My UOI Exhibition

In UOI we are doing an exhibition. My groups exhibition is about Islam and the celebration is Idul Fitri. We plan to put Ketupats, the Idul Fitri celebration symbol, and the religion symbol. Of course the celebration is always connected to the religion and that is why we try to find information about both of them. We have all been working quit hard and there is a good chance for us to finish this exhibition.

When At Night I Go To Sleep, Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck

Day 14

Dear Diary,
Today I played badminton with Mandy and Nadia at the badminton court in Villa Duta. First Nadia, my dad, and I played against Mandy and Nicole. After a long time we switched so it was Nadia, Nicole, and my dad against Mandy and I. While we were playing, two of Mandy's cousins learned how to play badminton. We all had so much fun!

After that, my family went to "Cinta Baca", a library. My mom had a meeting and that was why we had to go there. My sister borrowed two books while I only borrowed one book. She borrowed two American Girl books and I borrowed an Enid Blyton book called "Pretty-Star the Pony".

~Amanda

Day 13

Dear Diary,

Today I went to Mandy's house. I met her cousins. We played and ate ice cream and kept playing again. Mandy and I looked at a lot of fairy names ( Even the Boys)!

After we played with Mandy's Cousins and Nicole. We did some art and we all played with the fake food. The time went by fast and Nicole and I went home.

~Amanda

Day 12

Dear Diary,

Today my mother and I went window shopping at Botani Square. When we went to Giant, my mom let me buy one ice cream! It was the same ice cream that I ate when I was a preschooler! It was good to taste something I ate when I was young. Here is why I remember so fondly about it.

When I was at preschool, while waiting for my older sister to get out of school, my mom often took me to a shop near our school and I would eat ice cream every day. I always ate the same one every time I went there. One day they didn't have that ice cream anymore. I got upset, but not too long because I found another ice cream that tasted just like that, but on a popsicle stick.

~Amanda

Day 11

Dear Diary,

Today my sister and I continued our school game. I thought it never ended! Even though there was no teacher, we just thought what we would do in that class. And then we kept playing through the whole day! It was so fun! It was a really good day!

~Amanda

Day 10

Dear Diary,
Today I had a natural day. I played with my sister, I practice my math, piano, and vocal. It was sort of boring. So I decided to play on the computer. I was playing the game called "The Scary Stone Dragon".That is what made the day fun! Horay!!!!!!! I played while eating my dinner.

When I was done Nicole started to play that computer game on my computer! We bothe like that computer game very much! She played it a long time ago so she had forgotten how to play. I helped her out a little bit and then she remembered how to play.

~Amanda

Day 9

Dear Diary,

This morning I got up quite late - it felt great to be able to stay in bed longer.

I had a great, yummy breakfast. My mom made scrambled eggs and beef sausages, just like what I had in the hotel!

Then I did some math excercises. After that I played with my sister, and then ate lunch, and then we continued our game. Later on, we ate dinner and kept playing and watched television. We were so excausted!!! But, what a great day!

~Amanda

Day 8

Dear Diary,

This is my last day here! So, I ate eggs and sausages for breakfast.... Yum!!

Then I went swimming for the last time. I had a lot of fun!! After that I went back to my room and finished writing a song.

It was so peaceful here, and since no one else was around except my family, we felt like we were a very rich family who owned a private resort, complete with professional butlers. Too bad we had to leave...

Just before we checked out, there was another family coming. Soon this place would be packed with people!

~Amanda

Day 7

Dear Diary,

Today I learned to balance my body and went across a coconut pole on top of swimming pool. It took me a while before I could go across without falling off the pole, because it shook so badly.

My sister helped me by hanging onto the pole so that it wouldn't shake sooo much. Then after a while I could actually went across by myself without my sister's help. It was so much fun.

After lunch, when it was too hot to be outside, we stayed inside our cottage and two ladies braided my hair while we watched the movie "Amazing Grace". It was kind of hurt when she pulled my hair so tightly, but the result was fabulous!

Before dinner we saw the most awesome sunset on the beach. The sky was so colorful: bright orange, yellow, and dark brown.

~Amanda

Day 6

Dear Diary,

This morning I was so excited! Finally we had a family vacation to Anyer beach. We stayed in the hotel called "The Banten".

When we arrived, it was already almost 3 o'clock. It just stopped raining, but it still felt warm outside.

The place was beautiful and.... empty. It was the perfect time to go here because this week people were still fasting and many still had to work in the office.

We went to the beach right away, then swimming, and then back to the beach again. The water in the swimming pook was really warm - I just loved it!! When we got back, my sister and I watched a movie until 8:45. Then we went to bed right away.

~Amanda

Day 5

Dear Diary,
Today I stayed up until 11:30 just to wait for my dad to come home from Medan and Malaysia. I watched television and slept in the commercial breaks while I waited for my dad. When my dad came home, everyone was so happy to see my dad again! I was happy too!

~Amanda

Day 4

Dear Diary,

Today, at Ranch Market, I met Kezia, my sister's friend. While our mothers went shopping, we all ate......Pizza. It was delicious! I felt so happy to see Kezia again. Kezia goes to a new school now. She has many new friends.

~Amanda

Day 3

Dear Diary,

Today I danced to the songs "Macalana" and "Mambo No.5". I felt exhausted afterward! I also watched " The Cheetah Girls 2" ever since 5:45 in the morning. I didn't feel sleepy at all though. Today was a really great day...INDEED!!!!

~ Amanda

Day 2

Dear Diary,
It is the day that my father is going to Malaysia and Medan. He travels a lot. This morning is great! I just hope that it won't rain today!............And it didn't!!!!

~Amanda

My Holiday Diary Writing

Dear Diary,

Today was the last day of Quarter 1! I feel relieved!! I don't why but sometimes I get stressed in school. Maybe it's because I don't really like some of the teachers, but I am happy that they get the chance to teach us. I really like holidays because there are only a little bit of homework. It's sort of like a little break for me. It is when the holiday begins!!!!!!!!

~Amanda

Beatrix Potter

Do you know Beatrix Potter? Do you know her well? Well, I can tell you about her. She is the one who made the story "Peter Rabbit" . She had many great attitudes.

Beatrix was an independent woman. She was brave enough to prove to her mom that she was a good author even though her mother didn't approve. She was also very brave to live in a different house from her parents. She tried her best to work as a team with Mr. Warne.

Beatrix Potter was very creative. She made her animals have clothes. She thought that her characters were real and that was why her drawings looked so great. In all of her books, there were many pictures.

She was a great author and illustrator. Now her books are still out in the bookstores, and she is still very popular. All her stories were children's books. She was a great person.