Hello!  It is me, your friend, Ayayou Wong.  I hope this finds you well and happy.

I am doing well.  I have a half day of school today because later, my class (including myeslf) is going on a field trip.  We are going to go to the zoo.  I love going to the zoo; my favorite animals there are the pandas and the cheetahs.  I always have a very good time whenever we go to the zoo!

I will probably be back later than usual, but that is okay.  Mother or Father will meet me at the school, and they will pick me up.  That means they will get to watch over Li Hen, Chu Wang, and Ian, while I get to have fun! :)  I sometimes get tired of having to be the responsible one and babysit while Mother and Father do their grown up business!

Tomorrow will be May 1,  My birthday is coming up a week from tomorrow:  I will be eleven years old.  I hope I get what I want, which is my very own phone or television set.  Of course, I probably won't get that, but that is okay.  At least I still have my computer; I can keep in touch with my friends that way if I am not at school, thanks to Facebook!  :)

The weather here is partly cloudy and cool, with temperatures in the sixties.  That means sweater weather.  It's a little too cool for shorts or tee shirts, though some of the boys (and girls) do wear shorts and tees year-round.  They also wear sandals.  I think that's stupid!  I get cold easily, so I am usually dressed in sweaters or sweatshirts or sweatpants.  I am super-skinny: never could get any meat on my bones!  I may be almost eleven, but I look more like a skinny eight-year-old!  It's really annoying!

Well, I have to get ready; the bus to take us to the zoo is here.  I cannot wait; this is gonna be a very fun day for me and my class!  I will write in here again soon; until then, this is Ayayou Wong saying so long! God bless!

~Love, your new California friend, Ayayou.  :)

*To be continued*