Dear Mdm Jean Tan,
Hi Mdm Jean Tan, I’m Samuel, it has been quite awhile since we last saw each other. How are you doing this days? It always been my pleasure to write to you and I am sure you want to know what changes kent Ridge had undergo since when it re-opened this year 2008.
A lot of things had changed since you left. For starters, our ex-principle ms chamb had transferred to another school and now a new principle had come to take over. His name is mr koh chong, let me tell you something about him. He has a square face and not much hair. He has thick eyebrow. Small eyes and a round rose and big lips, his eyes is kind of big as well, making him look like an elf. He has a quite tan body and he is quite tall as well. Although he is sometimes fierce looking, he is actually a gentle giant. Now that I am in sec 4, I will be seating at the gallery. The view is great as I can see everyone moving about and another good thing is that I do not have to sit cross-legged. There is a minor change to our school uniforms is that now we do not have to wear collar-pin anymore but instead it will be replace with a iron badge. Our reporting time ihas been change as well, on Thursday we can report much later.
One of the most major change is that this is out O ‘lvl’ year and all of my classmate are already feeling the pressure and stress. Our teacher are discussing how to ‘torture’ us with homework and they also mention that they would not be as lenient as last year.there are many jhomework to be dne and very little or no time to play anymore. The teacher also tell us that we must be very serious this year as this is one of the most important year in our lifetime. In order to help us to improve our work, we now have to stay back after school almost everyday for structure lessons.
This year, our school have organized a CIP day. My group are suppose to go to the elderly homes to clean their house. I think that this is very meaningful as many of our classmates are disrespectful to many of our older teacher. When my group reach our assignated house, the old man was already waiting for us outside his house. When I step into his house, I was surprised that it is very clean and in good condition. Even though the old man was in his 80s, he look as it he is in his 60s. the old man told us that there is no need to mop the floor so we clean the kitchen area. Although we encounted some difficult, we try our best in what ever we do. Before we left, we pass the food hamper, he was as happy as a lark. His smile had etched into my heart.
One of the last few changed is the responsibility in my CCA. I hope you still remember that I am in the Boys’ Brigade. Now that I am in Sec 4, a lot of responsibility has been push down to me as I am the admin but it would be only be a matter of time before the Sec 3 take over.
Okay, I got to go now and again, its always been my pleasure to write to you. Hope I did not bore you with my long letter, I will write to you again. See you!
Yours sincerely,
Samuel