by Deleitier
I used to think that my daily allowance of four dollars in secondary school could take me far. Well, I used to anyway because nowadays, that amount won’t last long especially in JC. What with buying lecture notes weekly, photocopying other miscellaneous things, going out with OG mates and pricier canteen food, my four dollars will just get me a meal and drink tops. That’s about it.
Hence, I feel that I am duty bound to share some of my budgeting tips with you, my juniors, so as to prevent you from financial ruin or begging the streets by week’s end (pardon my hyperbole).
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by the Pretentious Pen
Just the other day, I was rushing a Chemistry SPA Practice task on Thermodynamics (I think), when I made quite the mistake. “Wait, did I just chuck my reaction flask into the sink?”
If you have two of these, keep them separate.
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‘Risk’ marks the end of the 3-part series of stories that I am submitting to maniAC. I hope you have enjoyed reading my essays. I used to want to be a writer until I fell in love with making videos
This essay was a product of potato chips and a risk. I felt a little nervous about handing this to a teacher because it was slightly more ‘informal’ that my usual essays. If you’ve been reading my other introductions, yes, this was another school assignment in Sec4. :X (I put in a lot of effort into it, okay!) The characters in the story are meant to be the same two as in the ‘Rivalry’ story… I think you can probably tell who is meant to be who.
Anyway, I enjoyed typing these short intros and submitting stuff to maniAC. Maybe I’ll contribute again soon….
Hexxer
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Posted 1 week, 2 days ago at 7:21 pm. Add a comment
I wrote this story in Sec2 when my English teacher asked us to do a ‘essay outline’ for the title ‘Greed’. I got a little carried away and ended up writing out the WHOLE essay. (It took 4 hours. I was so engrossed that I forgot to close the windows while the pest control were ‘fogging’ outside. Engulfed the whole living room in smoke.) The next day, she made us hand it in. I never saw it again after that. I held on to this piece because I wanted a teacher to mark it and comment on my writing. So in Sec4, I handed it in to my English teacher. It came back with a 27/30 and I was overjoyed. 
I don’t know why I’m telling you how many marks I got for the essay…. It’s all history.
I was wracking my brains really hard for this story idea. I still remember that day. At that time, I had a fixation with crime and investigations, spending the whole day watching the ‘Crime and Investigation Channel’ and playing ‘Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney’ (a game on NintendoDS). This story is an adapted version of one of the cases in ‘Phoenix Wright’. The characters retain their names and the location of the crime remains the same, however, the chain of events has been twisted beyond comparison.
This is another essay I am really proud of. However, it’s not really my ’style’. I prefer to write smaller events like in ‘Rivalry’ or the upcoming story, ‘Risk’.
Hexxer
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Posted 1 week, 5 days ago at 7:26 pm. Add a comment
This post marks the beginning of my short ’series of stories with one word titles’. The idea for this essay came from a random TV programme I happened to be watching about pranking people.
The characters in the story come from a bunch of ‘pre-made’ characters which I had formed during my spare time in secondary school. It’s fun to put different characters into different scenarios and think up a story that features them.
I actually came up with this idea and wrote this essay during my Sec4 English Mid-Year exam. When I received my results for the composition section of the paper, I realised that I had failed abysmally for reasons unknown. At that point, I was convinced that I was going to fail English. I couldn’t believe it myself. Me, failing… ENGLISH. Then, I received the essay section. You cannot imagine the feelings of relief and exhilaration. I got 26/30 for this essay. It was the highest mark I ever got and even pulled up my overall result to a ‘pass’. I even teared a little. My other classmates thought I was ‘crying’ ‘coz I did ‘badly’ for the paper. I wouldn’t deny that but it felt aweshum to know that my English wasn’t how my marks in the composition reflected it to be.
That’s why I treasure this essay and want to share this story with everyone. Enjoy?
Hexxer
Voices, whispering, what were they saying? I opened my eyes and blinked blearily in the glaring light. I saw the blurred image of a face peering down at me.
“Hey! He’s finally come to!” I heard the voice yell in excitement. The noise made my head throb. I tried to lift my hands but they felt as if they were weighed down by blocks of cement. What had happened?
I tried to fumble for my spectacles but realized once again that my hands were rendered useless. Next thing I heard was my brother’s voice, “Cool! xVen! You’re alright! That last prank you pulled would’ve been hilarious if not for…..”
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By Deborah Wee
I was filled with anticipation on the night I watched ACSian Theatre’s production of William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This was not the first ACSian Theatre production I had seen; I catched Alice In Wonderland last year with my secondary school. This year, it is different. It wasn’t the play itself which made it special for me; it was the people in it.
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By Joy Wang
I was reading Deborah Bull’s book “The Everyday Dancer” and there was this particular line that caught my attention. “Staying upright-never mind moving-requires a constant stream of minute corrections to your postures: balance is not a static condition” We tend to think of the idea of “balance” as stagnant, one comparable to a pose in movement, to achieving or maintaining a certain equilibrium in life or even as a frozen moment in time. We don’t often equate balance with movement, with choice or with trajectory and so this sentence got me thinking about the concept and place of balance in our lives and in the way we live our lives.
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by Chocoholic
As the term progresses, I’m sure all of us are beginning to feel the heat. Regardless of whether it is competitions, performances, or simply overdue homework assignments!
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