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A Week With Hamish

November 19th, 2009

Today I was chosen for Star of the Week, which is an activity we do in the homeroom. If you are selected for Star of the Week, you get to take home a cute teddy bear named Hamish Hanover, Hamish is to be toured around the town and photographed doing something. All of his adventures will be summarized and sent to Ms. Graham, who will share it with our Scottish counterparts.

For the week, I took Hamish to three diferent places. They were my neighborhood, the local indoor hockey rink, and the tennis courts where I practice my tennis skills. I will describe what happened to Hamish and me.

Hamish was really impressed with the skating rink. It has two levels - the first level is the NHL rink (National Hockey League) and the second level is the Olympic rink. Here I play hockey, which is also one of my most favorite sports. I introduced Hamish to my teammates. My team is called “Black Ice” and is currently tied at the first place with the Red team.

Next I brought Hamish to the tennis courts in the bubble where I can play all year round. I usually take private lessons, and I consider myself to be much skilled in tennis. I have a wonderful coach who makes me work hard in my technique. Tennis is my favorite sport, and I enjoy it very much. My favorite professional player of all time is Roger Federer who is currently the world’s number one.

After all of my activities, I finally went to the neighborhood. We moved to this house a few months ago. It is great for me because practically all my friends are at the neighborhood. We usually bike together and play a game called Nerf wars, which is generally a game where two teams are split up into two armies. They go to war over each other. We fight with plastic guns that shoot out foam darts. They are called Nerf guns.

One of the coolest features of our house is that it has a park behind it. Hamish and I went for a walk together and saw grasshoppers on the trail. On the way back home, we actually spotted a four inch long Praying Mantis. They are one of the dominent insects because of their hunting method. They can even catch small birds!

I think being Star of the Week was enjoyable. Taking Hamish around Reston was just dandy. I hope I will have a chance to meet the Scottish bear once again.

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