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  12-year-old Dainere Anthoney from Australia was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 11. She chronicles her struggles on her blog. With the help of the Starlight Foundation charity she has published a book You have to go through a storm to get to a rainbow – Dainere Anthoney. She also writes about her family life with [...]

(Ed: Hello hello! Following our little post on ‘tchoukball 101‘, we have Marck Anthonny from the Singapore National Tchoukball Team in an exclusive 1-on-1 interview.) E: Tell us about yourself. M: My name is Marck Anthonny, currently schooling in Ping Yi Secondary. 18 years of age. I enjoy playing sports and I dislike humid days. [...]

Tchoukball? Say ‘chukeball’. Originally, I had this in my mind:  ’Pikachu and the Poke-ball’ by ishot71 Creative Commons License: Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivatives Works Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ishot71/304566701/ Hahaha   BUT it is actually this, this and this. Amazing stuff! What exactly is this tchoukball? In short, it is a – 7-a-side non-contact sports where players can score at [...]

Contributed by: Felicia Clara Tan Jun Hui, 16 Y.O! blogger I thought I was going to be in big trouble this morning when I got into the car with my mum. This unusual circumstance arose because last night my friend D called at 11pm and I yakked with him for an entire half hour. Add [...]

Heyhoho! The Pseudo Book Club meets in August again This time we’re doing a National Day special with the following titles: Onewinged: An Anthology of Young Writing Publisher: Singapore : UniPress, c2001 Call No.: YSING English S828ONE The Gathering: A Collection of Short Stories and Poems Author: Hu, Michael Publisher: Singapore : Candid Creation Pub., [...]

Contributed by: Choo Jia Ming, 18 Y.O! blogger It’s been long since I ever felt like I wanted to go back to being a kid. The first week of the June Holidays was nearly over and I really felt like the remaining three weeks were barely enough for me to rest and rejuvenate for the new term.   [...]

..on pseudobookclub “This VAT programme would definitely broaden my horizon and my social circle.” ~ Chun En, 15 “Today sure was an interesting day, I have lots of takeaways and looking forward to the next sesison.” ~ Ingrid Ho, 15 “I had a very great time as the circumstances forced me to adapt to the [...]

Is that you in this comic strip? This is Sarah’s first contribution entitled “routine” and can be found at http://www.leemeixia.com/ Ivan (aka my manager) introduced Sarah’s blog to me one day and insisted that I took a look at her blog. I couldn’t believe my eyes after visiting this young lady’s  blog. It’s really amazing how she expresses herself through [...]

 (Ed.: We continue Shirley’s  story from Born Unintelligent – Part 1.) By Shirley Lim, ITE Bishan Although I had decided to strive hard in my studies, it was not easy for me as I was a slow learner. I did not have enough time to catch up, so I did not fare well in my PSLE [...]

(Ed.: We selected “Born Unintelligent” by Shirley Lim, from the publication “Journeys of strength, love and faith”, published by School of Business & Services, ITE Bishan. As part of our partnership, ITE College Central has given us the permission to post this second story on our blog.  “Don’t Take Back My Angel” by Sangeetha d/o V Nadarajaan was another story [...]