Reflective Essay-Personal Narrative

This is me

Hi, I’m Emma. I am a year seven student at Hillbrook. I have been lucky enough to have had many amazing experiences in my life so far. Before I was three months old, I had been to Tasmania, Melbourne and Sydney twice each, because of my Dad’s job. Travel is also a big part of my life because I don’t have any extended family in Australia. So, in the Christmas and/or June, July holiday we usually go to New Zealand or Europe, to visit family, and friendship. These are all special factors that have contributed to the person I am today.

The Great Barrier Reef

In 2013/2014 my cousins, came over to Australia to spend Christmas with us. Before Christmas I had been to the doctors three times because I didn’t have any energy at all and wasn’t

Once the boat had got to a floating bouton, which was in the middle of the Great Barrier Reef. Everyone on the boat got off and fitted their snorkels. Soon after that, people started jumping off the bouton into the water. When I jumped into the water I was hit with this beautiful coral, of all different shape, sizes, and colour. Some were fluro orange or green, and some were a paisley pink or blue. All working together to make an amazing scene. Even more, hundreds of fish were swimming in between the coral, swerving in and out. Schools of tiny black fish swim beneath you at a rapid pace. This was an amazing place to start what would be an amazing jam-packed

My friend, Claire, and I went to see the movie Jumanji. After the movie we went down, below the cinemas to have lunch at Sushi Edo. There was quite a long line to get in so Claire and I went and climbed these hexagon’s that were against the wall opposite the restaurant.

Once we were inside, we decided what we were going to have. Then order it on one of the IPad, that every table had. Out of nowhere, this strange man riding a bike, with multicolored sunglasses lenses came and leaned on the window that our table was next to. Claire and I just stared at each other, not knowing if he could see us. After about a minute, he rode off again. We think that he was just catching his breath, but I guess we’ll never know.

Towards the end of the meal, Claire and her Dad dared me to have a big chunk of wasabi on my sushi. Her Dad took out his phone, and filmed me while I ate the wasabi sushi. After about a second of it being in my mouth the strong taste of the wasabi hit me. My face went a cherry red, while I searched the table for some water. Beside me, Claire was just about falling off her seat with laughter, as well as her Dad. Finally, I found a water and took a big gulp of water, then sighed with relief. That video has now been shared with friends and family, every time I see it, I still can’t help myself but