1st: Carrie Tam, 14, TKGS

Weather

I am a loyal friend who is willing to grow with you, go through good and bad times with you and be there for you all the time.

I am everywhere. I can be found at grassy fields, nourishing dry lands, watering growing flowers, admiring life, the universe and everything. When they need me, I will quietly come down, make them all soaking wet, and then hide away in fits of giggles…

The living things that I enjoy observing the most are humans. This is because they are from all walks of life and have different stories to tell.

When I see the romantic scenes when lovers are together, I will fall down from the sky gently and softly, careful of not making any noise, so that I can eavesdrop the sweet words exchanged between them.

When I see a girl crying piteously because her romantic relationship has ended, I will dance around her at a loss, hoping that I could soothe her soul.

When I see cold-hearted parents abandoning their child cruelly, I will pound onto the ground lividly, loud and clear, in the hope that I can pound awake the conscience of that pair of parents.

When I see a harmonious family, I will cleverly hide away, and let the Sun to take my position, allowing her to warm that family.

Sometimes, when I am tired, I will just drop into the rivers, travelling in the “public bus” towards the vast blue sea. When lying in the river, I will look up at the sky, and unconsciously going to sweet dreams. When I am awake, I will return to the sky, staring down at the mother earth, looking for the next location to rest at.

My life seems beautiful and carefree, but actually it is not. I always feel very lonely, and have few friends whom I can actually talk to. I don’t dare to be near the Sun because he is scorching hot; Neither do I like the moon because he seems too cold. All I can do every day is to help the flowers and trees to grow and observe the lives of humans.

Until one day, I met the Cloud…he is gentle and understanding, and accepts everything that I am. No matter how playful and mischievous I am, he will always watch me quietly and wait for my return patiently. He observes humans with me and have reflections on their lives with me. He can help to overcome all my difficulties and fears, and as days pass by, I find that I become more reliant on him and we cannot leave each other anymore.

I changed. I do not like the trees and flowers anymore; I no longer observe humans. I prefer to float in the air with the Cloud, and not care about other things. At that point of time, I only indulge in a life of pleasure and comfort, however not knowing that I had done the biggest error in my life.

Until one day, my father, the God, gives me a good dressing down. He ordered me that I can only meet with the Cloud one hour before I reach the earth. I don’t understand why my father will do that to me, and kicked up a big fuss. But my father only left me with one sentence:”You look at what you have done yourself.”

The once fast-flowing rivers are drying up, the crops are dying in the hot sun, people are facing hunger almost everywhere. i watched these with tear-filled eyes, feeling like there are thousand knives piercing through my heart.

Short meetings with the Cloud do not reduce my reliance on him. When I am in the rives, I look up at him; when I am a vapour, I encircle around him; when I fall from the sky, I think of him. Although I am not as happy as before, but I feel that my life has become more meaningful.

I will work harder at fulfilling my task from today onwards and silently vow that I will not let the humans down again, but I also hope that you can understand me, enjoy me and admire me…

After all these being said, I forget to introduce myself.

My name is Rain, a trustworthy friend who will be there for you. Always.

2nd: Liu Kim

Weather

Weather is the state of the atmosphere,to the degree that it is hot or cold, wet or dry, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.Weather, seen from an anthropological perspective.There are socially and scientifically constructed understandings of what weather is, what makes it change, what effects it has on humans in different situations etc. Weather generally refers to day-to-day temperature and activity, whereas climate that is the term for the average atmospheric conditions over longer periods of time.[When used without qualification, “weather”, is generally understood to mean the weather of Earth.

Weather is driven by air pressure differences between one place and another. These pressure and temperature differences can occur due to the sun angle at any particular spot, which varies by latitude from the. The strong temperature contrast between polar and tropical air gives rise to the jet stream. Weather systems in themed-latitudes.As the Earth’s axis is tilted relative to its orbital plane, which is incident at different angles at different times of the year. On Earth’s surface, temperatures usually range ±40 °C annually. Over thousands of years, changes in Earth’s obit affect the amount and distribution of solar energy received by the Earth and influence long-term climate and global climate change.

Surface temperature differences in turn cause pressure differences. Higher altitudes are cooler than lower altitudes due to differences in compressional heating. Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the state of the atmosphere for a future time and a given location. The system is a chaotic system ; so small changes to one part of the system can grow to have large effects on the system as a whole. Human attempts to control the weather have occurred throughout human history, and there is evidence that human activity such as agriculture and industry has modified weather patterns.

3rd: Su Qi, 15, TKGS

Rain

It was raining outside. I sat beside my window in my room, watching the annoying bad weather. I didn’t like rainy days, actually, I hated them. During these days, I could not go out and play, I could not enjoy the golden sunshine shining on me, I only felt cold and wet.

It was a Sunday afternoon and I was doing my revision for my final year exam. However the sound of the rain made me cannot remember anything. I was so angry and throw my books away, stood up and open my window. I put my arms outside the window; I waved them in the rain, trying to get it away, to ask it to return my peaceful Sunday afternoon. The rain was not very heavy, it was drizzling. It was not like the rain in Singapore, heavy but straightforward. The rain was as shy as a traditional Chinese woman, keeps all her emotion inside her brittle heart. The small raindrops drop on my arms, cooled me down. The cold air rushed into my room, dispersed the stuffy air.

This sense is not familiar to me, I had never opened my windows when it was raining before. I closed my eyes, trying to feeling the raindrops. They were so tiny, and cool. They dropped on my arms, gave me a temporary coldness and soon became warm because of my body temperature. I put my head outside the window also and breathe. Some raindrops also enter my nose with the cool air, cooling my trachea, my lung, and my whole body, disperse my anxiety towards my coming exam. “The rain seemed not to be so annoying!” I said to myself.

I could see my community from my window. The rain gave the world a silk quilt, made it look mysterious. It was so beautiful! I suddenly forgot that how I used to hate the rain. The rain itself was not annoying; I hate it just because I didn’t know how to find beautiful things in my life, in the world around me. Everything has pros and cons; we need to focus more on the wonderful things. Why? Because we cannot change the world, sometimes, we have to accept the things that make us angry. How? By finding their beautiful sides, by learning to love them. If we cannot do that, we will be angry and upset all the time. Whether I can spend my life happily or not, depending on how I treat the things in my life.

Half a year ago, I came to Singapore. I gave up everything I used to have: family, friends, honor, and of course, the gentle and magnificent rain in my hometown in the central part of China. Raining days are very common in Singapore. Here, the rain is unconstrained, no one can bond them. I miss the rain in China a lot, miss its softness, and miss its shyness. Now, the rain is not just rain anymore, it contains homesickness. I really hope that I can be a small raindrop, free and happy, running back to my hometown. However, I also know that I have no choice but to work hard in Singapore. Once the raindrop drops into the soil, it can never go back to the sky unless it suffers from evaporation to become water vapor, then, it can rise and go back. For me, I have to work hard because I don’t have a bridge of gold. I have to be good, to achieve my goal, and go back with honor and achievement.

I really like rainy days, though I used to hate them. They can remind me of my home town, remind me that what is my goal, encourage me to work hard. Maybe, someday, I will miss the rain in Singapore.

ACTS SINGAPORE ESSAY WRITING COMPETITION 2014

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Tuesday 10 June 2014

Winners of 30th theme:WEATHER

1st: Carrie Tam, 14, TKGS

Weather

2nd: Liu Kim

Weather

3rd: Su Qi, 15, TKGS

Rain

It was raining outside. I sat beside my window in my room, watching the annoying bad weather. I didn’t like rainy days, actually, I hated them. During these days, I could not go out and play, I could not enjoy the golden sunshine shining on me, I only felt cold and wet.

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A.C.T.S Essay Competition 31st theme:Betrayal

A.C.T.S Essay Writing Competition 30th theme:Weather

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