My Trip to India

 Over spring break I went to a faraway country, on the other side of the  called India.


 We went there to understand and learn more about India and its religious beliefs/traditions. Another reason why my family went there was because our beloved cousins live in India and we were happy to see them again. I was kind of looking forward to visiting fascinating monuments and especially the Taj Mahal.

While in India I noticed I couple of differences between America and India. 

To begin with, India had 4 times America's population.


Another difference I noticed inn India was that a  lot of food included spices. For Instance, when they served rice, next to it they put a little bowl of spices which is an uncommon thing people in America would do unless you were in an Indian restaurant
                    
                             Photo by Sporty Katie

. Also,  the steering wheel in a Indian car is on the right, and in America it is on the left.

In India, to ride in the streets and everything, you ride on three-wheeled car rickshaws. I thought it was funny because on the rickshaws they had a label saying 'Safety first' and then there were no doors on them. Since the rickshaws are pretty small, they go fast and it is really fun?

                                 All photos above by mom


 When visiting India, we had the chance to visit the fascinating palace, The Taj Mahal!

Since we didn't know much about the Taj Mahal, we payed for a guide to come and guide us around.

The guide told us the story of the Taj Mahal and I am going to repeat it to you:

An emperor named Shah Jahan met his future wife, Mumtaz Mahal... He loved her so much that when she died, he wanted to build a whole palace just for her. So he hired approximately 20,000 workers to build it. On the nineteenth year of hard work, Shah Jahan son, wanted to become emperor, so, he jailed his father and became emperor. So, on the 20th year, the year of the monument's accomplishment,  Shah Jahan, who wasn't emperor anymore only got to see his magnificent creation by the window of his jail. 
Just before his son had put him in jail, Shah Jahan had put Mumatz Mahal tomb in the palace, and, the son had only enough love to put his father's tomb next to Mumatz's.  There was a legend that said that every worker's hands were cut off. But that isn't true, however, the legend represents that they made them promise to never again make a building as beautiful as the Taj Mahal.

                                                           

                              All of the photos above by mom
                                         

           In India, we also went to an island called 'Goa'. Our cousins and my family rented a house on the beach. It was fun because evry day we got to go boogy boarding and surfing whenever we wanted. I liked this experience also because we don't get to see these cousins much and so it was fun to have plenty of time to play with them.

If you walked a little bit on the beach, there was a restaurant that had indian food and american food. My favorite Indian food was a neme. A neme is a kind of crepe with cheese on it folded in halves. It is very yummy!

After a while of exploring India, we went to Mumbai to see our cousins' house and be with them again.

In Mumbai, there are a lot of poor people. So, someone started an association for girls that were poor and they would give them lunch and make a mini school for them.

We went ahead and contributed some money for the associatiion and gave gifts to each girl. They were very happy that we came!

                                                    Their school was only a bus that was out of order. I made a connection with the green team that says that we have to reusee and I think they are doing a great job reusing !

                                            Photo by dad


                              After  we visited their classroom and stuff, they went to show us their house. I was so shocked to see that their houses were only made of  blankets, sheets, and covers. It was also impressive of the number of trash there was. You could barely see the ground because there was so much litter!


                           Have you ever been to India?

               Have you ever visited a state, country, continent that is not where you live?

               What did you do there?

                 Tell me all about your vacations or trips!

NBA game

         

Photo by Sporty Katie

Last week, I went to see a basketball game at the staples center. It was my first time going and I was very exited. 

Everyone shouted and yelled whenever someone scored a basket. So, I did the same thing and yelled wit all my strength that the following day, my voice was gone! The reason I yelled so loud was because I was hoping to be on the camera because the video-tapers said that if you were shouting with  all your might and you were full of enthusiasm, you would be filmed. Sadly, we did not get filmed but that was o.k. Besides, you weren't gonna be on the camera the whole game, you would only be on there for a few seconds.

Three fourths of the crowd liked the Clippers.  You could tell because if you were for the Clippers, you were the team's colors, red white and blue. If you were for the other team (which is pretty rare), you would dress in black because that was the other team's colors.

Have you ever assisted a basketball game?

Did you get to be on the camera and were you full of enthusiasm?

Welcome to my blog!

                            


      Thanks to my incredible teacher, Mrs. Yollis who allowed me to create a blog. I am looking forward to blogging with all of you!

To show how happy I am to have my own blog, I will do my best to always tell you readers what had been happening this week, month, or over the vacation. I will be proud to show you all my stories, scratch projects, and creations.

Since all of the colors of the universe are so beautiful, my favorite color are all the colors of the world!  

My best passion is sports. I love mostly all the sports, but my very favorite one is soccer. I have loved soccer since I was very small. However, I have  only played 2 years in a soccer team. 

My other passion is performing and dancing.  I was extremely happy when my mom entered me in the variety  show because I would finally get to perform in front of everyone.
                       

Photo by mom

I also adore  camping with my family, or even without my family;) That's because I love going on adventures! Next week I am going to go camping for a week-end with my friend and I'm going to have lots of fun! 

Photo by mom

When I grow up, I want to either be a P.E teacher or just a regular teaching teacher. My idea is to put on music whenever the students take a test in class, or put on music when the students are running laps.

My family and I also travel around the world a lot and enjoy it!

Photo at the airport  by Mom

Photo by mom in the airplane 

Our family has already gone to France, India, New York,  Corsica ( an island right next to France), A lot of National Parks, San Francisco, San Diego, Las Vegas and many other places.

I really enjoy traveling and my favorite part of it is looking out the window of the plane and seeing a lot of landscapes you have never seen before!

Another thing that I really like in traveling is exploring what other countries' cultures/religions are, and learn all about them.

Photo by mom

Another hobby of mine is cooking. Now that my mom has a wonderful machine called a thermomix, we can cook anything we want. For instance, we can make pizza dough, smoothies, bread, and even more things!

Photo taken by brother

I also really enjoy doing yoga with my family. Yoga is really good to do especially in the morning because it stretches you and usually puts me in a good mood for the rest of the day.

Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to take lessons, so we downloaded an app that gives you daily yoga lessons.

Photo taken by Sporty Katie

One of my favorite things to do is hike. I love hiking because just like yoga, it stretches your body.

But my very favorite part of hiking is getting to the top of the mountain/trail and being able to take beautiful pictures from the view. Above is a picture I took in the mountains when I was on a hike.

Have fun blogging with me! Speaking of fun, I love having fun, here is a picture of me having tons of fun!

And lastly, my favorite store is H&M for two reasons. First of all, H&M are my initials and whenever I see someone with an H&M bag it makes me feel that just like me, they like the letters,  H&M.

The other reason why I love this store because it has pretty clothing. It is a store I rely on when I need to buy pretty clothes.

What are your passions?

What would you like to become when you grow up?

Have you ever gotten a blog?