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Just finished reading a lit poem this long:
FestivalKenneth Wee
1 We sit in a corner, my friends and I
2 In a house filled with the roaring of the
3 Docks and harbours of our ancestors, and the
4 Colours of the sun which burned their fields.
5 The old men talk at the tables,
6 Remembering old times. We know them
7 Not, nor the language that they speak,
8 Yet we are relatives, only two generations apart.
9 We watch the television, glued to its screen,
10 Not knowing the meaning of the lotus seed
11 We unseeingly eat.
12 They are just more candy to us.
13 When the dinner is brought on,
14 With special foods prepared by the elders,
15 We grimace at the "tasteless" stuff
16 And think longingly of cheesy pizzas.
17 Somewhere down the street
18 Lion dancers twirl to heart thumping music
19 In my room we, too, dance,
20 But to the latest rock hits.
21 On my door hang spring couplets:
22 Quotations from Shakespeare.
23 Door gods adorn our entrances
24 Posters of Schwarzenegger and Stallone.
25 We watch the organized festivities
26 And are reminded of our culture, our roots
27 And we think: "I'm proud to be Chinese,"
28 In English.
Just finishing my english ace two pages long. Cause it is too long for my comfort, i shall nt post it.
Found a blog that could help me in my lit essay.
Feeling very emotional nowadays. Very high. Very happy. No, i have nt been taking drugs. Personal Secret.
"The only certainties in life are death and homework"
-kok kai jie