POST#49: TOP 12 OF 2012!!!!

Happy New Year! Today marks my last blog post (Don't worry! I won't stop blogging!) before the new year, so I'm doing a 2012 recap through a "Top 12 in 2012" list, #12 being the least, and #1 being the best. I'm gonna go through all the awesome things (and also, whatever was impressing) that happened during 2012. So, behold! The list!

TOP 12 OF 2012:

1. Santa giving me a Kindle Fire (I didn't even ask for it, Santa knows his stuff!) 
2. Starting up my blog!
3. Step Up Revolution (refer to post #28)
4. The Summer Olympics and The Fierce Five (refer to posts #27 and #28)
5. Starting fifth grade :) (refer to post #29)
6. Joining my school's Ecology Club. (refer to post #35)
7. Wreck-it-Ralph (refer to post #41)
8. Starting to read The Hunger Games (refer to post #38)
9. Getting a laptop.
10. One Direction on iCarly :) (refer to post #48)
11. Me winning the capitals of the world competition. (refer to post #43)
12. Kate Middleton getting pregnant with twins.

A special thanks to everyone who's laid eyes, read, and supported the blog! Especially to the international readers!!! And with these last words, I will ring in the New Year of all-new posts and the blog's first anniversary!

Happy Holidays, New Year, and weekend!


Maria.

POST#48: ONE DIRECTION :)

Hey! Today we're talking about One Direction, one of my favorite music artists. They are hot, and they sing really good!!!! One Direction is an English-Irish boyband, made up of Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles and Liam Payne. They were formed in The X Factor UK and finished in third place, afterwards, they signed to Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records. They have released two albums, Up All Night and Take Me Home, have broken several records, topped the charts in several countries, and released lots of chart-topping hit singles like "What Makes You Beautiful" and "Live While We're Young". They've sold over 15 million albums, singles and videos worldwide. They have appeared on Saturday Night Live, iCarly, and more. My favorite members are Zayn, Liam and Harry! 

From L-R: Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson

Happy weekend!


Maria.

POST#47: TEMPLE RUN!!!!

Hi guys! Today we're talking about Temple Run, one of my FAVE apps on the face of the Earth!!!! I love Temple Run!!!!!
Temple Run is an endless, freemium (free) game app by Imangi Studios. The player takes the role of an explorer that attempts to steal an idol from a temple and is being chased by "demonic monkeys". Temple Run is about a group of wandering explorers, where one of the characters, controlled by the player, that steals an idol from an ancient temple and is caught and chased by malevolent monkeys out of the temple, creating a "temple run". The player swipes up and down to dodge obstacles, left or right to turn directions, upward to jump, and tilts sideways to collect coins which they can use to buy in-game power ups and characters. The characters that you can buy with the in-game coins are:

Guy Dangerous, "just your average explorer" (default explorer)

Scarlett Fox, "a cunning escape artist" (10,000 coins)

Barry Bones, "a city cop with attitude" (10,000 coins)

Karma Lee, "the fastest legs in the Far East" (25,000 coins)

Montana Smith, "the second greatest explorer ever" (25,000 coins)

Francisco Montoya, "the conquistador" (25,000 coins)

Zack Wonder, "football star" (25,000 coins)

There is no finish line and the objective is to run as far as possible. There is also a "Temple Run: Brave"  game for .99 cents on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

My condolences and prayers to the families of the victims of today's Newtown, Conneticut elementary school shooting. 

Happy weekend!

Maria.

POST#46: PINTEREST!!!!!!

Hi! Today we're talking about Pinterest. I LOVE Pinterest!!!! Pinterest is a pinboard- style social photo sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections such as events, interests, hobbies, and more. Users can browse other pinboards for inspiration, 're-pin' images to their own collections or 'like' photos. Pinterest's mission is to "connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting" via a global platform of inspiration and idea sharing. Founded by Ben Silbermann (of West Des Moines, Iowa), Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp, the site is managed by Cold Brew Labs and funded by a small group of entrepreneurs and inventors. Pinterest is similar to earlier social, image bookmarking systems based on the same principle, such as David Galbraith's 2005 project Wists. It allows users to save images and categorize them on different boards. They can follow other users' boards if they have similar tastes. Popular categories are travel, cars, film, humor, home design, sports, fashion, and art.

Development of Pinterest began in December 2009, and the site launched as a closed beta in March 2010. The site proceeded to operate in invitation-only open beta

Happy weekend!

Maria..

POST#45: MICROSOFT STORE :)

Hello, my peeps! Today we're talking about the new Microsoft Store in the Plaza Las Americas mall in San Juan, Puerto Rico: 

The Microsoft Store is a chain of retail stores and an online shopping site, owned and operated by Microsoft and dealing in computers, computer software and consumer electronics. The stores aim to "improve the PC and Microsoft retail purchase experience for consumers worldwide and help consumers make more informed decisions about their PC and software purchases.

The Microsoft Store offers Signature PCs and tablets like the Microsoft Surface and from third parties such as HP, Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and Sony without demos or trialware (pre-installed free trials of certain third-party software that expire after a limited time). It also offers Windows (most retail versions), Microsoft Office, mobile devices running the Windows Phone OS, Xbox 360 game consoles, games and services including on-site Xbox diagnostics. The Answers Desk helps to answer questions related to Windows, Office, and other Microsoft products. The stores also offer class sessions as well as individual appointments.

The first two Microsoft Stores opened within a week of the Windows 7 launch, in Scottsdale, Arizona and Mission Viejo, California. Additional stores have since opened in California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Texas and Washington. At the 2011 Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft announced that they intend to open 75 new stores in the next three years.

Happy weekend!

Maria.

POST#44: iCarly's OVER :(

So, we're ending the week on a sad note. It's
because one of my beloved shows, iCarly, ended today. It's gonna be a short post, by the way. I definitely cried a lot, because, obviously, it ended it's amazing run of 109 episodes, and there would be no new episodes to look foward to on Saturdays. But, it was an amazing, creative, awesome, and funny show, but, sadly it had to end sometime. I praise Dan Schneider, for creating two of my favorite and awesome shows in the whole entire world, iCarly and VICTORiOUS. Oh, I almost forgot something. Dan, this is the BEST show you have ever created, followed by Victorious. 

Have a happy holiday weekend! 

Maria.

POST#43: CAPITALS OF THE WORLD!!!

Hey! So yesterday, I participated in a competition where you had to recite capitals of the world. So, it had 30 kids from schools all around the municipality and the schools had to send at least one kid (if they found someone willing to do it) from 4th grade, 5th grade and 6th grade. My school sent a kid (he's called Diego) from 6th and me (5th). The competition took place in The School of San Juan's ampitheatre and the kids were so smart and only 10 had been eliminated by round 16, they decided that with the other 16, they decided that they would use a reserve list of capitals, because the others ran out and anyone who was left after that round would win first place, and fifty dollars, and me and the other kid finished first place, along with 11 other kids. The photo to the right is, from left to right, my Social Studies teacher, me, and my partner in the competition.

Happy weekend!

Maria.