Name:Sheliza Mansoor
Age: 12
Class: VIII
School: SMS Aga Khan Secondary School, Karachi, Pakistan.

MONDAY,13 NOVEMBER

4:00 > This is the time when I do my learning lesson. In winter it’s too hard > for me to leave my bed and blanket but it was necessary. I start learning and learning but I didn’t recognize the time. It was already six.
6:00 > My call me from kitchen to have my breakfast. Ahh! Again the milk and egg. I say to mom that I don’t like to eat and drink such things but she > insist me and her love make me drink it.
7:00 > I m in journey towards school. The weather is great and there is little bit cold as winter has arrived.
7:45 > After reciting our prayers at 7:30, it is about time to proceed to my class. It is my maths period. Suddenly I remember that today we are > having two classes of maths. Oh no! (I say to myself maths make me real crazy.
8:25 > The loud bell rings that shows my first period is over but one more > maths period is still left. I think those children in my class are also getting bore because they all are busy in talking and their another work.
9:50 > Thanks God! The another maths period is over and this is going to be my third hateful period. It is Urdu.
9:45 It is our lunch time. A little time to enjoy with our friends and enjoying our meal. Today, I think my friend’s circle has changed a little . No debates and arguments were there. We all are singing songs and telling jokes.
10:10 > SAD! The lunchtime is over but no matter I am having my two English periods. Me and my class both love English periods.
10:50 > One of our English period is over and other one is left. We are studying > grammar today. “ACTIVE PASSIVE,” one of the interesting grammar topic.
11:30 > The another English period is over and now it is Islamiat period. Again > the teacher gives us the syllabus of 3rd test. And shows the marks of 2nd test. I scored great marks.
12:10 > Yes! Now the school is over. Only 15 minutes are left to reach at home.
12:25 > I reach home and at the same moment I ask for food. My mother tells me a good news that we are going for shopping. Hey! This is my one of the > great hobbies.
1:00 > After taking bath, I m now on my soft bed having rest.
2:00 > Yeah! The great time come . We are going for shopping at Gulf centre at Clifton .
3:00 > We are leading towards Gulf Centre and we are going to start searching > our needs.
4:00 > Bad luck! We can’t get the satisfactory cloth piece yet. “Lets move to Tariq road” I say to my mom.
5:00 > Tariq road os always full of people and good luck we are successful in getting good material, and “Aha I m thirsty let’s have a drink” I say to my mom.
6:00 > We reach home and now I m getting ready to go to religious centre . I really enjoy the religious centre, because there we learn a lot about our history and do some activities which keeps us occupied.
7:00 > After reciting our prayers we have to proceed to and ready to read our chapter.
8:00 > It was over but I got to stay there because we were continuing our throw ball game.
9:00 > The second game is taking place and it was really though.
10:00 > After finishing game I go home. My mom is very angry because it was late and as usual she must be about us very much. My sweet mom loves us a lot.
10:30 > I am tired and don’t feel like taking dinner I go to sleep and pray for happiness in my life and in family’s life too (Aameen)

Maria Mirza
Grade 8th
Miss.Hanoon (Teacher)
Sultan Mohamed Shah Aga Khan School, Karachi, Pakistan

My diary of 13th November 2000

> > 8:00am: Tring ….tring…. tring … It is the voice of my alarm. It is > ringing so fast that I hit it to stop it. Today is holiday and I donot ever want to hear alarm on my holiday. Do you…??
> > 9:00 am: Maria now wakes up. Oh! It is the voice of my Mom. She is an enemy of my sleep. I am taking yawns from the time I wake up. Till I go to the bathroom to take bath. I almost take an hour for bathing.
>> > 10:00am: After bathing I rush into the kitchen because there my mother is boiling egg for me. How much I hate eggs. Nobody can ever think. My mother knows that I hate eggs but she always says you are suffering from flu and it is necessary for you. I am taking then toast and drinking a glass of Orange juice and in front of television. I like watching T.V in between the breakfast.
> > 11:00am: After breakfast now I am surfing on Internet. Actually I am not allowed to work on Internet from my family on working days but I am > missing the school today so it is my holiday. I am playing games, visiting sites, listening songs, chatting with net friends and etc etc. I have spent two hours on Internet. Now! What a lovely time pass.
> > 1:00pm: It is time to eat lunch. Hum..!! There is my favorite dish Fried fish and French fries waiting for me on the table. I am jumping over the food. It is good and tasty & usually.
> > 2:00pm: I am going to sleep because I am tired and every one in my house is sleeping.
> > 3:00pm: I wake up by the ringing of telephone. It is so loud voice that > has broken my sweet dream in which I was just going to be the princess. > Well, it was the phone of my best friend she is taking work from me and I from her. We are talking and talking and talking about various other matters beside studies.
> > 4:00pm: After putting phone down I rush in the kitchen because I have to make tea for my Mom. I am making but all of sudden I am getting confused with the new box of sugar if it was of salt or sugar? My mother was holding the cup to her lips. She is drinking. The next moment, she springs up from the bed and rushes to the bathroom. For a time my sister and me hear terrible coughs and groans. Now there is silence. My mother comes and slaps me and for half an hour she scolds me. In short she insults me very much.
> > 5:00pm: At 5:00pm I am doing my homework. After this I am going to make juice for my mother to rejoice her. She takes her glass of juice and holds it up to the light, looking carefully and the holds it to her lips. But this time she didn’t spring up. She says, “It was tasting good”. I am thanking her and then going into the garden to water the plants. I myself plant some plants into pots & (a s) it takes a long > time to grow up.
> > 7:00pm: I am very tired. For relaxation I sit in front of television. It is time of my favorite comedy program but it is my bad luck that suddenly the electricity goes off. Oh my God! I shouted loudly!! I am going into dinning room to read magazines.
> > 8:00pm After electricity comes in I again come in front of my T.V to watch a play. I am watching it. It will be of one hour. So till an hour I will entertain with my friend television.
> > 9:00pm: It is time for me to set the dinning table for dinner. I am praying to God to thank him for his greatness. After this we all the family members eat dinner. Every one teases me for what I have done with the tea. After this I go to doctor for my medical checkup.
> > 10:00: It’s 10:00pm and now its time for me to play table tennis with my brothers. I’m loosing all the games today Oh! It’s the worst day ever.
> > 11:00: Now It’s 11:00 p.m. now its time to sleep but & usually I read newspaper. I’m very tired but its necessary to be aware of what is happening in the world. My hands are getting tired of holding the > newspaper, my blanket and my bed are waiting for me, I wish myself sweet dreams.
> > Good night and sweet dreams.

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