The National Day of Remembrance

Yesterday, May 20, was the National Day of Remembrance, an annual event in Cambodia that commemorates the Cambodia genocide of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled the country between 1975 and 1979. The Cambodian name of the day ទិវាជាតិនៃការចងចាំ is translated as “Day of Maintaining Rage”. The date was selected since it marked the beginning […]

Tattoos: human race is going backwards?

9 Brooklands DriveAshtonWiganLancashireWN47RJ17th November 2018 The Wigan ObserverWiganLancashireWN1 8XY Dear Editor, I am writing to express my total disagreement for your point in the article: Tattoos prove that the human race is going backwards. It does not make any sense at all. Tattoos are a form of art in lots of cultures that exist even […]

AATMD Chapter 1

Lets start with a profile. Name: Yuanzhang ZHUNickname: Zhu double eight, Zhu 88, Guorui, ZHUSex: MaleNationality: HanBlood type: ?Education Background: None.Job: EmperorFamily Background: (at least three generations) FarmerBirth and Death: 1328 – 1398Favorite Color: Yellow (It seems that he did not have a choice)Father: Zhu five four (to make it easier to read, let’s call […]

Grade 8 Reflection

I found it a bit sad to leave Middle School. It was such a year of excitement and I improved a lot. In academics, I found out that the learning strategy that works the best on me was to practice. Practice makes perfect. In Math, I tried to do and did all the questions on […]

The Rear Guard

(Hindenburg Line, April 1917) Groping along the tunnel, step by step, He winked his prying torch with patching glare From side to side, and sniffed the unwholesome air. Tins, boxes, bottles, shapes too vague to know, A mirror smashed, the mattress from a bed;And he, exploring fifty feet below The rosy gloom of battle overhead. […]

Language and Terminologies in Essays

AlliterationThis is where the first letter of a word is repeated in words that follow. For example, the cold, crisp, crust of clean, clear ice. AssonanceThis is where the same vowel sound is repeated but the consonants are different. For example, he passed her a sharp, dark glance, she shot a cool, foolish look across […]

Tabitha Reflection (whole trip)

I am very glad that I participated in this trip. Although it was my first time to Cambodia, my head was already filled with precious memories. There were lots of things that I haven’t seen or experienced before. Throughout the whole trip, there were two things that left a deep impression on me. The First […]

“国父” by Andre Tan

My name is Celia, and I noticed that you are quite interested in Singaporean arts. Here I would like to recommend a masterpiece from a Singaporean Artist, Andre Tan. Tan is a Singaporean Pop Artist. He is very creative. He often blurs the boundaries between reality and the unreality, mixing cartoon characters, brands, patterns and […]