I Was Not Alone

It was a boring day, as usual. Go to school, do homework, play games, study and sleep, you can say that was my daily routine. Today, I was having my dinner in the hostel's canteen, I saw some new-looking faces.

I assumed they were the new scholars and I walked to them and greeted them. My assumption was correct and they were from Malaysia too.They were two of them. They were friendly and we have a little chat for half an hour. When I ask them how you feel when you alone the first day in Singapore, their answers took my mind back to the first day I came to Singapore...

The first scholar answered 'homesick'. I remembered that when my parents leave me alone in Victoria Hall on my first day in Singapore.They looked sad and my mother was crying softly. I was holding back, not to cry,trying not to make my parents worry. The whole night, I was thinking about my parents,my siblings and my home.Not house, but home.

But still, life still need to go on.We had orientation and Victoria School's PSL was helping me to pass through this hard moment of life. They tell me jokes, make funny things, advise and motivate me when I am down.

The next scholar answered 'cant cope up with studies'. As you know, there was a big gap between Malaysia's education and Singapore's education, especially in English. When i was first day in Victoria School, I was stunned by the hardness of the English, Mathematics and Science.

Luckily, the teachers in Victoria School were truly good teachers. They will explain until you understand it. So, I have no problem in studying here in Singapore.Some teachers live in hostel too. I can also approach them for help when I have problems in study. For instance, I had many Maths question that i had no idea about it, Mr.Su, my former Maths teacher was kind enough to teach me.

I was very appreciate that Singaporeans help me when I have difficulty.I never though that Singaporeans will treat the Malaysians fair and square and I was happy to have Singaporeans as my friends.Life's tough, the journey will be long, and you will never be alone.

Brothers in Arm

In a blink of eye, four year passed. My brother had been away to pursuit further studies at overseas. My mum had been teary-eyed when she sent him over whilee she was proud that he was able to clinch the coveted scholarship. So, four years passed and my brother is coming home.

We went to air port early because my brother will be arriving aruond 10 am. We dressed in our best attire to welcome him. As time flies, the plane arrived. We were so anxious for my brother's arrival.

Then, a tall, muscular man waved at us. We took a few moment before my mother recognize him. He was my brother! As my family had financial problem, my parents do not have enough income to let my brother to come back home from overseas during holiday.

My brother hugged us and he looked very happy. Then we proceed back to our house.He was eagered to go back his home that he left it four years ago.He told us that nothing is more comfortable compared to his own home.

My brother had also brought us some souvenir. He opened his bag and i saw tons of choclates inside his bag. He bought the chocolate Kat-Kit for me. It almost four years he left our family, and he still remember my favourite chocolate, what a good brother it is!!

Later, my father brought us to a seafood restaurant for dinner. It was expensive but my brother like seafood.So as a caring father, as long his son is happy,he will satisfy. We ordered crabs,prawns and many many more.....

I was happy that my brother was back. But sadly, he need to go overseas to study again in university.Although I hope he will stay here, but he is going to create a better road for his future...

Class Mayhem

It was a typical day in the school. we had our assembly and after that, w went back to our class. It was in the morning, my class always looked tired and sleepy, especially when Science was the first lesson. ( No offence to the teacher)

We wait for the teacher in the class and suddenly my class monitor. Derek came in. He was always late. He told us that our Science teacher was sick and he was on medical leave today. After that, very quickly our class shouted 'Hooray'!! And this means the mayhem started.

Some of my friends started to walk around and talk. Soon, our class became a noisy market. Our class assistant monitor, Ryan started to maintain order but he failed. It was very disappointing to see that Derek was joining the party too.

then, our class joker, Wei Jie started to make funny voices and actions. He made the class laugh and ssome of them started to imitate him. Ryan was unable to control them. Few naughty boys started to throw crumpled pieces of paer to each other. Sean was hit and he was unhappy. He became furious and went to hit them.

The boys who threw the papers were upset too and they started to fight with Sean. Derek and Ryan saw that and quickly ran over to stop their fighting. The whole class including me surrounded them and started cheering for their own sides. After a few tries, Derek and Ryan managed to stop them, but Derek took some damage during the incident.

Just right after this, we heard a loud bang on the door . There stood a plump, short man followed by ' eh boy'!! he was our disclipine teacher, Mr. Jeffrey. there was a pindrop silence and everyone, especially the students that were fighting. The monitors were scolded too as they have responsibility to take care of the class. Eventually, the whole class got detention.

After five minutes Mr. Jeffrey went off, our class regained active again and it was as noisy as before...

A Bad Day

I woke up today and it was quite bright in my room. It took me a few moment to find out that I was late for school. I jumped out of the bed and wear the uniform quickly, not even bathing, fearing that Mr.Chia is standing in front of the school waiting for me. I even skipped my breakfast.

My prediction was true and i got detention from him...

The first lesson was Biology. The teacher forgave me and i went to my seat. I open my bag and i was shocked. I cant even find a book with Biology on it. The teacher was very angry and i see Mr. Chia for the second time and he doubled my detention.

I thought my bad luck would be over, bit it wasn't.....

It was recess time and i rushed to canteen. I was hungry as i had not taken my breakfast, but my wallet disappeared. I was very furious that time but nothing could be done. I went searching my wallet and eventually i missed my lunch. Then my friend came to me with my wallet and told me that he took it by mistake. I was regret that i put my wallet on my desk.

Time flies and it was end of school. And I had training today. I borrowed money from friend to take my lunch. After that, i had my training. The training was brutal and I was exhausted. Then it had some jumping exercise. Then, bad luck strikes again, Joshy tripped me and I fell to the ground. It was very painful and i hurt my leg. Luckily, i still able to walk.

Today was a very bad and unlucky day for me, i hope that it would not happen again.....
and i hope tomorrow will be a better day...

Her Son Was Gone

As I walked back to hostel from school, i heard a woman was crying in the General Office. When I took a closer look, it was Ms. Pama. Ms. Pama was our school vice-principal, she teaches me Mathematics. I rushed to he side and asked her what happened. Between her sob, she told me that his son, Rashid was missing.

According to her, her son took his lunch in Victoria School's canteen alone after came back from school. She expect her son to go back to the hostel. But when Ms. Pama went back,Rashid was nowhere to be found.

Rashid was ten years old. I knew him last year when I first came to Victoria Hall. We used to play football in the evening with other scholars.I was concerned about his safety.

I quickly went back to my room and told my roommates about the unfortunate incident. They immediately went to search for him. My roommates were also Rashid's best friends. After I bath, I gave a hand in searching for Rashid.

We searched upside down in the school compound for hours. But still, we failed. Ms. Rama was anxious and desperate to find her beloved son.

Then, we decided to search further from the school. As we lack of people, Iwent to the hostel and find all my friends to help out.

As I went into Joshua's room, I was shocked when I saw Rashid was sleeping soundly on Joshua's bed. I quickly waked him up and told him what happened. Upon hearing this, he followed me to find his mother.

Ms. Rama was delighted when she saw her son. She immediately hugged Rashid and cry louder than before.Later, when Ms. Rama calmed down, Rasihd told us what happened. He went to Joshua's room after his lunch and felt asleep there. As the whole room had CCA training, they left Rashid in the room.Later, Ms. Rama thanks us for helping her. That was the end of the incident and we went back to our own room.