A visit to the Warner Bros Theme Park

The other day I went to the Warner Theme Park with some friends. Warner Bros Theme Park is an adventure park in which you can ride on roller coasters, river rapids, watch shows and basically enjoy yourself.

The Theme Park's Symbol.

We arrived at eleven o clock to the Central Square. From then on we planed our day. First my friends took me to the Superman roller coaster. Before the ride I was really scared but after I went on it once, it didn't scare me at all, in fact it went so quick I didn't know when I was upside down or not. I even liked it so much I rode on it three times in total. After that we went to the Batman Roller coaster, that was quite fun too. It was a bit shorter than the Superman but a lot faster.

The next thing we did was go to the waterfalls. They took us in a little boat through a twisty long river and then the boat went down a slope at 70 km/h and got us all wet.

Superman Roller Coaster

Fortunately we had our swimming trunks on and they didn't take a lot of time to dry.

When we got dry we went to visit all the village decorations. They are very realistic and original, I specially like the Old West village.

By this time It was about three o clock so we went to have lunch. We ate a very good pizza at the Boulevard.

After that we went to watch a show in the middle of an artificial lake. That was quite good.

Now it started to get really hot so we went to the River Rapids which were very wet and enjoyable. Then we went to the Batman simulator which was very dizzy and unpleasant. And after that, we decided to watch the Batman Show in "Gotham City". That was exciting.

Later in the afternoon I got dizzy in the Turning Tea Cups and after that we went on the rickety rackety Wild West roller coaster which was very bumpy and not as amazing as the other ones.

Just before we were about to leave we all had some drinks and I bought an enormous Superman tea cup.

And that was the end of that.

I really enjoyed the Warner Bros Theme Park and I hope I go back some time.

Giant Squids and Hancok

Dissected Squid

A giant squid was found in some fishermens' net in the western coast of Australia. Scientists have killed it to dissect it in public. This was supposed to be so people could raise questions in public and so scientists could find out more about these enormous strange creatures. This one they found was the second biggest squid ever found. It was twelve meters long and it weighed 248 kg.

Hancock

I went to the cinema with my friends the other day and we saw this film. It surprised me a lot. It was a very good film. It's all about a man with powers who saves the city his own way, he always causes unnecessary damage so nobody likes him. As he's all alone and guilty he drinks, that makes his reputation worse. One day he saves a man from a car crash. The man wants to reward him so he starts a plan so Hancock can be a good hero, but lots of difficulties are going to get in the way.

Hancok is a very good film that mixes humor, action and drama.

Rating: 89%->100%

Warhammer

I like painting Warhammer in my free time. Warhammer is a complicated fiction game in which you play with little plastic or metal figures which you paint your self.

The figures belong to different "species" of Warhammer and they're usually quite gory. I specially enjoy painting them, but I don't enjoy playing so much.

The species I like most are Skeletons and Dark Elves. The figures are really small and difficult to paint, but before you start to paint you've got to stick the pieces together and you can combine uniforms as you like. Its all part of the fun.

The figures are quite expensive for what they are, but in my opinion they are worth buying.

Even more expensive is the battlefield, which I prefer to make myself. This one in the photograph I made out of papier mache, small sticks, pieces of polystyrene foam and sand.

Hulk

I've just come back from the cinema from seeing Hulk 2. It's a good film. In my opinion better than the first part. Its got superb special effects, good script, excellent story and loads of action. If you liked the first one you will like this one even more.
I specially like the persecution at the beginning.
What I also like about the film is that the end promises a third film, in which I think the doctor is going to have something to do with all of it. If you like action this is what you need.
(They've been specially careful to try not to burst the pants)

-Rating out of 100% ->87%

Happy Holidays

We're planning to go to Morocco this summer, visiting the Atlas mountains and maybe even seeing apes in the cedar forests.

My summer holidays are not any normal holidays. Most kids in Spain would go to the beach one week and relax in the sand, but not me. My holidays normally include more risk and adventure. I'm not saying I don't like it, because I actually do and I've got quite used to it, but I wouldn't mind trying a couple of relaxing weeks on the beach just for once.

I do realize it's a privilege to have holidays like mine: walking up mountains, paddling down rapids, traveling through Europe with a van and two tents or driving though the Atlas Mountains but I could try having normal holidays. Even if they aren't so successful they would help me to get an other point of view.

White Cubs

Three lion cubs are being looked after in a safari park in Germany after their mother rejected them for being white and not like the rest.
Albino animals are quite rare, and they are white because the melanin in their skin doesn't have color. The only problem is that it doesn't camouflage them. There are only about three hundred white lions in the world.
These three lion cubs were the survivors after the mother left them alone. Luckily for the zoo, the lion cubs are attracting a lots of visitors, and with hope the three cubs will come along nicely.

Sanfermines

Today was the last day of the San Fermin festival. The Sanfermines is a very well known tradition in Spain and it takes part in Pamplona. This tradition of running the bulls started in XVI century and has kept up until now. It takes part between the seventh and the fourteenth of July. I like watching the Sanfermines but I don't like watching the bullfighting after it, because its a very cruel sport. People also get drunk during the festival.
Originally the sanfermines were only run by the pamplonenses but now lots of people without experience run too, this causes lots of injuries because the bulls get nervous and try to attack people.

This is a good example of a normal running of the bulls:

Slugs and mammoths

Slugs

Scientists have discovered a new species of slug in Wales (UK). It's not brown like normal species, it's white. And it doesn't have eyes. It's thought it eats earthworms instead of leaves like other slugs. It's been named Ghost slug.


Mammoths

A mammoth exhibition has opened in Japan. Mammoths became extinct thousands of years ago but these were found frozen and that's why they've kept so long. Mammoths lived in Africa, Asia and Europe in the Ice-Age and now elephants are their closest relatives. In the exhibition there was a young one year old female and a forty year adult.

Seal killing is not a sport !

Seal killing is a horrible thing. Thousands of hooded seals and harp seals are being killed every year in Canada and in Norway for their fur. But the problem is, that like every animal that's killed for his fur, they are bashed to death with clubs and other illegal weapons. This is a brutal way to kill a defenseless animal. And now people are making business out of it: taking tourists to kill the animals just for fun, like a sport. In 2003 350000 seals where killed. And each year that number is going t0 be repeated. Almost 42% of the seals are skinned wile they are still alive. Some of the cause of seal killing is also because some fishermen say they bring lots of parasites and take their fish. This horrible truth is the worlds largest mammal kill.

Kayaking

I belong to a kayaking club. Kayaking is a good sport and uses about 70% of your muscles. Daily training helps you to feel good physically and mentally. My club is very competitive and all the team members train very hard to achieve good results. I've now been in the club for five years and I'm enjoying it a lot. We're very lucky because we have a very good trainer, and he's even been named as Spain's best trainer of the year.

I also like to train in the river because it's surrounded by wildlife. Lot's of people don't appreciate this, but if they did they would realise what a special sport this is.

My pet frogs

Last Friday I caught some frogs in a pond near my house. They are baby Marsh frogs and, as you can see, they are excellent hunters. I'm keeping them in a large plastic box which imitates their their natural habitat. They are quite young so they have colour variations and don't all look the same. Some of the younger ones stick to the small invertebrate diet wile the bigger ones prefer to eat flies, moths and small insects in general.

Here is a video I made so you can see them feeding on an ant I gave them: you will see how the frog first tastes its prey and then eats it.



This method of keeping a little pond is a good one because it creates a micro-habitat that works the same way as the real one, though you must be careful not to put in too many predators like frogs otherwise the food-chain would be unstable and fail.

Swooping and jumping

I found this video by chance and I really like it. I specially like the bit where they walk up the wall and do a somersault. It's a pity there are no training centers like theirs where I live, because think that if I got the chance of doing it I would. I suppose they have to train a lot to be able do it in the street. I think they all have a lot of talent and I'm sure they can make a good use of it, although there are lots of people with hidden talents that don't get to use them. I've really liked this video and I hope you do too.

Creepy Crawlies

Why do people hate creepy crawlies? They're just species like any other. And they don't do any harm at all. I personally quite like them: They all have a mission in the life cycle, some of them even benefit us like spiders ( eating mosquitoes), they don't do us any harm, and some of them help to decompose what nobody wants to eat. After all if it wasn't for them we wouldn't exist.
I think people just don't like how the look or how they move or even how easily they sneak up on you with out you knowing. But after all they are good guys.

(Please object if you feel you should).

Prince Caspian

I saw this film today in the cinema, it's not a bad film but the end was quite unsatisfactory.Even though, I think the first one was much better. I think I liked the first one more because the film lies mainly in the principal characters. But in this one the Caspian guy just messes it all up. He doesn't really need to be there, The story could be just fine with out him. I would of expected a story about Susan, Piter, Edmund and Lucy living their one adventure. But after all I have to admit that it was well made, and I enjoyed it

My prize picky

This is a picture I took for the photograph competition in Talavera. And guess what... I won the second prize. I got quite a surprise. I really didn't think I'd win anything, though I have to admit I only did it for the prize.
I personally think that the composition is good. And you don't usually get a light surface when the clouds are blocking the sun. That is what I think makes the photograph interesting. And getting the three eyes of the bridge was quite clever too if you don't mind me saying so. Whoever reads this please comment, I'd like to know other points of view.