09.24.06
Posted in Vera's at 10:31 am by Vera
By: Vera Olano Pekich
On Friday, the 14th of September, the entire middle school group went to Chinatown in Sydney. I woke up very early, ten to five! We picked up Eve at quarter to six. We arrived at school at six o’clock. When I arrived, I found out that I was in purple group.
When the buses arrived at school every one was excited. The buses had seatbelts, a television and even better- their very own toilet. When I got on the bus it looked so comfortable. Groups purple, blue and yellow went on one bus while black, green, white and maroon went on the other. We departed fifteen minutes late.
On the way, we stopped at the rock near the Tea Gardens turn off to pick up some students who lived at Tea Gardens. We also stopped at Raymond Terrace to pick up Ms Branda and Ms Lister. We watched Jackie Chan Adventures and the classic version of Looney toons on the bus trip.
We finally reached Chinatown at thirteen past eleven. All the groups split up to explore Chinatown. We went through markets, underground tunnels, shopping malls and much more. It was good that no one got lost or left behind.
For lunch we went to a Chinese restaurant called Yum Cha, The Emperor’s Dish. We were only allowed to use chopsticks so we could learn other cultures (and for others entertainment). We were told that its bad to cross your chopsticks because that’s how peasants eat and that we also shouldn’t pick up our chopsticks with our left hand because that’s the hand that the Chinese use to wipe their bottom with.
After lunch, the purple group went to the art gallery. It took a long walk to get there too. We learnt that when rich people died in China, their family and slaves would be buried next to them ALIVE !!! We also learnt how to do Chinese artwork with only a brush and black paint, I think it is called calligraphy.
For afternoon tea we stopped at the park. When we had to take a photo and we left our food on the ground, the birds nibbled part of our afternoon tea. We then went to explore again after.
While we were exploring, we got to go to the water park. It was so fun but everyone got soaked. There was a candy store very close to the water park so lots of students bought lollies. I wasn’t able to buy anything because I forgot my wallet at home. Amber felt sorry for me so she bought me a packet of skettles.
The last thing we did in Chinatown was going to the Chinese gardens. We saw lots of large fish in the ponds and while we walked around, Chinese music played. After that we had a chance to go to the toilet.
We then hopped back on the bus. Same as in the morning, purple, blue and yellow groups went on one bus while black, green, white and maroon went on the other. The bus I went on was one hour ahead of the other one. When we went onto the freeway we watched a movie called “Mrs Doubt Fire”.
We dropped at McDonalds for dinner at around six. Mrs Osbourne let me borrow some of her money and I got a happy meal. The other bus then over took us.
We dropped Miss Branda at Raymond Terrace, Mrs Guthrie at Nerong and some other students at the rock near the Tea Gardens turn off. We were supposed to be at school at 20 to 7 but instead we arrived at EIGHT THIRTY!
Kim (Eve’s mother) drove Jakov and I home and on the way we saw a hare running in front of the car. Kim went slowly until it ran across the road. We arrived home at nine forty and I slept like a baby that night.
The end…
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09.16.06
Posted in Jakov's at 9:00 pm by Jakov
By: Jakov Olano Pekich
It was a cold Thursday morning when I was woken up to go to school at the extremely early time of 5:05am. We had to be at school by 6:30am to catch the bus to go to Sydney.
When we got to school we were put into our morning groups. I was in green group. I sat next to Michael on the bus. We would have little competitions like who could undo their folder the quickest then put it back to normal again. If we weren’t having these competitions, we would be watching Pirates of the Caribbean, the movie that was playing in the bus.
At Sydney we drove near Chinatown. Chinatown is a pedestrian street with only a few small cars coming through. The buses wouldn’t have fit. We had 20 minutes to explore the street. A couple people went to Paddy’s markets across the street. Others went through Chinatown. Along the way we saw a man selling toy monkeys.
At 10:30 we went to the Emperor’s Garden Restaurant. We were going to have our “brunch” there. At first they served some prawn and egg balls inside rice paper. Then lots of other food we had never had before. Brad, Mat and I had half a glass of soy sauce each. Soy sauce is the saltiest, bitterest food I have ever had.
Next our group escorted by Miss Branda went to the Chinese gardens. Our tour guide was Brendon. We were doing a sort of treasure hunt. Brendon explained to us that the treasure hunt was designed for younger children, because it was usually younger children who did the tour. At the end we got all the clues, it didn’t take very long, and Brendon read us the story of the Chinese zodiac.
Then we had to walk all the way to Hyde Park. Along the way, Trent’s dad came and we went to this place where you walk through the hall with water spouting out at you.
Then we were put into our afternoon groups. I was in Yellow group with Miss Lister. We went to the Art Gallery. We looked at these pictures of Ned Kelly, as well as a fabulous tapestry of him on a horse. Then we went to the Chinese exhibit. There were samurai swords and a document of what Chinese characters looked like in the past. Then we had to wait for the bus to arrive. I was dared to stack a cigarette bin on top of a normal bin. Mat then realised that it looked like Ned Kelly, so we took a couple pictures of our “statue”.
The bus arrived half an hour late so we had to rush. Unfortunately we were caught in peak hour traffic. It took one hour if I’m correct to get out of Sydney. On the way, we went past Warrawe Public School.
On this bus trip Michael and I came up with other competitions. These included who could make their seat go down the furthest, who could pull out their seatbelt the fastest and who could head butt the seat in front of us the fastest. If we weren’t doing this we were watching the movie Are We There Yet?
We got to school at 8:30pm, which was actually 2 hours later than planned. In the end it was a really fun trip and I would definitely go again.
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09.10.06
Posted in Vera's at 7:26 pm by Vera
By: Vera Olano Pekich
Eve is my best friend we have been best friends since 2002 so we’ve been friends for four years. She lives close to my house and we visit each other a lot.
Eve and I met each other in 2002 in year 1. We went on the same school bus and started to talk to each other a lot. We then became best friends ever since. We laugh a lot about small and the most random things.
I like Eve because she is hilarious. She is also very caring and is a good role model. She doesn’t mind new things and she is very helpful.
We have lots of things in common. We both like the bands “The Veronicas“ and “Green day“. We both like shows “Dancing on Ice“ and “The Simpson’s” on t v , and Pirates of the Caribbean on the movies. We are the same age. We both love seafoods and we‘re both interested in scoobies.
At home we talk on the telephone a lot about the most random things. Even if we see each other 7 hours a day every school day, when we come home we always miss each other.
We have been friends for a long time and I reckon our friendship will never fade.
The End!!!!!!!
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Posted in Vera's at 7:25 pm by Vera
By: Vera Olano Pekich
Country and city are both great places to live but there are a few downsides to both of them.
Firstly, country has way more fresh air, water and food plus there’s more privacy and you stress less. But in the city you’re closer to things like stores, petrol station, ambulance, and fire brigade. There are also museums, fun parks and you can have more of a chance to meet celebrities. In the city, you have more hang out places like cinema, bowling alley, disco, shopping centres and much more. But also in the city, people can get very angry from work. In the country, it’s a closer community and you basically know everyone. In the city there isn’t much friendship between each other because they’re too busy.
In the city some people live in fear from so much crime and violence. People also have more chances of getting robbed. But you feel much more safe in the country from crime. In the country though if you’re far away from school, you don’t have to get to do as much extra out of school activities such as dramas and plays with other classmates and you can’t hang out with other friends who live in town.
Also, in the country you can keep more pets and can go bush bashing without neighbours complaining about it. But in the city you don’t need to take care of much space and you don’t need to bother burning dry areas in winter. In the city you always have to ask landlords and neighbours about building stuff around your house.
In conclusion both country and city are great to live but I believe that country is much better to live.
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