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Archive for July 2008

The Olympic Games

Posted by: sayingenough on: July 31, 2008

The 2008 Summer Olympic games will take place in Beijing, China, making it a fitting time to write about the Olympics.
Beijing got the Summer Olympic games July 13, 2001, during the 112 International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session in Moscow beating Toronto, Paris, Istanbul and Osaka. It was a great victory for China, their vice premier [...]

Ancient China

Posted by: sayingenough on: July 30, 2008

When you hear China, you might think the Olympics; the Chinese food you had for dinner last night; your new pair of made-in-China flip-flops.
With the 2008 Olympics set to begin in Beijing on August 8, China is being somewhat reborn, as China is one of the most Ancient civilizations of the world as well as [...]

Endangered Animals

Posted by: sayingenough on: July 23, 2008

Our environment works like a food chain. Let’s say, on an island, there are wolves (carnivores; meat-eaters; predators) and rabbits (herbivores; plant-eaters; prey) and plants. The plants need water and sunlight to grow, the rabbits eat the plants, and the wolves survive on the rabbits. If we took away the wolves, then the Rabbits would [...]

Paramesvara: The Man of Malacca

Posted by: sayingenough on: July 9, 2008

The old Melaka in Malaysia was a very important place. It was one of the main trading ports of Malaysia, traders from China would often come and trade their silk. Traders from India and Arabia would also come. Melaka helped to shape Malaysia as it is today.
And so this story is about the man who [...]

Alex Rider: Operation Review

Posted by: sayingenough on: July 6, 2008

The very first Alex Rider book that I read was a behind-the-scenes one about how they made the movie. The second Alex Rider book I read was the graphic novel. After reading those two, I very much wanted to read the first book in the Alex Rider series, Stormbreaker. The only thing that was stopping [...]