Friday, by Kate

On the first Friday back at school after vacation time everyone in the middle school went to Cinta Sayang (in Malay) or Love Love (in English).  Cinta Sayang is pronouced 'Chinta Sigh - Young'.  It was really fun.  It is a water park and resort about 1 hour from my school.  The reason we went there was to bond with our Student Advisory Team (which is like a small group at my school and we meet at the beginning of each school day).  We first met by the middle school in our SAT groups.  Then we went into these bigger groups and crowded into the buses.  It took a long time to get from Dalat to Cinta Sayang.  Finally we got to Cinta Sayang and we sat in this room that was reserved for us.  Then we had worship and our school pastor talked to us about our school theme for the year (being radical).  Then we got back in our SAT groups and went outside to do our stations.  One of the stations was we had to pick up elastic bands in flour with our mouths without using our hands. After, our faces were white because of the flour.  I just got some water and swished it on my face and in my mouth to clean off.  Another station was where we had balls and we had to stick one between our knees and two under our arms and walk around a tree like a gorilla and make noises like a gorilla.  Another station was where we had to make a line and we had to put water in a bucket with holes in it and pass the bucket to the person at the end and put the water that was leaking out into a bigger bucket without holes.  Another station was where someone (I volunteered) had to tie a bucket around themselves and without using their hands they had to go in deeper water and fill up the bucket but people in my SAT could help me and then they helped fill another bucket with my water. Then we had lunch and signed up for X-blocks (which are after school clubs).  I signed up for Science Club on Tuesday where we will do experiments and for Thursdays I will be in the Passport Club where we learn about different countries.  After, we changed into our bathing suits and had free time at the water park.  I went on the Boomerang which is a slide that goes straight down and then straight up again.  I went on the Boomerang four times.  It was really fun.  Some people were really scared of the Boomerang.  There was this "river" called Lazy River and you could float down it on an inner tube.  After we were done sliding we got changed and had apples.  Daddy bought Aimee and me pink cotton candy.  It tasted sweet and sticky.  They told us that there was no cotton candy on the bus so we had to eat it quickly.  On the bus ride back we played the Telephone Game.  That is why I had fun on Friday. 

This is a picture I got from the internet that shows Cinta Sayang

First day of school (picture taken in my mom's classroom)