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 * TASK 3 (30%) **

1. Prepare a portfolio of creative writings online via wikispace. 2. The portfolio should comprise of students’ own works and cover at least these genres: a. Poetry b. Short story – fiction & non-fiction 3. Due date: 6th June 2011 (Monday)

__**Group Members**__: **Christine Tan Fung Jiao** **(4091000751)** **Eswari Velkumar (4091009881) ** **Nur Syazwani Sallehuddin (4091005241) ** **Nurdiana Zakaria (4091006861) **














 * Prepared By**: Christine Tan Fung Jiao
 * Metric No**: 4091000751
 * I/C No**: 890111-06-5454
 * Class**: 5C
 * Semester**: 3/2010/2011

**The Pre-War Years ** “Uncle Yong, can you come nearer to see this insect? Is it a butterfly?” Siti, 6, a cute little granddaughter, born to the Puan Norehan’s family after the Second World War is a child to adore. Staring at me with such innocent eyes, I could not help but gave her my sweetest smile. “No, it isn’t a butterfly.” “Then what is it? Tell me, tell me, tell me now, uncle. Please, please. ” Siti has her own ways of persuading people that finally you have got to give her an answer. “Oh, it’s a beautiful grasshopper. It’s green and it has got six legs, right.” “Oh, I see now.” So off she ran. Staring at Siti, with her innocent eyes reflected me to the time of the Second World War. “Yong, Yong, are you alive? Do you still breathe? Can you hear me?” I was barely alive then; without realising what’s up, I opened my eyes slightly. “Yes, I am. Can I have some water please?” “Water, here you are. You have lost a lot of blood. Careful.” So I drank the water that was offered to me by Kilat, my dear friend. Kilat, 18, was a strong young man. To date, he had chopped down 50 coconut trees, climbed numerous trunks, and brought down close to a 100 coconuts. Kilat and I were good friends. We would walked 2 miles to school together, chatting happily on the way; stopping to view the netting of birds still chirping for their mother’s food. We giggled a lot. These were the carefree days. And school had so much fun. We gathered coconuts or picked up stoats to count numbers. So when we reached the school gates, there was such a bundle. We always laughed at what we did. And now Kilat, trying hard to save my life… It was in 1940, when we were still walking to school in our smartest white uniform, shirts tucked in neatly in our starched, dry pants with our spotless white shoes. “Bomb… bomb… bomb…,” It was such a thunderous sound. We had nowhere to hide or take shelter. For a moment, my body was thrown up in the sky and landed hard on the ground. There was blood everywhere. Kilat, the hunky one was ahead of me. So he escaped the deadly bombs. Instead of running away to escape, Kilat turned back for me to see if he could offer any help. With his great strength, he lifted me, supporting me with his huge shoulders. While I, was so weak that I just slumped my head and body on him. We limped for a long way, Kilat had no idea where to send me. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Home? Or to the school? He could not decide. But deep inside me, Kilat was praying for me to bear the journey and that help would come soon. He prayed to Allah to save me. Finally, we saw a tiny wodden house at the corner of the jungle. Kilat stopped by to ask for help. Opening the door to greet us was the most pleasant and polite girl around. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“Yes, please come in. I’ll see what I can do to help you two. You’re bleeding, my God… I’ll boil some hot water and then wash of the blood.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">While waiting for the water to boil, she introduced herself as Norehan, an orphan who was now staying with her uncle and aunt. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">“Here, have some tea. The water is boiled. You try to take off his shirt and wipe off all the blood stain on his body. Poor guy. It must be painful for him.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">And so instead of stating for a while, we had stayed on for 3 threes. The situation later was very chaotic. Roads were sealed off. People were running with their families. We had nowhere to go. Like Norehan, Kilat was also an orphan. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">I recovered slowly. The bullets missed me by inches. I was terribly lucky to be alive. After the war, we had to pack off. I went to search for my family but found a badly burnt house that once stood a grand mansion. There was no forwarding news about my family. I presumed that they have died during the terrible bombing that had left me deeply scared. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Meantime, Kilat had nowhere to go. Being an orphan himself, he was used to taking care of himself by doing part-time job to earn his meals. So Kilat and I discussed and finally we had decided to try our luck in repairing bicycles. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Business soon became better. Norehan is now Kilat’s wife. So she would cook meals for us. As time passed by, our lives become more settled. Soon, we sold off my bicycle shop as people now, being wealthier were on motorbikes. So we bought a motorbike shop, selling motors and repairing them as well. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">In 2011, we are now almost 85 years old. Kilat now has a granddaughter, Siti to play with. While, I, never got married. I am still looking for my family, even after more than 60 years. The war had done a lot to me. Until today, I am still unsure to say am I lucky to be still alive. But God’s willing, as long as I live, God will find my family for me.


 * Prepared by: Nurdiana Binti Zakaria**
 * 4091006861**








 * Prepared by : Nur Syazwani Binti Sallehuddin**
 * 4091005241**







**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">Life at a Leisurely Pace ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Growing up in a small town was a lot of fun. My hometown, Sekinchan, has been dubbed a cowboy town. It has a main street with some famous seafood restaurants as its prominent landmarks. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Sekinchan is one of the biggest towns in Selangor. It is surrounded by paddy fields in the outskirts. The nearest coastal town is Tanjung Karang, which is a fishing village. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">In Sekinchan, life is slow and leisurely. Many tourists from the city, especially Kuala Lumpur, complain that it is dull and boring here. If you have grown up in a small town, you will certainly appreciate the convenience of living in it. Everything is easily accessible, so the cost of living is low. The people are also much friendlier and more helpful than those who are living in the city. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">My primary school was just across the road from my house. Everyday my mother would bring me a big mug of milk and chocolate biscuits during recess. I only learnt to eat canteen food when I went to secondary school. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The market, post-office, resthouse, police station, fire station, the town council, and the town library are all within walking distance. I used to walk and cycle everywhere. You can cycle round the town in 20 minutes. During weekends my friends and I used to cycle along the Sekinchan River which separates Sekinchan from Tanjung Karang. We chatted happily as we cycled along. There were very few cars on the roads. Cycling two or three abreast was common. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">I remember enjoying the boat rides across the Sekinchan River when I was a kid. The bridge was only built after the ferry tragedy in 1976 in which 60 people died. Today there is a well-landscaped walkway for people to relax along the river bank. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Over the years, due to undercutting by the Sekinchan River, Sekinchan has become low-lying and prone to floods during the rainy season. The town dwellers have gotten used to this problem and they know how to put up with the floods. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Being a small town, everybody knows everybody. The camaraderie among the townfolks is such that neighbours exercise together, go out together, go for holidays together, and do marketing for one another. Such camaraderie is hardly found in big cities where the people are impersonal. They do not even know their own neighbours. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Some of my classmates lived along my street. We did many things together. We studies together after school hours and played football together in the evening. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">In a small town, it is east to get things done, because you know most of the people. One night, I was even allowed to go into the cinema halfway through a movie to look for my brother and sister, as they had a visitor. The usher was our friend. He willingly obliged as my mother and sister patronised the cinema almost every day. It was the only form of entertainment available. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">I love my hometown because it is self-contained. I just step out of my house, and I can get everything I need. There are coffee shops, seafood restaurants, a stationery shop, tailor shops, hardware shops, medical halls, a hair-dressing saloon, and even a bank. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Across the road from my house is a big playground with a skating rink. My friends and I used to roller-skate there during the weekends. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Now that I live in a busy city, I long for the peace and quiet of my hometown. It might be a sleepy hollow, but life is hassle-free. There is no rush during peak hours, hardly any thefts, and no work pressures to make us feel stressed or burnt out. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Sekinchan now is still untouched and unspoilt by progress. The skyline is very much the same. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">There are more busses and some decent restaurants now. The //Khind// Electronic and Home Appliances factory is situated nearby, and some new schools have also sprung up. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt;">I enjoyed growing up in Sekinchan. Growing up in such a closely-knit community has taught me to bond with people easily wherever I go.
 * Prepared By**: Christine Tan Fung Jiao
 * Metric No**: 4091000751
 * I/C No**: 890111-06-5454
 * Class**: 5C
 * Semester**: 3/2010/2011


 * Prepared by: Nurdiana Binti Zakaria**
 * 4091006861**















**Prepared by : Nur Syazwani Binti Sallehuddin****4091005241**







**Prepared By**: Christine Tan Fung Jiao**Metric No**: 4091000751**I/C No**: 890111-06-5454**Class**: 5C**Semester**: 3/2010/2011 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 115%;">My Trip to Kuala Lumpur ** <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Away I flew with my family on MAS to Kuala Lumpur, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Together we stayed in a nice big hotel, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Enjoying every moment on the road, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Sipping teh tarik and slurping ice-cream. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Pavilion KL Shopping Centre we went, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">A very enjoyable experiment, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">So many things to see and shop, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Something to remember forever and ever. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">We were mesmerised by sea creatures, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Of the Underwater World at KLCC, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Colourful with all shapes and sizes, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">A souvenir from here for all of us to remember. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">The day has come for us to leave, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Yet another excitement for me, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Flying with MAS, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">With the red and blue colours printed on it, <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center;">Something to remember forever and ever.


 * Prepared by: Nurdiana Binti Zakaria**
 * 4091006861**




 * Title of Poem : Mishaps**
 * Prepared by : Nur Syazwani Binti Sallehuddin**
 * 4091005241**