An Interesting Person I met Mr. Vijay when we moved into our new house. He was our next-door neighbor. Mr. Vijay was an elderly man who lived alone. He had a part-time domestic servant who came daily to cook and wash for him. Mr. Vijay...
An Unusual Bet Challenge is a word made familiar today whether it be breaking a record at the Olympics or getting solar energy to work for us. Everything is a challenge. Betting is also a challenge. Here one uses one’s sense of speculation. From time...
An Occasion When I Was Very Frightened I’m getting on in years now, and perhaps my memory isn’t what it was, but there some things you never forget. Such as my experience one night in the military town of Tidworth, near Salisbury in the UK....
Break Time At School I look at my watch. Two minutes to go before break time and the class is visibly agitated. Everybody is restless. Even Mr. Lee our mathematics teacher is fidgeting quietly in his seat, looking outside every now and then. The bell...
Camping in The Highlands The highlands have their fascination for those who love camping. With its hills and dales, green valleys, murmuring rivers and silence only to be broken by the chirping of birds, and the buzzing of beetles, the attraction will be endless. One...
Honesty Pays in the End We shall call him Mr. X. He was a brilliant young man, an all-rounder, and was popular. No wonder he chose to become a teacher and he did become one. He put himself to his tasks with heart and soul...
Friends should never hide anything from each other No man is an island. Everyone depends on his friends to a certain extent. Ever since man formed a system of verbal communication, all people have been in constant chatter with one another. Relationships are important to...
The Modern Systems of Transport and Communication The impact of new transport and communication systems has had a more dramatic effect in the developing than in the old world. In the Far East, this impact will vary marginally from country to country. In the West,...
It was not such a good bargain after all Jim was a young farmhand looking for a small farm. He had saved a little money and Lucy too had some of her own. They wanted to get married and were keen on a home of...
Disasters bring out the best and the worst in people The media keep disaster at the forefront of our minds. TV, radio, and the front pages of the press seem to revel in disaster, whether natural or man-made, because the public has a morbid curiosity...
