These are the kiwi and sparrow birds that I made on a google drawing. I hope you like them!
Monday 18 November 2019
Summer vs winter in New Zealand
In my opinion, if I was a tourist and I was coming to New Zealand for a holiday, I would much rather go in the summer as opposed to winter and I have a few good reasons why.
Even though we live right next to Australia, New Zealand is not always the warmest. The Winters can get freezing and is still cold and rainy throughout Spring. Like right now. Unlike in summer, there are less free activities to do in New Zealand in the winter without freezing You can go skiing or snowboarding but that costs money to rent equipment or rent a place. And what if you don’t have the proper clothes for it? For a summer in New Zealand, you won’t even need thermals, but if you come in winter, it may cost money to buy the proper gear if you do not already have it. However, in summer, you can rent a cheap place, wear cheap clothes and spend all your time at a beach and be happy.
There are also more things to do in Summer. Some people might think that you can go skiing and everything in the winter, but you can’t in summer, but the weather changes so much here, you might not get the chance. One day, it could be perfect for skiing, but by the time you want to start, the weather could be too bad to ski. Or (though unlikely), the snow could melt too early. In some parts of New Zealand, it doesn’t snow anyway (at least, it isn’t meant to) like Greymouth. And what is the point of coming to New Zealand if you don’t come to Greymouth? Sure you visit the beach and go surfing in the winter, but it might not be very safe.
Summer is also the time for barbeques! In the summer, everybody love going down to the beach or the lake, chilling and having a nice BBQ and ice cream after you have had a swim.
In conclusion, I strongly recommend coming to New Zealand in summer. Or you can just come and live here.
Friday 1 November 2019
It is wrong to fight.
Throughout history, people have fought. Over the smallest things, people have fought. But what has this achieved? Does fighting really improve anything? In my opinion, scraps and punch ups have no place what-so-ever in our modern society.
There is a difference between defending yourself against someone who just tried to punch you in the face, and being the one throwing the punch. If someone just tried to punch you, then you have all the right in the world to defend yourself. But if you started it, just stop and think for a minute. Will this actually help anything? If you decide to try to solve your problems using your words instead of fists, then you might just work things out. Talking will give you more time to calm down. It will also give you a chance to see the other persons point of view. But what if the other person is just provoking you. What if there is no argument to talk over? What if they are just insulting you and trying to get you to throw the first punch so they can fight back? Can you fight them then? The answer is still no. If you do, you will just be playing right into their hands. However, if you choose to ignore them, they will get frustrated and everybody will see that they are “the bad guy”.
Fighting someone can also create more problems instead of solving them. You may just think that it is just one little scrap, but it could turn into so much more. When you start attacking someone, your instincts will take over and you won’t hold back. What could start as a little argument over a tiny thing could lead to a trip to the hospital and possibly the end of a friendship or social status. All because you decided to throw a punch. Unfortunately, those are not the worst possible outcomes. So many more things could happen. Just imagine what life would be like if having a fight with someone was considered acceptable and normal whenever someone had a little argument with you?
If fighting was an appropriate thing to do, then humans would have made no progress at all in creating a peaceful world. If the only chance to win an argument was to be strong and be able to fight, then what would happen to any small person? People would focus so much time on being fit and strong, they wouldn’t have much time for anything else. I am not saying that this is a bad thing, but not if they did it for the sole purpose of winning an argument/ Think about all the amazing inventions that we have today. No doubt someone worked on them for hours a day. But if they didn’t have time for this because they were spending to much time making sure that they win their next fight. In short, human history would come to a standstill.
All in all, I think that fighting is absolutely useless. Fighting is a horrible thing to do that creates more problems than it solves and more often than not, results in horrible outcomes.
There is a difference between defending yourself against someone who just tried to punch you in the face, and being the one throwing the punch. If someone just tried to punch you, then you have all the right in the world to defend yourself. But if you started it, just stop and think for a minute. Will this actually help anything? If you decide to try to solve your problems using your words instead of fists, then you might just work things out. Talking will give you more time to calm down. It will also give you a chance to see the other persons point of view. But what if the other person is just provoking you. What if there is no argument to talk over? What if they are just insulting you and trying to get you to throw the first punch so they can fight back? Can you fight them then? The answer is still no. If you do, you will just be playing right into their hands. However, if you choose to ignore them, they will get frustrated and everybody will see that they are “the bad guy”.
Fighting someone can also create more problems instead of solving them. You may just think that it is just one little scrap, but it could turn into so much more. When you start attacking someone, your instincts will take over and you won’t hold back. What could start as a little argument over a tiny thing could lead to a trip to the hospital and possibly the end of a friendship or social status. All because you decided to throw a punch. Unfortunately, those are not the worst possible outcomes. So many more things could happen. Just imagine what life would be like if having a fight with someone was considered acceptable and normal whenever someone had a little argument with you?
If fighting was an appropriate thing to do, then humans would have made no progress at all in creating a peaceful world. If the only chance to win an argument was to be strong and be able to fight, then what would happen to any small person? People would focus so much time on being fit and strong, they wouldn’t have much time for anything else. I am not saying that this is a bad thing, but not if they did it for the sole purpose of winning an argument/ Think about all the amazing inventions that we have today. No doubt someone worked on them for hours a day. But if they didn’t have time for this because they were spending to much time making sure that they win their next fight. In short, human history would come to a standstill.
All in all, I think that fighting is absolutely useless. Fighting is a horrible thing to do that creates more problems than it solves and more often than not, results in horrible outcomes.
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