CATS

Since young,I have always pleaded my parents for a cat but they repetitively said a "no".After many years, when I turned sixteen they bought me a cat for my birthday.I felt overwhelmed as after many years they have fulfilled my wishes.I always read up alot about cats just in case if my parents gave me such a surprise by giving me a cat.

I thought that after reading up alot about them i would be a good caretaker.It was true for a few months but after sometime things changed drastically.In the beginning,I spent at least 2 hours a day playing with my cat and taking good care of it.As my O levels were nearing i rarely had time to take care and play wif my cat.Truely speaking i even forgot that i had a cat as my pet as i only concentrated on my studies and forgot all about my cat.

Everyday after i return from school late in the evening,my cat would come near me and rub its body against my leg and purr loudly but i would just shove it away and just walk away.All of a sudden, my cat stopped addressing my presence.It stopped following me everywhere i went in the house and it kept itself confined to its cushion and rarely ate.Even my Mother complained to me about my irresponsibility but i never gave a thought about it.

To my dismay,my cat passed away within a few months after being left all alone without any form of care.Only after it passed away i realised the great mistake which i had just made.I was the one who pleaded for a cat and after i got one i reluctantly just left it all alone.Only after my cats death i knew how irresponsible i was all this while.Since then i never wanted a pet as i knew that i will never be a good caretaker.

Azeezah Azraa
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-Cats-

I used to be afraid of cats and would run away from them no matter how far they are from me. However, one incident made me overcome my fear of cats and that incident was one that i would never forget.

I was walking home at night after finishing a school project at my friend's house. As I walked down the dimly lit pavement, I was wondering about what grade my group would get for the project. Still deep in thought, I crossed the road but I used the zebra-crossing.

While I was crossing, part of me was still thinking about the project but a bright light suddenly shone onto me. I realised that it was a car travelling towards me at a great speed and i did not stop even though there was a flashing yellow light to tell the driver that it was a zebra-crossing.

"MEOW!" My attention was turned towards the meow and I let out a piercing scream and ran back towards the pavement where I had just left and saw a shadowy figure of a cat dashing away into the darkness. Just at the same time, the car drove past the place where i had just stood moments before.

I remained lying down on the ground and panting. What just happened kept replaying in my head again and again but one thing that felt very hard to believe was that the cat had saved my life. From then on, I did not fear cats any more and even kept one as a pet for myself.

d0neby: KAIMI

Conclusion

Overall, Singlish has become part of us and we would not want to lose it or to stop using it. We might not be able to pass a day without using Singlish. So, why should Singlish be discouraged when we cannot stop ourselves from using it? Therefore, such a culture should be remained and the use of it should be allowed.

Singlish Should Be Allowed

WX&KH: Ladies and gentlemen, many of you should have heard of Singlish. This form of speech is often associated with degenerate terms. Why do you hate what makes us Singaporean? Is it fair to depise this language just because it is created by our own people? We have gathered today to right this wrong - to gain approval for the language of Singapore, Singlish.

KM: Singlish is the unity factor of Singapore as Singlish consists words in English, Chinese and Malay, which represents our multi-racial society. This will bring us closer to our friends of a different race as we would be able to understand them better. Additionally, Singlish have become a first language for most Singaporean teenagers. So, no matter how the government discourages the use of Singlish, it was Singlish that allowed the people of Singapore to bond together as one united people.

AA: Singaporeans feel better communicating in Singlish than in proper English. They understand each other better when they communicate in Singlish. They even use certain words such as "lah", "orh" and "cheh" to convey their unhappiness over matters. Whenever a Singaporean speaks, he naturally utilities at least one Singlish word in each of his sentence.

NL: Many people overlook the fact that Singlish is one of the most powerful factors that distinguishes us. Yes, one might argue that it is not proper. But Singlish, it is already widely established by our own people that it is part of our culture. This is something Singapore can actually be recognized for. Singlish reigns over all the other languages of Singapore. The Sweden have their Swedish, the France have their French - Singlish is what Singaporeans created for themselves, and it deserves to be an official language, not to be judgementally looked down upon as the nonsense of the street kids.

G4's Paragraphs

If abortion was made legal, there would be less children suffering from abuse or being neglected by parents. In places where abortion is illegal, parents are forced to kill their newborns or to sell them away when they are a few years old. Such miserable fates are the lives of children as a result of not being aborted. Put yourself into their shoes, how would you feel? So here I am to talk about why abortion should be made legal.

If the family that the child is born in is not financially stable then the child's life would be badly affected by that. The child will not be able to get good education, good living conditions and will not be able to get good medical care. Why would the parents want their child to suffer like that? They rather just abort the child beforehand.

Done by: Kult of Nael'zaf