My dad designed it on paper, but I drew it online.
The checkers represent our future. Our future house will have checkered floors. My dad likes Georgian houses, and they usually have checkered floors.
As for the cross, he told to steal it from his school crest. It represents his past.
Our family motto is libertas virtute. It means freedom through virtue in Latin. Or so he claims!
Today, July 20th, is my brother’s 9th birthday. My mom made a chocolate ice cream cake for him (oh, the diabetes). We even drew him a card, and bought him a present.
The cake was really good! My mom said she cut down lots of sugar.
It was Father’s Day yesterday! My siblings and I gave a few presents to our dad.
Each of us wrote him a card. We also gave him some stickers for some reason. I also included a breath mint candy for his smelly breath (ha!).
My dad really liked the presents. He said he’d be happy if he dies tomorrow. I don’t know.
I helped fry eggs for my family! My mom taught me how. I might start frying vegetables soon.
My family said the eggs were tasty. Maybe I can help more in the future, when my mom’s away.
I really like Greek mythology. They are messed up. But they’re interesting.
The book arrived yesterday! It includes stories, from the Twelve Olympians to Greek heroes and lots more. It also has an introduction to Norse mythology at the last chapter. I might start Norse mythology soon.
Some of my favourite myths are the 12 Labours of Hercules, Jason and the Argonauts, and the story of Eros and Psyche.
It was our second last day in Penang. Time went by so fast!
We went to swim and visit the games room again. After that, we had our favourite bubble tea, Tealive! We finally got it after my mom promised us a few days ago. It was very sweet. I won’t have it again anytime soon.
It was my grandma’s birthday that day! After dinner, we celebrated her birthday together. She’s 78 this year. That’s old. We also ate fruit cake. (More sugar!)
We still have two more days left before we depart from Penang. It went by so fast! I felt like I had just arrived in Penang 10 minutes ago.
Instead of staying at home, we went outside in the streets. For breakfast, we ate at a place called Breakfast By The Barn. We ate a delicious breakfast alfresco. (Outdoors)
After that, we visited a temple. We saw a fortune-telling wheel and decides to see our fortunes. I didn’t want to see mine because I prefer to figure my future out myself.
My mom, sister, and brother all gave a try. They all got pretty good fortunes! My brother got a funny one. “Your wife will give birth to a boy.”
“Any sickness in your family will recover. Your luck for other things is good.” That’s great! My brother was sick last week. He took two Covid tests, one positive, one negative. He got better in a day though. Maybe he got Covid for one day.
Then we ate dinner at a seafood restaurant called Paper Lobster. In these restaurants, they pour your food on the table, and you eat them without using utensils. They put a piece of plastic on the table so it won’t get messy afterwards. They also give you non-toxic gloves to wear when you eat. The food usually comes with gravy. It was pretty good!
