38,&+,1*0,''/(6&+22/ 20 Pui Ching Road, Homantin, Hong Kong. Tel: 2711 9222 Fax: 2711 3201 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright owner. First published Jan 2016 by PUI CHING MIDDLE SCHOOL Hong Kong ISBN: 978-988-15777-6-4 Printed in Hong Kong by Chung Tai Printing & Hot Blocking Co. 'HGLFDWLRQ 7KHFROOHFWLRQLVGHGLFDWHGWR *RG WKHIRXQGHUVRIWKHVFKRRO DQG WKHLQVSLULQJSULQFLSDOV DQGWHDFKHUVRI3XL&KLQJ ZKRVHHNWRPDNHWKHVFKRROWKHEHVWFUDGOH IRUQXUWXULQJWDOHQWVDQGOHDGHUVRIJHQHUDWLRQV LQWKHSDVW QRZ DQGWKHWLPHWRFRPH &ŽƌĞǁŽƌĚ Dƌ͘ dĂŵ zĂƚ zƵŬ Oasis is the fruitful collection of the students’ creative writings. Thanks to the untiring effort of our English teachers in promoting writing, Oasis has become a culture in Pui Ching. Many students have developed the readiness to write. They are willing to write and they take pride in sharing their work with others. Some have taken contribution to Oasis as an important annual event. As the principal of Pui Ching, there is nothing happier and more encouraging than to see students love writing and to see life and creativity in their work. Time passes and the year goes. When a student no longer walks up and down the steps, what refreshes his youthful reminiscence may be the inspiration that has been planted in this student classic. Students, why hesitate? Open your minds to the world around you, be aware, read, be inspired and write. Tam Yat Yuk Principal 7 January 2016 tŽƌĚƐĨƌŽŵƚŚĞĚŝƚŽƌƐ Subsequent to the previous revised publication of 2DVLV, there comes the heartwarming applause from various sides. With the precious experience and generous comments, we are now very honored to present to the readers yet another issue of this continual series, with a compilation of our students’ creative expression of their perception towards life. 2DVLV is a collection of essays, which are primarily the creative work of our students who, through constant practice of reading and writing as well as shrewd observations of their immediate world, pour out their hearts in the form of short stories, novella, letters, diaries and articles. We understand that such precious perception and spontaneity towards life should never be allowed to be laid waste and it is our very aspiration to cultivate creativity in young leaders even at their early age. Sharing of insights, nourishing of the writing culture and an appreciation of literary writing can inspire introspection and unleash the beauty of human minds, thus rekindling our passion for living. Linguistically speaking, it is indeed also our intention to help our students to master the language to express themselves more than adequately. We are so blessed that teachers and students are so supportive in conceiving as well as giving birth to this publication, despite all the sweat and blood through the travails. In taking greater pains to bring forth this issue into existence, we very much hope that when you are reading through the pages, savouring a line or two, may you envisage the oasis of freshness on the parched land of modern hectic life. January, 2016 ŽŶƚĞŶƚƐ 'HGLFDWLRQ )RUHZRUG 0U7DP<DW <XN :RUGVIURPWKH(GLWRU &DIp3DUDGLVR 0U(GJDU&KHXQJ ƐƐĂLJƐ Helping the Poor and Homeless Albert Lam 1A 1 How to Have Good Sleep Casper Yu 1A 2 The Definition of Luck Dandelion Lee 1A 3 I Want to Help More Poor Children Jasmine Chan 1A 4 Letter to Suki Justin Kong 1A 5 A Life Changed Angelo Chan 1B 6 A Day in the Zoo Au-Yeung Tin Ching 1C 7 A Letter to Chris Myrtle Ng 1C 8 A Letter to Chris Chanisse Chow 1D 9 A Day at the Zoo Harry Bae 1D 10 A Miracle Hilary Lau 1D 11 New School, New Friends, New Life Chan Wing Hei 1E 12 Merry Christmas – Shall We? Li Benedict 1E 13 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me Helen Ho 1F 14 Letter to Suki Joshua Leung 1F 15 How to Balance the Healthy Need for Exercise Serena Leung 2A 16 Against the Pressure of Work Ways to Lose Weight Cyrus Chan 2B 17 Cheer up Nancy Cherry Chang 2B 18 Health > Marks Etienne Chan 2B 19 Writing a Letter of Advice Felix Wong 2B 20 How to Balance the Healthy Need for Exercise Felix Wong 2B 22 Against the Pressure of School Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way Psalm Chan 2B 24 Writing a Letter of Advice Kerwin Tong 2C 25 How to Squeeze Time for Exercise Timothy Wong 2C 27 Phone Addiction Quinn Lau 2C 28 How to Balance the Healthy Need for Exercise Christy Fan 2C 29 Against the Pressure of Work How to Balance the Healthy Need for Exercise Ethen Yuen 2D 30 Against the Pressure of Work Advice for a Troubled Friend Hoi-Tung Chan 2D 31 How to Balance the Healthy Need for Exercise Ivan Chan 2D 32 Against the Pressure of Work Balancing the Healthy Need for Exercise Against the Charis Chan 2E 33 Pressure of Work Is Hong Kong a Good Place to Live in? Violet Ng 2E 34 It’s Time to Kick Your Internet Addiction Mark Ng 2E 35 The Nightmare Boris Lee 3A 36 In Today Already Walks Tomorrow Chung Hiu Nam 3A 38 The Moon and the Rainbow Jasmine Lung 3A 39 A Letter of Advice – Work It Out Ellia Yim 3A 40 A Tragic Life Turned Legend - Adeline Yen Mah Jerry Tai 3A 41 A Letter of Advice - Keep Running Thomas Chung 3A 42 Posting Back Home to Planet Earth Hogan Wong 3B 43 Goal Setting – Work Hard, Work Smart Mary Law 3B 44 Robots Are Not Foes Mary Law 3B 45 Aim for the Moon Ryan Siu 3B 46 Advice on a Moral Dilemma Selena Lau 3B 47 Pay It Forward Tiffany Chan 3B 48 The Moon and Her Exhibits Ariizumi Rika 3C 49 How Can You Treat Dragoni? Ariizumi Rika 3C 51 The Curious Incident of an Alien Joliea Fu 3C 52 The Curious Incident of an Alien Moses Fung 3C 54 I May Not Guide but I Am Always There Natalie Lo 3C 55 What About a Day with Mitch? Natalie Lo 3C 56 To Learn from Setting Goals Sophia Wong 3C 57 To Be a Friend, to Lend a Hand Sophia Wong 3C 58 Complaint About the Four-Day Tour to Guangzhou Thomas Cheng 3C 60 Kindness, Like a Boomerang, Always Returns Alex Chow 3D 61 Advice on a Moral Dilemma Bernard Ho 3D 62 Inspiration Lake Tracy Cheung 3D 63 A Page from a Soldier’s Diary that Describes the Aidan Choy 3E 64 Unforgettable Experience of War A Letter of Advice Kelly Lam 3E 66 Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining Priscilla Lam 3E 67 Maldives Yip Cheuk Wing 3E 68 A Desperate Cry – Stop the War Yip Cheuk Wing 3E 69 Guilin Aidan Chiu 3F 70 A War Journal Aidan Chiu 3F 71 A Day without My Smart Phone Anson Cheung 3F 72 A Day without My Smart Phone Ethan Tsang 3F 73 A Letter to Edith Fung Tik Sze 3F 74 A Letter to Edith Joyce Fung 3F 75 A Page from a Soldier's Diary that Describes an Jonathan Lee 3F 76 Unforgettable Experience of War War Lui Chun Ho 3F 77 Home Sweet Home Lui Chun Ho 3F 78 Masterpiece Nicole Chan 4A 79 How Uber Can Improve the Overall Taxi Experience Stephanie Tsang 4A 80 Teenage Problems Sheron Kwong 4A 81 The Chinese Veteran of Our School Vivi Wong 4A 82 A Strange Encounter with an Alien Aaron Chan 4B 83 Your Masterpiece Ashleigh Wan 4B 84 Be a Blessing to Others, Sign Up for Organ Cynthia Ling 4B 88 Donation! Facing a Dilemma Sydney Chang 4B 89 Do Tutorial Schools Do More Harm Than Good? Vincent Tsui 4B 90 Step Power Generator Jason Kong 4C 91 Watch Out For Super Humans! Ken So 4C 92 Robots, Friend or Foe? Chan Yung Shan Penina 4E 93 Robots, Friend or Foe? Chu Wai Lun 4E 95 Robots, Friend or Foe? Hugo Tang 4E 96 Vindictive Berserker Sabrina Chan 4E 98 The Benefits of Legalizing Uber Charlotte Chin 4F 103 Wrath Debbie Chan 4F 104 Judgement Joshua Yiu 4F 107 Robots, Friend or Foe? Leo Ma 4F 109 A Pair of Clean Hands Matthew Ng 4F 111 Miss Chan, the Selfless Teacher Who Changed Me Naomi Tsang 4F 113 A Rather Straightforward Detective story Dexter Tsin 4F 114 How Medical Technology Changes Lives Charlotte Zhang 5A 116 Wake up from Technology to Humanity – Our Only Emily Chan 5A 117 Past, Present and Future The Werewolf Brother Jason Li 5A 119 Stop Being a Victim of Cyberbullying Lau Yat Ching 5A 120 Teenage Problems Daniel Choy 5B 121 Piracy Is Theft Ella Wong 5B 123 Under-eating or Over-eating? Which Is More Jack Lee 5B 124 Serious?- A Letter to the Editor Paparazzi and Privacy Invasion Chelsey Mak 5C 125 Teenage Problems Crystal Lai 5C 127 Let’s See Cyberbullying to an End Alex Tsang 5E 129 Under-eating or Over-eating? Which Is More Kevin Hung 5E 130 Serious?- A Letter to the Editor Attitude – Transforming Mistakes Into Experience Michelle Chan 5E 131 Back to Basics – Stop Relying on Technology Stephanie Wong 5E 133 Sometimes, Betrayal Is for One’s Own Good Natalie Cheng 5E 134 Inner Beauty > Physical Appearance Jay Lam 5E 135 Cosmetic Surgery – Think Twice before You Make Samantha Keung 5E 137 Your Dream True Beauty Comes from Inside Cheryl Lee 5F 139 Confiscating Phones in Lessons Clarice Lee 5F 141 Appearance? No! Inner Beauty! Janice Lam 5F 143 A Betrayal of Good Intention June Luk 5F 145 Crimes in the Cyber World Vincent Au 5F 147 Invading or Protecting Alan Pong 6A 148 Zero Tolerance on Corporal Punishment! Justin Wong 6A 149 Saving the Crying Planet Tiana Tsang 6A 150 Drama Night 2015 – A Heart-popping Show Roy Tsang 6A 151 Revealing the Path to Peace Obsession with Physical Beauty Daniel Lau 6B 154 Has Parents’ Discipline Gone to Extremes? Nat Hui 6B 155 A Gap Year in Australia Vanessa Wong 6B 157 Never Turn a Blind Eye to Corporal Punishment! Sabi Tang 6B 159 A Gap Year in Australia Winifred Chan 6C 161 Can Integrity Exist by Itself? Joey Yuen 6C 163 The Hidden Youth Problem in Hong Kong Marcus Fung 6C 164 Say No to Corporal Punishment