Bed and Closet Combined ?

I was looking throughout my iGoogle tabs and I looked down onto my DVICE tab and I saw that someone is building or has already built a new kind of bed. It is a new bed that is shaped like a space ship but their is also two more additions to it.

What they are is that there is a canopy connected to the bed so it makes everything nice and quiet and isolated while you are trying to sleep. The next addition kind of took me by surprise. What is attached to the back of this bed is a actual working closet. It holds your whole wardrobe unless you are one of those people who push their bed up against the wall like me. I think that this is pretty cool because it saves space in your bedroom because with a closet attached to your bed there is no need for a dresser or a closet.
If you would like to check out more cool things like this bed, check out DVICE.

World Vision.

In class we are doing a small project on NGOs (non-governmental organizations). We had to pick one from the many that exist and find out a whole bunch of stuff on them. I picked World Vision. I picked this organization because I have seen their commercials on TV and I have always wanted to know more about what they actually do and what actually goes on and how to sponsor a child.

World Vision is an organization that helps children and parents in small villages in Africa be able to drink clean water, eat good edible food and go to school to be able to get an education. All the projects that the sponsor and start are all over the world. They currently have people in North America, Africa, Latin America, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. There most frequently used office in Canada, is the one that they have in Toronto. World Vision first started China when the found, Bob Pierce, came across a woman with a little child. She asked him what she should do about the child because she couldnt support it anymore. He gave her 5 dollars and promised to give her that amount of money each month. After this encounter, he started making an organization to help the problem of starving kids in Africa. In 1950, Bob Pierce held his first meetings in Canada to discuss what he had learned in Asia and then in 1954, the first Canadian World Vision office in Toronto. And then in 2007, they found out that Canadians have sponsored over 454,309 around the world. I think that this is a great way to stop world hunger and its a great way to get more kids into schools and to get them a good education.

Aids, How to Prevent Them.

On February 4th, 2008 visitors went to the primary school in the Nata Village. His name in Peter Martinez. He was invited there to talk about AIDS/HIV to the kids that go to school there and how to prevent them. Although he was there to talk about how to prevent them from getting the virus and spreading to other people, the children werent interested in that. All they wanted to know was just about the virus itself.

After Peter was done talking about the virus and was almost ready to leave, the children kept asking if he was going to come back to the school again. They actually wanted to know about other health issues that surround the world. He promised to come back next week and talk about STI’s (sexually transmitted infections). He also promised to start an English Club, to teach the children at the school the proper words in English so that they would understand more about the deadly disease.

I think that it is so great that all the children that go to the Nata Village Primary School are so interested in knowing about all kinds of medical issues and health concerns. I just hope that with them knowing about all these issues and concerns so early, they will know how to prevent them in the upcoming future.

Deadly .

So, I was looking through my iGoogle tabs in my spare time and I ran across one post from a blog that really caught my eye and made me think about a lot of things. The post was called ‘China drought deprives millions of drinking water’.

Millions in China are suffering because of a very severe drought that is taking place right now. State television has said disaster relief officials are saying that 4.4 million people and 2.1 million cattle lacked okay drinking water. Media in China are now describing it as one of the worst droughts that has happened in half a century.

Lots of money is being lost in this drought because of the farms and farmers tha need the water to be able to grow and harvest grain and other things. There is also a problem with the rural incomes getting so low that the farmers arent able to afford anything anymore. I tihnk that this is really big problem because if this drought continues then the farms cant harvest anything and nothing will be getting produced.

Not Everyone Has Christmas.

      I was looking around on my iGoogle tabs and since we just added new things to our ‘Around the World’ tab, Mr. Fisher said that we had to write a new blog post every week about something different. This week I picked the Nata Village blog. They posted something about a topic that is actually quite old, but caught my eye right away. They wrote about how there Christmas wasnt able to happen without the help of the Los Angeles Conservation Corps Clean and Green Program, California Conservation Corps, Northgate Lodge, Nata Lodge, and the Community Business People because they sent them packages, transport and food supplies for the holiday season.  This supported 6 families in the village, needy and orphaned children were also able to get clothes, candy colouring books and lots of school supplies. I think that this is a great idea for little villages like Nata because it gives them the opportunity to feel what its like to have Christmas. I hope that they continue this program with Nata Village and also expand it into other small villages.

More Bad News.

So, a weekend after hearing about what had happened with the mine, more bad news came our way. Last Saturday night, a teenager from Snow lake was out on the far side of the lake at a fire with a bunch of friends. Of course, knowing teenagers there was alcohol and drinking involved. Around 3:00am, one of my brothers bestfriends drove away on his ski-doo and ended up crashing into rocks on a side of an island, in the middle of the lake. 3 of his friends soon found him and rushed to the hospital. Since we live in such a small town, the hospital here cant cover this type of injury, so they had to called for a helicopter from Winnipeg to come and get him.

He has had 2 surgeries since that night and is now in intensive care. Most people in this town know him well and hope the best for him. There are lots of details going into this, but I feel like it isnt anyones business but his friends and families. Everyone here hopes you do well and hope you come back better than ever !

Update on Mine.

Well, since I said in my other post that I would keep you updated on all the business that is going on with the HBM&S Mine that has now closed down. Im not sure if I told you or not, but the mine isnt shutting down till near the end of February, and the mill/concentrator isnt closing down till sometime in May. Another part of news is that on Thursday, which is tomorrow, there is a list coming from the mine in Flin Flon saying who they are bringing to Flin Flon to come work. I’m hoping most of my friends parents’ names are on that list. I would be really upset if they all had to move. Anyways, I will post tomorrow saying all the news I hear about the list and what will be happening.

If you want to go check out the HBM&S website and look at the articles they left for the shut down of the mine, go to HudBay Minerals. This is the article that has most of the news from last Friday.

Just Wondering….

Where I sit in my classroom, I am facing a big map of the world. A lot of the time when I’m looking at it, I always think… Where would I want to live if I didnt live in Snow lake? Well thinking about it for the past couple days, I figured out that if I had to move somewhere extraordinary, I would probably move to either Australia or Los Angeles. Australia is so nice and warm and friendly and just plain beautiful. But Los Angeles in es is busy, and famous and fun! Lots of my friends that have visited both places say they are amazing… but are they really? I mean both places have their ups and downs. They both have poverty and they both have wonderful landscape and people.

If you had to choose one place to move, other than the place you live now, what would it be? Give me your reasons for your pick.

Omg, Not Again !

I dont know if anyone knows, but Snowlake is a mining town. And a couple years back there was this huge mine that was running in the middle of town. It was called New Brittania. It was running for a couple years and then shut down because they either didnt have enough money or there wasnt anything left to mine. Im not totally sure because I didnt live here at the time. But everyone from this town moved away to other cities (ex. Flin Flon, Thompson) And the people that stayed here either didnt work for the mine or got on with HBM&S. Now since the economy is so low and we are going through another depression, HBM&S is closing down. Of course a lot of people are worried and dont know what they are going to do or how they are going to survive. This mine is not going to be closing down till the end of February and wont be shut down for ever because once the price of mineral go up again it will re-open but, this means that a lot of the towns population will lose their jobs and will have to transfer to Flin Flon. My dad some what works for the mine/mill because he halls all the ore that they bring up. But he told me that he wont be out of a job because there is still stuff that needs to be taken to different locations and other stuff. So, I dont think that I will be moving away from this town. Although, lots of people who live here, lots of my friends, both of their parents work at the mine/mill. So I am pretty worried that a lot of my friends will be moving away. I know they wont be too far away, but I’ll still miss them.

Anyways, I just though I would let you know, and I will keep updating on what I know and have been hearing. Give me your thoughts.

- Alysa =[

Update.

So, as you know now school has started once again for another 5 months. Our school here in Snowlake ends at the end on June. Near the end of school we all have track & field and we also have more exams on the last week of school. We also have exams at the end of January from the 27th to the 30th. Our four subjects are English Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. I have never done them before because when I moved here last year I wasnt in the class long enough to know anything that was on the test, and we hadnt done them before when I lived in British Columbia.

Anyways, enough about exams. Lately all that there is to do here is either hang out with friends, spend time with family or going out on the lake ski-dooing. I would go ski-dooing but my ski-doo isnt fixed yet. But it will be on the 12th. Other than that nothing really has been going on. Kids daily schedule here in Snowlake is usually go to school, go home, eat supper, and then maybe go hang out. Well, thats my schedule at least. Well I have to go now because silent reading is over but I will talk to all of you later.

- Alysa =]