Me In Three

In my life I have a lot of things that explain me, but three things describe me the best. These are my fishing rod, my tennis racket and my ocarina. They all are different things and they also describe my differently. I am an active person and a musical person.

The first thing I would like to introduce to you is my fishing rod. It is about a meter and a half and it’s fully black colored. I got it from my dad and he was the one who encouraged me to fish. The first day he taught me practice throwing in a small pond right outside our backyard. After some frustration and confusion, I got it right and I was off to real fishing. There are two things I hate the most about fishing. Its when the fishing line gets jammed, and when the hook is in my finger. Fishing was almost the only thing I did over the summer because it was so fun to fish. It is very exciting when suddenly a fish is hooked, then the rod bends and the line vibrates. Then I suddenly get become focused and try my best to get the fish. When I see the fish coming out of the water, I get very excited. One night, my friend and I spent three hours catching 13 mackerels outside our home. I was very proud of both of us. Later that summer, in our cabin, my grandma and I caught one cod each. That was cool. It was also ver

y fun when I caught a 50cm long mackerel and then took a picture with it. Even so, fishing was fun and it was a great summer.

The second thing I love the most is my tennis racket because I play tennis more than anything else. I am very interested in watching Federer play and I like learning from him on TV. I enjoy playing tennis, but I have no interest in becoming a pro. My goal is to be able to beat my family and peers. I am still working my way there, but the goal will be complete. At first I just started to play a little, then I became crazy about it. I worked really hard thr

oughout last year reaching a higher level in tennis. After a while I had improved so much that my tennis coach told me to get a better racket, and because now I was ready for one. I bought this racket from him and it was so cool! It is called Babolat Pure Drive and it’s black, white and blue. Nadal has also used this racket for a match against Soderling, so its a good one. Since I bought it, I became the special guy in tennis class and I carried it around all the time. I was so happy to get it that I thought it was a gift from heaven.

The last thing I want to share with you is my ocarina. It is an blowing instrument made of clay. Blowing into the mouthpiece gives a soft sound almost like a pan flute and this sound really makes me relaxed and happy. I have many different instruments because I really like playing music. I was even in band

for two years at ISKL. This ocarina is now my favorite instrument. It was bought in Melbourne, Australia this summer. I was at a handicraft market and I was really bored. Suddenly, my dad touched shoulder and told me they had ocarinas there. I was so happy because I had searched everywhere on the Internet to find one. And there it was, the perfect one. It was brown and had four holes in it. I bought it and it was in my hand. It was better than best. I never thought I would ever see one. It came with a leather strap so I could hang it around my neck. I started playing right away. I am really into this videogame called Zelda and I think the music there is so beautiful because it is played on the ocarina.

So these are the three most important items to describe me. It shows what I really do during my free time and they all represent me. I really enjoy getting to own these wonderful things. They are always going to be memories glued into my head, and I would never replace them.

Biopoem

Gard
Funny, happy, smart
Son of Runar and Una
Animal lover
Tennis player
Sad that fish died
Happy going to see Ayers Rock
Surprised of getting good grades
Falling down from a tree
Walking on Ayers Rock
Being in car crashes
Caught 13 mackerels
Gotten good friends
Wants to go to L.A
Wants to become a VET
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Steinstad

My final draft of my name

My name

My name is a very rare and special name. It’s Gard. My name is similar to a famous Norwegian Viking named Gerd. In 1999, the year I was born, the name Gard was growing in its popularity around the whole world. Seven hundred and fourty-four people are named Gard in the world. In the Norwegian language, its meaning is ‘fence’ or ‘enclosure’.

When I was 7 or 8, I wanted to change my name because I thought it was dumb. I wanted to change it to Bryal. He was a cool guy my cousin told me about and I really wanted to be like him. I was not much of a fan of my name because people teased me by saying, “Gard the guard, please Gard us.” Even though a guard is strong, I still liked to be called by my name.

I only like being called as ‘Gardy’ by people I know well. Other than that, I prefer being called Gard. The person who decided my name was my sister. She said my name should be either Gard or Matts. Finally, she ended up choosing Gard instead. I like my name now but, did not like it before but now I do. I have no plans changing my name to something else when I get older.