{"id":1643,"date":"2014-02-10T01:05:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T01:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/1643"},"modified":"2015-05-24T07:11:43","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:11:43","slug":"diary-of-a-child-in-uganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/1643","title":{"rendered":"Diary of a Child in Uganda"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\">Dear Dairy,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\">What a weather it is! It\u2019s raining and the roof is leaking again! Father just fixed it a week ago. Sigh. I wish could have a more comfortable house and that it would stop pouring.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Our house is quite small and doesn\u2019t have rooms. There\u2019s a small table and a little stool father made. We sleep on the ground at night, with a thin blanket to cover my mom, dad and me at night.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I also wish we could go to school. I have a friend whose parents have enough money for her to go to school. She said you could learn a lot of things at school and that you could make many friends. It was obvious that a lot could be learnt at school, because without her, I would never have known how to write and keep a diary! Unfortunately, my parents can\u2019t support the school fees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">But we can\u2019t have everything we want. I\u2019m already quite lucky. Many children are orphans, and they unlike me, have never known the love of a family. Many people<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u2019s<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> conditions are worse. They don\u2019t have a shelter and<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> they<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> barely have enough food to scrap by.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Though we are poor, we are better off than many others. We have each other. I will cherish what we have now.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\">Dear Dairy<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\">What a weather it is! It\u2019s raining and the roof is leaking again! Father just fixed it a week ago. Sigh. I wish could have a more comfortable house and that it would stop pouring.<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Our house is quite small and doesn\u2019t have rooms. There\u2019s a small table and a little stool father made. 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