One of my classmates gave me a blank piece of paper and asked me to draw him a computer game. This is what I came up with.
You can click on it to see a larger version. See how all my game play has helped?
Little Gamer Isaac
It’s that time of year when my folks clean our home more than usual. I get tired just watching them work!
So I mess about with my LEGO or write and draw at my table or play games on my iPod. That is after I follow papa’s oders to to straighten up my table and to put my LEGO bricks in order. I don’t know why I need to tidy up because I’ll just make the place messy again!
I have to admit that I see some value in order. When I arrange my Star Wars clone troopers and their weapons military style, they do look good! But I like the rest of my room to be in civilian disorder.
Little Civilian Isaac
Apparently, quite a lot!
At school I am not allowed to refer to my private part as a “penis”. Instead, the permissible term is “kuku bird”.
My folks tell me that penis is the correct term and that it is not filthy or disgusting. I don’t think my teachers agree and they get pissed off if we do. But we are allowed to use kuku bird. In fact, we are allowed to use it willy-nilly.
I don’t think that it looks like a bird, much less a cuckoo. I know what a cuckoo looks like from books that I have read and photos that I have seen on the Internet.
Maybe my teachers should search the Internet for pictures of cuckoo birds and penises so they can decide what to call them! I think that if they studied the pictures very carefully, they would prefer penises.
Little Man Isaac
I have a new favourite song. It’s the theme song from an old show called the Banana Splits!
Papa started singing it (or what he could remember of it) one night and I just cracked up. Fortunately, the Internet has a better memory than papa so we have a video, some history on the show and song lyrics.
Tra-la-la-la-la-la-la!
Little Banana Isaac
That’s not just the opposite of slow. FAST stands for Fleet Air Superiority Training and it is the latest game that I am playing on my iPod Touch. (Yes, the iPod is mine now that mama and papa have their own iPhones.)
I used to play the free mission over and over again. Then papa said that he would get me the paid version if I was good. I was very good so now I am getting getting good at this game.
The missions get more and more difficult and I have to figure out how to solve problems each time. But I don’t mind because the game is fun. When I tire of it, I just move on to another game.
But when the timer goes off, so does the iPod! Then I move on to my LEGO where I might build a jet or my paper and markers where I might draw some jets.
Little Pilot Isaac
Papa told me that Apple announced the iPad yesterday. Ooh, it looks like a giant iPod Touch!
Wow, does that mean the games I play on it will be bigger? Yes? Ooh!
Does that mean that the movies I watch on it will be bigger? Yes? Ooh!
Does this mean we are going to get one?
Little Appled Isaac
I like writing my own stories.
I used to write a lot about an imaginary continent called Intip. Then I wrote about a boy called The Bay, who lives in Intip.
Now I write about robots and illustrate my stories with colourful drawings. I have also started using my iPod Touch to type the stories out. See what I have come up with so far.
Why? I hardly see my folks writing; they type a lot instead. But a computer keyboard is still a bit too big for my hands, even if I use a netbook. But the on-screen keyboard on the iPod is just right!
Little Typing Isaac
You know how I love LEGO right? Imagine how happy I was when papa found an iPhone app called LEGO photo!
The app turns any photo into one that looks like it was made with LEGO! That’s a photo of me in 2006 in brick form.
Little LEGO Isaac
Oh, woe is me! This is what I look like after waging war at the playground today…
Actually, no. I fell down during playground time today. Boy, did it smart! But I did not cry when my teacher applied first aid.
I think that I hurt my pride more than anything else. It was kind of embarrassing to have my friends fuss over me and talk about “the day Isaac Tan tripped over his own feet and plopped on the ground!”
The gauze hides a nasty looking scrape. My folks want to know how I got it under my left eye while simultaneously sustaining one on my right knee. I really can’t remember. One moment I was vertical and the next I was kissing dirt.
Little Injured Isaac
During Junior Science Programme at school today, I learned the concepts acidic, basic and neutral. I did experiments to show how some veggie changed colour when dipped in Coco Cola and vinegar. It was so cool!
I also learned that papa doesn’t really understand the concept of birthday presents. You are supposed to get them on your birthday, not give them. He bought mama a new iPhone!
I am so jealous! Hey, where’s my present then?
Little Indignant Isaac
