THE MOMENT I CAN NEVER FORGET

The day when I left my school without the school’s permission for the first time was my most unforgettable adventure and a priceless experience. I was in my senior year studying at a boarding school in Kuala Kangsar, “The Malay College”. That day, surprisingly I felt like a daredevil and wanted to try something new.

It all started when two of my best friends, Stone and Blur suggested that we should take a break from studying for our Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examinations. So the three of us planned to sneak out after our Friday Prayers and take a bus to Ipoh to watch the movie “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows Part 1” at Ipoh Parade. To get back to school after the movies, we opted for the last bus available or the midnight train Ipoh-Kuala Kangsar.

On our way to catch a bus to Ipoh, we bumped into two of our schoolmates, John and Ayip who coincidentally wanted to go to Ipoh as well. They told us that they were heading to Jusco. So after buying tickets to Medan Kidd Ipoh, the five of us boarded the bus together and began our journey. After a while, I felt sleepy and decided to take a nap. When I woke up, we had arrived at our destination. I felt drowsy and accidentally took the taxi along with John and Ayip, who were heading to Jusco. It wasn’t until several minutes had passed that I realised I was supposed to take the taxi with Stone and Blur to Ipoh Parade. So quickly, I called up Blur to make a detour to Jusco.

Upon reaching Jusco, the five of us decided to hang out together and bought the 5.00 p.m. movie slot for “Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows Part 1”. The movie was great and we enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. When the movie ended - Stone, Blur and I decided to head back to the bus station. We felt that we should make plans for transport arrangement as it was getting late and we did not want to be stranded in Ipoh for the night. But somehow John and Ayip managed to convince us to stay a little bit longer and have a game of bowling and dinner before heading back. They confidently said that the tickets for the midnight train Ipoh-Kuala Kangsar would still be available even if we reach the train station at 10.00pm.

After a game of bowling and dinner, it was already 10.00pm and we quickly headed to the taxi stand to take a taxi to the railway station. Shocked, we found that there were no taxis waiting at the taxi stand. We totally panicked and amusingly, my friends started to signal the incoming traffic franticly to hitchhike a ride. John even tried to reveal his bare legs imitating the act of a female hitchhiker. I was totally at loss and started thinking hard of ways to get to the railway station in time to buy tickets and board the last train. Suddenly, an idea struck and I suggested that we should head to the Jusco Information Centre to ask for the Ipoh Taxi Company contact number.

After about ten minutes, the taxi came for us and sends us to the railway station. We headed straight to the ticket counter and to our dismay; we were informed that the tickets for the last train Ipoh-Kuala Kangsar had sold out. John, who has occasionally rode the train before came up with an idea and convinced all of us to board the train even without the tickets. He assured us that we would not get caught as long as we act normal and we could hang around the Train Cafe to pass time. We all agreed with the plan and each of us vowed that if any one of us gets caught, we would endure the consequences together in line with our school batch stand, “Unity is Strength”.

The midnight train was delayed until 2.00 a.m. and we passed the time discussing topics of our History examination that would be held on the upcoming Tuesday. We even took some photos around the railway station to keep for memories. When the train finally arrived at the railway station, we all felt a sense of relief to be heading back to school.

Boarding the train, we headed straight to the Train Cafe and hung around. But luck was not on our side that day. After a few minutes, we were all caught by one of the ticket conductors. He demanded us to show our tickets and unfortunately, we were unable to do so. Blur apologized on behalf of all of us and explained to the ticket conductor that we did not intentionally want to board the train without tickets. He further explained that the tickets were actually sold out and we had no other means of getting back to Kuala Kangsar. The ticket conductor did not buy our excuses and demanded us to pay triple the amount of the original ticket price if we wanted to continue our journey. He told us that we should get off the train at the next stop, Tanjung Rambutan if we did not pay up. Disappointed, we found that all of our money combined, we could only pay the fare for only two people. Sticking to our vow to endure the consequences together, all of us decided to disembark together at the next stop.

Feeling frustrated, we decided to be cheeky as we reached the Tanjung Rambutan stop. When we got off the train, we thanked the ticket conductor for leaving us at Tanjung Rambutan and waved goodbye to him as well as other passengers on board. It was 3.00 a.m. We quickly started to brainstorm a solution on how to get back to school as we all had an English class at 8.00 a.m. that day. I offered that we should follow the rail tracks back to Ipoh as there were no available transports available in Tanjung Rambutan heading to Kuala Kangsar. Stone objected to my idea as he was scared of wild wolves that might pounce on us in the dark. Blur, on the other hand, was scared of ghosts that we might encounter. John and Ayip reflected that it was dangerous as one of us might get our foot stuck between the rail tracks. In the end, we decided to walk all the way to Kuala Kangsar.

On our way, we passed a Malay eatery that was still open for business. We stopped by to ask for directions to Kuala Kangsar. Instead of giving us the directions, the owner offered us to stay and rest for a while before continuing our journey at 6.00 a.m. when a bus to Ipoh will be available. We accepted his offer and after a while - Blur, John and I fell asleep. Ayip and Stone stayed up smoking. At 5.55 a.m. I woke up and shook Blur and John from their sleep. I had a hard time waking up Blur from his sleep and as a result, we all missed the first morning bus. We were all very annoyed at him but fortunately, ten minutes later, the second morning bus approached. We quickly thanked and expressed our appreciations to the Malay eatery owner before leaving to catch the bus to Medan Kidd Ipoh.

When we finally arrived at school, we scrambled through a secret big hole in the gate nearby the Hockey Field. We split up and went back to our own dormitories. I grabbed my towel and had a quick shower before heading straight to the English class at 8.00 a.m. :)

THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER

Do you have any best holiday ever? I have experience one. I found my wife from that holiday. Since high school, I love Izzati very much. I always do something to make sure that Izzati is mine forever. By doing so, I know that it will prove my love to her, remind her how much I love her and it will be last forever.

It’s semester break. Since last year I had plan to have a vacation at a beach near my uncle’s mansion. I had planned everything. Izzati and few friends of me agree to spend their holiday with me. Today is the day. We decided to spend few nights at the mansion before going back to hometown.

It’s just five of us; Izzati, Amin, Azzan, Fyqa and me. We decide that Amin will drive the car for two hours before I drive it for another three hours. Izzati always wants to seat in front. I always give her what her one. Thus, I let her to site in front, beside Amin. From back, I was so jealous to see them so friendly together. I saw Amin hold Izzati’s hand. That moment had made me become mad to Amin.

For every moment we spend our time at the mansion and its beach, Amin always together with Izzati. That had made me reach my breaking point. Tonight is the night. I am going to make it real tonight. Tonight we are going to have a nightmare story at the mansion’s hall. The night start with Amin tells his story about an abandon house near his hometown. The session goes on with story from Fyqa, Azzan and Izzati.Then, It is my turn to tell my story.

I told them that it is true story that happen in that hall. It is nearly midnight and they started to feel scare. The story begins when that mansion is used as motel few years ago. The hall used to be as the common room of the motel. It is three o’clock in morning when the incident happens. It was a young man who rent a room there wake up when he heard someone is calling his name. He gets out from his room and follows the voice. As he going downstairs, he follows the voice which leads him to the common room. Next morning, one of the motel workers saw a headless body in the common room. Until now, the policemen still did not found the head of that young man.

My story end when it is started to rains heavily. Everyone started to feel creepy and ready to sleep. That night, someone knock Amin’s room door. Amin wakes up and get out from his room. He heard someone calling his name. He still in puzzled when he follow the voice. The voice leads him to the hall.

The next morning, I wake up with smile on my face when I heard Izzati screams. I go to the hall and saw Amin’s body without head. Izzati hugs me. This is what I want. Izzati now is mine forever.

At the end of our holiday, the Amin’s death had shock some of us. The policemen still have not found his head. His murderer and motive is still a mystery. For me, I had found my happiness with Izzati. She is my wife now. After ten years, that holiday is my best holiday ever. Hahaha…

The Most Terrifying Moment Of

Everybody must have his most terrifying moment in his life. For me, the most terrifying moment I ever had in my life was the moment I faced about 5 years ago when I still in Form 1. The moment had turned the new page of my life, becoming the turning point on my life graph and changed me totally from a coward to a strong, brave person.

                The moment started as I hardly tried to open my eyes and when finally did it I was very shocked to see where I was. I wanted to cover my nostrils with my fingers when I sniffed a pungent and bad smell but both my hands were tied firmly by a rope. My legs also were tied with the same rope. I tried to scream but my mouth was covered by a cloth that I could not even said a single word. I started to become anxious. I widen my view. I was in about 2mx2m-room and the rubbish seemed to fill the entire small room. I was wondering how I came to this horrible place. The last thing I remembered was the television. Yes, I was watching Transformers at my home alone when suddenly a hand with a piece of cloth covered my mouth. Then, I became unconsciousness. 

                As I tried to get idea how I can been at this place, I heard a hoarse voice coming from the door. I tried to focus my hearing. “What are we doing with that boy, sir?” My neck was shivering as I know that I had been kidnapped. The man must be talking with his boss just now. I felt very panic and began to think what to do. The first thing that I need to do was to free my movement by releasing my limbs from this rope. I navigated the area to find something that could help me to do that. Finally, my view came to a piece of a glass fragment that was located quite a distance from my place. With all my strength I managed to roll to it and quickly applied the sharp part of the fragment to cut the rope. “Okay, now I can move. So, what can I do now?” I whispered slowly.

                As I kept thinking, the door opened. A fat, well-shouldered man appeared from the door and as I expected he was very surprised when he saw me moveable. I too was actually surprised to see him. I breathe with gasping. I could feel my heart pumping faster as an ordinary feedback mechanism for a human in this situation. My rate of metabolism increased as the blood sent more oxygenated blood to each part of my body. Fight or flight situation. I did not know exactly what should I do at this moment. I did not think I can defeat this guy in front of me that seemed to be like a gorilla now. He started to attack me with a heavy punch and I was fortunate to evade that first attack. But the man skillfully used his leg to find his target on my body. It happened so fast. I screamed at the top of my voice.

                All of a sudden, my anger controlled me. On impulse, I took the glass fragment from the ground and threw it accurately to his face. Then, I ran as fast as I could to distance me from that guy. I did not know what happened to him just now and I did not want to know. What I wanted was to run from this horrible place. So, I increased my speed and only losing it as I felt exhausted. It was dark but I do not feel cool. There was a burning sensation in my limb which was matted with my blood. Then, I continued my running, just to become cautious if that man was chasing me. I reached the main road and was very lucky to see a car approaching me. I stopped the car and asked for the driver’s help. From her, I managed to lodge a police report at the nearby police station. Then, the police called my parents to inform about my condition. According to him, he had received a report that a boy was missing yesterday. Twenty minutes later, my parents came with a cry and I was grateful to see both of them.

                The terrifying accident was happened about 5 years ago but until now, the police still do not find the kidnapper and the mastermind for my abduction. Although I had given detail information about the man and the house, the police still could not solve this mystery. The motive for this case is still unknowable. But they believe that it was not about money because the kidnapper never call my parents to ask for the ransom. The police are still investigating this case. For me, I am grateful to save from the most terrifying accident I ever had. I try to be more cautious in whatever I do. Sometimes, I thought who was that man and what he wanted from me but to no avail. So, I am trying to forget that moment from keep disturbing my life.

New links

Attention to everyone in this Tutorial Group 10. For the ease of everyone here and for easy access, I have put up links that link to the short stories that is required for our semester. Keys and Locks and Open Doors was deleted from the original website, but I found another website only in a different language, but the text is basically English. Have fun using the new feature!

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Muhammad Danish a.k.a Dany D :D

The Day I Became a Better Person

     It all started during my first day at junior PETRONAS Military Camp at Petronas Penapisan Malacca on the year 2004. That was my first camping program that didn’t involve my school. That was the first time I experienced holding and firing a real rifle. I learned a few things about life at the camp that is respect, teamwork and honour.

     What I learned about respect at that camp was mainly about respect everyone even though they’re older or younger. The participants of the camp were aged from 10 to 18 years old. So, each of us had to respect each other because we’re all from the same batch of junior military camp. Besides that, during our meals, we all have to sit down together so that we all can eat at the same time. Before we start eating, 1 of us must say the prayers to eat. By then we can start eating. If a person eats earlier than all of us, we all have to throw away our foods. Therefore, with discipline, we can live a happy and simple life.

     Next, teamwork is needed in our daily life. Teamwork is mainly used in schools, works or social activities. In the camp, we’re encouraged to work together under all circumstances, even though that work can be done alone. For example, we were given a task to gather five fire woods per person. It can be done alone, but it is better to do the work together as a team. Teamwork bonds us well with the surroundings. So, to work easier, teamwork is a priority.

     Lastly, to have pride, we must have honour. People will look up to us if we were to have honour. We increase our honour by doing good things for other people and our country. By joining this camp, I earned my honour for serving my country. I was even honoured by my friends for helping them a lot with their works. However, it is easy to lose our honour, but it we can gain them back by doing the right thing at the right time.

     At the camp, I learned a lot about life. As stated above, I learned how to be a good person, a more helpful person and how to be honoured. That’s where I learned how to be a better person.

Hi. I am straight. I like girls. I love them. True story.

I come from a small family of five including both of my parents, elder sister, younger brother and me. My family is not rich. In fact, my lovely parents have to work hard to make ends meet. My sister is currently pursuing dentistry in USM. I am here. And my playful brother is slacking in his form 4. My SPM result was not good so I will pass. So sad.

Active is my middle name. My passion towards sports is growing every day. Basketball is my main sport. Besides that, I also enjoy other sports like futsal, badminton, rock climbing, abseiling, etc. Call me and I will be there. Call me! Haha

Apart from that, I am an open-minded person. I accept all my friends for whom they are, and I am able to tolerate and work as a great member with anyone. Please do not hesitate to make friends with me.

I hope that no one was bored of my brief introduction. Nice to meet you all! :D

Me Myself and I ; Nur Amirah Nordzi

I was given the name 'Nur Amirah' by my parents. I was born in Subang Jaya, Selangor on 13th December 1993. By this year I'm going to turn 18 years old. My hometown is in Cheras, Selangor. As for siblings, I have one younger brother and two younger sisters. That makes me the eldest child in my family. My previous school was Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Bandar Tun Hussein Onn 2. I am a low profile type of person back in school. People always misjudge me as I do not smile so often, or being friendly enough. On my free time, I would like to just sit around and relaxing. Sometimes I would spend my time watching the channels on the television and surfing the web. I like to travel over the seas or in another word; going for vacations. So far I had go to Singapore, a couple of places in Indonesia and God willingly, South Korea not long from now. Ilove to be with my family no matter which phase of life I'm getting through. They are my spirit to success in whatever I am doing in Universiti Teknologi Petronas, my current learning institute. Eventhough sometimes I find it hard to bear the thoughts to my family, I keep holding on when I think about my parents. As for my academic achievements, I have never failed to get straight As in public examinations. However, my Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia result disappoint me. That is my past from now on. Currently, I am studying engineering foundation in UTP. As I analyse myself, I can say that I am trying to improve myself in every little aspect. That's all, thank you for taking the time to read this.

The Moment by Mohamad Hanif b Md Nor

Everybody has a day where things are fairly good then something happens that ultimate embarrassment and they think that they will never be able get over it. The truth of the matter is that people do get over those embarrassing moments and look back on them and laugh because it was truly funny and it doesn’t affect them anymore. Just like anyone else I’ve had a few embarrassing moments in my short lifetime so far. Having to look back on all of the embarrassing things that have happen to me I would have to say my most embarrassing moment was in the mall with my friend and that mannequin fell on me. I too thought that I would never be able to get over the fact that I was embarrassed in the mall surrounded by a bunch of my peers.

One day my friend and I where getting ready to go out of town to pekan,pahang where we would be attending a Southern Football game. We where so excited about leaving because it was the only time that we actual go somewhere without our parents always around us. While packing our things we decided that we need a new outfit and a new pair of shoes. First we made sure to finish packing all the small; but necessary items like toothbrush, comb, toothpaste, and comb. Then we borrowed my father car to go hunting for new outfits and shoes.

Our first stop was jusco to this little strip mall that we like to shop at; but we didn’t have any luck finding what we were looking for that day. So we made our way to carefour mall and look around in a few stores my friend found some shoes that he purchased and I have found a shirt that I purchased. After leaving carefour my friend still needed an outfit and I need to complete my outfit and get some shoes. We took a break from shopping and got some lunch to eat. Then we then decided to go to the Mall of kuala lumpur to continuing looking for our new things.

Upon arrive at the Mall of kl we stopped at adidas’s to check out there selection of shoe after leaving that shop we saw these two amazing looking guys. We decided to follow them to get a better look; us trying to follow them without it being obvious. They stopped in this urban wear store where they where looking at so throwback jerseys. We were acting like we were looking at the throwback dresses next to the men’s jerseys that they were looking at. I looked away for a minute to look at the dress my friend had in her hand and they were gone. My friend turned around to look in the mirror and bumped the mannequin it fell right on me and I fell to the ground. The two guys were standing behind us and started cracking up laughing.

The salesperson in the store helped me up and fixed the mannequin back the way it was suppose to be. I was so embarrassing will never go to the mall with her again.

Muhammad Danish a.k.a Dany D :D

MY FIRST ENGLISH TUTORIAL ESSAY

    I am a kind of person that likes to live a simple life. I like to make people laugh for my actions. I am usually a happy-go-lucky type of person. I am not the kind of person who likes to show off. I prefer being under a low-profile.

    Other than that, on academics, I am good at Mathematics, English and mostly problem solving kind of subjects. I scored pretty good for my English and my Mathematics.

    Aside from my academics, I am also active in sports. I mainly play rugby because I like the rules of the game. It's a balance kind of sports because it uses both mentality and physical. Besides that, I also play football, badminton, basketball, volleyball and golf.

    About my personal backgrounds, I was born in the 11th June 1993. I'm the first child in my family and I'm the only son. I'm usually the only one to do the heavy works at home. I sometimes help my mother cooking in the kitchen. I even sometimes cook for my family. Besides that, I like to help people solve their problems, mostly their personal problems. Some of my friends even came to me to seek for my help. But for those who live far from me, they will just contact me through the cellphone or the internet. :D