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My trip to Seattle – Part I

” Welcome to the Lambert St. Louis airport you’re flights number is 1414 you’re flying time is 3 hours and 5 minutes .” You probably can guess what that means yes you are right , that means that we’re in the St.Louis airport.  I was really EXCITED ! I leaned back  in my comfy seat and relaxed  just then the engine started  to   ROARRRRrrrrrr  I opened my suitcase and  got my chewing gum out (so my ears won’t pop .)  …  ( the flight took a long time so, I’ll put more dots plus I don’t wanna talk about the flight .) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… And finally the ride was   -   ”Welcome to the Seattle -Tacoma air port please remain seated until the seatbelt sign turns off , please enjoy your vacation  in Seattle or Tacoma or elsewhere thank you .”  over  . whew glad that that was  – ” Neha get your suitcase and follow daddy . ” Man was I busy I had no time to – Neha WATCH where you’re going !  Wow will I ever talk . What a big air port I was in it was  HUMONGOUS  !   I couldn’t wait to meet Krishnan periappa (or uncle. )   Was I having fun ! Then I went to the baggage claim area. That’s when I met Krishnan periappa . He told me that Aarthy  periamma (or aunt  ) was in the apartment . When we reached the apartment I talked a little and then went to bed . The next morning we stayed at home .  Appa and krishnan perriappa went with me to the store.  The next day , we all went to the air port to pick up JC and Aarthi chithi (or aunt .)  Then we all went to a restaurant to eat lunch . After that,  we went to OCEANSIDE !  (in case your wondering what Oceanside – It is a little town and we were going to stay in a cottage on the shore of the pacific ocean ! )  Finally we unpacked our suitcases or, should I say ocean cases . then we went on the deck and enjoyed the breeze I mean fog .It was also night time so we couldn’t see a thing, even things close to us .  Then we all went  around the inside of the cottage. There was a master bedroom , with a big window . there was a bathroom next to it .And that was all in a short hallway . then if you were standing near the master bedroom door , you would be looking at a washer and dryer . then you would turn to your left and walk  BAM !!!!!!!!!!!!!  you would hit the dining table. The dining table was in the kitchen . Then if you would nicely turn to your right, and walk you would be in the living room. in the living room there was one big black sofa  and, one smallish striped sofa. And above that there was a huge window facing to the ocean . in the middle of the dining room and the living room, there was a deck . if you face the window , 3 yards behind you would be  the front door, then turn to your right and there is another bathroom . then turn right again and there is the stair case , (there is a huge skylight  above it , then up you go and turn to your left , there’s  a bedroom and, right across from it is another bedroom and, I forgot to tell you that , near the window of the first bedroom upstairs was a little lounge bed. AND FINALLY THATS ALL IN THE COTTAGE !

TO BE CONTINUED ….

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Sad 4th of July

This 4th of  July was OK.  It was raining VERY VERY hard. I couldn’t play outside. It was VERY VERY gloomy. But I still had fun :-) . Even though the fireworks are tomorrow I’m still happy. I’m only going to write this sentence in blue, the next sentences will be red. Isn’t it funny how I change colors and fonts ?  I hope you are having a fun 4th of  July, whoever reads this (except if you’re in India.)  I just wanted to wish you a HAPPY  FOURTH OF JULY !

Love,

Neha

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I’M GETTING EVERYTHING I WANT !

I GOT THE TICKETS TO SEATTLE !  oops , sorry I’m shouting , I’m excited because  I GOT THE TICKETS TO SEATTLE ! oops I think I’m too excited because I GOT THE  TICKETS TO SEATTLE ! oops , I’d better calm down.  Okay I’m better (hopefully ) because I GOT THE TICKETS TO SEATTLE okay one more time I got the tickets to Seattle ! Whew finally I said it so, i’ll go to the next thing which is i got my playset .

Oops no excitement I’ll try it again i got my playset . What ? you didn’t hear me ? i got my playset . okay I’ll try again I GOT MY PLAYSET !!!!!!! Did the windows break ? I’m sorry , I hope there’s a window doctor somewhere .

Okay getting back to my blog I got two exciting things which were said in the wrong way .  I hope next time  I DON’T SHOUT TOO LOUD !!!!  my windows broke so I’ll talk to you after they are fixed . BYE !!!!!!!!!! ( now i really should talk later . )

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Happy Summer !

See that lake ? That’s Crab Orchard lake , the one I’m going to swim in this Summer . I’m writing this topic to say I LOVE HOT SUMMERS ! except I’m going to get my Summer a little bit cold. That’s because I’m going to Portland , Oregon . But first I’m going to Seattle , Washington . In Seattle I’m going to meet Krishnan periappa ( uncle ) , Aarthy periamma ( aunt )  and Samykuta ( their 1 year old kid .) After that we will travel to Portland together and stay in a cabin in the mountains. I love going on trips in the Summer . Last year we went to the Smokey Mountains so , it’s mountain world for me . I can’t wait to find out what we’re doing next year !

THE STORM

It all started when my dad checked the weather on Thusday night . There was a warning of bad weather , my dad said to my mom that they would move me to the basement when the storm started. So they put me to sleep in the guest bedroom. At about 11:30 or 40 they took me and my baby sister downstairs to the basement.When my dad put me down I woke up and said “teddy” so my dad gave me my favorite one .  Then I said ” NO NO” half asleep but anyway my dad gave it to me .then a few minutes later the first hail storm started. the hail was the size of golf balls.But anyway I slept through it !

The next day there was a chance of another storm coming . we didn’t expect it to be as bad as it was when it hit Carterville. But because we didn’t know it would be that bad we just started on a normal day the only thing that was abnormal was that we had a special journal entry.then a few seconds later we saw dark clouds coming, but since we knew that would happen we weren’t scared. It then started hailing. Some people were scared but I “bravely” raised my hand and told the teacher Mrs. Griffin that I liked hailstorms. Then the hailstorm got really bad that’s when the first storm cell started. We ran to the bathroom (our safety place) and sat down (we were lucky that our room was right accross the bathroom we got to lean against the wall.) Then the other classes came. We all sat down, then our teacher Mrs.Griffin read us a book called Goldisocks and the three “libearians”. It was HILARIOUS! Then the bad wind started . The school principal Mrs. Barnstable came on the loudspeaker and said” BOYS AND GIRLS GO TO YOUR SEVERE WEATHER POSES”, so we did what the principal said. Then Mrs. Griffin said “Iknow you can’t see the pictures so imagine whats happening in your head.” so we did. We stayed in the bathroom for one hour. It got so late that it was time for fourth grade to eat lunch. They were eating their lunch when the storm started. The roof lifted off and settled back on, the  4th graders would have been scared. Back in our bathroom filled with 96 people our heads started hurting, then a few minutes later the principal came on the loudspeaker and said “BOYS AND GIRLS 2ND GRADE WILL BE EATING LUNCH AFTER 4TH GRADE IS DONE. I couldn’t believe it was that late. It sure was a surprise! After that my class played a game called heads up 7 up. It was fun . Then we went to the cafeteria to eat lunch. Then when we were done we went back to  class. In class, we were working on a Mothers Day project because it was only 1 day away. Another class called mr. Truebloods class came over because we had the flowers for the mothers day craft (a flowerpot.) The people who were done or waiting (including me ) were watching a movie called lion king 1 1/2 when the second cell started. we had to run to the bathroom as fast as we could. A boy from a class called Mrs. koonce’s class read a Shell Silverstien ( a famous poet ) book to us, when the lights started flashing like dico lights . Then the principal came on the loud speaker and said “BOYS AND GIRLS PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEVERE WEATHER POSES ” so we did . that time we stayed on our heads two crisp hours. Our heads hurt so much that 2 girls in my class cried . 1 girl cried alot her hair got wet another cried like a maniac! she got her bangs wet and there was a puddle on the floor in front of her. when we got back in the clasroom the teacher said ” Get your backpacks and you don’t need to take our planners home, so we packed up . The office called our parents and said “THE BUSSES WILL TAKE YOUR CHILDREN HOME “and hung up .So my dad stayed home and after some time the office called again and said “THE BUSSES CAN’T RUN YOU HAVE TO COME AND PICK YOUR CHILDREN UP” . My dad was one of the last ones to handle a call so I was one of the last people to leave. On the way home there were lot of damages. There were trees everywhere, lots of roads were blocked, but luckily I could  get home. My dad told me to look at HUCKS (a gas station). I freaked  OUT! The whole place was DOWN ! When i got home I noticed that even the house didn’t have power. We stayed like that for about 6 days! we listened to our radio about the storm cleanup  and to also have an idea of what was happening. The next day ( still without power) my dad read the newspaper, it said that the storm was a meso hurricane that meant it was an inland hurricane and also it read that weathermen found that the storm had an eye. That really freaked me out. I then switched the radio on and it said that we would probably get it on tuesday midnight but we didn’t. The next day wednesday, we got our power back

:-( ( I’m not smiling because i liked the dark ) but i was a teensy bit happy. That night there was another big storm we lost power for several minutes other people lost their power again, but we had our power so we let my friend brianna and her sister and mom come over. We planned to have a sleepover with Brianna. we had the sleep over and during the sleepover Brianna’s house got power . The next day we made a card for our friends birthday. she then left. The next day, it was party day wich is the same day I completed the story of THE STORM .

A letter to Megan – facts about India

Facts About India . . .

Hi Megan I know you wanted to learn about India so I ‘ll tell you some .

We ‘ ll start with the country ‘s national language , it’s Hindi . Look below to see Hindi numbers.

( Ache ) – one

( DOUGH ) – two

(TEEN) -three

(CHARR ) – four

(PAANCH ) – five

(CHAY ) – six

( SAWT ) – seven

( ART ) -eight

( NOW ) nine

( DUS ) ten

Now we will go to polite rules .

  1. To show an elder that you respect him ,bow down and touch his feet.

  2. It is rude to sit with the bottom of your shoes showing .

  3. It is impolite to point at your feet.

    Now that you have learned some rules we’ll move on to clothing.

Women in India wear beautiful dresses called saris , look below to see how to put on a sari

  1. get a long cloth approximately 5 feet long !

  2. Wrap one end of the cloth around your waist three or four times . If the cloth ends up on the right cross it across to the left side then drape it over your shoulder if it ends up on the left do the opposite. Men in India mostly wear long shirts up to their knees and pants under them . ( I forgot what the pant and shirt were called EEK !)

    Coming to the “ dot” things ,in Hindi they are called Bindis ( BIN-dees )in my language they are Bottus ( BOH -toos , it might sound a little funny to you .)

    Now coming to important holidays there is Independence day like

    when Mahatma Gandhi

    Gandhi for short freed India from England without war (just like America except for the no war part!) and there’s Diwali or Deepavali it’s a celebration of lights. There’s many other holidays

    in India especially celebrations for our 1,900 gods ( not for all of them whew !) and victory celebrations . Most people in India don’t eat meat.

THAT WAS A LOT OF FACTS ! ( believe it or not I typed this all by myself )

So bye !

Sincerely,

Neha your B.F.F.

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Here comes the bride !

Hi  everybody ! it’s me  Neha , I love reading books .  One day , I was reading a book called  Horrible  Harry And the Kickball Wedding , it was about a boy named Harry , he liked everything even horrible things  ( except elevators ) . He wanted to marry a  Korean girl named Song Lee Park . In that story there were two or three ‘here comes the bride’ poems , they gave me an idea,  I wanted to make my own ‘here comes the bride’ poems, these are it .  ( to the tune of here comes the bride )

Here comes the  bride all fat and wide . she’s a soccer ball from the city hall.

Here comes the bride all dressed in white here comes the groom the marrrige is in a room !

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SPRINGTIME !

Hello everybody !!! as usual it’s me Neha . Are you wondering why I’m so excited ? I’m excited because it’s spring time !

spring time is exciting to me because it has things I like , butterflys ,plants , dragonflys, and grass. I surer hope you like Spring too  if you don’t , don’t worry everybody has their own opinions .

love ,

Neha

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My birthday

Hi everybody ! I hope you are having fun . I am , because today ( March 26 , 2009 ) is my birthday : – )

I am very excited . This morning I had a big surprise.  Man, was I excited ! I got lots of AWESOME presents. The most things I got was clothes  ! I got a Barbie doll from my mom’s aunt. I got some headbands.

At school I ate cupcakes , they had rings on them .

WHAT A DAY !

thank you for visiting my blog : – )

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Going to see the white house

Hello everybody ! I am typing to you from Maryland. I am having lots of fun. I arrived on Saturday. I rested a lot because amma appa (mom and dad)  were looking for a hotel.Finally we found one.The first room we saw was where people were allowed to smoke .It stunk a lot. There was no way that we would sleep there.The next room we saw had a dirty bathroom, so we left that hotel.

Poor us when we left the hotel it was 1:50 a.m. Appa (dad) had to drive all night.Thats the story about resting.On  Sunday we saw the white house and the Lincoln memorial. we had lots of fun.

I am typing to you on Monday March 9th 2009. Thank you for visiting my blog  .

picture of the white house

Sincerely ,

Neha