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My sister and I were arguing and quarrelling about some stuff, we were shouting at the top of our voices early in the morning. We were supposed to be getting ready for school but neither of us wanted to back down and admit that we were wrong. My sister got so angry at me, she took a cup filled with milo and tossed it at me. Feeling enraged, I did the same. My mother saw the scene and punished us

I went out for dinner with a few of my friends, it was a great time spent with them. We ordered quite a few beverages as the place was well known for its’ drinks. We were all stuffed and ready to go home. On the train, I felt the need to use the toilet, and thought I could hold it in. Just before the train arrived at my stop, I could not hold it in any longer, I peed myself.

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STORY 1:
back when i was in jc, it was a one-hour ride from pasir ris to yishun. one fateful day, i left my house early- with a subtle queasy feeling in my stomach - strike one. i step onto bus 39... pasir ris interchange- a-ok!, punggol interchange- strike 2. the pain slowly intensifies with every minute and once i arrived at Yishun, my face is pale and i am sweating buckets in the cold 7am air-conditioned bus. As I reach Northpoint, i go into an agonized panic as my stomach tears me apart from the inside. 7.20am. reporting time to class was 7.45am. Well it's safe to say not only did I not make it to class, I also managed to get lost on the way back to school. :)

STORY 2:
during o level results day, I go to school to get my results with zero hope in myself. as i walk into the classroom a massive sense of dread pours over me as i see my classmates together in a room one final time. That's when the teachers walked in with Channel News Asia camera crew right outside the classroom. My brain explodes my heart shrank, arms heavy knees weak and my brain stops working for a solid 10 seconds. And that is when the idea- what if i scream out "YES I DIDN'T FAIL MATH" out loud with camera crew right outside the classroom. And of course, me being the biggest genius ever i decide to do exactly that. As i grabbed my results envelope from my teacher, I went to look for the math grade immediately to see- B4 typed in black. And me being trustworthy- keeping my promises i bellow "YEEEESSSS I DIDN'T FAIL MATH" and ran out of the classroom and out of school never to be seen again.

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One day I was in school where I thought a stranger in front of me was waving at me as he approached me. When I waved back, I realised he was waving and saying hi to another person behind me as he walked past me, calling out to the other person’s name.

My mother managed to invite Justin Bieber to my birthday as he wished me well and sang one of his hit songs “Ghost” to me! It was unbelievable and I was shocked to see him right in front of me! He also gave me one of his merchandise for free and I had the best night of my life!

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It was during secondary school during remedial lessons. I was really tired and asked the teacher to go to the toilet. As i was barely awake, i walked into a toilet. After i went in, i thought they had removed all the urinals in the guys toilet. After i had finished, i then realized i was in the girls toilet when i saw the pad dispenser.

2: It was my crush's birthday. I told her i would pass her present to her at 12pm. Unfortunately, she forgot to give me her postal code. So, i messaged her and told her i arrived at a bus stop near her house. However, she read the message at 12.45 and thought i said 1pm. At least she liked the present ?

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1. My first ever front row concert ticket were amazing. It was a lucky Saturday that I managed to snag the ticket for my favorite band. Even though there was a lot of pushing from the back, it was still wonderful to see my idols face so close up. I was starstruck. The concert sadly went by in a flash but I will never forget the wonderful feeling of being in the first row in a concert.

2. I was out with my sister on a Saturday afternoon, we had just finished lunch and as now heading to a small nearby café for dessert. To our dismay, when we got there, the café was crowded and had an unbelievably long queue to get in. My sister and I debated whether we should wait or go somewhere else. In the end, we had chosen to another café that had vacant seats.

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1. A few years ago i participated in a swimming competition. after that competition there was this small event that was held by joseph schooling and i managed to get a slot inside this event and i managed  to take a photo together with him.

2. My cca mates and i participated in a kayaking course together on a saturday morning. We were learning about the basics the whole morning. For the last activity before we leave, we had to learn the capsize drill which i fear the most. Closed my eyes and capsized but then water got into my nose and i started choking and since i was underwater i could not breathe and eventually passed out.

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Story 1:

I woke up one fine day, just to realize something was loose and dangling out of my mouth. Like any kid would do, I told my parents. It was time for my dad to put his skills to the test. He then carried me up and laid me down on his lap. With huge force, he did a twist and it was out. While he was celebrating his success of being my “dentist”, I was celebrating in pain.

Story 2:

As night falls, my parents and I are getting ready to sleep. I was about to close my eyes when I saw a white figure suddenly appear next to my bed. I could not speak and was too stunned to speak. Seeing its appearance, my mind became blank and the only words that showed up were “fear” and “death”. The seriousness on its face gave off terrifying and immense pressure. I felt like I was about to be crushed.

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Story 1:

Me and my friends used to be obsessed with wearing wigs to school. On sports day, my friend was a mascot and had a red wig on. I took a video of me snatching her wig and posted that on Instagram. Furthermore, on teacher’s day we were allowed to wear accessories to school to celebrate. My friend and I decided to bring our wigs once again. We wore them during the celebration and recess. We even asked our teachers to wear wigs to take photos.

Story 2:

I had once spent 5 thousand dollars buying kpop albums to meet my favourite idol. I had won the fansign and I finally got to meet the love of my life, Jisung park of nct dream. The fansign was only 2 minutes, but talking to my favourite idol via kakaotalk was a dream come true. He was very handsome. Some people questioned whether spending five thousand dollars on a two minute interaction was worth it. In my opinion, it was worth every penny. He was so cute and handsome, I could not deny it.

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1. When I was very young, I ate everything I touched like every toddler would. So once, when my mother wasn’t looking, I ate the water moisture absorber packet in a biscuit tin like it was candy. I was sent to the hospital after that.

2. Once when I was overseas, I did not know that the displayed item was free to take. I wanted to take the display item as I really liked it, so I took it and put it in my bag. But one of the staff saw it and told me that it wasn't free and I was not allowed to take it. I pretty ,almost did a crime in another country.

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Story 1:

My family was supposed to have our family lunch at Nakhon Kitchen in Vivocity to celebrate Mother’s Day. However, when we got to the restaurant, there was a snaking long queue outside with at least 10 tables of people in front of us. As a result, we decided to have our lunch at Putien instead which I was extremely upset about because I dislike the food there. I was sulking through the lunch since the only things I could eat were tofu and sweet and sour pork, seen on every table with kids below 10. ;-;

Story 2:

I went to Kinokuniya at Takashimaya in hopes of getting a manga from my favourite series. After searching the manga section and being unable to find the book, I went to ask the inquiry desk if they still had it in stock. I was in luck that day when the lady at the counter told me there was one last copy available and told one of her colleagues to go get it for me. I am so happy I got the book I wanted in the end. :D

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Story 1:
In my high school days, there was a lesson making handicrafts. We make crafts with straws and threads. I do this craft in groups with my best friend. There were times when I accidentally cut my finger with a needle so my finger dripped with blood. My reaction is normal. But when I saw my best friend, she was already crying with her red nose while saying "Putri's hand is bleeding".

Story 2:
One of the days in my high school, during the last class there was a storm that was long enough that it flooded my class because my class was in the lowlands. My high school only allows students to wear Converse shoes and I only own one pair of Converse shoes. Since I still have lessons tomorrow, I decided to take off my shoes and wear them for tomorrow. I went home barefoot.

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When I went to Saipan for a tour, my friends and I decided to rent a boat and went fishing. It went well and I caught a fish or two. However, with a scream, someone discovered that the boat was leaking. Gladly we went back on time.

story2
During my O level exams, I always woke up at 7 when there was an exam in the day. On the day of the Emath exam, I went to exam location confidenty. However, on the half way I realised that I didn't bring my entry proof. I had to rush back and gladly I made it in time.

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story 1

it was a very ordinary afternoon when i was just three years old, running around my mother’s office like the little nuisance i was. while my mom was talking to her colleagues around a table, i was just turning around in circles happily, when suddenly i lost my balance and crashed into the corner of a drawer. i had to go to the nearby hospital to get the cut sewn shut on my forehead afterwards ://

story 2

i had the chance to go for the nct 127 concert back in 2019 and it felt like a dream. it was my second concert i have gone to and it was more fun than the first. i bought my own lightstick and there were long queues at every entrance in the stadium! the music was loud, everyone was cheering and we had such a fun night, until the next morning i woke up and lost my voice D:

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My siblings and I were playing tag with my neighbours in the empty space near the staircase. A few of us were standing on the stairs when suddenly, I felt a push and tumbled forward down the stairs, while holding my head. I had a big cut on the back of my head! My siblings carried me home and my mum tried her best to wipe the dripping blood on my head. She also brought me to the doctor and he sealed the wound using glue!

My family went on a family vacation to the UK for a week. Since it was winter at that time, it was extremely cold. However, one day, I forgot to wear mittens and was too scared to tell anyone. It was so cold that the tips of my fingers were on the verge of freezing. My mum scolded me before giving me an extra pair of mittens that she already had inside her bag from the beginning. I should have asked her from the start, stupid me!

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When I went on a family trip to Taiwan, my cousins and I were playing at the amusement park. There was a ride that seemed quite fun, so we decided to try it out thinking that it was just a normal rollercoaster ride. However, when we went up the stairs, we saw what the ride was like, it was a ride where it turns upside down. We were shocked but had no choice but to get on.

When I was out with my close friend playing bowling, it was just two of us and we were having lots of fun. Suddenly, two other girls wanted to join us, we were both reluctant to accept their request but did it anyway as there was no harm. In the end, we had lots of fun together and even exchanged phone numbers with one another.

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Story 1: Back when I was in Primary 2, I was losing a bunch of my baby teeth. So in the middle of a class, one tooth suddenly popped out of my head and I started bleeding. So a lot of blood was coming out and since I was shy back then, I didn't ask to go to the toilet and just sat there while I bled all over my table.

Story 2: In my secondary school, we had digital clocks which displayed time in the format HH:MM:SS, so every time the clock displayed 12:34:56 it would be a habit for us to clap and cheer. So one time during CCE class I clapped with a bunch of friends and the teacher wasn't happy and we got sent to the office to write an Incident Report.

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1.  I often take part in external shoots to boost my portfolio and enhance my skills. For one of them, I remembered it being very hectic as we had already overran the timing to end. In the midst of shifting the set around, my own safety was overlooked as I was handling the equipment. I felt a searing pain on wrist when I was shifting the hot lights to another position on set. I discovered that I had burned myself unknowingly.

2. The first time I landed myself with a part-time job felt very accomplishing for me. I was working at a burger chain and there was much to learn. Among the first few things I learned was how to make sauces and cutting lettuce. I felt calm as I cut my first lettuce head there until I felt a wincing pain on my hand. I looked down and saw spurts of red all over. I had slit my poor thumb open.

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It was the weekend. I woke up at my usual timing. I checked my phone and the time was 3pm. I decided to go back to sleep for a few minutes. The few minutes became an hour. I finally got out of bed and went to wash up. After getting ready, I started doing a lot of work, and had dinner. I got tired and headed back to bed. My day was completed.

That day made me realise how helpful one can be. My mother passed me a grocery list and asked me to help her with her shopping. I reluctantly went to the supermarket. When I decided to head to the checkout counter and pay, I realised I did not bring my wallet down. Suddenly, a young lady behind tapped her card on the terminal. She helped me pay for my groceries. I was thankful.

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The theatre was quiet, the entirety of the school focusing to the host, me. I turn on my viewer, suspense increasing, tension building up. My ears start to ring as I start hearing voices as my anxiety starts to act up. I took a deep breath to maintain my composure, then I gave my talk, then out of a sudden I lost my confidence and my voice cracked, causing the whole school to laugh.

The sails were unfolding, the wind starts to kick in, the folds extend out. Crewmates getting ready to set sail. I on the other hand was in a barrel, waiting for the departure as a refugee. The ship was shaking, thunder storms starts to be audible, the crew was getting prepared for the storm when my barrel tips over, I stubbed my toe onto the wooden plank, stubbing it, I screamed in pain and someone found me in the barrel, this is it , it is the end I had embarrassed myself to the crew thinking I could get away with this.

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Back in when I was younger, my family used to sleep together outside in the living room after a movie night. Then the next morning after I woke up to a lizard that fell down to my face from the ceiling. It was a moment I would never want to experience again.

I once dislocated my knee while ice skating and it was the most painful thing ever. But the funny thing is that all my check ups in the hospital is quite positive except that there are bruises on my bone. There is nothing very serious but it still hurts until this day.

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I got my first job after o levels, but 2 weeks into working, I accidentally cut myself with a pen knife on my hand and it was bleeding really badly. I actually nearly fainted looking at the amount of blood that was ‘spilling’ all over my hand. It was a pretty deep cut and I could see what was under my skin and it was quite scary. However, I was lucky there was a clinic beside my workplace and was able to get the cut stitched up, but the scar might remain on my hand forever.

One time, I was playing with my sister at our playground when we were younger, and I was climbing on a rock wall, but I slipped and lost my balance. I fell to the ground really hard on my hand and was screaming in pain. My mother quickly brought me to the hospital and the results showed I had a broken arm. I had to use the cast for a few months and could not do a lot of hand movements, especially writing since I broke my dominant hand and it was a pain that I could not do a lot of things.

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Story #1:

As usual, I took bus 184 to school and it was full of students. Luckily, I found an empty seat at the bottom deck. I took out my Airpods and inserted it in my ears. I opened Spotify and played my favourite song, but I couldn’t hear anything. I thought my volume was low, so I increased it. I felt someone was looking at me. Everyone in the bus was staring at me. I realised that my Bluetooth wasn’t on and the song was blasting loudly in the bus. I was so embarrassed.

Story #2:

My favourite singer, Omar Apollo, send me a direct message on Instagram. As he was on tour, he offered me to join him at his concert in Los Angeles this upcoming weekend. He mentioned that he would sponsor all my accommodation and give me a VIP ticket to his concert. Without hesitation, I accepted his alluring offer.

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1. When I was young, I got interested in learning the piano and asked my parents to sign me up for lessons. I was enjoying it at first, but soon there were aspects of the lesson I didn’t like. I started complaining. I hated doing music theory homework. My hands were small and having to stretch them to play the piano was uncomfortable. I quit learning before I even took grade 1 .

2.  I can never forget that day. I was finally able to visit Seventeen in real life, but somehow I was more excited to meet the people who loved seventeen as much as I do. As we all got seated in the concert stadium, Seventeen’s music started to play. The lights dimmed and the scene was so beautiful, a sea of light sticks shinning so brightly in the stadium. Everyone swayed and sang along to seventeen’s song in sync.

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Story1:
One morning I rushed to school after waking up late. While I want to brush my teeth, I saw that my toothpaste had run out. I rushed to the storeroom to get a new toothpaste, but the toothpaste tasted strange to me while I brushed my teeth. I assumed my mother had purchased a brand-new flavour toothpaste, and I ignored my discomfort and resumed brushing. At night I need to brush my teeth before going to bed, then I just realized it's a facial cleanser, not a toothpaste.

Story2:

One day, while I was working part-time in a café,  One aunty inquired about the authenticity of our café's popcorn chicken. I was terrified because this is my first full-time job, and she's the first customer to ask me this kind of question. I'm stumped as to how to respond to aunty's question, so I look for help from my manager. When he heard the question, he thought it was ludicrous and humorous, so he decided to serve the customer by himself. After work, my colleagues and I laughed all night as we recalled the aunty's question, and they also shared their own hilarious customer service experiences

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Story #1
Last year, my cousin and I decided to go to Hydrodash at Sentosa. It was a waterpark playground in the middle of the ocean. We all had to wear life vests which made us very heavy. Unfortunately, the floats that everyone was running on split open and I was the unlucky one who got stuck between it. I spent a total of 15 minutes stuck in between the floats while the lifeguards figured out a way to bring me out.

Story #2
Last year, I was infected with the Covid-19  and had to quarantine in a hotel with a 75 year old lady. She needed a lot of assistance. For the span of 8 days, I was practically her caregiver. I had to help her out of bed, find her medicine, and even prepare her food. It was the worst experience because this was not what I expected when they said I had to quarantine in a hotel.

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Story 1:
I had a roommate while living overseas. All the hostel staff were terrified of her because of her severe mood swings. She could easily strike up a conversation with anyone she had just met, just as easily as she would start an argument. Her screaming and laughing could be easily heard through the paper-thin walls, all day and all night. The only time I remember our dorm being quiet was the day that another roommate had moved into our dorm.

Story 2:

I grew up with my grandmother. She would always steam siew mai for me after school because she knew it was my favourite. Every now and then, she would ask me to translate some English words into Teo Chew as a little dialect lesson. Whenever I went to bed, she would come into my room in the middle of the night to make sure that I was tucked in alright.

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Story 1: When I was five I had to take care of 8 different types of pets and each of them has a strong personality. Some love when you talk to them, some prefer to be hugged, while some just want you to be there only. From that I learnt that we have to change how we behave according to who we are surrounded by

Story 2: I had a friend in secondary school who was really good at all the subject and he can sleeping in class or skip class and the teacher wouldn't care. From that I have learnt that the smarter we are the less worries we have

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Story 1:
When I was in secondary school, I would always be one of the first few students to be in school before school starts. Students have to be in the hall by 7:20am but I would always be in school by 6:30am. As a person that prefers to be rather early than late. For the whole of 4 years in secondary school, I was never late.

Story 2:
When I was in ITE year 1, I had to do my final year project. This final year project we had to loan out the equipment and shoot outside of school. One day, we were shooting outdoors. We needed to use the ND filter for the lens so that the shot will be less exposed. When my classmate was about to pass to the cameraman, he accidentally dropped the ND filter and the lens cracked. We were in shock because, the lens was not cheap. So we had to replace the ND filter.

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Story 1:
During a overseas service learning trip to Malacca, our group was assigned to paint murals on the walls of a childcare centre. We had to take down the old drawings on the wall using paint thinner and hence the whole place reeked of the smell of paint thinner. This annoyed my schoolmate and she started complaining to the teachers.  Being very nosy, I moved closer to eavesdrop on them and that's when she flung a cloth soaked with thinner towards my direction. I was not wearing my glasses and so it went inside my eye, which made my eye burn really badly that the teachers almost considered bringing me to the local hospital.

Story 2:
My grandmother died when i was very young and so i was only about 5 or 6 when we attended her funeral wake. Because of the wake, my parents wrote to the school asking permission for me to skip school for 2 days. They didn't tell me the reason so I got excited and assumed they were bringing me for an outing. We had to dress in all white. When we reached, most of our extended family had arrived, which meant there was a lot of people there. Watching a lot of tv shows when i was young, I had the impression that people would only wear all white if they went to weddings. Also at that point, I hadn't seen my grandmother in the coffin and so in front of everybody, I asked whose wedding was this? Everybody stopped chatting and stared at me like I was crazy.

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Story 1:
4 years ago, preparing something before my mother got home was a routine. However, I once took a nap while cooking macaroni. I woke up 20 minutes later, not only was the macaroni burnt, but the pot itself was also burnt. Thankfully, the house was not on fire. The burnt smell was pungent, and it lasted till my mother was back. Of course, I was grounded. Moreover, till this day, I am still not allowed to turn on the stove.

Story 2:
“Let’s see who can hit the ball higher!” my teammate said. It was right after our volleyball tournament. 11-year-old me thought it will be fun. As I was competitive, I basically used my full force to hit the ball. To our dismay, I hit one of the lightbulbs of the hall lights which broke at the end. Imagine the fear I had as an 11-year-old having to explain what happen to the principal. As a child, it was really terrifying.

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Story 1:
My sister were arguing always and as a child I would annoy her as much as I could. It came to a point when she had enough. One day, she had enough of me and decided to grab a scissors from her pencil case and chased me around the house with it. Luckily for me, my mother had rushed to stop her and take the scissors away from her. We were both lucky enough to just get a scolding from our mother.

Story 2:
I was studying in the living room as my parents were watching the television. My parents were watching TV about psychology, and my dad said "some people act to study in front of you, and then later when u go sleep they will play game. Then when the test result come out, they blame the paper".  I could not believe what I heard, but there was nothing I could do, I could only pretend that I did not hear.

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Story 1

Back in Secondary school, together as a netball team, we went to watch a national netball match. It felt surreal. Seeing my favourite netball player, Charmaine Soh, who I looked up to, playing right in front of me. It was the best feeling ever. A look of awe crept into my face as I watched the match intently. When the match ended, my teammate and I went down and slowly inched toward her to get a picture. She stood in between us and smiled widely. I was over the moon.

Story 2

During a math lesson in primary school, while I was struggling to solve a math problem, I noticed a swift movement in the corner of my eyes. Since it was relatively far from me and I was more bothered by the math problem, I was not fazed. All of a sudden, I see a cockroach right on my paper. The cockroach looked right into my eyes and I can even feel its long thread-like antennae. I was horrified. I jumped out of my seat, screeched as if I saw a ghost and dashed out of the class. No one spoke a word about that very day. It was embarrassing.

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1. As I was doing the dishes, I thought to myself, why is it that when it is time to do the chores, my brother is always conveniently not in the house? Just as I was washing the last plate, I heard the sounds of the chain at the metal gate of the house. It was time to welcome my dear brother back home.

2. I had a McDonalds for breakfast. The hashbrown tasted delicious. For some reason, its crispness was something I just could not cook out by myself just by frying premade hashbrowns. As I took a bite, there was the crispy sound it made. As I continued to devour it, I made plans to come again tomorrow too.

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1. Me and my friends were talking about the recent eSports match that took place just a few days ago, As all of us were very invested into eSports, we eventually ended up on the topic of forming our own eSports team. "What should we call our team?" Ahmad asked, I voiced my opinion saying it should be a acronym of all our names, 'WALRUS' was what we had decided on.

2. It was after Cross Country had ended, I met up with my classmate who i rarely spoke with to grab lunch together. We ate Wanton noodles and realized that we had much in common with each other, Eventually we hit it off and became life long friends whom I talk to very often.

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Story no.1:
Today’s the day where I finally get to watch my favourite idol concert. We took hours to queue before setting down. People were chatting away while waiting for the idols. Suddenly, music starts to play causing the atmosphere to become chaotic, millions of people scream and shout at the top of their lungs. I could see them standing right in front of me, this is my one and only chance to get close to them; I must go closer. After lots of squeezing and pushing, I finally made it to the front, I reach out my hands hoping they will notice me. He smiled as our eyes met.

Story no.2:
“And we are live!” The lights shine as the band start playing. The beat of the music slowly gets louder and the whole stage started to shake and vibrate. The smoke like fog flood the ground like clouds floating around the stage, turning everything to something mysterious and magical. The atmosphere changes each time different bands start playing. The best part is when solo instrument starts rocking the concert and audience starts headbanging to the song. Being there physical is so different from watching it virtually.

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1) When i was on my Nitec year, My school has organise an event called the Garam Games its basically a sports day event that most of the other school would have. It was held during one of the afternoon when my friends and I have finish our lessons. As we joined the event during which when it is our turn to play the games right in front of the crowed i accidentally hit until my friends leg and fell...

2) When i was out for a walk during one of the cooling days. I went to my favourite cafe at a city area by train, when i reach the cafe place suddenly i heard a familiar voice calling my food order. Through my curiosity, I quickly went to get my order, out of a surprise I realised it was actually an idol that I have always look up to serving my order at my favourite cafe!

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My first experience at a concert was horrendous. The large crowds, ear-piercing screams and people having no sense of personal space really made me miss the comfort of my home. I remembered an incident that happened during the concert. I was just standing at one side, minding my own business, when this man pushed me so hard, I was pretty sure my shoulder got dislocated. He did not even apologize and just rolled his eyes at me.

The day of my grandfather's funeral. The atmosphere was so gloomy, the people were sombre, and the weather was so dull. I could hardly count the number of times I saw someone weeping at the side of the coffin. Whenever I peeked inside it, I could feel a pang of sadness wash over me. In the 10 years that I did not visit him, he became so thin and so so fragile. Words cannot describe how much I miss you.

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Story 1

Looking at my O-Levels certificate, I thought back about the months of trying to pull my amath grades up.

Months before O-Levels, I stared at my test paper of 36/100. Deciding that this would not work, I set a target to pass my amath in O-Levels. I stayed back for extra lessons with my teacher to clear my doubts, attended tuitions, and did many practice papers in my free time. And finally, I did it. I passed amath.

Story 2

Hearing the announcement to board the plane, I carried my small backpack as I trailed along my parents excitedly. This was my first plane ride and I was thrilled.

I ignored the pain from my ears as the plane took off. I looked out the windows to see the clouds in the sky and the buildings that were now tiny looking. I watched dramas on my phone, had some food, and fell asleep. When woken up, we were already landing.

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Story 1:

Before joining volleyball, I heard from some of my seniors that they had tore their ACL muscle before which required them to take a break from volleyball for nearly a year. Unfortunately, due to this, many of them decided to quit the CCA to prevent further injuries. I was always careful with my actions whenever I am training for my upcoming matches but one day, unexpectedly, I tore my ACL muscle while I was changing position after receiving a ball.

Story 2:

It was late at night and the weather became cooler. Everyone was in deep sleep. Suddenly, the lights started to flicker, everyone was tossing and turning around. The sound made me annoyed and I was unable to sleep. So, I decided to go to the washroom. However, on my way back, I saw an instructor escorting a female student out. I ignored it and went back to my sleeping bag. My friend then whispered to me, "That girl was possessed."

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Story 1 (CW Abuse)
I'm sure most of us grew up experiencing the sting of a cane or perhaps a clothes hanger by your parents because you're  disobedient. Back in 2016, I fell sick and was feeling a little whiny about going to the clinic. My mom got really mad at me and wasted no time to grab a nearby hanger to strike me. It unfortunately hit my face and I suffered a swollen upper lip.

Story 2
It was my 20th birthday, I was never the type who'd expect something for a birthday. This time, I wanted to have hopes that someone would get me a gift that I've been hinting for on my social media, which was a Charles and Keith zip mini wallet. Never did I expect an internet friend being that someone who got the gift for me. She's indeed the best.

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1. On the 2nd day of school in ITE, I wanted to appeal to a different course. After listening to the briefing about how my 2 years in ITE are going to be, I wanted to appeal from the Performance Production course (PFP) to the Filmmaking course (FLM). But when I inform my class adviser, he told me to think about it again. He told me that it would be a waste of time if I appeal as I have already made new friends in PFP.

2. So, I joined a photography competition for my CCA back in my secondary school days. It was a competition open to the public. My groupmate and I had to travel all around Singapore to take pictures of a different kinds of food and we had to explain our reasoning. Before submitting our work, we presented our photos and explanation to our CCA teacher, and she was not satisfied with it and decided to rewrite the explanation her way and herself and submit it without our knowledge.

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One day I was eating dinner with my friends and our parents. After finishing our meal we headed out into the outdoor playground just nearby. Next to the playground was a fitness corner with a section that allowed you to lift a heavy log on a fulcrum. We were playing with the heaviest one and I happened to position my hand in a bad position so when the log slammed down, I absolutely decimated my fingers.

One day I was walking my dog in a park adjacent to my residence. The area we were in at the time was quite forested and their was quite a thick amount of foliage around us. We were walking through the route when a bee suddenly flew past my face, inches from my nose. I flinched and gasped, stirring a reaction from my dog, who swooped around to look at me. He then yelped as he stepped on a bee.

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Story 1:
Back in primary school, I was hanging out with my friend and I showed her I could change my voice. She found it hilarious and she thought it would be a great idea to prank call her mother. I thought it was a great idea to go through with her suggestion. We looked for a payphone and dialed her number. Her mother managed to track the payphone. My friend and I were horrified.

Story 2:
A few months ago, I was working as a production assistant and I was activated for a live show. While setting up the audio system, we started smelling smoke. I tried to keep my calm as I turned off the various systems in the room. The rest of the crew were trying to figure out the problem when I noticed that the audio system could only support two speakers instead of three. The director scowled at the producer, disappointed.

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Story1 :

It was a bright sunny morning, today was the day of my N Level, English Language Paper. I plug in my earpiece to listen my music to relax since I don't want to be stressed.  When I have arrived my school, my class was silent like a needle. I was so anxious that I called my friend , she pickup and say today was N Level Art paper. I shouted " OMGOSH! I see the date wrongly. English Paper was on 13 September, Today was 3 September !"

Story2 :

It was during my PSLE, English Language Listening Comprehension. Everyone was very focused on listening on the speaker. I heard "Times up!" While I passing up the paper, immediately I heard someone vomited very loudly. The teachers and classmates was stunned.
The teachers head the rest of us to outside of the classroom and call for helped.

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I'd always liked fire.

Whenever I decided play, that always naturally lead to fire. I'd follow the three simple steps to get a blaze going. Fuel, a spark, and human determination. The spark and human determination were easy, I liked fires after all, but fuel... fuel need manpower to find. I recruited many a young aspiring arsonist, eyes glittering with excitement, and managed to not burn down my local playground. But it sure was a blaze alright.

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I had a pet dog growing up, he was a Stafford terrier, we were best buddy's everywhere we went, cycling at Chinese Garden, playing with my friends and just relaxing with each other.

One day however, he seemed quite mopey and unenthusiastic, which was quite unlike him, I'd thought nothing of it for a few days but he only seemed to get worse. I was worried, and had my mom bring him to the vet, apparently he had contracted Acute Kidney Failure, which was fatal. It was devastating, I refused to talk with anyone for a full month while my friends tried to console me. Eventually, inevitably, I had to move on. I miss you Bee.

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Story 1 : I always like to attend school as school was my favourite thing everyday during week days especially during ITE days. I always wake up few hours before to prepare nicely for school and made sure I revise before heading to the lesson to understand better what the teacher was teaching. I always write down notes during lessons, and complete my assignments once I reach home so that I would be the first to hand in.

Story 2: I hate attending school but have no choice as I needed the paper cert to be able to get a stable job in life. However, during Higher nitec I realised that cert wasn't everything and thus I feel unmotivated to go school when I attended poly, but I'm still trying to push myself

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#1

“No, mummy!” I yelled as I saw a komodo dragon up ahead of us on the road. However, it was too late. Bump. My mother drove right over the big lizard as both of us yelled at the top of our lungs. We couldn’t stop as we were on the highway, and I didn’t dare look back. Afterwards, I was in a state of panic and started crying.

#2

I tilted my head back as I finished my cooling barley drink in the food court. My friends and I got out of our seats and walked to the tray return area. Without thinking, I threw my reusable plastic cup into the garbage can. I immediately froze after realising what I had done. Before I could do anything else, my friends dragged me away. I still feel guilty about it to this day.

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I once went shopping with 2 of my closest friends. We went to orchard to look for shoes and clothes. Went to footlocker for an hour and finally decided on a pair of Nike AirForces that were worth roughly $170. I then proceeded to step out and do some window shopping on my own because they weren’t done buying their shoes. I was then stopped by a salesperson outside a facial boutique. Walked in and was given a sample treatment. Needless to say, that day I was scammed out of another $180 unwillingly and went home feeling bitter.

I went to Sungai Buloh with a group of my mates on a fateful Saturday morning. Did usual outdoor stuff; walked around a bunch and snagged a bunch of pics for the ‘gram. We were walking along the grove when we spotted a large crocodile. After taking a bunch of pictures, my friend grabbed a life buoy and threw it at the crocodile. We were wild with hysterics and filmed the whole thing. It was a great day.

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Story 1: (TW: injury)
At the start of Secondary 1, I stayed back in school to help out with CNY decorations. My friend and I finished doing our part and went to check out the fitness corner of the school. I was new to using pull up bars at that time so when I jumped off the pull up bar, the wooden step of the pull up bar scratched my right shin (I was standing too near to it). I remember looking at my shin and being able to see my flesh and blood. I remember not knowing what to do. Fortunately, my friend managed to get a teacher to help me out so I'm really grateful (we both joined NCC as our CCA too so that's nice, it might have helped our brotherhood). It was a terrifying experience and it left a scar that still looks almost the same after 4 years.

Story 2:
It was the day we had to collect our O levels results, we were seated in classrooms and listening to the principal giving another one of her long boring speeches again. I have been aiming to be one of the people shown in the slides she was presenting - to be specific, "students with 8 distinctions". I have always loved studying, it was like mastering a craft and it always gave me a sense of calmness. Studying to me is like training for the Navy Seals, it was a form of preparation and strengthening my mindset. Anyways happy ending, my name was on there and wow, that felt amazing. (hard work pays off, winning is everything)

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story 1: When I was in secondary school, I participated in an inter-house basketball game. Since there were only four houses, the overall game took only a day to determine the winners. I was in the green house when we were participating in the competition. My team and I were passing and shooting and eventually made it to the final match between the remaining two houses. Eventually, after a series of passes, shooting and defending, my house team won first place

story 2: One day after coming back home from school, I was going to attempt to make food for myself even though I've never really used the stove before. I set a pot of water on the stove, turned it on. After I dumped the contents, I went to my room to watch a show and I completely forgot about the noodles, leaving it to burn on the stove. From then on my family was terrified of me using our kitchen.

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Story 01:
It happened when I was 6 years old. I was swimming with my mother and my brother at the pool in my parent’s condominium. They were chatting at the side and I was swimming on the 1-meter side. I took a rest and listened to the conversation. I had a muscle cram and fell on my back and was shocked. I struggled as I had no breath and even tried calling for help but I drank more water instead...

Story 02:
During secondary school, I have a clique that had 3 girls and 2 boys including myself in it. During our secondary curriculum hours, we would always go to the girl's toilet located at the back block which is where the Elective Modules such as music, art, D&T, and F&N are. Why? That is where we hang out to skip class or our smoking area, of course, we would have locked the doors when smoking.

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story 1: During my secondary school days, I was in Boy's Brigade for my CCA and one of our numerous activities was kayaking at a reservoir in Singapore. Halfway through the activity, rashes started appearing on my skin and I scratched myself repeatedly. When my friends noticed how serious the rashes were, they advised me to tell the instructor and possibly quit kayaking for that day. I complied, and the instructor advised me to leave the session and I quickly went to wash up while the others continued. Later that night, I found out I was allergic to something in the water.

story 2: A year ago after O levels, I went on a cruise with my family and one of our activities was swimming. After having a heavy and scrumptious breakfast at the cafe, we made our way to have a dip inside the refreshing water. I then proceed to try out the water slides and they were so fun! We then dried ourselves up before proceeding to use the saunas to end off that morning's session.

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1: All I could remember from that night of partying, was the playing of cards and the one bottle of sake shared among three. Next thing I know, I was in my bed with no recollection of how I got back home. My friends call it the legendary night I blacked out and made a fool of myself. If you need a visual prompt of what went down after the consumption of sake, a merlion would do the trick in describing how I was behaving then.

2: One of my most memorable trips would be travelling to Rome,Italy. My family and I were visiting the colosseum. It was really crowded and that also meant that you can get pickpocketed easily. The panic when you realise you were a victim of theft was unforgettable and the rest of the day turned sour. Making a police report overseas is really daunting and a tiring process.

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Story 1:
I once went clothes shopping with 2 of my best mates in fall of 2021. I had just received my pay and was ready to splash out on some shoes and ugly graphic tees. In the midst of shopping, I was lured into a beauty parlour whilst window shopping. Listening to the sweet words and suffering from social anxiety and pressure, I succumbed and sank more money than I could reasonably admit into facial products I barely use.

Story 2:
In spring of 2020, just as Singapore entered phase 2 of lockdown, I went with a group of friends to Sungai Buloh as a little getaway to embrace the fresh air. We went about our ways, snapping photographs and having a blast when we spotted a large crocodile. Being mischievous idiots, we decided to lob a life buoy into the waters near the croc. The croc reacted to the loud splash and swam away whilst we were dying in blissful glee.

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Story 1:

The joy I felt when realizing that I didn’t have to go to class anymore was very noticeable considering I threw all my papers in the trash. I almost ran out of the examination hall screaming because I was finally done with this hell hole known as secondary school. The first thing I did upon stepping out of that wretched examination hall was take my entire bag full of notes and papers and threw it into the rubbish bin. Without hesitation, I ran out of the school with so much joy beaming, it could’ve been counted as an act of public nuisance.

Story 2:

The day of the collection of ‘O’ Level results was possibly the scariest day of my entire life. Sitting in my seat, I began to fidget as the briefing about the collection was over. My teachers got up and they seemed to tower over me as if I was a mouse living in their home. My heart began pounding out of my chest and they said they’ll start calling people by index number. Since I was the first to be called, my heart began sinking down to the ground and as I sat down on the chair, I could remember that no matter how I did, it was okay because I did my best. I opened my slip and it wasn’t so bad. I mean, it was a number above 20 but I knew I was okay. My heart calmed and my mind convinced my body to stop being so worried. I wiped my clammy hands on my pants and I walked out the room as if I’d just scored a single digit on my L1R4.

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A guy caught my attention. Tall, in simple clothes. A average person that would not usually stand out. But, this time, it’d different. He had a sort of bag with white powder in it. Before I could turn away, however, he had approached me and asked in a low voice, “hey, do you want to try something?”. The only thing that came up in my head was, “oh hell nah.”

Appearing suddenly behind me, a man hold’s out a bag with white powder, swinging it infront of me like a pendulum. Instinctively, I ducked away and started running. The horror stories cam crashing back, or maybe it’s just extensive storytelling from my teacher’s part.