Unfortunately, although my throat has somehow magically recovered, but I still cough every now and there. "Cough!Cough!" Anyway, on today's morning, when I reached the school gate, the cold air smelled of dew and grass. I took in a deep breath before adjusting my tie and tucking my hands into my pockets and then I strolled into the into the school with a spring in my steps.I hoped that was a good start for a fresh new day or at least I thought so.
For today's announcements, they are all very dull and I barely even remember any one of them! However, there was one that is still vivid in my mind and it was a speech given by our principal himself, so it was regarded as an important announcement. He was talking about something related to smoking-----that is one or some of my school peers had been smoking outside school. Underage smoking is a serious offence and anyone who does that would face even serious consequences.
Moreover, smoking also affects our health terribly or even horribly, and it leads to deadly diseases like lung cancer, heart attack....Oh well, let us skip all the dry stuff and get on with the main issue here. Okay now where was I...oh yes, I was talking about the principal's speech. Now, as he was rattling on like a machine gun, I could see a lot of students either building castles in the air or chatting non-stop among themselves or at least I was. I realised he was talking about the punishments the student will face if he smokes when suddenly, he asked us that if we realise what they are going to do next. A chill ran down my spine. The word, 'caning' immediately shot straight into mind. At that precise moment, it was silent. Dead silent. Our bulging eyes were all glued closely onto him. My heart started to palpitate and shiny droplets of perspiration trickled down my cheeks. Then, he pointed his finger at one of the innocent-looking Secondary one students, before opening his mouth and said, " Boy, can you please adjust your tie properly? Thank you." Then, he just continued on for a little while more before ending his speech and making his way down the stage. Phew! I heaved a sigh of relief! It was a near thing! For a moment, I thought someone had to be caned in the public when the school has just started for only a few weeks.
Nevermind, let us continue with the interesting lessons I had for today. Firstly, I had history lessons. My teacher taught me about the immigrants that came to Singapore, what measures the Chinese protectorate in Singapore did to counter the bad deeds done by the Chinese secret society and....okay, you know what? Actually, the lessons are quite dry apart from the jokes that the teacher used to entertain us. Let us just stop wasting time and talk about the one and only interesting period of the day( which was also not that interesting)-----that is none other than the Physical Education period! Sadly, for today, we had to run four and a half rounds around the school. After we stretched ourselves and got ready for our positions, the teacher blew his whistle and we took to our heels and set off darting towards the finishing line. At the starting, I felt very energetic but soon as the distance that I covered grew more, the more my energy level dropped like a plane that was shot in the air and was descending down. I was panting, gasping and sweating profusely and my throat was starting to get sore. Oh no! Not again! My heart was about to explode and yet I was only halfway through the race. I could not take it anymore! Have my stamina worsened over the holidays? Anyway, I managed to push myself forward to the final lap, even though I walked a little, and when the finishing line was within my sight
, I sprinted like I had never sprint before, so much so that I could not feel my legs. When I reached the finishing line, I sighed with weariness. I was huffing and puffing as I staggered up and down the corridors to settle myself down. I also realised that I got only a fifth! I mean last year my best record was a third but now I got a fifth! Maybe the standards of my stamina has really dropped a lot or maybe because I am still down with the cough?"Cough!Cough!"
By the way, I just hope that I will be able to do better in both academics and sports. See you again next time! Farewell!
For today's announcements, they are all very dull and I barely even remember any one of them! However, there was one that is still vivid in my mind and it was a speech given by our principal himself, so it was regarded as an important announcement. He was talking about something related to smoking-----that is one or some of my school peers had been smoking outside school. Underage smoking is a serious offence and anyone who does that would face even serious consequences.
Moreover, smoking also affects our health terribly or even horribly, and it leads to deadly diseases like lung cancer, heart attack....Oh well, let us skip all the dry stuff and get on with the main issue here. Okay now where was I...oh yes, I was talking about the principal's speech. Now, as he was rattling on like a machine gun, I could see a lot of students either building castles in the air or chatting non-stop among themselves or at least I was. I realised he was talking about the punishments the student will face if he smokes when suddenly, he asked us that if we realise what they are going to do next. A chill ran down my spine. The word, 'caning' immediately shot straight into mind. At that precise moment, it was silent. Dead silent. Our bulging eyes were all glued closely onto him. My heart started to palpitate and shiny droplets of perspiration trickled down my cheeks. Then, he pointed his finger at one of the innocent-looking Secondary one students, before opening his mouth and said, " Boy, can you please adjust your tie properly? Thank you." Then, he just continued on for a little while more before ending his speech and making his way down the stage. Phew! I heaved a sigh of relief! It was a near thing! For a moment, I thought someone had to be caned in the public when the school has just started for only a few weeks.Nevermind, let us continue with the interesting lessons I had for today. Firstly, I had history lessons. My teacher taught me about the immigrants that came to Singapore, what measures the Chinese protectorate in Singapore did to counter the bad deeds done by the Chinese secret society and....okay, you know what? Actually, the lessons are quite dry apart from the jokes that the teacher used to entertain us. Let us just stop wasting time and talk about the one and only interesting period of the day( which was also not that interesting)-----that is none other than the Physical Education period! Sadly, for today, we had to run four and a half rounds around the school. After we stretched ourselves and got ready for our positions, the teacher blew his whistle and we took to our heels and set off darting towards the finishing line. At the starting, I felt very energetic but soon as the distance that I covered grew more, the more my energy level dropped like a plane that was shot in the air and was descending down. I was panting, gasping and sweating profusely and my throat was starting to get sore. Oh no! Not again! My heart was about to explode and yet I was only halfway through the race. I could not take it anymore! Have my stamina worsened over the holidays? Anyway, I managed to push myself forward to the final lap, even though I walked a little, and when the finishing line was within my sight
, I sprinted like I had never sprint before, so much so that I could not feel my legs. When I reached the finishing line, I sighed with weariness. I was huffing and puffing as I staggered up and down the corridors to settle myself down. I also realised that I got only a fifth! I mean last year my best record was a third but now I got a fifth! Maybe the standards of my stamina has really dropped a lot or maybe because I am still down with the cough?"Cough!Cough!"By the way, I just hope that I will be able to do better in both academics and sports. See you again next time! Farewell!
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