This author is currently on hiatus for the ignoble cause of mugging. The public is advised to remain calm, as this routine protocol has been shown to have no effect on one's violent tendencies in 96% of cases.
| Sunday, October 29, 2006 |
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I received a call from my school ytd, telling me that I was recommended by my Head of English Department (Mrs Yong, who is also my English teacher) for some "Best English Award", and im one of the shortlisted few. And i was like, wtf? And its even more surprising that people like Yi Yong didn't get chosen. I mean, he writes so much better than me (just check his blog and you'll see what i mean), yet Mrs Yong chooses me over him. I do admit i do not possess a natural creative flair for writing, like Yi Yong, nor do I have a wide vocabulary of colourful and bombastic words and phrases that i can use, like Dah Wei. Indeed, my style of writing is, on the contrary, rather dull and boring but simplistic. That is perhaps because I tend to focus more on my content rather than my use of words (as i've mentioned in a previous post), as I do not write for leisure or to de-stress, but instead, i write simply to be heard and to be understood. Thus, i probably stand a very slim chance of getting that award or whatsoever, for my standard of English might be better than some, but it definitely isn't as good as the best out there. I still have no idea why Mrs Yong chose me... Anyway, im supposed to do up a portfolio with some of the English essays/works ive written, "prefably including with things [i've] written outside of school work of my own time", as the lady over the phone tells me. Then im supposed to bring it with me for some interview tmr in school. Sigh... I've put together 6 of my works for this portfolio, some of which are blog posts from this very blog. You can access the online version of it here, hosted by GeoCities. Do take a look through if you have time, and your frank comments on how to improve it would be appreciated. Maybe some things should be added/removed? Or maybe there are some errors in some of them? Just post your comments in the tagboard over on the right. >> Thanks! |
'Twas teh winnar at 8:08 pm.
