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=Wanganui was usual enough=

Wanganui was usual enough; it had a river, a bridge, a public swimming pool, a museum near the city, and even a tower I could always see. My brother and I did what brothers did - climbed Durie Hill Tower, stared at things in the mueseum, struggled to look through the telescope at the top of the tower, played badminton, swam in the pools or walked on the bridge. Doing nothing important.

Matthew HT Lai

Inspired by James K Baxter's poem

=My T-shirt poem=

My t- shirt is from Water World. Splashing every single drop of water at my friend. Racing super fast with my friend to the other side of the long pool. Zooming ultra fast down a pitch black water slide. I had a fun splashtastic holiday.

Matthew HT Lai

=My life so far=

Once when I was 3 years old I was really thirsty and when I looked at the dinning table I saw a liquid that was see through so I took a taste but it was white wine.

Once when I was also 3 I wanted to have some coke so I looked in the fridge and saw a can of coke. Then I drank a whole mouth full but the can was crawling with ants and ants were also in the can. For every day until when I was 5 years old, I always wear gum boots.

Year 1:

In year 1, I was at a different school from where I am at now ( St Johns Hill School). My old school was also in Wanganui not Auckland. When I was in year 1, I was in room 13. I can’t remember my teacher’s name but I do remember that it was a girl. I don’t remember much about year 1 because It 5 years ago but I think there was a time in year 1 when I slipped on some wet wood and broke my leg. After braking my leg, I had to stay at home for 3 days.

Year 2:

In year 2 I was still at St Johns Hill school and I was in room 7, I remember the name of my teacher but I just don’t know how to spell it. Also when I was in year 2 I discovered that there was a third play ground that only year 5 and 6’s could play on. The play ground was probably the biggest of the three play grounds also. For most of that year I just played on the middle play ground aka the coulorful play ground. In year 2 there was also a competition for which year 2 student could make the best pair of shoes made from recycled material. The judges were the parents which came to take a look at the shoes. When it was time to judge, the parents went round and wrote the name of the designer on a piece of paper and put the piece of paper in a box. Then some teachers went to count up the scores. When they finished, they announced the winner. Which was someone that I don’t know. My shoes came third though.

Year 3:

In year 3, I was in room 10, Mrs Collin’s room. This year there was a year 3 disco. On the night that my teacher told me that there would be a disco, I asked my mum if I cold go. She said yes so the next night at 5:20. My mum dropped me off at my school and gave me 10 dollars to buy food, drinks and glow sticks. On the night, I did a dance move that I have never done before. It was a move when I get on the ground and spin round with my legs out. After the disco my friend’s mum came to take me back to my house and then took my friend home. After that day there wasn’t much that happened in year 3.

Year 4:

Year 4, my last year at St Johns Hill School. This year there wasn’t much either but there was just one thing that nearly killed me. It was when my mum told my brother that we were moving to Auckland. The day my brother told me that we were moving to Auckland, I nearly died. After that day we were starting to pack. A few weeks before my family was going to move I sent a letter to the upstar magazine in Hawkes Bay. The letter was for a competition for a Bey Blade prize pack. On the day my family was going to move I just remembered that I sent a letter. When I thought nothing could get worse, that day when I came home from school, I was the winner of the competition. When my family left our house I looked in my school bag and found my final St Johns Hill School homework sheet.

Year 5:

In year 5 it was my first year at Pinehill School, I was in room 10, Mrs Smith’s class. In this year there was a market day. On this day lots of different groups of 3 or 4 will sell hand made things. In my group there was Jeffrey, Simon, Finn and I. My group couldn’t think of a product to build so our teacher we were working with gave us the idea of the Jakobs Ladder, the idea was from a place that we went to on a field trip. The ladder is a 30 cm long ladder made of wood that can do lots of things that are related to magic. I can’t really explain that ladder in words so I’m just not going to write about it any more. On the day all of our Jakobs Ladders were the only product that got sold out. My group also raised the most money for the school. A week after market day, the teachers told al the groups, which group won. It was my group and the prize was two king pack chocolate bars for each of the members and thats all about market day. I don’t know why but year 5 was the worst year of my life and the best year of my life.

Year 6:

Year 6 is unknown......

=My Hut=

In the holidays at night, my best friend and I would build huts to burn time. We would build huts in the living room; we would build huts on the stairs; we would build huts in my room.
===We would both run around the house snatching blankets, chairs, food and torches. When we snatched all of our equipment, we would start building until we finished. Both our huts were both big and tall. There was just a crack of light that could shine in. It was so dark and warm inside the huts. We loved it.===

"No, it's not"
===This would go on until we both would decide to combine our huts together. Every time we combine our huts it would be a whole lot of chairs with their backs facing in, in a circle. We would also put torches on the chairs to shine in. Then we would tell jokes and laugh, play computer and eat salt and vinegar chips until my mum would call us to sleep.===

Matthew HT Lai
media type="youtube" key="yunKG3qWseY" height="315" width="560" This is a video of me doing discus. When you are doing discus you must consider the weight transfer so you can get a good trust; you also need to think about the grip and arm action. The power of your legs and your release will also determine a good flight. A good discus throw will have a straight flight and flat spin that is horizontal.

Cultural Day Food Recount
The...food...at...cultural...day...THIS YEAR WAS DELICIOUS!!! There was...chocolate muffins, dumplings, chicken, bubble tea, jaffas and more chocolate. But the bubble tea, when I guzzled it and the pearls were left. I tipped the pearls into my mouth, chewed the squishy, tasty, gooy round blobs. It was appetizing! Now bubble tea is one of my best-loved drinks. Nick's chocolate muffins were extremely sweet and gooy. I swallowed the whole muffin whole and I almost passed out dew to sweetness. There was still colossal amounts of consumables left to clarify but I will fill up this entire page.