Happy birthday Ben
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11:28 am
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Monday, March 28, 2011
Saturday, December 05, 2009
Ben wins award
Ben Shield recently won an award as Pacific Paradise State School's Junior Woodwind Player of the Year.Congratulations Ben. Keep that sax hot.
love from Grandpa
posted by OznAsia at
4:42 pm
Wednesday, August 05, 2009
Ben the saxophonist
Ben Connor Shield plays saxaphone in prize-winning school band. Whoooo hoooo. Go Ben!!!
posted by OznAsia at
12:33 pm
Friday, March 27, 2009
Monday, July 21, 2008
Who's this cute kid?
One day back in August 2001 a three-year-old kid came to sleep over at his grandfather's house at Redcliffe. His grandfather took him to the Redcliffe Jetty and took lots of photos because this kid liked posing for photos. Does anyone know who this kid is? Does the kid remember visiting his Grandpa?
posted by OznAsia at
5:52 pm
Friday, June 06, 2008
Have fun in Queensland
To Ben and Zac, good luck with your new life in Queensland. Don't forget to read these blogs to find out what your Grandpa is doing. I hope to hear from you. Tell me how you like your new school and your new home. Stay in touch with your cousins too. Remember we're all family and will always be your family no matter where you are.
I'll be back in Australia again before long and I hope to come and see you there.
love from your Grandpa
I'll be back in Australia again before long and I hope to come and see you there.
love from your Grandpa
posted by OznAsia at
8:56 pm
Thursday, March 27, 2008
10 is cool
Hey everybody!Today is a special day because your biggest cousin and brother (and my biggest grandkid), Ben, is now 10!!!
TaaDaaTaaDaaaah!!! Happy Birthday Ben. May the next ten years be as good as the first ten.
love from your Grandpa
posted by OznAsia at
9:28 am
Thursday, June 07, 2007
Swallowed
Once upon a time Ben said to his Dad, 'Gee, I hope Grandpa goes back to Ayer Keroh he might get some more cool photos of really strange creatures.'
'I don't think he can,' said David. 'He's leaving Melaka soon. He probably won't have time.'
'Oh please Dad, ask him if he will.'
'I'll ask him but I don't think you realize how dangerous it is for Grandpa, going to places like that. He only does it so you can get some stories. I hope he doesn't get eaten. There'll be no more stories for you then.'
So Grandpa did go back even though he was busy. He didn't want to disappoint Ben. And guess what he saw:
'Fantastic,' thought Grandpa. 'Ben will love this one.' He got two good photos before the creature charged making a terrible roar and with saliva dripping from its open mouth.
At first Grandpa wanted to get a photo of the charging creature but he realized it could be his last photo ever. He dropped the camera and ran.
Grandpa ran through the forest as fast as he could. But Grandpa is not as young as he used to be and the creature was gaining on him. Then he saw a cave and decided to hide in it.
It was very dark inside the cave and Grandpa sat down on the soft ground to get his breath back. And then it got darker as the cave door closed. Cave door? Caves don't have doors. But the light had gone out completely.
'Where am I?' thought Grandpa. Fortunately Grandpa had his mobile phone with him. No, he wasn't going to call anyone but his phone has a little torch in it. He shone the light on the soft ground and it looked like...well it didn't look like ground, it looked fleshy, like a huge tongue.
'A tongue!!! Oh no. Where am I?' thought Grandpa.
There was a passage leading back and Grandpa started to walk along it. 'I'll probably never get out of here,' thought Grandpa. 'But if I do, I think the kids will like this story.'
And then the cave started to move. It was moving upwards.
Whatever it was that Grandpa was inside, was going up and Grandpa found himself going down. Yes, he started to slide further down the passage. In fact it became so steep that sometimes Grandpa would roll down the passage. And it was really bumpy, like bony ribs on the walls of the passage.
This was a very long journey but eventually Grandpa reached the end of the passage. Ahead he could see a narrow opening and light. He squeezed through the opening and out into the daylight. He and the creature that he had thought was a cave were now high up a huge tree. And the creature was the biggest... 'No it couldn't be,' thought Grandpa. 'They just don't come this big. It can't be real. I must be dreaming. But in case I'm not, I think I'd better get a photo of this creature otherwise the kids will never swallow this story.'
Grandpa looked around to see if the other creature had gone. There was no sign of it. Cautiously, Grandpa climbed down the tree. The great creature he'd just come out of didn't seem to be aware of him.
On the ground, Grandpa crept back to where he'd dropped the camera and then went back to the tree. He decided against climbing the same tree again. The creature might notice him this time, so Grandpa climbed another tree and he took this photo.
Yes, it's true. Your Grandfather had been swallowed by a huge snake, maybe the biggest in the world, came out the other end and lived to tell the tale.
But Grandpa is not going back to Ayer Keroh Forest again. Never, ever, ever. Well, not unless all the grandchildren come with him too.
The End
'I don't think he can,' said David. 'He's leaving Melaka soon. He probably won't have time.'
'Oh please Dad, ask him if he will.'
'I'll ask him but I don't think you realize how dangerous it is for Grandpa, going to places like that. He only does it so you can get some stories. I hope he doesn't get eaten. There'll be no more stories for you then.'
So Grandpa did go back even though he was busy. He didn't want to disappoint Ben. And guess what he saw:
'Fantastic,' thought Grandpa. 'Ben will love this one.' He got two good photos before the creature charged making a terrible roar and with saliva dripping from its open mouth.
At first Grandpa wanted to get a photo of the charging creature but he realized it could be his last photo ever. He dropped the camera and ran.
Grandpa ran through the forest as fast as he could. But Grandpa is not as young as he used to be and the creature was gaining on him. Then he saw a cave and decided to hide in it.
It was very dark inside the cave and Grandpa sat down on the soft ground to get his breath back. And then it got darker as the cave door closed. Cave door? Caves don't have doors. But the light had gone out completely.
'Where am I?' thought Grandpa. Fortunately Grandpa had his mobile phone with him. No, he wasn't going to call anyone but his phone has a little torch in it. He shone the light on the soft ground and it looked like...well it didn't look like ground, it looked fleshy, like a huge tongue.
'A tongue!!! Oh no. Where am I?' thought Grandpa.
There was a passage leading back and Grandpa started to walk along it. 'I'll probably never get out of here,' thought Grandpa. 'But if I do, I think the kids will like this story.'
And then the cave started to move. It was moving upwards.
Whatever it was that Grandpa was inside, was going up and Grandpa found himself going down. Yes, he started to slide further down the passage. In fact it became so steep that sometimes Grandpa would roll down the passage. And it was really bumpy, like bony ribs on the walls of the passage.
This was a very long journey but eventually Grandpa reached the end of the passage. Ahead he could see a narrow opening and light. He squeezed through the opening and out into the daylight. He and the creature that he had thought was a cave were now high up a huge tree. And the creature was the biggest... 'No it couldn't be,' thought Grandpa. 'They just don't come this big. It can't be real. I must be dreaming. But in case I'm not, I think I'd better get a photo of this creature otherwise the kids will never swallow this story.'
Grandpa looked around to see if the other creature had gone. There was no sign of it. Cautiously, Grandpa climbed down the tree. The great creature he'd just come out of didn't seem to be aware of him.
On the ground, Grandpa crept back to where he'd dropped the camera and then went back to the tree. He decided against climbing the same tree again. The creature might notice him this time, so Grandpa climbed another tree and he took this photo.
Yes, it's true. Your Grandfather had been swallowed by a huge snake, maybe the biggest in the world, came out the other end and lived to tell the tale.
But Grandpa is not going back to Ayer Keroh Forest again. Never, ever, ever. Well, not unless all the grandchildren come with him too.
The End
Labels: "strange creatures", Ben, dinosaur, grandpa, Malaysia, Melaka, story, swallowed
posted by OznAsia at
9:22 pm
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Prince Benny
Ben
Originally uploaded by smelanie.
Once upon a time there was an extremely handsome prince named David who fell in love with an extremely beautiful princess named Alison. They loved each other extremely. So they made an extremely handsome, lovable and wonderful baby who they named Prince Benny.
Now Benny had a special power. He had the power to tame extremely fierce and dangerous, fire-breathing dragons with an extremely powerful ingredient – love. Before Prince Benny, all the knights thought the only way to defeat dragons was by killing them but Benny showed that love is more powerful than the sword. And now, thanks to Prince Benny, dragons and humans are able to live together in peace. Unfortunatly humans can't always live in peace with other humans but that's another story.
So, if you have a dragon in your life that is giving you trouble just ask Prince Benny for an extremely lovely hug and you'll have all the love you need to tame the dragon. If you're a girl, that's cool, because Prince Benny especially likes hugging girls – extremely so.
Today is a special day because today Prince Benny celebrates his 9th birthday. All the dragons in the world have asked me to send Benny extremely hot greetings ('cause they breathed on them) for Ben to have an extremely happy and dragonlightful birthday. May you get many hugs today Ben, especially from girls.
The End
PS The extremely handsome Grandpa John sends his love and a hug too.
PPS Grandpa John can now travel safely among the dragons of Malaysia thanks to Benny's special power.
PPPS If any girls try to hug you Ben, just imagine it's a dragon and you'll be cool.
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1:02 pm
