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Canadian International School of Hong Kong, Parker, Carolyn - 13, Fiction: Group 3
ear Diary,
Today I’m going on an airplane to China! I’m really excited. Mum and Dad helped me pack. My
nanny Charlotte isn’t coming with us though, so I’ll miss her. She says that Hong Kong and
Guangdong are both very exciting places but she has to stay and look after the house. I’m a little scared
about what will happen. I haven’t been alone with Mum and Dad without Charlotte since forever! What if
they forget that I am with them?
xoxo
Lucy
Dear Diary,
Today Mum and I went to a Chinese temple. It was in Hong Kong, and a lot of people were kneeling.
Mum said they were praying to their ancestors. There was a lot of incense in a box of sand. Mum said it was
an offering, so I bought some and lit it on fire. The incense smell gave Mum a headache, so we didn’t go to
another temple and instead went to an Italian restaurant for lunch. I had spaghetti bolognese and Mum had a
fancy fish dish with white wine. After lunch, we went back to Guangdong.
Yours Truly,
Lucy
Dear Diary,
Wow! Guangdong is really busy! I wanted to go shopping with Mum but she said that I should stay with
Dad, so we both stayed in the hotel room and watched Chinese cartoons and ordered room service. I liked
the one with the pigs. They all seemed so happy to go on adventures with each other, and even when Baby
Pig did something wrong, Mama and Papa Pig loved them. Baby Pig seemed so used to his parents being
with him. He didn’t even have a nanny like Charlotte! I wish my family could be like them. Mum came
home in a really bad mood because somebody stole her wallet. Dad got really mad, but then she said that she
still had her passport so he calmed down a bit. They both are making loads of phone calls to cancel all of her
cards. Mum is crying and hiccupping at the same time and Dad looks all pasty and white, like a fish. I think
have they forgotten about me, but we are in the hotel room so it isn’t so bad.
Love,
Lucy
Dear Diary,
Today I went on a little boat around Hong Kong harbor. Dad says that the boat was called a sampan. It was
really fun but it was really cold and my hat blew of when we were going fast. It was my favorite hat, so I
wish we could have saved it, but it sank and none of us had our bathing suits on. To cheer me up, I got to
sit next to the driver. He showed me how to drive the boat and even let me drive it for a minute. Once I
almost fell in, but Mum pulled me back up. After that I had to sit in between Mum and Dad, which wasn’t
as much fun. Afterwards I was really tired! I got sent to bed early, but was allowed to watch more of the pig
family cartoon before I went to sleep because I had behaved so well. I turned the pig cartoon up extra loud
so I couldn’t hear Mum and Dad arguing next door.
Kisses,
Lucy
Dear Diary,
Today Mum and I went to a famous Chinese restaurant. We ordered lots of little dishes that had different
things in them. My favourite were the pork dumplings! Mum was so happy. I tried this white stuff that she
said was called tofu, but I didn’t really like it. It would have taken too long to go back to Guangdong, so we
stayed near the restaurant. Dad wasn’t pleased when we got back, because we hadn’t brought any back for
him, but he seemed happier than he had been since we came here. Dad said his jet lag was all gone, and he
spent the day in bed. Which is weird, because he has a half-eaten box of chocolates on the bedside table
and Dad hates chocolate.
Lots of love,
Lucy
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