The Mark of Athena - Book Review

The Mark of Athena is the third book of the series "The Heroes of Olympus." It is about 7 demigods who go on a quest to close the doors of death, and along the way find more troubles that they have to solve. The Mark of Athena is the path the children of Athena have to take in their lifetime. They try to find the Athena Parthenos, but no Athena child has ever found it. Until Annabeth Chase takes up the Mark and find the statue which is guarded by...."THE WEAVER."

I really enjoyed this book just like the two other books before it. I was kind of bummed out because the war between Gaea and the Gods and Demigods didn't occur in this book. I am guessing it is in the next book, but its coming out next fall! Oh well i will have to wait. All in all this book was outstanding! I recommend it to greek/roman mythology lovers or people who like myths. Until next time readers...

Miniature Airport!!! (Aeroport Miniature!!!)

This video is so cool! This miniature airport was built in Germany. It cost about $3.5 million for that project. It's cool and all, but I think its too much money. People actually go to visit that miniature airport. It's amazing what people can build these days. Check out the video for yourself!

Le Fils de Neptune

"Le Fils de Neptune". est la suite de "Le Heros Perdu". Dans ce livre, Percy Jackson et ses nouveaux amis de camp Romain, cherchent a decouvrir ce qui est arrive a tout le monde. Il a perdu la memoire, donc ne sait pas ou il est, ni comment il est arrive la. Il y a  des scenes de battailles superbes comme dans le premier livre ainsi que de merveilleuses aventures. C'est genial! Je recommande de lire les deux livres.

Je donne cinq etoiles a ce livre, tout comme au precedent. C'est un mystere et on ne sait jamais a quoi s'attendre. Parfoit on croit savoir ce qui va se passer, et l'histoire se renverse completement. Il y a des parties sympa, des parties tristes et d'autres qui sont tout simplement glorieuses. C'est un livre tres bien fait. L'auteur connait bien l'Histoire Greco-Romaine et ce qu'il ecrit. Je viens juste de recevoir le 3e livre: "La Marque d'Athena". Malheureusement, ce livre n'est pas encore disponible en Francais. Peut-etre dans quelque semaines sur http://www.amazon.fr/. Des que je termine de le lire, je mettrai mes commentaires ici. A la prochaine fois.

Le Heros Perdu - Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan est mon auteur prefere. Vous le connaissez peut-etre pour sa series des "Percy Jackson", au sujet de la mythologie Grecque. Cette series est ma preferee en ce moment.  Il vient de creer une nouvelle serie intitulee "Le Heros D'Olympe". C'est la suite de la serie des "Percy Jackon". Dans cette nouvelle serie, la mythologie Romaine et la mythologie Grecque se cotoient et se melangent. Le premier livre des "Heros D'Olympe", s'intitule: "Le Heros Perdu". Il s'agit d'un adolescent nomme Jason Grace. Jason est exactement comme Percy, mais du cote Romain. Il a, lui aussi, deux amis tres proches, tout comme Percy Jackson. La femme de Zeus, la Deesse Hera, a vole la memoire de Jason et de Percy, ils ne savent plus qui ils sont. Ensuite elle les a change de camps. Elle envoya Jason dans le camp Grecque et Percy dans camp Romain. Les copains de Percy du camp Grecque sont a sa recherche et tentent de decouvrir ce qui est arrive a Percy et Jason.

J'ai aime lire les aventures de Jason au camp des Demi-Sang, et voir ce qui change de celles de Percy. Je recommande ce livre a tout le monde. On apprend beaucoup sur la mythologie Greco-Romaine d'une facon marrante. Je ne me rend meme pas compte que j'apprend. C'est en parlant avec mon pere que j'ai realise que je connaissais bien la mythologie Greco-Romaine. Mon pere me parlait de l'antiquite Grecque et Romaine et de leurs dieux, un jour. Il a ete surpris de voir que je connaissais tres bien la genealogie de dieux Grecques et Romains. Je pensais que c'etait fictif, mon pere me parlait de mythologie et moi je parlais des livres de Percy Jackson :).

Les batailles dans le bouquin sont phenomenales. Elles sont decrites d'une facon tres detaillees et tres realistes. On a l'impression qu'on est en plein millieu de l'action. Je donnerai 5 etoiles a ce bouquin. Bon, mes chers lecteurs, a la prochaine fois.

Bonne lecture,

Free Lunch!!

Today is one of the best school days of my school year! I was in a line waiting for the food to be served at lunch. The line was very long, and I was at the end. By the time I got to the cafeteria lady she said, "Sorry there is no more pizza, can you wait 5 minutes?" My friends and I said, "okay." Now, we are waiting and it's been over 5 minutes and she said, "sorry its taking so long would you like a sandwich instead?" We replied, "No it's okay we can wait." She felt bad and she said that we could get the pizza for free! She also said that we could get a bosco stick (cheese bread), a drink, ice cream, and chips for free too! We were so happy! When the pizza finally came out it was nice and hot. We got it and sat down. We were all talking about how lucky we were and how awesome this is. We stayed in the lunch room long. Everyone had left and the maintenance men had already started cleaning. We had to hurry up. When I was done I went outside and played volleyball for about 1 minute. Then we had to go back to class, but I didn't care because I had the best lunch ever!!!!

The Son of Neptune- Book Review

"The Son of Neptune", is the sequel to, "The Lost Hero".  This book is about Percy Jackson in the Roman camp and the people at the camp who are trying to help him find out what happened to everyone. He has no memory, so he doesn't know where he is or how he got there. There are awesome quests and battles just like in the first book. It is great, I recommend that you read both books.

I rate this book 5 stars just like the last one! It is a mystery and you never know what to expect. Sometimes you think you know what will happen, and it just turns the story around. There are sad parts, cool parts, and glorious parts. It's a well put-together book. The author knows his History and what he's writing about. I can't wait till I read the third book that just came out, "The Mark of Athena".

The Lost Hero- Book Review

Rick Riordan is my favorite author. You may know him for his Percy Jackson Series, about Greek Mythology, which is my favorite series at the moment. He made a new series called, "The Heroes of Olympus". It is a sequel to the Percy Jackson Series. In this new series, Roman Mythology mixes with Greek Mythology. The first book of "The Heroes of Olympus Series" is called, "The Lost Hero". It is about a kid named Jason Grace. Jason is just like Percy Jackson, but on the roman side. He has two other close friends, just like Percy Jackson does. The wife of Zeus, the Goddess Hera, took the memory of Percy and Jason. She then switched them around putting Jason in the Greek Camp and Percy in the Roman one. Percy's friends at the Greek Camp, are searching for Percy and trying to find out what happened to him and Jason.

I liked to read about Jason's experience at Camp Half Blood, to see how it is different from Percy's in the previous series. I recommend this book to everyone. It teaches you about Greek and Roman Mythology in a fun way. I mean, I don't even know I'm learning until I'm talking to my dad about all the gods. I realize then it's so great that I actually memorized the things in the book. The battles in the book are amazing. The way they describe is so realistic it makes you feel like you are right in the middle of the action. I would rate this book 5 stars! Well, until next time readers...

Joyeux Halloween!

Les jours feries sont ma période préférée de l'année! Grace a eux, il n'y a pas ecole ces jours la, bien evidemment. Vous recevez des cadeaux et des friandises et passez du temps en famille. Je veux dire, qu'est-ce que vous voulez de plus?

Mais nous n'aurions pas Noël, ni Pâques, ni Halloween, ni d'autres fetes, si Jesus n'avait pas existé. Maintenant, vous devez vous dire: "Quoi? Halloween? Ce n'est pa la ou il y a des diables, des sorcières, des loups-garous et des zombies? Eh bien, si l'on remonte dans l'histoire, Halloween a commencé parce que quand les enfants celebraient la Toussaint, en se deguisant en Saint et defilaient dans leur quartier. Les gens leur donnaient des bonbons pour les féliciter de la façon dont ils s'etaient déguisés . Halloween signifie la  veille de la Toussaint: "All Hallowed Eve's". La veille de la Toussaint etait la dernière fois que les mauvais esprits pouvaient faire le mal parce que le lendemain matin, ils seraient tous transformes en bons esprits. Les deguisements? Eh bien, ils sont déguisés en saints et avec le temps les gens ont fait de Halloween, un defile de créatures effrayantes et de mauvais esprits. Les saints sont sanctifies, ce qui signifie qu'ils sont comme Jésus. Donc, si il n'existait pas, il est probable que Halloween n'existerait pas non plus. Vivement Halloween juste pour que je puisse me gaver de bonbons. Je pense que c'est la fete favorite du dentiste :). Joyeux Halloween tout le monde!! A la prochaine fois. :D

Halloween

Holidays are my favorite time of the year! You get breaks from school because of them. You get presents and food and fun time with your family. I mean it's everything you would want.

 We wouldn't have Christmas, Easter, nor Halloween, and i'm sure others holidays, if Jesus didn't exist. Now you are thinking: "Wait! Halloween? That's like devils, witches, werewolves and zombies. Well if you go back into the history of Halloween, it started when kids came back from all saints day practice. People would give them candy to praise them of how well they at dressing up like Saints. Halloween means all hallowed eve's. The day before all saints day was the last time the evil spirits could be evil because the next morning they would all turn nice. The dressing up? Well, they dressed up as saints and with time people made Halloween into scary creatures and bad spirits. Saints are holy which means they are like Jesus so if he was gone most likely Halloween would be gone too. I can't wait till Halloween just so I can stuff my face with candy. I think its the dentist's favorite holiday :). Well Happy Holidays everyone!!!! Until next time :D

Como e um Dia Tipico Para um Adolescente ao Redor do Mondo

Aqui estou sentado no meu escritorio no meu quarto, conversando com meus amigos Goran e Elijah no Skype. Quizer saber como é um dia para outros adolescente em outros países. Qual é o seu dia típico?

Em um dia típico, vou para a escola às 7:00 AM. As aulas terminam às 02:45 PM. Depois da escola, vou para a prática de voleibol com a minha equipe até 5:00 PM. Às vezes, após a prática, enquanto espero para o meu pai para me pegar, Timothy, Riain, e eu jugamos ao basketball. Quando chego em casa, faço meu dever de casa, em seguida, tomo um banho. Depois disso, vou ver o meu blog. Durante o trabalho de casa costumo falar no skype ou facebook com os meus amigos. Nós ajudamos uns aos outros com lição de casa, se necessário. Depois do jantar, eu escrevo no meu blog, leo um livro e depois deito-me a dormir. No dia seguinte, começa tudo de novo.

Agora, o jantar terminou e eu estou sentado na frente do meu laptop, passando sobre o meu blog, me perguntando o que os meus  primos e amigos em França, Espanha, Portugal e Brasil estão fazendo. Os adolescentes da minha idade, estariam fazendo ao redor do mundo? Como seria um dia típico? Tenho tantas perguntas que passam pela minha mente como:
Que tipo de música que eles estão ouvindo? O que os artistas e cantores que eles escutam?
O que eles estão assistindo vendo na TV? O que e que mostram de popular para adolescentes como eu?
Quais são as coisas legais que eles usam?
Qual é o lugar favorito para sair?
Quais são os filmes populares?
Quais são os passos de dança popular?
Quais são os cortes de cabelo da moda / penteados?

Na minha escola é tudo sobre esportes. A maioria das crianças estão envolvidos em pelo menos um esporte, seja em uma equipe da escola ou em uma equipe fora da escola. Para os rapazes, que jogam jogos de vídeo e conversar com amigos no Skype são coisas que fazemos muito. Quando nos reunimos fora do recinto da escola, geralmente, é para uma festa. Há pelo menos uma festa de aniversário de cada mês. Desde a minha escola é pequena a classe inteira geralmente é convidada. Caso contrário, se não e esporte ou partidos costumamos sair em grupos nos finais de semana  na casa de um de nos. Deixe-me saber o que o seu dia típico é, em sua parte do mundo. Deixem um comentário abaixo! Prometo que vou responder a todos. Vou traduzir isso em espanhol e francês para os meus amigos e primos no exterior, para que eles possam participar. Bem, até a próxima vez, leitores.

My Goal

My goal for this blog was to have 1,000 views in the first week. Well, today is Saturday and at 6:30 tonight will be exactly one week since I've made my blog. I guess I was expecting too many views, but I am so surprised that I have 745 views. That is pretty good! Hopefully I will be doing this blog for much longer. Then I can get more and more people to read my posts and reach my goals! Thank you everyone who has read my blog. If you haven't subscribed or followed me yet, go ahead and do so. Well, until next time readers. :)

My First Time Ice Skating!!!

Today after school, some friends and I walked over to a pizza restaurant. We stayed there for about an hour until my dad came and picked Riain and I up. My dad drove us to my house. My classmate, Andres, gave out invitations to an ice skating party a couple days ago. Today was the day that I was going ice skating! So when we got to my house, none of my jeans fit me! So we had to go to the store and buy some. We were already a bit late. To make things even worse, my mom forgets her wallet! So my dad, comes to the store and brings my mom's wallet. We buy the clothes and I change into them. Then we hit the road! It took about 10 minutes to get there. When we got inside the rink, it was a bit dark and cold. There was music playing and people ice skating everywhere. It looked awesome! I already saw my friends and classmates inside the rink. Riain and I get our skates and get in the rink. I did pretty good at ice skating, because I     know how to roller blade very well and its basically the same thing. On the other hand my friend Riain was having trouble. I tried to teach him how, but he just couldn't. Only me and a couple others could skate. Other people were just skating slowly or not doing anything. I thought it was pretty fun. My friends and I would scrape the ground and make snowballs. I threw a couple, it was fun. I feel bad for Riain though because he fell about 5 times, and one of those times he hit his knee with the back of the skate and it looked like it hurt a lot! I hope he feels better. Well, until next time readers! :D

Volleyball Game Against High School

Well, as you can tell by the title, today my team played a high school's boys junior and girls varsity volleyball team. Let me first say that, I thought we were going to fail and that they were going to be super good. Well, against the boys they beat us in the first set by 2 points and by a couple points in the second. Now when we played the girls varsity team, we beat them. 2 sets in a row. Our coaches were so proud of us because we played so well against a high school team! We were very surprised that we did so well. I mean we got our spikes right, our serves over, and blocked most of the opponents spikes too. I am sure if we played against my schools girls volleyball team, that we would beat them. I am sad that the volleyball season is over now, but in high school I am going to try out for the volleyball team. I like to play it now more than when I wasn't on the team. Well, that's it for now readers. Until next time :).

Un Dia Tipico en la Vida de un Adolescente en el Mundo

Aquí estoy sentado en mi escritorio en mi recamara, hablando con mis amigos Goran y Elíjah en Skype. Preguntandome que estaria haciendo un adolescente en este momento en otro país. ¿Cuál seria un día típico para el/ella?

En un día tipico, salgo de mi casa para la escuela a las 7:00 de la manana. Las clases terminan a las 2:45 de la tarde. Después de la escuela, voy a la práctica de voleibol con mi equipo hasta las 5:00 de la tarde. A veces, después de la práctica, mientras espero a que mi padre me recogere, Timothy, Riain, y yo jugamos basketball. Cuando llego a casa, hago mi tarea, a continuación, tomo una ducha. Después de eso, compruebo mi blog. Durante la tarea tengo costumbre de pasar un rato en facebook o skype con mis amigos. Nos ayudamos mutuamente con las tareas si es necesario. Después de la cena, escribo en mi blog, leo un libro y luego voy a dormir. Al día siguiente comienza todo de nuevo.

En este momento, la cena ha terminado y estoy sentado frente a mi computadora portátil, pasando por encima de mi blog, preguntándome lo que mis primos y amigos en Francia, España, Portugal y Brasil están haciendo. ¿Qué estaran haciendo los chicos de mi edad al rededor del mundo? ¿Qual seria un dia típico para ellos? Tengo tantas preguntas que pasan por mi mente como:
¿Qué tipo de música están escuchando? ¿Qué artistas y cantantes se escuchan? ¿Qué género?
¿Qué programas están viendo en la televisión? Que muestran como programas que son populares para los adolescentes como yo?
¿Qué son las ropas interesantes que poner?
¿Cuál es el lugar favorito para pasar el rato?
¿Cuáles son las películas populares?
¿Cuáles son los pasos de baile populares?
¿Cuáles son los cortes de pelo de moda / peinados?

En mi escuela se trata mucho de deportes. La mayoría de los niños están involucrados en al menos un deporte, ya sea en un equipo de la escuela o en un equipo fuera de la escuela. Para los chicos, jugamos a videojuegos y hablamos con amigos a través de Skype. Eso son cosas que hacemos mucho. Cuando nos reunimos fuera de la escuela por lo general es para una fiesta. Hay al menos una fiesta de cumpleaños cada mes. Desde que mi escuela es pequeña el grado entero de costumbre es invitado. Quiero saber cómo es un día típico en tu parte del mundo. Deja un comentario abajo! Prometo que voy a responder a cada uno. Bueno, hasta la próxima vez, lectores.

Une Journee Typique d'un Adolescent dans le Monde

Je suis assis a mon bureau, dans ma chambre. Je discute avec mes copains Goran et Elijah sur Skype. Je me demande ce que font les ados de leur journee ailleurs dans le monde.

Typiquement, je pars pour l'ecole a 7:00. Les cours finissent a 14:45. Apres l'ecole je vais a l'entrainement de volleyball avec mon equipe jusqu'a 17 heures. Parfois, apres l'entrainment, pendant que j'attends que mon pere vienne me chercher, je joue au basket avec mes copains Riain et Timothy. On s'amuse a faire des  paniers. Quand j'arrive a la maison, Je fais mes devoirs, ensuite je prend une douche. Apres ca, je jette un coup d'oeil sur mon blog. D'habitude, pendant mes devoirs, je traine sur Skype ou Facebook avec mes copains et, si il faut, on s'aide. Apre dinner, j'ecris sur mon blog, je lis un livre et ensuite je vais me coucher. Le lendemain, tout recommence.

En ce moment, j'ai fini de diner et je suis devant mon laptop, en train d'ecrire sur mon blog, me demandant ce que font mes cousins et copains de France, d'Espagne, du Portugal et du Bresil. Que font les ados mon age dans le monde entier? Comment est un jour typique pour eux? Je tellement de questions dans la tete, comme:

• Quel genre de musique ecoutent-ils? Quels artistes ou chanteurs aiment-ils?
• Quels shows regardent-ils a la tele? 
• Quel genre de fringues?
• Quels sont les endroits sympas ou ils trainent?
• Quels sont les films populaires au cine?
• Quel genre de danse est dans le coup en ce moment?
• Quel sont les coupes de cheveux a la mode en ce moment?

Dans mon ecole, c'est tout pour le sport. La plupart des eleves pratiquent au moins un sport dans une equipe de l'ecole ou dans un club prive. Les mecs, on joue a des jeux videos et on discute sur Skype pendant la semaine. Quand on se rencontre physiquement, en dehors de l'ecole, c'est generalement pour une fete d'anniversaire chez quelqu'un (mon pere m'explique que, a son epoque, ces fetes s'appellaient des Boums). MDR!!! Il y a au moins une boum par mois. Mon college n'est pas tres grand (150 eleves), quand Il y a un anniversaire, toutes les classes de 4e sont invitees (on n'est que 37 cette annee). Autrement, si il n'y a pas de sports ou de boums, on se regroupe a 2 ou 3 chez un de nous pour passer la journee.

Dites moi quelle est votre journee typique dans votre pays. Dites le moi dans les commentaires ce-dessous.
Ce posting est la traduction du precedent en anglais, mon pere m'a aide a traduire. J'attend vos commentaires. Bon, a la prochaine fois lecteurs.

What's a Typical Day in the Life of a Teenager Around the World

Here I am sitting at my desk in my room, talking to my friends Goran and Elijah on Skype. I am wondering what it's like for someone in another country. What is their typical day like?

On a typical day I leave for school at 7:00 AM. Classes end at 2:45 PM. After school, I go to volleyball practice with my team until 5:00 PM. Sometimes after practice, while I wait for my dad to pick me up, Timothy, Riain, and I shoot some hoops. When I get home, I do my homework, then take a shower. After that, I check my blog. During homework I usually hang out on skype or facebook with my friends. We help each other with homework if needed. After dinner, I write on my blog, read a book and then go to sleep. The next day it starts all over.

Right now, dinner is over and I'm sitting in front of my laptop, going over my blog, wondering what my cousins and friends in France, Spain, Portugal, and Brazil are doing. What are kids my age doing around the world? What is there typical day like? I have so many questions that go through my mind like:

• What kind of music are they listening to? What artists and singers do they listen to? What genre?
• What shows are they watching on TV? What shows are popular to teenagers like me?
• What are cool stuff that they wear?
• What is the favorite place to hang out?
• What are the popular movies?
• What are the popular dance moves?
• What are the trendy haircuts/hairstyles?

In my school it's all about sports. Most kids are involved in at least one sport, either in a school team or in a team outside of school. For guys, we play video games and talk to friends on Skype are things that we do a lot. When we get together outside of school grounds it usually is for a party. There is at least one birthday party every month. Since my school is small the whole grade usually gets invited. Otherwise, if its not sports or parties we usually hang out in groups on weekends at one guys house. Let me know what your typical day is like in your part of the world. Leave a comment down below! I promise I will reply to everyone. I am going to translate this in spanish and french for my friends and cousins abroad, so they can participate. Well, until next time readers.

We Are Undefeated!!

If you haven't read my last post about my last volleyball games i recommend that you read it now before this one. As you can tell by the title, yes my team beat al the other teams. We didn't  even lose one set. The last set of the last game was very close. Here are the scores:

1st game

1st set: 25 to 15

2nd set: 25 to 12

2nd game

1st set: 25 to 16

2nd set: 25 to 18

3rd game

1st set: 25 to 6

2nd set: 25 to 23

As you can see we never played the tie breaker set because it was best out of 3. We won 2 which is an automatic win. In the last game I spiked the ball and got a point. Then I served 3 times in a row and scored points for my team! Paolo was the next server and he ended the game! We all gave him a pat in the back and said, "good job!" I have to admit that the other teams played a lot better than any of the previous games. Good job for them. This Thursday we are paying a friendly match against a high school. I personally think that we are going to lose, but it is very good practice, and I would like to see how well we do against a high school. Well, till next time readers!