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The baby dairies above 10 years

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10 yr 10 months (May 2018): Freya really loves exams (NOT!). We have to often sign solemn treaties before she starts any online practice tests. ----------------------------------------------- 10 yr 10 months (May 2018): Freya hates animal cruelty. She hates it when animals are harmed on screen, e.g. we recently watched the movie "Sholay", in which lots of baddies fall off horses when shot (and the horses fall too) - she kept on asking if the horses would have gotten hurt. And then this piece on silkworms. ----------------------------------------------- 11 yr 3 months (Oct 2018): Freya has started to watch episodes of Hindi tele-series "Crime Patrol Dastak ", which deals with how t he Criminal Investigation Department cracks down on crime on the streets of Mumbai. Her question around the name  Das-tak - "Is this because this serial finishes at 10 o'clock?" ----------------------------------------------- 11 yr 4 months (Nov 2018): Ok, so

Freya's Stories & Poems - Officially Awesome!

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27/06/2021 My 70th Birthday Speech Hi everyone. Thank you for coming to my 70 th  birthday. Before I start, I would like to thank my parents, who are no longer alive, but have helped me through life. I would also like to thank all my friends that are here. I have had many amazing experiences in my life, and I used to be sad when they were over. But I saw a quote that changed the way that I thought of things: “don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”, by Dr Seuss  (quote) . That quote has changed my outlook on life, and I still go by it. When I was 13 years and 9 months old, in April 2021, I became the youngest person to climb Mt. Everest  (proudest moment) . This was one of my proudest moments, and I still remember the feeling of being at the summit. But shortly after that, on my way down, I got hypothermia  (health issue) , and had to get my little toe on my left foot amputated  (health issue) , which were two of the major health issues I had. A major event in my life w