A few years ago, during my high school years, I was rather active in writing. I wrote in my blog, I wrote articles for the local newspaper under the Junior Jurnalist Program (I did it for the money!!), and not forgetting those nasty essays that we have to write for our SPM English paper.
I always knew that my brother was smart, and had a bunch of his own talents up his sleeves. For example, he converted his backpack into a stereo-radio thing, he built a cooling fan for the modem, was very involved in robotics at school and many more.
Can you imagine, THIS guy did ALL that??
Whats with the flower in his hair???
Another Albert Einstein? Perhaps. But until he wins his first Nobel prize, he shall be known as the annoying brother who does stupid things to annoy me and everyone else around him.
It is as though he lives to annoy me!
He hid my precious Pooh bear in a plastic bag, INSIDE A FREEZER!!! Why? Because I ate the second last piece of his Toblerone white chocolate
-.-
The traumatised victim of the "khiew moh"
Anyway, back to the main point.
It appears that my brother has a knack for writing too. It is very much proven in his new blog that is completely dedicated to the school at http://keropoktownian.wordpress.com/
Not only that, he blasted the mind of his English teacher with his wit and creativity for writing in his previous exam paper.
I read the essay, and I have to admit, I am very impressed.
Since sharing is caring, I will post his essay here in my blog, unedited and word for word. Happy reading!
What Would You Do If You Had Super Powers?
The cancellation of the hit series Heroes by NBC Network have sparked anger in the many millions of fans all around the world. Heroes, a television series about individuals discovering that they have super powers, had planted many questions in our head. The biggest question is “What would you do if you had super powers?”
When we were small, most if not all of us had dreamt of having superpowers and flying here and there to save people. After many years, our views may have change. So, what would I do if I had superpowers? My answer would not be as direct or pure as to saving people, but it depends greatly on what type of power I have.
Telekinesis would be a handy power. It is the power to move objects or apply force on objects with nothing but our minds. I would not say that I would be out to rescue people if I had this power, or any other power, but I would most likely use it to my advantage. As a lazy person, I would most likely use this power to reach for things, like the remote, when it is too far for my hands to reach. Yes, this might sound lazy, but at least I am not out killing people.
If I had mind powers, powers to control people’s thinking and action and also reading their minds, I would use it most when I am about to buy things. I would “convince” the salesman to sell the item I want at a very low price, less than RM5 to be exact. I could also use these powers to read minds so that I can find out my enemies secrets. But if I were to use this power for good, I would join the police force and use it to interrogate suspects or “convince” them into telling the truth. I guess it would be noble of me to do so, but a policeman’s pay is not good enough for me. So I am going with ripping off salesmen and “convincing” people to give me money.
It would be fascinating to have cellular regenerating powers, or in simple terms, healing powers. I would be a thrill junkie and do crazy things like jumping off buildings or engaging myself in any activity that would kill me, knowing that I would not die. If I want to make my life meaningful, I may, and may only, join the rescue team. Saving people from burning buildings so that more people could live. But this is highly unlikely as I would be too lazy to do so.
Shape shifting would be perfect for me now. I would change my shape and turn it into a slim, muscular and attractive body. Shape shifting would also be good in the art of deception. I can change my face, fingerprints and every biological aspect of my body to form a new identity. This would be handy I ever have the need to rob banks, doing so while staying incognito. It is also great if I need to hide from somebody, like any mad ex-girlfriend I have.
Forget Flash, I want Hiro! In case you were wondering, Flash is a superhero that can move very fast while Hiro Nakamura is a time traveller. The ability to control time would be great especially during exams. During the exam, I would freeze time and take a peek of Ai Ling’s (the smartest girl in my class) answers while the rest of the world is frozen in time. If I was really desperate, I could also take out the reference book and have an open book test. When all my work is done, I would just simply keep the books, un-freeze time and hand my work in. Who knows, maybe I am doing it right now! Besides being a time traveller, Hiro also has teleportation powers. Imagine the steps and energy I would save if I just teleported myself to the toilet instead of walking there. Life would be great if I had those powers, but of course, I would not travel back to the past as changing a single thing in the past could greatly change or affect the future. That is called the “Butterfly Effect”.
Lastly, invisibility, the power to become invisible. If I had those powers, I could be a spy for the government. Gathering information for our country. Forget that, I would most likely use this power to sneak into movies, spy on some people that I know or may not know or even occasional visits to the girls changing room (I probably should not have wrote the last part!)
All in all, the power that is given will determine what I would do or become. To think of it, I do not think that I will be a superhero. Nor would I be a supervillan. I guess I would be classified as a norman, neither hero nor villan, not doing much good but not committing very evil things.
Not bad aye?
His teacher gave him 44 out of 50! But she did advice him to NOT write that he would rob banks. And I am truly hoping that he is kidding about the whole peeping-tom thing.
For your information, that essay is a true and complete reflection of who my brother is. If you guessed lazy and cheapskate, then you are one hundred percent correct!
And I am truly thankful that he does not have any superpowers.
Can you imagine what sort of misery he would put me through by using his powers against me????
Ugh...
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