Thursday, October 22, 2009

Neighborliness

Last night, James’s house was broken into. Two men armed with guns entered James’s house through the back door at about 2a.m. Mr. Lim, James’s neighbor, woke up when he heard unusual noises, coming from next door.

Mr. Lim looked through a window and could see two masked men holding his neighbor’s family at gunpoint in the living room. Mr. Lim quickly alerted the police as well as another neighbor, Encik Latiff. The two men armed themselves with sticks and rods. They managed to get into James’s house through an open window.

Mr. Lim somehow got behind one of the robbers and held his rod against the man saying it was a gun. The two men quickly dropped their weapons. They were tied up.

Later, the police arrived, to take the robbers away. The robbers were arrested and James thanked Mr. Lim and Encik Latiff and their families for saving his family.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

‘Lepak’


‘Lepak’ means hanging around town or at a shopping complex doing nothing. It is a mere waste of time.

This is a common problem amongst teenagers because teenagers, especially those who are not interested in studying. As they are not interested in studying, and they prefer to waste time gathering at shopping complexes with their friends to chit-chat or window shopping.

We can overcome this problem by making parents aware that it is important for them to keep an eye on their children. Parents should know their children are doing in school and they should also know if their children’s friend.

Teenagers should involve in other useful activities such as outdoor games, badminton, basketball, social work or vocational training.

Diligence


Kamal was from a poor family but he was ambitious. He wanted to become a doctor so that he could save people’s lives.

Kamal diligently studied everyday. His mother encouraged him, although as the eldest in a family of four, he had to help her run the nasi lemak stall.

Kamal managed to get 5 A’s for his PMR examination. He knew this was not enough. He worked even harder and obtained 8’As in his SPM examination.

He was awarded a scholarship to study Form 6. His good results in Form 6 earned him another scholarship to study medicine in University of Malaya.

At the age of 25, Kamal graduated as a doctor and made his mother proud.

A Class Party

It was the end of the final school term. The students in Form 1B planned to hold a class party. First of all, each one of us contributed RM2.

Some of the students volunteered to be in charge of the food and drinks. The food that they prepared is biscuits, cakes, sweets, mee-hoon and iced-drinks. Every student brought their own plate, glass, fork and spoon.

At 2.00pm, on the day of the party, all the boys met and re-arranged the furniture in the classroom. The girls prepared the food and drinks. They organized some games such as ‘Treasure Hunt’ and ‘Musical Chairs’, which everyone enjoyed.

After the games, they turned to delicious food and drinks. The Form 1B teacher gave away prizes to the winners of the games. Lastly, they took photos and went home happily after cleaning up the classroom. They felt the class party was a good way to end the year.