• What are your first impressions of the place? How does the place make you feel?

• Did you discover anything interesting about the place? What seems strange to you? Does anything seem familiar?

• What are your first impressions of the people? Do they remind you of anyone? How do they make you feel?

• Do you like it here? Why, or why not?

(B) Imagine you are Ah Guan.

Write about your reaction to Juliette and Lizhi's arrival. You may use the following prompts.

• How do you feel on seeing them, from a distance, for the first time?

• Is there anything that strikes you about Juliette and Lizhi? Is there anything that surprises you?

• Does seeing them change the way you feel about them? If so, how?

• Are there questions that come to your mind after seeing them?

• Are you able to relate to any of the characters? Why or why not?

• Do you know anyone who is like Aunt Mona or Lizhi? Would you want to be around people like that?

Responses can be in the form of an acrostic name poem.

• Do you think about/miss him? Why, or why not?

• What has happened to you so far?

• What are you struggling with?

• What do you intend to do?

(B) Imagine you are Ah Guan.

Write what is going through your mind as you wait on the rock with Lizhi for the tide to go down. You may use the following prompts:

• What has been happening at home?

• What are you struggling with?

• What have you learned about the members of your family, and yourself?

• What do you intend to do?

You can present this in the form of a recipe with ingredients and steps to make 'a happy family'.

• Reflect on how well you have been fulfilling your role as a son/daughter/brother/sister/grandchild OR what you have received as part of your family from your other family members.

OR 

You can write it in the form of a letter to your family. Here are some beginnings to help you:

• I wish to thank you for...

• I wish to say I'm sorry for...

• I promise you that I will...

Keep to the same perspective you chose for Journal Entries 1 & 2.

(A)   Imagine you are Lizhi.

It has been three months since you first met your father’s family in Singapore. 

Write a letter to your late father (Michael Wang). You may use the following prompts:

• Where do you live now, and with whom?

• Why did you decide to make this place your home?

• How do you feel towards your grandfather and Aunt Mona?

• What does ‘family’ mean to you?

• Is there anything else you wish to tell your father?

(B)    Imagine you are Ah Guan.

It has been three months since Lizhi and Juliette came to Singapore for the first time. 

Write a monologue in which you are talking to your late wife. You may use the following prompts:

• What is the situation like at home now?

• What are your feelings at this point in time with regard to what happened three months ago? (about Lizhi, Michael, Mona)

• Do you still have any regrets? If so, what are they?

• What makes me Singaporean?

• How am I also a mudskipper?

You could respond in the form of a poem, photo/picture collage or drawing, if you do not wish to write out your responses.

• has your understanding of family changed?
  Share examples to explain how your understanding has evolved, or explain why your concept of family has not changed.
  

• what do you think makes for a happy family?
  You can present this in the form of a recipe with ingredients and steps to make 'a happy family'.