Sacrifice is for drugs and love (3B Lai Ka Chun, Matthew)

In the ambulance, stone’s eyes were shut, being considered that excessive heroin had entered his eyes. After being sent into the operation room, Emma, Stone’s girlfriend, was sobbing with head down. A lot of unexpected things had happened. ‘Wait for me, I will probably come out from this awful hospital, Emma.’ Stone told Emma in a weak voice before having the operation.

Just two days ago, an immense roar came from the office of News Reporting Department. Mr. Wickedly, an obese man wearing tight braces lifted a chair up and broke it into half.

 ‘Someone must have stolen my wallet!’ shouted Mr. Wickedly.

‘Who’s so bold to have done it?’ whispered some of the employees, talking to each other secretly.

‘I saw Stone sneaking into your office and later hiding a black wallet with white diagonal lines when coming out. I can now make sure that the wallet is in the inner pocket of Stone’s jacket, Mr. Wickedly.’ recalled Pain, a horrid man having two gold teeth.

‘Stone, please show up in front of me with your jacket put on!’ yelled furiously Mr. Wickedly.

‘What’s going on?’ asked curiously Stone, having wavy hair and wearing blue jeans.

‘Take off your jacket quickly!’ ordered anxiously Mr. Wickedly.

Stone did as what Mr. Wickedly had said and then the back wallet was really found in the inner pocket. Stone’s mouth fell open. Actually, he had seen through that was the evil plot of Pain’s.

‘Any explanations?’ asked Mr. Wickedly.

‘I don’t know what to say, even you keep accusing me. It’s really not done by me.’ said stone, trying helping himself.

‘Let’s fire him, he still doesn’t admit this ounce of truth, Mr. Wickedly.’ grinned Pain.

‘Wait, Mr. Wickedly. I can photograph the hotspot of drug dealing dominated by the wanted, Toxic. For you as quick as possible, ok?’ interrupted Stone.

‘Can you really catch the moments of drug dealing to be the first reported scripting the headline?’ suspected Mr. Wickedly.

‘Exactly.’ answered confidently Stone.

‘Deal it!’ said Mr. Wickedly.

‘Maybe I just make use of my proficiency of being a reporter as an excuse.’ thought Stone.

Pain stamped on the floor. He was pressing the buttons to call Toxic and told him to murder Stone during the secret investigation.

In a fabulous restaurant, Stone had dated Emma to have a dinner with him. Both of them dressed in western style suit and dress. They had been getting along with each other for a long period of time. In the middle of the dating, Stone brought up the current work and mission courageously and shared them with Emma.

‘I’m following up… a case of photographing the process of drug dealing dominated by Toxic. I’ll go investigating after several days.’ said Stone.

‘Pardon? I think it’s not my hearing loss problem. Don’t you know how devilish Toxic is? Don’t you know this tremendous mission will get rid of you in case of any mistake?’ responded loudly Emma.

‘I absolutely know, I know, Emma. Listen to me, I am in charge of this and I have been determined to do so.’ replied Stone.

‘I also know your name “Stone”. Can’t you be that persistent as a real stone? As you know danger will come forward to you reporters, without telling you what’ll happen next!’ said Emma, starting to give some disputes.

‘I understand your feelings and concern about these. I’ll walk by faith to make proofs to you, Emma.’ insisted Stone.

‘Ok! That’s fine… I respect your decision but you must promise to have the mission completed and to be back without any injuries.’ said sensibly Emma.

‘Yes, I promise you, Emma. It’s the honourable commitment between you and I’ smiled Stone, then hugged and kissed with Emma.

The astonishing day came eventually. Stone was packing his digital equipment. No one had ever known what the result would be. Stone just knew he should go to the alcohol factory and photograph the moments of drug dealing between Toxic and a teenage called Wilson who was the son of Pain. After arriving at the factory, Stone stared at the gate and was thinking about how to have it done by perseverance.

Stepping into the corridors, where were some cupboards storing glasses of alcohol. Stone could hear the conversation between Toxic and Wilson and his awareness was aroused.

 ‘Twenty-eight packages of heroin here with payment $6750.’ said softly Toxic.

‘Thank you…thank you… these’re what I want.’ said Wilson, paying money with a shaking hand.

‘Who’s hiding behind that cupboard?’ awoke Toxic, pointing at the cupboard.

Virtually, Stone forgot to switch off the function of flash as that there was a bright light beam when he took the photos. Toxic discovered that Stone was there and then he grabbed a glass of alcohol to throw on Stone. Abruptly, Stone’s eyes started being hot as a fire was burning in his eyes.

The glass of alcohol floating in the air slowed down and was broken into pieces by the power of telekinesis. It frightened Toxic and Wilson, and even Stone was panicky. Toxic knew what to do with the circumstance so he took a package of heroin and unwrapped it, spead the white small solids in the air. Due to the speedy spread rate, the heroin entered the eyes of Stone whose telekinesis was spoiled. Stone’s eyes began being paralysed and painful. Stone dropped the camera and he could feel Toxic and Wilson escaping as far as possible. However, he laid down on the floor, bearing an unclear mind.

After a 9-hour operation, Stone lying on the bed was pushed out of the room by the doctors. Emma stopped weeping and quickly went to take a tight hold of Stone’s hands.

‘Your commitment is honoured, Stone.’ Smiled Emma, some weep falling down from her face.

‘I’ll not give up being with you.’ Said gently Stone, staring at Emma.

‘Toxic and Wilson’ ve been arrested and your photos of the camera is sent to be put at the headlines of today’s newspapers.’ Said Emma, with a relaxing heart.

‘It proves that the sacrifice of barely contributing my life brings me a kind-hearted girlfriend and wards off the bad effects of drugs spreading in the community.’ realized Stone.

Both of them smiled to each other, and then hugged together and kissed each other…

Laura and Samantha (3C Lung Cheuk Hang, Rita)

It was a sunny day. The weather was perfect for the first day of school. In the classroom of 5C, all students were glad to meet again and flocked to gossip. The bell rang and a teacher came with a girl. Everybody was curious who she was.

“Good morning everyone, I’m your new class teacher, Miss Chan. And this girl is your new classmate,’ Miss Chan announced, pointing to the girl beside her.

“Hello, I’m Samantha,” the girl said with a smile.

Samantha was a tall and pretty girl. She looked very mature and a little bit older than other students. Samantha was asked to sit next to Laura, who was helpful and intelligent. They became friends very soon.

“Laura, can you show me around?” Samantha asked after school.

“Okay, but not today. I need to go somewhere else. I’m sorry.” Laura answered embarrassingly.

After Laura had left school, she went to her boyfriend, Nick’s home. She saw many pills on a table and Nick was sleeping on a sofa.

“Nick, what’s up? Why are there many pills? Are you sick?”

“Don’t need to worry. I’m alright.”

“But how about these pills? Are you on drugs?”

“Shut up! Don’t speak like my parents! They don’t understand me but you should,” Nick shouted.

“Drugs are evil. I love you so I don’t want you to be hurt.”

“If you love me, you should take drugs with me,” Nick lost his temper.

Laura struggled a lot. Eventually, she was convinced. Since her first try on drugs, the problem started. Laura got addicted to drugs. She was not interested in anything, except drugs. As Laura did not pay attention in school and do homework anymore, her academic result dropped rapidly. Samantha noticed that there is something wrong with Laura.

“Laura, do you encounter any problem? You can tell me.”

“No! No! I’m fine,” Laura answered anxiously.

‘But why did you fail in exam? You usually get high marks easily.’

‘Umm…’ Laura did not want Samantha to know she took drugs.

Samantha realized Laura was so strange and decided to investigate.

Laura rushed to Nick’s home after school as usual.

‘Nick! Where are the drugs? ’Laura shouted as she could not find them.

‘Can’t you just zip up? You’re annoying. I lost my job and I can’t afford them,’ Nick shouted even loudly.

‘I can’t live without them!’

‘I have a great idea,’ Nick whispered, ‘deliver drugs!’

Laura thought a while, then she said, ‘I’ll do it. I’ll do everything for drugs.’

The next day, Laura went to a convenient store. Laura did not realize someone was chasing behind her.

‘Are you Laura?’ a stranger said.

Laura nodded.

‘Go to Tuen Mun Park. Find a man in brown jacket and jeans. Then give it to him and he’ll give you money.’ The stranger said and gave Laura a pack of drugs.

Laura left the convenient store. She was very scared. Her heart was pounding. She forced herself to look casual.

After a while, she reached Tuen Mun Park and found the man in brown jacket and jeans. She approached him slowly. Laura was sweating. As Laura attempted to give the drugs to him, someone grabbed her hand. It was Samantha!

‘You can’t do that!’ Samantha yelled emotionally.

‘Why are you here?’ Laura asked surprisingly.

The man was afraid to be caught so he ran away.

‘Freeze! I’m police.’ Samantha ordered.

Laura’s month fell open with surprise. Then, a large number of policemen came. Laura was frightened and almost fainted. She was caught and sent to a police station. Laura and Nick were found guilty and sent to prison at last.

A month later, Samantha went to jail to visit Laura.

‘How are you?’  Samantha asked sorrowfully.

‘I’m fine. I’m fighting my addiction to drugs.’

‘I’m sorry, Laura. I cheated you. I’m a policeman and my boss sent me to your school to investigate drug abuse in school. I really don’t want to catch my friend.’ Samantha sobbed.

‘I’ve thought a lot there. I was totally wrong and I deserved it. You don’t need to apologize. It was your duty. We are still friends, aren’t we?’

Samantha wiped off her tears. ‘What are you going to do in the future?’ She smiled.

‘I want to be a social worker. I want to teach teenagers not to take drugs. They can ruin your life. Knock drugs out!’

News Commentary – Children in Poverty (3D Wong Po Yiu, Beeno)

I could not believe my eyes that three family members only live in a 4 sqm subdivided flat. Also, Amy and her brother are very poor that their father has abandoned them and their mother is still in mainland. Apart from those children’s stories, I think there are still many Hong Kong people in poverty – Yes, it is Hong Kong people! Many people think that Hong Kong is a developed city and it is rich in resources. No one is in poverty. However, it is not the case. I have watched the news from the television and the newspaper. They told me that there are plenty of Hong Kong people live in a very small area with poor living standard.

With regard to the attached news, Amy’s daily life is on the tiny bunk bed. For instance, she does her homework, plays or sleeps there. Even her birthday is coming, she cannot have any special celebration that day. Janice’s story is another instance of poverty. She lives in a tiny squatter’s area and her life is very hard that she has to borrow money from others. The children do not want any special things but only a better living standard.

 
I think they are looking forward to the help from the government. However, the new Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung has not fulfilled his promise so far. He did not give the public housing to the poor family. Does it mean that they need to keep waiting for this basic necessity?

I hope the government can help them more effectively. Although we are not the government, we can still give a helping hand to them. Firstly, we should not ignore the poverty in Hong Kong. We can donate money and food to them through the fund-raising activities, such as flag day, walkathon and so on. If we know some of the charities, we can give some materials to them as well.

This news also inspires me a lot. Nowadays, many of us take everything we have for granted. Nevertheless, this thought is wrong. We know that there are many poor people exist in the world. We are lucky that we have clothes, food and house at present.

In conclusion, we should treasure our things we have and do not take them for granted because there are many poor people who are worried about their lives. We should not be a selfish person and care about them more.

Letter to the Editor (3E Lam Lok Yin, Daisy)

Dear Editor,

I am writing to express my views on teenage issues. I would like to talk about the problem teenagers face nowadays and offer some solutions to the problems.

First of all, the common teenagers problem is Internet addiction. They spend much time of the Internet till midnight regardless of a lots of homework and revisions. This problem is caused by much pressure from academic and they want to escape from reality. Besides, they want to get ‘sense of achievement’ from virtual world. In order to help them stay away from the Internet, they should explore more interest, such as basketball and drawing.

Moreover, the idol worship becomes more serious due to the promotion of the entertainments and televisions. Since this social atmosphere extends to teenagers, they would give up studying and relationship with parents or classmates, and are only concerned about idol. Parents can tackle this problem by standing from their views. Parents need to address the problem by caring such as understanding their needs and feeling instead of scolding.

Last but not least, teenagers are keen on their peer most of the time. Therefore, they are easily affected by their friends. This makes the problem peer pressure exist. Teenagers not only want to have self-identity, but also want to have a companion. So, the problem of peer pressure becomes more serious. They can seek help from social workers and parents, because they can give them some rational opinions. They can also find some methods that are suitable for them to release these pressures.

To sum up, if teenagers find out they’re facing problems, they should forwardly seek for help from someone reliable. I hope that these solutions can help teenagers. Furthermore, I hope they can face these predicaments. Although the world is full of suffering, they can overcome them by love.

Yours faithfully,

Daisy

A letter of Advice (3F Tsang Tsz Ching)

Dear Andy,

Thank for your letter. I’m sorry to hear about your problems and I hope my advice can help you to improve your situation.

 

You mentioned that your parents have strict regulation to your free time. There are things you can do to make them understand you. You could try to talk to your parents how the stress makes you uncomfortable and nervous. Also, you can express your feeling and wish that you want to go out with your friends. Furthermore, they told you stop using Facebook, you might suggest to them that open an account and try to use it. Even you can add their Facebook to let them know Facebook isn’t ‘dangerous’.

You also said that you were being overweight. Why don’t you plan a schedule of the diet every day to control your energy intake? Also, remind yourself to eat more vegetables and suitable amount of protein. Moreover, I understand when you are down, you will eat snacks to express your feeling. However, it will make you become fat. You ought not to eat too much snacks. It might be a good idea for you to develop an interest. For example, learn to play an instrument or take some pictures to build self-confidence and value. Therefore, you will not think about eating snacks is the only way for you to feel happy. But be careful of the choice of your interest, you should choose healthy interest instead of bad interests such as smoking, taking drugs, etc.

Getting more exercise is good for your health, you should try it. If you are really afraid of the participating in competitions of team sports, you can try jogging. Doing more sports can produce the chemicals which are called endorphins. It can help you to feel happy. Also, try to talk to your parents you want to. If you don’t try, you can never do what you want. Therefore, be brave and active. There is always a way out.

I hope this advice is valuable. You’re not alone. Let me know how things turn not.

With best wishes,

Mr. Leung

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Drama Script Scene 3 (4B Chan Sau Yuen, Bernie)

Narrator: After Jonathan knew that his idea had been stolen by others, he felt helpless and decided to talk with his teacher Ms. Chan outside the staff room.
 

Jonathan: Excuse me, Ms. Chan. Can I talk to you for a bit of time?

Ms. Chan: Sure! Is there any problem?

Jonathan: I want to talk about the Student Fashion Design Competition.

Ms. Chan: (excited) Oh! I have seen your designs, it is very great! I like it so much!

Jonathan: (secretly) But… I … doubt…

Ms. Chan: What do you doubt?

Jonathan: I doubt someone has stolen my ideas!

Ms. Chan: (loudly) What? (confounded)

         (quietly) Are you serious?

Jonathan: I am not sure about that, but the works are very similar.

Ms. Chan: Whose work is similar to yours?

Jonathan: He is also our school’s student, he is from our school, Mickey Cheung.

Ms. Chan: Are you sure? He is my student. He is a kind student in my eye. Will he do this kind of things? …… I can’t believe that! Let us go to the computer room and check.

(In Computer Room)

Jonathan: (Typing) Ms. Chan, if it is real, what will you do to him?

Ms. Chan: (do not want to answer Jonathan’s question) Hey, do you think you will get the award?

Jonathan: Ms. Chan, answer my question please!

Ms. Chan: (take a deep breath) (think 2-3 seconds) He will be disqualified.

Jonathan: I do not want this thing to happen, but…… this work is my design, I have put a lot of hope in this competition, and I do not want to lose it.

Ms. Chan: I get it, I get it! I will check out the problem.

Narrator: 2 days later, Jonathan finds Ms. Chan again and asks the problem goes.

Jonathan: Ms. Chan, how is the problem?

Ms. Chan: I have asked the teacher in-charge – Ms. Ma. She said that the problem is serious. She needs to check what has happened. All of us do not want anyone to be disqualified.

Narrator: After 3 days, Ms. Chan finds Jonathan again.

Ms. Chan: Jonathan, Mickey has forfeited the competition entry. Ms. Ma said that when she asked Mickey why this situation happened, then Mickey cried and said sorry repeatedly. Mickey said that he wants money to buy an i-phone, so he wanted to win.

Jonathan: (haughty) It proved that my work is the chosen one! (laugh)

Ms. Chan: Anyway, the problem has ended. Hope you can win the competition.

End of Scene 3

 

Can students bring MP3 players to school? (4D Wong Kui Fung)

My school authority has recently banned students from bringing MP3 players to school by some reasons.  In my opinion, I hardly agree to ban students from bringing MP3 players to school.

First of all, students have a lot of pressure from their study especially before the examination.  They may feel relaxed by using MP3 when they are exhausted in lessons.  They may not be able to pay attention in class when they are exhausted.  Teachers should give a break to students.  At this moment, listening to music can help students calm themselves down emotionally.  According to a university report, listening to music can make students relieve pressure.

On the other hand, students can strengthen their friendship when they share different types of music to each other.  The teachers and students can also get closer.  My best friend, Peter, who is studying in a famous school, can bring MP3 players to school.  He told me that he loves his school because he can have freedom to listen to his favorite music when he is tired.

Monitoring students in bringing MP3 is actually easy since it offers the function of playing music only.  Therefore, lessons will not be affected by MP3 in other means.  They understand that teachers have no responsibility if any MP3 is missed.  In short, the school authority should not ban students from bringing MP3 to school.

Dress Casual Day on Fridays (4B Mak Pui Hang, Jody)

        Our school has recently proposed making every Friday dress casual day. This means students can wear whatever clothes to the campus on Fridays. Most of our students welcome this policy and are looking forward to its implementation. However, I entirely disagree with it. There are strong grounds for my stance.
        First of all, the dress casual day may jeopardy the harmonious atmosphere on campus. It is common that teenagers like to follow fashion trends and students of our school are no exception. If our students are allowed to wear casual wear to school, they will tend to look at what their friends are dressed in and even discuss where they were bought and how much they cost. It will inevitably lead to comparison of their clothes, including design and prices. This can embarrass students whose clothes are in basic styles or cheap. When their friends’ words provoke their ill feeling, it can be harmful to their friendship.

         Another drawback of dress casual day can be a waste of students’ time and money. As teenagers are concerned about their appearances and do not want to be teased by their school friends because of their outfits, it can be unavoidable for them to spend time on matching their clothes or even spend money on buying fashionable clothes. As students do not have any income, they will buy clothes with their pocket money. If the clothes they want to buy are out of their budgets, they will ask their parents for money. This will worsen their parents’ financial burden because students of our school mainly come from working class families. While buying clothes costs money, matching and shopping for clothes are time consuming. However, students of our school lead busy lives because of heavy homework and frequent extra-curricular activities. How can they afford extra time making themselves look good in casual wear?

         The last concern is the impact on the image of our school. Our school is regarded as the best one among all the schools nearby. If we made a wrong decision, which is holding dress casual day on Fridays, could ruin our reputation. Some students like to stand out at school so they try to make themselves different from their school friends.

         This can be commonly seen on school picnic day, on which we can wear casual wear. Some of our school friends follow the fashion trend so closely that they wear jeans with holes on them or even hipsters to school. If they were allowed to wear casually once a week, we can predict what kinds of clothes they would be dressed in to school. This can leave residents nearby a bad impression of our school. 

        All in all, making every Friday dress casual day is not a good idea. It can be harmful to students’ relations and the reputation of our school. Students’ time and money will also be wasted. I hope our school can see the serious consequences of launching dress casual day on Fridays.

Enrolment List - Off-campus English Activity (English Flea Market Event 2012-2013) (10 March 2013)

The following students have been selected to join our school's off-campus English Activity (English Flea Market Event 2012-2013) on 10 March 2013:

Enrolment List (Updated on 28 Feb 2013)

1	1B	YIM SZE WAN
2	2C	CHAN WANG HEI
3	1B	MOW CHING YIU
4	1B	MO CHEUK LAM
5	2A	NG KA YU
6	2A	SO WAI SHAN
7	2B	WAN PIK KEI
8	2B	HO HUI MAN
9	1C	LI TING YI
10	1C	KO WING
11	1C	NGAI CHING YEE
12	1A	TSE TSQ CHING
13	2A	WONG CHEUK YIU
14	1B	KOWK KA HIN
15	1A	KEVIN LEE

Enrolment List - Off-campus English Activity (Exchange with International Christian School) (15 March 2013)

The following students have been selected to join our school's off-campus English Activity (Exchange with International Christian School) on 15 March 2013:

Enrolment List (Updated on 5 Feb 2013)

1	1A	15	To Wing Kiu
2	1A	19	Chan Ho Chuen
3	1A	20	Chan Ki Hong
4	1B	11	Mow Ching Yiu
5	1B	16	Yim Sze Wan
6	1C	5	Dai Ho Yi
7	1C	11	Leung Hei Yuet
8	1C	14	Ng Sin Yee
9	1C	21	Chan Chuk Hei
10	1C	27	CHOI KIN TING
11	1C	35	WONG Hok Ling
12	1D	1	Gwyneth Chan
13	1D	11	Lo Hiu Tung
14	2A	12	Ng Ka Yu
15	2A	15	So Wai Shan
16	3C	11	Pang Yuk Yu
17	3D	12	Ng Hoi Kei
18	3F	7	Lee Ho Yi
19	5A	6	No Man Yong, Kara
20	5B	25	Chan King Ho
21	5D	7	Lam Hok Yee
22	5D	13	Liu Ka Lai