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!

Being a player escort at the FIFA World Club Cup

Last Saturday I was a player escort in the FIFA World Club Cup. It was really fun because I walked out on a football pitch with a player called Jose Gonzalez from a team called Atlante.

Atlante is a Mexican team. It was really fun but we had to wait around for 2 hours before we got to do the first practice. It was boring that part because we weren’t allowed to talk all that time.

When our practice was finished I knew I would do well out on the pitch. The match was in Zayed Sports stadium in Abu Dhabi and the stadium looked a little bit round.

When it was the actual match I was really nervous being looked at by the crowd because I have never experienced being on a real football pitch before. Once I had finished being a player escort I watched the match from the stands.

Atlante beat Auckland 3 - 0.After the match ended I went to the fan zone and got my face painted.

Dolphin watching in Musandam, Oman

A few months ago we went to Oman. Oman is a country next to the UAE. We went to a place called Musandam and stayed in a hotel called Khasab hotel.

Musandam is a place high into the mountains. After we had a rest we went on a boat ride on a dhow to see dolphins. It took a long time to see the dolphins but we did see them. The dophins jumped in and out of the water and they swam next to our boat! The dolphins were great.

When we got to Telegraph Island we got out our snorkling kits. When we got in the water it was warm and I lost a flipper. Later on someone got it, then me my big brother and my dad went swimming, but I used a body board. It was good fun.

Then the next day I went on a morning drive with my dad and brother at the bottom of the mountain. We saw lots of goats in a group. But some were alone. The morning drive was really good.

After we went driving up a mountain. There was no road onlya path. It was really rocky and we stopped in certain places to take photos. We could see a big view from the top. Some of the time we drove right at the edge. It was exellent.

On our way home we stopped at a beach to play. The beach was good and it had proper big waves.

Then we drove home to Dubai.

Al Ain holiday

Last week we went to Al Ain, which is a town in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. Al Ain is a desert town next to some mountains. Al Ain is famous for the man who founded the U.A.E and for natural spring water.

We were in a hotel on the mountain, which is called Jebel Hafeet. The hotel was really big. The hotel had a big swimming pool and mini golf. There is a jacuzi that has places that you can lie down. And there is a water slide pool. The water slides are all good but the fastest is the best.

The mini golf has ten holes and my best score was two putts in the hole.

For breakfast and dinner we had a buffet.

One evening we went to Al Ain night zoo and saw lots of animals like lions and zebras. The night zoo is very good.

I thought Al Ain was very good and we also went with friends!

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.

Hamster babies grow up

Our baby hamsters have grown up now and we gave some away. Now we have 3 of them including the mum. Our mum and dad let us keep two of the babies.

Now they have a big castle play area with lots of tube runs. The hamsters really like it in the play area. We named the white one whiting (my little brother's hamster) and the brown hamster cuppaccino (my hamster).

Hamster babies

The other day my big brother's hamster had five babies.

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.