Thursday, April 16, 2009
Hey everyone!! Today I'm going to talk to you about International Friendship Day as a part of my school journal. This year's theme for International Friendship Day was 'ASEAN.' Do you know how International Friendship Day came about? The tradition of dedicating a day in honor of friends first began in The United States. In 1935, the United States Congress, proclaimed the first Sunday of August as the National Friendship Day. Since then the celebration of International Friendship Day became an annual event. Soon International Friendship Day became a hugely popular festival. Following the popularity and success of Friendship Day, several other countries adopted the tradition of dedicating a day to friends. Today International Friendship Day is celebrated in several countries around the world. And, in 1997 The United Nations named "Winnie- the Pooh as Ambassador of Friendship. Do you know what 'ASEAN' stands for?... Well it stands for 'Association of SouthEast Asian Nations.' Well you know, I was asked to play this game about getting to know ASEAN by my teacher to see how much I knew about ASEAN. I found out I know nothing or very little... Last week our school had a concert about International Friendship Day. To tell you the truth, I didn't quite enjoy it as a concert is usually a play but last week a Indonesian lady was invited to tell us about Indonesia. It was good to know about another country other than Singapore, but it was quite boring... not to be rude. I think the school should have organised activities that could teach and at the same time were fun... Bye have to go:)
Mrs. Geek ended @ 2:57 AM
