My Holiday ~Lixian~

My holiday was spent in a way that may seem as boring to a lot of people but nonetheless, I find it meaningful. 

I did not travel to any country as a tourist but I did go back to Malaysia to visit my grandfather and my cousin. I stayed in Malaysia for 1 week and to be honest, I was really unwilling to come back to Singapore. to be honest, there are a lot of memories stored in Malaysia and hence, this time round, I went back to retrieve them. I played with my cousins everyday and we also spent time to catch up with one another. It felt really good to be able to see my cousin after such a long time since we last seen each other. I also spent some time chit-chatting with my grandfather and actually learnt more about my hometown. There are not much to talk about my stay in Malaysia so that's about it.

The rest of my holiday was spent usually at home. During this holiday, I managed to help my mother out with the housework and I actually learned how to cook. The first time I tried to cook was kind of disastrous. My brother was unwilling to help me out and hence, I have to cope on my own. I remember putting oil into the pan when there are still water droplets on it. The result was simple, the oil popped continuously and I get a little burn, but it was nothing serious. However disastrous it may sound, the vegetable came out fine-looking and edible. So I was actually quite pleased with my achievement. After all, it was my first cooking session. from that day onward, I helped to cook up a few dishes and also learned to cook some soup.

So far, my holiday sounds extremely boring, but I do go out and I went out with my family members to the Jurong Bird Park. I have never been to Jurong Bird Park even though I have stayed in Singapore for 4 years. Hence, it was quite an interesting trip. It was at there that I first saw penguins. Those chubby penguins are extremely cute and I fell in love with them straight away. The way the penguins sleep was very interesting. If you look at their sleeping forms from a certain angle, it may seem as though the penguins were without head. The way the penguins swim was just adorable. Afterwards, we had a tour around the bird park but unfortunately, the weather was not helping much. It was drizzling slighly throughout the entire afternoon so it was kind of disappointing. But nonethelss, we had fun and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. We attended two shows and I was simply amazed by how intelligent and well-trained these birds are. To summarize it all, I enjoyed myself and the stations I like the most is the penguin and the owl stations. The owls are just too good at camouflaging and blending into their surroundings.

I guess that's all about my holiday. It is, like i said, boring, but meaningful. I have picked up quite a number of skills during the holidays.