Mysore visit

On July 14, 2009, we left my grandparents house in Benglur and went to my dad's older brother's house in Mysore to visit our cousins. We took about 4 – 5 hours to get to Mysore.

At around lunchtime, we stopped at a really cool restaurant next to a swamp to eat our brunch. We ate idlis wrapped in leaves. We got back in our taxi after about 10 – 15 min.

About 1 – 2 hours later, we stopped near the Kauveri river to see the Nimishamba temple. I did my Madyanka next to the Kauveri river. (My sister accidentally stepped in some dirt and had to leave her shoes behind.) Me and my sister both ate chocolate bars.

When we got to Mysore, we stopped at the famous Mysore Palace. Mysore used to be the capital of Karnataka (now Banglore is), which is why the palace is situated there. It has five gigantic temples next to it that are all the size of a mansion! The palace itself is at least two acres large! Inside the palace, we saw statues made of pure gold, silver and bronze. The doors had ivory carvings on them, and they were worth millions of U.S. dollars. One door was made of pure silver and worth more than $10,000,000. We also saw million dollar paintings and two thrones for dignitaries made of pure silver. We only saw the two thrones (one for elephant back and one normal one) in pictures. They were huge and made of solid gold! My parents also said that the government hid thousands of diamonds, emeralds, and rubies to keep them from being stolen. We bought silk clothes as well. We also saw the residential quarters of the royalty. There were antique phonographs, teakwood beds and roofs, and pure gold scepters and swords, and high class rifles. My parents also bought me an ice cream choco – bar. Sadly, it melted within a minute.

At about 6:00 P.M., we got to my dad's brother's house. We played with our cousins, Hamsini and Shreyas, until midnight. Me and Hamsini had a very uncivilized quiz for an hour.

On July 15, 2009, we went to Sri Chamundeshwari temple high up in a mountain. Sadly, it was too crowded there due to a special event and we couldn't go inside it. We went to the less crowded Nandi temple in the mountains. Shreyas had gotten an appendicitis surgery only a month ago, so he got really tired. We went to a bakery when we got home and bought cake. When we got home, Shreyas had to sleep for some time. We had quizzes and played a little more. At 3:00 P.M., we tried to make a video, but me and my family had to go to my other grandparents' in Hassna. At about 6:00, we got there. Today is July 16, 2009. Tomorrow, we are going to visit the village Kowshika and Hamsini and Shreyas are going to visit us and their grandparents.

Reaching Benglur.....

On July 3rd, 2009, I was going to go to India. The week before, my mom had gone. My sister, dad, and I boarded the plane around 1:00 P.M. PST. The plane was delayed for an hour before take off. We were flying On Cathay Pacific Airlines. We were on the plane for 15 hours. We got sick of it after 3 hours. By the time we landed in Hong Kong, my feet were sore, my ears were pounding, my back ached, my stomach growled, and I had a runny nose. In Hong Kong, my dad bought me and my sister a slice of chocolate cake and a bottle of lemonade. We got onto another plane three hours after landing. This flight was on DragonAir Airlines and was 7 hours long. We reached Banglore International Airport in India at a very late hour. By the time I got to my grandparents house, it was 4:00 A.M.! I ate 2 gulab jamuns and went to sleep. Monday, July 6th, 2009, was our first day in India. Nothing extroardinary happened. On July 7th, 2009, we went shopping, saw our house (the one we've rented out), and we visited one of our relatives for dinner. Today, July 8th, 2009, we went to a relatives house for breakfast and we're visiting another one in the night.


(posting og this blog got delayed since internet connection was broken for a while)

5 Ideas that will Revolutionize Science

Idea 1: Spider Silk

It is a known fact that spider silk is 5 times harder than steel of the same thickness. If spider DNA and blue whale DNA were merged, it would create a spider of gargantuan proportions that would make colossally thick silk. This silk could be used to make cars, planes, houses, and many other things (cars and planes would have to have solar panels). People wouldn’t have to cut down trees or mine for metal and oil. The spider would be placed far from humans and be fed flies that have shark DNA in them.

Idea 2: Mega Weather Farm

1 hurricane could power the U.S. for six months. The power of a hurricane can be harnessed with super durable wind farms. Hurricanes would be trapped on remote, abandoned islands, where the wind farms would use the hurricanes wind to make electricity. Robots could create hurricanes and the wind farms could be controlled remotely.

Idea 3: Garbage Incineration

Burning garbage in earth’s atmosphere damages the ozone layer. However, nothing would happen if the sun burnt the garbage. Giant satellites could be sent in to orbit and garbage could be sent regularly to the satellites. The satellite would propel the garbage towards the sun in smaller satellites. The garbage would be incinerates and nothing would happen to the ozone layer. The satellites could also remove dangerous space garbage.

Idea 4: Evergreen Weeds

Trees create oxygen, a very important gas need to survive, and take away a harmful gas called Carbon Dioxide, or CO2. However, trees are lowering in numbers because people are cutting them down. Thousands of trees are cut every day. However, weeds, plants that impede the growth of other plants, are known to grow very quickly. If weed DNA were added to evergreen trees, the trees would grow like mad. This would create more oxygen and reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere.

Idea 5: Ozone Anatomy

The ozone layer is a layer of chemicals in earth’s atmosphere that protects earth from the deadly rays of the sun. Without the ozone, earth would melt. However, recently, the ozone layer has been weakening because of harmful chemicals, such as Carbon Dioxide, that are created by humans. These chemicals are known as greenhouse gases. If scientists could study the ozone layer, they could duplicate its chemicals and protect it from greenhouse gases. If duplicating the ozone layer’s chemicals becomes a tradition, earth could survive for at least 1 billion years, when it will inevitably melt due to the suns aging.

Will continue on this....