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The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary.
- J.K Rowling

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Hi, I'm Ryan Foo from 3K8. My friends call me Ryan and I'm 14 this year; a year younger than most of my peers. I was born on the 7th of January 2005, in Gleneagles Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur.
I love eating ice cream and pizza. Root beer a has a special place in my heart <3
I love watching and playing basketball. Actually, I love watching football as well. I used to love football a lot. And I mean A LOT. I still love it, but not as much anymore because I have less free time to watch it.  ;(
Swimming is cool; reading is cool too. My favorite novel series is the Robert Langdon series, by . For example, The Da Vinci Code and Inferno. They are just brilliant. I love listening to music and discovering new songs when I'm free. I cherish my new headphones a lot.
I love World Scholars Cup; recently, I broke the regional record for most medals (18!). It was an exhilarating experience.
I love cats. I have four at home and I miss them when I'm at school.
I guess that's all~

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“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” – Dr Seuss

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At the start of the year, I decided to enrol in English Literature, expecting to be inspired and motivated to read more books. So far, after just around 3 months of attending this class, I feel like the reasons behind my decision has already been rightfully justified.

Throughout the classes, I had learnt about many things. I had learnt about the definitions of literature, the history and origins of it, the applications of it and finally examples of good literature. The way we had learnt was through making presentations and listening to other students’ presentations. I had also familiarized myself about literary and poetic devices. I also got to read some great examples of modern prose shared by my teacher, Sir Kamarul. Those proses spanned across a few genres such as gothic, modernism and magic realism. In the final class, we had to complete a short quiz on literary devices.

One thing I particularly liked about the classes is the process of learning. When learning, we had to create presentation slides on each aforementioned topic, instead of learning from a whiteboard. I really liked this because I got to do my own research on the topics when creating the slides. I feel that this method makes me more engaged and hands-on with said topics, and I am able to have a firm grasp of understanding on each and every of them. I had also enjoyed the variety of proses and short stories that I was given to read. Those works were very interesting to digest and I liked them all a lot. One story that I found particularly interesting was The Yellow Wallpaper. I had already read the story for the World Scholar’s Cup syllabus; however, I began to do more in-depth analysis of it for the class. It definitely resonated with me because I enjoy stories with a horror vibe.

Overall, I really enjoyed this English Literature class. It had made me more inspired to read books. It also made me realize the importance of reading and literature in our everyday lives. I am very grateful for this opportunity to hone and improve my ability and skills in the English language, all the while being able to admire great and commended works of English literature.

Thank you, Sir Kamarul!