FAVE MOVIE %$#@!GREASE!@#$%

I first feel in love with “Grease” when I was only four years old. I’d won the Grease soundtrack so mum got me the video from the video store. After that every time we got a video out I asked for Grease (I was never allowed to get it.) Grease was my favourite movie! I think that the people that have never seen it are deprived of something great. I kind or forgot about it over the past few years. But when I saw it in the DVD shop last Friday I knew I had to get it out.

As soon as I pressed play all the memories came flooding back to me. As the movie was playing I could tell my friend exactly what would happen next. Not just the basics, I could tell her exactly the movement they were going to make. For example in the “Greased lightning song” I could say what words and dance moves would come up next, (and I hadn’t watched it for at least six years.

When I was about five my favourite character was definitely Danny. Because I thought he was so COOL. He walked cool (well that’s what I thought then), he danced cool, he talked cool, and I loved his hair and leather Jackets!
But now I’ve grown off him and my new favourite character is Kenickie!
Kenicke is Danny’s best friend and second in command of the “T birds.” He’s the guy you always need to act cool around! All Kenickie cares about is looking cool and his car. Which is a putty piece of junk that he has dreams of transforming? He sounds stuck up but he’s awesome.

Grease is a musical (turned into a film) based in the 50’s. It’s about a young teenage romance between Danny Zuko and Sandy Olsson. Danny and Sandy met on the beach during summer and feel in love. But when Sandy meets him again at her new school, he isn’t the same Danny she at meet at the beach. During the movie they have an on/off relationship. But have great funny with their group of friends. In the end Sandy decides to be more like Danny, so their relation ship will work. She comes to the school carnival in a tight black one piece outfit and red highheels. Danny is blown away and that’s when they start sing “You’re the one that I want”

Danny is the leader of the “T birds!” The T birds are the school trouble makers and are “too cool for school.”
Sandy befriends a group of girls called the “Pink Ladies” The pink ladies are a group of girls with crazy personalities. They all where pink jackets and say Pink ladies on the back! Sandy who is sweet, polite, and obedient is nothing like the rebellious Pink Ladies.
Each Pink Lady, pairs up with a T bird. My fav couple is Kenikie and Rizzo. There a strange couple.

Grease was an ENORMOUS hit when it came out and it still is now.
I LOVE IT!!

GREASE SONGZ
1. Summer night
2. Your the one that I want
3. Look at me, i'm Sandra Dee
4. Greased Lightning
5. Hopelessely Devoted to You
6. We Go Together
7. Beauty School Drop Out

!@!@!@!SNOWBOARDING!@!@!@!

Snowboarding is a Mountain Extreme Sport that exposes participants to different levels of danger. The more risky you are the more fun you have.

The first Snowboard was designed by Sherman Poppen, and was originally called the Snurfer. It was essentially a skateboard without wheels, steered by a hand-held rope, and lacked bindings.
During the 70’s and 80’s snowboarding became more popular, so a group of snowboarders came up with new designs, which have over the years developed into the “Snowboard”. Many early snowboards were difficult to control and caused trouble with the skiers, so were banned from the slopes by park officials. Snowboarders only became fully excepted in the 90’s.

Most common injuries while snowboarding are in the upper body, notably the wrist. Around 100,000 people break or fracture their wrist each year due to snowboarding.

STYLES OF SNOWBOARDING….

Freeride…
Freeride is the most common style of snowboarding. It is simply snowboarding down any available terrain. Freeride may also include aerial tricks and jib tricks borrowed from freestyle, or deep curve turns.

Freestyle…
Freestyle is when snowboarders use manmade terrain features. For example rails, boxes, handrails, jumps, half pipes, quarter pipes and a myriad of other features. These features are used to perform tricks such as aerial or jib tricks (jib tricks are just grinding the rails).

Freecarve/race…
Freecarve is also called alpine Snowboarding, and is similar in style to skiing. Alpine snowboarding is when you ride groomed runs and you focus on carved turns. Very little or no jumps are used in the style.

Common Snowboarding Competions:
Slope Style
Rail Jam
Big Air
Half- Pipe
Boarder Cross
Racing

SNOWBOARDING IS AWESOME!

MY DREAM IS TO MOVE TO SWITZERLAND AND WORK ON A SLOPE

DURING WINTER!

HEREZ A DC VIDEO OF SOME JIB

Whangaparaoa College in the future

As the fog lifted only the peak of Whangaparaoa College could be seen. I felt slightly uneased as I walked briskly down the hill which was once Delshaw Avenue.It's been 48 years since I had set foot in this school.. Whangaparaoa College was abandoned about 30 years ago when it went bankrupt. All of the renevations were complete when not long after, a major error was discovered in the banking. The school had no choice but to close down. As the rest of the school came into view, I realised how much had changed in the world. Today we were used to seeing narrow, multiple story buildings made from dark tinted glass with electronic windows, doors and convertable rooves. But now, standing here, I remember when buildings were made from things like bricks, concrete, wood, tiles and plaster, you had to physically open windows and doors by hand, and rooves just stayed put on the top of buildings. I carried on walking through the school. My pace slowed. Memories started to flood back to me. I remembered all of the good and bad experiences that I went through here. I felt sad but happy at the same time. Sad because all of were over. Happy because those memories would always be with me..Abruptly out of nowhere, a tree branch fell onto one of the walls making a slight dent. Confused that such a small branch could dent a wall, I looked towards the dent and in the corner of my eye I spotted my name written in vibrant flourecent writing in the corner of the wall. "Billy." I read aloud. I then noticed a faint arrow pointing to where the tree branch had dented the wall. Curiously, I peeled away some of the plaster that was covering the wall. There was nothing behind it. No wood, cement or brick.. That explained why the small branch was able to dent it. It was like the tree branch was meant to fall. I felt a chill go down my spine and my instinct told me to leave, but I had to find out more. So I pulled away more of the plaster only to reveal a medium sized box squeezed into the whole in the wall. **NOT FINISHED**

By TaSh, CeRiSe, BrEe, StEpH and MmMmMmMmMmMEeEeEeEeEe

MY FRIEND

My Friend is weird on her own crazy way. She's always up to doing crazy things that normal people would never do. She never feels self consious of what others around her think. She always quick to remember it's her life not anoyone elsez. She's not the most athletic person I know. Instead she is always ready to do things girls love to do. Such as shopping, hunging around with friends, watching movies and eating junk!

CINDERELLA

Christina is an ideal sister; she’s no longer a threatening sibling. Instead she is a sister and a friend. She’s easy to talk to and have fun with. Christina is energetic and always keen to venture into new surroundings. Even to the extent of leaving her friends and family to move to a small country town. She is a people person always up to making new friends. Christina is always changing to a new and more exciting person. Her 70’s rock music is what keeps her thriving, and you’re bound to find the old classic movies lying around her place. As a little girl Christina was known as Cinderella, acting and feeling like a true princess.

!@#$%&THRILL&%$#@!

CrEatIvE wRiTiNg 4 EnGlIsH

The thrill of riding a BMX bike is great. Especially doing jumps off ramps. From the second you start to get speed till the second you hit the ground.
I have many things going through my mind as I prepare myself for the jump. I have to find the right speed and the right angle to successfully land the jump. My hands sweat from the tight grip I have on the handle bars of my bike. I push my left leg down slowly hard then my right then my left again, and slowly I start to gain my speed. Faster, Faster, Faster! The ramp is suddenly right in front of my bike. The speed I am going pushes me to the top of the ramp. I fly off the ramp getting higher and higher; the wind is blowing against my face and making my clothes stick to my skin. It feels as though you’re floating upon nothing.
But then of course gravity sets in. my bike slowly lands accurately on the ground with a heavy thump. As soon as I hit the ground I’m ready to do it again. Maybe this time I’ll add in something new.

CHRIS CORNELL

Chris Cornell is best known today as the lead singer, song writer, and guitarist for the newly broken up Rock Band “Audioslave.”

Chris Cornell was born and raised in Seattle, Washington and attended Shorewood High School. Before becoming a successful musician, he worked at a seafood wholesaler and was a sous chef at a restaurant named Ray's Boathouse.
In 1984 Chris Cornell formed a band called “Soundgarden”.
Along with Nirvana, Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam, Soundgarden became one of the most successful bands from Seattle's emerging grunge scene in the early 1990s.
In 1994 doctors discovered that Chris had severely strained his vocal cords. Then in 1997 Soundgarden announced their disbanding. So in 1999 Chris Cornell started a solo career, which involved creating his solo Album “Euphoria Morning.” The album proved commercially unsuccessful although the album's single "Can't Change Me" was nominated for "Best Male Rock Vocal Performance" at the 2000 Grammy Awards.

Chris Cornell then helped form a new band in 2001 called “Audioslave.” Audioslave formed when Zack de la Rocha left Rage Against the Machine and the remaining members were searching for another vocalist. Chris Cornell joined that band and they released their first album “Audioslave” in 2002. It became triple platinum in the US. Then in 2005 Audioslave released their second album “”. Then in 2007 they released their last album “Revelations”.

Chris Cornell announced leaving Audioslave in February 2007. He went on to release another solo album “Carry On,” and went on a world tour. This included performing at the “Linkin Park” concert in Auckland. He recently announced that his third solo album will be released in September of this year. He producer for this Album will be TIMBALAND. Timbaland has referred to the recording sessions as "The best work I've done in my career,"

@#$%@#$%CHRIS CORNELL IS A AWESOME SINGER@#$%@#$

JIMI HENDRIX

Jimi Hendrix is considered the greatest and most influential guitarist in Rock Music’s history.

He was born on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. He learnt to play the guitar when he turned fifteen after buying an acoustic guitar for $5! He played in many bands as a teenager. He was soon sent to the army. But this didn’t stop Jimi Hendrix from perusing his music career; he started a band after meeting a bass guitarist in the army.
After leaving the military Jimi played as back up for different musicans. But after meeting Chas Chandler, who became his manager, he joined up with Noel Redding and Mitch Mitchell and created The Jimi Hendrix Experience. They Released in 1967 the band's first single, “Hey Joe,” which was soon followed by “Purple Haze” and “The Wind Cried Mary.”
Jimi Hendrix soon won over many fans after his stunning performance at the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967, which ended with Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire. In 1968 The Jimi Experience released another album called “Bold as Love”, which featured the hit “All Along the Watchtower!” The Jimi Experience continued to tour until their split in 1969.
Jimi Hendrix formed another band near the end of 1969, with his army buddy Billy Cox and drummer Buddy Miles. The band never really took off, so Hendrix became working on a new album tentatively named “First Rays of the New Rising Sun,” with Cox and Mitch Mitchell from the Jimi Hendrix Experience.
Sadly Jimi Hendrix died at the age of 27 after drug related complications (sleeping pills), so he wasn’t able to finish the album “First Rays of the New Rising Sun”.
But Jimi Hendrix has still left his mark on the world of Rock, and his music is still loved my many today.