Spoonful of Aisya

On Thursday 13th July, people in year 9 had an interform competition. Interform is when people from different forms (classes) come together in school to compete in a sport, basically a tournament between classes. At my school, we have 2 interforms altogether in the year; one in the winter and one in the summer. In the winter, we do the sports netball and hockey. In the summer, it's badminton, tennis and rounders. This year, I competed in netball and hockey in winter (unfortunately it got cancelled because of the rain 🌧) and I chose to compete in badminton and rounders.  When forms pick their teams, people can choose to either be in the 'A' group or the 'B' group. The 'A' group is generally where the most talented individuals compete and it is a lot more competitive whereas the 'B' group is a little more relaxed. I competed in the 'A' group for both sports. So, on Thursday, the first two sports going on at the same time were Badminton and Ten...

A few months ago, I joined a club called FAMELAB which ran every Wednesday lunchtime. The club was about writing and performing a speech on something to do with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). There were (I think) 11 participants in total but a few people dropped out before. Closer to the end of the year we had to say the speech in front of the whole year 9 (and some teachers as judges) for a competition. In the first few sessions we went through the criteria that the judges use when assessing the speech. The 3 main things were the three 'C's: Content, Clarity and Charisma. Content:  his is what you will talk about so it has to be interesting and fun to talk about. This is topic of your talk. It also has to relate back to STEM. Clarity: Clarity is very important within the speech. It must be understandable for the audience so it can't use too much sciencey jargon (fancy language that not everybody understands). The way you explain things is essential to c...

On the second day, we did a lot of things! Waking up early in the morning to set off by car, We did what we originally came for: to create my baby sister's passport in the morning. It took quite a bit of time because Aila had to get her passport photo taken as well. And then we had to wait 3 hours to collect it from the Malaysian embassy.  I loved the architecture of the embassies, it would be really nice to draw. We saw quite a few different flags and we played a guessing game of who could guess it correctly first, what fun! As we were fasting, we didn't have lunch but we explored more of central London! It was a lot of fun and I remember getting one of my favorite drinks from a shop nearby. I really liked the location  of where we were staying and I slept quite comfortably that night 🌙...

In the spring term holidays (which were 2 weeks long), my family and I went to London for 4 days and 3 nights. The reason why we went to London, is to make my baby sister Aila's passport because we are going to Malaysia 🇲🇾 in the summer holidays. Instead of travelling for 4 hours straight, we decided stop in Birmingham, which is approximately at the halfway point in our journey.  We set off in the morning on Wednesday 12th April and we drove 2hrs and 18mins to Birmingham. It was quite a long journey so I slept for most of it 😴. I also forgot to mention that I was fasting during the holidays as it was Ramadan (the month of fast for Muslims). Ramadan is a special time for Muslims, we fast from sunrise until sunset and we do a lot of good deeds as they are worth more in this special month. We also do a special Ramadan night prayer called Taraweeh after our 5th daily prayer. When we arrived at Birmingham, we went to the Bullring Mall where we found some nice treats to buy for breaki...

Me and baby Aila whilst waiting for the bikes to be pumped up  On Sunday 2nd April 2023, my family and I decided to go for a lovely walk at a nearby park.  In the morning, I had badminton club for 2 hours (from 10am - 12 noon) and we played doubles matches for the whole time as it was the last lesson before Easter break. It was a lot of fun! In the afternoon, my brother and my sister wanted to go cycling so we all decided go get some fresh air as well.  The bikes' tyres were quite flat so we had to pump them up again. After the tyres were pumped, we set off. The walk wasn't that long to get to the park (of course Hana and Hakeem were a lot quicker as they went on their bikes...).  When we got there, I noticed how beautiful the willow trees were and I decided to take some photos! An attempt of a setting description for this park: The sky was clear, as clear as my thoughts in that moment, as clear as a painter's blank canvas and as clear as the tune that sung melodical...

Edit: I found this unpublished post from the 10th June 2020, I just thought it would be nice to publish it now as I kinda forgot to post it 3  years ago 😅 In media cubs, we have created a campaign called 'Raise Your Hand'. Raise your hand campaign aims at children aged 7-11 to give them a voice in the media. Everyone else has given their views and kids have not been asked. At my school, Big Boss (media cubs leader) came and she showed us many interesting things. She also told us to write down questions that we would like to ask the Prime Minister. One of the interesting things she showed us was something journalists use when they want to jot down something quickly, shorthand. Shorthand may just look like a bunch of squiggles but it is a written language that journalists study and understand. A few weeks later, Jack, Sammy and I got to interview Andy Burnham (the mayor of Manchester). He seemed very honest with answers. If you want to take a look at the press conference,...