Its the end of year and this time last year Anita travelled to Samoa to visit her family. She wrote a recount about her first day early this year and she has chosen this piece of writing as her favourite.

I bravely entered the aeroplane. Warming smiles were given by the flight attendants as I went to sit on my seat. “We’ll be taking off now, please put your seatbelts on” was all I heard before the aeroplane began to roughly jolt. I turned to my sister on the right,

“It’s normal” she said. I let out a breath of relief. Just a few seconds later, the aeroplane began to sore in the air. I looked out the window and saw multiples of clouds. The sea was just as expected, astonishingly beautiful. I was admiring the view, when suddenly a tall woman figure stood in front of me. She pointed onto a table filled with delicious types of food.

 I guess, it was time to eat.  

I politely grabbed a plate of eggs and bacon with rice then shot a smile at her. I then began to eat. When I finished eating I then laid my head down on the chair while my eyes travelled outside, just then I drifted off to sleep.      

I flattered my eyes open and then noticed everyone was standing. I looked around for my siblings when my dad interrupted my thoughts.

“It’s time to get up, we’re here” he said while taking the luggage.

As exhausted as I was, I tiredly stood up and walked outside. Just as we went outside, the hot air began to sweep over us. The heat was incredibly unbearable but I continued to walk.

We walked inside a little house, where we got the rest of our luggage. We walked outside and saw my auntie. She screamed immediately when she saw us. Not caring of the rest of the people staring, she gave us big hugs and sloppy kisses on the cheeks. After a few minutes of talking, she led us to the car and we drove off to town.

Our first stop was at the food market. As we entered, the delicious aroma of food suddenly ignited our sense of smell. I immediately followed the scent as it led to a store selling pork sticks. I’d have to admit, I was pretty hungry and so I ordered a few sticks for my siblings and I. We walked around for a bit when then decided to head to our next destination, my grandmother’s house. We parked our car right in the entrance. Just as we hopped out of the car, a few familiar faces approached us. I took them into my embrace as I noticed it was my two little baby cousins, whom I haven’t seen for along time. We were then ushered to my grandmother’s room. When we entered, we all immediately greeted her. We all talked together for a long time, as well as play with each other.

It was already night and we were all feeling exhausted. I got the beds ready for the whole family, just as we laid down we all decided to tell scary stories. My brother volunteered to begin. We were already a few minutes into the story and we were all quite afraid. My brother continued, when suddenly we heard a scream. We all looked at the person who screamed and found our baby cousin curled up in a ball.

“Can we go to sleep now?” he asked as he laid his head down on the pillow.

“Okay” my brother chuckled as he laid his head down on the pillow too. We all nodded and did the same.

“Goodnight” I said as I drifted right off to sleep.

This was my first day at Samoa.