A Little Boy's Diary

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2011-12-07T20:00:00.001-08:00

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Macy's Parade

2011-11-24T09:00:00.000-08:00

At 6:00 in the morning of Thanksgiving Day, I climbed out of bed sleepily, got dressed and ate breakfast. I was still really tired and the morning temperature was freezing. This isn’t my normal wake up time, we had to wake up early to watch the Macy’s Parade!

The Macy’s Parade is a parade hosted by the Macy’s Department Store and it takes place in New York City. You can only see the parade once a year during Thanksgiving. We had to wake up early because there were many, many people also want to watch the parade. So we had to find good spots to view the parade. We brought chairs to the viewing area, but we ended up having to stand up because there was so many people and it was hard to see the street. (We came to the viewing area at 8:00am, and it was late already)! Although, the mini stool that we brought with us made a really good thing to stand on and view the parade.( The stool was suppose to be for us to sit on , not stand on). The only problem was that my younger brother Brian still couldn’t see the parade. (He could only see the giant float balloons). The time when the stool was the most important, was when my mom and I had to take pictures. The parade was two hours long and had gigantic float balloons, cheer leaders, dancers, military bands and giant floats on trucks.There was even a Sonic, Kung-Fu panda and Greggory from Diary Of A Wimpy Kid!!

After the parade, it was about 11:00 am so we had to decide where to eat lunch. My mom and dad wanted to go to China Town to eat lunch, I wanted to go to Subway and Brian wanted to go home to eat. We ended up eating at Subway. After lunch we went to a mall to look for a bathroom to go to. Since there was so many people at New York City watching the parade, that we had to wait in a line in order to use the bathroom!!!!

When we finally came out of the bathroom, it was 2:00pm, time to go home! So after we payed to the parking lot owners, we drove on to the highway toward home.

When we were almost home, my mom ask me if I had fun. I replied: “More than ever!”

Magic Secret Reveal

2009-08-10T18:09:00.000-07:00

One day, after watching a movie called Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed, I had an idea to make a magic show like what we watched।
I went to get my brother and we both made our own magic. I made my brother disappear on a chair and make him appear again.
We keep doing magic for a week and showed our parents. My Dad even taught me one magic trick.
Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is on Channel 9 on Mondays and Wednesdays 9:00 pm.
My Dad told me if my brother and I practice one more week, we could put up our own magic show. I really like magic and I want to learn more about doing magic.

Creative Writing

2009-08-04T18:57:00.000-07:00

This summer, I attended a creative writing class hosted by the East Brunswick Library.In the class, I learned how to write a story; and when I came back home, I taught my brother how to write a story in the right way.
First, I taught my brother how to write the title. Then, I thought my brother how to write the table of contents, the index and the story. My brother liked how I was teaching him.
Before we start the story, we use our stuffed animals to make the story, some parts are just our imagination. Then, we start writing the story. We copy everything from what we did with the stuff animal.
We finished the book in three days and we stapled it, we were very happy.
I really like the books we made and I really want to make more books.

House Hunting -- Looking for Our Dream Home

2009-07-19T17:42:00.000-07:00

We are thinking about moving to a bigger house, therefore, we started to look for a house. We hired a Realtor Ms. Ching to help us with house hunting; we searched the houses in East Brunswick, Monroe, Manalapan and South Brunswick areas.

We don’t like house with red bricks and too much trees. We like house that has two floors and not too old. We also looked at six model houses. The most important thing that we don’t like is stair facing the Front door. We have visited more than twenty homes so far and will make our decision soon.

July 4th Fireworks

2009-07-04T17:39:00.000-07:00

On July 4th, 2009, my family and I went to Monroe’s Thompson Park to watch the fireworks. There were games, rides, shacks and drinks in the park. There is even a mini zoo and there were so much people, there were no more parking lost!

First, we find a place to set our chairs up and put down our cooler. Next, we went to play on the slides and ride a toy train. Thirds, we went to buy two ice pops and one cup of lemonade, plus three pieces of pizza for dinner. After two hours waiting, the fireworks started at 9:00. We have watched the fireworks for 30 minutes. Everyone was very excited because the firework was very pretty and shiny. When they exploded in the sky, some look like stars and some look like flowers. The explosion sounded like big thunder.

I really like the fireworks; they were beautiful.

Piano Recital

2009-05-03T17:33:00.000-07:00

On May 3rd, 2009. My piano teacher hosted a piano recital. All her students attended the recital to perform piano playing. My brother and I also went to the recital. My music were: Munuet and the song of Making Boat. My brother’s music was: Lazy Mary and Betty and Bill. We all did a great job!

Meeting with Friends In Taiwan

2009-04-08T17:56:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday April 7th, 2009, we went to Central University to visit Ms. Chu. She is my mom’s teacher. She took us on a tour around the school, and then we went to a restaurant to eat lunch. There were lots of fish in a pond, we feed the fishes some bread, and my brother and I feel excited about feeding the fishes.

During night, we went to another restuarant with another family. The family has three children, one girl and tow boys. We had Mongolian style hot pot; it was yummy! We put vegetables in a pot, then we cook it. We enjoyed a lot of various foods. My brother Brian also celebrated his 6 years old birthday at the restaurant with the family.

The Trip to Taiwan

2009-04-06T17:16:00.000-07:00

On April 4TH night, we left home for Taiwan. We went to the airport to check in our luggage. Then we entered the custom to go to the waiting room and wait for our airplane. We waited for two hours. Finally the airplane came, we were very excited. The air carrier is EVA airline, and the air craft is B777. B777 has 436 seats.

In the airplane, we had a lot of fun, we played video games, watch movies, look for flight information and read books. The flight took 18 hours so we had lots of time to do things. Our first stop is city Seattle. Then we arrived at Taiwan at 7:30 AM. April 6th 2009. On Tuesday April 7th, 2009, we went to Central University to visit Ms. Chu. She is my mom’s teacher. She took us on a tour around the school, and then we went to a restaurant to eat lunch. There were lots of fish in a pond, we feed the fishes some bread, and my brother and I feel excited about feeding the fishes.

During night, we went to another restuarant with another family, who has three children. There are one girl and tow boys, we ate hot pot, it was yummy! We put vegetables in a pot, then we cook it. We enjoyed a lot of food.

The trip to Taiwan

2009-04-04T17:10:00.000-07:00

On April fourth night, we left home to go to Taiwan. We went to the airport to check in our luggage. Then we entered the custom to go to the waiting room and wait for our airplane. We waited for two hours. Finally the plane came, we were very excited. The air carrier is EVA airline, and the air craft is B777. B777 has 436 seats. In the airplane, we had a lot of fun, we played video games, watch movies, look for flight information and read books. The flight took 18 hours so we had lots of time to do things. Our first stop is city Seattle. Then we arrived at Taiwan at 7:30 AM. April 6th 2009.

Ouch! My knee hurts!

2009-03-17T12:16:00.000-07:00

My brother and I are attending Karate Clinic to learn karate, the first day when I was practicing a karate game called octopus, I jumped but accidently landed on my right knee, ouch, it really hurt!

After the accident, two karate teachers came to help me out; my mom was there too. I felt numb in my knee and I couldn’t stand up. They carried me up to a seat to sit down and relax. The second day mom took me to see the bone doctor. The bone doctor asked me to do some knee movements and he also took X-ray on my knee. My knee was not broken but the bone doctor advised me that no sports for a week. I missed lots of fun then. I tried to be very careful in the karate clinic after my knee is fine. I really like karate; my brother likes it too.

My Piano Audition

2009-03-15T17:56:00.000-07:00

Today, I went to Westminster Choir College in Princeton New Jersey for my first Piano Audition. It took us 30 minutes drive from our home to the college.

The audition was hosted by NJMTA (New Jersey Music Teacher's Association) and my judge’s name is Lilian Livingston, she teaches in the college.

The songs I played for the audition were Bagatelle and Dance. When the judge asked me which song I like the better, I told her: Dance, because it is very delightful.

After I played the two songs, the judge told me that I did a good job. This is the very first time I attended the audition since I started to play piano about 18 months ago, and I was really excited because it is a very special experience to me.

After the audition, we went to New World Buffet in Hamilton for lunch. The food was very good and we enjoyed it very much.

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My Published Books

2009-03-12T18:41:00.000-07:00

Three of my books have been published at Irwin Elementary School. The titles of my books are “Lego Batman”, “New York City” and “My Birthday”.

In the book of “ Lego Batman”, I talk about the Lego Batman set I have. In the book of New York City, I talk about our family trip to New York City. In the book of “My Birthday”, I talk about the birthday party I had when I was turning 6 years old.

I like to write stories and I am happy that I published three books already. I will be writing more stories.

Anita Chen’s Concert

2009-02-25T17:22:00.000-08:00

The past Sunday (February 22nd), my family and I went to Carnegie Hall in New York City to attend Anita Chen’s concert.

Anita Chen is a musician, she plays both violin and piano. Anita Chen is only 17 years old, but she is already famous. We got the chances to know her better because my mom designed the website (www.anita-chen.com) for Anita; my mom also designed the poster, lobby card and postcard mailers for her.

Anita Chen is a very good violinist and pianist, we liked and enjoyed her music very much.

Valentine’s Day Party

2009-02-16T10:42:00.000-08:00

Last Friday my class at Irwin school had a Valentine’s Day party. There were four room-mothers came to help with the party; one of them was my mom.

My classmate Isabella’s mom brought games and crafts for us to play and make. We also had delicious food to eat, such as popcorn pretzels, cupcakes, baby carrots and juice.

When we played the game called Jingo, I was very lucky to get double jingo and won two prizes. Each of us made beautiful big flowers. We also exchanged Valentine’s cards. We had great time.

Fortuneteller Game

2009-02-11T09:53:00.000-08:00

One day, after doing math in the class at Irwin school, we started recess. During the recess, Ms. I gave us Fortunetellers to work. My classmate Noel was teaching every one of us how to make fortuneteller; he is a very good fortuneteller maker. He taught me how to make a fortuneteller, and I played it with four of my friends.

Visiting Tzu Chi Foundation

2009-01-31T18:42:00.000-08:00

Today, my family and I were invited to visit Tzu Chi Foundation in Cedar Grove, New Jersey to join their Chinese New Year prayer and celebration.

The foundation’s building has two floors. The first thing we did after we entered the building is taking off our coats and shoes, in order to keep the gathering room quiet and clean; then, we joined the celebration and prayer.

After the event, a member form Tzu Chi Foundation interviewed me; she asked me some questions, such as how old I am, what grade I am, what my name is, what I want to be when I grow up, and what I learned from the event.

I told her, when I grow up I want to be a scientist to invent things to help people; I also told her that from the event I have learned we have to appreciate those who are nice to us, and to help people in need with compassion, love and care.

Chinese New Year Celebration

2009-01-24T21:36:00.000-08:00

This Saturday morning, my brother and I went to the Chinese School for our Chinese lessons as usual. We had mid-term exams, and when we finished the exams, we went to the cafeteria area to join the Chinese New Year celebration. We enjoyed the food and performances at the celebration. My brother also performed at the event, his class sang two Chinese New Year's songs.

In the afternoon, we went to Monmouth County Library to join with BLIA’s Chinese New Year celebration. We enjoyed so many performances, including lion dance, dragon dance, Chinese Yo-Yo and many other Chinese folk dances. We had great time.

Buying a Snack

2009-01-15T17:25:00.000-08:00

I was eating lunch this afternoon at Irwin school’s cafeteria; when I finished lunch, I went to buy a snack.

I could buy a snack because I had 75cents in my pocket. I got the money from my piggy bank.

I went to the snack counter, and I saw there were lots of snacks, including ice creams, ice pops, Sun chips, Doritos and much more. I bought a pack Doritos. I brought the snack home to share with my brother.

Writing Celebration at Irwin School

2009-01-12T16:56:00.000-08:00

Today, we, the second grader had a writing celebration in the class. We had the celebration because we published our 2nd book.

My 2nd book’s name was called “New York City, The Museum of Natural History.”

For our writing celebration we invited Ms. Fallon and Ms. Hyatt’s fifth graders to our party. They listened to our books and then we all enjoyed some refreshments.

We had a lot of fun. Our writing celebration was successful.

Skiing Trip

2008-12-29T11:41:00.000-08:00

My family and I went to a ski trip at a hotel named Nevele Resorts in Catskill, New York for few days during our Christmas vacation.

We did many activities at the resorts, including watched a movie called Lava Girl 3. I really like the movie. I learned a quote from the movie; it was “Dream a better dream and work to make it real!”

I enjoyed the food at the restaurant too. There was an indoor swimming pool. The water in the swimming pool was very warm, nice and comfortable.

We enjoyed skiing, sledding and ice tubing very much. We even played mini golf before going home. We had great time and I hope we can go skiing again soon.

Christmas Presents

2008-12-28T11:36:00.000-08:00

Thank you Daddy, Mommy, aunties, uncles, my brother Brian and Santa for the great presents!

Christmas Party

2008-12-23T13:52:00.000-08:00

The last day before winter break at Irwin school, we had a Christmas party at our classroom. Mom came to help too. We ate snakes, played a game called Hangman, and watched a movie called Casper the Friendly Ghost. The food we had is cookies, pretzels, popcorn and much more. We enjoyed the party. Merry Christmas.

Friends from France

2008-12-22T14:02:00.000-08:00

On Monday, December 22nd, a family came to visit us from Huston, Taxes. They were originally from France, so they can speak French very well. They brought us presents. I got a Lego Motorcycle; my brother got a Lego Fire engine. We were very happy. My mom also prepared some presents for Andy and Yoan. They were very friendly; we had dinner together at a Chinese restaurant. We had a lot of fun

Silent Night I play

2008-12-21T13:50:00.000-08:00

Christmas Light Show

2008-12-19T12:32:00.000-08:00

Last night, it was very cold and wet, my family and I went to the Christmas Light Show at PNC Bank Art Center in Homdel. We took a lots of photos. There were lots of Christmas lights. We saw lights shaped like a nutcracker, a gingerbread house, presents, birds and flowers. The lights were beautiful. We had a lot of fun, we enjoyed the show.

My Christmas Presents

2008-12-08T12:12:00.000-08:00

One night my brother and I was sleeping in our beds, my mom and dad were still up. My Dad was working on the computer. My Mom was wrapping up our presents. My brother and I didn’t notice my mom wrapping up our presents. The next morning we woke up saw wrapped up presents. We were very happy!

Dining at Pizza Hut

2008-12-06T11:37:00.000-08:00

Today (12-6-08) we went to Pizza Hut at Sayreville. I earned two Pizza Hut certificates from Ms. Ivaniski, because I finished 50 reading logs.

For every 25 books I finished reading and recording them on to my reading log. I earn a Reading Award certificate, which entitles me to a free one-topping personal Pan Pizza at Pizza Hut, to celebrate my reading accomplishment! I have earned two certificates so far for this semester. I shared one with my brother Brant. We enjoyed our pizza very much!

Art Awards

2008-12-06T11:21:00.000-08:00

Today(12-06-08), I received an Art Award certificates from FOCAT (Federation of Overseas Chinese Association) for excellent artwork.

In June this year, the Chinese school I go to help me to mail out my two artworks to Taiwan for the contest. My topics of the art works were “My Favorite Fruits” and “My family”.

I am so happy that I won the award.

My Day of Christmas Shopping

2008-12-04T12:08:00.000-08:00

One day (12-14-08)my family and I went to Christmas shopping. We went to toy R us to buy Lego. My brother Brian got a Lego crystal hawk and a Lego police car. I got a Lego Hailfire. My parents brought my brother and me some presents for Christmas too! But we don’t know what are they yet, we can only open the presents on Christmas day.