school: pei tong pri sch
My hero is Adrian Lim, Adrian Lim is my second brother. My brother is my hero because he helps me get rid of my bad habits.
One of my bad habits was during every mealtime when I was at home, I would put my leg on the chair. I didn’t have any table manners. He was the one who told me to put down my leg and it took him more than a month before I finally stopped putting my legs on the chair.
Another bad habit of mine was that I don’t copy the numbers correctly for Mathematics sums. He told me to check after every question. After I heeded his advice, I got higher marks for my Mathematics! Whenever my Mathematics test or exam is approaching, he would take a look at my Mathematics file and create some questions from the questions I had answered wrongly. He changed the numbers made me redo them again. This way, I learnt from my past mistakes. He also taught me my times-table of six, seven and eight.
During leisure time, my brother taught me badminton. He told me to run near the shuttlecock before it dropped to the ground. When I started playing badminton, I could only hit once out of ten times. His patience paid off after a while. Now I can play continuously with my friends without the shuttlecock without touching the floor.
Whenever I have homework for Science and Mathematics he would help me with them. He’s very good at those questions involving biology concepts. For chemistry type of questions, he would tell me to ask our eldest brother.
He also taught me some life skills like being independent. He taught me to cook and use the microwave oven, so that when I’m alone at home, I can cook for myself. He warned me the dangers of playing with fire. Washing the dishes was also something he taught me.
I was even taught the first four steps of the Rubik’s cube. The rest were taught by my friends. My brother is such a pro at everything!
A few years back I did not really respect people younger or older than me. Now I do. And it was all because of my hero. Sometimes my parents scold me and I would talk back. He told me not to talk back and said that it is for our own good. Whenever I talk back to my parents, my brother would hit me once and remind me not to talk back but respect them. He also told me that if I respect people, people will respect me too.
Well, there are bad days too- days when we fight. However, even during the fight, he was kind to me, I can feel that. If he is not my brother, I don’t think I would have learnt how to solve the Rubik’s cube, do well for Mathematics, have good table manners, learnt how to play badminton and be independent. I am really grateful to him and I want to thank him for all this care all these years. Thank you, brother.