A busy Three Days

These past three days have been real busy for me!! So sorry I couldn't write in here... so here's the update for Thursday, Friday and today, Saturday:


Thursday


New moon came out today!!! Mommy took Katy and I to watch it at night, and it was soooo good :D I'm planning to watch it at least 5 times... I really enjoyed watching it. I can't wait until the DVD comes out because I'm most definitely buying it!!


At tap today, we had a Christmas party! Frances and I went to Park 'N' Shop earlier to buy some candy, chips and soda for the party. We all played games together and ate and had fun :)


Friday


YAYY!!! School's out today!!! I'm sooo happy :) Seventeen days of holidaayyyy :D At school today, the whole entire school got together and we all sang Christmas carols and the strings orchestra played the songs "Hallelujah", "Jingle Bells", "The Hanukkah Song" and "We Wish You A Merry Christmas". It was a lot of fun. 


We only had a half day at school, so I when I got back home, mommy had booked a dentist's appointment for me. Mommy had found another place to go to the dentist, and I tried it out... my dentist is sooo nice!! And he was really detailed about everything... it was quite interesting actually. But the most important part was that I got to watch a movie while they were doing things to my teeth :) 


After getting my teeth checked, I went over to Sydney's place to play. She just moved a few months ago, and I had never seen her new house... it's really nice! All renovated and stuff... Sydney and I made Christmas decorations for her lobby, but I didn't have time to put it up with her because I soon had to go to ballet class.


At ballet, we had another Christmas party :) Two parties in a row for me! It was even more fun at ballet because there were more people, so the games were more entertaining. 


Saturday


This morning I had a tennis lesson with Todd. It was SO cold outside... I think I got frost bites :( Though that probably isn't possible in Hong Kong...


When I got back home from tennis, our Christmas tree had arrived! It is seven feet, and really nice... I also really like the smell of it :)


Tennis was followed by my violin lesson. 


After violin, mommy and I ate lunch at Mac-Donald's again. 


I wanted to get a haircut, but the salon was really busy today, so we decided to go back on Monday morning, so it wouldn't be so crowded. 


When I got back home, Frances and Katy once again invited me over for dinner. We made sushi together.


When we were done with our sushi, we went down to the indoor playroom and nobody was there, so we climbed around the place and played hide and seek tag.


After about an hour in the playroom, we went back home, and Katy did my nails.... they look really nice!!

Decorating for Christmas!

This morning, daddy, mommy and I all went down to Wong Nai Chung for a group tennis lesson for me. Today it was really, really sunny and boiling hot, so after only half an hour I was extremely tired. The last hour was so tiring because it was noon time and thats when the sun is hottest... but I guess I still enjoyed it. 


After tennis, we went down to the Aberdeen and we ate noodles for lunch.


When we were done with lunch, we went up to a music store called 'Tom Lee'. Daddy bought me an acoustic guitar!!! He really wants me to learn the guitar :) 


After buying the guitar, daddy had to go back home to work. Mommy and I went to Wanchai and went to a stationary shop called Cosmos so I could buy a present for Secret Santa in school. I bought:


~a blue mechanical pencil
~a black mechanical pencil
~a green mechanical pencil
~ a red mechanical pencil
~ a plain, white eraser
~a blue, white and orange striped eraser
~a green camouflage pencil case


I hope the person likes it!!


When mommy and I were on our way back home, we passed by the lobby and a bunch of people in our tower were decorating the lobby for Christmas. I stayed and helped decorate. Soon, Rachel passed by and joined us as well. Then, Niki called me and asked if she could play. So then Rachel, Niki, me and lots of other people decorated the lobby. It was loads of fun! One person had loads and loads of decorations so now our lobby looks really cool and bright! There is a competition called 'Deck the Halls'. Each tower competes against each other, trying to decorate their tower the best... we'd better win 1st prize this year!!!

After school today, I had violin class. Our concert is over, so we didn't need to practice songs, and there won't be another concert until the end of the year, so we just practiced scales for the whole time.


When I got back home from violin, I directly went to Wong Nai Chung with mommy to try out the group tennis lesson on Wednesdays. It was quite fun! I'm probably gonna start coming to Wong Nai Chung on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays... that is, if I don't get too tired :)


Our neighbors gave us a gigantic santa clause, and it's really cool! We put it outside our door and the people who have seen it so far really like it! I really wanna get more christmas decorations... I just can't wait at all for Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!

This morning I had a group tennis lesson again at Wong Nai Chung. It was also really hot out, so I got really sweaty. At the same time, it was pretty windy, so it was quite hard to hit the balls properly.


After tennis, one of my friends from school called Isabelle invited me over to her house to play. So when I got back home from tennis, mommy took me down to where Isabelle lives. 


Right next to Isabelle's apartment, there is a big market and plaza with lots of shops. So we went and looked around in the shops. We bought cookies and candies and slushees, and I got this thing called iFoam. Its styrofoam mixed together with colored goo. It's really fun to play with :)


I'm really excited for school tomorrow! We're starting 'Secret Santa'... I wonder who I will get! Also, at our school, we have this things called 'Operation Santa Clause'. We dress up in christmas colors all week and donate $20 every time we dress up. Tomorrow we have to wear red, then on Friday we have to wear green, and then next Friday, on the last day of school, we have to wear red and green. I already have all my red clothes prepared for tomorrow!! I can't wait!!! We will also be starting some christmas crafts, so we'll be making christmas stuff!!! Yayyyyy :D

After school today, mommy and I once again went to Wong Nai Chung for a tennis group lesson. My calves were really, really sore because at school today for P.E., we had to run for 20 minutes... nonstop!! So I'm extremely tired right now. 


After the 2 hours of tennis, I directly went to tap. We worked on our dance to the song 'Steppin' Out With My Baby'. 


Tomorrow at school, we have something called "China Day". We're gonna be playing chinese games, eating chinese food, and wear chinese clothes. All the girls have to wear a chinese dress, which is called a 'qi pao'. I'm quite excited for tomorrow!!

Last night was so much fun! It was Rachel's school fair, and she invited me to go with her. Her school fair was during the nighttime, so right after our ballet class, we got ready and went to her school together for the fair. 


When we got there, Rachel met up with her other school friends. Pretty soon, I started talking with them and then we became friends. At the school fair, we went into a haunted house which was really scary because people were jumping out at you and stroking your faces and everything. We also played laser tag, went on bouncy castles, bought lots of really good candy, and I bought a small pink squishy pillow... it's very comfortable :)


When we got back from the fair, it was already very late so I didn't have time to write in here...


Today, I had a play date with one of my friends at school called Jessica. I went over to her house and we played on the computer, played with our iPod Touches, played outside, and baked some really yummy oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.


I had to leave Jessica's at 4:00 because I had another tennis group lesson again at Wong Nai Chung. It was really tiring, and my legs are still really tired and sore from Thursday's training... but I still enjoyed it!


After tennis, Katy called, inviting me over for dinner. So I went over, and after dinner, we watched 'America's Got Talent' on TV. Then we played 'Twister' and played the 'Wii'. While I was at Frances and Katy' place, mommy and daddy were out eating dinner. When they got back I had to go back home. 

Happy Thanksgiving!!! It's also daddy's birthday today! He's turning 39 (not really) :D


I am a M.C. for the Chinese Assembly that is coming up next week, so today at school I had a rehearsal. It was really fun and I can't wait!


When I got back home after school, I quickly went to Wong Nai Chung again for a group tennis lesson. I saw lots of other people from my school as well. It was really tiring today because we ran lots and lots of laps around 6 courts!!


I just got back and am now getting ready to go to a restaurant to have a Thanksgiving feast with daddy and mommy. 

This morning, I once again went to Wong Nai Chung to play tennis. The people who were in the clinic today were really good, so it was very tiring. Right now, every part of my body is aching and sore.

After tennis, mommy and I went to Aberdeen to have lunch. We ate lunch at a Vietnamese noodle shop. When we finished lunch, I got a scoop of cookies and cream ice cream.

We passed by a shoe store with loads of All Star Converse shoes, and I saw two types of Converse that I really liked. One is gray with white and pint hearts on it. The other is pink and white stripes. I got both of them... they are really nice!

When we got back home, I practiced my piano and quickly finished my chinese book report for tomorrow. Then I called Rachel to play and we watched some TV. She just left to go eat dinner.

When I got back from school today, I had a quick snack and quickly went down to Wong Nai Chung with mommy for tennis training again. I played for 2 hours with other people. The people in my group were pretty good; there was even this one 5 year old boy who can play as good as me!!  


After the long tennis training, I went back home for tap. I was extremely exhausted at tap because at tennis we did lots of tiring drills. 


When I got back home from tap, Grayce called me and invited me to have a sleep over with her at her house tomorrow night. I asked mommy, and she said it was okay!! So tomorrow night, after my ballet class, I'm going to go to Grayce's house. I can't wait!!!

I am SO tired right now!! Right after school, I ate a quick snack and mommy once again took me to Wong Nai Chung to try out for a tennis group lesson there. It wasn't too humid outside, so I never thought I would get too tired and sweaty, but I was waaayyy wrong. After only about half an hour, I was so tired and I was extremely hot!! I played for about 2 hours, but I actually really enjoyed it, though it was exhausting!

After the long tennis lesson, I went to tap class. Ms. Claire mentioned a job that she wanted me to do. It is performing at a mall for 2 weekends and I will be paid HK$4,000!! YAYYY :D

For this week's homework, it is all due tomorrow and I left it all for tonight... so I was rushing to finish it before it got too late, and I only just finished... so now I gotta go to bed because tomorrow is Sports Day and I don't want to be tired on Sports Day!!

G'night :D

After school today, I had violin class for the first time in a while... the strings winter concert is soon coming up, so instead of working on boring scales, we practiced our songs for the concert... I can't wait!!


When violin class was over, I rode the after school bus back home. Sophia and Niki also have after school activities today, so we all rode the same bus back home. 


When I got back home, I had quite a bit of homework to do, and tomorrow I have a chinese test, so I spent quite a lot of time preparing for that. So when I finally finished all my homework, it was time for tennis. 


At tennis, it was really fun. Towards the end of the group lesson, everyone played matches against each other, and I won so I didn't have to pick up any balls at the end of the lesson! :)


After dinner, I was supposed to practice piano and clarinet, but I just complained that I'm really tired from a fitness test that I had today and I was really sore, so now I am getting ready to go to bed... 






GO PHILLIES!

It was the first day back at school today, and I'm actually quite happy to be back because I was really bored during the holidays and now that I have school, I won't have nothing to do!


After school, Alex, Sydney, Sophia and I all stayed behind to wait for clarinet class. So we did all our homework in our classroom. Soon it was time for our clarinet class.


Once again, our original clarinet teacher, Mr. Lovett, was sick again today, so Mrs. Webster taught us instead... I haven't seen Mr. Lovett in ages!! At clarinet, we played some new Christmas carols for our Christmas concert next month.


When clarinet class was over, mommy took Sophia and me back home. 


After the short taxi ride, I finally decided to stop disco dance class. I have really enjoyed doing disco, but the dances are way too easy for me and I am not old enough to be moved up to the higher level with more challenging dances. So I've stopped disco for now and I'm gonna start doing more tennis and maybe start after school basketball with Sydney.


So instead of going to disco, mommy and I walked down to the Wong Nai Chung tennis courts where kids who are really good at tennis (including Jonathan) play. But we got there too late because it was already the end of the group lesson and they were just playing games; so I couldn't really see how good they were...

Halloween Costume

Since Halloween is nearly here, mommy and I went to a little market called Ladder Street. There were loads of costumes there, and this year Frances and I are both going to dress up as mad scientists! >:)


So in Ladder Street, I bought these things:


~A grey, wavy, Albert Einstein wig
~A white lab coat
~Harry Potter glasses


I can't wait 'till Halloween!!!


Before going to Ladder Street, mommy and I went to get foot massages. It hurt a little but it felt really nice :)
I also got a couple of t-shirts from a shop called 'Giordano'. They are 'Cheer You Up' t-shirts, a really popular type of t-shirt right now. It is just a normal t-shirt with a yellow smiley face on it with x's as the eyes. They're really cute XD


When I got back home, it was time for a tennis group lesson. 


Mommy wants me to play more tennis with more people, so now she's gonna call the boys in my class who play tennis to come over tomorrow to play tennis with me!! Ohhhhh, I really hope she'll forget about calling them!!! 

Camp, camp, CAMP!!!

I just got back from... CAMP! Camp was sooo much fun, and I'm really sad to have to leave :(
I left my schedule for what I did at camp back at school, but tomorrow I will bring it back home so I can copy it down and type it here!


The only things that weren't so nice were the showers. The water was either freezing cold or boiling hot. Never warm. And there would barely be any water coming out! Maybe about one or two drops every minute. There are signs all around the campsite saying 'Use less water, save the planet', but I didn't think that they would take it that seriously... also, the beds were as hard as my desk, so I could never sleep through the night comfortably. So at least now that I am back I can shower in clean showers and sleep in a nice bed.


At camp, we did really fun things like going on sampans, canoes, water bikes, and archery, rock climbing, rope courses, swimming, tennis, pool, squash, table tennis, soccer, basketball, and hiking... there are loads of other activities that we did but I forgot them... I will list all the things I did at camp when I get my schedule back.


When I got home from camp, I was really tired, so I had a nap for a few hours. I woke up right before tennis, and although I was still really tired I still had to go. 


When I got back I practiced violin... I have to memorize a 5-page concerto by Saturday!! I've only memorize half a page... 4 1/2 more pages to go!! 

It just had to be blazing hot outside on the day of my tennis lesson when it could have been nice, cool and slightly breezy. But surprisingly, although the sun was really, really hot for me (and I was playing on the non-shaded side of the court), I didn't even complain a bit about being hot and uncomfortable; and I didn't even feel extremely exhausted.... well, that's good isn't it?

After my not-so-tiring tennis lesson, I hurried to take a shower and rushed to my violin lesson in Midlevels. Before violin, mommy and I ate lunch at a noodle shop, where we stayed at for too long because we ended up being quite late for my lesson. My violin lesson seemed to pass by real quickly, so before I knew it, I was walking out my violin tutor's studio.

Mommy and I walked all the way to Wanchai because I needed to get new shoes and we knew a shoe store in Wanchai. But when we got to the store, there wasn't a very big selection of shoes, and all shoes were very expensive, so unfortunately I didn't get any new shoes today :(

But I did get a few new t-shirts at some clothing store that sells cheap clothes!

After looking around in Wanchai, mommy took me to a mall called Sogo. We looked around in Sogo and I really wanted to get some things in the Roxy store, but everything was at the least HK$200... even for a plain t-shirt!! So I didn't buy anything. 

When I got back home, I called Niki to see if she was free to play. I went over to her house and we practiced our dance for the Charity Bazaar with Annabelle. When Annabelle had to go back home, I stayed and watched half of the movie called 'Picture This' starring Ashley Tisdale with Niki. Then I had to go home to have dinner.

Yayyyyy!!! Tomorrow is the Charity Bazaar! I'm really excited but I'm not exactly looking forward to the changing costumes part because there won't be any bathroom stalls for me to change in!! And I have three dances to do, which means three completely different costumes to wear. So every year, mommy holds up a big towel while I change... it's quite embarrassing... you do not know how many people are watching! But I'm still really excited for the Charity Bazaar :D

After school, I had violin class. Mr. Y wanted tested up on a song one by one at a really fast speed, but I did it without any mistakes! 


After violin class, I went to a tennis group lesson with Rachel. Rachel and I planned to have a sleep over on October 2nd... hopefully we can!! 


When tennis was over, Rachel came over to my house to help me a bit to prepare for my piano exam. She told me strategies about how to memorize things, and we practiced like it was really the exam. I really hope I do well on the day of my exam!


When Rachel went back home for dinner, Sophia sent me her speech that she will be saying to her class for Student Council tomorrow. I'm now reading through it and giving Sophia some advice about what she should add into her speech and stuff. I'm thinking about running for Student Council next year...

I miss the buzz of voices all around the room. I miss the teacher talking. I miss the pencils scratching against paper. I miss the occasional crumple of paper as someone erases their writing. I miss school! I really wish school could start again... I have nothing to do without fun, exciting school, even if I have virtual homework to do on the computer.

So, like I said, I didn't do much today, since I didn't have school. But I woke up at around 10:45 A.M. today, so waking up later took some boredom away from my day.

After having brunch, I got an email from school saying that I would have virtual homework. So although I didn't really want to do homework, I went onto the computer anyway. I didn't have anything else to do right?

After some math problem solving, some current events and some writing, I practiced my 3 piano exam pieces. Although the exam is still a month away, I'm already really nervous about it!! I even have to sing!!

When I finished piano, I continued reading my book, 'New Moon', the 2nd book of the 'Twilight' saga.

Before I knew it, 2 hours had already passed! I rushed to the phone, eager to find someone to play with. Niki was the only one who was free to play because she is also in my school, so she doesn't have school, either, and all my other friends had school. Although Sophia is in my school as well, she couldn't play because she had gone out.

I had to leave Niki's house soon because I had to come home earlier to take Samantha out for a short walk. I couldn't take Samantha out later because I had tennis from 6:00 - 7:00.

When I was walking Samantha, I passed by loads of dogs, but surprisingly, Samantha didn't pull at all to play with the dogs. Before, Samantha would always pull and jump whenever she saw a dog. Well, I guess it's a good thing that Sammy doesn't pull when she sees dogs anymore... it's now easier to control her!!

After walking Samantha for a little bit, I immediately had to rush to go to my tennis group lesson. I'm glad that my tennis lesson is at night, because during the summertime, it really is too hot to play tennis during the day!!!