# 16

This summer is going to be filled packed with things to do. First, I will be working at a place called Nascar Speedpark. Well, I am pretty sure I am... I know they needed be and I've already applied. I worked there last summer. I work as the person who answers the phones. Here is the website! IF you are in St. Louis this summer... check out the mall and Nascar Speedpark! http://www.nascarspeedpark.com/stlouis.html

My brother is getting married this summer to an alumi from Concordia, Sarah Trinklein. She teaches out in Orange County, California and he works in L.A. The wedding is August 1st so I will be busy with wedding stuff too!


I hope I can travel a little bit this summer. I want to go to Colorado to visit my boyfriend. I love Colorado...it's such a wonderful place and I love mountains!! :)
My best friend is from North Carolina and his sister is graduating high school so I will probably fly there. He is actually living at my house in St. Charles, MO for the summer. I'm pretty excited about this! :) I've been to North Carolina before and the beach is pretty awesome!

#15

Salzberg : EUROPEAN_OTHER WESTERN sub group German Language: German
Most of the "Salzberg's are in the U.S. It says 4.14 of the Salzbergs. The top states that the Salzberg's could be found are in Rhode Island, Vermont, Colorado and New York. There are other states that you can find Salzbergs too like Missouri where I am from but those are the top ones. The other countries include, Switerland, Germany, Argentina, France, Belgium and Poland.
As I look at the forenames I recognize some of the first names and my dads name is there too.

Saenz: HISPANIC sub group: Spanish Language: Spanish
This is my boyfriend's last name so I decided to look up his name. The countries for the name Saenz is Argentina, U.S., France, Switerland, Belgium, Norway, Austria, Germany, Netherlands and the UK. For the top states in the U.S. they are Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and most of the states surrounding Colorado.

Salzberg and Saenz have similarites in there location. I looked at Missouri, there are Salzberg of course of St. Charles/ St. Louis and I looked for the name Saenz too in Missouri and they too are in St. Charles/St. Louis. I thought that was pretty cool.

# 14

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mHF-nxle9w

For some odd reason I thought this was funny because if you compare the Chinese doing the dance and N Sync doing the dance it is very similar. This video is from China and the Chinese boys are preparing for the Chinese new year. The video was uploading in 2007 so I wonder how long ago this was. N Sync hasn't been popular in the U.S. for awhile now. Since I give you both of the videos pay attention to the dance and see how similar it is.

Here is N Sync doing their dance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjsHkJhTINY

# 13

I have no idea what I ate at my cousin's house during Spring break but this is what it kind of looked it. I know it was called garlic something but can not remember the name of it. I remember the garlic was very strong, looked like an eye ball and tasted very sweet. Also, my cousin's eat weird stuff that i don't even know the names for the food they eat.
Even in the United States people eat bizarre things. Every culture has different food and if we all ate the same kinds of things I believe we would get sick of each other. Food is a big part that makes up certain cultures.

# 12

The countries that are involved in the G-20 include: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom and the U.S. Also the European Union is the 20th member of the G-20.

As I was looking up G20 Summit stuff I found an article titled, " Can This Group Save the World Economy?" As reading the article it just talks about what they do and will try to accomplish at one meeting. I asked myself the question, does our economy really lie in the hands of these 2o leaders of the countries that are involved? I believe we all ask this question and pray they do the best thing for the economy!

#11

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I decided to do this view of Antarctica and South America because I thought this view was interesting. This view is not only interesting but it makes me question how two different kind of climates look like they are right next to each other. As researching things about both places, Argentina and Antarctica they are very different as for their climates and landforms and such.

SlumDog Millionaire

I really enjoyed this movie! I watched it two times and learned new things each time I watched it. I even bought the soundtrack because I enjoyed the music too. This movie portrays India well but it was surely sad. I observed several similarities from India and the United States. I observed what the children wore and how they acted. Children in India are not as wealthy as we are and their dress is not so nice. They work very hard for money and food as was very well shown in the movie.

One part of the movie that I thought was funny and meaningful was when Jamal wanted to see the most famous actor of India. He jumped into a pile of “waste” and ran to get the famous actors autograph. I believe this shows determination for the little Jamal and that deep down kids from India and US are not that different from each other.

Did you know that in India all the movies that are from there are a musical. Well, Slumdog Millionaire was not and so at the end of the movie that is why they put the song and dance clip in there. I found that very interesting for India. The soundtrack for India I thought was pretty cool but did not know they are well known for their music. I wanted to post the lyrics for one of the songs that I found from the movie but it will not let me. So look up the lyrics from "O Saya." They are very interesting.

There is so much you can learn from this movie about life in India, culture and love. There was even romance in this movie, just like the United States movies. I liked how Jamal kept on trying to find Lakita and told her that they it was their destiny. This really shows love and not all the people of India are mean and hateful like when Jamal and Salim were kids.