{"id":1675,"date":"2014-02-10T04:21:26","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T04:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/1675"},"modified":"2015-05-24T07:11:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:11:27","slug":"a-personal-letter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/1675","title":{"rendered":"A Personal Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">1<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">4<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0December 20<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Dear Ronnie,<br \/> <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">How are you doing?<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> Thanks for your<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> letter.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> I\u2019ve miss<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ed<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> you so much since you flew to Singapore and a day to me seems like ages. Hope you\u2019re fine in Singapore<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><br \/> You said that you had read 30 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">English <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">books so far and I just couldn\u2019t imagine. I\u2019ve only read about 10 books<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">, b<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ut I will not surrender. Let\u2019s keep on reading more books and improving our English standard!<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I hope I can catch up with you in 3 weeks. Your English must have improved<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> a <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">lot when you study in Singapore. But I\u2019m sure <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">that <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">mine is not worse than yours. Let\u2019s see who<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> i<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">s better<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> 2 months later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Recently, we have just finished the 1<\/span><sup><span lang=\"EN-GB\">st<\/span><\/sup><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> UT. I did <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">quite well, but I think there can still be some improvement.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">By the way<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">the 1<sup>st<\/sup> Exam is coming! <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I must <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">bury my head in the textbooks and notes during the Christmas <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">h<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">olidays. I could feel that tons of pressure is moving closer towards me. I have also participated in <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">the<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> Academic Progress Scholarship Scheme. My goal of this year is to be in the top 10 in the form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I\u2019m surprised that you <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">still remember<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> the <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">school picnic day.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> I <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">was <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">quite <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">disappointed <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">that you weren\u2019t there. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">We went to Sai Kung <\/span><span class=\"greyheader1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\" lang=\"EN-US\">Kei Ling Ha<\/span><\/span><span class=\"greyheader1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;\" lang=\"EN-US\"> this year<\/span><\/span><span class=\"greyheader1\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-HK;\" lang=\"EN-US\">. <\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">My group took a long time to set up the fire. However, we became more cooperative through this. After the barbecue, our class played some games. The punishment was to perform belly dance. I<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> t<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ook<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">a<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> video of <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">the<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> performance. Maybe I can show it to you later!<\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I know that you must miss Carmel, the place with our memory filled.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Actually, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">the dodge ball competition was held on Friday. This year, our class was disqualified because our captain didn\u2019t go to the safety meeting. The sports day was held on Oct 4<sup>th<\/sup>-5<sup>th<\/sup>. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The climax was the inter-house relay. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">At last, Virtue House won. It was bad that I was sick on the second day of the sports day, so I didn\u2019t go to school. I think I have missed something special.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> It\u2019s<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> a <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">pity that you couldn\u2019t participate in the events<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> as you are good at sports!<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/p>\n<p> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">As Christmas is coming,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> my<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> family plan<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">s<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> to have<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> a <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">trip to Singapore in the coming Christmas holiday<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I may be able to visit you then. Would you like to be my tour guide, since <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">we<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> don\u2019t want to join<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> a <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">package tour? I <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">am <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">look<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ing<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> forward to seeing you again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">W<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">rite back soon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Best wishes,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Sunny<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0December 2<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">1<\/span><\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Dear Ronnie<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">How are you doing<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Thanks for you<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">letter.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">I\u2019ve mis<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">e<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">you so much since you flew to Singapore and a day to me seems like ages. Hope you\u2019re fine in Singapor<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">too.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">You said that you had read 3<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Englis<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">books so far and I just couldn\u2019t imagine. I\u2019ve only read about 10 book<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">ut I.........<\/span><\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/1675\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","classlevel-others","schoolyear-35"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3500,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1675\/revisions\/3500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}