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Bailey and His Helicopter

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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?

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

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

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

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.