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SPORTS DAY 2017 ACSPGamesorACSPsportdaywason9and10November.Thefirstdaywasfor secondary students and the secondday was for primary students. There are6 teams separatedby color -BlueVioletPink Red Yellow and Green. M6 wereleadingsecondarystudentsandM5wereleadingprimarystudents.Leadersofeachteamgot2weekstopreparetheirteamtobe ready for the competitions. There are2kindofcompetition,athleticsandcheer-leaderscompetition. In themorning therewere opening competition parades fromeachcolor.Therewere2 rounds - In themorning (before lunch break) and In theafternoon (after lunch break). There aremanykindsofathleticscompetition-Run-ning:60m100m200mand400mwhichisthe longest! (youneed to runaround thefootballfieldfor2times!)Relayrun:4x50m4x100m4x200mandmanymore.Didyouknow?Therewas also athletics competi-

tion for girls.There are 3 prices for eachrace for athletes which is the first place(gold medal), the second place (silvermedal)andthethirdplace(bronzemedal).Ifyoudidn’tgetanyprice,wellyouneedtotryhardernextyear.Alsotherewere2rounds of cheer leading competition andeveryteamdiditverywell. Formethemostinterestingpartistherelayrun.Ireallylikewhenacolorwasgo-ingtowinthefirstplacebutanothercolorbeat them by sprinting super fast. I alsojointhecompetitionandIwasveryexcitedwithit.Ijoinedthe4x50mrunningcompeti-tionandwe’remorelikelytowinbutendedupwith the second place. I also like thecheer leading competition because thecheerleadershavegot someweirddanc-ingandsomeinterestingtools. AtlastIhopeyouallenjoyedthiscom-petition(orceremony)likeIdidandenjoyreadingmyarticle.

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ByKhopherSunthonkunM.1/7

THE STUDENT TIMES OCT - NOV 20172

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Many people said “We can gain newexperiencebybeingastudentcouncil.”Atthe beginning, I thought being a studentcouncilisn’tworthwhileasstudentcouncilsarelikelytomissmanylessonsinordertohelpsettingupschoolactivities;asaresult,IwasafraidthatIwouldhavelowergradeandwouldn’thaveenoughtimeforstudy. However, when a chance had come

AsweknowattheEnglishProgrambuildingwehaveanewroomcalledDiscoveryCen-ter.ithastwofloors.IntheDiscoveryCen-teryouwillfindmanyEnglishbooksandforthe studentswho love to play computers,DiscoveryCenteralsohavecomputersforyoutoplay.Therearealotofpaperforyoutouseinyourimaginationtodrawpicturesandcolor.Ithasalotofgamesforyoutoplaytoo,foranexample:blocks.DiscoveryCenteralsohaveasmallroomforagroupoffivetosixpeopletohaveasmallmeet-ingonyourproject.Ifyouwanttohavetheroomaftertheschoolyoujustneedtotalkto thecounter.DiscoveryCenterhasstaffcalled “Discovery staff” too and they arestudentsjustlikeus.

tome, Iwas invited and convinced to bea candidate for election in our school. Isaid“Yes”immediatelythankstoIwantedtolearnnewthings,meetnewfriends,andprovethatIcanbegoodatacademicfieldandextracurricularactivitiesaswell.WhenIwasjustacandidate,Imadealotofnewfriends whether they are seniors, juniors,oralumni; inaddition, Ialso learnthowto

workwithotherpeopleandhowtodeliveran addresswithout being shy in the pub-lic. Even though I missed many classesasIhavethought,IfoundthatIamintherightwayandhadmadetherightdecision.Duringthisperiod,Ialsoknewhowtosolveproblemandbecalminanysituations.Af-tertheelection,Iamnowoneofthestudentcouncilswhoarelikearepresentativefrom

allstudentsinourschool.Studentcouncilsoftenhelpteachersinmanyoccasionsandalsohelpthemtoorganizeschoolactivitiesproperly.Forinstance,ontheMother’sdayceremony, student councilshelped teach-ers to welcome all visitors and keep stu-dentsquietly.Wearealsobeing involvedinmyriadsofschoolactivities.Besides,wehave to finish our policy as well such asACSPCharitySports cup,ACSPProductDesign, etc. Furthermore, we sometimeshavetopresentourprojectstoagroupofteachers and delicate useful informationfromteacherstostudentsasmedium.When time has passed, due to havingchanceatthattime,IcanknowmyselfwhatI am really keen on and meet new nicefriendswhoarealwaysbesidemeandleadme to a good direction; moreover, beingthe student council also teachesme howtocopewithproblems,learntobeselfless,and eventually, how to manage my timeandusemytimewisely.

Life in Student council ByThitichayaKititarakulM.5/8

DISCOVERY CENTER

byKhaowJow

InACSPtherearemanyclubs,buttheoneI’mgoingtotalkaboutisthe“Rubik’sCubeClub”.After askingmy friendswhoare intheclub, theysaid that thisclubhelpyouto relax and improve your skills.DifferentkindsofRubik’scubehavedifferentformu-las.Thememberof thisclubget tosharethe formulas with each other. Sometimestheywillcompetewitheachothertoseeiftheyhaveimprovetheirskills.Somemem-bersdidsaythatthere’snotmuchtodointhis club, becauseall they do is playRu-bik’scube,butafteralongperiodofstudy-

Rubik’s cube

ing,thisiswhattheywanttodojustplayRubik’scubeanddonothing.Somemem-bermaynotknoweverysingle formulasforeveryRubik’scube,sotheytelleachothertheformulatheyknow.Fortheotherpeoplethatdon’treallylikeRubik’sCube,theymay think thatplayRubik’scube isnonsense and ridiculous, but for themplaying Rubik’s cube is what they like

ByTraiteeyaThongklinM.2/7

andnothingwillchangethat. In theclubtheymetmanynewfriends.PlayingRu-bik’scubemaynothelpyou to increaseyourscoresorimproveyourgrade,butforsomeone it canbeastress relieverandhelp you to relax. In conclusion, this letusknowthatplayingRubik’scubecanbegood.

Student Council took photo with Bro.Thaksabutr Kraiprasit Director Bro.Sirichai Fonseka School Consultants and Mr.Viroj Sirithanasart Head of Parents and Teacher Association.


If anyone asks me how to get betterat reading, my answer to them will be toreadmore. By that, I do notmean every-thing they readwill improve their reading,but ratherquality contents that havegoodusageofEnglish.Fortunately,thelattercaneasilybefoundonwebsitessuchasBBC,theTelegraph,andtheGuardian. While these websites use the Englishlanguageproficiently,somepeople,inpar-ticulartheoneswhodonothaveEnglishastheirfirstlanguage,mightfeeldiscouragedtoreadthecontentsonthesites,forthearti-clesarelongandarenotofinteresttothem.This problem applies to me as well, andbecauseofthis,Iwouldliketoaddanotherpointtohowonecangetbetteratreading:readwhatonelikesorlovestoread. Nowonemightbewonderinghowtheycanfindcontentsthatareofhighqualityandalsocapturetheirinterest.Asapersonwholovesvideogames,notonlybecauseofthegameplaybutthestoryandthecharactersaswell,ImanagedtofindaperfectwebsiteformewhichIhavebeenusingtothisday.Thiswebsiteiswww.fanfiction.net. Forthosewhomightask, fanfiction isbasicallyfan-writtenfictionbasedonanex-isting fictionalworld. It canbewrittenandreadbyanyonethroughpublicationontheinternet, although somemight not choose

topublishtheirworks.Aroundtwoyearsago,I stumbled upon www.fanfiction.net on oneday, and from that day, reading fan fictionprettymuchbecameapartofmydailylife. As I recall, I was looking up on the in-ternetstoriesrelatedtoavideogamecalledChrono Trigger, clicked on the first websitethat appeared, which was fortunately www.fanfiction.net, and started reading whateverthatwas on the page. The reason I lookedupstories infirstplacewasthatIwantedtoreadanovelizationofChronoTrigger,forthegame cannot display the characters’ emo-tionsandthoughtsbetterthananovelizationofthegameitself. With a website to read from, I beganreading more and more fan fiction, initiallystartingwithChronoTrigger’s fictionalworldandlateronothergames’universes.Asonecansee,IstartedreadingmoreandalsowasreadingwhatIloved,whichwerestoriesrelat-edtovideogames.WhilethecontentsIwasreadingwere,tome,enjoyable,InoticednotallstoriesusedtheEnglishlanguageproperly.Forthis,Ichosetoreadstoriesinwhichtherate errors appeared was tolerable. In notime, I learnt how to distinguishwell-writtenstories from the ones which were not ade-quateenoughforimprovingmyEnglish,andstarted readingmedium tohighquality con-tents.

Tothisday,Iamstillreadingfanfiction,withthecurrentfictionalworldaboutwhichIamreadingbeingananimatedtelevisionse-riescalledAvatar:TheLastAirbender.Look-ingbacktwoyearsago,Iseeimprovementsinmy readingskillandotheraspectsof theEnglishlanguage,forinstancevocabularyandwriting. Seeing how this has affectedme, Irecommend what I mentioned earlier: readmore ofwhat you love or like, provided thecontentsareofhighquality, toanyonewhoreadthis,ortryreadingfanfictionifyouarelikeme.ItwilldefinitelyhelpimproveyourEn-glishinmorewaysthanone.

In our EP there is a club practicingaboutrapcalled“Rapclub”thatwascre-ated by Master Muhammad. “Rap” is awayofsayingwordintoarhymesointheclubitisabouttomakingyourownrhymewithdifferentstyles.Doingrapcanprac-ticeyourEnglishskillsanditcanimprovethewayyouthink. In the clubwewill try towrite some

rhyme andmix it with a beat. To write arhymeMasterMuhammadtaughtthatyouneedtowritearhymefromyourproblemsbecausewhenyouhaveaproblembutyoudon’twanttotellanybodysoyoucanrelayitintoyourrhyme.Iftherhymesisconnect-edtothebeatthenwewilltrytosingitto-getherintheclub.Someweekwewilldoa“RapBattle”.Rapbattle iswewill have2

peoplecomingupinfrontoftheclassandtheywillusetheirrhymetocomplaintotheopponent. Now in our clubwe have bothEPandMLPstudent. I think that this isagreatclubifyouwanttopracticeyourEn-glish skill also you canmakenew friendshere.Wewill bemaking rhymes togetherordoabattletogether.Comeandjoinourrapclub.

By GanchaiSiriwatcharapiboolM.5/8

ByNapatSiratanapanthM.3/8

STUDENT COMMUNITY

By Wanichaya Liang

Reading Fan Fiction

Rap Club


This year our school celebrateHal-loweenDayonOctober30thtoNovem-ber3rd.Ourschoolwill let thestudentsweartheircostumeforthewholedayandgotrickortreat.Youcanwearanythingthat you want. You can dress up as awitch, zombie, werewolf, or even vam-pire.Youcouldalsodressupasyourfa-voriteTVshow,cartoonormoviecharac-ter.IdressedupasSheldonLeeCooperfromtheTVshow,TheBigBangTheory,butnooneseemstoknowwhoIdressedupas.Youcanputonyourmakeuporevenfacepainting,whateveryoulike.It’sokayifyoudon’thaveanycostume,youcanjustweartheschooluniform.Someteacherswillalsodressupaswell,evenMissJiraporn. In themorningassemblyforM.1-3therearesomeHalloweenQuiz

Welcome to the mini marathon @ACSP! The day of 10 September 2017,mostofthestudentswokeupat4:00-5:30,wear their marathon shirt, their shorts orpantsalsosneakers.Foramoment,alargenumberofstudentsofcametoschoolbe-fore 6:00. The studentswaked straight totheteacherstosignup.Finally,atthetimeof6:15,thefirstgroupofboyrunnerswerereleasedformthebeginning.Well,alotofthem will have a small competition withtheirfriendslikemyfriendsinmyclass.So,mostof themwill runas fast as theycantowinthecompetitionandshowthattheycan run fast.After the first group, the girl

and family runnerswere released.Mostofthesegroupswakedatthebeginning,butrunwhentheywasreachingthefinishline.Boyrunnershavetorunfor2rounds,but the second group run only 1 round.Somewere worried about the heat, thetemperature, forsure theyhave tobringtheir tools to school by their self. Even-tually,boyandgirlsrunnerscrossingthefinish line with their happy face, feelingtiredandwanttogohome,everyonewillget a small medal. The mini- marathonhelps students have exercise for theirgood health and mind, helps the heartpumpfresh!

thepersonwhogetsitrightgetaprize,atfirst I thought that itwouldbehard,but itturnedouttobeprettyeasyandthereareonly3questions.Thereisahauntedhousetoo but it is not very scary. The hauntedhouse is made by the M.1-M.4 students.Studentsarenotallowedtotouchanythinginthehouseandiftheydidn’tscream,runor get scared, theywill get a candy. TheM.1studentsaretheonetakingcareofthehauntedhouse.Theypaintedtheirfacetoscare the younger kids but it didn’t reallywork.Therearemanymoreinterestingac-tivitiesotherthanfacepaintingorhauntedhouse, such as costume contest, fancyparade, andHalloween story telling.MLPdidn’t celebrate Halloween, only EP did.I think everyone should join this activitybecause you only have Halloween once

ayearandmostpeople inThailanddon’treallycelebrateHalloween.Youdon’thavetodressuporpaintyour face ifyoudon’twant toyoucan justwear theschooluni-form like normal, but It is celebrated justonceayearandyouevenget to join theactivity with your friend. Ithinkthisactivityisreallyfunandeveryoneintheschool both teachersand students shouldjointheactivity.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

ByKetmaneeKamolmongkolsukM.2/7

ByTraiteeyaThongklinM.2/7

Mini Marathon @ ACSP

Halloween Day


InourEnglishprogramteachersdecidedtodoEnglishweekforEPstudents.StudentshastoperformtheirshowswithsomeEnglishskillsandwhenwedotheshowtherewillbejudgestogiveascorewhichclassdothebest. ForM3,weperformedvarietyshow.Things I have learned from this activity is that I know how to use English in a proper way and I have gain more confidence in myself.Actually, I’mveryenjoyedwiththisactivitybecauseIhaveusea lotofEnglishanddoingsomethingthatchallengeme.IwouldwishtohaveEnglishweekeverymonth.ThisactivityisreallyhelpyourEnglishskillsandyourcreativityskills.

On the date of the sixth to the eighth of November, barely coming before the sportsfestival, is theperiodof timewhere theEPdepartmentofACSPprovidesaweekwhereeverybodywouldtrytopracticetheirgrammar.ThisweekofaslightlymoreusageofEnglishisappropriatelycalled“English Week”.Englishteachersofthesecondaryclasseswouldgettheirstudentstodoalittleprojectoralittleevent.LikeM.2,forexample,theydidwhatMasterAron called “EnglishCafe”.The studentsmadea little booth complementedbyapostersayingthefoodtheymadeandhowtheymadeit.Witheverybooth,thereareonekindoffoodproducts,butsomeoverlappingofonefoodisslightlyallowed.Someothereventsintheweekarethespeakingcompetitionforthehigherupsofthesecondarylevels.TheeventwasheldonWednesdaywithmanyteacherscomingtoviewtheeventatalmosttheendoftheday.Normally,therearethreejudges.Thestudents,orcompetitors,wouldallgatherinasmallroom,eachbeingcalledoutonebyone.TheyareallgivenONEminute,Irepeat,ONEminute,toprepareforastatementaboutONEtopicpredeterminedbyapieceofpaper.Therewasn’tmuchofanaudiencethereattheevent,buttherewasclassM2/8,onlybecausetheeventwasduringthe7thperiod.Thisevent,likeMissJiraporn,HeadofEP,saidinourfirstissueofSTUDENTTIMES,“offersexcellentopportunitiesforourstudentstopracticetheskillsofEnglish;reading,speaking,discussingandreasoning”.

SCHOOL ACTIVITIES

ByPatarapholPholngamM.2/8

ByNapatSiratanapanthM.3/8

ByKhopherSunthonkunM.1/7

English Week

On8November2017,duringperiod1and2, students fromM1EPwereperformingtheirskitstosomeparents,students(theirfriends)andjudges(teachers).It is an English activity for students to show their talent and their English.Wehave3weekstopreparethescriptsandaweektopreparetheshowwithMr.Andrew’shelp.Everygroupneedstopreparetheircostumesandtheyneededtomakesurethatthecostumesarerelevanttothestory.The judgesareMr.Jonathan,Mr.JeffandMr.Arron.Therewere8groups,4 fromM1/7and4fromM1/8.Everygrouptriedhardandperformedverygood,somewerecomedy,somewerehorror,buttherewereonly3prizes.ThewinnerisTiya’sgroup,thesecondisPammy’sgroupandtwogroupsgetthirdplace:Jayda’sgroup,andNicha’sgroup. Formetheactivitywasveryfun.Mygroupalsoperformedandwetriedourbest.IthinkIreallyenjoytheactivityandIthinkeveryteachers,studentsandparentsdidtoo.


INTERVIEW

Higuys, it’smeBest,again.TodayI’mherewith Tekki andCalvin, thewinner ofmulti-skills competition and impromptuspeech competition. Let’s go ask themaboutthecompetition!

Best: Could you please introduce your-selves?

Tekki: Well, my name is Tekki. I’m fromM.2/7andIwonthemulti-skillscompetition.

Calvin:I’mCalvinKay.I’mfromM.1/7andIwontheImpromptuspeechcompetition.

Best: How long have you guys been us-ing English?

Tekki: My parents tried to introduce meto English since I was very young. Like,

watchingcartoonsinEnglishnotinThai.

Calvin:IhavebeenlearningEnglishforba-sically thewholeentire length inmy lifebe-causemy dad is British so I speakEnglishwithhimeveryday.

Best: How do you prepare yourselves for the competition?

Tekki:IjustdowhatMr.Andrewtoldmelikewritinganessayandhewillcheckitforme.AndiftherearemistakeshewillshowmeandIwilltryagain.

Calvin:IwouldhavetriedtorunmybrainasfastaspossiblesoIcouldthinkwhatIwouldsayinalengthofoneminutebecauseIonlyhaveaminutetothinkwhatI’mgoingtosayinthecompetition.

Best: What is the hardest part of Im-promptu speech competition?

Calvin: IthinkitistheactingpartbecauseI’mnotaverygoodactor.

Best: What did you do in the competi-tion?

Tekki:Idowriting,listening,speaking,pic-turedictationandreading.That’sbasicallyit.

Best: Did you win the competition?

Tekki: YeahIwonthefirstplace!

Calvin:Igotthesecondplace!

Best: Do you recommend others to do the competition like this?

Tekki:Well,ifyouwantyoushouldtryit.

Calvin:It’shardiftheywanttodoit.Theyhavetopracticealot.

Best: I heard that this competition is a national competition, is it?

Calvin:No,itisnot.Butifyouwonthefirstplace you are the province representativeandyouwillcompetewithotherrepresen-tativefromotherprovinces.

If you guys want to sign up for a competition like this ask your English teacher! Don’t be afraid of speaking in English! If you want to do it, just go for it!

P'EYE

English WeekBy PhakineeSirivoravitM.5/8

HaveI’magirlstudentfromM1,Iwouldliketosuggestthatwehaveasep-arate bench or seating area forEP students to spend their freetime chatting or reading books.We would also like to get somefresh air during lunch time andbreak times, and if we sit underthe MLP building there are a lotof MLP boys. This might resultin problems with MLP boys whomight talk to us, and lead to usbecomingfriendly.Someteachersandparentsareconcernedthatwemight talk or date them,which isnotalwaystrue.Atthemomentwesometimesfeellike2ndclassstu-dents, becauseMLP have some-wheretoseatbutwedon't.

Your Say!

Ofcourseschoolisaveryessentialpartofoneslife.Soonerorlateryouwillhavetoenrollinschool,andyourtimeinschoolwillpassbyveryquickly.CuriositybestedmesoIinterviewedP’EyefromM6/8aboutherlastyearinschool.

(Fromherperspective) “Time flies, other than hard work inschoolwealsohavetoprepareforuniversi-ty.IamaimingtoenterThammasatUniver-sitysofrommyexpieriencetakingEnglishproficiency tests, IELTS, andSAT is veryessential especially for the faculty I’men-teringwhich is the faculty of engineering.AlsoIfindthatgoodmanagementoftimeisveryhelpful.

Ialsohavesomerecommendationsforthestudentsendingnextyear.Makegoodgrades because grades are your keys forenteringuniversity.Alsodon’tforgetaboutactivitiesbecauseinTCASyourportfolioisoneofthemostimportantthings. My farewells to this school and myfriends are thank you for giving me thechance to be the leader of the class andhelpingmeinmystudies.AlsoIwouldliketothankmyparentsforalwayssupportingme.”

ByNattakritKongphichipanM.4/8


Idonotknowwheretostart.Therearetoomanysubjectstotalkabout.Ifthereisathingtobeginwith,thenitwouldbehere,inmyschool–AssumptionSamutprakarnSchool.ItwasFebruarylastyear,whichus,Thaipeople,callitwinter.Itwasalittlebitchilly,orat least thatwaswhat I thought.Iwasreadyforthefinalexam,whichwascomingupinaboutthreeweeks.Ihadnoidea that in sixmonths, Iwouldbe living,learning, exchanging experiences in theUnitedStatesofAmerica. I told my parents that some of myfriends, five to six, were going to be ex-change students in America, and the an-swershockedme:theysaidtomewhynotbe one as well. This was surprising be-causeIhaveneverthoughtthatmyparents

would say yes and supportmewith theirheart.Plus,myparentsareveryprotective,solettingmegoouttherealoneforthefirsttimewasanewthingforme.IrepliedthatIneedsometimetothinkaboutthis.Thiswashardat first, but it tookmenot long,threedaysthemosttoconsiderandthinkthoroughlyaboutthis,tospeaktheuncom-promisingword–yes. Thequalificationhasbeengoingonforawhile,andIwasoneofthelaststudentsto take the test.Allmy friends,whoweregoing,alreadytookit,andwereallqualifiedand approved by the organization. I wasnotbeingthatserious,Ithoughtthatbeingor not being an exchange student wouldnotaffectmeefficiently.Theresultalsodidnotsurprisemeanyhow,Ipassedandwasqualified as anEFexchange student.MyparentsreassuredmeifIreallywanttogobeforetheypaidthefirstamountofmoney(payingearlywouldgetadiscount.)

The fun part is the time before flying toAmerica: the EF returnees would createactivitiesforustogetpreparedforthislongjourney. Everything was going perfect-ly fine, and I loved it because it soundedawesome fromwhat I heard.Even in theairport,IdidnotfeelscaredornervousthatI would regret doing this. Nevertheless, Ifeltexcitedandwas ready foreverything.Manypeoplecametosendmeoff,makingmealittlebitsadforleavingthesepeople,butIthoughttomyselfthatIcouldnotturnback at that moment. Saying goodbyewasnothard formebecause Iknew thatIamcomingback,andtheywouldseemeagain. AnythingcouldnotstopmerightafterIsteppedontotheairplane.Ihavealways

lovedplaneswithmovietowatchbecauseit istheonlytimethatIwatchmovies.Myflight was flying from Thailand to DubaitoNewYork throughEmirates.Thisgaveme a good feeling because I heard thatEmiratesisagoodairline.Unfortunately,aplanehadcrashedinDubaiearlierthatday,leavingmyflightdelayed.Thecaptainsaidthatitwasgoingtobeaboutsixhours,butIdidnotbelievehim,soIjustsatdown,andwatchedamovie.Anhourpassed,nothinghappenedandthepassengerswerestart-ing tocomplain, includingmyself.Meandmyfriendsaskedifwecouldgetoutforastretch, but they did not let us. Thus, sixhoursstraight,sittingontheairplane.IwasdonewithflyingforquiteabiteventhoughImanagedtoflytenmorehoursfromDubaitoNewYork. WhenIfirstsawmyhostfamily,IwassohappyasifIwaseatingthebestmealinmy life,but thenexhaustionoverwhelmed

me,andallIwantedtodowastogotobedwhichitwasstilltwointheafternoon.WhenIarrivedatthehouse,Iwassurprisedagainbecauseitisdifferentfrommyhome.More-over, thereweresometeenagers there, itwasapartyforme.IfeltbetterafteramealofBBQ,butstilltired.MyhostdaddidnotwantmetogotobedbecauseIwouldgetjetlaggedterribly,sohetookmeouttotheAsianmarkettobuysomeinstantnoodles.Finally,itwasnighttimeandIjumpedontomybedwithouthesitating. Thefamilyhasfivekids,Iwasthesixth.Fourof themwereyounger thanme,andone was the same age as me. I shareda roomwithmyhost brother,went to thesameschool.Thiswasnot abigdeal formebecause Ialsosharea roomwithmy

brotherback inmyhome.Mydad, that iswhatIcalledhim,describedthefamily’sat-mosphereasachaossometimes.Iwouldnot argueas I livewith the family longer;four boys and one girl. They have thesame issue as other siblings have: fightsover things thatwould satisfy them. I amnotsayingthatthisisuncommon,Iusedtofightwithmybrothera lot too.Halloweenwas one of the activities that I joinedmysiblings, trickor treatingat theneighbors’housetogetsomecandies.Theyalsotookmetoonvacationwiththemalottoo.Wewent toMoab,St.George, andCaliforniawhichitwasablastoneverytrip. The neighborhood was fairly smallwhich I loved it because it was not busylike Thailand. People over here are Mor-mon, church of latter-day saints, and sotheyhavesome rules.Drinking, smoking,orswearing isprohibitedaccording to thereligion.Thepeopleareveryniceandgen-

eroustoeveryone.TherewasaJapanesehouseintheneighborhood,theymademeJapanesemealswhichisgreatformebe-cause Imissed Japanese food. I was onthebasketball teamof thecity that I livedthere, which is Mapleton. I also went tochurch with my family almost every Sun-day,andIlikeditbecauseIgettoseemyfriendsthereintheward. MapleMountainHighSchoolwas theschool that I attended over there. It wasrated as one of the best high schools inUtah(#4onthechart.)Therewerecount-lessnumberofsubjectsthatIcouldenroll.SomeofthefunclassesareCreativeWrit-ing,taughtmetowritelikethis,Accounting,andDrawing.AsIexpected,Mathwaseasyin theUnitedStates,and Igotnominatedbytheteacherinmyclass,Precalculus,asaStudentoftheMonth.Theonlythingthatischallengingformeistorunfromhalltohalltootherclasses(fiveminutesbetweeneachclass.)Therewerefourclassesaday,seventyminuteslong,whichwouldtakethewholemorningandapartoftheafternoon.IalsowenttoProm,oneoftheformalhighschool dances, with my friends and mydate. Thiswas the best thing that an ex-change student could do because we donothavethingslikethis,anditwasworthit.The hardest thing to change was theweather.UtahistheseconddrieststateinAmerica,highelevation,andharshwinter.Apart from seeing snow for the first time,sledding at the back of the four-wheeler,and falling on a ski board, I did not likethecold.However, therewerea lotof funplaces to go. For example, Zion NationalPark is inOrderville,Utah, and it has themoststunningviewswhich impressedmea lot. Another canyon is theRedCliffs inSt.George.Ilovedthishikebecauseitwassochallenging,yetpossible.Overall,Utahisanamazingplacetogohikethroughthecanyonsandmountains. Insummary,Ihavehadablastexperi-ence,andIdidnotregretatall.UtahgavemeeverythingIwanted,nicepeople,fam-ily, friends, school, touristattractions,andthe snow. Last but not least, I would liketothankmyparents,whoprovidedmeev-erything I needed for this exchange year;myschool,whereIhavelearnedtospeakaproperEnglish;andmyteachers,whohavetaughtmeeverythingtobeasuccessfulex-changestudent.“ThisFamily isCrazy!!”–whathostmomtoldmetoputonintheendofthearticle.

INTERVIEW

My Exchange Year

By AnthiwatChaksangchaichotM5/8


5. What is your ideal type of girl/boy?“Someonewhocantakecareofmelikemyfatherdoes.”6. What makes you happy?“Myfamily,friendsandmusic.”

7. What do you dislike?“Insultsoverall.”8. Which person do you most admire and why?“Mymom,becausesheisdedicatedtoev-erythingshedoes.”

9. What do you plan to do after Assump-tion?“IplantogototheFacultyofLawatTham-masatUniversity.“

Hello lovely people! I’m Fah fromM.5/9andthisisanarticleonEP’scurrentcuteboyandgirl. This this time we have Phing andPutt fromM.3/8.Here are their answersto some of your burning questions. So,youcouldknowalittlethingortwoaboutthesecuties. Lastly, if you have any nominationsfor the next issue, please let me know!Also,youcouldsuggestnewandcreativequestionsaswell.

1. Can you introduce yourself?“Myname isPacharapaChieochan,youcancallmePhing. I’m14yearsoldandI’minM.3/8.”2. What are your interests and hob-bies?“I’m interested inmusicandmyhobbiesareplayingpianoandguitar.”3. What is your favourite movie?“It’sGeostorm.”

4. If you could have one wish, what would you wish for and why?“Idon’twishforanything,becauseIbe-lievethateverythingyouwantcomesfromeverythingyoudo.”

10. What is your favourite dish?“TofuandKimchiSoupismyfavorite,andalsoeverythingthathascheeseonit.”11. What kind of music do you like?“IlikeR&B,Jazz,classicalandpop.”12. What is your most prized posses-sion?“YamahaMusicFestival2016GoldenPrizeinclassicalguitar.”

INTERVIEW

1. Can you introduce yourself? “Hello my name is Napat SiratanapanthandmynicknameisPutt.I’m14yearsoldandnowI’minmatthayom3/8.”

2. What are your interests and hobbies?“I’m interested in games so my hobby isplayinggames.”

3. What is your favourite movie? “My favourite movie is “In Time” I havewatched it a long timeagobut it is still averygoodmovieinmyopinion.”

4. If you could have one wish, what would you wish for and why?“If Icouldhaveonewish Iwouldwish foratonsofmoneybecauseIcanbuynearlyeverythingwiththatmoney.”

5. What is your ideal type of girl/boy?“Myidealtypeofgirlisafriendlygirl.”

6. What makes you happy?“What makes me happy are eating deli-ciousfoodandplayinggameswithfriends.”7. What do you dislike?“ThethingthatImostdislikeareinsects.”

8. Which person do you most admire and why?“PersonthatIadmirethemostisKendrickLamarbecauseheworksveryhardtobe-comesuccessful.”

9. What do you plan to do after As-sumption?“After igraduateatAssumption Iplan tobeaPilot.”

10. What is your favourite dish?“MyfavouritedishisOmelet.”

11. What kind of music do you like?“IlikeHip-Hopmusicthemost.”

12. What is your most prized posses-sion?“Myphoneismymostprizedpossession.”

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By JidapaLimratanadamrong

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Could you please introduce yourselves?

Pinda:MynameisPindaorRileyOsh:MynameisOshMr. Graeme: My name is master GraemeandIteachMathematics

Could you tell me briefly what Model UN is?Osh:ModelUN is amock of a realUnitedNationmeeting.Sobasically, theyhave likedifferentkindof issues that isgoingon inarealworldbutbasicallyourideastosolvetheproblemmightnotbeusebutyeah.Pinda: Correct Osh! And we role play asdelicateandrepresentationofthecountrywewereselected.

As a student, what do you expect from the conference?Pinda:Well,before Iwent there Iexpect toimprovemyspeakingskilland to improveaquickreactionskill

As a teacher, what do you expect from the conference?Mr. Graeme:When you actually get to theconference. Where you actually have tospeak in a very short notice. So, you mayhaveonlytwoorthreeminutestoprepareanidea and speak to everybody. And also, toworkwiththeotherpeopleinformally.Thereare a lot of university students there and Ithink that we are the youngest ones there.So,forme,weprepareaswellaswecanbe-forewewentthereandIhopethateverybodysurvived.It isveryhardforthemforthefirsttimebutIexpectthemtowinnextyear.

Osh:But itwasnotas stressful ashesaidthough. We have party that we can enjoyand tomeet a newpeople. There’re lots offunexperienceeventhoughtherearealotofstressfulworktodo.

How many countries join this conference?Osh:aroundfiveorsixcountriesifIremem-bercorrectlyHave you made a new friend from other country?Pinda: Yeah,alotofnewfriends.Saint: I met many new people. But also,when the conference is going on I have achance to see howuniversitywork. Imeanittakesmearoundoneweektopreparemypaperbuttheydiditinjustoneortwodays.Imeantheyworkveryfast.What is the best part of the conference?Pinda: Mineiswhentheychosemetodothepressconference(yougettoroleplay-toup-datewhat’sgoingoninthecouncil)becauseIdidn’tactuallybelieveinmyself.Osh:Well,otherthanIgottolearnalotfromeverything andevery people. Thebest part

of the teenagerperspectivewas thepartieshaha.Wegottomeetanewpeoplefromtheparty.Anotherthingthatwasverynewformeislikeafterpartywehavetoworktomidnight.Itwasprettycoolthatwehavetomanageourtimeandstuffbutitwasreallyfun.

Saint: The best thing about going to MUNthisyearwas that Igainexperience ingen-eral.Ihavelearnhowtoworkinauniversity

INTERVIEW

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Hi! guysit’smeBestPhakineeagain!Welcomeback:-)TherearealotofproblemthatisgoingonintheworldandweknowthatUnitedNationsareagroupofapeoplewhocameupwithsolutionstosolvestheproblem.But,doesanyoneknowwhatModelUnitedNationsis?BasicallyitisaconferencethatmockuptheUNconference.Wewereselectedtobearepresentativeforthecountryandwehavetofindresearch,presentingitanddidajoblikeyouarearealUnitednationrepresentative.Luckily,wehaveafriendswhojustcamebackfromthe“ModelUnitedNationconference”whichtakeplaceinJakarta,IndonesialastSep-tember.WhatMUNreallyis?Let’sfindout!


level.Youhave towork fast andefficiently.Also, tomanageyour timeverywell. I learna lot from that. And it thoughme that highschoolstudentsarecapableofdoingsome-thinggreat.See,youknowPindaandIgotanawardback.Buteventhoughp’Oshdidn’tgetanaward,butshestillgotalotofexperiencebacktoThailand.

What is the best part of the conference as a teacher?Mr. Graeme: Seeing my student arguingabout theproblemaroundLakeChadwhenlike around a month ago they can’t locatewhereisLakeChad.Osh:AnothercoolthingisthatIgotamockletter frommy president commenting aboutmysolution,itwasverycool.

What have you gain from doing that?Pinda:Well, I get it increasemy confidentoverall.

I have heard that Pinda and Saint have got an award in the conference, can you tell me more about that?Saint:Igotthebestpositionpaper.Itthoughmethatevenweareahighschoolerwecancompetewiththeuniversitystudents.Imean,wearehumantheyarehuman,theycanspeakandwecanspeakEnglishtooandyeah.

Pinda: I also won the best position paperaward.ThelessonthatIlearntistobededi-catedtosomething.CausewhenIwaswrit-ingmypaperIwasprettymuchdedicated.Iworkfromafterschooltoseventhirty.WhenIgobackhomeIstillwritemypositionpaper.So,Ithinkthatdedicationisthekey.

Osh:Ithinkyoujustneedtofocusonwhatyouaredoing.LikeI’mjustgoingtogothereanddo it.That isoneof themost importantadvicethatIwanttogiveittoyou!Ifyouaregoingnextyear,justfocusyourmindonthatanddon’tstressalotjustsaywhatyouthinkitcorrect.

Any advice for the student that might want to go to the MUN conference next yearMr. Greame:IfyouareinM.6nextyear,dothis, because it is better thanwhat youaredoing inyournormalclass.Basically, in theEnglish point of view, theEnglish level thatyou have to use in the conference is waymuchhigherinwhatyouhavetodo.Fromtheresearch point of view, now you know howtodotheuniversity levelproject like,writingacademic paper and so on. Again, you areprepared now for the university. And if you

areinM/5nextyear,doit,togetreadytodoitagaininM.6.I’mgoingtobeverydisappoint-ed to see the student here that haveabilitytodoitbutaretoolazytobother,Ithinkyoushouldtry.Osh: And if you get stuck, there is Mr.Greamestandbyyou24/7haha.Heisgoingtobethereforyoutohelpyou!

Was it worth it?Saint:Yeahitwasworthit!!Osh: What did you just said! Yeah it wasworthit!Pinda:Itwasworthit!Mr. Greame:YeahprobablyhahaOsh: Whatdoyoumean!Imeanifyouhaveaconfidenceinwritingorinspeakingjustgoforitandhavefun!Pinda:Can’twaitfornextyear!!

ThankyousomuchPinda,Saint,P’OshandMr. Greame for sharing your experience intheMUNconference!Ifanyofyouareinter-estedingoingnextyear,feelfreetocontactMr.Greame.Orifyouhaveanymoreques-tions,feelfreetoaskp’Osh,PindaorSaint,theyaregoingtobemorethanhappytohelpyouout!

INTERVIEW

By Phakinee Sirivoravit M.5/8

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EXPERIENCE

Wehadpreparedforthistripforaweekbeforewe left,whichwasmy family’s firstlong-distance vacation. From Bangkok,Thailand;toPerth,Australia. The flight was a six-hour experience;I thought thiswouldbeeasyandexciting,becauseIhavewantedtosleeponaplanesinceIwasyoung.NomattertheplanewasfromChinatoThailandorfromThailandtoChina,thetotaltraveltimewouldn’tbemorethan4hours.SoIcouldn’tsleepwell. Atthenightof18thOctober,wedepart-ed from Suvarnabhumi Airport. Our planewasmagnificentandspacious;therewasatouchablescreen in frontofeverypassen-ger,whichwassetintheback-restofeachseat.Thelogoonthescreenwas“smoothassilk”.Ithoughtthiswastheiradvertising. Afterourplanehadtakenoff, Istartedto watch free movies that the plane wasoffering. I chose <Pacific Rim> becauseits cover looked cool. The film was reallyintenseandittookmetwohourstowatch.AtthestartofthemovieIselectedEnglishassoundtrackandThaisubtitle.ThenIjustfound I couldn’t understand almost every-thing, I kept on trying in order to test andimprovemyEnglish, but I failed. I had re-

alized that this would ruin the wholemovieexperience, so I changed thesoundtrack toThaiinthemiddleofthemovie.When the movie finished, the majority ofthepassengershadfallenasleep,andsoonIwas influencedby this sleepy atmosphereaswell.Iadjustedmyseatandgotreadyforsleep. But I just couldn’t, the chair was notverycomfortable,thismademefeelliketherewerebugsbitingmybottom.Imovedmybot-tomleftandright,butitdidn’thelp.Icouldn’teven find a satisfying position.Eventually, Igaveup,andfinallyfellasleep,perhapsIwasjusttootired.WhenIwokeupmyjointswerestiffandpainful. All inall itwasawonderful experience;thecaptainwasgreat,ourplanealmostdidn’tvibrate.WelandedatPerth,Australiasafely.Thesixhourtripwasn’tasgoodasmyimagi-nation,butIdidn’tmind,allthatmatteredwasthat we arrived safely. I will be sharingmystoryaboutthissmalltowninthenextissue.And next time I fly, I won’t forget to take acushion.

# Perth-Western Australia---This is a beautiful place, everything heremadeusfeltcomfortableandsafe.Thedatewas19thOctober. Comparing to Suvarnabhumi Airport.PerthAirportseemedmuchsimple,nospec-tacularbuildings,nonoisycrowd, just likeasmall,lovelyvillage.Theworkerstherewerequitefriendly,andwecalledataxitogetustoourhotel(thetaximeterwasdancinginfrontofushappily,ofcourse,thefarewasveryex-pensive). Thetemperaturewas18degreeCelsius,alittlebitcold,butIlikecoolairtouchingmyface,itmakesmerelax.UnlikeThailand,hereyoucan’tseebigroadsandtrafficjams,onlyafewpeoplewerewalkingonthepavement.Ilookedaround,therewasnolandmarkbuild-ings, all I sawwere little houses and trees.Thegroundwasclean,everywherewasfilledof silence. Iworemyblue jacket pacing onthestreet.Mylifedetailsweremoredistinct,Icouldevenfeltthetinyfeelingthatabreathcouldbringme. Perhapsthissmalltownwastooquiet,Ithought.But being a tourist,we didn’t haveanyplanandwedidn’tknowwhatweshoulddo,either.Ourtaxidriversuggestedustogoto Fremantle, the place where theWesternAustralia started to develop. By the way, Inoticed thatPerthhasa lotof roundabouts,traffic lights are settled every 500-800 me-ters,thisisahugedifferencetoThailand. Fremantle is a small coastal town, only15 kilometers from Perth. White sand cov-ersallof thecoast line,clearseawatervivi-fies theenvironmentallaround.Thereweremanypeople,butobviously theywere local,not tourist like us. People looked satisfiedwiththeirlife,somepeoplewereplayingfoot-ballonthecoast,someweresittingdownand

enjoying sunbathing and some were swim-ming.But theseawaterwastoocold forus,sowedidn’tstay. The evening was drawing in. We wentto Maritime Museum by free bus. Luckily,it was nearly closed, sowewere permittedto havea fast lookwithout payingentranceticket. A plenty of old ships, machines andtoolsbroughtusawonderfulexperience.Thename-Maritime was the name of a fishingvessel.AustralianbuiltthisMuseuminmem-ory of its owner-an English fisherman-whotravelledfromEnglandtoAustralialongtimeagoandgavepeopleinFremantleachancetobeafisherman.Maybethissoundsalittlehilarious,butatthattime,fishingwastheoneofthebestjobsinAustralia.Moreover,everymember’snamewhohadworkedonthatshipnowarecarvedatthebackareaoftheMuse-um.TheywerethepeoplethatofferedwealthtoWestern Australia.What is facing to theMuseum,istheIndianOcean. MothersaidforPerthwasjustavisit,ournext destinationwasSydney. Then I askedwhydidwe come toPerth first, she repliedthatshehadwantedtocometotheWesternAustraliasincemanyyearsago,atthattime,everyonetalkedaboutSydney,BrisbaneandMelbourne(EasternAustralia).Buthowaboutwest?Iwantedtoexperiencetheothersideofthisbigcontinent.Especiallyacitywhichisnotatouristcity.Isuddenlyrealizedthiswasasmartchoice. In20thOctober,wehavevisitedthecitycenterofPerth. Iwill explainmy feelings inthe next issue for sure, don’t worry. If youhaveanyfantasticexperience,pleasesharethemout,Iamgladtohearyouramazingsto-ryaswell.

By RuiqiZhangM.4/8

Travellingacrosscontinents from BKK to PER


EXPERIENCE

FlyingoutofThailandwasgoodwithoneoftheworld'slastBoeing757whichbelongstoAirAstana.WeflewfromThailandtoAlmatywhichisinKazakhstanthenwehadalookroundthesameday.Thenextdaywewenttotheair-portandflewtoAstanathecapitalcityofKazakhstan.Wehadareallyhardtimetryingtofindourhotel,thenwehadawalkaroundAstana.WewenttoseethepalaceforthepresidentofKazakhstan,thenwewenttotheKhanShatyrshoppingcentrewhichisonthemainroadinAstana,thenwewenttheBayterektower(alsocalledtheChupa-Chuptower),thenwewenttobed.WewokeupinthemorningtogototheairporttogotoKiev,Ukraine.WhenwearrivedinKievwehadareallyreallyhardtimetryingtofindourhotelbecausethistimetherewerenosignstolookat.Weeventually foundourhoteland rested for the restof the

EversinceIwasakidmymomwouldalwaysstressontheimportanceoflearningEnglish,butIdidn’treallyknowwhy.IfyouweretostepinmyshoeswhenIwasatoddler,youwouldn’tbeabletounderstandasinglewordofyourfavoritecartoonsbecausemomwouldturnitonEnglish.Therewasno chanceof escaping, unless itwasanimewhichnowIkindofregretthatshedidn’tforceJapaneseonme.Becausenow,it’smymajor. Later, when I was five, I got to go to this amazingplacecalledtheUS, ithadsnowandhugestrawberries.

MY EXPERIENCE

My Journey

Kiev

Almaty Khan Shatyr Bayterek Tower in Astana

day.Thesamedayatnightwewenttothecircuswhichsome thingswereamazingandsomewereveryboring,therewasapartwhereitwasveryfunny.ThenextdaywewenttohavealookattheplaneGRAVEYARDmaybe...therewerealotofaeroplanes,myfavouriteplanewastheIllushin62,theydon’tflythemanymoresoIwon’tbeabletoflyonone,butitdidn'tmakemethatsadbecausetheplanesinteriorjustlookedsoold.ThesamedayatnightwewenttotheOperathenwenttobed.ThenextdaywewenttotheDynamoKievstadiumandtotheparkandhadawalkaround,thenwewenttodreamislandwhichwasanindoorwaterparkinahugeshoppingcentreandthenwentback toourhotel.Thennext daywewent toChernobylmuseumandthenwenttotheairportandflewtoMoldova.

Idon’treallyremembermuch,butinthenextyearIwassentthereagain!Alone.Fastforward,Ihadtogototheirelementaryschool!Iwassoshy,Icoveredmyfacewithallmyhairwhentheteacherintroducedmeanditmostlikelymadeitmoreembarrassing.It’stimetosaymyfirsteverwordinEnglishtoanactualnativekid“Hello”IsaidwiththemostAmericanaccentthatIcould. Iknowwhatitfeelslike,I’vebeenthere,butinasit-uationlikethisyouarefightingforyourlife!ComingbacktoThailand, theEnglish teacherswerevery fondofme,

butmy friendsweren’t.So l triedmyverybest tospeaklikemyfriends,absoluteThai-English.Mymotherwassosad,she’dspentallthismoneytobettermebutIthrewitawayjustto“fitin”.So,IdecidedthatIwouldn’tcareaboutwhatothers thinkand itworked!Since then, I’vealwaysparticipatedinschoolcontestsfromspeechestoskits. Intheend,myexperienceintheUSwaslife-changingandunforgettable.I’mnotsayingthatyouhavetobookaflighttoanothercountrytolearnadifferentlanguage,butyourenvironmentdefinitelymattersandyourattitude.Withenoughtimeandeffortyoucanbefluentinanylanguagepossible.

By CalvinKayM.1/7

By Jidapa Limratanadamrong M.5/9


ENTERTAINMENT Japan,abeautifulcountry,youcanfindoutaboutitwiththetripIwentonwithmeandmyfamily.Onthefirstday,IleftThailandat7:00A.M.Iwasexcited,becauseIhaven’tbeeninanothercountry. IusedThaiAirways,theairplanewasgoodandclean. Iwent therewithmyfamily, my brother, mymother andmy father. Arrivingat theNarita airport, we rushed to immigration.Onething I notice was that Japan’s airport was reallygood and clean, colorful, creative and quiet, un-likeThai’sairport.Iwatchedmyfamilyastheydotheir immigration I didn’t have to!Because I’myoungerthan15.Wegrabbedourluggageandrushed to the fast ‘NEXexpress.Weclimbedonthetrainandsleepsasitgoes.WakingupatTokyo, it lookeda lotbetter thanBangkok!Therewerenooverheadlines,trashandtherewerelesscarsthanthestreetsofBangkok.Wearrivedat theKandastation, thenwewalkedtoMystayshotel.Ibouncedonthebed,checkedoutthebathroomanditwasreallysmall-nomorethan1squaremeter!Itookabathanddressedupandwenttobed.Onthenextday,Iwokeupandcheckthelist.Ithastoday’s destination. It says a temple, Imperial Palace,UenoparkandAkihabara.Itwasrainyonthatday,andeverydayIstayed,sowerentedanumbrellaandheadfor theJapanese temple.We lookedat the templeanditwasaShintoreligiontemple.Mydadsaid“JapanesepeoplealsohaveBuddhisttemplejustlikeThailand”.We

LastweekImademywaytoaplacecalled“MetroForest”whichwasfulloftrees,yesImeantrees.ItisatPrawet,Bangkok.Thereisaverytallwoodenskywalk,anobser-vationtowerandarammedearthwallonthewayinwhichwehavetoget tobywalking. It isagoodplaceto learnabout the environment.We also found out about typesof forests, types of habitation and cells of plants. Thereis also anexhibition of the placebuilt byPTT (fuel andgascompany)Fromaprojectcalled“GreenInTheCity”(fuelandgascompany)butwejustmissedthelasttheatershowwhichwasat15:00,wewere just20minutes latebutwe’relookingforwardtogoandseeitagain(maybe).

keptwalkingandtakingpicturesandwalkinguntilwegottiredofit.Wewalkedbacktothetrainstationanddepartto

the ImperialPalace. Unfortunately, it wasclosed,sowewenttoUenopark.Itwasgreat.Iboughtadelicioussnackinseveneleven-likestorecalledCoolish.IwalkedandexploredinUenogarden,I foundatemple

andaStarbucksshopandanold-styletheater.ItstartedtoraininUenoparksoweheadforAkihabara.IboughtaNintendo2dsandwewentbacktoourhotel.OnthenextdaywerodetheShinkansentoShin-Osaka,itwaslikeanairplane,exceptthatitisontheground.WetraveledandarrivedatShin-OsakaandwewenttotheStationhotel.Thetoiletwasalotbigger.Onthenextday,wewenttotheTokyotoymuseumandlookedatJapanesetoys.Wewalked toarestaurant tohavesomefood.Wewalkedbacktothehotelandhavearest.Onthenextday,wewenttotheaquariumandlookedatsomefishes.Earlyinthenextmorning,wewokeupandrodetheShinkansenagaintoKawaguchi-koandsleptatahotel.Wedidn’tseeMt.Fujibut,wecheckedoutthe‘Tokyomusicalforest:auto-maticmusical instrumentmuseumandwatchedtheinstrumentsplaybyitself.Wewalkedbacktothehotelandwentbacktothehotelandgetarideto the Kanda, Tokyo.Wewalked back toMystays

hotelandslept.Onthenextday,wewenttoseetheMeijiempireandwentbacktothehotelandslept.Onthenextday,wewenttotheImperialpalaceandtrytogetinbut, it’sFridaysotheeastgardenisclosedsoIplayedwithrocksandwentbacktothehotel.Onthenextday,thelastday,wewenttotheairport.WeboughtsomeKit-KatsandflewbacktoThailand.

By CalvinKayM.1/7

By Adis Udol P6/8

METRO FOREST


ENTERTAINMENT

Anime time!:Shokugeki no Soma: San no Sara Helloeverybody!Nowyouarereadinga box of Japanese animation or anime, Ireallyglad towritea reviewof theanimethat are broadcasting inNovember 2017.The Japanese animation or anime that Iwillreviewtodayis…“ShokugekinoSomaseason3orFoodWars!” Shokugeki no soma is a really goodcooking/foodanimationofalltimefromJa-pan. After the first season release, it gotaverygoodfeedbackfrompeopleallovertheworld!Alsobe the top10ofanime in2015.Well,thefirstseasonisaboutacool

highschoolstudentnameYukihiraSoma,who was sent to the very famous cook-ing school nameTotsuki.Hehas to cookagainsthis friendsandenemies tobe thetopchefinthisschool. Now,inthisthirdseason,itisallaboutbattle between Soma and the Council ofTenintheTotsukihighschool.Somahasalotofthingtodoandhavetobepatientandbrave.Inthefirstfourepisodesofthethirdseason, Soma will be challenge with theeighthoftheCouncilofTen,KugaTeruno-ri, with the topic menu “Chinese cuisine”

By Ketmanee Kamolmongkolsuk M.2/7

CS:GOorCounter-strikeglobaloffen-siveisafirstpersonshootercompetitivegamewhereterroristfightagainstcount-er-terrorist,therearetwomainrules:com-petitive and casual which this article isgoingtospeakmainlyinthecompetitiveside. Themaingamestyleisthe“plantanddefuseabomb”,whereterroriststartwithabombandcanchooseoneof the twobombsitestoplantthebomb,ontheoth-erhand,counter-terroristsstartclosertothebombsitesandmustdefend it.Bothteam are played with five players andonematchesareplayedinbestof30thefirstteamthatgetto16wins,butifboth

of team get to 15 rounds 30, then it is atie.However,inprofessionalplaceorcom-petitiveleagues,thiscontinuestoanover-time.Towinthematcheitherofthemneedto eliminate the other team completely orbydetonatingordefusingthebomb,ifthetimerunsout,counterterroristswillwintheround. Although the game’s concept is verysimple,youstillneeda lotofunderstand-ing.CS:GOisateam-basedgamewithyouandyour4teammatescommunicatingandhelpingeachotherstothewin.Thismeansthat you need to also practice shooting.Shooting in this game is harder thanoth-er games, if you are shooting while also

moving you’re very hard to hit anything.Unfortunately,therearenoinstantwaystomasterthisorelse,youneedtopracticeit. LastlyCS:GO isa verybiggameandit is growing gradually. The competitivematchmaking canbe stressful sometimesespecially for new players that have justjoinedor“Newbies”ifyouwanttogetbetteryoucanlearnalotbywatchingvideosandtutorialsthroughYouTube.Butintheend,thebestthingyoucanpossiblydoisplay-ingthegameyourselfandexperiencingit.

By

Sitthiphat Phromchittikhun M.4/8

at theMoonBanquetFestival inTotsukiSchool. It is really awesome. After youwatchedthisanime,youwillseealotnewamazing foods that cook by Soma andotherstudents.Thisanimecanmakeyouhungry thanyou think, thenyouhave tofindsomefoodtoeatalongwatchingitforsure.HopeyouenjoywatchingShokuge-kinoSoma,seeyouguysatthenextis-sue…Itisananimetime!GoandWatchit!

CS:GO

By Nanapas Temridiwong M.4/8

The100 isanAmerican,drama,sciencefictionseriesfirstbroadcastingonTheCWinMarch19,2014.Untilnow,2017,The100havebeendisplayingonTVfor4seasonsandtherewillbethefifthseasonbythis2018 Thisserieswillbringyouintotheperiodwhentheearthiscontaminatedby the radioactivity.Allhumans thatalivearelivedinthespaceinaspaceshipcalled‘TheArk’,whichhasverystrictrules.Iftheyoungbreaktheirrules,theywillbesenttojailbutforadults,theywillbethrownoutofthespaceship. It looks like everything carry on quite well fornearly100yearsbutpeoplestillhopetocomeand live intheirhomeagain.Therefore,100teenages,prisonerswhohad committeddifferent crimes, are sent back to earth toprove that theearth isasafeplace to livenow.However,lifeontheearthistoughandnotfamiliartowhatyouhaveseenandthosepeoplehavetoincurmanydangersorevenmutatedanimals… Frommyview…Ithinkit’sagreatseriesespeciallyforthosewholovesstoriesaboutsurvival.Thelanguageisnotsohardforpeoplewhoarenewtoitandthemainactressarequiteclever.


ENTERTAINMENT

For this month, I am proudly presentyou the K-Drama You Who Came FromThe Stars or My Love From The Star. Itis the Romantic-Fantasy Korean seriesperformedbyJunJi-hyunasSong-YiandKimSoo-hyunasMin-Joon.Theseriesonaired from the18thofDecember2013 tothe27thofFebruary2014onWednesdaysand Thursdays at 22:00 based on Koreatime. This series is aboutMin-Joon, an ex-traterrestrial being that came to Earth inJoseon dynasty.Min-Joon can hear, see,ortravelfasterthanhumancando,hehashelpedagirlthatisgoingtofalloffthecliff-edge. In theend, thatgirlhelpsMin-Joonuntil shedie.Min-JoonstuckonEarth formanyhundredyears,waitingforhisplanettocomenearEarth.OnedayhehadhelpanothergirlnamedSong-Yi,herfaceisthesame as the girl that die for him. Twelveyearspast,Song-Yibecameasuperstar.When Song-Yi and Min-Joon becomeneighbors, Min-Joon had help Song-Yimany timeuntil they fall in love.Oneday

Yu-ra, Song-Yi enemies, died and manypeople think that Song-Yi did that whiletherealassassin try tochaseSong-Yi.AtthattimeMin-Joonplanetthathewaithadcome, so he had to choose between hisloveorhimself. ThisserieshavemanyOSTwhichsep-aratein8partandonespecialOST:

-MyDestinybyLYn -LikeaStar 별처럼 byK.Will -YouWhoCameFromtheStars 별에 서 온 그대 byYounha -Goodbye안녕 byHyoRinofSISTA -ILoveYoubyJUST -TearsLikeToday 오늘 같은 눈물이 by HuhGak -EveryMomentofYours 너의 모든 순간 bySungSiKyung -InFrontofYourHouse 너의 집 앞 by KimSooHyun -SP:Promise 약속 byKimSooHyun

The song are very match with thesingervoiceandthelyricsalsohavegoodmeaning.

Broadcast Television Company is goingto remake this series inThai version.Forthis Thai version of the series performedby Nadech Kugimiya as Min-Joon andMattPeeraneeKongthaiasSong-Yi.TheyhavefittingactressandactorlastSeptem-ber2017.Therearealsomanyfeedbacksaboutthisremakesomesaythattheactorand actress are really fit to the characterbutsomedon’t like. Inmyopinion, I think

theactorandactressarereallyforthechar-acters.MattisreallybeautifulandgracefulwhileNadechisalsoveryhandsome.Themost things that I like from thismov-ieare it’sOSTbecausethesong isreallygoodandtheactor,KimSoo-hyunbecauseheisverycute!Myfavoritesceneisattheend of the series because it leaveme tothinkoftheendoftheseriesbymyown.Ireallyrecommendyoutowatchthismovie

By Yanisa Saengcharoensuklert M.2/8

K-Drama

ParkJinyoung,betterknownasJ.Y.Parkor JYP is aSouthKorean singer, song-writer and producer. He is one of thebiggeststarinKorea.HeisconsideredalegendamongKoreanpeople.Hemadehisdebutasasoloartist in1994withasongcalled‘Don’tleaveme’anditwasabighit.In1997,hestartedhisownrecordlabel called JYP Entertainment(JYPE).JYPE isconsideredoneof thebig threeentertainment company in Korea. ThecompaniesthatarethebigthreeareSM,

YG and JYPE. JYPE has debuted manyfamousidolssuchasg.o.d,WonderGirls,2pm, Miss A, Got7 and TWICE. Most ofthesongsthatmadetheidolsfamouswaswrittenbyJYPhimself. ‘Tellme’ isoneofthe biggest song byWonderGirls, it wasJYPwhowrote thesong.MissA isagirlgroupwithmanypopularsongs.Oneofthemember ‘Suzy’ isvoted tobe thenation’sfirstlovebecausesheisoneoftheprettiestidolsintheera.HislatestboygroupGot7isconsideredverypopularnotjustinKorea

butworldwide.Theirlatesthits‘YouAre’(thesongiswrittenbythegroupleaderJB)isontopoftheWorldwideiTuneschart,beatingbignamessuchasEdSheeranandAdele.‘TWICE’isthecompany’slatestgirlgroup.TWICEisconsideredthenation’sgirlgroupbecauseofthesong‘Cheerup’,withcatchylyricsandeasypointchoreographyCheerupstealsallheart.JYPEisconsideredthebestcompanyintermsoftreatingtheirstaffand their artists fairly. Many companiestreat their artists differently. They usually

treat Korean artists better than foreignartists.BacktoJYPhimself,heisnow45yearsoldbut he is anexcellent dancer.He had written a song called ‘Fire’ fea-turingConanO’Brien,StevenYeunandJimin Park. Conan O’Brien is a famousAmericantalkshowhost.InaepisodeofConaninKorea,ConanaskJYPtomakeConan a famous K-pop star. The song‘Fire’ is about someone who really liketoparty.Thekeytohissuccessfulsongsthattopthechartsis‘Simpleyetcatchy’.

By Tiya Rungruang M.1/8


-*NOTTOOWIDEbecauseitwillmakeyoulookbigger.

4.Dress(short/long)

-Youcanwearanydress,shortorlong.Butnot too short because it might show yourthightoomuch.*AVOID STRIPED OR TOO MUCH PAT-TERNDRESSlikebig flowerbecause theywillfocusmoreonthepartyouwanttohide.

ENTERTAINMENT

Welcome to the new section of the EP newspaper, in this section I would like to give you girls some tips for wear-ing clothes. I know girls have big problems with their bodies especially legs. So, these are some easy tips for you to hide your big hips, thighs or legs!

1.Choosedarkshadecolorpants.

-Darkcolorpantswillhidethighsverywellespeciallyblackordarkdenimjean.*NONUDEorLIGHTSHADEpants

2.Wearshirtsorjacketsthatarelongenoughtocoveryourhips.

-Ifyouwearsomethingthatarelongenoughtocoveryourhips,itwillhideyourthighverywell. You can wear along with legging orskinnypantstomakethemlookbalance.*AVOIDBIGPANTS

3.Shortswithwideend

-Theweather inThailand isveryhot, Ibe-lievethatthegirlswouldliketowearshortsbutnotconfident.Justchoosetheshortthathavewideend,itwillmakeyoulookslimmerandhavethinnerwaist.

So if you are getting bored and thinkingtofindsomenewsongto listento, Ihavea recommended song for you guys! This song is one of the most trending songs with a 159 million views, with a beautiful lyric that touches every listener’s heart.This song is called “Perfect” from EdSheeran! Ed Sheeran is a very famoussinger,hehaswritteneverysongbyhim-self,healsoexpresshisfeelingintoeverysong.Thisisaromanticsong,heartwarm-ing and also a relaxing song, because ofthat, it isaveryperfectsong for reducingstress,ifyouhavesomestressafterstudy-ingorafterhavingtestfromtheschool,youcan justgoonYouTubeandsearch fora

song called “Perfect” fromEd Sheeran,listen to it,closeyoureyesandyouwillfind another world of imagination. Youcanalsolistentothissongwhileyouareworkingonyourschoolprojectsorwhileyou are doing your homework. In thesong,he is talkingabout theperfectgirlhemetwhenhewasjustalittleboy,theyfeel something special between them,buttheydonotknowthatitislove.Theyshare dreams, they share secrets. Heevendreamsthatonedaytheycanshareahomewitheachother,becomeafamilyandhavesomechildren.Hope you guys find this song interesting and like this song like I do.

WESTERNMUSIC

Fashion5.Skirt(wideend/Ashape)

- Choosewide end skirt that are nottoowidebecauseitwillmakeyoulookbigger.-ChooseAshapeskirtbecauseitwillmake you look slimmer and have athinnerwaist.

6.Slacks

- Slacks or Straight legs pants willmakeour legs lookstraightand long.Plus,ifitishighwaistitwillmakeyourbody look more like a model. (Boyshapepant)

By Partita Damrongrajchasak M.1/8

By Supichaya Watcharawatsunthara M.2/7


SPORT ZONE

Therearemanykindsofmartialart in theworldsuchasBoxing,Karate,KungFu,andMuayThai. Although those fighting styleshavebeenpresentedfordecades,thereisanother style of fighting that has becameoneofthemostfamousmartialartstoday,’MixMartialArts’.ItisalsoknownasMMA;itisthelatestmartialartthathasbeentak-en into the company of fighting sport. Inaddition,itwasfirstintroducedas‘UltimateFightingChampionship’in1993withonlyafewrules,and it laterbecomesglobalizeddue to its uniqueness in combinations offighting styles andmartial arts. To furthersupport, MMA is said to be combining avarietyofmartialart; forexample,Karate,MuayThai,Sambo,Boxing,andBrazilianJiuJitsu.MMAfightershavetousevarioustechniquesoffightingtowinthematch;theyneed to have agility, strength, flexibility,andskillofmastermindingtheiropponent.Alikeothersfightingsport,MMA’srulesare

On22thOctober,LewisHamiltonisthewinnerof theUnitedStatesGrandPrix2017. His result was 1:33:50:991 with25points.HehadreceivedatrophyforthefifthtimehereinAustin,Texas.SincetheUnitedStatesGrandPrixmovedtoAustinin2012,hehasbeenthefastestdrawintheWest,winningfiveofsixrac-es.LewisHamiltonwasbornon7Janu-ary1985inStevenage,UnitedKingdom.Hehadwon3WorldChampionshipsofFormulaone.Heisbecomingtobethefirst British Formula One driver to winfourworldchampionships,andonlythefifthofanynationality. On 29th October, Lewis Hamil-ton haswon theFormulaOneDriver’sChampionship for the fourth time aftera determined performance at the Au-todromo Hermanos Rodriguez track in

MexicoCity. In the first lap, SebastianVettel’s Formula One car got a littledamagedonhisfrontwingbycrashingitintoMaxVerstappen’stire,butitwasok.Forabout4seconds later,his left frontwing collided for a second into LewisHamilton’srightreartireandthatmadehimtostoppedat thepit tochangehisnew tire. At the same time, Vettle hastostoppedinthepittochangehisfrontwingaswellcauseof thedamage thathewas takenby thatcarcrash thathecrashedintoHamilton’scar. Even though, he didn’t won a firstplace in this track, but the overall wininthe2017seriesmakesHamiltonBrit-ain’smostsuccessfulFormulaOnedriv-er, liftinghimaboveSir JackieStewartwho won three titles. Congrats LewisHamilton!

notcomplicated;towinamatch,thefightercanworkinseveralways:knockinganop-ponentout,winningpointsfromcommittee,forcingopponent togiveupbywrestle,ormakingopponenttobedetermineddefeat-edbyrefereeorcoach.Innormalmatch,itconsists of three 5-minutes rounds and aminutebreakbetweeneachround.Deadlyattackssuchashead-butting,hairpulling,groin attack, and attacking opponent’sspineorbackof theheadareconsideredasafoul.RegardingtoMuayThai,oneofthebestMuayThaifighterinMMAis‘De-jdamrongSorAmnuaysirichoke’;he is thefirstThaithathaswonMMAchampionshipin the history within a strawweight fight.What’s more, he has fought throughout300matches ofMuay Thai since hewas17, and he started to joinMMAcompanyasaMuayThaicoachin2013whichlaterinspiredhimtobecomeoneofthegreatestMMAfighterofalltime.

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ByRangsimanPiyachanyaM.5/8

formula

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ByTeerapatWattanamanontM.3/7


SPORT ZONE

Footballisoneofthemostpopularsportsintheworld.Thisyear,therehavebeenmanyinterestingplayer transfers.Somearebigtransfers and some, whilst not worth thatmuch,areinteresting.If we talk about football transfers mostfootball fanswill knowabout this transfer.Neymar Jr. from Barcelona to Paris SG.Thistransferiscurrentlythehighesttrans-fervalueeverpaid intheworldof footballwith thepriceof£198million.This isalsotheworld’sthird-largestsportscontractandbrokethepreviousworldrecordforthehigh-esttransferpricewhenPaulPogbamovedfrom Juventus to Manchester United for£89millioninthe2015-16footballSeason.AlvaroMorataofChelsea,andformallyofRealMadrid,isanotherinterestingtransferwithapriceof£58million.Moratahasper-formed incrediblywell thisseasonachiev-ing9goals in16games.RomeluLukakuisanotherinterestingtransferfromEverton

toManchesterUnited.HismovebetweentheLancashireclubswastheseventh-mostexpensiveAssociationfootballtransferwithapriceof£75million.Sofar,hehasscoredover16goalsfortheRedDevils.AtthetopoftheleaguewehaveManches-terCitywhoarecurrently8pointsaheadofManchesterUnited.Inmyownthoughts,ifManchesterUnitedwanttowintheleaguethisyeartheywillhavetoworkharderandperformtotheirmaximumcapabilityiftheywanttocatchupwithManchesterCity.Inmyopinion,HuddersfieldTownareoneof the teams thatweshouldkeepaneyeon thisyearTheyhave justbeenpromot-edfromtheChampionshipandhavehadapositivestarttothisseasonwinningseveralgames.Theyarenotdoingverywellatthemoment,butinthefutureIbelievethattheywillimprovethemselvesandbeastrongerteam.

NBA Game RecapNBA Game RecapNBA Game RecapNBA Game RecapNBA Game RecapIndiana Pacers vs Cleveland Cavaliers (November 1st, 2017)In 2016, the Cavaliers ended the NBAPlayoffs with a win against the GoldenStateWarriors.Otherthanthat,theCava-liersmanagedtoendtheseasonwithonly57-25asthewin-lossrecord.In2017,theCavaliers’ start of the season was quiterough.Ending upwith 107 points againstthePacers,itwasnotenough.ThePacersmanagedtobeattheCavalierswithanas-tonishing124points!Scoreleadersofeachteambeing:ThaddeusYoungfromPacerswith 26 points, and LeBron James fromCavalierswith33points.

Golden State Warriors vs San Antonio Spurs (November 2nd, 2017)Having 73-9 as the win-loss record for2016, many would say that theWarriors’performance level is decreasing. Start-ingoffwith5-3,Warriorsarestruggling to

bringbackStephCurry’s incredible rangeshooting.However, theyhavemadequitean excellent performance with the gameagainstSpurs.KlayThompson fromWar-riors made an astonishing performance,with27points.AsfortheSpurs,LaMarcusAldridgewith24points.Resultsaddinguptobe112-92forGoldenStateWarriors.

Milwaukee Bucks vs Detroit Pistons (November 3rd, 2017)HavingGiannisAntetokounmpoasarook-ie, theBucksseemunbeatableduetohisincredible strength and his basketball in-telligence. However, in one of the recentgames,theBuckshavehadanunfortunategame ending with 96 points. The playersleading in points being: Giannis Antetok-ounmpo from Bucks with 29 points, andAndre Drummond from Pistons with 24points.Resultsaddinguptobe96-105forDetroitPistons.

NBA Player SalaryObviously,differentNBAplayershavedifferentamountsofsalarydependingontheirperformanceandworth.Let’stakealookatsomeoftheplayerswiththehighestsalaryof2017-2018

RussellWestbrook:$28,530,608

BlakeGriffin:$29,512,900

JamesHarden:$28,299,399

LeBronJames:$33,285,709

StephenCurry:$34,682,550

NBA Game Recap

NBA MVP PollNBA Finals Poll

By PindaViriyapongsri M.5/8

By JirayuYaowaratnLee M.4/9

In a Hallway

By Ganchai Siriwatcharapibool M.5/8

Chapter 2: The Nexus

Mysurroundingscamebackonce thelight had dispersed. Standing on a portalmuch like theonebefore, I noticed Iwasnowinadifferentplace.Thereweremoreportalssurroundingmebuttheyseemedtobeshutoff.Beyondtheportalswerehous-es.ItlookedlikeIwasinthecenterofatownorsomeplaces.Ididn’tknowifIcouldcallitatownornot,butitseemedlikeone. The sky told me it was still nighttimeinthisunknownplace.Icouldbeinspace,perhaps,but Icouldbewrong.Themetalfloor stopped at the edges of the portalsbeforetransitioningintograss.Therewerebrickroadsinfourdirections.Eachofthemwas different in color: red, yellow, green,and blue. All of these confusedme evenmore.Whatisthisplace?[“Blueismyfavoritecolor,Arthas.”] Ichosetheblueoneandwalkedontoit.Therewerehousesonbothsidesoftheroad. One of the houses had farmlandsbeside,makingmeassumeitwasafarm-er’s.Therewereotherbuildingswhichre-sembled something else. They could bechurches, libraries, or perhaps schools.The road broke into three at some point,seemingtoconnectwiththeothercolored

roads. After walking for a while, I saw apondontherightsideoftheroad.Idecidedtostopthereandobservethetown. I had completely forgotten about thefactthattherewerepeoplelivinghere.Ire-alizedIhadwalkedpastsomeofthemwith-out knowing. Some of themwere in theirownhouseswhilesomewereontheroad.They didn’t pay much attention to me. ItwasasifIwasanormalperson,notamer-cilesskillingmachine.Fewofthempaidmesome glances before continuing on theirown businesses. I didn’t notice someonehadcomeuptomefrombehind.“Um…excusememister. You don’t seemtobeherebefore.MayIhelpyou?”askedalittlegirl.ShewasfidgetingwithherfingerswhenIturnedaroundtofaceher.“Whoareyoulittlegirl?”“Ithinkyoushouldspeaktodaddy.I’msurehecanhelpyou.”Shesuddenlytookmyhand,wantingmetogowithher. I followedherwhileshecon-tinuedtodragmetothehousebesidethepond.Itwasatwo-storiesfarmhousewithalawninfrontofit.Therewasascarecrowinthemiddleoflawnwhichhadaboyplay-ingnearby.Ifeltthegirltugmetowardstheboywhenwearrived.Ourfootstepsalertedhim,makinghimturnaround.“Timmy! I think mister needs our help!”Something cameup from the back ofmymind.Itmademymemoriesstarttoshift.

to her level when she started whisperingsomething to him. He observedme for awhilebeforeasmileappearedonhisface.He nodded to her before going into thehousewhileleavingthedooropen.Iletmyeyeswanderaround the town forawhile,trying to memorize the places that hadcaughtmysight. Icouldn’twait toexplorethemafterknowingwhatwasgoingon.Ifeltsomeonetugatmyleg.“Let’sgoMisterArthas.Daddywantsyoutocomeinside,”thegirlsaidasshedraggedmetowardsthehouse.IsawtheboynamedTimmyfollowingbehindaswewalked.Heseemed to be protective of his sister, butsomehowhetrustedme.Itwasweird.From my appearance, people would atleastavoidme,butthisgirldidn’tshowanysignsofit.Maybeshewasstillaninnocentchild who was curious in everything, notafraidofthedangersthatmightlurkaroundthecorner.Iletmyselfsmileagainwhenwereachedthedoor.PerhapsI’mnotthatscary.

“Sera?Whoisthisguy?”Theteenageboyshiftedhisgazetowardsme.Hisfaceandhis blondehair looked familiar as if I hadseenthembefore.“Mister!Canyoutellusyourname?”I jumped from the question—theywantedtoknowmyname.IrealizedthisplacewasnotthesameworldasAzeroth,sothepeo-ple here didn’t, or shouldn’t, know aboutme. Isighed in reliefafterall thecrimes Ihadcausedcametomymind.Theydidn’tmatternow.“MynameisArthas.Itisnicetomeetyoutwo.”Ikneltdowntotheirlevelandextend-edahandtowardstheboy.Ifmysoulandhumanity hadn’t returned, Iwouldn’t havereacted like this. I smiledat bothof themwhiletheboyswitchedhisglancebetweenmyfaceandhand.Nervously,heacceptedmygestureandshookmyhand.His facetoldmehewasdeepinthoughtasIwas.“Arthas…?” The boymuttered to himself.By the time he pulled his hand back, Iheardthedoorofthehouseopen.Turningtowardsthenoise,Iexpectedtoseesome-onewithaweaponintheirhand,readiedtostrikemedownformessingwiththeirchil-dren.But,instead,therewasamanstand-ingatthedoor.Hewasn’tangryornervouswhenhesawme;hewasmoreofconfusedbythelookhegave.“Daddy!”Thegirlrantoherfather,hugginghim in a warm embrace. He knelt down

In a Hallway

CHAPTER 2

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