Thinking out loud

Hello viewers! This is a new thing I have started, called Fact File. My cousin and I have been working on this. Fact file includes the location, government,  places to visit and the culture of the country. This is the first fact file post. If you like this, post a *thumbs up* in the comments below. LOCATION OF USA The United States is the third largest country in the world and is the second largest in North America. Its geographic location is 37.0902° N and 95.7129° W. It gets hot weather during June through September, warm weather during September, October, March, and April, and cold weather during November through February.  It is located between Mexico and Canada. GOVERNMENT OF USA The United States acquired independence on July 4, 1776. The current president of the United States is Donald J. Trump and the First Lady is Melania Trump. The first president of the US was George Washington. The currency used in the US is the US dollar. PLACES TO VISIT IN USA So...

Mia Tang, a Chinese immigrant, moves to the US with her family. As her family searches for a job, they see an ad in the newspaper for an experienced motel manager. Her family thinks it is a good job and they go to meet the motel owner, Mr. Michael Yao. He tells them that he will give $150 per night and free rent. Mia and her family know that it is an amazing deal and immediately sign up. Their daily customers appreciate her but say that Mr. Yao has a 'coal of a heart'. Mia doesn't get what they mean. Mia takes the job at the Front Desk while her parents clean the rooms. Her parents think she's too young and objects, but Mia wanted to continue. One day when Mr Stein from Room 6 asked for a wake-up call, she called another customer by mistake. She had to give them both refunds. Mr Yao told Mia's family to pay for those refunds. The next week, Mia started school. She realized that Mr. Yao's son, Jason was also in her class. When it was time fo...

'Amulet' is a graphic novel series written by the #1 Bestselling New York Times author, Kazu Kibuishi. It is published by Scholastic. The first book of the series was published on January 1, 2008. An image of his first Amulet book The Amulet series is about a girl, Emily Hayes who discovers a magical amulet in her great-grandfather Silas Charnon's house. The books are to be read in the following order: The Stonekeeper The Stonekeeper's Curse The Cloud Searchers The Last Council Prince of the Elves Escape from Lucien Firelight Supernova (releasing soon) These graphic novels are truly engaging and beautifully illustrated by Kazu Kibushi. Supernova - Book 8 (Coming Soon) Kazu Kibushi is a Japanese-American author and illustrator. He is mainly known for his books and series Amulet, Copper and Flight.

On the 29th of March, I visited Universal Studios in the Sentosa island. I went on the Sentosa Express, a train to the place. It was a wonderful start with the Universal logo going round and round. There were many names for the parts of Universal Studios - Hollywood, New York, Sci-Fi City, The Lost World, Ancient Egypt, Far Far Away and Madagascar. I started off with a show called 'Lightz Camera Action with Steven Spielberg'. It demonstrated a scene of a Stage 5 Hurricane in which a bridge dropped and splashed everyone. Fires came up and windows broke off. It was a really good demonstration. There was a crazy roller coaster ride which called Battlestar Galactica. This ride had two opposing sides, and therefore two rides, Human and Cylon. On the Human ride, you could keep your foot on the ship, but in the Cylon ride, your legs were hanging. I ended up going on the Human ride. We had lockers to keep our stuff (free for the 1st hour, then payment after that). We were...

On the 24th of March, I visited a museum, The Battlebox, in Singapore. It was a museum about the World War II in Singapore. A description about the museum: In the 1300s, Malay kings set up their palaces on top of the hills as it was easier to defend and attack. Others were not allowed to use this hill. Thus, the Fort Canning Park Hill (where The Battlebox is) was called the Forbidden Hill. In 1819, the British arrived and set up a port. In 1861, the British built a fort and this is why the hill is called Fort Canning Hill. In 1936, the British decided to build an underground bunker which was eventually called The Battlebox. On 8 December 1941, Japan led by Yamashita, invaded Malaya. He pushed the teamed British, Australians and Indians back to Singapore. Japan had air and water control and so the only way to fight was on land. Japan had a lot of tanks but the British didn't have a single one. As Japan, headed towards Singapore, Percival (the British general) shot the o...

On the 22nd of March, I went to the Singapore Sports Museum. I took the East West line and Circle line by train to the Stadium station to reach the place. I had to pay a $5 fee to enter. The Visitor Center (place where I bought the ticket) was big and spacious.  There was a Hall of Fame on which the Singaporean athletes' names were written. It was nicely decorated.  There also were pillars which showed the specific place in the past and the present. I enjoyed this as I got to see the places I visit to today, in the past. There was a section in the museum for every sport. For swimming, they had even kept a pair of an athlete's swimming trunks! A badminton player, Wong Peng Soon had some special spoon medals which looked unique. I never knew that there was something called a 'spoon' medal! The museum had also kept turnstiles of the previous National Stadium which were really cool. There was every FIFA World Cup Ball since ...

On the 10th of March 2019, Ethiopian Airlines 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi, crashed 6 minutes after take-off and killed all 157 people on board. The aircraft was a brand new Boeing 737 Max 8.  The same aircraft crashed in Indonesia in October 2018. Lion Air 737 Max 8 had killed 189. As this was the second time, some countries like Singapore, grounded the taking off and landing of any variation of the 737 Max.  Ethiopian Airlines CEO visits crash site Boeing said that it was safe and others kept flying the Max 8. There was a huge crater created at the crash site. Boeing said they were "deeply saddened" because of this situation. It was a very saddening situation and it meant a lot to people all over the world.