James+D

// ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍ ‍Welcome to my wonderland //  //Im James ‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍‍// This year I am in a year 4/5 composite class. I like loads of sports like soccer, rugby, tennis, cricket and running. I am into non-fiction science books and car, boat and machinery books. 


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Though British fashion designer Alexander McQueen is no longer with us, his legacy continues to live on. It was quite apparent in Kate Middleton's elegant [|ivory and white satin wedding dress] designed by his former assistant Sara Burton and now in this gummy bear dress that was crafted as a unique tribute to the designer for the inaugural cover of //Twelv //, a magazine dedicated to fashion, music, art and culture, that made its debut in May 2012. The brainchild of the magazine's editor - fashion designer Hissa Igarashi and his assistant //Sayuri Marakumi //, the stunning gown was inspired by Alexander McQueen's// 'Parrot Dress' //, a vibrantly colorful gown that met with the approval of even the most ruthless fashion critics when it was unveiled by the designer, as part of his Spring/Summer collection in 2008. As you can imagine creating this gummy bear replica was no easy task. The two designers began by building a dress frame using steel wire, which they then covered with a sheet of vinyl **.** After that began the painstaking work of hand-gluing each and every one of the 50,000 pieces of candy in a perfect rainbow colored order, a task that took them about three weeks. As you can see, the end result was a stunning piece of art that weighed a whopping 220 pounds and took three men to lift. While not quite ideal for a party, it did look good enough to devour!

I made the plum dessert at home it tasted great.

April 25 ANZAC day A day that we remember the soldiers that faught in the gruesome world wars 1 and 2. Both of my great Grandfathers faught in world war 2, one was a Major in the 6th Field Ambulance part of the New Zealand Medical Corps and the other was in charge of firing the mortor guns and he was in the 22nd batellon as a Left Tenant.

In the holidays I went to Taupo.
I went knee boarding and biscuting behind the boat - the water was quite cold! My family and I also walked up Mt Tauhara - you can click on the link below to find out more about this walk, it took us 1 hour to get to the top and was steep climbing. []

I went to the trout hatchery in Turangi and caught a trout it was 305mm long and weighed 350 grams. I ate the heads they were good smoked. I enjoyed my time fishing if any of you want to give it a go go to the website below and check it out.

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