Dominic Delightful Din

My Cameron Highlands Trip

2009-08-15T18:58:00.027+08:00

On the Saturday of the National Day weekend , I woke up very early to get ready to go to Cameron Highlands. Daddy had gone on Friday because he and two other bikers (uncle Yi Kiat and uncle Hong Ming) wanted to ride slowly. Mommy, Bailey and I went downstairs to wait for auntie Kelly to pick us up. Her son was Christopher and was 9 years old. I was very excited. My favorite part of the trip was the second day ... ... ...

That day we went out for breakfast together with the rest of the bikers. We occupied four tables at a nearby coffee shop.We had porridge, chee cheong fun, some tofu with fishballs in soup and barley dessert . The tofu with fishballs in soup was delicious, I didn't really like the rest, but I just ate them anyway. In the picture below, I am the boy on the left (in front).

After this, we went back to our rented house to rest for awhile before we headed to the Boh Tea Plantation.

The road to the Boh Tea Plantation was exceptionally narrow. Only one car could drive through at a time. So Uncle Kester who was driving the car, had to be very careful and give way to cars coming from the other direction. At times, I felt like the car might fall down the cliff. We let the bikers go in front because they could weave through the cars and buses. On the way there, we stopped to take a few pictures of the mountains that were covered with tea plants. In the picture below, you can see that half of the hills are brown while the rest are green. This is because the green leaves of the plants have already been plucked to make tea.

When we reached the plantation, we found some of the bikers, including Daddy. Mommy said that Uncle Yi Kiat accidentally turned into the strawberry farm on the way and was now lost!

We went on a guided tour that told us a lot about how they made Boh tea. We also went to play a bit in the bushes.

We had a little snack at the cafe there. It was a warm and sweet strawberry pie. After this we went outside to take group pictures.

We drove down the hill to have lunch. Some of us went to different shops to eat while Uncle Avery and Uncle Yi Kiat went to get a massage. When we were all finished, it started to rain. We went in the car to go to the strawberry farm while the bikers waited for the rain to stop. At the strawberry farm, we took some pictures and looked at some cacti.

In the night, we went out to have steamboat. When I finished, Bailey, Christopher, Uncle Kester and I went back first. We stopped at a shop nearby to buy strawberry strudel. We took such a long time there that the other bikers came to the shop too. I found an interesting toy at that shop. It was a skull that can be squeezed. When you squeeze it, the "blood" and "worms" inside the skull will pop out from the eye sockets!

The next day, we went back to Singapore. On the way down the mountain, we took some pictures from inside the car. This is a picture of Daddy riding his bike down Cameron.

What I Like To Eat

2009-07-03T18:58:00.000+08:00

I composed this poem myself!

What I Like To Eat

I like to eat,
A sugar coated sweet,
And things like that,
But I'm never fat.

I like to eat,
I'll eat fish meat.
I'll eat sushi,
And I'll eat green veggie.

I like to eat,
I'll eat chicken meat,
I'll eat anything that is yummy,
But it must fill my big tummy!

How Fun It Is To Be A Fish

2009-05-06T22:41:00.001+08:00

I Wish I Were a Fish

How fun it is to be a fish
To always be free to swim and swish
My delicate rainbow tail.

I can sleep whenever I'm tired
And have lots of peace and quiet
No noisy siblings with tiresome tales.

I can play hide-and-seek all day
On pastures of green algae
Or chase and dance with pretty ladies.

No use crying if my friend dies
Just nibble him up! Isn’t that nice?
A fish's life is filled with jollies!

My First Horse Riding Lesson (in Malaysia)

2009-04-30T00:47:00.000+08:00

On my birthday (Saturday), I woke just after the sun had risen to go to Malaysia for my first horse riding lesson with my friends. They were Christian, Ekklesia, Ariel, Ecclesia, Seraphina, Anastasia (a baby) and Noah (a toddler). The riding school we were going to was called Riders' Lodge. We had a long ride in our friend’s car. During the journey, we talked mostly about horses.

When we reached the riding school, we went to the stable to look at the horses. There were horses in every stall. The horses were of different colours. We saw that some horses were outside being ridden. We went out to look at other adults ride their horses while the smaller kids went for their pony rides.

We went to the reception area to get a drink. It was cold and sweet, just nice for a warm day. We drove out to find a coffee shop nearby to have lunch. When we came back from lunch, we went to the jacuzzi to play. I had a fun time playing with my friends.

After that we had a snack of biscuits. We went to look at the horses again and to write down the names of the horses. I found that the horse I would be riding was Snappy, Bailey's was Impian and mummy's was Kimba.

Snappy was a white-coated horse, Impian was brown and Kimba was white too. I was very scared not just because the horse was tall but because we saw a stranger crying and hurt. She had fallen down from her horse and was talking about her broken tooth. I was a little worried because Snappy sounded like a horse that might snap at me!

I got up Snappy by climbing up two steps on a wooden stair. At first, an instructor walked beside me. He gave me a whip to whip Snappy and then I controlled the horse alone. The instructor told me to sit up straight and hold the reins up. I had to kick Snappy with my heels to make him walk. I felt very tall, taller then Snappy. The instructor told me to stop the horse from walking by saying "whoa" and tugging at the reins at the same time. She told me to make the horse turn by kicking the opposite side and pulling the reins on the side I want to turn.

One by one we went to the centre of the corral (the fenced up area where we had our lesson) to practice trotting. We needed to stand up and down while we trotted. I was very wobbly. Snappy went very fast around the instructor. I felt like if Snappy went any faster, I would fall off!

In between our lesson, Seraphina had another pony ride. When she came back, we were not done with our lessons yet. So she went to feed the horses. Before we ended the lesson, we went out of the corral to ride around a pond nearby. Then the lesson ended.

When we got off our horses, took off our helmets and were walking back to the chairs beside the jacuzzi where the father s were siting, I saw Seraphina crying. Mummy told me that she was bitten by a horse on her arm when she wanted to feed it. That horse's name was Arterial. He is known to be very moody. We went to a room to comfort Seraphina and to put aloe vera on her bruised arm.

We drove for a long time to a restaurant and settled down to have a delicious dinner. After dinner, we played catching at a playground. Then we drove back home to Singapore. I enjoyed the day very much.

My TripTo Tioman Last Year

2009-04-26T12:36:00.002+08:00

This post is copied from my journal. It happened last year in July.

On Sunday morning while it was still dark, I took a train to Kranji then hopped on a bus to go to the Singapore checkpoint. It was a short ride before we arrived at the Malaysian checkpoint. I then took another bus. In the bus I ate raisin bread and looked out of the bus window.

When we reached Mersing, we found a place to have lunch. While we were eating, my incisor dropped out!

After that, we waited to board a boat that will take us to Tioman. We waited for quite a long time. So, daddy and I went to explore the beach. I was worried that the boat will arrive while I was walking around. When the boat finally arrived, we boarded and put our big and heavy bags in a corner for bags. It was very cold inside the boat so daddy and I went up to the top deck which had a roof and railings. There were even seats to sit on but, all the seats were taken up. I took some photographs and one of them is now on the top of Bailey's ( my brother's ) blog. Up there, I looked out at the waves and the bright open sea.

When we reached, I was so excited that I ran out and looked in surprise because it was so beautiful. It was about to rain. We ran to a shelter just when the rain started. When the rain stopped we went to look for a chalet to rent. We were at a town called ABC where there were no air-con houses. We decided to go to another town beside ABC called Tekek. But Marina Park ("sea park" in Malay), the place we wanted to swim at was at ABC. Daddy said, "We will get a taxi when we want to go to Marina Park."

When we found a chalet with air-con beside the sea, we settled down and went out to see the beach and the shells.

For dinner we had seafood and sweet and sour chicken. In the night, we went to sleep in the room of mosquitoes.

The next day, the weather was good for playing on the beach. This is a picture of Bailey and I monkeying around outside our room's front porch railings.

In the middle of lunch, it rained but we were in the shelter. Our neighbour was going home on that day and he happened to be eating at the same place. So we talked to him while we waited for the rain to stop. We ate ice-cream after that for our dessert. Mine was green apple flavor. It was yummy! When the rain stopped we went back to the chalet. In the night we went out to look at the stars. When we were tired, we went to sleep in our chalet of mosquitoes.

In the morning we went to Marina Park to have some fun. We got a taxi to bring us there. When we reached Marina Park, we took off our clothes (we had our swim wear inside).

We swam and swam almost the whole day. For lunch we ate a burger. First we took a towel and dried ourselves, then we ate our burger. When we finished eating our burger we went to swim some more. After awhile, I was tired, so I rested.

We swam and swam for the whole day, before going to bathe. We walked back to the chalet. It took about an hours to walk back. We visited the newly built mariner on the way. There were many yachts parked there.

The next day we took the long journey back home to Singapore. This is a picture of us lying on the hammock outside our chalet before we left. Our chalet is right behind us.

Here's a videoclip from our trip.

Centipede

2009-04-22T22:06:00.004+08:00

Centipede

I am slimy.
I am tiny.
I'm a burrower.
I’m a wriggler.
I’m a segmented, many-legged,
Shiny armoured, mighty stinger.

People hate me.
Want me dead!
Stamp their feet
And hit my head.
So I scare them with a bite,
From my poison claws all right!

Sleep Mr. Dragon

2009-03-23T16:01:00.008+08:00

Mr. Dragon,
Sleep in the wagon.
Dream of grub,
And don't wake up.

Riddles

2009-03-15T00:05:00.001+08:00

RIDDLES (that I made up!)

1. What does a frog call a rabbit?

2. What do crocodiles wear on their foot?

3. Which is the most calm animal in a storm?

4. What toy will a dolphins like to play with?

5. How many steps do you take to climb a tree?

6. Where do people sleep in Chicago?

7. When will there be eggs in your head?

8. What word has these letters - 1"v", 2"l"s , 3 "s"s and 4 "e"s?

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Answers

1. What does a frog call a rabbit?
1. Ribbit!

2. What do crocodiles wear on their foot?
2. Crocs!

3. Which is the most calm animal in a storm?
3. A clam!

4. What toy will a dolphins like to play with?
4. A doll with a fin!

5. How many steps do you take to climb a tree?
5. Three!

6. Where do people sleep in Chicago?
6. In cargoes!

7. When will there be eggs in your head?
7. When you have headache!

8. What word has these letters - 1"v", 2"l"s , 3 "s"s and 4 "e"s?
8. Sleeveless!

Nature

2009-03-05T22:17:00.008+08:00

Look at that bug,
On the rug.
Look at that bird,
In the dirt.

That's what I see.

I wish I saw a bumblle bee,
Will it sting me?
I wish I saw a fat pig,
Will he nibble on figs?

I don't know!

Rock Climbing At The American School

2009-02-27T20:56:00.000+08:00

On Saturday, Bailey and I went with Mummy to the American School. Daddy went there, too. He rode there on his motorbike.

First we bought coupons for the playing. Mummy went to a room to look at books while Daddy brought Bailey and I to look at the games there.

We decided to go rock climbing. It was quite scary but I managed to go at least halfway up the wall.Once I was swinging on the rope that they attached me on because I fell off the wall. I almost kick somebody's head. He was a tall and strong helper who was there to catch the legs of swinging kids. Suddenly he looked up and the next thing I knew he was holding my leg. He pushed me back to the wall to continue climbing.

West Indian Locust Tree

2009-02-17T00:22:00.000+08:00

The West Indian Locus Tree is a tree that has a fruit called the "Stinking Toe". It's very very very very very stinky, but people like to eat it because it's very very very sweet. It's flower is pollinated by a Nectar Drinking Bat. People use a liquid that ooze out of the trunk, called resin for a lot of things like violin varnish. The wood from the West Indian Locust Tree will not be attacked by fungus and termites so it can be used to make things. Sometimes when you are walking around some where with a West Indian Locust Tree you will see bats pollinating the flowers at night. You may also notice holes on the tree. These holes are made by woodpeckers.

What I Did At Penyabong Beach

2009-02-16T19:45:00.000+08:00

On Wednesday, Grandad came to pick us up from home to go to Johor Bahru orphanage because one of daddy's biking friend organized a trip to Penyabong beach with a group orphans. On the car, it was a tight squeeze because daddy also came.

When we reached the orphanage, the kids were already lining up to go into the bus. We talked with the pastor before we went into the bus. He is the one who takes care of the children in the orphanage.

On the way to Penyabong, some of Daddy's friends were playing and singing some Christian songs. After a while, I slept so I didn't know much of what was happening around me.

When we reached the beach, all the kids were eager to play including me. But we all had to eat our lunch first. LOL!!!

After we finished eating, we started our fun. We took out our sand play toys and shared it with the other children. Some children dug a big pit in the sand and fill it with water. A few children helped to carry sea water using a big plastic bag we found on the beach. I helped too. We also buried our friends in the sand. I had a fun time burying one boy.

We played in the water. I played water polo with Bailey and another boy.

At first I played soccer with a few other boys. After that, almost all the children joined in. My team lost because many of the good players in my team quited half way through.

We played some interesting group games. We played a few types of game like master mine we played it by drawing squares on the sand. One group has a clip board with a paper of the same number of squares. They use a magnet to plant bombs in certain squares. The people from the other group will not know where the bombs are. They will try to get to the end without stepping on any bombs.

We also caught some crabs nearing the end of the day.

After that we went to bathe then walked on the sand bars.

The Chartres Cathedral

2009-01-23T23:49:00.002+08:00

This is the Chartres Cathedral. It is in France near Paris and is built in 1220 AD. It's a church honoring a saint. The first Chartres was burnt down. It was built another time. After that a lightning strike made another fire and the Chartres Cathedral was damaged. The church had a special tunic. People believed that the tunic was worn by Mary, Jesus' mother. Many people that worship Mary go to the Chartres Cathedral. During the second fire, some people saved the tunic. The Chartres was quickly rebuilt. The Chartres Cathedral was famous for it's flying buttresses and stained-glass windows. The picture on top is a paper model of the Chartres Cathedral I made with Bailey's help.

These are the other paper models from the same book. The book is called Mouse House. The models in the book are supposed to be houses for the computer mouse. I got this book from Aunty Minna as a Christmas present.

This is the Parthenon.

This is the White House.

This is the Golden Pavilion.

This is the Taj mahal.

The Wicked Pirate and the Gentleman

2009-01-17T22:50:00.009+08:00

Narrator : Look at this Pirate. He looks like he's up to no good.

Pirate : I'm going to see who I can disturb... Hey! That silly guy there looks like an easy target. Let's get him. There he is. We can sneak on him. Let's do it now or he'll run away.

Gentleman : Hey that Pirate looks awfully disgusting. Let's get out of his way.

Narrator : Oh no! What is happening here?

Gentleman : ARRGGHHH!!! I surrender! I surrender!

Pirate : Haha Haha!!! I want to create more trouble. Who should I disturb next?

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Playwright : Dominic

Casts
Pirate : Dominic
Gentleman : Bailey

Greek Language

2009-01-11T23:47:00.000+08:00

Hello everybody. I know how to write my name in Greek. Do you? The picture below is my name.

I wrote this myself!

Guess what this other one says.

It says "Read my blog" in Greek.

I know this because I have a history book that we borrowed from the library. It has a page that shows the Greek alphabet. Do you know what letters are alpha and omega? Do you know who said "I am the alpha and the omega."? They are the "a" and "z" of the Greek alphabet! And it was Jesus who said that.

My Nature Trip To Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve

2009-01-09T17:53:00.014+08:00

Today I went to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve with my usual homeschool group, mummy and Bailey. When everybody had reached, we walked one of the trails in the park. I saw many Golden Web Spiders in the middle of their orb webs ...

... and a few Monitor Lizards basking, crawling, sleeping and swimming. I even went up close to one of the monitor lizards. I was just an inch away before I could touch it! But I couldn't go closer because it scrambled away.

We walked, talked, played games and drew. I drew one Great Egret and a Cotton Stainer Bug in my notebook.

How to Keep Guppy Fry?

2009-01-05T14:43:00.011+08:00

Last night, Mummy was in the balcony and found some Guppy fry. We were very excited because we have never seen a Guppy fry before. Daddy also came to see. We saw the fry hiding under a rock. Later, we found more fry.

We separated the fry from all the other bigger fishes. You can read more about what we did that night in Bailey's Basking Bay.

We didn't know how to keep them alive so Mummy went on the Internet to check this out. This morning, I read the information she found and tried to answer some important questions. Here they are.

How to know that a female Guppy is pregnant?
It's belly will be big and it will have a gravid spot on it's abdomen.

How to know that a female Guppy is going to deliver?
The female will try to find a hiding place, or stay around the aquatic plants in the tank. It will rub it's head up and down on the sides of the aquarium. The female may have difficulties swimming and also will not eat much. It's Gravid spot will be darker than usual.

How often does a female Guppy give birth?
It will give birth about once every month.

How many fry is delivered at one time?
8 to 25 fry may come out at one time.

How big are the fry?
The fry is about 7mm when it is born.

What should you feed the fry and how often do you have to feed them?
We should feed the fry crushed fish flakes or cooked egg yolk mashed with water. Feed them about 4 to 5 meals per day.

Happy New Year Visitors

2008-12-31T15:44:00.005+08:00

Happy New Year everyone!

Bailey and His Helicopter

2008-12-30T13:17:00.019+08:00

On Christmas day, we went to Gong gong's home. We had a Christmas dinner at his home. This year he gave us a remote control helicopter for Christmas!

I was so excited that I pulled the plastic-bag off the box straight away. It was not wrapped up. Inside the box there were two helicopters. One helicopter was for me and the other was for Bailey.

When I reached home, I was too excited, but I was also too tired to look at my helicopter. I went to sleep immediately after I did all my night routines. In the middle of the night I couldn't sleep because, I was very excited. In the morning I finished my chores very fast so that I could charge the helicopter but we had to pack to go out.

On Saturday afternoon, Mummy allowed me to take out the helicopter. She read some of the instructions. When we finished charging and getting all the things ready we went downstairs to play. When we were downstairs at the big field below my block. I switched my helicopter on and started to play.

After less then 5 minutes Bailey's helicopter got stuck in a tree!

We tried to get it down but the tree was too tall for even mummy to reach. Mummy went to the second level and looked down at the trees, but she couldn't see anything. We went up to try to find a long stick. Mummy went to the balcony and found a bamboo pole which was used for hanging laundry. She also looked for a binoculars and looked down at the trees from our balcony.

We went down to look some more but we still couldn't find it. And now we gave up because we couldn't think of a way to get the helicopter down and also because it was time for dinner and we were very hungry. We spent one hour or more looking for the helicopter. That's why I call this post "Bailey and His Helicopter".

When I was sleeping, Mummy and Daddy went down to look for the helicopter using a torch. Daddy was looking at the bushes and around the trees and Mummy was feeling around on the ground. Suddenly Mummy saw a little sparkling thing and picked it up and found that it was the helicopter that Bailey lost!

The next day Bailey was surprised to find his helicopter back in its box.

After breakfast we played almost the whole day. Here is a picture of me flying my helicopter.

I control the helicopter to go upwards by pushing the throttle up and move side ways by moving the joystick that controls the direction.

Here is a video of me flying my helicopter that my mother helped me upload.

Thank you Gong gong. I like the helicopter present a lot. I like the way it moves. It can move like a real helicopter but not so fast.

My Aquarium Full of Fishes

2008-12-29T17:19:00.029+08:00

Last Friday, my brother, mother and I went to the fish shop to get some fishes.

We walked around the shop which was at Clementi. My mother saw a pail of water that had fishes in it. She saw Guppies in it. I liked the Guppies because it gives birth very often and it looks very beautiful.

We bought 4 Neon Tetras, 2 Black Tetras, 5 Male Guppies, 3 Female Guppies, 2 Black Mollies, 2 other fishes (that we didn't know the names and that we accidentally caught) and 4 more that were caught by mistake (they looked like ikan billis). So we have 22 fishes altogether.

A few days later, one Neon Tetra died. We thought it was because there was still too much chlorine in the water. Today when we were taking photographs to put in this post, we noticed that a female Guppy died. We were so sad. Now we are left with 19 fishes.

I'm hoping that the female Guppy that was pregnant would give birth so we will have more fishes.

At the Park

2008-12-20T18:46:00.005+08:00

My day at the park,
Climbing trees and peeling bark.
Playing golf,
With sticks and balls.

Bowling using sticks as pins,
Doing our best to see who wins.
Soccer was played by kicking balls,
Between goal-posts of trees so tall.

Running about,
Shouting so loud.
Stopping the games,
Only because it rained.

The Gnu

2008-12-19T17:57:00.000+08:00

One day, when I was at the zoo, I drew a gnu. Here is a picture of it.

The gnu that I drew was the fattest of all the gnus in the enclosure. It was very difficult to draw the gnu because it kept moving and turning around from side to side. It was also very difficult because it was all black so it was hard to see. But I did it in the end. I used my mummy's watercolour paint to paint it. I succeeded the first time!

Feeding Goats at the Zoo

2008-12-13T18:57:00.016+08:00

Last Friday, I was at the Zoo. I went to Kidzworld then we went to see the animals. On the way out it happened to be goat feeding time. The zookeeper tied some Jackfruit leaves and branches on a stick beside the goat pen. The zookeeper said that these goats only eat Jackfruits leaves and branches.

At first I only fed the goat leaves, but later I noticed other people feeding the big branches, too. I tried to feed some branches. The goat stuck it's big pink tongue out and slurpped. When it could reach the branch, it bit the branch, but it didn't chew. It pulled the branch into the fence before it chewed and ate up the branch. Then it dropped the branch just in time to butt it's horns in the neck of another goat who was trying to snatch the branch from it. It didn't take the branch back to eat but instead, it went on a rock and didn't eat anymore!

At the end when the zookeeper came to take the branches away, one goat wanted some more, but it bleated something like "EEEnOUgh! EEEnOUgh!"

To that the zookeeper shook his head and replied, "Ya. Ya. Enough!"

A Sungie Boloh Wet Land Reserve camp.

2008-11-25T18:44:00.017+08:00

One Friday morning, I woke up very early to go for a camp at Sungei Buloh!

I went to the train to Bukit Gombak MRT station. My friend's mother gave us a lift to Sungei Buloh. He was also attending the camp.

When we reached Sungei Buloh, we were divided into four groups. I was in a group called Blue Wolves, my brother in one called Orange Orang Utans and my friend who brought me to the camp in a group called the Pink Panthers. The last group was called Purple Dinosaurs but none of my friends were in it. After awhile another of my friends came, he happened to be in the same group as me!

First we played a game called Hunter, Fire and Tornado. It was very fun. After awhile they gave us breakfast. I enjoyed the part of the camp nearing the end when we made a clay mudskipper. I also enjoyed making a Tailorbird's nest. Too bad, I lost both of them!

Points were awarded during games and quizzes, and also for finished worksheets and for spoting animals ourselves.

My team had the most points so I was very exited because we could win prizes. My team was really the best so we got a goody bag! Bailey's team was the second but I was surprised that the prize was the same! After that we went out side to take pictures. My team was the last to get our photographs taken because we were the best. We got four badges and a certificate. Here they are.

I really liked this camp so much that I would want to go for the same camp next year!

It was very fun. What an interesting day out with nature.

Jabez's birthday party.

2008-11-16T16:19:00.007+08:00

One Saturday morning, my brother, mother and I went to my friend Jabez's birthday party.

We played and had a paper airplane competition, it would be very fun if your plane is very well folded and you get a prize. One of Jabez's friend got the prize.

We went downstairs of Jabez's block and had a competitionto see whose plane could fly the furthest. Jabez's plane went the furthest but since he was the birthday boy he didn't get the prize because he already had so many presents. So the second boy got the prize.

We had lunch at Jabez's house, I ate:1 pizzas, 2 nuggets and 3 sausages, they where very nice and yummy.

I enjoyed myself a lot. I liked the food and the games. Thank you Jabez.

Bird Riddles

2008-11-01T18:30:00.018+08:00

Here are 10 bird riddles. I made up myself! (My mother helped me a little.)

1. Which bird is the richest bird?

2. Which bird hates to chew its food?

3. Which bird can turn very well?

4. Which is a miner's favourite pet bird?

5. Which bird has 102 eyes?

6. Which bird loves to eat Oreo biscuits?

7. Which bird makes a good postman?

8. Which bird loves to play badminton?

9. Which bird do you go to if you want a tuxedo?

10. Which bird can turn its head all the way to the back?

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Riddles with Answers

1. Which bird is the richest bird?

The Dollarbird.

2. Which bird hates to chew its food?

The Swallow.

3. Which bird can turn very well?

The Tern.

4. Which is a miner's favourite pet bird?

The Myna.

5. Which bird has 102 eyes?

The Peacock.

6. Which bird loves to eat Oreo biscuits?

The Oriole.

7. Which bird makes a good postman?

The Pigeon.

8. Which bird loves to play badminton?

The Racket-tailed Drongo.

9. Which bird do you go to if you want a tuxedo?

The Tailorbird.

10. Which bird can turn its head all the way to the back?

The Owl.

My First Ride On A Motor Bike.

2008-10-28T16:14:00.026+08:00

One afternoon, I was surprised that I was going to go out with my father on his motor bike to buy lunch. This was unsual because we normally go on our bicycles. This was my first ride on a motor bike!

We went to the car park to get his bike. He told me some rules before we wore our helmets. He sat on the bike. I sat behind him. Then my father started the engine so we could go.

It was cooling when the bike moved but hot when it stopped. At first it was a little scary. I heard the engine. It was very loud. I could smell the fumes from all the vehicles around me. I had to hug my Father's waist so that I won't fall off. After a while I felt quite brave.

When we reached the market my father bought three packs of chicken rice and a pack of fried Kwei Tiao.

I would want to ride on his motor bike again.

What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?

2008-10-23T15:37:00.014+08:00

Pythagoras met a builder. His name was Neferhephersekeper but people called him Nef. Pythagoras saw a lighthouse that Nef built and asked,"How did you make that lighthouse so straight?"

"I used a magic rope." he said and lifted his hand to show the rope that had twelve knots on it. But Nef didn't want to tell Pythagoras the secret to how this rope was used. Pythagoras found out that he had to put 3 knots at the bottom, 4 on the wall and 5 slanted from the wall down to the floor. That gave a right triangle.

Nef helped Pythagoras and his father carry some tiles to the shore because Nef bought the tiles from them. He said, "Let me get the money to pay you."

Pythagoras' father and Nef went to deal with the money. Pythagoras wanted to play with the tiles on the floor. He saw a triangular base made of stone. He arranged three tiles on one side of the base and two more rows of three to make a square. On the second side he did the same but with a square of four. On the third side he did the same but with a square of five.

He found out that (square of 3) + (square of 4) = (square of 5). When we square a number, we mulitply a number by itself. He found out that this works for any right triangle. If you know the length of the two shorter sides you can find out the length of the longest side. Pythagoras is very clever because many people don't know this - even his father!

It helped his friends and his father do their jobs. He helped his frends by making their ladder long enough to reach the top of the temple they are building. It helped his farther measure how long it was from their island to Crete.

I like this book very much because it is a true story.

Book: Cora Frears

2008-10-22T20:30:00.003+08:00

Cora Frear was once a little girl. She was 10 years old and her dad was a doctor.

One day, Cora was coming back from Sunday school. She saw her father preparing two horses and a buggy. She knew he was going to go out to treat his patients.

She quickly ate her bread and jumped on the buggy before her dad set off. They were in the middle of a prairie when they heard a loud noise. They thought and thought until they knew what it was. A prairie fire! Cora's farther had a very good way of keeping themselves alive.

If you want to know how they survived the fire, you'll have to read the book yourself. The book's title is Cora Frear by Doris Ettlinger. This is a true story. It happened in 1887-1985. I love to read about real people and their stories.

I really like this story. I wish I owned this book. Then I'll be able to read it many times!

This is the second best book I have ever read.

Robo Sports

2008-10-17T05:17:00.002+08:00

I was at Science Centre for a robotic workshop.

In the class, we were put into groups of three. I was with my brother and my friend Jabez. Each group had a robot to work with. We attached an arm to our robot. It was used for dropping balls into a hole.

On our robot was a sensor that helps it see the track that it was going to go on. There was a light at the end of this track. When our robot started to move, it went quite well.

We made three different types of robots. The first one wasn't so interesting. It had a chain in front of it. We put two balls in our robot and let it go. When it reached the end of the track, it dropped its ball and stopped because it sensed the light.

The second type of arm was a bit more interesting. It looked liked a bulldozer's shovel that was used to hold and drop a ball. It went off on the track and when it reached the end, it dropped the ball like before and stopped.

I enjoyed the robot with the third arm the most. It could shoot the balls out instead of dropping it. When our robot reached the end of the track, it shot three balls one by one and stopped.

After we finished all three robots the instructor gave us three bookmarks for finishing all three tasks. On one side of the bookmark there was a question. On the other side was the answer to the question.

We had just one last task. It was to make our robot shoot seven balls at a time by joining all three arms together. When our robot moved along the track, it reached the end and almost finished the task. But when it was time for our last ball to shoot, it shot too far that it didn't aim the goal!

After we had done all the packing up, the teacher gave us a badge as a reward although our last ball didn't aim.

I like this day so much that I'll never forget it!

The Lost Mitten

2008-10-15T17:51:00.000+08:00

Brian the Giant
Sitting in the kitchen,
Looking for a mitten
That is bitten.
Bitten by a mouse
Who loves to be hidden.

When a fierce cat comes by
The mouse will by eaten.
So Brian the Giant
Can never ever find
The hidden, bitten, mitten
In the kitchen.

Because the fierce cat
Is always nearby.
So the mouse won't come out
With its hidden bitten mitten.