Hey guys! Today was the last day that I got to do in Florida which is sort of a bummer, but I miss my house and my family. But today was a fun and great trip overall. So let me get started. We start the day by waking at about 6:30. We got ready quickly and had breakfast at Mr. M's room. We ate quickly, met in the lobby, and got into our vans to go to the Disney Magic Kingdom. We arrived at around 7:45 so we arrived pretty early. We had to catch a monorail to get to the real entrance of the park. When we got there, the security checked our bags, scanned our cards, and we were in. Mr. M told us we had to move around quickly so we could go on all the big rides so we took a bathroom break at the very beginning of the experience. We first went on Space Mountain which was really fun and then we went on a smaller roller coaster called the Big Thunder. That ride just had a lot of sharp turns. We had a fast pass for Splash Mountain, but not until 5 P.M. so we had to go on a lot of other rides. We went to watch a Stitches Escape, went on a Buzz Lightyear shooting ride which I scored 47,000 on but what was amazing is Ben Brady's mom got 901,000! We went on a Hot Rod course where we raced against t each other! We ate lunch late at about 3:00 and I had a turkey leg, Doritos, Frozen lemonade, Soft Serve Strawberry Lemonade, and a churro! What was also cool was that from 4:00 until the time that we were going to splash mountain, Mr. M let us shop so I went to get ice cream and looked around. Finally, it was time for Splash Mountain. Let me just say that was an awesome ride. I sat in the very front and I got drenched. But when the camera took the picture, we all made the tribute sign in "The Hunger Games" which was really cool and my dad bought the photo of that. We then left the park and ate at a place called Friendly's. I had a build your own Mac and cheese, Shirley temple, and a vol-cone-no-sundae. I had two scoops of cookies and cream and one scoop of birthday cake on that sundae. I also had whipped cream, hot fudge, rainbow sprinkles, and Oreo cookie crumbles as toppings on it. The food was delicious, but it took a while for the food to come so we came home late at about 11:00. I then took a shower, packed up all my stuff, and here I am now. But that's how my experience in Florida basically ended so I will see you tomorrow to tell you about my blog on going back to Kauai. Bye!
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Hey guys! Today is the last day of STN but if I had to say so myself, the best day of STN. Some really awesome things happen and a bunch of other crazy stuff has also happened, so why wait, let's start.
So we woke up at 8:00 because Mr. M. Wanted us to catch up on our sleep. But I went through the basic morning routine. We then headed downstairs to go the closing ceremonies. Now to where all the cool things happen. The first contest winners that they announced were the Spot Feature, and our school came FIRST PLACE!! There were a lot of cheering and their member Brandon was owning the moment of winning! We were all so proud of that team and that was a really happy experience! Congratuations to the spot feature team!🙏🎉 Next, out of the competitions that were competing were the commercial and movie trailer team. Sadly, neither of them placed or took home and award. We are still very proud of them though! But next was the PSA winners, and that's when the pressure had started. My heart dropped and the first group that got an honorable mention was Casteic Middle School. But next, was CHIEFESS KAMAKAHELEI MIDDLE SCHOOL!!! 😀😀😀😀🎉🎉🎉🎉 They said our name wrong, but I wasn't about to let them ruin the moment. All of our hard work paid off! We were so happy gave a group hug, and got our award. My birthday wish had come true! After though, it even got better! Anchoring took home second place! Music video also took home second place! So proud of those two groups! But it all came up to the sweet 16 videos. First were the broadcast excellences and I was sensing that one of the announcers didn't like Hawaii because Waianae High school took home an award of excellence 5 times in a row and said it more boringly everyttime. But it was then the winner of the overall Broadcast videos. And guess what, we came second place overall! YEA!!! We did it and that will be a moment that I will never forget. Film team never did place but still proud because they put a very good effort in to it. That was basically all the exciting stuff at the Ceremony for our school, but we also went to eat at 5 guys after which is a delicious burger joint! We also went to Gatorland, watched and did a bunch of awesome stuff, ate at Panda Express, and came back to the hotel. Ben M. Ben B. Micah, Kaden, Saul, and I all decided to come back to the hotel. I took a shower first and here I am now. But that was the blog that ended the STN experience and I will see you at my next blog! Hey guys! Today has been a very special day for me. Can you guess why? Well... It is my birthday! This time of year has already came and hit me so quickly. So today, I tried to make it as best as I could. But this is also the day that I compete in my PSA so lemme tell you how I did.
So I woke this morning at about 7:30 and I already had to get ready and eat breakfast and be in the lobby by 8:30. So by the time I got ready, the spot feature had already started their briefing and the Movie Trailer at 9 so we were going to have our briefing at 10. But in the mean time, we had breakfast (Chocolate muffin and pop tart) and we were off to the to where we were to set up our "camp". But after we, set up, I went to half a breakout session, then we were off to our briefing. A guy explained the rules, and asked if we had any questions then he told us the topis. The Golden Rule. Yeah, remember that from our first STN practice? Anyway, we started by coming to our hotel room, making a script, then we immediately started filming. We did communicate, got off topic sometimes, but got filming done,. We then picked out music, ate some jelly beans, and went downstairs to edit. I will be honest, I don't know how editing went but everyone told me Happy Birthday, I went to two breakout sessions about On the Road broadcasts and one more thing that I can't remember. But when breakout sessions were over, I found out that both Spot Feature and Movie Trailer had finished so it was all up to us. I remember that me, Saul, and Ben M went up to the room and got ready for our penpal dinner. We ran down the stairs because we were late and Isa and Justice come running to me to tell us they finished. Best birthday present! After that, everything went pretty smooth. Well, almost... I had a great dinner with my pen pal, watched an ok STN spotlight. Then came back upstairs. Well, we checked to make sure all of our equipment. And my group just didn't agree with me!!! They said that we brought up Sennheisers 1 and didn't believe me when I said that we brought the right Sennheisers. So we made a big scene made out of it and even Mr. M. had to come. It turns out that it was the right Sennheisers but we had checked the bag poorly. Lesson learned and I learned that we need more trust in each other. But that's all I have so see you at my next blog! The day has finally come. The day that all the competitions actually started. Don't forget, we had a rough night last night and went to sleep at about 12:30 A.M. But the teams that were competing were Anchoring, Commercial, and Music Video. That means that me and my group ( Justice, Isabel, Kaycee) had a break. We still had to do stuff so lemme tell you what we did.
So my group woke up at about 7:20 and we were going to have breakfast at Mr. M room so that means that we had 40 minutes to eat. But, our group got ready in time, ate breakfast even though we didn't have a lot of time and met in the lobby at 8:30 A.M. They then held opening ceremonies which was really loud and very cool and then the groups went to work. Everyone started at about 12 but we had Breakout sessions from 1 to 2, 2:15 to 3:15, and 3;30 to 4:30. I went to a Hits, misses, and strangely fun by Les Rose, Editing, where it makes hard work invisible by Tim Werthheiser, and How to build a successful YouTube channel. All cool. But we also ate pizza upstairs after breakout sessions as well. Then our group went to our rooms, but we needed the security to unlock the door because we locked ourselves accidently but we went inside. We came back down and had a group bonding with other middle schools and with all the awkwardness, I won a $5 Starbucks card from a scavenger hunt. We then headed to STN spotlight to see award winning videos and see our groups did. They finished on time, but felt like they could do better. But we cheered them up since we are the CKTV Ohana and them we headed back to the hotel room. I showered and brushed my teeth and here I am now. But I will see you tomorrow at my blog! STN Convention Orlando, Day 9
Hey guys! Sorry for the inconvenience, but my wifi was down and by blog post never did post and became deleted. But it will be posted later on tonight! But the real deal right now is finishing my two PSAs that me, Kaycee, and Justice have o complete. That's right, that day has come. But let me tell you how things have been going for us for now. So the two team leaders which are Leanna for Broadcast and Brandon for Film both had to wake up and be in the ball room at 6:15. We however, woke up at 6:20 and had to get ready to go downstairs. Me, my dad, Ben M., and Saul were all ready to go downstairs at about 6:45 A.M. and we had to be ready at 7:00. We all met up at the cafe Matisse. Mr. M then came with Brandon and Leanna and they told us our topics. Our topic was international drive, which is a highway which covers more than 11 miles of space. It includes Amusement and theme parks such as Sea World, Wet and Wild, Universal Studios, and other things. So we met up with our PSA group and had trouble for a while, but thought of two great ideas. One, a PSA about Traffic Safety in International Drive. Two, a commercial that says all the good things about International Drive. Before we started, we made a script, just so we know what to do. It took us two hours before we started filming, but it all helped. We then took a short walk and started getting a lot of footage with the exception of an SD card change. But once we got all the footage that we could get by foot, get it... No? Ok. But once we got the footage, we had to drive around to get more pictures. Like to the Orlando Outlet mall and Wet and Wild. We then ate at Sonics because we needed something to eat. I had the same thing, but this time with a watermelon slush. We then headed back to the hotel and got more footage, but it took a while because the Film team kept popping up. We did finish it however, so we went to the editing room. We checked all of our footage again and it turns out that we had horrible audio on some shots so of course, we went back to hotel to finish it. We took such a long time, Justice had to come and get us, when she didn't even start editing. But, when we returned we started editing and we were at a pretty quick pace. We did miss something at again however, which was a VoiceOver. So me and Kaycee went downstairs to get that done. But here we are now. We are very close to finish editing our first PSA. I will add more to this blog later on tonight so stay tuned to see how I did with the competition. But for now, this is it. I will see you later on tonight to write about my update. Wish me luck! Hey guys! This was the late blog I was talking about so here it is. I woke up at 7:15 A.M. did my regular routine . I had grilled cheese. Then, I had to pack up because I was leaving to the hotel. It took me a while to pack everything up, but I got it done at the end. I finished at 8:30, and we weren't leaving till 9:30 so I played a game of pool with Halle, who was also done packing. I beat her, but then we had to help do a lot of chores like fold towels and pack luggage. After we did that, we played a two on two game of pool. It was me and Kaden vs. Halle and Justice. We lost so it was not the best way to end it, but I was still going to miss the house. We then left that day and we arrived at the Rosen Plaza Hotel. Some got lost, but Mr. M. got his hotel key and when everyone arrived, we made many trips both up and down to bring everything to his room. After we were done with that, we went to go get lunch.
We went to Sonic, and I had jumbo popcorn chicken with a sprite, tater tots, and a Oreo Cookie Blast. We also had a decision to go to a Orlando Boutique mall or Rosses. I choose the mall so I went with Mr. M. I arrived at the mall successfully, but we went to the wrong mall. So we went to look around, get a drink and went home. I also did arrive before everyone else, so we moved everyone's baggage into the right room. It was hard work, but we did it. Then everyone else arrived and we went to Olive Garden to eat. Not exactly driving there, but walking. It was all worth it though. Well... Sort of. I ordered a delicious spicy calamari that I adored, but we had to wait a very long time for our food so we showed up to Wonderworks late. We got a ticket which we could redeem and get ten tokens. There was a lot of cool stuff, but I personally like Laser Tag. I did very well, but I lost to Ben. Only Ben! I came second place. After that, we went on some gymnastic obstacle course and then we walked home. I showered then went to bed. But that's how my day ended and I will see you tomorrow! P.S. I finished my 2 PSAs on time and turned them in! Now it all depends on everyone else to see if we can make the deadline or not. Hey guys, If you didn't know, I am halfway through my STN trip! So exactly in 1 week, I will be leaving to go back to Florida. But let's get back it started. So I woke up at about 7:00 and had Frosted Flakes this time. But everyone arrived late so we arrived at the other side of Universal Studios. Our plan was to get back on all the big rides by noon. So we rode on the popular Despicable Me simulator, a Transformer Simulator, a Mummy Ride, A Rock In rollercoaster, and a Simpsons simulator. All so fun! After, we had a choice to either eat lunch or go on the Hulk rollercoaster again. Just to let you know, I was snacking on a lot of stuff walking around so I chose to ride the Hulk again. It took about 45 minutes but it was worth it because I got to ride in the front seat. I also went on Dr. Doom's Tower of Doom which was kind of lame because it wasn't as scary as the name applied. But, I did go back to Toony Lagoons and rode on a water ride Dudley Doright Ripsaw. I went on it 3 times because it was so fun and I got plenty wet. I sat in the front two times and the third seat once. It was like my favorite and highlight of the day for me. After I shot water at other people who were riding that ride, I got a new Despicable Me shirt with a minion on top of it. I ended the day off at city walk and ate a Build Your Own Whopper Sandwich, which was delicious. I then went home and took a shower. Here I am again and I am doing my blog again. But now I am halfway through this trip and I will see you at
Hey guys! Today, I have finally came back to the house early so here is another early blog! I started the day off early and did my same routine but this time, I went to Universal Studios. I went on another tour and my tour guides were Seth and Adrialis. They got us a Universal Studio ticket and showed us the six islands that Universal was splinted up into. We also got one of them receivers and we plugged in our earbuds to listen to what the tour guides said without them talking to loud. The first ride they took us on was The Amazing Spider-Man. It was a simulator in 3D and it was so cool! Speaking of cool, I went on a really cool rollercoaster called the Hulk. Ad the name applies, the rollercoaster is based on Hulk so what better way to show it then by painting the coaster green! I went on 7 loops and the ride went crazy fast which made it fun. We went to see other places such as Tooney Lagoons, Jurassic Park, and the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, including two more rides such as a Harry Potter simulator and a wet tour of Dinosaurs! Awesome! We then left the tour and said our good byes. After, I went on a dragon rollercoaster two times! One time red and one time blue, Red was more loopy and Blue was faster. We then ate at the Comic Strip Cafe and I had a individual pizza! Yummy! We didn't go on anymore rides after that. It was caused by the thunderstorm that was over Orlando. So we went on a Carousel, a Cat In a Hat ride, and a Airplane ride. I got soaked from that ride! It was so rainy, that we just went to the Gift shop, (where I got a churro) and we headed home. We came home kind of early, so we got to hang out in the Game room (which I didn't do in a long time) and we met at Mr. M's house and I ate at Chik Fal A. I had a spicy deluxe chicken sandwich with waffle fries and a cookies and cream milkshake. Totally delicious! Finally, we came back home and I played a game of pool and took a shower. But that's everything that I did today. See you at my Day seven blog tomorrow! Bye!
Hey guys! I know that I am posting this blog earlier then usual, but I am currently waiting in line to go on an roller coaster. In the mean time, let me tell you of all the fun that I experienced today!
I woke up at the same time as usual which is six and ate lucky charms once again. We then headed to the new theme park which was Hollywood Studios. But we had to experience another tour. we had a very nice tour guide named Freddy and taught us a lot more about how science dealt with how rollercoaster s work. He also took us on such awesome rides such as the Tower of Terror and the RocknRoll Rollercoaster. Those two rides are so fun! After the tour was done, I got to do what ever I wanted. I went on the rock and roll rollercoaster one more time and went on star tours and played an awesome game of Toy Story Target Shooting. I played against Ben and got my butt whooped by about 20,000 points. Lol. I also ate lunch here too. I had a one third pound of a bacon cheeseberger and had fries with a soda. So good! Finally, we went to Epcot again and helped out Mr.M's friend by setting up a wedding proposal. So nice. The girlfriend said yes and everyone gave a round of applause. We also went on track test again and my new car did very well! It ranked 207 overall. After that, I got a frozen raspberry lemonade and we went shopping in a Disney Store. I didn't buy anything though which is OK. Finally, we went on a bus ride back to the Hollywood Studio. And here I am now. waiting for the rollercoaster. But this is how my day went so far and I will see you at my next blog day update! Bye! Hey guys! I'm back for another blog! Today, we went to two of the four Disney parks! We went to Epcot and the Animal Kingdom. Let me start telling you about this magical day that Imhave experienced. First, I woke up at 6 A.M. at a temperature of about 51 degrees. I ate my cereal Lucky Charms and took my EmergenC. Officially, the day had began. So we drove and arrived at the Epcot Center at 7:30. Once we arrived we met our tour guide for the day Grace. She was pretty good, showing many parts of the park and taking us to an awesome ride called Test Track! You get to build a car and you use a sample car to test how well your car did! Mine did very well and got an overall rating of 202.
Once we finished the tour, I ate lunch at a very nice Japanese restaurant. After, I went on a few more rides and went to the next Disney park Animal Kingdom. I rode on a very wet ride where I was on a raft and on a rollarcoasyer. I got pretty wet. My personal favorite ride there was Expedition Everrest. It was a big rollarcoaster where I went through a mountain and got to see exciting action of Bigfoot. I then went back to my van and ate dinner at Wendy's! I had a Baconator with fries and a frosty. Finally, I came back to the house and showered. But, this is how today went and I will se |
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