Contemparary Kiwis
Day 1 - Turn of the Century (2000 - 2010)
Activity 1 | Celebrating a win
In 2000, the country of New Zealand celebrated when Russell Coutts and his sailing team won their second straight America’s Cup. This was the first time that a team from New Zealand had won back-to-back championships! Many people celebrated the victory with their friends and family.
On your blog, tell us what you and your family do to celebrate special events, such as birthdays. Do you have a special meal or go to a specific place? In our house, we usually make a pizza and bake a special cake. What about you?
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What my family would do on a birthday is wake the special person up with breakfast in bed. It would be Pancakes with syrup and whipped cream along with some juice.
Next, we would have gone to a restaurant or movies followed by going home to some cake! We'll sing "Happy Birthday" and they'll blow out the candles. Then everyone will have cake with ice-cream!
Activity 2 | Lord of the Rings
Arguably one of the most famous movie trilogies of all time, The Lord of the Rings, was filmed in New Zealand. All three movies were directed by a New Zealander named Peter Jackson. The first movie was released in 2001, the second in 2002 and the third in 2003. The movies cost an estimated $300 million to produce!
Imagine that instead of spending the money on the movies, Peter Jackson decided to give all of this money to you. Lucky you! On your blog, tell us what you would do with $300 million dollars. How would you spend it? It is a lot of money so please think carefully about it and spend it wisely :-)
What will I do with my Money?
What I would do is share it with close family and friends, and with the leftover money I'll give it to Charity or save it for emergencies.
I would love to take my family (and extended family) on a Holiday to Hawaii or Fiji!
First class.
Kia Ora Mei,
ReplyDeleteThanks for completing these two activities; you've done such a marvellous job.
Activity 1: Celebrating a Win.
Kia Ora Mei, thanks for telling us about how you and your family love to celebrate. Birthday's in your family sound like a really special event. Do you make any sort of gifts for your family members when it's their birthday?
Activity 2: Lord of The Rings.
Ka pai for completing this activity, and for doing with such humble grace. I really respect that you would share it around. $300 million is A LOT of money, and no one person deserves to have that much when there are people in the world who need it more.
Your family are very lucky to have you, Mei!
What would you do on your holiday?
I'm really loving your blog, Mei. Keep up the great work!
Cheers,
Jordan.