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Dear Diary, I finally got to visit Universal World Studios Singapore today! After waiting a grand total of 455 days since it opened, I finally got to experience the magic that I had only heard about from my friends.

The weather was great and I left the house with a bounce in my step. I grinned from ear to ear as I thought about the good fortune that led me to this visit.

Dad and Mum have to work long hours at the hawker stall so that our family of six can have enough to eat. Every morning, Dad and Mum leave the house at 4 a.m. to get the stall ready and come home only at midnight. They barely get enough sleep. When Universal World Studios Singapore first opened last year, I desperately wanted to go there but I just didn’t dare to open my mouth. All my friends in school were talking about it. Everyone talked about how awesome the rides were and showed off the toys and souvenirs their parents had bought for them. I could only keep silent.

Anyways, to my great surprise, last week, Aunt Helen won 4 tickets to Universal World Studios Singapore in a lucky draw and decided to take Jonas and me along. Can you believe my good luck?

When we finally got to Universal Studios today, it was everything I had imagined and more! My favourite ride was the roller-coaster. I loved it so much that I took it three times! Aunt Helen even bought us ice-creams and a souvenir t-shirt each. Jonas and I took tonnes of selfies! This was the best day of my life!

Love, Jane

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My Personal Diary - by Amy Tan
Oh! I have such an irritating little brother! I can't believe he played a prank on me when I was worried for him! Argh! We have such a terrible relationship and will never care for him again!

Yesterday, Daddy and Mummy brought Billy and me to Big Toy Store. At the entrance of the store, my parents bumped into their friends and they told me to select the toys with my brother.

However, once I saw a large red sign that wrote “Latest Doll Doll Collection Here” that was deep in the store, I got excited and quickly ran towards it. “Billy, should I buy this doll or that?” but there was no reply. I wanted to scold my brother as he was not responding to me. I turned around and realised that he was not beside me! In fear, I quickly ran towards my parents and told them what had happened. Mummy went hysterical and started scolding me loudly. Daddy had to calm Mummy down.

Suddenly, there was an announcement, “We are looking for a lost child, Amy Tan. She is 9 years old. She is wearing a pink polka-dotted dress. Anyone who has seen this child, please take her to the information counter. Her brother, Billy, is looking for her.”

What? Wait a minute. Who was lost? When we rushed over to the information counter, Billy was standing there. In the end, my parents praised Billy for his quick thinking and chided me for not taking care of him. Oh, my little brother got me into trouble again!

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The writer wrote  that she was weak in her penmanship because her handwriting is ugly.

Text 2: She wrote about how she got lost in the toy store because she was angry with her brother.

Text 3: The writer wrote about her trip to USS because she has never been there before.

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The writer wrote about her father very angry about her poor penmanship because she is a girl and she scared she cannot go to school.

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The writer wrote about how the brother always play prank on her because she called her brother irritating and they had a terrible relationship. They don't like each other.

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The writer wrote about her first trip to USS because she likes the roller-coaster rides, ice-cream and souvenir.

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In the 1930s, many people thought that it was unimportant for girls to go to school. The few girls, who were able to attend, often feared they would not be able to continue. The following diary entry could have been written by one of these girls who studied at the Singapore Chinese Girls’ School during that time.

Dear Diary, yesterday was Report Card Day.  Mama had never been to school so she could not read or write.  Papa read out my results to her. She was happy with my results because I did not fail in any of the subjects.  However, when Papa read out what Teacher wrote at the end of the report card, he was not pleased to hear that I was weak in my penmanship.  Mama said that she would make sure I practised my penmanship until it was good.  I promised Papa that I would do better.