I Believe

Allentown, New Jersey was where my life started. This is the place where all of my memories and friends were. This was my Home! The years 2004 to 2008 were the best times of my life. In kindergarten, I met my two best friends, Joey and Kevin. I did everything with them; vacation, sports, and sleepovers. I can remember the stupidest things we did together. My life was great, not to mention that they lived right behind me. We hung out after school and during summer break. I pretty much didn’t do anything without them. The three of us started soccer in first grade. We hung out a lot at practice and made more friends. Soccer wasn’t a big for us until about the third grade. We started traveling to different parts of New Jersey. This was a lot of fun traveling with my friends in the car. In the fourth grade we went down to the beach to do a beach soccer tournament. This was insanely fun. We would play soccer for a couple of hours and then we would go play in the water park. Once again this was the best time of my life. In the fourth grade I started playing lacrosse. Lacrosse is my absolute favorite sport. I got both of my best friends into it and we played a lot in Joey’s back yard. Nothing changed between the three of us, until the fifth grade. I found out I was moving.

Moving to Malaysia was devastating for me. I didn’t know what to do. I’ve never had to leave my friends before and now I was just supposed to forget them. We got to Kuala Lumpur around July and I had no friends. I started the sixth grade and as time went by I started making new friends. I started going to their house’s or them coming to mine. My friends and I would go to the malls, do school traveling trips, and even go on vacation together. I even have stupid memories with these friends, such as making up a new game of tag. We would go to play paintball or watch movies almost every weekend. If not we would just have sleepovers. Life for me was great again, but it didn’t last long. Once again I got the horrible news. I was moving again, but this time, to Abu Dhabi.

When I first heard the news I was really upset. Once again I would be leaving my friends behind. What I have learned in KL is that it doesn’t matter where you are in the world, what language they speak, or what they look like, I can have a friendship like I had in Allentown. Now that I’m moving to Abu Dhabi, of course I’m scared, but I believe that with a good attitude and open mind, I can find friends that will last me a lifetime.

Battle of Hastings 1066

The two games we played were about the Battle of Hastings 1066. The first game was a choice game. We had to choose between two sayings. Each one created a different ending, either Duke William's death or King Harold's death. This game was boring, but I learned from it. I learned that whatever choice you take effects the ending of the battle. Whoever makes the decisions is in charge. The battle relies on them. The second game we played was a strategy role playing game.We got to choose which team to move and if they should attack. You can choose your archers, knights, King, and just your men. You have to aim with your archers and shoot just right. If you shoot too long or short it could hurt your team. I learned that if you do one thing wrong you can ruin your fight. In 1066 King Harold ruled England after King Edward died. Many people did not agree with this, such as, Duke William and King Harald. This conflict led into the Battle of Hastings. The battle was between England against Normandy and England against Norway. These two countries both wanted the power of England. What we know today is that King Harald was killed in battle with his men and the fleeing men left with less than half of the boats they came in. When it came down to England against Normandy the english had the advantage. They were placed at the top of a hill and could kill all of the men running uphill, but the Normans were smart they pretended to flee. The English ran after them and then the Normans turned around and killed them all. It is told that King Harold was shot in the eye and died. Duke of William turned into the King of England, King William of England. This is a valuble learning experiance because it is fun and you learn. There are not many games that are about history and are fun. This game teaches you more about the battle and you get to FIGHT!

Battle for The Crown- In plain English (part 1)