My Family Bonding time

Last year for Christmas, my parents bought us a lot of presents. At first it was a secret until we found our parents sneaking the presents underneath the Christmas tree. On a cold, Christmas morning one by one my brothers and sisters woke up and gathered around the Christmas tree that was near the door in my house. Everyone thought for a moment that we could just take the presents, but NO my mum and dad thought of a terrific idea. To get your present you need sing or dance to a Christmas song, I thought maybe it was a great idea so we could bring the Christmas spirit,  later in the day we had a water battle and a great delicious feast.

After a while everyone chose a partner to sing with, Mateaki(my older brother) paired up with his twin Sione(other older brother). They sang Santa Claus is comin to town, everyone bursted into laughter and fell silence when they finished singing. My parents awarded them with their gifts, they received 2 presents each, in one of the boxes was a nerf gun and in the other was a star wars light saber, my older brothers are pretty immature so that why they received those presents.(just to let you know it’s a fake light saber)

Later on  was My sister Sia and I, we sang Jingle Bell Rocks. “Jingle Bell Jingle Bell, Jingle Bell Rock” We stopped for a second til we remembered the rest of the lyrics. The only silly people who were laughing was my smaller siblings. They stared at me for 10 seconds before pointing at my face and laughing. As we finished, I felt relieved that it was going to be over and that we will receive our presents. Before we were given our presents, my parents pulled a HMM Let Me Think Face  and finally gave us our presents. I received a smiggle pack which had a long rubber, a pencil which had different colours in the inside and Sia also received a smiggle pack too. Our other present was was in a medium sized box, as I ripped the wrapping, I saw a purple glowing book. I ripped the rest of the wrapping off and screamed “AHHHHH, Thank you mum and dad I love it”. Yes I did scream because what I received was a science book that tells you how to make glow in the dark goo.

Moments later, everyone received their presents , even my little baby brother who got a teddy bear with bells on the collar it was wearing. As soon as our parents left to go Christmas shopping, Mateaki and Sione got out their nerf water guns and sprayed us with water. All the children ran to get the water balloons that our parents bought for us. I grabbed the hose and a bucket to fill up the water balloons. Everyone was ready for battle, once we hit the enemy with the water balloons  we retrieved their water guns. Everyone was having loads of fun. Our parents came home but they weren't mad, my dad even joined in. He threw water balloons at me and I called out “Revenge”. My dad and my older brothers were jumping on the trampoline, while my siblings and I came up with a plan to get my dad back. All of a sudden a bunch water balloons hit us like guns shooting at us. As soon as the water balloons stopped firing at us we stood up in terror, as I stood up I saw the cheeky faces of my dad and brothers. I pretended to cry, I ran into the house and so did my younger siblings. They laughed outside for about a minute before feeling sorry for us and then PLOP SPLASH AND Bloop, the sound of the water balloons hitting them was a sound of victory for us. My mum called out to us that we have to shower and help make dinner.

As I waited for everyone to hurry up and get out of the shower I jumped on my older sister soaking her. Lucinda(My older sister) laughed and told me that “You're so wet Luisa, go dry off and then shower, I replied quickly “sure”. After I had a shower everyone had wet hair and was helping my mum to cook the food. For dinner we had roast turkey and Pork. We also had traditional tongan food, we had Ota Ika, lu and raw fish. The food was delicious, I got full eating all the food, I even tried to stick all of the food into my mouth at once. The day was over, the sun slowly set and my family was relaxing in the living room watching the Christmas t.v shows that were coming on.

I knew that I would always remember the day that I really bonded with my family and the day I had fun spending time with my family. I loved playing the water battle and eating the delicious food my mum made. I would have to say, that that was the best Christmas ever.

MOTAT Trip

Museum Of Transport And Technology

Wednesday 13 of May 2015, Room 7 and the rest of the senior syndicate went on a field trip in a bus to MOTAT to learn about world war 1 and the technology they used in the war.

First Room 7, travelled by bus to go to MOTAT, it was a very long ride but we finally arrived. We got off the bus and into our groups that Mrs.Parker set us into. Room 7 and the other classes waited at the main gate for the educator, Jessica to tell us  where we had to go. Once the educator finished speaking about the rules we walked over to a rotundo that had a mat on the wooden floor. We sat down as  Jessica told us where the toilets were, she also said if you have any fruit, put the peeling into a yellow bin that is next to the rubbish bin. She also explained that class 2 will be with her and class 1 and 3 will be going on the self guided trail.

Afterwards we had our morning tea, when we finished eating we put our bags into 2 huge cages and lined up in our groups. One by one the classes left in their groups, I was in  Mrs.Parker’s group with Darvani, Vainikolo, Simeon, Tamati, Charlie and Mary. Our group first went to the K900 train, which was a steam train that had a huge engine in the front and was powered by coal. Meanwhile the other classes were heading to their activity with Jessica, I waved out the window of the train hoping they will notice, but sadly the didn’t. Then we went into the brick house that was near the rotunda. Inside that brick house, there was a huge wheel that looked like a water mill. That huge wheel is what they used to send the water to all the houses. But now we just use a water tap.

Later on ,we took a long tour around the old shops, Mr.Parker pretended she wanted to get some food. We joked around, asking the fake man to get us the food that we wanted, then we had a look at the water pump. The water pump had two taps at each end but to make it work you had press the handle up and down. Water started pouring out of the taps and into a huge wooden like bowl. Then we headed towards the old school. The old school looked casual, there were wooden desks, there was a picture that had rules written on it. Mrs.Parker read it out loud, but I couldn't remember any of them. Mrs. Parker told us that in the olden days, if you disrespect an adult then they will get a long stick and whip you. Back then it was cruel, on the board in the front of the room there was a list of activities the students had to do, it was neatly written. Mrs.Parker also told us even if they don’t copy the hand writing right they would get a wip, Mrs.Parker was very glad that they changed the rules.

Next we went into the old village, there was a bench that was covered with stones and we sat on it to take a photo. We went into the houses and came back it was amazing to see how they lived back then. The we went to the mirror maze, there was a sign on the floor that had a running stick man with a cross across him and that meant no running in the maze. At first we stuck as group but all of a sudden the whole group split up. I was actually lost, I stuck my hand out so that I don’t bump into any mirrors. I panicked because all that could see was my own reflection. I walked forward because I thought that Mary was in front of me but it was actually her reflection. Mary was at the back of me so I bumped into the wall. I also bumped into Mrs.Parker and yelled “AHH!! You’re a real person!” Finally I made it out, it was so confusing. By the time I came out my group was in the theater, worst of all I had to go back in to find Charlie.

After a while, we went to an area where there were heaps of old cars. Some of the cars were cut in half and stuck onto the walls so that people can hop inside to take a look. There was also a wall that had different kinds of horns, that clowns use on their unicycles. On the other half of the wall, there were steering wheels and I pretended that I was a crazy driver. Afterwards we headed up the rail, that was above the old vehicles. As we headed up the rail, there was a room that had a glass window, filled with old games and old computers. Mrs.Parker even mentioned back then she used to play with one of the games that were inside the room. Moments later, we arrived at an area where there was different kind of bikes. All kinds of bikes were hung up on the ceilings. There was also a manikin on a BMX bike on top of a hill, which was part of the display.

Eventually, our group had to go to the next activity which was the play area. There was a earthquake cafe room which was a lot of fun and there were all kinds of fun activities. My favourite activity in the play area was the spinning wheel. We only had 10 minutes left till we had to go on the tram ride. A few minutes later we were trying to find the tram station. As we arrived at the tram station Mrs,Card’s group was already there and the tram had just dropped off another school. The tram switched sides of the train and we hopped inside the tram. The tram driver, Dennis explained some important rules. Then the tram ride began.

After the tram ride we headed back to the rotunda to have our lunch. As soon as we finished our lunch we waited until all the other classes were back. Room 9 first went off to the self guided trail. Room 7 was with Jessica. Jessica took us into a large room filled with pretty displays. Jessica stood in front of each display, and explained what they are and what activities we had to do with them. My favourite activity was the activity with flags. Back the in the war they signaled each other with flags. I tried a couple of signals and spelt CHANGE. There was the typewrite, the medals and the Queen Mary box(the real deal). Jessica yelled out that our time was finished and it was time to head back to school. Room 7 went back to the rotunda, grabbed our bags and lined up. Then Robin stood up and thanked MOTAT for the wonderful trip.

One by one each class walked down to the main gate, and hopped onto the bus. Finally we were back at school, exhausted and educated.

My holiday event

Guess what I did for my holidays, if you guessed I did something exciting that is where you are a little bit  wrong. You see my holiday was quite a mix up, there were days when I woke up  doing nothing and there were other days where I went to an exciting place.

Well I will have to at least tell you the exciting part of my holiday okay here I go. The Sacred Heart Tongan group planned a social party for all the boys who joined the Tongan polyfest group. They announced that the party will be held in a hall near the Panmure library, and the day it was held on was Saturday the 11th of April. When the day came, we had to cook food to share with all the people who are going to arrive at the social. My family cooked a traditional tongan food called Ota and we also fried  fish and chips. My 2 older sisters, older brother(who is supposed to go because he was part of the Tongan group) and my sister and I.

When we arrived at the hall we each carries a tray of food, as we entered the hall there were lined up and tables with a man that assumed was a dj player. my family put the trays on a table where there were heaps of other food on the table. Then we sat down at a table, a lady then approached our table with a bottle of juice and mango juice in a glass jug. Suddenly the dj player played music that was really loud and I couldn’t even hear myself talk. But finally the party was starting to begin, all the year thirteens walked to the front where there was a table just for them. One of the men who were in charge called all the other Sacred boys to come in and sit at the back. Then the punake which is like the person who teaches them the moves, announced that before the year thirteens do their speeches a girl came in to perform a tongan dance. One by one the year thirteens stood up and danced at the back to draw the audience in and audience came in and put dollar notes on her skin which was covered with oil.

Afterwards all the families, relatives and friends of the sacred heart boys went to get some food. Before I even reached to the fried rice it was all gone because we had to wait in a long line. When everyone was settled the head leaders said a little speech about thee time at Sacred Heart college. After the speeches the dj cranked the music up and everyone was on the dance floor. After dancing and eating my family got tired, drove back home to sleep. I had a amazing time well not entirely amazing but best holiday so far.