melissamhaat

= Welcome to my wiki page = Hello my name is melissa. I go to Esteban Torres Im a student in Humanitas of Art of and Technology. I am a student in this class.Im exited to be creating a wiki page, and i will b posting up some of my writing hope you like.

= Happiest Time in my life = ==== The time that I felt perfectly happy was when I went to Disneyland with my family. It was the first time that we had ever visited Disneyland. We had all went my mom Angelica, my dad Francisco, my sister Jessica, my brother Frankie, my little brother Kevin, and me. I think that I was ten or eleven years old. That has still been the best day of my life. I remember that we parked the car in a parking station that was huge. Once we found parking we got off and walked out off the big building. We were waiting for a train to pass, but we had to wait for three trains to pass because there were a lot of people. So we waited and waited. It seemed like forever. ==== ==== Once we got on a train it went around, and then I saw a stand where the people bought the tickets. My dad got the tickets so that we could go into both Disneyland and California Adventure. First we went in to California Adventure. When we went in the people that work there gave us a stamp on our hands. The first ride that we got was one that looked like a hotel. The first thing we went in the door. The door led us to a room where a TV turned on and said ‘’get ready for your biggest fear.’’ I was already scared. The door opened and we went in a other room. That door opened and there were a lot of seats, and me and my dad sat down. The elevator went up and we were able to see the whole place. It was so pretty. We were thinking of taking a picture but we couldn’t because suddenly the elevator fell all the way to the first floor. It was so nerve racking. ==== ==== When we finished getting on all the rides at California we decide to go to Disneyland at around 5 pm. One ride at Disneyland that I will never forget is one that my little brother wanted to get on, but he couldn’t because he was too short. I forgot what was the name of the ride. Well when we got on we got a color, and the people that came with me: Frankie, my dad, and Jessica got the same color. We had to follow the light that matches the color on card. We have to show that to show the machine the card and the doors open. Then we got to sit anywhere we wanted. It was so fun I was scared to go in. A robot popped out of the front seat. It said that it was its first time that he was driving a spaceship. ==== ==== When he started the ship we were getting out of a secret place and were going outer space. The first thing that we crashed into was a snowflake. It was weird. Then we kept on crashing with everything that got in our way. It was so fun. ==== ==== We had gone in December so we got to see the parade. Once we saw it we went to the ride that has lots of little people that I think is called The Light house. That was so nice, but eventually we had to leave that had to be the hardest thing to do. ====

School day

One thing that I will never forget about is the first time that I went to school. It was my first day of kindergarten. My mom was the one that took me to my class. I started to cry because I thought that my mom would never come back to pick me up. Looking back I think that that was funny because we live right across the street from the school. The school name is Ford Blv. I remember it like if it was yesterday. I started to play with all the kids that were in my class, and my mom began to think about leaving me by myself. She went out and closed the door. I heard it close and I ran out to her. I was crying. I made her promise to me that she would never leave me by myself in this school, but she had to go to her work. She still ended up leaving when we had naptime around noon. I was so disappointed that she left me I thought that she would never come back for me. I thought that it was a place that the parents left their kids. She was so late for her job but I couldn’t let her leave me there all by myself. I was too scared. When I woke up I didn’t see my mom. I started to cry, but the teacher started to talk to me. So I stopped crying. My teacher told me that my mom was going to come back for me just that she had to work, and that was all. I said ‘’how long will she take’’ The teacher said’’ not long.’’ Then it was time for recess. I went out to play with my new friends. Afterschool when my mom was suppose to pick me up she was late. I was sad that my mom was not coming. I knew that we lived right in front, but my mom said not to cross the street especially by myself. So I started to cry even more. My mom was still not there to pick me up. She eventually came to pick me up but because she got to work late in the morning, she had to stay at her job later that usual. When she came back my mom saw me crying she tried to calm me down a little. I was so relieved that she did come back for me. I thought that she didn’t want me anymore and that’s why she was taking forever. So I cried for nothing. It was so funny and something that I will never forget.

**//Sweet Candy//** The candy that I will never forget is a candy that looks like a sucker. It looks like the ones babies use when they start to cry and they don’t had a bottle. They are small and they sell them in vending machines. The candies come in different colors like pink, blue, yellow, and green. They are so tiny that a little baby could choke on. I don’t know who made them. Sometimes they are sweet and sometimes they are sour. They cost a quarter. I think that they are called chupones. I like that candy, but I will never give some to a baby because they could choke. The reason that I remember this candy is when I was small my sister gave me only one, and I choked on it. My aunt was with me and my mom they got scared. They didn’t know what to do so they stared to yell to each other. They were afraid because my face was turning pink. They kept on yelling My mom yelled ’’Jessica what did you give her!’’ She said sad’’ this small candy that I bought in the vending machines.’’ Then my aunt got scared to and my mom stared to argue with my aunt called Amalia. My mom screamed ‘’ what do we do’’ My aunt said ‘’ I don’t know’’ My mom got me out of my stroller and the did something that I don’t want to remember. Eventually I spit the candy out of my mouth. My mom was scared, and so was my aunt. After all that my sister go in trouble for giving me something that I was choking on. I don’t blame her for what happen, and I don’t blame her. So I kind of don’t like them anymore because they bring me bad memoirs. Like every time that I see my baby cousin eat one of though I get so scared that he might choke on it.

**Little Brother**
==== One thing that really bugs me is when I just can’t stop my brother from talking. That gets really annoying at times. Its like when I am concentrating and my little brother comes along and he starts to talk. I try to answer his question really fast so that her could leave me alone, but he comes up with something and he makes me talk more. I think that it gets really annoying. He is very talkative. ==== ==== Like one time that we were watching a movie, and we had to stop it just for him. It was all because he didn’t understand what was going on. So I had to explain it to him, but he didn’t understand me. So my dad put pause on it and he had to explain it. I was so mad at him, so that’s why I don’t like to watch movies with him. It took like ten minutes for him to understand what it meant. ==== ==== He is also like that with his homework. So when he is doing his homework I don’t do mine until he is total done with his. Like one time that I was doing my homework he came in to my room and he told me to help him. I did, but all of a sudden he started to talk to me about some wizards he likes them. I didn’t want to be mean or anything but I told him that I needed to do my work. He started to cry, and my mom came in. He told my mom that I didn’t want to talk to him. So my mom made me stop doing my homework so that I could talk to him. ==== ==== Now ever time that he talks to me I have to listen or he will tell my mom. Even thought he talks to me I try to cut him off, so that I don’t have to talk to him. Like when he want my to play with him I will, but then he stars to cry. Then I try to start a conversation so that I wont get I trouble, but he will ignore me. Then he will say ‘’now you want me so that you wont get in trouble.’’So he will start to talk to me about any thing as long as I talk to him. That’s why I don’t like to talk to him a lot because he talks too much. ====

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