18 Feb Thurs: Today is Chinese New Year. Received many red packets. I am rich!
29 Feb Mon: Played water gun at home with brother. The whole kitchen was wet!

March

1 Mar Tues: Saw a red moon.
10 Mar Thurs: Went to AVA room to watch "Stress and Diet".
21 Mar Mon: Miss Ow was absent so Miss Anwora took over her lesson today.
23 Mar Wed: Had a bun at recess. When I was about to finish, Bryan pushed me and it fell to the ground.
29 Mar Tues: Mrs. Ng was absent. Cuiping cried. [ In retrospect, the events are probably unrelated.]
30 Mar Wed: There is Chinese spelling tomorrow. Hope to get 100 marks (!!!)
31 Mar Thurs: Mr. Rajah said we were not allowed to use liquid paper. [correction fluid] He will confiscate any he sees us using.

April

4 Apr Mon: Ms. Frankie Hills came to class today. We put up a sketch: "Old Mat and his neighbors" for her.
5 Apr Tues: Nurse pulled out Xiuqing and Yasmin's teeth. Exchanged dairies with Bryan to read. Found out he killed a mosquito, a spider and a grasshopper.
6 Apr Wed: Mrs. Anderson [Cadet Scout T-I-C] gave me two books of donation draw tickets to sell.
11 Apr Mon: Went to music room for music lessons. There were many ants on the floor.
13 Apr Wed: Sports Day. My House (Red) won by 170 pts. Held the finishing line for the runners.
14 Apr: Bryan kicked my leg (the injured part). Dad took me to the doctor, who poked a pin into my leg.
18 Apr Mon: The "Road Safety Monitor" scheme was launched today. Saw Rizal and Cuiping acting as marshals when I was at the zebra-crossing. During assembly, a lady told us the importance of milk and gave away stickers and milk to those who answered her questions [correctly, I presume].
19 Apr Tues: English test format: Grammer (18 marks), Vocabulary (18m), Comprehension (24m), Closed Passage (7 blanks x 2m), Comprehension Passage (5Q x 10m).
20 Wed: Saw a Malay man lying on the running track during recess. Mr. Rajah called the police who arrived promptly. Mr. Pandian told us to go back to the tuck shop as we were crowding around him.
21 Apr Thurs: Played monkey during P.E. Zhaohua, Dawang and I were the monkeys.
29 Apr Fri: Had a race during P.E where three people had to fit into a hoopla ring and run to a line and back. Bryan, Alan and I were in the same hoop. Bryan ran in front and Alan’s head kept knocking into mine behind him. Then Xiuqing, Minhui and Cuiping all fell down.

May

2 May Mon: Today was a holiday. Sold books to the second-hand bookstore [EMF in Holland Village] and made $9.
4 May Wed: Jeffrey fell during recess. He slipped on mud.
5 May Thurs: Played monkey during recess against Donny, Xiao Junyan and Jinfa. Their team lost so they had to duck-waddle as agreed but they didn’t.
13 May Fri: Rained heavily. The whole school was flooded so recess was delayed as a result. The pre-primary and primary one and two students had to move up to the third floor as their classrooms were flooded.
16 May Mon: The Malay pupils went back after recess as it is Hari Raya Puasa tomorrow.
18 May Wed: Rained heavily. Shoes were wet when I got to school. Took them off and poured the water out of them. Then I removed my socks, squeezed the water out of them and put them back on.
20 May Fri: Mum brought brother and me to the Ministry of Health because he is overweight and needs a check-up. The doctor told him to eat less fatty food.
23 May Mon: Sang many songs during assembly. Some of them were "This Old Man", "One Elephant", "Old MacDonald" and "Round and Round the Window".
25 May Wed: Jeffrey brought some handheld electronic games to school like "Tarzan" and "Chicken". Zhaohua brought "Mickey Mouse" and "Western Bar". Rizal brought "Donkey Kong" and Junyan brought "Mario Bros" and "Border Army".

June

20 Jun Mon: One of my teeth is wobbling and will soon drop. School re-opens next week. Hope to finish all my homework by then.
27 Jun Mon: First day of term three! Woke up at six fifteen. Had cereal for breakfast. Learnt a new way of saying the pledge during assembly, clenching a fist and placing it below the school badge on our uniforms.
29 Jun Wed: Bryan, Minhui and Wanshi forgot to bring their Social Studies Activity Book. Luckily for them, Mrs. Johan, who is rather fierce, was absent.

July

16 Jul Sat: No scout meeting today as there is a Chinese story-telling competition. Ended up playing badminton with Gunaghui, Junyan, Zhaohua, Jeffrey and Yaohao.
22 Jul Fri: Mrs. Johan told us to bring water color, poster color, newspapers, calligraphy brushes and Indian ink for Arts & Craft next Friday.
26 Jul Tues: Donny finally made glasses. He looked funny in them.
30 Jul Sat: Went to scout campfire at 6pm. We put up a sketch and won a prize in the dressing category and also in Jumbo Rock.

August

1 Aug Mon: Bought Vitagen during recess. Won a calendar and stickers.
3 Aug Wed: Supposed to do Social Studies project with Zhaohua, Xiuqing and Cuiping but the latter did not show up while Xiuqing went home after Zhaohua made fun of her. So Zhaohua and I went to my house to do the project. Showed him my sticker album.
8 Aug Mon: Went to the school concert at 7.45 am. Got a file as souvenir.
11 Aug Thurs: Did flexed arm hang during P.E. Hit jaw on bar.
17 Aug Wed: Discovered Donny and Bryan read my diary while I was doing prefect duty.
28 Aug Sun: Woke up at 7.15am. Went to Cathay cinema to watch "Asterix vs. Caesar".

September

13 Sep Tues: There is spelling tomorrow: chance, paradise, invented, plough, pottery, weapons, worshipped, machine, traded.
15 Sep Thurs: Played football during P.E.
30 Sep Fri: Science Test on 18th Oct. The paper will be on Heat and Bulbs and Batteries. Bought Funland magazine issue 56.

October

1 Oct Sat: Went to Tampines with Mum as she wanted to renovate the kitchen. Almost vomited on the long journey. Bought Transformers Targetmaster "Hot Rod" toy at Ang Moh Kio as there was a 20% discount.
3 Oct Mon: There was a Maths quiz during assembly today. Bryan got ten marks while Kenneth got only one. Our class still won though.
22 Oct Sat: Mum struck lottery!
23 Oct Sun: Went to Emporium to buy Miss Gills a present.