My School Project

Today, we finished our projects in both Mother Tongue and English. Sueann brought home the

English project and Tanya brought home the Mother Tongue Project. For English, our group did a

mind-map. It was fun. Everyone in our group contributed a little. I did the languages. Sueann

brought her i-pad. We all fooled around a little with the i-pad. Our group is called "angry birds". My group members are: Rachel, Gigi, Sueann, Wen Hao and myself. I enjoy being in this group very much. While doing this project, we had to clear Rachel's and my table, for we were using a vanguard sheet. The topic is about Eurasians in Singapore. We drew the Singapore flag with the word Eurasians on it. Tomorrow, we have to do a presentation on it.

Learning Journey to the National Museum

Yay! It's learning tapestry again! This time, our trip was to the national museum. We went by bus. I partnered my friend Dana, while Rachel partnered Sueann. We left at somewhere

around 9.30 a.m. Dana and I sat near the front of the bus and just behind Rachel and Sueann.

When I first saw the museum, there was only 1 thought in my head -- it was HUGE! Dana agreed with me.

After we had gotten down from the bus, we lined up with our partners. First, we visited the

film and wayang gallery. It was quite dark inside. we watched a bit of a black-and-white

movie until Mrs Soon my form teacher called us over to the back of the stage where she

showed us an old gramophone. Then we moved on to the wayang kulit section of the gallery. It

had puppets used for the shows and a stage. We also saw some costumes for people on display.

Next, we entered the fashion gallery. We had to fill up one of our worksheets here. My favourite part of this gallery was its back room. There were lengths of cloths to feel and two had a magnifying glass attached to them. And in display cases, there were old thimbles, a basket full

of things needed for sewing and many, many more!

After that, we visited the food gallery. Again, we had to fill up another worksheet. Inside were displays of different types of food brought to Singapore by each race. My favourite part of this room was the place with all the jars and spices. We could smell a few of the spices showed there.

There was also an old ice shaver.

Next, we moved on to the photography gallery. I did not like it as much as the others. There were some drawers in the wall where when you pulled it out, there were pictures inside.

Finally, we moved on to the history gallery. We were each given an audio guide and an earpiece.

This was my favorite part of the whole museum. It was very dark and my earpieces kept on dropping off. I saw many very interesting exhibits such as: Major William Farquhar's collection of drawings, a rickshaw, swords and maybe a hundred more!

I was very disappointed when we had to leave, as I wanted to explore some more.

I would recommend everyone to go to this museum and I hope to come here again.

My Brother Feivel

On the 5th September, my brother Feivel , was born. He was born at the Mount Alvernia Hospital and is now 3 weeks old.

He looks exactly like my 6 year old brother when he was born. Feivel has a chubby face with cute little eyes and a tiny nose. He has tiny fingers that are smaller than my little finger. Whenever I touch his fingers, the whole hand will spread open and if I put my finger there, he will grab it. He has little feet with sharp toenails. His nails are thin and that makes them sharp. The soles of his feet are as soft as silk, that makes them very nice to stroke.

He sleeps most of the time so I hardly get to play or talk to him during the day as I am in school. When there is time, my brother and I will either sing songs or play with him. I like to carry him. When I do, my first brother will also want to carry him. Feivel poos and pees a lot. He drinks Mummy's milk which is the BEST food for a BABY! When he burps, he sounds like a duck. WACK!

I love him very much!

My Learning Journey to the Farms

I went for a learning journey on the 1st of July. I was super excited! as I had never been to a farm before. My form teacher, Ms Wong, had briefed us all about it the day before.

When we saw our bus, Whey Yinn and I joked that we were going to Malaysia. On the bus, Whey Yinn and I drew, coloured, did our LT worksheets and talked. Soon after that, it started to rain.

First, we arrived at farm number 1. It is called Kok Fah Technology Farm. It was still raining when we got there. Suddenly, Whey Yinn and I realised we had forgotten our umbrellas! Luckily Whey Yinn's dad had an umbrella. After that we met our guide, who took us on a walk around the farm. We saw many vegetables such as dwarf white cabbage, "nai bai", spinach and aloe vera. We also saw a tiller and learnt its function. After that, we were taught how to remove the flesh from an aloe vera leaf. Our guide brought us to see a fish called an arapaima. She told us it is a living fossil.

Then, we were each given an Aloe Vera drink. I did not really like it. My classmates were very interested in the birds there. I especially remember a rather large bird which would use its beak to help it to climb up the cage. Then we were off to Farm number 2.

Farm number 2 is called Aerogreen. We learnt the meaning of aeroponics, the method of growing plants in the air. On the way to the greenhouse where the aeroponics plants are grown, we saw other interesting plants such as water gourds which Chinese people used as water bottles in olden times.

At the greenhouse, our guide told us that sprinklers spray nutrients at the plants' roots. We experienced it for ourselves. I got wet! I also thought it was stinky. Later we were shown a sponge gourd which can be used as a bath sponge.[My Mum says it's called a loofah.] We also saw many long and snake-like snake gourds. Then it was time to return to school.

I enjoyed the trip very much. I hope Mum will bring me back one day as she is so into gardening.

The Library

Today I went to the library. I like going to the library because I like to read books and there are many books at the library for me to borrow. Books are nice to read. I like
to read Fiction books more than Non-fiction books. My mum makes me carry all my books on my own, she tells me to borrow as much as I can carry. My favourite authors are Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and Laura Ingalls Wilder.

The books I borrowed today are:
The Tempest retold by Marianna Mayer, King Lear retold by Andrew Matthews, Paddington Goes To Town by Michael Bond and Winnie's jokes by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul.

My Hong Kong Trip

I went to HK on the 29/11/09 Sunday. Before we went we had lots of packing to do. We packed warm clothes because it was very cold in HK. I was very excited! Finally the day came, I had to go for ballet first, then I got changed and off we went! At the airport we had to wait for the checkin counter to open. After we checked in we went to eat.Then, we went shopping. YAY! My mum bought a book called Coraline. [now we have the CD too] then we had to run to catch the plane. On the plane it was BORING! as I don't like to sleep and I couldn't, I did not find anything to do. When we got to HK it was very late so we went to our hotel and checked in then, we went to eat beef noodles which I don't like to eat. After that we went to 7 Eleven to buy BIG bottles of water to fill up our water bottles. Then we went back to the hotel to sleep. The hotel room was very nice, it had one big bed a single bed and some kind of chair and bed combined together. I slept on it. The next day, we went to my mum's old work place, then we went to eat dim sum. MMMmmm! nice! Then we went to the peak. The next day, we went to Ocean park. I could go for many many rides but my brother couldn't. The next day we went shopping and sight seeing! we bought some paddington bear sweaters and later we went to a night market and bought many cute stuff including a watch for me. The next day, we went to Macau. We had to take a ferry to get there. I hated the ferry ride it made me feel sick. It left my mum rocking for a few days. I like Macau because it has lots of yummy food. The next day we returned to Singapore. I like HK and I hope we will go on another holiday soon.

The Chronicles of Harry and Bert

The Saga Tree

The scientific name of the saga tree is Adenanthera Pavonina. It belongs to the family Fabaceae (pea family). It is best known for its seeds,which are a symbol of love. Hence its Chinese name is 相思豆 ( xiang si dou ). The pods are very curly and contain many seeds each. The seeds can be strung to make necklaces and also for weighing gold, because no matter what shape, they are all the same weight! The wood is very hard and can be made into boats and furniture. The Saga Tree is commonly found in parks in Singapore.

Seeds from the Saga Tree

A Day To A Hotel

Today, I went to a hotel to see some friends from Australia. My mother told my brother and me to wait patiently for the lift. Then I saw Uncle David and we went up to their hotel room. When we got there, I found out that of the two families that were invited we were the first to get there. I saw my friends Liam, Kira and Sian. I talked to Kira and waited for Auntie Barbs to come. When Auntie Barbs came she brought all her children with her and Kieran also came. There were lots of boys in the room because Auntie Barbs' children were mainly boys, and only the eldest was a girl. Later we all went across the road to eat fish and chips. After eating, all the children went back with the uncles to go for a swim. The water was very cold when we got there so I did not swim much. Later, my mother came back with the other aunties to check on us. My mother told my brother and me that we had to go home, so we went upstairs to shower. When we reached home, my brother was already asleep and I missed part of a chinese show I always watch on the weekends.

I had a fun day there and I want to see my friends again.

My Bean Plant

In the March holidays, I had my SPACE  activity to do.  The topic was length, I had to grow a bean and measure it every two days.  I started on Sunday 15/3/09. First, I took the sheet of plastic given and folded it in half. Then I took sticky tape and taped up the sides and bottom. After that, I took the piece of cotton wool and put it inside. Then I took a bean and placed it on the cotton wool. Then I took the whole bag to the sink and sprinkled a few drops of water inside. After  that I put  it aside.