Narrative Writing

Lei and his problems

Lei was in the middle of a mid year exam and was struggling to sit still and concentrate. He finished in seconds and was out that door, he walked home alongside his brothers thinking how people can go through these things?. Lei’s brothers were asking how did he feel about his assessment. Lei still had two other test to sit the next day. He arrived home and went straight to  doing his house work. As for his brothers they went straight to sleep.  Lei was making food for his grandparents and other family members. Nightfall's down and Morning rises, Lei can hear his grandma calling from outside his room, “ Lei, Lei....... nofo I luna e alu i le aoga.” Lei got up when he remembers theres two more exams left so he just falls back and pulls the sheet over his head.

Lei woke up and saw his grandma praying and walked pass her when he heard her call, he stopped and faced her.  She asked suspiciously. “ Lei, ai se a na e le alu i le aoga?.” Lei didn’t answer, the two both sat in silence. Ruta asked again, “ Why didnt you go to school Lei? ” Silence and more silence. Ruta understands why Lei didn’t want to go to school but she wanted to hear it from Lei himself. Lei sat there and waited for Ruta to tell him to go wash up and have breakfast. But she stood up and left. Uncle Luka walked pass and saw him, asked him why isn’t he at school, but he didn't care. Luka demanded Lei to go with him to the plantation and work there since he wasn’t at school.

Lei worked from morning till noon, every single day he would wake up, make breakfast, go to the plantation and come back to make lunch. Lei’s grandma will always ask him to go back to school and leave her and Luka to do the food for the family. Lei says that school is too complicated and he can’t handle it so thats why he dropped out of school.

Lei went back to work in the plantation with his uncle when he cut his hand, he screamed in pain, Luka yelled out, “ WHAT HAPPENED THERE? ” Lei yelled in pain “MY HAND MY HAND, I CUT MY HAND ” Luka paused, and swore to him and said go back to school.

Grandma heard all of this and took Lei in to enroll him into a school in Apia, he enrolled and was taken back to school. Lei tried his hardest and couldn't handle it but did it for his grandma's sake. Lei joined a dancing club and there dancing group was sent to New Zealand.

Lei went to New Zealand for his dance group and stayed with his grandma’s side and every day he would do his normal housework but in New Zealand.  He did a slap dance at a huge hall. He went back home and it was two days away from going back to Samoa. He was packing and doing shopping for his family. He was putting clothes into his suitcase when his aunt came and told him to stay. Lei was very lost, he didn’t know what to do nor say. “ Wait, what do you mean I need to stay?,  then that would mean i’ll be a overstayer!” Lei said with confusion. The group went back to Samoa and Lei stayed behind with his aunt and did everything he could to make them happy.

Lei found a job as a painter and worked for a man of his church. After years of working as a painter, he gave up painting and went for other jobs. He then became a carpenter and was very close to his boss. Every time Lei doesn’t go to work, he will always check up on him and ask why isn’t he at work.  Lei had to go back to Samoa and was stuck there for 12 months. 5 months later his boss rang and said,  “ why havent you been coming to work lately? ” Lei replies with embarrassment, “ Im back in Samoa, I’ve been in New Zealand for too long. I have been stood down from going out of Samoa for 12 months. ” “ What’s the number to the Samoan Station? I’ll give them a call and then you’ll be back in no time.” “ I....I.... have no words to say..... but THANK YOU ” Lie replies.

Two days after that call, Lei’s name was mentioned on the radio with some other names. He had a interview to go back to New Zealand for good, but the problem was, he needed 4000 dollars to enter. He went to a village where his oldest brother lived. He asked him if he could use some money. Maleko asked, “ what do you need the money for? “ “ I need it to pay my entrance into the Samoan Station, I have to pay 4000 dollars but I don’t have that much money.” Maleko gave him the money and he was off with the money and thanked Maleko.

Lei payed and was asked one questions and one hit him hard, “ Why do you want to go to New Zealand? ” Lei thought and thought then he said that he wanted to go to New Zealand to make some money for his family so that they can have food, shelter and clothing. He passed the test and was on a flight back to New Zealand.

Maths Problems

I am learning to know and understand Ratios.
A ratio says how much of one thing there is compared to another thing.

For example :
There are 3 blue squares to 1 Yellow square. Using the " : " to separate the values : 3 : 1
Instead of the " : " you use the word " to " : 3 to 1 or write it like a fraction. 3/1, 3 : 1.
A ratio can be scaled up.
Here the ratio is also 3 blue squares to 1 yellow square, even though there are more squares.

Using Ratios
The trick with ratios is to always multiply or divide the numbers by the same value.
Example :
4 : 5 is the same as 4 x 2 : 5 x 2 - 8 : 10
  4 : 5
x2 : 2
  8 : 10

Birthday

On Saturday we celebrated a 90th birthday were the whole of Tamaki P.I.P.C  church were invited. The theme was Pink, my family and I arrived at the church car park and it was very packed. Loud music coming from the hall, you could feel the ground vibrate as soon as you walk into the hallway. Two young, beautiful girls were standing at the entrance with lays in their hands giving them to the elderly's that walked into the Pink dreamy hall. “ Let us begin with a prayer and carry on with the program ” a deep voice comes from the speaker.

“ May the Lord bless Petu Tulua with many more blessed years to come. Amen ” the minister said. The entertainer welcomed people and introduced a famous Samoan singer, Joe Failua. He sung two of his famous songs that people know well. While Joe was singing, people were videoing his performance and the family were seating up the food. Tables were pulled out for the pig and off people went.

A grace was said before we ate and off people went getting their food, plates and bowls were taken into the kitchen and desert's were coming and being put onto the tables. First of all the head table was served. Then after dessert was served the tables were taken away and kids from the family did a Siva Samoa and then ladies from church performed a dance to the Birthday girl. 

Being in the hall was just like having valentines all over again. But it was not cool because I had to go to Manukau for a family business. I was thankful to be at a 90th birthday in my whole ENTIRE life.

Holiday Book Review

Chanda’s Wars Book review :

Saturday 28 September 2013

Choose a word to describe your book.

Title: Chanda's Wars  Author:  Allan Stratton

Date started: 20 September Date finished: Not finished yet.

What was the book about?

Chanda’s mother passed away 6 months ago and she has to raise her brother and sister up. She had to stop going school, start working and get some money for her and the family. She has nightmares about Tiro where her mother died in pain.  Her grandparents were ashamed of her mother so they put her in an abandoned cattle

What did you like about the book?

Chanda has the courage to go to her teacher Mr Selalame and talk to him about her problems. Her nightmares and what her mothers family did to her mother.

What was your favourite part of the book?

All of it.

How many stars would you give this book? Colour the stars.

(5 – Excellent, 1 – Poor)

I give this book five stars. It is very interesting and a touching book. No one can read Chanda’s Wars and remain untouched by the young people who are caught in the AIDS pandemic and still battling to make sense of their lives.

Tang-gram shapes

In maths I have been learning how to make different shapes with only seven pieces of tang-ram.

Here are some shapes made by the seven tang-gram.

 

What I learnt in Maths

L.I.

I have learnt to solve addition fraction involving different denominators and simplifying the fractions.

1/4 + 2/8 =

1 x 8 = 8 = 1/8

4 x 2 = 8 = 1/8

1/4 becomes a 1/8 and 2/8 stays the same. So therefore 1/8 + 2/8 = 38

German Lifestyle

German People Lifestyle

German people are very nice and comforting people,they bring people into their house if they need a place to stay for a couple of nights, and they are very fair people. They love to help others and share their belongings with other people. Germans let their friends use their belongings and expect it to come back in perfect conditions.

Germans love visiting the Berlin wall, they are tall people and love their culture. In Germany their religions are very important to them. Germans love celebrations and alcohol. They usually eat sausages and love their meat. Germans love going to the museum and the Berlin theatre. Every year they roll out the red carpet and watch over 400 films and celebrate the Berlin wall that kept them between the cold world war.

Germans have passion for their food, the most popular saying in Germany is “ Breakfast like and emperor, lunch like a beggar’. A typical German breakfast includes a selection of breads, cereals, cheese and meats.  Fish is eaten in the north. Immigrants have also brought their cuisine to the country. Asian, Italian and Turkish restaurants can be found in most cities.  German people are also good bike riders, they manage to look elegant whilst free-wheeling down  cobbled streets. They are also highly at dept riding with umbrellas.  Germans can ride without any hands and are known for their good bike skills. Germans are really good at anything they do but if they are not good at it, they would try their very hardest to get any better at it.  German people can speak proper English then English people.

Germans do not appreciate the rude finger when driving. If you give it to a fellow driver, that driver reserves the right to report you and your license plate and you will get a fine. Germans seem to enjoy camping and staying out of their houses. Germans actually respect quiet time on Sundays, when they vacuum, use lawn mowers or other loud objects and generally keep it at a low level of noise.