Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Australia



Various foods!

Have you ever been to Australia?
If you don't, just go there! You will never, ever be disappointed! I can guarantee it. You can meet the most beautiful scenery you've ever seen.
Today, I want to guide you to two biggest cities in Australia: Sydney and Melbourne.
First of all, Sydney is the biggest city in Australia which is surrounded by great nature. Maybe, some of you will misunderstand Sydney as the capital city. But it is not like that. Even though Canberra is the capital, Sydney is reall huge city. Since it is surrounded by beautiful nature, you can visit a lot of bays and parks.


I want to recommend you to visit bays rather than beaches just like manly beach and bondai beach. Because those beaches are so popular to everybody that you can not fully enjoy your time being there. In stead of visiting those big beaches, you can visit small bays and spend your holidays with your family and friends. When the weather helps you, you can see the most beautiful spot in the whole country ,Which is, Watsons bay and Gap park. Those places are famous for the background of various movies. Some people say that they can die because of the beautiful scenery. I know, it might seems too strange and weird to do that. People want to die? Because of the beauty? It doesn't make sense. But if you visit there and see the place, you will totally understand their feeling.
The first picture is Sydney tower. You can see every building and whole city at the highest place in Sydney.

A sightseeing bus! You can visit any place in Sydney.









This is the most famous building in Sydney, Opera house. It was conceived and largely built by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, who, in 2003, received the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highest honour. The citation stated:

"There is no doubt that the Sydney Opera House is his masterpiece. It is one of the great iconic buildings of the 20th century, an image of great beauty that has become known throughout the world – a symbol for not only a city, but a whole country and continent." The Opera House was made a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 28 June 2007.


The Sydney Harbour Bridge is a steel arch bridge across Sydney Harbour that carries rail, vehicular and pedestrian traffic. The dramatic view of the bridge, the harbour, and the nearby Sydney Opera House is an iconic image of both Sydney and Australia. The bridge is locally nicknamed "The Coathanger" because of its design. Look at the picture then, you can find the coathanger there! It is not only the widest long-span bridge but also the fifth longest spanning -arch bridge in the world.

The Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney open to the public in Sydney. We can see various plants and flowers in the Royal Botanic Gardens that is why it became the oldest scientific institution in Australia and ha been playing a major role in botanics.



You can also visit Sydney Aquarium. There are over 11,000 various kinds of fish. Giant turtles, sharks, seaholses and so on. The reason why it is unique is that it is surrounded by real sea!

Now, it is time to move on to Melbourne. Melbourne is the second populous city in Australia. This train is an old steam train. It is really famous in Puffing billy, Melbourne. It runs so slow that you can run beside the train. You can enjoy the moment of running through thick forest.

When we rented car and drived through the Great Ocean Road(The road which we can drive beside beach for 4 hours sometimes, come across wild animals), it was getting dark. So we saw the 12 apostles in dark. 12 Apostles are disciples of Jesus. Actually, waves made the great statue. Because it is not artificial thing, it is precious and worth.



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Monday, December 14, 2009

New Moon



I was excited to watch the second movie of Twilight saga, New Moon.
It was released 20th of Novemver. I booked a ticket for the movie the day before release date with my German friend. Actually we were looking foward to watching it a few month before. Twilight saga is about the love story between human(Bella) and vampire(Edward).
In New Moon, there was an irresistable accident beween Bella and Jasper(Edward's brother). Jasper tried to attack her when she was bleeding at her birthday party in Edward's house. From that moment, Edward recognizes that he can not protect Bella every single moment. So Bella asks him to make her as a vampire, but Edward leaves her rather than making her as a vampire. After his leave, she becomes desperated and frustrated. Meaningless time passes by and 6 monthes later, she visits her old friend Jacob to get over her sadness.


While meeting him, she finds out an unexpected truth. It is that Jacob changes as a werewolf. Whenever she has some problems, he appears right next to her. One vampire wants to attack her in the meadow. So he and his friends from gang manage to kill him.



Twilight is totally based on the love story between Edward and Bella. On the other hand, New moon is based on a love triagle(Edward-Bella-Jacob). So it makes us expect and be suspicious about how next story will be going on. Eventhough Edward leaves Bella, she tries to meet him again. At the end of the movie, she finally meets him. He asks her to get married to him.


Whole story of this movie is based on the book [Twilight saga0. However, some scenes are quite diffrent from the book. So I really want to recommend you to watch the movie first. And then, read the book. In that case, you will not be disappointed about the movie as well as book. While you read the book, you can remember and imagine every single scene from the movie. Then, it can help you to improve your reading and listening ability.

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