I woke up tired and hungry. I got droped off at the rose graden at 6:30 but i got at the rose graden before john. We walked to nook park were I saw all my friends. After like an hour of waiting for everybody. We finally got to walk up to school. It was painful but good to toughen up my feet. so when i got to school i set my water on a chair. But, when I set it down the chair broke. So I set it on a bench. Then I got my stuff and went to math. And after that I wanted to walk around with no shoes because it fell pretty good.

and

there all differnt song but there form the same artist

Visting my group

This is totaly true

Hey bro 

I dont know you

Bob the builder

hiss

Toliet 

Cant touch me

go away 

Santa barbara middle school 

golf

1 US Dollar = 13.12453 Mexican Peso 

5 US Dollar = 65.62265 Mexican Peso 

10 US Dollar = 131.245 Mexican Peso 

20 US Dollar = 262.491 Mexican Peso 

100 US Dollar = 1,312.45 Mexican Peso 

Visting With my Kiva Person

Day 1: Right when I got off the plane on to the hot, tropical Dominican Republic ground, it felt like a sauna all the time! I was walking out of the gate when I saw my Kiva group; they welcomed me as we got into the pre paid cab. The taxis are like those small buses but a little bigger. The bus ride was long, hot, and most of all boring. After the longest, most painful bus ride ever they treated me by taking me to one of the best local restaurants. For appetizers we had Chips, Guacamole and salsa, followed by the main course which I had Chorizo with rice, beans, cheeze, potato, and egg wrapped in a tortilla, with a side order of taquitos and sour cream. After that I was ready for a good night sleep, so they took me back to the house with a full stomach. They showed me where to go to bed; I ran and jumped in bed and in a second I fell asleep.

Day 2: I woke up and we all ate eggs with sourdough bread. The best part was that they knew I loved Tapatio so they bought some bottles. After we ate that awesome breakfast we went out to stroll the sights and the town. After about an hour I got hungry again so we went to this awesome Mexican restaurant where I ordered some nachos. Yes I ordered nachos! Your not, not, going to order nachos at a Mexican restaurant. The Mexican restaurant was called Three Mexicans, the best name ever. With the nachos I got cheese, with mouth watering guacamole, sprinkled steak, sour cream that tasted like heaven, and beans that look like leavings of a rabbit, but tasted like Sarah Palin doing a disco dance to hardcore dubstep. In my opinion I think that is pretty awesome. They had this Pink lemonade that wasn't pink, more like blue and smelled like expired medicine that has been sitting in the cabinet for 3 years; every time you took a sip, it was like Chuck Liddel punched you in the face. (A.K.A. Chuck "The Ice Man" Liddel is a Legendary UFC fighter, currently retired.) The flavor hurt my cheeks but it was awesome and made me feel like I had gotten attacked by a bear. After that I was still tired; the plane ride was rough so I went back and I hit the hay.

P.S. If you see him don't try to fight him, as you can see he it the best, and my hero.

Day 3: On this day I had to leave. I got up, went to the cab they ordered for me. The Kiva group was still sleeping and I didn't want to wake them up, so I left them a note thanking them for the hospitality and reminding them to come visit me sometime. I ran out the door and asked the cab driver to go to the airport. After the cab ride I entered the airport and saw my gate, I ran into the plane and took a seat, put some music on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWsavFUvEIw, then went to sleep as I heard the roar of the plane engine over my music. 

The hero's jerouney

I am Gorege Ice Remize the 2nd. How I got the name ice, I have no idea. I was a master sergeant in the U.S. Army. One day I went out to potrol. there was a sound like firecrackers. The talbains AK-47 and AK-74u sound like fire carkers and they spray everywhere and taliban have no experience in the feild. But US army has staregy and the best guns. There was a gun fire on the eastern. So we run for cover. I am sprinting and well I am getting shot at. So I run for cover. When I pops for covering fire for my squad, that is trying to get over to the position I am in. I get shot in the chest. Knocked out cold.

                                                                                    I woke up the a US Army ER. I looked around and the nurse said "I am gald your alive." I said "how are the rest." she said "Two dead the rest of your squad is minor to survire wounds." I look over to the right and see my partner. In the army you are always to have somebody to watch your back. then I asked what happend. My partner said that when they ambuched us that he got shot in the leg and he said one preson thought you were gone forever and they gave a rpg at us but nobody got hurt that I know of. So we called in air support. Then a couple of black hawks came with B50 cal turrets on the sides. So some guys help in the ambuched and took us back to the ER and after we left B52 came and wiped the hostles. I relize that I couldn't feel my left arm and my left leg I was thinking that they were alseep from not moving. So I lifted my hand and it was gone there was a fake hand. I Scremed "HOLY CARP!" Then I looked at my leg and I yelled agian "HOLY CRAP!" my partner was drinking tea and he spited that tea right out and said "OH MY GOD. That must be from the rocket!"

The next day they gave me cruchs and I could walk around and get the new felling of lack of mobilty. So the first couple of times I fell but after awahile I got use to it feelt like one foot was on a tamping and one was the soild ground. It was easy to eat . After a couple of days. I was able to walk normally after years of Recovery. After a couple of years of the survive of the army. I got married and I have two wonderful daughters that are twins. I still tell this story to toddlers and to tell them it is okay to be different.

the first grader

                                                                                   Enerty 1

The day I woke up I had a felling that today was going to be a good day. So at 6 am I got on the plane and went to Margue's village I was so excited. I was thinking all the good times we would have. I fell asleep. I woke up to the felling of my stomuch going down then up. I opened my eye's and looked out the window and saw that we were close to this place that looked like no where. Shortly after that I heard the planes wheels hit the ground of dirt and not cement. The pilot said "we are here." I quickly gathered my thing and stuffed them in my backpack then hauled butt out of the oven of death AKA plane. When I steped out side of the plane I was automatticly cover in sweet. I steped down from the ladder and I walked over to this gate and it had a sign that said "Taxis and Restrutants" it had a sign going to the left and I went there and I saw a man with a staff. I walked over to this man and I asked "Are you Maruge." The man says "Yes my young boy." I said "I am here to vist you." "oh yes." he walk over to a mini van and said "Back to da village." so we got into the van and he said "The ride is long. Go to sleep." I made a pillow of my Jacket. Well thinking why would I need a jacket out here. Then i went to sleep

Entry 2

The day after that I was awokin by a chreep. I arose my tried head and i open my eyes. I step on the hard dirt. Then stumpled over to the bucket full of water then throw some water in my face then on my back. the water kinda awoke me. I started walking in the direction of a sent of bacon and eggs. I heard the sizzling then when I walked out side I saw Maurge flippin the eggs and bacon and singing some thing in his native language. I said "What are u singing?" he replayed "I will tell u the day you leave.""Okay, that works." he hands me a plate of two steaming eggs and four tasty pieces of bacon. I ate it like I had not eaten in 18 hours, which I have not. After breakfast we walked to his school. On the way I was talking to him about how fun it must be to be in a class of little kids. After a deadly 2 miles I was stumpling and Murgue was just haul butt and I was tried and my feet hurt. Murgue was just like come on. The funny thing was that he was like 70 years older then me which made my laugh inside. Murgue opened the gate and i steped in the school and took a look around. Then Murgue was going to this one class room and I saw 2 kids out side of the class room and I walked over then I saw about 40 kids huddled in this one little room writing. Right when I walked in there it smell like farts, poop, and rotten eggs. I took a good look and the teacher held out her hand and said "I here you are my vister. What is your name." I said "My name is Kanaan" then I shook here hand then she prossed teaching. While her talk about everything that I learned in first grade. I was thinking about my family and how they were doing. I knew that my family was proud for me to do this. I wish my friends could be here with me sharing this expricense. Suddenly I heard a bell and I relised that the day was over. Then me and Murgue went out side of the room and i saw a bunch of kids just run in the feilds and bolt until I could not see them any more. Then after another 2 mile hike on nothing but dirt. We finaly reached his house. I went in the kitchen and drank like 4 cups of water. Shortly after that we ate beans and and rice. I ate like a pig. I think it was the fastest I ever eaten.

Entry 3

I woke up and I got out of bed and everything. Everything was nomally. I was going out side and I saw a  grafie. I brung my head back in and I was panicing and sayin to my self where is Margue. Then i stuck out my head agian just to confirm that the animal was a grafie. I yelled for Margue. No repaws then I yelled it agian no repawns. Then I decided that it was time to go out there. So I took one foot out then I another. I took another so I wouldn't startly it or scare it. It look at me and it looked at me. It was a deadly stare like get away form me. Then it made this wired sound and it jumped and haul butt out of there. I was so reliefed about the grafie. So I walked around and I was wondering were Murgue was. I was walking around yelling "Murgue. MURGUE!" then I relised that he went to school and I slept in. so I quickly grabed my shoe and ran. Even though I really didn't know where the school was I had remember checkpoints like the store the old drunk people and the sigh that was half burt. I finally made it to the school it was lunch time for them. I just got there all sweaty and hot. I went and ate the beans and rice. I was not to hunger more thurty. After that I waited out side of the class room. Everybody came out. Then I found Murgue. We started walking home unaware that we were going the wrong way. I started to relise that we weren't going the right way. I said "We are going the wrong way." he said "Yes we are. Turn around." So we had to walk 1 mile back plus 2 more miles. right when we got home I just went to bed.

Enerty 4

I woke up at 4 AM to get ready. I went to the bath room. After I got out I went to my room and cleaned the bed and folded the sheets. I stuffed all of my crap in my bags and backpack. Then I called for Murgue. I started looking around. Then i look threw a broken window seeing Murgue. He was already out side with a taxi ready for my bags and everything. So I put my bags in the trunk. Then I got in with other people that were sleeping. The taxi driver started up the car. The car was rocking back and forth because of the rock road. I slowly fell asleep. I woke up to the sound of airplanes. I opened my eyes. "Before you leave my good son. I want to give you somehting" "Yeah." "Here is a sweatshirt." "Thanks bud!" Murgue pulled me out of the car and then we said are good-byes.  I got my things and headed for the gate. Once I go there I boarded the plane and felt my stomuch drop when taking off. Then went to sleep.

my visit with panther bior

Panther and I went to Panther's hometown; it smelled like it somebody had too many beans. The ground was like walking on a porcupine back. We were walking and talking, he was saying what he remembered of everybody. He was saying how sad he was that his family wasn't here. He was just about to say something then somebody said, “Hello Panther.” Panther was in shock and he ran to this girl. They hugged and kissed each other. He came over to me and said, "This is my beautiful wife Nyantiec" I said, "Oh my god, you guys look good with each other."

The next day we woke up and I was wondering when breakfast was, I was so hungry. Right when I was going to say something, they brought out a plate. I was so surprised how good the food was; it was like the best cafeteria food ever! I had beans and rice I was astounded. After we were all feed we went to the Nile River and we were so excited. When we got there I jumped in the water, the water was so cold. When I came up I heard the sounds of children playing in the water, it was so cool.

That afternoon Panther, his wife, myself and other people all sat by the fire and we just talked, talked, talked. That feeling made me feel like I was at a Santa Barbara Middle School campfire. I was so happy feeling like I was at home. The people there were so nice, every person came up to me and introduced himself or herself. I told them I was Kanaan. Everybody had a smile no one was sad it was so cool.

Right before I left I was so sad, the people were so nice. On my way out Panther started running up to me and me gave me a bracelet that said I heart Sudan. I gave him a big hug and thanked Panther. He is a good friend and I am planning to go back there next year.

My visit with Panther Bior

I have decided to vist panthers homevillage. His home village is Mareng, Sudan.
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