I don’t know where the pole came from but I was guessing that It was from the car. I immediately felt like throwing up, the smell of copper making me cringe. I successfully stopped myself from heaving out my organs for the world to see, not looking down to see the mess trying to flow outside. I thought I would pass out but instead I started to feel better, the pole still sticking out of my body. Miraculously my flesh started to bind towards each other, unable to complete itself due to the pole. I then decided to ‘man up’ and pull the pole out of my body, without looking I grabbed the pole, and started pushing it backwards. Nothing happened so I decided to take a different approach. I braced myself for impact, pushed myself back and tried to push the pole out.
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Inside A Bag 1
I woke up to a loud horn blaring around me. I tried to stand up but to my dismay I was restricted to do so. I pushed my arms forward to feel what I was constricted in but could only feel fabric. I then pushed my arms forward to feel anything else, to my surprise there seemed to be a zip that was closed shut. I tried prying it open with my fingers but it didn’t budge. By the time that I finished trying I was puffed, I soon realised that air wasn’t available. I then had the idea of kicking the zip to see if forcing it open would work, I maneuvered my body so that I was able to hit the zip and kicked. Surprisingly the zip snapped open and I flew with the bag back onto the ground.
I breathed heavily, regaining what air I wasn’t able to get in the bag and looked up to see what looked like a small city in front of me. I realised that It was pitch black so I couldn’t really see where I was. I then got up and started walking towards the large landscape buildings. I was thinking about how I got into the bag but soon realised I couldn’t remember anything, even my own name. I saw what seemed to be a green piece of paper lying on the ground, I leaned down to grab it and started inspecting it to see if it could give me any information. I noticed that it said a number and had a face of a very old looking man. I pushed paper into my pocket and started looking for anything that was lit up, maybe it could tell me where I was and why I was here.
Suddenly, I heard a screeching noise and turned around to see a car crash straight into me, propelling my body into what seemed to be a building. I Couldn’t feel anything at first, adrenalin kicked into my body making it unable to feel the pain. After a hot minute I felt a searing pain into my abdomen making it unable for me to move, not that I could anyways, my body was stuck between the car and a building made of what could be steel. I looked down to see a metal pole with my crimson blood sticking towards it, dripping down in thick globs.
I breathed heavily, regaining what air I wasn’t able to get in the bag and looked up to see what looked like a small city in front of me. I realised that It was pitch black so I couldn’t really see where I was. I then got up and started walking towards the large landscape buildings. I was thinking about how I got into the bag but soon realised I couldn’t remember anything, even my own name. I saw what seemed to be a green piece of paper lying on the ground, I leaned down to grab it and started inspecting it to see if it could give me any information. I noticed that it said a number and had a face of a very old looking man. I pushed paper into my pocket and started looking for anything that was lit up, maybe it could tell me where I was and why I was here.
Suddenly, I heard a screeching noise and turned around to see a car crash straight into me, propelling my body into what seemed to be a building. I Couldn’t feel anything at first, adrenalin kicked into my body making it unable to feel the pain. After a hot minute I felt a searing pain into my abdomen making it unable for me to move, not that I could anyways, my body was stuck between the car and a building made of what could be steel. I looked down to see a metal pole with my crimson blood sticking towards it, dripping down in thick globs.
Monday, March 16, 2020
The Hunter Swoop 1
The Hunter Swoop
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Top left corner - The top left corner of the photo it shows the sky. The sky is a neutral blue and also holds some clouds near it. Some clouds are translucent, some are completely opaque. some are transparent but are also covered with other clouds.
Top Right corner - Like the top left corner, the top right corner of the photo also shows the sky. the sky is also a neutral blue but there aren't as many opaque clouds covering the sky, instead the clouds are translucent. On this side snowy mountains are more noticeable and are also more detailed to understand where the mountain starts and ends.
Bottom of the image - Damp roads are going down towards new plains, the repainted yellow marks making it unable for cars to drive onto the other lane.
Center of the image - A snowshoe rabbit narrowly misses a white car passing him as he runs across onto the road, lucky to survive what could've been a fatal run in with death.
Photo I was describing:
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Five Descriptive words - Dull, Erie, Misty, Dark, lifeless
Top Left Corner - Colourless trees line the misty forest as the fallen leaves dance across the lifeless floor. The trees divide into an opening, a path for its willing victims.
Top Right Corner - More dead trees line the floor and also leave an opening for the path, some branches pulled off to see blood of the now dead beings that once had lived.
Bottom of the image - Ink covers the polluted lake as lively leaves fall in, corrupting the innocence once held by those leaves
Center of the image - The once alive forest now lies dead as the source of the light has left to be somewhere else. The forest, betrayed leads victims to its inviting walls to only trap them in its grasp, never letting them leave.
Photo I was describing:
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Top Left Corner - Bricks surround the base of the door to act as a wall. Wood lines up to act as a barrier, holding something precious inside.
Top Right Corner - Wood lines the doors in a vertical pattern, nails piecing the wood together. Metal clasps hang onto the base for someone to be able to open.
Bottom of the Image - A man in a black suit is knocking on the doors, trying to break in. His slick black hair shaking as he continues to bang on the door.
Center of the image - The door sensing he isn't worthy, shuts the greedy man out. The man continues to shut him out, protecting the treasure the man is fighting to get out.
Photo I was describing:
On a card in real life, can't actually find the real photo.
Photo I was describing:
On a card in real life, can't actually find the real photo.
Sam Morgan - Creator of Trade Me
Sam Morgan
Where did Sam Morgan’s interest in buying and selling come from?
Sam Morgan’s Interest of buying and selling came from when he wanted to buy a second hand heater for his draughty apartment. He searched the internet to see if anyone was willing to sell him a heater but found no options on any New Zealand websites. He then realised that no one was willing to sell any cheap enough and decided to create Trade me.
Describe the early days of Trade Me.
At the start Trade Me didn’t really do too much as it only had 5000 people signing up and 200,000 people viewing. He didn’t have enough money to create ads for his sight or to quit his job. He then tried to sell the company on eBay for 1 million dollars but it was then taken off because no bids were placed. After a while he then sold almost half the company to several former deloitte colleagues for $75,000. Luckily he was then able to quit his job and then work full time on his website.
How did Sam Morgan turn Trade Me into a multi-million dollar enterprise?
Sam Morgan turned Trade me into a multi-million dollar business with perseverance. He kept going even when his business didn’t look too well. At the start he thought that he wasn’t going to do well but after he sold part of his company he did much better as he was able to put all of his time and effort into his business.
You have 10 minutes to think of a new website that will be of use to New Zealanders and to your knowledge does not already exist.
A site that tells you if COVID-19 is in your area and what you can do to protect yourself before you get it and if you do get it. You can also get a kit to send to a lab to see if you might have it too.
Where did Sam Morgan’s interest in buying and selling come from?
Sam Morgan’s Interest of buying and selling came from when he wanted to buy a second hand heater for his draughty apartment. He searched the internet to see if anyone was willing to sell him a heater but found no options on any New Zealand websites. He then realised that no one was willing to sell any cheap enough and decided to create Trade me.
Describe the early days of Trade Me.
At the start Trade Me didn’t really do too much as it only had 5000 people signing up and 200,000 people viewing. He didn’t have enough money to create ads for his sight or to quit his job. He then tried to sell the company on eBay for 1 million dollars but it was then taken off because no bids were placed. After a while he then sold almost half the company to several former deloitte colleagues for $75,000. Luckily he was then able to quit his job and then work full time on his website.
How did Sam Morgan turn Trade Me into a multi-million dollar enterprise?
Sam Morgan turned Trade me into a multi-million dollar business with perseverance. He kept going even when his business didn’t look too well. At the start he thought that he wasn’t going to do well but after he sold part of his company he did much better as he was able to put all of his time and effort into his business.
You have 10 minutes to think of a new website that will be of use to New Zealanders and to your knowledge does not already exist.
A site that tells you if COVID-19 is in your area and what you can do to protect yourself before you get it and if you do get it. You can also get a kit to send to a lab to see if you might have it too.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Peter Jackson
Describe Peter Jackson’s early films.
Peter Jackson's early films were short movies that included his friends. They were normally simple movies and weren’t the best quality. He first made movies as a hobby and then began very interested in the feeling of creating.
Jackson is described as “one of the most powerful directors in
Hollywood”. What does that mean?
Peter Jackson is called “one the most powerful directors in Hollywood” because of his effect on the community around the world. He is able to give a point to people in his work that most people can understand. He gets his message across, while also making a good movie a lot of people can watch.
Make a list of films that Peter Jackson has been involved in.
The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Lord Of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Lord of The Rings: The Return Of The King, The Hobbit Trilogy, King Kong, Braindead, Bad Taste, The Lovely Bones, They Shall Not Grow Old, Heavenly Creatures, Mortal Engines, The Frighteners, Meet the Feebles, The Adventures of Tintin, District 9, Forgotten Silver and more.
Why do you think he has been successful?
I think that Peter Jackson has become successful because of how he directs his movies. He directs his movies in a way that interests a lot of different people into his work. I personally haven’t watched any Peter Jackson movies because they don’t interest me, but they interest a lot of people around the world. I also think he has been successful because he made his work known, if he never went to the Cannes Film Festival he probably wouldn’t be famous or known for his works.
How does Peter Jackson benefit New Zealand?
Peter Jackson benefits New Zealand by making our country recognised around the world. He also benefits our country by filming some movies that have become famous in New Zealand so New Zealand has become a bigger tourist attraction for that reason.
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Smoking
What does smoking do to your body?
When you start smoking things start happening immediately, over 5000 chemical substances enter your body and tissue. Tar, a black substance that comes off of smoke goes into your mouth and into your body. When it goes in your mouth it sticks to your gums and teeth, it then starts to turn your teeth black. After a while the tar soon starts to stick into your teeth and start decaying the gum and enamel so that teeth start to fall off. It also starts to damage the nerve ends in your nose so that you won’t be able to smell as well as you used to.
When smoke goes to your lungs it can increase the likelihood of infections,chronic diseases. Two chronic diseases are called bronchitis and emphysema. This all happens when smoke damages the cilia, multiple tiny hairlike structures that's job is to keep your airways clean from anything that can harm your body. Smoke soon travels towards your alveoli, tiny air sacs that speed up the absorption of oxygen between your lungs and your blood. Carbon Monoxide crosses your alveoli and into your bloodstream, slowly pushing off oxygen and placing itself onto hemoglobin. Hemoglobin are red blood cells that carry iron and oxygen from the lungs, into tissue and also carry carbon dioxide from tissue back to the lungs to be let out.
The bloodstream carries Nicotine, a poisonous substance found mainly in tobacco and smokes towards the brain. It triggers the release of dopamine, endorphins and other neurotransmitters to create pleasurable feelings and sensations towards your body, this is what makes smoking highly addictive. Nicotine and other chemicals from smoke cause the constriction of blood vessels and damage to their delicate lining, restriction of blood flow. This leads to thickening of blood vessel walls and cause blood platelets to become stickier, which will increase the possibility that blood clots will form. This can soon lead up to triggering heart attacks and strokes, which can potentially kill you.
Many chemicals inside cigarettes can trigger mutations in your DNA which can become very harmful, most times it can create cancer. Additionally, other ingredients like arsenic and nickel can disrupt the process of DNA repairing, causing the body’s natural ability to fight many cancers to decrease heavily.
Long term Effects?
Some long term effects of smoking are multiple types of cancer. Some examples are Lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, kidney cancer, collateral cancer, liver cancer and more. It can cause you to have shorter breath, damaged eyesight and weaker bones. It can make it harder for females to become pregnant and for males it can cause erectile dysfunction which equally makes it very hard to have children.
Benefits of giving it up?
Almost twenty minutes after smoking your heart rate and blood pressure begin to normalise. After twelve hours the carbon monoxide levels decrease, increasing the blood's oxygen carrying capacity. After a day of quitting heart attack risks begin to decrease as blood pressure and your heart rate normalizes. After two days your nerve endings responsible for smelling and tasting start to recover and heal, allowing you to smell and taste better than when you were smoking. A month later your lungs become healthier, allowing you to slowly breath normally. After weeks your cilia start to recover and in nine months they are restored, increasing resistance to infections. After a year of quitting your heart disease risk plummets to %50 and blood vessel function improves greatly. After five years a chance of clot forming decreases heavily, and a risk of getting a stroke continues to reduce itself. After ten years the chance of fatal lung cancer decreases by %50, probably because the body's abilities to repair DNA is restored. Fifteen years later the probability of developing coronary heart disease is almost the same as a non-smoker.
Is vaping any better?
Vaping is actually almost exactly the same, if not worse than smoking as it puts nicotine straight into your lungs and bloodstream. Even if it doesn’t include the smell of smoke or tar like regular cigarettes it is still pretty bad, especially if you use flavoured ones. Many chemicals that can cause cancer are in the vapor that is released from vapes. Some chemicals can actually get stuck in the deepest parts of your lungs, this includes formaldehyde, heavy metals and particles. Some flavours like cinnamon can actually cause inflammation of cells in your lungs.
In an one milliliter bottle of vaping e-juice, it contains around 100 puffs or hits. This the equivalent to 10 cigarettes or half a pack of one.
Monday, March 9, 2020
Infected 1
The man leans into you. There is a dark red almost black colour to the whites of his eyes. He is so close his nose is almost touching your nose. You can feel his breath when he says, “We all have it in here. We are all infected.” I stared at him as he started walking away, questioning if the man was mentally well.
Suddenly, the bus stopped with a jolt. Everyone jumped forward, wondering why it had stopped so suddenly. I thought someone had pressed the stop button right as we were about to pass a stop but there were none in sight. Thinking about it, there was nothing in sight for a few kilometers. I looked outside to see a man standing there, his arms non-existent and his face hidden by a cap. I wondered how he got the cap on, did he use his legs or get someone else to put it on him. As I was wondering the man started running towards us, not caring that he was probably going to hit the bus and potentially knock himself out.
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