Test...Test...TEST

Ok. About 2 weeks passed after the holiday. When school started, it was pretty good meeting my friends and studying (a little amount). It was all comfortable going to school and staying 7 hours here. All the breaks, play, study. However, now, after 2 weeks, there are lots of tests in Middle School!

Last Friday, there was a Science Formative. Then, at the same day, I had another Quiz for Mandarin. Yesterday, we had a Science Summative and at the same day, I had another Mandarin Quiz. Tomorrow, we have a Math Formative. There is a house project that's going to start today, and there will be a Math Summative next week. Soon, I will have about 4 Mandarin Formatives and Summatives. (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking).

For Math, I am in Black Level so it is the hardest level and the most challenging one in 6th Grade. We are learning Geometry and I don't like Geometry. We have homework everyday a lot. I think the amount of tests and homework are overwhelming for me. Test...Test...TEST, Homework...Homework...HOMEWORK!

However, if this week and next week passes, it is FREEDOM!!!!!! (But there are still going to be pretty much homework.)

10 Historical Data of Haiti

1. On 1942, Christopher Colombus landed on Haiti's north coast and claimed the country as the island of Spain.

2. The French took over this colony in the 1960s and increased production in crops like coffee, cotton, and sugarcane.

3. There was a French Rebellion from 1791- 1803. The Jamaican-born person started this and fought a lot of French people including Napoleon's army. This war lasted for 13 years.

4. A Civil War happened on the country in 1807 and was devided into North and South. Jean-Pierre Boyer reunifies the country and became a president on 1820.

5. The tropical climate and trade winds produce warm temperatures throughout the year. Haiti has a lot of mountains and produces coconuts.

6. The people in the North Haiti have a Creole accent. The population is 95% black and 5% white.

7. Carnival and New Year's Day are the biggest holidays in the whole year for most Haitians.

8. About two-thirds of the Haitians live with farming and they even have a small farm. Unluckily, for lots of times, frequent storms destroy the farms and crops.

9. Haiti produces coffee, mangoes, sugarcane, rice, corn, sorghum, and wood.

10. The president in Haiti is elected every 5 years and Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with 80% living in poverty.

10 Vocabulary Sentences

1. As we rode on the car, we saw all the movie stars in front of the catacomb filming a horror movie.

2. All the arsonists in this town were imprisoned because of burning the houses in purpose.

3. The magician deceived all of us by telling that the rabbit was inside the hat.

4. My friend manipulated with the rubix cube and finished it in 1 minute.

5. When we went to the restaurant and met Obamam, we acted submissive to him.

6. As we walked on the road, we saw old cobblestones lying on the road.

7. When country A killed the king of country B, country A decided to do a revenge and assailed country B.

8. When Mr. Smith entered our room, we all put our notebooks meticulously.

9. We always see Sam and Tom inseparable; they never fall apart.

10. When I helped John with his spelling, he bought me ice creams because he was obliged to do that.

My Soccer Match

Last Saturday, JIS B team had the first soccer match in the season. This is a very competitive league called Coca-Cola League and the season just started. I am in the U14 league so I'm the youngest in my team. There is the A team and the B team and A team is better than the B team. However, there are lots of 8th grade people participating so I got picked in the B team while most of the 8th graders went in the A team. For the first match, we were playing the French School (LIF) in ISCI at 11:45 a.m. The French School already played a match and won 3:0 so they were in the top of the league. For this match I was playing first as a striker. We all warmed up and got ready.

"PHIP!" The whistle blew. The match started and we did the kick-off. The French School had really good strikers such as Simon. Just after the game started, the other team had the ball and attacked towards us. We couldn't block them so I was 100% sure we were going to lose. Anyways, they dribbled and shot. Luckily, our goalkeeper was good enough to block that shot. We barely crossed the half line and they just went in our penalty box a lot of times but our defenders were good. I attacked towards their goal and dribbled. I got rid of one of their defenders but they were VERY agressive. I couldn't get past them. French School's attack. Simon kept on dribbling and dribbling and went in the penalty box. "PHIP" the whistle blew again and I wondered what was happening. THE REFEREE SAID THAT WE DID A HANDBALL!!! I was sure we didn't do a handball and everybody thought that. Well, it was no use and Simon scored a penalty. We were down 0:1 on half time.

Now it was the second half. We attacked a lot of times and became aggresive than the first half. We were getting better but their defenders were too good. I got substituted out and went in again after 10 minutes. When we attacked, I suddenly had a stomachache so I got substituted out again. I had to watch the game until the end. Yes! We were going straight to their penalty box but the defender blocked again. "PHIP" the whistle blew and WE LOST.

0:1. It was better than we expected and we were better than the first half. Well, life is life. I was disappointed but we could do better next time. I was sure we were going to win the next match against the Indonesian School. There is another chance!!! GO JIS!!!

Haiti Earthquake Part II

Last Tuesday about at 5:00 p.m., there was a disastorous earthquake at magnitude 7.0 that struck Haiti. It was a total disaster and a nightmare. However a lot of things changed after 1 week.

Compared to last week, there are lots and lots of supplies coming from different countries. They are all sending waters, food, aids, medical supplies and lots more. Countries all over the world send these supplies by airplanes and trucks. The picture above is another country coming to Haiti with all the supplies. For example, Brazil sent about $10000000 to Haiti and Korea sent about $10000000 as well to Haiti. As I said, lots of countries are helping Haiti such as U.S.A., China, Iceland, Japan, and more. There are lots of way to help Haiti victims and there is a really cool way and it's this. SMS to 90999 and type "Haiti". Then, $10 will go to Haiti. In one day, $2000000 dollars were sent to Haiti just because of SMS's. The Haiti people collected diapers, batteries, medicines, clothings, and toiletries. U.S.A. is helping Haiti a lot by sending tons and tons of water because Haiti is most short of food and water.

This earthquake was a nightmare, and we are lucky that lots of countries are sending help to Haiti. I hope more countries still help and give supplies to Haiti.

Haiti Earthquake

2 days ago, on January 12th 2010 at about 5 pm, a disastorous earthquake struck Haiti, Carribean. This earthquake was a really bad earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 on the Richter Scale. This destructive earthquake killed about 100,000 people and a lot and lot of people were injured and are still missing. Lots of children are still stuck in the collapsed building and can't come out of it. 17 UN people died and 56 people were injured while over 200 UN staff are still missing. Lots of buildings and schools collapsed during this earthquake and all the people were running all over the place to survive from the earthquake. Even the palace in Haiti collapsed and the walls were all cracked. The telephone connections didn't work as well. Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the world with only $1.5 each day to spend. They are a poor country... and they even get this destructive earthquake!!! How unlucky are they? Again, lots of people are injured and are bleeding so they need a doctor but they can't find a good doctor with only that amount of money each day. Lots of Haiti police are still trying to find missing people and people that are stuck on the buildings. 19 countries including U.S.A, China, Brazil, UK and Ireland are helping Haiti by sending aids, and more. If you were at Haiti right now, you will see dead bodies and injured people bleeding on the street.

Back to School

From the 17th of December to the 10th of January, it was a December break. I really liked the December break and hoped it was way longer but unluckily, it wasn't possible. I did a lot of fun things during the December break like going to Bali, playing with my friends, playing sports with my dad, and lots more. It was great time then even though I had a lot of homework to do for my private lesson. I watched a lot of movies and dramas and it was really fun. I think 3 weeks passed really fast and it felt like December break started two days ago. Time goes really fast when you are having fun. After all the fun during December break, it was time to go back to school.

January 11th. Time to go back to school and the December break ended. I was disappointed that December break was this short and that I had to go back to school and study. Of course, it is good to meet our classmates again but amount of studying gets tripled and amount of homework gets doubled. Since January 4th, when i came back from Bali, I realized that December break only had 1 week left and I started getting worried all about more homework and studying. However, when I came back to school on January 11th, I have new classes such as Design Art and it was great having that for my electives. I have to get used to going back to school now. I really hope December break was longer and June holiday is even longer than this break.

HOLIDAY IS SOOOOO GOOD!

My December Break

Staying Home - For most of the time during this December break, I stayed at home and rested a lot. I read a few books, studied, and played with my friends. However, we finally got out of Jakarta on New Year's Day, where I went to Bali. Staying home might be boring for most of people, but I like staying at home, resting and relaxing.

Family - Like I said above, I stayed at home most of the times and that was of course with my families. I played a lot with my dad and had lunch & dinner outside with my family. I did a lot of sports like golf, tennis, swimming, and more. When I stayed at Bali, I spent all the time with my family and had FUN!!! I think this is the best part of my December Holiday!

Movies - I watched 3 movies on this December Holiday. They are:

1. Avatar

2. Gukgadaepyo

3. 2012

These are all great movies and I enjoyed a lot when I watched them. Avatar is about... (You all know), Gukgadaepyo is about skiing and 2012 is about Earth getting destroyed by natural disasters (Earthquakes, volcano eruptions and tsnamis). Beside watching 3 movies, I watched this Korean Drama almost everyday for 1 hour and it was really (x 100) awesome. For the next movie, I want to watch Alvin and the Chipmunks 2. "Movie" part of my December Break were really great.

Bali Day 4

This is the last day in Bali for us. I had breakfast in my villa and it was good! After resting a bit, I swam again until 9:30. I think swimming in the villa is really fun. Then I played board games again with my dad's friend and my sister. We also watched Korean drama again. When it was 11:00, we all packed our bags and got ready for leaving Bali. We drank milk and ate fruits. I said BYE to Bali and went to the airport. I rode Lion Air and returned home. I wanted to stay at Bali more!!!!!! =(. Bali was really good and I want to play with my dad's friend again because he is really nice. What a great trip~!

Bali Day 3

This day was just normal and I did nothing special so it's going to be short. First, I had breakfast down at the villa and had the same thing but I also ate pancakes which was awesome!!! Then, I played with 2 of my dad's friends' and my sister board games. It was sooooooo fun! I won all the games! I played board games until 11:00. All of my dad's friends' had to leave now... except for my favourite one! I kept on playing board games with him and my sister. Time for lunch! I had lunch at my own villa and had curry, saland and steak! After a delicious lunch, I came back to the villa and swam with my dad, my sister, my dad's friends', and my baby brother. It was so good!

I just rested again and again and played board games with my dad's friend again. While I was playing, my dad, my mom, my baby brother and my sister went to a spa where they massage you and drink juices. I didn't go there because I thought it was going to be boring but when I looked at the pictures after they came back, it looked awesome! I regreted... again.

We all went to a Indonesian restaurant called Made for dinner. I had nasi goreng special and lemon squash. It was soooooo delicious!!! At the beginning, I said this day was just normal but the dinner was the best out of all days. After the best dinner, we went to Starbucks and rested. I drank this classic juice and also drank sweet coffee with ice cream on top. It was really delicious and this was the first time I tried coffee.

I came back, and my dad and his friend talked about work. After 2 hours, it was 12:00 and I wasn't sleepy. I watched this Korean drama with my dad's friends until 1:00. My sister didn't get to watch it because she slept early.

Bali Day 2

I woke up early morning at 7 o clock. All of MY family woke up at 6:30 but 3 out of 4 of my dad's friends' were still sleeping in their bed, peacefully. I wanted to wake them up and play with them but my dad didn't allow it because they slept late last night after going to a cafe and drink. I just rested (AGAIN) and read book and stuff like that. When it was time for breakfast, I woke all 3 of them up and headed down for breakfast. We had breakfast inside the villa. There were white bread, chocolate bread, nasi goreng, mie goreng, fried and scrambled eggs, and lemon tea. I had mie goreng, white bread, chocolate bread and lemon tea (I'm allergic to eggs). I went back to my villa and jumped down at the little pool and played with my baby brother. He just liked it so much!!!! It was our own little pool and every villa has its own. Then, we went back to the big pool and the pool was warm. It was better for me because I can go right down to the pool. If it is cold, I can't get down to the pool right away.

Now this is the best part of staying at Bali. Going to the ocean and playing water stuff! We divided ourself in two groups. One was the ocean thing and the other one was going to a temple and also seeing monkeys on roads. In the ocean thing, they had banana boat, jet ski, fly fish, parasailing, water ski, diving, snorkeling, seeing dolphins, turtles, and lots more. I decided to do banana boat and fly fish with my sister and one of my dad's friends'. Banana boat is like a long small boat you ride on which looks like a banana and we just go through the ocean really fast. I wanted to fall down to the water but the guy didn't let us fall down so it was BoRiNg, but also fun because it went fast. After resting while drinking Pocari Sweat, we did fly fish where you lie down and a thing flies around the sky and go down, fly around, and go down. It was really fun. Then I just rested while the others did parasailing. I was scared to do that because I'm scared of heights. When they came back, they said it was awesome!!! I regreted. My sister did Jet Ski and the rest of us didn't. We had lunch at this water place and I had hot dogs.

When I came back to the villa, I was tired so I played board games with one of my dad's friend's and my sister again. It was awesome! Then, we decided to go to a restaurant called La Lucciola and had pasta, ribs and more. It wasn't that good but the scenery was AWESOME! It was the best scenery I've ever seen. Then, we all came back to the villa... BUT my dad's friends went to the cafe again! So... I had to do homework and read in my room. After that, it was 10:00 pm but I went to the swimming pool with my sister, my mom, and my little brother. I waited for my dad's friends to return, but they didn't come so I just slept.

Bali Day 1

I should have posted all these days in Bali but there was no laptop so... i have to post all now. Well, Bali Day 1. After a 1 hour 3o minute fly to Bali, we went to our villa called VivaLavi. We had lunch then in an Italian Restaurant called Trattoria Pizza which was just awesome!!! I had pizza and pasta. When I came back to our villa, I played board games with one of my dad's friends. It was really fun and I played board games a lot during this trip. Then I decided to swim at the big swimming pool outside with my sister, my mom and one of my dad's friends'. Since it was the first day, we didn't do much things but just rest in our villas, sleeping.

After playing board games and resting with my dad's friends', we decided to have dinner outside at a restaurant in Seminyak. We had steak and chicken sate which was realllllly good. I wanted to return home and play board games with my dad's friends' again, but all of them wanted to go to a cafe and drink beer and coffee. Our family only had to return home and sleep. However, I watched tennis (Nadal v.s. Fererro) on TV when I returned.