Tuesday, 18 June 2013

Dragon Boating with Louise

I am a lucky class teddy. I spent time with Louise and her family. They taught me French and took me to watch the Dragon Boating. Merci Beaucoup!

It all started with a rainy day.

 After school, we went together to ballet. Unfortunately, they didn’t have a spare tutu for me. So I had to watch...


On Wednesday, we decided to watch the dragon boats race. I didn't want to go at first, because it was raining. But Louise brought an umbrella!


We started with a good breakfast. Nothing better than a croissant and a glass of orange juice!


We found a nice spot to watch the race. Go team Mushu!


After a long day, we headed home for Louise's piano lesson.

 I practiced my French with some of Louise’s friends. "Bonjour, je m’appelle Arnaldo!”

Louise read me some nice stories before we went to bed.

 Back to school again!

Merci Louise pour une belle journée. Je vais essayer de pratiquer mon français!

Adventures with Jethro

Adventures with Jethro

I was really lucky and got to go and have some fun with Jethro. He taught me to speak Cantonese as well. He is so clever! Thanks Jethro.


He took me to meet his friends.

 We went to play basketball. It was cool!

Jethro looks like a fearsome pirate but he is actually very kind!

Wow. I went to Jethro's piano lesson. It was tricky but I tried my best like Jethro.

Jethro is great, he has been practicing for a long time. 

Here we are with Jethro's lovely piano teacher. 

It was a busy weekend and we had lots of fun together. Thank you Jethro. 



Thursday, 13 June 2013

Amelia and Arnaldo’s fun weekend in Discovery Bay

I was so happy to stay with Amelia for the weekend!  She said she would show me all the things she normally does on the weekends here in Discovery Bay.

After we woke up bright and early on Saturday morning, Amelia showed me how to make her favorite breakfast, French toast. 


First, you need to break the eggs….

Then, I helped Amelia stir them up very well.
  
After Amelia’s mommy cooked the toast in the skillet for us, we ate it all up with a little syrup and a glass of milk.  I really like French toast - yummy! 

After breakfast it was time for Amelia’s swimming class.  Amelia has swimming class at the same time as her Farm Nursery classmate Marcus.  It was fun to see him and we had a good chat about when Marcus took me to visit Malaysia earlier this year. 

Straight away after swimming class we went to Amelia’s ballet class.  Amelia is a very good dancer and loves to do her twirls in front of the big mirrors in the dance studio.

After ballet, since it was super hot day, Amelia said we should to go the plaza to cool down with her favorite treat, an ice drop (popsicle).  They are certainly delicious and very cooling indeed.  

We took the bus home from the plaza.  That was fun.  Oh, and did you notice Amelia’s hair – she did it ALL by herself.  Don’t you love all the clips she used? 

On Sunday, we went to the Grand Opening of the Auberge hotel in the North Plaza here in Discovery Bay.  It was soooo cool!  

The pirate ship “the Bounty” was docked near the hotel.  I have never seen a real pirate ship before – I had only seen them in the movies.  Har, har, har, Ahoy Matey’s! 

Next we visited the art exhibit at the chapel at Auberge with Amelia’s daddy.  We got to see some beautiful art on display from DBIS students. J 

I think the best part of that day was when we got to watch Amelia’s daddy perform as part of the hotel’s opening entertainment program.  I even got to go on-stage when Amelia sang When You Wish Upon a Star and Somewhere Over the Rainbow with her daddy.  There were a lot of people in the audience who watched Amelia sing – she is very brave!  All the people clapped for Amelia when she finished singing. 

After all the hotel opening activities, Amelia and I decided we needed to rest a bit and have a small snack.  Yum! 

It was certainly a great weekend with Amelia.  She dropped me off at school on Monday morning and I decided that I better rest-up before my next adventure with another Farm Nursery classmate.

Monday, 27 May 2013

Macau with Beatrice

Macau with Beatrice

Beatrice is so clever, she speak Italian and English. She taught me how to speak Italian too!


I had so much fun with Beatrice and her family in Macau. We had to go on a super speedy boat!

Mi sono divertito molto con Beatrice e la sua famiglia a Macao. Abbiamo dovuto prendere una barca veloce!


Here I am with Beatrice and her brother Leonardo, ready to go!

Qui sono con Beatrice e suo fratello Leonardo, e siamo pronti per partire!


Almost ready!

Quasi pronti!

When we were safely buckled into our seats it was time to whizz away. Wheee!

Quando abbiamo allacciato la cintura di sicurezza era già ora di schizzare via. Evviva!

When we arrived Beatrice decided to have a hamburger for lunch, it smelled delicious.

Quando siamo arrivati Beatrice ha deciso di mangiare un hamburger per pranzo, aveva un profumo delizioso. 


We had a lovely swim in the hotel pool.

Abbiamo fatto una divertente nuotata nella piscina dell'hotel.

Later that evening we met Beatrice's friend, Cecelia. She smiles a lot!

Più' tardi in serata abbiamo incontrato un'amica di Beatrice, Cecilia. Cecilia sorride molto!

We went to see the House of Dancing Water. Beatrice and I were a bit afraid of the loud music but there were beautiful dancers to watch. 

Siamo andati a vedere la Casa dell'Acqua Danzante. Beatrice ed io eravamo un po' impauriti perché la musica era alta, ma c'erano dei bravissimi ballerini da guardare.

I had a lovely time with Beatrice and her family. Thank you for looking after me. 

Sono stato davvero bene con Beatrice e la sua famiglia. Grazie per esservi presi cura di me.



Sunday, 28 April 2013

Malaysia with Marcus



 I was very excited to be going on holiday to Penang, Malaysia with Marcus and his family

 As a special treat we went for a ride on a buggy all through the airport, Marcus held me up so I could see everything.

 We were both so excited and tried to rest a little on our flight.


 Marcus and his brother found a treasure chest in a hotel lobby!



We went on a boat across to an island to visit an  Orangutan Sanctuary, I didn't have a lifejacket so Marcus held me close.

Standing on the dock on a lake with some houses built on stilts behind me!

Marcus took great care of me making sure I had lots of fun - he even buckled me into a swing and pushed me back and forth until I was dizzy




We rode up a cable car (in the front) to see fantastic views of Penang from Penang Hill.


 We also visited a fort (like a castle) it had very old cannons.



I even pretended to be a cannonball!


 We also stopped to watch ladies make some very beautiful fabric, called Batik.


We visited a Butterfly park and saw many animals; I was a little bit scared of the tarantula - it had hairy legs!


 But I didn't mind the millipedes, Marcus' mummy thought these were very creepy though.


Everyone's favourite was the butterflies!

 Marcus showed me he was brave enough to hold the caterpillar.  There was a man who explained about how the caterpillar changes into a butterfly.