Ping.. My mobile phone lit up with a message from Pn. Monica. A part of me doesnt want to find out what she sent. However, curiosity got the better of me and i read the message. I was right, the school's drama competition is here. Maybe Pn Shahlawati is excited for it too, she came to our class just to help us pick our director, assistant director, tech guy, and prop master, which i would like to call prop guy. We nominated and the nominees walked out of the class for the rest of the students to cast their votes.
The results are, farisha as the director; samuel as her assistant; chua as play writer; as expected zenwei as the tech guy and chlarine as the prop master. The class couldnt ask for a better managing group and i hope that we actually stand a chance. Rumour has it that some teachers are bias and would choose the first class, angsana as the winner. This just became a challenge for me and hopefully the same goes for the drama team.
From here onwards, im only dreaming but this just might happen, who knows?
After reading countless suggestions from our fellow classmates, Chua finally presented to us with his new story masterpiece. Inspired by life, he wrote an award worthy story, enough to make the manliest man cry. A story about mankind's next step towards an advanced future, a boy named Boy. He is someone you would say is Godsend. As a young man full of potential and new ideas, Boy only wanted to improve and make his family's life easier. Born into a poor family, Boy and his sister, Girl, never got to enjoy things that 'normal people' got to enjoy every single day. Clean water and meat was a luxury his family couldnt afford or even dream of having. Fortunately, his parents left behind land for them to plant vegetables on. Surviving on just green leaves and potatoes made Boy want more for his little sister, for her to enjoy good food and a comfortable bed instead of a plastic sheet picked up from the streets.
With that as his motivation, Boy said his goodbyes to Girl. After making sure she has enough food to survive for the next few days, he set out searching for ideas. Staying at home, thinking of new things was not enough for him to create and sell for money, that he knew. However, he soon found a way, a way that he knew was what's going to help him bring food to the table. Boy then began to run around the entire town looking for the materials. Days passed and Boy never slept, excited and determined to finish what he started. Finally, his work is done and he examined his work, which he called the Thing. Tired and hungry, he quickly ate the bread and cheese he stole from a bakery while he was searching for his materials.
When he woke up, the Thing was missing. He frantically searched for it, bursting into tears when the Thing was nowhere to be found. Multiple times the Boy tried to kill himself with a stone, the only thing keeping him alive was the thought of Girl suffering at home. He then walked back home with his head down, tears slowly dripping off his chin. On his way back, he saw a man held up by a crowd of people cheering for him. Curious and with nowhere left to go other than his home, he decided to take a look. What he saw made him mad , he saw the guy holding the Thing. Taking a closer look, he realised the guy is the owner of the bakery he stole the bread and cheese from. He also realised that the owner followed him back to his camp made from banana leaves and stole the Thing while he was asleep. Driven by pure hatred, he ran towards the guy and punched him in the face. The surprised crowd immediately suppressed him and sent him to the sheriff for him to be put in jail.
Years later, Boy was released and he went home. He saw his younger sister lying on the ground. Boy was scared to death and immediately checked her for a pulse. Fortunately, Girl was alive but she was close to dying. Boy then carried her on his back to the hospital and the doctor immediately saved her. From the way the shape of Girl's ribcage were showing, Boy knew that she almost starved to death as she does not know how to plant vegetables. This made him sad and angry for not being careful, allowing the bakery owner to steal the Thing. He then left Girl in the hospital's care and set out looking for more ideas. This time, he was careful not to let anyone follow him and made camp at a place that no one ever goes. Inspired by his previous invention, he was able to create something that would serve a bigger purpose and is able to do so much more than his previous invention. Being in jail allowed him to think bigger and train himself, reading books given to him by the kind sheriff. With his new found knowledge, he was able to create, the THING in just a day. He first showed it to the mayor, who was amazed by his skills. Boy also told the mayor his story. After listening to Boy's story, the mayor immediately put the THING to good use for the town and paid Boy more money than he could dream of having. The whole town soon read his story on the newspaper...
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