My Story

I was sitting at home watching tv when I heard my mum run down the hallway (she sounded like an elephant). When she got to me she said  ” Nanna has died George!” We need to go up to Wellington for Naana's funeral. We will be going on the ferry up to Wellington.    

I couldn't wait to go on to the ferry because it was the first time that I have ever been on the ferry before. When I looked on the ticket it said that  the boat was departing Lyttelton at 8:40 p.m on the 9th of April 1968 and arriving in Wellington at 8:00 A.M on the 10 of April 1968, which was two days away. As twelve year old I was sad about my Nanna dying but I was also excited about going on the ferry.

Me and my family got a taxi to Lyttelton Harbour where the ferry was waiting. It was huge! The docks were really busy with people loading the boats and people getting dropped off. It was a really cool atmosphere. It took half an hour to board the boat because there was a really big line. When we got on the boat we went to our cabin. It was really dark and There were two lots of bunks. Me and my sister were on one bunk and mum and dad were on the on the other one.

We left Lyttelton harbour at 8:40 on the dot and if anyone was late they would be left behind and the boat would`t stop. Luckily no one was late. It was really dark when we left. I was even more excited when we were going it felt like we were going really fast but we weren't. The trip was going really good until we got to the top of the south island we hit a storm when I was sleeping. I woke straight up and though what is that I got up and went onto the deck. There was huge waves as big as my house Hitting the boat it was really scary I kind of felt worried until my mum said that these boats are meant to withstand these type of waves and then I went back to sleep. When I woke up half an hour later And when I went outside it had got worse the waves were bigger and there were people vomiting.

When we got to the entrance of the Wellington harbour captain H G Robertson decided to enter Wellington harbour even though the weather was really bad. When we got into wellington harbour it was worse then cook strait it was way winder and the waves were even bigger. The captain said that the boat has foundered on Barrett reef. everyone was really scared at that moment. Then everyone was rushing to the lifeboats and some people crazy even jumped off the boat. I was lucky me and my mum were pushed into a lifeboat but lots of people died because there was not enough lifeboats and they couldn't swim. lots of people on the shore helped us off the lifeboats and keep us warm. There were lots of emergency vehicle helping people. We watched the boat tip over. When we went to hospital we were glad to see my sister but we never saw my dad agian.

Homework week 1-2 giving

During week 1 and 2 room 29 had to help some one out 5 times without asking. I helped my nan make diner and desert. then the next day I did the washing,feed the cat and did the cats litter trey with out being asked.

Weekend

This weekend me and my family got a cat. It is a ginger cat so me and my family were thinking of names for ginger cats. And then my brother thought of rangy and we all liked it so we keep it and that is his name. he is really cute and 3 months          

Cross Country

Yesterday we did the cross country. I came 245th out of about 300. We hade to run 3 km it sucked. At the start I was nervous at the start but then I wasent until I started running.



















               

Las Vegas Here We Come

Since I last blogged we have been to San Diego. We went to the zoo, an aircraft carrier [USS Midway], we also went for a cruise around the harbour and then we drove into Tijuana [ Mexico ]. Tijuana was so bad my brother was so scared that he wouldn't even let my mum put down the window.

We went to Phoenix [ Arizona ]. It was 100 deg F because it is a desert. We saw lots of cactus. My mum wanted to take a picture of every one we saw.

We then drove to the Grand Canyon. I personally thought that it wasn't that great.  My mum thought that it was cool at the start until my father took a photo of my brother dangling his legs over the side of the canyon, then she freaked out and didn't let him near the edge again.

The next day we drove to Las Vagas. We stopped at the Hoover Dam.  It was 106 deg F which to me was very hot. It was really high too.

I will tell you about Las Vagas next time because it's now midnight and I need to go to sleep.          

disneyland and California adventure park

For the last 2 days I have been at Disneyland and California Adventure Park. 

My favourite ride at Disneyland was Space Mountain. I liked it so much i went on it twice. Space Mountain was a ride that we went really fast in the dark on a roller coaster we could not see where we were going .The whole place was super busy. The Matterhorn and log ride were really cool as well. I bought a hat with Pluto on it. We were there for a long time from10am when it opened until it closed at 9pm.

At California Adventure Park my favourite ride was the California Screamin. It was a really big roller coaster that went really fast. I went on it twice.  The scariest thing was the Tower of Terror it took you right up to the top of a haunted hotel and then we dropped really far. I bought a Mickey mouse ice cream cookie. I also bought a green Goofy T-shirt.

After California Adventure Park we went to Downtown Disney and got some yum mexican food. I had nachos. 

Hi my name is Derryn

This week has been fun. I like being in multimedia wich is the computer class . We have to do lots of fitness like the run, zumba or kempo. I like playing soccer and scooting at the dialled indoor skate park.

My First Post

Hello my name is Derryn! I have had a great term 1 at TIS.