Carlin's personal recount (My Luckiest Day)

Personal Recount
                                                             My Luckiest Day


To many of westerners if you asked when was their luckiest day they would probably reply you with a big grin, “The day when I picked a four-leaved clover.” Well, to us Singaporeans maybe not; because there aren’t many clovers found here. The luckiest day of our lives will defer greatly in this case. As for mine, it’s a rather special one.

My luckiest day fell on the twenty-fifth of December. Yes, it’s on a Christmas day. My cousin invited me to a Christmas Party organized by her and the house was decorated with all sorts of things ranging from balloons to banners. The children played games whilst the adults chatted merrily. There was one of the games which I enjoyed very much and it was called the “shooting” game. We each had to throw a ball and see if it could enter the basket. I was lucky and managed to have the ball enter the basket. For the later part of the games, there was one which I enjoyed entirely. It was to spin the “wheel of luck” and see what prize we are going to receive. The top prize was a big Winnie the pooh bear. When it was my turn, I span the wheel and to my utter surprise, I won the top prize! I shrieked with joy and many others congratulated me.

Later on, we played some teamwork games which were quite challenging. There was one where we had to use rubber bands which were tied together in order to lift up the cup and form a pyramid. My team faced numerous difficulties in making the cup stand. The cups toppled always and we were on the verge of giving up. However, our team spirit did not just stand there. After numerous attempts, we finally succeeded. By then, the other team still had not completed. Their rubber bands had already tore and was unfit for use. We then realized how lucky we were; we did not tear any rubber bands. We then emerged as champions!

When it was time to cut the log cake, my aunt told us that there was a little surprise for the one who managed to have a piece of log cake which a small doll have been hidden inside. Everyone was hunting for that particular doll in their cakes. When I cut open my cake, there was something in between. At a closer glance, it was a small doll! I was blithe. I received a little snow globe as prize!

With so many wonderful and lucky things happening to me, how can I say I wasn’t lucky on that day? I guess I was being very, very lucky on that particular day. Well, if every day were like this, wouldn’t it be fantastic?

Written By: Carlin