Essay in English

It was a most trying period. Things at home were getting from bad to worse. Dad’s alcoholism had become worse, especially after his retrenchment. Mum was always temperamental as she could not make ends meet with her meager income as a factory operator. I had been an above-average student, but now I was doing poorly […]

James Yap is a popular person not only in our class. hut also throughout the school. James is the kind of person who is talented as well as outgoing. Most students in the school know him as a champion swimmer. James always represents the school in freestyle swimming and has won a lot of medals

Ahmed and Ah Chua were known as ‘mischief makes’, not because they were really wicked, but because they weren’t. It was just that they liked fun and adventure. “Whatever can we do with them ?” their parents used to say, “they are always up to something and it is usually no good.” They were twelve

The crashing sounds of wine glasses followed soon after the shattering of the expensive Ming vase. Emily crouched even further into her corner, willing her mind to stop taking in the sounds of her parents arguing again. She could not remember exactly when these arguments first started, but she always knew how they invariably ended.

The pilgrims never dreamt that it would happen. They were hopefully thinking of reaching the place of worship before the day dawned. As the place of worship was about 75 kilometres from their homes they had left at 2.00 a.m. in the night. They were about a dozen of them including men and women. Since

It is surprising what a man can achieve with imagination and hard work put together. Yet how few of us achieve it. It is futile to say that some are too poor and others too rich to put in the required amount of effort and the necessary amount of concentration. There is an inexplicable something

It was a seven story building that had caught fire. The lower floors were used for offices and shops. In the three upper floors people were living with their families. There were several families living in the flats. The fire started in a paint go down on the first floor. How it all started nobody

The school bell goes off to signal the start of the twenty-minute recess period. All the pupils get up from their seats, and with the permission of the teacher make their way to the school canteen. The school canteen has many stalls offering a variety of foods. One can choose Malay, Chinese, Indian or even

Ah Mee often wished that she could have some fun like other girls. Some of her friends, she knew, were always going to see the latest films, eating meals in most expensive restaurants and always wearing smart clothes. Ah Lan, for example, had at least three party dresses and many cheongsams. “My life is all

Sir Winston Churchill, 1874 to 1965 (I think!). At any rate, I was stationed at Woolwich when the great man died, and the Royal Artillery had the task of organizing the funeral at St Paul’s Cathedral. It was called ‘Exercise Hope-Not’ and it went into action at once, proving to be the greatest state funeral