Childhood stories in today's context.

On a fine summer day, a lovely couple married and they gave birth to a daughter and name her Cinderella. Cinderella's mother then diagnosed with cancer passed away gradually. Her wealthy father, a business man, then married another woman and gave birth to two beautiful,yet evil, daughters. 


Since young, Cinderella were never closed to her father because he travels around as a business man and they hardly had time together. Seeing that her father is not around, her step mother and sisters took advantage of Cinderella. They made her cook, made her wash the clothes and clean the house. They threatened her not to tell her father or they will beat her. Whenever her father comes home from a business trip, Cinderella would not dare to accept any gifts from her father as she knows her step-sisters will be jealous and they will be unhappy with her.


One day, the Prince of England invites all of the beautiful girls in the country to attend a ball as the Prince wants to select and marry a bride for himself. Cinderella and her two step-sisters were invited to the ball, but her step mother forbid her to go to the ball, telling her that she had no dress nor shoes to wear. Her step mother threw her a basket of dirty clothes for her to wash and made her do the job. Her step-sisters and her step mother then left the house, leaving Cinderella crying at home. 


Cinderella's neighbors, two beautiful lady, knows about Cinderella's situation at home and they decide to help her with the laundry so she can attend the ball. With the help of her neighbors, she finished the laundry in no time. "How am i suppose to attend the ball without any beautiful dress?", cried Cinderella. 


"No worries my dear, we had it all prepared for you", said the ladies.


Cinderella then took a taxi together with the two ladies and attend the ball. When Cinderella appears at the entrance of the hall, she immediately catches everyone's attention. 


"Wow! She's gorgeous!", said a lady.


The Prince was then talking to Cinderella's step-sisters, and his attention was diverted to Cinderella. He went up to her and asked her for a dance. The Prince fell deeply in love with Cinderella, he then proposed to her in front of everyone at the ball with a ring, and put it on her fingers. The prince then went to look for his parents, the King and Queen. 


Meanwhile, her step-sisters were so jealous that they went over to Cinderella with their mother. Their mother find it unbelievable and outrageous that Cinderella did not obey her and came for the ball. Her step-mother then gave her a slap on Cinderella's face in front of the crowd and left Cinderella crying. Cinderella then ran away from the ball, crying, and the ring dropped on the floor. 


The Prince tried to went after her, but couldn't chased and found the ring. The next day, the Prince proclaimed that he will marry the lady whose finger will fit the golden ring. He went into Cinderella's house and tried the ring on her step-sisters. Their fingers couldn't fit into the ring, the Prince was disappointed and thought he couldn't find the lady. When the Prince was about to leave their house, Cinderella dashed out from her room and said she want to try to fit in the ring. 


The Prince then put on the ring for her and slowly, out of his surprised, the ring fits perfectly and nicely on her beautiful fingers. The Prince was so happy and glad that he found her. 


The Prince and Cinderella then marry, and they lived happily ever after.

Character Profile

Choose a storybook: Harry Potter & the Chambers of Secrets

Harry Potter is an orphan who discovers at the age of eleven that he is a wizard, living within the ordinary world of Muggle people ( non-magical people ). His ability is inborn and such children are invited to attend a school that teaches necessary skills to succeed in the wizarding world. 

Harry is staying home with the Dursleys for the summer, and he is not getting any mail from his friends, Ron and Hermione. Harry is visited by Dobby, a house-elf, who warns Harry that he will be in great danger if he returns to Hogwarts this year. In order to counter Harry's determination on going back to school, Dobby decides to destroy, by the use of a charm, a large cake that Aunt Petunia has bake for an important dinner party attended by Vernon Dursley's boss and his wife. The Dursleys then lock Harry's books and wand away and fit bars onto his bedroom window, making Harry a prisoner.

Harry is then saved by Fred, George and Ron Weasley in their father's enchanted Ford Anglia car. After a pleasant summer together in the Weasley's house, everyone heads to Platform 93/4 to take the Hogwarts Express back to school. Harry and Ron then realized that they are unable to enter the barrier between platform 9 and 10. They then fly to Hogwarts in the car.

Harry, Ron and Hermione attempt to discover the Heir of Slytherin's true identity. Using polyjuice potion, they disguise themselves as Slytherin students, hoping to learn from Draco Malfoy the identity of the Heir.  

The attacks increase throughout the year, petrifying more students, including Hermione. Most horribly, a message written on a wall declares that Ginny Weasley has been taken into the Chamber, where "her skeleton will lie forever."

Harry makes it to the Chamber where he finds an unconscious Ginny. He meets a young man named Tom Riddle, who claims to be a memory. Lord Voldemort, whose real name is Tom Marvolo Riddle, imprinted his memory in an enchanted diary, in order to one day continue the work he began when he reopened the Chamber fifty years ago ridding Hogwarts of non-pureblood witches and wizards.

Tom Riddle's memory grows more powerful as it steals life from Ginny's body, and it tries to kill Harry by setting loose a basilisk. But Dumbledore's phoenix, Fawkes, arrives carrying the Sorting Hat, from which Harry draws out the sword of Godric Gryffindor. Fawkes blinds the basilisk, destroying its fatal gaze, and Harry slays it with the sword. In attempting to slay the basilisk Harry's arm has been pierced by the creature's fang. Harry stabs the diary with one of the basilisk's fangs, and the memory of Riddle is destroyed, while Ginny revives from her near-death state. Harry seems to be dying quickly from the venom but Fawkes comes to heal Harry with his tears (phoenix tears have healing power).

Dumbledore dispels Harry's fears that he could have been put into Slytherin rather than into Gryffindor when he tells Harry that it is his choices that define him and not his abilities, and that Harry could not have wielded the sword of Gryffindor if he did not truly belong to that house.

Blog #4 - Write a story about a person

For the past few years, i've been wandering around Tampines since i'm staying there.
So, Tampines is quite a big estate i can say, but i'm always around the whole of Tampines.


There's this day where i was near Tampines Stadium cycling and i noticed this man, in his 40s, who looks kind of slumpy, carrying a sling bag and an umbrella in hand. The first impression he gave me is that he looks odd and weird, but unique in a way.


Another day, i saw the very same man while i was having my supper at Mr Prata Family Restaurant at Tampines. Again, his attire is the same, carrying the same umbrella and bag. But the previous time i saw him was at the west side of Tampines, now at the east side. I thought to myself, he must be "some thing".


This cycle repeats itself more than 10 times in a few months. I see him everywhere in Tampines, but at different time of the day. Be it day or night, i'll still see him. 


So my friends and i decided to name him, "The Man from the Future".


We thought to ourselves, why do we see this guy so often than anybody else?
Is he trying to show us a sign that bad things are going to happened in the future?
Or is he just another ordinary homeless guy?