New places and new people!

I went to Wales again, Peter invited me to attend the opening of the Rhayader Museum at CARAD. I was on the list of VIPs! (Someone told me that stands for Very Important Person??) There was a 'minister' there and someone from something called Heritage, which is about what happened a long time back, and a lady and man with big gold chains from somewhere called Birmingham. But actually the most special moment was that Tom sang a song and I was there to see him on stage in front of all those big people. He winked at me!

I also met a dragon and I liked riding on its back!

Sunday was the best yet. I got to meet all

my friends properly and they showed me around Hackney. I liked having my photograph taken, and the Queen Mother of hackney gave me a blessing. I feel like this is my home on this planet, East London. I think it is special because there are people here with so many stories about the different places people have come from. I want to tell them about the moon and the stars, but we haven't found a way of sharing a language yet. I have so much I want to tell my friends.

Ali told me we are going on a train on Friday. What's that? We are going to a place called Scotland. I am going to meet a Big Man!

Thames Festival

I had a fantastic experience on Sunday. I appeared at The Thames Festival riding my starship in my brand new outfit! Along with me, were my new friends from Hackney, including The Queen Mother, who was watching over her subjects. She represents all the people of Hackney, you can tell by her amazing robes that she has been given on her visits. There was the Brazilian Market stall holder, where you can buy everything. I can't imagine where they get all those things. There are three girls who are wearing maps, so you can find your way around, as I understand it's easy to get lost in East London. My best friend is the girl who hands out plants from her pink wheelbarrow. she told me she is a guerilla gardner? She says she wants to cover the concrete with flowers! Miss Hackney Family has pictures of all the people and places so I have lots more things to look forward to discovering when I finally go there on 27th September for their big party, Hackney One Carnival.

Guess what, I am going back to Wales today, to help open their folk museum! I wonder if I'll see Tom again, and whether he'll remember me. I am going to wear my new dress.

What are you up to? Tell me your stories, I am sure you are meeting lots of new people too.

Wednesday 2nd September

Things have been really picking up here at Kinetika! All my new friends are busy making more things for me to discover when they are finished. They will be going out for the first time at a festival by the river, called the Thames on 13th September and then at Hackney One Carnival on 27th September.

I have also been invited to go back to Wales to see my friends. They have created a new exhibition about where they come from.

Meanwhile some of my brothers and sisters have been busy too. Starchild discovered a park in Nottingham where people told stories.


Alex, who lives in South London woke up in the middle of an amazing performance by The Kinetika Bloco. She had a really interesting journey visiting all the musicians and dancers. the music was really interesting, mainly inspired by an African musician called Fela Kuti.

There is so much to discocer here, we all seem to arriving in very differet worlds!