An interview

This is an interview between by father and I about a book my father read when he was young.

Q: So what is the names of this book?

Ans: It's called "Cry My Beloved Country".

Q:When did you read it?

Ans: I read it when I was 15 as a Literature text.

Q:What is the book about?

Ans: Basically, this book is about apartheid(noun historical
(in South Africa) a policy or system of segregation or discrimination ongrounds of race)situation in Africa in the. It is also a book that touches on the matter of racial and social justice.

Q:What part of this book makes you like it?

Ans: The main reasons that result in me liking this book is that this book highlights the importance of not exploiting the weakness of someone and not to use one's strength to dominate a fellow human being.

Q: How has this book impacted you?

Ans: It has taught me to go beyond the surface characteristic of people so as to better appreciate the person of the other party.

Q: How would you rate this book?

Ans: It is a very good book that is definitely worth reading.

The Village by the Sea

Hi everyone, 

Today, I'm going to talk about a new book.

Drumroll Please

Yes it is the book that we all love The Village By the Sea

Has anyone ever thought about I possible ending(happy or sad)? Well I actually did during my LA class. Well here it is hope you guys out there like it.

Epilogue--- 1 years later

"Bela! Wait for me!" Kamal shouted as she tried to catch up with her hyper-active sister.

The reason for such excitement? It was simple, Hari had finally earned enough money to send his sister to school and it had been so long since the two little girls had gone to school. 

"Mum, we are home!" shouted Bela as approached her home.

 

"How was school dear?" replied a lady who came out of the house. She was Bela's mother. Last year, Bela's mum was so sick that she could not even stand up, but now, thanks to the de SIlvas,  her mum was as fit as a fiddle and was able to help out with the household chores.

"School was great mum. It feels so good to be finally be able to go back to school, aren't I right Kamal?" replied Bela.

"I LOVE school. It was SO fun. I can't wait to go back tomorrow. By the way, where's dad, Hari and Lila." asked Kamal.

"Oh dad and Lila are at the poultry farm. As for Hari is still at his watch repair shop. Recently, with more engineers and workers coming in Thul, both businesses have been doing very well. I don't think they will come back early today." replied Bela's mother.

"Mum, do you like the change that is going to happen to Thul?" asked the ever curious Bela.

"Well... even if I don't like the change that is going to happen, I cannot just sit down here and sulk as it will not bring any good. Instead we should accept the change and adapt to the new surrounding. That is how we can survive. The wheel never stands still and stop; it rolls, rolls and rolls." replied Bela's mum.

  

Nothing but the Truth

Hi everyone,

Below is a video about Nothing but the Truth.

Hope you liked it.

Anyway, today I am going to talk about a possible ending to the book Nothing but the Truth.

Dairy of Phillp Malloy

Life is NOT a bed of roses. Ever since that incident that happen months, my life has been changed a 180 degrees around. Just because I was singing (or humming. Does that make any difference?), my life has been drastically changed. Now I am in a weird private school filled with nerds and geeks and to make things worse, THERE IS NO TRACK TEAM!!! If i had continued to stay in my previous school, I would be blamed by others because I had caused my English teacher, Miss Margaret Narwin to resign. But is it my fault? If she had just not poke her nose into my affairs, none of this would have happened. Furthermore, people like Jake Barlow just kept on talking about this issue causing people to be provoked which resulted my into getting so much trouble. And if you think this is bad, wait till you hear the rest of my story. When I had arrived in my new school, I was asked to lead the class in singing the national anthem. At that very moment of time, I had no choice but to admit that I did not know the lyrics to the national anthem. Ever since then, I have been coldly treated by the student in my new school. 

Well there is no use complaining now. :(

NEVER give up

Hi "long time" no see,

Today our topic is about resilience and about NEVER EVER giving up.

For most of you guys in 1A3, when you were in P1, you were always getting very high marks, aren't I right?

However for my case, life was not a bed of roses. I was always getting a Band 2-3 and a rare Band 1. At the end of the year, I was around "top" 200 in my cohort. 

When I was in P2-P3, the Band 3's were gone and I would usually get a Band 2 and sometimes for EL and Math a Band 1. I was ranked 100+ during that time.

Then my forth year in primary school came, the year of my greatest improvement. That year, I topped my level for English that meant I had actually beaten the top boy in the top class. That year, my ranking became from 100+ to somewhere around 30-40 (I can't really remember). I personally believe that the main reason why I had such a big improvement was that I had worked very hard (especially during the holidays).

Then when I was in p5 and p6,  my results were starting to get better. I had some high band 2's ( above 80) and quite a lot of band 1's and A*'s. At the end of the year, I was top 14 in my school.

If I had given up because of the fact that my results were poor when I was in P3, I would not be able to enter HCI such a wonderful school and be in 1A3 and have such nice and friendly classmates.

Being Hard Working

Famous inventor, Thomas Alva Edison said "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"

What does this mean?

Personally, I think what Thomas Edison is trying to say is that in order to succeed, one has to work hard and his or her efforts will pay off.

I actually know of someone who came from China in 2002 and was primary 4. When she came to Singapore, she did not even know her ABC's, but when she took her English test, she got a Band 1. Some of you may say that she was lucky or something like that, but the truth of the matter is that her success was the fruits of the hours spent learning and being taught by her mother. Now, she is in RJC year 1. In addition, she is in the best class and is actually one of the best in English in her entire school. From this we can see that actually what Thomas Edison said was 100% correct. However, the thing is that not everyone puts in a 100% effort  (including myself sometimes). People make use of the proverb" All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy" and say that they should totally not do any work and slack. They always think that they can do things at the eleventh hour (like how I am rushing to do 5 blog posts). They think that do the work is a waste of time and playing games is a more meaningful job to spend his time.

If you disagree with what I say, feel free to share your comments.

Bye(off to do my next blog post...)