Reported Speech

A few days ago, Mr. Zhou asked Mrs. Zhou if she would like to go to town with him. They could go at about ten, after he had finished putting up those shelves. Mrs. Zhou said that that was fine because she had some house cleaning to do but she would come along. She told him that she had to get Weiwen a present for his birthday and a pair of shoes for herself. She then asked if they could leave a little later than ten, because she needed to finish the washing and cook lunch for Weiwen.

Mr. Zhou protested and said that she did too much for that boy. He also asked if he was old enough to get his own lunch. He argued that when he had been Weiwen’s age, his parents had expected him to do his share of the housework. Mrs. Zhou said that had been 20 years ago. Things had changed since then. Mr. Zhou added that he agreed with her and said that they had changed for the worse and commented that children had become spoiled and had too many things and they didn’t appreciate their parents. Mrs. Zhou disagreed and said that Weiwen is a sensitive boy who gets easily upset but he does appreciate them. Mr. Zhou added that when they buy him toys and said they would go to town at eleven, if it suits him better.

Trip To Singapore

An Unforgettable Trip to Singapore

On Tuesday we, 7A gathered at school at 7.00am for briefing before going to Singapore. We began our trip going to Jakarta at 08.00am. Arriving at the airport we had our lunch at Hoka-Hoka Bento then we went to the gate. We were a bit late to get on the plane. It took one and half hour getting to Singapore. When we had arrived in Singapore we were pick up by the travel agent there. They brought to the dormitory of Anglo-Chinese School, where the boys were staying. While the girls were stay at Riders Lodge Hotel.

The next day we had to attend some classes in ACS. We were divided into several classes and I was in the 2.10 with Elvin and Yuthaya. The first class was Literature. They were learning about extract and finding the characteristics of the characters. They were so active finding for the answer. The next lesson was Math. They are learning about standard form. They were playing games to make themselves understand more about standard form. After that the class was over because they had to support their classmate in the tennis competition.

On the 3rd day and the 4th day we were learning at ACS again. The 3rd day subjects were: Living Science, Language Art, and Chemistry. The 4th day subjects were: History, Living Science, Art and Music.

On the 5th day the travel agent were taking us around Singapore they brought us to China Town Heritage Center, Merlion, Marina Barage, Science Center and Omni-Max Theater. At China Town we were learning how the past generation lived in Singapore. While at Merlion we were taking a class picture. At Marina Barage we learnt about the water reservoir that links to Geography. At Science Center we learnt about science and at the Omni-Max Theater we watched a movie called underworld. The Omni-Max Theater is so huge with their world’s biggest screen.

On the 6th day we were going to Botanical Garden to see various plants. After that they were taking us to Sentosa Island. First we went to Images of Singapore where we could see about the past. Then we went to Universal Studio. Monique, Kenny, Josef, Ivan and I were playing Mummy!! We played Mummy 7 times. Mummy is a kind of jet coaster. We were very playing excited playing the game.

On the last day we went to the zoo. To see a variety of animals. Then we went to airport to get back to Indonesia. That’s all that I can share with you about my trip to Singapore.