Untitled by Regan

“OOOO, a brown envelope!” I exclaimed. I was on my way home from school when I saw the envelope. It was on a chair at the HDB flat two blocks away from my block. The envelope was quite bulky.

I poked around the envelope to guess what it was. I knew that if I opened the
envelope, it would be an invasion of someone’s privacy. I decided to ignore the envelope but, being a curious person, I had a strong urge to open it up and see what was inside.

I went back to the envelope and waited for someone to pick it up but no one
came. I tried to open it but it was tightly sealed. I looked for the gap at the edge of the seal and carefully peeled the seal.

“Just a peek," I kept reminding myself after I peeled open the seal.

I stretched my hand into the envelope, excitement flowing through my veins,
and just when I was about to take out the thing inside the envelope, someone grabbed my arm.

“Oi! What do you think you’re doing! Don’t you know you should not take
things that do not belong to you?!"

I turned around and saw a muscular, angry man. He was bald and had a
Chinese word tattoo on his arm.

“Sorry mister,” I said sheepishly.

The man snatched the envelope away, stared at me, and walked off. I heaved a sigh of relief. I was so scared that I had not thought that the man could be lying.

“How rude of him!” I thought. I was actually very grateful that such a guy like him did not bash me up.

I continued on my journey home and, while I was about to go into the lift,
something caught my eye. A brown envelope.

“What?! Another brown envelope?!” I exclaimed. This time however, I was
not so curious about what was inside the envelope. I went into the lift and went back home. I had learned my lesson. The earlier incident taught me that I should not invade other people’s privacy and that I should not let my curiosity get the better of me.

Never judge a book by its cover by Stanley

"Are you sure? It's just not right!" I asked.

"Don't worry, Danny. We're just... exploring his way of life." Tom argued. 

I shrugged my shoulders and we hid in a bush near Mr. Tan's or as we called him, the creeper's house.

"Look! There he is!" Tom whispered, a little too loudly though. 

The old man turned around as I pulled Tom back just in time. I glared at him and diverted my attention to what the old man was holding. I almost screamed when I saw a bloody knife. Tom saw it too. He signalled me to run as soon as the old man entered his house. 

Once we saw the old man closing his door, we ran back home as fast as our legs could carry us. From then on, we were fearful of him.

Three months later, I was on my way home from a cafe', alone. Just then, out of the corner of my eye, I saw a bulky brown envelope near Mr. Tan's house. Curiosity beat fear and I went to the envelope immediately. On closer look, I saw that a few words were written on it, 'To my dearest grandfather'. 

'A bigger mystery lies in that envelope' I thought. I was about to pick it up when...

"No! Don't touch it!" cried a voice as he or she or it grabbed my reached-out hand. 

I slowly turned my head and my eyes widened with fear when I saw...

"Mr. Tan! Ahh! Let go of me!" I struggled and pulled my arm free of his grasp. I took off without looking back but half-way down the road, something crying caught my attention. I looked back and saw Mr. Tan on his knees sobbing. Looking at his pitiful state, I could not help but head back. I approached him slowly and asked in concern, "Are you alright?"

He looked at me with his red eyes and wiped his tears away. He looked at the envelope and then to me. Tears started welling up in his eyes again as he handed me the envelope and told me to read the contents inside.

Moments later, my eyes too started to brim with tears. It was then when I realised, his family members had all passed away due to cancer except for his grandson but, last year, he too died but not before leaving this letter for his grandfather which was delivered not until now.

We became friends as it was not his fault for becoming so emotional. I explained his conditions to my friends and we were determined to make Mr. Tan smile once more. Whenever Tom and I were free. we would visit him. For the first time, we saw his wonderful smile.

I find I don't learn a lot while I'm talking.

We shall see how true the saying goes.

Letter of appreciation

Dear Editor

I am writing in to express my appreciation to the taxi driver, Mr Lim, who had rendered his assistance to me on 20 September 2009, 7pm at Sixth Avenue (1m).

I had been waiting for two hours by the side of the road before Mr Lim (1m) came to my rescue to change my punctured tyre (1m). After he had changed the tyre for me, I offered Mr Lim $50 (1m) for his trouble. Mr Lim readily refused my gesture of appreciation. He told me he was sincere in helping me. (1m)

I was thoroughly heartened by my whole encounter I had with Mr Lim. (1m) How I hoped everyone is as gracious and helpful as him.

Filled with gratitude
Kathy

Oral Testing 9 October 2012

E3	5-6	. 1 -9
E4	5-6	10 – 16
E5	5-6	17 – 42

Important assignment

Talk all you can here.

Post -reading response: ST - P6 Pupils to get help for leap to secondary school

I do not think that I need to attend this workshop. I know how to manage my time and I think that I will not be very stressful. If I come across a bully, I can always report to a teacher. I can make friends so I do not have to worry about making friends.

~Regan~

Well, for me I personally think that I could cope well in a new environment and with the new people I meet but I am still Primary 5, I have not reached the end of Primary 6 yet. Maybe my thinking is different by then, I will never know.

~Stanley~

I think that the workshop would really help the P6 pupils because it teaches them how to manage stress, expectations and emotions like anger and sadness and those that are associated with the transition which the P6s need to do or manage. Even though the workshop only lasts only  four to five hours, I think it will be very meaningful to the P6 pupils. I think that embarking on an exciting new chapter of your life is inevitable.  I am very excited and nervous at the same time.

~Dong Wang~

We should work hard to achieve our goals. Everyone has to adapt to new surroundings along the way. When we have succeeded in doing something, we can then relax. When we are doing something like studying, we should work towards finishing what we are doing and don't give up on it easily. So we should not give up our dreams easily and we should set our minds on working hard towards accomplishing our goals.

~Jessie~

Personally, I believe that every single new day unfolds a new chapter of my life. One most exciting chapter will be the transition from primary 6 to secondary school life. I hope every single chapter from today will be better and interesting.I am going to try my best to make it happen. By being positive, I am sure it will happen. I want my life to be filled with great chapters so that when I look back at my life book, I will smile instead of regretting what I have not done. By then, it may be too late for me to attempt to change the contents in my memory.

~Sabrina~