I have just read an article in Angelika Pehböck's blog "myblogpehboeck.blogspot.com" and it talks about St. Patrick's Day.
I thought you might be interested because St. Patrick's Day is very important for the Irish people. The basic information about the text is, who he was, how he lived and why he became famous.
It is very interesting how they celebrate St. Patrick's Day. They celebrate St. Patrick's Day on march 17th and they dye their food and drinks with a green food colouring, which looks very funny.
What I liked most is that the text is very nice created and I also liked the nice picture.
On my opinion we should also celebrate St. Patrick's Day, because it would be very funny.
Freitag, 8. Mai 2009
Dress codes
Okay, now I am telling you something about dress codes.
In some British and American schools students have to wear uniforms, but nowadays students want to wear the newest fashion. They want to show the difference between poor and rich families. They want to show their own personality, they don't want to have the same look as another girl or boy.
I'm attending the Business College in Perg. We don't have to wear those uniforms and i thinkt that is really good. So everybody can wear his own style and maybe you feel better, if you wear what you want. There is only one thing; we aren't allowed to wear crop-tops. The teachers don't comment on our clothes because if they did, they wouldn't make themselves popular among the students.
In British families children war school uniforms which have the advantage that nobody will laugh about the children of poor families because of their second hand clothes, and it is also cheaper.
I think dress codes are useful, because at school nobody will be discriminated. If you wear a uniform at your school, you fell that you are a member of a team. In some jobs uniforms are obligatory and that is good. If there is an accident for example and the fire brigade and the police are there, you won't be able to say who is who.
In some British and American schools students have to wear uniforms, but nowadays students want to wear the newest fashion. They want to show the difference between poor and rich families. They want to show their own personality, they don't want to have the same look as another girl or boy.
I'm attending the Business College in Perg. We don't have to wear those uniforms and i thinkt that is really good. So everybody can wear his own style and maybe you feel better, if you wear what you want. There is only one thing; we aren't allowed to wear crop-tops. The teachers don't comment on our clothes because if they did, they wouldn't make themselves popular among the students.
In British families children war school uniforms which have the advantage that nobody will laugh about the children of poor families because of their second hand clothes, and it is also cheaper.
I think dress codes are useful, because at school nobody will be discriminated. If you wear a uniform at your school, you fell that you are a member of a team. In some jobs uniforms are obligatory and that is good. If there is an accident for example and the fire brigade and the police are there, you won't be able to say who is who.
Freitag, 20. März 2009
St. Patrick's Day
When is St. Patrick's Day?
St. Patrick's Day take place each year on March 17, the traditional religious feast day of Saint Patrick.
Who is St. Patrick?
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. But for all his celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery.
The Parade...
The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762.
The New York City St. Patrick's Day parade marches up 5th Avenue from 44th street to 86th street.
Over 100 St. Patrick's Day parades take place around the United States, but the parades in New York City and Boston are the largest.
The New York St. Patrick's Day parade does not allow automobiles or floats, but over 150,000 marchers participate in the parade.
Places to Spend the Day...
There are 4 places in the United States named Shamrock, the floral emblem of Ireland. Mount Gay-Shamrock, W.Va., and Shamrock, TX, were the most populous, with 2,623 and 1,841 residents, respectively. Shamrock Lakes had 162 residents and Shamrock, OK, 125.
Freitag, 19. Dezember 2008
Merry Christmas Everyone!!
Hello everybody!
So now it is december and in some days there is the big Christmas Eve. It is snowing outside, so I thought it is time to have a little christmas post at my blog.
Okay, my poem is called "A Christmas Carol a Christmas poem" and the author is George Winter:
So now it is december and in some days there is the big Christmas Eve. It is snowing outside, so I thought it is time to have a little christmas post at my blog.
Okay, my poem is called "A Christmas Carol a Christmas poem" and the author is George Winter:
So now is come our joyful feast,
Let every man be jolly;
Each room with ivy leaves is dressed,
And every post with holly.
Though some churls at our mirth repine,
Round your foreheads garlands twine,
And let us all be merry.
Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke,
And Christmas blocks are burning;
Their ovens they with baked meats choke,
And all their spits are turning.
Without the door let sorrow lie,
And if for cold it hap to die,
We'll bury it in a Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry.
Now every lad is wondrous trim,
And no man minds his labor;
Our lasses have provided them
A bagpipe and a tabor.
Young men and maids, and girls and boys,
Give life to one another's joys;
And you anon shall by their noise
Perceive that they are merry.
Rank misers now do sparing shun,
Their hall of music soundeth;
And dogs thence with whole shoulders run,
So all things aboundeth.
The country-folk themselves advance,
For crowdy-mutton's come out of France;
And Jack shall pipe and Jill shall dance,
And all the town be merry.
Ned Swatch hath fetched his bands from pawn,
And all his best apparel;
Brisk Nell hath bought a ruff of lawn
With droppings of the barrel.
And those that hardly all the year
Had bread to eat or rags to wear,
Will have both clothes and dainty fare,
And all the day be merry.
Now poor men to the justices
With capons make their errands;
And if they hap to fail of these,
They plague them with their warrants.
But now they feed them with good cheer,
And what they want they take in beer,
For Christmas comes but once a year,
And then they shall be merry.
Good farmers in the country nurse
The poor, that else were undone;
Some landlords spend their money worse,
On lust and pride at London.
There the roisters they do play,
Drab and dice their land away,
Which may be ours another day;
And therefore let's be merry.
The client now his suit forbears,
The prisoner's heart is eased;
The debtor drinks away his cares,
And for the time is pleased.
Though others' purses be more fat,
Why should we pine or grieve at that;
Hang sorrow, care will kill a cat,
And therefore let's be merry.
Let every man be jolly;
Each room with ivy leaves is dressed,
And every post with holly.
Though some churls at our mirth repine,
Round your foreheads garlands twine,
Drown sorrow in a cup of wine,
Now all our neighbors' chimneys smoke,
And Christmas blocks are burning;
Their ovens they with baked meats choke,
And all their spits are turning.
Without the door let sorrow lie,
And if for cold it hap to die,
We'll bury it in a Christmas pie,
And evermore be merry.
Now every lad is wondrous trim,
And no man minds his labor;
Our lasses have provided them
A bagpipe and a tabor.
Young men and maids, and girls and boys,
Give life to one another's joys;
And you anon shall by their noise
Perceive that they are merry.
Rank misers now do sparing shun,
Their hall of music soundeth;
And dogs thence with whole shoulders run,
So all things aboundeth.
The country-folk themselves advance,
For crowdy-mutton's come out of France;
And Jack shall pipe and Jill shall dance,
And all the town be merry.
Ned Swatch hath fetched his bands from pawn,
And all his best apparel;
Brisk Nell hath bought a ruff of lawn
With droppings of the barrel.
And those that hardly all the year
Had bread to eat or rags to wear,
Will have both clothes and dainty fare,
And all the day be merry.
Now poor men to the justices
With capons make their errands;
And if they hap to fail of these,
They plague them with their warrants.
But now they feed them with good cheer,
And what they want they take in beer,
For Christmas comes but once a year,
And then they shall be merry.
Good farmers in the country nurse
The poor, that else were undone;
Some landlords spend their money worse,
On lust and pride at London.
There the roisters they do play,
Drab and dice their land away,
Which may be ours another day;
And therefore let's be merry.
The client now his suit forbears,
The prisoner's heart is eased;
The debtor drinks away his cares,
And for the time is pleased.
Though others' purses be more fat,
Why should we pine or grieve at that;
Hang sorrow, care will kill a cat,
And therefore let's be merry.
Hark how the wags abroad do call
Each other forth to rambling;
Anon you'll see them in the hall,
For nuts and apples scrambling;
Hark how the roofs with laughter's sound,
Anon they'll think the house goes round;
For they the cellar's depths have found,
And there they will be merry.
The wenches with their wassail-bowls
About the streets are singing;
The boys are come to catch the owls,
The wild mare in is bringing.
Our kitchen boy hath broke his box,
And to the dealing of the ox
Our honest neighbors come by flocks,
And here they will be merry.
Now kings and queens poor sheep-cotes have,
And mate with everybody;
The honest now may play the knave,
And wise men play at noddy.
Some youths will now a mumming go,
Some others play at Rowland-hoe,
And twenty other gameboys moe;
Because they will be merry.
Then wherefore in these merry days
Should we, I pray, be duller?
No, let us sing some roundelays
To make our mirth the fuller.
And whilst we thus inspired sing,
Let all the streets with echoes ring;
Woods, and hills, and everything
Bear witness we are merry.
I wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Each other forth to rambling;
Anon you'll see them in the hall,
For nuts and apples scrambling;
Hark how the roofs with laughter's sound,
Anon they'll think the house goes round;
For they the cellar's depths have found,
And there they will be merry.
The wenches with their wassail-bowls
About the streets are singing;
The boys are come to catch the owls,
The wild mare in is bringing.
Our kitchen boy hath broke his box,
And to the dealing of the ox
Our honest neighbors come by flocks,
And here they will be merry.
Now kings and queens poor sheep-cotes have,
And mate with everybody;
The honest now may play the knave,
And wise men play at noddy.
Some youths will now a mumming go,
Some others play at Rowland-hoe,
And twenty other gameboys moe;
Because they will be merry.
Then wherefore in these merry days
Should we, I pray, be duller?
No, let us sing some roundelays
To make our mirth the fuller.
And whilst we thus inspired sing,
Let all the streets with echoes ring;
Woods, and hills, and everything
Bear witness we are merry.
I wish you merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Mittwoch, 10. Dezember 2008
Preview BOOK REPORT
I'm preparing a book report about the book "Oliver Twist" by "Charles Dickens. I chose this book because i think it is a book you should have read.
In this posting I would like to give you a little preview what the book is about. I hope you'll get interested and read it. I think it is dead good.
Author:
Charles Dickens was born on 7th February 1812, in Landport, Porthmouth, in Hampshire. At the age of 5 Charles Dickens and his family moved to Canthem in Kent.
In 1831 Dickens started working as a jounalist for the newspaper "True Sun", but after this he was a jounalist for "Morning Chronicles". In 1837 "Oliver Twist", the book of my book report was published.
Other books: The Pickwick Papers, The Old Curiosity Shop, A Christmas Carol,...
Publisher Information:
It's the second novel of Charles Dickens. It is also called "The Parish Boy's Progress". The book was originally published in Bentley's Miscenally.
The book:
The story of the orphan Oliver, with his unknown parents. He grow up in the workhouse under the hard regiment of the egoistic Mr. Bumble. He starts a apprenticeship by a funeral director. After some time he escapes without any money, because he wants to have a new beginning in London. There are some guys who want that Oliver starts a career as a thief.
Freitag, 7. November 2008
My Community Langenstein
In Langenstein there are about 2800 inhabitants. Longstone lies on the northern side of the Danube in the Mühlviertel. It is in the district of Perg and next to Mauthausen. You can only go to Langenstein by bus or by taxi. It is on 245 m altitude and it covers 4, 85 ha. The mayor is Ernst Hutsteiner and he is a member of the Social Democrats.
We have a kindergarten, a primary school and a special school. After the primary school, one part of the kids have to go to the secondary school in St. Georgen/Gusen and the other kids have to go to the secondary school in Mauthausen.
Some sights:
- Exhibition of the Concentration Camp "Memorial"
- Excavation "Berglitzl" in Gusen
- Ruine Spilberg
-"Frankenberger Kircherl"
If I were a politician I would like to have more activity places for the youth and we also need more shops because we only have one shop where you can buy a lot of things but nothing to eat. So that's what I miss in my community.
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