Culture Shock

Everyone knows you are not allowed to swear in primary school. At home we don't swear because our mum is against it and we are not used to it. This year I started High School. I thought that the difference between high school and primary school would be the changing classes and the older people. That was not the only difference. The week I started, the only thing I could hear were 'beep, beep, beep, chitchat, talktalk and swear, swear, swear'. (The beep, beep was a mobile phone.) I was shocked when I heard people swearing. Even in class there were people swearing including the teachers. I thought the teachers would stop them. I told my mum and she told me to ignore it. That is what I did. In my family no-one swears. I have never even said s-h-u-t u-p. I have to spell it on this. My friend just came from Taiwan and she doesn't know much english. She came last year. This year she has started talking English with swear words. Her mum is very annoyed. That is for culture shock, at least for me!
Any such experiences for any of you out there?

Santa, Tooth fairy and Easter bunny

We all love it when it is Christmas, Easter and when we lose a tooth, the coming of the Tooth Fairy, don't we. When I was little, I wasn't that interested in them. When I was three, my aunt was hiding easter eggs in the backyard as a surprise for me. My amma was keeping me in the car so my aunt could finish hiding them. I was getting impatient to get in the house. So, I said, ''Are we staying here so she (my aunt) can put the chocolates?" My amma didn't want me to realise the truth, so she was saying things like, ''Look! I saw the Easter bunny run over there!'' I pretended like I believed her so that I did not disappoint her.

My brother - he is really a smartypants . He knows absolutely everything. Even though he is only nine. Sometimes he works out my questions (and I get annoyed, of course). One time my brother was talking to my amma about space, all the distances and other things you don't learn until year 9 or 10! He likes medical facts. So he was talking about brain surgery, heart, lungs and then he came to the mouth. He was talking serious stuff about the gums when he suddenly said, "How come the tooth fairy did not come and give me any money when my last tooth fell?'' My amma and I had a meaningful laughter exchanged. It is so funny when my brother, all of a sudden takes up the role of a normal child. It does not even suit him after all the big things he talks.

My amma & I have got into a pact that we will not reveal the truth to him yet - we want him to be a child in at least one way and enjoy it as much as he can. (I hope he does not see this blog of mine ;) )

Movie Review : Kung Fu Panda

If you like action and comedy in one movie. You should definetly watch this. Po, a big panda who works at a noodle store. Po wants to become a Kung Fu warrior. Po desperately tries to become a warrior, so he goes to the Emperor's palace. At the palace they are watching people fight the Furious 5. The best warrior will become one of the emperor's warrior.
Po ends up doing some crazy stuff and he is selected. Po and the furious 5 try to defeat Tai lung. Po defeats Tai Lung and gives pace to the town. This is a movie you have to watch to believe.

Starring - Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Lui, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Ian McShane.

Director - mark Osbourne and John Stevenson

Exciting to be a motivator

I was just browsing through other peoples' blog's and I went into Ansh's blog (pudhumai + penn)
In her blog, she said that my brother and I motivate her. I found it very exciting to be called a motivator. I don't know where Ansh has gone because her last blog was in 2005. Now we are back and I hope we can motivate her again and bring her back to blogging.

I was looking through my old blogs and I saw that Ansh had asked what I like about space. I like Saturn (pictured). I had an interest with Saturn from a very young age because of the rings. My mum taught me about planets when I was 1 year old. I was already hooked to it at that age.
When I was about one and a half years old, my amma gave me a Mars bar to eat. I left it on the table and went out to play. Meanwhile my amma had moved the Mars bar from the table. I came into the kitchen and asked her where Venus was. She first did not understand but then thought I wanted to know about planets again. So she told me about the planets and the order. I said, "No, where is the Venus I left on the table?" She then realised that I was talking about the Mars bar. I knew that the chocolate was named after some planet but I couldn't remember which planet !!

Book Review : The magic faraway tree

The Magic Faraway Tree

This book is written by Enid Blyton. If you like books, I suggest you read about fantasy just before you go to bed to have a nice sleep.This book is definitely for you. The magic faraway tree is about three children (Beth, Joe and Fanny) who move to the country side. Little did they realise that the tree next to their house is a magical tree. The children decide to explore. They find this tree and start walking up the branches. They find this odd little man called Moonface and a beautiful little fairy called Silky. They make friends with them and ask what is so special about this tree. Silky tells them that everyday a new world will appear on top of the faraway tree. Beth, Joe and Fanny decide to go to every single land that comes. The children have their ups and downs but have the best time in the world. The children visit the land of birthdays and even get lost in some of the lands.

I love this book because it gave me a lovely good night's sleep

My friend the animal girl

How often do you hear a person say they have a cat, a dog, a snake, a fish, a mouse, a bird and a bearded dragon? Not big news for my friend. She has 2 cats, 3 dogs, 4 snakes, 2 bearded dragons, lots of mice, lots of birds and lots of fish!
We have had lots of fun at their house. Come with me on the journey of the animal girl.
One day my mum had come to pick me up with my little brother from my friend's house. My brother was very interested with the four snakes they have. My friend's mum took out a snake and put it on my brother to play with while she he waited for me. In that time my friend's mum was feeding the bearded dragon. The bearded dragon would not come when she held out a wriggling worm from a can. She said, "Come on, come on" (in a very, very, very Australian accent sounding like 'came on, came on'). My mum was there and she didn't feel really comfortable. She said she was shuddering inside with a can of worms open right next to her. Poor mum. My brother was having a jolly good time.

My friend once brought one of her fully-grown pythons to our girl guides for 'Pets Show and Tell'. Since I don't have a pet, I took a stuffed toy. My friend put the snake on her neck and it started choking her. My brother had the same snake on his neck and it was very calm and contended!

My friend's dad wanted to re-do the swimming pool so when he took the floor covering of the pool there was a blue tongued lizard staring at him.

My friend's snake gave birth to babies so now they are selling the baby snakes. If they kept the baby snakes they would have to build a new room for all of them.

I hope you guys have had fun on this journey of My friend the animal girl.
Tune in for next time!

Funny Animals

At school we have to write stories about animals. One project is a humorous one. Here are some funny animals. These three are all different true stories

When I went to my friend's house, it was feeding time for the cat. The mum gave the cat a bowl and food. The cat ate some and then when the mum went out of the room the cat ran to the fish tank. The fish tank was huge. I told my friend who was in the next room and she came running and pulled the cat away. The cat waited for my friend to leave. The cat jumped on the couch and onto the table where the fish tank was. The cat put it's paw in and tried to reach for a fish. Instead he fell in. My friend and her mum came in and saw the cat in the tank. We all laughed so much.

My friend has mice and she loves them a lot. The problem is, she loves them too much. One time she was holding one and she was saying how cute it was. She didn't realise she was squeezing it too hard that it's eyes popped out of the socket. Poor little mouse. Doesn't have eyes anymore.

I was watching Animal planet one time and it showed a segment called 'Funniest outside animals'. I only watched for the last 5min so there was only one animal. The animal was a llama. The llama saw other llamas going and so it decided to join its friends. The llama tripped and fell face first into a puddle of mud. They didn't show how the llama came out of it.

Have you got any funny stories with animals?

In my next blog I will tell you about my friend who has unusual pets.

My Brother

My brother has been obsessed with a game called 'Runescape'. My mum calls it Ruinscape. Hahaha. The game is like a virtual life but my mum gets so annoyed if he plays. he hates it when I tell on him. He screams 'YOU ARE SUCH A DIBBER DOBBER!!!!!!!!!!!!' It makes me laugh. I'm back everybody. Come to my blog!