Day 35

We're almost in Australia! We are on the warship which is speeding towards the coastline. Instead of feeling excited upon the reaching of Australia, I am disappointed as Mum & Dad's boat have not arrived. Rashida said that they could be at the jetty waiting for us so Bibi and I leaned out of the boat and squint at he jetty but they're not there.Andrew came over and puts his hand on my shoulder and promised that he will find the other boat. We had reached Australia and the people were separated into tents. I decided that we should go exploring but Andrew is giving me a strange look. I give it a thought why Anderw was doing that and i understood, it'd be pretty mean if we went sightseeing when our parents could be shipwrecked on a remote island, waiting to be rescued. I give Andrew a grateful look, Australians are really good at thinking of others.

Day 34

The Australian serviceman whose name is Andrew, carried me and Bibi onto the waraship and he could see how scared we were. Bibi had already slept but I'm not so I went to chat with Andrew, who had just brought two platets of fish fingers, chips and peas as he thought that we might still be hungry. I asked Andrew where are Mum & Dad which he replied that they had a plane out looking. Also, he was trying to apologising to us for being a little late in rescuing us as there were paperwork. When I started eating again, I heard a familiar sound-it was Omar! He is back!

Day 33

Suddenly, I heard screaming and the yelling of the people on the deck and they sound terrified. I ignore the screaming and continued scooping out the water as I had no strength for anything else until someone called my name. It's Rashida and she is alive! We stagger onto the deck and my mouth falls open, towering over us, is a HUGE warship. they have guns longer than our whole boat, they also have rockets and machine guns which are all pointing at us causing everyone to panic and running to protect their loved ones. I'm not scared because I recognised the warship's flag, it was the flag of Australia and the Australians had come to rescue us!

Day 32

After the crashing of the huge wave, I have lost both Rashida and Omar. Thank goodness, Bibi is still with me as our belts are tied together with her headcloth. We were scooping out the water in the boat caused by the wave for a long time but doing this doesn't seem to be working. Also, all of us were numb with cold, dizzy of exhaustion and starvation. This is simply torture for Bibi who is only ten and looks pale in the face with her lips blue. Lots of people are looking at her, I suppose they can't believe a female can keep going for this long. They don't how but I know the reason why she can go this long.

Day 31

I was having my football dream again, dreaming that I was kicking the football and having Mum & Dad among the spectators. My hips hurt but I will still dazzle the crowd with my footwork when I suddenly heard Bibi's scream which woke me up from my dream. Now I knew why Bibi screamed, a huge wave was about to crash on us!

Day 30

The people at the front of the boat suddenly started screaming. I see that another boat is approaching, for a moment I think that that was the boat Mum & Dad are travelling on but it is too big. The people on that boat are holding onto weapons and people on this boat are whispering among themselves saying a word which makes me feels very scared. The word is PIRATES! I thought that the smugglers are going to fight the pirates but they don't which makes me feel puzzled. The pirates are trying to drag girls onto their boat, I tried to help Bibi and Rashida by helping them to hide their hair and etc. Finally, the pirates went off and the smugglers abandoned us in the middle of the ocean with a boat full of starving people. What should we do next....

Day 29

Bibi is having a fever and she keeps asking how many days have we been on the boat. I think Bbi is thinking of how many days we can survive as the food & water has finished this morning. Also, today is Bibi's birthday. It is already bad enough that we are being stuck out here in the middle of the ocean. Rashida, Omar and I wished Bibi a happy birthday. We talked about how the Australian government celebrate your birthday by bringing all sorts of goodies to your house. I think this must be Bibi's worst birthday celebration....

Day 28

I wake up and found that I am not seasick anymore! The chief smuggler is saying that we had paid the wrong amount for the trip and need to pay more. I do not have any money with me, I suppose nobody have much money with them now. The smugglers are rummaging the bags of the people searching for valuable items. Thank goodness, Rashida has the watch that her father gave her which save our life. I am so grateful to Rashida and her father.

Day 27

I distributed some of the bread that I made and Omar said that I was a GENIUS. I am seasick. Rashida help me knot a shirt on my head to keep the sun off and gave me a sip of water. I hope we get to Australia soon where there is laughing people, a kind government and where we get to reunite with Mum and Dad.

Day 26

I hope that I would be able to bake bread on this boat. The other smugglers are fascinated by what I am doing which is making bread on a disel engine except for the nasty one who is asleep. I want to cook this bread quickly as I had left Bibi on the deck. It was really good of Rashida to let me use the flour to make bread. The area under the deck is awash with water. I hope the boat isn't leaking.

Day 25

The teenage girl invites us to sit with her on the blanket. Bibi was looking at the soup pot with a mixture of longing and hatred. The girl introduced herself as Rashida and told us about her background. Rashida gave us a sardine each and some water. Bibi does not ike sardines but she managed to swallow the sardine down with a gulp of water. I picked up the football and showed Rashida some football tricks. Rashida unzips her suitcase and gave us some sun protection cream, ignoring Omar. I realise what is more precious to us than anything else is FLOUR.

Day 24

We are sailing to Australia and things are not so good. The deck is so crowded and everyone is sitting so close together just like sardines packed in a can. Bibi is hungry but I'm not as I don't feel hungry when I am missing Mum and Dad and having a headache. I saw people queing up for soup and I went too. The person in front of me was wrapped up in a blanket and as she was not close to the pot, the sailor pulled her closer to the pot which the blanket caught fire. I helped to put out the fire and handed the blanket back to the teenage girl, she did not have herself covered from head to toe which left me in shock as most girls are supposed to do so. When the teenage girl talked to us, I like her already.

Day 23

I need to move fast in order to get on to the other boat which Mum and Dad are on. I tried to get help from one of the smugglers, but he dosen't care and threatens us that if we did not keep quiet, he will throw us out of the boat. We went to sit on the deck and Bibi started crying. The boy that wanted to steal my ball whose name is Omar also has his parents on the other boat. We are trying to be patient.

Day 22

Bibi has vanished under the water. I went into the water trying to save Bibi. I spotted her. She clings onto me making me so hard to pull her up to the surface. Thankfully, somebody is pulling us up to the surface and I found myself lying on the deck of the boat. Every part of me is numb. I grab Bibi and hold her so nobody will be able to take her away again. I tried to find where Mum and Dad are and I found them on the other boat which is moving faster away from us than ever. What can I do to get to Mum and Dad?

Day 21

Suddenly, everyone is rushing to get on the boat. We had lost Mum and Dad amongst all the crowd and they are getting further and further away by all the crush of the people. Bibi wanted to get the ball back so that we could go according to our plan but without a ball, we could do nothing. Suddenly, the boy that wanted my ball tried to help us get the ball. He slipped and fell into the water. I went to seek help but nobody is listening. Bibi was thrown over the side of the boat by the sailor whom I tried to get help from. I hope nothing happens to Bibi...