Merry Christmas!

 Merry Christmas to all! I hope everyone was having the fun Christmas. What did you do on Christmas? Was it fun or exciting on Christmas for you? I know that it was exciting and fun on Christmas for me. My favourite part about this Christmas is when my family and I opened the presents. A random person had to go and open their presents, no one else's. I was the first random person to be called out. I started opening my biggest present to the smallest. I opened the biggest present. I took a deep breath into my lungs and let out a massive (manly) scream. "Oh my gosh! A nintendo switch!" I shout. 

That's right I got a Nintendo Switch. If you don't know what a Nintendo Switch is then I don't know what your doing at your home but, if you are a person that either has a Nintendo Switch or knows what a Nintendo Switch is then you must know how awesome they are!

I've been wanting a Nintendo for ever and finally santa has answers my wish. 

Hope you had a spectacular Christmas!

Haere ra and thank you.

-Jin

Holiday vlog - Vlog 2 Day 2 / Christmas! - 3/2 more days!

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Kia ora blog viewers! I am super hyped because it's almost Christmas, 3 more days! Can't wait for the present opening, the day and the family time. My family and I are gonna have a BBQ, go to the beach for Christmas. What are you going to do for this Christmas? Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Haere ra and thank you. Merry Christmas!

-Jin

Holiday vlog - Vlog 1 Day 1 / Kitekite falls/Piha Bushwalk - Piha beach

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Kia ora blog viewers it's Jin and this is my first Christmas holiday-vlog! Hope you guys enjoy and stay tuned for more over the weeks! 

(Sorry no SLJ posts, I don't have that much time on my hands).(This post was made the day after the trip).

Yesterday my family and I went on a road trip to Piha, a beautiful place that has thrilling mountain heights and a long bush walk that my parents and I explored. The bush walk houses a hidden waterfall named Kitekite falls, I thought Kitekite falls was really cool.

Kitekite falls was very small but was unique in a way. Even though it was small it still was like "the real deal". The bottom lake/pool was super cold and calm. When I got my ankles into the  lake/pool it instantly become the temperature in Antarctica. My ankles actually turned numb and sore. 

I saw a group of eels soaring through the cold water. As you may not know, I'm scared of (the) sea (animals). And yea a small eel can also scare me. What? You're scared of stuff too. Because of that little accident I got out of the lake/pool. My Dad told advised me to swim at the top of the falls. And I thought that was crazy but as it turns out the top of the falls is a (ok) sized pool full of fresh water. I was hesitant at first but at the end I jumped in the pool and it refreshed me. It felt like a refrigerated bucket of soda smothered my body. 

We got out of the wild bush walk and got some fresh food to gobble up. I had a mouth watering sausage roll with a lemonade-fizzy drink to wash it down. I felt stuffed. We got back into Mums car and drove to the Piha beach to enjoy the sun a little. I thought it was cool because the sand there was black. We enjoyed the sun so much that I think it got too comfortable and made the sand boiling hot.

Yesterday was really interesting actually. If I would choose my favourite bit about the day it would be the top of the falls where it had a fresh pool of water.

Hope you guys enjoyed my story/first vlog and wish you all a awesome christmas holiday!

Haere ra and thank you.

-Jin

It's the holiday... vlog

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Kia ora blog viewers this is a announcement to inform you guys that I will be doing vlogs over the Christmas holiday. That's right 6 weeks of blog posts of my daily life (and activities I would be doing time to time). Every one or even if you are lucky two days in each week will be me posting up a description or video of me talking. If there is no vlogs posted then I am busy. Hope you guys enjoy my vlogging announcement and the vlogs I will be doing throughout the summer break. Please understand that if there are no vlogs being published then I am busy.

Haere ra and thank you.                                                                                                                                      -Jin

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 Day 2 / Aye Myat blog post - Optical Illusion SLJ

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Why I think my comment is a quality comment

I think this comment I did was a quality comment because I greeted the person/blogger, asked questions, (good questions too). I also complemented their work and said bye, in maori, as well as hi. And I wrote the comment in a neat form. I even added a link to the a mind twisting illusion that I think is really crazy.

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 Day 2 / Kowhaiwhai pattern - Create a kowhaiwhai pattern

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Kia ora blog viewers this is my kowhaiwhai pattern that I created myself with only two symbols. I used a template for this task. It was a simple pattern to be made. It represents the leaves and the branches on trees. Do you know which is leaves and which is branches? The kuro/fern plant is playing the role of the branch and the mangopare/hammerhead shark as leaves. Do you know the meaning behind the two symbols? The kuro represents peace, growth, new life and strength which the mangopare also represents strength. the mangopare also has two other meanings, power and courage. Hope you enjoyed my description of my own kowhaiwhai! I will name my pattern taiao which means in english, nature.

Haere ra and thank you.                                                                                                                                  -Jin

 

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 Day 1 / Commenting - Marius blog post (My New Kittens)

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Why I think this comment is a quality comment.

I think this comment I did was a quality comment because I greeted the person/blogger, asked questions, (good questions too) I told the person/blogger why I might not get a cat and what pet I have at the moment. I also complemented his cats and said bye, in maori, as well as hi in maori. And I wrote the comment in a neat form.

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 Day 1 / Backyard Art - Butterfly/Dragonfly

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Kia ora blog viewers, I would like to say that this is my first Summer Learning Journey blog post! This post shows a image of a butterfly/dragonfly made out of nature/earth. As you can see I used two sunflowers and two baby-spring onions connected together to create antenas. I found two leafs (I do not know what plant it's from) for two big flappy wings and two clover leafs as smaller wings for balance. I used a dead stick for the torso. Hope you liked it! You could make one of your own. 

Make sure to comment to notify or to just leave a nice text you want to say. Remember to comment appropriate choice of words and say something nice or give the blog poster a suggestion. 

Goodbye and thank you!

-Jin

It's the holiday... summer learning journey

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Talofa lava blogger viewers, as you may know, it's the holiday. A whole 6 weeks freed from school's work. This 6 weeks break is actually a christmas break. This means presents, toys and huge feasts. I can't wait for christmas. 6 weeks break is a long time so I thought I could do something that will take some time off my hands and keep me occupied, this is where I found out that Manaiakalani is chucking Summer Learning Journey up on the shelves for this summer. I had a great idea, do the Summer Learning Journey! I will be doing the Summer Learning Journey for this 6 week break. For now on you (my blog viewers and Manaiakalani) may admire my work that will be done for the Summer Learning Journey!

Hope you guys have a great christmas holiday! 

Fare well and thank you.

-Jin

Extn Term4 Reflection

Extn Term4 Reflection 

2020 has been rough because of Covid and stuff but there have been some moments in 2020 that were wholesome like extension. Extension this year was one of the best opportunities for me to do, it was my first ever extension too. Hopefully I get in extension next year. 

Being in extension was a huge step for me because being in extension means: more work, harder work and different class mates but I was prepared for all of those obstacles. Extension was a challenge for me, it was hard at times and wholesome at other times, over all, I think extension was awesome! 

One of my favourite activities in extension was when me and a buddy danced in front of the other extension people (that was in term3). Thank you all for reading my Extension reflection, goodbye and thank you.

Art Alive EXTN DLO Jin 2020 Term4

 

Reading-Making Connections/Real Life or Not-To build a bot

 

Term 4 Art Alive - Carving

 

Kia ora blog-viewers! This is my new post that shows the Maori art of carving. I did this animation for our Point England theme for the term, Art Alive. This term is all about art and beauty. My animation shows the audience (which is you) the tools used in carving and a simple Maori artwork! Hope you love the animation and the 3d graphics that I did at somepoint in the movie. Thank you and goodbye!

Jin Ambassador Application

 

Jin EXTN Art Alive/Artwork

 

Kia ora! This is my extension artwork. As you can see in the middle-artwork, it shows kiwi or maori. However I am not Maori but I am kiwi, and was born in New Zealand. I far right artwork represents my Samoan culture. It is really sunny and it seems like it is very hot. The far left artwork represents my Cambodian culture it is quite sunny but not as sunny as my samoan art. I hope you like my artwork!

Writing/Cook Island Art

 

Writing/Tongan art

 

Writing/Niuean art

 

Writing/Maori Art

 

Cook Islands - Staff God/Questions

Cook Islands - staff god

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Atua Rakau:

1. What is a staff god?

1. Name for our kitchen b) a stick in form of a god

c) Movie on netflix d) a religion

2.  What material is the staff god made from?

a) ice b) wood

c) diamonds d) iron

3. What does elaborate mean?

a) intricate b) tiny

c) disgusting d) detailed

4. How did the European missionaries view staff gods?

a) secular b) American idol

c) idols d) demonic

5. How long is the surviving staff god ?

1. 6 metres b) 2 metres

c) one third of the length d) 19 metres

7.  Which best describes this staff god?

1. Smooth green eyes with stylised head, mouth, ears; a curved back with notches on the ear side

2. Smooth eyes with stylised ears; a curved ankle with notches on the shoulder sides

3. Smooth head with stylised ankles, mouth, noese; a curved neck with notches on the back sides

4. Smooth head with stylised eyes, mouth, ears; a curved neck with notches on the back sides

8. How did William Ellis described the staff gods?

=> imbecility, absurdity, and degradation of idolatry

9. When was Christianity introduced to Cook Islands?

1. 2020 b) 19th Century

      c) 2019 d) 1900

Reading/Cook Island - Questions

 Cook Islands History: 

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About Cook Islands:

1. How many islands are said to be on Cook Islands?

a) 3 b) 10

c) 15 d) 88

2. Which island is not located beside the Cook Islands?

a) New Zealand b) Tonga

c) French Polynesia d) American Samoa

3. How did Cook Islands get their name?

a) From coke cola b) from James Cook

c) from chocolate d) from Cocoa Chanel

Cook Islands History:

4. Where did the first Cook Islands arrive from?

a) Hawaii b) Tahiti

c) New Zealand d) Hervey Island

5. What does Cook Islands not do for art?

a) wood carving b) piercing

c) weaving d) tivaevae

6. True or False: Captain James Cook named Cook Islands ?

a) True b) False

Wood carving: 

7. Rarotonga is famous for its carving …. 

1. its wooden seats b) fisherman’s gods and staff-gods

c) it’s ceremonial adzes d) pencils

8. What islands are not mentioned for wood carving?

a) Mitiaro b) Mauke

c) Atiu d) Pukapuka

9. True or false: The wooden carvings had to be blessed before stood up?

a) True b) False

10. How can you identify where people are from in Cook Islands?

→ You can identify a Cook island to see what are some of the materials used for weaving and carving. You can also find some objects or items that relate to the Cook Islands.

Reading/Questions!

 Tongan History: 

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About Tonga:

1. How many islands are said to be on Tonga?

a) 168 b) 169

c) 170 d) 171

2. Which of the following are not a group that Tonga was split into?

a) Vava’u b) Nuku’alofa

c) Ha’apai d) Tongatapu

3. What 2 languages are spoken in Tonga?

a) Tongan & English b) Tongan & Samoan

c) Tongan & German d) Tongan & Polynesian

Tongan History:

4. Where did the Polynesians settle 3000 years ago?

a) Nuku’alofa b) Ha’apai

c) Vava’u d) Tongatapu

5. Who brought the Tongans together to become one?

a) Queen Elizabeth b) King George V

c) Tāufa’āhau d) PM Pohiva

6. True or False: Tonga is the only country in the pacific to not give up their own government?

a) True b) False

Mat Weaving: 

7. What is used to weave the mats?

a) Modern technology b) Old Technology

c) Hands d) Broken down cars

8. What are mats worn around the waist called?

a) lavalava b) ta’ovala

c) ie d) mat

9. True or false: Woven mats passed down through generations symbolizes pride?

a) True b) False

10. How can you identify where people are from in Tonga?

→ All you have to do is look at their kiekie or Ta’ovala and you will notice how different it

is compared to other kiekies and Ta'ovala.