My village is called,” Pinky of the Left Arm “and I come by my village every minute or so.

   When it was my first time I thought I was blood napped by the other blood. They kept on pushing me through the vein called the,” Superior Vena Cava “. For a moment there I thought I was going back to my village but I kept on hearing the other blood talking about something called the,” Right Atrium “.

   When I entered I saw the weirdest thing ever, I asked my fellow blood friends what it was and they said it was the,” Right Atrium “. I went to discover it before everyone else. When I was in it looked big but then the room started getting smaller and smaller. My blood friends were running toward me. For a second I thought I was going to get squeezed to death but then I panicked so I ran through the,” Tricuspid Valve “and never new were I was going. Then I realized that I was in the,” Right Ventricle “. I kept on running through a tunnel called the,” Pulmonary Artery “. It was like a slip and slide in there with no traffic lineup.

   The lungs were refreshing from the outdoor nature pine cone trees. I felt relieved that I had pure oxygen in me.

   While I was going down the only vein that carries oxygenated blood called the,” Pulmonary Vein “I kept on going down the vein, when I ran into something called the,” Left Atrium “. But I thought I already came through here but I realized that I was in the,” Left Atrium “not the right. The pressure was too much from the other blood. Then out of know were opened a heavenly door called the,” Mitral Valve “. I saw all the blood squirming out of here like being chased by a t-rex into the,” Left Ventricle “. The,” Left Ventricle “was pretty roomy but it is not big enough for a royal blood for me so I kept on walking.

   I ran into the biggest human Artery in the body called the,” Aorta “. It was like a giant bazooka shooting us back to our villages.

   I want back to my village,” Pinky of the Left Arm “by the,” Aorta “. I felt sleepier than a baby having a bottle of warm milk. I was about to go to sleep when the brain signaled me and said,” Get up and do it again “. And that was my story of my first time through the cardiovascular system! Blood get up and do it again! By that’s my cue!!!!

Yawning is common to all living creatures on this planet. Humans from unborn babies to great grandparents yawn. Yawn usually lasts for up to 4 to 8 seconds. There are many ways to explain the causes of yawning, but they are all guesses and theories. No one really knows the true answer of why we yawn. If you want to learn more facts about yawning, read on, but make sure not to yawn!

Scientists believe that tiredness and boredom cause yawning. When we’re tired, our blood has low levels of oxygen.

 Others say that yawning is caused by lack of sleep. When we are sleepy, we breathe in slower. Therefore, we yawn in order to bring in more oxygen and send out more the carbon dioxide.

Other scientists explained yawning as a way to cool off our brains. Like a computer fan that cools down the hardware system, when the brain temperature increases, we yawn and let our body take in cool air. The inhaled cool oxygen we take in is sent to the brain to cool it down.

Yawning is also thought to be a stretching exercise for the lungs and lung tissues. Flexing muscles and joints increase heart rates, and help us feel more comfortable and relaxed.

Yawning increases alertness and attention.  Breathing in more oxygen increases the heart rate and the blood flow to the brains. Extra oxygen travels to the brain to make it more alert.

Yawning cannot be controlled or cured. Even if we breathe in more oxygen, this does not decrease yawning. Likewise, if we breathe out more carbon dioxide, this does not increase yawning.

 Yawning is contagious. If a person yawns in a room filled with other people, you will definitely hear responds of other yawns. Yawning balances oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.

After all the research that I’ve done about yawning, I believe that yawning just tells us that we are really tired and ready to sleep.

                                                        Deir –Al- Qmar

   Introduction :  Have you ever been camping in the mountains where it is freezing cold at night, and your neighbors play supper old music that was made in the 1900’s from 2:00 AM to 7:00 AM? Well I did at Deir-Al-Qmar and I wrote all about it.

     When we were going to Deir-Al-Qmar, the bus was like an enormous limo with a giant flat screen T.V. On the bus, we watched “The Lion King 3”, so we wouldn’t whine about when we were going to get there. When we arrived safely, our coach Wissam taught us how to build a tent. It took us around 45 minutes because it wasn’t an easy task and it is our first experience.

     We had lots of enjoyable and interesting outdoor activities. My favorite activity was archery because in Canada I used to practise and make toy bow arrows and now it reminds me of Canada. My least favorite activity was the hike. The hike was the most tiring hike I have ever been on in my life. I usually go on nature hikes but that is what I call a torture trail. the trail was too long and tiring, it took us 2 hours to go back to our tents. When we came back, the nice teachers were preparing our lunch on the tables. We ate macaroni with spicy tomato sauce with cheddar cheese on top. 

      On the giant sandpit we played Capture The Flag game. I was number 6 out of 16, I got called about 4 times to capture the flag. It was a fun game but sadly that game lasted half a hour and we tied 14 to 14.

      We had a hour break. In that hour ,we played a game called “WAR”. In the WAR game there was a team called “The Posibbles” and since that team didn’t let us join, we made our own team called “The Impossibles”. Our team actually won by more and more people joining our team till the other team got outnumbered.

      It was around 8:30 and everyone was starving to death. The kind teachers made us the best BBQ shish tawooq sandwiches in the world. Every single person at least ate 2 sandwiches. After that I felt super full I couldn’t even eat a single strawberry.

      Beside the sandpit, there was an outdoor fire place with the biggest fire I have ever seen. Coach Wissam told us to lay on our backs and look in the dark night for shooting stars and constellations. I found 2 shooting stars and 1 constellation, the constellation was called belt. Coach Wissam told us a story of Coach Andre getting cornered by wild boars, also known as giant pig with tusks.

      At night our neighbors beside ACS property put on Feyruze music for five hours from 2:00 AM to 7:00 AM. Who parties in the middle of the night? That is why I only slept for 4 hours.

      In the morning we ate freshly baked manaeish and there was 3 mystery manaeish. 1 meat, 1 spinach and 1 tomato and onion. The hot chocolate we drank was super good and chocolaty.

      I felt sad when we were packing our tents and clothes because I didn’t want to go back to ACS, but we had to. The tents were very easy to take apart because if you pull 1 pole the whole tent falls apart.

      We had 3 more activities to do. There was archery, crossing the sandpit without touching the sand using wooden bricks and the nature session. The hardest one to me was crossing the sand with wooden bricks because everytime someone wouldn't be concentrating and just lose their balance and we would have to start all over again.

      The nature session was super relaxing, it was so relaxing that I almost fell asleep. In the nature session there was rope walking I didn't get to walk  because I hade no partner to hold me.

      I was excited for the next activity, archery. The bow at the archery station was longer than me. When it was my turn to shoot I shot right beside the center. When it was Samy's turn, he shot the arrow at a rock and the arrow split into 20 pieces.

      We got on the bus and resumed watching “The Lion King 3” but I still felt sad that we were leaving, but it was time to go. And so we left        

DEIR-AL-QMAR !!