First of all, I would like to visit the moon. By the time ordinary people can visit the moon, I will probably be very old or dead. Anyhow it would be quite an experience to walk on the moon. It is said that there is no air or water and our weight is many times […]
One evening just as I was getting ready to watch a cartoon show on television, there was a power failure. The television set just went blank, the lights went off and the fan slowed down and stopped. As it was getting dark, I hoped that the power would berestored soon but it was not to
As I descended the steps of the bus, I saw dark clouds in the sky. It looked as though it would rain.I walked briskly toward home which was a good kilometer away. My mother had warned me about getting caught in the rain. I might catch a cold or something. I wondered if I could
One morning I woke up with a very sore throat. I could not swallow without feeling great pain. I told my mother about it.She decided that I should skip school that day. She was going to take me to see a doctor.At 9 a.m., my mother and I took the bus to town-to see our
I was totally shocked when the teacher threw my exercise book at my face. She stood there glowering at me with her huge eyes. What had I done?Next, the boy beside me got the same treatment. One by one the teacher repeated her nasty actions on a total of five boys. The whole class was
“Studying smart” is a phrase often used by students, parents and teachers to mean “studying in an intelligent and effective way.”Not all methods of studying are intelligent or effective. For example, a person who does not pay attention in class or who does not do his homework on time is certainly not intelligent. He will
Pongal is the harvest festival of Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated for four days in the mid-January commencing from the last day of the Tamil month Margazhi. The sun, the earth and the cattle are worshipped by farmers as thanks giving for a bounteous harvest.People of Tamil Nadu took gay and enthusiastic with lots of
When I was seven years old, I was given a small wallet to keep my pocket-money in. It made me feel grown up and I carried it proudly in my hip pocket.One day, during recess in school, I discovered that my wallet was missing. I searched all my pockets but could not find it. There
Our class teacher was on leave. He taught us Mathematics. I being the monitor of the class approached the Principal with the request to send some teacher to our class. The Principal told me that many teachers were on leave on that day so it was not possible for him to send any teacher to
I was made in a factory in Penang. I was one of a number of 100 c.c. motorcycles that was sent down to Kuala Lumpur to be sold. So I found myself waiting patiently in a shop for someone to buy me.A few weeks later, a man came and bought me for his son. The
A fortnight before the summer vacations were to commence, we stopped taking interest in studies. Everyone of us made ambitions plans to tour this or that place. But, ‘man proposes and God in his turn disposes’. On the very first day of the vacation, my mother developed serious pains and she had to be admitted
Juhu is few kilometres from Lokhandwala town in Mumbai. It is a popular beach where many people go to and relax on.It was on one of the days of the Summer holidays that we had a picnic at Juhu. I went there with my uncle and his family. There were five of us, my uncle,
The popularity of cricket as a game is increasing firstly in the country. Indian Cricket Team has beaten all the world famous teams. An era of cricket fever started with the commencement of the world cup cricket. World cup prizes modeling by cricket players and product linkage with upcoming cricketers was picked up vigorously by
It was the school holidays! For many youngsters it was a time for fun and games. In one particular housing estate, the children enjoyed riding their bicycles around the area. The housing estate in which they lived in was relatively quiet and it was quite safe to ride their bicycles on the road, but as
It was Saturday. There was a good movie playing at the Cineplex on the top floor of Terminal One Shopping Center. Cathy, Shelly and I intended to catch the 12.30 show.We met at the entrance to the shopping center at about 11.30 a.m. The complex had opened about an hour and a half ago and