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2009-08-24T07:08:00.000-07:00

ok..
this blog is super dead..
and like what Nian Soon said:...it's hibernating..
Yo, it's me! Faizah! one of your so-called bloggers that's responsible for all entries of this website..
problem is that lately, ever since my post about introducing some story of mine, there hasn't been any single post at all..
honestly, i myself was trying to wait for either Yong Xiang or Filzah to update..
but i guess it can't be help...
WE HAVE PRELIMS, PEOPLE!~~!
yea..prelims were sucky, rite?
and o-lvls are in about 2 months time...talk about pressure..
so forgive us if the blog does not seem to be.....alive..
=)
sigh..you know..i'm supposed to email to Mrs. Sim a softcopy of my EL Prelim compo, but my thumbdrive last minute cannot be read by the computer, so every single one of my stories or videos that I made has a 50% chance of being gone FOREVER!!!...
GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!!
Lols...yeah i'm freaking out...
but hey, we're all teenagers, ain't??
we sure do suffer all the ups and downs of life in our teen years...
we fall, but there is always the strength to get back up on your feet..
don't be crestfallen by the prelim results, take it as a..stepping stone..
~smiles~
alright I'm going to end this post off with a compo...
yeah, i know what you're thinking...
"Huh?", "Huh?" and "Huh?", right??
well this compo is something that i did in my free time...
and fortunately, i had it uploaded in my blog before my thumbdrive breakdown..
anyway, the compo is of a free topic..so there's no questions to spark the escapade off..
hope you all enjoy reading it...
I got the inspiration [for this particular story] from a book called "The Eyeball Collector"..
its an interesting read...
till the next "hibernating season"!!!

The Riddler

“Bingo!” Mark Damen, the ingenious host, cheered stridently and clapping incessantly as I was able to answer the six-hundred-thousand-dollar riddle that flashed through the screen only moments ago. The crowd roared deafeningly, hurting my sensitive eardrums further and I couldn’t help but to just cover them. It was crazy, but I guess everyone’s fired up since I was able to make it to the seventh round, which only three got through in the previous episodes several weeks ago. They really can’t help it, since it’s “The Riddler Show”, a successful money-making, and money-winning, game that asks a total of ten questions in ten rounds without getting any, incorrect. And after twenty-one episodes, I am one of four who was able to pass onto the seventh round!

Each round, if deemed right, will earn the player a total of one hundred thousand dollars for one riddle and with ten rounds, I’m aspiring to win the one-million-dollar prize money. Only one, out of the previous three, was able to stream his way to the final round, but failed to answer unerringly. But I’m not that man, who participated for the wealth, but I did it because I was desperate.

“There was once a kingdom where it was a crime to tell a lie, the punishment being death,” the formally-dressed host dictated the seventh riddle. “A young man travelled to the kingdom and heard about the crime of lying. ‘That is nonsense,’ he declared to the townspeople. ‘If I were to tell a lie in this kingdom, I will not be put to death!’

“ ‘That’s a lie!’ shouted the crowd, and the young man was arrested by the King’s guards nearby. The very next day, he was brought before the King and a jury of twelve. ‘You have been found guilty,’ the King said. ‘You must say one last thing before you die, but be warned: if your statement is true, then you will be given a strong sleeping draught and you will die painlessly. But if your statement is a lie, then you will be burned alive and die screaming.’

“The young man spoke only one sentence in reply and the King had no choice but to release him,” a smile cracked across his rectangular wrinkled face. “So the question to the riddle is: What did the young man say?”

One thing about riddles is that it requires ingenuity and careful thinking for the solution. At times, the answer can be found lingering in the question or right under one’s nose. Sometimes, even, answers that was not meant to be. But if a lie was told to be a truth, then the truth can no longer sustain its true meaning or effect as it had before. I inhaled deeply before answering what I thought should be right, “The young man said to the King, ‘I will be burned’.”

The elephantine white screen in front of me, which displayed the whole riddle, turned a light shade of green, with a tick just as big, which meant I was right. A pang of relief hit me on the back, as I couldn’t help but smile myself. I was finally another step closer to the one-million dollars, which is another step nearer to the dead end of my worries. My wife and I would finally have peace, with our two children without fear any longer. I was starting to feel confident of the next and would, again, wish for Lady Luck to be by my side.

Eighth and ninth were close calls. Consecutive rounds were simply getting more and more arduous in their degree of difficulty level. Like a stock market, my self-esteem has gone through a rapid sharp drop. It took me longer than usual to answer ‘The Landlord’s Pickle’, the ninth riddle to which I was required to think of a solution to fit ten men in nine rooms when neither would want to share one. My hands shooked vigorously, as if I had Hypoglycemic attack, frightened out of my wits for the million-dollar question. It was definitely not going to be facile.

However, if I do not, I would lack a total of a hundred thousand dollars to him, Jeremiah Ratchet, my saviour and my aggressor.It was difficult leading a married life with everything turning against you. What more me, an orphan with no family or proper education, bombarded with this city’s life, stand? And my lovely wife, she supported me, but every ounce of it was filled with bills, loans and most of all, paper with dollar signs on it. We were on the verge of bankruptcy and forced to stray along the streets if we did not liquidate. Jeremiah, our neighbour, was courteous enough to loan me five hundred thousand dollars.

“The final riddle!” Mark Damen declared to the entranced audience before staring back at me. “Will he be our first winner to walk away with one million dollars?!”

Screams of cheers and jeers engulfed the silence, but as soon as the red-haired host lifted his hand to quiet the audience, he walked to center stage. “This will be one of the most difficult riddles that I have ever made. And I’ve decided that you, my friend, take on the toughest of the tough!” he threatened with a smug on his face, but I was all ears. “The riddle is: E.”

“E?” I asked, slumped with utter confusion, ignoring the many whispers that the audiences were exchanging.

“E, plain and simple,” repeated Host Mark. “Can you solve it?”

A one hundred percent extra, was what that went through my mind when he gave the riddle. It was when Jeremiah wanted me to settle the debt I had with him the day after. I was dumbfounded and not keen at all, refusing to give another five hundred thousand. Nevertheless, he took drastic measures and my wife suffered the worst. A miscarriage and only two fingers left on her left hand were just acts of the devil indeed. And to prevent any more of my wife’s ‘limbs’ to be cut of one’s own volition, I concede defeat, and relented to his request. This next answer will be my last chance.

“Hmm,” I wondered aloud. “A single letter. Maybe it has lost its fellow letters? Perhaps it comes from a word that has shrunk and all that is left is ‘e’…”

“The word is…” I bit my lips and closed my eyes. “Senselessness!”

The host literally staggered back before stammering in the microphone, “We ha…have a…winner!”

The happiness inside of me was so great and unimaginative, that it simply can’t be expressed in words. I wanted to faint, to grip onto something to contain my exultancy. My body grew numb as I couldn’t feel the host’s hand slap on my back, congratulating me for my success. All I could do was grin. I could feel the edges of my mouth stretching further and also the formation of wet salty tears of my blue eyes.

I saw flashes of what seem to look like my future, buoyant with no troubles. My wife would be in the pink of health and my children will receive a much better childhood than I did. Free from Jeremiah’s clutches was probably one of the best. Today I’m going home a lucky free man. No one can tear me away from this erratic moment of triumph. The answer somewhat described me, reminded of myself.

Senselessness. If the word were to be split into three parts – sense / less / ness, and if the part: ‘less’ were to mean fewer or subtract, this derives the word as ‘sense’ subtract the letters of ‘n e s s’. This leaves a single ‘e’.

-----------------------------------------------------------------Signed off By Vampyre Tiadora

P.S.

This story is originally written from me, Faizah, and not copied from any website.

Would wholeheartedly appreciate if no one in the world were to copy this story or/and name it as their own.

Written for the fun of writing~

Adverstisement

2009-04-06T04:10:00.000-07:00

To my dearest 4E2 classmates,
Hello! dis is Faizah! one of de official writers of dis blog!!
ok i took quite sum time 2 even post sumtin here..
but hey, was busy wif schl n all..
u of all ppl sud understand, rite??
anyway actually i'm writing dis post 2 promote sumtin..

ever since last year, i've been writing a novel..
yesh, i'm writing a story..
n it's about magic, schl & teenage life, a little bit of romance here n dere, plus fantasy..
ok the title dat i've given it so far..it's called, "Mystic Magix"
n i've posted dis story in2 a blog website...
so far i've posted a total of thirty chapters..
da link is http://www.mysticmagixtiadora.blogspot.com/
if u're sumwhat interested, check it out...
once u're at da web page, on da left column, dere's a section called "previous posts"
n if u wanna read chap1, juz keep on clicking da very last slot (as u do dis, it will show u da previous chapters before tt given slot)..
den u'll arrive at da 1st few chapters, n juz click chapter1..Taadaa!!
or u cud juz type dis in if u straightaway wanna go dere:
"http://mysticmagixtiadora.blogspot.com/2008/08/rose-petal-1.html"
so if u're interested 2 read on, u hafta go back 2 http://www.mysticmagixtiadora.blogspot.com/
n do da steps tt i've stated..

u noe wat??
i'll juz post chap1 here in dis post...
safes time rite????
so if u're interested, juz go 2 da stated website...

Chapter 01: The Sweet Escape
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In the year 1565, there was a magical kingdom which was protected by 5 guardians who possess 5 elements, Princess Tiadora (ENERGY), Sir Lancelot (FIRE), Sir Arthur (WATER), Sir Galahad (EARTH) and Sir Thomas (AIR). These 5 elements came from the legendary Pandora's Box. However, their arch enemy, Xana, whom they have never seen before as he was always covered with a cape, succeeded in eliminating every guardian except Princess Tiadora. So Xana was on his way to the castle. Deep within the castle, Princess Tiadora was responsible for keeping Pandora's Box. Then unexpectedly Pandora's Box was filled with the 4 elements; fire, water, earth and air. Surprised, she knew what it meant. Her 4 knights have died.

BANG!!

Coming from her door, she quickly absorbed all the 4 elements in her Energy element and escaped from her balcony. Riding a stallion, it galloped into the far deep forest and within a few moments, Xana was already tailing her. As Xana gained speed, he conjured up a dark magic spell and tried to attack Tiadora. Intending to flee, she gathered all her strength and cast a time spell. Immediately, a blast of rays shot out and formed a light circular portal.

"Perfect" Tiadora thought. She'd rather be anywhere but here.

So the golden stallion leaped into the time portal gracefully, making the portal closed and leaving Xana behind. Relieved from the incident, she looked around. It seems she was under a bridge though the bridge didn't look big and bulky like it was supposed to. Made off ceramic instead of bricks, it confused her for a while, but she had other things to worry about. The time portal she had cast, was to bring her to the descendants of her 4 knights, so that she can form an alliance with them to save her kingdom with the elements. But the question is when is it? What year has she landed into?

That's when she realized that her trusty stallion wasn't by her side. Something must have happened during the jump and might have brought the stallion to another time, thought Tiadora. The sun was already setting. Where is she going to sleep at? No matter, her main priority was the descendants. So there she set on her journey in search of her only hope to save her kingdom.

---------------------------------------------------------------------Written By VampyreFaizah

2009-03-22T08:09:00.001-07:00

PLEASE BRING YOUR HEALTH BOOKLET TOMORROW!(MONDAY 23rd MARCH)

2009-03-02T03:46:00.000-08:00

STUDY THE DEFINITION OF ELECTRIC FIELD AND ALSO THE DRAWING OF THE ATTRACTION AND THE REPEL OF (+) and (-) CHARGES!

for tomorrow physics test!
(:

2009-02-27T06:29:00.000-08:00

Dare to dream, pursue it.
Believe in yourself, tell yourself that you will succeed, and you will.
Don't be afraid of obstacles, be daring and willing to take up new challenges.

4E2, we will excel!
:D

2009-02-27T04:42:00.000-08:00

GREAT NEWS!
THERE WILL BE 4 NEW AUTHORS FOR THIS BLOG!

Clara, Faizah, Filzah, AND Chee Ann! :)

2009-02-26T06:33:00.000-08:00

THERE WOULD BE AN ICONNEXION EXERCISE DURING THE MARCH HOLIDAYS,
DO TAKE NOTE!
OTHER UPDATES WOULD BE NOTIFIED!! Don't WORRY!

(:

2009-02-26T06:30:00.001-08:00

NOTE!

LIT TA IS ON LEE AND AN OFFACL !

._.

yongxiang-

2009-02-26T03:33:00.000-08:00

UPCOMING TAs:

Lit TA- week 10 (LEE AND AN OOFACL)

Physics TA- 3-3-2009, Tuesday. (Static Electricity,Current Electricity,D.C.circuits)

BIOLOGY TA- Wed, 4-3-2009.
-HORMONES
-NERVOUS SYSTEM
-EYES

good luck for the tests! :)

2009-02-24T03:29:00.000-08:00

THERE WILL BE A BIOLOGY CLASS TEST ON: TRANSPORT IN MAMMALS (HUMANS) ON 25 FEB 2009! :)

2009-02-21T02:40:00.000-08:00

ANY IDEAS ON IMPROVING THE BLOG?
OR
SIMPLY WANTS TO HELP POST THINGS IN THIS BLOG TO MAKE IT
INTERESTING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR?
simply email to
foure2-jyss@hotmail.com !

:)

for 4e2ians

yongxiang-

LAST GLIMPES FROM THE PREVIOUS SEC4&5 CAMP WEEK~

2009-02-21T01:17:00.000-08:00

WE HAVE HAD FUN TOGETHER;

WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT OUR DREAMS TOGETHER,

WE HAD shown efforts together;

WE HAD BOND TOGETHER,

set targets and goals together,
AND WE REALISED THAT,

WITH THE IDEAS AND STRATEGIES WE've LEARNT
together this week,

WE WILL STRIVE TOGETHER!! WITH IT &

WITH SMILES TOGETHER! :)

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END OF CAMP WEEK FOR sec4 and 5 2009 :))
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*specially edited and posted by YONGXIANG, feb2009

BEACH CLEANING AND CLASS BONDING AT EAST COAST!(part2 of 2)

2009-02-20T06:19:00.000-08:00

EAT BEFORE WE PLAY THOSE CARDS!!:)

-----------------CLASS BONDING AT ECB---------------------

ready,and..

GO!!

THATS MY BONE!!

I'll BE THE CAT!

WHO's THE LEADER!?!

a class pic before we end the day:)

maybe the class was not fully present,

but the moments and memories of these days,that we had bond together, will always be remembered!:)

these pics are taken by

Mrs Sim,

edited by yongxiang.

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BEACH CLEANING AND CLASS BONDING AT EAST COAST!(part 1 of 2)

2009-02-20T05:47:00.000-08:00

4e2 will be the top o level class!:)
-----------BEACH CLEANING@ EAST COAST BEACH-----------

LOOKED A SEAWEED!

PICK UP THOSE LITTERS!NOT SEAWEEDS!

thats the way!:)

OTHER PICS LIKE THE SEAWEEDS,SAND DRAWING WAS NOT INSIDE THIS POST,

IF U INTERESTED IN THE PICS NOT IN HERE, CONTACT YONGXIANG TO SEND YOU!:)

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Motivational Workshop pics!(part 2 of 2)

2009-02-20T05:34:00.000-08:00

-->in the motivational programme.,
I've learned....

---> we have put in efforts in challenges.,
REsilience

we shown teamwork,

we perservered

and we reached our goal:)

TEAMWORK,

STUDY SKILLS ,
GOAL SETTING,
and many more!~~:)

IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING!IF WE THINK IT TO BE POSSIBLE!:)

We end the programme with confidence and pride in ourselves!:)

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edited by yongxiang,with the help of jaiyong in the pics and of course,MRS Sim whom took the pictures:)

Motivational Workshop pics!PART ! of 2)

2009-02-20T04:22:00.000-08:00

FRESHH!-yongxiang:)

4e2 bombs !:):)

samuel,javen ,nian soon,and cheeann.

MY DREAM's artwork!!!:)

Ze Siong,Sebas,Shawn:)

concentrating on making an artpiece of our DREAMS!

Hardwork

+ + PLUS

TEAMWORK

============EQUALS========

=SUCCESS!!!!:)

TO BE CONTINUED:)

edited by yongxiang,feb 2009

WELCOME

2009-02-19T07:19:00.000-08:00

THIS BLOG IS NEW,
SO IT IS ABIT MESSY AND UGLY:X,
changes will be made after the everything is completed,
thanks:D

yongxiang-

2009-02-19T06:57:00.000-08:00

THIS BLOG:
http://www.foure2-jyss.blogspot.com/ is looking for interested journalist in our class
4E2!!!! :)

if interested please email to
foure2-jyss@hotmail.com ,
or approach YONGXIANG
for the password. :)
thanks

THIS BLOG IS NEW,
PLEASE RESPECT IT,

IT IS OFFICIALLY OPENED ON 20th Feb 2009, MIDNIGHT. :)

anything like announcements,
photos of excursions,
classroom buzzs,
study tips,
OR EVEN,
BIRTHDAYS WISHES
would be put up in here! :)

be sure of your dreams guys!
:)
get on, and work on it! :)

THIS BLOG IS MADE FOR A PURPOSE,
so please,
respect it! :)

yongxiang-