PR: Belinda's happiest Day

Name: Belinda Su
Class: 1A
Index Number: 02
Date: 21.04.2010
'Personal Recount'

The Dream of Snow City
The happiest day of my life happened when I was eight years old. As the four seasons does not occur here in Singapore, it has always been my dream to experience the other seasons that Singapore does not have. It all began when I was having a nice chat with my mother…
It was late at night and I could not sleep so I decided to have a chat with my mother. As I needed to attend a morning session school the next day, my mother had tried to convince me to sleep so that I would have energy to pay attention in class the next day. After some futile attempts, she gave up trying to convince me to sleep and chatted with me instead. At that time I was so active that no matter how hard I tried to obey my mother to close my eyes, I still could not get to sleep. Then, my mother asked me a question, “Belinda, have you ever dreamt of experiencing the other seasons which Singapore does not have?” This question made me more active and more wanting to get into the conversation of the seasons. I nodded my head and was just about to begin my chatter when my mother cut in and said, “If you can get to sleep, I’ll promise to bring you to a place where you can experience snow.” Because of her words, I was so thrilled, so happy and excited that I could agree to any conditions that my mother lay. “Think of snow, think of the place where you love to go to…” As I tried to visualise the place that I had dreamt of ever since I was young, I began to drift slowly to sleep. That night could be the happiest moment of my life but after my experience in a place called “Snow City”, I then realised that the happiest moment was when I was experiencing snow.
As promised, my mother brought me to Snow City where the world in it is filled with lots of snow falling and even the temperature felt like real temperature on a snowy day! I built snow castles, snow man, ice towers and lots of different things! There was even a small playground for children to jump and play about! That day was so fun that I had even decided to “leave my mark” there by printing my handprint on the snow characters that I had formed. That day, I had finally fulfilled my wish on experiencing snow and I can never ever forget the beautiful memory that I had. Even though I knew that the snow was man-made, the feeling was so real that no words could be used to describe my feelings at that time. But sadly, good things always come to an end. I had to leave the “city” after some hours of playing. (Though it had been hours, it only felt like an hour to me.) I had dinner in a restaurant that allows a view of “Snow City” and sighed contentedly with all the things that my mother had done for me to fulfill my wish. After that, I, with my mother, went home tired but happy. That day was really an experience that was worth having and the happiest day of my life!