ON THE ROAD TO EXEMPTION FROM CHINESE!

HELLO TO ALL EARTHLINGS! I'VE GOT A LOT TO TYPE ABOUT. FOR EXAMPLE: MY BIRTHDAY (YIPPEE! I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR IT!!), THE BATTLE OF THE BLOODY COUNTRY BEGGAR (HEHEHE!!), THE FIRST STEP TO GETTING EXEMPTED FROM CHINESE (CELEBRATING INSTANTLY!!), MY VISIT BACK TO MY PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE DUMB SPORT I PLAYED ON SPORTS DAY.

I THINK I SHOULD START WITH THE CHINESE EXEMPTION.

WOO HOOOOOOOOO!

I'M FINALLY GOING TO GET EXEMPTED!!

UM.. IT ISN'T CONFIRMED IF I CAN REALLY GET EXEMPTED.

THERE IS STILL A TINY POSSIBILITY THAT I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET EXEMPTED FROM CHINESE BUT YA GOT TO STAY OPIMISTIC!!! REALLY, YA GOT TO! EVEN IF I CAN'T GET EXEMPTED, I'M STILL NOT GOING TO LEARN CHINESE!! NO NO NO! I'M GOING TO LEARN FRENCH! I WILL! EVEN IF PEOPLE SAY I MUST LEARN CHINESE! FRENCH.. NOT CHINESE!!! I SAW A TELEVISION PROGRAMME THAT SAID THAT FRENCH IS THE SECOND MOST SPOKEN LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD!! HA HA HA!

SO THE FIRST STEP TO GETTING EXEMPTED IS TO GET A DOCTOR'S LETTER. I HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL 30 MINUTES EARLY FOR MY DOCTOR APPOINTMENT. YUMI TOOK ME THERE; TO THE CLINIC. WE ENTERD THROUGH THE BACK DOOR INSTEAD OF THE FRONT AND I SAW A HUGE FISH BOWL. WHEN I SAY HUGE.. I REALLY MEAN HUGE! IT'S DIAMETER WAS THE WIDTH OF MY HOUSE DOOR. I ESTIMATE IT TO BE ABOUT A METER AND THERE WAS BIG FISHES AND SMALL ONE SWIMMING INSIDE. THE SMALL FISHES (ORANGE ONES) TENDED TO STAY AT THE BOTTOM WHILE THE LARGER ONES ( I SPOTTED WHITE ONES AND BLACK ONES) SWAM ALL ABOUT. AFTER ADMIRING THE FISHES, YUMI AND I WALKED INTO THE CORRIDOR THAT LEND TO THE CLINIC (THERE WERE ACTUALLY TWO CLINICS. BOTH JOINT TOGETHER. I THINK THE CLINIC FURTHER AWAY WAS THE HUSBAND'S AND THE ONE CLOSER TO THE ENTRANCE IS THE WIFE'S WHICH IS THE ONE I ENTERED.)

BEFORE REACHING THE DOOR, THE DOCTOR APPEARED FROM THE CLINIC TO GREET US. I FOUND OUT HER NAME WAS AUNTIE MINGSHU THEN. WE THREE ENTERED HER CLINIC. SHE TOLD YUMI AND I THAT SHE WAS GOING TO TALK TO YUMI FIRST. THEY REALLY TOOK LONG!! YA KNOW, LOOOOOOOOONG!! BUT FORTUNATELY, AUNTIE MINGSHU GAVE ME SOMETHING TO DO WHILE I WAITED. I HAD TO FIND ALL THE ANIMALS HIDDEN INSIDE A BOTTLE FILLED WITH SAND. OUT OF ABOUT 36 ANIMALS I THINK I FOUND ABOUT 30 OF THEM BEFORE AUNTIE MINGSHU ASKED ME INTO HER ROOM WHICH WAS SMALLER AND CONNECTED TO THE MAIN ROOM (THE ONE I WAITED IN). YUMI WENT OUTSIDE TO WAIT FOR ME WHILE I WENT INSIDE.

AUNTIE MINGSHU TALKED AND CONFIRMED WHATEVER YUMI HAD RECORDED AND TOLD HER ABOUT ME. HALF WAY THROUGH OUR CONVERSATION I FOUND OUT THAT SHE KNEW A LITTLE ABOUT STAR TREK BECAUSE I SHOWED HER THE SPOCK SIGN (YOU'LL KNOW IT YOU WATCH STAR TREK!) AND SHE COULD TELL ME WHAT IT WAS!! AFTER SOME MORE TALKING, SHE DID SOME MATHS TESTS AND ENGLISH TESTS. THE TESTS WERE RATHER EASY AND I GOT BORED OF THEM FAST... AND THAT WAS WHEN SHE TOOK OUT PIECES OF CLEAN WHITE PAPER AND ASKED ME (NO.. PERSUADED ME.. HEHEHE..) TO WRITE CHINESE. I GAVE HER THE LOOK OF HORROR (ONE OF MY FAVOURITE EXPRESSIONS) AND HER RESPONSE WAS, "UM.. OK... LET'S DO SOME DRAWING INSTEAD. SHALL WE?" "FINALLY.. PHEW..." WAS WHAT I REPLIED. I DREW HER A SHORT COMIC STRIP ABOUT THE NIKKI ALIEN ABDUCTION (AH HA HA HA HA HA!!)

FINALLY, IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE BUT BEFORE THAT, AUNTIE MINGSHU AND I CHOSE AND TOLD EACH OTHER OUR STAR WARS CHARACTER. SHE WANTED TO BE AHSOKA. I STILL REMAINED AS WEDGE.

MY SECOND VISIT (LAST SATURDAY) TO HER CLINIC WAS ROUGHLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST, EXCEPT THAT AUNTIE MINGSHU TALKED TO YUMI FOR TWO WHOLE HOURS!! CAN YA BELIEVE THAT??! TWO WHOLE HOURS!!! WHAT'S MORE, SHE DID NOT GIVE ME ANYTHING TO DO DURING THAT TWO HOURS! AT FIRST I SAT ON THE BENCH NEAR THE PLUG POINT TO CHRAGE MY HANDPHONE WHILE LISTENING TO MUSIC ON MY HANDPHONE. I LISTENED TO OBAN STAR RACERS THEME SONG "CHANCE TO SHINE" FIRST, THEN I LISTENED TO BATTLESTAR GALACTICA.. AND GOT BORED AFTER THAT. I CALLED ODD FOR A QUICK CHAT AS ODD WAS HAVING LUNCH. BORED!! FINALLY, I FOUND SOME JANGA BLOCKS ON A SMALL TABLE IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM AND BUILT THESE!!

AN X-WING FIGHTER!!

AND A TIE INTERCEPTOR. IT WAS SUPPOSE TO BE A TIE FIGHTER BUT I COULD SEEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE ONE OUT OF JANGA BLOCKS SO I TRIED TO MAKE A TIE INTERCEPTER.. IT DIDN'T TURN OUT THE WAY I EXPECTED IT TO...

AFTER BUILDING THEM, I TOOK OUT MY BLANKET (I KNEW I WAS GOING TO NEED IT) AND FELL ASLEEP ON THE SOFA. WELL, NOT EXACTLY ALSEEP, ODD AND I WERE MESSAGING EACH OTHER WITH OUR HANDPHONES.

AT LONG LAST, YUMI EXITED AND I WAS CALLED IN. WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT WAS QUITE THE SAME. TESTS.. TESTS.. MORE TESTS... TOWARDS THE END, AUNTIE MINGSHU PICKED HER STAR TREK CHARACTER. SHE WANTED TO BE CAPTAIN PICARD SO I DECIDED TO BE SPOCK.

THANKS FOR READING FOLKS! THE NEXT POST WILL BE ABOUT MY BIRTHDAY WHICH IS TODAY!!!