All About Me

All About Me

Shreya

My name is Shreya and it originated from India. My name means fortunate, beautiful, bold, and auspicious. In Hindi it means something else like a god in Hindu there are also other meanings to it. There is a famous singer who is very popular in India. Her name is Shreya Ghoshal. Sometimes when her name comes up they say “hey Shreya it’s you on TV.” I don’t 

want to have another name that I would like to be called. I like being called by my first name which is Shreya. I think my grandma might have thought of my name because she had also thought of my brother's name which he has right now. My mum had a different name for him but it had been changed by my grandma. I don’t remember if my mum or grandma had named me. So I am not sure why they chose that name for me. I wouldn’t actually want to change my name to anything else. I like how my name is now. In New Zealand I haven’t met many people with the name Shreya so I find it unique here and, in Fiji and India it is a common name for girls to have. 

This is my avatar. I used two  different sites to make two different avatars. I used these sites which were cartoonify and GetAvataars. I had taken a screen shot of them because it was easier to do. I didn’t really choose much of a background except for one which is kind of simple. I am going to choose the one to the right because I like that one more than the other one.

I have some books at home which are kind of old but I still read them sometimes. The places I read are sitting on my bed, on the couch, or by the table. I don’t have a favourite book or a favourite series but, I use to like reading goosebumps and I still do sometimes. Although I didn’t find reading too hard for me at the start. I don’t remember how many books I have read this year. If I gave advice to someone who can’t read well, I would say, just read everyday. I have not read any books in my language and I can not read in my own language.

I try to be positive when things are going wrong. My friends tell me not to feel down. I am patient and nice. If I miss out something if it is something I like then I may feel a bit down but, if it is something I don't like then I don’t mind. I’m not too good at sports, but I am a good listener.

The most important people to me are my family and all of my friends. My mum is very important and so is everyone else. My family and I live here in New Zealand but, some of my family also live in Fiji. I have one dog in Fiji. If something really bad happened to my family or friends I would be kind of devastated. So far nothing has happened which is good.

When the earthquake happened, my mum and I were at home and I think my brother was at home too.  We were inside of our house when the earthquake happened. Our house was not okay. My dad was at work when it happened. Me and my mum were sitting outside after it finished. It did break our house and we moved and now that house isn’t there anymore. I don’t remember what we did after the earthquake and once my dad was home but it was pretty bad.

The place I love to be is at home or with family/friends. I don’t often go to my friends house but sometimes we make plans and go to somebody's house. When I am with my family we either go to a restaurant or family around us meet up and we go to their house or we go somewhere. We don’t have a specific place we go to.

We don’t visit Fiji very often but we would go every 3 years. Now my mum said that we will go to other places. We do communicate with our family in Fiji over the phone and talk to them like that. They also sometimes come and visit us here in New Zealand. Most of the time they come for a job or something else. 

I know what I want to do when I leave school.  I think this is because if I study hard enough then it could come true. I am choosing this path because I want to do something good in the world. Since I have just started high school I will have to wait 2-3 more years to get a job. Once I get a job then, I can start to save up money for my studies and university. I know someone that does law studies so I can ask that person to help me if they can with the law studies.

Challenge

This year I want to be organised and make sure that I complete my work on time. 

Achieve

When I don’t understand something I will put my hand  up and ask for help.

Responsibility

I will do the right thing and not get in any trouble.

Empathy

Speak more. I am quiet and shy at school. Once I know people then I talk to them but, if someone talks to me first then I talk to them as well.