From left, my father, mother, eldest brother, eldest sister,
second brother, me and my youngest sister.

~My father makes sure that he bring home the bacon, so that we can have a better and comfortable life.
~My mother, besides taking care of the house hold, she also makes sure that we study and do our homework to become successful in our lives.
~My eldest brother is always there for me, supporting me always.
~My eldest sister is always helping me whenever I'm facing some difficulties.
~ My second brother helps me in everything I do and also provide me with some useful advice.
~Myself, I help my mum with the house work and also my youngest sister with her homework.
~My youngest sister, we always share secrets with each other and always look out for each other.

Appreciation & Reflection

Firstly, I would like to thank my English teacher for giving me this project to do.
Besides getting to know the wonders of blogging, I also got to know why I should care for my parents.
I would also like to thank my parents for helping me throughout the project.
Millions of thanks to my friends that helped me and taught me to blog.
Furthermore, I would like to thank my elder brother, Leslie Yap for helping me to complete this folio.
Thanks!

Love from, Amanda.

Why Should We Care for Our Parents?

Why should we care for our parents?
This is the easiest question that anyone can answer.
This is because, without our parents there won't be us.
We won't be existing if its not for them.
They are the most Loving yet Caring people in the whole universe!!
Every time our parents nag or scold us, we will start to think that they don't love us.
But that's wrong, they scold us is because they love us,
they just want us to succeed in our lives.
Why don't we just drop everything and just listen to them?

Have you ever thought about our parents?
Our mother, are the ones who shed tears for us.
They are willing to have their stomach cut open just to give birth to us.
They have their forehead ceased just to worry about us.
They also have a whole lot bunch of things to worry about,
and here we are, complaining about how hard it is to study.
Our father, are the ones that wake up every morning to work and provide
shelter for us.
If its not for him, we will be out on the road.
But do we appreciate it?
No, we will just start to complain again,
about how small the house is and all the other stuffs.

All of us are very lucky, but we just don't realize it.
We just look at the others- look at how lucky they are,
but not how lucky we are.
Therefore, it is now to show your parents how much you love and care for them.
Simply say that you love them and apologize for all the mistakes that you did,
and they will smile and say the same thing to you.

To my beloved parents,
I love you and I promise that I will study hard and hopefully I will succeed in my life.

Camp

Last 17th April to 19th April,
all of us, prefects, librarians and the class monitors and assistant class monitor went for a camp at Camp D'Perkasa, Gombak, Selangor.
Well, let's start off on the very first day (which is on Friday).
We gathered at the assembly hall to take attendance. We received a short briefing from Puan Nor Syuhada. After the briefing, we were all divided to 2 groups and was all aboard on the bus.
In the bus, we chatted and laughed.
*sigh...Let's skip til we reached our destination, ok?
By the time we reached the place, we were all amazed by the beautiful nature.
We were once again at the canteen, receiving some briefing from the facilitator; Abang Kai.
Later, in the evening, after we put our belongings in our bungalow AKA our tent, we met our facilitator at the field. We did some Ice Breaking activities and a game called Illusions. It was FUN!!
Soon, it was night time, we went back to the tent to get some beuty sleep.

On the second day,
I was waken by Ellisha Pang, one of my tent mates.
She whispered " Wake up, sleepy head!!!"
And I was like, " No thanks, nights!"
But of course she didn't let me go that easy, so in the end I was still forced to wake up.
We brushed our teeth, showered and all the other daily routine.
After that, the non-Islams gathered at the canteen while the Islams went to pray.
When we were all gathered we had our breakfast! ^^
We went to jungle trekking.
On the way to our destination,
there was one part where we have to cross a river.
We were to go group by group.
While waiting for my group,
our teachers, Encik. Khairulnizam, Encik Roshin and Encik Shah was fooling around and sprayed water at us.
After the jungle trekking,
we lined up and waited for the other activity.
Th activity that I was talking about is the SWAMP!!!
We thought it was river bathing but it turned out to be MUD BATHING!!!
Therefore, when it was my groups turn,
we were all shouting and shrieking.
When I stepped in the swamp, I could feel the mud tickling my skin.
It was so... disgusting!
There were small insects in the mud too!!
When we were done in the swamp, (thank god!!)
After that,
we went for a bath at the river!
It was so cool and fresh!!
We get to wash our clothes that were covered with mud.
From the brown muddy shirt to the original blue colored shirt.
Nice and clean!! ^^
We were bathing for quite a while when the facilitator inform us that it was time to go and have our tea break.
Later after our tea,
we were allowed to take a short nap but we did not. In fact, we played handball and Tarzan Swing!
Soon, we went to a place to learn about an activity called High Rope. We were to climb up the tree trunks, ladders, across some kind of ladder, in the ropes, tires and finally when we reached up the highest spot, we did the Flying Fox!
The High Rope was an activity on the third day, but we learned about the safety instructions on the second day.
After that, we rest again.
By the time the Sun sets,
we gathered for our Night Walk in the jungle.
Ellisha and I were both anxious and also nervous...
But the night walk was pretty fun too! Cause at the last part, we get to slide down!!
When we reached the camp site, all of us bath and drop dead(sleep)!

On the third day, we woke up a bit late.
We did some exercise and learn some Taichi moves!
Breakfast was after the morning routine,
I was so hungry that I practically gulped it all down. ^^
After that, we did some activities.
For example, we did Tarzan Swing, Spider Web and also High Rope.
The Flying Fox and the High Rope was the most exciting activity in the whole camp.
Before we return to school, we had a short bath at the river.
Soon, we left the camp and headed to school.
I was so sad because the camp was so FUN!
I hope to visit the place again! ^^

'Senamrobik @ TV3'

On the 12th of April, Sunday,
our school had been chosen to perform at Sri Pentas.
We were also competing.
We trained from 27th March til 10th April.
The trainings were quite fun.
The day before the big day, we went to Sri Pentas by bus.
Food was for free too.^^
We had 'nasi lemak' for breakfast.
Later, we did some marching and D-A-N-C-E-D til we drop!
We had a fun-filled day.
On the BIG day,
we went to Sri Pentas again.
We warmed-up before we marched.
Later during the march, the crowd was amazed by some gymnastic moves by one of the dancers; Steff Chow.
After that, we performed. We were quite nervous. Later, one of the student's dad, who is the CEO of the 8tv, gave us a special tour around the building. We visited different sections in the building.
When we dropped by his office, he played on his keyboard and we were all amazed by his spectacular performance.
After the tour,we thanked him and gathered in the auditorium. In the end, we did our best and won fourth place. Although it's not first place, we were very happy and went home.