The new pool

 After Athletics day I went to the Okitu store to get an Ice cream and then we went home. When we got home, we started to fill up our pool, and then our cousins: Elke, Gjord, Fiske and Ursula arrived. So did Crispy, (Fiske and Ursula’s dog) Auntie Heidi and Auntie Petra.

We had a fun day splashing around in the water. I was sliding along the bottom of the ankle high water on my tummy like a penguin. The bottom of the pool was so slippery that when you try to crawl along the bottom, your hand slip up. Charlotte, my friend, taught me how to do it but she accidentally kept face-planting on the walls of the pool. Luckily, I wasn’t that good and didn’t crash into the wall.

Then  the neighbours, Millie, Hosea, Sol, Abe, Biggie and Stanley came over. There were soooo many people in the pool so Elke, Gjord, Fiske, Ursula, Clem and I all got out leaving 6 left in the pool. Wow there were 12 people in the pool. That's a lot.

My Holidays

 On Friday the 16th my cousins and my family met at the Wainui surf club for a play on the sand. When we got there, there was a crystal clear lagoon just waiting for us. On the side there was a small River of water trickling down to the ocean. (Luckily I brought my togs)

Me and my cousins played in the water all day, I brought my boogie board and Clem pulled me all the way down the stream at top speed. Then, on a sharp turn, Clem Suddenly jumped on to the bank and the board swerved into the bank and I face-planted in the sand flying forward. It was so funny I tried doing it on Ursula but when I stopped she rolled off the board and down to the ocean. I also threw wet seaweed on my Fiske’s back for splashing water over me. 

Then it became a game of stealing seaweed girls v boys. Me, Elke, and Ursula crept along the bottom of the lagoon like crocodiles. Then, we ran across the sand and stole the seaweed off Clem, Fiske and Gjord. Then I guarded the pile of seaweed like a guard dog crouching over the pile swinging my arms.

When it was time to go, we all went to Auntie Heidi's house for a play. Ursula and Elke fought over me so I ran to the boys and we all hid. It became a game of hide and go seek tag. Clem tricked the girls telling them I had gone to the chickens when I was down in the creek. 

When Ursula and Elke found out, they went down the steep bank. Slid down and got ready in the tree. Then her butt got wet on the rocks in the creek. But by the time Ursula got down we were long gone down in the Orchard surrounded by  bees and blackberries. 

Following Hamanatua

 Yesterday my teacher Koka Rosie and Koka Ngaire took us down to Hamanatua stream so that we could see where it started. We walked down along scarlys way and down the road to a rusty old gate leading down to a small stream that fed into the Hamanatua awa.

There were three people in front of me and they all walked through the knee height stream tripping and stumbling. Then when it was my turn I spotted a plank of wood and I lept to the other side without getting wet. I don’t mind getting wet but being wet for the whole day while walking all over the show would be annoying. 

The others behind me cheered and yelled as I landed safely and when the others tried to copy…. Well that was a bit harsh: Trey belly-flopped in the water and Keylaine lost her shoe in the mud. So many people fell in the mud and I was glad I wasn’t too muddy but then: Koka Rosie handed me the toilet paper so she could put away her jacket, and… I didn’t have laces on so I got stuck.

To make it worse my shoes fell off and I had to go down on my knees and search through the mud.  My whole body was covered with mud: I couldn’t even eat because I had soooo much mud on my hand. I was cold, uncomfy and hungry but I was determined to find where the awa started.

On the way back across the stream, Neko fell in the water. With all the eyes on him he decided to pour some swamp water on his armpits and pretend to wash himself. And back at class he wore no pants, just undies.

P.S: Also, if you are wondering what happened to the toilet paper I gave It to Josie who dropped it on the ground, later we gave the brown, sticky, muddy roll of paper back to her...

Blog 103

 Blog 103

Yesterday after lunch my class (RM2) went to the life education truck. Our old teacher, Matua Beau and his companion Harled taught us about the human body in the brain and how it works.  We learnt of this called nerve-ons. They are the smart bits in your brain and babies have up to 85-100 billion nerve-ons! We also saw a video on a boy called Billy. The video was to help us make predictions about people that want to help, and people that don’t.

Sorry! Small blog post!!

Zombie

Just incase don’t get offended by this post… Also It was my quickwrite.

Bring! I answered the phone and a tough sounding voice grunted: “”Gees, Kid, come on, we're waiting for you! Haven’t you heard about the zombie that crash-landed on mars!?”” “”Look.  Matt, I don’t have time for all your problems, I am going to play at a pub tonight! I have missed so many gigs!”” I replied

Now, you’re probably wondering “what is going on”. Well, I work as a RETIRED spy and I am a famous guitar player. Matt (my boss) gets stressed because after Earth blew up, (I blew it up by accident) I decided to quit my job because I didn’t want to cause any more trouble.

Now, Matt was down on his knees, “”please help me! Also a zombie captured all the other agents”” he begged “”Look out behind you!”” I called as a hideous zombie pierced its knife through his heart.

“”Look here boy”” it snarled “”I am coming to get you. Do you hear? I won’t rest until my knife has your blood on it. Then the screen went blank.

Later I was all suited up. I picked up the tracking device and headed towards the door. The tracking device led to the mall. I gulped.

Oh no!What if the zombie finds these people inside, I must stop this zombie now! I thought as I climbed through the smashed glass and up the gooey stairs (Goo from the zombie).

I climbed the stairs all the way up to the roof. When I got there, there was a green zombie waiting for me: Bloody and boney. Luckily the battle only lasted 3 days with cup-of-tea breaks in the middle. Then I punched the zombie in the face and it died. 

 

3rd BandQuest Practice

On Tuesday, Me and the rest of the OPEN DOORZ  band had a 3rd practice because

BandQuest was 20 days away. We were slowly getting it right and we had a full long

practice that was from 1.30 to 3.30pm. 

The two songs that we were playing are: Happen to me (by Benee) and So True (by the Black Seeds).

And I am on guitar solo for both songs. Band quest is very fun and I think you should try it out

if you know an instrument. Maybe next blog I will send a recording of our songs.

My Writing

 This might be a bit offensive because it's about stuff like tsunamis and tornadoes. For our priorities I did this story starter: Suddenly, his phone rang. 

Suddenly his phone rang. Jason, who was walking down an ally to the beach, picked up the phone. “Get outta there! Now!” Screamed a panicked voice “What?” Questioned Jason “tsunami! but I gotta go and warn the others. Get out of there now !” Jason looked up. Tsunami. It was too late for Jason to get up a hill so he climbed up a nearby tree which led him to the roof of a 6 story building. From there, Jason filmed.

The tsunami swept all of the cars aside carrying them away. A massive fishing boat got dragged into the water filled car parking lot and got completely crushed underneath the low lying iron bridge. Jason cringed, turning away and tugging at his fringe. 

Suddenly, Jason saw something horrifying. A strong tornado set a straight course towards him and the others on top of the building. As it got closer, it gained speed sucking in people and then spitting them out like backfiring bullets at top speed. People scattered flinging themselves out of the building to get swallowed up into the tsunami. A young toddler, on the other side of the building, got swept away leaving a trail of pee forming a puddle.

Just as the tornado grabbed Jason's arm, he fell into the opening trap door beneath him. The tsunami grew stronger. The whole building next door collapsed. The people inside tumbled out like ants. But, before he could jump off the building, the evil tornado whisked him away .

Jason's top wirled off. So did his pants, and, well, also the underwear. “EEK” He shrieked before he got dumped next to the king on a very tall hill. The crowd gasped in horror as Jason turned and ran off a cliff by accident. 

‘Into the tsunami’ thought Jason as it whisked him away. Luckily a branch curled above his head. Jason climbed on. Then, his eyes got hooked on a familiar family: The Eggs.            They jumped on the fishing boat and headed towards the tsunami hoping they would go over it. But it didn't. “Well, this will never end,” said Jason rolling his eyes as the upside down boat smashed into a tall glass building.

Thanks for reading my horrifying post - Cornelia