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hey group, this is Joshua. I think we need to come up with a name for the island and its city/ies. Also, are we going to stick to the plan that we have that mountain????
 * //- Joshua//**

sure, no problemo. but what about the name of the island??? how are we gonna do that??? and, josh, dont use the italic and bold thing on your name next time. we better think of something next time, or else we'd be wasting our precious island time! -Christine

Yes Joshua, I think that we should stick to the plan about the mountain. I also think that we should decide on the names of our island, city/ies, after we decide on the climate, population, species, landforms, and stuff.What do you guys think???(And Christine, don't use your signature as a C, next time (thanks)!) - Anne

I think we shouldn't name the island booty. We should actually name the goldboot or the bootfish, maybe the fishboot or even bootgold, but please not booty. And anyway, Ms. Bland said not to do it. And what will our sea ports/harbours called!!! We have a lot to do. How about the climate, the date of dicovery, when it was independence, its natural didastoe, the warsm the technological advances, its famous people (other than Sie Bob Raffles), our religion ( maybe Cristian and Muslim), and that leads to the festivals. What type of goverment do we have, a political one or what??? Our currency too and who knows what is leading exports? -Gabe

Theres two flags that I made up - Gabe

uh, gabe, why does everything have to be related to singapore...??? and i think it looks a bit too complicated. ill be working with the history and stuff on monday and let you guys know if i have an idea. i was thinking that an old seahand got lost at sea, whirled around by a hurricane, and accidentally found the island. then this other dude found it at the same time as him, and started a big war. yeah, i know, its lame, but ill be trying to think about something else that isnt as lame. and i think maybe i can get some ideas...if u guys speak up. and, see ya guys on monday @ school! Ciao! Christine

First of all Gabe, Ms Bland already said no Booty so why do ya have to bring this up again???? Gabe, once again about the religion, we should check what religions thay have in Australia and NZ, since we are right in the middle of those two places. Singapore has a mixed culture, so that might be hard (well ya said a national language should be Singlish, so there must be Singaporeans, right?!) to figure out. NZ is at the world's south, so winter in TW is summer in NZ, etc. And werent we gonna agree that the island would be shaped like a boot with a sort of harbor at the bend and a small island isolated from transit that is shaped like a fish that looks like its jumping out of the boot?! Oh well. And does anyone know where I can get a soft copy of the fact file? I accedentally ripped mine in half with some other junk.... Hasta la Vista Joshua I said "And does anyone know where I can get a soft copy of the fact file? I accedentally ripped mine in half with some other junk.... " Dont worry, I found it. My bad. Hasta la Vista Joshua

how can u rip something so important, Josh? and did u use a shredder or your hands? anyways. im pretty much sure that b, gabe, and u hav gotten all over that singap. thingie. and r we gona make up a currency or borrow one from nz?? really bored right now, Christine

I agree with josh that we should get a religon going with Australian and New Zealand since we have agreed that our island is between those countries. What do you think gabe??? I also agree with Christine that we shouldn't make everything related to singapore since one again we are near Australia and New Zealand. Anyways I saw your flag gabe it is pretty well fit but what does it have to do with our island. Beside we should seriously decide on our climate, appearances of the island,etc. I also think that our currency should be somewhat related to New Zealnd and/or Australia. I also agree with josh that the weather sould be summer when in Taiwan winter. About the island shaped like a boot was a idea that me and josh talkes about at school. We have decided that the island should be shaped like a boot with another small island shaped like a fish near it. It would look like a fish jumping out of the water. To get there you would have to take a boat. What do you guys think? Hasta manana, Anne

heya, ive tried looking up nz's currency and australia's, but i cant find it. and whats with the boot and fish? why not a fish bowl and a sock? ok, just kidding. but seriously, how r we gona get a hi grade for boots and fishies? maybe feesh and fungee would do better, but... it seems to that neither one of those ain't gonna work. so, got any new bright ideas before we go to skool tomorow? maybe we should think of a major export...then we can decide all the rest. how 'bout our major export is cocoa beans? (no offense, benita) and, seriously, take your minds off singapore, because our island ain't gonna be from singapore, kk? think of something, plz, Christine

Why cocoa beans? How 'bout something more related to the place we are near. We should also decide on the national representing animal. Hoe 'bout goldfish??? Need more ideas, Anne

Yo, I just found the nz 's currency. Apparently one nt equals0.0402498 nz dollar, one nz dollar equals 24.8448 nt dollar. -Anne

um, anne, i was looking 4 nz's and australia's currency, not how much its worth. well, thanx, anyways. and yeah, i think goldfish should be our logo majigie whatever u call it. and some physical features should be good. mayb a mountain, or two. and whats our island gonna b famous 4? Christine

hiya, new idea: how about we make up an enitirely new species that would make our island REALLY special? Christine

yoyoyo shabuya! anyways, i think that our religion for the island should be christain, as australia and nz are both christians. CHRISTINE

I agree with you about the religon it should really be Christian. And the new idea, sure it is pretty cool. Anne

Guys you know I do biography right? You know how it was gabe, josh, and b's idea for the founder to be Sir Bob raffles but wouldn't it be awkward if our religon is Chritian when he is some thing else? Anyways if we are going to decide on that Sir Bob Raffles is the founder of the island, can I make my bio about someone made up?? How about James Cook, he was the founder of New Zealand, so maybe when he found New Zealand he also discovered our island? I think that the name for our island should be the goboish, or bofish, or gootfish. Or it might be some thing way different. Such as the fungefish, I don't know something like that. What do you guys think? Also could anyone of you tell me what you guys did today. I am thirsty for info. Feeling lonely, Anne

yo gueys(dudes), I think that our island should be fampus for finding those really cool, good fish and some new species of plants. Or maybe even new kinds of leather to make new kinds of shoes. Log on someone please, Anne

GOOTFISH??? what kinda name is that??? CHANGE it, plz! C

No not gootfish, bootfish but that is a nice name too. Anne Anne, the founder's religion dosen't neccisarilly have to be everyone else's religion. Gootfish??!! Seriously, change it NOW! And really, James Cook probably wouldn't have found our island, whatever its name is along with NZ. Now moving on to more important topics... For the map, we probably can't do climate as there is an island-wide climate, or religion, cause theres only one city, I'm thinking maybe transit networks??? Or possibly even Residential, Commercial, and Industrial zone map? Now if ya all excuse me, I got some OLC quizzes to take..... Joshua PS Anne: Ya think?!

But if the founders are related to the religon on our island which is Christian then ti would be more logical, reasonable. What do you think? I mean you can't really have someone Christian in our island and have the foundeer buddahist can you? I mean the founders are supposed to influence the people living there unless there were natives which we don't have. What's wrong with my thoughts??? Confused, Anne I never said anything was wrong with your thoughts, I'm just saying the founder's religion dosen't have to be everyone else's. Anyways, I just finished trying to Photoshop a map. (Don't laugh, I know it's bad. I'm just not used to using my new Photoshop) It's quite a big file so you'll need a lot of RAM. Bueno, tengo mucho la tarea. Tengo que irme. Hasta la vista. Josue PS that means I have a lot of homework, bye, Josh

guys,i really do NOT agree with our name 'BOOTFISH'. i mean, who would wana go to a plce called BOOTFISH??? and our religion is christian, kk? any1who doesnt agree speak up. english is the lango, k? and whats our island's speciality? like agriculture, or manufacturing. PICK ONE, PLZ!!!!! Christine

I agree but b already wrote a summary about it. What about Goboish?? Anne

Is our island name Bootfish or what? And why Goboish, it sounds really, really weird. - Bob P.S. Just call me Bob, not Gabe. Okay?

I think we should name the name of our island Bootfish. After all, Benita already did start on her project and that would waste a session of her time and we all know that she would take a really long time to catch up with everone. - Bob Just in case you guys didn't get my PM, I need your attention: I have changed the navigation system for more flexible navigation. The home link has been re-posted and I've added the word 'portal' to the end of each link in the navigation bar. Subpages related to topics in these portals will need to have their link posted in that corresponding portal. PLEASE do not post SUBPAGES in the navigation bar, por favor (please). If you need to post a new portal, please just hit the Enter or Return key and type in the link's name and link. DO NOT DELETE ANY CHANGES, AS THE PAGE CANNOT BE REVERTED!!!! Joshua I feel very confused. Bob thinks our name should be bootfish, and Christine dosen't like that. But they both have good points, Benita has already done some work on the name, and so if we change it it will be hard to catch up, but Christine has put across a point: who wants to go to a place called Bootfish. Personally, I think that Bootfish might not sound to popular with the tourists, but as for the work....well we can't afford to lose another session. Oh well....I guess we'll have to go with Bootfish. Any objections??? If so, please PM me or post it here. Joshua

Guys what if we change a little of the name bootfish so that it would sound popular but I will need to first know what b has written for her summary. Anne

What type of name do you want to change it to. It has to be related to a boot and a fish. So, please decide the name. You guys also can change the boot to a shoe or something like that. The fish a name of a fish that is near our island. Or maybe, it can be one of the imaginary animals that we will make in science.

- Bob

What I meant was that to change it slightly. Such as bootfish to boosh, I don't know somthing like that. Anyways if any one of you guys think of an idea tell me as soon as you can. Anne

Guys, What about the Booshigo?? Anne dude, (dudettes) what bob said is EXACTLY my point. just name the island after a famous animal on our island, not some fishing booty majigie with a goldfish watever it was. cuz that really dies NOT make sense. oh, and keep on going with that good work, peeps! Christine

I need help!!! Our island is shape like a sip and it will be two ppl racin to name the island! Bobanita Oh, well, Bobanita's first post. All of you remember that tomorrow, November the First will be the uploading of the first island-wide map of Bootfish or whatever. There will be an Inkscape-compatible file (svg) and a bitmap file which you can use Photoshop to open (bmp) Joshua

First of all what do you mean our island is shaped like a sip. Second of all I thought Bobentia is spelled like Bobenita not Bobanita. Bobanne

Guy it confusing are we goin to deltele all this stuff! Bobenita

hip hip hooray, bobenita's first post. what's a sip? and i think everything gets really complicated, josh, when u put 'portal' after everything. and can anyone think of some sort of major event that we can put in the timeline? CBob Oh yeah!!! The first map has been uploaded. Head on over to the Maps and Flags Portal to view it right now. Remember, click on the linkie for full resolution! Sorry about the svg, I didn't upload it. Meh... Feel free to PM me or drop a comment or complaint in my two portals about the map. Thanks! ~Joshua

Hey josh in case you didn't see my comment on your portal. I thought that your map was pretty good. It's just htat I had thought that out island were supposed to be shaped like a boot with a small island shaped like a fish looking like it was jumping out of the boot. Anyways, could you guys check out my new brainstorm in my portal (not personal). Tell me what you guys think about it. Thanks, Anne

Hey guys, In case you didn't recieve my email, I have turned our homepage in to an online version of the fact file so if you guys want 2 add info you can just edit it. All our discussions before in our old homepage is now transferred to this page, the discussion page. - Anne

guys, if u guys can, we REALLY, REALLY, REALLY need to change the name of our island!!!! it is not a realistic name, sounds childish, will get us a lo grade, and abosolutely NOBODY will go. so plz change it, plz, plz, plz!!!! and i need the completed flag completed by friday, if u can. thanx, christine

NEWS ALERT!!!!!! i was researching just now and found out that Ferdinand Magellan died halfway around the world, in the Phillipenes. The i read on and found that one of his ships, the Trinidad, left weeks after his death, but was captured by the portuguese. guys, THIS COULD B THE ANSWER!!!!! trinidad was trying to get back to spain via the pacific route, on the way captured by the portuguese. wat if the trinidad went through that strait between australia and nz, found the island, claimed it, left for spain to tell the news, and got captured along the way by the portuguese. then the portuguese uncovered their maps found the island, but found some of trinidad's crew still on the island. the crew escaped, escaped on a raft to mainland australia, and told everybody the news while taking a ship back to spain. and after a while after the portuguese settled into the island, spanish forces arrived to claim it back, and started a WAR. guys, THIS IS IT!!!!!! reply immediately, plz, Christine

guys, remember how ive hated the name bootfish? well, im going to call it Trinidad Island from now on, in honor of the ship that discovered it. and Benita, if u already finished ur thing, ill help u make another one. C

Christine I can't do change the name because then i have to change the script, story, number of ppl. BOBENITA:)

hey guys our island will be like a normal island, it doesn't have to be shape like a boot. AND my script said that sir bob raffles (which is grahm)is wearin boots when he steps on the island and he beat fish (which is Colin). Oh nd our island got it name because of that but then in the beginin they haff a competition to name the island wat they want it to be! If u don't get it. CALL ME!!!!! or email which ever work best for u guys! Bobenita

aw, cmon benita, this stuff really couldve happened in real history!!! and y do u hav gram n colin in the skit? and trinidad island sounds a whole lot better than bootfish. seriously. think about it. i can help u make another one, benita. script, i mean. but really! bootfish is a very ridiculous name and i dont think that anybody, or anyTHING would want to go there. k? think about it, C

Christine sounds great, trinidad island sounds better than bootfish at least. but remeber James Cook and Sir Bob Raffles were the people to find the island. Anne

No but i already gave them my script and they already remenbered them. gram & colin are in my skit becasue they are the best!!!!!

Well fine, I guess it's ok since u already gave them ur script. Bootfish dosen't sound that bad. It's just christine i am worrying about. anne

Christine is fine and thx anne finnaly sumone is on moi side!!! Bobenita

oh for pete's sake...Y DO U GUYS LUV THE NAME BOOTFISH SO MUCH???!!!! and wat am i gona do about our history??? C

guys...wat r we gona do? im already done with the history about trinidad island!!! HELP!!! im already done with the trinidad, and i cant reverse it now! christine

seriously... im already done with the history writeup about trinidad island. and y bootfish??? PLZ!!! this is ridiculous. bootfish is ridiculous, guys. think of something else!!!!!!!!! pouting, Christine

But i then i haff to change everything which is impossible!!!!!! Nd i don't like the the name bootfish is just that I already did the scripts for them to remenber!!!!!!! Nd remenber that our island can't be shape like a boot!!!!!

Christine, I agree with benita that you can't jsut make the name trinidad. This is not YOUR group.It's OUR group. You can't decide on the decisions yourself. We already agreed that our island was going to be Bootfish. What's soo wrong about it???? Anyways, the date of discovery is supposed to be 1843, who agrees with me?? Anne

but im already done with the draft for the trinidad island!!! and whats soo wrong about that? we have until december be4 the island project fair. who said we couldnt change b4 that?? and what is soo wrong about my idea??? man, i spent tons and heaps of time researching that! dont just throw it away! and y not pick some other people for the play? that way we can put in a new script on new people. that'll work too. and y the discovery date should b 1843? i mean, who would discover our island on that year? C

heres the copy of my almost finished...draft for one major event on our island. i think its pretty good. check it out, plz. C

um, i need some tech help from josh and gabe. it takes me ages to upload the file, and then when i try to insert it as a link, it tells me that i hav these bracket thingies (which i dont, rest assured) anyways, if i cant load it back home, i can load it at skool. c ya C

look guys, the name doesnt hav to b different, but the history DEFINATELY should. how bout just go with my idea?i mean, i think it sounds better than someone wearing boots onto and island... C

Then wat else is there to DO????? And it has to be bootfish! BOBENITA

Christine, Sorry but I agree with benita Anne

YAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOBENITA

hey guys, is any1 done with their jubs in the specialist sessions yet?? y is any1 hardly on ( except b). I miss the talk. Anyways I am not done with mine yet. Hopefully you guys would be pretty proud of it when im done. Some one please log on. Feeling lonely, Anne

gabe, what is our agriculture i need it practically like now or so? I checked up nz's main agriculture, they r diary products. the others, wood, meat, fruit, fish. I am probaly going to make my desert with some of each. I would want it sweet though. anne

hey anne, I almost finish memorising my script. I had a major headace last night cause i remenbered almost all of the lines!!!! Bobenita

Hey guy u can check out the script on thingy. We haff been memorisin scripts for days! I think my head i goin to explode! We got prop and coustumes to wear! I haff to tie my hair up in the front like wat i did. I love origin of name it the best! When are u guys cumin to my houses to do the national desert????? Bobenita