It was one fine weekend morning where everyone was happy because they all could stay in bed for a longer time compared to the weekdays. As usual, my sisters and I were planning to go for a shopping spree at KLCC. At the same time we were thinking of playing bowling where it costs us 8 Ringgit Malaysia per person. Suddently, one of my so called money saver sister came out of the blue with free bowling coupons. She said "you guys can play bowling for free with this coupon instead you know.""How cool is that."As we keep on planning, our chubby little brother interfered our conversations. “Sis, I want to go the Zoo! Let's all go there pleaaaase!!!!”. He insisted with great determination.“Oh-nooo, he's ruining all the planning”. We dramatized scolding him and shooed him out of our room. Yes I know, evil as a sister can be. Anyway, our brother ran straight to our mom and cried his eyes out; whining and demanding to be brought to the zoo. He told mom of our unwillingness to agree and exaggerated on the part where we chased him out of our room. By the way, our brother is known to exaggerate over little things.
Abruptly, mom looked at us with irate looks on her face as if she is going to turn into a Hulk. It was so daunting that we could not even say a single word at that time. Our mom is known for her sternness in our family so without missing a beat, mom ordered my eldest sister to prepare for an ad hoc family Zoo Trip. “What????”, I whined to show my disagreement. But there is nothing we can do to change her mind about the Zoo trip.
As we hopped into the vehicle, I wondered how Zoo looks like. The last time I went was back when I was in primary school, 4th grade if my memory serves me right, so I expected a few changes here and there now. (How hopeless is that?). As we go about our destination, my brother enlightened us by saying, "All tigers have more than thirty two teeth discovered so far. Therefore all tigers will have more than thirty two teeth". It was quite a dull journey for me coz they from there, they all started agreeing and disagreeing nonstop. As we arrived at the Zoo Negara entrance, I suddenly felt this welcome feeling inside me. Oh my god is this excitement I’m feeling? I felt like a 4th grader once more.
As the Zoo caretaker led us inside, I was shocked to see so many changes made. The Zoo was absolutely dissimilar from the Zoo I went few years back. Everything was clean, everything was in order and the most crucial thing for me; the smell. There were no more pungent lingering smell that greets our nose at the entrance door. Much to my own surprise, I jumped up and down ecstatically. Our first stop was the Giraffe site and later followed by the elephant site.
Unfortunately, I cannot bear inhaling while standing at the elephant site. I remember feeling nauseas at the pit of my stomach. It’s a zoo, how nice-smelling can it be right? To be fair, it was bearable. Anyway, the strong smell turned out to be the elephants letting out excess waste. For that reason, I rocketed past the site hoping that the smell won't stick on my shirt. I like elephants just as any other animals, but I couldn't stay long due to my nose sensitivity. As we walked on, I saw the birds; pecans, peacocks and parrots beautifully flying high across the skies.
The zoo visit took up our entire day. There were a lot of pit stops and types of creatures and whatnots but the part I remember most was when we reached the dear arena. My little sister, Aishah, asked me a question, "Sis, do dears eat humans like lions do?". Okay, thank God it was an easy question for me to answer. I replied, "no honey, dears don't eat human...they only eat grass and maybe vegetables." As I finished my sentence, she jumped and dashed towards the site saying, "Well in that case I'd like to pose and take picture next to them lah", she replied euphorically. Hermmm...kids today.
As the day moved towards late afternoon, my mom got exhausted as all of us. We packed our stuff and hopped in the train provided by the zoo negara and headed towards the exit. It was a very unforgettable experience and moments in my family’s life and mine. I hope to go there again. As it turned out, the trip was not something that we regret doing after all. It was fun, enjoyable and a great way to spend a day with your loved ones. Family is everything to me.
By: Hafizah
Implementation from BCT syllabus:
1. "Mom looked at us with irate looks on her face as if she is going to turn into a hulk".
- This is a simile, that I have used to describe my mom facial expression. It is to compare her expression with some other ideas that creates an image.
2. "All tigers have more than thirty two teeth discovered so far. Therefore, all tigers will
- Here I had been using the Inductive Generalization because the statement is drawing a generalization as a likely conclusion from observations. As we know Inductive Generalization falls under the Inductive Reasoning.
3. "I rocketed past the site hoping that the smell won't stick on my shirt."
- Here I had been using Metaphor to express my actions. It is a part of a sentences that creates a comparative image in a persons mind, without using comparative qualifiers.
4. "Sis, do dears eat humans like lions do?"
- Here, I had been using the Interrogative Questions to show how my sister wanted to gain information. By using this type of question it shows that she is trying to find out some information about the differences between dear and lion.
5. At the time we were thinking of playing bowling where it costs us 8 Ringgit Malaysia per person...Suddenly, one of my so called money saver sister came out of the blue with free bowling coupons. she said "you guys can play bowling for free with this coupon instead you know."
- Here, I had been using the Alternative Relationship also known as Exceptional Relationship. By using this type of relationship, it shows that other than using our money to play bowling; we have other alternative to choose. That is the free coupons given by one of our siblings.
