 I put this sign on my door because I was so exhausted from yesterday and I didn’t want anybody to disturb me. I woke up at 10 o clock. Probably because the air-con was on. Woke up bushed my teeth, went back to sleep again. Got dragged out of bed by my mom and went to change. We slacked at home till about 1 o clock and we set off to another day of visiting. 1st we went to my moms Aunt’s house. It was there that I saw my 11 year old cousin who lives in China. We sat down and she told me about life in China. Its winter now and this year she says its extremely cold. Since we haven’t seen her in a long time, my dad invited her to our house. At my house we played Bingo , Snakes & Ladder . And to my surprise, she won all of he games. Around 4pm, we left of my Grandmothers place. There we played card game such as “21” and “Big 2”. Me not being a gambler left the game when my cousin there started playing with money. I went to play the computer until 6.30. 6.45 we started dinner. STEAM BOAT!! And with abalone!! I thought to myself this is the best reunion dinner I’ve had so far. I ate so much that I could not walk properly after the meal. By the time dinner finished it was already going to be 8. We slacked the till about 8.3 and then left for home. At home I washed - up and started typing this post. And now I’ve finished it. Oh and before I forget, HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!!!
john
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Yo yo yo!! Chinese New Year is here. And that means ANG PAO!!! 1st day of Chinese New Year. Woke up 7 in the morning and went to Church with family. Surprisingly Church was fast. Then after Church went to my (Fathers side) grandmother’s house to eat lunch. Half and hour later lunch was over and we started the so called “ceremony”.Yay got my first few Ang Pows!!
Next stop- Great Grand Aunt’s house. Their house was so crowded that we had to stand outside. 10 mins passed and we were tired of waiting so we went to another Great Grand Aunt house. This time instead of sitting in my dads car, I was going to sit inside my uncles jeep. How cool is that!! So we took off the hood and I climbed in. Seconds later, I had to get out because we were told that Great Grand Aunt was coming here. Then before we reached the lift, my uncle got a phone call saying that Great Grand Aunt came in the morning and is on the way back home now. So we had to unhook the roof of the jeep again. Sitting at the back off a jeep is really really hot!! When I came out of the jeep, I had a big dark circle about the size of an average basket ball on the back of my shirt. Warning : if u sit in a jeep, don’t wear shirts and jeans. At Great Grand Aunt’s house it was much much quieter. We were the only visitors. Great Grand Aunt’s look so weak and brittle. She looked as if her days were numbered. Anyway got some more Ang Paos. By then it was lunch time. My family was very very tired as we slept late on the eve of CNY. So after Great Grand Aunt’s house, we went home to rest and that’s all for the 1st day of my Chinese New Year.
john
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Hey all, today all schools celebrated Chinese New Year. As I am in Wu Shu, we were supposed to perform lion dance and a Wu Shu demo for the school. But a last minute change in timing distrusted everything.
It all started like this. At 9.30 we were supposed to play for the school. Then at 10 we would leave to Chong Zheng School to play for them. After that at about 11, we would go to Coral Primary to play for them to. But, when the people in charge of the CNY celebration programmed in our school changed the timing for us to perform form 9.30 to 10, we could not perform for them as at that time, we would be at Chong Zheng already. So in the end, our school did not get a Lion Dance performance. We slacked in school until 10 o’clock and left for Chong Zheng. When we reached there, the celebration just started. We quickly prepared and did last minute checks.
“Lets welcome the Victoria School Lion Dance team.” that was our cue to go. Boom boom boom. The lion dance started. The primary one’s and two’s in the school were covering their ears. But to us I wasn’t loud at all. 10.30. Lion dance finished. Next stop, Coral. At coral we did the same routine as the one we did in Chong Zheng but this time, I and Kang Jie had poppers in our hands. Not the small poppers but the big ones. After the lion dance finished we had a finale and the finale was the poppers to pop. And guess what, it didn’t pop. So I and Kang Jive looked like idiots holding poppers which didn’t pop. Mr. Sow got scammed. Ha HA...
After coral I went back to my primary school and met some of my teachers and friends. All said I’ve grown taller.. yay!!..I reached home at about 3.30, and started typing this post. And now I’ve finished typing it. TTFN (ta ta for now)
john
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Hey all. Today school was a total disaster.1st the school bus broke down causing a huge traffic jam. So by the time I reached school is was already 8.30am. At 8.30, the period was MT-mother tongue reading period. And I did not bring a Chinese story book. So I got punished. Luckily I only had to stand up for 10minutes. Next disaster, Geography. I really cannot take Miss Ria. She keeps scolding us more than teaching. I was turning around to borrow a pen and Miss Ria says: u there!! (which is me), stand up.
Miss Ria says: what is the human population like in Canada?
In my head I was thinking “she hasn’t taught that yet.”
John: (SILENCE)
Miss Ria says: what is the answer!!!!!!!?
And before I can say anything she says “remain standing”. She does that to a lot of people. Including other classes.
If that’s not enough wait till u hear about science. Ms Leow came in and started the lesson. She droned on and on and on. Almost ¾ of the class were not even looking at her. So I turned around and started talking to the people behind me.
And I got caught and was given a warning. Then when she was not looking I ran to the back of the class and switched places. And I got caught again. So now I got sent out. Soon later 10 people were out of the class I thought to myself “Aww man. 1st standing up in MT. then standing up in geography. Now getting sent out of class!!! Could this get worse!!.”
And it did get worse. Ms Leow complained to my form teacher Mr Amir and we all got a long lecture after school. When I got home I was so so tired. My legs were aching because of standing all day. So after dinner I washed up and went to sleep. I jumped onto my bed and in a few seconds I was unconscious. Well that’s all for today. Till next time.
john
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Hello...today 17/1 was the day I started doing my math project. Kevin, Ajay, me and Sean planned to meet at the 4th floor where we could see the big school crest that is above the auditorium window. But being a forgetful person, I asked Ajay to follow me to the canteen to go buy something to eat. Then I saw one of my classmates (wishes to be anonymous) using a measuring tape to measure the school crest. Immediately I ran up the stairs with Ajay to meet up with Sean. Once we reached there, Sean started giving a long lecture about putting in effort. Boring. Anyway we started by using my method- the enlargement method. Then I got an answer which Sean, Ajay and Kevin didn’t agree so we did Ajay’s method-photo scale. But a while into Ajay's method, we got restless and started taking videos of Sean and Ajay fighting with poles and me stealing the soccer ball from the ITC- IT Club and kicking it around. Soon, Sean being more mature settled us down and we started work again. Another hour later we got and answer. His answer was more reliable so we took his instead. By the time we packed up and finished work it was 5pm already. Time to go home. So me and Sean took bus number 36 and while Sean headed for the airport I headed for home. It was 6 plus when I reached home. I bathed ate and started typing this post. It’s been a long day. And I think I’m going to sleep now. Goodnight.
john
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