{"id":5853,"date":"2019-04-22T08:51:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-22T08:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/phillippines?p=5853"},"modified":"2019-04-22T08:51:06","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T08:51:06","slug":"story-by-a-contestant-10-our-summer-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/philippines\/story-by-a-contestant-10-our-summer-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"Story By A Contestant (#10): Our Summer Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5854 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/phillippineswp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/04_13_19-11.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/philippines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/04_13_19-11.png 820w, https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/philippines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/04_13_19-11-300x114.png 300w, https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/philippines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/04_13_19-11-768x292.png 768w, https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/philippines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/04_13_19-11-125x48.png 125w, https:\/\/catherinekhoo.sg\/philippines\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/04_13_19-11-75x29.png 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time in United States where my cousins live will have a vacation here in the Philippines for one month. In the mid-April 2019 me and my family waited in the airport to fetch my cousins and it\u2019s family. When the plane landed in the Philippines I was so excited to see them when i saw them walking out of the plane my first reaction was \u201cWhat happened to your hair?\u201d then my cousin said Who\u2019s name is Brandon said \u201ci got a haircut and colored it Brown\u2019 and i said \u201cOh okay\u201d then after that i hug my other cousin which is Brandon\u2019s sister who\u2019s named is Bella. While we are waiting for our plane me and Bella used our phones too not get bored while using our phone\u2019s Bella\u2019s mom who is my ninang and her name is Lydia which i call her ninang Lydia told us that we need to go to the plane now then Bella answered \u201coh okay\u201d. While in the plane i was thinking of how beautiful is the island that we are going too after one hour later we reached our destination when we got down on the plane i was so excited to go to the island but before we ride the motorized banca they let us wear life vests so we don\u2019t drown haha while ridding the banca we saw fishes, dolphins, and other water creatures when we reached the island I was so excited to play and swim but my mom said who\u2019s name is Mikaela that \u201cyou can do the water activities tomorrow morning\u201d then i answered \u201cWhy not today\u201d then my mom answered \u201cbecause your cousin\u2019s and its family need\u2019s to rest even me and your dad\u201d then i said \u201coh okay\u201d in the evening we ate dinner, sing around the fire place and eat roasted marshmallow when the day is done Bella gave me a friendship bracelet then i ask her \u201cWhy did you gave me a friendship bracelet\u201d then she answered back \u201cbecause you\u2019re my only friend\u201d then when she said that a tear from her eyes drop then i asked her \u201cwhy dd your tears drop?\u201d then she answered \u201cbecause i love you\u201d then when she said that my heart just keep on jumping and jumping then i answered he back \u201ci love you too\u201d then after a thoughtful night me, Bella, Brandon and our families go to sleep. In the morning me and Bella wear our twin swimsuit and then all of us eat at the same time then after eating i go went swimming with Bella then i saw some other people doing snorkeling and diving then i told it too my family and Bella\u2019s family they said they also want to do all of that we did snorkeling and it was so much fun then after that we ate dessert and it was halo-halo it was so good then after that me and Bella played in the sand and made a sand castle the Brandon Broke it that\u2019s why we chase him until to the water then later on we saw Brandon going close too us while were making another sandcastle then we shouted to him don\u2019t go any closer the he said I will go more closer to give you a special gift then Bella said \u201cWhere can you even get money to buy a gift huh\u201d then he answered \u201csecret\u201d then he take out the gift from his back and said \u201csurprise!\u201d well, it was a Unicorn floaty then me and Bella shouted \u201cThank you!\u201d then after that we ate lunch together then me and Bella get all the blanket and some sticks to make a tent then we fit everyone except Bella\u2019s dad because his too fat and by the way Bella\u2019s dad\u2019s name is Luther then Brandon get some more blankets so his dad will fit then in the evening we all ate dinner my favorite was the shrimp then Bella\u2019s favorite is squid then after that we all sleep. In the morning we take a bath and dress up then pack our stuff then ride the banca then while we are in the airport i told everyone the i will that island then everyone said \u201cya me too\u201d after that we ride the airplane then we arrived at Philippines we rode our car and go to our house then after many many days Bella and her family need to go back to United States i was happy too spend my summer with them. I told Bella that i will really really miss her then that\u2019s the story of our vacation.<\/p>\n<p>THE END<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>This short story was written during the Young Authors Competition on April 13, 2019 held at UEC Batangas City.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Once upon a time in United States where my cousins live will have a vacation here in the Philippines for one month. In the mid-April 2019 me and my family waited in the airport to fetch my cousins and it\u2019s family. 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