Facets (Photo Essay)

Topic: Food

Singapore is a multi-racial country. There are all sorts of races in Singapore such as the Chinese, the Malays, the Indians and the Eurasians. Hence, Singapore has a variety of food for us to choose from. 

One of my favourite malay food is the nasi lemak that sells near my house. Even though it is a fasting month, they still sell nasi lemak. I like their chicken wing set meal as the chicken is mouth-watering. I will buy them to eat when it is open in the weekends. 

The Hainanese chicken rice is my favourite chinese food. I remember I bought chicken rice from the same stall at the near by market to eat their delicious chicken rice. I realized that some stalls have different ways to cook the rice so the rice will taste different when we eat it. 

Finally, the prawn noodles is one of the most delicious food I ate in the closed down food court, "Long House". Their soup for the prawn was very good and you can never get tired from drinking the soup as it is healthy. The prawn they used are large hence it is quite expensive. My family sometimes will buy the noodles and eat it at the Long House. It was delicious and I loved how the seller cook it. 

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Book Review

Book Review

The book I am going to review is a online novel by writerbug44. This author writes novels in an app call 'Wattpad'. Jolene recommended me the app and the book. 

The name of this book is 'Celebrity Status'. Holly Thorne is the narrator and the main female character. She has a normal life in Minnesota: normal friends, family and grades. She is a little hyper and bubbly, other than that, she is normal. The fact that her brother, Jackson Thorne, is the most famous teen actor in Hollywood; hence he left his family and moved to Hollywood. Holly hasn't seen her brother for two years, hence moving in with him for the summer; but she didnt know that Jackson lives beside his best friend, Ryder West aka Holly's obsession. She soon fell in love with Ryder's younger brother, Kale West. 

I love the book as there are a lot of twists, I also personally like romance and comedy books. My favourite part was in the last few chapters. Holly broke up with Kale due the misunderstandings for hanging out with Ryder. Holly wanted to prepare Kale his birthday present and needed help, hence asking Ryder to teach her how to play baseball, Kale's favourite sport. Holly also even called Kale's favourite baseball team to surprise him. 

Holly was heartbroken when Kale said she was nothing but a cheater; hence leaving Hollywood and broke up with Kale. The story ends here, but there are two sequels to this book. The first sequel is called, "Cross My Heart" and the last sequel is "Lover Dearest". 

I don't think I have to change the plot of the book as I think the author has great vocabulary and express Holly very well. Even though Jolene personally recommended the book to me, I recommended both sequels to her and other few girls. I think people who like comedy and romance stories will love this book. 

International Friendship Day

During International Friendship Day, it was a fun experience as I get to know more of my classmates from India. I wore  traditional costumes from different countries such as India and the Philippines and tried their traditional food. I tried the candy from the Philippines where my friend recommended. It was sweet and delicious. International friendship day helps me to know better about my friends' background from where they came from. It helps me a lot to what to give them for gifts and what not to give. 

March Holidays

Reflection:

During the three months of English lessons, I have realized I have enjoyed English lessons the most among all the subjects I have studied. They are always so fun and funny as Miss Foo gave us onus for some lessons. Mrs Tan gave us notes that is mostly related to exams and tests. Thanks to Mrs Tan, I have learn a lot of important precautions and notes for exams and tests so we won't have any mistakes during the exams and tests. 

I think I have improved my English during the three months in secondary school. As you can see, my English is not that good. I used to attend tuition for English as my English is very bad. I failed my English once during my last year in Primary school and cried due to the stress my English teacher gave me. Since that test, I never took English seriously until I attend tuition. Thanks to tuition, now I have grown to like English more than Chinese which was my favorite subject in primary school. 

I hope there will be more puns or fun activities to allow all of us to participate in. I also wish there is more notes for me to remember since I'm a forgetful person. Well, I think that's all for this reflection! 😊😊

Letter to Sibling

Draft 4

Dear Erin,

How's your studies? I hope you are fine in Australia. I would like to tell you about the recent riot. We know Singapore is usually a very peaceful place, but there's a huge riot that scares modern Singaporeans.

 There is a Little India Riot that happened in Little India, on a road near the famous restaurant The Banana Leaf Apollo. The newspaper wrote that a foreign van driver had drove over an Indian that was crossing the road, It said that the driver couldn't see him and ran over him without knowing. After that, people started to gather and fought with the driver. Within minutes, they argued and fought.They even flip the van over. It was a messy chaos. Just thinking about it made me shiver with fear like a person who is afraid of the dark. 

 The riot had caused the place to have a temporary ban of alcohol drinking. They also hit the policemen who were trying to stop them! Could you actually believe it? 

I hope there will not be anymore race riots happening in Singapore. See you in a month's time!

Love,
Celia

Story Of A Choker

Story Of A Choker
Draft 3

"Mother, what is that on your neck?" Little 10-year-old Stephanie asked as she stared at me.
"This, my child, is my mother's choker. It's an antique Victorian choker that has been passed down for generations. One day, you will have it when you grow older." My current owner, Maggie, said.

I am a choker, that has been passed down for 4 years since Maggie's grandmother bought me from the black market. I am old enough to be called as an antique as I am already a century old. I am created in Britain 1887. I have a picture of a young maiden and black beads decorating my black body. Maggie's grandmother have admired my elegance and paid me for 50 pounds (around S$104).

"What is this? A necklace?" Maggie's grandmother, Victoria, asked.
"Young maiden, this is no necklace, this is a choker. Would you want one of these?" The seller explained. Immediately, Victoria chose me as her choice. She opened her purse and gave the seller 50 pounds. I was like a excited kangaroo jumping around! I was wrapped with newspaper in that time. 

Well, that was in the past. I had great memories with Victoria, but her illness was pulling her to death. Victoria soon gave birth to a daughter, she passed me to her daughter when her daughter was 17. After that, she passed away peacefully. Her daughter, as well, took care of me very well, she brought me to school every single day, during proms and graduation. She wore me every time, everyday and also pass me to Maggie.

On Stephanie's 17th birthday, Maggie gave her me. I was proud and happy since all my owners have treated me well, I thought might as well Stephanie will take good care of me, but I was wrong. Ever since, Stephanie had never polished me, wear me, and have even threw me on the floor hard till the picture of the young maiden got a crack!

After a few weeks of suffering, Maggie came to Stephanie's room to clean up. Her room was a huge mess. Her clothes piling up in a corner, trash covering me, it was a horrible sight. Maggie, starts to clean up by throwing the trash into a big black plastic trash bag. She didn't seem to see me and also threw me in without noticing.

After a few hours, I was left out cold in the dark. I felt lost, how could Maggie threw me away along the trash without noticing?! Even though I'm complaining, I could not move nor speak. And so, I stayed outside out cold for a week. Then, an elderly man with a mustache came to search through trash bin. Soon, he was staring at me for a while as I stared back at him. Then, he reached out his hand and grabbed me and a few companions along with me. He stuffed us into his hand-carry bag and began to travel back. I was confused, where would he bring me to?

Soon after, the old man brought me back to his workshop. He seemed to be a jeweler, he placed me on the table,  and started to work on me. He polished, replaced the glass of the picture. "Daddy!!" a young girl running towards her working father. She had deep brown eyes, wavy brown hair and was wearing a black dress. "What is this choker? This is so pretty!! Can I have it?" the young girl asked. The father passed me to her. She had a very beautiful smile. Smiling widely, she immediately put me around her neck. Since then, I had great memories and the little girl took me as if I'm her most precious jewelry.

THE END

Story Of A Choker

Story Of A Choker
Draft 2

"Mother, what is that on your neck?" Little 10-year-old Stephanie asked as she stared at me.
"This, my child, is my mother's choker. It's an antique Victorian choker that has been passed down for generations. One day, you will have it when you grow older." My current owner, Maggie, said.

I am a choker, that has been passed down for 4 years since Maggie's grandmother bought me from the black market. I am old enough to be called as an antique as I am already a century old. I am created in Britain 1887. I have a picture of a young maiden and black beads decorating my black body. Maggie's grandmother have admired my elegance and paid me for 50 pounds (around S$104).

"What is this? A necklace?" Maggie's grandmother, Victoria, asked.
"Young maiden, this is no necklace, this is a choker. Would you want one of these?" The seller explained. Immediately, Victoria chose me as her choice. She opened her purse and gave the seller 50 pounds. I was like a excited kangaroo jumping around! I was wrapped with newspaper in that time. 

Well, that was in the past. I had great memories with Victoria, but her illness was pulling her to death. Victoria soon gave birth to a daughter, she passed me to her daughter when her daughter was 17. After that, she passed away peacefully. Her daughter, as well, took care of me very well, she brought me to school every single day, during proms and graduation. She wore me every time, everyday and also pass me to Maggie.

On Stephanie's 17th birthday, Maggie gave her me. I was proud and happy since all my owners have treated me well, I thought might as well Stephanie will take good care of me, but I was wrong. Ever since, Stephanie had never polished me, wear me, and have even threw me on the floor hard till the picture of the young maiden got a crack!

After a few weeks of suffering, Maggie came to Stephanie's room to clean up. Her room was a huge mess. Her clothes piling up in a corner, trash covering me, it was a horrible sight. Maggie, starts to clean up by throwing the trash into a big black plastic trash bag. She didn't seem to see me and also threw me in without noticing.

After a few hours, I was left out cold in the dark. I felt lost, how could Maggie threw me away along the trash without noticing?! I stayed outside out cold for a week. Then, an elderly man with a mustache came to search through trash bin. Soon, he was staring at me for a while as I stared back at him. Then, he reached out his hand and grabbed me and a few companions along with me. He stuffed us into his hand-carry bag and began to travel back. I was confused, where would he bring me to?

Soon after, the old man brought me back to his workshop. He seemed to be a jeweler, he placed me on the table,  and started to work on me. He polished, replaced the glass of the picture. "Daddy!!" a young girl running towards her working father. She had deep brown eyes, wavy brown hair and was wearing a black dress. "What is this choker? This is so pretty!! Can I have it?" the young girl asked. The father passed me to her. She had a very beautiful smile. Smiling widely, she immediately put me around her neck. Since then, I had great memories and the little girl took me as if I'm her most precious jewelry.

THE END