Swimming at Boki's

my first golf lesson

On my birthday for my treat I went out to have my first golf lesson. It was at Al Badia golf course in Dubai. For my first time I think I did fairly well. I learnt my stand for putting and when you go on the drive.

After I had done my lesson I went to do a little putting and a little teeing off. The teeing-off club is called the Iron and the top of it is called the face of the club. I really enjoyed it and I cant wait till my group lessons.

Stargate theme park

Today I went to a theme park called Stargate in Zabeel Park, Dubai. We went there because it was my little brother's birthday 4 days ago (Feb 23) and we went there for his birthday treat.

The theme park is new so there was quite a lot of people there. There are 7 things you can ride on and lots of arcade games. We were allowed to go on 3 things.

We went on the bumper cars twice. My little brother drove the kid's go karts and me and my big brother and his friend drove the adult go karts. I thought that both the rides were good but I prefer the bumper cars because they were just a bit more fun to me and in the go karts I was going fast but it wasn't as fast as I wanted. Then when I was used to that speed they made it go really fast and I kept crashing!

Watch the video and see me crash!



We were going to go on the rollar coaster but we spent our money on our second bumper car ride.

Then we went for lunch. While my mum and dad had lunch we played stuck in the mud.

I had a great time and can't wait till I go again.

Holidays

At school we had 2 days of holiday and I went to my friend's golf lessons and yesterday I went to my mum's golf at Al Badia and we had food at the restaurant. The bathrooms were so fancy they even had a Jacuzzi!
It was great.

school and web 2.0

today at school I have been doing my new club web 2.0 and at P.E we have been getting ready for sports day.

in web 2.0 I have been learning how to improve my blog with gadgets

any questions? just comment.

Going on a cruise ship (visit)

Today we went to a cruise ship docked in Dubai Port Rashid. The ship is called Costa Luminosa. We were invited to go have lunch and look around the ship.

The ship has 11 decks and 2 sky decks. The cruise ship also had a casino and a kids game area! we went to lunch there and the food was great.
After lunch we went to the 3D movie theatre and we watched a mini movie in 3D. The movie was about a ride through a haunted, abandoned gold mine. It was like a rollercoaster because we were in a wagon that was moving and our chairs kept moving around and water and air was spraying at us. It actually like we going through the gold mine and there was lots of booby traps set in it and stuff kept flying at us.

The big hailstorm

On New Year’s Day we were at home and there was heavy rain in Dubai which then turned into a hailstorm. There was lots of thunder and lightning. The rain was pouring down and one side of the house was flooded outside. We played in the flooded area after the rain stopped.

What I did for Christmas

We went to Wafi Mall the weekend before Christmas to see Santa. It was quite cool. We got stuffed animals. After, we went to a play area called Encounter Zone and had lunch at Planet Hollywood.

On Christmas day, we had to wake up when the sun rose, then I got to wake up my big brother Kieran so that we could bring our stockings into our Mum and Dad’s bedroom. My other brother was already awake.

After about an hour, we all opened our presents. We got nice presents. I got a wrestling ring, a match attacks book with 3 packets, two wrestlers, two PSP games and a football net. Me and my brothers also bought an X-Box a few days later with our Christmas money from our Nanny and Granddad.

After we opened our present and played a bit with our toys, we went to a delicious buffet with some friends. It was in the golf club at Dubai Creek. The temperature was fine. While we were there I saw a friend that used to go to our school.

I enjoyed my Christmas Day.

On New Year’s Eve we had a garden party at our house, which was really fun. Lots of our friends came round. We played while the parents talked and drank. We played football, cricket and on the X-Box. The party was great, we also got to stay up until New Year!

My birthday party

A few weeks ago it was my 8th birthday party and we went to a big bowling alley in Dubai. I had my birthday party before my real birthday because my friends might go on holiday because it is the school holidays. I invited loads of friends and they all showed up!

My birthday party was excelent. First there was bowling. There were two lanes and I was playing in both of them. I was in first place in the second lane but then people overtook me at the second go. Finally my friend Denzel won in the first lane.

Then we went to my birthday lunch at Mugg and Bean (a cafe). My mum put magic candles on my cake so the candles would not blow out!

Then we went to play games in the games arcade. It was great!

A few days ago it was my real 8th birthday! I had lots of cards and one of them had 200 dirhams!

I thought they were both fabulous.

Nanny and Grandad's visit to Dubai

When my nanny and granddad came over to Dubai we went to a lot of places. First we went to the Madinat and then showed them the Burj Al Arab next to Jumeirah beach.

On another day we went back to the beach and then afterwards drove to the Palm Jumeirah to see the Atlantis hotel. Then on the way to the Marina we saw a car on fire.

At the Marina we ran through the fountains. The water was cold.

On an other day we went and to the Burj Dubai and saw them testing the fountains. They went really high.

Camping fun in Dubai

I went camping in the desert yesterday.

On the way to where we were camping we went up loads of big and small sand dunes, the big ones were very steep. There were 6 cars in the convoy.



When we got to the camp we put up our tents and made a big fire. Camels came into our camp. Six camels were near our tent.

In the night I made a sculpture out of dead branches and my friend Matthew thought of making our own fire, so we took some of the grownups fire and lit our one. A few minutes later our fire was doing better then the grownups fire!

At bed time me and my big brother tried to stop going to bed because we were having so much fun.

My second time quad biking

Yesterday we went quad biking in the desert in Dubai with my brother's friend Joseph.

The first time I went up a sand dune I made a sharp turn and came down the sand dune so fast I fell off of the quad bike. The quad bike landed on me! Luckily all the grownups pulled the quad bike off me and I said I wasn't gonna have another go but I did.

I got back on the quad bike and I was much better. I did half a doughnut but my mum wouldn't let me finish it.

After my second go I played Jurassic Park with my brothers. It was really fun but then we had to go home.

The Snow Park in Ski Dubai

On Christmas Day, after we had opened our presents, me and my brothers went Ski Dubai. At Ski Dubai you can have snowboard and ski lessons or you can also go to the Snow Park. It was -1 and very cold.

We went to the Snow Park. We went on the toboggan run. You lie down on a board, the man pushes you and you go through corners very fast.

We also went on the Tube run. You sit on a rubber tube and go very fast spinning down a snow slope. At the bottom you go up a ramp and then back down again and it stops.

We also climbed a snowy wall using a rope. First time my big brother won, second time I won.

Afterwards we were so cold we went to a cafe and drank hot chocholate. I drank strawberry milkshake. And we pulled Christmas crackers.

Camel riding in Bab al Shams

In Bab al Shams, which is a hotel in the desert, I got to hold a falcon. It was very soft to stroke and it had a hood on its head so that it doesn't hurt you when people are holding it.

When it's getting fed they take the hood off and when I went closer the falcon kept swooping past me and flying over my head!

I also got to ride a camel. It was good fun to ride. We were high up and it was bumpy getting down, because first it lowers its front two legs so we were still high in the air and then it lowers its back legs.

In the desert

Yesterday we were going to go to the Dubai Autodrome but it was closed because there was a BAD STORM! So we went into the desert instead. Luckily the storm hadn't reached the desert.

In the desert we drove over the sand, we saw camels and we found two bones. That's me on the right.

The Discovery Centre and aquarium in Dubai Mall

Today I went to Dubai Mall and went to the aquarium and Discovery Centre.

The aquarium has 33,000 animals, it has the largest aquarium window and it has sand tiger sharks , stingrays, giant groupers and loads of big and small fish.

We went into the glass tunnel in the aquarium and saw loads of big sharks and fish surrounding us close up.

In the Discovery centre we saw little sharks, lots of different types of fish, Harbour seals, Humboldt penguins, Jelly fish and piranhas. We also fed fish and stood on the glass viewing platform.
It was very exciting. I liked seeing the seals best. We were very hungry after all that so we had a curry in the food court.

When Granddad came to Dubai

Recently Granddad came to Dubai for a visit. It was good to see him. we went out lots with him. the best fun was going to Jumeirah Beach, in between the Burj Al Arab and the Palm. We tried to surf but the waves were too little so we started body boarding.

We also went to the Marina, showed him Ski Dubai and took him to Bab Al Shams in the desert.

More Marina soakings

More photos from the Marina in Dubai.

Soaked at the Marina

One of the things I like doing in Dubai is going to the Marina. You can go on boats, you can go to the restaurants and buy big ice creams.


Best of all I like going through the fountains and getting really wet. My brothers like getting wet too and we always go home soaked.

No more school!!!

YES. It's the last day of school and the best part about the summer holidays is everyone is going on holidays. We're going to Macedonia as soon as my brother's passport is sorted out.

From one hot sunny place to another hot, sunny place.