Harry PenPal

Harry Chan

1072 West Tamaki Road

AC Glen Innes, AC 1072

New Zealand/Auckland

Thursday 14th May

Dear Mr. Aidan

Hello my name is Harry and I am Burmese, I was born in Malaysia and both my Mum and Dad had work to attend to in Malaysia. They couldn’t look after me because their work would take the whole day so my Aunt took me to Myanmar. I lived with her and her family for 3 months. During the 3 months I hadn’t seen my mum in so long that I started calling my Aunt mum. I came to New Zealand when I was 3 years old with both my parents Mum and Dad.

I go to Glen Taylor School, I have tons of favorite teachers, but during the Covid19 Lockdown (Coronavirus) lockdown I forgot most of their names. My favorite teacher would be Mrs. Fonua (sorry to all the teachers at my school) I wanted to be in her class ever since I was a year 4. Now I'm in her class, I can say my class is so fun. At the end of the day, we usually go out for a game with 3 other classes. It's quite a challenge playing against other classes because I'm not the fastest in the school, but I still have fun.

During this lockdown I get so bored when I'm not online, there is nothing to do. This lockdown has been fun in some parts and not fun in others. The fun part is we have no tests, and we don’t have a time limit for eating. The opposite of the fun part is when we leave our google meet call with our teacher for a break, there is nothing to do.

Hmmm, what makes me unique?

The only fact is that I have 2 pointy ears and I'm proud of it. I don’t mind people calling me “Elf” because of it because I'm already use to it. Now people don’t see me as an elf, I am the short skinny dude with fast tiny legs. I haven’t decided what I wanted to be when I grow up.

There are some questions I want to ask you.

1. What's your favorite childhood memory?
2. What’s your favorite movie?
3. Do you prefer indoors or outdoors?

4.What is the best gift you ever received?

Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I hope you have known something about my life in New Zealand. I look forward to learning and reading about your life in Canada during this pandemic

Yours Sincerely

Harry Chan