Gareth's World

Well, its been a long time since I updated my blog, but I have been busy! I like my school at Larkrise, and I am excited about getting into the Cheney school for next year. They call it a secondary school here, but it is 6th thru 12th grade, kinda high school and middle school together.

I have a few activities I have been doing. On Saturday mornings I have 2 hours of Shaolin Kung Fu lessons. My trainer or "sifu" actually learned his Kung Fu at the Shaolin Temple in China! Learning Kung Fu is very fun, interesting and painful sometimes.

I also go on Wednesdays to Game Night, where me and a few other guys play minature games like Lord of the Rings, Mechwarriors, Warhammer and Star Wars. We also play card games like Yu-gi-oh and Doctor Who. It's a alot of fun.

In Britain we have a thing called Red Nose Day, every two years. People do all sorts of silly things on that day, and it raises money for charity. To dress in a silly costume at school costs 50p, and you can compete in a talent show and people vote for you and it costs 20p per vote. I dressed up like Doctor Who (in a suit) and I played the violin for the talent show. Oh, and 20p is like 20 cents, only they call them pence here.


At school I am also going to drama classes, so I can be an actor when I grow up. Also, I went to a thing called junior citizenship. We had a field trip there today and it is kinda like Saftey Town in Brookings.

My Papa is visiting Brookings right now, and I think he went to see Central Elementary today. So hello to everybody, especially TRENTON,ZACH, JEFF, MRS KERLIN, MRS CROYMANS.
Oh, and Mrs GEHRING, I still have a green thumb and a green tongue!