Diwali

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 * Thursday 19th October**

Today I discovered that I had to go to a house of a boy called Kabir Chall to celebrate Diwali. I have heard that it is the festival of light and people light lots of lamps. I started packing my bags immediately. I couldn’t wait to go! After an interact club meeting I was given to Kabir. I took a picture with him and a girl called Yasmin who is supposed to take me to celebrate Hari Raya after I celebrate Diwali. After that Kabir took me home. I met his mother who was a nice lady who drove us to Kabir’s house. When I arrived at the house I was startled by how big and beautiful it was. They had already bought some sparklers and pop-pops for the celebrations. I was told that I was to sleep on a comfortable table next to Kabir.


 * Friday 20th October**

Today Kabir did not have to go to school because he was on holiday. I woke up at about 9 o’ clock and watched him eat his breakfast. After that he did some of his homework while I sat next to him. I helped him do his maths homework because it was quite challenging. Next, all of his aunties came and helped to bake cookies. They made a wide variety of cookies like sweet biscuits and cookies with cherry blobs in the middle. They also made some other small bites. After dinner, I helped Kabir prepare his clothes for the next day. There were many clothes to choose from. Then I helped Kabir play computer games.


 * Saturday 20th October**

Today was the big day! Everybody was rushing to finish the final preparations for the celebrations and cooking meals. It was very exciting. In the afternoon I helped Kabir get ready. And I helped prepare the food and lamps. At 6:30 the guests started arriving. I met a lot of Kabir’s relatives. At first I went with Kabir’s cousins to watch Mr. Bean. After that I had dinner and I got to play with sparklers! It was so much fun! Finally, we went back up to watch Mr. Bean again. I had an absolutely amazing time and I hope to be able to do it again next year!


 * Sunday 21st October**

This was the final day with Kabir. I packed my bags early in the morning. I went down and watched him have breakfast. After that we called Yasmin and her mother to come and pick me up. We were supposed to meet outside of Ikano Power Centre which was near Kabir’s house. Unfortunately, Yasmin and her mother got lost so we had to meet outside of McDonalds instead. I was very sad to leave Kabir when we arrived at McDonalds but I was looking forward to celebrating Hari Raya.

Written By: Kabir S. Chall Class: 7I