*Sleepover (part 1)

On Sunday I went to my friend Christy's house for a sleepover. Before dinner we smuggled some snacks from the snacks cupboard into the bedroom and hid them! (Preparing for midnight feast.) Then we had dinner which was udon but it wasn't the same as the way my mum makes it and it had fishballs, and I don't like fishballs so I gave them all to my friend's dad and he ended up with about 14! After that we made clay sculptures for our dads for Fathers day from clay that you air-dry. Christy made a face and I made a pen holder/pot. We made a big mess and left clay and water everywhere!
Before I continue I have to tell you what a swaveboard is. It is a bit like a skateboard but you operate it by moving your legs back and forth. There are two paddles joined in the middle. Christy put her flashing wheels on it because it was at night, and we went all over the place and for the first time ever I went uphill successfully. Going downhill is much more fun. It may be scary the first time you do it but after you get used to it it's really really fun. Because it was at night we couldn't go down the really fun slope which is steeper and longer with a turn. Then we went back upstairs.
At this point we ate our smuggled snacks while watching TV, and then after That's So Raven Christy plugged in her laptop. At first it was all fuzzy and kept pausing and the voices were all funny, but after we hit the battery it was ok. We went on Youtube and watched some Disney series and Sonny with a Chance which has Demi Lovato in it who isn't very nice (I don't think). Then my brain started feeling a bit dizzy and we both started feeling very tired so we shut it down. I looked at the clock and it read 5 AM!!!!!!! Christy said that was the latest she had ever stayed up for a sleepover. We effortlessly closed our eyes and fell asleep. SNORE...................

*Sleepover (part 2)

I awoke to the sound of "Emily, Christy, wake up!" It was Christy's maid, who drew the curtains and let the merciless sunlight stun me. We looked at the clock and guess what, it was 1 pm! I couldn't believe we were waking up so late, but then again we slept very late. Christy's maid had left our lunch and breakfast underneath a fly net. We turned on the TV and watched while eating our food. I took out the onions from my sandwich because they were yucky. Then we spent about an hour or so lying around in the living room and groaning, "What shall we do?" and replying, "I don't know," and being extremely bored.
Finally we decided to go downstairs on the swaveboard again, and this time because it was daytime we could go down the really fun slope. Christy also brought her toothbrush (in her mouth!) and her bicycle down. At the bottom of the slope, (as it was too steep for me )Christy brought me up on her bicycle that had 2 seats. At the last part which was really steep, she couldn't take it anymore and died. We went over and over again and it was really fun. Then we went to the carpark because the ground is really smooth.Then there was a cleaner there who said really weird things to Christy (in chinese) and Christy didn't even know her.
Then it was time for me to go home, but while we were walking to the place where my mum said she would pick me up, we went to a water fountain and started splashing water at each other.
We got soaking wet, but luckily my mum did not scold me. And that was the end of a brilliant sleepover.

*LIZARD

One day ( I can't remember specifically) after I had my dinner I went over to the sofa and saw this cute little baby lizard that was just a bit smaller than my pinky. It jumped onto my hand (it was really tickly!), then I showed everyone. Naturally, they said things like, "Ew........................................ a lizard!? .........................Get rid of it!!!" and so on and so forth. Then, as I was just about to put it outside it leaped into my hair. I know it was really cute, but a lizard in my hair? No thanks. I asked my mum, who was outside, too, to brush it off. The lizard landed on the floor safe and sound and I went back into my house.
THE END

*Buckets full of stuff to talk about

I have been neglecting my blog for quite a while.............................................

So I'm going to make up for the many posts I owe.
(This one post is made up of a few posts. So it is counted as 3 instead of one)



1. Naughty rats!!!!!!!!!!!! .................. 29 June

Rats are rodents so they have teeth that keep growing so they would naturally want to chew things (so that their teeth don't get too long.......................you know you can cut their teeth?).
So, I put them on the sofa and they hid behind the cushion. When I took them out from behind the cushion, there was a hole in the sofa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You could actually see the stuffing. The hole wasn't that big, luckily. My mum was a bit angry.

A few days later, my mum told my dad about 'The Hole In The Sofa', because I wouldn't.

LUCKILY, my dad wasn't that mad. He even joked about it!

What rascally little rats! I guess it's not their fault, really. Anyway, after that day, Elsha and Cheddar were forbidden to go on the sofa.




2. Vietnam ..................5-8 June


I went to Vietnam, Hanoi for a few days as my dad had to give a speech/talk.
On the first day, we had chicken pho (noodles). (It's supposed to have squiggley lines on top but I don't know how to do that.(It's pronounced 'fer'.)) It's really yummy. After that, we went to the hotel we were staying. It was really nice-almost as big as my house and it had a nice restaurant. I just lazed around for a while. After that, our family went to walk outside. The air was really polluted and so I kept complaining (my hobby)and my mum told me to be quiet. Humph! It was really scary when we tried to cross the road. It was as if the motorcyclists didn't even see us.

On the second day, our tour guide took us all over the place. We were going to see Ho Chi Minh's body but the queue was so long.................and (ahem)we weren't very keen on seeing a dead body. I don't mean to disrespectful or rude.....................We went to all these temples and stuff.
I was so tired by the end of that day. For dinner, I had yummy fettuccine carbonara and a banana milkshake.

Third day: We went (without the tour guide)to a museum-ish place to see how people used to live in Vietnam 100 years ago.Then we went to have lunch at a place called Gecko.Yum!
After a short break at the hotel, we went to watch the water puppets. My sister loved it a lot. Personally, I found a bit boring and was a real let-down because they were all speaking in Vietnamese so it was hard to understand. Then we went street shopping. I am seriously addicted to/obsessed with these cute dragonfly-things. They're wooden with pretty patterns on them with sparkles and you balance them on your fingers. Then we saw some nice shoes, but for some reason, I was too embarrassed to say I liked them.

LAST DAY: Today we packed and stuff. I can't really remember what else happened. On the plane, there was not much to do as all the movies and music was really boring.
When I got home, the first thing I did was snuggle my rats and checked on them. You see, the while we were away, the rats were at home with no one to look after them. I really really missed them and I was very worried as we have never left them alone before. But don't worry, they had 2 water bottles filled with water in them and two food bowls with loads of food.




3. CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have ever mentioned how much I love cheese? I mean the proper cheese, not the fake and processed cheese that comes in thin, floppy slices. I will eat nearly any kind of cheese. Well, I haven't tried all types of cheese actually. But I like all the cheese that I have tried so far.
When I was smaller, my dad used to call me mouse because I loved cheese so much.
My mum sometimes makes her cheese special just for me. It's cheese in a sandwich fried so that the bread is all crunchy and the cheese is all melted and YUMMY! Nothing can go wrong with grounded parmesan sprinkled(or dumped if you love a lot of cheese) on top of mushroom soup.

*My FAVOURITE place

Well, I don't exactly have a favourite place.....................I guess it would have to be my home. I feel most comfortable at home; I can scream, shout, play music at the top volume.........whatever. I can play with my rats , or talk to family members. You don't need to be in your best behavior or be all quiet.
I love my home because it has the atmosphere that other places don't. Actually, I find that my favourite place would be my HOME and not my HOUSE. I am always moving house and I guess it's the atmosphere and that kind of thing not so much the building itself that makes it so.....home-ish................well, to me.
:)
(By the way, what do you think teachers gain from giving us loads of homework???)

Exams

FINALLY! Exams are over!!! My Maths was the lowest(of course-it is my worst subject). I think my normal Chinese paper was not very well done, and my Maths marks, as usual, are very horrible........but more horrible than usual..........:( Oh well. Never mind............(If I talk about the positive and good marks you might think I'm boastful.)

Poll results

The poll results:

What is your favourite subject?

Maths: 7%
English: 14%
Chinese: 0%
Science: 21%
Art: 0%
Music: 0%
PE: 42%
Others: 14%

Most people like PE.

What kind of music do you like best?

Pop: 53%
Classical: 7%
Rock: 30%
Jazz: 0%
Hip-hop: 0%
Rap: 0%
I don't like music: 7%

Most people like pop music.

Pets

2 Qs for you:
1 Do you have a pet(s)?
2 If yes, what is it/are they?

Sports Day

Today was Sports Day! It was super hot and the sun kept shining in my eyes.
I ran for the 100m girls and the 4 x 100m girls(4th runner).And guess what? I/my team was FIRST for BOTH! Yay! ( I was really scared before the races.............)
(I'm in 5 Intermingling B.) :)

*CreAtivity

I think that creativity is say 60% inborn and 40% taught. Creativity is having new ideas and how people express their personality in different ways. If you are talking about being good at writing and drawing that is mostly a gift that you are born with, but some kinds of creativity can be nurtured.

For instance, if you have some skill at drawing and your parents are very supportive and send you for classes and always encourage you, then you will probably get better (if you have the will). :)

*Courtesy.............?

Part 1: My experience of courtesy
I don't think Singaporeans are very courteous. When I go to England I notice that people are more courteous there. But in Singapore people are not so courteous and friendly and I admit I am sort of like that too. But in England I feel more like being courteous because the atmosphere is more courteous there and people are nice and friendly and more polite.
I'm not saying that Singaporeans are not friendly, but they are always in a rush and don't have time to be very polite. So I just blend in and am not so polite, basically because I can't really be bothered. Hee hee........

Part 2: What courtesy means to me
Hmmm......................... As I said in Part 1 I am not exactly the most courteous person on earth, but I guess courtesy to me means polite behaviour and generally being nice and friendly. Also formal behaviour as you would behave on a formal occasion.

Ballet Exam

I just had my Grade 4 ballet exam five days ago. My examiner was called Ms Truffi from Brazil. She was quite pretty and nice and had red hair. I made so many horrible mistakes! Boo hoo hoo........ :( After my exam Miriam and I had double scoop chocolate ice cream from Happy Kappy. :) Oh well, that's all, I hope I pass.

*The Holidays

Hi all! I haven't really been doing much this holiday.....................was a bit blah (boring). I will describe what I did very briefly. So I'll start from Monday. On Monday, as most of you would know if you are in 5I or GEP class, we went for the Chinese Language Camp in Rosyth School which, no offence to anybody, was extremely boring. Bleargh! And all I got was a Hello Kitty notebook, a pen and a pencil. Tuesday I as well as some others went to a debating competition, but I wasn't debating I was just a non-participant, as they called me. Led by Madam Rosaidah and Clement's father, we went to Hwa Chong Institution. As usual, there were lots of talks about debating techniques.......................... In the first round (motion: This house believes that handphones do more harm than good) Team A (opposition) was against Fairfield Methodist and we won! Sadly, Team B (proposition) lost to Radin Mas Team A. In the second round (motion: this house believes that parents must be held responsible for the wrongdoings of their children) Team A lost to Casuarina Primary School. Also, my tooth fell out in the middle of the debate! Hee hee.............. I saw Vienna, my friend who changed to Nanyang because of the GEP, so that was nice. On Thursday Melissa came over to complete our YOG project. On Sunday my friend Miriam came over to practise ballet because our ballet exam was coming up very soon, and I'll tell you about that in another post.
The End

*Can you love an object more than your family?

An object cannot be more valuable than a family member, because a family member can care for you whereas an object is inanimate and has no feelings.

If my house were on fire I would not care about my possessions even if they were valuable or expensive, because people (and animals) are more important than things.

Say for example you lost a lot of money, you might be able to earn it back, but once a family member (including pets) dies, you will never be able to see or speak to the person again on earth.

$1000000 might seem like a lot of money, but a person is worth much more than that.

*Dream.......!

1. I wish to live in England with Elsha & Cheddar (I hope you know who they are by now). But then I suppose I would have to build a teleporter so I could visit all my friends in Singapore and vice versa. I want to live in England because it's fun and all my relatives are there. You can do fun stuff like horse riding and there are all kinds of lovely places you can go to, unlike Singapore which can get a bit boring. I think the weather there is just right. I would like to see spring and autumn, which is difficult at the moment because of school.

2. I wish I had more time to learn a new skill. Since I already know how to knit perhaps I could learn how to make bigger things/projects.

3. I wish I had green fingers and a garden with a nice pond with loads of space for my rats to run around. I would arrange my plants, herbs and flowers in such a way that it would look nice and attractive with bright colours.

4. I wish I had the opportunity go on a safari in the African grasslands to see giraffes, elephants and other animals up close in their natural surroundings and not in a zoo.

5. I wish I was better at science and could study things like biology, zoology and botany.

6. I would like to have the opportunity to go round the world to see other cultures (and go on their rollercoasters).

( These 'wishes' are not arranged in any order of preference.)