India Trip XV

The performance at the oldage home went pretty well. Before and After the performance people praised me and gave advice to me. It was very fun. Then after the performance my parents and I went to visit the old peoples' houses/rooms. Then we went to eat. For some reason when we went to eat and after I ate, my tummy hurt when I stood straight. So later on I could not have the privilege of enjoying seeing everything. When we reached home, I realized I actually had a high fever.....

India Trip XIV

Anyway, after that place we travelled so many places that I was too exhausted to memorise their names. hehehe :P When we returned, it was daytime so my grandparents settled down to their daily routines and I worked on math problems from my mathbook online. As the few days left flew by, I relaxed and also prepared for the performance on the 22nd...

India Trip XIII

After we left that place, we went to Kanyakumari. There is a beautiful statue of a tamil poet in the waters. Three different bodies of water merge at one point in that ocean. The Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean. Also, there is a temple on a big humongous rock at which once a famous chief India disciple, Swami Vivekananda swam across the ocean to meditate on the rock. It was very beautiful. But we only stayed there for 1 and a half days. As long as you know swimming, it is not hard to swim across the waters in India because it's warm...

Breakthrough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everybody got their schedules and we are comparing them. I got some pretty good teachers except I don't know how DeRose is, but my science teacher Bonnacorsi is said to be strict. Some of my friends got him/her for science during my school's academy. Two of my teachers require separate folders/binders. I just got folders because it will be tough to carry 3 binders. On the first day, all we have to bring to school is a binder with supplies that we were provided with and given a checklist at my school's academy. That evening, will be Back-To-School-Night. That day we have to carry our binder and 4 other textbooks.... Ungh!!!!!1

India Trip XII

Brain Builders: There is a two and three-quarters year old in 6th grade. Why is this?

When I went there to the ceremony thing I was pretty much excited! But those cousins weren't all nice to me. Like I said, they acted as if I wasn't even related to them. When I went for dinner, they kind of ignored me. All I think it was, was that I was two years younger than them and I wasn't a very close relative to them. Then after dinner, they decided they shouldn't ignore me totally, so they took me into one of the A.C. rooms and told me to sing for them. Then, they started praising me. I had a feeling they were being sarcastic. Then they randomly had one of them standing outside and two of us screaming inside the room and saw if the person outside of the room could hear the people inside...

Facebook

1st grade Teacher: Tell me one compound word.
Student (raises hand)
Teacher: Yes, Emily.
Emily: Facebook

Facebook is a very well-known website that even little kids know its existence. But is Facebook a good website for immature kids? Maybe Facebook does not allow an inappropriate-aged kid to sign-up. But that won't stop them from signing up. I am not saying Facebook is totally bad to be on. It's ok to be there occasionally but not all the time. This might be one major problem why kids  in middle school and sometimes even in elementary, don't do well academically. I hope the parents have set a specific time at which their child could be online. Thank You!

Breakthrough and India Trip XI

Breakthrough: Today, we will be having a tour of the junior high and mark some significant places. Next year, there will be not 500, not 600, but 1,100 students all together 7th and 8th grade combined.

...(continuation of India Trip X) He was so cute, I did not wish to leave him. But the next day we had to leave for Trivandrum (Thiruananthapuram) for a ceremony called "Poonal." All brahmins have to wear this white string and this was a ceremony for a boy of 8 in my family, who was going to wear a poonal for the first time in his life. Anyway, that evening we arived, we took a bath in sacred waters where once a boy who is now a sage was bitten on the leg by a crocodile. In the water was many fish. It tickles you whenever it takes dirt off you. So it is kind of a natural bath. The fish take dirt off you if you stand in one place. Sadly because the place has now become a tourist spot, people have trashed the area. Anyway, the next morning, we left for Trivandrum in a train. This was during the day, so we did not sleep much. When we arrived, I was excited. This was the first time I would see a whole different part of my family I had never seen before. Strangely, they acted as if I were their friend instead of a cousin......

Breakthrough again!!!!!!!!!!

My middle school's Academy rocks!!!!!!! It rocks, because it feels like we actually are experiencing middle school. Anyway, what I am excited about is the tour of our middle school and when we get our schedules, lockers, and locker combinations. I probably am walking home today with a couple of friends. I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We actually get to see many of our friends from school. The inside of the building has alot of greenery and benches around some of the trees. It is awesome!!!!!!!

India Trip X

My mom's cousin's house which is in Kaalady wasn't that far of a car ride from the train station. When we reached the place, I noted down the fact that it was a very big house and surrounded by lush greenery. It was a very pretty place. It was a little humid at the same time.When we entered the house, the first thing I looked for was the baby. Then, I noticed th baby lying down on a hammock. When I peeked inside, I could not believe how adorable he was..... So, cuuuuuuuuuute! When we woke him up, he (the baby) started crying. We kept on trying to make him smile. Soon, it seemed like I was the one that could make him smile. My mom was able to take many pics of him smiling. Then suddenly, out of nowhere he would start wailing all over again.But, when he cried, he would puff up his lip and spit a little and then start crying. My mom said when I was his age I used to cry as much as he did, and only my mom could calm me down just like him.......

Breakthrough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm going to this summer orientation thing at my junior high this week . It's only half a day though. I can't wait!!!!!! Especially, 'cause many of mi amigas are coming to it.... I don't know of any boys that are coming from my school. I sure miss my friends alot though. In my old school, summer would take forever. But here at least, I could catch up on Google Buzz. I didn't know about Google Buzz. I guess I had to find it out myself. All I did was look up one of my friend's names on google and she had replied on something called Google Buzz? So I clicked the link and found a whole community of people from my school and many other schools chatting and talking. I felt a little angry inside because no one had told me about this. I was just lucky enough to stumble upon it....

India Trip IX

Thursday and Friday were hectic. Thursday, especially, because we were running back and forth from the tailor shop to our house. And believe me, with the type of warmth there is in Ambattur it was tiring! The next day we left in the evening and our train ride started at night. My grandfather bought Tinkle from a store. I continuously read the magazines but I couldn't finish two of them because my grandma told me I had to sleep because we'd have to wake up early the next morning. I slept on the middle bunk. The beds weren't very comfortable but better than how I thought they would be. After a little bit of sleep, I woke up at 4:30 a.m. I couldn't believe that I was not tired enough to sleep. When we reached Kaalady, I was excited because my mom told me there was a baby........

India Trip VIII

While we were returning to Ambattur from Hyderabad,-there was alot of security. I was not really going to say that. But anyway, the airport was very beautiful and grand. There was also two models of the airport inside. What was very different was that the airport was very open! I have never seen an airport like that before. I forgot to say that I saw this homeless person in Hyderabad at a bus stop sitting on the seat provided and had dreadlocks. We returned at night. A driver took us to a good restaurant and then dropped us off at our house. When we arrived, I felt like falling onto the bed. I was tired because of jetlag and tiredness of Hyderabad. On Friday, we were leaving for Kaaladi........

Breakthrough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• I though it interesting that "Whip my Hair" was sung by a girl two years younger than me. I also found out that she was the younger sister of Jaden Smith from "Karate Kid." I still find it hard to believe. 
• One time when I was biking at my elementary school playground, I saw this one boy from my classroom playing. I did not want to show my identity. It seems he was waiting for this other boy left. I guessd this because next another guy from another classroom in 6th grade came. He searched the whole playground for the other guy. Then he left too! I was like,"Phew!" when I saw three boys each one from a different classroom in 6th grade coming to the playground. They were none other than those first two boys and a companion. From then on, I was always on the other half of the playground opposite from them.....
• I am sooooooooo excited 'cause next week is a summer school/orientation for us incoming middle-schoolers. And, school is starting soon. There are 21 days counting the first day of school.

India Trip VII

We kept on running up the steps until we got a ll the way to the top. At the top was the roof. In India you can walk up to the roof of your house. After going up there, we came one level down where there were rooms. I went to my cousin's room and poked around at her books. I just read until I got bored. I read the book "Chicken Soup for the Kid's Soul." I mostly did my math work other than reading that book. My schedule there was do math work, eat, read book while laying down on bed, sleep, read book while sitting up, run up and down stairs for almost no reason, go to playground and try to play on the equipment, go back home and eat, watch TV, sleep. The same applied for the next day....and we  left there Wednesday afternoon.................

India Trip VI

It was Monday morning when we left, and we were coming back Wednesday evening to Ambattur. We took a flight to Hyderabad. The airport at Hyderabad was beautiful. When we arrived at my grandma's, uncle's, and aunt's house, I was amazed at how pretty the place was. Just naturally. When I got in, the moment my brother saw the steps, he was tempted to get up there. But he could not escape. My grandma hadn't seen us in 4 years so she was excited to see us. We talked for a while and then my brother and I escaped up the steps........

India Trip V

There was alot of shopping to do today, and we were leaving for Hyderabad tomorrow, so we had to pack also. We needed clothes for our trips too so we bought things. I went to the room which used to be mine and opened the glass, see-through doors to my mini closet. In it I found many of the stuffed animals that I had left behind. We brought 2 or 3 stuffed animals back with us and all my Amar Chitra Katha books plus one I got from a bookstore in the airport. After a while, I got bored. We took alot of rest. The next morning we left for Hyderabad.........

India Trip IV

It took a while at baggage claim and we were tired. My legs were killing me for some reason. They hurt more than ever. I couldn't wait to get into an auto rickshaw or van. As we headed out, I looked for my grandparents. When we reached it was dark, but there were lights so I found my grandparents. They were so excited to see me. As we went in the car to their house, we talked and discussed about many things. Especially, my brother not speaking in our native language and how they pronounced the place we arrived at, in a funny way. Once, we reached their house and brought all our suitcases in, my brother and I stayed awake for some time until we were told to sleep. I slept well into 6:00 a.m. Then we had to wake up.....

India Trip III

The airport was very pretty but boring. We had to wait for 5 hours in the airport. I tried to sleep, but it was not comfortable and I kept waking up. Occasionally, I would get up and watch the TV on the other side of us because the one in front of us was CNN news and at times that would get pretty boring to watch too. After what felt like 5 billion years (5 hours), we boarded the airplane and we were airborne! The flight took a long time, and we had 2 meals in that flight. Plus, I watched Jungle Book 2. :P When we landed, my heart was filled with excitement and joy.......

India Trip II

As we got through the security check, I had this feeling-for no reason-that when I walked through it would beep. "Luckily, it did not,"I thought to myself.

The other side of the security check-as usual-was beauuuuuuuuuutiful. (I don't know what you guys think but I think it is beautiful. Especially, in the Singapore Airport.) I did miss the Singapore Airport a little when we arrived at the Hong Kong Airport but we'll get to that later. We waited for not much of a long period of time to my delight. When we got on the aircraft, I thought to myself,"14 hours of sitting around and not doing much."

When we landed, I realized this was the first time I actually had seen  Hong Kong, China.........