My cousin is Matheesha Jayawardana who lives in Rochester, New York, USA. He is in Grade 6. He is four months younger than me. His school is Sherman Elementary School. His school year starts in September and ends in June. There are 16 children from various countries in his class. His best friend is Arny, and he has another two friends called Nick and Hunter. He learns Mathematics, Science, English, Social Studies, Music, Art and Physical Education as subjects. He does martial arts, swimming and scouting as his extracurricular activities. He is a very smart and active boy. He sends me pictures via Viber whenever he visits beautiful places in America such as Nayagara Waterfalls, White House and NASA. He loves Sri Lanka very much as it is his mother land. His future ambition is to become an engineer.
Nethya Tilakaratna,
Grade 6 B, Maliyadeva Balika Vidyalaya,
Kurunegala.