school holiday

   During last school holiday, I spent a few days at my cousin’s house at Pulau Redang, a well-known sea resort. I shall never forget the visit.

   On the day I arrived at Pulau Redang, my cousin, Arief told me that she would do to make my stay there a very interesting one. He said that he would make a raft it in the sea. Then he would buy fishing net to catch some fish in shallow water near the coast. When I heard all this, I was very excited because it was one of the reasons that I had decided to visit my cousin. We then walked up to the beach which is near to his house.

  While we were there, sometime in the evening, the sea looked extremely beautiful. I saw the islands and hills in the distance, the birds in the air, and a few boys and girls playing on the beach. I also saw some fishermen coming out of the water with their catch. All this was indeed very interesting to look at.

  On the next day, my cousin and I collected some tree trunks from the forests nearby. As my cousin’s house is close to the sea, we decided to make the raft on the beach itself. It took us almost the whole morning to make the raft. We then had our lunch and went to Banting, the nearest town, to buy fishing net. After that we returned to my cousin’s house.

    In the evening we put the raft on the sea. The water was still high, but the raft floated well. My cousin and I sat on it and began to row it by using the oars that we had made ourselves. We felt very happy indeed and continued to row it. We remained on it for a long time, but it was already getting dark we did not go far. We returned to the shore and tied the raft to a tree.

   On the next day, we went out to catch some crabs and fish. We used the net that we had bought and caught a lot of fish. Then, we had our lunch and went out again on the raft. We continued to row it as far as we could. It was really a pleasure to be away from the shore. The sea was calm and we could row easily. My cousin told me many interesting things about Morib. We then returned to the seashore.

  In this way, I spent my holidays happily at Pulau Redang, a place I shall never forget with my beloved cousin.