Wednesday 14 November 2018

The Bronze Age Girl (short story)


By Medina Azzahra

Hi my name is Daisy.

I love nature.  



My favorite thing is to collect stones for my rock collection.  

Because I want my desk to be beautiful with rocks.    

So, I wanted to be rich, all I wanted is bronze.

My Mum told me:

’’ in the past, people made my favorite thing, bronze,  by melting tin and copper,  and mixing them”


So, this is the story about seeing bronze at the first time what I always wanted.

 

One morning, when I was finding rocks in my garden,  I didn’t know there was a rabbit hole, and I realize I was falling down and down.

Then when I woke up I realize that I was at a strange land, then I saw light in the distance.  So  I walked to  that light.   Then  I  saw a little girl.  She  had orangy, brown hair .

She had brown eyes.  She  had short hair all the way to her shoulder and she was sitting on a rock. She was dressed weirdly.

 I asked her: ‘’ what is your name and  how old are you?”.  She said’’ I’m  called Zoe. And I’m 5 years old. Are  you alone?”.

“Yes, I am I’m also lost.”

So,  she took me to her kind family.

She took me to her family.  And  what a family it was.  They  must heard my tummy rumbling,  so then they gave me some stew,  and I think  I must have fell asleep when I  woke  up I  found  myself near a fire.


Then , Zoe gave me some clothing that she made. She   showed me my room. It looked amazing.  So,  I change my clothes.  “Do I  look good?”.  She said’ ’Aaoudah”.  

“What does that mean?”

“ That means yes “.

I had light hair and blue eyes . then me and Zoe went to sleep.

 

When we were in bed, Zoe said’’ if people speak weirdly,   I will translate.”   Then , she hold a   brown ,shiny thing.  I said ‘’ what is that?”.  Zoe said: “its bronze.” I was surprised,  I said’’ I wanted this  in my whole life !”.

“I also will give you  a smooth drink”,.Zoe said’. I also want to  have that to.

 

In the  morning ,   Zoe and I  came to the  forest.  It  looks scary.  But  Zoe didn’t mind.   The  little ones are picking rocks to  fight the enemy . 

One day,  a huge group of enemy came to our land.   I told Zoe to run and I started throwing rocks.  I felt so small. Then,  I started falling down .After that , I did not see  Zoe anywhere.  So,  I never forget about Zoe.  I told my mum about this,  but she said it’s just a dream.

 Or,   maybe not.


                                                               By : Medina Azzahra, 7yo


Bohemian Rhapsody, Medina, and her Puppet Show

Medina, our daughter, used that iconic song as part of her puppet musical show.

Saturday 28 July 2018

The winner of Best Friend Award!

Once upon a time, we got an invitation from the school saying that Medina got an award. So they invited us to come to the ceremony.

Mom was thinking like...really? seriously? Because her end-of-term report is not that sparkling to get an award.
But hey...probably that's good enough to get one of the awards though.

So yeah...then here we were, at school with all proud parents whose their children also got awards.
Frankly, mom was quite surprise to know that the categories of the award were so....how should we say it...so genuine!
They were "Creative award", "Curious award", "Never-give-up award", "Sport award", "Helpful award", etc and...Medina got one of these: "Best-friend award"!

All the categories are the qualities that basically everyone needs to survive and get along nicely with each other in this world.
Yeah...we were just thinking an old fashioned way that someone will get an award when he/she got the best test result in the class/school; with those high grades and ranks. 
Sorry...mommy kan produk pendidikan jadul 
Anyway, Congrats Medina!
Keep shining my dearest!
(words by @mommy_memei) 

Monday 28 May 2018

The Winner of Eid Card Competition

Alhamdulillah, Medina got 2nd place as one of the winners of Eid Card Competition at her Islamic Sunday School, Bristol Taleem-ul-Islam (BTIT).
The card (with her name on it as the designer), among with others, can be purchased at BTIT.
Medina likes to draw and tells stories, and she always practises doing drawing and making books everyday.
Good job, Medina!
Ramadan Kareem, Ramadan Mubarak, everybody!



the winner!

can you spot Medina's name?

the drawing

Monday 30 April 2018

Once Upon a Time in Edinburgh, 2018

Edinburgh, Scotland, 12-15 February 2018.
School Break and celebrating Baba's thesis re-submission.
#latepost


Lawnmarket

Victoria Street, the "real" Harry Potter's Diagon Alley

the (Harry Potter) Museum at "Diagon Alley"

David Hume welcomes you

taken by Medina herself

we love Dobbie

Queen's Gallery

Scottish Art Galleries

Edinburgh Castle

the other side of Edinburgh Castle