomly in the streets