Our bodies are made of flesh and bones. Anytime any part is injured we feel pain. So we try to avoid injury as much as we can. Usually it takes a painful lesson to teach us to avoid injury. The following was a particularly painful one.I, like any young child, love to run around as […]
Early one morning when it was still dark, I woke up suddenly. I felt very cold. The funny thing was that I had the blanket on but I still felt cold. I could not get back to sleep because of it. So I got up and put on extra clothes. Only then I managed to
Our home is usually our favourite place to spend time in. However many accidents occur at home. There are dangerous things in the house and we should be aware of them. Thus we can avoid unnecessary pain or injury.Electricity runs many of our home appliances. It is a very useful thing. It is also a
I was never a great athlete but I managed to win a prize once. It happened on a School Sports Day when I was asked to represent my house in the Long Jump. There were no other suitable ones, and I, being the tallest of my friends, was promptly sent to the Long Jump pit.
We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things at our convenience. However we tend to be wasteful.Electricity is one thing we waste most. Lights, fans, radios and other appliances are kept on even when no one is using them. I make it a point to switch them off when
The biggest pest in the home is the mosquito. I notice that there are at least 3 different kinds of mosquitoes. Some bite in the daytime and some at night. Some are large while some are tiny, but they have one thing in common – they bite. So we use mosquito repellents, coils, nets and
The routine of following lesson after lesson can be very tiring. Recess time always seems so far away. The bell rings. One teacher leaves, another appears. What we need is a break from the monotony.One morning, we were a lesson into the routine when I felt that it was going to be just another day
Everyone says that the old house at the end of the road is haunted. It used to be the residence of a rich family but now none of them would stay there. So the house is vacant and uncared for. The compound is filled with over-grown weed and grass.My friend Jack and I decided to
Nothing extraordinary happened last weekend. It was just like any other ordinary weekend.I got up later than usual on Saturday morning. After breakfast I went over to my friend Arul’s house and spent some time reading comics there. Arul has tons of comics. His father buys the latest for him. Being his friend, I get
My favourite subject in school is Mathematics. It is my favourite because I never have difficulty with it and always get good marks in tests.I suppose I am lucky to be born with a clear-thinking brain. So ever since young, manipulating numbers and figures came easy to me.The wonderful thing about Mathematics is that, besides
The first funny person that comes to mind is a man who sits on the branch of a tree by a road and shouts at the cars that pass by. He is mad of course but it still is strange that a madman should shout at passing cars. He never seems to notice me somehow
I like playing the guitar. Though I am not very good at it and am still learning, I can play some tunes. I spend quite a lot of time playing the guitar so much so I get scolded sometimes by my mother. I suppose I do tend to spend a bit too much time with
The games I like most is badminton. All it takes is a willing partner, two rackets and ashuttlecock. We do not even need a net. After all we simply enjoy hitting the shuttlecock to each other. My sister and I spend hours doing this just about everyday. We are not going to be world champions.
Many of us live in housing estates. I live in one myself. The one thing about living in a housing estate is that we have many neighbours.Next to my house on the right lives a family whose parents seem to be always scolding the children. I do not know them very well because they always
My father bought a new car one day. We were all very excited. He promised to take us to Melaka to visit my grandparents the coming Sunday.Sunday morning was bright and breezy. We hopped into the brand new car and soon we were heading out of Petaling Jaya towards the expressway. My mother sat in