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I have been tagged by Naveen (my friend from New Zealand) for 8 random facts meme. Here they are:

First, the Rules:
1) Post these rules before you give your facts
2) List 8 random facts about yourself
3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them
4) Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they’ve been tagged

1. My favourite sport is tennis. I have been playing it for 7 years.

2. I also like going on the computer and doing stuff with my blog.

3. I love going shopping as well.

4. I absolutely love playing elastics.

5. Another thing I like is listening to music (especially Fergie and Beyoncè).

6. I love Bratz. I have about 12 of them.

7. I love reading Harry Potter books.

8. I also love watching Harry Potter movies.

I can’t believe I came up with eight! It was very hard! Wow! I am now supposed to tag 8 people. So I tag Kesaia, Celia, Naomi, Emily, Sarah, Nancy, Gloria and Laura (from New Zealand).

Good luck guys!

This term our class has been learning about history all over the world. We had to pick 3 things in the 3 different eras. The ancient civilizations, the medieval era and the modern era. Below are the things I picked.

Ancient Civilizations: Persia/Iran

Medieval Era: Taj Mahal

Modern Era: Konrad Zuse

Here is some interesting info about these things and people:

Ancient Civilizations: Persia/Iran

The symbol in the middle of the Iranian flag is the emblem of the country
The motto of Iran in English is “
Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic”
The capital of Iran is
Tehran

Tehran is the largest city in Iran/Persia
Medieval Era: Taj Mahal

The Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned the Taj Mahal as a mausoleum for his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal
Construction began for the Taj Mahal in 1632 and finished in 1648
The Taj Mahal is sometimes called “The Taj”
The Taj Mahal is generally considered the finest example of Mughal architecture, a style that combines elements of Persian, Turkish and Indian architectural styles
Modern Era: Konrad Zuse

1938: Konrad completed the Z1, a fully mechanical programmable digital computer
Konrad was born on the 22nd of June 1910 in
Germany
1940: Konrad completed the Z2, the first fully functioning electro-mechanical computer of the world
1941: Konrad developed the Z3, first realization of a program control using the binary digits

I have based my “small world” on the 2000 Sydney Olympics Swimming. It’s specifically based on the 200m Freestyle final won by
Australia’s Susie O’Neil. She won gold with a time of 1.58.24 minutes. Coming second was Martina Moravcova from
Slovakia with a time of 1.58.32 minutes. Also, coming third was Claudia Poll from
Costa Rica with a time of 1.58.81 minutes. So as you can see that the time for first, second and third was very close. I had chosen the 2000 Sydney Olympics Swimming 200m Freestyle Final because this was a race which was held in Sydney and gold was won by an Australian, Susie O’Neil to be exact (I am proud of it because it is very Australian!). Well, maybe I should tell you more about the winner, Susie O’Neil.

• Susie O’Neil was born on the 2nd of August 1973
• Susie O’Neil was nicknamed “Madame Butterfly” because she was so good at the butterfly
• Susie is now married to Cliff Fairly
•  Susie has 2 children, Alix and William
• Susie commentated at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in
  Melbourne for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
•  On March the 10th 2007 Susie was honoured by having the temporary swimming pool in Rod Laver Arena in
  Melbourne named after her for the duration of the 12th FINA World Championships, the site for swimming events 
   

 Well, I guess that’s my explanation! I hope you enjoyed it.

(Oh, and yes, I am very proud of my project because it is very Australian!)