*If I were a fruit....................

This is kind of a weird topic..............but if I had to choose I'd be a watermelon. Mainly because watermelon's my favourite fruit but also because they're so juicy and delicious...............Go watermelons!
OR......................I would be a fruit that has some sort of defence, if you know what I mean...................maybe a durian or something? Because I would not want anyone to eat me and so I would have to have spikes or some other defence to protect myself. I would love to be a fruit and hang from the treetops and watch what goes on beneath me and chat with my other fruit friends................................extremely silly, I know.......but what can you expect?

Rat's birthday

Elsha and Cheddar's birthdays are tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(22nd August.) I guess they wouldn't really appreciate somthing like humans would for a present so I'm just going to give them delicious treats.............they LOVE food. By the way, they will turn ONE tomorrow..............

*A quote

"Good manners will open doors that the best education cannot."
Clarence Thomas

What does this quote mean to me?
Well, I'm not exactly a quote-y kind of person........but, oh well.

I guess it means that no matter how smart you are, if you are rude to people, they won't listen to you or be nice to you.

So if you're all smarty-pants, but you're completely stuck up and rude and proud, people won't like you.

Being polite can warm peoples hearts, and can make people your friends. So.......erm.......you know. Have good manners.:)

Swaveboard

I'm so happy today because I just got a swaveboard that I have been craving for months and months..................!!!!!!!!!!!! It's black with white hibiscuses on it and it's called Black Hibiscus. Once you know how to move on it it's really easy. You need to be able to balance well. My friends, Miriam and Christy, have swaveboards too. It's so fun!!!!!!!!!!:)and I love the feeling of going down slope at top speed................

Hello

I felt like posting something but I have no idea what to write about so I'll just tell you that Elsha and Cheddar's birthdays are coming up............:)

Hmm...........

Hi..........should I get a cbox? And an ipod-y music thing???????????
Please tell me how I can improve my blog and stuff..................

*COLOURS!!!

Don't you all LOVE colours??!! Without colours our lives would be boring.....and dull. Colours bring spark and well........... fun and happiness to our lives. You notice that all my blog entries have bright colours, not only does this capture the readers attention, it can also emphasise a word, and make my blog more colourful. Right now, I don't really have a favourite colour- I love all colours!!!!!!! They brighten my day and I would totally die without them.

*National Day Parade

The NDP Parade was absolutely, definitely, positively, without a doubt(ly (?)), tremendously, totally, really...........and obviously fun. Need I say more? Well, actually, yes, I do.

At home I was rushing, rushing, rushing while my dad was being deliberately slow and really irritating (sorry) when I got there I was afraid I was late. BUT, I wasn't at all and I had to rush for nothing. THEN they made us wait for hours and hours just sitting there...........which was just ridiculous. We received our fun packs (mine was pink) and it had lots of stuff in it. We got water, sweets, biscuits, a poncho which was needed later on, a heart lantern, a mini drum set shaped like a hand, a Singapore flag and tattoo in the fun pack.

Then we received our dinner which was KFC. At first I was very much looking forward to this as it's yummy. I was elated to find that there was mashed potato but I wasn't exactly elated, just happy. But (dramatic sounds in the background) there was a zinger burger which was s-p-i-c-y. More about that later. I had to squeeze all the stuff from the fun pack and all the things I brought into the fun pack and it was so stuffed I couldn't close it.

The buses came and we had to squeeze three people on two seats and I was all squeezed and bored. Finally we got there. Yay! Then we found our seats which were very good because they were in between the stage and the water so we had a good view of all the performances. We were sitting in the dark blue sector and our sector-ish person was Michelle Chong. We had to wait around for ages again, so me and Melissa put on our tattoos. Finally it started. At first we just learned how to do the Singapore "heartbeat" and things like that preparing for the show.

On the stage there was this big screen shaped like an eye called The Big Eye which displayed videos and words and other things. Next to The Big Eye, there were two big box things on both sides and people were dancing in it! The performances were nice. They did all sorts of dancing from all the different cultures. Then they had this thing about 10 chapters: showing Singapore through the years. There was lots of nice music and some weird dancing.............It was so cool..................We were so lucky to be able to watch the NDP (Even if it wasn't the real thing.)

Then there was this helicopter, a tiny speck in the sky that kept coming closer and closer........until it was much nearer- but not THAT near. Then these people jumped out of the helicopter with red parachutes one by one. They were..............THE RED LIONS!!! It was really cool and it looked really fun and I wished that I could try it one day.

Then it was getting dark and I ate my zinger burger which was so spicy that I just ate the bread. Then suddenly there were these big red balls coming out from the top of the seats, and by big I mean really big. You were supposed to hit the balls and make sure they went down to the bottom. Luckily, I hit one that was coming our way.

Then we sang some songs while waving our heart lanterns and then it started drizzling. A lot of people started putting their ponchos on but I didn't care. Then suddenly it was absolutely pouring and I still didn't put my poncho on as I couldn't be bothered to find it and put it on so I used an umbrella. But by that time, I was completely soaked. I didn't really mind, though.

I wasn't very organised and completely forgot about my bag which was just there collecting water. When I realised, I was really scared all my stuff would be ruined. Luckily, not much harm was done and I did not bring a camera or phone. Then came, obviously, the fireworks! The fire works were really great..........somewhat even more beautiful in the rain. There were gold and blue and red..........and even one shaped like a heart!

When the performances and things had finished, we made our way down the steps which was really dangerous and water was gushing down .....a bit like a mini waterfall. My socks and shoes got comletely soaked as they were FULLY submerged in the rain water!!! We then made our way to the bus stop. In order not to get lost, some schools had card thingys prepared for them, but we didn't. Instead we had a pink balloon, held by Mrs Tan, to follow.

We made it safely to the bus stop and shook ourselves dry (not- we were as wet as ever.) Then we waited ages and ages and ages for the bus to come. Finally, it came and we all boarded it and tried to find seats. On the journey back, I kept wishing my feet weren't so squishy and soggy.....

THE END

*Ancient Greece

Question: Would you like to have lived in Ancient Greece as a female????????
Hmm......What a mind-boggling question.........................
Actually, it's not AT ALL. The answer is a no-brainer.
OBVIOUSLY NOT!!!!!!!!!!!
After reading the text in the English text book, I felt extremely angry at all the men who practically thought women were useless etc..
No sane person would want to live in ancient Greece just to marry some old guy.
The women had no say, were not counted as citizens, could not own property, and most girls could not go to school. Also, for some silly reason, it was against the law for women to act.
That was SO unfair. I'm so happy all that has changed now, but most of it just happened recently(about 1-2 centuries ago).
And yet even now some certain men and boys are still like......that.
PS. I am NOT insulting Greece........this is Ancient Greece.

*Nancy Drew movie

Helloooooo.....
I don't suppose you've watched the Nancy Drew movie?( Nancy drew is acted by Emma Roberts.) I watched it with my friend Christy..........late at night. No, it's not really a horror movie at all, but it can be quite scary at some parts.
For example, in the middle of the night, these EYES suddenly appear and it's very creepy, freaky, scary, gives you chills.........whatever. I screamed!really loudly.......and......in Christy's ear
[Emily looking sheepish.] She wasn't too pleased about that.
There are a lot of other scary parts but this is the scariest(to me.) After that, Christy kept teasing me by imitating the EYES but it wasn't nearly as creepy, freaky, scary, gives you chills.........whatever, as the real thing.
Anyway, I really liked the movie and I like the books. Once, I 'solved' the mystery before 'Nancy Drew' did.
Advice to whoever is reading this: WARNING! Never watch the Nancy Drew movie with Emily Wong unless you would like to be deaf ( or already are.)

*THE END!!!!!!!!!!

Can you believe it??????????? I can't. It is the END of the holidays!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe it!!!!!!!! There's so much stuff I didn't do. It's weird...............
It's as if the holidays started a year ago -because I just remember it was long ago (or maybe my memory is failing????) and yet the holidays were over in a day's time.
At first a lot of my friends were over seas so I had no one to play with, but then most came back.
I was very naughty and didn't do my homework till the last minute. then there was this big rush and it wasn't nice AT ALL. I promise that I will not be like that ever again..............hopefully.

*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.