I didn't have any activities right after school today, so when I finished my homework, Katy and I went swimming together. Yes, it was freezing cold -- 19 degrees!! We didn't swim much; just ran around and talked... it was much too cold to actually stay in the water for more than 5 minutes!


After about an hour of swimming (well, I don't think swimming really fits...), it was nearly time for my tap class. So I went to take a shower in the clubhouse and rushed off to tap. 


At tap, it was just me and Frances, so we couldn't practice the dance without the other students. We had to just practice our normal exercises. 


I just finished practicing piano and violin and I'm still freezing cold from the pool today! Oh dear, if I'm cold in this weather in Hong Kong, what will it be like for me in Boston during winter!! But no matter how cold it will be in Boston, I am still really looking forward to spending time in Boston during Christmas!!

When I got back home from the sleep over, I started some of my chinese book report for homework. In the middle of my homework, Sydney called me, asking if I wanted to play basketball with her. So we went down to the basketball courts and we played some shooting games. 


When Sydney had to go back home and I went back home, too, Frances called asking me if I wanted to go swimming with her, because it was really hot and sunny outside. 


So we went down together. After running around for a bit, we got hungry, so we bought popsicles and ate them by the pool. 


I had to go home after a bit because I needed to practice piano and violin. I just finished practicing violin, and now I'm gonna go watch the movie 'School of Rock'. BYE!!! 

3 busy days

Ahhhhh! I'm so sorry I didn't write in here for the past three days!!!! I was really busy; Saturday night I had a sleep over with Rachel, Sunday night I had another sleep over with Frances and Katy, and last night I went out for dinner and came home at 1:00 A.M., so I was too tired to write. But I'll write about Saturday, Sunday and Monday right now.


Saturday


     On Friday night, I wanted to invite Rachel over for dinner, but it was really last minute, so mommy hadn't prepared anything for dinner. Instead, she said Rachel could come over on Saturday night for dinner and a sleep over. 
     Before the sleep over with Rachel, I had a violin lesson. I only managed to memorize 2 pages of the concerto, so now I have to memorize 3 more pages.
     After violin class, mommy took me to eat noodles again at the same restaurant as last week. Since this noodle restaurant is really close to the shop 'H&M', mommy said I could go there to buy some clothes for the wintertime. At H&M, I bought:
~A pink sweatshirt with black zebra stripes on it
~A pair of skinny jeans that are very stretchy so they are comfortable
I didn't buy much, so I'll need to go back again because almost all my winter clothes are too small for me and winter is coming soon!!




Sunday


     It was the first time in a while for me to play with Frances and Katy, since we are all really busy with homework. But after lunch today, they were free to play!
     Although it wasn't very sunny outside (it was cold and windy in fact), Katy wanted to go swimming, so we all went down to the pool to swim. As I guessed, the water was SO COLD! But we swam for a long time and soon I was used to the temperature. 
     After swimming, I had to go back home to take a shower and take Samantha out for a short walk. When I told Frances and Katy about having to walk Samantha, they said they wanted to come with me, so after our showers, we went to the park to walk Samantha. 
     When we came back from the walk, Frances and Katy had some very good news for me... we could have a sleep over!!! So I immediately started packing and went over to their house. 
     We made smoothies out of juice, yoghurt, marshmallows, raisin and bananas. When we mixed them all together in the blender, Frances and Katy really didn't like it, but I liked it a lot, so I drank it all up :D
     


Monday  


     This morning, Frances, Katy and I wanted to walk to Stanley with Samantha. Mommy said it was OK. But when we got to my house, mommy said Samantha can't come with us, because she was sick. A couple nights ago, we ordered new dog food, and the bag was open so Samantha ate almost all of it... and it is a pretty big bag!! So now she is vomiting and pooping uncontrollably so we couldn't take her on our walk.
     When we got to Stanley market, it was really busy since it was a public holiday, so we had to wait in a very long line to have lunch. We ate at a restaurant called 'Wildfire' since the line was the shortest.
     After eating some pizza and pasta, we had to go back home because mommy booked a tennis court for me to play with a boy called Jonathan. 
     When we got back home, there was still a few hours left until tennis, so Frances, Katy and I went to the pool to swim. We played hide-and=seek tag. It was really fun but I had to go home to get ready for tennis.
     Jonathan is really, really, really good at tennis, so there weren't a lot of rallies between us at tennis because his shots were so hard for me to return. But after a while of playing I started improving a bit.
     After tennis, Jonathan's mom invited mommy and I over to their house for dinner. Jonathan just got a hamster, so before dinner I played a lot with the hamster called Happy. After dinner, we watched a movie called 'Monster House'. It was pretty good. 
     When the movie was over, it was really late so Jonathan had to go to bed since he has school tomorrow. But it is now my mid-term break, so I could stay up later. 
     But time and time passed, and mommy was still talking with Jonathan's mom. I was so tired that I fell asleep sitting upright! When midnight came, finally I could go back home and sleep in my comfortable, warm bed :)



    

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!! 

Ocean Park (again)

Since there wasn't any school today, this morning, Sydney and I left to go to Ocean Park! Grayce was planning to come with us, but turns out that she was busy, so she couldn't come :(


Sydney and I basically did that same rides at Ocean Park as I did with Sophia the last time I went. We went on the Mine Train, the Dragon (roller coaster), the Space Wheel, Bungee Trampoline and the Crazy Galleon. It was really fun with Sydney. We wanted to ride the most scary ride in Ocean Park called the Abyss, but it happened to be closed just today!! So we couldn't ride it :( I hope the next time I go it will be open again! It looks really fun :)


We had to come home kinda early because Sydney had Korean tutor. When I got home, Sophia called me, asking if I could play with her. She came over to my house, and I showed her some games and websites I found on the computer. Then she had to go home because she had chinese tutor. 


When Sophia left, mommy wanted me to go swimming before it got too cold, since the winter is soon here. It really was cold in the outdoor pool, so I went indoors to swim. After swimming 40 laps or so, I took a shower in the clubhouse and played a little while on the computers in the clubhouse.


Sophia and I had planned to play basketball after my tap lesson, so I was really looking forward to that. But unfortunately, she was busy with something else, so I stayed home and practiced piano instead.


Now I have to go practice violin... tomorrow Sydney might be free to play!! I hope so :)


I CAN'T WAIT FOR CAMP :D

Birthday Party

It was Michelle's birthday party today, and Rachel was there too. We went to the Aberdeen Marina Club (again, for me), and we ate a buffet at a restaurant called The Deck. The Deck had really great food, especially the chocolate fountain!! After a long, yummy lunch, we went to go swimming.


The swimming pool in AMC is really fun; there are 2 water slides and everyone kept going on both of them over and over again. It was really fun swimming there. After about 5 hours of awesome swimming, we took showers in the changing rooms, and headed to the Foam Factory.


The Foam Factory has loads and loads of foam balls, and you can loads these guns with the foam balls and shoot other people. Although we are all quite a bit old for the Foam Factory now, it was still quite enjoyable.

It was another really rainy day today. But I still had swimming for P.E. at school today, so the water was really freezing!!


At school for Social Studies, we got assigned to be different people for Cultural Encounters. I'm a black smith and I have US$150. Next Thursday, we have to dress up as whoever we are to school.


After school, I had clarinet class and we learnt many new songs... nearly finished with the whole book!!


When clarinet was over, I had disco class. We continued the dances we are learning for the charity bazaar.


At school, there is a program going on called Team Fear. Grayce, Alex and I are going to be doing this. It's a race where we have to do mountain biking, rock climbing, off road running, swimming in the sea, etc... This race is on November 29th and this Wednesday there will be a tryout to see if you are fit enough to make the actual race. 

Making Posters

I had no after school activities today, so I had plenty of time to do all my homework. I had a lot of homework to do, but when I finally finished all of it, Sophia called me. She is running for Class Representative, so I wanted to help her with her campaigning. She brought some poster paper over to my house and we started to make a poster. I came up with a motto for Sophia that goes like this, "Check the box for the Rep that rocks!". I took pictures of Sophia, printed them out, and glued them on the poster paper. We also wrote, "Vote 4 Sophia!". I hope Sophia will become Class Rep! Sophia also got to stay for dinner, which gave us more time to finish the poster; Sophia has to start campaigning tomorrow. I'm so excited for her :)


At school for P.E., we had swimming class. Everyone had to do a test where we have to swim as many laps you can for 5 minutes... no stopping. So now I'm really tired. I swam 10 laps (250 meters) in 5 minutes today. 


I really want to find out what cabin I will be in for 5th grade camp!! I really hope I'll be in the same cabin as my friends. :P

The Sunniest Day Yet

I don't remember Hong Kong getting this sunny before. Yesterday, I practically died out in the sun playing tennis!! It was so extremely hot! It felt so good to enter my air-conditioned room and take a freezing cold shower. After all that air con and cold showers, I became cold and I wanted to be hot again...


After my violin lesson, I had french fries from Mac-Donald's. 


When I got back home, I called Rachel to see if she could play. We went swimming together and we made posters to advertise about the Charity Bazaar. Hopefully more people will come this year!! 


After taking showers in the clubhouse, I had to go back home to practice my clarinet and piano. In the middle of clarinet, Rachel called to invite me to dinner, asking me to go to her house. So I didn't get a chance to start piano.


Rachel's two friends, Michelle and Kenny, came for dinner as well. We played on the computer, and Kenny brought his iPod Touch with him, so we played with that as well. Kenny really likes dogs, so Michelle, Kenny, Rachel and I went up to my house and looked at Samantha. We dressed her up with hair bands, necklaces, bracelets, sunglasses, and other stuff like that :)


Soon it got really late, so everyone had to go back home. 

Ocean Park

Today was so much fun!!! Since there wasn't any school, Sophia and I went to Ocean Park!! At first, I thought that Sophia wouldn't be able to go, because she wasn't calling me at all. When I finally decided that she would never call, Sophia called! I was sooo happy that we could go to Ocean Park!!! 


At Ocean Park, we rode many rides. I'll describe every ride we did...


-Dragon = Roller coaster with 3 loops and 3 up-hills and 3 down-hills. Sophia and I rode it 2 times.
-Mine Train = Roller coaster with no loops, but really fast. 4 up-hills and 4 down-hills. All hills were really steep. Sophia and I rode it 2 times.
-Bungee Trampoline = Jumping up and down really high. Sophia and I did it only once.
-Raging River = Boat on rocky water, then a really steep drop. Sophia and I did it once as well.


Those were all the rides we did... not much :( But all the lines were reeaaallly long, so those 4 rides took up almost 3 hours!! Sophia and I might go to Ocean Park again on October 1st. We don't know yet... I hope we can go again and ride more rides!


After Ocean Park, since it was boiling hot outside, Sophia, Niki and I went swimming together. The water felt sooo good and refreshing. But we couldn't swim long because I had to rush to ballet class. I had such little time that I couldn't even take a shower after swimming!


When I came back from ballet, I went over to Sophia's house for dinner. But we only had time to eat together; we couldn't play because Sophia had a piano lesson to go to. We planned to play after her piano lesson, but she never called, so I guess I'll just have to wait for tomorrow to play with her!!

Yeah! Tomorrow there won't be school because... wait, I don't know why actually! So today was the last day of the short week. There were only 3 days in the week today!!

I had sooo much homework last night... I finally knew what it was like to have lots of homework!! But luckily today, since it's weekend for me now!!

The weather has finally gotten a bit better, so this afternoon it was really hot and sunny!! 

At school today, we had swimming for P.E. It was really fun, and I raced lots of people in my class. But the changing part afterwards wasn't very great because the changing rooms are wet and sticky and changing inside those changing rooms wasn't exactly the best part...

I'm hoping that tomorrow I can go to Ocean Park with Sophia because the weather that is predicted for tomorrow is supposed to be still quite sunny but not too hot and not too cold. Going to Ocean Park during the summertime is a bit too hot... so hopefully Sophia and I can go to that amusement park tomorrow!! I really hope so :)

 

So since I had no after school activities and not much homework, I'm now chatting with Frances and Katy and doing video calls with them :D

First day of school

Well, today was just like the first day of school all over again. Summer ended, school started, an extra week of summer started again, and then school starts again.

I brought my iPod Touch to school today so during the bus ride it was really fun -- everyone wanted to play with my iPod and we played games and listened to music.

After school, I came back home happily, since I had no homework at all that I had to worry about. But when I got home I still had to practice my piano. Today was one of the only days that I wasn't busy since I don't have activities on Tuesdays, so I had to practice for a long time since usually during the school week I don't have much time to practice.

Finally, after finishing my piano practicing, I hooked up Monica's Macintosh laptop into my little clubhouse. My clubhouse is right underneath my horseshoe-shaped desk. I have blankets and stuffed toys and cushions inside my clubhouse so it is very cosy. I even have a lamp in my clubhouse!! So now I'm just playing with my sister's laptop, in my little, cramped clubhouse...

After browsing on Amazon (Granddaddy gave me US$50 on Amazon), I went night-swimming, just by myself this time. Pretty much every night now I go 30 laps. My goal is to try to swim 1,500 laps. When I finish swimming 1,500 laps, mommy says she will buy me an LG Xenon phone!! So far, I have swam 150 laps... 1,350 laps to go!

Today I had my second violin lesson with my new violin tutor. Mommy had bought new violin books for my tutor and I to work on. So he taught me new songs to learn.

I had planned to eat at McDonald's for lunch after violin, but I wasn't very hungry after violin class, so we just took a taxi back home.

When I finished a small lunch at home, I called Rachel to see if she was free to play. I went down to her house and we played on her new Macintosh laptop.

After playing a bit with Rachel, I went swimming with Frances and Katy since today was really sunny and beautiful (about 92 degrees). First we started out to just talk, and then we played a game of tag and other games as well. When we were in the middle of a game, Frances spotted something on the floor of the pool. We all went to investigate in it, and decided that it was definitely doo-doo! We ran to tell the lifeguard, and as soon as the lifeguard starting using a long net to scoop the poo out, everyone in the pool immediately got out and left. But we stayed (not inside the pool of course) to watch the lifeguard, giggling and laughing. Then I soon had to go home to take a shower because it was nearly dinner time.

After a warm shower, Frances and Katy called, inviting me over to their house for dinner. I was allowed to go since mommy and daddy were going out for dinner. Frances and Katy's parents were going out as well.

We played lots of things; it was almost like a sleep over!! So sad we couldn't actually have a sleep over :( . But luckily I will be having a sleep over with Frances and Katy on September 18th, because it will be a sleep over birthday party for Frances!! Also, Katy and Frances have loads of clothes that are much too small for them, but since they are taller than I am, their small clothes could fit me! So Katy and Frances let me have all of their clothes that they couldn't wear anymore. They had lots of clothes that were too small for them and they are really nice clothes!! I'm so happy to have them :D Thanks so much, Frances and Katy!

When mommy and daddy got back home from dinner, they called me and unfortunately I had to go home since it was already really late :(

But I'm probably going to be playing with Frances and Katy again tomorrow... hopefully!

Although there was no school today, today was much more fun than I expected!! This morning, when I was still sleeping, Sophia called me asking if I could go swimming with her and have a picnic with her for lunch. I immediately replied yes, because without swimming and lunch with Sophia, I would be sooo bored!

I had brought my phone to the pool, so after an hour of swimming, we took pictures and videos. It was quite fun! But the water was quite cold, since it was still morning and the hot sun hadn't come out yet.

After swimming, Sophia's helper brought food to the pool side, and we had a picnic there for lunch. We had hamburgers and dumplings! Yum :)

When we finished lunch, we swam some more, playing games and talking. When we were starting to get sort of cold, we went indoors to take a shower in the club house.

After our showers, we went to my house and we picked out a movie together and watched it on the big-screen Macintosh in my room on my bed. We watched the movie 'Holes'. Our 2nd grade teacher read the book to us, and we really liked the book, so we watched the movie. The movie was really good as well!

Then it was time to take Samantha, my dog, out for a walk. Sophia and I took Sammy out together. Mommy came along as well. When we were on our way back home, we met many, many dogs. We also met a dog called Alex. She is 95% German Shepherd and she belongs to the Hong Kong Dog Rescue. Alex is 9 months old. Alex had a big sign saying: Adopt Me for Free! As soon as I saw that sign, I kept begging to get her.

Alex can sit, lie down, roll over, etc... Also, if you take Alex off the leash, if you call Alex's name, she will come right back, unlike Samantha. If we take Samantha off the leash, she would run off looking for food and never come back, even if we have treats in our hand. We also met a Yellow Lab called Simon. Simon is 3 years old and really well trained. We threw tennis balls for Simon to retrieve, and once, by accident, I threw the tennis ball into the bushes. Simon ran after it, and I thought Simon wouldn't come back, because that's what Samantha would do. She wouldn't come back at all. But after a minute or so, Simon came back... with the ball in his mouth!! I wish Samantha could be like Simon and Alex, so we could take Samantha off the leash and play ball with her, but we wouldn't do it now... not if there is a risk of losing her.

After a very fun but tiring walk with Samantha, Sophia and I went back to her house, because I was invited to another picnic with Sophia and her other friends. It was really fun as well. We played with hula-hoops and other things. The dinner was really nice as well; chicken wings, pasta, chicken, pizza and lots of other food.

Although mommy told me to go back home right after dinner, Sophia asked me to play at her house for an hour or so -- it was still really early! So mommy let me play with Sophia for a little bit, but I soon came back home because I have to go to bed soon.

I can't wait for tomorrow even though I don't know what I'm even gonna do tomorrow! But I bet tomorrow will have something to do with Sophia, and so will the next day... and the next... and the next... :D

It was really sunny today, so in the morning, I went swimming with Frances and Katy. When I went to the pool, Michelle and Rachel were there as well, so the 5 of us played together for a long time until we had to go home for lunch. It was really fun!!

After lunch, I had to continue finishing my Chinese homework... and now I still haven't finished it, but luckily I still have one more day to finish it until the due date.

When I finished most of my homework, I practiced my piano for quite a while, since I had to prepare for my piano exam that will be coming up in October.

After a long hour of piano, I practiced my clarinet for a bit, but my cheeks soon got tired from blowing for a long time.

And then, just when I thought I could call a friend to play with, I remembered I had to practice my violin. But there wasn't much for me to play, so I soon finished practicing violin.

Finally, I could call a friend to play. I called Rachel, and she came over to my house to play. Then Frances and Katy came over as well, and the 4 of us played together.... mostly on the computer of course!! :P . But Rachel couldn't stay for long, so after about 45 minutes or so, she had to leave. But Frances and Katy stayed, and on YouTube, we watched a movie that we really wanted to watch called The Wizards of Waverly Place movie... we still haven't gotten to finish it yet, because Frances and Katy had to leave as well for dinner, but we're nearly finished watching it, and it's really good and exciting! I'm probably not going to finish it tonight because it's already really late right now -- maybe tomorrow...

Well, gotta go get ready for tomorrow's school!

Violin Tutor

My old violin tutor Elodie was really great, but unfortunately, she had to move to Spain, so I couldn't take any more lessons with her :( . But mommy found another violin tutor for me, and I just had a lesson with him today. He's really nice! He wasn't strict at all, which I am very glad about.

After my violin class, mommy and I tried to catch a taxi into Wanchai (small town with little shops). But, there were literally no taxis at all to hail!! Lots and lots of taxis passed by, but all of them were occupied. We walked for about 45 minutes, still searching for taxis. In the end, we still didn't find a taxi. We just rode a tram to Wanchai instead.

It was really hot, so I was very glad to enter the bookstore, Cosmos, because Cosmos is very freezing cold inside! :D . But, I couldn't read any books in Cosmos because all the books were wrapped in plastic! That's the bad thing about bookstores in Hong Kong. Very little books are unwrapped so you can read them. I prefer the bookstores in America, because pretty much all the books aren't wrapped at all!

After Cosmos, I planned to go swimming, but I was just too tired. So I just stayed at home and watched a movie and finished some of my Chinese homework... I still have some homework that I need to finish tomorrow >:-(

YAY!!!

Hooray!! I'm a Peer Helper at school now! I've decided to take the Peer Helper job, instead of waiting for Student Council, because I can do Student Council any time (Middle School, High School... I could even try running for President of the United States!! Ha!). I'm so excited to start working as a Peer Helper! But luckily I am a quick worker, because while I am doing tours to people, the rest of the people in my class will be working, so I will have to catch up with them after the tours and stuff; but I don't think I will have any trouble with that...

I just came back from night-swimming (again), but this time, it wasn't with friends :( . Mommy asked me to swim at least 30 laps, and finally, I finished all 30 laps!! Mommy says if I can swim up to 1,500 laps (not in just one day of course!) at least, she'll get me an LG Xenon phone, which is a type of phone I've been wanting for a looong time!

Well, I'm gonna go to bed now... wow!! The second week of school is already nearly gone!! Nighty night :D

Peer Helpers

At school today, we learnt about a program at our school called Peer Helpers. Only 5th graders can become Peer Helpers. A Peer Helper is someone who does tours of the school for parents new students who are entering our school. A Peer Helper can also help monitor recess for the 3rd graders. So if an argument happens during recess, a Peer Helper will help out. I really want to be a Peer Helper, so I'm trying to convince everyone to vote for me for a Peer Helper! But, I also wanted to run for Student Council and unfortunately, nobody can be both a Peer Helper and be in Student Council. So I made my choice and after all, I want to be a Peer Helper instead!

When I finished my homework, I went out night-swimming with my friend Niki. We did obstacle courses and we did competitions and talked and played games. But we didn't get to spend much time with each other at the pool because Niki had to go back home to do some unfinished homework. So I just stayed behind and swam a few laps, and now I'm really exhausted! I'll definitely sleep well tonight...

August 21st... MY BIRTHDAY!!!

The day I have always been waiting for has finally arrived... my birthday!!! I'm finally 10 now!

At school, everyone sang 'Happy Birthday' to me and then mommy and daddy brought in chocolate muffins... they were really good :) Everyone in my class loved them!

After the great day of school, I went to buy lots of candy with mommy at the supermarket for tomorrow's birthday party. That was the first time I bought so much candy!

Since it was really hot today, I went swimming in the pool with Frances and Katy. It was sooo refreshing!! We played games and talked for a long time until our fingers and toes got all wrinkly and stuff. Then we got out and they went to a tennis lesson.

When Frances and Katy got back from tennis and had dinner, they both came over to my house to open my presents from mommy and daddy. Before, I was soooo super duper excited, and I really thought I couldn't wait to open up the mysterious present, but I managed to wait :)

And guess what I got... the newest version of the iPod Touch!!! It's a touch screen and it's really cool; I love it!! I also got really comfortable headphones for the iTouch and they are really good for the plain because it has lots of cushioning.

When I opened the fantastic, super, great present, I went over to Frances and Katy's house for a sleep over! We played lots of computer, and planned my birthday party!

I can't wait for my birthday party!!!

Orientation

Today I had orientation, which isn't exactly school. In orientation, we meet our homeroom teacher and other teachers as well. My new 5th grade teacher is really nice! My classroom is very big; much bigger than my 3rd and 4th grade classrooms. In my classroom, there are rows and rows of computers. In 3rd and 4th grade, we have to share a whole computer lab with the other grades. But now, we get our own Dell computers! Too bad it isn't an Apple computer :) . There is also a thing called a SmartBoard in my new classroom. The SmartBoard is there instead of a whiteboard. A SmartBoard is kind of like a electronic whiteboard. It's very cool!

After meeting my homeroom teacher, I went to see my chinese teacher. My new chinese teacher is very nice as well! He's also quite funny.

When orientation was over, mommy, daddy and I went to the small marketplace called Stanley Market. At Stanley Market, there is almost everything there, so since I needed a new backpack for school, we went to Stanley Market to get one for me. My new backpack is dark purple and black. I needed a new backpack because all the backpacks I've had before were extremely small so I would always have to fold my homework and then it would be all crumpled up. My new backpack is very deep and wide, and it has cushioning everywhere. I tried fitting a piece of my homework inside the backpack, and I didn't need to crumple it at all!

While eating lunch in Stanley Market in a restaurant called Bay Side, I met my friend Sophia and her younger brother, Rogan. They were shopping for new shoes. Sophia and I were planning to go swimming since it was so hot, but once we got back home, it started raining and it was a thunderstorm warning!! That's too bad because if I had gone swimming, I wouldn't be so tired right now... and it's only 5:30 P.M.!! If I sleep now, I'll wake up at around 2:00 A.M. and my jet lag would just get worse! Ugh, I don't like jet lag :(