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The Day I Was Born |
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22 June 1988 |
This is my name in runes. |
My name is Khoo Teng Xiang. I am in year 6. I was born on the 22nd of June 1988 in Penang, Malaysia. On the 21st of September 2000, I was 4474 days old. My Viking name is very weird. My very best friends are Ng Kok Kwan, Cheang Wai Kin, Judson Lim, Samson Wong, Lim Yin Pang and a lot of other people in 6 Cempa, Batu Lanchang School. |
| On my birthday, the moon was in its "waxing gibbous" phase. |  This
is a picture of the moon on the 22nd of June. |
| A famous writer that was born on my birthday was Henry
Rider Haggard.
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Henry Rider Haggard was born on the 22nd of June 1856. Henry Rider Haggard was the author of many romance books. One of his most famous books was "King Solomons Mines". | I am happy that I share my birthday with this famous writer. |
| The Prime Minister then was Dr Mahathir Mohammad and Dr Mahathir is still the Prime Minister. | The Deputy Prime Minister then was Ghafar Baba. Now the Deputy Prime Minister is Abdullah Badawi. | The price of a postage stamp then was 15 cents whereas now it is 30 cents. |  |
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.Interesting things happened on my birthday during World War II. |
On the 22nd of June 1940, during World War II, France was forced to sign an armistice treaty by Germany. | Germany also invaded the Soviet Union on the 22nd June. |
| The most popular television show in 1988 was the
"Garfield And Friends" show.
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The characters for this cartoon were Garfield, Odie, and Jon Arbuckle. | This cartoon is compiled from a series of comic books. The main character is Garfield a fat cat with a gigantic belly and a humongous appetite. |  |
| This project was introduced to our class by our teacher Mr. Pius Heng. This project was very interesting especially the part about the moon. |
