Our Exciting Trip to India

For the December Break we went to Mumbai and Goa. Mumbai is India's second biggest city. Goa is my hometown and it's a 45 minute flight from Mumbai, you can aslo go to Goa by train. Goa is a wonderful place and is full with beaches and a little bit of rice paddies, just like Bali! Except Goa is less devoloped and their beaches are dirty. I didn't really want to swim in the sea, just looking at it made me vomit.

In Mumbai we had to attend my dad's cousin's wedding. I had to wear a suit for the first time in my life. My dad said that I looked like a buisness man!!!! Anyway, we celebrated Christmas with a special mass at my dad's school and his classmate was the priest!!! It was a very special christmas for my dad and me, because I got an I pod Touch for Christmas!!!!!!!! Yipeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!

We celebrated New Years by going for a midnight mass. The New Year was a special day for my mom and dad because it was their wedding anniversary and it was my mom's birthday too!!!!

We had to go to 3 family reunions during my trip to India. 2 from my dad's side and one from my mom's side. Next I got to visit my grandparents from my mom's side personally because I had to do a school project where I had to interview my grandma.

Finally we had to go back home to Jakarta, it was a long flight,but it felt nice being back in Jakarta again, away from the hustle and bustle in Mumbai.

What I did over the break

Watched Movies

• Avatar
• 3 idiots

Avatar

Avatar was a movie I watched in 3D!!! It was basically about a person named Jake who is a soldier who is in a future army trying to destroy the heart of Pandora. Pandora is a place where these creatures live. These creatures are called the "navies" and they look simillar to us, humans. The Commander of the army tells Jake to close his eyes, then they put him into a machine and it transforms him into one of the Navies. He had to transform into one of the Navies so he can tell all the Navies to evacuate from where they are living. Jake told them this, because the army wants to attack their tree where they live. In the end Jake wants to be one of the Navies for good. Finally since the army shot down their tree where the Navies live. Jake had decided to fight back and the Navies won the battle.

Avatar is made by the director of Titanic, his name is James Cameron. Avatar has been the most expensive movie in the history of all movies. The cost to make this movie is.......... DRUM ROLL PLEASE!!!

200,000,000$$$$

3 idiots

3 idiots is a Hindhi film, which is actually based on a true story, when the father forces his son what to take up for college. Here the father forces his son to take up engineerig, but he's actually the class clown. While his two other friends were about to get expelled from the engineering college because of him. In the end he runs his own school, which is located far away from the cars,the noise and the pollution.

The main actor is Amir Kahn. And I think this is a "must watch movie" so as Avatar.

Celebrating Christmas

Celbrating Christmas in India was special for my dad, because the priest who was celebrating the mass was my dad's class mate and the fact that the mass was located at my dad's school. It was a special Christmas for my dad, but not so much for me. I knew the next day I would get get my christmas present which was an i-pod touch!!!!

Celebrating the New Year

We celebrated the new year in Mumbai by going to church, then we went to a high end restraunt called "Salt and Water". It was a special day for my mom and dad, because it was not just only the New Year, it was my mom's birthday and it was my parents wedding anniversary too!

Visiting Family

The reason we came to India, because we could visit relatives and family. I had to go for two family reunions, two from my dad's side and one from my mom's side. Also I visited my grandparents with my mom. The Reason I had to visit my grandparents personally, is because I had to interview my grandma for my English and Social Studies project. Not only that I video taped the interview.

In the end it was a really nice holiday!!!

A Friend Coming Over After a Long Time

I started off my day by going for my tennis lessons at the J.I.S High School. My coach Pak Benny is a very good coach who also teaches tennis at the High School as well as the Middle School. Even though it was a hot day with today’s temperature reaching 40 degrees Celsius I thoroughly enjoyed my tennis lesson. After a refreshing tennis lesson , I headed to the Middle School Library to check out some books by Anthony Horwitz.

Today has been an exciting day because my good friend Tarun had come over to play with me after a really long time! We played badminton and cricket in the garden. Cricket is a sport similar to baseball except there are rules which are completely different from baseball. Cricket is a very well-known sport in India.

After a very active day we had pizza and chicken nuggets for lunch. We spent the rest of the time indoors. Since Tarun loves to play billiards we played billiards in my house. Tarun won the first round while I won the second, so basically it was a draw.

At 4: 30 Tarun had to leave because his aunt was in the hospital so he had to visit her.

And that was the end of a very fun filled and exciting day!! JJ

Another Earthquake AGAIN???

I was strumming my guitar at guitar class in Pondok Indah Mall when I suddenly felt myself shaking! At first I was confused then I realized it was an EARTHQUAKE!!! Everyone was running down the escalators, next I met my mom, who told me to go to the main entrance at Pondok Indah Mall with my maid as we were descending down the stairs at top speed, I heard babies crying and people panicking. Once we were at the entrance, my mom had to pick up my sister who was at a birthday party on the last floor!!!!!!!

After 5 nail biting and anxious minutes I found my mom at the main entrance with my sister. Next I gave a sigh of relief and made our way back home on our car. And that was the end of one of my most frightening experiences!!! On one of my older posts I said that BBC and CNN predicted there would be another earthquake. Well their hypothesis was correct!!

I HOPE THERE WILL BE NO MORE EARTHQUAKES!!!