Helen
Hello, my name is Helen. I am 10 years old. I live in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. I live in the rain forest, in a town called Kuala Kencana. One night me and my two sisters were home alone because my parents were out at a dinner and there was this huge storm. There is a security shack down our street and it got hit by a huge strangler fig and got smashed up. The power went out and only me and my older sister were up. We were really scared. The power stayed off until late the next day. In the morning we saw giant trees that had fallen all over town. One tree smashed the bicycle hut near our school. There are men all over town cutting these trees up with chain saws. We have a piece of trunk at school and we're trying to count the rings to see how old it is.
Caroline
Hello. my name is Caroline, I am ten years old, and I have a twin sister named Caroline. I live in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. I want to tell you about a cool thing that is up here. We have a new go-cart track. One day my family and I went to the track with my friends. I was, I think the second or third person to go on my friend's go-cart. At first I was scared and went putt, putt, putt, slowly around the track, but the second time I went very fast. Once I got use to going fast, it felt like being on a roller coaster.
Nabeal
My name is Nabeal and I am 10 years old. I live in Indonesia. One game we play here is slipterf. The way you play slipterf is you find a place with long grass that is wet. It's best to play when it's raining very hard which it does a lot here in the rain forest. You play by running as fast as you can and then you slide on your belly or butt. If it's a good place to play, the water should splash up everywhere. We play this game a lot during the rainy season.
Andrew
I am Andrew and I am 10 years old. I live in K.K. That stands for Kuala Kencana and it is a complete jungle. I really mean it! One day, me and a few of my friends went into the jungle. Some of my other friends didn't go because they were too scared. Well, we went in and my friends Jaron, Kevin and I got all muddy. Kevin and I started to fake cry, then we ran out of the jungle and some people were walking by and saw us. We all stopped faking. I felt so embarrassed.
Kevin
Hi, I'm Kevin, and I'm 9 years old and I live in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. It's a pretty cool place. I mostly like it because the people are nice. This is a story about the time the ditch flooded. It rains a lot here in the jungle. Well, first me and my friend Usman were playing in a small puddle of water. Then it started to rain really hard. Soon the water was up to our neck. Usman shouted help to the security man. He jumped in to save us. There was this huge rock in the ditch and Usman got knocked out by it, but I only got a scratch because I was on the side of the ditch. When Usman woke up, he was at the clinic. It was a scary, but cool experience.
Jaron
Hello my name is Jaron. I live in K.K. (That stands for Kuala Kencana). I am nine years old. K.K. is in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. In K.K. there is a rain forest, in fact it is a rain forest. This is a story about a time me and my friend James went exploring at the Sheraton in Timika. " James you ready" I asked reluctantly?
"Ya come on lets go" said James. We walked down to the pool and turned left. "This is too creepy" I said.
"Wimp" said James. We went into the jungle. It was raining, but we could not tell because it was like an umbrella of leaves above us. We went in. About three minutes later we saw our worst nightmare. It was a wild pig and her baby.
"Don't move a muscle" James said.
I said, "On the count of three run. One, three!" It started to chase us. We ran as fast as our legs could carry us. We turned around the bend.
"Wait!" said James, "I forgot my pith helmet"!
Even though he forgot his pith helmet he did not want to risk his life, so he left it there. Fifteen minutes later we went back and got it.
"Want to do it again" I asked?
"No way" said James.
Usman
Hi! my name is Usman. I live in Indonesia Irian Jaya. and I'm 9 years old. This story is about the time when me and my sister Marya spied on my mom. It was November 15th when me and Marya came back from Kuala Kencana. My mom was reading her favorite book. I was carrying two fake knifes and a little radio to keep track of my traps. When suddenly Marya got caught! I failed in my spying mission, but I got to catch Marya in on of my traps.
Isabel
Ga'day my name is Isabel and I am 10 years old. I am from Australia. I have lived in Irian Jaya since I was two and a half. I used too live in the mountains called Tembagapura. Well I'm going to tell you a true story about living in Tembagapura! One day heaps of people came to the community center to watch a performance. In the middle of a performance we herd yelling and braking glass. It was a riot! Someone had hit an Irian with a car the Irians got mad and organized a riot! I was the only kid that wasn't crying (Well, until I saw all the damage). I think the worst thing that happened was that there were these two security guards that where killed!
Jenna
Hi I am Jenna and I am almost 10 years old. I come from B.C. Canada. I have bean living here in Indonesia for 5 years. Lots of people think Irian Jaya is a forest with little huts, but it's not. It's like a small town. Every Friday night we play a game called jail brake. First you choose two captains and they play rock, paper, scissors. Who ever wins chooses the first person. Then the next captain chooses until all the people have bean chosen. Then you decide who hides and who chases.Then you decide where the jail should be and who will be the jail guard. If you're a chaser you count to 10 and then you go try to find people. Once you have found someone you try to tag them and say,"1,2,3 jail brake." After you say that they have to go to jail. But the other team can run up, tag them and they are free. They can also escape from jail if your team mates stay in the jail ground for a minute. If you're the hider, then you hide and run and try to free people. Irian Jaya is a fun place.
Andrew
My name is Andrew and I am 10 years old and I live in Kuala Kencana. I'm going to tell you about an exiting adventure in KK. One day I woke up very energetic and decided to call my friend James. We decided on the phone to go to the community center. About ten brave kids tried to brake in. We went in the back way only to find a mad security guard. He caught a few of the kids, but some escaped to the Ulun Ulun. After that we went to have a refreshing drink at the club. Then we went and explored the BQ's (bachelor quarters). We saw a really big snake on the road.Then we walked down Bugenvil playing tag and other fun games.