Aye,I think I screwed up my Paper 1 compo becos I don't have enough ideas and the topics are like =.= you know zzzz And also there was not enough time for me to brainstorm so I had no choice but to write whatever that came into my mind.I know its a disastrous man.However,I think I wrote pretty fine for my Letter Writting but could only expect a pass.

The passages in Paper 2 are quite interesting,in fact the best passage I ever read in my whole life.Usually,the teachers would set something boring or difficult - like animals & their lifes,last century,basically anything boring. I like the second passage which was extracted from Reader Digest and I was very touched by the people who helped her.I've found the story online and would post only the ones that I read in my paper.The cloze passage is quite difficult but I managed to squeeze some answers out of my brain after reading the passage for the three time.
Summary was the worst part man ! We were required to write not more than 130 words and was adviced by Mr Tan that we should be writing not more than 130 and not lesser than 125.
But for the first time,I had nothing to write,I wrote 73 words at first but found something else to write but ain't sure if those were the answers.It didn't seem correct to me but zzzz had to write it down though.AIYA,whatever man,the paper is over and I am not expecting a 60 or more.Just a pass would do =D

Anyways,to keep this post as short as possible becos its gonna be a post full of words below =p
Enjoy reading the story =D

Paris by Moonlight

She comes out to the grass to dance just as the setting sun turns the red bluffs surrounding her home to cool shades of purple and lavender-gray. As she leaps through the shadows in her bare feet, six-year-old Paris Feltner watches for the stars to appear and the moon to rise.

"When the moon comes out, it's safe for me," she explains, spinning and twirling. "I love the moon." Indeed late at night, after she says her bedtime prayers, Paris tells her parents, "Love you big as the moon."

She does not know the warmth of the sun on her face or the beauty of a sunrise. Like most any six-year-old girl, she wants to be a princess when she grows up. But Paris isn't like other children. She is a child of the night.

Her mother, Jennifer Feltner, will never forget the day just before Easter in 1999 when she picked up the telephone in her kitchen and heard the news. "The results from Paris's biopsy are positive," the dermatologist told her. "She definitely has X.P." Jennifer says, "I went numb."

"X.P." is short for xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare genetic condition that prevents sun-damaged skin cells from repairing themselves. Affecting only one in a million people, the incurable disease could lead to skin cancer if extreme steps aren't taken to avoid all ultraviolet light, including indirect light from windows and fluorescent bulbs. Nationwide, only about 250 people are documented with the disorder, most of them children, states Dr. Kenneth Kraemer, a research dermatologist at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. X.P. sufferers are more than 1,000 times as likely to develop skin cancers as other people, he says.

It is a cruel disease, requiring those who have it to spend most of their lives behind shuttered windows, shielded from sunlight. Some patients might lose their sight, become disfigured or degenerate neurologically and become mentally retarded -- afflictions that Paris has so far avoided. Jennifer and Todd Feltner are grateful for that, but they never imagined raising a child in darkness.

A few nights later, overwhelmed with sadness and unable to sleep, Todd curled up alone on the living room sofa. But after several weeks of crying and worrying, he made a decision. "We have to find a way to be positive," he told Jennifer. "We have to move on if Paris is going to have anything resembling a normal life."

After scouring the Internet, looking for new information and trying to find others whose children have xeroderma pigmentosum, the Feltners went into action. They replaced the butcher paper on their windows with special UV-blocking plastic, and adjusted their schedules, staying up later so Paris could spend more of her waking hours during darkness. And they checked out local malls and stores, making a list of off-limits places with fluorescent or halogen lighting.

When Paris was 18 months old, Todd(her father) heard about a foundation in Virginia that made a special head-to-toe sunblock suit, using material designed by NASA. One drawback: It would cost as much as $2,000. Through rummage sales and donations, friends and strangers rallied to put some sunshine in Paris's life,(I was touched by this part) raising $5,000 -- more than enough for two suits.

At first, Paris hated wearing the outfit, especially in summer, when temperatures in southern Utah can top 115 degrees. But these days, anxious to experience daylight, she enthusiastically jumps into the bright-blue suit for trips to and from school, dance class and friends' homes. During a town parade to celebrate Pioneer Day last year, she wore the suit under a spangled costume while riding on a float with her dance troupe.

Many of the Feltners' neighbors have tinted their own windows in case Paris comes to visit. And at Washington Elementary and the Mormon temple, every window has been tinted so Paris can safely attend kindergarten and Sunday school.

In the fall of 2002, the community rallied together to raise money to build an indoor playground for Paris. More than 150 people pitched in to construct an addition to the Feltners' house that includes a swing set, small swimming pool and a sky-blue ceiling with puffy clouds. "I couldn't imagine what it must be like for a child not to run out and swing to her heart's content," says Ed Braithwaite, a local building contractor who contributed materials and labor to the project. "It's one of the small pleasures in life." Now Paris can spend hours swinging under her very own sky, pumping her legs in rhythm with the pop music that she turns to full throttle on the radio.(and also touched by this part)

The family has even found ways to take vacations, traveling after dark, and taping black plastic to the windows of hotel rooms before Paris is allowed inside. They've visited Disneyland, and Todd dreams of one day flying his daughter to Paris to explore the city's beauty by night. None of it comes without strict vigilance, and there have been close calls. "If you don't live with this every day," says Todd, "it's easy to forget."

Our passage was about this long,just that Mr Tan edited alot of it =D Pretty boy is coming home today =DD !!