The Jump

A gush of breeze blew past me as I stood, atop a diving board. Six meters under my feet was the icy, cold Green Lake. As I took in my surroundings, my fear of heights kicked in. I could hear the splash of other people diving. The occasional chirping of birds. I could feel the water running down my skin.

I inched forward. I looked down. All I could see was the shimmering water. My heart was pounding concrete. I could almost feel the little pulses of energy racing up and down my body. My eyes were closed, my knees bent, my heart pounding away. My feet left the diving board. My body was airborne…

I went slightly up, and then came plummeting down like a bullet. Those five seconds I was airborne, were the longest five seconds I have experienced in my life. It felt like I was watching a ‘super slow motion’ video. The adrenaline was rushing through my body. I was coming down straight.

After what seemed like an eternity, my two toes touched the water. I came crashing down into the lake, at full speed and went deep down. My lungs felt like they were going to explode from the sudden change in pressure. I could hear nothing, only gurgling sounds. I could see nothing, only the greenish water.

I slowly bobbed up to the surface, with a huge grin on my face. I quickly swam back to the platform, where my dad was waiting for me. I felt great, not only because I had jumped, but because I had overcome a challenge.

I quickly ran to the queue and waited for my turn again. I could not believe that I had spent so much time convincing myself to jump – it was so fun. The time I had wasted, up there on the diving board, I could have enjoyed the jump multiple times.

Earlier that day, I had wanted to go kayaking. We stood in the queue for ten minutes and decided it was not worthwhile. We had also never swum in Green Lake before, so my dad persuaded me. We seized the opportunity and got into the water. If it was not for the wait or for my dad, I would never have been able to overcome my fear of heights.

That jump changed me forever. Whenever I feel scared to do something, I think about how I persevered in this incident and it always reassures me that everything will be fine.

Now, whenever I go back to Green Lake, I will always make that jump. After all, that may have been the most important leap in my life.

The Summer of Potter

Harry Potter never really caught my eye.

My mom though, kept nagging me to read Harry Potter. It was one of her favorite books. I had watched a little bit of The Sorcerer’s Stone, but it just looked very confusing. Then, when I was in Seattle, my mom insisted that I should read the first book, and if I didn’t like it then she would never force me to read Harry Potter again. Something unexpected happened! I actually liked it! I grabbed The Chamber of Secrets and buried my nose into the pages, full of cauldrons exploding, Snape awarding house points to Slytherins, and Harry conjuring Expelliarmus. My mom was right!

As I sat, curled up in my blanket, I read for 8 hours straight. Every few days I would get the next book.  The librarian I became friends. If I didn’t come to the library for a week, she would start wondering where I was. I understood the true joy of reading. I understood why Albert Einstein said, “The only thing you need to know is the location of the library.”

I was determined to finish the series in that vacation. Eventually, on the last day, I had only one more book to read. I ran to the bookstore and purchased The Deathly Hallows, all ready to read it in the flight. I had to find out what was going to happen to the two enemies. School was going to begin in two days, so I had to maximize my time and read throughout the journey. However, when the on-screen entertainment turned on, what do I see? The whole collection of Harry Potter movies! The book went in, and the movies turned on. I watched all the movies back to back through my 24 hour journey to Bangkok. So much more interesting, now that I had read the books. However, I still prefer the books over the movies. The Harry Potter series, now my favourite as well.

The summer of 2014 – The Summer of Potter.

Khao Yai Residential

Day 1
Today I left Bangkok kinnda homesick but I got over it. In the bus, my busmates and me(we were in the VIP section!) sang songs and traded snacks. That got me into a excelent mood!
When we reached the resort we dragged our bags to the chalets.

Totally Terrific Trade Expo

On Tuesday 17th of June 2014, Y4 held their annual Trade Expo in the Conference Center in Bangkok Patana School to get experience of business. They did this by selling various products, made by their companies to Years 3-6.

KidZania

Today me and my classmates set off for KidZania! KidZania is a place with numerous occupations and activites, where you collect and lose Kidzos [the currency in KidZania]. I have always wanted to go there. My school was taking us there since we are learning about buissnes. Yay!

Kanchanaburi Residential

Dear Diary,

I woke up with a jump because I heard a noise of a shrilling chicken. Imedeatly I new it was Jeyan, squeezing his shrilling chicken whistle. Aditeya was awake too. He said he had been up and awake since 6:10. He was tidying his mess so the room looks nice for room inspection!

My Trip To Hong Kong

Excitement powered up as Friday the 18th of October came up. The landing of our Aircraft was one of the best scenenic places I ever saw. It was right next to the ocean and I saw some huge cargo carrying ships, some speed boats and some little cruise ships.

My favourate learning experence

3 years ago I learned to swim in my swimming pool. at first I was very frustrated because I was kiking my legs and splashing my hands but I seldom moved in a straight line. Normally I used to swim in circles.

Prachinburi Residential

In Year 3 I went for my first ever residentional (residential). It was awsom!
My class, miss. Belture’s class and Mr. Sean class went to prachinburi for 3 days 2 nights.

My Trip to Angkor Wat

The world heritage site ‘Angkor Wat’ is a colossal city. The architectural designs, the intriguing carvings show how the Thai People attacked and that shows the hard work the people put in building it.

I went there in December 2012 and was able to see the huge temple complex. It was ravishing and it took my breath away but the long walks tired me out.