Elijah's Life Experiences

This was a journal entry I wrote when I was in Primary 3 in Ngee Ann Primary School . I always loved the lingering taste of chocolate in my mouth . So, I decided to do an Internet search about chocolate and write about the "history of chocolate" . I learnt that the first people to use chocolate were probably the Olmec , who lived in what was today's South East Mexico around 1,000 BC, and their word "Kakawa", gave us our word "cocao". But, the Maya , who inbabited the same general area a thousand years later from about 250 - 900 AD, were the first to use chocolate a lot. The cacao beans were used as a currency to buy items like rabbits and even slaves! The cacao beans was still used as currency in parts of Latin America until the 19th century! The Maya prepared chocolate strictly for drinking. Only the rich drank much chocolate. Emperors were even buried with jars of chocolate at their side! When the Aztecs conquered the Maya, they kept ...

I read a newspaper article recently about a Primary 1 boy being bullied in school . The boy was dragged forcefully by a group of Primary 2 pupils into the school field. The bullies rained a sea of punches onto the poor boy’s stomach. In another incident, the same boy’s hair was snipped off by the bullies. I felt sorry and agitated over the pain and the humiliation the victim had to go through. At the same time, I also felt very angry with the school bullies. “They have no right to bully the boy,” I thought to myself. Later in the day, I spent some time with my father discussing about school bullies . My father said, “School bullies are actually very insecure people. They always pick on meek people to bully so that they could feel more powerful than others.” My father advised me to be more open and inform my teachers and him if I encounter school bullies. I nodded appreciatively and replied, “Thanks dad for explaining to me about school bullies and giving me support.” I then gave my...