My Trip Around The World (Not Real)

I'm sitting on the seat 6 row 8 of Avianca Brazil flight S3H7 waiting to take of from the bustling Auckland Airport to Brazil. The purpose of the journey is to watch the likes of Neymar, Fred, Oscar, Marcello, Hulk, and Coutinho play at the Maracana in Rio Di Janeiro. I am also going to go to the carnival.

2 weeks later...
 I am now sitting in a bright yellow taxi cab in New York going to visit Trump Tower. I am hoping to meet Donald Trump himself so I can destroy the plans for his wall. I also want to climb the Statue of Liberty and check out the view from the top.

2 more weeks later...
I am sitting on the heated floor of the Min Sok Chon restaurant in the heart of Seoul South Korea. I am eating bibimbap and bulgogi some of my favourite Korean food. Afterwards I'm going to check out the DMZ the border between North and South Korea.

Who Is Better, Messi or Ronaldo

One of the biggest debates in soccer has always been who is better Messi or Ronaldo. I personally think Messi is better but who do you think is better. It would take to long to write all of the stats so here's a video to sum them up.

How Does A Cars Brakes Work?

When you are riding in a car do you ever wonder how such a fast moving object can be stopped so easily. With just a tap on the brake pedal a car can slow down from 100kmph to 0 in a matter of seconds and this all comes down to very simple science.

When you push down your foot on the brake pedal a connected lever pushes a piston into a master cylinder filled with hydraulic fluid. The hydraulic fluid is then pumped through tubes into wider cylinders positioned next to the brakes on each wheel. This hydraulic system multiples the power of the action of putting your foot down on the brake pedal.

Now the discs on the brakes have the power to rub hard enough against each other to convert most of the kinetic (movement) energy in to heat using the power of friction. But remember if to much friction is applied to flammable objects it will result in a fire.

I find contraptions and science like this amazing and I might just even make an IE project relating to this.

The Pressure Of A Penalty

Roberto Baggio steps up to the edge of the penalty box. He is the best player in the world at the time and is about to take the penalty that could win the 1994 FIFA World Cup for Italy. He runs up, he strikes the ball but it's over the bar.

This is just one example of how pressure can effect penalty takers in a game of football. Recent research has shown that the crowd, importance and skill can all be important contributors to how a players convert a penalty.

The Crowd
The crowd can have a major effect on penalty takers. If they are playing an away game the crowd will no doubt boo them to try and stop the penalty taker from thinking clearly. If playing at home the player will of course be much more at home but there is still the pressure there to convert it for the fans.

The Importance
This is most likely what put of Roberto Baggio. It was the penalty to keep Italy in the FIFA World Cup there is nothing in football more important than that. If it is a domestic league penalty it's not that important but if it's in a big professional league like the Champions League that is viewed by audiences worldwide it means the difference between glory and disgrace.

Skill
If you can't even take a penalty why do you even have to worry about pressure if you know your going to miss anyway. So learn how to take a penalty. Also players need to learn to control there heart rate and ignore the boos and chants echoing around the stadium. If you can do these things you could take a penalty at the Nuecamp any day.

What Makes A Great Flag

For some reason I've always liked the Japanese flag. So now I sit here wondering what makes a good flag. After doing some research this is what I found out.1.A flag should be simple enough for a young child to draw and not have a complicated coat of arms like the Mexican flag.2.It should have meaningful designs but they should still be simple.3.It should have effective use of colour but not to much (about three colours is recommended).Now that I think about it the Japanese flag has all of these. It is a simple but effective red circle on a white background. It is also represents the sun rising through the sky so that ticks box number two. Finally it contains only two colours red and white which complement each other nicely. I also like the South Korean flag as well which also happens to tick all these boxes.

What Is Snowmobile Paragliding?

Recently some crazy people have invented a sport called Snowmobile Paragliding. This involves attaching Paragliding equipment to a snowmobile and riding the snowmobile fast enough so the parachute billows out and starts acting like a giant kite. Then they are flying.

It must feel very cool to be on a flying snowmobile but it would also be quite dangerous. For one you would have to land at the right angle otherwise you could flip over or worse. Also you have to be able to control the snow mobile at a high speed so it is possible to take off. I still think I want to go Snowmobile Paragliding though.

My Tagul

Yesterday I started something called a Tagul that takes a picture of you and makes a duplicate of it in words. At first it didn't work so I had to us resilience. So here it is,

How to Grow a Healthy Brain

What does your brain need to learn effectively?
To learn effectively you need water and brain food (healthy food), you also need to take breaks when you need them. Challenge is also necessary if you want to learn something new or different. You should also get a good nights sleep and not stay up all night watching Lord Of The Rings. If you do all these things you will grow a big and healthy brain.

My Pepeha

A Pepeha is something that you can make to tell people about your history or origins. Here is mine,

This explains my family history from the Fijian Islands and how they got to New Zealand.

The Marama Way

In Marama we have something called the Marama Way which is made up of different drivers for our learning.

If I had to pick one of these drivers I would pick have fresh air. When I don't have fresh air the room gets really stuff and it is hard to think. Then I guess my brain starts overheating sort of like when you work your computer to hard and it makes a vrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr noise.

A good way to get fresh air is to go outside because the air is much fresher outside than it is inside. Also I feel a lot fresher after taking a break.

This driver really helps in my learning and this is why I am going to use it.

My Holiday Instagram Post

Tuakana Teina

One Word 2017

                                           If I could pick one word to motivate me in 2017 it would be

 This word represents how you can always figure out a problem or equation if you work hard and give it lots of effort. I think that this word fits me well as a learner and will motivate me to learn in 2017.

My Learning Smarts

Recently I took a multiple intelligence test online and the results were pretty much what I expected. I came out 81% Logical-Mathematical smart which was no surprise, I love to work out long or hard equations to challenge myself and then when I'm done I get that feeling of satisfaction. It also ties in nicely with the quote to the right of this post "Everything Is Figureoutable."

I also scored 67% on Visual-Spatial smart which I also expected because I am really good with colour, design and proportioning. I scored the same (67%) in Linguistic smart and that must be correct because I love to get into a good book.

After reviewing these results I think it won't really have an impact on my learning since all the results were what I expected. Here are the full results below.